Chapter 85: The Fierce Jurchens (Three Watches)
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The bursts of rising white smoke had a hazy meaning in the midday sun, and the Jurchens who fought with the Ming army knew that this was the scene that appeared when the Ming army fired guns.
The firearms of the Ming army have a long history, from the Hongwu period began to popularize, the most famous is the Yongle period of the creation of the Shenji battalion, its three-stage shooting method is famous, the Ming army is with powerful firearms will be the original invincible Mongolian cavalry to beat the desert and fled.
But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, with the collapse of finances and the ** of officials, the firearms of the Ming army gradually declined, and the overseers only thought that the craftsmen who were greedy for ink and made zuò could not even fill their stomachs, and the firearms made would explode when firing, so that later the Jurchens were watching the free fireworks when they saw the firearms of the Ming army.
But the Jurchens forgot that sometimes there is a price to pay when viewing free things.
The white smoke cleared, and a scene that stunned Duoduo appeared, and the more than ten cavalrymen who rushed to the front seemed to have been hit by something, and the whole person fell off their horses, and even one of the cavalrymen who rushed to the front seemed to have been kicked with all his strength, and the whole person flew up from the horse, and then was trampled under the feet of the war horse that came up from behind.
"It can't ......"
Dordor screamed, as sharp as a castrated rooster.
"How could Minggou's firearms hit so far?"
At this moment, Duoduo felt that his worldview was shaking, and he could see clearly behind him, when he opened fire, the Ming army camp was more than three hundred steps away from their cavalry, how could the firearms hit so far?
"Order those minions to continue to charge, I will pull out the intestines of those Han dogs piece by piece, and then hang them all!" Duoduo's face suddenly darkened, and it was less than a short moment just now. More than a dozen Jurchen warriors were shot down and dismounted, and they didn't have to think about it to know the consequences, and they only had to turn into meat sauce under the hooves of the swarming horses.
In fact, without Duoduo's orders, Grutu who led the team not only did not let the cavalry slow down, but strictly ordered the people behind to hurry up and try to close the distance with the Ming army.
"Boys. Speed up, rush in front of those bright dogs, and kill them all! "Grutu can be the bull of the white flag, naturally it is not a straw bale. He is also an officer in the battle formation, although he was also surprised by the range of the Ming army's firearms just now, but he is used to fighting with the Ming army. It is not easy to reload firearms, as long as they want to shoot again after shooting once, they have to tinker with a long interval, this interval is enough for them to have enough time to rush to the front of the Ming army, as long as they can rush to a distance of fifty steps from the Ming army, they can use strong bows and arrows to shoot and suppress the Ming army, and then it is a one-sided slaughter.
The big cow squatted behind the cart in rough clothes. The shot just fired seemed to exhaust all the strength of his body. To be honest, he didn't know where he hit the shot just now, he only felt that the blood in his whole body was rushing to the top of his head, and then the Bai Zong and Shi Chang behind him shouted and opened fire, and he pulled the trigger in a daze, and then ...... And then nothing is known.
"Bang ......" something kicked Da Niu on the thigh, and then a voice sounded in his ears.
"You idiot, get up and go to the back and reload the firebolt. Hurry up...... If you can't fill it with gunpowder and buckshot in thirty breaths, I'll put the firecracker into your "piyan"! ”
Nearly 100 musketeers, including Da Niu, were driven to the back by the officers, and soon another team of musketeers stepped forward to take their original positions.
"Ready...... Aim...... Fire! ”
"Bang ......"
As another group of muskeoners stepped forward, with bursts of white smoke, another round of gunfire rang out, and more than a dozen Houjin cavalrymen were knocked off their horses.
"The third team stepped forward...... Get ready...... Fire ......"
"Bang ......"
Three rounds of gunfire rang out, which not only left Houjin's cavalry with forty or fifty corpses in front of the battle, but also sobered up the originally fanatical Grutu.
"Quick...... Dismount at once, and everyone disperses! Rush over with shield cover! Grutu, who was in the middle of the ranks, shouted loudly, and he immediately realized that although he was only two hundred paces away from the Ming army's position. But if you just rush over on a horse like this, it would be good to have a hundred people left when you rush to the front of the Ming army.
The Houjin cavalry is worthy of being one of the most elite and fierce armies of this era, although they were hit suddenly, they were not defeated, and the remaining more than 200 cavalry dismounted very quickly after receiving the order. They took their shields off their horses and protected their fronts, scattered, and pressed towards the circle.
"Young master, the Tartars didn't retreat? They're coming! In the circle, Shun Bao pointed to the Jurchen Tartars who were slowly approaching him in front of him and shouted.
"Well, it's worthy of being a Jurchen Tartar, it's fierce!" Yue Yang in the circle nodded slowly, the Houjin cavalry who came to attack this time had a total of more than 300 horses, and he did not collapse after killing more than 50 people, but immediately dismounted and used the shield as a cover to continue to charge, this battlefield awareness and reflection ability are much stronger than the army under his command. Yue Yang estimated that if he hadn't equipped the infantry with firearms, the more than a thousand recruits would definitely collapse when they rushed like this.
However, after seeing the other party dismount and use the shield to approach forward, Yue Yang's heart was settled, and he said: "Shunbao, since Tartar has dismounted, then it is our turn to move, you immediately signal to Wu Chengfeng, it is his turn to move!" ”
"Yes!"
Shun Bao agreed, took out a round gun wrapped in red paper from his arms, blew the fire fold and lit it, a red light immediately rushed into the sky, and soon there was a loud noise in mid-air.
"Bang ......"
"Lord Wu, Lord Yue has signaled!" Less than a mile away from the circle, a knight shouted.
"I saw it!" Wu Chengfeng smiled slightly, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he took out the long knife on his waist and shouted: "Brothers, the brothers have made a good start, now it's our turn, everyone kill!" ”
"Kill ......"
"Rush, ......"
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves soon resounded in the grassland, and the thousand cavalry who were originally guarding on both sides of the circle immediately killed the Houjin people and horses in front of the circle.
"Oh no, Grutu is in danger!" As soon as Wu Chengfeng's cavalry was dispatched, Duoduo, who was sweeping behind the formation, immediately knew that something was wrong. He grabbed the neck of a guard next to him and shouted, "Immediately blow the trumpet and order them to come back, hurry back, otherwise it will be all over." ”
The Jurchens, who had grown up on horseback since childhood, naturally knew very well that when a team that had dismounted and was engaged in a battle encountered a superior cavalry outflanking them, they had only one fate, and that was to be completely annihilated. No matter how brave and tenacious that force is, it will only be a dead end in the face of such a flanking attack.
The desolate trumpet of "Woo woo woo ......" sounded quickly, but the order was given by Duoduo a little too late. The cavalry led by Wu Chengfeng had already surrounded the Jurchen cavalry on the left and right, and with the sound of horses' hooves and shouting, a fierce hand-to-hand battle began.
"Whew...... Kill ......"
The long knife in Wu Chengfeng's hand swept past the neck of a Houjin vest, and a stream of red blood immediately spurted out half a meter away, and then Wu Chengfeng urged the horse to continue to rush towards the next target.
......A strange sound came to Wu Chengfeng's ears from behind, and when he looked back, it turned out that the cavalry who was following him was hit by a heavy axe, and even the people and horses fell to the ground.
"Keep rushing, don't stop!" Wu Chengfeng shouted loudly, the most important thing for cavalry is mobility, once they lose the degree of target, they will become the target of the infantry if they are slow.
The rumbling of horses' hooves continued to sound, and the neighing of war horses and the screams of soldiers continued to be heard all around. The Jurchen cavalry led by Grutu deserves the name of fierceness, even if they dismount and face the charging cavalry, their fierce nature still does not change, under the leadership of the elite vests, many house slaves and the armored soldiers who accompany the army also began to carry out crazy counterattacks against the cavalry that rushed over.
They formed small formations of three or five men, either with bows and arrows, or with long knives and spears. On the other hand, the cavalry led by Wu Chengfeng At this time, the shortcomings of insufficient training began to be exposed. Many cavalry began to decline after being harassed, and some cavalry even stopped to engage in entanglement and fight with the Jurchens, so that they fell into the rhythm that the Jurchens were good at.
Although the cavalry led by Wu Chengfeng wore the Gothic armor that Yue Yang had carefully prepared for them, this armor was not omnipotent. When attacked by heavy weapons, their disadvantage was revealed in the garage, and many cavalrymen were stabbed off their horses by the Jurchens with spears and knives, and then a pile of axes and hammers smashed over, and few people were spared from such attacks.
Seeing that the 1,000 cavalry led by Wu Chengfeng were inextricably fighting with the Jurchens who were less than two hundred, the people who were watching the battle in the circle couldn't help but gasp, this kind of takeover was something that everyone didn't expect, the Jurchens actually fought with their own cavalry with only one-fifth of the opponent's strength, which was really too unexpected for them.
"It seems that we still underestimate the strength of the Tartars!" Looking at the battle situation in front of him, Yue Yang's face was very ugly, and soon he said loudly: "Shunbao, order Wu Chengfeng to retreat, and the foot soldiers in the circle formation will immediately go forward to form a decisive battle with the Tartars!" ”
"Young Master, this ......"
"Execute the order!"
"Yes!"
"Tick Tick Tick Tick ......"
Soon, a loud and high-pitched military horn sounded on the battlefield......
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