"My sons, mount your horse and follow me to kill the enemy!" Ce Leng was also a ruthless man. He was the first to mount his horse, saying "come with me," not "mount for me."
Killing the enemy with me and killing the enemy for me are just one word different, but they are completely different in nature.
Yuzhu didn't understand how cavalry fought, so he simply didn't care how Ce Leng commanded the battle.
This is obviously a wise move.
Professional people, doing professional things, is the way to go.
Yuzhu discovered that Ce Leng rushed out of the car formation with only 500 cavalry, leaving about 500 cavalry in the camp.
Well, experts will know if there is one as soon as they reach out. The battle reserve team is the basic military quality that any qualified commander should possess.
If Ce Leng goes out in full force, Yu Zhu will have to change his battle plan.
Through the monocular telescope, Yuzhu could clearly see that each of Ce Leng's men carried five small javelins on their backs.
Moreover, there was a bulging leather bag hanging on their saddle, which obviously contained special short weapons.
Yuzhu still has confidence in Ce Leng's combat effectiveness.
After all, Ce Leng is a famous grassland god of war. During the Yongzheng Dynasty, he once killed more than 30,000 elites of the Junggars in one battle, causing the Junggars to be at peace for more than 20 years.
After Ce Leng's men were dispatched, Yuzhu was not idle either. He gave the decisive order, formed a hollow formation, and the whole army attacked.
I saw Yuzhu's riflemen forming a hollow rectangle, marching in neat steps towards the enemy without hesitation.
The jade pillar on horseback is located in the center of the hollow square array. In front of him is a row of military drummers.
The military drummers, according to previous training, beat the snare drum rhythmically.
The soldiers, with rifles on their shoulders and drum beats, strode forward with high morale.
The enemies were shocked by Yuzhu's abnormal behavior!
Nazhan, the prince of the left-wing banner of Haochite, was surprised and said: "The Qing army only has so many people. Do you want to come and die?"
Xiaoce Lingdunduobu shook his head and said: "Your Highness, we cannot underestimate them. Moreover, their number is much larger than before."
When he was in Qinghai, Xiaoce Lingdunduobu suffered a great loss at the hands of Yuzhu. Two hundred of his elite musketeers were completely wiped out by Yuzhu, and he learned a profound lesson.
This time, when Xiao Celing Dunduobu set out, Da Celing gave him five heavy cannons and 300 musketeers.
The Junggar Khanate happened to be stuck on the land Silk Road. It did not lack matchlocks, but it was seriously short of cannons.
The artillery that Xiao Ce Ling brought this time was captured from defeating the Rakshasa Japs.
Objectively speaking, it was precisely because of the reinforcements of Xiao Celing's muskets and artillery that Nazhan had the confidence not to go to the Rehe Palace to pay homage to Kangxi.
After Ce Leng led the people and rushed out, Nazhan was startled and subconsciously cursed: "Are you here to die?"
Xiaoce Lingdunduobu shook his head and said: "We have heavy artillery, and they are here for the artillery."
Nazhan thought for a moment and then understood that before the artillery was in position, Celeng came with the cavalry, so he could only send the cavalry to meet the enemy.
When the two armies were fighting, artillery lost its use.
Xiao Ce Ling Dunduobu sighed heavily and said: "Yuzhu has made much progress than when he was in Xining. At that time, his military use was extremely rigid. This time, he obviously judged the situation. However, his soldiers were too rigid.
not enough."
"Prince Na, we must stop our advance, set up artillery and shotgun arrays first, and then launch a general attack after annihilating Ce Leng's small group of cavalry." Xiao Ce Ling Dunduobu has long been a famous general in the quasi-force, and Yuzhu has changed.
formation, he also changed the formation accordingly.
In any case, Xiao Ce Lingdun Dobu didn't feel any psychological pressure if the Nazhan people rushed forward first and fought tooth and nail.
"Chi Shu, take your men and chop off Ce Leng's head." Nazhan was also a veteran. He knew that when Ce Leng's cavalry picked up speed, his men would suffer.
After receiving the order, Chi Shu led his two thousand cavalry and fiercely attacked Ce Leng's five hundred cavalry.
Yuzhu's riflemen were marching at a constant speed to the beat of drums, but they could not help Ce Leng at all.
Ce Leng looked at Chi Shu who was coming to kill him ferociously, and loudly ordered: "Prepare the javelin." Dozens of soldiers around him shouted in unison.
There was no other way. Even if Ce Leng shouted at the top of his lungs when thousands of horses were galloping, there were very few subordinates who could hear him.
When the Mongolian cavalry clashes, only a fool would order to shoot with a cavalry bow.
This is because the range of a mounted bow is far inferior to that of an infantry bow. In just one round of shooting, the enemy will be in front of you. If you want to lay down your bow and draw your sword to kill someone, it will be very easy to get confused.
Just when the two armies were only about thirty meters apart, Ce Leng suddenly shouted loudly: "Javelin."
"Swish, swish, swish..." As Ce Leng took the lead in throwing the javelin, the first row of cavalry who followed him also threw their javelins into the sky.
"Ah..." Chi Shu's men had already accelerated their horses to the top. Unprepared, more than a dozen people were knocked down by javelins thrown at them in an instant.
"Ah..." The Mongolian warriors who were hit by the javelin only had time to scream before they fell off their horses and were trampled into pulp by the hoofs of the horses behind them.
Ce Leng quickly finished throwing the javelin he carried, then reached into his leather bag and took out a small throwing axe, and swung it towards the enemy with all his strength.
The Qing Dynasty's national power was at its peak. Each of Ce Leng's troops was equipped with five small javelins and three small hand axes. The weapons and equipment could be described as extremely luxurious.
The Mongols were out of luck here. In addition to their scimitars, they also rode bows.
As a result, even before a close encounter, Chi Shu's men suffered a huge loss. At least a hundred soldiers fell off their horses and were trampled to pieces.
Yuzhu's requirements for Ce Leng are actually not high. All he needs to do is to entangle the Mongols with all his strength and not give the Mongols a chance to fire, which is considered a great achievement.
However, Yuzhu never expected that Ce Leng would win with five hundred cavalry against two thousand cavalry as soon as they met.
The marching speed of the Yongrui Battalion was slow. In the gun formation, Yuzhu, who was riding on a horse, could be seen clearly with a monocular telescope.
On Cereng's side, the seemingly inconspicuous javelin and hand ax played a vital role.
The Mongols in Mobei are far less organized and disciplined than Ce Leng's cavalry. Their battle loss rate is less than one-tenth, and their morale has dropped to the extreme. Many people have begun to turn their horses and go back.
Ran.
With the monocular telescope in Yuzhu's hand, he stared at Ce Leng's back and said to himself, he is indeed the brave prince who once saved the Qing Dynasty!
During the Yongzheng Dynasty, in the battle with Tongbo, due to the first defeat of the "parallel import" Sauron cavalry, the main force of the Qing Dynasty was defeated at the hands of the Junggar people. If Celeng had not been able to turn the tide, the Qing government would have collapsed.
Over there, Nazhan's nose was almost crooked with anger, and he immediately ordered his confidants to lead five thousand cavalry to kill Celing.
Over here, Yuzhu had seen that the enemy had stopped advancing and was playing with the five heavy cannons.
However, at this point, Yuzhu had no choice but to bite the bullet and command his subordinates to quickly approach the enemy formation.
When the two armies were three hundred meters apart, the artillery brought by Xiao Ce Lingdun Duobu fired.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Accompanied by the roaring sound of cannons, two iron projectiles, carrying deadly wind and thunder, smashed viciously into Yuzhu's team.
"Ah..." The hot iron projectiles broke arms, legs, and guts upon contact. In the blink of an eye, they took the lives of several soldiers and seriously injured more than a dozen others.
During the battle, everyone did not care about the wounded. When one fell in front, they would push up the one from behind.
Yuzhu felt miserable in his heart, but as a commander, he would not be kind enough to control his troops.
When the two armies engage in fierce fighting, casualties are inevitable.
If so, stop to rescue the wounded and let the enemy's artillery fire a few more rounds, and the losses will only be greater.
It was all over the place, and if they retreated, the entire army would be annihilated. Yuzhu could only grit his teeth, command his subordinates, and rush forward.
Just when Yuzhu was worried, the enemy's artillery fired another round. This time, three hot iron pellets smashed into the lines of the soldiers.
Alas, the scene was terrible. More than thirty military officers fell at once, which made Yuzhu feel very distressed.
Fortunately, the enemy's artillery reloading speed was very slow. When the two armies were more than 100 meters apart, they had already entered the blind spot of the artillery fire.
At this time, Xiao Ce Lingdun Duobu led his three hundred musketeers and moved closer to Yuzhu.
"Lean over." Yuzhu couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief and gave the decisive order.
In such a critical situation, only by fighting hand-to-hand with the enemy can you use the melee to destroy or even capture the enemy's artillery.
One hundred and twenty meters, one hundred meters, eighty meters...
"Stop advancing, the first row squats, the second row squats half, and the third row stands. First row, let go!" Yuzhu gritted his teeth and gave the order to fire first.
Since there were no artillery, Yuzhu suffered such a big loss for the first time since he led the army, and his heart was bleeding.
"Bah bang bang..." The crisp sound of gunshots kicked off the prelude to revenge.
Facing Xiaoce Lingdunduobu's matchlock soldiers and Yuzhu's fusiliers, they had the advantage of long range and fast rate of fire.
In the first round of volley, Yuzhu lost more than a dozen men, but a large number of Xiaoce Lingdun Duobu's men fell.
"Second row, put it down."
"Third row, put it down."
During the exchange of fire, the soldiers of the Yongrui Battalion ignored the fallen soldiers beside them and strictly followed the military orders, launching a line of volley fire over and over again.
When the two armies were shooting at each other, Yuzhu clearly saw his men lying in a pool of blood, but was unable to order rescue.
The firing of muzzle-loading guns must obey the military orders. If the rhythm of shooting is slightly disrupted, the entire army will be annihilated.
In battle, there will always be local sacrifices, and small impatience will mess up the big plan.
To put it bluntly, when the lines are shooting against each other, it depends on who has stricter discipline and whose volleys are more orderly!
"Bah, bang, bang..." After three rounds of volleys, more than a hundred of Xiaoce Lingdundobu's men had fallen. The remaining people couldn't hold on any longer, so they dropped their matchlock guns and held their heads.
Just run.
Fear of death is contagious. If there is one, there will be a second, third, and nth one.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Xiaoce Lingdunduobu's people collapsed, turned around and fled.
Yuzhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, alas, the loss is not small!
During the exchange of fire just now, more than a dozen of Yuzhu's warriors fell.
However, when faced with brutal shooting, there was not a single deserter among the soldiers.
This is a good example of sweating more in peacetime and bleeding less in wartime!