The Mongols were ready to peel off the Ming army's cavalry layer by layer, just like peeling off a cabbage.
As a result, the bow and arrow were eclipsed in front of the plate armor, and only achieved very limited results. The arrow missed the target and hit the horse's leg.
These war horses are covered with horse clothes made of seven layers of silk. Even if an arrow is hit, it will not be too deep. The arrow can be pulled out under the silk wrapping. This can greatly reduce the scrap rate of the horses.
But after the three-eyed gun was fired, the situation completely turned around.
Now, the Jiang family's army was like picking apart a cabbage, knocking out the Alxa cavalry layer by layer. There was no need to aim at a distance of more than ten meters. Moreover, the Alxa cavalry was as thick as a dozen people. It could be done with closed eyes.
hit.
As the two sides passed each other, the Alxa cavalry left dead bodies on the ground.
But they rushed over, and the battle was not over. Two hundred meters later, Zhang Shize led three cavalry groups of 500 people, maintaining a formation of 25 people wide and 20 people thick, and collided head on.
The Mongols put their bows and arrows back into their quivers, drew out their scimitars, and rushed forward with loud shouts.
Zhang Shize looked down on Jingyingfa's plate armor, so he spent his own money to customize a fitted plate armor from Xiao Niangpi's shop. It was made of aluminum alloy and weighed only one-third of normal armor.
He was carrying a long sword in his hand, and under the protection of a group of generals, he ignored the light cavalry of the Alxa people who were rushing from both sides. These light cavalry had their own left and right wings to deal with, and he led the five hundred cavalry in the center closely.
Follow Jiang Bingzhong and rush forward.
The two battalions of 500 men on the left and right immediately ran into Alxa Qingqi, who each had more than 1,800 men left. For a moment, the horses' necks met, and they began to kill each other.
The cavalry of the British Crown Prince were all selected from the frontier army. They were all very brave, no worse than the Alxa cavalry, and even slightly better. It is not that the Ming Dynasty did not have good cavalry. It is not that the Han people were born unable to defeat the nomads.
The quality of the nomadic herdsmen's levied soldiers may not be better than that of the professional soldiers of the Han standing army. The reason why the Ming Dynasty's army was stretched was internal corruption.
At this time, for experienced cavalry, nothing else is important. What is important is decisiveness. The enemy rushes head-on, and each other has a chance to kill. You must be decisive. If you hesitate at this time, you will be killed by the enemy.
die.
The British Duke's servants have very sophisticated weapons and are very skilled in riding skills. Now equipped with plate armor, they feel even more dangerous in making moves.
Brothers Zhang Chengwen and Zhang Chengwu charged side by side, and the Mongols hit them like cannonballs. They had already outran the speed, much faster than the Zhang brothers who were charging at a medium speed.
As a Mongolian passed by, he drew his scimitar horizontally towards Zhang Chengwu. Zhang Chengwu's Yanling Saber was handed to his left hand and slashed horizontally under his armpit.
At the same time, lower your head.
With a clang, the Mongolian scimitar drew a series of sparks on the plate armor and beak helmet. The blade did not break through the armor, but passed through.
Zhang Chengwu held the knife backhand with his left hand. He didn't use any force at all, but maintained a fixed position and rushed past. With a stabbing sound, the opponent's leather armor was cut open by the sharp Yanling knife. A bloody arrow shot out under the entire left rib.
When it came out, the skin and flesh on the ribs were scratched open. And the side of the lower abdomen under the ribs was scratched by a diagonally downward blade. Suddenly, the intestines flowed out...
Within seconds of the Mongolian rushing over, he screamed and fell off his horse, and was trampled to pieces by the Mongolian cavalry that followed.
Zhang Chengwen had a knife fight with a Mongolian.
The Mongolian scimitar and the Yanling knife scratched out sparks, and the blades of both sides had gaps.
This Mongolian was so strong that Zhang Chengwen almost lost his sword and flew out of his hand.
Zhang Chengwen's left hand held a one-foot-long short knife in his backhand. He took the opportunity to slash it from the side.
The strong Mongolian man screamed and was hit. Zhang Chengwen saw from the corner of his eye that he fell on the horse after rushing over, and blood spurted out from under his left rib.
Bayar saw that when the warriors of Alxa in front of him were fighting against the Ming army on the opposite side, they did not break through the opponent's armor at all, but instead he was cut off his horse.
He quickly inserted the machete back and picked up the mace.
He swung it round and hit the head of a British government servant.
With a snap, the opponent's blocking knife was broken, the broken blade flew out, and then the mace hit his shoulder hard.
The plate armor could not withstand the blow of the mace. It deformed and collapsed. A blood hole with a diameter of one centimeter spurted out blood.
The hammer was equipped with a ten centimeter thick spike, which not only collapsed the plate armor shoulder, but also shattered the leader's shoulder bones. The spike even broke through the plate armor and penetrated deep into the chest cavity.
The leader of the servants was hit so hard that he flew backwards and fell to the ground, motionless like a broken sack.
As the two sides clashed, the two battalions of 500 men were reduced by one-third. The Alxa people's light cavalry suffered even greater losses, with 400 to 500 casualties on each side.
As the conflict passed by, the two battalions quickly moved toward the center, forming a formation with Zhang Shize's front army and rushing forward.
Now, Jiang Bingzhong's more than 400 men, plus Zhang Shize's remaining more than 1,200 men, formed a sharp formation to penetrate Wu Ya'er Huntaiji's heavy cavalry of the Chinese army.
There were still more than 2,800 Alxa light cavalry left in the rush, and they continued to charge back. The reason why they suffered such heavy losses was mainly because they were light cavalry. If their bows and arrows failed, they would lose their weapons.
I suffered a lot in the fight.
At this time, they were shocked to find that a large group of cavalry from the front was billowing menacingly with dust all over the sky.
The Mongols know their stuff, and they discovered that these are the real elites of the Ming army. These people ride horses that are one head taller than the Mongolian horses. They wear grass-green cloth without armor, and the horses are also covered with grass.
Wearing a green horse coat, the horse also has a metal forehead wiper. Only the eyes are exposed.
Although these people did not wear armor, they were fierce and murderous. At a glance, it was clear that these people were veterans who had survived countless cruel and fierce battles.
Ulan Tabu Nang was feeling heartache. His light cavalry had suffered too much during the hedging attack. He also complained to Huntai Ji that the light cavalry should not have been used to charge at the heavy cavalry wearing plate armor. It was such a loss.
At this time, his eyelids jumped as he looked at the countless dense formations of ten people rushing toward them in the distance. The sense of oppression and murderous aura gave him goosebumps all over his body.
He was a vulture shooter and his eyesight was very good. It wasn't until he saw clearly that these people were not wearing armor that he felt relieved.
Qingqi versus Qingqi will not suffer any loss. Besides, the opponent's archery skills are definitely not as good as theirs.
"All of them are here, throw light arrows." Ulan Tabu Nang shouted loudly.
