Originally, Yaku wanted to flank Lu Wu, but in the end, Yaku ran to attack Yuzhu's rear army.
The Mongolian cavalry on the other side continued to attack Lu Wu's front army.
In this way, Yuzhu's enemies were divided into three parts.
In the daily training of the Wuwei camp, the various formation changes with the Halberd Holder as the center are the top priority.
Basically, if the enemy cavalry attacks from two sides, the Wuwei battalion will form a square hollow formation.
As for the green camp soldiers who practiced one small training every three days and one training every five days, Yuzhu didn't count on them at all.
Alas, if the shotgun soldiers, who reload one round a minute, don't hold back the armed guard battalion, they will be considered good!
Only one side of Mongolian cavalry rushed over, and Yuzhu gave the decisive order to change the formation into three dense lines of spearmen.
The main reason for this is that the enemy only has more than 300 cavalry, and Yuzhu has 200 warriors, and he has the confidence to form three lines to launch a counterattack.
If there are too many Mongolian cavalry, more than three thousand, then they can only form a square and hollow formation.
Behind the three rows of soldiers, Yuzhu, who was riding on a horse, had clearly seen the excitement on Jaku's face.
Yuzhu smiled slightly. What the cavalry was most afraid of was that the output speed and density of bullets were too fast and too high.
Three rows of infantry fired volleys in turn at a rate of five rounds a minute. The number of bullets in each round must exceed 60 rounds.
The area of the war horse is too large. At a distance of 80 meters, it is difficult not to be hit.
Except for the British longbow formation, the traditional small-scale archer formation could not cope with the impact of the cavalry.
The main reason is that the physical strength of the archers is limited. When facing battle, each archer can only shoot fifteen arrows at most.
There is no disadvantage of lack of physical strength in flintlock shooting. This is actually one of the main reasons why the musketeers eliminated the archers.
Another reason is that the armor-breaking ability of muskets is far superior to that of bows and arrows, causing iron plate armor and many other armors to lose their protective capabilities.
Now, the existence of the hollow gun formation on Lu Wu's side has greatly reduced Jaku's room for maneuver.
"Everyone is here, load the ammunition." Following Yuzhu's order, the soldiers of the rear army of the Wuwei Camp began to load the ammunition.
Originally, Yuzhu was still a little worried, but Jaku focused his attack on the Green Camp soldiers and rural soldiers in the car formation.
However, Yaku was obviously worried about being attacked from both sides, so he directly targeted Yuzhu.
The Mongolian cavalry came, getting closer and closer, 200 meters, 150 meters, 120 meters.
"First row, raise your guns, aim, prepare, and fire." It was the first time that Yuzhu faced off against the cavalry head-on. He was somewhat unsure of the situation. When he was a hundred meters away, he gave the order to fire.
Unlike the musketeers who deal with the enemy, the Mongolian cavalry is fast and has great impact. It is impossible for the soldiers of the Wuwei camp to wait for military orders every time they fire a salvo.
That would be too much of a delay!
The Mongols are good at riding and shooting, which is definitely not a boast.
Taking advantage of the accelerated momentum of their horses, the Mongols began to fire arrows from their horses!
"Ah..." Among the ranks of the rear troops of the Wuwei camp, someone fell down after being hit by an arrow, lying on the ground and shouting in pain.
When two armies fight, casualties are inevitable.
Officers, if you die, you will lose one.
Once casualties begin to occur, the morale of the soldiers will definitely be affected to varying degrees.
At this time, strict military discipline becomes crucial.
To put it bluntly, when the line infantry attacks, tactics and so on are secondary. The core is the fighting spirit and courage to not retreat even half a step.
Yuzhu suppressed his heartache and gave the order decisively, taking turns to shoot without waiting for orders.
It’s time to test the Wuwei camp!
"Pa, bang, bang..." After the first row finished shooting, the second row launched a volley, followed by the third row.
Due to the increased rate of fire, the choking white smoke quickly enveloped three rows of soldiers.
Due to the increased rate of fire, all the first dozen war horses that approached were shot down.
After the war horse was shot, it let out a shrill cry, its hooves softened, and it fell to the ground.
The Mongolian cavalry, which charged at high speed, had no time to escape, and were pinned down by the huge body of the war horse.
The huge momentum of the war horse carried the Mongolians who could not move and slid forward a long way.
Because the Qing army's array was too dense, the Mongolian bows and arrows fired in advance were quite sharp due to the high speed of the war horses, and they shot down three soldiers from the Wuwei camp in one encounter.
At the critical moment, Yuzhu did not dare to send anyone to rescue, lest it interfere with the soldiers' volley rhythm.
At this time, once the shooting stops, the result will be that the entire army will be annihilated.
Under the power of two evils, Yuzhu could only endure the heartache and ignore his wounded soldiers.
The soldier who was lying on the ground crying out in pain had no time to be lifted off.
The severe pain that cannot be suppressed causes the wounded soldiers to involuntarily make frightening screams, which can easily disturb the morale of the military.
At this time, it’s a competition of willpower!
Whoever's morale collapses first will die without a burial place!
War is cruel!
Jade is not cut, not a device!
How can you see a rainbow without going through wind and rain?
This is still a traditional attack by a small group of Mongolian cavalry. If there is a large-scale musket shooting, more people will die!
The Mongolian charge was actually not a swarm of swarms charging upward.
The Mongolian cavalry under Yakku also launched charges in batches.
As the old saying goes, sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime!
The jade pillar behind the line could not see the demeanor of the soldiers at this time. However, the speed of shooting in turns was not greatly affected by the appearance of wounded soldiers.
This is very satisfying!
The speed of the Mongols' charge slowed down significantly as the first and second batches were completely annihilated.
There were only 300 Mongolian cavalry in total, and the two charging batches had already lost more than 20 people.
The morale of the Mongols plummeted!
After the Mongolian offensive slowed down, Yuzhu ordered to suspend shooting.
Yuzhu's soldiers quickly ran over and carried down several wounded soldiers.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At the same time, Yuzhu sent people on horseback to find the army doctor in the camp and asked him to come over to help diagnose and treat the wounded.
After facing the attack of the Mongolian cavalry for the first time, Yuzhu felt confident.
The charge of the Mongolian cavalry seems to be huge. In fact, the frontal cavalry in each contact is only a dozen people at most.
As long as the soldiers of the Wuwei Battalion can maintain a firing rate of five rounds per minute, it will not be a problem to deal with the attack of a small group of cavalry.
However, the damage caused by the bows and arrows caused by the Mongols on horseback was far less than the interference caused by the horses falling on the ground and bumping into the infantry array while sliding forward.
From chaos to rearrangement of the line formation, well-trained grassroots officers played a vital restraining role.
Facing the cavalry attack for the first time, Yuzhu made many mistakes due to his lack of experience.
However, the mistakes made by the Mongols were fatal.
After the first two groups of cavalry were all shot down, Jaku's desire to preserve his strength took over and he actually ordered the charge to be stopped.
Hi, this gives Yuzhu precious time to sum up his experience and lessons.
First of all, facing the cavalry's group charge, three rows of lines are obviously too thin. At least, four to six rows of lines are needed to increase the density and frequency of shooting.
A few Mongolian war horses were shot when they had rushed more than ten meters. After the war horses fell to the ground, they had to slide forward for a long distance, which easily interfered with the formation of the soldiers.
This was a big trouble that Yuzhu had not thought about beforehand.
Therefore, Yuzhu summed up his lesson and decisively ordered to change the formation into four rows.
With this arrangement, even if the soldiers in front are interfered with, the soldiers in the fourth row will still have a chance to fire a salvo.
At this time, Lu Wu's main front army had gained an absolute advantage in the exchange of fire with Xiao Celing.
After losing more than forty people, the morale of Xiao Celing's musketeers quickly fell to the bottom.
Some people couldn't bear the huge psychological pressure of shooting at close range, so they turned around and ran away.
Cowardly running away is contagious.
Xiao Celing was worried that the front line would collapse, so he decisively swung his knife and killed the first one of his own who turned around and ran away.
However, more musketeers began to flee in all directions.
The morale of the army had collapsed. Even though Xiao Celing killed another one of his own, he could no longer stop the scurrying musketeers.
The army was defeated like a mountain!
After Xiao Celing's musketeers collapsed first, the Mongolian cavalry under Yakku, seeing that the situation was not good, also turned around and fled.
Yuzhu seized the opportunity and quickly sent someone to order Ma Qingfang's three hundred cavalry to rush out to chase the defeated army.
Ma Qingfang's so-called cavalry would definitely not be able to withstand a head-on charge against the Mongols.
However, it is completely different to pursue the Mongolian cavalry who turned around and fight against the wind.
As the commander of the Wuwei Battalion, Lu Wu knew very well that he would never let Xiao Celing's musketeers escape!
"Everyone, fix your bayonets, blow your trumpets, charge, and be sure to annihilate all the enemy's musketeers!"
Following Lu Wu's order and the loud sound of charge, the soldiers of the Wuwei camp with bayonets attached clung to Xiao Celing's muskets and refused to let go, pursuing them relentlessly.
Although he won the victory, Yuzhu not only did not order the whole army to pursue indiscriminately, but instead ordered the reorganization of the team and led the rear troops of the two teams back to the camp.
The Mongols cannot be killed all, and it would not be a pity even if they ran away.
As long as Yuzhu is still the local emperor of Xining, he will encounter him again sooner or later.
If the food, grass and supplies in the camp were taken advantage of by the enemy to sneak attack, then it would be called crying without tears!
In Yuzhu's camp, there were only a few dozen shotgun soldiers among the 300 green camp soldiers left.
When faced with a sneak attack by a large group of cavalry, Yuzhu had no confidence at all. Do the shotgun soldiers have the courage to line up and shoot?
It has never been Yuzhu's habit to leave his destiny in the hands of others.
Therefore, Yuzhu led the rear troops of Wuwei Camp and quickly returned to defend the main camp.
With carriages on both sides and guns and cannons, even if thousands of Mongolian cavalry came to sneak attack, Yuzhu would be able to withstand it for a while.