Chongzhen Ming Dynasty: Starting from Meishan Chapter 459: Mountains of corpses
The remaining Mongolian cavalry froze on the spot, somewhat at a loss.
If we continue to charge forward, not only will the men and horses be blocked, but the firepower of the Ming army will be too brutal. It feels like no matter how many people charge forward, the final result will be death.
But there is no order to retreat.
So the remaining 600 or so riders were stunned in place.
Jiannu was stunned on the spot, but the Ming army would not be stunned.
Taking advantage of the Jiannu cavalry stopping thirty paces away, the second row of Ming troops came up again and opened fire at the same time.
There was another intensive volley of muskets, and nearly two hundred more Jiannu cavalry who were stunned on the spot fell instantly. Now the remaining Jiannu cavalry finally collapsed, turned their horses and ran away.
The Ming army was not idle either, pointing their guns at the fallen Jiannu.
Although many Jian slaves fell off their horses, they only fainted or were injured. Some Jian slaves were not even injured after falling off their horses. They jumped up and wanted to run back.
However, they had no chance to escape.
Along with the sound of gunshots fired one after another, Jian Nu fell to the ground one after another.
It was less than a quarter of an hour from the time four powerful Mongolian cavalry entered the attack to the final attack by the Ming army. However, in less than a quarter of an hour, more than 700 Mongolian cavalry were killed, but the Ming army suffered zero casualties.
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The sound of gunfire gradually stopped, and the smoke gradually dispersed, and a tragic scene appeared in front of the soldiers of both sides at the same time.
As a result, exclamations of surprise rang out in front of the two armies at the same time. Obviously, the scene in front of them surprised both sides. Both the Jiannu, who had an absolute advantage in strength, and the robot-like Ming army were surprised.
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Staring at the corpses of men and horses scattered all over the battlefield, Duduo felt like his head was buzzing. How could it be? How could it be possible? How could this be the result?
Obviously, the first wave of probing attacks just now almost succeeded.
Logically speaking, then, if the second wave of attacks included a full four powerful Mongolian cavalry, they would definitely not miss, and they should definitely overwhelm the Ming army in one fell swoop!
However, reality dealt a cruel blow to Dodo.
The second wave of attacks not only failed to overwhelm the Ming army, but actually failed even more miserably!
The Eight Banners generals such as Sony, Aobai, Baiyintu, Yabulan and Vasinga also looked in disbelief. The scene in front of them was so exciting to them that it was almost subversive.
To use a common saying from later generations, their three views were shattered.
In their inherent impression, except for the Baigan soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers in the Hunhe Battle, the Ming army basically collapsed at first touch when encountering the Mongolian cavalry in the field, without exception.
The Baigan soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers also relied on chariot camps to hold off the Mongolian cavalry.
If there is no chariot camp, even the Baigan soldiers or the Zhejiang soldiers will not be able to defeat the Mongolian cavalry.
After all, the Mongolian cavalry could defeat the Ming army without the protection of car camps just by relying on Mangu's evil tactics.
But now, a group of Ming cavalry actually defeated the Mongolian cavalry in the field without relying on car camps, and it seemed to be very easy. It seemed that they were not afraid of several more attacks?
After a long while, Duduo finally recovered from the huge shock.
After being shocked, Duduo became a little angry and angry. This time he was really embarrassed.
What Dodo cares about more than the humiliation is punishment. If he ends up losing this time, he will be in trouble.
At this time, Duduo did not know that Dorgon had completed the reform of the Eight Banners military merit system, so as long as there was a reason, even if he suffered a defeat, he would not be punished as before.
So if the previous Eight Banners military merit system is followed, Duduo will definitely not be guaranteed the title of county king this time, and maybe Baylor will not be guaranteed either. He will be directly demoted to Beizi or even the Duke of Zhenguo. Zhengbaiqi will be deprived of many cows.
Record? Even if you take it back and forth, it will only increase or decrease within the two white flags, but this is not a good thing after all.
What if one day I fall out with Brother Fourteen?
Therefore, he cannot lose this battle, he must win it, and he must win it beautifully.
What does it mean to win beautifully? Where you fall, you have to get up.
Facing Zamusuo and Tengjisi who had fled back in disgrace, Duduo said bitterly: "Zamusuo, Tengjisi, I will give you two another chance. This time you will each lead a Jia La and come from the southeast."
The four northwest directions simultaneously launched an attack on the Ming army's infantry array. Listen, if you still can't take it this time, you two don't come back!"
"Hey!" Zamusuo and Tengjisi looked miserable, and could only bite the bullet and continue to attack.
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Seeing that Jiannu had separated his cavalry and started to line up again, Hu Guozhu sneered.
Even if the number of cavalry dispatched by Jiannu this time was larger, it seemed that there were three or four thousand cavalry, but so what? Facing the tightly defended hollow square formation, no matter how many waves of attacks Jiannu sent, it would be in vain.
"We have everything. Take the time to replenish the ammunition."
"Grenade, each person prepare a grenade!"
Following the commands from Hu Guozhu and Qin Wang, the innermost row of cavalry quickly returned to the horses to get ammunition and grenades, and then distributed the ammunition to the two rows of cavalry in front.
The cavalry grenade was later developed by the Ming Dynasty Arsenal.
The weight is lighter than infantry grenades. Infantry grenades weigh ten kilograms each, while cavalry grenades only weigh two kilograms.
The grenades used by the cavalry are light in weight and have little lethality, but they are very effective in disturbing the cavalry and can cause huge disruption to the enemy cavalry.
In the previous fight for more than half a month, the reason why the Ming army cavalry was able to keep up was largely due to grenades, because whenever the Jiannu cavalry got close to them, they only had to throw a grenade behind the horse's buttocks, and the Jiannu horses would be defeated.
They would be frightened and turn around, and the Ming army's horses would accelerate crazily, easily getting rid of the pursuit of the Jiannu cavalry.
In addition, a small number of flintlock guns malfunctioned or exploded.
Due to the insufficient number of flintlock muskets, the cavalry battalion did not have spare flintlock muskets.
These cavalrymen who lost their flintlocks were left at the end by Hu Guozhu as substitutes.
Once the cavalry in any direction is reduced in number, these substitutes can immediately take their place.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although the casualties of the Ming cavalry have been minimal until now, it is impossible for such a large-scale battle not to occur without casualties, and someone will need to replace them.
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The decisive battle in Guting Town is about to begin.
The Ming army infantry led by Chongzhen and Du Yinxi were still twenty miles away.
"Quick! Move faster and speed up!" Du Yinxi kept urging the army to speed up the march, because he had smelled the atmosphere of conspiracy and was worried about something happening to the cavalry battalion.
However, Chongzhen seemed very calm and unfazed at all.
"Your Majesty, this is all my fault." Du Yinxi said with a look of self-blame, "I was negligent in this matter."
Chongzhen said in surprise: "Du Yin, what did you neglect? Why can't I understand something?"
Du Yinxi said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Jiannu is obviously well prepared for this attack. If nothing unexpected happens, he must have set up an ambush during the cavalry battalion's pursuit."
"This pursuit by the cavalry battalion will inevitably lead to an ambush."
"After more than half a month of combat training, although the equestrian skills and mounted shooting of the cavalry battalion have made great progress, they are still slightly inferior to those of Jiannu, not to mention that Jiannu's cavalry still occupies an absolute majority.
advantage, so if the cavalry battalion is surrounded by a heavy army of Jiannu, the consequences will be disastrous."
"It doesn't matter even if you fall into the trap." Chongzhen shook his head and said.
"After all, the terrain here is plain terrain. Even the ambush cannot hide at a very close distance like in the mountains, because if it is too close, it will be discovered by Ye Bushou. And if the ambush is hidden tens or even dozens of miles away,
In addition, this will leave enough reaction time for the cavalry battalion. Whether it is a breakout or a formation to attack, the cavalry battalion will take the initiative."
Du Yinxi sighed: "I'm worried that they won't be able to break out, otherwise there should have been sentry cavalry long ago."
"That's true." Chongzhen said with deep understanding, "I didn't encounter even a single sentry from the cavalry battalion along the way. This is enough to prove that the cavalry battalion is really trapped in a tight siege and cannot get out."
"But even so, there is still no need to worry."
"Because I have long taught the hollow square formation of the cavalry battalion."
"Hollow square formation?" Du Yinxi obviously lacked confidence.
"Your Majesty, is the hollow square array really as magical as you say?"
Chongzhen didn't explain much: "You will know when the time comes."
The power of the hollow square array has already been proven in another time and space.
The Hollow Phalanx was the main reason why Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo.
Because of this, Chongzhen was not worried at all about what might happen to the cavalry battalion.
Because the Jiannu who came to Xuzhou only had cavalry, the nomadic cavalry alone could not deal with the infantry regiments that had set up hollow square formations and were equipped with flintlock muskets with sleeved bayonets.
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The battle in Guting Town was just as Chongzhen expected.
The Mongolian cavalry could not do anything to the Ming army who had already set up a hollow square formation.
Although the Mongolian cavalry that went into the attack numbered two to three thousand and attacked simultaneously from the east, south, west, and north directions, it was of no use.
The sound of "Boom, boom, boom!" was heard endlessly.
Accompanied by intensive volleys of gunshots, the Mongolian cavalry fell one row after another.
Then the horses lying on the ground had a serious impact on the rear cavalry, making it impossible for the rear cavalry to rush up, or were forced to stop in place, or go around from the side and collide with other cavalry.
So the final result was that the Mongolian cavalry could not advance within thirty steps.
Basically, between thirty and fifty steps, all the Mongolian cavalry were knocked down.
The number of Mongolian cavalry committed to the attack was larger, but it only lasted a little longer.
The first half of the Niulu who launched the attack lasted only three minutes, the second wave of four Niulu who launched the attack lasted for a quarter of an hour, and the two who launched the third wave of attack only lasted half an hour.
Half an hour later, the entire battlefield fell silent again.
As the smoke dispersed, an even more tragic scene emerged.
But all they saw was that the corpses of dead men and horses had piled up into a mountain.
