514, Showdown of the Strongest Heavy Infantry Five
Mang Gurtai looked ahead and saw that the heavy armored infantry of the Han Army had been routed.
He was very surprised.
In his impression, Li Yongfang's Han army was much stronger than other Han armies of the Jin Kingdom. After all, they were all carefully selected by Li Yongfang from the surrendered troops and generals.
After all, they have to perform special operations missions.
For example, sneaking behind enemy lines, sneaking into the Ming Dynasty's cities, and pretending to be merchants to go to the Ming Dynasty's hinterland. If you don't have two brushes, you probably won't be able to do it.
Especially these three thousand armored heavy infantry, their combat effectiveness is still very good.
Unexpectedly, this army, which had the same number of people as the opponent, was defeated collectively in less than half an hour of fighting. More than half of them were killed, and the layers in front were filled with corpses stabbed to death by halberds.
When the two sides fought fiercely with long weapons just now, it was almost one-sided, and those who fell were basically Li Yongfang's soldiers.
Mang Gurtai knew that he couldn't fight like this.
Such a little bit of investment in troops became a tactic of adding fuel to the army. Facing the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how many people there were, there was not enough to fill them in.
It's a pity that all the shield vehicles we finally brought were lost.
"Degelei, you go up with the 4,000 heavy armored infantry of our Zhenglan Banner. The prince's men and horses can't hold it anymore. Tunbulu, Aizali, you follow me and mount your horse immediately, leading the 6,000 cavalry to attack their flanks.
, eat these ten thousand people.”
"cover!"
At this time, Duoyan and Haraqin's soldiers and horses had already retreated in advance. They returned to the camp outside Duolun City to repair.
At this time, there were only 10,000 people from the Zhenglan Banner and 15,000 from the Han Army Banner on the battlefield.
The five thousand slaves pushing the shield cart suffered heavy casualties under the attack of bronze-haired cannons. They also retreated with the Mongols.
But Mang Gurtai arrogantly believed that his 25,000 men were more than enough to defeat the Ming army's 18,000 men.
At this time, the situation on the battlefield shocked him.
Originally, he thought that if the Han Banner's elite soldiers and 3,000 heavy armored infantry went up, they would directly defeat the Ming Army's phalanx.
Unexpectedly, he was defeated by the Ming army.
The remaining four parts of the Han military flag are all composed of people with poor combat ability. Among them, those holding firearms are composed of the people with the worst combat ability.
In Jiannu, if you can't be a vest, you can be a foot soldier. If you can't be a foot soldier, you can be an archer. Only when you are really desperate will you be given a musket and become a musketeer.
The main reason is that musketeers do not need to be very strong, nor do they need years of training like archers. They are basically a quick-service unit.
Quick fix means there is not much technical content.
At this time, if he didn't take action, watching these 10,000 infantry attack, he would eat up the remaining 12,000 Han Banner soldiers.
According to intelligence, the opponent still has eight thousand cavalry who have not moved.
We can't be led by the Ming army and follow their rhythm.
After all, Mang Gurtai has been on the battlefield for a long time. Although he is a bit reckless, his experience in facing enemies and his adaptability are still remarkable.
Following Mang Gurtai's order, the infantrymen of Zhenglan Banner began to move.
In the telescope, a blue ocean surged forward. Their goal was to support the four Han army flag phalanxes and return to the battlefield as the main force.
"Sir, he is a bannerman from the Zhenglan Banner headquarters. They are all heavy infantry in triple armor." Lin Yueru put down the telescope and said.
Yang Fan nodded and said: "Well, this time, our infantry faces the strongest heavy infantry on land in this era. I am also looking forward to it. I have equipped the militia with such good weapons and armor.
Such good weapons and high-intensity training. Can it be done against the pinnacle infantrymen of these eras?"
"Master, the cavalry of Zhenglan Banner has moved." Xiao Niangpi also said.
"I see, Mang Gurtai is not stupid. If he doesn't take action, we will eat the Han army flag. Adding fuel to the fire is a bad tactic." Yang Fan curled his lips and said.
"Now he is putting all his money on the line. He has even used his last trump card. He is going to have a decisive battle with us."
"Hmph, it's a little too late for him to risk a decisive battle now. He didn't think highly of us in the beginning. As a result, Li Yongfang destroyed all the heavy infantry. Now if we fight again, our ten thousand infantry will face their four thousand heavy infantry.
Even if we add those 12,000 people with broken firearms, we won’t be embarrassed.” Xiao Niangpi said.
"Get on the horse, let's go meet Mang Gurtai and call him the leader of the Eight Banners. If the Jurchens are not worth ten thousand, the Jurchens are invincible. This has been said for five hundred years since the Song Dynasty. It is really a big name.
"Yang Fan said with a sneer.
Inside the chariot city, the military bugle sounded.
Eight thousand cavalry mounted their horses one after another. The officers restrained the team, arranged the military formation, and arranged themselves in battle formation. The soldiers immediately took action.
The soldiers in the car camp opened the steel plate again and flipped it up so that the cavalry could quickly pass through it. From the beginning, the steel plate was designed to be three meters high. This was considered so that the cavalry could ride on the horse and pass quickly after the steel plate was flipped.
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Whether it is a quick attack or a quick retreat to the car city to obtain protection, it is very fast.
Yang Fan's cavalry is truly elite, far beyond what these militiamen can match. The equipment is also very good. The horses are all Arabian horses and Don horses. They are tall and strong, a head taller than the Mongolian horses of Jiannu.
In addition to firearms, the cavalry are also equipped with modern sabers and wear aluminum alloy plate armor with body armor inside to protect against musket fire.
These body armors are relatively cheap civilian versions, that is, escort and bank security levels, and are not expensive.
However, it should be enough to defend against the very low muzzle velocity of firecrackers in this era. Modern high-performance body armor is not only expensive, but its performance is also somewhat wasteful.
Yang Fan could not guarantee that the aluminum alloy plate armor would not be penetrated, so he added an insurance for his elite cavalry. At the same time, under the heavy weapons of Jiannu, the internal body armor also had enough buffer to prevent fractures and dullness.
hurt.
This time, Yang Fan wanted to lead them into a head-on fight with the strongest cavalry in East Asia.
In this way, they can destroy their arrogance and arrogance openly and invigorate the morale of the military and the people.
It comes from the words of Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of the Liao Dynasty, "If the Jurchens are less than ten thousand, they will be invincible." The so-called Jurchens are invincible if they are not more than ten thousand. It is a joke.
These cavalrymen train in full uniform every day for five kilometers, one thousand push-ups and sit-ups, a four-hundred-meter obstacle course, two hours of armor fighting, one hundred rounds of shooting, and one hour of equestrian training.
This is a Ming Dynasty cavalry that was trained and armed with modern military theory. It takes a thousand days to raise troops and then use them for a while. It's time to test them.
Their strong physical strength and endurance, reaction speed, flexibility, modern fighting techniques, excellent armor and weapons, and crushing firearms and equipment are the best war horses in East Asia at this time.
Yang Fan didn't believe that such an army was no match for the Eight Banners.
