What's this! An army of the undead!
In the blink of an eye, all thirty arrows from an arrow pot were shot out.
These rain of arrows caused heavy casualties to the three cavalry regiments. Although many people have been shot to death and wounded. But Yan Yingyuan's plan prepared in advance still played a huge role.
He knew clearly that these people could only ride on horses and were not considered cavalry at all. Most of them did not have the ability to fight hand-to-hand with the Mongols.
Therefore, before the battle, an order was issued for all cavalry to tie their legs firmly to their horses with ropes. In this way, no matter how fierce the fight is, you will not fall off your horse.
He also ordered that a long spear be tied to the left and right sides of the horse at an angle of 30 degrees.
In this way, these cavalrymen transformed into a formation similar to a chain of horses.
Every five horses are chained together. Taking one corps as a unit, they violently attacked Mongolia.
This is because their cavalry fighting and equestrian abilities are not good, and at the same time, they are not trained enough and cannot form wall-mounting tactics. There is no other way.
Since, it is impossible for these people to form a group of eleven people like Yang Fan's servants. Use dense formations and unit width to increase troop density to offset the Mongols' fighting ability.
Simply tie the five cavalrymen together horizontally.
Those who attack in front form a chain of horses to break up the enemy's formation. A group of five people form a rope-linked wall ride. Form a local advantage and use more to defeat fewer.
Mongolians usually carry three arrow pots, two for light arrows and one for heavy arrows. They are all thirty pieces per pot.
After shooting the light arrows, the Mongols immediately launched a charge without looking at the results.
In cavalry fighting, the horses must be allowed to run. If you stand here and are hit by the enemy's running horses, it is an act of seeking death.
The Taijis shouted loudly and urged their men to charge.
The two armies faced each other at the mouth of the valley, which was only three to five miles wide.
Yan Yingyuan's personal soldiers and servants' baggage cavalry battalion were very fast, and in the blink of an eye they were thirty meters away from the Mongolian cavalry.
Ma Ning shouted, "Fire four rounds from the gun! Fire!"
The cavalrymen quickly pulled out a double-barreled flintlock musket with their left and right hands from the holster in front of the saddle. Immediately pull the trigger and fire.
Under the charge of the cavalry from both sides, the distance of thirty meters disappeared in the blink of an eye. There can be no hesitation at this time.
Bang bang bang bang!
Dense smoke rose and was blown away by the strong wind.
At this time, the cavalry, which had transformed from a wedge formation into a wild goose formation, opened fire collectively.
Yan Yingyuan and his two hundred cavalry were protected at the back of the middle position of the wild goose formation.
Dense bullets were fired, and there was no need to aim at this time. Because there are people in front and behind the opponent, even if you can't hit the first row, you can still hit the second row. And the third and fourth rows….
[In view of the general environment,
The enemy troops charging against the Jia Ding camp felt as if they had been hit by a hammer. The entire charge paused, and then everyone fell on their backs.
These handguns have short barrels and an effective range of only thirty meters. However, the flintlock gun has a high rate of fire and fires very quickly. Just pull the trigger and fire immediately.
The first time you pull the trigger, the left hammer fires the left barrel. If you continue to pull the trigger all the way, the right hammer fires the right barrel. This hand gun has a trigger that uses different strokes to fire two rounds of ammunition.
Thirty meters away, the two sides collided at high speed, which means they would collide in six or seven seconds.
However, this time is enough for each hand to activate a blunderbuss. And put the empty gun back into the holster. He casually drew his saber and slashed at the enemies who were not knocked off their horses.
In order to block the entrance of the valley, Dab Lai also underestimated the enemy too much. There is a big problem with his formation. The main reason is that the depth is too thin.
Five hundred people from the Jia Ding Camp formed a wild goose formation with double rows at the front and back. There is a width of 125 meters on the left and right sides. That is, one meter per meter
Horse position.
This is a very dense cavalry formation. Among the entire team of more than 30,000 people, only the servant cavalry sent by Yang Fan could form such a battle formation.
Almost in the blink of an eye, half of the Mongols' depth was penetrated. Then the two sides collided violently. Soldiers from both sides wielded machetes and sabers, and began to kill at the moment they passed each other.
Because the formation of the Jiading camp was dense, and the Mongols on the sides were killing each other, and the Mongols on the front could not pass through the gaps. So they hit each other head to head.
Jia Dingying likes to bang. Because their horses are good. Tall, heavy, and faster. Mongolian horses couldn't hit them at all.
They also thoughtfully installed a foot-long steel nail on the horse's forehead iron. It makes these horses look like unicorns.
Under a violent collision, the Mongolians on the opposite side were knocked away and knocked down. Under such a fierce impact, as long as he fell to the ground, he would be trampled to death by a random horse. Nothing was left to chance.
The hand cannon sliced off one layer, the war horse knocked down another layer, and the rest were fighting hand-to-hand in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the members of the Jia Ding Group were already proficient in modern saber fighting techniques. Their fighting skills and equestrian skills have surpassed those of these herdsmen levies.
Mongols at this time. It is no longer the era of Genghis Khan. They basically have no standing army.
Those who were off-duty were the Qixue Army and the 126 Qianhu Cavalry who specialized in fighting and plundering supplies during the battle. Has long been lost in the dust of history.
Now, the grasslands are filled with herdsmen recruiting soldiers. They graze in peacetime and gather in times of war. It is similar to the system of the Eight Banners. However, under the Eight Banners system, a lot of time is spent on military training during the slack time. But the Mongols did not. Their training was completely left to hunting and riding and shooting during normal grazing.
At this time, hand-to-hand combat began, and these Mongols faced off against professional cavalry soldiers, especially cavalry trained in modern equestrian and sword skills, tactics, and sabers. Immediately fell behind.
Their horses were too short, and they were at a disadvantage when slashing. Many of them didn't even have leather armor, and leather robes couldn't stop the slashing of modern cavalry sabers.
Their scimitars were far less useful than modern cavalry sabers in terms of material and ergonomics.
In the blink of an eye, the Jia Ding camp penetrated the enemy's military formation and rushed over.
As the servant regiment protected the general, they rushed through the enemy's formation and cut the enemy into two pieces horizontally. Greatly boosted morale. The three cavalry regiments behind raised a deafening shout. Then they collided with the Mongols.
The cavalry regiment in the middle followed the expansion of the gap and rushed through. The cavalry regiments on both wings collided with Mongolia.
Their first row of horse formations. A group of five horses carried a knight with his legs tied, wielding nine spears. Directly dispersed the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side.
In this formation, even if the Mongolian cavalry wanted to push forward, the Mongolian horses would not be willing. These war horses, gray donkeys and donkeys, yelled and automatically got out of the way of the chain of horses, running past from the side. Even if the Mongolian soldiers beat him hard, it would be useless.
The chain of horses completely broke up their formation.
