Chapter 317: Total Annihilation of Tartars, Huge Casualties
Of the more than 400 cavalry of the first shock wave, only the first 50 or so cavalry were equipped with heavy armor, but at a distance of 100 paces, they still could not avoid the heavy arrows of the Jurchens, and there were 12 or 3 people who were hit by the arrows on the spot, and those who were hit by the vital point could hardly be spared, even if they were not killed on the spot, they would not be able to hold on because of their injuries. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The cavalry, who fell under their horses and were trampled into pulp by the cavalry who followed, while only slightly wounded, still gritted their teeth and continued to charge, because they knew that the only result of retreating was to be punished on the spot by the military court team as deserters, and their families would be implicated because of this shameful act.
Therefore, whether it is the teaching to the Japanese army, the preaching of all kinds of loyal to the idea of fighting, or the tragic ending of escaping, they are forced to continue to rush on the battlefield! Soldiers, especially cavalrymen with high-speed shocks, tend to think in a split second, and then determine their subsequent movements.
If you don't run, you can only rush! Rush forward, avenge your brother, rush forward, kill all your enemies, and then be safe yourself!
At a distance of a hundred paces, the speed of the cavalry charge was so fast, the Jurchens probably had not yet felt such an unshakable army, and they only had time to shoot a second arrow, and they were about to pick up their sabers and fight them.
But there is no such way of playing in the world, how can the soldiers of the beggar army with carbine guns and guns make the Jurchens specialize in beauty, and come without being rude, it is time for the Jurchen Tartars to taste the power of the beggar army.
More than 100 dragoons running in front, guided by the sound of a firing gun, raised their guns one after another, and in an instant, the white mist of the fire rose, and then was instantly dispersed by the rapid running of the war horse, driven by the wind, but the iron and lead of revenge broke through the wind resistance, directly like a splash of raindrops, slapped on the Jurchen Tartars.
The improved firearms, not only the barrel structure is more sophisticated, but also the huge thrust generated by friction is more powerful than before, at a distance of fifty or sixty paces, at least the current armor can not be stopped, not to mention the inferior firearms of the Ming army in the past, can cause damage to the Jurchens, not to mention the improved firearms.
"Poof, bang, ah~"
A series of scurrying sounds, constantly sounded, the firing rifle was directly thrown away, and the 100 horsemen who took the lead in the beggar army directly took out the special iron rod and iron whip carried by their waists, and faced the Jurchen Tartars standing in place, and killed them fiercely.
The Jurchen Tartars were already frightened by this sudden blow, and the Ming army on the opposite side could still organize such an orderly and bloody charge after withstanding two rounds of blows and losing twenty or thirty people? Is this still the Ming army that is about to collapse at the touch of a button?!
You must know that since the Battle of the Great and Small Ling River, the Jurchens have never encountered a bloody Ming army, and most of the time, the Ming army that dares to fight in the field will come to the end of the road, and whether it is the Nurhachi era or the current Huangtaiji era, as long as they encounter the Ming army that dares to send troops to fight in the field, they will desperately besiege it.
So even if there are occasionally one or two Ming troops who dare to fight, they will be surrounded and annihilated by the Jurchens, and over time, the Ming army will be completely chilled, and there will be no more armies that dare to play field battles with the Jurchens.
Unexpectedly, here in Datong, the Jurchens encountered another one, and in an extremely disadvantageous situation, it was the Jurchen side, they were already few people, the real Jurchens only forty or fifty people, and now the front of the beggar army was attacked by firearms, and seven or eight people fell, which made it even more difficult, but in the same way, it also aroused the fighting spirit of this Jurchen Tartar army, not only did they not run, but rushed up against the beggar army brigade.
If you can look at the overall situation, you will find that in fact, the Jurchens are just three axes, charging first, then stationing their horses, using the range advantage of heavy arrows to attack the enemy freely where the enemy cannot attack them, and then rush into battle to harvest the heads of the enemies who have fled.
To put it bluntly, it is the Jurchens who use their advantages in armor and bows and arrows to fight against the inferior Ming army, and as the saying goes, the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, the Jurchens have the confidence to go out, but the Ming army does not, to put it mildly, the Jurchen savages are ignorant and fearless, and they are not afraid of hardship or death in the early days of the war!
As for the Ming army, the salary cannot be guaranteed, the death in battle cannot benefit the relatives in the township, the pension will be deducted, the army is bloated and inflexible, the command system is tearing each other, the army's equipment is shoddy, and there are many examples of firecrackers firing and injuring themselves, so the failure of the field can only rely on the defense of the city, which is a logical thing.
If there is no Li Jing, then the Jurchens will become stronger and stronger, and it is also a matter of course, they rely on robbery, all the materials obtained are used in the army, constantly renovating armor, making heavy arrows, and then through them, to rob more materials, plus the help of the captured and surrendered Han people, after more than ten years, they will become the ruler of the world, or rather, it is also their own efforts, and it is definitely not a gift from God.
Of course, Li Zicheng's defeat is also decided, and the digression stops, returning to this small-scale battle, the defeat of the Jurchens is almost inevitable, even now, if they want to run, it is too late, because the cavalry of the beggar army, which is close at hand, has already rushed up.
At this time, the Jurchens, still holding the determination to win, began to fight back, but their number was a hard wound after all, and with less than forty people, to attack the four hundred people who also had the determination to die, it was not heroic, but looking for death.
The sound of weapons fighting, the neighing of war horses, and the wails of fallen soldiers have made up the only chapter in this land.
The Jurchen Aha servant army has collapsed, but their retreat has been cut off by the beggar army, so they can only be like headless flies, hugging their heads on the battlefield, but unfortunately, no one will pity them, for this kind of aiding and abusive, helping foreigners to slaughter their own compatriots. Sheng, Li Jing had already given a strict order, and on the battlefield, he could accept their surrender,
But afterwards, first choose three out of ten, cut off the head to warn future generations, and then screen the most heinous ones, oppress the compatriots and behead, and finally those who are less guilty will all be assigned to the mines until they die of exhaustion.
"Now that they are all in a mess, Zhao Pu, I order you to bring people up again and kill them completely."
Wu Guangnian also brought the reserve team up, but looking at the tragic situation in front of him, he also gritted his teeth with hatred, just such a Jurchen army of thirty or forty people, all of them were so difficult to fight, and the cavalry of the beggar army, which was full of more than 100 people, could not occupy an absolute advantage, but in some places, they relied on the advantage of their battle armor to fight their own soldiers and horses and suffered heavy losses.
How could he endure this? But Zhao Puding looked at it for a while, and at this moment, the three or four hundred cavalry distributed on the right and left flanks had begun to chase and kill the Mongolian cavalry and the Jurchen Aha troops everywhere, and the victory was decided, so he shook his head resolutely and said, "This Jurchen soldier is a trapped beast, if you rush up, it will only cause greater casualties, why not surround it with heavy troops and shoot it with firearms." ”
It's not that Zhao Pu is timid, but he knows that the soldiers of the seventh battalion are all hastily trained, although there is no shortage of morale and fighting spirit, but it is really impossible to go up and fight with the well-trained Jurchens like this, it is better to use cheap firearms to destroy them.
When Wu Guangnian heard this, he immediately nodded, and directly ordered the left and right, and then a hundred people went up to meet the remnants of his own house, and then ordered the flag to wave, and surrounded it on all sides with 200 cavalry on each side holding high firearms, etc., and then, the military order was transmitted, and the team fighting on the front line began to retreat rapidly.
The Jurchens had already exhausted their strength to fight, and they were simply relying on a surplus force to support, and now they saw the Ming army retreating like a tide, and they thought that they had won the victory, but when Sakhri looked back and saw that there were only about 20 people left, he couldn't laugh.
But when he turned his head and looked at the beggar cavalry surrounded from all directions, his face turned even darker, and it was over! The invincible Manchurian cavalry, this time it was completely planted, they misjudged the determination of the Ming army on the opposite side, which was fatal!
"Send these beasts to hell."
Zhao Pu sneered, looked at the Jurchen Tartar fifty or sixty steps away, sneered, and immediately ordered to fire.
No matter which side it is, it is only fifty or sixty steps away from the Jurchen soldiers, and at this distance, the power of firearms is the greatest, not only can it break the armor, but also can effectively kill and injure the enemy, and with the own soldiers and horses on the opposite side, there are more than a hundred steps, at this distance, the killing is almost equal to zero, so no one is afraid of accidentally injuring their own troops.
Nearly 500 carbines and 200 crossbows, firing together, generally only in acting and training, will appear, in the battle against the Ming army, there is no need for such waste, but for these ferocious Jurchen Tartars, no one cares about the consumption of military supplies.
"Bang, bang~~~"
"Kill!" The Jurchen Tartars, who were in a desperate situation, still refused to be captured, but unfortunately, the terminators of the era of cold weapons such as guns and bullets finally sent them to hell......
"If the Tartar soldiers are all like this, then the future battle will be difficult to fight."
Silently watching the soldiers under his command rescue the captured people, a team of more than 100 people was silently cleaning up the corpses of their brothers, the Tartar soldiers were stripped of their armor and clothes, the corpses were piled up, and the heads were cut off.
Although he completely annihilated this small army of Tartars, Wu Guangnian did not have the joy of victory, and only sighed silently and was unwilling.
"Yes! Difficult to fight Tartar soldiers, just such a real Tartar of forty or fifty people, we have killed twenty-two brothers and wounded more than fifty, this battle is not worth fighting! ”
Zhao Pu followed behind him, and said with a heavy face, there are too many casualties, almost reaching a loss of one to one, this is still a three-to-one advantage in strength, and there are only less than fifty real Tartars, if so, then if the same soldiers and horses fight, wouldn't they have to bear greater casualties? (To be continued.) )