Volume 3 Chapter 33 Surprising
the trough, trebuchet!
Seeing this, Ji Nang's face changed greatly.
With so many trebuchets, I'm afraid I'm going to lose thousands of people now!
He didn't know that the Ming army threw a giant thunderbolt, he only thought that the Ming army threw a big stone.
Of course, he knew the power of this trebuchet, and the stone projectiles thrown were at least twenty or thirty catties, and no matter how strong a warrior could not bear them.
As for how the trebuchet will break, he also knows how to break it, so he rushes over and chops the trebuchet to pieces.
At this time, the casualties of thousands of men and horses seemed to be unavoidable, so he could only grit his teeth and whip it, and led his elite cavalry to rush madly towards the Ming army's car formation.
He was even thinking about how to torture him if he caught that new champion to relieve the hatred in his heart.
At this moment, an earth-shattering sound of "boom boom" disrupted his thinking, and those flying "stone bullets" exploded!
This loud noise was really scary, and even Ji Nang shivered in fright.
What the hell is going on?
He hurriedly looked back, and suddenly his face turned green, behind him, tens of thousands of cavalry were already in chaos, I don't know how many people have fallen off their horses, and I don't know how many war horses are scurrying around, the entire charging formation has been disjointed, and less than half of them are still rushing in front.
Is it still rushing at this time?
Looking at the Ming army vehicle formation close at hand, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Rush, rush up, kill them all!" ”
To be honest, Yang Cong didn't expect the power of the giant thunder to be so great, because he was afraid of casualties, so he didn't dare to test it with real people.
In fact, there are not many Tartar cavalry who were knocked to the ground by the giant thunder, at most about 2,000, but there are quite a lot of frightened war horses, I am afraid there are no more than 10,000.
The explosion of this giant thunderbolt is not the same as the explosion of a small thunderbolt, the explosion of a small thunderbolt is at most a little louder than the sound of horses' hooves, the war horse may not be frightened, the explosion of the giant thunderbolt is earth-shattering, deafening, plus the iron thorns flying everywhere, how can the war horse stand it.
Seeing the chaotic formation of the Tartar cavalry, he couldn't help but show a relieved smile on his face, now it's okay, just with these Tartar cavalry rushing over, I'm afraid it will be difficult to break the driving formation, he ordered without hesitation: "Hand crossbow, release." ”
"Whoosh", five or six thousand crossbows shot out, and the Tartar cavalry fell another large platoon.
Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong ordered again: "Throw the thunder." ”
With a "bang", at least six or seven thousand small thunderbolts flew out of the Ming army's vehicle array.
Immediately afterward, there was another scalp-numbing explosion.
Although this small thunderbolt does not have the power of a giant thunderbolt, it can't stand its large number, six or seven thousand small thunderbolts exploded at the same time, and a thick fog rose on the battlefield, a dense fog composed of iron needles!
Even if the Tartar cavalry raises a shield to block, it will inevitably eat an iron needle, that guy, on the arm and leg, is pierced like a hedgehog, who can stand it, the Tartar cavalry suddenly resounded with a terrible scream.
Ji Nang is wearing armor, naturally it's fine, as long as he raises his hand and covers his face with his arm, no amount of iron needles can hurt him at all, but, few of his soldiers wear armor, this time, almost everyone who rushed to the front of the car formation was injured, and almost all of them didn't touch the Ming army, and almost all of them began to howl miserably.
This battle couldn't be fought, he looked at the retractable spears in the Ming army's vehicle array, and then looked at the soldiers under his men who were grinning in pain, and could only shout helplessly: "Withdraw." ”
Yang Cong looked at the Tatar cavalry that receded like a tide, and couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.
This!
Is this a victory?
He really couldn't believe that 20,000 foot soldiers against 40,000 Tartar cavalry had just run away before the official battle began.
That's too unreal, isn't it?
He was in a daze there, and Zhu Xizhong next to him suddenly howled excitedly: "My lord, do you want to pursue?" ”
Faint to death, what are you kidding, 20,000 foot soldiers go to chase 40,000 cavalry, looking for death?
First of all, don't talk about whether you can chase or not, even if you catch up, how can you tolerate others, and it will be good if people don't look back and kill you.
He shook his head slowly and said, "Forget it, the losses of the Tartar cavalry are not very large, and we can't take advantage of them if we catch up." ”
At this time, Zhao Shichun on the side couldn't help but ask excitedly: "My lord, why don't you order another wave of trebuchets?" ”
Yang Cong looked at the dense Tartar cavalry, shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Forget it, we don't have much to prepare for the giant thunderstorm, and now we can't even get together five hundred, if the Tartar cavalry goes back and regroup and attack again, we won't be able to resist." ”
At this time, the Tartar cavalry had already begun to fish for the corpses of their companions while retreating, and some were still collecting the war horses of the lost knights, and it was obvious that they were not going to leave anything to the Ming army.
Seeing this, Yang Cong couldn't help frowning.
Nima, this is a tough victory, but the spoils of war can't be harvested, what is this called?
He was annoyed there, and Tang Shunzhi on the side suddenly spoke: "My lord, if you don't order Tang Kekuan to command the whole car formation to rush up, the Tartars will not dare to stay for a long time if they are defeated, even if they dare to turn back, there is nothing they can do in the face of the neat car formation." ”
That's right, you can directly use the fire dragon chariot to scare people!
Yang Cong hurriedly ordered: "Order the fire dragon chariot, keep the formation, and charge all!" ”
There was a wave of the order flag, and then the excited howl of the Ming army sounded below: "Rush! ”
I saw that the car array that was several miles long was pushing forward as fast as a wall, and the speed, a distance of more than 100 steps, was the kung fu of a tea.
At this time, the Tartar cavalry was finally afraid, the chariots of the Ming army could be equipped with spikes, and if they collided, they had to pierce them all over the holes!
The Ming army's chariot array here just began to advance, and the Tartar cavalry over there retreated frantically like frightened rabbits, and they couldn't take care of the corpses on the ground, but the frightened war horses were almost all taken away by them, leaving only some war horses that were pierced by iron needles and scurrying wildly, and they couldn't pull them away if they wanted to.
The chariot formation chased out for about a mile, and Yang Cong had to order Mingjin to withdraw the troops, because people's physical strength is limited, and pushing the chariot for a few miles is afraid that he will have stomach cramps, anyway, it is impossible for the chariot to catch up with the Tartar cavalry at the current speed, it is better to stop and clean up the battlefield and consolidate the results.
As the Tartar cavalry gradually moved away, sporadic cheers began to sound on the battlefield, and slowly, all the soldiers of the Ming army cheered, and the entire battlefield suddenly became a sea of joy.
Victorious, victorious, 20,000 foot soldiers against 40,000 Tartar cavalry, actually won, and there was not a single casualty!
Before the war, no one could have imagined that this would be the result, let alone 20,000 foot soldiers, even 200,000 foot soldiers against the Tartar cavalry could not achieve victory without paying a little casualties, you must know that when the Yingzong Orthodox Dynasty was in power, there were only tens of thousands of cavalry under his command, while the Ming army was more than 200,000 elite Janissaries, as a result, the Tatar cavalry had almost no casualties, and more than 200,000 elite Praetorian Guards were nearly wiped out.
Although the battle was due to Wang Zhen's blind command, which caused the Ming army to be inexplicably defeated, the combat power of the Tartar cavalry began to be infinitely magnified in that battle, as if people could fight five or even ten with one enemy.
Who would have thought that this time, in Xuanfu Town, 10,000 elite border troops plus 10,000 elite guards, plus 1,000 Shenji battalion soldiers could defeat 40,000 Tartar cavalry unscathed!