Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 638 The Tough Iron Walnut 1
The sound of hooves rumbled like thunder, and the ground shook violently, making it impossible to stand.The horns continued, the smoke and dust soared into the sky, and tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry roared.

The vassal cavalry all looked at each other in shock, their faces turning pale.They also expected that the enemy had an ambush nearby, but they never imagined that in order to deal with their mere 5000 people, the enemy would actually gather 3 to [-] people!
Twenty to thirty thousand horses is a rather scary number on the prairie. The Oala cavalry who once wiped out the Ming Dynasty's 3 army in Tumubao only numbered over thirty thousand!Now their mere 20 people are actually enjoying the treatment of 5000 Ming troops. I really don’t know whether to cry or laugh!
E Zhe shouted sharply: "Give up all the cattle and sheep, and retreat to Polu City at full speed!"

Polu City is located on a series of rolling hills on the edge of the Alxa Grassland. A hundred years ago, the Ningxia Guard of the Ming Army fought a beautiful victory here, decapitating more than 100 levels, and expelling the Tatars from Alxa. Then build a small city on the hills, trying to control the Alashan grassland.It is a pity that before Polu City was built, the Tatars began to counterattack. The Ming army could only withdraw to the Yinchuan Plain, and Polu City was abandoned. After more than 200 years of time, the small town has long been in disrepair.However, no matter how broken the city is, there are still walls and trenches available, which is better than being surrounded and beaten by cavalry several times on the prairie.Forced by the situation, those vassal cavalry no longer cared about the spoils, left their cattle and sheep behind, and quickly retreated towards Polu City with only their horses.After Bao Ketu led his [-] men, when everyone had almost evacuated, with a roar, more than a dozen cavalry took out grenades and fired them at the cattle and sheep.The grenade exploded in the middle of the herd, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the huge herd blew up the battalion in an instant. Tens of thousands of cattle and sheep panicked, roaring and rushing towards the rolling Mongolian cavalry—— —Both cows and sheep are timid animals. This kind of thunder that explodes in their ears is more terrifying to them than tigers and wolves. It is not bad that they are not scared to death!

The roaring Mongolian cavalry suddenly saw so many cattle and sheep rushing towards them desperately, and they were dumbfounded.Those sheep can be ignored, but those cows... This is a big guy that weighs a thousand catties. If a war horse collides head-on with it, it will definitely be close to death!Damn it, these bastards attached to the Han people actually came up with such a trick?How underestimated they are!

"Release the arrow! Release the arrow!"

"Never mind the sheep, shoot the cows, shoot the cows!"

"There's another group over there, shoot there, shoot there!"

There was a sound of exclamation and anger, and the Mongolian cavalry raised their bows and shot arrows at the red-eyed cattle, throwing a dense rain of arrows.Their arrow skills are precise, and they can shoot a hare in the distance with one arrow while riding on the back of a galloping horse. The best among them can even shoot down a big eagle hovering in the sky with one arrow, and let them shoot a cow. With the words, with the snap of a finger, the bull rushing ahead turned into a super-sized hedgehog.But, but, but, cows are not hares, nor are they big eagles. They have rough skin and thick flesh, tenacious vitality, and weak bow strength. Even with heavy arrows, it is very difficult to kill a cow with one arrow. After being hit by the arrows, the herd of cattle went mad, sprinting more fiercely and fiercely. If there was a cavalryman wearing iron armor and holding a lance on the back of the cattle, no one would doubt that this was an excellent heavy cavalry.

Bang bang bang!

The dull impact sounded continuously on the front line, followed by the crisp sound of broken bones. The front line of the Mongolian cavalry turned their backs on their backs, and the high-speed sprinting cattle and horses collided head-on, causing fatal consequences. Whether it was cattle or horses, After colliding with each other, they all groaned and fell down. The cavalry on horseback was thrown out by this terrible impact, and fell to the ground with black eyes. It was not clear which bone was broken, and the mouth of the bowl was big. The hooves of cows or horses stomped hard on them.

The corners of the eyes of many tribal leaders were cracked, and the eyes were almost bleeding.The warriors of their tribe, those outstanding young men, fell to the ground like this, and were trampled to a pulp by the cows and horses. If they wanted to collect their corpses, they would have to ask the Tianxiong Army to shovel them into the shroud along with the soil. bag!It's okay to be trampled to death by cows and horses, but many warriors were trampled to death by sheep, what is this! ?

Damn Ezhe!
The Mongolian cavalry were also jealous. Bows and arrows lacked lethality, so they simply didn't use bows and arrows. They took out their throwing spears and threw them at the oncoming cattle.This trick finally worked. The spear was thrown through the belly of the cow, causing fatal injuries. Many cows fell down after being hit by the spear and could never get up again.But there were too many cattle charging towards them. Even with three heads and six arms, they couldn't resist them. The horses were knocked over one after another.Fortunately, their formation was sufficiently evacuated, and the main force behind them had plenty of room to escape. Otherwise, just this round of bull collision would have made them cry and pee.

Bao Ketu and others laughed happily, and arrogantly shouted at the embarrassed Mongolian cavalry: "Boys, be careful, next time we will charge you with a herd of horses! Anyway, these horses were snatched from you, so even if you kill them!" We won’t feel bad if it’s all gone!” After speaking, there was another burst of wild laughter, and they fled after riding their horses. After the Mongolian cavalrymen killed the cattle and sheep, these hateful national cavalrymen had long since disappeared.

Wu Keshan counted the casualties and was so angry that more than [-] Mongolian cavalry were trampled to a pulp by war horses, war oxen, and war sheep. There were also many injured. Thousands of war horses suffered broken tendons and fractures in the collision, and they were completely maimed. Got it!Wu Keshan couldn't believe that so many people had been lost without even chewing a hair on E Zhe's head. The tribal leaders and Taiji were even more furious. They didn't need Wu Keshan to give orders and each commanded their own tribes to attack the enemy. Chase in the direction of Lucheng!
E Zhe's troops got rid of the cattle and sheep, and their mobility increased greatly. They fled like thunder and lightning. Wu Keshan chased him for a whole day but failed to catch up. He had to lament that the tiger father has no dogs. My son is not vegetarian either.But the monk can't run away from the temple, so what if Ezhe can escape back to Alxa?He didn't believe that the entire Alxa Grassland could grow legs and escape!Chase, keep chasing!

While chasing desperately, Wu Keshan also mobilized a group of the most elite knights, rode the best horses to break away from the main force, and chased them all the way, gradually paralleling Ezhe's army, and finally surpassed it.This group of small but extremely fierce knights clung to the Ezhe army like a pack of wolves, and launched attacks continuously. A series of small but very bloody fierce battles broke out between the two sides. This endless biting success This forced Ezhe to slow down and bought time for Wu Keshan.

At noon on the third day, the situation changed. A thousand-man team responsible for breaking up the rear was entangled by the Mongolian army.Ezhe did not dare to neglect, and quickly sent Baoketu to bring 500 people to support him. As a result, these 500 people did not even see the shadow of the people being surrounded. The Mongolian cavalry came over like a tide, and Baoketu instantly Caught in heavy siege.Now Ezhe understood that in the time he had bought by using a small group of elites to entangle him, the main force of the Mongolian army had already caught up. Encircling the rear troops was just the beginning. If he continued to send reinforcements, the Mongolian army would continue to pour out until the end. Swallow all his 5000 troops!

E Zhe knew his own affairs. He was able to stand out from so many giants in the Tianxiong Army and become the commander of thousands of national cavalry. Firstly, it was because Lu Xiangsheng took a fancy to his talent, and secondly, it was because he was Lin Danhan's son. The eldest son, Daming needs a brand like him to attract more Mongolian men to join the vassal cavalry.He seems to be in a good mood now, but he is actually dancing on the tip of a knife, and there is no way out. If he dares to throw a whole team of thousands of people on the grassland and flee back in despair, even if Lu Xiangsheng spares him, those who are close to Daming The Mongolian tribe will not let him go.

There is no choice, let's die!

E Zhe raised his anger and roared at the cavalry of the subordinate country: "Follow me!" He mobilized his horse and rushed towards the battlefield where the sound of killing was loud.Immediately, densely packed Mongolian cavalry came across the field, and the sharp arrows they shot made the earth dark—the sun was covered!The cavalry of the subordinate country did not show any weakness. They drew the pulley compound bow and threw the sharp arrows over.As far as the exchange ratio is concerned, the cavalry of the subordinate country took advantage. Their steel helmets and breastplates withstood the test of tons of arrowheads. When shooting at a distance of 50 meters, none of the sharp arrows shot by the Mongolian cavalry could penetrate the helmets and breastplates. Those who caused fatal damage to them, but the steel arrowheads they shot could easily and happily penetrate the helmets and leather armor of the Mongolian cavalry, and shoot them off the horse.

Both sides skimmed sideways, throwing arrow rain continuously, rushing out of the range of the riding bow and then turning back, and then the arrow rain flew across.

E Zhe shot three arrows down three times in a row, looking at the boundless Mongolian cavalry, a trace of worry flashed in his heart.

Too much!
There are too many of them!

According to this way of fighting, even if the 5000 of them are not killed, they will be exhausted to death!

He gritted his teeth, raised his fist, and the buglers following behind him immediately blew the swan whistle. The cavalrymen who were shooting happily were stunned for a moment, put down their bows, drew their horizontal sabers, and screamed in formation of double arrows Straight up!The Mongolian cavalrymen's sharp arrows were like rain, knocking on their helmets and breastplates, but the effect was not great. In a blink of an eye, the tributary cavalrymen rushed in front of them, raising thousands of horizontal knives made of high-carbon steel. Chopping down, the crisp sounds of sharp blades cutting bones one after another, and the sound of screams, I don't know how many excellent riders with superb riding skills fell from the horse's back twitching and twitching.The dense formation of cavalry was sliced ​​open by the tributary cavalry like butter, penetrating to the core!The Mongolian cavalry was forced to put down their bows, draw out their scimitars, and pick up their spears to start a hand-to-hand fight with the oncoming cavalrymen of the vassal state—obviously, this kind of hand-to-hand combat is what the cavalry of the vassal state would like to see!
Wu Keshan reined in his horse and stood on the mound, watching the vassal cavalry in fiery red shirts roaring and charging into the waves of the Mongolian cavalry. Thousands of horses swung their swords like thousands of wheels, rising and falling, Severed scimitars, spears and arms were flying everywhere, and blood sprayed from the twitching corpses. His face was as sinking as water.Ezhe's tactics are very simple. He relies on strong armor and steel swords to defeat his opponents. But the simpler the tactics, the more difficult they are to deal with. My armor is stronger than yours, and my sword is sharper than yours. , everyone is facing each other head-on, who is afraid of whom?This is a generational difference in technology. The Mongolian cavalry using scimitars made of min iron collided with the vassal cavalry using horizontal swords made of high carbon steel. It would be hell if they didn't suffer a loss!
With a gloomy face, Wu Keshan raised his iron palm and swung it down fiercely.

Ezhe, who was fighting in full swing, suddenly heard the sound of the conch horn, and the surrounding Mongolian cavalry separated like waves. He couldn't help but be a little surprised. He turned away from the sound, and his face turned pale:

On the high hills, hundreds of cavalry wearing iron armor and holding nail guns galloped down, rushing down the passageway made aside by the Mongolian cavalry!He is very familiar with this scene. In the Battle of Yanchi, the Lancers of the Tianxiong Army launched a charge in this way. With just one blow, they shattered the remaining fighting will of the Ordos, turning the battle into a massacre. Now the Mongolian cavalry also came. Relying on the gourd to draw a ladle, an eye for an eye!
Do not!
E Zhe quickly denied his own thoughts.The fierce murderous look on the heavy cavalry rushing down from the hills, the cold eyes, and the thick armor are all fundamentally different from the undisciplined Mongolian cavalry, especially the fine armor , on the prairie, there is even a price but no market. Even his father could not collect less than a hundred sets in his heyday, but now they have produced five or six hundred heavy armored cavalry all at once!
This heavy cavalry is by no means Mongolian cavalry, they can only be white-armored soldiers from Jianzhou!

(End of this chapter)