Mang Gurtai looked ahead and saw that the heavy armored infantry of the Han Army had been defeated. He was very surprised.
In his impression, Li Yongfang's Han army was much stronger than the other Han armies of the Jin Kingdom. After all, they were all carefully selected by Li Yongfang from the surrendered troops and generals.
After all, they have to perform special operations missions. For example, sneaking behind enemy lines and sneaking into Ming Dynasty's city.
Pretend to be a merchant and go to the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. If you don’t have two brushes, you probably won’t be able to do it. Especially these three thousand armored heavy infantry have very good combat effectiveness.
Unexpectedly, a force with the same number of people as the opposite party fought for less than half an hour. There was a collective collapse.
More than half were killed in the battle, and the layers in front were filled with corpses stabbed to death by halberds. When the two sides fought fiercely with long weapons just now, it was almost one-sided, and those who fell were basically Li Yongfang's soldiers.
Mang Gurtai knew that he couldn't fight like this. Such a little bit of investment in troops becomes a fueling tactic.
Facing the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, there are not enough people to fill them in. It's a pity that all the shield vehicles that we finally brought were lost.
"Degelei, go up with our 4,000 heavy armored infantrymen from Zhenglan Banner. The prince's men and horses can no longer withstand it. Tunbulu and Aizali, follow me and mount your horses immediately and lead 6,000 cavalry to attack their flanks. , eat these ten thousand people.”
"Cover!" At this time, Duoyan and Haraqin's troops had already retreated in advance. They returned to the camp outside Duolun City to repair.
At this time, there were only 10,000 people from Zhenglan Banner's headquarters and 15,000 people from Han Army Banner on the battlefield. The five thousand slaves pushing the shield carts suffered heavy casualties under the attack of bronze-haired cannons.
They also retreated with the Mongols. But Mang Gurtai arrogantly believed that his 25,000 men were more than enough to defeat the Ming army's 18,000 men.
At this time, the situation on the battlefield shocked him. Originally, he thought that if the elite soldiers of the Han Army Banner and the three thousand heavy armored infantry went up, they would directly defeat the Ming Army's phalanx.
Unexpectedly, he was defeated by the Ming army. The remaining four parts of the Han military flag are all composed of people with poor combat ability. Among them, those holding firearms are composed of the group of people with the worst combat ability.
In Jiannu, if you can't be a vest, you can be a foot soldier. If you can't be a foot soldier, you can be an archer. Only when you are really desperate will you be given a musket and become a musketeer.
Mainly because musketeers don't need to be too strong, nor do they need years of training like archers.
It's basically a quick-service unit. Crash means there is not much technical content. At this time, if he didn't take action, watching these 10,000 infantry attack, he would eat up the remaining 12,000 Han Banner soldiers.
According to intelligence, the opponent still has 8,000 cavalry who have not moved. We can't be led by the Ming army and follow their rhythm.
After all, Mang Gurtai has been on the battlefield for a long time, although he is a bit reckless. But his experience in facing enemies and his ability to adapt are remarkable.
Following Mang Gurtai's order, the infantrymen of Zhenglan Banner began to move. In the telescope, a blue ocean surges forward.
Their goal is to support the four Han flag phalanxes and return to the battlefield as the main force.
"Sir, he is a bannerman from the Zhenglan Banner headquarters. They are all heavy infantry in triple armor." Lin Yueru put down the telescope and said.
Yang Fan nodded and said: "Well, this time, our infantry is facing the strongest heavy infantry on land in this era. I am also looking forward to it. I have equipped the militia with such good weapons and armor. Such good weapons and high-intensity training. Can it be done against the pinnacle infantrymen of these eras?"
"Master, the cavalry of Zhenglan Banner has moved." Xiao Niangpi also said.
"I see, Mang Gurtai is not stupid. If he doesn't take action, we will eat the Han army flag. The tactic of adding fuel to the fire is not recommended." Yang Fan curled his lips and said.
"He is now making a desperate move. He has even used his last trump card. He wants to fight us decisively."
"Hmph, it's a little too late for him to go all out for a decisive battle. He didn't think highly of us in the first place. As a result, Li Yongfang destroyed all the heavy infantry. Now if we fight again, our 10,000 infantry will face their 4,000 heavy infantry. Even if we add those 12,000 people with broken firearms, we won’t be afraid." Xiao Niangpi said.
"Get on the horse, let's go meet Mang Gurtai and praise the regular Eight Banners. If the Jurchens are not worth ten thousand, the Jurchens are invincible. This has been said for five hundred years since the Song Dynasty. It is really a big name. "Yang Fan said with a sneer.
Inside the car city, the bugle sounded. Eight thousand cavalry mounted their horses one after another, and the officers restrained the team, arranged the military formation, and arranged themselves in battle formation.
The soldiers immediately took action. The soldiers in the car camp opened the steel plate again and flipped it up.
So that the cavalry can pass quickly. It was considered from the beginning that the steel plate was designed to be three meters high. The cavalry on horseback could pass quickly after the steel plate was flipped.
Whether it is a quick attack or a quick retreat to the car city to gain protection, it is very fast. Yang Fan's cavalry are truly elite, far beyond what these militiamen can match.
The equipment is also very good. The war horses are all Arabian horses and Don horses. Tall and strong, a head taller than Jiannu's Mongolian horse.
In addition to firearms, the Junquge cavalry are also equipped with modern sabers and wear aluminum alloy plate armor with body armor inside.
Used to protect against firecrackers. These body armors are relatively cheap civilian versions, that is, escort and bank security levels, and are not expensive.
However, it should be enough to defend against the fire guns with very low muzzle velocity in this era. Modern high-performance body armor is not only expensive, but its performance is also somewhat wasteful.
Yang Fan could not guarantee that the aluminum alloy plate armor would not be penetrated, so he added an insurance policy to his elite cavalry.
At the same time, the internal body armor also had enough buffer against the heavy weapons of the Jiannu. Prevent fractures and blunt trauma.
This time, Yang Fan wanted to lead them into a head-on fight with the strongest cavalry in East Asia. This will destroy their arrogance openly and openly.
Inspire the morale of the military and the people. From the mouth of Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of Liao Dynasty,
"If there are not even ten thousand Jurchens, they will be invincible." The so-called Jurchens are invincible if they are not even counted. It is a joke.
These cavalrymen, fully armed, train for five kilometers every day. A thousand push-ups and sit-ups.
A four hundred meter obstacle course. Armor combat for two hours. Shoot a hundred rounds. Equestrian for one hour.
This is a Ming Dynasty cavalry trained and armed with modern military theory. Raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while, it's time to test them.
They have strong physical strength and endurance, reaction speed, and flexibility. Modern fighting techniques, excellent armor and weapons, crushing firearms and equipment.
The best war horse in all of East Asia at this time. Yang Fan didn't believe that such an army was no match for the Eight Banners.
