As expected, the Tatar soldiers were divided into three teams, advancing in three directions: north, south, and west. Using wooden rafts as a barrier, when they advanced to within a hundred steps below the gentle slope, hundreds of bows and arrows behind the wooden rows
His hand began to shoot arrows onto the mountain.
Before the attack, Batu Munch had already observed the terrain and found that there was no barrier on the mountain and the area was very small. Therefore, Batu Munch decided to use bows and arrows to wash the ground and kill the Ming army.
After all, the Ming army has a strong fighting capacity, which they have already learned a lesson from. Even if their troops are several times larger than their opponents, they still cannot be reckless. This is the last chance to capture the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty. I would rather be careful than have another chance.
accident.
Arrows shot up from below like locusts, and made a popping sound when they landed on the sandy ground.
Everyone hid in the simple ring-shaped sandstone fortifications, huddled up with shields to avoid the arrows. Zhu Houzhao and others were protected by shields under the boulders on the mountain. This was the best barrier. Under the rocks.
A gully several feet long and wide was dug out, so that the stones could be better used as a barrier to defend against the opponent's random arrows.
Arrows fell like rain, but the top of the hill with a radius of dozens of steps was almost completely covered by the rain of arrows. When the arrows fell on the ground, a layer of yellow dust mist rose up. The sound of arrows hitting the shield was heard, and the arrows hit the rocks.
The crackling and popping sounds shot into the sand made a sound, just like standing among the lotus leaves during a summer rainstorm, and the ears were full of noise.
In just a moment, the ground was covered with a layer of arrows. The arrows inserted into the sand were like a layer of grass suddenly growing on the ground.
From time to time, soldiers of the Ming army were hit by arrows. After all, the fortifications were too crude, and the shields could not completely cover their bodies. The Tatars' arrows shot quickly, urgently and densely. They shot from several angles at the same time, forming a blow without blind spots.
Injuries are simply inevitable.
However, thanks to the construction of simple fortifications, we were able to reduce casualties in the rain of arrows. Under such a fierce and dense rain of arrows from the opponent, only a dozen people were injured, which was already a good result.
After the Tatar archers emptied a pot of arrows, they found that there was no movement on the hillside. No firearms struck, and no arrows were shot. When the second pot of arrows continued to be fired, hundreds of Tatar soldiers began to hunt.
Holding the shield on his body, he touched the mountain.
Then, the cannons on the hillside finally began to roar.
Zhang Yanling asked the cannon guards to save ammunition and try to ensure that every round of ammunition kills the enemy. When the Tatars hid behind the erected rafts and fired arrows, the lead bullets of the cannons were powerless. So even if they were within the range
Within the range, the blunderbuss will naturally not waste ammunition.
But when the Tatars staring at the shields use the cover of arrows to move up, the blunderbuss can come into play. The Tatar cavalry uses light wooden shields, which are standard equipment for general cavalry, making it easier to raise the shield immediately.
Just protect the vital points of the chest and abdomen. Unless they are heavy cavalry, they will hold up a large and heavy shield, which can basically protect the entire body. The Tatar cavalry are all light cavalry, so naturally they do not have such a configuration.
Therefore, when a Tatar soldier holds a small shield and crouches towards the hillside, his chest, abdomen and head may be covered, but other parts of the body will be exposed.
If they have enough ammunition, gunners can even shoot directly at the balsa wooden shields in their hands. Those shields can only protect against arrows, but they will quickly break under the impact of steel ball bullets, thus exposing their vitals to the gunfire.
If he doesn't, he will be shot on the spot.
However, the gunners had limited ammunition, so naturally they would not do that. Zhang Yanling asked them to shoot at the exposed hands, feet, thighs and shoulders of the Tatar soldiers. They only wanted to hit the enemy, not kill them. Because here
In this case, there is actually no difference between shooting and wounding the opponent and killing the opponent. As long as the Tatar soldiers can lose their combat effectiveness and reduce their numbers, the goal will be achieved.
This is an encounter, and the purpose is not to kill the opponent's personnel, but to attack the enemy's combat effectiveness. Moreover, there is a saying on the battlefield that injuring one of the opponent's soldiers is actually more effective than killing one of the opponent's soldiers.
Soldiers are still effective. Because wounded soldiers need people to take care of them and need people to support and treat them, which consumes more resources and troops. The screams and groans of the injured people may shake the morale of the military even more. But the dead people do not need special care.
If you take good care of it, you only need to bury it in the soil and it will be over.
Therefore, under this situation, Zhang Yanling asked his cannon guards to shoot at the Tatars' hands, feet, shoulders, thighs and other visible places to ensure hits.
The roar of cannons echoed in the valley. Dozens of attacking Tatars on the hillside rolled down screaming, covering the bloody holes on their hands, feet and shoulders. Although the iron bullets could not kill them, they could penetrate through them.
Penetrating flesh and breaking muscles and bones are enough to make them lose part of their combat effectiveness. Most of them
Some Tatar soldiers were shot in the legs, because that's where the target is the biggest, and after being hit in the legs, the injured person will be unable to walk. A person who cannot walk will not only be unable to participate in the attack, but even walking will require other
With people's support, this is exactly what needs to be achieved.
After three rounds of cannon fire, more than 70 Tatars were injured and fell to the ground. Some rolled down the hillside, and some just wailed on the spot. But the Ming army did not seem to be interested in them and did not shoot them, leaving them holding them in their arms.
The legs were paralyzed on the hillside and howling.
The remaining Tatar soldiers who climbed up were panic-stricken and hurriedly crouched in place, daring not to move again. Their bodies were hunched into a ball and they were hiding behind their shields. The opponent's firearms were really fierce, and no one wanted to be the next target.
Batu Munch was very angry, but he also knew that attacking upwards so slowly might not be the answer.
"Fire arrows! Suppress!" Batu Munch shouted loudly.
Qi Gemu whispered from the side: "Khan, it seems useless to fire arrows. The fortifications where the Ming army's gunmen are hiding should be well built, and the arrows cannot hit them."
Batu Munch said angrily: "What should we do? Is there nothing we can do against them?"
Qi Gemu said: "Great Khan, it seems that the Ming army has no bows and arrows. So far, they have not shot a single arrow. They must be out of arrows, otherwise how could they be like this?"
Batu Munch frowned and said: "That seems to be the case. They only set off firearms and did not shoot arrows. It stands to reason that they would not be so enraged. They did not kill the injured soldiers on the hillside. Could it be that there were no arrows?
Are there not much firearms and ammunition?" Qi Gemu nodded and said: "Great Khan, I think so too. The Ming army's young emperor and his party are exhausted.
They took advantage of the chaos to escape and break out last night. After fighting for so many days, they must have run out of firearms, ammunition and arrows. If this is the case, it can explain why they have not fired an arrow. Khan, in this case, it is better to use
When the raft is pushed up, it seems that firearms cannot penetrate the raft. Once the raft is pushed up close, rush forward with all your strength. There are many of us, so we just have to fight them hand to hand."
Batu Munch nodded and said: "It makes sense. Let's do it this way."
After the order was given, the Tatar soldiers who were attacking with shields quickly retreated and hid behind the wooden rafts. The soldiers in front erected the wooden rafts in front as a barrier. Hundreds of Tatar soldiers hid behind a dozen tall wooden rafts.
The rear of the platoon moved up the hillside little by little.
Not to mention, this method seemed to be really effective. The cannons on the hilltop immediately stopped shooting. They had nothing to do with the raft and could only watch helplessly as the enemy slowly came up from the hillside.
However, the log raft is too heavy. Carrying such a raft uphill, even if the angle of the hillside is not large, is extremely labor-intensive. A dozen Tatar soldiers worked together to push the raft forward from behind.
I could only move a few feet at a time. The weather was hot, and the sun was shining above my head. Everyone was so tired that they were out of breath, and their hands and feet were weak.
Finally, when there were still more than twenty steps away from the top of the mountain, the angle of the hillside became slightly steeper, making it more difficult to move. Batu Munch below also felt that the time was almost there, and he had reached a distance where he could charge directly up.
, so he ordered someone to blow the horn.
The Tatar soldiers were relieved. They threw away their rafts and rushed out, shouting, and charged towards the hills.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!" The fierce rain of arrows struck down from above. The Ming army standing up from the fortifications was close at hand, and the arrows were stronger and more ferocious. A round of arrows shot down, fifty or sixty soldiers
The Tatar soldier fell to the ground with an arrow.
The cannons also started roaring, and in an instant, more than twenty Tatars were shot and fell to the ground.
What's even more frightening is that, above the east slope, two shotguns made an ear-splitting roar. At such a distance, neither bows nor arrows were as effective as the fireguns in the hands of Zhang Yanling and Zhu Houzhao. The lead bullets hit one piece, and Zhu Houzhao was stunned.
One shot knocked down seven or eight people, and Zhang Yanling also shot down several Tatars.
Almost in the blink of an eye, a circle of Tatar soldiers rushing in front were knocked down like wheat. The bodies of the injured Tatar soldiers and the shot Tatar soldiers rolled down the hillside.
It was like tumbling grass blown by the wind. The screams and wails were even louder.
The archers' second round of attacks came again, like locust arrows fired at close range, and dozens of Tatar soldiers were hit by arrows. Bird guns and shotguns began to roar again. Another large number of Tatar soldiers
Rolling down the hillside.
Faced with the sudden and violent blow, the Tatar soldiers were stunned. Seeing the people around them falling down like grass, the enemy's firepower was so fierce, how could the Tatar soldiers still have the courage to rush up. Some people turned around and ran down.
, the rest of the people ran down and fled.
The Tatar archers on the mountainside fired arrows at the top of the mountain to suppress them in time, and then hundreds of attacking Tatars were able to retreat.
Batu Munch's face was ashen and he cursed angrily: "Ziegemu, didn't you say they have no bows and arrows? You bastards are talking nonsense."
Qi Gemu didn't dare to speak, so he rode up to check. Suddenly, he shouted loudly: "Don't shoot arrows, stop shooting. They used our arrows, and the arrows we shot were picked up and used by them. Khan,
They really have no arrows, so they are using our arrows."
Batu Munch stepped forward to check in surprise. He took a few arrows with flesh and blood in his hand that had just been pulled out from the wounded soldiers and looked at them carefully. He found that those arrows were all made of flint arrowheads. Although the arrows were
It is already broken, but the hemp rope and technique used to bind the arrowhead are exactly the arrowhead materials and techniques made by our own people.
Batu Munch successively pulled out arrows from more than a dozen soldiers who had been hit by arrows. He checked carefully and after confirming that they were his own arrows, he cursed loudly.