Chapter 1224: Encounter
When Zhang Zhijie's army was resting in Fuyuwei, the news had quietly moved north. By the time Zhang Zhijie's army set off, Korqintai Jizizik had already received the news.
Although Qizik didn't care too much about Zhang Zhijie's performance in defeating Dayan Khan again, he still attached great importance to it when he knew that Zhang Zhijie personally led a large army to attack.
In any case, Zhang Zhijie has defeated Dayan Khan's tens of thousands of iron cavalry twice, but because Hua Dang has been patting his chest and saying that the most powerful thing in the Ming Dynasty is the musketeers, and it is impossible for the musketeers to run long distances, so Zizik also believed it.
But even so, with the help of Tainingwei, Fuyuwei, and the cavalry of Yibu, the strength of Zhang Zhijie's army should not be underestimated. Zizik immediately began to fully mobilize the cavalry, and he was a little eager for the arrival of Zhang Zhijie's army.
Because Dayan Khan has been defeated by Zhang Zhijie twice, if he can lead Horqin's cavalry to defeat the invading Zhang Zhijie, then Horqin will definitely be famous in the grassland!
If he was asked to attack Daning City, with Dayan Khan's previous experience, he really didn't have the confidence to win against Zhang Zhijie's army. But as Hua Dang said, if Zhang Zhijie led all the cavalry, then he would have the certainty of victory.
Moreover, their cavalry in Horqin were all high-spirited and morale-high, because they were here to resist the Ming invasion!
Zizik gathered 15,000 cavalry, plus Huadang's 2,000 cavalry, for a full 17,000 cavalry. Although it is not as large as Dayan Khan's troops, Qizik's cavalry are all cavalry of his own clan, and the cohesion is stronger.
Zizik led the army to meet the offensive Ming army. The two armies suddenly met in the vast grassland.
Zhang Zhijie repeated his old tricks, allowing the cavalry to entangle Horqin's army, and the musketeers dismounted and formed a formation. The two cavalry battled, and Korqin's cavalry had a slight upper hand, which already shocked Zizik.
Because the cavalry of the Ming army was similar to the cavalry he led, but the cavalry he led was only a slight upper hand, and it was really difficult to predict the outcome of the battle.
However, Zhang Zhijie's cavalry did not fight Horqin's cavalry to the end, but retreated to their own camp when the horn sounded.
Qizik looked at the Ming military formation in the distance from a distance, and said with some hesitation: "This is the Ming musket array?" ”
Hua Dang nodded and said, "Yes, this is Da Ming's musket array!" ”
Zizike frowned and said, "Brother Huadang, didn't you say that the musketeers of the Ming Dynasty are all foot soldiers and will not run with the army from a distance?" ”
The corners of Hua Dang's mouth twitched slightly, and he said with some shame: "Taiji, I didn't expect Zhang Zhijie to match his musketeers with horses!" ”
Zizik was also very helpless when he heard it, he didn't think of it himself, and he couldn't blame Huadang. Zizik looked at the musket array in the distance with a scrutinizing gaze, and muttered, "This musket array can't see anything powerful?" Is that really that powerful? ”
In fact, there was nothing to see at such a distance, Hua Dang nodded and said: "It's really powerful, Dayan Khan's two defeats were defeated by Daming's musket array." When the cavalry charged, the Ming artillery bombarded first, and when it got close, the muskets fired in unison, which was extremely lethal! ”
Zizik raised his eyebrows and said, "Artillery and muskets?" No artillery was found in the Ming army! ”
Hua Dang nodded and said: "It is true that there is no artillery, and the Ming army will lose the mobility of the cavalry with heavy artillery on a long-distance run!" ”
Qizik groaned and asked, "Since the Ming army has no artillery and only muskets, do you think it can be defeated?" ”
Hua Dang was silent when he heard this, he was more wary of muskets than artillery, and Daming's new musket was really powerful! However, looking at what Zizik meant, it is clear that he is eager to try.
Zizik's attitude is not surprising, the cavalry hedging just now did not take advantage of them, if the two cavalry fight against each other, it is difficult to predict the outcome of the battle.
If they turn around and leave, it is naturally inappropriate, and it is impossible to let Zhang Zhijie's army attack their tribe! Moreover, once the retreat, morale will be discharged, and if Zhang Zhijie's cavalry takes the opportunity to cover up and kill at this time, it will be a little dangerous.
Hua Dang also understood in his heart, and pondered: "The Ming army's large array has indeed weakened a lot without artillery, and Zhang Zhijie's army will definitely be very tired when it comes from afar. ”
Hearing this, Zizik nodded and said, "What you said is very reasonable, I want to see what the reputation of this Ming army's musket array is!" ”
The ignorant are fearless, and as Zizik gave the order to charge, Korqin's cavalry was eager to try, and soon the mighty cavalry began to move, slowly began to speed up, and soon showed the momentum of ten thousand galloping horses.
However, this is already a little accustomed to musketeers, Zhang Zhijie sat on the horse and the corners of his mouth curled slightly, not afraid of you charging, not afraid that you would not charge!
Even the cavalrymen of Fuyuwei, Tainingwei, and Yibra were calm, and they saw with their own eyes that Dayan Khan's 20,000 cavalry charges were broken apart by muskets.
The absence of artillery baptism made Zhang Zhijie a little regretful, but soon the flintlock pistol would give Horqin's cavalry a huge surprise.
When the muskets rang out, Ziziq finally understood why Dayan Khan's cavalry had been beaten and fled. This musket is more than powerful, it's so fucking powerful!
The Korqin cavalry, which had high morale, was stunned at once, and as time passed, the cavalry charge did not make any progress except to pay more damage. At this time, Zizik's face turned pale and understood, as if he had stabbed a hornet's nest.
Although Hua Dang once said that Daming's musket array was very powerful, he didn't explain that it was so powerful! On the day of the dog, Zizik sprinkled all the fear in his heart on Huadang's body, but Zizik looked back and found that Huadang was gone.
Hua Dang was indeed gone, because Hua Dang deliberately delayed when he led his cavalry to charge, although Hua Dang himself had not experienced the musket array, but he knew the power of the musket array, so he deliberately delayed it.
After delaying, Hua Dang finally saw the power of the musket array, which was even more powerful than he imagined, and at this moment Hua Dang felt a little desperate, who could break through such a musket array? And there will be more and more of this new musket of Daming, and Huadang has a feeling that the grassland is big but there is nowhere to stay.
At least Korqin can't be contained, because Horqin's cavalry is about to be defeated! The defeated Zizik would not let him go, whether he killed him directly or handed him over to Zhang Zhijie, he could not escape death.
Zizik looked back and didn't see Huadang, and he hated it even more in his heart, he didn't believe that Huadang, the grassland hero, was dead! But at this time, he couldn't take care of it, because his cavalry was defeated!
(End of chapter)