Zhong Feng led 2,500 sharpshooters to break away from the large army and march southwest from Sachahwei to Qitamuwei where Zheng Kaicheng was located to look for Tatar horseback soldiers.
Li Zhi's trump card against 15,000 cavalry soldiers was these 2,500 sharpshooters.
These two thousand five hundred sharpshooters were the troops that had followed Li Zhi all the way from the beginning of the Northern Expedition. They formed the army earlier than the other two thousand five hundred sharpshooters commanded by Li Xing. The production of scopes was limited, and sniper rifles could only be assembled month by month.
After joining the army, more than 2,000 are installed every month.
The 2,500 sharpshooters looked like a small number, and they were only a small area walking on the road. For the Qing Dynasty's troops, which often numbered in the tens of thousands, this unit looked very vulnerable.
As for the sophisticated sniper rifles used by this unit, Tatars without binoculars cannot detect them from a distance.
Even if they discover it, the Tatars don't know what it is. Although the Tatars have envoys in the Jiangbei army, it will take at least a month for the news to enter Beizhili from Shandong and then cross the Great Wall to Alchuka.
At that time, the Tatars still didn’t know about Li Xing’s snipers showing off their might in Xinzhou.
The 2,500 sharpshooters are like deadly baits, walking alone in the dangerous northeastern wilderness.
After this unit entered its Tamu Guard, it was quickly discovered by 15,000 horse-armored soldiers.
Prince Azig of the Manchu Qing Dynasty stood on a small mound on horseback, looking at the pitifully small queue of sharpshooters from a distance, and couldn't help biting his thumb.
This small force of 2,500 people is too tempting. The 2,500 people look so small, and it seems that they cannot withstand a charge of 15,000 horse-armed soldiers. Although Azig was assigned the task this time
The main purpose was to harass the grain team, but seeing such a 2,500-strong Tiger Army infantry without help, Azig really wanted to eat it in one bite.
What is even more exciting is that there is not a single cannon in this small force of 2,500 people.
Without cannon, it would be easier for the cavalry to rush in.
Azig looked at his lieutenant Abate and asked for his opinion.
Abatai was the seventh son of Nurhaci, and he had followed Nurhachi in his wars in the north and south since he was a child. Compared with Azig, who was forty years old, Abatai was already over fifty years old at this time, and could be said to be a veteran general in the Manchu Army.
Among the Manchu nobles, Abatai was known for his proficiency in warfare.
However, even Abatai couldn't help but have the urge to take the bait in front of Li Zhi's 2,500 sharpshooters.
It’s not that Azig and Abatai are impulsive and reckless, it’s just that the bait is too tempting. If a Tiger and Ben army infantry without cannons is attacked by six times the number of elite Manchu cavalry soldiers, it will obviously be defeated. Maybe it will be eaten.
Of these 2,500 men, Azig's losses would not exceed 3,000.
The morale of the Manchu soldiers who fled all the way north was very low, and they were in urgent need of a victory to boost their morale. Abatai looked at the formation of sharpshooters in the distance and said nothing, but the greed in his eyes had already made his opinion clear.
Azig saw Abatai's greed, waved his hand and said: "Do it! Let these Nannu see the warriors of my Qing Dynasty!"
Abatai nodded, immediately turned his horse's head, and went back to mobilize troops and horses to kill Hu Ben's army.
After a while, 15,000 murderous horse-armed soldiers crossed the wasteland and came towards Zhong Feng's sharpshooter camp.
Zhong Feng's scouts saw the horseback soldiers coming towards them and rode their horses to tell Zhong Feng the news.
Zhong Feng laughed loudly: "The ignorant Tatars have indeed fallen into the trap of the army commander."
The regiment leader Jiang Chong said with a smile: "Commander, as long as we cripple this cavalry soldier this time, our food routes will not be harassed in the future. This is a great achievement!"
"After all, we still have to rely on the army commander's sharpshooter." Zhong Feng looked at Jiang Chong, waved his hand and shouted: "Get back into formation to face the enemy!"
Two thousand five hundred sharpshooters formed a circle formation, but unlike the three-row rotation formation of ordinary soldiers, the sharpshooters no longer used a rotation formation, only a thin layer. Each sharpshooter occupied half a meter.
The width of the battlefield is about 300 meters on each side of the circular formation.
Marksmen have a faster rate of fire, and free fire can make them more lethal.
Soon, the Tatar cavalry rushed to the front of the formation.
Seeing that Zhong Feng's army did not have artillery, Azig decided to attack Zhong Feng's formation from the left, center and right at the same time - after experiencing the Battle of Jinzhou, the Tatars all knew that Li Zhi's formation was hit from the front.
After the collapse, the fighting will continue on the sides and rear. Instead of overwhelming the front of the formation and then continuing to attack the soldiers on the sides and rear, it is better to directly overwhelm the Tiger and Ben troops from three directions.
The rolling iron hooves of the fifteen thousand cavalrymen rushed toward the thin formation of 2,500 people.
Zhong Feng looked at the Tatar soldiers in cavalry and shouted: "Get closer and then fight, don't scare the Tatars!"
At a distance of 400 meters or 300 meters, Zhong Feng's sharpshooters did not fire. If they started massacring the Tatar horse soldiers at a distance of 400 meters, Azig's soldiers might turn around and flee immediately. In this way, the battle would be won.
It's easy, but Li Zhi's strategic intention of eating this cavalry soldier will be in vain.
Therefore, Zhong Feng should move closer and then attack, leaving the Tatars who have been fooled with no way to escape.
Amidst the thunderous sound of horse hooves, the Tatar cavalry had already attacked 250 meters away, causing the ground beneath the sharpshooters' feet to tremble slightly.
Zhong Feng assigned 300 sharpshooters with the most accurate marksmanship in advance to kill Tatar officers.
Unlike ordinary rifles, rifles equipped with a scope can be called sniper rifles and can accurately kill enemies at a distance of 400 meters. At this time, the Tatars have already rushed to 250 meters, so the sharpshooters can naturally aim carefully.
An officer in the Tatar cavalry.
The gap between the cavalry and the cavalry is very large. From the front, you can see several layers of cavalry behind. However, the cavalry behind is often partially blocked by the cavalry in front. Ordinary rifles can only aim at the large target in the front and shoot at this distance.
The sharpshooter's sniper rifle can be aimed at the Tatar officer with only half of his body exposed behind him.
Zhong Feng finally gave the order to shoot, a "woo" sound was sounded, and the sharpshooters on the front began to shoot.
"Pah! Pah! Pah!"
Continuous gunfire sounded, and the marksman opened fire.
The three hundred officer snipers are the elite among the elite, and their shots are flawless at a distance of 400 meters, let alone sniping at a distance of 250 meters?
Three hundred officer killers fired bullets. In the Tatar array, the tall officers who were commanding nearby soldiers to fight seemed to have been named, and were hit by rifle bullets one after another. Even if these officers were hiding in ordinary
Behind the soldiers, there were one or two horse-armored soldiers in front of them, but they could not stop the bullets of the tricky sharpshooters at all.
Qiang Qiang, Niu Lu Zhangjing, and Pashiku were assigned. These Tatar officers fell under their horses one after another. The officers who rushed at the front were all wiped out in an instant.
