Chapter 455: Defeat of Mongolia
"What is this?" The instigator was greatly shocked, and in the roar of guns, the Mongol cavalry, who had never experienced such a scene, was greatly shocked, and the horses were frightened and scurried around, even if the knights tightened the reins, it did not work, they were almost crazy and could not shoot their bows and arrows at all, and the Mongolian cavalry tactics that had been tried and tested before were useless at this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The charging Mongolian army was in a mess, and the formation had long been broken by the war horses that did not obey the call, while the Ming army still maintained a stable rhythm and used the fire gun to attack in a hurry.
"How powerful is this thing?" The Great Song Dynasty ministers behind Li You couldn't help but smack their tongues, but fortunately, with Li You's prompt, they temporarily plugged the ears of the war horses, so that they were not as embarrassed as instigating the capital army.
"This battle is just because the instigation of the capital encountered a large-scale firearms attack for the first time, and I was a little helpless for a while." Li You is not as optimistic as them, the current fire cannon is still very primitive, far from enough to form an overwhelming advantage over the cavalry, "If you fight again in the future, the Mongol army will adapt to this method of warfare sooner or later, and it will not be so easy to win at that time." ”
Mrs. Xu and Chen nodded secretly, and if they didn't say anything else, they would just say that if this trick was learned by the Mongols, Zheng He's army would not be as calm as it is now, "Lord Xiangguo, although this is the case, the firearm is still far superior to the bow and crossbow." Chen Hangyan has now also discovered the advantages of firearms, "If you want to train a qualified archer, you can't do it without three or five years of hard work, but you only need to aim and shoot at these firecrackers, but it is easier to train than archers, I think it will be about the same for three or five months at most, and the power is far above the bow and arrow, if it can be used on a large scale, even if it can't easily defeat the Mengyuan army like today, it is not a problem to have a slight upper hand." ”
"Although the firearms battalion is powerful, it cannot ignore other arms." Li You had to remind, "If they are killed close, these soldiers must also have the courage to fight hand-to-hand with the Mengyuan army, and if the enemy army is defeated, they must also have cavalry to pursue, otherwise even if they win, they can only kill and wound the enemy army and cannot inflict heavy losses." ”
Unable to win a complete victory has almost become a stubborn disease since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, because of the lack of war horses, the Song army is still dominated by infantry, even if they win, they can not catch up and annihilate the enemy, they can only watch the cavalry of Liao, Western Xia, Jin and Mengyuan calmly retreat, but if the Song army is defeated, there is almost no chance of survival under the pursuit of these foreign cavalry.
Therefore, although the victory rate of the Great Song Dynasty in foreign wars even exceeded that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, it could not achieve a decisive victory like the Han Dynasty against the Xiongnu and the Tang Dynasty against the Turks, but the more they fought, the weaker they became, and the more they fought, the more they feared war. This is an unforgettable memory that almost every Great Song official has penetrated into the bone marrow, so as soon as Li You's voice fell, there was a chorus in the crowd.
"It seems that General Zheng is ready to dispatch cavalry, so let's prepare for battle, this is a war between the Great Song Dynasty and Mengyuan, don't let others finish their work." Seeing that there was a huge hole in the formation of the Mongol cavalry, Li You immediately issued an order, and he guided them to the offensive route according to the flaws found through the "Eagle Eye", "Zhang Shumi, you lead the cavalry from the left side along this route to the ribs of the instigated army; Madame Xu and General Chen, you two led the cavalry of the rebel army to outflank from the right side, and attacked through the gap between the two armies in the front and rear of the Mongols, and did not let go of an enemy. ”
"The last general obeys!" Everyone responded in unison, they went down with excitement to prepare for the attack, and Zheng He's cavalry arranged in the rear of the firearms phalanx was also ready to attack, the firearms in front and the cavalry in the back were Zhu Di's tried and tested means of expedition to Mongolia after establishing the Shenji Battalion, and Zheng He, who had been by Zhu Di's side for a long time, naturally learned this hand.
The Mongolian cavalry with a chaotic formation was naturally not an opponent when it encountered the Ming cavalry of the array impact, and the cavalry under the command of Zheng He was inserted from the Mongolian cavalry in a sharp formation, dividing them into two halves, and then Zhang Shijie, Mrs. Xu and Chen Hangyan fought from the left and right to divide them for the second time, and soon the Mongolian cavalry fell into the dilemma of fighting for themselves.
At this time, Li Youfang saw Mrs. Xu's superb martial arts, she rode on a horse, and the sword in both hands flashed from the vital point of the Mongolian cavalry like lightning, causing death, and there was rarely a general under him, and he actually compared Chen Hangyan, Zhang Shijie and other Song army generals, and was inspired by this to use the Song army more and more in battle, and it couldn't even be as good as a woman, right?
I think that Mrs. Xu's martial arts are still above Mrs. Qi Jiguang in the past, Li You secretly praised in his heart, among the female generals he has seen, this Mrs. Xu's martial arts may be called the first; This made him a little depressed, and now his identity as Lu Hideo is not like other generals who personally rush to kill, otherwise the sky-shaking bow and Liquan gun can be powerful again, and it will not make Mrs. Xu uniquely beautiful.
Next time, if you have the opportunity, you must go on the field and fight with these Mongolian Tatars, otherwise you will waste my force value of up to 112 points, Li You secretly made up his mind, thinking about what way to find an excuse to lead the army in person.
The Mongol army on the battlefield can be said to be defeated like a mountain, less than an hour of effort, more than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry in the joint attack of Zheng He and the Song army was defeated, the Mongolian cavalry died under the cannons and swords and guns of countless people, only more than 1,000 people escaped their pursuit, the marshal instigated the capital and Pu Shougeng's confidant Sun Shengfu and so on all died in the chaos.
"This is a rare victory in my Great Song Dynasty after the victory of Prince Yue Zhu Xianzhen and the victory of Yu Zhongsu Quarrying Rock!" Wen Tianxiang trembled with excitement at this time, and couldn't help but blurt out praise.
Yue Fei defeated the 100,000 Jin Wushu army in the first battle of Zhuxian Town, while Yu Yunwen broke the Jin army of 170,000 with less than 20,000 troops in Quarshiji. On the West Lake, the dream of "the first peak of Wushan Mountain" came to naught.
And today's battle is not so large compared to the previous two battles, although the enemy army is not so much, but the number of gains is not inferior at all, so after Wen Tianxiang finished speaking, the ministers nodded in agreement, and some people who were quick in writing and thinking had even begun to chant poems and lyrics to praise this great victory.
"Shumi Zhang, General Zheng and Mrs. Xu, their business is done, now it's our turn to be busy, pass on the order, and reward the three armies today!" After Li You finished speaking, he pulled his horse forward and prepared to welcome their return. (To be continued.) )