As a special tribe that guards Genghis Khan's mausoleum, the Ordos tribe has a unique understanding of the word glory. Therefore, as soon as Boshu Ketu displayed the "Genghis Khan" sign, the morale that had just been destroyed immediately returned.
Although the situation was chaotic at this time, and the elite sweat tent gathered around Boshu Ketu was not enough to last four thousand people, the people who could gather at this time also meant that their horses were still there. In other words, these were still four thousand cavalry.
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At this time, Ma Gui, who was standing in formation not far away, was at a serious military disadvantage. According to Boshu Ketu's estimate, he might only have about 500 men at hand.
Five hundred people?
It's not that Boshu Ketu is not smart. Faced with such a situation, he still doesn't doubt whether there is any other conspiracy on Ma Gui's side, but he also believes that: at such a distance that is neither far nor close, the cavalry can speed up from the approach.
It is most reasonable to launch a charge into the formation. The current conditions can just use the impact of these four thousand cavalry to achieve the purpose of breaking through the weak formation of the Ming army.
It is better news that Ma Gui himself is in the opposite military formation. After all, the reinforcements coming from Datong are the one below Gao Jingshi, the general of Datong. Not to mention Gao Jingshi's army.
The main combat strength of the army is the Datong town troops. If Ma Gui can be captured, it may even make Gao Pragmatic's army inoperable to a large extent.
Isn't this worth the gamble?
The veteran Ordos general who had reminded Boshu Ketu many times before was now gathering troops near the depression not far away. He himself seemed to have been slightly injured, but it was not impossible to hear Boshu Ketu's mobilization.
, however, he only hesitated for a moment and did not say anything to stop it.
Given the situation of the battle, Jinong must rush out of this dangerous area first, so where should we rush? If Ma Gui is really just getting carried away and puts himself in danger, this rush may have miraculous effects, why?
Happy but not doing it?
The cavalry gathered near Bosho Ketu. At his order, they began to run forward slowly, and then gradually accelerated.
This is a very typical "pre-movement" that is about to launch a charge. A general like Ma Gui, who has fought with the Mongols since childhood, can certainly see it at a glance. It stands to reason that at this time, he should regret that he was so careless.
However, Ma Gui was very calm. He just said three words coldly: "Bayonet formation!"
This is not the first time that the Ming army used bayonet formations to defeat cavalry, but from the first appearance until now, the bayonet formations have only appeared for a few years, and its "legend" has not been widely circulated. Within the Ordos Ministry
, that is, as for the high-level Taiji, the leaders know it in more detail, while ordinary herdsmen, cavalry, etc. do not know much about it.
Boshu Ketu showed his bayonet in the Ming army formation. The front row stood upside down, and his heart was shuddered when the tip of the knife was pointed at him. However, the legend is just a legend after all. Boshu Ketu himself has never suffered from the bayonet formation.
The suffering obviously lacks "empathy", so it is just a "shock", and it is not so frightened that it takes away one's life.
Not only did he not take back his life, Boshu Ketu's unique young man's dissatisfaction also broke out. Can't you defeat the cavalry? Let's see today, who is more powerful with your mere few hundred bayonets, or me, the Mongolian warrior?
The successive charges are stronger!
Without any warning, Boshu Ketu suddenly shouted loudly and sped up again. The elites of the Ordos Khan tribe were all experienced in fighting. Not only did they fight with the Ming army in their early years, they also went on many expeditions to Oara and other places.
It requires too much tactical command, so I started to speed up following Boshu Ketu.
They understand the purpose of Boshu Ketu's move - the opponent's defense may be very strong, and they need to forcefully break through it without leaving any effort!
This is a rush that will break the boat and never retreat!
Ma Chengzhao, who was standing next to Ma Gui, felt that his hand holding the knife was sweating a little. He subconsciously swallowed and asked, "Father, are we really not going to mount the horse?"
A good son is like a father. Ma Gui knew that Ma Chengzhao was good at martial arts, but his skills on horseback were slightly better than those of his subordinates. Now it was the first time that their Ma family's soldiers used the "bayonet array" on the battlefield, so Ma Chengzhao was on the battlefield for the first time.
It is normal for the new recruit Danzi to be a little nervous when faced with Qianqi Sweep.
Ma Gui stood motionless, not even drawing the sword, but said calmly: "To be a general, one should have the determination to keep his face unchanged even if Mount Tai collapses in front of him."
Ma Chengzhao's face turned red immediately. He was about to say "My son is not afraid", but Ma Gui had already continued: "Besides, in this battle, the bayonet formation is probably not needed."
"Ah?" Ma Chengzhao was stunned: "Why?"
But Ma Gui didn't have time to answer him because Di Lei got there first.
Boshu Ketu chose a good place for his charge - the area in front of Ma Gui was a "minefield" that had been set up long ago, with more than 500 landmines densely buried.
Although this area is a bit large and the mines are not buried densely enough; although the mines at this time are still far less powerful than those of later generations even after Jinghua's improvements, more than 500 mines are still enough to make these four thousand cavalry drink a pot.
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This elite cavalry was like rushing into a volcanic hell among the eighteen levels of hell. The mines fired by the steel wheels responded to their bravery with violent explosions, and they were dancing among the thunder and fire.
The body of flesh and blood shattered into pieces and flew away from the war horse beneath his crotch.
The blood and fire strongly stimulated everyone at this moment, including the stunned Ma Chengzhao.
Unfortunately, Ma Gui's words were true. There really was no need for a bayonet formation in this battle. Due to Boshu Ketu's two accelerations, the Ordos cavalry was already close to sprinting before rushing into the bayonet formation, and such a flying
It is impossible to stop when running. Even if an abnormality is discovered in front, the cavalry at the rear can no longer stop and can only continue to move forward.
The Mongolian warriors just plunged in, and they didn't know how many of them could come out.
Boshu Ketu himself could not escape the care of the "Thunder God". Although he did not directly step on the mine, a mine exploded no more than a foot away from him. While several cavalry were blown away, a horse flew across the ground.
The war horse accidentally "kicked" Boshuketu in the stomach with its already uncontrollable hoof, knocking him off the horse and knocking away another cavalryman.
But Boshoketu's luck was extremely good, because after he landed on the ground and rolled uncontrollably for seven or eight times, he was not trampled to death by the cavalry horses behind him. He just clutched his stomach and twitched and rolled on the ground.
The charging formation was actually broken, but Ma Gui did not give the order to go up and disarm. Instead, he asked the soldiers to start shouting something in Mongolian and at the same time hoisting the command flag.
As the command flag waved, more Ming soldiers began to emerge from the ravines and ran towards him as fast as possible. As soon as Ma Gui waved his hand, they began to surround Boshu Ketu from a distance.
Defeat the troops.
As for the minefields, who knows how many have exploded and how many are still sleeping peacefully in the ground. Of course, our own people can't go up there and commit suicide like this.
Fortunately, the triggering of steel wheels these days is still relatively slow. If it were a product like that of later generations, it would be impossible to get it out if it was buried. Now this type can be recycled after the war, but you need to be careful when digging.
, tools such as iron hoes and shovels cannot be used, and wooden shovels must be used to dig little by little - this is one of the reasons why the Guards set up separate engineers. After all, this is already a professional demining work.
The advancement of military science and technology will inevitably lead to various changes in military tactics and military organizations. Although Gao Pingshi is not professional in these matters, fortunately he still knows the basic principles. His "prescience" and Qi Jiguang's genius, in the end, he is still figuring it out.
The stone crossed the river.
However, the work of persuading surrender did not go particularly smoothly, because the veteran general had already gathered a lot of Ordos cavalry at this time, and had already discovered that Jinong's charge just now had unexpectedly failed.
He was extremely anxious and mobilized his troops to rush over to rescue people, even though he knew that there was a problem in that area and there might be a large number of Thunderbolt artillery hidden underground.
The power of these thunderbolt artillery was far beyond what he had known in the past, and the methods of use were also different from those in the past. The Ming army no longer scattered the thunderbolt artillery along the perimeter of the fortress, but used them intensively.
If it is used like in the past, this veteran actually has an idea - a stupid way, just go directly, and the bet is who is unlucky and who is lucky. Although this method is stupid, it has always been very effective before, because
Although the Ming army had a wide variety of firearms, the stocks of each type were very small. There were actually very few things like thunderbolt artillery. There might only be a dozen or so buried outside such a large fort, and most of them were buried outside.
Wubao has none at all.
Since there are few of them, it won't be a problem, and few people will die if we just walk over. But this time it is obviously different. From the direct explosion of the Ordos army into two pieces, to the intensive explosion in this area just now, it can be seen that
The army mobilized so many thunderbolt artillery this time, not to mention that the power of the thunderbolt artillery this time was huge, far beyond the useless cannons in the past.
Hmm... Although the thunderbolt artillery in the past could kill people, it was often unable to overturn a horse. After all, the military-industrial system of the Ming army was so bad at that time. It was normal operation for guns and cannons to explode without thunderbolts.
Presumably because the power of the mine array shown just now was too shocking, the veteran general did not intend to rush into the array. He ordered to approach slowly and freely shoot at the approaching Ming troops.
Ma Gui could see clearly and knew that this person was not trying to break out of the encirclement, but was trying to save Boshu Ketu, who was still uncertain whether he was alive or dead - the kind of person who wanted to see a person in life or a corpse in death.
He was not in a hurry, snorted coldly, and ordered: "As much as possible, raise your troops and advance in formation. In addition... you can also release the cloud-piercing arrows."
Following this order, the Ming army ambushed all its troops. It turned out that in addition to the ambush in the area where Ma Gui himself was, there were many ambushes in various places throughout the southern foothills of Hurihuliang Mountain. According to the terrain conditions, some ambush troops were ambushed.
There are hundreds of people ambushed in the ravines, and in some large ravines, there are thousands or even two or three thousand people ambushed.
After these ambush troops appeared, they all began to assemble according to the new formation that the Ming army had begun to implement in the past year or two, and then slowly approached from the surroundings toward the center.
The center is the area where the elite of the Ordos Khan Camp were ambushed. In other words, the "Ming army swarming up" that Boshu Ketu had previously worried about has actually happened, but it is not a "swarming up", but a slow closing.
The veteran general immediately discovered the strange movement of the Ming army - according to common sense, the ambush should be as fast as possible, so that the person being ambushed is caught off guard. It is rare for the Ming army to close up as slowly as it is at this moment, especially
When the opponent is the Mongolian cavalry, there is almost no such thing.
Because no one had ever expected to rely on infantry to completely annihilate a Mongolian cavalry, but the Ma Gui in front of him seemed to have broken this thinking pattern.
The veteran frowned. How could he dare to underestimate Ma Gui now? Although Ma Gui's behavior was abnormal, it seemed to him that it made sense, but... he couldn't figure out why now.
The only reason he could think of was that Ma Gui decided that he must rescue Boshu Ketu first before breaking out. Therefore, as long as Bo Shektu had not been found, Ma Gui had time to slowly surround him.
But the veteran general had no time to think about it and could only continue to execute the previous order. The Ordos cavalry began to advance towards the mine array, without fear of the threat of death.
The Ming army near Ma Gui also maintained their formation and moved forward slowly despite the cold arrows fired from time to time, but the muskets in their hands never fired, as if they must wait for orders before they show off their power.
Some elite marksmen among the Mongolian cavalry were able to use more powerful horse bows and shoot farther than ordinary cavalry. However, the Ming army used muskets, and the range was basically the same. There was no point in shooting at a distance. Therefore, this
For a while, the Ming army was almost unilaterally beaten.
But when the distance was closer, the situation was different. The veteran didn't notice how far apart the two sides were when the Ming army fired the first shot. In short, one row of Ming soldiers fired at the same time, and then another row
Weaving from their sides to in front of them, squatting, aiming, shooting...
Just in one direction, the veteran was shocked to find that after three rounds of firing, at least two to three hundred of the elite sweat warriors of the Ordos tribe fell!
The power of the new firearms that the Ming army began to display during the Monan War seemed to be more powerful than the legend. The veteran felt a chill in his heart. His intuition told him that he was in great trouble today, and it might even be the result of his more than 20 years of fighting.
The biggest crisis I faced in my career.
However, at this time, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and order to continue.
Unexpectedly, a horse suddenly jumped out of the mine formation. A knight on the horse hid on one side with his superb equestrian skills of hiding in stirrups, and quickly rushed back to the front of the Ordos cavalry formation.
"Jinong!" This veteran was actually only in his forties. He was very sharp and saw that the trouser legs and riding boots exposed by the knight were exactly those worn by Jinong, so he immediately made a gesture to stop the Mongolian cavalry from shooting.
The Ming army used volley fire and did not allow sporadic shooting, so they watched the knight rush back to the main formation in Ordos.
When the knight returned to the formation, he no longer kept hiding in the stirrups, but turned around and sat up. Sure enough, it was Boshu Ketu.
There was blood on Boshketu, but it didn't look like it was his own. Apart from his pale face, he didn't seem to be seriously injured.
The veteran asked quickly: "How is Jinong doing?"
Boshu Ketu did not answer, but his face was as dark as water, and he looked around with a deep frown, and said quickly: "It's not good, if we don't break out, we won't be able to escape today. Look at them - they are all armed with muskets and bayonets.
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The veteran said: "It doesn't matter, as long as Jinong is safe and sound, we can leave now, there is still time." Then he raised his hand and gave the order.
But by coincidence, Ma Gui spoke not far away again, and it was still the same laugh that made people want to cut him into pieces: "Hahahaha, Boshu Ketu, until now you still think you can
Escape?"
Boshu Ketu had just suffered his loss, and now he didn't want to answer him at all, and still signaled the veteran to give orders. Unexpectedly, Ma Gui's eyes seemed to be surprisingly good, and he actually missed the right time to continue speaking: "You think I only have one
Are there landmines everywhere?”
Boshu Ketu was shocked when he heard this. He quickly took the veteran's hand and looked around suspiciously, as if he was trying to identify where there were landmines. Unfortunately, how could he tell this?
The veteran did not dare to let Boshu Ketu be bombed again, and looked around, hoping to find any difference between the land where the mines were buried and the ordinary ground.
But it was okay not to look at it. As soon as he looked at it, despair suddenly rose in his heart, and his straight back suddenly collapsed.
Bosheketu noticed something was wrong with him and asked: "What's wrong?"
The veteran pointed in the distance, as if his energy had been drained from his whole body, and murmured: "Tumote Cavalry... Tuotuo is here in person."
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