Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 287 Chapter 287

The development of the war situation in this way is completely beyond the expectations of the people of Heshuo.

This is a very classic prairie terrain, most suitable for cavalry combat.

The cavalry of the Heshuote people has obvious advantages in quantity and quality. It should be the Heshuote people who have the upper hand and firmly press down on the Ming army to fight.

But what people didn't expect was that the Ming army unexpectedly took the initiative to advance, and even directly inflicted such heavy casualties on the Heshuote vanguard army, even one of the generals died.

Chaolu's face was as dark as water, and he gritted his teeth and said: "This must be because Haishan was too careless, so he fell into the Han people's scheme. Don't panic, we will definitely win if we continue to implement the original plan!"

Luo Shi was about to step forward to speak, but Fan Wencheng grabbed his sleeve.

Fan Wencheng directly pulled Luo Shi away dozens of steps, and then said: "Master Luo Shi, I can't persuade you at this time."

Luo Shi asked doubtfully: "Mr. Fan also knows that I want to persuade him?"

Fan Wencheng said: "Master Luo Shi, you have a good eye, and you have already seen that the Heshuote people are bound to lose. But this kind of truth is absolutely unacceptable now."

Luo Shi said: "Why?"

Fan Wencheng said: "Now Chaolu is like a gambler at the gambling table. He lost a big sum at the beginning, but he still has a lot of chips in his hand. At this time, his thoughts must be to add more Put up more chips to make a profit instead of just quitting and leaving the table.”

Luo Shi said seriously: "But after all, this Heshuote is also an ally that our Qing Dynasty counts on to delay the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible to just watch them fail like this?"

Fan Wencheng shook his head and said, "It's not that we want to see them fail, but that Chaolu has not allowed anyone to withdraw troops now. If you speak up easily, you may be held accountable by Chaolu instead, and your life may even be in danger!"

Rosh's eyes widened: "Life is in danger? This..."

Fan Wencheng sighed, and said: "I want you to tell me, we'd better look at the situation now. It's okay if the Heshuote people can really come back later, but if they can't, we have to retreat quickly!"

Here the two envoys of the Manchu and Qing murmured, while Chaolu had already issued an order to lead the main force directly to press on.

Yes, Chao Lu wants to get back the place himself!
Under the order of Chaolu, [-] Heshuo special cavalry began to sweep in from all directions, marching forward mightily.

Chaolu was not that kind of brainless stunned young man. When he led the main force of his tribe forward, he also gave another order to let [-] cavalry surround the left and right wings of the Ming army.

When light cavalry fights infantry, the most important breakthrough is the flank of the infantry. As long as the light cavalry can rush in from the flank, they can instantly kill a large number of infantry with their sabers and quickly disrupt the infantry's formation.

As a result, the more than 7000 cavalry of the Xining Guards covering the flanks of the Ming army immediately encountered great pressure.

The Xining Guards are cavalry in the true sense. Although they are all Mongols, so their combat effectiveness against the Heshuot cavalry is almost the same, but there are too many Heshuote cavalry who can't stand it.

But fortunately, Xiningwei is not without strengths, and this strength is the hundreds of muskets bestowed by Zhu Cihong.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Battle had just fired the musket in his hand and watched a Heshuote Hundred Cavalry Commander fall not far away, with a smile on his strong face.

Suddenly someone nearby shouted: "Young master!"

Out of the corner of Battelle's eye, he caught sight of something approaching quickly, and with a shudder in his heart, he lay down on the horse's back as fast as he could.

"Swoosh!" With a sound, an arrow grazed Battelle's back.

"This little trash, you can't afford it, you dare not shoot me face-to-face!" Battelle was furious, and directly loaded the bullet and raised his hand to shoot, shooting the opponent off the horse.

After killing the sneak attacking enemy, Battelle also let out a sigh of relief.

At this moment, he had great admiration for Zhu Cixiang in his heart. If it weren't for these muskets, I don't know how many more people would have died in Xining Guard's battle today!
"His Royal Highness, you are wise! With such a prince, the future of Ming Dynasty must be bright!"

With emotion, Battelle raised his gun again.

"Die, you Mongols who refuse to accept the King of Ming Dynasty!"

"boom!"

If the flank where Battle is located still has a slight advantage over the Shuotes, then the front will be a completely different battle situation.

The phalanx formed by [-] musketeers advanced slowly but firmly. In front of them, no matter which Heshuo cavalry came to fight, the outcome was exactly the same.

It was shot directly to collapse by the dense hail of bullets.

There are also some extremely brave Heshuo special cavalry, they escaped the first wave of bullets by chance, successfully approached to a certain distance and shot bows and arrows.

Musketeers have no protection, so they are also unavoidable after being hit by an arrow.

But there are only a few such Heshuote cavalry. Even these few cavalry who are lucky enough to shoot bows and arrows have to meet the second wave of bullets from the Ming army's musketeers before they can shoot the second arrow.

If the probability of dodging the first wave of bullets is less than 1%, then the probability of dodging two consecutive waves of bullets... is almost 0.

The bad news spread like snowflakes to the ears of Chao Lu who personally held the battle not far away.

"The Eighth Prince is dead!"

"The Ninth Prince has led his remaining troops to retreat early!"

"The eleventh prince is dead!"

"The fifth prince and the sixth prince have all retreated!"

When Chao Lu listened, his face was extremely pale.

In the beginning, in order to prevent these sons from uniting and rebelling, Gushi Khan assigned cavalry to each of the ten princes early on. They did not belong to each other, and this time it was only because of Gushi Khan's order temporarily became Chaolu's subordinates.

When they found out that the situation in the battle was not good, the other princes naturally ran away in advance cleverly, and it was impossible to say that they all stayed to be buried with Chaolu.

"Bang bang bang!" Intensive gunshots came from a distance, and many Heshuote cavalry fled in all directions, regardless of the fact that General Chaolu was right in front of them.

Chao Lu's body was cold and he didn't know what to say.

A general Heshuote rode up and said loudly: "Your Highness, the envoys of the Qing Dynasty have also escaped!"

At this moment, how could Chaolu have the mood to care about that?He just nodded slightly subconsciously, staring dully at the completely rotten battle situation in front of him.

Fortunately, Chaolu still had a group of loyal subordinates after all, and after learning that the situation was unfavorable, they immediately came to their senses.

"Quick, cover His Highness to retreat!"

"Your Highness, hurry up, Genghis Khan was not always victorious in all battles back then, we still have a chance to win when we retreat and come back!"

In this way, surrounded by many cavalry, Chaolu chose to retreat very decisively.

The whining arrows flew across the air, sending news of the retreat to all the Heshuot cavalry.

The Heshuote people were defeated like a mountain!
(End of this chapter)