Dozens of soldiers shouted at the same time, rushing to the place where Zhuli Rabbit was lying, and rescued Zhuli Rabbit. Zhuli Rabbit was stunned by the explosion just now, and was involuntarily pulled up from the ground by the soldiers, and framed him. Then he ran back. After running for dozens of steps, Jilitu came back to his senses, struggled to stop, raised his hand and gave the nearest soldier a slap in the face.
"Who asked you to pull me down? Before I give the order to retreat, those who retreat will be killed!" Zhuli Rabbit roared.
"This..." The soldiers were all dumbfounded. They looked around and found that the three thousand-man teams that had just been assembled had already retreated two to three hundred steps away. If it was according to Zhu Litu's statement, these three thousand people were all gone. Having to chop off your head is no joke.
Yiyun stepped forward, suppressed his gloating mood, and advised Litu: "Big leader, this is not a retreat, this is just a temporary evasion. The Ming army is fighting only this new type of artillery, and we are just imaginary." After setting up the formation twice, we have found out their true and false positions, and in the next step we can determine our own tactics based on their tactics."
"What tactics do you think we should use?" Zhulitu asked, as if he had not just said anything about beheading those who retreated. He also knew in his heart that when the Ming army's cannons fired, all his cavalry retreated in fright. The law does not punish the public. If he continues to rely on military discipline to speak out, he will only bring humiliation to himself.
Kuaiyun said: "The Ming army's artillery can hit eight hundred steps away, so as long as our cavalry gathers, they will fire to disperse them. In the young general's opinion, it is best not to gather and charge dispersedly, and their cannons will be useless." It’s time for martial arts.”
"Dispersed charge?" Zhuli Rabbit curled his lips. Group charge is the best way to reflect the power of the cavalry. If it becomes a dispersed charge, the impact will be weak, which is equivalent to a refueling tactic. This side will be very disadvantaged. .
"Retreat another four hundred steps and regroup. This time..." Zhulitu gritted his teeth and issued a new order.
The three thousand-man teams assembled for the second time can no longer be used. They can only be pulled aside to rest like the previous thousand-man team. Jilitu gathered the last four thousand-man teams and selected the starting position. At a place 1,200 steps away from the Ming army's position. Even after retreating another 400 steps, Zhulitu still kept muttering in his heart: Can the Ming army's artillery still be able to hit this place?
"Report to Commander Xiao and Deputy Commander Su. The Tatars are lining up again. According to the general's visual inspection, they are lining up 1,200 steps away from us." Xiong Minyang came to Xiao Ruxun and Su Hao. , asked for instructions: "Should we replace the propellant with 1,500 steps and bomb them again?"
"No need." Xiao Ruxun raised his hand, shook it, and said: "They are one thousand two hundred steps away, and their horses cannot keep running at the fastest speed. If they run behind, the horses will be tired and cannot run. It's moving. Mr. Xiong, you have to watch carefully. When they are eight hundred steps away from us, fire a round of cannon to force them to speed up. Overdraw the horsepower in advance, so that in the second half of the journey, their horses will If you run slower and slower, you deserve to be the target of our muskets."
"Yes!" Xiong Minyang agreed and ran back to the team to make arrangements.
Zhulitu gathered the last four thousand cavalry with a trembling attitude. Kuaiyun stood aside, holding a telescope to observe the Ming army's position for Litu, preparing to warn the other side if there was any movement. Fortunately, maybe it was Because a distance of 1,200 steps is beyond the range of the opponent's artillery. This time Jilitu assembled his team without being harassed by the artillery, and all the cavalry were ready to charge.
"The Ming army only fights with some firearms." Zhulitu encouraged his subordinates again, "When you charge later, the Ming army will definitely set off artillery to block the attack. Everyone remember, regardless of the artillery on the opposite side. How ferocious it is, as long as it doesn't hit you, you are not allowed to retreat. The Ming army's artillery can only hit 800 steps. If we break through these 800 steps, victory will be ours. Get ready, charge!"
With a wave of his hand, the four thousand cavalrymen rushed out together. The Tatar cavalry knew the strength of the horses very well, and knew that it was impossible to maintain a high-speed charge at this distance of one thousand two hundred steps. The first four hundred They slowed down their speed slightly, and when they were still 800 steps away from the Ming army's position, everyone became highly nervous, and their thighs couldn't help but begin to squeeze the horse's belly.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Not to the surprise of the cavalry, eight hundred steps away, the Ming army actually started firing. The shells fell in the charging ranks of the Tatar cavalry, and every explosion took away the lives of several cavalrymen. It seemed like they had gained something. With a unified order, all the Tatar cavalry clamped their horses' bellies at the same time and began to urge the horses to run as fast as possible. Their thoughts were the same, which was to minimize the time spent on this charge.
Eight hundred steps, seven hundred steps, six hundred steps, five hundred steps... The Ming army's artillery was still roaring, leaving behind a mess of corpses of men and horses behind the charging queue. Those who were not hit by the cannonballs The cavalrymen were still urging their horses to charge desperately. No one noticed that the breath exhaled from the nose of the horse under his crotch was getting hotter and faster, and the frequency of the horse's hoofs hitting the ground was gradually decreasing.
Four hundred steps, three hundred steps... The Ming army's position was clearly visible. Several captains gave orders loudly. All the cavalry reached out and drew their bows from their backs, strung their arrows, and prepared to fight back with their bows and arrows.
"Bash! Bash!"
The Ming army's artillery suddenly went mute, replaced by a series of gunshots like exploding beans. The Tatar cavalry had already entered the range of the Ming army's flintlock muskets. The Ming army musketeers who had been prepared raised their flintlock muskets and pointed towards them The coming cavalry pulled the trigger.
This time, Su Hao took out all the equipment from the bottom of the box and collected a total of 1,500 flintlock rifles. They were divided into three rows, with 500 guns in each row. 500 projectiles flew together, and a cloud of bullets was immediately formed in front of the position. Yu. The row of Tatar cavalry rushing at the front only felt something flying in front of them. Before they had time to dodge, they were all shot and fell off their horses.
"The Ming army has guns!"
"Fire the arrow quickly!"
The officers in the Tatar cavalry shouted in confusion. Many cavalrymen subconsciously raised their hands, drew their bows and fired arrows, trying to fight back the Ming army with bows and arrows. Only when the arrows flew out did they realize that they were far away from the Ming army. The army is still 300 steps away. At such a distance, bows and arrows cannot reach the opponent at all.
"Hurry up, rush forward! Rush to the front and shoot the arrow!"
The crowd shouted and urged the horses desperately. However, in the charge ahead, they had already used the power of the horses to the limit. At this time, no matter they whipped or kicked them, the poor horses were unable to do anything. If you increase the speed by half a minute, you will run slower and slower.
"Bash! Bash! Bash!"
The opponent's gun was still firing tirelessly. The three-stage shooting reduced the interval between each two rounds of shooting to an almost negligible level. In the ears of the Tatar cavalry, the gunshots almost connected into a line, which was not possible at all.
There was no moment of rest. A huge sense of fear spread in the hearts of the Tatar cavalry. Everyone was thinking, can they still rush to the opponent's position alive?
The charging cavalry fell one after another. A carpet of human flesh was spread at the front of the battlefield. The cavalry behind them could not care about their companions who were shot and fell off their horses. They could only urge their horses and step on the bodies of their companions to continue moving forward.
Charge. Where the cavalry rushed through, the shapes of the people who fell on the ground could no longer be identified. All they could see was terrible red.
Although there were 1,500 flintlock muskets, the firepower was still unable to form a complete blockade on the front line about two miles wide. With their numerical superiority, the Tatar cavalry gradually approached the Ming army's position while paying a heavy price.
Only one hundred and fifty steps away from the Ming army, the Tatar bows and arrows finally began to show off. Rows of long arrows passed through the air and landed on the Ming army's position. The musketeers began to suffer casualties.
"Don't panic, when we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win!" Xiao Ruxun and Su Hao rode their horses back and forth along the position, loudly encouraging their subordinates. The Musketeers suppressed the timidity in their hearts and followed their original training.
requirements. Continue to load, aim, and shoot calmly.
"Big leader, we have broken through the Ming army!" At the rear of the Tatar army, Yiyun held up a telescope to watch the battle at the front. When he saw the Tatar cavalry starting to fire arrows, he shouted happily. Based on his experience.
At this time, the Ming army would often begin to collapse, and then the Tatar cavalry would rush into the Ming army's positions and completely defeat the Ming army.
Zhulitu also held a telescope in his hand, which was just given to him by Kuaiyun. He held the telescope and looked at it for a long time, his face became increasingly ugly, and suddenly he turned around and shouted: "Come here, give me my order quickly."
, dispatch three more thousand-man troops to reinforce!"
Different from Yiyun's optimism, Zhulitu clearly saw that his cavalry had already shown the decline of being unable to penetrate Lu Zhen. If they did not receive timely reinforcements, these four thousand-man troops would probably all be lost in the Ming army.
in front of the position.
At this moment, Zhulitu regretted so much that he even wanted to hang himself. He underestimated the Ming army from the beginning, so he did not bring all the 20,000 troops with him, but only 10,000 cavalry. When preparing to charge,
, he made another discount and only sent 4,000 men at a time. Of course it made sense for him to use troops this way, because the position was not wide enough and 10,000 men could not fully deploy. Based on Jianlitu's past experience, he faced 5,000 men.
The Ming army used four thousand cavalry to charge, which was more than enough.
Who would have thought that empiricism kills people. The Ming army in front of them is completely different from what Zhulitu has encountered before. In previous battles, the opponent could only use bows, arrows and firecrackers to stop the enemy within a distance of 150 steps.
, as long as the Tatar cavalry dared to bear the sacrifice, they could break through the 150-step distance and enter the Ming army's position at a very small cost.
But this time, the Ming army began to use artillery to block the attack from a distance of 800 steps. When they reached 300 steps, they switched to firecrackers, and they were extremely abnormal three-stage shooting, which was far more lethal than bows and arrows.
In the charge just now, Jilitu could clearly see that starting from the position of 300 steps, his cavalry had to pay the price of several people falling off their horses for almost every step forward. By the time they rushed to a place 150 steps away,
, only half of the four thousand cavalry left at the time of departure.
The two thousand men who remained after suffering heavy casualties were not the same as the two thousand men who went directly to the battlefield. Due to the disruption of their organization and the fear caused by seeing their companions killed in battle, the morale of these two thousand men was low to the point of To the extreme, he completely lost the courage to fight.
If he had expected this, Jiulitu would not have sent only 4,000 men to charge into the battle anyway. He would have thrown all 10,000 men into the battlefield in batches and used continuous charges to defeat the Ming army on the opposite side.
All mistakes must be made up for at the cost of blood. Jilitu hurriedly summoned the troops in the rear position to step forward for reinforcements, but it was already too late.
"Send my order, cavalry charge!"
Seeing the Tatar cavalry rushing to a place only a hundred steps away from the Ming army's position, Xiao Ruxun roared and took the lead in leaping out of the horse. The 500 Pinglu cavalry who had been holding back for a long time shouted loudly. Then, he also rushed towards the enemy.
Two cavalrymen collided in one place. One side was exhausted and battered by firearms, while the other side was full of energy and fighting spirit. In battles in the cold weapon era, morale and courage were the most important. Although the Tatar cavalry There are nearly two thousand people left, but the organization is in chaos and the soldiers are in low spirits. How can they withstand the frontal attack of the Ming army?
I don’t know who took the lead first, but all the Tatar cavalry turned their horses’ heads in unison and ran wildly towards their rear. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, you Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)