The lord hunted down by the game

Chapter 90 Shocking Riding and Shooting

For example, General Gates is a Tier 1 fighter himself, and this is because of his mediocre talent.

This is why General Gates is still ruddy at the age of 50.

In this era where the average age is less than 30 years old, General Gates is already considered a long-lived.

Of course, the statistical method of this average age is inaccurate, and those who lower the average age are the majority at the bottom.

They don't have enough food, clothing, or warmth, and they have to go through the hardships of war. Even if they don't die from illness, they will die from the war.

On the other hand, nobles live a very prosperous life. Coupled with the bonus of warrior inheritance, six or seventy years old is really nothing to nobles.

General Gates looked at the thousands of ancient cavalry archers who suddenly appeared behind the rear of his own army, his mouth was wide open with a shocked expression on his face, and he even forgot to issue a military order for a while.

It wasn't until a thousand elite Mongolian cavalry raised their hooves and rushed toward their rear formation in the loose wolf formation unique to the Mongols that General Gates reacted!
At this time, General Gates is most fortunate that he wittily placed the most elite troops in the rear, that is, by his side...

These soldiers were originally the regular colonial army, and they were all veterans, the kind who had seen blood fighting Indians.

I have to say that compared with actual combat, no matter how much acting and training is done, it is far worse.

Facing the sudden attack of thousands of Mongolian elite cavalry archers in the rear, the officers in the rear array began to order their soldiers to change their formation and turn their guns before the order from General Gates's messenger and standard-bearer.

The few artillery in the rear also stopped, and began to set up shelling positions on the spot!
The elite combat effectiveness of the colonial regular army is still good. Before the thousand elite Mongolian cavalry archers approached, the formation change was completed.

Moreover, several hollow phalanxes were formed in front, which were specially used to guard against cavalry!
Behind the hollow phalanx is a standard platoon phalanx, and the two wings are also protected by the hollow phalanx.

This was just a change in the rear formation. General Gates' standard bearer quickly issued new orders to the troops in other regions on the podium. The orderlies on fast horses were very busy, and the bugle sounded one after another on the entire battlefield!
It's just that the formation of troops in other directions obviously cannot be compared with the veterans in the rear around General Gates, it's just to the extent that they stop advancing...

Especially those temporarily formed militia regiments from Wilmington fell into brief chaos under the emergency military order.

It's a pity that the trial soldiers are all butchers with a single tendon. They often choose the enemy based on the distance and not the strength...

Therefore, the arrows of thousands of elite Mongolian cavalry archers aimed directly at the rear of General Gates' troops!
all...

A small number of field artillery roared first, several solid bullets passed by, and one missed...

The elite Mongolian cavalry archers, who were not in a tight charge formation, formed three loose waves with a large distance between them, leaving a lot of room for turning around.

The horses of the Mongolian elite cavalry never stagnated, and all formation changes were completed in motion without wasting any time.

The distance of several hundred meters was stopped in an instant by the charge of the Mongolian elite horse archers. Both the field artillery and the mortar fired only one shell.

Compared with the field guns that fired solid bullets, the mortars that fired bursting bullets achieved great results.

One after another, the original flowering bombs with time-delayed fuzes exploded above the heads of the elite Mongolian cavalry archers. Each explosion can overturn more than a dozen elite Mongolian cavalry archers!
However, not all the flowering bombs can be properly exploded in the midair of the enemy group. Many flowering bombs explode after landing, and most of the lethality is absorbed by the ground.

There are even a small number of blooming bombs that are simply duds...

For the artillerymen of the mortars, the duds were actually lucky, because after only one salvo, an old mortar exploded...

Fortunately, the artilleryman who operated the mortar was also an old fritter. After igniting the fuze, he hid far away. No one was injured, but a mortar was destroyed.

Mortars are much cheaper than field guns, and they are all cast iron.

Of course, because of the low cost, the blasting rate of mortars is always higher than that of field guns, let alone compared with new field guns.

Therefore, experienced artillerymen who operate mortars will often run away after firing the fuze.

Anyway, the mortar gun has a short range, and it is used for surface damage, so it does not need to be aimed directly like a field gun.

The killing effect of a round of artillery shells on the Mongolian elite cavalry was not ideal. The Mongolian elite cavalry quickly rushed to the front of General Gates' rear formation.

The elite Mongolian cavalry archers all use hard bows for cavalry, and their range is no less than that of strong bows for infantry.

Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary strong cavalry can't pull this kind of riding bow!

The strong tension of the bowstring naturally provides a longer range, so when the front row of musketeers in the hollow phalanx fired, arrows rained down from the sky.

The elite Mongolian cavalry archers did not rush into the gaps in the hollow phalanx, nor did they directly attack the hollow phalanx full of bayonets. Instead, they swung their horses and turned to move forward parallel to the musketeers in the hollow phalanx.

At the same time, the Mongolian elite horse archers fired a large rain of arrows in just ten seconds.

The quiver of the Mongolian elite cavalry archers is placed in the front of the body where it is easy to get. They can directly draw the arrow from the front and put it on the bowstring to shoot it, without having to pull the arrow from the back.

In fact, on the real cold weapon battlefield, archers are accustomed to putting the mouth of the quiver forward to facilitate their own drawing of arrows, and few draw arrows behind their backs.

Drawing arrows from the front is more convenient and saves more time.

This is especially important for horse archers.

As for carrying arrows on the back, it is usually done when marching.

The archery method of drawing arrows from behind in film and television dramas is often for the sake of art and beauty, commonly known as "playing handsome"...

It took less than a minute for the elite Mongolian cavalry archers to pass in front of the hollow phalanx.

On average, each elite Mongolian cavalry archer can shoot more than a dozen arrows as long as they are not hit!
And the accuracy is amazing!
At least the hit rate can completely crush the opposing musketeer!
After a wave of Mongolian elite cavalry archers swept over and turned their horses away from the hollow square, the rows of musketeers in front of the hollow square wailed everywhere!
Being hit by arrows may not necessarily lead to death, but these wounded soldiers will undoubtedly further damage the morale of the US military.

General Gates in the rear was stupefied. It's not that he has never seen cavalry archers. The powerful Indian tribes with horses like to play like this.

But General Gates, a cavalry archer who shoots so accurately, has never been heard of, let alone seen!
There is no East Asian continental plate in this world, so naturally there will be no history of Mongolia's western conquest!
(End of this chapter)