Chapter 242
In fact, under normal circumstances, the general should not have given this retreat order, and the fate of this cavalry was actually doomed when it closed in the middle, and there was only one, and it was left to fend for itself.
But Xu Shouren still gambled, and he then gave an order to the musketeers that if the cavalry collapsed, then ......, they would shoot indiscriminately.
This is the only way to ensure the safe presence of musketeers.
Xu Shouren secretly prayed, praying that this cavalry would be safely withdrawn.
Perhaps, things are not so bad.
When the Tubo army was stunned at this time, it was driven out of a mile by the anger of the cavalry of the special combat army, and was being pressed and beaten by the cavalry of the special combat army.
Most of the cavalry of the special operations army are veterans who have experienced the battlefield, so they naturally know the consequences of withdrawing troops when the two armies are deadlocked.
But the consequences of not withdrawing are naturally clearer.
The eye contact of the cavalry captains in front of the formation was only for a moment.
Three cavalry captains immediately shouted, leading their cavalry to assault forward, and the assault was lifeless.
The cavalry of the special operations army followed with a roar, but instead of following up, they turned their horses' heads and retreated.
Everyone's eyes were full of tears, and there was endless sorrow and self-reproach in these tears.
The iron-beaten man still shed tears at this moment, and these tears were humiliating and unbearable.
In the area where the legs were withdrawn, many people even spontaneously turned their horses' heads again to join the deadly assault.
The Tubo army was in a short panic, but found that there were only more than 1,000 cavalry in the assault, and a large number of Ming cavalry began to withdraw, and immediately reacted. wanted to go forward to pursue, but was held up by the assault of the three battalions of cavalry, and there were also Tubo cavalry who broke through the defense line to catch up. However, he was entangled by more than 100 cavalrymen of the special operations army who returned their horses' heads to join the assault.
And these special combat cavalry who did not want to make a surprise attack only resisted for a few breaths, and were swallowed up by the Tubo army like a tide, and when the Tubo army accelerated the pursuit again, this breath time was enough for the cavalry of the special operations army to retreat a mile and withdraw from the battlefield from both sides.
The Tibetan cavalry that came in pursuit found that they were faced with the same dilemma they had faced before, that is, the shooting of musketeers.
But the war horse that has accelerated is not so easy to stop. In the midst of the hopeless cry, rounds of muskets were fired, and at this time. The Tibetan army began to show signs of collapse.
The Tubo army is also human, and the previous frustrated anger has been consumed by the cavalry of the special combat army, but now the morale that has just been mustered up for the pursuit has been poured cold water by the musketeers who are shooting head-on, and it has been cold from the body to the heart.
Those who have seen the power of firearms this time. A long time ago it should have collapsed. The reason why the Tibetan army has persisted until now, and even once grasped the initiative on the battlefield, is because of the huge disparity in strength, and now this disparity in strength is slowly approaching.
But it was impossible for the generals of the Tibetan army to accept such a defeat.
The method of killing the retreating soldiers with a large number of bloody remarks once again aroused the morale of the Tibetan army.
And the reorganized attack of the Tibetan army is far from the momentum it used to be.
The soldier's charge was still fast. But the momentum is obviously no longer there, and it's good if such a charge goes well. Once frustrated, it is easy to trigger a crash.
Unfortunately, the musketeers were armed with six grenades, although they no longer had a few rounds of ammunition.
And these six waves of grenades became the last straw that crushed the Tibetan army.
When the Tibetan cavalry approached, the musketeers finished firing the last three rounds, then removed the grenades from their waists and began to throw.
The Tubo army, which had been beaten by the muskets, began to flee in six consecutive waves of grenade explosions.
At this time, the musketeers had run out of ammunition, and the soldiers drew out their military thorns, rushed out from both sides of the formation with shouts, and launched an assault on the Tibetan army.
The remnants of the cavalry of the special operations army, which had withdrawn from the battlefield to both sides, had also completed their formation at this time and joined the charge from both sides.
The counterattack began.
Momentum, or momentum.
The counter-charge of the whole army of the special operations army caused the only remaining bit of morale of the Tubo army, which had not fled, to disappear in an instant.
More and more Tibetan soldiers turned their horses, and no matter how much the Tibetan generals killed the deserters, they could not gather the morale of the Tibetan soldiers.
By this time, the Ming army had become a group of devils, invincible devils in the hearts of the Tibetan soldiers.
The special operations army quickly pushed the front outside the city of Misang with the momentum of destroying and decaying.
The fleeing Tubo soldiers joined the fleeing team with thousands of defenders in the city.
Xu Shouren ordered the cavalry to pursue ten miles in each of the three directions, and ordered the musketeers to garrison Misang City.
At this point, the first great war between Tibet and the Ming Kingdom came to an end.
Xu Shouren defeated 80,000 Tibetan cavalry with 30,000 special combat troops, such a feat, even if he was personally commanded by Baili Wuji, it was nothing more than that.
With this battle, Xu Shouren has since stepped into the list of famous generals of the Ming Kingdom.
But I have to say that this victory came by luck, if the Tubo army did not take the initiative to attack, the special operations army would have no way to shake it at all, detached from the protection of fences, mines, and thistles, and musketeers would attack the cavalry? The ending is only two words, looking for death.
If the cavalry of the special operations army did not resist the surprise attack of the Tibetan army in the middle, the result was also very likely to be rewritten.
If the cavalry of the special combat army retreats, and the Tibetan cavalry can be as imposing as at the beginning of the battle, then it is very likely to break into the camp of the musketeers, and the battle situation will also be uncertain.
But history is impossible, it only confirms one point, the musket was a nightmare for the cavalry in the defensive battle at that time.
It also shows once again that the musketeers, when facing the cavalry, are incapable of attacking.
After this battle, the special operations army was exhausted, the musketeers and cavalry had run out of ammunition, and the cavalry that had lost more than half of them urgently needed to rest.
In the battle, 80,000 Tibetan cavalry, more than 40,000 casualties, more than 8,000 prisoners, the remnants fled westward, this kind of newly defeated remnant army, it is impossible to immediately go north and enter the battle.
The cavalry of the special operations army lost more than half, with nearly sixty percent casualties, and less than 7,000 cavalry remained.
The losses of the musketeers were few, and the main losses came from the final assault, which also suffered more than five hundred casualties.
The next day, Han Jixun's unit, which was responsible for supplying and taking over the wounded and prisoners, arrived, and Xu Shouren ordered the special operations army to resupply and handed over the wounded, prisoners, and Misang city defense to the reinforcements.
On the same day, in order to join forces with Baili Wuji as soon as possible, Xu Shouren led the special operations army to continue north.
Also on this day, Han Jixun, who received Yunyang's order, led the army in Wenzhou to the west and advanced in the direction of Wuzhou to reinforce Baili Wuji. (To be continued......)