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Chapter 745: Cavalry vs. Cavalry

If the cavalry wants to wield the maximum power, it must need distance, and it needs enough distance for the horses to run, so that there will be an impact. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Ming army in front of Iled was completely different from the Ming army in his understanding, this Ming army was not only well-equipped, but also much faster in terms of the whole team and movement.

The Ming army moved first, which was equivalent to occupying the first opportunity, which was equivalent to reaching a higher degree earlier than its own cavalry, and it would suffer a loss when it collided.

Commander Ilad was not panicked, although there was some surprise, but it was still expected, he raised his whip and swayed from side to side in mid-air a few times, and then swung forward, and the Tartar horse team also began to move.

The Ming cavalry on the opposite side had already rushed through the distance of thirty paces, but the Tartars' horse team did not beat the horses and began to hedge, but let the horses stride forward.

The horses are jogging in small steps, the bumps will not be too violent, and the accuracy of the people on the horses will be much higher, and in the first three rows of the Tartar cavalry queue, they are all on horseback with bows and arrows, and the bows and arrows have taken an elevation angle, ready to be hoisted into the array of the Ming army.

The horses on both sides hedged, the armor cavalry at the front of the Ming army is getting faster and faster, these cavalrymen wear plate armor, the horses are also covered with felt skin covers, the horses of the armor are also mostly used in the high-headed horses produced in Liaodong, the weight of the horses is considerable, such cavalry charges ahead, the horse's hooves step on the ground, the sound rumbles like a muffled thunder is extremely amazing, the cavalry horses on the Tartar side are just stuffy forward, but the cavalry on horseback are a little restless.

"Shoot again when you get close to Minggou"

There were generals who hissed and shouted, in the midst of such uneasiness, despite the distance

When the battle is in place, the archers and musketeers will shoot their weapons when the enemy is not approaching, so as to at least reduce their pressure.

Of course, the consequences were catastrophic, as enemies outside the range would not be killed at all, but when the enemy rushed in front of them, there were no arrows or ammunition. In the past, only the Ming army would commit such a problem, when the Tartar cavalry gradually approached, they opened fire indiscriminately, and when the enemy entered the firing range, their ammunition had been exhausted, and the barrels of their guns had become fiery red, and they could not be used at all.

But in this battle, the first thing that couldn't suppress themselves was the Tartar cavalry, and the leaders at all levels shouted loudly to suppress it, but the armored cavalry galloping from the opposite side was too powerful, and the pressure on people was too great.

The arrows shot out in this way, the archer's own posture has been deformed, let alone accurate, the two teams of cavalry hedged, each other's horses have run away, and the degree of approach is also extremely fast.

Most of the Tartar cavalry arrows were still pressed on the bowstring, and when they reached the firing range, the generals of the Tartar cavalry, the cavalry roared and screamed, and the buzzing sound sounded rapidly, and the whistling of the bow and arrow overwhelmed the thunderous horses' hooves for a while.

The first and second rows of armored cavalry were all slightly bowed, and the light cavalry in the back rows raised their left arms with round shields, and bows and arrows were aimed at the cavalry on horseback.

The jingling sound sounded intensively, and the arrows fell, hitting the plate armor and helmet of the Huwei Army, and the best effect was only to cause a dent, and more of it just slipped and collapsed on the curved surface of the armor, and the biggest threat was the armored cavalry in front, and the arrow rain was also aimed at them.

But the effect of this round of shooting was almost equal to zero, and there were also arrows that hit the back row, which were blocked by the round shield, and only two or three cavalrymen were unlucky, and were wounded by arrows leaking from the gaps in the shields, but they could continue to charge on horseback.

The front rows of the Tartar cavalry all picked up short spears and axes, desperately deflected the mounts, and the cavalry who rushed over were divided into several teams, turning from the gap between the teams, they could attack the side of the Ming army with knives, and cut sideways on the horse.

There were still more than a dozen steps, and the cavalry behind the armored cavalry lowered their round shields, stretched their bows and arrows on their horses, and also took a slightly lower elevation angle, and shot them regardless of the bow.

The Ming army had long arrows, many arrows made of iron, much heavier than the arrows of the Tartars, and the longbows used were also powerful, and the arrows passed over the heads of the armored cavalry in the front row and were projected directly into the ranks of the Tartar cavalry.

Compared with the iron armor of the first and second rows of the Ming army, the round shield and leather armor after the third row, the best on the Tartar cavalry is the chain mail and leather armor, and they didn't expect that there would be arrows on the opposite side, the arrow rain fell, and the Tartar cavalry on horseback suddenly screamed and fell off their horses, and the formation was empty.

People roll off their horses, and those who die are still happy, and those who are not dead will be trampled to death by the mounts of their companions, and some are hung by the saddle, which is even more miserable.

But the chaos is chaotic, but the momentum of the charge is already unstoppable, and the armored cavalry of the Ming army, which has been silent, roared loudly, and the enemy is in front of him.

"Bang bang ......" There was a rapid muffled sound, and the horses of the two sides who were marching in a hurry braked suddenly, collided together, and seemed to be quiet for a moment, and then the screams and shouts broke out.

The weight of the armored cavalry, people, horses, armor, and spears added up to be much heavier than the Tartar cavalry on the opposite side, and the two sides collided highly, and many of the Tartar cavalry on the opposite side were directly knocked over from their horses.

There were also spears that pierced into the gaps in the enemy's bones and were stuck and could not be drawn, but the cavalry did not pull out forcefully, but directly discarded the spears, and drew a broadsword or double-edged axe hanging on the side of the saddle with his backhand.

The spears used in the front rows of the Tartar cavalry, but the length was far inferior to that of the Ming cavalry.

Ilad was guarded by his own soldiers and ran on the outside of the horse team, when everyone shot arrows, he also shot an arrow, his bow is a good boxwood bow, the arrow is also made by the weapon workshop in the naturalized city, Iled can go to the position of the commander, Wu Yong is naturally far more than ordinary soldiers, the target he chose is the nearest Ming cavalry, and the shooting position is also towards the chest This goal is bigger.

This arrow was shot, and the Ming army armored rider who was shot was only hit by the power of the arrow and leaned back, and the degree did not slow down, and Ilad's heart was a little cold.

The rain of arrows in the Ming army was spilled, causing a death in the Tartar cavalry ranks, one of Ilad's personal soldiers was shot and fell directly from the horse, Ilad's hand was already a little trembling, but he still did not stop his horse team, after the collision, the front team turned on their backs, and suffered heavy casualties, Ilad's face was already black, but he still did not stop the team, which was all in his expectation.

As long as their cavalry rushes into the ranks of the Ming army, as long as they can fight into this tight formation and fight close to the Ming army, their warriors will definitely be able to disrupt the Ming army and chop these damn Ming dogs off their horses one by one.

At the beginning, the Tartar cavalry who were desperately beating their horses and turning around, some of them had time to deviate from the opposite direction and rushed into the gap in the Ming army's column.

Their eyes were already red, and on the side, the knife looked at the waist of the Ming cavalry, and it could inflict fatal wounds on these damn Ming dogs.

The Tartar cavalry at the forefront was a centurion, he was a skilled horseman, and his combat skills were also very good, and his men and companions had suffered heavy casualties in the two attacks of Fang Cai, and he wanted to kill a few Ming cavalry now.

In the gap, there was no Ming army rushing in front, on the side, when staggered, the cavalry slashed the side, this action was the most difficult, but he could do it.

As soon as he raised the long knife in his hand, the Ming cavalry he was about to attack was also slashed down, at this moment, he could only raise his knife to block, "bang", the two knives collided.

The mounts on both sides are on the move, and a knife weapon collides, that is, it is staggered, and the centurion feels that his wrist is numb, and the force of the knife that the other party has chopped down is so great, and he misses a blow, so ...... Before he could adjust his movements, he suddenly felt the sound of the wind behind him, and he felt a pain, and his strength suddenly couldn't be lifted......

The sudden pain turned into a heart-wrenching pain, and the centurion stared at the tip of his javelin peeking out of his chest, and fell straight from his horse.

Even when they rushed into the ranks, the white-knuckle exchanges between the cavalry and the cavalry, the Tartar cavalry could not take advantage of the slightest advantage, and Ilad saw that the cavalry who rushed in were cut off from their horses one by one and shot with javelins and bows and arrows.

originally thought that it could mess up the formation of the Ming cavalry and break through it from the inside, but he didn't expect to rush into the gap, but he became the target of a two-sided attack.

"Retreat....... go back !!!"

Commander Iled finally panicked, such a battle, everywhere is restricted, there is no hope at all, continue to fight, is to continue to send death, withdraw, these Ming troops can be different from the encountered, to go back to tell Lord Hairigu, as the commander of the thousand, he is on the outside, can restrain the horses, calmly turn, but has collided with the Tartar cavalry who fell into the strangulation, it is not so easy to withdraw.

Among the hundreds of horsemen who collided with each other, except for the outermost ones, most of them had no room to maneuver, they either killed the enemy opposite, or killed their companions, or they couldn't leave at all, but for the Tartar cavalry, the face was the Ming cavalry wearing plate armor and holding long knives and axes, and their own knives could not damage the opponent's armor, so they could only find the gaps in the opponent's armor, and the axe and iron bones could break the armor, but the length was not enough.

The knives and axes of the Ming army are all long enough, and the counterweight is also enough, and if they are chopped down, they will inevitably cause casualties......

Over there, Ilad had already turned around, and he wanted to ask Hairigu for help and rescue these subordinates, but after he turned around, he didn't see the brigade led by Hairigu.

Wang Tong watched from the watchtower as the Tartars' main formation ignored the companions who had completely fallen below, but instead came in a big circle to the other side of the car formation, and couldn't help but laugh.