Riding a bow at a hundred paces has almost no lethality.
The Yun family army lay down on their horses. Apart from hearing a clanking sound, there were almost no casualties.
The Yun Family Army's casualty rate is so low, it has something to do with the morale of the Jurchens, and more to do with the Yun Family Army's black technology.
The cavalry's half-cuirass and the horse's breastplate are all directly rolled out.
It is made of steel and is formed in one piece at one time. It is not only high in strength, but also has good toughness, and the efficiency is many times faster than manual work.
At a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, even if the Jurchens were perfect marksmen, they would have little effect.
Fortunately, the Yun Army's flintlock guns had no time to reload and were unable to fire from a long distance, giving the Jurchen cavalry a second chance to fire their bows.
The important thing about riding a bow is small pulling force and fast shooting speed. At a distance of a hundred paces, it is no problem to fire two or even three bows in succession.
Some guys with excellent archery skills can also shoot a series of arrows. They can even shoot five or six arrows in a short distance of a hundred steps!
If you shoot too many times, there will always be times when a blind cat bumps into a dead mouse.
As the Yun family's army fell into disarray, the distance between the two sides finally came to within thirty meters.
When Yun Chao sent someone to deliver the gun, he made it clear to Pan Guiying that the short flintlock gun had the best firing effect within twenty meters.
If the enemy is not wearing armor, you can shoot within thirty meters.
No matter how far it is.
One is that it is easy to hit, and the other is that even if it hits, it is difficult to make the opponent lose combat effectiveness immediately.
The effective range of pistols of later generations is usually only fifty or sixty meters, not to mention the backward muzzle-loading muskets.
Bah bah bah bah...
As the Yun family army's flintlock guns began to fire, the little advantage the Jurchen cavalry had just created was suddenly gone.
The Yun family's cavalrymen each had two guns. If their right hand was empty, they would hit their left hand. Who could stand it?
After emptying their pistols, the Yun family army still had excellent sabers to kill at close quarters, and ordinary weapons could not stop them at all.
The saber made of high-quality steel is unmatched by ordinary swords and guns in terms of sharpness and toughness.
Especially with the power of the high-speed charge of the war horses, the relatively backward weapons of the Jurchens are simply not enough!
This situation had already appeared during the first round of hedging, when many Jurchen weapons were broken.
Some of the weapons were not broken, but were damaged.
These damaged weapons are more likely to break during the second collision!
The two sides rushed past and reorganized their formations.
Zong Wang's face turned green.
There were originally more than 7,000 people, but now there are only just over 4,000 left, and another 3,000 have been lost!
On the other hand, the Yun Family Army was better off this time than last time, with more than 500 losses, almost half of the first round of hedging.
The numbers on both sides are almost even.
There are just over 4,000 Jurchens left, and the Yun family army is close to 3,500!
This is a hairy move.
Although if we continue to fight like this, both sides will probably lose in the end, but Zong Wang can no longer bear it.
The Jurchens and the Wu Dynasty people were fighting for their lives. Even if Zong Wang was kicked in the head by a donkey, he still wouldn't be able to do such a thing!
What was the population of Wu Dynasty?
How many Dingkou do Jurchens have?
During this southern expedition, the Jurchens' East Route Army numbered 60,000, while the West Route Army was even smaller than the East Route Army, only 50,000.
It is impossible for the Jurchens to go out in full force. After all, they have just destroyed the Khitan, and they must leave enough troops to guard their nest.
According to preliminary estimates, the total strength of the Jurchens should be around 200,000 to 300,000.
Of course, if you count the surrender of the Khitan and the Wu Dynasty, it would be much more. If you recruit some civilians and so on, it will be no problem if you say one or two million.
However, you know your own affairs.
Others didn't know the actual strength of the Jurchens. As the second son of the old emperor and the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, Zong Wang couldn't be unclear about it.
So far in this battle, more than half of our 50,000 men have been lost.
Including Wushu's 10,000 men, the Eastern Route Army alone suffered losses of more than 30,000, more than 10% of the Jurchen's total strength.
If the cavalry led by Zong Wang were completely wiped out, the remaining 20,000 infantrymen on the battlefield would also be destroyed.
In this way, the Eastern Route Army would be completely destroyed!
Losing 60,000 elite soldiers at one time was equivalent to breaking an arm for the Jurchens.
Don't talk about continuing the southern expedition in the future, maybe you won't even be able to keep the Khitan territory that you conquered!
Just as it happened, after two rounds of hedging, the Jurchen cavalry returned to the side close to their own military formation.
"Retreat, retreat to our formation!"
Seeing Zong Wang fleeing back with his cavalry, Pan Guiying secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Five thousand cavalrymen lost a thousand and a half, and the Yun family's cavalrymen were injured.
Although the 30% battle loss is much better than the 60% battle loss of the Jurchen cavalry, the Yun family army's cavalry is small in number and has a weak foundation, so it cannot afford to waste it.
Pan Guiying was so distressed that she almost cried.
If it weren't for the purpose of training the team, she really wouldn't want to watch her hard-trained men die one by one!
Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do. Yun Chao knew that Pan Guiying was a soft-hearted woman. Before setting off for the expedition, he repeatedly told her that if she dared to be hesitant, she would only be allowed to be an instructor in the future and she would never be allowed to lead troops again.
"Yun Er, go back and see if I don't bite you to death!"
Pan Guiying transferred all her feelings for the cavalry to Yun Chao, and prepared to seek justice from him when she returned!
…
"Ah sneeze!"
North of the battlefield.
Fifty miles away.
Standing on the top of a hill, Yun Chao suddenly sneezed loudly.
"Who misses me again? Is it Zong Wang, that old fox?"
"Commander, I don't think it's Zong Wang. It must be some sister-in-law who is talking about you again."
"Go away, stop worrying about these idle thoughts when you have nothing to do, and pay more attention to the war ahead."
"Hey, I have some good news for you, Commander. Li Xing has defeated Zong Wang's 50,000-strong army. According to the scout report, Zong Wang only brought 3,000 Qingqi and is escaping towards us!"
Yun Chao's eyes lit up: "Oh, so fast? Didn't it mean that Pan Guiying's cavalry has not yet faced off against the Jurchen cavalry?"
"Commander, news just came that Brigadier Pan's cavalry has fought against the Jurchen cavalry. The Jurchen cavalry suffered a loss of 7,000, while our cavalry suffered a loss of 1,500..."
Yun Chao established a cavalry brigade, and the brigade commander was naturally Pan Guiying.
"Okay, great!"
Yun Chao was not worried that Li Xing would fail, but he was worried that Pan Guiying's cavalry would suffer.
Now that I heard that the battle damage ratio between the two sides was so high, my heart immediately dropped to my stomach.
"Well, the Jurchens were defeated just after the cavalry battle?"
"Yes, as soon as Zong Wang ran away with the cavalry, the infantry immediately collapsed!"
Yun Chao laughed loudly: "That's great, I'll celebrate with Brigadier Pan when I get back!"
All the subordinates pouted.
To celebrate Brigadier Pan's success, I'm afraid it's to reward the beautiful Pan, right?
