Seeing that the Ming army was hiding behind the protective wall, two rows of Mongolian cavalry moved forward with their bows drawn.
Zhu Gaoyuan looked over and yelled: "Hold still, don't show your head. No one is allowed to show their head without my will, and no one is allowed to light the match rope or fire the gun randomly!"
The Mongolian cavalry can draw their bows and fire arrows from galloping horses, and the hit rate is quite high, so it is not a problem to fire arrows on foot. At this time, showing up is looking for abuse.
At this distance, a matchlock can't beat a bow and arrow.
Such unnecessary casualties are completely unnecessary.
Wang Chengen and several eunuchs repeated loudly.
The eunuch's voice was high-pitched and thin, but extremely penetrating.
After hearing the eunuch's message, all the Ming troops stood still.
In the blink of an eye, two rows of Mongolian cavalry had arrived in front of the trench.
The two hundred household chiefs gave the order, and more than two hundred Mongolian cavalry threw away their bows and arrows, drew their scimitars from their waists, and jumped into the ditch like dumplings.
These Mongolian cavalry are a little too arrogant.
Normally it should be half on alert and half on offense.
However, at this moment, a crashing sound suddenly came from both ends of the trench.
The Mongolian cavalry looked around anxiously, but the Ming army used hemp ropes to open the sacks that had been blocked at both ends of the trench, and the cold river water immediately poured into the trench from both ends.
The river overflowed, and the Mongolian cavalry was suddenly at a loss.
Faced with sudden changes, normal people will be confused.
"Don't worry about the river water!" The two heads of households were used to seeing battlefields. They quickly reacted and gave the order, "Use a human ladder to climb the wall and kill the bright dogs!"
The Mongolian cavalry worked in groups of three and quickly set up ladders.
The third Mongolian cavalryman in the same group stepped on the ladder set up by his companions and easily climbed up the earth wall with just one jump.
About seventy Mongolian cavalry successfully climbed onto the earth wall. However, before these Mongolian cavalry could take off the scimitars from their mouths, hundreds of spears stabbed at them fiercely.
The dozen or so Mongolian cavalrymen who reacted slowly were cut into pieces.
Although most of the Mongolian cavalry escaped the stabs of the Ming army's spears, they were unable to gain a firm foothold on the earth wall and could only jump back off the earth wall and fall back into the ditch.
Only a few fierce Mongolian cavalry jumped into the earth wall.
However, a few Mongolian cavalry were not enough to determine the battlefield trend.
After barely cutting off a few spears, more spears came to stab him.
These most ferocious Mongolian cavalry were quickly beaten to pieces.
The first wave of attacks by the Mongolian cavalry was broken up and more than a dozen people were killed.
The first wave of attacks collapsed, and the Mongolian cavalry quickly organized a second wave of attacks.
But the result was worse than the first wave of attacks, and almost twenty more were killed.
By the time the Mongolian cavalry wanted to organize a third wave of attacks, the river had already filled the trenches.
Now we were in big trouble. We were standing in waist-deep river water, and our movements were greatly affected. What was even worse was the cavalry who were responsible for climbing the wall and attacking from behind. Because the river water had poured into their riding boots, their feet were so slippery that they could not even stand.
It is unstable, and even 50% of the 100% combat effectiveness cannot be exerted, and the final result can be imagined.
The third wave of attacks was quickly disintegrated by the Ming army.
Moreover, the losses this time were even greater, with more than thirty people stabbed to death.
At this time, the two heads of households finally realized something was wrong and hurriedly ordered a retreat.
But at this time, it was too late to think of retreating. As soon as the remaining Mongolian cavalry crawled back to the ground from the trench, Ming army musketeers appeared behind the protective wall.
Now it’s really like queuing up to be shot!
It's less than ten meters away, and even a musket with poor shooting accuracy can hit it.
Accompanied by the sound of "boom, boom, boom, boom", the Mongolian cavalry fell into a pool of blood one by one.
The Mongolian cavalry really suffered a lot this time, because their riding boots were soaked in water and they couldn't stand firm or run fast. They could only be shot like rabbits one by one by the Ming army's musketeers.
In the end, not one of the more than 200 Mongolian cavalry involved in this wave of attacks could escape alive.
The gunpowder smoke shrouded in front of the protective wall gradually dispersed, and the entire river bend soon became silent again. Only the Mongolian cavalry who were seriously injured but not dead kept wailing, which sounded a bit scary.
But even though he won a small game, Zhu Gaoyuan couldn't be happy.
Because the Ming Army musketeers also suffered many inexplicable casualties.
Some of them exploded, some fired and killed their own people, and most of them were accidental injuries caused by match ropes.
When many musketeers were loading the powder, in their hurry, the match rope caught in their fingers ignited the medicine can. The gunpowder exploded, and the musketeer was seriously burned in an instant.
It even affected others.
This is the flaw of the matchlock gun. The most fatal flaw of the matchlock gun is the matchlock.
The last battle in the Nameless Valley was well prepared and only three rows of muskets were fired without reloading the ammunition, so this problem did not occur. Only a few musketeers were injured due to the explosion.
This time, because there were multiple rounds of shooting, the problem was immediately exposed.
The most fatal flaw of the matchlock gun is that it easily misfires when charging, so you must be very careful.
Furthermore, the formation should not be too dense, otherwise the matchstick will ignite the medicine jars of the companions accidentally.
Through this battle, Zhu Gaoyuan finally had the most intuitive understanding of the flaws of the matchlock gun. It is no wonder that the matchlock gun must be assisted by spearmen.
Because the firepower density of the matchlock gun alone was simply not enough to stop the cavalry charge.
This flaw can only be solved when the flintlock gun appears, so there is no need to think about hollow square formations. There is no such condition at all. If you use it forcefully, you are courting death.
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Zhu Gaoyuan's mood was not relaxed, and Boritie China's mood was even heavier, so heavy that he no longer even wanted to settle accounts with Hai Rigu.
Because the conflict with Hai Rigu is just a conflict within the tribe.
But the battle with the Ming army was a life-and-death fight!
If this battle was defeated because of the liquidation of Hai Rigu, then it would be a small loss but a big loss. As a tribal leader, Boritiechi still understands such a simple truth.
Therefore, Boritichina had to comfort Hairigu in turn.
"Hai Rigu, even the eagle on the grassland has its wings broken. A failure is nothing."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, Boritiechina’s comfort made Hairigu even more ashamed. He immediately said with a dark face: "Touman, this failure is just because I am too
If you underestimated the enemy, please give me another chance. This time I will not underestimate the enemy again. I will definitely break through this earth wall and kill all the Ming Dynasty people hiding behind the earth wall. No one will be left alive!"
Boritiechina frowned again, not knowing how to dissuade Hairigu.
There must be no more forced attacks, because a frontal attack will only lead to death. The camp built by the Ming army in Hala Hetao is no less than a small military fortress.
But I couldn't say this directly, because it would easily hurt Hai Rigu's self-esteem.
Just when Boritiechi didn't know what to do, the distant sound of a cow's horn suddenly sounded from the grassland behind him.
The low horn sounded three times. Hai Rigu's expression changed instantly and he said: "Three horns sounded, a powerful enemy is coming! Could it be that reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty have arrived?"
"Quickly form a formation! Quickly form a formation!"
Boritiechina yelled immediately.
The horn sounded, and the cavalry of the Gongtu tribe began to form their team again.
After a while, more than two thousand cavalry lined up in more than twenty horizontal formations facing south.
Not long after, a dozen riders came galloping back from the south. They were the ones sent out by the Gongtu tribe at night.
"Headman!" the leader of the ten households shouted loudly, "there are more than two thousand cavalry heading north from the direction of Baimachuan. Judging from the flags and equipment, they look like cavalry from the Ming Dynasty."
"What a Ming army!"
Boriti China's expression was stern.
Hai Rigu, who had always been arrogant, was now wilting.
Before the thousand Ming troops in Hala Hetao were dealt with, more than two thousand cavalry came.
If the Ming cavalry coming from the south are so difficult to deal with, then their Gongtu Department will really be in danger this time, and they may suffer a huge defeat and lose their last vitality.
Soon the Ming army cavalry appeared in sight.
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"Hey!" Li Yan gently shouted, holding the horse on his crotch.
Li Nian, Li Mou and more than two thousand riders also stopped one after another.
Li Yan took out the monocular from the leather bag on his waist and pointed it at the river bend ahead.
This telescope was seized by Li Nian from a Ming army general during the Tongguan Battle. It is said to be a treasure donated by Westerners to the Ming army. It can clearly see the battlefield several miles away.
After adjusting the focus slightly, Li Yan could see the entire battlefield clearly.
Seeing that the two sides were still confronting each other, Li Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, we finally caught up."
"Is Mr. Chongzhen okay? That's great." Li Nian also breathed a sigh of relief and added, "If the Mongols kill Mr. Chongzhen, our trip will be in vain."
Li Mou said even more eagerly: "Don't say anything, just take action quickly."
"Do it?" Li Nian said angrily, "Then which one do you want to attack first?"
"Nonsense, of course we'll hit Mr. Chongzhen first." Li Mou said angrily, "We ran hundreds of miles just to catch Chongzhen back?"
Li Nian said: "What should we do if the Mongols surround us?"
"How is that possible?" Li Mou said in astonishment, "The Mongols are the enemies of the Ming army, and we are also the enemies of the Ming army. So we and the Mongols should be friends. They have no reason to attack us."
"I can't tell you clearly." Li Nian said, "I don't understand anything."
"Hey, who are you talking about?" Li Mou said angrily, "I'm your brother."
"Okay, stop arguing." Li Yan put away the telescope and said, "It's definitely not possible to ignore the Mongols and attack the Ming army directly, but we can contact the Mongols and maybe we can get what we need.
, as long as the Mongols are willing to let us take away Chongzhen, the prisoners of war and war horses of the Ming army can be given to them."
Li Nian volunteered: "Brother, I'll go talk to the Mongols."
"No need." Li Yan said, "I'd better go and tell them in person."
After a pause, Li Yan said again: "Find someone who can speak Mongolian."
Li Nian actually found someone in his team who could speak Mongolian.
Li Yan took this cavalry and went straight to the cavalry formation of the Gongtu tribe.
