The loud horn sound sounded, and the Mongolian cavalry who was fighting fiercely with the Perak Army suddenly became excited and charged fiercely like a red-eyed bull. For a time, the situation of the Perak Army Cavalry, which was already at a disadvantage, became even more dangerous. Just when the cavalry formation of the Perak Army was broken through and divided and surrounded, a loud sound of copper trumpets sounded from the center position of the Perak Army. Upon hearing the sound of the brass horn, the three cavalry battalions immediately adjusted their formation and quickly retreated to the rear of the infantry. In one moment, they retreated completely, exposing the entire infantry formation to the front of the Mongolian cavalry.
Liu Heima was overjoyed when he saw this, and felt quite proud of his decision. In his opinion, the Perak Army's cavalry had been disabled. All that was needed was to charge the cavalry from three directions collectively and make a centripetal assault. They could break through the hastily built infantry defense line of the Perak Army in one fell swoop and destroy all the artillery pieces. As long as there are no artillery, those infantrymen are lambs to be slaughtered. As for the cavalrymen who fled several miles away, they have been beaten to death and wounded heavily, and they have long become frightened birds and are nothing to be afraid of. So he issued an order again, asking his cavalry to launch a death charge towards the infantry camp. At present, the Mongolian cavalry is only two or three miles away from the Perak Army infantry, and they can reach it in an instant.
The Mongolian army is worthy of being a powerful army that conquers the world. They adjusted their formations and rushed towards the Perak Army in a very short time under the order. The whole process was completed in one go. Liu Heima nodded frequently and his confidence in victory could not help but increase. Contrary to his confidence, Hudu, who was leading the charge from the left wing, suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart. He shuddered involuntarily. Speaking of the tragic situation after Liu Da'er's cavalry charged into the Meizhou City, , still made him frightened. But he kept comforting himself in his heart, how could Liu Dal'er's cavalry compare with the Mongolian cavalry? Moreover, they only have two hundred cavalry, and the current Perak Army has not built a good defense line and artillery position. However, as the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, the Perak soldiers in front did not form a mess. Instead, they continued to swarm towards the low wall and the boxcar.
Hudu, who was in the center of the charging formation, suddenly caught a glimpse of a flash of fire in front of him through the gap between the dense crowd of horse heads and human heads. This made his heart sink suddenly, and he hurriedly shouted an order to turn the horses' heads and retreat. As soon as he finished speaking, fire flashed frequently, intensive artillery fire also sounded at the same time, and large sheets of white smoke rose above the Perak Army's defense line. As soon as Sudu turned his horse's head to the right, he found that at least a third of the cavalry in front of him had fallen. In a moment of hesitation, he rode his horse in a large arc and fled to the rear. Then there was another round of cannon fire behind him, and many horses around him fell to the ground neighing, and even half of the soldiers who followed him were lost. . The continuous bombardment frightened Hudu, and he whipped his horse violently, causing the pained horse to leap hundreds of meters away.
Kudu, who luckily escaped two rounds of shelling, did not escape the third round. A shot of shot broke off one of his mount's hind legs. The war horse neighed and fell, throwing Hudu several meters away. Fortunately, the land in the plains of western Sichuan was soft and covered with weeds. It was as if he had fallen on a carpet, only leaving him bruised and swollen. Seeing Hudu's horse fall to the ground, the few soldiers who followed him kicked a cavalryman off his horse and pulled him onto the newly vacated saddle as he passed by Hudu. Protecting the coach is the first mission of these soldiers. As for the unlucky guy who was kicked off, whether he can survive the gunfire depends on whether his life is strong or not.
Suddenly, under the protection of his own soldiers, he escaped for several miles in one breath. He did not stop to catch his breath until he reached behind the array of the Mongolian and Han troops. He ordered his people to count the number of people who had escaped with him, and found that there were only about 200 riders left, which made him angry and scared. Of course, he was angry because of the heavy losses. He personally led the five hundred cavalry on the left wing and lost most of them in one battle. It was really an unbearable loss. The fear is because the fear of artillery has penetrated deep into the bones. In the fierce battle with the Perak Army cavalry for more than a quarter of an hour, they lost less than a hundred cavalry. However, after several rounds of artillery fire, they lost nearly two hundred cavalry. If he hadn't retreated immediately, the losses would have been more serious, and he might even have lost his life.
The Kudu cavalry attacking the right wing had also seen the power of artillery with their own eyes, so they fled quickly after the Perak Army fired the artillery. However, the captain leading the team was not as alert as Kudu, and the order to escape was issued a moment late, so the losses were even greater. Seriously, only more than a hundred riders escaped. After this battle, only more than 300 of the thousand cavalry under Hudu's command were left, which was basically considered dead. When the two groups of remnants of cavalry came together, they suddenly looked at the sparse cavalry queue in front of them. They drew their swords and wanted to kill themselves, but they were held down by their men. He has been fighting in the army for more than thirty years since he was a child, and he has never suffered such a disastrous defeat. Throughout the nearly thirty years of Mongolian wars against the Song Dynasty, it was rare for the Mongolian cavalry to suffer such a disastrous defeat with such a high casualty rate.
In fact, compared to the Mongolian cavalry attacking both flanks, the charge of the Mongolian and Han cavalry was more ferocious. Although Liu Heima was able to command Western Sichuan by hugging Kublai Khan's thigh, many Mongolian generals had no respect for him. Especially in the eyes of the Mongolian generals, Liu Heima and the Mongolian Han troops under him were nothing more than "grass seed eaters" and sycophants of Kublai Khan. They were still second-class people in the empire. Therefore, Liu Heima, Yelu Maizhu and others held their breath to prove the strength of the Mongolian Han army and use their achievements to subdue the rebellious Mongolian generals. Therefore, the momentum of the charge he launched was extremely fierce, with the heroic spirit of "a strong man will never return". This is also the so-called "convert fanaticism". More importantly, although Liu Heima knew the power of the Pili Army's artillery, and Yelu Maizhu had even seen it personally before, they did not know that the Pili Army's artillery technology had been iterated several times, and its power was far from what it had been before.
Yelu Maizhu was also a strong general. With him leading the charge, the Mongolian and Han cavalry charging frontally were much more powerful than the Mongolian cavalry on both wings, because not only did the charge involve more than 700 cavalry, including Liu Heima The trump card was also the last trump card - two hundred heavy cavalry also entered the battle formation. Although the 800 light-armored cavalry who had just charged head-on caused heavy casualties to the Perak Army cavalry, they also lost more than 200 cavalry themselves. Liu Heima did not hesitate to let the remaining light cavalry rush ahead to clear the way, just so that the heavy cavalry following behind could kill the Perak army with one blow. However, although his little move was secretive, it was discovered by Cao Ergou who was standing on the observation deck with a telescope.
Liu Heima's Mongolian Han army had a total of one thousand cavalry, of which 800 were light cavalry equipped with leather armor and 200 were heavy cavalry equipped with iron helmets and armor. As a Sinicized nomadic people, the Khitan people are famous all over the world for their cavalry and infantry. However, they were defeated by the Jurchens' powerful heavy cavalry "Iron Buddha" and the Xixia heavy cavalry "Iron Harrier". Liu Heima, a Khitan man, certainly knew the power of the Jurchens' "Iron Pagoda", so he spent a lot of money to build his own "Iron Pagoda". Since both men and horses are heavily armored, these heavy cavalry have extremely high requirements for the horses, and their daily feeding is also very meticulous. During combat, each cavalry requires two auxiliary soldiers to help transport the armor and weapons of the men and horses, and it takes a long time before charging. Only then can we put heavy armor on men and horses. Although it is expensive and inconvenient to use, Liu Heima still bites the bullet and keeps this heavy cavalry for a reason - each of these heavy armored cavalry weighs at least 1,500 kilograms, just like the tanks of the cold weapon era. Once it charges, no one can resist it.
