Chapter 192: Twilight of Iron Armor

I also have to play some big chess first, and this is not the time to open the cards.

And under the order of Ye Xian, the main force of the tile spur cavalry and the main force of the Ming cavalry collided for the first time.

Cheng Guogong has never been a passive person, he was just luring the tile spurs to attack before, and now he saw the tile spur cavalry dispatched. Naturally, the Ming cavalry got on their horses one after another. Always ready to strike.

Cheng Guogong's eyes stared, looked at the cavalry in the distance, and said, "It's them?" ”

He suddenly remembered the performance of the 30,000 iron horsemen in the decades-long battle of Hulan and Sudden Temperature. 、

Speaking of which, it is also quite amazing.

They rushed to the front of the Shenji camp before they were repelled by Liu Sheng, and at the time of the crisis, Emperor Taizong personally went into battle to assault, which could be regarded as a big defeat.

Even if Emperor Taizong fought viciously in his life, and suddenly lost his temperature, it can be compared with several vicious battles during the Jingnan period.

Speaking of the thorn iron horse, it is not the kind of iron canned food that later generations imagined, although they are all wearing armor, but the armor of the horses is just leather armor.

As for the style of the armor of the Tile Thorn Cavalry, it is much more messy.

There are armor handed down from the Yuan Dynasty, armor handed down from the Western Regions, armor made by Wa Shu himself, and armor smuggled from the Ming army.

Even a lot of armor is made by individuals, and the same style is also a different difference.

And the armor is on the grassland, no, not only on the grassland, but even outside the side walls, it is a very important property, and it can even be said to be a family heirloom inherited from father to son.

Otherwise, how did the thirteen pairs of iron armor of the old slave come about, most of them are ancestral.

It's just that on top of the visuals, no one notices the slightest difference.

Although the tile spur cavalry is not heavily armoured, and the weight of the men and horses is also dozens of catties, although they use more good horses, they are much better than the Ming in terms of weight.

But they still did not gallop like light cavalry, but slowly rode their horses, approaching the Ming army little by little in an almost pacing manner.

Cheng Guogong said: "Wujin Marquis Zhu Mian, Xining Marquis Song Ying." ”

"The end will be." The two of them said in unison.

Chengguo Gong Zhan was on the city wall of Maoerzhuang, raised his horsewhip and pointed at the iron horse of the thorn, and said: "Let the people of the world see, is the thorn iron horse powerful, or my Daming iron horse is powerful?" ”

"Yes."

Immediately, the Ming army lined up from the middle, and countless armor rode out of the formation.

Compared with the iron cavalry of the tile spur, the Daming iron cavalry armor is much better than the tile thorn, most of them are the same style, and there are different armor according to the quality of the generals.

Under the sun, it was glittering with gold.

All the armored horsemen are carrying spears, which is what Emperor Taizu began to emphasize in Jiangnan, "fight for iron guns", because Jiangnan has few horses, Taizu

At the time of the emperor, the number of Ming cavalry was scarce, and it was always used intensively, and ordinary soldiers were not qualified to enter the cavalry.

Only a good man who can "fight with an iron spear" right away can enter the cavalry.

Emperor Taizu has detailed standards in the holy decree, because Emperor Taizu boasts that he can also "fight for an iron spear." ”

This criterion was inherited.

The five military camps are the elite of Emperor Taizong's selection of the world's guards, not one in a thousand, but they are also the best of the best.

The two sides hedged, although not as powerful as the armored cavalry of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but it was also rare. After all, without a strong national strength, you can't complete the heavy armor.

It seemed that for a moment the heavens and the earth were still.

The sun seemed to be curious about the movement of hundreds of thousands, and froze above the sky, forgetting that it was going west. The sun is like his gaze, nakedly grilling the earth.

Whether it is the Tile Thorn people or the Ming army, they are sweating on their foreheads at this moment, especially the heavy armored cavalry, he is wearing dozens of pounds of heavy armor, even if there is a layer of silk underwear inside.

I still feel that the iron armor outside is not cold at the moment, but hot as if it is a soldering iron.

Not to mention the imminent war, everyone is nervous, sweating like rain, needless to say.

Objectively, today's sunshine is beneficial to the Ming army.

After all, the Ming army is also afraid of heat, but Mobei is more afraid of heat than Beijingers.

The distance between the two sides is pulled in little by little.

Wu Jinbo Zhu Mian suddenly picked up the water bladder from his waist, looked up to the sky and drank it all in one go, not knowing whether it was water or wine, and then smashed the water bladder under the horse and said, "Sons, kill me." ”

Immediately all the heavy cavalry drank their water bladders, and galloped forward like a fly.

The Tile Thorn cavalry also accelerated in an instant.

The sound of horses' hooves shook the whole world, and layers of smoke and dust, like fog, covered the eyes of the people behind.

It seemed that it was just a blink of an eye, and the two sides collided with each other.

For a while, the flames burst out, and many Ming cavalry fired three-eyed firearms.

Although the Three-Eyed Firearm is not a very good firearm, at this moment, it still bursts out of its own power. The biggest feature of the firearm is armor piercing.

If this iron armor is shot with a bow and arrow, I am afraid that within twenty steps, it may not be able to kill it with one blow.

But as long as they are hit by the firecracker, even if they can't break through the armor, the people inside can't stand it.

Therefore, in the battle of Hulan and sudden loss of temperature, even the cavalry of the Ming army had a little bit of an irresistible tile spur iron cavalry, and they fell into the sand before the Daming Shenji Battalion.

The same is true today.

Firearms were used in cavalry battles, sending the heavy armored cavalry to the grave, and now the heavy armor duel is already the swan song of dusk.

However, it was because of the inconvenience of the use of cavalry firearms that the heavy armored cavalry had a certain living space

。

It's like a three-eyed firebolt, and it is said that it can hit three times, but many cavalrymen use them as disposable weapons and throw them away after fighting.

This is also the wealth cultivated by Zhu Qizhen, otherwise they would never dare to do this.

After a round of firearms, it's time for the spear and the scimitar.

The Tile Spur cavalry has been fighting with various tribes in the Western Regions for a long time, and has absorbed the characteristics of each tribe in many aspects, so their weapons are different, and most of them use knives.

Because the Tile Spurs do not have the ability to unify the standard weapons for the armies below, a considerable part of their weapons are chosen by themselves.

It can be said that there are many kinds of things.

Generally, it is convenient for the people below to use it, such as maces, flails, and other strange-shaped weapons.

But the cavalry of the Ming army was all spears.

The spear has a good ability to pierce armor among all kinds of weapons, and if you shoot down, you can generally pierce a hole in the heavy armor.

Under the encirclement of the two armies, one part of the two sides has been killed.

He also seemed to be unable to hold his breath at first, and with an order, the cavalry of the brigade smashed down like a sea of mountains. Cheng Guogong did not show weakness, except for the 3,000 battalions that had just retreated, and smashed all the new forces.

Cheng Guogong stood on top of the city of Maoerzhuang.

At this moment, the head of Maoerzhuang City, which is only three feet long, has become the commanding heights of the battlefield, and Chengguo Gong has locked his eyebrows, watching the wind and grass on this battlefield.

Cheng Guogong's heart was beating violently. He secretly said in his heart: "The tile spur is really a strong enemy, and it is not easy to deal with, I never thought that it would be like this." ”

On this battlefield alone, the number of troops invested by both sides has exceeded 150,000, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, found that he had completely lost control of the battlefield.

It's a little better if it's a step formation, which generally moves slowly. Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong can still live in the town.

But these cavalry were rapidly impacting, turning, fighting, separating, and even fighting, and a flag was turning rapidly like a marquee.

Such a rapidly changing situation has exceeded the command ability of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo.

Not everyone is Han Xin's soldiers, the more the merrier.

The British Gong Zhang Fu's concern about Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, is valid.

Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, probably does not have the ability to command 100,000 people on the battlefield.

However, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, was a general after all, and when he found that he could no longer command effectively. Immediately find out and face the same problem first.

Is it possible to control such a chaotic scene in the first place?

In Cheng Guogong's opinion, he didn't have this ability first, so what Cheng Guogong had to do was to be more able to hold on than Ye Xian, and he first summoned the only reserve, that is, the three thousand battalions in the hands of the Wu brothers. Let them be ready to fight at any time, and then give the order to fight separately. Those who dare to retreat from Maoerzhuang will be beheaded immediately.