Chapter 820, a battle to determine the Western Regions (below)
On Tianshan North Road, on a vast flat land, two huge armies were constantly advancing towards each other.
At first, it was just the scouts from both sides that were constantly clashing. Gradually, small groups of troops from both sides were constantly clashing with each other, and killings continued in the wilderness.
Gradually, both sides began to converge their forces, and formally collided with each other on a wide flat land with a very tacit understanding.
On this day, the howling cold wind stopped, the sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue, blue, and the weather was very good.
"Dong dong~"
With the sound of war drums sounding like raindrops, two huge armies slowly appeared on the horizon, like two huge dark clouds pressing heavily on each other.
On a hillside, Liu Jin used a telescope to carefully penetrate the Chagatai Khanate's army. The entire army was very large in scale. The formations were spread out and stretched for more than ten miles. The flags were flying, blocking the sky and the sun, and filled with murderous intent.
"The time for the decisive battle has finally arrived. If we eat these men and horses in front of us, the entire Western Region will belong to my Ming Dynasty."
Liu Jin put down the telescope in his hand, smiled and said.
The army of the Chagatai Khanate actually gave up cavalry and chose to use infantry tactics to fight against itself. This would make Liu Jin laugh to death.
If you use cavalry to fight, even if you can win, if they are defeated by then, you will have to chase them until you die of exhaustion.
But now, the opponent's Chagatai Khanate army has actually given up its war horses. If it is defeated, they will not even be able to escape.
"It seems that they were frightened by my Ming Dynasty's cavalry, and they even lost their confidence in cavalry duel."
Next to Liu Jin, Wang Shouren also smiled. Seeing the formation of the Chagatai Khanate, he immediately felt that there was no suspense in this battle. He must win, and he must win a big victory.
"When the prisoners were broken, they deployed their infantry. It's time for your cavalry to show off their skills."
Liu Jin nodded, and then said to Yang Yun beside him.
"Don't worry, leave it to me."
Yang Yun nodded slightly and said very carefully.
The winning rate between infantry and cavalry has always been very low. This has been the case since ancient times, because the cavalry can still run away if they can't win. The infantry can't chase the cavalry on two legs, right?
From this point alone, the infantry is already in a very passive situation. Since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasties have been in such an embarrassing position against the nomads in the north.
But he didn't expect that because of Yang Yun's mass killings in the Western Regions, the tribes of all sizes in the Western Regions who relied on powerful cavalry did not dare to engage in cavalry duels with the Ming Dynasty. Instead, they adopted infantry tactics.
"Go~"
Liu Jin nodded and ordered.
"yes!"
Yang Yun got the order.
Soon, on the Ming army's side, the mighty cavalry began to gather, forming a neat cavalry team. Under the leadership of Yang Yun, the cavalry team rushed towards the Chagatai Khanate's army.
In the central area of the Chagatai Khanate's army, Ma Hemu looked at the situation in front of him and couldn't help but shake his head. There was no reason to give up cavalry and use infantry.
But there was no way, it didn't matter what he said, Manzala, Haidar and others had the final say, and all the tribes, large and small, had been frightened by the Ming cavalry, and they didn't have the courage to fight with the Ming army's cavalry.
"Woo~"
The horn sounded, the earth trembled slightly, and the opponent's tens of thousands of cavalry rushed towards the Chagatai Khanate army.
Immediately, the entire army began to take action. The army at the front quickly began to set up logs, trip ropes, dig horse pits, sow caltrops and other things for the other party's cavalry.
At the same time, huge shields began to be erected, and heavy engineering vehicles were pushed out and placed at the front.
They are also very experienced in dealing with infantry and cavalry. There are constant wars in the Western Regions. The major tribes that grew up in the war are very familiar with various combat methods.
There are not only nomadic peoples here, but also farming peoples, such as the Uighurs, Huihui, and Uzbeks. They are all farming peoples and are good at infantry combat. They are also prepared for a decisive battle with the Ming army with infantry.
"Dong dong~dong dong~"
Tens of thousands of war horses galloped on the ground. Behind the cavalry, accompanied by loud bugles, the Ming army's main army also began to march in neat steps, forming a neat phalanx and pressing towards the opponent.
Yang Yunqi was on the horse, leading the way, but he did not raise his spear, but held a strong bow in his hand.
Cavalry, cavalry, in fact, are most afraid of dense formations, because once the formation is too dense, the cavalry cannot break away at all. Once the horses stop, they cannot beat the infantry holding spears on horseback.
But the essence of cavalry is that it can attack both near and far. Close attacks rely on the impact of horses and the sharpness of scimitars, while long-distance attacks rely on bows and arrows.
The Mongols conquered the entire Eurasian continent, relying not on their scimitars but on the bows and arrows in their hands. They killed all European heavy cavalry regiments with their bows and arrows.
Now, Yang Yun also wants to take advantage of this.
The distance between the two parties became closer and closer, and soon, each other could clearly see each other's face and appearance.
"Hey~"
Yang Yun bent his bow and shot an arrow, and the arrow instantly penetrated an enemy like a lightning bolt. The remaining power even nailed the enemy to the thick wooden board.
Bow archery~
Arrows flew towards the enemy one after another, but the war horses did not charge directly, but began to circle around.
Behind Yang Yun, war horses were like a rolling torrent, quickly circling towards the enemy. At the same time, the muskets made a dense sound like fried beans.
"Bang~"
Along with the dense remnants, lead pellets rained down towards the Chagatai Khanate army.
The power of the muskets was extremely powerful. Suddenly, the Chagatai Khanate army at the front seemed to have received a blow. Countless blood spurted out, and the people in front fell to the wind like waves of wheat blown by the wind.
After firing the muskets, each soldier took off the bow and arrow from his back, bent the bow and shot the arrow. His movements were extremely skillful and skillful. He had trained thousands of times and almost all of them had become instinctive.
The muskets could only fire one shot, but the bows and arrows could shoot at the enemy one after another. Suddenly, bursts of arrows flew towards the Chagatai Khanate army.
Suddenly, like a harvest of wheat, after a burst of cavalry, a wave of wheat was harvested, followed by another wave of volleys, and another wave of acquisitions. In just a blink of an eye, the army at the front had already suffered heavy casualties.
As for the Chagatai Khanate's army, the tactics they initially formulated to use bows and arrows to deal with the Ming cavalry did not have any effect.
Because they sadly discovered that the range of their bows and arrows was not only inferior to the Ming Dynasty's muskets, but was even inferior to the Ming army's bows and arrows.
They fought back hard, but on the army's side, wave after wave of arrows hit the Ming army's cavalry, but they could not land on them.
They have calculated the distance extremely accurately and can shoot you, but you can't touch them.
Tens of thousands of iron cavalry passed by like a super harvester. After one pass, the formation of the Chagatai Khanate army was in chaos, with heavy casualties on the periphery. The originally prepared formation and formulated tactics were suddenly thrown into chaos.
But this is just the beginning.
"Dong dong~"
Soon, on the hillside in the distance, hundreds of Miyun artillery began to fire. The rumbling sound of shelling resounded through the sky, billowing white smoke enveloped the earth, and shells roared in the sky.
As if they had eyes, these cannonballs fell specifically into the middle of the crowd.
Countless artillery shells formed a dense rain of projectiles in the sky. As the rain of projectiles fell, the dense formation of the Chagatai Khanate army immediately suffered extremely heavy casualties.
When a cannonball hits, it can easily kill several people, and then it beats on the ground, leaving a long path of blood. Wherever it passes, there is a wailing sound of pain.
Soon, the Huihui artillery of the Chagatai Khanate began to fight back. However, although the Huihui artillery was famous throughout the Western Regions, it was not even worthy of carrying shoes when faced with the Miyun cannon. The range was short, the rate of fire was slow, and the most important thing was that it was not accurate.
The Huihui cannon only fired a symbolic sound, but it was quickly taken care of and attacked by the Miyun cannon. It was completely destroyed in the blink of an eye, and it had no effect at all.
"Dong dong~"
As if there was no money, wave after wave of artillery shells poured towards the enemy.
The terrifying rate of fire of the Miyun cannon, when attacked by hundreds of Miyun cannons, was as effective as thousands of ordinary artillery pieces. Wave after wave of Miyun cannons enveloped the army of the Chagatai Khanate, their formations suddenly disrupted, and they were extremely frightened.
I don’t know how many people were trampled and injured.
Accompanied by the rumbling sound of shelling, the Ming army headquarters marched in neat steps, and the army carrying muskets pressed forward.
"First team, aim~"
"Fire!"
Following the commander's order, the first platoon of Ming soldiers at the front opened fire. The dense projectiles and rising white smoke suddenly caused countless blood splashes among the enemy troops in a chaotic formation.
"Second team, aim and fire~"
After the first team, the second team stood up again. The power of the three-stage, intensive shooting was undoubtedly revealed at this moment. The extremely dense projectiles were like a tsunami, roaring towards the enemy one after another.
With the terrifying range and powerful power, the enemies were like waves of wheat overwhelmed by the wind, falling down one after another. In addition, the artillery roared in the sky and kept suppressing the enemy's army behind them.
A one-sided massacre was staged like an art performance. The cavalry's flying fire, the artillery's bombardment, and the musketeers' volleys completely defeated this powerful army from the cold weapon age that had gathered from various tribes.
