Chapter 396: Cows, Horses, and Sheep That Can't Be Given Up
"It's the enemy, go quickly, we will lead the enemy away, Batu, you go back and call someone."
One of the four Tatars had followed him through the border pass before, and he was lucky enough to come back alive, and he was the first to identify Wu Zhiyang's platoon as the enemy, and immediately shouted loudly to his companions.
The two sides were separated by a distance of several hundred meters, and the Tatars named Batu ran first, and the remaining three Tatars did not take long to immediately disperse and flee in the other three directions, hoping to lure away the KPA that was getting closer and closer here.
You chase me, soon, Wu Zhiyang's platoon of thirty horsemen came to the place where the four Tatars were grazing, and the three Tatars kept an eye on the situation behind them while running, and to their great surprise, Wu Zhiyang's platoon actually stopped, and did not pursue them at all, but drove the cattle, horses and sheep they graze, it seems that Wu Zhiyang's platoon is the target of these cattle, horses and sheep.
Seeing this scene, the faces of the three Tatars who did not run far changed drastically, they grazed more than 300 cattle, horses and sheep accounting for a quarter of the entire Aul number, originally their Aul food this year was a little insufficient, if the enemy robbed these cattle, horses and sheep again, many relatives would be starved to death in the next few days, which they did not want to see.
"We must not let the enemy snatch our cattle, horses and sheep away and catch up with them!"
Another Tatar ran in the direction of his residence, and the remaining two Tatars followed closely behind Wu Zhiyang's platoon, the distance was more than three hundred meters, and he didn't dare to get too close, even if he was confident that his archery skills were better, but Wu Zhiyang's platoon was more numerous, and getting close was looking for death.
From a long distance, the Tatars could not see that Wu Zhiyang's platoon of thirty horsemen did not carry bows and arrows, and Wu Zhiyang's platoon would not allow the Tatars to get too close, as long as the distance between the two sides was close to two hundred meters, Wu Zhiyang's platoon would have soldiers to reload their muskets with ammunition, and when the distance was shortened to less than one hundred and fifty meters, they would open fire and shoot the Tatars.
Wu Zhiyang's platoon of thirty horsemen drove hundreds of cattle, horses and sheep towards the south with some difficulty, and two Tatars were closely attached to the back.
The hundreds of cattle, horses and sheep captured by Wu Zhiyang's platoon are definitely a huge fortune on the land of China, including nearly 40 big horses and small horses, more than 20 big cattle and calves, and the rest are sheep.
The difference in the value of cattle and horses together is nearly 1,000 equal coins, which is enough for a family to live a prosperous life.
Of course, now Wu Zhiyang's platoon is just pretending to return with the booty, their real goal is to attract the Tatars to gather and snatch these cattle, horses and sheep back, with the strength of Wu Zhiyang's platoon, even if a hundred Tatar cavalry pursues it, it can be defeated.
On the other side, Batu finally returned to his place of residence, which was an Aul with a population of just over 100 in more than 20 tents.
Batu brought back the news of the appearance of the enemy, and the fact that only thirty enemies were coming was not enough to make them afraid, as long as all the adults were gathered, it was enough [Bayi Chinese net www.81zw.xyz] to repel the enemy.
The leader immediately sent men to chase the tribesmen in several directions where the tribe was grazing, and demanded that all those who could participate in the battle return, and that the grazing cattle, horses, and sheep could not be driven back for the time being, and could be handed over to the older children and the elderly to take care of.
Not long after, however, another Tatar returned to his place of residence and brought back to the chief the news that "the enemy had robbed us of our cattle, horses and sheep."
Hearing this news, the leader also became anxious, that is a quarter of the number of cattle, horses and sheep owned by their Aul, if they are robbed by the enemy like this, I don't know how many clansmen will be starved to death next, and the enemy cannot let the enemy snatch away the cattle, horses and sheep, even if a few clansmen are killed in battle, these cattle, horses and sheep must be taken back!
The people who had gone out to graze their cattle returned one after another, and without even the orders of the chief, all those who could take up arms and ride their horses with the chieftain from the older children, the elderly, or the women who were not long pregnant, took up arms and rode on horseback, and left the place of residence with the chief, and pursued the enemy in a southeastern direction.
Counting carefully, there are forty-three horsemen, plus the two people who followed Wu Zhiyang's platoon, there are a total of forty-five horsemen, and this Aul is just over a hundred.
More than a quarter of an hour later, the Tatar leader appeared in the field of view of Wu Zhiyang's telescope with forty-two Tatar cavalry.
"Assemble! Gather! Ready for battle! ”
Hearing the voice of the platoon commander, the soldiers gathered on horseback, and Wu Zhiyang's platoon of thirty horsemen stood in a horizontal row, took out muskets, quickly loaded ammunition, and waited for the enemy to approach.
The tactics of the lancers and musketeers are similar, they can fire a salvo with all their members, or they can shoot in a three-stage manner, the three-stage shooting tactics are suitable for use when the enemy advances in a dense formation, and the all-force salvo tactics are very suitable for the enemy that Wu Zhiyang's platoon is facing now, and more than 40 Tatar cavalrymen form an arc and charge Wu Zhiyang's platoon.
"There are only more than forty enemies, and two salvos can almost be wiped out, and the enemy can be brought closer to fight."
After a brief thought, Wu Zhiyang immediately gave an order to the soldiers on the left and right to wait until the enemy was three hundred meters away before firing together.
At a distance of 300 meters, the lancers can shoot the enemy with relative accuracy, whether it is a man or a horse, it can make this Tatar cavalry ineffective.
Looking from afar, seeing the enemy standing in a horizontal row, the Tatar leader inexplicably had a little bad feeling in his heart, the leader only thought that he was thinking too much, only thirty enemies, or the Chinese who were not good at riding and archery, his own more than forty people, one person and one arrow can shoot all the enemies.
"Ulla!"
"Fire!"
Wu Zhiyang gave an order, and in just one or two seconds, 30 lancers opened fire on their targets, and 30 buckshot shells crossed a distance of 300 meters and collided head-on with more than 40 Tatar cavalrymen who were rushing towards them shouting "Ula."
Suddenly, the Tatar leader was hit in the chest by a lead bullet, and he opened his eyes wide and wanted to struggle, but he felt his body becoming weaker and weaker, and he was directly thrown off by the galloping war horse.
Not only the leader, at this moment, more than twenty Tatar cavalry were either hit by lead bullets themselves, or their mounts were hit by lead bullets, and more than forty Tatar cavalrymen lost half of their combat effectiveness in the blink of an eye.
"No !!"
The Tatar cavalry, who had not been hit by buckshot, watched in disbelief as the leader and his relatives fell on the steppe.
"Run! Scatter and run! ”
The Tatar cavalry who were still alive were full of anger in their hearts, but they now had no choice but to flee, the enemy was so strong that half of them would be killed and wounded at the first sight, and continuing to charge would only kill everyone.