The 2,800 light cavalry immediately spread out, forming a formation of the same width facing the width of the enemy. Then they grabbed their riding bows and threw them towards the sky at a 45-degree angle.
Zhang Geda cursed angrily and immediately raised the thirty centimeter small buckler on his left arm to block his eyes. These Tatars are always like this. Relying on their good archery skills, they always start shooting 150 meters in advance. By the time the two sides engage in battle, they have already fired four rounds.
If it were an ordinary Ming army soldier, a quarter of the force would have to fall in these four rounds.
But this time, these people are all veterans of Yang Fan's retainers. They have gone through hundreds of battles in the past two years and have crawled out of the piles of dead people in various Shura battlefields. They went through ten times more brutal training than ordinary soldiers. With three times the salary, he enjoys various benefits that benefit his family.
They drink milk, eat beef, and have vegetables available all year round. Equipped with the most advanced equipment in the world.
An elite division built with countless money and life. They are not afraid of death, have superb skills, and are extremely loyal to their master. When he defeated the Zhenglan Banner of the slave establishment, how could he take these Alxa light cavalry in his eyes?
A dense rain of arrows fell from the sky. It fell on the servant group.
They didn't care, they had been through this situation too many times. Stab-proof clothing will block these arrows, and the insert plate will block and offset the hits of heavy weapons. The beak helmet will also protect their heads. Even the horses' riding jackets are made of stab-proof fabric.
Yang Fan was riding on his unusually tall maroon war horse. Just lower your head slightly and stagger the viewing slit of the beak helmet. Prevent people from being missed due to character issues and being shot through the observation gap.
In fact, even if it hits the observation slit, it will get stuck and will not penetrate. However, everyone knows that the Mongolian arrows are not made of iron. If they were made of iron, they would naturally get stuck. But they are too short of iron. Their arrowheads were ground from stone and bone.
If these things happen to hit the viewing slit of the helmet, they will shatter instantly and the residue will hit the eyes. Yang Fan strictly forbade the soldiers not to take measures and relied on the strength of their helmets to ignore the loss of defense. He himself naturally has to set an example.
Yang Fan just lowered his head when dense arrows hit him like raindrops. Despite the best protective measures, the shock still hurt.
Yang Fan couldn't help but curse. These projectile arrows are very annoying.
The distance between the two sides quickly closed, and the ferocious faces of the Mongols were clearly visible.
After four rounds of bows and arrows, rows of wall riders finally reached a distance of fifty meters.
At this time, Yang Fan was no longer needed to give orders. Every soldier sitting on the wall, according to the drill, directly drew a short-barreled flintlock carbine with ammunition. Shoot at the Alxa people on the opposite side.
The servants, who had been hurt by arrows along the way just now, were filled with anger. Dog Tatars, this time it was the uncle's turn to show off his power. Let you use your bows and arrows to bully us.
Bang bang bang! Bursts of smoke filled the air.
Each row mounted on the wall, and eleven cavalrymen shoulder to shoulder opened fire collectively. Eleven lead bullets flew out from the smoldering muzzle and headed straight for the Alxa Qingqi on the opposite side.
The person on the other side never expected that everyone on the other side had firearms. Suddenly, it was like leaves being swept away by the autumn wind, and they fell off the horse with a crackle.
After emptying a lance, the servants put their guns back into their holsters, pulled out another lance, and fired again. Another burst of smoke filled the air. By this time, the two sides had reached a distance of thirty meters. This distance accuracy has improved again.
Another piece of Alxa Qingqi fell off the horse. After two rounds of shooting, the Alxa people suffered more than 800 casualties. There were less than two thousand people left.
Then the cavalry from both sides collided.
The Alxa people were beaten to a pulp by two rounds of flintlock guns. It was only then that they realized that they had entered into a physical fight. Out of extreme fear and anger, they clenched their scimitars and howled and slashed at them.
At this time, they discovered the difference between these cavalry and all the enemies they had encountered before. These people were all shoulder to shoulder, forming an extremely tight formation. And they were in a loose formation one or two meters apart.
They were surprised to find that they had to face two or even three or four enemies alone. When three or four Miao knives came at them, they couldn't resist them at all.
Yang Fan's servant group is equipped with Arabian horses. The shoulder height of these horses is more than 40 centimeters higher than the Mongolian horses. The servant regiment must use a long knife like the Miao Dao to reach the infantry. Fortunately, they have undergone rigorous training and have very strong physical strength. They can easily use the Miao Dao right away.
They used a condescending slashing technique against their Mongolian horse enemies. The Miao knife was 1.67 meters long and could be used for both slashing and assassination. Their stab-proof clothing is lightweight yet effective and does not affect body movements.
The Mongolian light cavalry in front of them were all chopped down as soon as they faced each other.
Alxa Qingqi hit the wall and had no chance of survival. Their equipment and fighting skills are far behind.
Ulan Tabu Nang rushed through the gap in the wall with his soldiers. As soon as they rushed over, they immediately turned around and shot arrows. Shoot these strange cavalrymen in grass-green clothes from behind.
After the first row rode on the wall and killed the enemy in front of them, they were shot with arrows in the back.
These bows and arrows failed to penetrate their stab-proof clothing, but there was a pain in their backs, which must have been bruised at this time.
"Ignore them and keep moving forward," the officer shouted.
The first row rode on the wall and continued to move forward, following Zhang Shize and rushing forward.
Wuyun Tabu Nang continued to advance after seeing the arrow in his back, and the Ming army suffered little loss. Gasped. He didn't know what was going on, why his arrows couldn't penetrate the cloth.
These Ming soldiers must have worn chainmail internally, he thought secretly.
However, he couldn't stop thinking about the situation on the battlefield, because a new row of wall riders was coming towards him. Their positions were staggered across the gaps in the row of walls in front of them.
Not surprisingly, there was another round of musket fire. The only difference was that this time the servants used double-barreled flintlock muskets instead of carbines. Because the distance is too close now. There is no need to use a carbine with a longer range.
This time the firepower was more intense and the intervals were shorter. With two flintlock muskets in both hands, four bullets were fired in less than six seconds.
The Mongols fell off their horses one after another. This time, after being killed on the wall, only more than 1,300 cavalry remained, and 700 to 800 of them were shot down. The remaining 600 people, led by Wuyun Tabu Nang, collided head-on with the wall.
