Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 36 Car Camp, Shhhhhhhh
Ten thousand cavalry spread out like a fan, and the wind and rain swept in, shaking the earth and shaking the mountains.

In the era of cold weapons, which arm has the strongest combat effectiveness?None other than cavalry!
The Central Plains Dynasty was an agricultural civilization and lacked excellent war horses. It suffered from the invasion of the northern tribes for thousands of years because it was difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to form a strong cavalry.

Zhao Wuling Wang Hufu rode and shot, and even Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of the ages, wanted to build the Great Wall to resist the Huns. Wasn't he forced by the Huns' cavalry?

Cavalry, an ancient and powerful unit, can be described as prestigious and majestic.Cavalry is flexible, fast, and powerful, which are its natural advantages.

It is not the emergence of firearms, and cavalry will quickly withdraw from the stage of history.The fact is that until World War II, cavalry could still be seen galloping across many battlefields, exerting its last glimmer.

The Ming army was equipped with a large number of firearms, and also invented the three-stage strike tactic, but facing the Mongolian and Jiannu cavalry, they still had more than enough heart but not enough strength.

What is the reason?
One is limited to the production technology at that time, whether it is a three-eyed firecracker or a bird-billed blunderbuss, the lethality is extremely limited, and the accuracy is too low;

The second is that the initial muskets and artillery were complicated to operate. Every time they fired, it took a lot of time to reset, reload, and ignite. After a set of complicated operations, the cavalry had already rushed to the front.

The three-stage strike tactic only improved the efficiency of the use of firearms to a certain extent, but did not solve the substantive problems.Only when the Maxim heavy machine gun appeared, did the cavalry encounter a natural enemy.

Having said that, the wisdom of the ancients is endless, otherwise there would not be Wei Qing's great achievements in fighting the Huns, and Zhuge Liang would not have made several northern expeditions with the weak power of Shu to Wei, which had powerful cavalry.

It was no coincidence that Wei Qing and Zhuge Liang both chose a sharp weapon in the face of the tough cavalry, and that was the chariot!
Wei Qing's chariot is called "Wu Gang Chariot", and Zhuge Liang's chariot is called "Pianxiang Chariot". The so-called Zhuge Wuhou Eight Formation is actually a combat formation composed of eight chariots.

In the Ming Dynasty, after the improvement of famous generals such as Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, the use of chariots reached its peak.Qi Jiguang, in particular, summed up the experience of his predecessors, equipped the army with a large number of firearms, and established a well-known car battalion.

Following Zhou Yuji's order, the soldiers of the car battalion began to line up in an orderly manner.

First, thousands of soldiers drove many mules and horses, dragged out dozens of attacking cannons from the army, and placed them in front of the army.

After attacking the artillery three feet, more than [-] fire chariots were deployed.The back of the fire chariot is sprinkled with iron quinoa, and Juma is placed (the sharpened wooden stakes are tied into a tripod, which is actually a deer village).

Then there is the main body of the car camp, a defensive formation composed of a hundred vans.The chariots are connected, and the wooden planks of the carriages are opened, like a thick wall.

Each chariot is equipped with two Franc machine guns (that is, general guns), a number of bird beak guns and tiger crouching guns.Twenty soldiers were divided into regular and odd teams, with ten soldiers in each team.

In the Zhengbing team, there are Chezheng, Helmsman, Boring Palladium Hand, Franc Machine Hand, etc., each performing his duties.

The Raiders are in charge of fighting at close range, and the formation they formed is Qi Jiguang's original and famous mandarin duck formation.

The establishment of the car camp was naturally Li Cunming's will.Sooner or later, they will have to face the Jiannu iron cavalry, set up a car battalion as soon as possible, and put in a lot of training, so that they can face Jiannu head-on in the future.

It's just that the time is short, and the car camp is not yet scaled.He also didn't expect that the first time Che Ying went into battle was to attack Liu Liangzuo.

Li Cunming heard that Liu Liangzuo had a cavalry force of tens of thousands, and he still made up his mind to attack him because he had established a chariot battalion in the past month, so he had confidence in his heart.

Li Cunming was very relieved to see the soldiers forming their formation skillfully and orderly, and thought to himself: "Whether the Cheying can effectively restrain the cavalry will only be known in detail after the fight. In the past, it was only on paper. Forget it, let's take Liu Liangzuo." Come and practice your cavalry, hmph, this old boy really has a long face!"

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After the car camp was set up, the vanguard of the cavalry had rushed several hundred meters away.

"That's Cheying. I never thought that Chongzhen would have such a family background!" Li Chengdong shouted.

Liu Liangzuo rode a variegated horse, which is how he got his nickname "Flower Horse Liu".Sitting high on his horse, he said with a sneer: "It's just Qi Jiguang playing with the leftovers, so why make such a fuss! Just a few wooden carts formed a circle, trying to block Lao Tzu's cavalry, what a fool's dream!"

Then he drew out his knife and shouted: "Brothers, I have raised you fat and fat. I want money and money, and women and women. Today is the time for you to make meritorious deeds! Capture Chongzhen alive and make you king and marquis!"

The cavalry yelled like chicken blood, wrapped in a gust of wind, and rushed to kill wildly.

Li Cunming stood in the depths of the central army on horseback, protected by hundreds of soldiers.The big banner with the word "Da Ming" swayed in the wind, whirring and flipping endlessly.

As the commander in chief, he does not directly issue combat orders.With a brave general like Zhou Yuji around, there is no need for Li Cunming to do everything himself. He believes that Zhou Yuji knows how to fight better than himself.

To be an emperor, the key lies in employing people!
At this time, Zhou Yuji was standing on the chariot in the center, his face sinking like water.The enemy was getting closer and closer, from being able to see their figures to gradually being able to see their faces clearly, Zhou Yuji remained indifferent.

"The one who doesn't change his face when Mount Tai collapses in front of him can be the top general!" Li Cunming looked at Zhou Yuji, who was as immobile as a mountain, and felt extremely at ease.

800 meters, 700 meters, 500 meters, 400 meters...

The enemy seemed to be within reach, the mud clods kicked up by the horse's hooves seemed to fly under the eyelids, and the sweat from the horse's back seemed to fly onto the face of the person.

Zhou Yuji finally raised his long knife, swung it violently and said, "Fire!"

The dozens of offensive cannons at the front of the camp were fired at the same time, and the shells roared out. The enemy soldiers in the front row were killed and wounded, and fell to the ground.

The attacking cannon is a vehicle-mounted cannon. The artillery is placed on a wooden cart and fixed with iron hoops.When in use, the iron anchor is embedded in the soil, which can prevent the dislocation movement of the gun body after firing the shell to a certain extent.

Dozens of offensive cannons each fired three shells one after another, and the enemy's offensive eased somewhat.The soldiers left the gun carriages and hurried back to the camp.

As soon as the soldiers operating the assault artillery left their combat positions, more than 50 fire chariots behind them opened fire, and all arrows were fired.

The fire chariot is a kind of multiple-barreled rocket launcher. It uses a wheelbarrow to load and launch rockets. There are six rectangular boxes on the car, which are divided into two rows. Each box is filled with sharp long arrows. There are more than 160 pieces in total. It is similar to the structure of Ming Dynasty firearms "Swarm of Bees" and "Fire Dragon Arrow".

The main fuse was ignited, and the rocket shot out through the air, and the sound of "swoosh" could be heard endlessly.

Li Cunming listened to the sound of the rocket flying, and thought it was pleasant to hear, and looked at the scene of thousands of arrows firing, and thought it was magnificent.

But the enemy was miserable, some were pierced through the forehead, and some were shot into hedgehogs.What was even more tragic was that the horse was shot by the long arrow, screamed tragically, and fell to the ground. The cavalry was crushed under the horse, and the bones would inevitably break and life would be worse than death.

(End of this chapter)