Text_Chapter 440 Offensive and defensive responses
Although Huang Taiji reacted quickly and responded in time, it took time for the command to be transmitted, and it was not easy for the horses running at high speed to turn, especially the large group of horses, the knights on the horses could only try to deflect the horse's head, reduce the speed, turn hard, and get out of the attack range of the car formation. γFengyun Reading Network. γ
Of course, there is another way, which is to speed up, go around the circle, and rush directly from both sides, but this will expose you to the musketeers for more time, and it is really not better than the current method.
In this way, as soon as Huang Taiji met with the enemy, he left hundreds of corpses and retreated in embarrassment, and seeing his miserable appearance, the cavalry of the brigade attacking from the rear did not rush up stupidly, but reined in the precipice early, went around in a big circle, bypassed the car formation, and ran over to converge.
"Great Khan." After seeing Huang Taiji, Wukeshan asked with concern, "Are you okay?" β
"Out of the way, don't worry." Huang Taiji waved his hand, indicating that it was okay. Ukeshan is the elder brother of Hailanzhu and the son of Bel Sanse. It is precisely because of this relationship that Huang Taiji, who has an internal response, almost at a very small price, stationed troops in the Horqin Department, which is about the same size as himself.
And it is precisely by virtue of his relationship and merit that Wukeshan has a pivotal position among the newly formed Eight Banners.
Seeing that Huang Taiji was fine, Wukeshan also put his mind at ease, and turned to observe the tortoise-like Daming car formation together, pulling the corners of his mouth and saying, "This tortoise-like formation is really difficult to do." β
When Huang Taiji heard this, he also sighed deeply, not only is it not easy to do, there is no way to say it, this is a turtle with thorns, and these thorns can also be launched, let alone bite, you will be injured before you get close.
It's good that the other side doesn't have a cannon!
This is the only thing that Huang Taiji is happy about, otherwise he would have to return in vain this time, unlike now, where he can still discuss ways to defeat the enemy.
"Aobai, you take those barbarians to try it first, see the other party's firepower, pay attention, don't get hurt." Huang Taiji ordered, no matter what, he finally caught Da Ming's weakness, and the other party didn't have a cannon, so he left in such a disgraced way, he was really unwilling and couldn't do it.
"Yes, Great Khan." Ao Bai received the order, with a large number of muscles bulging, and the wild Jurchen warriors who looked unusually strong and unusually strong, formed a scattered formation and ran over quickly.
Ao Bai later known as the first warrior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, although young at this time, but also showed extraordinary, in the entire Eight Banners, just hand-to-hand combat, no one is his opponent, so he was sent by Huang Taiji to lead these unruly wild Jurchen warriors.
Ao Bai is very witty, although he has never seen the new firearms of the Ming Dynasty, but he has heard a lot, and the Great Khan is so solemn, no matter how much he doubts in his heart, he will not joke with his life, so he cautiously followed behind a warrior, and moved forward step by step.
"Fire, free fire."
Although the attacking warriors scattered widely, Li Yuyu did not hesitate to give the order, and the thousands of musketeers facing this side immediately pulled the trigger, ignited the flint, and reflected the lead bullets.
The dense, fried bean-like gunfire directly made Huang Taiji's eyelids jump, the other party was so decisive, and he didn't care about waste, in order to kill these hundreds of soldiers, he even fired continuous volleys of gunfire until the last person fell. This kind of indifferent approach can only prove that the other side has sufficient reserves and is not afraid of a war of attrition.
"Great Khan, the last general has failed." After a while, Ao Bai's gray face came back, and his face was full of horror and the look of the rest of his life.
He was also lucky, the corpse in front of him was directly killed by several lead bullets, and then fell on top of him, blocking the follow-up attack for him, and he himself was also witty, seeing that the situation was wrong, he immediately lay down on the ground, and when the sound of the musket stopped, he quietly crawled back with a little gunsmoke, and waited until he was about to come out of the shooting range on the opposite side, then got up and ran back, picking up a life.
"It's okay, I'm glad that you can live Huo Lai Ben Khan." Huang Taiji looked at the blue and purple Ao Bai on his face, and he was also afraid, he was too hasty, and let the young cadres of his clan go to the test, and almost lost a general.
"Great Khan, the last general has some ideas." After Ao Bai calmed down, he immediately said. Although he almost died this time, the close contact made him have some idea of this dense array of muskets.
"Say it." Huang Taiji asked with some expectation, the other party is the only one or the person who came back, presumably after contact, he has some ideas.
"Great Khan, although the Ming army's firearms are powerful, it seems that they can only shoot flat, we only need to send people to climb over to get close to the car formation, and these carriages have huge wheels, and the gap under the car is very large, as long as we climb in, we can break through from the inside." Ao Bai talked eloquently, I have to say that his thinking is very sharp, and he can see so many weaknesses in just one contact.
"It's worth a try." After listening to Aobai's idea, Huang Taiji observed for a while, and also felt that it was quite feasible, and immediately arranged for someone to go down to carry it out.
It's just that this time he didn't arrange for the young cadres in the clan to go to the test, but arranged for the wild maidens who had gathered over, although these wild men were barbaric and bloody, but they were still very loyal warriors after surrendering, and they were very quick to carry out orders, and they would not have too many ideas.
Soon, hundreds of people slowly walked over, came to the first soldier who fell, lay down, and crawled forward. This time it was very smooth, in the face of this tactic, the Ming army on the opposite side seemed to be helpless, and they couldn't grab it, so these soldiers climbed in smoothly.
Seeing this, Huang Taiji and Ao Bai smiled proudly and opened their mouths, as if they wanted to say something, but at this time, there was a sudden scream from inside the car array, followed by one after another screams, which were occasionally mixed with the sound of swords and slashing, these sounds did not last long, and soon weakened.
You know, these warriors who went in were very strong in combat, and there were five hundred, and they were killed in such a short time, and they didn't use muskets, so it can be inferred that there was a large number of melee soldiers in the chariot array.
The sudden scream made Huang Taiji's open mouth stiff, and in the end he could only swallow the words that came to his mouth, and the screams not only interrupted what he wanted to say, but also made him attack on all sides, and the idea of trying to consume it was stillborn.
If Da Ming only has musketeers, then he will fight for a lot of death, and he will also send people over the cart and kill into the hinterland, as long as he can get in, these musketeers are just lambs to be slaughtered. There are 60,000 people in the Eight Banners he brought this time, and even the wild maidens who are not good at riding have horses to travel and charge, and this short distance will pass in a few breaths, and they will soon be able to enter.
However, with the redundant melee defense class, it is different, the opponent can defend on the roof of the car, can defend the back of the car, and even defend outside the front of the car formation, there are more people, there are a lot of variables, and his method of attacking is not good, the dead are still secondary, the real problem is that the dead may not be able to get in.
Looking at the silent car formation, with no one in sight, Huang Taiji was depressed and abnormal, why did this raid not go well, not only was the movement discovered in advance, so that the other party could form a formation smoothly, but also had so many people, so many troops, and the defense was tight, and there was no gap at all.
"It's irritating!" Thinking about it, Huang Taiji, who had no way, cursed angrily.
"Wait, fire ......" Suddenly, the last word of his words just now gave him a little light and made him think hard.
"That's right, it's fire, the cart opposite is all made of wood, and it contains either grain or gunpowder, as soon as it encounters a fire, it will definitely ......" Thinking of this, Huang Taiji laughed sinisterly. His purpose was originally to destroy the logistics of the Ming army, as for whether he could grab something, that was secondary.
"Everybody, make torches, light them and throw them over." Huang Taiji immediately went down, and soon, the soldiers went down to make torches.
At this time in the northeast, there were many dense forests, and pine trees and other things could be seen everywhere, and when the pine resin was cut and smeared on the top of the wood, a simple torch was soon made, and after it was lit, the cavalry scattered and charged towards the chariot formation.
Bang bang bang!
Seeing the enemy charging, the musketeers inside did not hesitate to shoot, but the scattered formation made this salvo not have much effect, just killed dozens of Eight Banner soldiers, and the rest quickly ran over, throwing torches over with a wave of their hands.
Looking at the flaming wooden stick, Li Yuyu scolded secretly, "It's so fucking despicable, you actually attack with fire!" β
"Free Fire!"
The salvo was useless, he quickly asked the musketeers to find out the attack on their own, although the accuracy was insufficient, but under the cover of three or four muskets, it could still kill one, and even if it was a smoothbore gun, some talented bastards could always play tricks, even if they were smoothbore guns, they could play the effect of a rifle.
In this way, the scattered charge was finally contained, coupled with the quality of the torches themselves, the ones that went out when they charged, the ones that were extinguished when they were thrown, and the flames were too small, in short, this time they didn't cause much harm, even if a few well-made torches were thrown on the roof of the car, and the carriage was not lit anywhere, and they were extinguished.
"There's a door!" Although he failed this time, the other party's hurried response, and the torches that were already burning on the roof of the car, all made Huang Taiji see hope, and this time the behavior was effective.
"Everybody takes turns." Since there are few people, then add more people, your musket has a limit, it is impossible for everyone to kill, as long as the torch continues to be thrown over, it will always burn up, burn a passage, and then it will be your time of death.
Soon, 60,000 people from the Jurchen Eight Banners got on their horses together, whether they were Jurchen warriors or the elite of Horqin who could charge on horseback, all of them rode on horses, carrying a torch, and took turns to charge.
Not to mention, such a continuous scattered charge really made Li Yuyu inside have no choice, although he kept shooting, and kept letting the alien warriors climb to the roof of the car to extinguish the torches.
But the women's bows and arrows were not vegetarians, and many soldiers were shot down not long after they went up. The so-called long-term defense must be lost, and under the harassment of 60,000 people in all directions, a carriage was finally set on fire.
: Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life, and I finished writing three thousand.