Chapter 64: An Unexpected Counterattack (Collect!) )
All the way to attack was pressed and beaten by the Ming army's firearms, and when he saw that victory was about to be held in his hands. A line of defense that was made up of earthen walls and moats turned out to be a barrier that buried the lives of the warriors and stood in front of everyone.
In the face of one game after another, it seems to be a bit of an endless blow. Not only Niu Lu Zhangjing was angry, but the remaining more than a hundred Tartars were also angry. I can't wait to immediately cross the earthen walls and trenches, catch up with my opponent, and break the opponent who has brought a series of humiliation to me to thousands of pieces, so as to vent the hatred in my heart.
However, before they could find their opponents, an attack from their opponents came down on them again. And they had to give up the war horse that was sleeping with them, like a turtle with a shrunken head, hiding behind an earthen wall.
The arrogant, and never defeated Tartar cavalry, of course, could not bear this kind of passive beating, and the opponent was still the situation of the Ming army, which he had always looked down on.
Quickly find the horse's bow, bend the bow and set up arrows, and shoot the arrows that emit the cold air of the forest to the opposite side.
However, the picture of the enemy falling to the ground did not appear in front of everyone as expected.
The arrow, with great strength, flew forward seventy or eighty steps, and then had to be stuck on the ground because of the exhaustion of its strength.
"Lord Zhang Jing, the enemy is too far away from us, and the range of the horse bow is limited, so I can't shoot them......"
After two arrows in a row didn't even touch the enemy's position, the swing tooth had to put down the horse bow and report unwillingly to Niu Lu Zhangjing beside him.
Niu Lu Zhangjing's brows furrowed, and Lisheng ordered: "Use shields, shields to cover, the troops abandon their horses and move forward until they can shoot the position of the Ming army on the opposite side with a horse bow." ”
The unwilling expression on the face of the swinging tooth was immediately replaced by helplessness, and he replied loudly: "Lord Zhang Jing, we are cavalry, and when the cavalry charges, we are not equipped with shields at all......
With a pair of eyes that can almost kill, he glared fiercely at the back of the tooth in front of him. Niu Lu Zhangjing's face full of despair also showed a trace of unwillingness from the heart.
roared loudly: "Without a shield, are we just being suppressed here by the Ming army's firearms, as shrunken turtles......"
"No, we are Houjin warriors, invincible cavalry troops, and we must not hide here as shrunken turtles."
Excitement can make people lose their minds, and anger can also make people lose their minds.
At this moment, Niu Lu Zhangjing, who was iron-faced, lost his mind because of anger. It's like a hungry wolf that goes crazy, and sees who bites whom, without a trace of reason.
Rounds of gunfire rang out from the position, because there were always only thirty musketeers per round. Therefore, Wei Zheng's vision in front of him was not obscured by the white smoke, and he could clearly see Tartar's every move.
When Wei Zheng saw that the Tartar had given up his horse under the blow of the musket, and when he was a turtle with a shrunken head, he could hardly believe his eyes.
In Wei Zheng's eyes, although the military strength of the Tartars is strong, after all, it is only a nation that has just stepped out of the mountains, and the strong military strength is reflected in the personal bravery of the Tartars.
For ordinary soldiers and Tartar rank and file officers, fighting a war is to charge and fight hard, even if they know that advancing is death, they will do their best to continue to attack without hesitation.
Therefore, in Wei Zheng's idea, even if the Tartar a hundred paces away is attacked by a new arquebus, he will bravely ride on his war horse and continue to attack, instead of being a turtle with a shrunken head.
And now, the Tartar is a shrunken turtle, which means that the musketeers who keep shooting will not have results.
What's more, if Tartar Niu Lu Zhangjing knows some strategies, he will be a shrinking turtle with the idea of holding on to help. The idea of disrupting the enemy army and forcing it to retreat and relying on the pikemen battalion to recapture the line would have failed.
For the first time since the start of the war, Wei Zheng's brow furrowed.
Just after Wei Zheng's gaze suddenly swept to the pikebattalion in the traffic trench and was ready to counterattack, a bold idea quickly came to Wei Zheng's mind.
"Launch a counterattack in advance, use the communication trenches and long grabs, and drive the Tartars out of their positions."
"If the Tartar cavalry does not retreat from their positions, then have a close fight with the Tartars to test the results of the training of the spear battalion for more than half a month."
Thinking of this, Wei Zheng decisively ordered: "Inform the commander of the spear battalion Wang and launch a counterattack against the Tartars immediately." During the attack, pay attention to defending against arrows thrown by the Tartars. ”
"The first squad of the musket battalion, continue to fire in three sections, cover the pike-battalion attacking the Tartar ......"
A large shield was placed on top of each person's head, directly covering the traffic trench that was no more than two feet wide.
Under the cover of these large shields, the spear in his hand and the long snatcher with three shots stuck in his back. Bent over, slowly touch the front-line position.
"The Ming army, the Ming army came to us along the trench......"
The spear battalion had barely advanced ten paces when an exclamation came out of the mouth of a Tartar.
Facing the Tiger and Leopard Army, who had never had close contact with the Tiger and Leopard Army, Niu Lu Zhangjing immediately felt that his opportunity to turn defeat into victory had come.
Tie Qing's face quickly showed a trace of heat and expectation, and he ordered decisively.
"Warriors, here's our chance for revenge......"
"Everyone immediately divided into three and gathered at the exit of the trench. As soon as the Ming army entered the range of the horse's bow, immediately shoot them with bows and arrows, and be prepared to engage in close combat with the Ming army. ”
More than a hundred Tartars, with excitement in their hands and their own melee weapons in the other, quickly assembled at the exits of the three communication trenches under the cover of the earthen wall.
Eighty steps...... Seventy steps...... Sixty steps......
Along the communication trenches, the serpentine pike-battalion had just entered the range of the horse's bow, and a loud roar sounded in the middle of the tartars.
"Warriors, prepare your bows and arrows, and ...... your arrows"
"Whoosh ......" A series of slight whistles sounded on the front line of the earthen wall, and more than a hundred arrows flew into the sky in three directions.
After reaching the highest point of the flight trajectory, the arrow slid rapidly under the gravity of the iron scissors, and smashed towards the ground target at an increasing speed.
If you are defenseless, you will definitely be pierced into a hedgehog by these arrows.
However, under the cover of the thick shield, the whizzing arrows did not penetrate the shield and shoot into the tight communication trenches covered by the shield, except for a dull crash on the surface of the shield.
More than 200 years later, when the communication trenches were used well, they could bring a huge boost to the attacking troops. Not to mention the Tartar that is only equipped with a long-range strike weapon, the horse bow.