The Han people on the opposite side walked out of the valley slowly.
Here is a gourd-shaped valley mouth. The space suddenly becomes wider than the mountain road. These Han people poured out from the valley, gradually dispersed, and formed three square formations as they continued to advance.
These three phalanxes each have about 3,500 or 600 men, and all three phalanxes are cavalry. Moreover, one-third of the people in front were wearing iron armor, some were chain mail, some were pierced armor, and some were scale armor. Even many Mongolian feather root armor and ring armor. The two-thirds of the people at the back were wearing leather armor.
Their horses are all Mongolian horses. These people also held small bucklers in their hands, also made of rattan and covered with cowhide, all in Mongolian style. At first glance, it was obvious that Yang Fan had given them all the captured Mongolian equipment.
Behind them, seven more phalanxes gradually walked out of the valley and formed their formations.
There are three square formations in the second row and four square formations in the third row.
These people are all sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, and archers.
Among them, the three squares in the second row held playing cards and a strange weapon that was neither a long-handled axe, nor a spear, nor a hook.
Gergenta Bu Nang, who had escaped from Duolun, took a deep breath. He knew how cruel this thing was.
This thing is called "Swiss Halberd" by the Han people. One of his Nake'er was pulled off his horse by this thing and hacked to death with an axe.
Behind the central square formation, a large number of cavalry ran out, about six to seven hundred people. These people were wearing armor they had never seen before. They are all made of solid metal plates, with helmets shaped like the heads of birds.
The plate armor is polished like a mirror, and can almost be used as a mirror, reflecting the silhouette of a person. It shone brightly in the sunlight, making the Mongolians on the opposite side unable to open their eyes.
Since these people should be generals and soldiers, they are very elite at first glance.
One of them was a tall man, riding an extremely tall maroon horse with slender limbs and graceful curves. The horse is also wearing a green riding jacket.
He holds a long horse-stem. This is equipment that the Han people have no longer used. This thing is too expensive and not easy to practice. But those who can be used are generals.
"Listen on the other side, I have been ordered to rescue the siege of King Zhao's city and attack the Taoist and Xihai captives. You must dismount and accept the surrender as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be too late after the war begins!" The general roared with spring thunder in his tongue.
All the Taijis were suddenly filled with anger, and a group of rabble-rousers dared to speak without shame.
Dabu Lai sneered and said: "You dare to grin at the wolf, you little calf, I will defeat you today, and I will boil you later. Let's see if you are still a stubborn duck."
The Mongols had the habit of throwing captured enemy generals into boiling water.
Yan Yingyuan said to the cavalry battalion commander Ma Ning beside him: "How about you protect me and rush over, are you sure of defeating them?"
At this time, Ma Ning led a supply camp of the Shijiading Regiment. Although they were not soldiers from the Jia Ding camp, he still despised the enemy on the opposite side.
"Those people in Qinghai are just a circle of defeated generals. Whoever can stand in Mongolia will go to that shabby place in the West Sea where rabbits don't poop. Don't worry, sir, we will protect you and rush over directly to penetrate their lines. So are they. They were so crazy that they set up a long snake formation. The depth is less than ten cavalry. If you make it clear, we won't be treated as soldiers."
Seeing Ma Ning's confidence, Yan Yingyuan nodded and made up his mind.
He turned around and ordered: "Three cavalry regiments are following my personal troops. Rush over, disperse them, and forcefully rush out of the valley entrance."
Yan Yingyuan waved his horsewhip, and under the protection of five hundred Yang Fan's servants and two hundred of his own soldiers, they formed a wedge formation and charged towards the Mongols on the opposite side.
Yan Yingyuan was the commander-in-chief. As soon as he moved, the three cavalry regiments behind him immediately launched a charge. Because before coming here, the Beijing camp had only allocated 6,000 war horses. Each of the three regiments had only 2,000 horses, and the rest were selected from other horses.
Fortunately, this is a grassland and there are plenty of horses.
As soon as the three cavalry regiments charged, the three infantry regiments behind them, equipped with shields, playing cards and Swiss halberds, also launched a charge. The last four groups
Also take action.
For a moment, smoke and dust billowed, and the whole army attacked, creating an overwhelming power and rushing towards the intercepting Mongolian cavalry.
This wedge-shaped formation of 700 people was like a sharp knife, stabbing into the middle of the Mongolian line.
They were baggage troops and did not wear stab-proof clothing or body armor. They all wore plate armor, but the horses were all Arabian horses, and the weapons and equipment were the same as those of the soldiers.
There is a carbine, a flintlock rifle, and three double-barreled flintlock muskets inserted in the holsters on the saber and saddle. Each man also had four grenades hanging from his belt.
Dab Lai looked at this small cavalry array, leading three cavalry groups to charge towards his own team, and was a little dazed for a moment. He didn't expect these civilians to have such courage.
"Fire arrows, use light arrows to shoot quickly. Shoot out a pot of arrows." Dab Lai was the commander of this operation, and he immediately ordered.
At this distance, only light arrows can be used. Fortunately, the Ming troops on the opposite side are all wearing leather armor. If they are all wearing iron armor, the effect of light arrows will be very poor.
Rest, rest, rest! For a moment, arrows shot through the air, and they were as dense as locusts, shooting towards the Jia Ding camp.
They immediately raised their arms and shielded their eyes with the small bucklers they wore on their forearms. Immediately, a dense rain of arrows flew down from the sky and landed on the plate armor.
There was a banging sound. These arrowheads made of bones and stones smashed against the hard carburized and hardened steel plate. Almost nothing can be shot through. And they raised their small bucklers to block their eyes to prevent broken arrows from hurting their eyes.
But the three cavalry regiments behind were not so lucky. They are all people who can ride horses found among these civilians. They just know how to ride horses. There's no such thing as riding skills.
They all tied their legs to the horses to prevent them from falling off. Then, they could twist, pitch, and dodge to perform various movements to attack the Mongols.
Their armor was captured from the Mongols. The Mongols were short of iron, and even more so, they were short of blacksmiths. Especially the armor of the Tumut people, many of which were purchased by Anda Khan back then. The reason why he dominated the grassland back then was because he purchased 50,000 sets of armor.
For hundreds of years, these Mongolians were not good at maintaining these armors. They were severely rusted, damaged, and aged. Not only was it rusty, but it was also in disrepair. Arrows fell from the sky, many of which penetrated the armor. A large number of cavalry were shot to death and wounded.
However, at this time, Dab Lai discovered a phenomenon that frightened him.
Some people were obviously shot to death, but they still sat on their horses.
Their bodies were riddled with arrows, like straw targets.
To the left and right of the horse, two long spears were tied up. As the horses galloped, the spearheads jumped up and down, flashing out huge gun flowers. Keep rushing forward.
