The tactics Yun Chao formulated for the Yun family army were to bombard with artillery and then charge with infantry. After the artillery bombarded the infantry, then charge with the infantry. After the infantry had charged, the artillery fired again.
This tactic, which was still effective during World War II in later generations, was almost unsolvable on the battlefield a thousand years ago.
Even if Zong Wang is full of wisdom and tricks, even if the Jurchens are not afraid of life and death, in the face of the torrent of steel from the Yun family army, they can only end up being bombarded to pieces!
In desperation, Zong Wang pressed all the iron pagodas up, but the battle situation still showed no improvement.
If he knew how his fourth brother Wushu failed, he would not send Tiefu Tu up to die.
Unfortunately, the Yun family army's strategy of covering the battlefield was successful. Wu Shu's 10,000 elite Jurchens were defeated worthless and did not send back any useful intelligence.
In this way, the Jurchens' 10,000 infantry troops, 3,000 iron pagodas, and 5,000 kidnapping horses that were supporting the iron pagoda were all defeated by the Yun family's army.
The remaining 20,000 infantrymen could barely keep their formation in order.
However, with the coordinated tactics of the Yun family's infantry and artillery, they could no longer hold on for long, and it was only a matter of time before the entire army collapsed.
Looking at the scattered corpses of the Jurchens, Zong Wang's eyes turned red.
"Send the order, all the kidnapper horses will follow me, kill the enemy's cavalry, go around behind them and attack them!"
Although he knew that using light cavalry to attack a well-organized infantry formation, the probability of victory was very small, Zong Wang was still prepared to make a desperate move.
There was no other way. There were fifty artillery pieces in front of the Yun Family Army's formation. It was a death front that the Jurchen warriors could not overcome. If they wanted to turn defeat into victory, they had only one option: attacking the Yun Family Army's rear formation.
Before attacking the Yun Family Army's rear formation, they must first break through the cavalry interception.
Fortunately, there are not many cavalry in the Yun family army. There are only 5,000 cavalry in the 30,000-strong army. The Jurchens have more than 10,000 cavalry left, which is almost more than double the cavalry in the Yun family army.
Zong Wang was full of confidence. Regardless of his failure on the frontal battlefield, when it came to cavalry combat, he really didn't like the cavalry of the Yun Family Army.
Even if there are not as many cavalry as the Yun family army, Zong Wang is sure to win easily.
In the eyes of the Jurchens, the people of the Wu Dynasty were synonymous with weakness. Although the army opposite was a bit weird, with magic weapons that could spit fire, there were none in front of the cavalry formation. Zong Wang had been observing them for a long time, otherwise he would not have dared to bring them with him rashly. Attack with cavalry.
"Jurchen warriors, the despicable Wu Dynasty people have killed so many of our brothers, follow me and avenge our brothers!"
With a loud roar, Zong Wang took the lead and rushed out with his soldiers.
When the Jurchen cavalry saw Zong Wang leading the charge, they all gathered their courage and howled and rushed out.
Seeing the Jurchen cavalry begin to charge, the Yun family's cavalry was not to be outdone, and urged their horses to prepare for battle.
In order to ensure nothing went wrong, Pan Guiying took the initiative to ask Ying to command cavalry operations in Li Xing's Second Group Army.
The main task of Wang Shitou's first group army is to hold on to the Daming Mansion, and it does not need too many cavalry.
The second group army responsible for intercepting Zong Wang is where the cavalry comes into play.
Pan Guiying's judgment was correct, and she came to the right place. Finally, she could kill happily.
During this time, Pan Guiying was exhausted.
When she thought of the heartless Yun Er and his little white rabbit, Pan Guiying couldn't help but feel weak and frizzy all over, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
Only by going to the battlefield and killing fiercely can she vent the desire... ahem, anger in her body!
The Jurchen cavalry numbered more than 10,000, while the Yun family army only had 5,000 cavalry.
Under normal circumstances, the cavalry of the Yun family army would never be a match for the Jurchen cavalry.
After all, the training time of the Yun family's cavalry is not long, at least, not as long as that of the Jurchen cavalry.
However, this is not normal.
Knowing that the Eastern Route Army intercepting the Jurchens might have a tough battle with the Jurchen cavalry, how could Yun Chao not prepare early.
Why Yun Chao said before that the fall of Bianliang City disrupted his rhythm was because he was not ready yet.
In order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, Yun Chao ordered the military factory to work overtime, and finally managed to equip Pan Guiying's five thousand cavalry with some gadgets before Zong Wang returned.
As the distance got closer, the cavalry on both sides became more and more nervous.
In a head-on confrontation between cavalry, whoever can't help but dodge first will be at a disadvantage.
The Jurchen cavalry are awesome, they can all ride on horses and shoot arrows.
Especially the cavalry in the front row, almost all have good riding and shooting skills.
The distance between the two sides was a hundred steps away, and the Jurchen cavalry in the front row began to draw their bows and set arrows.
When the two sides approach to fifty or sixty steps, the bowstring will be released immediately!
The cavalry bow used by the cavalry is far less powerful than the infantry bow and has a limited range.
In addition, it is difficult to draw the bow on a galloping horse, so the effective range is only about fifty steps, seventy or eighty meters.
"Well, what is that?"
Zong Wang, who was charging, was stunned.
Why is the opponent's cavalry so weird? They neither draw their bows nor carry their crossbows, but instead raise small pipes...
Small tube...
tube……
son……
Damn bear, why do these little tubes look so familiar?
As he watched, Zong Wang's speed slowed down, and he and his soldiers fell behind the other soldiers.
At this moment, the Yun Family Army on the opposite side opened fire.
Pan Guiying calculated the distance and issued the order to fire in advance before the Jurchens released their bowstring!
The small pipe in the hands of the Yun family's cavalry is the flintlock gun that Yun Chao urgently made.
The time was tight and the mission was heavy. In addition, the accuracy of firing on a galloping horse was limited and did not require a long range. Therefore, the flintlock guns equipped by Yun Chao to the cavalry did not have rifling.
Yun Chao personally tested it and found that the flintlock gun built by the Yun Family Army had an effective range of more than a hundred steps, or one hundred and fifty meters.
At about 100 meters, it can break ordinary armor.
At about fifty steps, which is a distance of seventy or eighty meters, it can penetrate double-layer armor.
The accuracy of the musket is limited. At a long distance, the probability of hitting is much lower than the probability of missing.
Under normal circumstances, at a distance of fifty meters, a hit rate of three is considered good.
Of course, it would be different if a large army fired together. The best way to use the musket was to fire in volley.
If shooting one-on-one, it is difficult for a musketeer to defeat an archer.
If it's a volley of multiple people, a group of musketeers...
Well, it's also hard to fight off a bunch of archers.
Bows and arrows shoot faster and more accurately than muskets. When shooting face to face, the archer has an advantage.
Unfortunately, whether the war can be won or not depends on many factors.
High accuracy is useful, if you can't shoot through the opponent's armor, you will still be beaten.
Of course, the hit rate of a crossbow is high, and in terms of armor-breaking ability, it is definitely better than a musket.
At a distance of a hundred steps, the Yun Family Army's flintlock guns could break through ordinary armor, but ordinary bows and arrows could hardly break through the Yun Family Army's armor.
This is one of the reasons why muskets eventually replaced crossbows.
Of course, inferior muskets do not count!
