Chapter 470, Encounter (4)
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When Demutu first saw the model cavalry coming straight over, he knew that he would definitely suffer a loss if he collided with it, but at this time, he could not give any effective orders to his cavalry team. All he could do was shout for everyone to spread out a bit, to get around the wide front on the opposite side as much as possible. The lack of effective and meticulous means of conveying military orders has always been a big problem in this era, and even the model army cavalry, who has thought of a lot of ways to do this, can actually convey the instructions to each cavalry squad very simple and very insufficient. The Mongol cavalry, on the other hand, had difficulty receiving and carrying out any detailed orders other than "charge" or "retreat" almost after departure.
With a vigorous wave of his hand, Demuru motioned for the team to disperse and bypass the opposite riding wall. The speed of the cavalry on the opposite side was very fast, their horses were draped in such heavy vests, and they also carried knights with full body armor. He could still run so fast, almost no slower than the Mongolian horse under his crotch. He knew that if he pressed the enemy's outfit on himself and his war horse, he was afraid that his Mongolian horse, which was quite good, would be able to stand and walk. And the enemy's war horse can still run so fast! However, De Mutu estimated that the enemy's speed should have reached the end, and he knew that the enemy's war horse was so heavy that it was difficult to turn casually. He estimated his speed, and felt that he should be able to get around his opponent with most of his cavalry, but of course, he would have to pay a few casualties. However, when they got around, there were artillery and musketeers on the opposite side, who did not even have spears. Demuru felt that his cavalry would have an overwhelming advantage over such a force.
Yu Xin was also estimating the speed of his opponent, and he couldn't help but show a sneer when he saw the Mongols on the opposite side begin to separate to the sides, trying to bypass his cavalry formation from both sides. He knew that these Mongols had made the same mistake as Li Chuang's "Three Walls", which was to underestimate the speed of his heavy cavalry. They had never seen an Andalusian horse, they did not know what it was capable of, and they did not know that because of the advances in smelting technology, the armor of the model heavy cavalry was made of mild steel instead of wrought iron, which made their armor thinner and lighter while ensuring considerable defensive power. This makes them actually at a much faster maximum speed than their opponents could have imagined. In cavalry combat, a mistake in judging the opponent's speed is very fatal.
Yu Xin raised the spear in his hand upward, and at the same time blew the whistle in his mouth, and the heavy cavalry accelerated again and began to charge. The sudden increase in the speed of the heavy cavalry apparently caught the Mongols on the opposite side by surprise, and some of them even screamed in conviction, and although there was no collision, their ranks had begun to become scattered.
The two sides are getting closer, and a collision is inevitable. Yu Xin whistled and leveled the spear in his hand, while lowering his visor with his other hand. The cavalrymen also leveled their spears. The horses like a wall, the spears like a forest, pounced on the Mongols on the opposite side like an invincible tsunami.
Demutu also failed to avoid the collision with the heavy cavalry, he held the saber in his hand, stared at the long spear in the hand of a model army heavy cavalry on the opposite side, the spear shook, and stabbed straight at him, a good Demutu, in danger, he had already pulled his left foot out of the stirrup, at this time the body was biased to the right, the left hand was pulled on the saddle bridge, and the body was hidden on the right side of the war horse, and the shot was naturally pierced. But before Demutu could get back into the saddle, his horse staggered and fell to the ground. But it turned out that although he dodged the shot, his war horse collided with the war horse of the heavy cavalry opposite, and the much lighter Mongolian horse was immediately knocked to the side and fell to the ground.
Demutu's leg hurt so badly that he estimated that his right leg, which had been crushed by the horse, was probably broken. His horse also fell badly, and his leg may have been broken, and now he fell to the ground and could not get up, and he was still holding down his leg so that he could not struggle. And at this time, several light cavalry of the Model Army were brandishing sabers and rushing towards him.
Yu Xin's spear broke into two normally after piercing a Mongolian cavalry, Yu Xin threw away the broken spear in his hand, pulled out the cavalry sword, and continued to rush forward with the heavy cavalry.
Most of the Mongol cavalry still escaped the frontal charge of the heavy cavalry, but this time they left at least 300 men behind. Such losses were not small for the Mongol cavalry, which had a total of just over two thousand. In this day and age, in general, an army is likely to collapse after suffering more than a tenth of casualties. And the cavalry of Jianxuan, after suffering such losses, and even losing their commander, still rushed towards the artillery positions of the Model Army.
At this time, the infantry of the battalion, which had been behind the artillery, suddenly moved forward in columns, and then quickly spread out into four hollow phalanxes in front of the artillery. And the gunners of the artillery also threw down the cannon and hid inside the hollow phalanx after the last shot.
The hollow phalanx of the Model Army was divided into two tiers, and the soldiers were armed with bright bayonets on their guns, and their bayonets were pointed outward, forming a wall of bayonets. The Mongol cavalrymen were mainly armed with sabers, but some also carried bayonet guns. Naturally, the bayonets in their hands were longer than the flintlock muskets with bayonets of the Model Army. But their horses didn't know that. Horses are quite sensitive, quite intelligent creatures, and they don't really crash into them when they see a bright bayonet blocking in front of them. Anyway, there is also an aisle in the middle of the hollow phalanx, and they will naturally turn a little corner and rush through the aisle in the middle of the phalanx. At this time, the model soldiers in the hollow phalanx opened fire on them, and these Mongols also worked hard to project the flying swords or bones in their hands towards the imitation soldiers.
Some of the soldiers of the Model Army were wounded by the flying swords and bones, and they retreated into the circle, while the soldiers of the inner circle stepped forward and took their place.
The Mongols passed through the hollow phalanx, and when they were hit by crossfire, their losses were greater. Many of the Mongol cavalrymen were hit by flying bullets, fell off their horses, and were trampled to death by other cavalrymen, or killed by flying bullets. After this round of assault, the Mongol cavalry lost another 200 horses.
Such losses were too great, and they had lost their command again, and the Mongol cavalry who had managed to rush through the death passage between the hollow phalanxes looked at the more infantry waiting next to them, as well as the enemy cavalry that was turning back, and they could no longer muster up the courage to fight, so they all urged their horses and fled.