In fact, the firearms of the Ming army were not as powerful as people thought during the Battle of Sarhu.

Taking the bird gun used by the Ming army at that time as an example, it was not until the 27th year of Jiajing that the Portuguese arquebus was captured when recovering Shuangyu Island, which was occupied by the Portuguese, that the Ming Dynasty began to imitate this kind of bird gun that had a front and a star and a door after firing, and only the fire gun was used before.

As the name suggests, it is a metal tube that can shoot projectiles, without a door or crosshair, and is fired after igniting the fuse with fire.

The arquebus is a firearm with superior performance than the firearm, and it is a product of the evolution of the firearm.

It is worth mentioning that during the Wanli period, Western countries had been equipped with flintlock pistols with superior performance, but China did not begin to imitate flintlock pistols until the Qing Dynasty.

During the Battle of Salhu, the Ming army's bird guns were imitations, so they could not be compared with the Portuguese arquebuses in terms of accuracy, rate of fire and range, and they were even inferior to bows and arrows.

As for artillery, due to the limitations of the manufacturing process, the artillery of the Ming army belonged to the bulky old artillery of the Yongle period, and its performance was far behind that of Western artillery, which made the Wanli Emperor later purchase the Hongyi cannon from the West with a longer range and greater power.

After all, the development of firearms competed with the progress of science and technology in the society as a whole, and the Ming Dynasty advocated Confucianism, and the progress of research on natural science was extremely slow, and the development of firearms naturally lagged behind that of Western countries.

Therefore, before the Battle of Salhu and even the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the power of bows and arrows on the Chinese battlefield was much greater than that of birds, and only artillery could cause some damage to the opponent, but also because of the fact that mass items often exploded.

During the Battle of Sarhu, the reason why the Ming army's three-way army was quickly defeated was of course due to a variety of factors, but the main reason was that Nurhachi concentrated his forces to form a local force advantage, and then the Ming soldiers were shot by the Houjin Eight Banners who were born in fishing and herding with a large number of bows and arrows from a long distance.

Coupled with the onslaught of the Houjin cavalry, the Ming army, which was poorly commanded and did not fight, was quickly disrupted and a rout occurred, resulting in a one-sided situation in the war.

This situation is also what Li Hongyu said in terms of restraint in tactics, as long as the Ming army cannot effectively deal with the bow and arrow offensive of the Houjin, then it will not be able to avoid disadvantage on the battlefield.

Now, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, who is also famous for riding and archery, has made Li Hongyu see the power of bows and arrows in the era of cold weapons, after all, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry can gallop in Liaodong for many years is not in vain, and there must be its own unique place.

"Kill!" Under Li Hongyu's gaze, Li Zhizhong pulled out the saber on his waist, swung forward at the Liaodong Iron Horse behind him, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and rushed out first.

"Kill!" Seeing this, Wang Guangshun also drew his saber and chased after Li Zhizhong.

The Liaodong Iron Cavalry Knights, who had already been waiting for the battle, took off the bows on their backs, pulled the reins in one hand and held the bow in the other, and followed Li Zhizhong and Wang Guangshun like a tide, pouring out of the gate of Yaque Pass, like a rushing torrent rushing towards the Houjin army camp at the foot of the mountain in the distance.

As Li Hongyu expected, in order to successfully annihilate the Houjin soldiers outside the pass this time, Li Rubai sent out all the Liaodong iron cavalry in his hand, and the charge of the four thousand cavalry made the earth tremble slightly, and the sound of horses' hooves converged into a low roar.

It was the first time for Li Hongyu to personally experience this kind of cavalry combat in large corps, and he couldn't help but become excited when he looked at the roaring Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and after pulling up his sleeves, he strode to the cowhide drum, picked up the drumstick, and hit it hard to cheer for the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

Li Rubai, Yan Mingtai and the others stood on the top of the city and watched the scene in front of them closely, Chai Shixiu and Man Gui had a look of surprise on their faces, just from the momentum of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Charge, it was enough to see that it was a well-trained elite army.

More than a dozen Houjin soldiers were lazily gathered in a place not far from the pass to talk and laugh, their purpose was to monitor the movement of the Ming army in Yaque Pass, in the face of the sudden scene was stunned, for a while stunned to look at the Liaodong iron cavalry rushing forward, no matter how they did not expect the Ming army to suddenly attack.

Li Zhizhong and Wang Guangshun rushed to the front of the queue, and according to the tradition of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, the children of the Li family often took the lead in the charge, which made the rest of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry fight bravely to kill the enemy.

During the march, Li Zhizhong and Wang Guangshun inserted back the saber in their hands, took the bow from their backs, and then drew their arrows and aimed their bows at the dozen or so Houjin soldiers who were staying there who were getting closer and closer in front.

Finally, the Houjin soldiers who were in a daze came back to their senses, shouted in a panic, and ran to the horses parked on the side, turned over and tried to escape back to the camp.

It's a pity that these Houjin soldiers are too close to Yaque Pass, and at the same time as they got on their horses, Li Zhizhong and Wang Guangshun shot the arrows in their hands, and then more than a hundred arrows flew up from the cavalry behind the two like raindrops, and drew a wonderful parabola in the air and fell towards those Houjin soldiers.

Soon, under Li Hongyu's gaze, those Houjin soldiers who rode on their horses and didn't run out a few steps were covered by the rain of arrows falling from the air, and they fell off their horses one after another, and then they were swallowed up by the galloping Liaodong iron horses, and even if they were not shot, they would be trampled into meat sauce by the horses' hooves.

Soon after passing through the burial place of those Houjin soldiers, the galloping Liaodong iron cavalry divided into two torrents, Li Zhizhong continued to lead his 2,000 cavalry to rush to the camp of the Houjin army, while Wang Guangshun led his 2,000 cavalry to block the road at the foot of the mountain in the distance, blocking the retreat of the Houjin soldiers.

"Woo~~"

Finally, the Houjin army camp, which had been caught off guard by the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, sounded the horn of warning, and the Houjin soldiers who were leisurely waiting for the meal to rush to their respective quarters and get their weapons.

When he was more than 200 meters away from the camp of the Houjin army, Li Zhizhong, who was in the lead, shot the arrow in his hand, and the cavalry behind him followed to attack, and a round of arrows rained down on the camp of the Houjin army, and the screams rang out.

Contrary to Li Hongyu's expectations, Li Zhizhong did not lead the army to rush into the camp of the Houjin army, but let his Liaodong iron cavalry surround the camp and rush back and forth at the arrows in the camp, using the advantage of horses to shoot the Houjin soldiers in the camp, which is very similar to the tactics of the Mongols.

It has to be said that this method of warfare is very suitable for archers, and instead of engaging the enemy in close combat, it is the most correct choice to kill the enemy with a bow and arrow from a distance.

According to the records of historical materials, the tactics of the Liaodong iron cavalry are very similar to those of the Mongols: "And the battle mostly uses iron cavalry, which is listed as a horizontal formation, and the bow and arrow are charged to the thief, and if the thief does not move, he will slowly retreat and rush again." After more than a dozen times, there was no one who could not be defeated. ”

Compared with the Mongols, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry had a longer range of bows and arrows, and the speed of the horses was faster, which gave the Liaodong Iron Cavalry a lot of advantages in the face of the Mongol cavalry.

Historically, Nurhachi led only 20,000 Eight Banner soldiers to defeat the Mongol Lin Dan Khan, and it is rumored that he defeated Lin Dan Khan's 400,000 cavalry.

Although Lin Dan Khan was the Great Khan of Mongolia, Mongolia was divided at that time, and each ministry was independent, so Lin Dan Khan's sphere of influence at that time was only the Chahar Department where he was located, and the total number of Chahar troops could be 400,000, where could 400,000 cavalry be formed?

It is worth mentioning that at that time, the army that accompanied Nurhachi to attack the Mongolian Chahar Department also included the soldiers of the Mongolian Horqin Department who belonged to the same descendants of the "Golden Family" as the Chahar Department, and the main force of the Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers of Houjin was the people of the Horqin Department, and the Korqin Department and Nurhachi had a close relationship very early and intermarried with each other.

Looking at the Liaodong iron cavalry swimming around the Houjin soldier camp and firing arrows, as if hunting, Li Hongyu's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, he seemed to see the scene of the defeat of the three-way Ming army in the Battle of Salhu, and it was difficult to confront it in the era of cold weapons in the face of this kind of military advantage.

The Houjin soldiers in the camp, especially the Houjin cavalry, wanted to break out of the encirclement of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, but unfortunately they had no way to face the Liaodong Iron Cavalry who spread out their formation and surrounded the camp, and they had fallen in a pool of blood before they could break out of the camp.

Li Hongyu finally understood why the Liaodong Iron Cavalry had to bring double bows and arrows at this time, it turned out that it was to maintain a continuous strike ability, even if one bow was broken, it could still be topped with another.

As time passed, the resistance of the Houjin army camp became weaker and weaker, and Li Zhizhong commanded the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to continuously reduce the encirclement, and finally entered the camp and shot the remaining Houjin soldiers.

"Let's go, follow Governor Ben to see General Lee's results."

Seeing this situation, Li Hongyu, who had been beating the drum, put down the drumstick in his hand, moved his hands and arms, which were a little sore, and then greeted Li Rubai, Yan Mingtai and others, and ran down the city gate tower in great strides, wanting to go to the Houjin army camp to see how the battle was going.

Li Rubai and Yan Mingtai glanced at each other, and quickly followed behind Li Hongyu, judging from the current situation, the Houjin soldiers in the Houjin army camp were already at the end of the crossbow, and by the time Li Hongyu arrived, the resistance should have been wiped out.

Sure enough, when Li Hongyu felt the camp of the Houjin army surrounded by everyone, the Liaodong iron cavalry participating in the attack was already cleaning the battlefield, and methodically rushed to the Houjin soldiers who fell to the ground and groaned to make sure that they were killed.

In ancient times, there was no such thing as preferential treatment of prisoners, and wars between warring parties, especially between foreign races, usually killed the wounded of the other side on the battlefield so as not to become a burden, and the winning party would not use medicine to treat the wounded soldiers of the other side, which was undoubtedly a waste in the eyes of the people.

As soon as he stepped into the camp gate of the Houjin army, Li Hongyu was stunned by the scene in front of him, a cavalryman of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry not far from him was cutting the head of a Houjin soldier with a knife, and there were many people around him doing the same thing.

After all, the Ming Dynasty determined its merits by how many enemies he beheaded, so it was natural to cut off the heads of those Jin soldiers who died.

After witnessing such a bloody scene in front of him, Li Hongyu's face on the horse suddenly changed, and he felt an inexplicable fear and nausea, where had he ever seen such a cruel picture in front of him.

"Gross!" Finally, when the cavalryman cut off the opponent's head and carried it in his hand, stimulated by the bloody head, Li Hongyu's Adam's apple squirmed and then turned over and dismounted, squatted on the ground and vomited.

Originally, Li Hongyu thought that he was enough to face the dead and blood on the battlefield, but he obviously overestimated his psychological endurance, and he did not expect to see such a cruel scene.

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