Chapter 263: Dolgon's Mistake
On the top of a hill in the middle of the front of the Haw Par Army, Dolgon and the deputy general Wu Muqi, surrounded by a group of subordinates, rode war horses, looking at the cavalry of the Haw Par Army who had appeared in front of them expectantly.
When they saw that the cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army actually took the initiative to attack themselves, and in order to ensure the attack formation, the whole attack speed was very fast, and they did not give full play to the speed advantage of the cavalry at all.
A smile full of mockery quickly appeared on Ebony Qi's face.
Then, he said contemptuously to Dolgon beside him: "Lord Belle, at a glance, you can tell that these cavalry trained by the Tiger and Leopard Army have no combat experience, and they are a group of recruits. Not only that, but their officers don't have any command experience at all..."
"Knowing that it was taboo for cavalry to launch a feint on the battlefield, as soon as he came up, he ordered the cavalry to launch a feint attack on us...... Not only that, they have forgotten the speed advantage of the cavalry, so they attack us so slowly, are they still cavalry, why don't they go and be infantry? ”
A look of contempt appeared on Dolgon's face, and not only that, but the last trace of worry on his face disappeared. Then, he said to Wu Muqi: "In this case, let's use the sabers in our hands to teach this group of self-proclaimed elite cavalry the Haw Par Army a hard lesson, and avenge the warriors who died in the hands of the Haw Par Army..."
"Please rest assured, the minions will definitely kill the Tiger and Leopard Army," Wu Muqi assured with ......a confident face.
The cavalry of the Haw Par Army, which had already begun to divide its forces two miles away, finally approached the foot of the mountain. The eyes of the deputy general Wu Muqi finally shot out two fine lights.
With a face full of excitement, he drew his saber. Hold it high above your head. Blade forward. After slashing forward, he shouted loudly: "Warriors, the time has come for revenge....kill....kill all the Tiger and Par Army..."
"Kill....kill...", several deafening shouts of killing sounded on the battlefield in succession.
The three groups of Tartar cavalry gathered on the top of the three hills rushed down the hills like a flood that burst its banks.
As the deafening sound of horses' hooves grew louder and louder, the speed of the charge of thousands of Tatar cavalry became faster and faster....
In the blink of an eye, five thousand Tatar cavalry rushed out hundreds of paces. Of course. The charging speed of these cavalry has also been increased to the extreme.
However, although their speed is fast, such speed is nothing for the Tartars, who have grown up on horseback.
As far as the eye could see, among the five thousand galloping war horses, the Tartars seemed to be sitting on the flat ground, unaffected by the war horses under their crotch.
Not only that, but the superb riding skills directly allowed them to control the war horse with their feet on the horses. As for their hands. He held a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. After preparing to rush in front of the Tiger and Leopard Army. With his superb cavalry shooting, he dealt a fatal blow to the cavalry of the Tiger and Par Army and disrupted their offensive formation.
Seeing the subordinates galloping on horses in front of him, after seeing the cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army, which was two miles away and was vastly different from his subordinates, he was slowly attacking him. Adjutant General Wu Muqi is even more confident in the cavalry battle that is about to break out in front of him...
Under the gallop of five thousand Tartar cavalry, the distance of hundreds of paces was fleeting in a blink of an eye.
As the distance between the two armies became closer and closer, the Tartar cavalry, who were on the ground on their horses, began to bend their bows and arrows. After the Haw Par Army entered the firing range of fifty paces, he used the arrows in his hand to deal a fatal blow to the Haw Par Army cavalry.
However, to the surprise of these Tartars, they faced themselves as the speed of the charge was getting closer and closer. The Haw Par Army, which was slowly advancing step by step, still showed no signs of speeding up.
Of course, that's not the most important thing.
Under the gaze of thousands of Tartars, the Tiger and Par Army, which was rushing towards him, did not raise the same horse bow as himself. Instead, he picked up a musket that he had never thought could be used on a warhorse.
"Can a musket be used on a horse that is constantly jumping?" At this moment, the Tatar cavalry had the first thought in their hearts.
However, in just a moment, this doubt was relieved.
Because, the tiger and leopard army in front of them did not ride their horses and gallop, but slowly advanced step by step.
Until this moment, the five thousand Tatars, including the adjutant generals Umuqi and Dolgon, guessed why the Tiger and Par Army gave up the speed advantage of the cavalry....It turned out that all these qiē were prepared for the muskets in their hands.
Seeing the 5,000 muskets that were quickly picked up by the Haw Par Army a few hundred steps away, Wu Muqi, the deputy general who had seen the power of the Haw Par Army muskets in Zunhua, directly showed a nervous expression on his face.
Dolgon, beside him, was just as nervous, but this nervous expression didn't last long.
After taking a deep breath, he reminded Wu Muqi, who was still nervous beside him: "Although the muskets of the Tiger and Leopard Army are powerful, this is not Zunhua...... No matter how powerful a musket is, it can only fire one shot of lead bullet, and I believe that with the morale and courage of the warriors, it is absolutely impossible to be crushed by the 5,000 lead bullets fired by the Haw Par Army..."
"Therefore, as long as we persist in a round of buckshot from the Haw Par Army, the warriors under our command will still be the protagonists of the battlefield in the next battle. I don't believe that 5,000 cavalrymen who have just learned to ride can turn the entire battlefield upside down and change the entire battle situation with a single musket..."
The nervous expression on Adjutant General Umuqi's face quickly vanished, and was replaced by a hint of firmness that had never been seen before.
Dolgon's face was full of murderous anger and said: "Lord Belle, in order to deal with the possible mutations on the battlefield, the minions have decided to come to the battlefield to direct the warriors to fight, please allow Lord Belle..."
"Go, stay safe-.... scold with your hand, and cut off the head of the cavalry commander of the Haw Par Army." Dorgon nodded, replying with the same murderous air.
One hundred steps....ninety steps....eighty steps...
In the blink of an eye, the Tartar cavalry galloping on horseback had rushed into the hands of the Tiger and Par Army, the best range of short-barreled muskets.
Commander Luo Jingshan, who was at the forefront of the entire cavalry formation, quickly flashed an unknown sneer at the corner of his mouth, and pulled the trigger of the musket in his hand without hesitation......
"Smack..." After a crisp gunfire sounded in the chamber of the musket in his hand, a fireball mixed with a large amount of white smoke erupted directly from the muzzle.
At the same time, a hot lead bullet also flew out of the barrel of the gun at this time, and flew towards the Tartar cavalry eighty paces away.
The sound of the gun is the order, with Luo Jingshan as the center, more than a thousand cavalry with flat-ended muskets, facing the Tartar cavalry who are getting closer and closer in front of them, pull the trigger one after another, and shoot the lead bullet in the chamber.
The sound of gunfire continued to sound among the cavalry of the Tiger and Par Army, and the Tartar cavalry who were riding their horses and galloping towards their own attack was like hitting an iron wall, no matter how fast they charged, no matter how strong the armor on their bodies was... As long as they hit this iron wall composed of lead bullets, without exception, all of them were shot and turned into corpses......
In less than a few seconds of brief gunfire, a wall of corpses composed entirely of the corpses of Tartars and war horses had appeared on the hillside eighty paces away from the Haw Par Army......
Zhao Yun, who was watching the battle in the rear, although he couldn't see it very really, but from the remaining strength of the Tartar cavalry, Zhao Yun was sure that the 5,000 buckshot shots fired by the Tiger and Leopard Army killed and injured at least 1,200 Tartar cavalry.
Therefore, Zhao Yun, who was holding a monocular, had a heartfelt smile on his face unconsciously.
Not only that, but confidence in the battle that has already begun in front of me has become more abundant.
Because, until now, the entire battle process is still under his own control. In other words, he and the 5,000 soldiers under his command still hold the initiative on the battlefield.
Diametrically opposed to Zhao Yun's facial expression, there was no doubt that Dolgon was standing behind the Tartar...
Although he knew that the Haw Par Army could only shoot one round of lead bullets forward, he had forgotten the current stormtrooping formation of his 5,000 cavalry...
Five thousand cavalry, divided into three cavalry attack groups.
In order to ensure the width of the frontal charge, the arrows fired by the 5,000 cavalry can hit the target more. Three cavalry groups, like three waves with a frontal width of more than five hundred paces, slapped a dense fan-shaped attack formation and appeared in front of the Tiger and Par Army.
As long as you know the power of muskets and tactics, you will know that such a formation is a live target in front of the musket team. And Dolgon, who was in front of him, happened to ignore this most critical and important problem, and thus led the first wave of heavy losses of the five thousand cavalry under his command.......
Therefore, when Dolgon saw the elite cavalry under his command fall to the ground one after another, a gloomy expression from the heart was directly revealed on his calm face.
Just as the two of them had different expressions on their faces, the more than three thousand Tartars, who had suffered heavy losses, finally rushed to a distance of fifty paces.
However, after the heavy losses just now, each Tartar cavalry had a frightened expression on his face.
Therefore, when they bent their bows and arrows and looked at the seemingly unknown cavalry of the Haw Par Army in front of them, they no longer had the calm and confidence they had at the beginning.
When the order to 'release the arrows' reached the ears of these Tartars, they were a little nervous in their hearts, and they didn't care to aim carefully, and directly let go of the arrows they held in their hands......
A series of slight whistles sounded on the battlefield, and more than 3,000 arrows were shot out of the Tartar cavalry formation. After drawing a beautiful arc in the air, it landed steadily in the tiger and leopard army formation.
Just as Zhao Yun had expected, more than 3,000 arrows seemed to be dense, and they fell on everyone's side like rain.
However, most of the arrows lost their accuracy due to the tension of the tartars.
Even if a small number of arrows hit the target, they did not achieve any results because they were shot on the armor of the Haw Par Army.
As far as the eye can see, after a round of more than 3,000 arrows, there is only a series of very chaotic screams in the dense array of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and as for the cavalry that fell to the ground with arrows, there are less than 300 people in the full battle.........