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Chapter 62 Three Axes

Six hundred lead bullets hit the face from different directions, and the Tartars, who had nowhere to hide on the battlefield, could only choose to use their own bodies to face these lead bullets.

The lead bullet swept towards the Tartars like a wind quickly hit the flesh wall composed of the corpses of the Tartars and the war horses.

With great force and red-hot lead bullets, which were easily broken through various obstacles, they penetrated deeply into the body of the Tartars or the war horse. Then, blood flowers quickly gushed out from the wounds of the Tartars' bodies, and the Tartars, who were hit by the lead bullet, fell from the backs of the war horses one after another.

Two rounds of artillery bombardment, one thousand two hundred lead bullets swept towards him, and his brave subordinates suffered more than thirty casualties again.

Faced with such heavy casualties, although the Tartar Niu Lu Zhang Jing was very surprised. However, the fanatical expression on Niu Lu Zhang Jing's face did not dissipate at all. In his common sense of combat with the Ming army in his mind, the overall combat method of the Tiger and Leopard Army in front of him was basically no different from that of other Ming army.

As for the reason why his troops suffered more casualties than usual in combat, in Niu Lu Zhangjing's opinion, this is not because of how powerful the opponent's combat power is, but because the opponent sets the fire order of his firearm troops more precisely, allowing his limited firepower to exert greater power than usual.

In the Tatar Niulu Zhangjing's understanding of the Ming army's combat methods, there are three axes in the Ming army's combat, namely: muskets, cannons, and spears...

Now, both muskets and cannons have been used, and the only one that was placed in front of the Tartars was the last axe, spear, and relying on the spear formation to block the cavalry's offensive...

However, in the battle against the Ming army that he had experienced, the last trick left by the Ming army was basically unable to block the impact of the cavalry.

Many times, just riding and shooting, which is good at, can use a horse bow to knock the opponent's spear formation to overturn the horse before approaching the opponent's spear formation.

The mighty cavalry had not yet come into contact with the opponent's spear formation, and the timid and cowardly Ming army had already collapsed without fighting.

Therefore, among the three tricks that the Ming army is good at, the Tatars are least afraid of.

Although the losses caused to the troops by the Ming army's first two axes were unexpected and heartbreaking. However, facing the third axe of the Ming army, which had no threat at all, and facing the victory that was about to be won, all sad and solemn expressions flashed from the Tartars' faces and were quickly covered by bloodthirsty expressions.

Without any orders, the Tartars riding on war horses were like small war machines step by step.

With the fastest speed, mechanically repeat the same action, and shoot arrows at the Tiger and Leopard Army defense line that is still covered by white smoke in front of you.

In a blink of an eye, the Tatar cavalry charged to twenty steps away from the earth wall.

The Tartars, who had been through the battlefield, seemed to have agreed to it, and at the same time put away their horse bow, raised their big sword in their hands, and prepared to carry out the final charge.

At this moment, the white smoke shrouded in the earthen wall was finally blown away by the wind.

What surprised the Tartars was that the earthen wall that stretched for dozens of steps, except for the dense arrows laid on it, there was no Ming commander waiting for him to cut and kill.

"Where is the third axe of the Ming army, the spear formation?" Zhang Jing, the Tatars, asked loudly in his heart.

At this moment, three deep ditches behind the earthen wall suddenly appeared in the sight of Zhang Jing of the Tatars. Along with the deep ditch, there were more than a dozen Ming troops carrying the tiger cannon and retreating frantically...

Although the words retreat and retreat are only one word different, they have a natural difference. Especially on the battlefield, if you use the two words in the wrong situation, it is likely to bring you a destructive blow.

If he was a rational person, he would see the Tiger and Leopard Army moving along the deep trenches dug in advance, and also carrying heavy artillery. This person's judgment on the Tiger and Leopard Army must be retreating on the battlefield and actively give up the earth wall in front of him.

However, the Tatar Niulu Zhang Jing, who finally rushed to the earth wall, had already lost his mind and clear judgment due to excitement.

A dozen artillery soldiers who were retreating frantically had just come into his sight, and a roar of excitement had already come from his mouth.

"Warriors, the Ming army has been defeated by our horse bow. They have used up all three axes. Break through the earth wall, kill them all, and avenge the warriors who died in battle..."

The words of Zhang Jing from Niulu of Tartars were like a dose of stimulant, which made more than 100 cavalrymen behind him instantly boil.

He screamed and activated the war horse under his crotch, waved the saber in his hand, and rushed towards the earth wall that was only three feet high like a demonstration.

Under the biting cold and low temperature environment, the war horses running faster and faster under the Tartars' crotch had already emitted bursts of heat due to continuous running.

Just when the earth wall was only half a fight away from them, the Tartar horses jumped up from the ground because of their instinct and the rider on their backs.

For the Tartar cavalry who have been through the battlefield for a long time, a three-foot-high earth wall is not even as good as an ordinary horse, and the war horse under his crotch can definitely be easily crossed.

Therefore, when the war horses rushed towards the earth wall, each Tartar showed a fanatic and confident expression from the bottom of his heart.

Sprint, take off…

The horses and the knights on the horse's back quickly jumped up from the ground, crossed the earth wall, and landed on the ground...

However, at this moment, an accident happened...

The Tatar cavalry crossed the earth wall did not see the land where they could settle down, but a huge trench more than three feet deep.

More importantly, a row of sharpened wooden barbs were inserted in the trench. They had been burned black and carbonized, and the very hard gun tip pointed directly to their direction.

Just a three-foot-deep trench can bring a fatal blow to yourself, not to mention a row of wooden barbs.

The Tartars' face, which was still fanatical and confident just now, turned pale in an instant.

Under the influence of inertia and gravity, the horse under his crotch crashed into the trench without any accident, and was pierced by the high-rise wooden barbs, and died on the spot without even a neighing sound.

The Tartars riding on the war horse were not much better, although they were not pierced by barbs. The huge inertia still threw him out of the horse's back and smashed him heavily on the ground, life and death were uncertain.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Tartar cavalry who jumped up from the ground at the same time received surprises prepared by Wei Zheng for them.
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