Chapter 288: Hook and sickle slashing saber, running towards the horse's legs

Although the cavalry had a great momentum, it was often exhausted in the face of several soldiers coordinating the defense and attacking at the same time.

In the process of fighting, the most annoying wolf with a length of more than two zhang often stood shoulder to shoulder, waving a wolf whisk about two zhang long, blocking the cavalry momentum and restricting the use of weapons in the hands of knights.

When the momentum is blocked, an attack squad is often sent out from the left and right flanks, often including rattans, spearmen, and boring palladium players under the leadership of the captain.

The boring palladium hand swung the sharp angle of the boring palladium at the horse's body from afar, and the big stick was very heavy, and even if the horse was hit, it was often injured and fell to the ground.

In addition to boring palladium, spears are also quite a headache, many soldiers use hook sickles, specifically hook the horse's legs, if the hook sickle hook the war horse suddenly loses combat power, people and horses fall to the ground.

Some spearmen did not use hooked and sickle spears, but they were not all right, and they often accidentally caught the way of the rattan players, often hiding behind the rattan cards, and inadvertently bending down to rush to the horses, brandishing swords and machetes.

The broadsword in the hand of the rattan player is made according to the rules of the old horse chopping knife, which can not only easily cut off the horse's legs, but also cut off the horse's head if you hold both hands together and fight hard.

It is difficult to play on the battlefield, but in the face of the charging cavalry, everyone forms a military formation, and some even fight hard regardless of safety, and it is common to cut off the horse's leg with a knife.

The Tartar cavalry came and went very quickly, and after resisting the opponent's attack, everyone became more and more confident, on the other hand, the Tartar cavalry was very few killed by the Fran machine gun artillery, and under the repeated fire of the superior musketeers, one by one actually became a live target.

Seeing that there were many volunteer musketeers, some Tartars were even more frightened, and many of them hid in the distance to shoot arrows, although the distance shot was close to more than 200 meters, but the crosshairs were limited, and the number of Tartar cavalry was very small, so it had little effect at all.

Those who rode on horses and fired flat, the range was only more than 30 steps, and they were also worried about the Franco machine guns and tiger squat cannons in the distance, worried about the bird guns shooting the war horses, and worried about the bird guns shooting themselves at close range.

The cavalry came and went very quickly, and after a slight change of formation, they resisted the attack of the opponent's cavalry, and after giving huge damage to more than 200 cavalry, after seeing this cavalry retreat, everyone's morale was high.

A successful blow, Long Zhijian was full of confidence, commanding the tiger squat cannon and musketeer of the Guard Division to face the distant Tartar cavalry who were besieging the various departments of the Volunteers, and Long Zhijiao commanded the Fran machine guns around him to support with flowering shells, the range of flowering bullets is the same as that of live ammunition, which can reach more than 600 meters, covering almost all positions on the front line of the Volunteers.

After receiving the support of the guard battalion, the other battalions also woke up from the initial confusion, and concentrated their artillery and muskets to fight back at the Tartar cavalry.

The battlefield is the best teacher, and many squadron leaders and group leaders participate in the martial arts hall to study, and their tactical literacy is certainly far beyond that of ordinary people.

Everyone knows that the legs of the people on this flat dam can't outrun the four legs of the Tartar war horse, and the tripping nails in the face of the rushing Tartar cavalry may be able to tie the opponent's cavalry, but they can't run far at all.

In the past, there was no way to stop the opposing cavalry, but now after finding a way, one by one they are even more calm and fight with the Tartar cavalry.

Dog Wazi is a captain, when he was young, his family was poor and became Yao Huang, and later surrendered to the Volunteers, and became a captain at the beginning of the year because of his combat bravery.

The Volunteer Army has such a habit, that is, officers above the rank of captain are often required to go to the Armed Forces Hall for training for half a year. When Gou Wazi was still the squadron leader, he led the troops to fight during the day, and at night he participated in the literacy class under the leadership of the brigade secretary to learn to write.

After arriving at the Wubei Hall, they first had seven days of queue training, followed by various tactical training for cavalry, artillery, and infantry during the day, and a new interpretation of the "Actual Record of Military Training" at night, and training in terrain, tactics, and teamwork.

After half a year of training, the dog baby felt that he had been reborn, and when he saw the Tatar cavalry entering, he knew that if he escaped, there was only one way to die, and what he could do now was to rely on the wheelbarrow formation to block the Tatar cavalry.

Everyone was the first to fight separately with the heart of death, hoping to exchange their sacrifices for the precious defensive time of the brothers behind, and some even organized men and horses to fight the Tartars in the battle against the Tartars in the battle.

But how could the infantry be an opponent of the four-legged cavalry? The dog baby watched the brothers around him continue to fall, and launched a counter-charge with a squadron of muskets.

Far away at the Tartar who was wielding a knife to slash the brother, a dozen birds fired at close range, and after a volley, the rider on horseback shook twice and fell off the horse.

After a successful blow, everyone's confidence was greatly increased, and everyone continued to reload the bird guns and constantly shoot at close targets, so the third one actually shot four or five horsemen, stabilized the morale of the army a little, and everyone automatically regrouped around the dog baby.

And seeing that the brigade of Gouwazi actually relied on a small hill to shoot several horses, Tartar Niu Lu was obviously quite surprised, and now he was blowing the horn and leading more than 30 horsemen to rush over.

Everyone was terrified, and the best way to stop the Tartar cavalry was to use two-wheeled carriages and wheelbarrows to form a chariot formation. But now the Tartar cavalry came too quickly, and the defensive positions were not built at all.

When the dog baby was at a loss, he suddenly received an order from the general, suddenly realized, and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "My lord said, the Tartar cavalry has nothing to fear, we can rely on the musketeers to support in the center to avoid being broken by the other party."

As soon as everyone heard this, their morale was greatly boosted, and three or five soldiers formed a four-like military formation, and everyone relied on wheelbarrows, two-wheeled carriages, and side carriages as cover, first delaying the momentum of the Tartar cavalry, and then relying on the numerical advantage to fight with the other party.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the dog baby led the musket squadron to release cold guns and shoot continuously at the Tartar cavalry on horseback, which slowed down slowly.

Even so, the dog baby's brigade was also heavily damaged, and after a fierce battle, only forty or fifty people were able to stand up now, and everyone was covered in blood and wounded.

Seeing that everyone finally killed the Tartar cavalry, some soldiers were still dancing wildly with weapons in their hands, and some soldiers hugged the brothers who died in battle and cried with joy, the dog baby felt that his eyes were rosy, but when he saw that more than a dozen Tartar cavalry were coming, he shouted and woke everyone up from the excitement just now, everyone used the Tartar corpse to quickly plug the gap with various things, and then reorganized the five squads in the city to form a military formation to counterattack.

After the initial panic, the various brigades have found a trick, which is to form small positions based on the mountain terrain, and then use artillery, muskets, bows and arrows to support each other and cooperate with each other, so that everyone can support and cooperate with each other.

After an hour of fierce fighting, although the position was still constantly broken by the Tartars, everyone was no longer as panicked as at the beginning, and some even retreated in an organized manner.

Nikan was the first to be quite proud, and although the Volunteers were powerful, they were constantly being chased by the Tartar cavalry on the plains.

Although last year, the volunteers under the city of Shunqing took advantage of the convenience of the hilly terrain and relied on the advantage of position to contend with the Qing army, but now they are in the plains.

In the past, the cavalry that used to face the galloping on the plains had not yet been officially engaged, and the morale of the infantry was broken, and everyone had not yet waited for the commander's order to flee one by one, so that thousands of infantry became prey on the horseback of the cavalry.

Although the Volunteers were very strong, in the face of the cavalry brigades, although they turned around and fought hard, because there was not much cover, coupled with the instability of the army, the position was constantly broken through by the Manchurian cavalry. (The ancient cold weapon engagement is completely like the modern army fighting bayonets, and without high morale, it is difficult to ensure a high will to fight if the determination to die is hard).

But this confusion did not last long, and slowly the volunteers found a way to confront it, that is, the soldiers in the front relied on the incomplete positions to fight the Tartar cavalry, and the soldiers behind used muskets and artillery support.

As the cavalry came and went like the wind, completely leaving their own infantry behind, and now the Tartar cavalry was alone in the face of the volunteers who formed a phalanx to resist to the death, Nikan complained bitterly, and had to urge the infantry and musket team vigorously, hoping to help the cavalry break through the formation of the volunteers.