Chapter 235: Crisis
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He led the main force of the Tatar cavalry to follow all the way ten miles away from the Flying Tiger Army. Like a hungry wolf waiting for the right moment, ready to bite Chen Di's throat at any time.
The right moment he was waiting for was cold rain and snow.
Li Chengliang, commander of the cavalry brigade of the Flying Tigers, sent a large number of scout cavalry to reconnoiter the movements of the Tatar army, but unfortunately, a lone scout was captured alive by the Tatars.
In the previous wars of aggression and counter-aggression in Chinese history, there was always no shortage of martyrs and clowns.
Although this scout is from the Flying Tiger Army, he is indeed from the old Datong Guard. In his opinion, whoever gave him food could die for whomever he wanted. From this point of view, it doesn't matter if he is the Great Tongwei Army or the Flying Tiger Army.
In order to survive, he revealed an astonishing secret to Altan Khan.
The night of crossing the Mighty River was full of wind and snow. All of the Flying Tigers' firearms were prevented from firing by bad weather!
Altan Khan was overjoyed when he heard it!
In his opinion, the reason why the Flying Tigers have terrifying combat power is nothing more than relying on sharp firearms.
If the Flying Tigers' firearms are ineffectiveγγγγγ Then Chen Di's army became a piece of meat in front of the eyes of 80,000 Tatar iron cavalry and 40,000 Varat soldiers!
Altan Khan prayed to the immortal heaven every night: "Immortal heaven, for the victory of the descendants of the steppe, please grant the steppe a great snowstorm!" β
On Chen Di's side, six thousand Flying Tiger gunners and three thousand cavalry were marching along the edge of the swamp towards Wolf Mountain. Chen Di seemed to smell the smell of Altan Khan. He knew that Altan Khan should be watching from somewhere not far away.
What he expects now is that the 2,000-strong surprise army led by Qi Jiguang can smoothly cross the swamp and attack Wolf Mountain first! At that time, Altan Khan in the shadows will take care of one or the other! Only then will he have a chance to win!
Chen Di looked at the sky, and a cloud obscured the sun.
Yu Dayou rushed up, and he said to Chen Di: "Governor Dadu, the wind is rising." The wind... If you shave evil deeds, I'm afraid that you will change the sky! β
Chen Di's heart trembled, could it be another white-haired wind mixed with rain and snow?
If that's the case, I'm afraid that the firearms of the Flying Tiger Army will be invalid again!
The wind and rain are blowing harder, and the sky is full of dark clouds. After a while, snow and hail accompanied by strong winds hit the Flying Tigers.
"Stop the march and camp on the spot!" Chen Di ordered.
This damn white-haired wind is blowing stronger and stronger, Chen Di secretly took out his handcuff and let go of it. Broken! It doesn't ring at all!
Yu Dayou stepped forward: "Governor, the brothers' firearms seem to be γγγγγ β
Chen Di shook his head: "Order all the firecrackers, the tiger will be on the bayonet, and the leech will be on the crossbow and the arrows, be on guard!" β
Altan Khan's side was very excited: "Immortal God bless!" Warriors of the steppe! Here's our chance! All the cavalry spread out and attacked in the direction of the main force of the Flying Tiger Army! β
80,000 Tatar cavalry and 40,000 Varat cavalry marched towards the Flying Tiger Army!
Chen Di ordered the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army to be on guard, and at the same time sent dozens of scout cavalry to reconnoitre.
Not long after, several scout cavalry came back to report that Tatar cavalry had appeared three miles west of the Flying Tiger Army! That's more than 100,000!
Chen Di said to Yu Dayou and Li Chengliang: "The time to come is finally here!" β
Yu Dayou was a little uncertain in his heart: "Governor, it seems that the Tatars are picking this damn ghost weather to attack us!" Perhaps they already knew that in such weather our Tiger Guns, grenades and Franc cannons would not be of use! β
Chen Di said: "Let the brothers not panic. Without the Tiger Gun and the Grenades, we still have the Leech Trap Crossbow, and the Bayonet! β
Although the range of the leech crossbow is not as good as that of the tiger, it has an incomparable rate of fire!
Chen Di ordered: "Six thousand firecrackers are divided into three rows to meet the enemy!" β
He turned his head again and ordered Li Chengliang: "The cavalry brigade is all assembled on the right side of the firecracker, and I will kill from the right side at any time when I give the order!" β
"Order!"
"Order!"
The cavalry of the Tatars and Warats finally appeared in the sight of the Flying Tigers.
Altan Khan ordered the 40,000 Warat cavalry to attack first! He is using the soldiers of the Warat as cannon fodder!
The 40,000 Wirat cavalry was divided into ten teams of 4,000 men and charged towards the Flying Tiger Army in batches!
Although the white-haired wind made the Flying Tiger Army's firearms malfunction, it gave the Flying Tiger Army another advantage!
The direction of the white-haired wind was a headwind for the Altan Khan side, but a tailwind for the defending Flying Tigers.
The first team of 4,000 people of the Warat tribe brandished their sabers and charged towards the Flying Tigers in the white-haired wind. Eventually, they came within range of the leech crossbow.
Yu Dayou gave an order: "All the fire guns, leeches and crossbows, three salvos!" Put! β
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~!" Six thousand leech crossbows are six thousand crossbow arrows in one salvo! Six thousand crossbow arrows formed a rain of arrows and pounced on the Varat cavalry in front!
Countless Varat cavalry were drowned in a rain of arrows.
This is followed by the second round of the leech crossbow and the third round of cavalry shooting!
Three-wheeled cavalry, more than half of the 4,000 men of this Warat cavalry were killed and wounded.
The Warat cavalry flinched! They surrendered to the Tatars, only because of the advance of the Tatar army. It's not the same heart with the Tatars at all! Now Altan Khan has ordered them to be pioneers, to put it bluntly, he is using them as stepping stones! How could the Waratians not know?
The remaining more than 2,000 cavalry began to retreat.
Altan Khan said viciously: "Order the warriors of this department!" Those who retreat from the Vwarat army will be killed! β
The Tatar cavalry obeyed the order, took out their bows and arrows, and fired a volley at the retreating 2,000-watt cavalry!
The leader of the Warat army was named Begupro. Bespophyllum was the brother of the former Great Khan of Warat. He has always been dissatisfied with his brother. When Altan Khan attacked the Warat, he promised Begutu that he would replace him after defeating his brother, and he led 40,000 Warats to surrender to Altan Khan.
Don't know that if you escape, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Altan Khan was a tyrant on the steppe, how could he not guard against the mutiny of the Warat soldiers? He concentrated all the old and weak women and children of the Warat Department in Wolf Mountain, and once the Warat soldiers had two hearts, he would not hesitate to order the killing of all the old and weak women and children of the Warat Department!
Among these old and weak women and children, there are three sons with no bone protrusions!
Don't Gu Tu gritted his teeth: "The warriors of the Warat Division, if you advance, you will die, and if you retreat, you will die." We must show the Tatars that we have no seed in the Varat tribe! The second team of four thousand, charge! β
Another four-thousand-man squad went on the offensive.
The Flying Tigers still greeted them with a three-wheel salvo of leech crossbows.
The second team of 4,000 men was followed by the third team of 4,000 men of the Warat Division. The third team of 4,000 men was followed by the fourth team of 4,000 people!
Bespophy was a sincere desire to show loyalty to Altan Khan. He knew that only if he was faithful to Altan Khan would his three sons survive!
On the Flying Tiger Army's side, they were also red-eyed. Chen Di ordered: "Unlimited salvo!" Until the bolts run out! β
After paying the price of a full fifteen thousand men, the Warat soldiers finally rushed to the front of the Flying Tiger Army.
Don't be bone-burst into ecstasy: in the face of the cavalry's saber, the infantry of the Ming army is a flock of lambs to the slaughter!
Altan Khan was in ecstasy: it's time for the Flying Tigers to taste the saber!