Chapter 342 Reinforcements (the serial number in the previous chapter was wrong, it should be 340,
This chapter is 341)
The Mongolian cavalry, which was invincible in the world at that time, was famous for its well-trained, strict discipline and flexible tactics. Their cavalry units were often composed of a heavy cavalry column responsible for impact and two mobile and flexible cavalry column.
The two cooperated with each other and flexibly adopted different tactics according to the battlefield situation, and their combat effectiveness was once the best in the world.
The Ming Dynasty was able to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty and drive the Mongols back to the grasslands. The combat effectiveness of the cavalry was naturally not inferior to that of the other party. Especially the most elite Yulin Guards, who had already mastered various tactics of the Mongolian cavalry.
Now they are using the 'Manguguai' fighting method that the Mongolian horse archers are extremely good at. That is, the mounted archers escape while shooting arrows at the enemies in the rear.
The essence of this tactic is to attack the enemy from a long distance; attack the enemy continuously without giving the enemy a chance to fight back!
Under such an attack, no matter how strong the enemy's spirit is or how strong his armor is, it is only a matter of time before he completely collapses.
Therefore, the Ming army also called this tactic "kite flying".
The Maitreya cultists in front of us are basically infantry, with only a few dozen cavalry around the leader, which can be ignored. Their two legs cannot catch up with the four-legged cavalry. No matter how brave they are and not afraid of death, they can only serve as arrow targets. .
So, led by the arrogant His Highness the King of Jin and the sullen His Highness the King of Yan, the Yulin cavalry were divided into two teams, and when the Maitreya Cult army was about to rush forward, they passed by their left and right wings.
After widening the distance of an arrow, Yu Lin's soldiers unfurled their bows and set arrows. However, they did not aim directly at the enemy soldiers, but shot the arrows toward the sky. The essence of this kind of shooting is to shoot a volley. The arrows rain down from the sky like hail, and the arrows fall from the sky. Hedgehogs gathered together have an excellent attack effect on the enemy.
But killing is not the main purpose, the purpose is to cause confusion to the enemy.
After three rounds of ejection, the Maitreya cultists were in a mess like headless flies.
King Qin, who had long been unable to restrain himself, immediately took advantage of the situation and launched a charge.
How can the Maitreya Cult army, which is in chaos, resist these heavy-horse men wielding maces?
It's no use taking medicine to avoid fear of death...
Under the mace of a hundred heavy cavalry, no one can defeat the enemy; rushing left and right, it is like entering an uninhabited land!
At this time, under the cover of smoke and dust, the archers on both wings surrounded the enemy's flanks and behind, forming an encirclement with the heavy cavalry.
"Four hundred surrounded three thousand..." Leader Maitreya was dumbfounded. He never expected that such a small Ming army could counter-surround his own troops.
Isn’t this combat power too outrageous?
As everyone knows, the Yulin Cavalry is already the most elite of the Ming Army, the strongest in the world, and under the leadership of His Highness, the three generals who have descended from the earth, they are naturally even more powerful, bursting out with twelve points of combat effectiveness.
Facing a ragtag group of Maitreya believers is like a pack of wolves surrounding a flock of sheep, so what if the numbers are disparate? It is still a one-sided massacre.
However, the Maitreya believers are much stronger than the sheep. They are not afraid of death! No matter how great the loss is, they still scream and charge. Even after being shot to the ground, they continue to crawl forward...
However, when they made great sacrifices and finally rushed to the Ming army, a whistle sounded, and the Yulin guards turned their horses again, distanced themselves, and greeted them with bows and arrows.
After three rounds of kite flying like this, the Maitreya cultists who suffered more than half of their casualties finally collapsed. Many of the cultists who regained their senses began to drop their weapons and run away.
The Yulin Guards had no strength to stop them, and they had no interest in doing so. They could only concentrate on dealing with the stubborn resisters.
Seeing this and the cavalry troops not returning to support, the leader of Maitreya knew that the situation was over.
He has no idea of sacrifice and martyrdom. In fact, the Taoist sects that have survived until now and have not been wiped out all regard "leave the green hills and don't worry about having no firewood" as the golden rule.
"Let's go!" he shouted, and then, surrounded by more than a dozen cavalry soldiers, he ran toward Shanxi. That was the home of the Maitreya Sect.
"Want to leave? Have I agreed?" Zhu Di had already set his sights on him. When he saw this, he sneered, thrust the curled Daguan knife into the ground, and took the hard bow offered by his subordinates.
The bow was like a full moon, and the eagle-feathered arrow was aimed at the back of the Maitreya leader's heart.
Then His Highness King Yan shot out without any hesitation!
At the sound of the bowstring, the leader of Maitreya was hit by an arrow in the back and fell off his horse...
"The leader is dead!"
"The leader is dead!" This scene caused a great shock to the Maitreya believers. Even the leader, who claimed that Maitreya was born, invulnerable and powerful, was shot to death. How could they defeat the Ming army?
So they dropped their weapons and ran away...
The soldiers of the Yulin Guard stopped chasing and quickly looked for their wounded and fallen comrades, preparing to retreat.
The enemy cavalry may come back at any time. They have already shot all their arrows and their horses are reaching their limit. If there is another battle, the casualties will rise sharply.
When each household reported that the search and rescue was completed, King Jin shouted: "Let's go!"
Yu Linwei immediately rode his horse southward, heading towards the Qishui River ten miles away.
Sure enough, when they were only half way away, they saw smoke and dust rising from the east, and a large group of cavalry came straight towards them.
"They are back, let's go quickly!" Zhu frowned and said: "They have been going back and forth for a long time, and the horses are exhausted. We just move forward and drag them to death!"
However, before they had gone far, the scout who was leading the way reported in panic: "From the direction of Qishui River, a large group of cavalry is coming across the river!"
"How many?" Zhu Di asked in a deep voice.
"Don't say three or four thousand..." the scout said with difficulty.
The atmosphere in Habayashi Wei suddenly froze.
The brothers looked at each other in disbelief.
"Where are there so many cavalry?" Lao San, who had always been calm and composed, finally showed a frustrated look. "We're not done until we die, right?"
"Stop talking nonsense." Zhu Di shouted in a low voice: "You lead the second brother and the fifth brother to the west, and it will be safe if you get into the Taihang Mountains."
"What about you?" asked the third child.
"I will bring people to stop them." Zhu Di said calmly, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing.
"That won't work, I will never give you this chance." The strong-minded Lao San immediately quit. "You take the brothers and I'll hold them back!"
"Everyone, shut up!" The second child also said angrily: "I, I am the elder brother, I stay!"
"I'm the most useless, it's better for me to stay..." Even Lao Wu, who had always had no sense of existence, spoke up.
"Shut up, it's not your place to speak!" But his brothers yelled at him in unison.
Just as the two brothers were arguing over who should cut off the rear, the second team of scouts rushed over again, this time with beams of joy on their faces and shouted loudly:
"Your Highness, this is a false alarm, reinforcements have arrived!"
"Where are the reinforcements coming from?" The brothers felt relieved at first, but then became nervous again. After Boss Zhu's tempering in the past few years, they already have the most basic vigilance. They know that the current situation is complicated and they cannot trust anyone easily.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is here!" the scout replied hurriedly.
"What, the sixth brother is here?" The brothers were immediately overjoyed: "Is that really true?"
"It's absolutely true!" The scout pointed forward and said, "Here, your highness is here!"
