Chapter 485: The Battle of the Eight Mile Bridge (5)

Ning Chengzu had a bit of determination on his face, he rode on a tall Arabian horse, and a fiery red flag of the Fu Han Army was fluttering in the wind, like a flame, which looked extremely dazzling on the snow-covered land.

Behind Ning Chengzu were the cuirassiers of the three thousand Fu Han army, they were wearing strong cuirass, holding a cavalry musket in their hands, and two six-shot handcuffs hung on both sides of the horses, in addition, there was also a snowy cavalry saber diagonally on the horses.

In the past era of classical cavalry warfare, the real king has always been the lancer, because the long cavalry spear can not only restrain the neat array of enemy infantry phalanx, but also has a good impact effect on the opponent's cavalry, like the previous French lancers, they used a spear as long as two meters seven, which can give priority to attacking the phalanx soldiers, and the Eight Banners cavalry of the Qing court is also a typical spear and archery cavalry.

However, there are also many limitations in the lancer itself, not only will be limited by the environment in which it is used, but also more difficult in its training, according to the introduction of the Westerner cavalry experts who came to Ningchu, if you want to train mature lancers, you need to carry out a full fifty-five different training subjects, of which twenty-two belong to the cavalry project, eighteen belong to the infantry project, and fifteen kinds of basic training.

Therefore, it is neither realistic nor necessary to train a lancer capable of going to war in a short period of time, especially in this age of firearms, and naturally there is a better option, which is to replace the spear with a firearm.

Since the cavalry charges were all limited by distance, almost all of the three thousand cavalry led by Ning Chengzu slowly moved in the direction of the escape of the remnants of the Sangbao horse team, preparing to directly intercept the remaining thousands of Eight Banner horse teams there.

"The Qing army horse team is coming!"

A cavalryman came running from afar, and he shouted loudly, his face flushed and sweat almost wetting his uniform.

With the call of the cavalry, Ning Chengzu couldn't help but look up, and among the layers of people in the distance, some black cavalry appeared, they all looked extremely embarrassed at this time, many people were colored, and many more people had already lost the spears in their hands, only bows and arrows and sabers were left, and they were completely out of formation.

With a sneer on his face, Ning Chengzu casually pulled out his saber and pointed to the sky.

"Rush!"

The formation of the cuirassier regiments of the Fu Han Army was unusual, each regiment had five cavalry squadrons, each cavalry squadron was 300 men, which could be used as independent tactical units, and each cavalry unit was composed of three or four cavalry companies.

When Ning Chengzu gave the order, the entire 3,000 horse teams were lined up according to the squadrons in the regiment, and each company in the squadron was changed to four rows of small columns, lined up in turn before and after, forming two horizontal columns on a larger scale, like a long wave, and the scene was very majestic.

"Kill!"

Looking at the Fu Han army horse team lined up in a neat line in the distance, the Qing cavalry who were fleeing couldn't help but shrink their pupils, and those Eight Banner staff leaders and assistants suddenly secretly complained bitterly, the Fu Han army horse team on the opposite side was obviously not ordinary, and the strength of the other party could be seen from this formation alone.

You must know that when on the battlefield, the formation is very critical for both sides, especially for the Ma army, the essence is not to rush like this, but to break the opponent's formation with a more complete formation, so as to completely collapse the opponent's command system, then this battle can be won.

Therefore, in the horse war, maintaining the formation itself is a very critical factor, and the Qing army was originally in a state of siege after a hard battle, and the formation has long been messy.

It's just that it is difficult for the Qing army to reconstruct its own command system in this environment, so the cavalry of the Fu Han army is almost like a wave, directly washing the horse team of the Qing army, and the sabre in the hand is even more staggered, making a great effort, cutting the Qing cavalry straight under the horse.

Ning Chengzu held his saber high, he didn't let his cavalry shoot, the reason is very simple, to deal with the cavalry in front of him that has been dispersed, there is no need to use precious firearms, after all, it can't be filled with ammunition right away, and after the fight, you can only dismount and load, it is better to charge directly with the saber.

"Kill!"

The cavalry of the Fu Han Army always maintained a complete formation under the call of Ning Chengzu's fiery red banner, and the bright sabre was like chopping melons and vegetables, cutting down a large number of Eight Banner cavalry, but the Eight Banners Horse Team had almost no room for resistance, and in just a moment, more than a thousand horses fell.

The Eight Banners Horse Team itself is very good at riding and shooting, but the environment in front of them makes them have no room for riding and shooting, and there is no chance to gather together, but whenever the Eight Banners cavalry tries to gather together, the cavalry of the Fu Han Army will completely defeat them in the form of a cavalry company or a cavalry squadron.

After several rounds of killing, the cavalry of the Fu Han Army almost cut down a large number of Eight Banners Horse Team with very meager casualties, and the other party had already gone through a very tragic fight, coupled with such a volley, the core staff leaders and assistant leaders died or fled, so the Eight Banners Horse Team had no hope of turning the tables at all, and they still had more than 1,000 horsemen left, struggling under the saber of the Fu Han Army.......

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When the cavalry of the Fu Han army drove out the monk and the horse team in the encirclement, the eight thousand Mongolian horse team led by Dorji also arrived, and he almost completely watched the process of the cavalry charge of the Fu Han army, and couldn't help but gasp deeply, judging from the current cavalry strength of the Fu Han army, it does not look like a new division at all.

The division and combined attack of the cavalry of the Fu Han army, coupled with the completeness of the formation, undoubtedly does not show that the cavalry strength of the Fu Han army is not below the Mongols at all, perhaps the individual horsemanship among them is not superb, not as good as the men who grew up in the grassland, but they completely cover this point through the cooperation of the group.

Among them, there is another point that surprises Dorji, that is, the war horses of the Fu Han army seem to be better than he imagined, almost all of them are good horses that can be compared to Hexi horses, and their cavalry always maintains a tight formation when charging, and does not show half of the flaws, which is actually very difficult to do.

Even the Mongolian cavalry is not longer than the formation, but with super endurance, biting the enemy and not letting go, just like the wolves on the steppe, using time to defeat all powerful enemies.

However, at present, the cavalry of the Fu Han army, coupled with the completeness of the formation, undoubtedly does not indicate that the cavalry strength of the Fu Han army is not below the Mongols at all, perhaps the horsemanship of each of them is not superb, not as good as the men who grew up on the grassland, but they completely cover this point through the cooperation of the group.

Just as the Fu Han army was carrying out the final encirclement and suppression of the Eight Banners Horse Team, the Mongolian horse team finally completed its assembly, and almost everyone was waiting for Dorji to give the order to charge. Writing Zhai

However, at this time, Dorji hesitated, he no longer had the confidence to win, although he always insisted that the world's first cavalry was the Mongolian cavalry, but in front of the cavalry of the Fu Han army, Dorji thought that even if the Mongolian cavalry could win the final victory, I was afraid that the price would become huge.

"No matter, you have to give it a try, otherwise you won't be able to deal with the emperor when you go back, if the Chu Reverse cavalry is just a showmanship, it will make this achievement, if the other party is really a hard bone, then you can leave with one touch........"

Dorji secretly thought to himself that this seemingly honest Mongolian man actually possessed wisdom and cunning that was not inferior to others.

"Kill!"

For Dozier, once he made up his mind, he would not hesitate any longer, not to mention that he still had a little caution in his heart, that is, to take advantage of the fact that the horsepower of the Fu Han army had not recovered, to fight a surprise attack.

With the saber in Dozier's hand slashing downward, the Mongolian horse team of more than 8,000 people followed Dozier and launched an attack in the direction of the Fu Han army.

More than 8,000 Mongolian horse soldiers were running on the ground, they seemed to have seen the neatness of the cavalry of the Fu Han army before, and they were also trying to keep their horses at the same speed, but no matter how they controlled it, they were always a little scattered, which was in sharp contrast to the wall of the Fu Han army.

When the Mongolian horse team began to launch, the cavalry regiment of the Fu Han army also began to organize the formation, and around them, the corpses of the Eight Banners horse army were lying everywhere, and the pungent smell of blood almost told everyone that there had just been a life-and-death strangulation battle here.

Ning Chengzu wiped the blood on his face, and a grim smile appeared, he didn't let his soldiers use horse pistols and handcuffs before, mainly because he was worried that other Qing court horse troops would intervene in it, but now it was really waiting, and it seemed that it was no worse than the strength of Seng Bao's horse army.

"Shut down!"

Hearing only a shout, all the soldiers of the Fu Han Army raised their sabers in unison, then wiped the remaining blood stains on it with a coarse cloth, and then inserted the blade back into the scabbard.

"Raise your gun!"

Seeing that the Mongolian horse team began to gradually enter the range of the charge, and with another loud roar, Ning Chengzu and the other more than 2,800 cavalrymen pulled out the cavalry muskets placed on the horses and looked at the Mongolian horse team that was about to start charging.

In the era of muskets, the cuirassiers abandoned the spear and chose the cavalry musket, and naturally there would be a new set of tactics, so the cavalry of the Fu Han army still maintained a calm posture when facing the charge of the Mongol horse team on the opposite side, and the cuirass made of stainless steel on their bodies shone dazzlingly in the sun.

The speed of the Mongolian horse team was getting faster and faster, and they had even begun to bend down on their horses, holding their spears, like falcons, staring at the cavalry of the Fu Han army in formation opposite, fantasizing about plunging their spears into the chests of the opponents.

Seeing that the speed of the Mongolian horse team began to increase to its peak, the fiery red banner in Ning Chengzu's hand began to wave, and nearly three thousand cavalry of the Fu Han Army maintained a neat pace, flattened the cavalry spear in his hand, and began to charge slowly.

When Dorji saw that the cavalry of the Fu Han army began to exert his strength, his eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of disdain, because in cavalry combat, the grasp of speed is very important, and with the current distance, they will not wait for the opportunity for the Fu Han army to increase the speed, and then they will use the peak charging speed to pick the cavalry on the opposite side into meat skewers.

If the traditional way of cavalry warfare, the idea of the Mongolian horse team is naturally accurate, only speed can represent everything, whoever is faster can stick a spear into the opponent's chest, and those who are slow will only have a dead end.

By this time, Dorji even thought that the cavalry in front of him was not the same army as the cavalry he had just had, because the former had played with the art of cavalry to a desperate degree, while the latter seemed to have become a farmer who had never been on the battlefield.

But no matter what the reason is, Dorji doesn't think about it anymore, because the victory is completely in the palm of his hand, even if the immortal heaven comes, he can't keep the cavalry in front of him.

However, when the distance between the two sides was only a short hundred paces, the cavalry of the Fu Han army did not panic in the slightest, as if they did not pay attention to the charge of the Mongolian horse team at all, which made Dorji have a trace of ominous premonition in his heart.

"Bang bang bang-"

With a roar, the cavalry of the Fu Han army fired in unison, and in the huge roar, the white mist completely wrapped their figures, and in addition, there were more than two thousand black projectiles, which rushed towards the Mongolian horse team.

The Mongolian horse team that rushed to the front almost seemed to crash into an invisible wall, and a large amount of blood splashed from the horse army that rushed to the front, and they fell directly to the ground with people and horses, and as if it was a chain reaction, the Mongolian cavalry in the second and third rows also fell down one after another.

Although Dorji also rushed to the front, but for some reason, a large number of cavalry beside him fell, but he himself did not fall, and at this time he also saw the Fu Han army opposite, holding a smoking musket in their hands.

"Guanning Iron Horse? How is this possible? ”

Unlike the others, Dorji has a background after all, he once heard from the mouth of the family elders that such a cavalry fighting with muskets, but the other party seems to be much stronger than the Guanning army......

Ning Chengzu had a bloodthirsty taste on his face, he inserted the musket into the holster, and then pulled out the two six-shot handcuffs hanging on the saddle, and the cavalry beside him also did the same, and in an instant, the weapons in everyone's hands were replaced by short handcuffs, and this scene made the surviving Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side feel stunned.

What the hell is this monster?