The Tatar attack was launched quickly. Amidst the sound of the horn, hundreds of cavalrymen rushed out of the green forest and charged towards the hills on the flat grass. Although there were only more than 700 cavalry, the scene of their charge was still extremely shocking.
Horse hooves rise and fall, grass leaves fly on the trampled ground, wild flowers break, and dust rises.
What Zhang Yanling didn't expect was that the Tatar cavalry did not divide into three groups and charge up the three slopes. Instead, after leaving the forest, they charged straight towards the east slope of the hill facing them.
Zhang Yanling quickly understood that the Tatars made the right choice. In this situation, the troops were divided into three groups to charge, and the cavalry needed to be divided into two groups to turn from the north and south sides and rush up the north and south slopes. In the narrow valley
, this will greatly reduce the charging speed of the cavalry. When charging around a corner, how can there be a direct sprint that can better utilize the impact power of the cavalry?
Moreover, although the slopes on the north and south sides are gentle, they are still slightly steeper than the slopes on the east side of the mountain. The direction of the water flow is rushing down from the cliff on the west, so the entire hill formed by the accumulation of mud and sand is long and narrow from east to west.
Features. This makes the slope of the east side of the hillside more gentle and extended. It is also facing the valley woodland, which is naturally the best charging channel.
Moreover, the Tatars know that their defensive forces are deployed on three sides. If they charge directly from the east slope, they can disrupt their deployment. Even if they immediately mobilize the defenders from the north and south to the east slope, it will look hasty and inconvenient.
It's a waste of time. And when the cavalry charges, even just wasting a few breaths of the opponent's time may be decisive.
Batu Monk is worthy of being the master of the desert grassland. He has precise considerations for the judgment of terrain, the application and deployment of cavalry charge tactics, and the choice of charge methods.
The bamboo whistle sounded shrilly on the mountain. After seeing the opponent's intention, dozens of soldiers from the north and south sides quickly rushed to the top of the east slope. Indeed, because they did not expect that the opponent would concentrate their charge from the east slope, the soldiers quickly
The position was not found, and the scene was a bit chaotic. Zhang Yin, Chen Shiyi and others shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers to find their own favorable positions.
However, the gunners were not affected. The eighteen guards who came from both sides quickly found their positions and formed a three-stage staggered shooting formation. This was also a familiar shooting formation trained before. This shows how rigorous the usual training is.
important.
Before the Ming army on the hillside had fully prepared its defensive formation, the Tatar cavalry had already rushed fifty steps down the slope like a torrent.
The Tatar cavalry are indeed proficient in riding skills. All the cavalry hold the reins with one hand and squat half-crouched in the stirrups. Their bodies seem to grow on the horse's back, and they move up and down naturally with the bumps of the horse. The statues of man and war horse
They are generally connected together.
The more skillful a rider is, the less burden the horse will have, and the faster and more freely he can charge. A rider with superb riding skills can make the horse not feel the presence of the rider on the horse.
Of course, the Tatar cavalry have not yet achieved the best effect of making the horses unable to feel them. But they have lived on horses since childhood and can even sleep and eat on the backs of galloping horses. Obviously, their riding skills are very good.
Jia. Some of them even just hold the horse's reins with their teeth, and both hands are free to charge with a shield and a scimitar. It's amazing.
The horses galloped like the tide, and the scimitars were raised like a forest. Under the sun, the smoke and dust rolled like waves, and the dazzling scimitars reflected the light, making people dazzled. This is the momentum of the Tatar cavalry when they charge. This is only 700
If Yu Qi's charge had involved thousands or tens of thousands of people, wouldn't it be another unimaginable scene?
Seeing the scene down the slope, everyone on the hilltop changed their colors.
"Bird gunners, shoot freely after entering the shooting range." Zhang Yanling's face was as dark as water and he shouted in a deep voice.
His voice was clear and powerful, cold and calm. Everyone felt a little more at ease in their hearts. With Mr. Hou here, things wouldn't be too bad. I don't know when, Mr. Zhang has completely become the backbone of their hearts.
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The cannons began to bombard the cavalry down the slope. Although the distance was far away, the enemies were densely packed, so there was no need to worry about not being able to hit them. Soon some Tatar cavalry fell off their horses, and some horses screamed and rolled over. But the Tatar cavalry did not have the slightest chance.
There was a pause, the hoofs of the horses rose and fell, and the Tatar cavalry and horses fell in the dust and were submerged by the torrent. Even if they were not hit in the vital points, they would definitely not survive.
Amidst the roar of blunderbuss, the Tatar cavalry had already rushed up the slope and had entered the shooting range of bows and arrows. Zhang Yin gave a loud order, and dozens of archers began to release arrows. The blunderbuss and arrows formed a fierce strike barrier, charging
The dozens of riders at the front bore the brunt of the attack and rolled to the ground.
Although the slope was gentle, a large number of fallen horses rolled down, which caused trouble for the Tatars. The fallen horses knocked over the cavalry in the rear, and suddenly the hillside was covered with a gourd.
The superb riding skills of the Tatar cavalry were displayed at this moment. They shook their reins and jumped, cleverly avoiding, and did not cause a chain reaction in the entire charge formation. After all, the slope below the hillside was very gentle, which had little effect on the speed and movement of the horses.
.The fallen cavalry quickly stopped rolling.
The muskets continued to roar, and the arrows continued to fire. The Tatar cavalry suffered many casualties and fell many, but the momentum of the charge did not diminish, and soon they rushed to a distance of forty or fifty steps from the top of the mountain.
"Boom!" The double-barreled fire gun in Zhu Houzhao's hand roared, and Zhang Yanling also carried the bird gun behind his back and picked up the fire gun to fire.
The power of the double-barreled musket was indeed astonishing. Zhu Houzhao's arms were numb due to the shock from the recoil, and the burning heat from the primer also made Zhu Houzhao's face ache. However, seeing more than a dozen enemies on horseback screaming and falling off their horses under his bombardment, he still bitten
Without saying a word, Zhu Houzhao quickly stuffed the two paper-wrapped bullets into the barrel with his slender fingers, tamped them with a purge quickly, and quickly poured the primer.
"Boom!" Within a few breaths, Zhu Houzhao completed the second bombardment. This time the enemy was closer, only a dozen steps away. Zhu Houzhao clearly saw that the face of a Tatar cavalry was blasted seven or eight times.
He fell off his horse with a bloody hole in his face. Seven or eight cavalrymen around him also fell off their horses at the same time. Although this scene was terrifying, Zhu Houzhao felt extremely happy in his heart.
When Zhu Houzhao was still about to load the medicine, Zhang Yanling grabbed him and shouted loudly: "Retreat, they are coming up. Gu Dayong, protect the emperor and retreat."
Gu Dayong agreed loudly, pulled Zhu Houzhao and retreated. At the same time, the archers and gunmen also retreated in formation, because there was no longer room to shoot, and the Tatar cavalry had already rushed in front of them.
Batu Monk's plan was a great success. After suffering nearly three hundred cavalry casualties, the Tatar cavalry rushed up the hill. Batu Monk below finally mobilized his horses, surrounded by dozens of cavalry guards.
Galloping up.
On the hillside, the Tatar cavalry had crossed the dividing line between the hillside and the top of the slope. A dozen cavalrymen had rushed into the Ming army's formation.
"Kill!" Zhang Yin shouted sharply. He stood up, and the long knife in his hand turned into an arc of lightning. The head of a Tatar cavalry flew into the air, and blood rained down.
"Kill!" the soldiers of the Ming army shouted in unison. More than thirty spearmen came forward and stabbed out with their spears. The five or six cavalrymen who rushed to the top of the mountain were impaled and fell to the ground.
"Cut!" A voice sounded under the hooves of the swarming Tatar cavalry. In an instant, more than a dozen long knives stretched out from the fortifications on the slope of the hillside. Amid blood spattering, more than a dozen war horses neighed and fell over.
Blood surged from the chest and abdomen.
"There are people down there," the Tatar cavalry shouted.
The Tatar cavalry looked down while they were busy, and saw a dozen Ming soldiers lying in the dust in the fortification trench, with long knives in their hands, and blood on the blades was red. It turned out to be a dozen Ming soldiers hiding in the ditch.
In the fortification trench, his body was covered with mud. When the Tatar cavalry rode across the trench, they used their swords to cut open the belly of the horse.
Amidst the neighing sound, the stomachs of more than a dozen war horses were cut with long incisions, and blood flowed out from the intestines. The horses also fell to the ground. The Tatar cavalry in the rear could not dodge, and they rushed up again. Again, more than a dozen horses came forward.
The bellies of several war horses were cut open with long knives.
"Kill them." A Tatar general shouted loudly. He slipped off his horse and used the scimitar in his hand to drag the body of a Ming soldier in the trench as the horse leaped. The place where the horse fell
A moment later, the Ming soldier in the trench was also disemboweled by a machete.
The Tartar general's horse fell down, he jumped out, and the moment his feet hit the ground, a spear stabbed him to the core.
The sneak attack of more than a dozen Ming soldiers hiding in the trench briefly hindered the Tatar cavalry when they rushed to the top of the mountain. They cut open the bellies of more than 30 war horses, and then they were also killed by the Tatars.
The cavalrymen killed them one after another.
However, dozens of war horses were paralyzed on the top of the slope, forming a barrier of flesh and blood, temporarily blocking the ferocious impact of the Tatar cavalry. A large number of Tatar cavalry were crowded at the slope, and seven or eight of them were even beaten by their horses.
The corpse tripped and fell to the top of the mountain, including the man and his horse, and was quickly stabbed by the Ming army's spears.
This brief obstruction gave the retreating gunners an opportunity to fire again. Amidst the roar, dozens of Tatars fell off their horses.
But immediately, the Tatar cavalry rushed up the hillside on horseback, riding on the corpses of the men and horses.
The Ming army at the slope guarded the entrance with all their strength, because they knew that the most advantageous approach was to block the Tatars at the entrance uphill with all their strength. They could not give space for a large number of Tatar cavalry to rush up.
However, the Tatars continued to pour in like a tide. Although the number of casualties soared, they did not hesitate at all. More than a dozen Tatar cavalry finally broke up the spear formation, and cut down seven or eight people with scimitars.
After the soldiers of the Ming army, the Ming army had to retreat a few feet again in formation, and the slope lost control. More Tatar cavalry rushed up.
On the top of the mountain, the Tatar cavalry rushed in like a turbulent current, and an all-out melee immediately formed.
The battle between cavalry and infantry was condescending and had an advantage. Even the well-equipped Ming army could not change this disadvantage. There were screams from the top of the mountain, and soon more than 20 Ming military captains fell to the Tatar cavalry.
Under the hooves of the horses, a dozen spearmen met the enemy at the front, and soon they were all killed by the Tatars.
More Tatar cavalry rushed to the top of the mountain. The number of people on the top of the mountain had already been reversed. The Ming army had to retreat again and was forced back. Although Zhang Yin, Chen Shi and others were extremely brave, and although the soldiers worked desperately, they were completely defeated.
Unable to withstand the Tatars' tidal wave of desperate horse attacks.