Chapter 49O: Night Raid 2 (Ask for subscription, recommend collection)
The war horse stepped on the fallen gate and quickly rushed into the camp with white flags. The Ming knights on the horse did not rush directly to the center of the camp, they just struggled to shoot a row of crossbow arrows in the direction of the center of the camp, and then turned their horses and rushed quickly to the side of the camp.
"Quick, fast, accelerate, accelerate."
From the first batch of Ming troops began to charge, the roar of Man Gui's urging continued to come out, urging the Ming army to do their best to increase the speed of their horses.
Man Gui knew very well that the main point of the light cavalry night attack was to rush into the opponent's camp at the first time; Before the other party reacts, the other party's command system is completely disrupted; to cause irreparable chaos on the other side; This is the way to win in the night raid of light horses.
This is the reason, but last year's reaction to the night attack of the blue-flaged Tartars under Ningyuan City clearly told Man Gui how firm their fighting spirit was? And how quickly did they react?
If he wanted to defeat this elite banner composed of Tartar veterans in one fell swoop, even if it was a surprise attack, Man Gui didn't think he could do it. At least, his light cavalry, which has only been training for more than a month, will definitely not be able to do it now.
Not to mention whether the command of the Tartars will be completely disrupted by them, even the spontaneous battle of the Tartar veterans is enough to entangle the Ming army and make the light cavalry fall into a melee in the battalion. And once he can't quickly break through the Tartars, but falls into a melee, how many of the 5,000 light cavalry who rushed with him can rush out in the end?
Man Gui didn't want to completely cripple the light horse he had worked so hard to pull up in one battle.
To this end, Man Gui carefully designed his distinctive raid tactics. He didn't want to completely defeat the white flag in one fell swoop, but only wanted his 5,000 light horsemen to inflict as much damage as possible on the Tartars, and then he could retreat with all his body.
Enter the enemy camp, cut the perimeter, bow and crossbow as the mainstay, speed first. This is the raid tactic that Man Gui finally chose for his 5,000 light horsemen.
Mangui demanded that the light cavalry rush into the enemy camp, abandon the command system that immediately dispersed the enemy, and not charge the center of the enemy's most dense camp; Instead, you have to run as fast as you can along the empty space on the outskirts of the camp. In the gallop, arrows are shot into the center of the camp in a dense manner to inflict damage on the Tartars.
Man Gui's tactic of abandoning the direct impact damage of war horses and using bows and crossbows as a lethal output is actually the usual riding and shooting of the grassland tribes.
Man Gui's cavalry tactics just hit Azig's weakness.
In order to induce the Ming army to attack the camp, Azig deliberately relaxed the defenses on the perimeter of the camp. And in order to ensure that the camp would not be directly breached, Azig hoarded the best elite soldiers in the center of the camp.
In this way, the inside of the camp with white flags will become a virtual outside and a real inside, and the outside of the camp, which is usually a little sparse, will appear even more empty.
Breaking into the camp, the Ming army strictly followed Man Gui's requirements, and after a false shot at the center of the camp with a white flag, they resolutely rushed away along the gap outside the camp.
In the sparse outer camp of the camp, with only a small number of awakened soldiers, the white flag could not stop the cavalry of the Ming army that had raised the speed, and could only let the Ming army run along the periphery of the camp.
The galloping Ming army kept shooting crossbow arrows at the center of the camp. The dense rain of arrows shot the white-flaged soldiers in the camp who had not yet woken up and had just gathered together spontaneously with weapons in their hands in their ignorance, and fell to the ground one by one. The screams resounded throughout the white-flaged camp.
"W-What's going on?"
Azig strode out of the tent with the weapon he had in hand, and was surprised to hear the screams of the soldiers and the dense sound of horses' hooves in the distance.
The Ming army has such a heavy sound of horses' hooves, why hasn't it rushed in front of him now?
Attentively distinguishing the current front of the Ming army, Azig showed disdain on his face.
It's only been more than ten steps forward so far, and the combat power of these Ming Pigs is too weak, right?
If he is replaced with a white flag, I am afraid that this time will only be able to break through the formation directly.
Azig spat heavily on the ground: "Ming pig really deserves to be a pig." ”
The Ming army rushed into the camp with white flags in waves, and the bows and arrows of the Ming army in front opened the way, and the subsequent Ming army could always take a few more steps in the direction of the center of the camp. The soldiers with white flags on the periphery, under the attack of the Ming army's dense bows and arrows, involuntarily shrank towards the center of the camp.
The resistance to advance was reduced, and the Ming army ran more smoothly on the periphery of the white-flaged camp.
In the hurry of the cavalry, Man Gui listened carefully to the shouts and killings that broke out everywhere, and quickly sketched the situation of the Ming army's charge in his heart. Although everything is going well for the Ming army now, Man Gui knows very well in his heart that he just took the white flag by surprise.
The white flag was suddenly attacked in the middle of the night, and it took some time for the soldiers to wake up, and it took even more time to complete the assembly.
And when they are attacked in the middle of the night and their vision is not clear, the soldiers with white flags will only instinctively choose melee blades, ready to engage the attacker in close combat; Instead of rashly choosing long-range weapons such as bows and arrows. This gave the Ming army the most precious time.
However, Man Gui also understands that the time when the white flag is confused will not be too long. Once the White Flag Tartar reacts, switch to a ranged attack. In the future, the power of the Golden Arrow Array, the Ming army will definitely have a great increase in casualties. The Ming army must take advantage of this advantageous time.
Stretching out his hand to test the direction of the wind, and silently calculating the time in his heart, Man Gui began to shout: "Quick, quick, switch to rockets." With rockets, set fire. ”
With Man Gui's order, the galloping Ming army not only began to switch to rocket attacks, but also began to set fire to everything that could be ignited in the white flag camp.
Thousands of rushing Ming troops suddenly turned into a winding and speeding fire dragon, and a raging sea of fire rose everywhere they passed.
Feeling that the Ming army was advancing slowly in the front, Azig, who was laughing at the combat strength of the Ming army in his heart, suddenly saw a huge arc on the periphery of the camp, and his eyes couldn't help but be stunned.
The Ming army is going to set fire?
Before Azig could respond, the flames on the outskirts of the camp quickly rose up, and in a very short time, they were connected into a complete line of fire, and then quickly turned into a large sea of fire.
"Twelfth master, it's the limelight over there."
Seeing that the outer sea of fire had quickly formed, the veteran Drege couldn't help but remind Azig in a low voice.
Letting the Ming army enter the village, Dreg was originally opposed. The battle-hardened veteran knows full well that there are never any rules in the battle. Letting the enemy army into the village is too much of a threat to oneself.
However, the young and vigorous Azig had already made a decision, and it was only a precautionary arrangement, and the timid Ming army was not necessarily really coming. Dregg doesn't have a lot of advice.
Who would have thought that not only did the Ming army really come, but also such a large group of cavalry?
What is even more unexpected is that it was obviously a large-scale night attack, and they all rushed into the camp, and the road ahead was smooth; But the Ming army did not rush straight through the formation, but obscenely adopted cavalry and shooting tactics?
When the rockets on the periphery of the Ming army took off, the experienced Dreeger felt that he finally understood the sinister intentions of the Ming army.
The Ming army was going to attack with fire to completely destroy their camp.
Got the limelight? Fire attack?
After being reminded by Drege, Azig also immediately thought of the viciousness of the Ming army.
These damn Ming Pigs had no intention of engaging him in a hand-to-hand fight. Ming Pig just wants to burn down his big camp.
He, miscalculated.