Huo Ying, who had been observing the changes on the battlefield, smiled.
"Send an order to Liao Yuan immediately and act as planned!"
"Yes~"
Soon, the flag soldiers began to wave the flags in their hands, and the war drums began to beat the horns of the cavalry attack.
"Attack~"
After receiving the order, Liao Yuan drew out the saber in his hand and took the lead in attacking the flank of the Ottoman army.
Tens of thousands of cavalrymen were running across the ground. The dull sound of horse hooves was like a rolling tide, and the ground seemed to begin to shake.
"kill!"
"Let these Ming people know how powerful our Ottoman Kapasi are!"
Seeing the Ming Dynasty's cavalry take action, the Ottoman Empire's cavalry was naturally not to be outdone. With roars, they also rushed towards the Ming army's cavalry.
Only by first defeating the Ming army's cavalry and opening up the Ming army's two wings to protect the Chinese musketeers could they rely on the cavalry to flank the huge musketeer phalanx.
"kill!"
Liao Yuan was wearing armor and holding a sharp saber. He rode Juechen and rushed towards the enemy like a tiger descending a mountain.
As the distance between the two sides got closer, Liao Yuan was able to clearly see everything about the enemy in front of him. Although he was wearing a helmet, he could still clearly see that they had thick beards and were wearing armor.
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This kind of armor is made of plate armor and mail armor connected to each other. It has quite good defense. Each of them holds a scimitar in his hand, and some hold heavy weapons.
This is an extremely powerful cavalry.
This was Liao Yuan's first feeling, and then his whole body couldn't help but feel excited.
The Ottoman Empire's cavalry swept across all directions, and the Ming's cavalry was not bad at all. The Mongols in the northern grasslands, the Kazakhs in the western grasslands, and the Turks were all defeated by the Ming's cavalry.
The Ming cavalry are also very confident, and it is even more exciting to encounter a powerful opponent.
"Bow and arrow~"
However, Liao Yuan did not fight without brains. With a roar, Liao Yuan very skillfully took off the bow and arrow from his back, bent the bow and shot the arrow. He was very skillful. An arrow hit the oncoming Ottoman Empire like a meteor.
The cavalry was brought down.
Behind Liao Yuan, the same was true for all the charging soldiers. The bows and arrows in their hands sent out bursts of arrows, covering the Ottoman cavalry group in the blink of an eye. A large number of figures fell off their horses like dumplings.
The Sipaxi side of the Ottoman Empire was also not to be outdone, and they were also proficient in bows and horses. In the battle between cavalry, the first thing to compete was naturally the mounted archery.
A large amount of arrows rained towards the Ming cavalry. However, the armor worn by the Ming army was produced by Miyun Iron Factory. It was light in weight and had amazing defensive power. Facing the attack of the Ottoman cavalry's bows and arrows, they actually followed suit.
It was nothing, they were like tanks walking in a hail of bullets.
No matter how many arrows you rain down, I won't react at all.
"Heavy cavalry?"
Mustafa witnessed this scene with his own eyes and couldn't help but open his eyes wide.
There are heavy cavalry here in Europe, and their whole bodies are covered in thick armor. The heavy armor has amazing defensive power, and it is difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to effectively kill them.
The Ming cavalry in front of him originally seemed to him to be light cavalry, because the armor they wore did not look thick and was still very different from the European heavy cavalry.
However, now, judging from the exchange of bows and arrows between the two sides, it seems that they are heavy cavalry. If it were ordinary light cavalry armor, it would be impossible to perfectly resist the arrows.
Before he could figure this out, the cavalry from both sides collided violently after firing several waves at each other.
The armor and swords reflected dazzling light under the sunlight, the war horses roared continuously, and the sounds of fighting continued one after another.
"Kill~"
The saber in Liao Yuan's hand slashed hard at an Ottoman cavalryman. With the friction of steel, sparks flew everywhere. Unexpectedly, the sword did not cause any substantial damage to the opponent. The opponent's armor was quite good.
"We can't fight them head-on. We still have to keep a distance and rely on bows and arrows to kill them."
After just a brief confrontation, Liao Yuan knew in his heart that if these Ottoman Empires fought forcefully, he would not necessarily lose, but the losses would definitely be huge.
Although the sabers in the hands of the Ming army were sharp, facing the Ottoman cavalry who were all wearing armor, their effectiveness was obviously greatly reduced. However, the prisoners of war, heavy hammers, broadswords, etc. in the hands of the Ottoman Empire were very lethal to the Ming army.
big.
Sure enough, during the battle between the two cavalry, a large number of figures on both sides fell off their horses. Each other's armor was very good and their defense was very strong. It was not easy to break through the other's armor.
"Keep the distance and use bows and arrows to kill the enemy~"
"Their armor is too heavy and is not suitable for running back and forth at all."
Liao Yuan quickly adjusted his combat method. The huge cavalry regiment made a large detour on the open grassland, quickly widened the distance, and then bent the bow and fired arrows again, not to confront the Ottoman Empire's cavalry head-on.
"Hey~"
With the rapid flight of arrows, a large number of cavalry rushing towards the Ming army fell one after another. The Ottoman Empire's armor was effective in defending against swords, but it was not effective in defending against the Ming army's bows and arrows.
When the Mongols conquered Eastern Europe and defeated the European heavy cavalry, they relied on bows and arrows. They relied on the endurance of the Mongolian horses and the lightness of the Mongolian bows to send the European heavy cavalry to their graves.
For Liao Yuan, who is studying at the Military Academy, these are almost all must-learns, and he must adopt whatever combat plan he encounters against any opponent.
Because the armor of the Ming Dynasty's cavalry is very hard and light, they can be used as light cavalry like the Mongolian cavalry, relying on sabers and bows to kill enemies. They can also be like European heavy cavalry, relying on powerful armor to fight the enemy at close range.
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As for which method to adopt, it all depends on the needs on the battlefield.
To deal with the Mongolian cavalry, Kazakh cavalry and Turkic cavalry, you can use bows and arrows or to fight in close combat. To deal with the Ottoman cavalry, you can also fight with them, and you can also use bows and arrows.
The Ming cavalry circled on the grassland, attacking the Ottoman cavalry with wave after wave of arrows. The Ottoman cavalry pursued them hard while riding on horseback, and fired back with arrows.
The two sides were fighting fiercely, and the ground shook faintly as they were trampled by war horses, and the heaven and earth were filled with the roars of both sides.
"Team 1, shoot!"
Here on the battlefield of the Chinese army, the Ming army's musket attacks were still coming one after another, but the charge of the Ottoman army began to enter a state of stagnation.
At a distance of one hundred and fifty steps, corpses were scattered all over the place, piled up like mountains, blood flowed into rivers, and everywhere there were the wails of injured soldiers who were not dead yet.
"Stand at attention~"
"Take a break~"
"Start and walk~"
Seeing that the Ottoman Empire's army no longer launched a charge, the Ming army took the initiative to advance towards the Ottoman Empire's army.
Following an order, the Chinese army's 40,000 musketeers lined up neatly and marched towards the Ottoman Empire's army with unified steps.
"Come on!"
Ahmed's eyes were blood red. The Chinese army was almost penetrated by the Ming army. After a brief battle, tens of thousands of people were here, but the Ming army did not suffer any casualties.
Looking at the battle between the cavalry on both wings, the situation was relatively better. The cavalry of the Ming army was chased and beaten by the cavalry of the Ottoman Empire. They did not dare to fight directly with them, but played a game of shooting each other.
As Ahmed's order was issued, the Ottoman Empire's central army had no choice but to rush towards the Ming army again.
We will stop when the enemy advances!
The musketeers stopped advancing again, arranged in three sections, and aimed their black muskets at the advancing Ottoman troops. With an order, intensive gunfire sounded, and they harvested the Ottoman soldiers again like wheat.
"Your Highness, since the Ming cavalry dare not fight us, we will use the cavalry to attack their musketeers."
Mustafa is a qualified general who understands the importance of adaptability in war.
The battle between the infantry and the Ming army was almost a one-sided massacre, and now they could only rely on the cavalry.
"Go down with the order, don't get entangled with the Ming cavalry and attack their musketeers!"
Ahmed nodded and gave new orders.
Soon, the Ottoman Empire's Sipaxi, who was originally entangled with the Ming Army's cavalry, gave up chasing the Ming Army's cavalry and quickly rushed towards the Ming Army's musketeers.
"Form up!"
When Huo Ying saw this scene, he also quickly issued an order.
Soon, the 40,000 musketeers began to change. The musketeers on both sides quickly gathered around. In the blink of an eye, the horizontal rows turned into a huge square, and the muskets were aimed at the cavalry that rushed over.
"snort!"
"Do you really think that our Ming musketeers are easy to bully?"
Huo Ying looked at the Ottoman cavalry who rushed over confidently and couldn't help but smile.
Musketeers versus cavalry is a must-train subject. After all, the most powerful in every country in this era is cavalry. If musketeers cannot deal with cavalry, they will be killed.
"First team~aim~"
"shooting!"
As the Ottoman cavalry got closer and closer, with the sound of an order, billowing white smoke rose, and the lead pellets disappeared in an instant, and soon bloomed on the bodies of each Ottoman cavalry.
A bloody flower.
Just like what the infantry faced, the distance of one hundred and fifty steps was almost the line of death, like a natural chasm. All Ottoman cavalry who rushed into this distance would be knocked off their horses by muskets.
Under intensive musket attacks, there is no difference between cavalry and infantry. The only difference is that they can charge closer.
"Attack the enemy's center and kill!"
Seeing that they were no longer playing archery with him, Liao Yuan immediately seized the opportunity and led his cavalry to rush towards Ahmed's position.
