Chapter 419: The Battle of Huai'anwei
The little prince looked at his side that someone had already attacked the city of Huai'anwei, and he couldn't help but smile a little on his face at the moment, although the firearms of the Han people were much sharper than before, but it was still the people who decided the outcome of the war, they were all fierce and fierce in the grassland, far from being comparable to those cowardly Han people, and now Huai'anwei can be broken overnight, as long as it can be broken here, the materials and Han women in the city are their own, as for the remaining Han people, they can't be killed, but can drive them to attack the city in front, It must be very interesting to watch those Ming troops slaughter these Han people!
Thinking of this, the little prince couldn't help but show a cruel smile, generally speaking, as long as they can conquer the first city in the south every year, then the next city will be frightened, especially those Han people are also driven by them to attack the city, many generals who defend the city when they see those people, they dare not order an attack, and as a result, they conquer the city in one fell swoop, so as to get more people to be cannon fodder, which is also one of the important means for their Mongols to dominate the world back then.
Similarly, the Mongolian cavalry under the little prince is also very excited, they are all the elite of the various tribes gathered on the grassland, everyone is a soldier of a hundred battles, now it is natural to see that the Huai'an Acropolis can not last long, thinking of the beautiful Han women in the city, and when the food is inexhaustible, one is a howl of excitement, and at the same time even more desperately rushed to the city, although most of the Mongolians who rushed to the city were squeezed down again by the Ming soldiers, and fell to pieces, but the other grassland people were not afraid at all, Everyone thought victory was at hand.
However, just as the people of the steppe were cheering for the impending victory, they suddenly heard the roar of horses' hooves behind Huai'anwei, and then two cavalry rushed out from both sides of Huai'anwei's city wall. All of them were Ming cavalry.
The Mongols in order to storm the city. At this time, they all dismounted. Either assemble a ladder in the back, or rush to kill in front, I didn't expect that the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty would kill at this time, which made them have no time to get on their horses for a while, and as a result, these two cavalry rushed into the front, and the blood of the killed was like a river for a while.
The little prince was also shocked and angry, seeing that Huai'anwei was about to break the city, but let these two sudden cavalry disrupt the army. And look at the banners of these two cavalry, it turned out to be Ulzhou Wei and Wanquan Zuowei, the Ming army of these two guards is dominated by cavalry, and many of them are Mongols recruited by the Ming Dynasty, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, at least the Mongolian cavalry who dismounted in the front line were only slaughtered in the face of these two or two cavalry.
However, the little prince has also been in war for a long time, and he has encountered all kinds of things, but although he is not shocked, after all, he ordered the army behind him to mount. Then he went to the rescue of the Mongols who were in front. It's a pity that the two cavalry of the Ming Dynasty are very shrewd, and they know that there are few people on their side. Can't fight hard with the Mongols, so when the Mongolian cavalry behind them killed, they immediately withdrew to the city defense of Huai'anwei, as long as the Mongolian cavalry approached, the Ming soldiers who had already killed the Mongols on the city immediately released arrows and opened fire, which made the Mongolian cavalry suffer heavy casualties for a while, and had to retreat again.
"Bastard!" When the little prince saw that his attack had been thwarted again, he scolded angrily, and he didn't know whether he was scolding the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty or the steppe people under his command.
Just when the little prince was preparing to organize the army again and wipe out the Ming cavalry under the city first, suddenly there was a rumbling sound on both sides of Huai'an City again, and then two Ming armies with a large number came again, this time it was the infantry of the Ming army, and it was also the main force in the Ming border army, which seemed to be at least no less than 20,000 people.
Before the little prince could react, he saw that countless artillery pieces were suddenly launched in the Ming army that had just arrived, and then a group of soldiers operated on the artillery, and with the order of the Ming army to "ignite", hundreds of artillery pieces opened fire almost at the same time, and the huge rumbling sound almost deafened people's ears.
Many Mongolian cavalry only felt a darkness on the top of their heads, and before they could raise their heads, they felt a pain all over their bodies, and then they were no longer conscious, in contrast, these people who were killed by shells were lucky, and the most unlucky ones were those who happened to be rubbed by shells, but they did not die, these people were either broken hands and feet, or broken bones and tendons, anyway, one is complete, with the medical level of the Mongols, it is estimated that it is unlikely to survive.
Daming's Franc machine artillery is generally equipped with five sub-cannons, that is to say, these cannons can fire five shots in a row, and even if the soldier who charges the charge is skilled enough, wait until the fifth fire is completed, the first sub-cannon has been loaded with ammunition, as long as the soldier's physical strength is enough, the entire Franc machine cannon can be fired continuously.
However, this time the Ming army did not intend to win only with artillery, after they finished firing the first round of five shells, the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side had been disrupted in formation, and then a group of thousands of musketeers lined up and divided into three rounds of continuous shooting, which brought the three-stage shooting invented by Mu Ying to the extreme.
Seeing that the Mongols were killed and wounded by artillery and muskets, the previous two cavalry immediately rushed up, and the infantry followed closely behind, taking the initiative to fight a field battle with the Mongol cavalry. The army of the Ming Dynasty has not been completely corrupted and fallen at this time, especially these border troops have been fighting with the Mongols all the year round, and they can be said to be very brave and good at fighting, but they are often harsh by their superiors, weapons and armor and food are not guaranteed, and even sometimes there is no reward for winning the battle, so that these border troops naturally refuse to sell their lives anymore when they fight, and even get by, and when it comes to later generations, they can't even beat the little Jurchens.
The little prince was also taken aback by the Ming army that took the initiative to kill, according to his previous experience, every time he went south, the Ming army was to stick to the city, and then fight offensive and defensive battles with them, unless it was when the strength was superior, he would fight with them in the field, but the number of this army in front of him was less than their Mongols, and he dared to take the initiative to rush up to fight, which was simply unreasonable.
Even more unreasonable is still to come, today's Ming army seems to be dying, rushing to kill is very brave, especially those generals with troops, middle and low-level generals riding on horses to rush around to kill, not at all as afraid of death as before, senior generals also stood in front of the formation, shouting loudly to command their troops to rush and kill, for the flying arrows around them as nothing.
Seeing such a heroic Ming general, the little prince and his Mongolian generals were all stunned, and they also saw at this time that the reason why this Ming army was so heroic was that these generals did not want to die when they fought, and with them taking the lead, the soldiers under them naturally did not hesitate to die.
Not only the little prince these Mongolian generals were surprised, but the Mongolian soldiers who rushed to the front were also very shocked, they were not the first time to fight with the Ming Dynasty, but it was the first time to encounter such a heroic Ming army, and this army was well-equipped, artillery and muskets kept firing, during which there were some special soldiers throwing a kind of iron ball, as long as it fell into the Mongolian soldiers, it would explode, although there were not many people killed directly, but it could break through the leather armor, so that many people were full of injuries, and even when they were injured, It can also directly kill people.
Seeing that the battle situation in front of him has begun to be unfavorable to himself, the little prince of Tatar is also anxious, he has been fighting with the Ming for many years, but it is the first time to encounter the number of Ming troops is not as good as his own, but he dares to fight in the field, and he has the upper hand.
"Retreat!" The little prince finally gave this order that damaged his prestige, after all, now the battle situation has begun to turn against him, and the 50,000 cavalry under his command also suffered heavy casualties, these are the elite in his hands, and every death will make him feel heartache, so no matter how unwilling he is, he still decisively orders to retreat.
The steppe cavalry fighting in front heard the order to retreat, and they were all amnesty at the moment, killing the enemies around them one by one, and then turning their horses' heads and preparing to flee, anyway, they were all cavalry, and they didn't dare to pursue the Ming army at all.
However, seeing that these Mongolian cavalry wanted to escape, the Ming army was demoralized, and they followed the Mongolian horse's butt and killed it at the moment, especially the two cavalry guards, who were killed from both sides, and it seemed that they wanted to bite the back of the Mongols to the death, so that if the Mongols in front wanted to escape, I am afraid that they could only leave these cavalry behind to die.
The little prince's nine white silk has long attracted the attention of all the Ming army, and now seeing that the Mongols are preparing to flee, the two most powerful cavalry immediately rushed to the little prince's side, it seems that these Ming troops are still very greedy, and they are ready to capture the little prince alive in one fell swoop.
The little prince, as the lord of Zhongxing who unified the Mongolian steppe, was naturally led by strong generals, and when he saw those Ming cavalry rushing forward, he immediately had an elite army of thousands of people to meet him. Originally, the little prince thought that the elite horses around him would definitely be able to defeat these two Ming cavalry, but to his surprise, the Ming cavalry on the right side was extremely brave, especially the Ming general who led the troops in front of him, and he killed the elite of the Mongolian cavalry like a sharp arrow, and he was about to rush to the little prince's nine white clouds. (To be continued......)