Chapter 311: The Mongol Soldier Stuck in the Quagmire
Soon, the two teams of Mongolian cavalry bypassed the front of the rectangular array of the Praetorian Guard, continued to gallop along the side, leaving nearly a thousand horses or horse corpses in the rear, some of the horses were shot, and some of them ran for a while and then stopped because their owners were shot off their horses.
Under the powerful firepower of the Praetorian Guard, in just one round, nearly a thousand casualties were inflicted on the Mongol cavalry!
The bombardment of the tiger squat cannon and the swarm of bees, coupled with the four rounds of fire from the frontal firecrackers, the density of the projectile rain was very large, which was completely beyond the expectations of the Mongols!
For more than 200 years, the Mongols and the Ming army have fought countless times, and they have seen the firearms of the Ming army, but they have never been so powerful!
In the past, most of the Ming army was equipped with three-eyed guns, and although the shooting density was large, the accuracy and firing range were far from being comparable with the Lumi guns. The Mongolian cavalry relied on their previous experience, forty or fifty paces away from the Ming army's array, and it was beyond the range of the three-eyed firecracker, but they didn't expect that what they were in front of was not an ordinary Ming army, but a Praetorian Guard equipped with a new type of firecracker, the range of the Lumi gun could reach 100 steps, and the armor-piercing range was as much as 50 steps, and most of the Mongolian cavalry did not wear armor at all, but wore ordinary sheepskin robes, which could not stop the shooting of the Lumi gun at all!
Shan Subdi Khan was very unlucky, he was just shot in the belly of the horse by a projectile in the gallop, the war horse fell abruptly, Shan Subdi Khan fell out of the horse at once, fell heavily on the snow, and before he could get up, countless cavalry galloped past, and a horse's hoof stepped heavily on his thigh, and he fainted in pain.
The rain of arrows from the Mongols also caused some casualties to the Janissaries. Many soldiers were shot in the face and fell to the ground on the spot, because they were all wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, more soldiers who were hit by arrows were only slightly injured, and it did not affect the continuation of the battle at all.
Once the war horse galloped, it was impossible to stop at all, and the Mongolian cavalry bypassed the front of the Ming army's matrix and continued to gallop along the side to the rear, not caring at all to see how many casualties there were.
On the flank, the Ming army's shooting was suddenly much weaker, because of the rush of time, the Praetorian Guards only had time to form a frontal defense. However, there was still a shield array, and behind the shield there was a pikeman with a spear on the shield, and the sharp spear pointed outward.
Naturally, the Mongolian cavalry did not choose to charge into battle, but continued to ride and shoot and continue to gallop, because the rear of the Ming army did not have time to set up the formation at all.
It has to be said that the Mongol cavalry attacked very decisively, and although the Praetorian Guard army was deployed in advance, after all, it took a certain amount of time to deploy the army from the marching army that stretched for several miles. At this time, the Ming army behind had just arrived and was hastily assembling in formation.
And at this time, the Mongol cavalry came around, and when they saw such a good opportunity, where would they be polite? immediately rushed towards the rear of the Ming army.
The Mongol cavalry fired a round of arrows, threw down their bows and drew their sabers, and attacked the Ming army from behind. In the eyes of the Mongolian cavalry, as long as they can rush in, they will definitely be able to plunge the Ming army into chaos in an instant, and then drive the rout, make the chaos bigger and bigger, and break the Ming army in one fell swoop!
However, at this moment, the sound of drums came from the middle army of the Praetorian Guard, and several large drums were beaten at the same time, like bursts of thunder, shaking the hearts and souls of all the Praetorian Guard soldiers.
Hearing the sound of drums, the rear troops of the Praetorian Guards who were in a panic instantly calmed down, and gathered nearby, forming one small formation after another.
A dozen or twenty soldiers gathered together, back to back, their sharp spears pointed outward, and the musketeers did not have time to reload the muskets, so they took the spears from their waists and stuck them in the mouth. There were also gunners in the circle, and they began to nervously reload the projectile gunpowder.
Almost instantly, what appeared in front of the Mongolian cavalry was no longer the panicked Ming soldiers, but a small formation like hedgehogs!
Since the formation of the Praetorian Guard, it has taken Jiannu as an imaginary enemy, and the Jiannu cavalry is powerful, so it is natural to embankment it. Moreover, the Praetorian Guard was equipped with a large number of muskets, and the number of musketeers accounted for more than half, and in order to improve the melee combat ability of the musketers, in addition to the addition of spears, this kind of melee formation was also trained. A few or a dozen musketeers can form a formation and use spears against the enemy. And the guns in the middle take the opportunity to reload and shoot the enemy at close range with firearms, which can be described as offensive and defensive, both offensive and defensive!
After a long period of training, a conditioned reflex has been formed, and under the command of the drums, the soldiers immediately formed a small formation without thinking.
Countless such small formations were placed in front of the Mongolian cavalry, for such a small formation, the cavalry could not help but collide, under the impact of the Mongolian cavalry, many small formations in front of them collapsed instantly, and the war horses of the Mongolian cavalry who collided with the formation were also pierced by spears, and fell to the ground with a scream, and the Mongolian soldiers on the horse fell to the ground with the ground.
Several Praetorian Guard soldiers were knocked out of the way, but the living soldiers gathered again and formed a new small formation.
But there was a gap between the small formation and the small formation, and the Mongolian cavalry wanted to collide directly, but the war horses were not stupid, and there was a gap to go, so they naturally did not want to face the outstretched spears, and ran towards the gap in the small formation. The Mongolian cavalry desperately wanted to slash with a saber, but it was not as long as the fire gun and spear in the hands of the Janissaries, and they could not reach the bodies of the Praetorian Guard soldiers at all, but the Mongol cavalry was stabbed off the horses by the Praetorian Guard soldiers.
Most of the horses chose to run between the small formations, but the small formations were completely irregular, so that the speed of the horses became slower and slower, and the Mongol cavalry felt as if they were stuck in the swamp and mud, and their speed could not be improved at all.
Once the cavalry loses speed, it can only be slaughtered by the infantry.
In the small formation, the Praetorian Guards stabbed their spears or spears one after another, and picked off the Mongol cavalry one by one.
"Bang ......"
The sound of firecrackers continued to sound, and several of the firecrackers in the formation finally finished loading, and there was no reason to miss the shot at close range, and one of the Mongol soldiers was shot down from their horses.
Tushetu Khan was very frightened, he found that his cavalry could not run at all, and there were Ming troops everywhere around him, countless spears and stabs were assassinated from around, Tushetu Khan desperately blocked with a saber, but he couldn't stop the assassination from around, and finally the body of the war horse under the crotch was weak, and he fell to the ground with a "plop......
The drums became more and more intense, and the Praetorian Guards in the front row shouted, suddenly dispersed, forming small formations, outflanking the formation from both sides, and trying to surround all the Mongolian cavalry that had lost their speed!
Yue Tuo was very alert, and had no idea of being a pioneer for the Mongols, and when he first galloped, he ran in front, and slowly fell behind.
When he saw that countless Mongolian cavalry were stuck in the quagmire and couldn't run at all, Yue Tuo was shocked, reined in his horses, swept diagonally in front of the Ming army, and fled into the distance.