Chapter 219: Suicide Charge

On the grass on the south bank of the Daling River, a game of death is going on.

The Ming army was a passive defensive side, but the Buyeo people had not yet crossed the death line of 100 paces, and did not cause them substantial losses at all; The Buyeo people were the one who took the initiative to attack, and their cavalry, like a river with a dike, was constantly pressing towards the position of the Ming army, and the tide was one after another, hitting the most vulnerable nerves of the Ming soldiers again and again.

The tide has always advanced and retreated, and the wave set off by the Buyeo people is no exception.

After three waves of shooting, the gunners have fired 27,000 rounds of bullets, and the Buyeo cavalry that fell under these bullets is close to 4,000, and the largest and most terrifying tide set off by the Buyeo cavalry has been contained by the Ming army.

The aftermath did not stop, as long as the tide did not dry up.

The remaining more than 1,000 Buyeo cavalry, just had an extremely brief hesitation, there was no clarion call to retreat, they would never take the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield, for the Buyeo people, that is, deserters on the battlefield, even if the Ming army would let them go, his tribe would not allow such people to survive.

Li Jun's mouth was numb, this was the first time he had faced the attack of the Mongolian iron cavalry independently, and seeing that there were fewer and fewer Buyeo cavalry on the battlefield, he could only shout and cheer for the soldiers in his heart.

The gunners were also numb, their fingers, their minds. They don't know how many Buyeo people have been shot, and they don't know how many are left, they just mechanically do the repetitive action, which is shooting, if the flintlock pistol has no bullets, they will only reload the ammunition, and other than that, their brains, now a blank, like someone has stolen their memories.

"Stop shooting!"

Li Jun's words made the gunners wake up to the fact that there were no cavalry on their opposite side. The soldier who fell on the grass had already left his horse and could not be considered cavalry at all.

"Ah......h

"The Buyeo people have been wiped out?"

"We've won?"

……

The soldiers felt like they had a nightmare, and after waking up from the nightmare, it seemed to be developing in the best direction, and the Buyeo people in front of them had already suffered casualties.

Li Jun knew that the battle was not over yet, since the gunners were happy, let them be happy first, "The cavalry on the left dismounted, mended the wounded soldiers in Buyeo, dragged the corpses away, and cleared the way." ”

When Zhu Youzhen was on the Northern Expedition, when he encountered the casualties of the other party's soldiers, he usually dug a pit and buried them, or directly cremated them, and then recorded the numbers, unlike Yuan Chonghuan when he first arrived in Liaodong, and after killing the soldiers of Jiannu, he had to send the head back to Beijing.

The Northern Expeditionary Army was always advancing, carrying a large number of heads, and it was inconvenient to march.

When the cavalry was cleaning the battlefield, Li Jun looked at the Buyeo cavalry in the distance, and the Buyeo cavalry moved.

In just one pillar of incense, the five thousand Buyeo cavalry were all wiped out, and I don't know if it frightened them or angered them.

According to Man Gui's description, Li Jun estimated that there were more than 10,000 Buyeo cavalry, and if all the Buyeo cavalry attacked, it would still be a great test for his first royal division.

The Buyeo cavalry was adjusting the direction of the war horses, and countless horse heads began to aim at the positions of the Ming army.

It seems that the Buyeo people are ready to attack, and the casualties of the five thousand cavalry did not frighten them, but aroused their greater hatred.

In this attack, I don't know how many cavalry Buyeyu will dispatch, Li Jun's heart is both a little nervous and a little expectant.

Suddenly, there was a shout from the right rear of the Buyeo cavalry, where their men were crossing the river, and the Buyeo troops were in chaos, and they fled eastward, trying to hide behind the cavalry.

Mangui, it must be Mangui.

Li Jun estimated that Man Gui detoured to the rear of the Buyeo cavalry and began to destroy the pontoon bridge where the Buyeo people escaped, and without fully communicating with him, Man Gui used the method of slaughtering his subordinates to provoke the Buyeo cavalry, so as to justifiably fight the Buyeo cavalry.

This is not a violation of the agreement between Wang Mujiu and Man Gui, the Fuyu cavalry came to kill, and he couldn't let Man Gui wait to be killed.

"This Mangui!" Li Jun scolded with a smile, but this is fine, if the Buyeo cavalry wants to rescue their subordinates, there will not be too many cavalry to launch an attack on the first royal division, and the first royal army should not be in any danger anymore, Li Jun's nervous mood just now was suddenly relieved.

He called a herald: "Quick, go and ask the military seat, the Manchu army seat is attacking the Buyeo people's troops, their cavalry will definitely go to the rescue, what should we do now?" ”

Li Jun's eyes were still staring at the Buyeo cavalry opposite.

The Buyeo cavalry, which had turned the horse's head just now, did not rush towards the position of the Ming army, and some of the cavalry turned around and headed west, and together with the other cavalry, rushed to the side and rear, and the dust raised by the horse's hooves was about to fly into the air, and it was obvious that they were in a hurry.

Li Jun's herald had not returned yet, but it was the herald from the military headquarters who arrived first.

"Division Commander Li, there is an order from the military seat, the whole army moves forward, maintains formation, and is ready to fight at any time."

"Understood!"

Li Jun was overjoyed, this was the signal that the Ming army was going to attack, using infantry to attack the cavalry, he was still the first time he encountered it, it seems that Wang Mujiu is going to create a history of taking the initiative to attack with a flintlock pistol, and this glorious task happened to fall on his head Li Jun.

Although the speed of the infantry is far inferior to the cavalry, the Buyeo cavalry, within Li Jun's line of sight, it will not be long before the Ming army will approach the Buyeo cavalry, and more importantly, behind the Buyeo cavalry, are their troops and property, and the Buyeo cavalry does not dare to run away at all, unless they are willing to give up the entire tribe and be willing to be a wandering lone wolf on the grassland.

"The order was given, and the troops maintained their formation, advanced quickly, and pressed towards the Buyeo cavalry."

The army of the 1st Royal Division, stretched too wide, reached almost a thousand paces in width.

Fortunately, the south bank of the Daling River was an open grassland, and they maintained their formation and advanced steadily without the slightest hindrance.

The distance of 1,500 steps, about three miles, only in the blink of an eye, the Ming army pounced in front of the Buyeo cavalry.

The Buyeo cavalry all sat on their horses, and from their faces, nothing but surprise and horror could be seen.

When there were still 500 paces left before the Buyeo cavalry, the Ming army slowed down its advance, and their hands were clenched with flintlock pistols, ready to shoot at any time.

The Buyeo cavalry finally had a move, they were angered by the Ming army, which was infantry, and it was simply the greatest insult to them to approach the cavalry so closely.

The Buyeo tribe divided a group of cavalry, about 1,000 men, led by a commander of a thousand people, who wielded scimitars and shouted to pounce on the Ming army.

Li Jun liked the other party's use of this kind of refueling tactic, there were only more than 1,000 people, and it was simply sent to his soldiers to train their courage, and he shouted in a low voice: "Prepare to shoot!" ”

The gunners of the Ming army had completely stopped, and when the flintlock pistols were aiming, they needed to be absolutely still, and the gunners were holding flintlock pistols and staring at the cavalry opposite.

At a distance of five hundred paces, the cavalry coughed, and it was time to complete the charge, and their speed was simply too late to increase to the maximum.

"Shoot!" Li Jun saw that the Buyeo cavalry had already entered the range of the flintlock pistol, and he immediately gave an order.

"Bang."

"Bang."

"Bang."

……

There were 3,000 gunners in the first row, and when they fired all the bullets, half of the Buyeo cavalry fell, and a large number of ownerless horses roamed desperately on the battlefield.

When shooting, the gunners were numb, and in their eyes, there was only a 100-step line of death, and as long as someone dared to trample on this line of death, their bullets would be shot mercilessly.

In less than half a bag of cigarettes, more than 1,000 Fuyu cavalry all fell under the belly of the horse.

The Ming army did not dare to clean up the battlefield, and on the opposite side of them, there were also Buyeo cavalry, which were now only five hundred paces away, and if the cavalry attacked, they would not have time to react at all.

Li Jun saw that the Buyeo cavalry on the opposite side was just on the horses, and he had no intention of attacking again, as if the battle just now had not happened at all, or although it happened, it had nothing to do with them.

"Move forward slowly, clean up the battlefield, and leave it to the Royal Second Division!"

Since the Buyeo cavalry did not attack, the first royal division began to advance slowly, and now the cavalry on the opposite side was so close that they had to be ready to shoot at any time, so they no longer dared to trot forward.

There are only two hundred steps left, and the Ming army can see the eyelashes of the Buyeo cavalry, but the Buyeo cavalry is still motionless, like green pines fixed on horseback.

Do they have ambushes? Li Jun quickly rejected his idea, and there were plains all around, and there was no place to hide people.

His gaze swept to the opposite side again, the formation of the Buyeo cavalry was loose, and the number of people should not exceed two thousand.

It turned out that their troops were too small, so they didn't dare to attack! Li Jun was overjoyed, it must be, otherwise, how could there be cavalry to be bullied by the infantry under his nose?

"Push slowly, and when you reach a hundred paces, shoot immediately." Li Jun decided to shoot first, anyway, he has a lot of people, and he has the advantage of a flintlock pistol, and he is not afraid of any new tricks that the other party will play.

"Bang."

"Bang."

"Bang."

……

When the two sides were 100 paces apart, the Ming army opened fire, and the eyes of the gunners were fixed on the 100-step death line.

The Buyeo cavalry, who was sitting at the front, suddenly fell from the horse, and the wounded war horse immediately raised its head to the sky and roared, as if it was calling for immortality.

But Changshengtian didn't even come over with cavalry, let alone war horses?

When the two rows of gunners of the Ming army fired bullets, the Buyeo cavalry fell from their horses, and there were already thousands.

Strike is death, wait, and death!

In the eyes of the Buyeo cavalry, in addition to fear, it was fear, and they tightened the reins of their horses and slowly retreated, expecting to withdraw from the range of the flintlock muskets.

But behind them, there were the old and weak of their tribe, and the women, and their possessions, cattle, horses, and sheep, who had just been driven by Man Gui from the pontoon bridge.

There is no way to advance, and there is no way to retreat.

The last remaining bit of wildness of the Buyeo cavalry was finally forced out by the Ming army, and they no longer retreated, and after stabilizing their position, they pounced on the Ming army instead.

The Buyeo cavalry launched a suicidal charge.