Chapter 195: Hunting the Jurchen 15

The flag of the Yulin Army is very simple, there are two flags in total, one is a yellow flag with two patterns of the sun and the moon, and the other is a black flag with three big characters written on the Yulin Army.

Zhu Youxiao wants to build an army under his absolute control, and no one's will can be imposed on the army except his own will, and this is precisely the reason why he has made great efforts to reform the military system.

The Eight Banners stopped, and some of the cavalry straightened up on their horses, stretched their necks, and looked forward vigorously, how they were observing the enemy's situation, and Nuer Hachi did not have the slightest understanding of this army that suddenly appeared.

"Yulin Army?" Looking at the flags raised by the other party, Nuer Hachi knew the name of this unit, but he didn't know anything about other specific circumstances. Even in Jingshi, outsiders know very little about the internal situation of the Yulin Army, and Nuer Hachi, who is thousands of miles away, is even more unclear.

But just a simple formation arrangement, let Nuer Hachi make the most preliminary judgment, this is a pure cavalry unit, with fire guns and spears as the main weapons, in the array, there is no shadow of cavalry, I just don't know whether it is not formed, or stay in the camp, or in the Ningyuan Acropolis.

"Firebolt? Spear? Ridiculous guys. Nuer Hachi sneered, "Amin, you take the blue flag and try them." ”

"Yes, Great Khan!" Amin replied excitedly. Soon, under Amin's order, the blue banner lined up in formation and rushed towards the Yulin army. Looking at his excited and bloodthirsty appearance, it seems that he doesn't take the other party into account at all.

Boom, the trampling of horses' hooves became louder and louder, as time went by, the speed of the Jurchen cavalry became faster and faster, and the distance of three hundred meters was only twenty seconds for them to cross, and in Amin's eyes, the Ming army standing in front of the opposite phalanx with ridiculous firearms was so fragile that as long as he galloped over, he could harvest.

Thinking about it, Amin showed a familiar bloodthirsty smile.

When Nuer Hachi came here with the Jurchens, Zhu Youxiao stood on the newly built command platform, holding a telescope to see clearly. With his orders, the Yulin army gradually adjusted its formation and prepared to meet the enemy.

Zhu Youxiao's formation is very simple, in the front, the three rows use the three-stage attack tactics of the musketoners, the back is roughly in the shape of three heavy infantry phalanx, in the rear, there are half-body 12-jin guns left because the firing range is too short, the head of the Ningyuan Acropolis is a light three-jin gun, and the hillside artillery position is the current main force of the land artillery six-jin guns.

The front firecrackers are also divided into three parts, which are gathered together and commanded by different people, and the commander-in-chief is Lieutenant Colonel Li Tao.

I saw that he was riding on a horse, holding a saber in his hand, and his mouth was constantly shouting about the combat discipline of the firearm, not to shoot without permission, not to escape, to stop ordering action, and a series of military regulations flowed out of his mouth.

With his inspection, the soldiers of the Yulin Army, who were facing a strong enemy for the first time, seemed to feel less nervous, as the commander said, don't pay attention to the situation in front of you, just follow the order and make use of what they have trained in the past.

Li Tao is not nervous at all, he is really not nervous, there is no other reason, just because of the distance between the other party, a distance of two hundred meters, for the previous wars, it may be enough, no one's bow and arrow can shoot so far, but the Yulin Army is different, their cannons, the shortest half-body twelve-pound cannon, the range is one kilometer, and the entire Jurchen Eight Banners are within the strike range of the cannon, where do you say Li Tao is nervous.

However, the necessary procedures still have to be done, not only to train these recruits, but also to exercise their own command ability, so Li Tao meticulously and strictly follow the drills he learned on weekdays.

Thundered!

The Jurchen cavalry on the opposite side moved, and some of the cavalry were separated from the Chinese army and rushed to this side, looking at the galloping figure, Li Tao grinned.

"Fire!" About eleven or twelve seconds later, Li Tao ordered loudly, and then, the staff officers around him passed his orders to the various front-line commanders.

Bang bang bang!

The sound like fried beans sounded continuously, and the effective range of sixty steps allowed Zhu Youxiao's firecrackers to gain enough attack distance, even if all the Jurchen cavalry were elite, and Baturu, who was covered with iron armor and lined with cotton armor, could not withstand such a dense thermal weapon attack.

Violent gunpowder smoke rose on the battlefield, obscuring Li Tao's vision, but it quickly dissipated, and the situation on the battlefield appeared in front of him, and almost all the Jurchen cavalry charging in the front row fell, while the cavalry behind who didn't know what was going on were still charging forward.

The number of people who charged this time was not large, only about a thousand people, because it was a tentative attack, so Amin did not bring many people. The entire thousand-man cavalry formed a sharp formation, like a long dragon, and rushed towards the phalanx of the Yulin Army from the middle.

Amin thought that this temptation would be easy and pleasant, and he would be able to see the timidity of the Ming people, but where did he think that he had only charged to two-thirds of the distance, and suddenly received a heavy blow.

Although the cross-sectional area of the sharp arrow formation is small, there are too many firearms that can't stand Zhu Youxiao, a full 5,000 firearms, even if they are divided into three rows, there are about 1,500 shots at that time, such a dense projectile is fired at this cavalry, even if the contact area of the blade and arrow formation is small, each cavalry can withstand the attack of no less than five projectiles.

The huge force of the lead pellet directly pierced the iron armor on the Jurchen cavalry, burrowed into the flesh, and kept rolling inside, releasing kinetic energy. Then, another lead pellet knocked the knight off his horse, and before he was completely dead, he was trampled by countless horses' hooves, ending his life completely.

The landing of the forward knights not only disrupted the formation, but also hindered the charge of the cavalry behind, and the corpses in iron armor could not be broken by the horse's hooves.

Bang bang bang!

Another volley of muskets, within fifteen seconds after Li Tao gave the order, the three rows of musketeers shot out the projectiles in their hands at one time, and when the three volleys were over, the first platoon was already nervously completing the loading procedure, and as long as the trigger was pulled, it could be fired again.

The entire loading time is about twelve seconds, five rounds a minute, this speed is barely acceptable, Li Tao roughly estimated the time, and then ordered the staff officer next to him to record the data.

"Fire!" Seeing that the first row had been filled, Li Tao, who was not sure if the other party was all dead, ordered again, anyway, each firecracker had thirty rounds of lead bullets on his body, and it was nothing to shoot one more round.

Bang bang bang!

There was another dense sound of fried beans, and the three rows of musketeers designed it at once, while the finished ones crouched down to nervously reload their ammunition to make room for those behind.

The thick smoke of gunfire obscured everyone's vision, making it impossible to see what was going on inside, except for the neighing and roaring of horses coming from inside under the volley of muskets.

However, the smoke did not last long, and was blown away by the north wind, and the tragic scene was presented in front of both sides.

Almost all the Jurchen cavalry fell to the ground, some were still intact, and some were already torn apart, their flesh and blood blurred, and they could not be seen as individuals. And at the end of the entire front formation, there were still about a hundred cavalry, they were in the last position, and after all the people in front of them died, they finally realized that something was wrong and stopped their steps.

After seeing the scene under the smoke of gunpowder, the remnants of the cavalry wailed, turned around and beat their horses, and fled, and even a few of them panicked, and the horses stepped on the surrounding corpses, fell off their horses, and fell to their deaths.

Sure enough, it's infinitely powerful!

Li Tao sighed silently.

The Yulin army was emotional, and the Jurchens were afraid, they never thought that just a charge would lose nearly a thousand cavalry, and the remaining survivors, looking at their pale faces and frightened looks, were afraid that they would never be able to go to the battlefield again.

Nuer Hachi is silent, Huang Taiji is silent, Dai Shan is silent, Mang Gurtai is silent, Amin is ......., Amin is dead, died in the charge just now, this Jurchen fierce general, has always liked to take the lead, is the first to die, under the power of gunpowder, there is no difference between fierce generals and ordinary soldiers.

"Huang Taiji, you have always been resourceful, but you have a way to break the enemy." After a long time, Nuer Hachi asked tiredly. The terrifying firearms of the Yulin Army could not wear down his fighting spirit, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of any better way to avoid the other party's blows.

"Great Khan, the firearms of the Ming Kingdom are sharp, and you can't resist head-on." Huang Taiji straightened out his thoughts and replied slowly, "But these firearms are not without their shortcomings. The first is that the firing speed is slow, judging by the sound of the firing at the time, the rate of fire is about five breaths. ”

"Although the other party can shoot continuously, I think it is a method of segmented design, this method is not unusual, it was used when the Ming Kingdom was founded, but it was just a plan." Huang Taiji is worthy of being Huang Taiji, the founder of the foundation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he analyzed the tactics used by Zhu Youxiao thoroughly.

"Methods that can be restrained." Nuerhachi's expression looked a little better, and he continued to ask, and the other two Baylors were also paying attention, and they also thought about what they would do if they faced such an enemy.

However, apart from rushing in front of them with hard fighting, the two Baylors didn't have any way to deal with it, because they wanted to hear what a good way Huang Taiji had. Huang Taiji ranks fourth among the four Baylors, but his status has always been the highest, and now, he has established the identity of the heir.