There is an old saying that if you walk too much at night, you will eventually encounter ghosts.

No one could have imagined that the Cossacks, the big-eyed fellows, would betray the revolution and turn to Tsarist Russia, the Turkic-speaking nomadic cavalry who had been in the service of the Poles.

Strictly speaking, the concept of the Cossacks is equivalent to a "group" of various people, and not a separate national concept.

Just as the Chinese nation in later generations was composed of 56 ethnic groups, the Cossacks were mainly Slavs, in addition to a small number of Tatars, Caucasians, Georgians, Kalmyks and Turks.

This group first emerged when some Slavs fled the rule of the Kipchak Khanate in the Mongol Empire to southern Russia, including the Don Valley, the lower Dnieper River, and the Volga River valley.

In addition, some Russian and Ukrainian peasants who did not want to become serfs migrated to southern Russia after the overthrow of the Kipchak Khanate. These people were called "Cossacks", that is, "free people" in their native Turkic language.

To put it simply, the Ming Dynasty killed the Meng Yuan, causing the huge Meng Yuan Empire to lose its highest deterrent, and the other khanates split from the Mongol Empire also went their own way, and finally slowly finished playing.

In the Chenghua period, Ahmad Khan, who had lost his family business, failed to succeed in opening the Grand Duke of Moscow, and became a typical example of pretending to be forced to be grassy, and when it came to the Hongzhi period, the Kipchak Khanate, that is, the Golden Horde, was completely cool.

Then, the Cossacks officially appeared on the stage of history - the Mongol Empire, which could completely beat them into dead dogs, declared bankruptcy and liquidation, and the light cavalry became a situation where there were no tigers in the mountains, and the Cossacks were called kings.

If it weren't for the sudden rise of Khmelnitsky against the Poles, and if it weren't for the "Bereyaslav Agreement" that he signed with Tsarist Russia, the Cossack cavalry would not have appeared on the battlefields of Eastern Europe, and would not have met the Ming slave catchers head-on.

What's even more fucking up is that Daming's slave hunting team found out that it was a group of herdsmen at the beginning, although the strange shape was quite scary, but the herdsmen were just herdsmen after all, and then Daming's slave hunting team chose the simplest and most practical just frontal tactics.

Then they bumped into this group of Cossacks, and then they were taught to be humans.

Although the losses of the horses led by Meng Xianglin are not very large, they can't even be called injured muscles and bones, at most they only hurt a little fur, but this is how this thing is calculated?

Since the day the slave catchers were born, no one has ever suffered such a big loss!

Meng Xianglin, who felt that he had been slapped in the face, also became serious, and after gathering a group of horses, he spoke directly: "I blame me for today's incident, I didn't understand the details of this group of barbarians, and the brothers suffered a big loss."

What I didn't say, the compensation that should be compensated, the compensation that should be compensated, and the reward of all the staff will be added by one percent, and the brothers will not lose in any case. ”

After first self-examination and a sufficient posture, Meng Xianglin continued: "All the brothers have said, what do you think of this group of cavalry? ”

Wan Yanli said with a solemn expression: "This group of cavalry is a little interesting, they are neither like the cavalry of Jiannu before they rushed to fight after they approached, nor like the cavalry of my Daming, they are more like those cavalry before Meng Yuan."

I have observed their speed, and the heavy cavalry we brought from the Xibe Department cannot catch up with them, and the time left for the firearms troops to prepare is far from enough.

If you want to deal with such cavalry, you basically use light cavalry to control light cavalry, and if you want to rely on firearms or heavy cavalry to deal with them, there is basically no great hope. ”

Meng Xianglin said: "With light cavalry to control light cavalry, the casualties here are too great?" ”

Wan Yanli shook his head and said, "Actually, there may not be many casualties.

As long as the heavy cavalry we brought is thrown away and replaced with light armor and sabers, it is basically still advantageous to this group of barbarian cavalry, at least their sabers are not sharp enough.

If you can, it's better to ask Amin's commander for help, and ask him to provide us with some archers, and when the barbarian cavalry charges, it will be much easier to rain them with arrows first, and then try to kill them. ”

Meng Xianglin directly rejected Wan Yanli's proposal: "Don't even think about it!" It would be easy for Amin to command the archers over there, but if he did so, it would be tantamount to giving these barbarians to the Zhenglan Banner for nothing.

Just those killers of the Blue Flag, once they kill the red eyes, how many of these barbarians will be left? When the time comes, we won't be able to catch the laborers, and that's the real loss! ”

There are many things that can be changed in more than 20 years, although the positive blue flag and inlaid blue flag that Amin and Mang Gurtai brought to Daming are still in the establishment, but they are no longer the positive blue flag and inlaid blue flag in the real sense.

In the real sense, the blue and blue flags are completely composed of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and they are more inclined to heavy infantry riding war horses in terms of military style.

And now the blue and blue flags, basically only have a name left, not to mention that all the soldiers in it are Han Chinese, in fact, they are similar, and the combat style is not much different from other cavalry units in the Ming Dynasty.

First the artillery fire washed the ground, and then the cavalry cleared, the general combat process is like this, and the concept of simple 10,000 enemy fierce generals is becoming less and less marketable, but more suddenly the concept of elite squad combat.

Expecting such a blue flag and a blue flag to help him catch barbarians as laborers, Meng Xianglin felt that he would not believe it unless his brain kicked the war horse!

After a moment of silence, Wan Yan immediately spoke: "If you don't find Amin's command over there, simply rely on us to act, then there is only one way left to ride lightly and lightly?" ”

Meng Xianglin said: "That's a road!" Anyway, as you just said, their sabers are not very good, and they can't even break through the light armor, so why are you worried? ”

After pondering for a long time, Meng Xianglin continued: "They are basically a group of eight people and eight horses now, and they don't pay attention to any formation after they rush up, if it weren't for them coming and going like the wind, in fact, even Jiannu can't compare."

What we suffer the most now is that the number of people is too small, and there is no way to directly cover them with arrow rain, otherwise, it is estimated that it will be a matter of several rounds of arrow rain.

But it doesn't matter, Xiahou once taught us how to fly kites, let's fly their kites tomorrow! ”

……

The leader of this detachment of Cossack cavalry, Merekhov Prokofi, had the feeling of a dog.

In previous years, Prokofi and this Cossack cavalry from the Don River crisscrossed the borders of Europe and Asia, fighting against Tsarist Russia, fighting with the Ottoman Turks, and later with the Poles.

But in good conscience, Prokophy could swear that he had never seen such a difficult small group of cavalry in front of him.

If there is any army that resembles this small group of cavalry, it is probably only the legendary Whip of God and the cavalry of the Golden Horde, which later swept across Europe.

Difficulty is the first label on them, and fear of death is the second label on them.

When they first came into contact, perhaps because they were unfamiliar with the Cossacks or because they were too arrogant, the Cossack cavalry under their command did cause them some casualties, but only a few casualties.

What is even more annoying is the opponent's endless tactical response, just at the cost of more than 100 people, he lost more than 300 cavalry on his side!

When it came to the later fight, those people had lost their minds, and many people adopted the method of exchanging injuries for lives or even exchanging lives for lives!

In this way, if the cavalry team only has these few hundred people, it is better to say, if there are thousands or even tens of thousands of reinforcements behind them, then the result is likely to go in the other direction.

In Tsarist Russia in the future, was there still a foothold for the Cossack cavalry?

Especially the equipment on their bodies made Prokofei even more red-eyed.

The knife in the hands of the Cossack cavalry was already considered a good one, and this has been proven in all the wars in which the Cossack cavalry participated.

There are many kinds of war knives in the world, but the only one called the "eagle's talon" is the Cossack cavalry knife! He is a warrior's sword!

Made of stainless steel smelted from Central Asian iron ore, with a thick back and wide blade, a deep arc of blood, a graceful but fierce arc, a copper-clad handle like an eagle's head, and a center of gravity at the back, the Cossack cavalry could "cut off the opponent's head like a field of vegetables!" ”

The Cossack cavalry, dressed in a black cloak and brandishing a Cossack cavalry sword, was called the "Eagle of the Don Valley", but compared to the small group of cavalry, Prokofi felt that he was not leading a group of Cossack cavalry, but a group of beggars!

The cavalrymen on his side wore cylindrical curly hats, some wore black coats, and the weapons they held in their hands were also spears and sabers, and few people could use such things as muskets.

The cavalry on the opposite side were good, they were armoured from head to toe, everyone had a short musket in their hands, they were immediately hung with long grass, and they had sabers hanging from their waists, and even the horse's head was fucking wrapped in iron sheets!

What's even more deceptive is that when the saber on their side cuts into the body of their cavalry, it often only brings a spark, unless it is cut in the neck or joint, which is not protected to cause damage to the other party, but the opponent's saber can cut the cavalry on his side in two!

That's all there are in the legends, aren't they?

Prokofei couldn't figure out what kind of country could allow the cavalry to have such extravagant equipment, and whether such a cavalry could be considered a cavalry?

Prokefei, who had no place to vent the evil fire in his heart, felt that it was necessary to change his tactics tomorrow, and directly encircled and suppressed the cavalry on the opposite side.

It doesn't matter if there are reinforcements behind them, or what kind of tactics they plan to adopt, just press up and kill them directly, and don't let them run away.

As long as you kill this small group of cavalry, their equipment will be their own, and they can completely arm their cronies and then loot more things and equipment!

As for the legendary Whip of God and the horror of the Golden Horde, under the temptation of these equipment in front of you, what is the horror?

Prokofi thought so, and actually did, but the small group of cavalry on the opposite side reacted in exactly the opposite way as Prokofi had expected.

Prokofi had thought from beginning to end that the small group of cavalry would rush over and fight him, but the fact was that the cavalry turned around and ran away after throwing a shower of arrows and causing some casualties on their side.

Ran away......

Prokofei can't care about the siege or not of the army now, how can he surround it when everyone runs away? If you don't catch up with them, won't you lose dozens of people in vain this time? Enraged, Prokofi simply commanded the team to catch up.

After the two sides had run from west to east for a few miles, the speed of the cavalry on the opposite side gradually slowed down, and Prokofi was overjoyed.

The opponent's weapons and equipment are extremely large, and the weight will be heavier, and the weight that the war horse needs to bear will be higher, and the consumption of physical strength will be faster.

Now this situation makes it clear that the opponent's war horses are no longer able to run, as long as they catch up with them, these cavalry like the Tatars will die!

The war horse was running forward quickly, but Prokefei slowly raised the saber in his hand, and his mouth kept shouting.

Meng Xianglin glanced back at the Cossack cavalry who were getting closer and closer, and after sneering, he pulled out an iron lump from his waist, pulled the iron ring and threw it to the ground, and then accelerated the horse's speed.

The horses who followed Meng Xianglin also did the same, and behind the distant figure was a smoking iron lump.

Prokefei was a little confused, not knowing what the iron pimple thrown by Meng Xianglin and the others was, and feeling strange about their sudden acceleration behavior.

If they can suddenly accelerate now, it means that they have deliberately slowed down their horses just now, not that the war horse under their crotch is tired.

As for the smoking lumps, although he didn't know what they were, Prokaffy instinctively sensed that something was wrong, and planned to turn the horse's head around them.

However, it is simply impossible for the war horse that has already run up to complete the turnaround in a short moment, which is why the battlefield of the cavalry chooses to be in an open and barrier-free area, just to let the war horse run away.

After a loud bang, Prokefei, whose whole person was flying on the top of the war horse, could clearly see that the group of cavalry in the distance had repeatedly slowed down their horses, and had come back from a distance.

It's all over!

Prokofi is not stupid, although the cavalry on his side is outnumbered, it is really hard to say that he can maintain some combat power under such a sudden change, and since those people on the opposite side dare to go around, it means that they also have corresponding countermeasures.

PS: There will be one more in a while.