Four thousand Mongolian cavalry ran at the same time, the earth-shattering hoofs resounded through the battlefield, the ground trembled slightly, and the third division of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which had just broken the wing of the Hongjia Wanhu, found that the Mongolian cavalry was coming towards them, and immediately lined up in a quadrangular hollow phalanx, without the slightest panic.

Under the sun and moon of the Chinese army of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Chen Dexing was observing the battle situation in the direction of Xiaojiazhai, the sound of artillery in the direction of Xiaojiazhai rumbled, and from time to time you could see the overwhelming flying rockets being launched, obviously the Mongol infantry had not given up.

"King, it seems that the Mongols are going to charge the battle with heavy cavalry, do you want to send troops to reinforce the third division?"

Monk Liu's reminder came, Chen Dexing used a telescope to look northwest of Xiaojiazhai, and the Mongolian cavalry of the brigade was in the northwest of the third division's phalanx, about a thousand steps away. The whole team is pulling back, and it is obvious that it will be charging soon.

"It looks like the Mongols are going to fight for their lives, my lord, should we send out the cavalry division as well, or send another infantry division up."

Chen Dexing shook his head after observing for a moment and said, "Wait a little longer, the third division has only won the battle easily, and it doesn't take much effort, they can still fight." Xie Youcai's dispatch was also good, and a burst of artillery bombardment broke Hong Fuyuan's wing. If the artillery can still be used well, the phalanx of the 3rd Division will be able to resist those cavalry. Wait until those cavalry collapse, and then let the Eight Banners pursue. As for the cavalry division, let them detour back to the right flank of the enemy infantry and finish off those Koreans. Can't let them go back to Liaoyang and Shenyang! ”

The Mongols of Tachar are not likely to defend the city, and if the more than 10,000 people of Hong Fuyuan are lost on the bank of Zhuangshui, then Liaoyang and Shenyang will be finished. There was no need to even fight - after all, the garrison in Shenyang was all Hong Fuyuan's subordinates. Liaoyang is just a ruined city.

In Chen Dexing's memory, the south of Liaoyang is where Anshan, the most important steel base in New China, is located. Not far west of Shenyang is the location of the Fushun coalfield. If there is Liaoyang and Shenyang. There is the iron of Anshan and the coal of Fushun. In this way, the bottleneck of coal and iron resources that has plagued Chen Dexing for a long time can be completely solved.

Therefore, Chen Dexing now not only wants to defeat Tachaer, but also wants to completely eliminate the forces of Hong Fuyuan, Wanhu on Shenyang Road. It would be ideal if he could be captured.

Then Chen Dexing issued an order to transfer Wang Lufei's cavalry division to the left flank to make a detour.

While Chen Dexing was talking to Monk Liu, Lu Rover, who served as the general of the Northern Expeditionary Army, had been standing on horseback, holding a telescope and looking intently at the 4,000 heavy armored cavalry of the Mongols. At this time, he suddenly shouted loudly: "The Mongols have moved!" They didn't rush to the 3rd Division, they came to us! ”

"What? Coming to us? Monk Liu was stunned, "At least two thousand steps away!" Are the Mongols crazy? Do their horses have such strength? ”

Of course, the war horses of the Mongolian people are mainly Mongolian horses, although they are hard-working and easy to feed, but the body lì, especially the explosiveness, is not very good, and it is okay to rush 500 steps and 1000 steps. At 2000 steps, you will definitely have to slow down. As soon as the war horse slows down, the impact force must be greatly reduced, how can it still rush the gun array of the infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army?

Chen Dexing said coldly: "Hand-to-hand combat!" Tachar is going to fight hard! He's going to make the Mongol cavalry rush up and fight us hand-to-hand! ”

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Four thousand heavily armored cavalry rushed again! At the same time, Tachar also sent 3,000 light cavalry with bows from his own camp to accompany the heavy cavalry charge.

This is a typical Mongol tactic, with light cavalry archery harassing the enemy, and heavy cavalry attacking the enemy disrupted by light cavalry. If the light cavalry diffuse is ineffective, the heavy cavalry's impact will be changed to some cavalry dismounted and foot combat. Disrupt the opponent's tight formation with foot combat, while supporting the Mongol armorers on foot with accurate cavalry archery from light cavalry.

In the face of this kind of foot and riding coordination, light and heavy coordination. Hand-to-hand combat and archery are a combination of hand-to-hand combat and archery, which most infantry in this era will find difficult to resist. But Chen Dexing's Northern Expeditionary Army was obviously an exception!

The charge of the 7,000 cavalry once again ran out of the momentum of the earth shaking the mountains, and in the rumbling hooves, more than 28,000 horses' hooves carried up dust in the sky. There is really a tendency to drown the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Seeing this scene, the Eight Banners Zuo team, who were wandering on the battlefield, did not dare to confront head-on, and flashed to both sides one after another. Attack the Mongol cavalry with a bow and arrow. But the Mongols paid no heed, bearing the feathered arrows that came one after another. Just hooded charge.

At the same time, the four infantry brigades in the middle of the Northern Expeditionary Army's battle formation also quickly adjusted their formations. Four hollow phalanxes were formed, with spears on the outside and crossbows on the inside. The other three infantry brigades in the second line maintained their original formation and pressed forward from the start. With four infantry brigades in front to resist, they do not need to list hollow phalanxes, but can use horizontal formations to exert maximum firepower.

Between the four hollow phalanxes were the positions of four artillery batteries, and behind the fortifications made of earth and pouches, a total of 18 bronze cannons and 6 three-bow bed crossbows were arranged. Now they are all loaded with cannonballs and thunder arrows, aiming at the Mongol cavalry that is rushing at a rapid pace!

Prince Huotu rode his horse and rushed to the forefront of the 4,000 Mongolian heavy armored cavalry, with only one thought in his heart, praying for the blessing of the immortal heaven. He knew what kind of risk he was taking! He had seen the power of artillery bombardment, in such a terrible weapon...... It is likely that in front of the magic weapon, no matter how strong the iron armor and ring chain mail are worn, no matter how brave the warrior is, he has no ability to resist, and can only be beaten to a blur of flesh and blood.

In the face of such a murderous weapon, there is no prince, no warrior, and no humble and cowardly villain, as long as he is hit, the final outcome is a mess of flesh!

Maybe the next moment, he Prince Hotu will be a meat puree......

Boom Boom!

The roar of the earth shaking and shaking came, Huo Tu subconsciously closed his eyes, and at the same time vaguely felt a hot wind blowing through his ears, and then the sound of people shouting and neighing.

Didn't hit the ...... Oh, it didn't hit Hotu!

The 18 cannons of the Northern Expeditionary Army shelled two directions, 12 of which were aimed at the Mongolian hussars who were running at a rapid pace. Compared with the heavy cavalry, which fought hand-to-hand with spears and sabers, the Northern Expeditionary Army always considered the Mongol light cavalry to be more troublesome. 12 cannonballs turned into 12 iron fists of death, swept through the 3,000 Mongolian light cavalry, and suddenly opened 12 bloody lanes! At least seventy or eighty Mongol warriors fell from their horses with ugly deaths, some of them with their bodies broken, their upper bodies falling down, and their lower bodies still riding on their horses! Some of them were knocked out of their heads, and their bodies were dancing and getting off the horse!

Others seemed to have fallen from their horses in good shape - they may have been grazed by a cannonball, or they may have been carried off their horses by the wind of artillery, or the horses themselves had been frightened and thrown off them. Then he was trampled by the galloping war horses behind him......

Hotu's heavy cavalry squad was in a slightly better situation, after all, only 8 shells were swept through. However, Hotu didn't look at the place where the screams came from, and still covered his head and desperately whipped the horse under his crotch with a horsewhip. It's as if it's trying to force out the last bit of its strength!

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When the black Mongolian cavalry rushed over in two directions, Zhang Hongfan's infantry brigade was on the front line.

His infantry brigade had lined up in a hollow phalanx, and the pikemen in the front row were half-kneeling, pointing the tips of their pikes upwards and the other end plunging into the dirt. The crossbowmen in the back two rows aimed their crossbow arrows in front of them.

The battalion and company officers and the righteous instructors all shouted to cheer up the soldiers, but listening to their slightly trembling tones, you knew that they themselves were also afraid. More than 20,000 horses' hooves rained down on the earth, and the thunderous sound of hooves seemed to shake out the deepest fears in people's hearts.

Zhang Jiu, who had fought a lot of vicious battles, also felt the fear he had not felt for a long time. Although the infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army often held infantry and cavalry confrontation training, they still had an irrepressible fear when they really faced the surging enemy cavalry!

Even Chen Dexing, who was in the rear, felt the majesty of the thousands of troops and horses, and at this moment he even doubted whether his soldiers could withstand this wave of impact! However, to fight against the Mongols, this overwhelming cavalry onslaught was always to be faced. This cavalry assault can only be crushed by the infantry and artillery of the Northern Expeditionary Army!

Thinking of the artillery, Chen Dexing's brows suddenly frowned slightly, because his artillery was about to face a big test.

The Mongol cavalry group was getting closer and closer to the infantry formation of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the beating helmets filled the entire field of vision, Chen Dexing watched intently, but his hands holding the binoculars were already covered with beads of sweat.

The first to rush up were the Mongol light cavalry, who skillfully controlled their horses and drew their riding bows one after another. Their formation is not dense, but it gives people an overwhelming momentum.

When these cavalrymen entered the distance of 150 paces of the Northern Expeditionary Army's infantry formation, 18 cannons were fired at the same time! This time, it was a shotgun that was blasted out of the muzzle of H medicine, and nearly 1,900 lead bullets formed a web of death and slammed into these Mongol cavalry. The Mongol catastrophe was immediately staged, and almost all the Mongols who rushed to the front were defeated with men and horses. People are bloody men, horses are bloody horses, and the screams and screams are all over the place! There were also some frightened horses that fled wildly, and even spun and jumped in place, completely directionless.

The surviving Mongol cavalry also seemed to have been knocked unconscious by the shotgun bombardment, which was more powerful than they had imagined - it was estimated that 400 to 500 people were probably killed or wounded by this salvo of shotguns (and there was no difference between dead and wounded). Coupled with the previous round of solid bullets and heavenly thunder arrows on the way to the impact, these 3,000 Mongolian light cavalry had already suffered at least 600 casualties before they fired an arrow, and the casualty ratio exceeded 20%!

For any army in the world, this 20% is an unbearable casualty ratio!

And for the steppe peoples, this is the key 20% that cost them their future. (To be continued......)