But the Xilu in front of him seemed not to have seen all this. He quietly loaded ammunition, and then fired three rounds of shots at Xilu, and another three to four hundred people fell.
This time, some of the surviving soldiers howled and rushed towards the musketeers, but at this time, under the command of the drum beat, the spearmen had already come to the musketeers and killed all the irrational Xipi.
Tieletai looked back at where Timur was, but did not see the flag, so he ordered the entire army to retreat. The purpose of his attack was to test the combat effectiveness and fighting methods of the Ming army's direct guards. At this time, some of them had already been tested
, having lost nearly one-third of his soldiers, it was time for him to lead his troops and retreat.
Seeing Tieletai's troops retreating, Hu Yuancheng showed a smile of victory on his face, but did not order the pursuit. After the fire gun soldiers reloaded their ammunition, they continued to move forward unhurriedly.
…
…
"These Ming troops." Timur held the clairvoyance shell tightly with both hands and whispered.
He has never seen such tactics. Of course he has seen muskets, or fire guns as the Khitans call them. The Ottomans were equipped with some muskets, although they seemed to be more backward than those used by the Ming army.
The accuracy of these muskets is extremely poor and has nothing to do with the person who uses it. Even a person who uses the same musket all year round cannot control where the projectile goes after it comes out of the chamber. Neither bow nor crossbow is more accurate than it. At the same time, except for the musket
In addition to being very powerful in breaking armor, the range was not much further than that of a longbow, so he did not order the equipment of muskets.
Unexpectedly, the people of the Ming Dynasty made up for the shortcomings of accuracy by centralizing the use of muskets. At the same time, because the troops they sent were all elite and main force, everyone wore armor, so that the muskets exerted great power, far better than the power of bows and crossbows.
Tamerlane realized that he had made a mistake: he still let the soldiers wear armor even though he knew that muskets were more powerful at breaking armor. This not only failed to enhance the soldiers' protection, but also made it inconvenient for them to move.
Even though he was a talented man, he could not think of a way to use infantry against the Ming army's infantry at this time. The Ming army not only had novel tactics, but also had outstanding discipline. As Tiledai said, his country could only have such highly disciplined soldiers.
His personal bodyguards, while the Ming army numbered at least 50,000 people.
"The Ming Dynasty is really too rich." He couldn't help but sigh. If he wants his soldiers to have such a high degree of discipline, or to make them willing to undergo very strict training, on the one hand, they must be educated in loyalty, and at the same time,
With high military pay and treatment, the Ming Dynasty was able to support so many highly disciplined soldiers. In his concept, the money spent was more than the green grass outside Samarkand, which shows how wealthy it was.
"Send three thousand cavalry to deal with the small formation that Tielatai attacked just now." Timur said. Since the infantry can't deal with it, he sent out the cavalry to give it a try.
Soon, three thousand cavalry were sent out from the central army's formation to attack the Ming army.
Hu Yuancheng said something to the messenger next to him, and then the drum sound changed again. On the side facing the Xilu, the two-cornered phalanx of fire gun soldiers formed two horizontal lines, and the people in the first line half knelt down.
, holding up the musket and pointing it forward, the second row of soldiers stood straight and aimed at the cavalry that was charging over.
Then there was an earth-shattering sound. More than 600 firecrackers fired at the same time, and the fire flashed into one. The front was once again covered in white smoke, and the screams of people and the screams of horses were heard in the white smoke.
It is unknown how many cavalrymen were killed.
But this time, these gunmen did not stay where they were to reload their ammunition. Instead, they ran backwards at extremely fast speeds and hid among the spearmen. The spearmen also changed their formations, just in time to kill all the gunmen.
All the firecrackers can be accommodated without leaving much room.
After the firecrackers withdrew, the spearmen also formed a tight formation, raising their spears diagonally upwards, aiming at the cavalry that was about to rush over.
When the Xilu cavalry rushed out of the white smoke, they saw in front of them a large formation composed of spears to defend against the impact of the cavalry. The general in charge immediately ordered them to slide over from the side, but there were still a few unlucky ones who couldn't stop them.
He crashed into a spear array and was pierced by countless spears. He was dead before his eyes. One of the spears pierced the eye of a soldier. When he pulled it out, it was filled with red and white blood.
The general of the Xilu immediately ordered his soldiers to ride and shoot while circling the formation to find weaknesses. Hu Yuancheng ordered all the firecrackers to withdraw into the middle of the spear array, and set up spears on all sides to build a formation, so that the Xilu had no chance to take advantage.
At the same time, other phalanxes also moved closer and cooperated with each other, forcing the Xilu cavalry to retreat.
After that, whenever the cavalry was a little further away from the formation, the Ming army moved forward at a slow but determined pace. Once the cavalry approached, the fire cannon soldiers who had reloaded their ammunition fired a volley, and then withdrew into the spear formation.
Gradually, the Ming army was getting closer and closer to Timur's central army.
"Order 50,000 cavalry to break away from the battle with other Ming army units and come to fight the Shangzhiwei." Although Timur still did not see a way to deal with this large formation, he relied on his many years of battlefield experience to judge that even if
No matter how perfect the formation is, human strength is limited. If you use cavalry to pull the formation together, even if it is less efficient, you will definitely succeed in the end.
After giving the order, he was still a little worried, but no more people could be drawn out on the battlefield in the middle, otherwise he would not be able to contain the other Ming army guards. He thought for a moment and said to the attendant beside him: "Order to send out 30,000 more auxiliaries.
The soldiers fought with the Shangzhi Guards. Send someone to call Salha."
The attendant took the order and left. After a while, Salha came over and bowed to him: "May Allah grant peace to the Khan."
"May God grant you peace." Timur returned the salute and immediately said, "Salha, have you gotten over the shadow of the failed attack on the camp last night?"
"Khan, I'm still not in good spirits," Salha said. He still felt frightened when he thought of the attack on the camp last night.
"I don't care whether you have lingering fears or not. Now I need you to lead your troops to entangle the Shangzhi guards of Xilu, hold them back, consume their strength, and finally destroy them." Timur said.
Timur knew that he had lingering fears. Even if he saw Buddhists performing "magic" or "divine blessing" with his own eyes, he would be frightened and suspicious and would not be able to recover for a while.
But he had no choice. At this time, all the generals in his hands who could stand alone had been sent out, and only Salha was left, so he could only be allowed to lead the troops to fight.
Salha was unwilling, but still accepted Timur's order and led the soldiers sent to him by Timur into battle, trying to pull up the direct guard's formation, which made the Khitan soldiers exhausted and failed to change their formation in time, so they were defeated.