Chapter 486: Bow Attack Light Cavalry
General Zhong and General Ma have gathered their troops and horses to march towards Sanshitun, and Wang Laohu received the emperor's permission and went in the direction of Sanshitun.
Wang Laohu did not move forward with General Zhong and General Ma's soldiers and horses, because he did not belong to the control of the two generals in front, he opened a certain distance from the soldiers and horses of the two armies, and he did not bring many people and horses, only brought Wang Biao, Shan Hai Seal, Chang Yuchun, Yang Buqun, and a few personal guards. They drove slowly behind on horseback.
Sanshitun is a flat tun, there are several large stones on the vast ground, and there are large yellow sand slopes with drops up and down, and there are some small grasses growing on the slopes, these small grasses are not at all in the eyes of the southerners.
Wang Laohu didn't care where General Ma and General Zhong's men were ambushed, he only cared about where the men and horses of the Mongol army came from for a while, how they came, and what was the style of the battle? That's what he wants to know. So he stopped at a distance, and no longer went forward, and he himself had such a force, and he was nothing in front of the Mongol army.
"Childe, when the Mongolian army comes, do we want to participate in the battle?" Mountain Seal asked.
"We only have a dozen or so people, how can we fight against the Mongol army?" Wang Laohu said, "The Mongolian army is famous for its cavalry, and I want to see how powerful the Mongolian cavalry is." ”
"Childe, you know so much." Often meet the spring road.
"Mongolians are called a people on horseback, children are born on horseback to live, this equestrian needless to say, and Mongolians eat beef, horse meat, mutton, drink milk, milk, physique is obviously different from us, strong and strong."
"A nation on horseback? Born to be cavalry material, no wonder Childe has always asked us to train cavalry. Yang Buqun said.
"No, today is for you to come and see the real cavalry, do we see if there is a gap between us and them?" Wang Laohu said.
"Is there really a son who is so powerful?" Often meet the spring road.
"The Mongolian army can take the four states of Daming in a month, do you say it's powerful?" Wang Laohu said, "The strength and courage of the Mongolian people cannot be doubted, and I brought you here today for another purpose, that is, not to let everyone underestimate the enemy." Underestimating the enemy is a taboo for soldiers. ”
"Childe, you know so much." Wang Biao said.
"Wang Biao, you can read books when you have time, and you will know so much by then."
"I don't know anything." Wang Biao's sentence is the truth, Wang Biao, who has followed Wang Laohu since he was a child, has never gone to school, how can he read and write?
"Wang Biao, when this war is over, I will send you to study in the Wang Family School."
"No need, Childe, I'm this age, I think it's good to follow Childe."
"I'm thinking, when the matter is really over, everyone will go to my Wang Family School to learn some words and poetry, which will be good for all of you."
"Childe, what you said is not true. I haven't picked up a book since I was a mountain seal, so let me read with a stick and a hammer, and I think it's funny. ”
"Let me tell you, in the future, every child will be able to go to school, they can enjoy nine years of compulsory education, and the conditions for going to school are much better than those of the Wang Family School, and it is free." Wang Laohu said.
"Childe's Wang Family School is also free." Wang Biao said.
"I'm working in that direction as well." Wang Laohu said.
As everyone talked, a long time had passed, but the Mongol army had not yet arrived.
"Childe, we've been here for so long, why hasn't this Mongolian army arrived yet?" Mountain Seal Road.
"General Ma should have sent spies, their situation is better than ours, they are still waiting, what are we anxious about." Wang Laohu said.
"I'm afraid of the Mongol army." Mountain Seal Road.
"Mountain seals also know how to use their heads to think about problems, okay, there is progress." Wang Laohu said, "Now we are patiently waiting for the Mongol army, and the rest is not what we think." ”
Everyone was silent for a while, and finally saw the dust billowing in the distance.
Wang Laohu's heart suddenly lifted, and the rolling dust was very likely to mean that the Mongolian army had arrived.
Soon you can hear the sound of horses' hooves, "hooves stepping on hooves", and the sound of horses' hooves coming from far and near.
"Childe, the Mongolian army is here." Wang Biao said.
"Mountain seal, Yang Buqun, take a good look, where is the Mongolian army stronger than us?" Wang Laohu said.
"Childe, the Mongol army hasn't arrived yet, so you say they're stronger than us." Mountain seals are a little puzzled.
I saw that it was the Mongolian cavalry that came in the dust, Wang Laohu watched these cavalry coming in his direction from a distance, these horses moved quickly, Wang Laohu guessed that the light cavalry in front should be in front.
The light cavalry moved quickly and nimblely, and it was appropriate to be placed in front of the army. From the degree of dust raised, it can be known that this is a light cavalry of no small size.
General Zhong seemed to have attacked, and hundreds of bows and arrows shot towards the raised dust. The sound of someone falling.
But the light cavalry did not mean to stop, and the light horsemen shouted in the direction where the bow and arrow were fired, and then the bow and arrow reflected from the dust, which were the bows and arrows of the Mongol soldiers.
The "Horn, Horn" bow and arrow also hit the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Laohu saw clearly, and out of the rolling dust came out of the Mongolian soldiers on horseback, with bows open, it turned out that this was the Mongolian cavalry archers, these light horses quickly passed through the soldiers' bow shooting array, these Ming archers were completely rushed away by the Mongolian soldiers. Wang Laohu shouted in the distance: "Not good. Our archers were overwhelmed by the Mongols. ”
As expected, they were followed by Mongolian light cavalry, who were armed with Mongolian scimitars and rushed towards the Ming soldiers, and the Ming archers who were scattered by the Mongolian soldiers were about to suffer, and the Mongolian scimitars slashed towards the archers' backs.
The archers fell to the ground one after another.
The Mongolian scimitar is significantly different from ordinary broadswords, the blade is not thick and curved,
General Zhong seemed to have given the order to attack, with the light cavalry in front and the infantry behind, and a large number of soldiers rushed towards the Mongols. The two bands of soldiers had already blended together.
The sound of knives and shouts of killing were mixed together.
Yang Buqun, who was watching from a distance, said: "Childe, the Mongolian cavalry has already rushed into our soldiers, and it is impossible to see who wins and who loses here. ”
"Do you see the formation of the Mongol soldiers?" Wang Laohu asked.
"First the cavalry archers, then the light cavalry rushed out." Chang Yuchun replied.
"Exactly." Wang Laohu said, "Look at it carefully." ”
"Childe, I saw that there were levels of light cavalry coming out, and the first to come out was the light cavalry with Mongolian spears in their hands, and then the big sword." Yang Buqun said.
"Yes, you think about it, why did they send troops like this?"
The Mongolian spear is suitable for picking, stabbing, and can provoke the soldiers in front of them with one shot, and when the battle is messed up, the Mongolian knife soldiers behind will rush out to give full play to the advantage of the broadsword, and cut the opponent one by one. Yang Buqun said.
"Yes, this is exactly how the Mongols used their troops." Wang Laohu said, "The Mongolian soldiers actually have other intentions to send out pikemen first, if our people here are pikemen, they will come out with scimitar soldiers first, they will inevitably become passive, and spears against spears, light cavalry seems to be superior." ”
"I see." Everyone sighed.
General Ma's 20,000 men had already rushed into the crowd, and he had outflanked the Mongols.
"General Ma's men have also arrived." Wang Laohu read.
"It seems that our personnel have the upper hand." Often meet the spring road.
Judging from the number of people, this is indeed the case, our side is rolling together, looking at the Mongolian soldiers as if they are pressed by the black, and in terms of numbers, they have an absolute advantage.
Is it really as Chang Yuchun said? No, if the Mongol soldiers were so vulnerable, how could they capture the four states of the Ming Dynasty in January and the like. The Mongol soldiers are known as 100,000 troops, which is far from the number, where did the rest go.
"That's not right." Wang Laohu said, "The 100,000 troops of the Mongol soldiers have not arrived. ”
"Childe, you're right, the Mongolian army doesn't have 100,000 at all, so where did the rest of the Mongolian soldiers go?" Yang Buqun said.
"I guess it's the heavy cavalry of the Mongol army that is behind." Wang Laohu said, because it is a heavy cavalry army, so compared with light cavalry, the marching speed will be relatively slower, but it will not be far away.
"If these heavy cavalry arrive, our Ming soldiers will suffer." Yang Buqun couldn't help but worry.