Two hundred steps!

The first round of salvos "banged".

This is the largest effective killing distance of the Wanli musket in the drill given by Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang himself thinks that he should not shoot at such a distance, he thinks that it should be at least 150 steps closer, or even better to be closer to about 100 steps before shooting, but this theory is mainly aimed at normal situations, like the abnormal situation faced today, of course, the front-line generals can temporarily adjust, in order to be able to shoot an extra volley before the opponent kills in front of him.

The effect of this round of salvo fire is indeed not very good, but the main problem may not be in the musket itself, but in the mental state of the Ming soldiers - the power of nearly 10,000 cavalry rushing straight is so amazing that even the ground is shaking, and the hands of many Ming soldiers are shaking like swings, and the bullets fired only know where they are flying.

Zhang Wanbang can actually fully understand, this may not be real timidity, but it is very likely to be just a normal reaction, after all, everyone is human, although many people have combat experience against the Mongolian Tatars, but that is the experience gained in the case of guarding the strong city of Xiongguan, like today, in the field with such a thin defense line to carry the Mongols' charge, it is really the first time that a big girl has been on a sedan chair.

Not to mention the ordinary soldiers below, even the family members around him all looked nervous, and the hands of many people holding weapons were trembling.

Even himself, a young general who had always been known for his boldness, was beating faster than the beat of a drum at the moment, his blood was almost congealing, his eyes were bloodshot to the point of redness, and there was nothing else in his eyes except for the rapidly approaching Mongol cavalry.

"Life and death aside" is easy to say, how many people can really do it casually?

Ants are still greedy, but what a man!

Many times, bravery is just a matter of necessity, but if you are not heroic, you will die even worse!

The first round of bad salvos, hundreds of gunshots, in exchange for nothing more than the loss of fifty or so cavalry of the Mongols, was not worth mentioning in front of the 10,000-strong charge.

Fortunately, Zhang Wanbang memorized Qi Jiguang's drill code very well, and subconsciously shouted: "The second column of the horizontal team stepped back to charge and load, and the third column of the horizontal team stepped forward, ready to shoot!" ”

The soldiers who were so nervous that they couldn't help themselves mechanically carried out his orders, maybe even because they were too nervous, the soldiers had no room to think at all, and did so straightforwardly, but the result was better than when they were training in Datong before, and they switched the shooting queue as quickly as possible.

When the Mongolian cavalry entered within one hundred and fifty steps, Zhang Wanbang had no room to think, and subconsciously shouted directly: "Fire!" ”

There was another "bang bang", this time the effect was much better, and the Mongols lost at least one hundred and fifty cavalry.

But the cavalry still kept coming, and many of the cavalry were still chanting "Genghis Khan".

Zhang Wanbang's forehead was sweating, and the two rounds of salvo shots only knocked out the opponent's two hundred horsemen, and the other party had already entered one hundred and fifty paces - no, now there were only a hundred paces away.

"The third column stepped back, and the fourth column stepped forward, ready to throw grenades!"

"Ready...... Long Pitch! ”

There are several ways to throw grenades, or grenades, and the farthest way is to run first and then drop bombs, but now Zhang Wanbang has no time to do this, so they can only engage in fixed-point bombing.

Fixed-point bombs are divided into standing and creeping types, and now, of course, they are standing fixed-point bombs.

"Bomb dropping!" Zhang Wanbang shouted: "Get ready for the bomb!" - Bomb dropping! ”

Pitcher grenades are obviously faster than musketeers in this era, even if Wanli has evolved to the flintlock era.

After all, the flintlock pistol mainly removes the process of ignition and firing, but the non-integrated bullets in the pre-loading era have to be charged first and then loaded, and there is also a procedure of cleaning the barrel and taking a strip to poke the gunpowder, which is even more time-consuming.

And the grenade, as long as you take it in your hand, you can throw it if you pull it open and start the fire, which is natural and fast.

Although the power of gunpowder at this time was much less than that of later generations, hundreds of grenades were thrown at once, and they still blew up the Mongolian cavalrymen on their backs, and even stunned them at once.

The results of this wave of grenades could not be counted for a while, and Zhang Wanbang estimated that the Mongols had lost at least three or four hundred people.

But the Mongols were only a little sluggish, and immediately rushed more frantically, and Zhang Wanbang only shouted the second "bomb", and the Mongols rushed to the front after eating another wave of grenade bombardment.

At this time, Xin Ai's subordinates have lost more than 1,000 personnel, if it was in the past, it is estimated that he would order Mingjin to withdraw his troops, but today's Xin Ai's eyes were red, staring at the battlefield without saying a word, and he had no intention of withdrawing troops at all.

He wants to see the scene when his iron cavalry destroyed the Ming army's array in one fell swoop and slaughtered them on a large scale!

However, the unexpected happened.

After two rounds of musket salvo and two rounds of grenade bombardment, the horses of the Mongol cavalry were obviously restless, and many of them were frightened and began to scurry.

The knights on horseback tried their best to keep themselves from being dismounted, but they could not quickly pacify the horses and let them fight honestly.

In fact, because mare's milk was a supply for the Mongols, the horses in the Mongol army were indeed mares, and it is clear that mares, although they were more docile in normal times, were also more likely to be frightened.

The charge looked chaotic and sluggish, but due to the numerical superiority, in anyone's opinion, this wave of charge was still enough to penetrate the defense line of the Ming army.

But the fact went in the opposite direction - when the remaining Mongolian cavalry rushed to a distance of less than twenty meters or so from the bayonet array, the war horses under their crotch suddenly slowed down significantly, and refused to continue to move forward according to the instructions of the knights on the horse, and even some of the war horses leaned forward on all fours, and the horses leaned backwards, making a forced deceleration action like "brakes"!

In particular, the war horses on the verge of charging began to turn towards the open space on the left and right without heeding the call.

Some of the horses were either more daring, or the knights on the horses were better at riding, and they wanted to continue to rush forward, but they were stopped by the slowing horses and had to slow down.

"Fuck it, I knew it was like this, there were hundreds of Qinglong Yanyue knives in the first column, and Lao Tzu didn't even need to reject horses and deer firewood!" Zhang Wanbang couldn't help but be overjoyed and laughed when he saw that the Mongolian cavalry was in chaos after rushing to the front of the battle.

However, he was not completely carried away, and immediately remembered Gao Shishi's command, and shouted: "Keep shooting!" The second column stepped forward again and called Lao Tzu! ”

Now that the two sides are close to the distance of a white-knuckle battle, the grenade can not be thrown, and the gun can only be released behind the bayonet array.

And at the same time as he shouted this, Xin Ai's hands and feet on the opposite side were cold, and his back suddenly became weak, and he almost fell down, but fortunately, Hamu saw the opportunity to quickly hold him up.

"Abu, this is not right! The palm thunder of the Ming army has also become powerful, so let's hurry up and collect the troops! ”

Xin Ai's gaze had gradually lost focus, and he said blankly: "Defeated again, I lost again...... Why? ”

He really couldn't understand why his cavalry had suffered successive defeats even in the "Ten Years of Peace" when his cavalry had not experienced much decline in combat effectiveness. Why? Do you really not have a destiny?

Hamu saw that Xin Ai was just stunned, but he didn't give a word, and he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

He urged a few more times, but Xin Ai was still demented, and his eyes gradually showed despair.

Hamu gritted his teeth, no longer asked for his life, but turned his head and shouted: "Huang Taiji has an order, collect the troops and regroup!" ”

Just as the order was about to be sent below, who knew that from the rear where they had just come suddenly heard the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, which sounded the size of at least one or two thousand cavalry.

Hamu was stunned for a moment, looked back in surprise, and said secretly: Could it be that the people of the Khan Khan found out about it, or heard some news, and sent us a large group of reinforcements?

Who knew that when I looked back, there was a clear line of Chinese characters on the other party's flag: Guarding Xuanfu North Road Dushi Horse Camp Counselor Ma!

Hamu shocked Du'er - the horse camp of Xuanfu was the descendant cavalry brought out by Ma Fang Ma Lanxi, and when Ma Fang was in office, he even dared to chase the Tumut cavalry with the same force!

What a big cake......

Hamu was shocked and shouted, "Collect the troops!" Collect the troops and regroup! Fast! Fast! Fast! ”

However, it was too late, and Zhang Wanbang and his side also discovered the arrival of the cavalry, as well as the unusual panic of the Mongols.

Although Zhang Bingzhong and Zhang Wanbang's father and son are not standing together at the moment, they obviously know what to do.

Zhang Wanbang ordered to hold the Mongols in front of the formation and prevent them from evacuating easily, while Zhang Bingzhong was more direct and ordered to change the formation - change the hollow phalanx to a goose-shaped formation, intending to encircle the Mongol army.

The goose-shaped array is a forward "V" shaped array, a bit like a crocodile's mouth that opens its mouth to swallow. In fact, Zhang Bingzhong's troops also suffered great losses just now, and it is estimated that the current strength is only more than 5,000 people, and it is theoretically impossible to counter-encircle nearly 10,000 Mongolian cavalry.

But at this time, the Mongols themselves also knew that they had suffered from the enemy on their backs, and the Ming infantry in front of them could not penetrate at all as if they had cast a demon spell, and there were actually more Ming cavalry in the back than their own side, how could they fight?

All of a sudden, the Mongol army was in disarray, and the various divisions began to flee.

Hamu saw that the situation was not good, and he pulled the reins of Xin Ai's horse with one hand and was about to run away with him, but Xin Ai slapped his hand away and said, "Hamu, you go, Abu doesn't want to go." ”

Hamu was stunned: "Abu, what are you?" ”

"Tumen can't defeat the Ming army, and I'll only be captured later when I go to him, why do you have to do such a day job?"

Xin Ai straightened his clothes and hat, glanced in the direction of Zhang Wanbang's bayonet array, and said calmly: "I'm a Huang Taiji anyway, so Gao Qin's envoy should always meet me and kill again, right?" I wanted to see him, to see what kind of hero he was. ”

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