readx; Under the personal leadership of Emperor Zhu Youzhen, the Ming army braved the tragic rain of arrows and finally rushed through the best range of the bow and arrow of the Houjin army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Under the hedge of the cavalry on both sides, the distance of dozens of steps was fleeting, and a more tragic hand-to-hand cavalry battle began.

Although the Houjin army was the best in cavalry and archery, archery was not their only skill, and the melee combat was also far superior to that of the Ming army. The Jurchens lived in the bitter cold land of the northeast for a long time, lived by fishing and hunting all the year round, and their physique was far stronger than that of the Han people, and their temperament was extremely savage.

Unlike long-pole weapons such as spears and knives, which were commonly wielded with both hands in the Ming army, their standard melee weapon was the sabre. The saber is a one-handed weapon, about three feet long, with a wide back and a thin blade, and a heavy feel, which the Ming army generally can't play, but it is suitable for the Jurchens with greater strength. One-handed weapons are of course more flexible than two-handed weapons, and the Jurchen cavalry are all skilled in horsemanship, and they are good at using the impact of war horses to drive sabers to kill opponents, but they don't need to spend too much physical energy.

Another obvious advantage of the Later Jin army was that their war horses were much better than those of the Ming army. On the battlefield, the distance between life and death is so short, and whoever can be a little faster will be able to save himself and destroy the enemy.

When the cavalry of the two sides hedged against each other, the difference between the advantages and disadvantages of the war horses became even more obvious. It's like a fat man and a thin man colliding, the fat man definitely doesn't matter, but the thin man has to weigh it: will it be hit by others? The same is true for war horses, when the momentum is not as good as the opponent, they will unconsciously slow down their charge, and even want to avoid the impact. This will inevitably lead to confusion in the formation of the charge, and the result is often that it will collapse at the first charge and collapse at the first touch.

The agricultural areas of the Central Plains did not produce horses, and the war horses needed by the army were either bought from the grassland areas or raised in captivity. Kema is originally a grassland species, and after the change of its habitual living environment and living state, it will degrade in various aspects such as body shape, explosiveness, and endurance.

Then the war horses of the Jin army are excellent Mongolian horses, since the Xiongnu era thousands of years ago, they have been domesticated and bred from generation to generation with combat horses, the breed is excellent, and after full exercise, the physique is more robust.

In terms of both men and horses, the Ming army was inferior to the Later Jin army; The combination of these two factors is a huge gap in combat effectiveness. Since the first battle of Salhu was almost completely annihilated, the Ming army no longer dared to take the initiative to fight with the Houjin army, and this is the reason.

Therefore, Ao Bai did not pay attention to the charge of the Ming army at all. When the distance between the two sides approached rapidly, he raised his head to the sky like a vicious tiger in the forest and roared, and as soon as his legs clamped the horse's belly, the war horse immediately jumped out of the battle like an arrow from the string, and went straight to the Ming army. The Jurchen cavalry with yellow flags also collected their bows and raised their swords, and rushed forward with a strange scream, intending to "harvest" the Ming army again as before.

But this time they completely miscalculated! When the vanguard of the two sides collided head-on, Ao Bai was shocked to find that the war horses of the Ming army were taller and stronger than those of the Later Jin army, and the gap was not half a point! Before he could react, the horses under his seat had already begun to hesitate, their sprint speed plummeted, and their kinetic energy was greatly reduced; At this moment, the Ming army was already lined up in a neat queue, and it was pressed down like a sea of mountains!

The cavalry collided this time, and the competition was momentum and kinetic energy, and a little hesitation and retreat would cause irreparable consequences. In an instant, the cavalry of the Houjin army rushing to the front had been knocked over on their backs, but the momentum of the Ming army was unabated, and the formation of the Houjin army was suddenly disrupted!

Of course, Ao Bai would not know that the reason why Zhu Youzhen dared to hedge head-on with the Houjin Jingcai with inferior forces was not only out of the psychology of "putting him to death and resurrecting him", but also because he had a "secret weapon", that is, 250 purebred Andalusian war horses that he had just received from the Portuguese.

The Andalusian horse is one of the oldest and purest horse breeds in the world. This breed of horse has a brave and tenacious character, flexible and coordinated movements, is extremely explosive, and has a large body. Adult Andalusian horses can reach up to five feet tall at the shoulder and weigh more than 800 pounds. And even the best Mongolian horses are no more than four feet tall at the shoulders and weigh no more than six hundred pounds.

It's like a lightweight fighter fighting a heavyweight fighter, no matter how flexible the lightweight fighter's footwork and skill are, but the huge gap in weight and strength is there, and the heavyweight fighter can knock out the opponent as long as he hits with one punch!

Since receiving these horses, the soldiers have been in love with these horses. As the saying goes: BMW gives heroes, and pink gives beautiful women. For the cavalry who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, a good horse with amazing explosive power and great pace is definitely the best gift!

And these Andalusian horses have also undergone rigorous training, and although they have been transported by sea for a long time, they have come to a completely new environment, and the riders are all Chinese with unfamiliar faces, but they quickly show great adaptability. With such a good war horse, of course Hao Yongzhong would not use it, so he let 200 elite cavalry transfer to Andalusian horses as Zhu Youzhen's personal escort for the Chinese army. At this time, Zhu Youzhen happened to be handy, and with only one charge, the formation of the Houjin army was thrown into chaos.

The situation on the battlefield at this time corresponds to the old saying: the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road. Originally, the Ming army had suffered heavy casualties under several rounds of arrow rain attacks, but they gritted their teeth and held on. After that, the Jin army had the advantage, but because of the underestimation of the impact of the Ming army's war horses, it suddenly suffered a big loss in the head-on collision.

Caught off guard, the Jurchen cavalry had to desperately change direction to avoid the impact of the Ming army's momentum, which led to a sudden reversal of the battlefield situation. Although the Ming army had few troops, it formed an unstoppable iron current; Although the Houjin army had a large number of troops, it was scattered and fought separately, and suddenly lost the initiative on the battlefield.

However, Ao Bai deserves to be the "No. 1 warrior of Manchuria" and has extremely rich combat experience. After experiencing a sudden setback, he was still able to calmly observe the situation on the battlefield. He soon discovered that although the vanguard of the Ming army was powerful, among the more than 2,000 cavalry, only one percent of the unknown high-headed horses accounted for one, and the rest were much worse. Especially in the rear of the Ming army, there are dozens of mule carts full of goods, and the mobility is basically zero!

Ao Bai immediately gathered his subordinates, and the Jurchen elite cavalry was worthy of being the world's first-class cavalry, and even after being hit hard, it was still reorganized into an army on the chaotic battlefield. If they really turned to attack the mule cart, Zhu Youzhen really didn't have a good way to deal with it!

At this critical moment, the flank of the Houjin army suddenly became chaotic. When Ao Bai hurriedly looked back, he saw another Ming cavalry flying to kill. The leader turned out to be a drooping old man with a white beard, who didn't even wear armor, but at this time he was waving a big knife on his horse, and shouted loudly: "Tartar Hugh is going to be rampant, Sun Chengzong is here!" ”

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