Chapter 313: A Fiasmatic Victory (Page 1/1)

However, the Cossack soldiers successfully used sharp sabers and horsepower to charge a small gap in the defensive formation of the Ming army, and at this time the artillery faced a mixture of Ming troops and Cossacks, and there was no way to open artillery.

Sun Fumin was so anxious that he only regretted that he had underestimated the fighting power of the Cossacks too much and made it what it is now. He snatched the firearms of the guards next to him and threw himself towards the gap.

The guards were caught off guard and rushed to the breach, Sun Fumin jumped and stabbed a Cossack soldier in the neck with a bayonet, then quickly retracted, dodged the crazy horse's head, and rushed towards the Cossack troops behind.

The Ming army was already struggling to support, but when he saw that the generals had gone into battle in person, he suddenly felt his blood surging up. Although the Cossacks had war horses, after rushing into the formation of the Ming army, the impact of the war horses had been greatly reduced, so the Ming army's fear was gone, but it could also fight on a par with the Cossacks.

The Cossacks did have the upper hand, and in this battle of cold weapons, the saber was always more comfortable than the bayonet. But after the Ming army blocked their momentum, the impact of the horses had disappeared, and the Cossack cavalry on the horses became a live target for the Ming army because they were relatively tall.

After the initial defeat of the Ming army, they quickly changed their tactics, and the Ming army behind began to aim at the Cossack cavalry on their horses with firearms, and with the sound of guns, one by one the Cossack cavalry fell from their horses.

After all, the numerical superiority of the Ming army played an extremely important role at this time, and the Ming army quickly calmed down after the initial panic, and the situation began to tilt towards the side of the Ming army. After the guards pulled Sun Fumin out of the line, Sun Fumin also calmed down and began to direct the troops behind to fill the gap, harvesting the Cossack cavalry with fire guns.

At this time, a detachment of Tatar cavalry rushed out of the fortress, and this fortress was guarded by Cossack cavalry and archers, who were too scummy in combat to generally fight in battle, and only cleaned the battlefield after the Cossacks had won. But now it seemed that the Cossacks did not have a great advantage, but could be counterattacked by the Ming army, so the commander of the city's archers ordered the Tatar cavalry to go out of the city to support.

Sun Fumin ordered a battalion to deal with the Tatar cavalry, and the rest of the Ming army continued to encircle and suppress the Cossack cavalry, and the Tatar cavalry was soon swept down by the Ming army's firecrackers, and fled towards the city in disarray, but the Ming army did not pursue, but attacked from the rear of the Cossacks in turn.

The defeat of the Tatar cavalry announced that the Rakshasa army had no way to support the Cossack cavalry from the fortress. And the Ming army, after an initial defeat, has reached a stalemate with the Cossacks by virtue of numerical superiority and long-range superiority, and more and more Cossack cavalry have fallen, and the balance of victory has begun to tilt in favor of the Ming army.

There was a constant sound of firecrackers, Cossacks falling from their horses, and screams and shouts were heard on the battlefield. After the Ming army surrounded the Cossacks from both sides, the impact power of the cavalry, the biggest reliance of the Cossack cavalry, had completely disappeared, and now it could only rely on the cold weapon combat ability and the Ming army's resistance to the death, which was slightly higher than that of the Ming army, but it had gradually shown a decline.

Sun Fumin was relieved at this time, and now victory was only a matter of time, but this time the Guards suffered a lot of losses, and I am afraid that it was the most powerful one since the formation of the army. And the main reason for the defeat is his own underestimation and recklessness, and it is already a certainty that he will be punished, and now it is to minimize the proportion of casualties in the Guards, and one less death is counted as one.

The Cossacks also understood that although they were caught off guard by the Ming army in the early stage, after all, there was a big difference in the combat effectiveness of the two sides, and after the Ming army reacted, they had no way to achieve victory again. The Cossack commander Gavrila shouted: "The time has come to be loyal to the Tsar, kill me." ”

Not all Cossacks were willing to be loyal to the Tsar, they were free men, and they longed for freedom rather than death, so some of the Cossacks began to move, looking behind them and ready to retreat.

Gavrila was actually not willing to be loyal to the Tsar, but now if he retreated, the Ming army would surround the fortress, and in the end he would die, and if he wanted to escape from the fortress, the Ming army besieging the city would entangle, and the Cossacks would still not be able to escape.

Sun Fumin, however, saw the clue, and he issued an order to retreat part of the forces surrounding the fortress, making way for a narrow road for the Cossacks to escape.

The Cossacks were extremely mobile and sharp-eyed, and it was easy to see a gap in the movement of the Ming army. Gavrila made a spurt, and the Cossacks suddenly stopped their attack and rushed together towards the small gap that the Ming army had left behind.

When the Ming army saw that the Cossacks began to flee, they did not pursue, two legs could not run more than four legs, and it was in vain to pursue. But the speed of the bullet can be faster than that of the horse, so the Ming army quickly got on the bullet and then began to shoot.

The sound of fire fell one after another, the fleeing Cossack cavalry kept falling to the ground, and the ownerless war horse hesitated to hover beside the master, arching helplessly over the master. Soon, the Cossacks had already crossed the fortress and disappeared into the distance.

The Ming army began to clean up the battlefield, all the wounded Cossacks who did not die were stabbed twice by the Ming army, the military doctor urgently bandaged the wounded Ming army, and the soldiers began to light fires to ensure that the wounded and bleeding soldiers would not freeze to death.

The Ming army lost two hundred and thirty-five dead, more than 100 were seriously wounded, and the number of minor wounded reached more than 500, while the Cossack cavalry lost 403 people. In this way, the exchange ratio between the two sides was close to one to one, which was a battle loss situation rarely encountered by the Ming army.

Sun Fumin listened to the military judge's report with a pale face, and said with a long sigh: "Put the bodies of the brothers first, and we will take the fortress first." ”

The flight of the Cossack cavalry left only archers and Tatars in the fortress, and the Buryati came forward to persuade them to surrender, but they were shot back by two arrows. Sun Fumin said: "Attack the city with artillery, after the city is broken, all the enemies will not be left." ”

The Ming army set up artillery, and blew up the enemy tower on the fortress with one shot, and then blew the city wall at the gate to shreds with a few more cannons. Sun Fumin didn't let the soldiers rush in, just kept firing cannons, and the people inside couldn't stand it anymore, and an archer stepped forward to ask for surrender, but was killed by Sun Fumin in front of the battle.

The Rakshasas understood that it was impossible for the Ming army to spare them, while the Tatars felt that everyone was yellow-faced, and maybe they could escape a way out, so the Tatars came out and asked to meet the Ming general.

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