Chapter 62: Ambush Warfare
Suddenly, the banner in front was raised, and more than 200 people suddenly came out, some stood behind the rocks, some stood in front of the haystack, and raised their bird guns from a distance to aim at everyone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the era of cold weapons, cavalry came and went like the wind, just like the armored soldiers of modern society, it was the king of land warfare, in the face of several times the infantry, the cavalry was often able to take advantage of the rapid characteristics, and formed an advantage of fighting more and less on the local battlefield, and won the battle.
Before the appearance of the bird's gun, in addition to training cavalry to fight with the northern ethnic minorities, the best way for the Central Plains people was to use bows and crossbows.
Originally, he was a goose hunter, but today he was pecked by a goose, and there were more than 200 musketeers in front of him who were more terrifying than archers, but in fact, the outcome had already been decided.
The standard-bearers who rushed in front hurriedly tightened the reins of their horses one by one, but the horses ran too fast, and it was even more difficult to tighten the reins of the horses.
At this moment, thick smoke rose from the front, birds rang out, and the officers and soldiers stood behind the slopes, condescendingly aiming at the nearby Mongolian cavalry and constantly firing guns, arrows, and crossbows.
Due to the close proximity, some of them are less than 60 paces away, and the targets of the war horses are too large, and they are simply live targets.
The Mongol cavalry in front of them fell one after another, and some were even beaten into a sieve, covered with arrows and crossbows, or pierced by projectiles.
The rider behind didn't know what was going on, thinking that he had encountered a small stream of rogues, so he charged forward with his war horse and ran into the rider in front of him, and for a while the people and horses crowded together, blocking the road and making the speed of the war horse drop sharply.
The body of the war horse is very large, and now the speed of each war horse has been reduced, whether it is a bird gun or a bow and crossbow, there is no need to aim at all, and the gun is raised, and it is nine times out of ten.
Some Mongolian cavalry tried their best to rush over, but the road was very narrow, and there were four or five meters wide rocks in front of the slope, and there was another slope in the troubled times.
The Mongol cavalry desperately fought back with bows and arrows and with three-eyed guns, while the number of musketeers and archers of the officers and soldiers was far superior to that of the Mongol cavalry, and they had the advantage at the beginning, killing and wounding more than ten horsemen at the beginning.
The little flag commander Ubara was furious, relying on his war horse and wearing a horse armor, and he was also wearing heavy armor such as cotton armor and chain mail, and rushed over, although he was shot by a bow and arrow one after another, his body was like a hedgehog, as if he was invulnerable.
Seeing Ubara so arrogant, several gunmen raised their bird guns and fired continuously, although they dodged left and right, they were shot in the left shoulder and almost fell off their horses.
Regardless of the serious injuries and injuries of the horses, Ubara desperately clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and swung his whip to hit the horse's buttocks, and the horses that had been hit by huge blows one after another became crazy, and rushed desperately despite the rough road ahead.
Ubara rushed ahead, and the Mongol cavalry behind saw the opportunity, tightened the reins of their horses one by one, and rushed fiercely despite the constant shooting of birds and arrows.
Seeing the Mongolian cavalry so valiantly, some people involuntarily retreated.
Yang Xuan rubbed his eyes in disbelief, in the face of the Mongolian cavalry, how could the military discipline of the officers and soldiers who were attacking with heavy troops be so poor, and some of them even threw down their weapons and fled?
Even in hilly areas, if you face cavalry deserters, it is more than lucky, in order to boost the morale of the whole army, Yang Xuan personally led a firearms squadron to rush down, aiming at the rushing war horses and firing guns.
Although Ubara is quite crazy, but the road is rugged, coupled with more than a dozen bird salvos, the power is very great, about four or five meters away from the infantry war horse and horseback knight were shot by bird guns continuously, Ubara can no longer control the war horse that was hit by the huge blow again, the whole person fell off the horse.
Although he shot and killed the Mongol commander Ubala, the enemy cavalry kept rushing behind, some of the horses were wearing horse armor, and the soldiers wearing thick armor rushed to the front, while some of the soldiers behind were wearing helmets, and the cavalry in robes hid far behind to shoot arrows to cover the counterattack.
While observing the enemy's situation, Yang Xuan shouted loudly to command the musketeers to load ammunition and shoot the cavalry that rushed over.
The arrows rained down, and seeing the cavalry rushing to the front, the soldiers who were guarding the rogue cavalry in front were terrified, and some even threw down their weapons and prepared to flee.
The wolf wrestler Niu Wazi is one of them, holding a two-and-a-half-zhang long wolf whith in his hand and is at a loss.
Turned his head and looked at the squad leader, the squad leader was a practitioner, and he was proud of his martial arts, and when he saw the Mongolian cavalry killing, he actually pulled out his sword to meet him.
On horseback, the rider raised the three-eyed gun in his hand, and several buckshot shots flew over, one of which was fired on the left shoulder of the squad leader in front, and the squad leader's body trembled slightly from a distance, and he rushed over from the side with a loud shout, ready to grab the reins of the horse.
Mr. Qian has long made it clear that if the squad leader dies in battle and the whole squad collapses, the whole squad will be punished. Besides, the team leader is an elder in the village, and he is usually very good to Niu Wazi.
Seeing that the team leader was in danger, he didn't dare to see death or save him, so he habitually lifted the wolf whisk that was two feet long, leaned forward, and stabbed the huge wolf whisk towards the galloping war horse.
The momentum of the war horse was very large, and the cow baby struggled to eat the milk, and the whole body took two steps back, almost cracking, but it still failed to resist the opponent's war horse, and the war horse that was injured by the fire raised its front legs high and let out a long neighing sound.
The squad leader took advantage of the situation to grab the reins of the horse with a strong stride, and then pulled the reins desperately to control the horse.
Seeing that the horse was restrained, the rider on the horseback showed a hideous wild laugh, brandishing a large knife and preparing to cut it in order to force the squad leader to throw away the reins of the horse.
Seeing that the squad leader was in deep danger, Niu Wazi ignored the pain and stabbed the rider on horseback with a wolf whisk that was two feet long.
The rider was afraid of losing both, so he immediately changed his knife posture and prepared to block the wolf of the cow baby, and taking advantage of this opportunity, a boring palladium hand next to him reacted, brandished a one-meter-long boring palladium, and viciously hit the horse on the neck.
The battered horse could no longer stand, and the horse's feet weakened and fell to the ground, and the rider on horseback supported the ground with a spear, trying to get the horse back on its feet.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the spearman next to him raised a two-meter-long spear and stabbed it, the spear pierced through the cotton armor, and the rider spat blood from his mouth, apparently seriously injured.
Just when everyone was about to surround and kill this cavalry, the rattan player next to him shouted loudly to remind everyone that the Mongolian cavalry next to him was rushing from the left, and the rattan player was so surprised that he simply raised the half-human high rattan card to block the momentum of the war horse.
The two sides fought together, the Mongol cavalry relied on the momentum of the war horse, fighting back and forth, trying to break through the obstruction, while the official army after experiencing the initial panic, relying on the advantage of the hilly terrain and the rugged roads, relying on the advantage of numbers, with the help of the birds, desperately blocked the other party's way.
Yang Xuan led more than 100 birds, hiding behind the soldiers and constantly releasing guns, and sometimes even put on spurs to fight with the Mongolian cavalry who rushed over.
Ulhan was covered in blood, and at first he wanted to rush over to fight with the officers and soldiers, but the rugged mountain roads were not conducive to cavalry combat, and the officers and soldiers were numerous, and there were four or five hundred people at the valley mouth alone.
But now it was too late, and the officers and soldiers had already taken control of the hillsides on both sides of the battle, and were now throwing pieces of rocks into the ditch, and throwing bundles of dead wood and leaves into the ditch after igniting them.
The boulders caused the mountain roads to be rugged, which was not conducive to cavalry combat, and the fire made the horses more fearful.
The mountain path is narrow, and the fireball rolls down with a lot of momentum, and sparks splash everywhere. Although the war horse is as fast as the wind, it is still afraid of fire, and every time the fireball rolls down, it provokes the war horse to jump in horror to avoid the fireball.
Some riders who are not skilled in riding, or riders who are injured and fall to the ground and are thrown off their horses, roll back and forth in the fire and crawl around, a little careless, for fear of being trampled to death by the war horse, or being hit by stones rolling down the mountain.
The few who escaped over the rugged mountain road were first robbed and killed by the 5th Brigade of Chen Huaixi's department, and even more so by Ma Chao's cavalry brigade on the periphery.
Slowly, the Mongol cavalry was surrounded in groups of three or five, and slowly fell into a desperate situation.