Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 286 Chapter 286, the musketeers showed their prowess, and Prince Heshuo was killed in battle
Chaolu's order was very simple: "Fight!"

The war between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia actually had a very obvious historical event as the dividing line, and that was the very famous "Civil Castle Change".

Before the change of Tumubao, the Ming army was the one that took the initiative to attack. They had to go to the desert for a few laps at every turn, chasing the north with waves, beating up the Beiyuan and later Tatar Wara tribes, and they were terrified. .

But after the change of Tumubao, the situation changed.

First, under the leadership of Taishi Yexian, Wala dominated the grassland, and then the "Little Prince" Dayan Khan of Tatars shocked Monan. Zhu Houzhao, an emperor who could fight, fell into the water and died for no reason.

After dozens of hundreds of years of war, no matter whether it is the Oirat Mongolia or the Tatar Mongolia, they all look down on the fighting power of Ming Dynasty in their hearts.

Even those Mongolian tribes close to the border of Ming Dynasty, many of them are just paying superficial allegiance under the condition of buying money from Ming Dynasty. The Mongolian tribes of Xiningwei are so loyal and belong to the super heterogeneous among them.

The situation was like this, so Chaolu naturally looked down on the Ming army.

At this moment, Luo Shi, the envoy of the Qing Dynasty, came to Chaolu with Fan Wencheng.

Luo Shi said: "Prince Chaolu, can you listen to me?"

Chao Lu looked at Rosh's words, and said lightly, "Say."

Although Chaolu's father, Gushi Khan, valued the envoys of the Qing Dynasty very much, Chaolu actually didn't think so in his heart.

Jurchens?It's just a slave of the Great Mongol Empire.

Luo Shi said earnestly: "I think that the Ming army suddenly opened the door to fight after closing the camp for many days. Is there some conspiracy in it? We should not follow the rhythm of the Ming army, so as not to be fooled."

Chao Lu said, "Then what do you mean?"

Luo Shi said: "The Ming army came from afar, their food must be insufficient, and the camp has been closed for many days, so the supply is naturally even tighter. Prince, you just need not to fight the Ming army, and lead the army to keep a close eye on them. Just keep them from escaping. In a few days, the Ming army without food will be defeated without a fight, isn't that great?"

Chao Lu looked at Rosh for a while, then slowly said: "No, I can't accept your opinion."

Luo Shi suddenly became anxious, and was about to continue to say something, but Chao Lu interrupted him and spoke again.

"I understand your scruples, so I'll tell you directly. If it was in the Central Plains, these Han people might still be able to fight a dozen, but this is the grassland. Why should the Han people fight against our Mongolian cavalry? Get out of the way, Don't hinder me from taking military merit!"

Rosh had no choice but to back down.

Fan Wencheng on the side followed Rosh for a while, and suddenly said softly: "Lord Rosh, this slave seems to understand what Chaolu thinks."

Rosh was taken aback: "What do you think?"

Fan Wencheng said: "Gush Khan sent ten sons to guard the base camp in Qinghai, so the successor of Gush Khan is very likely to be selected from these ten sons in the future. As the chief general of the ten sons this time, Chaolu is sure It needs an undisputed victory to consolidate his position in Gushi Khan's heart."

Rosh pondered for a moment, and said, "So this is why he insisted on fighting head-on?"

Fan Wencheng nodded and said: "Exactly. Only by fighting head-on and defeating the elites from the Ming Kingdom can Chao Lu truly establish its prestige and succeed Gush Khan's throne in the future. Any other reasons and excuses are false."

Luo Shi let out a sigh of relief, and said: "So that's the case, Mr. Fan's opinion."

Rosh raised his head and saw that countless Heshuo special cavalry had been dispatched in black, heading towards the Ming army.

At this moment, Luo Shi only had one thought in his mind: "I hope that Prince Chaolu is really capable and can win this war of many versus few!"

The earth is shaking.

Countless horseshoes trampled on the grass, making the ground dusty.

The Mongolian cavalry had been holding back for several days, and now they finally got the chance to fight, and naturally they wanted to vent their anger just like their chief general, Chao Lu.

Regarding this, Zhu Cihong was very calm.

Standing on the watchtower at the gate of the camp, Zhu Cihong could easily have a panoramic view of most of the battlefield, provided there was no smoke and dust to cover it.

Judging from the current situation, the Heshuo Special Army still adopted a very "orthodox" way of fighting, that is, fighting on three sides.

Due to the lack of light cavalry, the Heshuo Special Army was obviously not stupid enough to charge directly with flesh and blood, but chose the traditional mangu evil tactics.

First, they approach at high speed, and everyone comes and fires at each other with crossbows. Then Heshuote takes the initiative to retreat and lures the Ming army to pursue them. While lengthening the front line, the Ming army focuses on one thing and the other, and finally turns around to outflank and turn the tide of the battle to win.

Only this time, the Heshuote people have encountered a tough problem.

The muskets of the Ming army have a range that exceeds that of the Heshuo cavalry!

Therefore, when the Heshuo special cavalry had just bent their bows and set up their arrows to use the kinetic energy of the horses to complete the projectile, the Ming Army Musketeers who were slowly advancing forward had already opened fire.

Li Dingguo blew the whistle in his mouth hard: "Beep beep beep——"

"Bang bang bang!" The muzzles of thousands of muskets sprayed out flames at the same time.

The bullets flew out at high speed. Since the firing area covered by thousands of musketeers was relatively wide, there was no need to pursue any shooting accuracy.

Just shoot and you're done!
In an instant, the Heshuo cavalry who rushed to the front were shot one after another, and they turned their backs.

This naturally greatly affected the fighting order of the Heshuo cavalry in the rear, causing the cavalry to be a little confused for a while.

Before the cavalry recovered their senses, the next batch of musketeers fired again.

"Bang bang bang!"

It is still familiar to stand in rows and shoot, but this time the Ming army has gathered [-] musketeers, so the firepower is undoubtedly more fierce than before.

After just a few minutes, the Heshuo special cavalry that was attacking at the front had completely collapsed, leaving thousands of corpses behind and fled in all directions.

Until the moment of the collapse, the Heshuo cavalry didn't even complete a complete bow and arrow throw!

Soon, news of the vanguard's defeat spread back to Chaolu.

Chaolu was completely shocked: "How is this possible?"

Chao Lu really couldn't believe it. In his opinion, the Heshuo Special Army might suffer some casualties at the beginning, but it was far from the current situation.

The next moment, another shocking news came.

"His Royal Highness Chaolu, His Royal Highness Haishan was killed by the Ming army when he led the army to charge just now!"

Chao Lu's expression changed drastically, and he almost fell off the horse.

Haishan is the seventh younger brother of Chaolu and one of the ten sons of Gushi Khan who guards Qinghai.

None of the Heshuote people expected that within half an hour of the war, the tenth prince of the Heshuote people would become the ninth prince!
(End of this chapter)