When he was sure that Jiannu was dead, Zhu Cijiong just put away his big bow and took the saber as a trophy. As for the armor and stomach on Jiannu's body, he had no interest at all.
However, the rat tail on Jiannu's head was cut off, which was a certificate of military merit.
Zhu Cijiong collected the loot, and Xu Wuniu over there also removed the four-sided arrow cluster that penetrated the breastplate, then used his own small hammer to roughly flatten the deformed breastplate, and finally put it back on Zhu Cijiong's body.
At this time, the bright moon had already fallen below the western horizon, and the surrounding fields quickly became dark.
Zhu Cijiong looked around, and even Xu Wuniu and others who were close to Chi Chi could only see the figure of Mo Hu. At this time, the strength of the scout cavalry was even more tested.
"Let's go, continue searching!"
Zhu Cijiong gave the order and the scout team continued to move forward.
Another scout team also separated from Zhu Cijiong and the others.
On the way, I encountered two more Jiannu wandering in the darkness.
It took a lot of effort to deal with these two Jian slaves, and a scout cavalry was sacrificed.
In such a dark night, muskets are not advantageous compared to large bows, but are at a disadvantage, because muskets only have one chance to fire, and there is basically no second chance to reload, even for scouts.
The cavalry carried a rifle and two blunderbuss, and had only three chances.
But Jiannu didn't collect them all night, but he still had more than a dozen heavy arrows.
Therefore, most of the time, the Ming army's scout cavalry would not engage in night battles with Jian Nu.
But tonight is an exception. In order to block off the area west of Bali Bridge, the Ming army's scout cavalry must clear out the Jiannu in the area at all costs, so the sacrifice of the scout cavalry is inevitable.
There was no time to grieve, or even to collect the remains of his comrades, so Zhu Cijiong and the others continued to move forward.
Near midnight, the scout team led by Zhu Cijiong and Xu Wuniu finally arrived at Bali Bridge.
At this time, dozens of scout teams had gathered at the west end of the Bali Bridge. Because the order was to hunt down the slaves west of the Bali Bridge and not take them back at night, they did not dare to rashly enter the east side of the Bali Bridge.
"Well, too much is not enough." Zhu Cijiong nodded and said, "Leave a few scout teams to guard the bridge, and the rest of the scout teams will conduct a second search in the area west of Bali Bridge to prevent any fish from slipping through the net."
Zhu Cijiong gave an order, and dozens of scout cavalry squads immediately dispersed.
Time passed quietly in the boring search, and soon came dawn.
Finally, another Jian Nu Ye Bu Tsai was found lurking in the grass. A scout cavalry walking in front was caught off guard and was shot through the face by an arrow from Jian Nu Ye Bu Tsai and died on the spot.
However, this Jian slave refused to be taken in at night and was shot to death by Xu Wuniu.
Xu Wuniu also used a dagger to cut off Jianba's rat tail, and put it away together with the big bow, sword and armor. Zhu Cijiong did not care about the armor and stomach on Jiannu's body, but Xu Wuniu refused to throw it away.
Because this piece of armor and stomach can be sold for a lot of money in the market.
Xu Wuniu finally searched Jiannu's body carefully.
He actually asked Xu Wuniu to find a few taels of silver.
There is no need to hand over this kind of loot, you can keep it yourself.
Zhu Cijiong then joked: "Wuniu, you are really a money addict."
Xu Wuniu didn't take it seriously at all, and said with a smile: "Money is a good thing."
"What do you need so much money for?" Zhu Cijiong asked puzzledly, "You are not short of food and clothing."
"King Ding, what you said is wrong. There are many things you can do with money." Xu Wuniu put the money into his leather bag and said with a happy face, "Money can be used to buy land, buy big livestock, and also...
It can be used to get a wife, hehe."
"Daughter-in-law, I don't want to have a wife." Zhu Cijiong said with disdain, "Women will only get in the way."
Xu Wuniu just grinned silly when he heard this, but he said in his heart, that's because you don't lack women. With a good-looking and obedient maid like Sumala Aunt, I'm not in a hurry to get a wife.
But how can we compare with you, a prince?
I, Xu Wuniu, have lived for more than 20 years, and I have never even touched a woman’s little hand, let alone tasted what it feels like. I’m so anxious that I’m dying, King Ding, do you know?
Just as I was talking, a warning whistle suddenly sounded in the direction of Bali Bridge.
"The enemy is attacking, let's go!" Zhu Cijiong roared and rode away.
Xu Wuniu originally wanted to take off Jiannu's leather boots as well.
Seeing this, he had no choice but to give up, immediately got on his horse and chased after him.
When Xu Wuniu followed Zhu Cijiong to the west end of Bali Bridge, he saw that the sky was already bright.
In the thin morning light, in the wilderness east of Bali Bridge, the black Jiannu cavalry had swept along the north and south banks of the Tonghui River. Looking at this posture, there were at least tens of thousands of cavalry.
"Prince Ding, that's not right." Xu Wuniu said, "Why did Jiannu arrive so early?"
Zhu Cijiong also had a solemn expression. According to the estimation of the Staff Department, the Jiannu army would not arrive near Bali Bridge until the end of the morning at the earliest, but it was only the beginning of the morning.
In other words, the establishment of slaves was two hours ahead of schedule!
Looking back, the wilderness behind me was still silent.
It is estimated that it will take a while for the main force of the Ming army to reach Bali Bridge.
This is war, the enemy can never do what you think.
But this can't help Zhu Cijiong, he is now a veteran.
"Line up!" Zhu Cijiong immediately ordered sternly, "Everyone is there, line up!"
The scout cavalry originally scattered in the wilderness to the west of Bali Bridge quickly gathered.
Within a moment, more than two thousand cavalry formed a cavalry formation in the wilderness to the west of Bali Bridge.
The entire cavalry horizontal formation is divided into two rows, front and rear. The south side is close to the north bank of the Tonghui River, and the north side extends to two thousand steps away. The horizontal interval of the cavalry reaches two steps, so the two rows of cavalry can advance alternately.
Or retreat, this is the cavalry line formation that Zhu Cijiong figured out.
Although war horses are humane, they cannot be compared with humans.
Therefore, the cavalry line formation cannot advance three rows at a time.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, it can still be done by dividing it into two rows and advancing or retreating.
Zhu Cijiong was also a little nervous, because this was his first actual battle after he figured out the cavalry line formation, and he didn't know whether the cavalry line formation would work.
However, you will find out soon.
After a while, the Jiannu cavalry on the north bank of the Tonghui River approached within a thousand steps.
Thousands of cavalry rolled in overwhelmingly, the undulating horses' heads were like waves of flood, and the thunderous sound of horse hooves in summer was quite scary.
Fortunately, the two thousand or so cavalry under Zhu Cijiong's command were all elite cavalry who had experienced hundreds of battles.
Facing the surging Jiannu cavalry, the more than 2,000 cavalrymen of the Ming army remained motionless, like rocks in the sea. They were not afraid of any storm, no matter how big it was.
"Everything is there, hold on! Hold on!"
Zhu Cijiong stood solemnly at the front of the cavalry formation, holding his Type 20 rifle upright in front of his chest.
More than two thousand horsemen also raised their rifles upright in front of their chests. The entire horizontal formation was silent. Even the horses were infected by the Ming army soldiers, showing a rare calmness.
The sound of horse hooves came from the front.
The Jiannu cavalry were getting closer and closer, and the distance between the two sides was less than 500 steps.
Zhu Cijiong could clearly see the armor stomachs of the Jiannu cavalry without using a telescope. From the messy leather armor patterns on their bodies, he could guess that they were the Mongolian cavalry from the outer vassal.
I don’t know if it’s the Chahar tribe or the Tumote tribe?
"Everything is available, shoot the horse!" Zhu Cijiong pressed down the rifle.
More than a thousand riders in the front row lowered their rifles in unison.
More than a thousand black holes of gun muzzle were instantly aimed at the front.
In the blink of an eye, the Mongolian cavalry was approaching within 200 steps.
"Hit!" Zhu Cijiong pulled the trigger of the rifle without hesitation.
The flint hit the anvil and made a soft click, followed by a loud bang. The primer chamber under the anvil and the muzzle of the rifle emitted red light almost at the same time, but there was no smoke.
Immediately afterwards, a series of gunshots rang out behind Zhu Cijiong.
Zhu Cijiong looked again and saw that two hundred steps ahead, the Mongolian cavalry in the front row suddenly fell on their backs. At least three hundred of them were shot and fell to the ground.
The Ming army used rifled rifles equipped with Mini bullets and aimed at war horses, so the hit rate was very high. Even at a distance of two hundred steps, the hit rate was over 30%.
If black powder is used, even if it hits, it will be difficult to cause fatal damage to the war horse.
However, the Ming army used nitrocellulose, which had more than twice the energy of black powder, and could easily kill Mongolian cavalry horses even from a distance of two hundred steps.
The Mongolian cavalry instantly fell on their backs.
Zhu Cijiong raised the Type 20 rifle again, before it could be loaded.
After firing, the first row of cavalry retreated quickly and took the time to reload their ammunition.
The second row of cavalry quickly moved forward, then lowered the muzzles of the Type 20 rifles held upright in front of their chests, aiming at the surging Mongolian cavalry in front.
"Hit!" Zhu Cijiong yelled again.
The cavalrymen who were nearby pulled the triggers one after another.
Then there were continuous gunshots.
Zhu Cijiong looked again and saw that at least 300 more Mongolian cavalry fell to the ground.
Suffering two consecutive waves of salvos and losing more than 600 horses, the Mongolian cavalry sweeping in from the north bank of the Tonghui River were instantly in chaos, and the cavalry following behind were also greatly disturbed.
However, the Mongolian cavalry's equestrian skills were indeed good, and they quickly reorganized their ranks and continued to charge westward.
The Mongolian cavalry on the south bank of the Tonghui River also rushed to the east end of the Bali Bridge. However, due to the width restriction of the Bali Bridge, they could only squeeze together to cross the bridge, so the formation seemed a bit crowded and the speed was slow.
Zhu Cijiong immediately asked Xu Wuniu to lead two hundred cavalry to block the Bali Bridge.
The remaining 1,800 cavalrymen took the time to reload their rifles.
When the Ming army loaded their rifles with ammunition again, the Mongolian cavalry on the north bank of the Tonghui River had already approached within a hundred steps, and the overwhelming and strange screams of the Mongolian cavalry could be heard.
