Chapter 180: Mang Gultai's Choice
Yang Tingjian immediately began to gallop with more than 8,000 cavalry, here is only more than 30 miles away from the iron hand, the cavalry arrived in half an hour, just now I vaguely heard a burst of dense gunfire, most of them are the iron hand They have already caught up with Jiannu.
Mang Gurtai was also too eager, and at the same time he was dizzy with anger, he must slaughter all the more than 100 dogs that escaped in front.
Mang Gurtai didn't want to think that this was the realm of the Ming Dynasty, he was too arrogant, of course, he couldn't blame Mang Gurtai, because the Ming dog that Mang Gurtai encountered before, even if it was an army of tens of thousands of people, would collapse under the attack of two thousand Jiannu cavalry, so Mang Gurtai would be so unscrupulous.
Yang Tingjian rushed to reinforce Tieshou with 8,000 cavalry, Gelong's Mongol cavalry was a brigade alone, they charged in the first line, and Le Yichuan followed behind with the second brigade. It was Yang Tingjian's partiality, but these Han cavalry had only been trained for three months, and they could only run on horses, and at most they could put down their five-eyed guns on their horses.
Le Yichuan's more than 3,000 cavalry is basically unable to fight against the Jiannu cavalry with superb horsemanship, which is an act of death, and Yang Tingjian needs them to go to the battlefield to see the blood, which is a step that all cavalry must go through.
The sound of horses' hooves "...... clicking" is really earth-shattering, behind the horse team is the dust that covers the sky and the sun is flying, and the ground in front of the horse team, because the ground trembles violently, the dust on the ground is gradually rising, just like the fog has just risen, permeating the ground.
By the time Mang Gurtai pursued Yang Tingjian, the war horses under their crotches were already very tired, and they were less than three hundred meters away from the iron hand who fled in front of them, and there were still more than ten minutes to catch up with these damned enemies at most.
Suddenly, Mang Gurtai felt a vibration from the ground, and although the war horse under the crotch of Mang Gurtai, who had grown up on horseback since childhood, was still running, it was obviously restless. The war horse under the crotch of the cavalry is like his wife.
The slightest movement of the war horse under the crotch of the cavalry, the rider will immediately feel that this is definitely not alarmist, this is the heart of man and horse. Here's an example! A healthy man who rides his wife in bed every night. Ranging from one minute to one hour, this can be done with a little bit of understanding, and a rider who rides a horse for a few hours every day has a little bit of a good understanding with his beloved horse under his crotch, not to mention. (Hey, it's obscene.) )
Although Mang Gurtai is fierce and scheming, this Mang Gurtai is a good hand at fighting, and the little turtle born to the old turtle Nurhachi is really a general. If you don't accept it, this old turtle has probably sharpened the things under his crotch with a whetstone, otherwise it wouldn't be so powerful...... Ha ha.
"Stop ......"
Mang Gurtai immediately roared, his own soldiers immediately repeated his order, and the other Jiannu would also repeat it immediately after hearing this order, this is a battlefield where war horses are galloping, and only in this way that countless people continue to roar. In order to ensure that the commander's orders are conveyed to everyone in a timely manner.
More than 1,000 Jiannu once again demonstrated good discipline and superb riding skills, and the entire Jiannu team. It only took less than a hundred meters to stop, and there was no one to command at all, so Jiannu began to consciously form a team.
One of Mang Gurtai's own soldiers immediately stepped forward and shot two arrows with blue strips of cloth with a "whoosh", and the two blue arrows landed on the ground. It's the positioning arrow for the whole team.
The direction facing the two positioning arrows is exactly where Yang Tingjian came, which once shows the superb ability of these Jiannu to listen to the sound and defend the position, and the Jiannu with this ability is definitely the ability to hunt and practice in the deep mountains and old forests for many years.
Mang Gurtai did not take care of the whole team, this is a matter for middle-level officers. He was already trembling from the ground. It was judged that Yang Tingjian's cavalry was about 5,000 to 10,000, and in the face of such an unexpected situation, Mang Gurtai weighed in his heart what should be done to be the most beneficial.
Mang Gurtai is fierce and scheming, it does not mean that Mang Gurtai only knows how to lead the troops to charge, that is definitely to take Mang Gurtai lightly, this is to suffer a big loss, Mang Gurtai is a general, how can a general not know how to fight, what Mang Gurtai lacks is the use of strategy.
Mang Gurtai already knew the approximate strength of the enemy, and immediately analyzed his own strength, according to past experience, more than 1,000 Zhenglan Banner warriors are not afraid of about 5,000 Ming dog cavalry, but Mang Gurtai deeply understands that they are now sleepy and lacking horses.
The war horses under their crotches have been running for more than three hours in a row, and they are already very tired. Even if Mang Gurtai doesn't want to fight with these Ming Dog's cavalry, he can't leave, these Ming Dog's war horses have just left Tongzhou City, and Mang Gurtai doesn't have the habit of leaving his back to the enemy.
Mang Gurtai immediately made up his mind to fight a decisive battle with these Ming dog cavalry. Mang Gurtai is actually secretly complaining that he is too light on the enemy, and it is difficult to ride a tiger in the current situation, if the entire Zhenglan Banner plus the Mongolian servant army are there, Mang Gurtai can definitely wipe out these bright dogs.
And now there are more than 1,400 people, but Minggou has 5,000 to 10,000 cavalry, such a battle is very difficult to fight, but Mang Gurtai has no choice, because the people are sleepy and the horses are tired Mang Gurtai can't run away!
"The Houjin Warriors have never been afraid, and the more sinister battles I have also experienced, and today is the day to witness the Houjin Warriors."
Mang Gurtai secretly cheered himself up in his heart, as the commander of Mang Gurtai although his heart was a little empty, but his face was very calm, there was a lot of heroism that Mount Tai collapsed on the top and did not change color, it will be the courage of the soldiers, if Mang Gurtai coaxed, then these Jiannu only have the end of the whole army being annihilated.
Yang Tingjian soon encountered the iron hand who fled for his life, Yang Tingjian hurriedly asked the team to stop and ask about the situation, this cavalry is a baby bump in Yang Tingjian's hands, if the cavalry from Jiannu exceeds 5,000, Yang Tingjian will choose not to fight, as long as Jiannu is forced to retreat.
It's not that Yang Tingjian is afraid of death and sacrifices his subordinates, but that the biggest killer weapon of Yang Tingjian's army is muskets and artillery. That's really stupid, Yang Tingjian's cavalry is used for pursuit and strategic maneuvering, and it must not be lost for no reason.
Tie Shou hurriedly reported the situation of Jiannu to Yang Tingjian:
"Lord Yang, the Jiannu who came to chase and kill are the two thousand people of the Zhenglan Banner, and we killed five or six hundred people with the five-eyed gun first, and we also lost more than a hundred brothers, but fortunately, the Jiannu war horse was a little tired, and never caught up with us, otherwise our remaining brothers, I'm afraid none of them will be able to come back."
…… (To be continued......)