Chapter 459: Breaking the Formation Outside the Fortress and Diverting the Division to the East
Chapter 459: Breaking the Formation Outside the Fortress and Diverting the Division to the East
The Mongol tribes on the steppe are all orthodox with the Chahar tribe, but during the time of Lin Dan Khan, the Chahar tribe gathered various tribes on the steppe and the Manchu Qing Dynasty to fight for many years, but unfortunately the combat effectiveness was too poor, and the Jurchens and other Mongolian tribes in the alliance fought in the water.
Today's Chahar Khan Ezhe is already a pure puppet, arranged near Yizhouwei to the north of Shengjing, and to the east of the Tumut Division, the master of the grassland is actually the Korqin Division.
Korqin is a Mongolian tribe that Nurhachi allied with him when he raised his army, and was the first Mongolian tribe to accept the division of the Jurchen League's banner, and its status was outstanding among the Mongolian tribes on the steppe.
Huang Taiji's concubine Concubine Zhuang and Dolgon's Fujin are both princesses of the Horqin Tribe, that is, the big and small Yu'er sisters, Belle Tulichen has just died in the Hejian Mansion of the Ming Dynasty.
The reactions of the Mongolian tribes on the steppe were different from the eastward movement of the Tumut tribe, and those with unclear brains thought that the Tumut tribe came to surrender, while those with clear brains thought that the Tumut tribe was crazy.
The Korqin tribe was one of the few tribes in Mongolia with formal military training, and its officers and soldiers were often trained in the Manchu side, and followed the Manchu Qing in the southern and northern wars, and had rich military experience.
Moreover, in recent years, because of the continuous annexation of small tribes through the power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the current Horqin Department has been able to mobilize nearly 40,000 cavalry, and if you count the soldiers and horses serving in the Manchu Dynasty, there will be more than 50,000. As for the Tumut tribe, they have always been called by mean people as traders on the steppe, but as a warrior of Mongolia, they do not need to plunder to enrich themselves, and they are the second traders of the Han family. It's a shame, warrior of Tumut, what kind of training and courage can be talked about there.
Looking down on it, looking down on it, a force in such a large area of the Tumut tribe is slowly moving eastward, and it will definitely erode the pastures of the Kharashen and Korqin tribes, and it is spring, and the grasslands have just eased up, and the cattle, horses, and livestock are at their thinest. is about to be replenished through forage, if the Tumut Department is not eliminated and recuperates as soon as possible, the two sides will definitely lose and everyone will be unlucky.
The grassland looks vast, but in fact, it is far easier than you think to find the location of the big tribes. Without him, all you have to do is go to the place where there is a water source.
Whether it is a person or a horse, it is necessary to drink water, and the horse drinks a large amount of water, for the vast grassland. There are not many places that can meet this condition, especially for large tribes such as Harashen and Korqin. The Hara Loop, two days away from Gubeikou, became the site of the decisive battle between the two sides.
After Harasan moved here from the north. It became a vassal of the Manchu vassal Korqin Department, this time the Tumut Department came to the east, and they alone could not fight against such a large army, but the Korqin Department was not ready to let the Tumut Department continue to the east, since it was their own advantage, they simply mobilized the cavalry to be stationed in the Hara Hetao, preparing for a decisive battle with the cavalry of the Tumut Department, and the battle was decided.
Even at the speed of the march on the steppe. The movement of the Tumut tribe can also be called rapid, and in late April, the main force of the Tumut division has reached the Hara Loop.
You know, in normal times, the movement of the Mongolian tribe is very slow, because this is equivalent to the relocation of the entire tribe, and the cattle, horses, livestock, old and young are not fast.
But now, with the continuous logistics supply of Shanxi businessmen, the speed is naturally much faster. Such a behemoth moves. It must also be along the rivers and water sources of the grassland, and the traces cannot be concealed. Since it was about 100 miles away from Xiaoxingzhou, there were still small groups of cavalry troops surrounding the Tumut Department to reconnoitre.
The guards on the periphery of the Tumut tribe were all in charge of the cavalry of their own tribes, and the ironclad cavalry led by Chen Yongfu, Ou Man. Garris led the pawns, who have always been in the midst of the brigade, and are well hidden.
It's a little pitiful, Xiaoxingzhou and Hara Hetao are not more than a hundred miles or dozens of miles away from the border of the Ming Dynasty, in these places, the various forces on the grassland gathered nearly 100,000 or so cavalry to fight, but they didn't care about the nearby Ming court, which was an extreme contempt.
However, the soldiers and horses of the Shuntian Mansion and the border towns of Xuanfu in the Ming Dynasty did not dare to mobilize without authorization, so they could only guard the border wall tremblingly, for fear of a catastrophe coming south.
After the discussion between Chen Yongfu and Zhang Kun, the general soldier of Datong, the march did not use any tricks, that is, to use cavalry to protect the entire big tribe, and the whole moved forward, if the other party fled without a fight, the Tumut Department could calmly occupy those places with abundant water and grass, although the other party did not fight, but the herdsmen and livestock would definitely suffer huge losses because of the evacuation, if they wanted to send a small group of cavalry to harass, in the face of such a behemoth, the only possibility was to be eaten, so the Tumut Department only needs to continue to the east.
These tribes in the east must send the main force to follow the decisive battle, which is exactly the effect that Chen Yongfu and others want to achieve.
On April 29 of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, thirty miles west of the Hara Loop, nearly 100,000 soldiers from both sides were ready to go to war.
The cavalry has such and such methods against the foot soldiers, and the cavalry has the advantages of each other against the cavalry, and the tactics are also quite boring.
Only a very small number of Tumut's cavalry are wearing armor, while the combined cavalry of the two tribes of Korqin and Harashen is much more armored than the Tumut department, which is because of the proximity to the Ming Dynasty, it is easier to obtain various materials from the Ming Dynasty, and the two divisions often follow the Manchu soldiers and horses to enter the customs and plunder, and there are also a lot of soup water can be divided.
At least in front of the Horqin Division, there are still more than a dozen artillery pieces there, which is a rare thing in the grassland, in many remote places, as soon as the cannon goes off, there are even herdsmen who fall from their horses and kneel and kowtow, thinking that the gods thunder.
The artillery of the steppe tribe also has an advantage, that is, when it is fired, even if it does not hit the target, the loud noise from the artillery can also disturb the horses, and the cavalry of the brigade gallops, as long as there are horses jumping around in the team, it will definitely cause a big rout, a mess. There is an opportunity to take advantage of it.
According to the rules of war on the steppe, the central position of the commander was on a huge ox cart, and if necessary, he could even put the king's tent on the ox cart and move with him.
Chen Yongfu, Zhang Kun and Arslen were all standing on this ox cart looking at the Horqin army formation opposite, Chen Yongfu was a little clumsy with a clairvoyant mirror, slowly turned the direction, and glanced at the Horqin brigade.
The cavalry of the Tumut tribe surrounded the cart. Although this clairvoyant mirror is a rare thing, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty also has a sea trade door, and no one knows whether the combined cavalry of Harashen and Horqin on the opposite side will have something similar, so Chen Yongfu and his Han generals are wearing the armor of Mongolian nobles, and it looks like the thousands of households and thousands of households of the Tumut Department are supervising the war.
"There are more rules than Tumert's side, looking at the archers who are waiting behind the wooden fence in addition to the cavalry array, it is estimated that they are waiting for the large group of men and horses to charge. ”
Chen Yongfu said in a deep voice. Zhang Kunzheng handed the clairvoyant mirror in his hand to Yang Chengzu on the side, and replied with a smile:
"My lord, the archers are good to say, the trouble should be those dozen cannons, albeit stupid guys. But it can still kill people, and the rest, don't worry. ”
The white-bearded Alslene is the oldest in the cart, but he has the least right to speak. He could understand Chinese, but he also knew that he couldn't speak in this face, so he kept listening with a smile, Chen Yongfu groaned, and said:
"The other party's run is much worse than ours, let Mr. Auman transfer troops out, bombard for a while, and then let's fight for the next step. ”
It's a complete move. Yang Chengzu on the side hesitated for a moment, but still interjected in a sullen voice:
"As soon as our earth-shattering artillery bombarded past, I am afraid that the Tartar brigade on the opposite side would have already dispersed in a hurry, and when the time came, they knew how powerful we were, or they would run around, or they would go and call the Tartar reinforcements, which would be troublesome after all. ”
Yang Chengzu was born as an exile, and Chen Yongfu was born as an officer and soldier. Both sides are blind to each other. Although Yang Chengzu's position is relatively low, he is not afraid. Anyway, he did not surrender to the officers and soldiers, but to Li Meng, the Duke of Qi, and he didn't know who would be higher or lower in the future, so he didn't have any scruples when he spoke.
Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Datong, has been the general soldier of one side for a long time, and he has always made decisions alone, but Yang Chengzu, who was born as a thief, only has more than 600 cavalry, and his official rank is lower than his.
However, looking at Zhang Kun's appearance of smiling but not smiling, Chen Yongfu could only endure this breath and asked astringently:
"What is the best plan for General Yang, just say it. ”
Yang Chengzu didn't use the clairvoyant mirror to look at the military array opposite, glanced at the referee Arslen who was standing on the side, lowered his voice and said:
"Since the cannon on the opposite side is a stupid guy, it is definitely not our sharp weapon, it is estimated that it is a cannon that cannot be loaded for half a day, as long as they shoot this cannon, the cavalry is fast, and it will rush to the front. ”
"How did you rush to the front, General Yang, don't forget, the other party is in the front and there are archers lined up?"
Chen Yongfu also interjected coldly, Yang Chengzu grinned, waved his hand downward, and said with a smile:
"With so much cannon fodder to use, do you still expect these horse farms to attack the city, this is the time to use it. ”
Speaking of which, everyone suddenly realized that this method was commonly used by the Mongols when the Mongols attacked the city, and now the Jurchens are commonly used when they attack the city, driving the local people as a precursor, consuming the weapons and energy of the defenders, and taking advantage of the other party's fatigue to strike a fatal blow, the so-called signing of the army is also.
It can be regarded as feng shui in turns, and today it was reversed, and for a while, several people in the cart completely forgot about the unpleasantness of Fang Cai, looked at each other, and only felt that this plan was quite interesting, and laughed. Of course, the magistrate of the Tumut Department on the side, Arslen, understood, and felt very uncomfortable, but how those cavalry cannon fodder died had nothing to do with him, anyway, as long as the glory and wealth of him and his family were not affected.
Zhang Kun nodded, and said to Chen Yongfu, the general soldier of Datong on the side, in an inquiring tone:
"Lord Chen, what do you think of this matter?"
Chen Yongfu, the chief soldier of Datong, nodded with a smile and said:
"Since this idea was put forward by General Yang Shen, it is necessary to ask General Yang to personally supervise the future of the battle, and the army will suppress the formation for it. ”
Fang has just lost face, and he always has to find it back in other things, what Yang Chengzu wants now is to seek war and make meritorious contributions. It is dangerous to look at the front of the battle, but it is also a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, the day before yesterday he personally beheaded Tumut Khan, this kind of merit has been sent to Shandong by an expedited fast horse, and now it should be striking while the iron is hot.
Hearing Chen Yongfu say this, Yang Chengzu bowed down and clenched his fists, shouted to receive his orders, turned around and walked off the ox cart. Get on your horse and move your troops.
Looking at Yang Chengzu's back, the corners of Datong General Chen Yongfu's eyes twitched, but he swallowed the "reckless" he wanted to say back into his stomach, and Zhang Kun on the side seemed to know what he was going to say, and said with a smile:
"Lord Chen, let's fight on the grassland, in order to make a name for ourselves and lay a foundation for future glory and wealth. We must cooperate sincerely, if not, wouldn't it be better for all of us to stay in the Central Plains and wait for big things to start, Lord Chen should not be angry! ”
These words shocked Chen Yongfu and he was sent to the grassland. Naturally, it is different from the base camp in the south of Zhili, Jiangbeidi, Beizhili, and Shandong, if you want to make great contributions, of course, by the side of Qi Guogong, and the credit for conquering the city within the Ming Dynasty is greater. was sent to the grassland, and was treated as a partial division.
Otherwise, how could this general, Zhao'an thief and rising star all be sent here, and they mainly rely on the herdsmen's cavalry as the main force.
Of course, this is also very good, at least there is a chance to make meritorious contributions, if these people in the row can't even seize these opportunities, then there is no cure, and they are destined to be depressed in the future. Zhang Kun understands this truth, and Chen Yongfu must also understand that Zhang Kun just wants to emphasize it.
Chen Yongfu is also a smart person, Zhang Kun said it so clearly, he also knew how to do it, just silently hugged his fists as a salute, and said with a smile:
"In that case, let's arrange it!"
Zhang Kun also smiled and received the order. Buckle up your helmet and get out of the bullock cart. At this time, the trumpets sounded in the camp of the combined forces of Harashen and Korqin on the opposite side. It's already time to make a move.
But this time, the cavalry of the Tumut division took a completely different way of fighting from the cavalry herdsmen on the steppe, they were far enough away from the enemy on the opposite side, and the dozen or so cannons on the opposite side were not fired, indicating that they were always out of range.
And by no means attacking lightly, Korqin Harashen's coalition forces had already sent several squads to roam around the Tumut army.
It is to prepare to disperse the large array gathered together by the Tumut Division, and then find a gap to break into, or eat the part that is being lured out.
But the Tumut Department completely shrank its head, as long as it was a close cavalry, it was all an archery attack, and they absolutely refused to move lightly, they shrank like this, and the other party had nothing to do, this time the situation was indeed a little different, and the combined forces of Korqin and Harashen all knew a news, and the headquarters of the Tumut Department was in all the Xiaoxingbao thirty miles away from the battlefield.
This is quite similar to the time of the Mongol expedition to the west, the cavalry is in front, and the big tribes behind are used as logistics, but this proves from another angle that the Tumut tribe is idiot, and the headquarters is behind him, which means that the family members of the Tumut cavalry are thirty miles later, if it is defeated, it will be a complete rout.
The nobles of Kharashen and Korqin pondered how many people and livestock they should annex in the next victory.
The first to launch was the Horqin coalition army, but they saw nearly 10,000 cavalry break away from the brigade and go in a more deviated direction.
As long as you are not blind and foolish, you know that this is the coalition army to copy the camp tent of the Tumert Division, whether the cavalry on the side of the Tumert Department is moving or not, even now, the number of cavalry of the grassland coalition army is still more than the cavalry of Tumert, if the troops are divided to rescue, it will be broken by each one, if it is not saved, then what will happen to the nest.
Sure enough, after the coalition forces made this move, the front of the Tumut Division, which had been cohesive and unmoving, finally moved, and the whining horn sounded, and the cavalry brigade facing the direction of the coalition army began to move forward.
The cavalry team of Tumut moved here, and the main formation of the steppe coalition began to give loud orders, and the artillery in front of the dozen guns began to prepare nervously, and a large number of archers got off their horses and walked to the front of the array, and any cavalry charging would be covered by the long-range strike fire of the steppe coalition army.
There were no unexpected movements, and the cavalry formation of the Tumut Department slowly pressed forward, and the cavalry were all restraining the horses under the crotch. Don't run too fast.
In order to avoid the range of the opponent's artillery, the distance between the two armies is far enough for the horses to run, and there will be a period of fatigue in the end of running such a long distance, and the reaction is slow, so the speed of the horses must be reasonably distributed, so as not to be unable to rush up when charging.
Among the cavalry of the Tumut Division, there were many levels. In addition to the cavalry at the front, which is cannon fodder, the rear is the supervising team, and then layer by layer of supervision and surveillance.
If a cavalryman wanted to escape, the first attack would be a scimitar slashed from behind, not to mention that their family was still thirty miles away from Xiaoxingbao.
Willing or unwilling, such a cascading surveillance mechanism is very efficient, give an order. Knowing that there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, the cavalry of the brigade began to rush forward.
Even in an ordinary grassland war, there will be cavalry impacts, and everyone knows the tactics of the opponent to dismount and shoot to block the enemy. When the cavalry is attacking, it is necessary to evacuate as much as possible, on the one hand, to minimize the opponent's long-range fire damage, and on the other hand, to widen the distance. Let the horse run as fast as possible, so that the speed is the fastest when impacting.
However, today's Tumut division made a lot of moves, and the cavalry had already rushed into the range of the artillery, but the formation was still not spread out, and it was very close.
The commander of the steppe coalition was quite calm, he had seen the use of this artillery on the side of the Manchu Jurchens, and although it was powerful, it was not very reliable. If you want to do more damage, you have to be close.
"Don't light a fire, put the person on the other side closer!"
Thousands of cavalry charged, and the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground was earth-shattering, but the commander of the coalition army still gave the order hoarsely, and those archers also put the arrows in their hands on their bows, ready to shoot arrows. Follow this shooting distance. It is estimated that after the artillery is fired, the bow and arrow will be fired in turns.
The closer you get, the closer. The formation of the Tumut cavalry in front of you is still tight, since you yourself want to find death, others don't want to pity you.
"Fire!!"
The Mongolian command was shouted hoarsely, and more than a dozen guns of various sizes opened fire one after another, which was truly astonishing, not inferior to the charge of thousands of troops and horses on the opposite side.
But the lethality is really not as strong as this, more than a dozen metal projectiles of different sizes roared into the cavalry array next to each other, and smashed into the horse's body, the first person to bear the brunt was indeed unlucky, and the high-speed flying hot projectile directly pierced the person or horse in front of him.
After the penetration, the speed slowed down, but the people or cavalry behind were the same unlucky, and they were also the fate of being pierced and broken, but the cavalry also rushed forward on horseback, colliding with each other, always consuming a little momentum of the cannonball, and after passing through about ten people, there was no strength.
These dozen shells, at best, caused about two hundred casualties and a brief confusion in the charging ranks, and had almost no effect on the onslaught of thousands of cavalry.
When the commander of the coalition army gave the order to open the artillery, the distance between the two sides was already very close, and the officers between the archers ordered that this distance was already within the range of the bow and arrow, too close, and the fastest bow and arrow could only shoot two more rounds, and the war on the grassland, the most spectacular thing was nothing more than two, ten thousand horses galloping, and the sky was full of arrows.
The brief moment when the bow and arrow were shot out, the sky was darkened, and the swishing wind thought about it, and the Tumut cavalry who rushed to the front fell to the ground with men and horses, and the archers nervously pulled up the cluster of arrows inserted in the soil in front of them, repeated the action of opening the bow and arrows, and another arrow was shot.
The effect of the arrows is good, the close-range shooting is full of strength, and the cavalry of the Tumut Department who rushed in front are all herdsmen cavalry wearing leather robes, and the screams of men and horses immediately fill the battlefield.
After shooting this round of arrows, the archers and the front team of charging cavalry in front of them opened a certain distance, but to the horror of these archers, the charge still did not stop, and the formation was not dispersed.
They are all herdsmen, and they are half-slaves, and after the cannon fires on weekdays, I am afraid that most of the battles will be dispersed, but these two rounds of bows and arrows can still be supported here.
And the formation did not disperse, and they were still desperately charging forward, although they could shoot two rounds of arrows at a distance, but the archers did not dare to continue shooting, and turned around and ran. With such a crazy charge, if another round of arrows is fired, I am afraid that these cavalry will catch up and cut down.
However, the artillery of the grassland coalition army is very open, after the first shot, they directly drop the artillery and run backwards, this kind of artillery, if you want to have a second round of shooting, it is very troublesome, you can't wait here for these madmen of the Tumut Department to come forward and chase and cut.
There is a certain distance between the coalition ground archer array and the cavalry array in the rear row. This was also to give the archers time to buffer, and when many of the archers who were running backwards turned around, they could vaguely see something shining behind the cavalry of Tumut.
The cavalry charge of the Tumut tribe was surprisingly crazy, but the steppe coalition had expected this situation, and even the steppe tribes, who were rumored to be invincible in mounted archery, ended the battle in hand-to-hand combat, not long-range archery.
The distance between the archers and the rear array is far enough. It is to give the cavalry of the rear team enough space and time to charge.
In the middle of the army, it is the core force of the Horqin Department and the direct subordinate of the Khan Tushetu Khan of the Horqin Department, these cavalrymen are almost dressed in the same clothes and armor as the Manchu cavalry, and take turns to serve in the area of Shengjing in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which is regarded as the private army of Concubine Zhuang and the regent Fujin.
These soldiers were also the strongest troops of the Steppe Alliance. Staying in the Chinese army is to make a decisive blow, Tushetu Khan is very confident in this army, and deliberately put it in the Chinese army, ready to take it out when the decisive battle is placed.
But no one thought of it. It was actually about to use this force so soon, but the madness of the Tumut Department continued, and there was obviously enough wide area in front of them, but the herdsmen cavalry of the Tumut Department, who had been rushing forward with horses, desperately rushed towards the two flanks of the army.
Rushing to such a hurry, there were a large number of corpses of men and horses, and suddenly turned to both sides, even the people who grew on horseback could not control their horses, and many cavalry could not control their balance. Directly fell to the ground, and slowly moved forward King Korqin Khan's personal guards also saw the crazy scene, many cavalry could not turn around, and were cut down by their companions behind them with knives.
Could it be that the top and bottom of this Tumut tribe were cursed by the devil, and even the elite Korqin Khan Tent guards were confused and frightened.
As if the curtain had opened, the brigade of the Tumut cavalry split in the middle, revealing the troops who had been staying in the center, or had been hiding somewhere.
Armed with a spear. Man in iron armor. The horses wore leather armor and ground cavalry phalanxes, and the armor on these cavalry looked unified. It was like an iron can, shimmering in the dusty sunlight, and from the front line that could be seen in the first row, the formation of these ironclad cavalry was extremely neat, almost like a foot soldier.
Moreover, these ironclad cavalry armed with spears have begun to trot on their horses, which shows that in the great impact of the party, these ironclad cavalry have completed their preparations and are about to start charging.
All the Tumut cavalry were scattered towards the two wings, to give up the direction of this main attack to the hidden cavalry, among the Horqin Khan's personal guard cavalry, there was a Korqin leading the troops Taiji was observing with a pale face, except for those ironclad cavalry, on both sides of this phalanx, there were some light cavalry wearing light armor and holding sharp blades.
People who have been on the battlefield for a long time can see at a glance the difference between strong and weak soldiers and horses, and these cavalry who suddenly appear in front of them are the elite of the elite.
Those ironclad cavalrymen were wearing helmets, and there was a visor under the helmet, and the whole person seemed to be wrapped in metal, looking as if it was not a human, but a demon, and it was murderous and pressed forward.
Taiji, who was led by Horqin, even saw that there were light horsemen who were not afraid of death stopping their horses in front of those ironclad cavalry, and opened their bows and arrows, but the arrows fell on the opponent's armor and were bounced away.
The two wings have already begun to fight, only the Chinese army is still standing still, but at this time, the screams of the two wings that shook the sky could not suppress the momentum after the ironclad cavalry charged.
The matter has come to this point, the Chinese army is followed by the nobles of the two divisions of Harashen and Horqin, and the entire army is about to collapse, and the Taiji of Horqin with the Khan's personal guard raised his knife and opened his mouth to give orders, but he couldn't shout a few times, and it was unusually dry.
He was already extremely nervous, and in the end he still shouted out in a hiss, everyone in Horqin's sweat tent was stubborn, and they rushed forward in fear, and there was no longer the slightest will to fight, not to mention the slightest courage and self-confidence of Fang Cai.
At this time, Horqin's sweat tent guards all felt that the previous archers' arrays were too close, and this little space could not start the horses at all and let the horses rush to the highest speed.
The ironclad cavalry of the other side had already flattened the spears in their hands, and the horses began to increase their strength and rushed towards this side......
The shouting and screaming sounded almost at the same time, and the Mongolian cavalry wearing cotton armor and chain mail could not resist the spear so in the middle of the thorns, and the cotton armor with iron leaves padded inside was already considered to be Seiko's color, but the impact of the spear with horsepower still penetrated the armor and assassinated people.
And their own weapons can't even touch the other party, these people's spears are inevitably too long, and the soldiers in the front row of the sweat tent guards were even stabbed directly from the horse by the other party with their spears, so that the defeat of the hedge, those cavalry in the back row subconsciously want to brake the horses.
It's already running how to stop the horses, but this subconscious reining action makes the already somewhat loose formation even more unbearable.
The impact of the ironclad cavalry was slightly hindered, but they still rushed in, if it was a foot soldier, maybe the formation would be tighter, but this is an array of cavalry, and the range of movement is much larger than that of the infantry, watching the companions in front of them scream and fall off their horses. However, the formation of these ironclad cavalry has not changed, and the gaze behind the armor is still so cold, and the light-armored cavalry has been slowly outflanked.
The guards wanted to escape, but the kindness and mediocre training they received made them unable to escape for the time being, and after the spears pierced the cavalry in the front row, they were directly discarded, and the ironclad cavalry drew out the big axes and long knives hanging on the side of the saddle, kicked and struck the horses in the belly, let the horses rush forward, and with the power of the horse, they slashed vigorously.
The armor of the Horqin cavalry also could not resist the slashing of these weapons, and the limbs and arms were severed, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere.
The collapse began from this moment......