In ancient times, cavalry had a huge advantage over infantry in most cases. Especially with a large-scale cavalry charge, it is difficult for the infantry to be able to resist.

This situation was reversed with the advent of firearms. In modern times, the emergence of repeating machine guns has completely declined the cavalry.

Now, although the development of firearms is far from the level of modern history, the experience of the Tatar cavalry in dealing with it is far from enough.

Frontal fire from two hundred Tiger guns, plus dozens of red-coat guns with gun carriages installed. The consequence of this volley was that the cavalry regiment of the Tartars was directly reduced to a sky full of minced meat.

No matter how thick the armor is, how elite the knight is, it is a toy in the face of such an attack.

There were quite a few lucky cavalrymen who were able to break through the blockade of artillery fire. But after overcoming the blockade of artillery fire, there was also a blockade of musket arrays.

The degree of development of firearms in this era is not high, and neither the rate of fire nor the lethality can be compared with later generations. And the best way to compensate for this deficiency is to concentrate on the use of a large number of firearms.

Use quantity to compensate for the lack of lethality of firearms.

The firearms bureau that Lu Xiao purchased in advance was actually able to produce qualified firearms and gunpowder. But all the gunpowder produced by the Firearms Bureau Lu Xiao basically didn't move, and all of them were stockpiled, just for today's battle.

The previous Lu Xiao's loyal guards were all finished products bought from European merchants. The cost is huge, just to save money for this war. Now, the war has started, and naturally all the Tartars have been thrown out.

Huang Taiji began to panic. He had fought an unknown number of Ming Dynasty musketeers before. But I've never been in this situation. The charge of tens of thousands of cavalry was directly blown up by artillery fire, and then it was replenished by muskets. In the end, he rushed to the enemy formation and was directly stabbed to death by the spear shield.

The army in front of him, the sharpness of the firearms. The speed of fire, and even the lethality, completely refreshed the concept of firearms in his mind. He thought he knew a lot about firearms. But now I realized that I had never really learned about this weapon.

"Withdraw!

"Huang Taiji finally ordered a retreat, and this time it was a real retreat. Because the team in front is still going up to send it, and the back has already begun to withdraw. This has led to a serious disconnect across the ranks. Many cavalrymen heard the signal to withdraw their troops and wanted to retreat. But some of them were affected by the sound of gunfire and were not heard at all.

In this way, the team was completely disorganized.

Countless Tartar soldiers, clashing with each other. In order to retreat routes, many people even directly drew their knives and cut down their colleagues in front of them. They were really frightened by the firearms not far away.

At this time, the loyal guards suddenly dispersed, and a cavalry regiment of about 4,000 people suddenly slaughtered. The Tartar at the front noticed the enemy coming and wanted to respond to it. However, some colleagues wanted to evacuate. In the chaos, the cavalry regiment seemed to enter a no-man's land and directly forced to charge into battle.

This was the battle of a very small number of Ming cavalry regiments in the last years of the Ming Dynasty to charge the Tartar camp. These 4,000 cavalry were carefully selected from tens of thousands of Beijing battalions, plus the cavalry regiments of the loyal and brave guards.

Although the gunfire stopped, the lethality of this cavalry was even more amazing. Because they make the already chaotic formation of the Tartars even more trivial. Those scattered soldiers were directly surrounded and strangled by the Ming army one by one.

Huang Taiji in the rear saw this scene, and only felt that his eyes were about to split. Immediately ordered a counteroffensive.

But fighting a war is not a dinner party. Orders on the battlefield that are related to the movement of tens of thousands of people, you can't think of one out of one. Many Tartars have just begun to retreat, but the next second the order has become a backlash!

Such a chaotic order made countless Tartar soldiers instantly confused. In fact, even they reacted too late. The Ming army had succeeded in breaking up their formation. At this time, when he wanted to fight back, Huang Taiji could only stuff his personal guards into it. Fight to the death with the Ming army here.

In this way, it is not only a matter of superiority and death.

Huang Taiji naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to turn around and play with this Ming army. Even if you win, what? As soon as the Ming artillery in the rear caught up, there was another round of shelling. If you don't get it right today, you won't be able to leave.

Seeing that the fighter plane had been lost, Huang Taiji could only change the military order again and the whole army retreated.

This withdrawal is equivalent to admitting defeat. Those soldiers who were killed and scattered and encircled could only be sent to the Ming army to kill. It's how much you can bring, how much you can bring, and you'll take the first step.

The emperor Taiji who retreated in a hurry naturally had to pay a price. The cavalry that followed behind chased and killed, and bit off a piece of meat directly from Huang Taiji's body again.

This battle is not only about human damage, but also about the most critical food and grass.

Because the defeat was so sudden, Huang Taiji didn't have time to take away the baggage. You can only lead the team and run lightly. So after three days, his team was already running out of food.

He wanted to loot along the way. But suddenly I remembered that when I came, I had already finished those towns. It should be possible to take a detour, but soon Huang Taiji found out.

The towns, which had been fearful of him, suddenly hardened. If you don't fight him, you just close the city gates and delay time. And what Huang Taiji lacks most is time.

The Ming army was chasing after him. He wasn't really afraid of the cavalry regiment. But he was afraid of the firearms army behind the cavalry. Once entangled by the opposing cavalry, wait until that firearms regiment arrives. As soon as the cannon went off, he had to peel off his skin again.

But if you don't grab it, you can't help it. The soldiers were so hungry that they couldn't hold on. He could only give the order to storm a small city. Slaughtered the city in half a day and robbed everything that could be eaten.

But soon, he paid for it. Because after the firearms battalion arrived, it was directly covered by distant firepower, and the entire urbanization was in ruins. Huang Taiji fled in a hurry again. This time, he really didn't dare to stop.

That's probably what the so-called defeat means. When Emperor Ming Taiji was defeated and retreated, there were at least 50,000 people around him. That's enough to fight any Ming army.

But in reality, it just can't be beaten. In the chaos, it was successively captured by the Ming cavalry, with losses of more than 10,000. In the town, the city was bombarded by the firearms battalion, and there was another wave of damage.

Then there was the starvation of the soldiers, and the hasty flight caused many soldiers to be unable to keep up.

From the moment the capital was defeated, he never organized any effective counterattack. Even if there is a heart, but as time goes by, the soldiers below will not be able to do it. They lacked military rations, and their horses were exhausted.

On the other hand, the cavalry of the Ming army hanging behind them. It's not a lot, but it's well supplied. And the other party doesn't make steel with them, but hangs from afar. Come up and take a bite at every opportunity. Huang Taiji could only defend passively, but he did not dare to turn back and pursue.

Under the influence of each other, he even began to feel an unprecedented despair.

Obviously, there were back and forth at the beginning, why did you suddenly end up at the end of the road?