Chapter 8: A Failure

Chen Ying received the flag and immediately gave an order.

"First team, fire!"

The musketeers in the front row, half-crouched and half-knelt, began the first round of shooting.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

After a puff of smoke, the Varat cavalry, who had rushed to the front, began to fall and dismount.

Angketu subconsciously shook off the stirrup and hid his body on the side of the warhorse, and sure enough, he successfully avoided the attack of the firebolt.

He couldn't help laughing, his eyes were full of excitement, because the cavalry unit he led had completely broken through the firepower of the Ming army, and next, it was time to kill!

The price paid was only a few dozen cavalrymen, and in the face of enormous exploits, these losses were simply insignificant.

But in the next second, the smile on Angketu's face froze, because he saw that the opponent's firecrackers suddenly changed formation, the first team retreated, and the other team stepped forward with firearms.

Chen Ying held the order flag and continued to order: "Second team, fire!" ”

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

After another burst of gunsmoke, dozens of people around Anketu fell off their horses.

This time the distance was closer, and the number of Warat cavalry shot increased markedly, about seventy or eighty people.

Onketu's face was full of surprise, why could the other party's firecracker be fired in a row?

In the Ming army, Chen Ying ordered again: "Third team, fire!" ”

This set of tactics was personally explained by Zhu Qizhen, the firecrackers were divided into three columns, after the first team finished shooting, they retreated to the position of the original third team, and began to reload and other operations, at this time, the second team became a team, shooting, and then retreated, and the third team stepped forward to shoot, and the cycle repeated.

At such close distances, the guns are extremely powerful, but one significant problem is that the process of reloading ammunition is very cumbersome.

First of all, the barrel must be cleaned after firing, then the gunpowder must be filled from the mouth of the gun, then the lead bullet iron sand can be filled, and then it will be tamped with a special stick, and finally, a new lead must be added before the shot can be re-fired.

This set of processes will take at least two minutes, and the other party is a cavalryman, and if there is this time, it will already rush under his nose.

However, the three-stage fire bolt had a burst effect, and the Ming army continued to fire, and the Warat cavalry fell one after another.

Moreover, in addition to the effective killing when the firebolt is fired, the explosion sound emitted by it can also cause a certain deterrent to the war horse.

In the Warat formation, some of the war horses were frightened by the loud explosion, raised their front hooves, threw off the cavalry on their backs, and ran around frantically.

The out-of-control horses made the Watts suffer, some sprinting forward, some galloping to the flanks, and some simply crossing the queue, refusing to take another step forward no matter what.

You must know that the whole army was in a state of charging with all its might, the war horses in front suddenly stopped, and the cavalry behind had no time to dodge, as if on the high road, countless speeding vehicles were rear-ended, one horse hit the other, and the whole cavalry array was in chaos.

In the Ming army's formation, there was still a steady stream of firecrackers, which made the Warat cavalry completely confused.

Angketu was stunned, in his expectation, at this time, it should be those cowardly southerners who fled, how could it be, how could it be that they were still not moving until now, but they were in chaos?

"Rush, rush and kill......"

Anketu yelled desperately, and behind him, some people retreated, others still rushed forward, trampling each other, and the short distance of fifty paces was like a moat, and they could not take another step.

"Rush me, rush!"

Onketu continued to roar, but no one heard his orders, and even if they did, they could not carry them out.

People kept falling around him, and in an instant, hundreds of elite cavalrymen were killed.

The injured are countless, and some of them fell off their horses, one foot was still wrapped around the stirrup, and they were dragged and galloped by the frightened war horses, which was miserable.

Even if they didn't fall off their horses, the position was full of fallen men and horses at this time, let alone charging, and they couldn't retreat if they wanted to.

Zhu Qizhen rode on his horse, closely watching the battle situation in front of him, and felt that the time was ripe, so he gave a decisive order.

"Five military camps, attack!"

Fan Zhong immediately ordered: "The emperor has an order to order the five military camps to attack!" ”

Immediately afterwards, a low horn sounded, and the formation of the Ming army changed again.

The musketeers in the front row began to retreat, Chen Huai led the left sentry army, Li Zhen led the right sentry army to attack from the front, and on both flanks of the team, Chen Xun led the left Ye army, and Shen Rong led the right Ye army to attack the flank of the Wara cavalry.

The British Gong Zhang Fu led the Chinese army to suppress the formation and guarded around Zhu Qi Town.

"Rush!"

"Kill!"

Everyone slaughtered the enemy with endless anger, and these people were red-eyed, pouring all the grievances they had suffered along the way on the heads of the Warats.

The biggest advantage of the cavalry is mobility and impact power, after being hit by the firearms of the Ming army, the team has long been in disarray, in the face of the menacing Ming army, can only hurriedly dismount to fight, so that there is no difference between cavalry and infantry.

Anketu jumped off his horse and slashed at a Ming soldier with the scimitar in his hand.

In such a close fight, there is no skill to speak of, only knives and guns and blood fly together, and dozens or hundreds of people will fall every second, and the battle is very fierce.

"Onketu!"

In the midst of the scuffle, one of the adjutant shouted: "I can't stand it, get out of here!" ”

Anketu had already killed his red eyes, and saw that he was covered in blood, and roared angrily: "What did you say? ”

"I can't beat it, I can't beat it, let's find a way to break through!"

"Impossible!" Onketu roared angrily, "The cavalry I bring are all warriors with one enemy and ten, how is it possible? ”

"More than half of our soldiers and horses have been damaged, and the Ming army is too numerous, so withdraw quickly!"

Anketu looked around, only to find that the crowd around him was significantly smaller, and there were corpses everywhere.

Moreover, the number of people behind him doesn't seem right......

"What about the people in the back, what are they doing?"

The adjutant replied loudly: "I don't know, it seems that something happened behind me and I didn't keep up......"

Burst!

Before he could finish speaking, a spear pierced through his chest, and he suddenly lost his breath.

"Damn Nangou!"

Anketu's eyes were blood-red, like a mad beast, fighting desperately with a scimitar.

When he didn't know it, the eight thousand cavalry had already been cut off.

The artillery salvo of the Ming army was aimed at the middle of the Warat cavalry team, and the cavalry under the rapid march was killed and injured countless times, causing the follow-up troops to be unable to move forward at all.

The 4,000 people in front were blocked by the firecrackers, and more than 1,000 were lost, and the rest fell into a white-knuckle battle, and in the face of several times the number of Ming troops, they couldn't resist at all.

At this time, the formation of the Ming army changed again, and the two flanks continued to move to the rear, forming an encirclement of the Warat army.

Finally, Onketu realized that he had lost!

Go down in flames!

But why?

In his prediction, although the Ming army was superior in numbers, they were all timid people, and as long as they rushed closer, these people would flee in fear.

Why is this happening......

A small group of Ming troops had already surrounded them, holding swords and spears and pointing at Anketu.

"Look at that guy, he seems to be a leader!"

"If you can hold on for so long, you must have some ability, don't be careless, big guys go together!"

Anketu licked the blood from his lips and rushed towards the Ming army......