The Ming army left guard guards outside the valley and on the mountain beams on both sides of the canyon.

Now the guard sentry blows the alarm horn, which means that the Mongolian cavalry has killed it.

I don't know if the cavalry of this tribe came back, or the cavalry of other tribes came to the rescue.

"It's all there, cycloidal array!" Xia Wanchun was halfway through the shouting, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the low wall on the periphery of the camp, and immediately changed his mind, "After going to the wall, go to the back of the wall and line up!" ”

The Ming infantry and the Korean army quickly entered behind the wall.

More than 4,000 Ming troops quickly set up a line formation behind the wall, and more than 5,000 Korean troops were divided into two groups to protect the two flanks of the Ming army's line formation.

Zhu Cijiong's more than 2,000 cavalry did not enter behind the wall.

It didn't take long for the direction of Taniguchi to turn back to the Ming army's several cavalry guards.

Not long after the vigilant cavalry turned back, the Mongolian cavalry of Wuyang Wuyang appeared outside the mouth of the valley, not to mention tens of thousands of horsemen, almost the entire river valley was stuffed, and that guy was really full of pits and valleys.

As the saying goes, the number of people is more than 1,000, boundless, the number of people is tens of thousands, and the ground is connected to the sky.

Tens of thousands of cavalry gathered together, and the scene was even more exaggerated, just looking at it made people tremble.

The North Korean troops on the left and right flanks immediately began to stir, and their faces showed fear.

As an infantryman, facing cavalry is originally psychologically disadvantaged, let alone facing so many cavalry, who is not afraid?

The more than 4,000 infantry of the Ming army who had lined up in the middle also looked solemn, because this infantry brigade had just been transferred from Nanjing, and had not participated in a battle in the real sense except for the last time it went to Yunnan.

Only the more than 2,000 cavalry of the Ming army under the command of Zhu Cijiong were not afraid, no, the more than 2,000 cavalry soldiers were not only not afraid, but became extremely excited, and there seemed to be a fire burning in their eyes.

"Hey, hey, this time it's time to have a good time." Zhu Cijiong laughed fiercely twice and roared again.

"It's all there, get on the horse!" With Zhu Cijiong's roar, more than 2,000 cavalrymen turned over and got on their horses.

"Catch up, kill!" Zhu Cijiong raised his head to the sky again and howled, and took the lead in urging the war horse to rush out of the camp.

More than 2,000 cavalry Ming troops urged their horses to rush out of the camp and meet the Mongolian cavalry that was slaughtered all over the mountains and fields in front of them.

Seeing this scene, the Ming infantry in the formation suddenly became no longer nervous.

Even the Korean armies on both sides are also determined, and the Ming Dynasty also has cavalry, so why be afraid of Mongolian cavalry?

Soon, the Ming cavalry descended into the river valley, and the several cavalry guards who turned back soon joined the cavalry brigade and followed the Mongol cavalry again.

When the two cavalry were about a thousand paces apart, the Ming army began to slow down.

Then, the Ming cavalry turned their horses and rushed back to the camp.

The Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side also said that the cavalry of the Ming army knew that they were invincible and wanted to escape, so they suddenly became excited, screaming and chasing after them, and the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed.

"This?" The North Korean troops on both sides of the camp were in turmoil again.

This is too, wasn't it quite brave just now? Is this cowardly?

Just when the Korean troops looked at each other, the Ming cavalry who "fled" turned around and pulled the trigger.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was about one hundred and fifty paces, and although it was beyond the effective range of the flintlock musket, the leather armor of the Mongol cavalry alone would be fatal if hit by lead.

Sure enough, the gunshots rang out, and the Mongol cavalry suddenly turned on their backs in front of the formation.

Just in this round of volleys, the Mongol cavalry fell at least as many as 100 horsemen.

After the first volley, the distance between the two sides continued to shorten, becoming about 100 paces.

At this time, the Ming cavalry had completed the fold and shot at the Mongol cavalry again.

Due to the proximity of the distance, the second salvo of the Ming cavalry caused far more casualties than the first, and at least 200 Mongol cavalry rolled over and fell from their horses.

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After the second volley, the Ming army continued to "break and flee" towards the camp.

At the same time as the "rout and escape", the cavalry of the Ming army changed again.

The cavalry of the Ming army, which had changed to the front, was also hurrying to reload.

The dosing of primer kits and cartridges makes it extremely easy to reload flintlock pistols, even on galloping horses.

The Mongol cavalry was desperately speeding up the pursuit.

This time, however, the Mongol cavalry failed to continue to close the distance.

Obviously, the cavalry of the Ming army had left their strength before and did not run at full speed.

The two cavalry kept a distance of about 100 paces, and you chased and fled, sweeping through the valley.

In this process, the Ming cavalry continued to shoot more and more, shooting row after row of Mongolian cavalry off their horses, but the Mongolian cavalry had no power to fight back, because their cavalry bow strength was not enough.

Use light arrows to throw it, you can't shoot through the cotton armor of the Ming army at all.

Use heavy arrows to shoot directly, and the Ming army is beyond the range of the cavalry bow.

It's a long story, but it's just a matter of minutes.

Soon, Zhu Cijiong led the Ming cavalry to gallop back to the low wall.

The Ming infantry guarding behind the low wall subconsciously bowed their heads, and the cavalry passed over their heads.

"Up!" Xia Wanchun immediately roared, and more than 4,000 Ming infantry stood up one after another, and more than 1,400 infantry in the first row had already raised their flintlock pistols and aimed the muzzle of the black hole in front.

Ahead, a hundred paces away, tens of thousands of Mongol cavalry swept in like a tide.

"Put!" Xia Wanchun raised his head to the sky and let out a long howl, and took the lead in pulling the trigger of the short gun, and the gun rang out, and a Mongolian cavalry a hundred paces away in front of him fell in response.

"Woohoo!" Gunshots rang out instantly.

With the sound of dense gunfire, the Mongol cavalry instantly turned on their backs.

The Mongol cavalry that fell to the ground this time was not dozens or more than a hundred, but as many as 500 horsemen.

A distance of 100 paces, coupled with such a large and dense target, can be hit even with your eyes closed.

The first platoon quickly retreated to reload, while the second platoon of infantry came up and fired again, and another row of bullets poured down on the Mongol cavalry.

In an instant, another group of people turned on their backs.

After two waves of bullets, the formation of the Mongol cavalry was already in disarray.

The Ming army did not show the slightest mercy, and the third platoon of infantry quickly changed up, pouring another wave of dense bullets on the heads of the Mongol cavalry, and hundreds of cavalry immediately fell to the ground.

At this time, there were already thousands of Mongol cavalry lying in front of the low wall.

With so many men and horses lying on the ground, blocking the way of the follow-up cavalry, the follow-up Mongol cavalry could only go around to the left and right flanks, and at the same time throw at the Ming troops in the camp with the cavalry bows in their hands.

Waves of arrows rained down from the sky, and one or more light arrows were quickly inserted into the helmets or cotton coats of the Ming infantry, but this did not cause any damage to the Ming infantry, and the Ming infantry still advanced in an orderly manner, firing at the Mongol cavalry circling the wings.

As a result, the Mongol cavalry still fell to the ground in rows.

Then they finally staggered with the Ming army in the middle, and the Mongolian cavalry thought that they could finally catch their breath, but they were met with head-on attacks from the Korean troops on both flanks.

This North Korean army was also armed with flintlock pistols.

It was a flintlock pistol captured from the Qing army.

The only thing that comforted the Mongol cavalry a little was that the Korean army had neither cotton coats nor cotton armor, and only wore ordinary battle jackets, so they suffered a lot of casualties under the light arrow throw.

After paying more than two thousand dead and wounded, the Mongol cavalry finally went around the back of the camp.

Then, the Mongol cavalry put away their bows and pulled their sharp scimitars out of their scabbards, thinking that this time they could finally take the Ming army by surprise from behind their butts.

Then another dense row of bullets awaited them.

Because Zhu Cijiong's more than 2,000 horsemen have been waiting here for a long time.

At this time, the will of the Mongolian cavalry completely collapsed, although the remaining cavalry still had tens of thousands of horsemen, but they had completely lost confidence and fighting spirit, and after circling the camp twice, they secretly fled.

"Whew." Xia Wanchun let out a long sigh of relief and said, "The era of cavalry has come to an end. ”

"No, the era of cavalry is not over, but the era of nomadic cavalry is over." Zhu Cijiong stretched out his hand to brush away the gunpowder smoke in front of him and said, "I remember that my father said that from the moment the arquebus evolved to the flintlock pistol, the cavalry has changed from the master of the battlefield to the auxiliary, and the glory of the nomadic cavalry will never return. ”

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On the mountain beam in the distance, the king of Korqin's Esen County watched this scene, and tears couldn't help but flow.

The king of Esen County not only felt sorry for the more than 300,000 cattle and sheep in the old camp, thousands of camels, more than 50,000 horses, and more than 50,000 women and children, but also made him feel even more distressed about the thousands of strong men who had died in the battle just now.

It has not been counted, so the exact number of casualties is not yet known.

But even with conservative estimates, the casualty figure is more than 3,000 horsemen.

Three thousand, this is already one-tenth of the strong men of the entire Horqin tribe.

Thinking of this, King Esen couldn't help but feel pain in his heart and lungs, Horqin was really broken this time, and it would be difficult to recover without more than ten years of recuperation.

However, what made Esen even more depressed or puzzled was why the cavalry couldn't do it?

In the era of Genghis Khan, the Mongolian cavalry fought from the Troubled River to the extreme west, destroying the country, and the whole world heard the Mongols and changed color.

Even in the time of Altan Khan, the Mongol cavalry was still able to beat the Ming army.

Although Qi Jiguang's car battalion is powerful, it can only stay within the Great Wall, once out of the Great Wall, the Mongolian cavalry can let the Ming army not leave a piece of armor.

But now everything has changed.

Now, just a few thousand Ming infantry dared to come and raid the nest of the Mongolian cavalry.

What made Esen feel even more aggrieved was that the Mongolian cavalry had no way to take the Ming infantry, and could only watch the Ming army snatch their cattle, sheep, camels, horses, and then take away their women and children.

Open your eyes, Immortal God, the world is really upside down.