Chapter 513: Fighting the Steppe Cavalry
In the command post of one of the hills, Nan Ming requisitioned a telescope and looked at the plain in front of him, with a serious expression in his eyes and a cold glint in his eyes.
At the end of the plain, I saw a large figure of black pressure rushing towards this side, rolling up dust like the wind, it was the steppe cavalry coming.
According to the information that came back, this time the steppe cavalry was divided into three directions. In front of him was an army of 100,000 people in the middle lane, and the same 100,000 people on the left and right roads.
The distance between the three roads is not far, less than fifty miles. Support is always available.
Such a formation made Nan Mingzheng feel a wave of worry. His army was only 100,000 men, and the defensive line could reach 100 miles.
However, such a line of defense will appear weak, and the other generals may not feel that there is anything wrong. The steppe cavalry was not even taken into account at all.
Such emotions are likely to lead to defeat, and if the defense line is stretched further, the possibility of a crushing defeat will be even greater.
Although the distance between the left and right of the current steppe cavalry is only fifty miles, his defense line can also be reduced to fifty miles.
But because the plains are too flat, a bad one may cause the enemy to copy it behind. Therefore, although the Southern Ming Expedition narrowed the defensive line to fifty miles.
But he divided nearly 10,000 people, and increased the defensive line area of nearly ten miles at the defense line on both sides, and the distance of ten miles to the left and right reached seventy miles.
As long as he found that the steppe cavalry had plans to make a detour, he would not be hasty in his reaction.
However, Nan Mingzheng was still a little worried, and the main reason was the mood of the generals in the subordinate army this time, as well as the mood of underestimating the enemy among the soldiers of the subordinate army.
He only hoped that there would be no mess this time, otherwise, he would be sorry for Mr. Jiang's entrustment.
Looking at the steppe cavalry in the middle lane who was getting closer and closer, his eyes were surging. And quickly gave an order to the children who were blocking this section.
Time passed little by little, and the side of the Zidi Army was ready, even if everyone had the heart to underestimate the enemy, but the soldiers of the Zidi Army still had a high degree of vigilance.
This is also because the ideological education is in place, and the enemy is underestimated by the enemy, but the battle is the battle. When it's time to take it seriously, take it seriously.
The steppe cavalry in front of them marched at a very fast speed, and their actions were indeed as good as the wind. More than ten miles of road, they arrived in less than half an hour.
The soldiers of the Zidi Army looked at the rushing steppe cavalry, and immediately watched with full attention, they were waiting for the best time to attack.
Except for some of the steppe cavalry passing through the valley road in the middle, most of the steppe cavalry chose to rush up the hilly terrain.
After all, the terrain in the hilly terrain here is not high, and the cavalry charge is at most slightly affected by speed. Does not affect the charge.
Just as the steppe cavalry rushed to the hilly land, about a hundred meters away from the soldiers of the Zidi Army on the hills, the attack of the Zidi soldiers was launched in an instant.
The sudden attack made the cavalrymen dumbfounded, and they were instantly beaten stupid. They could never have imagined that there would be an ambush in this hilly land.
Moreover, this ambush attack was not only sudden, but also carried a force that frightened them.
They have always been accustomed to charging, no matter what kind of army they encounter the enemy, under the onslaught of their cavalry, they can easily rush loose in a few rounds.
It is basically difficult for those armies to inflict any kind of damage on them. Unless it's a cavalry collision. But this cavalry collision is simply impossible to ambush on the hills in advance.
This is also the reason why, when encountering hilly land, the steppe cavalry does not even send scouts to reconnoitre. There is no need for reconnaissance at all.
Even if there are enemy ambushes on the hills, they can easily break up these ambushes and kill them all.
The current situation is that the cavalry that rushed up the hills fell down in pieces, and almost no one was spared the horses, men, and horses.
When Tuo Lie and other grassland generals who were behind the grassland cavalry saw this scene, their eyes were full of astonishment, and there was a deep disbelief in their eyes. They don't even know what's going on.
Although the battle on the hills was sudden, the steppe cavalry did not have fear because of this, and they desperately rushed up.
Undaunted to death, they need to see what has done them so much harm.
It's a pity that no matter how they charged, they were all knocked down in the end.
At the same time, a whistling sound came from the other side of the hill, and then, in the cavalry formation, a burst of explosions followed.
Screams rang out, and the steppe cavalry, which was originally quite neat, suddenly became chaotic. There were a lot of dead and wounded. Tuo Lie and others in the rear were also affected, and the war horse was frightened and almost went crazy.
They struggled to snatch the horses from their seats, and looked at the hills in the distance in horror, and a feeling rose in their hearts.
Could it be that this is a heavenly punishment, a divine soldier descending from heaven to punish them!
However, after a brief period of thought in their minds, they quickly suppressed it.
Faintly, Tuolie looked at the hills with the binoculars in his hand, which he had stolen from a Western khanate. With this thing, he was able to see far away.
From a distance, he saw the soldiers of the Subordinate Army who appeared on the hills, and they all fired at the cavalry with their guns.
A group of cavalry also saw the strafing soldiers, they thought they were divine soldiers, but soon, they reacted.
The problem lies in the weapons in the hands of those above them, and if they want to win, they can only rush to the front and take those weapons. Slay the enemy.
Although their casualties were heavy, for the sake of victory, the steppe cavalry, under the command of Tuo Li, immediately launched a charge again.
The cavalry who rushed to the valley road wanted to copy the rear road of the children's army, but as soon as they entered the valley road, they found that they could not rush through it at all.
The various traps in the valley road caused heavy losses to the steppe cavalry, and the children on the hills launched an attack on them. The steppe cavalry in the valley road was the worst.
The battle lasted less than half an hour, and the steppe cavalry charged several times without fear of death, killing and wounding nearly 10,000 people.
Coupled with the bombardment of all kinds of artillery fire, nearly 10,000 casualties were added, and before the battle began, they lost nearly 20,000 people.
Such a battle had never been encountered by the steppe cavalry, and their losses were no more than 10,000 at most.
It was only after a long battle that such casualties occurred. But before the battle began, they suffered twice as many casualties.
Such a result is unacceptable and unbelievable.
His eyes were full of anger, and they were going to rush over no matter what, but he wanted to see what was in the hills.