Deep in the Tumut grassland, the 110,000-horse infantry army of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army rapidly advanced toward Dalat City.
In the afternoon, on the horizon of the grassland ahead, the dark figures of the Tatar cavalry slowly emerged under the dazzling sunlight. Soon after, on the horizons on the east, west and south sides, the figures of large numbers of Tatar cavalry also began to emerge.
The Tatar army completed the encirclement on all sides, and the war was about to break out.
Zhang Yanling quickly issued an order to prepare for battle. Knowing that a battle could occur at any time, the army's formation was maintained very well, and the battle formation could be maintained by stopping on the spot without excessive movement.
The Tatar cavalry did not stop at all. They rushed over from all directions. The ground of the entire grassland was shaking, like a torrent rolling in.
The timing of the attack chosen by the Tatars was obviously carefully calculated. They chose to attack when the Ming army was marching. In this way, the Ming army did not have the opportunity to deploy a large number of iron cable formations. Although the iron cable formations were deployed quickly, it still took time to drive the piles and cables.
It takes a lot of time.
Moreover, the Tatars chose to launch their attack on this piece of grassland precisely because this piece of grassland was flat and open, without any hills, rivers, trees, any defensive terrain that the opponent could rely on, or any obstacle terrain that would hinder the cavalry charge.
The Tatar cavalry knew the terrain of this grassland very well. In fact, they had completed the encirclement of the offensive formation yesterday, and they only waited until this moment to show up.
Moreover, the strength of the Tatar cavalry has been strengthened. Three days ago, 20,000 cavalry mobilized from Heishui City in Moxi arrived at the Hetao via the Bayanchuoer Grassland Ferry, and joined the 60,000 Tatar army without stopping. This time,
The number of Tatar cavalry reached 80,000.
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80,000 vs. 110,000, although there is a difference of 30,000 in troops. However, our side is composed of all cavalry troops, and the difference in the types of troops between the two sides has completely made up for the difference in the number of troops and horses.
In the eyes of Batu Monk and all the Tatar cavalry generals, our side was already in a crushing situation.
The Tatars have never assembled such a large cavalry army. Such a large number of cavalry troops have given their opponents absolute respect. But the result of respect is to completely annihilate their opponents on the grassland.
The Tatar army swarmed in, and in less than half an hour, they arrived about a mile away from the Ming army. Batu Meng held up his telescope and looked at the Ming army formation where the banners covered the sun. He saw the Ming army's
The soldiers are arriving quickly and orderly. Busy but not chaotic.
Obviously, the other party was not in a panic. Batu Munch secretly praised him. It was not easy to remain calm under such circumstances.
But even so, he will definitely annihilate his opponent today.
Batu Munch's telescope was patrolling in front of the formation. He was looking for the iron cable formation Yisima described before in front of the Ming army. Although it was impossible for the opponent to build several iron cable formations in such a short period of time, he still
You can rest assured if you check clearly.
After scanning around, Batu Munch didn't find any defensive facilities in front of the Ming army's formation. However, there was a curtain-like wall in front of the Ming army's formation. Batu Munch was sure that it must be a curtain, because in front of the Ming army's formation,
The curtains were still slightly lifted by the wind.
"The curtain is used as a fortification, how can I deceive myself and others? Is it possible that my Tatar army is a gust of wind? Can it be blocked by a curtain? What a joke." Batu Munch thought to himself. He didn't even think about it.
The curtain is in my eyes.
"Report to the Great Khan, the last general and others have not discovered the Ming Army's Iron Cable Formation."
"Reporting to the Great Khan, news came from all the armies. The Ming army has no defense facilities in other directions, and everything is flat."
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News continued to come, and the surrounding cavalry confirmed that the opponent did not have time to set up the iron chain formation. This was also the same as Batu Monk estimated. The opponent did not have time to set up any defensive facilities.
"Great Khan, there is no need to waste time. The last general asked the Great Khan to order an attack. Today, all the Ming army will be wiped out, leaving no one behind." Tur Jiang, who was riding his horse and standing next to Batu Meng, shouted loudly.
Batu Meng nodded slowly, stretched out his hand and said: "Bring the horn, I will personally blow the attack horn. Let my Tatar men charge into the battle and kill the enemy to make meritorious deeds."
One of the attendants offered a horn to his hands, and Batu Munch took it and brought the horn to his mouth.
The sun was shining in the sky, and the air on the grassland in the afternoon suddenly became hot. The war horses paved their hooves restlessly and snorted. All the Tatar cavalry tightened their muscles, clenched their scimitars and maces, and waited.
The horn of charge.
At this moment, the surroundings suddenly fell into a strange silence. On the grass in front, the hares that poked out of their holes were curiously looking at the suddenly gathered humans. At this moment, they seemed to feel something.
They all flew into the cave one after another and hid in the depths of the cave, not daring to show their heads.
"Woooooooooo!" A deep horn sounded on the grassland. At that moment, the Tatar cavalry made a loud and strange scream, and rushed out with circling scimitars.
The Tatar cavalry is like a rude and rude man. He has no interest when desire comes and launches a charge without any foreplay. It took less than half an hour from the time the two sides saw each other to launching the attack. The Tatar cavalry came from all directions.
A charge was launched.
The charge of 80,000 cavalrymen was like a mountain falling apart. The scimitars shone with dazzling light, the horses' hooves kicked up the grass leaves and dust in the sky, and the battle began.
This distance is the distance at which the Tatar cavalry can increase the speed of their war horses to the extreme. When they enter within a hundred steps in front of the Ming army's formation, the Tatar cavalry's speed will increase to an extremely fast speed of twenty steps per breath. That is,
That is to say, after five breaths, the Tatar cavalry can rush into the Ming army's formation. However, the best archers of the Ming army can only shoot three rounds of arrows at most during these five breaths.
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The secret of the cavalry is to be fast but not to be broken. Rush quickly, impact quickly, use powerful impact to break up the opponent's formation, slash down the opponent from a high position, and defeat the opponent.
However, if everything in the world was planned, then there would be no such thing as an accident.
After the Tatar cavalry entered a distance of 300 steps, they began to suffer attacks. There was a roar in the Ming army's formation. The shooting range of long-poled sniper muskets could be 300 steps away. Dozens of sniper muskets had already begun to bombard.
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Although the number was small and the casualties were not many, the charging cavalry and horses of the Tatars felt an unprecedented pressure. They had never experienced being killed by the opponent from 300 steps away.
After entering two hundred steps, rows of bird cannons in the Ming army's formation began to bombard. This time it was not sporadic cavalry who were shot and killed. There were a thousand bird cannons in the Northern Expedition. In other words, they were equipped with a thousand bird cannons.
Guns and muskets. There are two hundred and fifty bird muskets on each side of the formation to resist the enemy.
At a distance of two hundred paces, within the range of a bow and arrow, the blunderbuss can kill the opponent. The blunderbuss fired continuously, and hundreds of Tatar cavalry were shot and fell from their horses.
The hit men and horses rolled on the grass, kicking up large amounts of dust and grass clippings, which even affected the cavalry charging nearby. They couldn't avoid it and collided with each other, forming a chain effect. For a time, there were many people who fell off their horses and rolled over in front of the formation.
The screams of men and horses echoed loudly.
But this does not stop the Tatar cavalry from accelerating their attack. Under this kind of charge and attack, even if there is a wall in front of them, they will hit it. It is impossible to stop just because some men and horses are killed and wounded. What's more, the cavalry who have fallen to the ground cannot be killed or wounded.
It is just a drop in the bucket of the entire army. Tens of thousands of cavalry, hundreds of casualties, are nothing at all, and cannot shake the determination to charge.
The shouts of the Tatar cavalry blocked the roar of the cannons. The horses were as fast as flying, almost not touching the ground and rushed a hundred paces away. At this moment, the expected overwhelming rain of arrows was mixed with dense firearms fire.
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The casualties of the soldiers reached the peak in an instant. With a hail of arrows and blunderbuss, nearly four hundred Tatar cavalry fell off their horses in the blink of an eye. The injured Tatar soldiers rolled on the ground and were killed by the cavalry roaring from behind.
The horse's hooves trampled it into meat paste.
Hundreds of war horses without their masters charged forward, neighing thinly.
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"Woooooooooo!" The horn sound was rapid and dull, penetrating all the noise on the battlefield and echoing in my ears.
This is the last horn, the last spur and encouragement when the Tatar cavalry charges into the enemy's position. It also means that if they charge forward, they can rush into the enemy's position and engage in hand-to-hand combat.
The Tatar cavalry opened their mouths and screamed strangely, and rushed towards the enemy line like crazy, ignoring the large number of cavalry tumbling and falling off their horses around them. After drinking, their mouths were foaming, and their eyeballs were bloodshot, like wild beasts.
After two rounds of arrow rain and fire cannon attacks, and after suffering thousands of cavalry casualties, the northern Tatar cavalry rushed to 40 steps away from the Ming army's formation. At this distance, no means could stop them from charging into the formation.
The distance was close. The Tatar cavalry could already see the faces of the opposing soldiers, and they were ready to kill.
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