Seeing the Ming army's armored cavalry dismounting and forming an infantry formation, the Mongols on the other side of the river were also stunned. This group of Mongols was part of the Alachu camp among the eight Han camps, and was commanded by Zaisang named Daiqin, a distant brother of Hutu Dun Khan.
This Daiqin Zaisang was also a veteran general of the Han Dynasty who had been fighting for a long time, and he often fought against the Ming army. I am too familiar with the Ming army's fighting style...but there is no tactic in which the mounted servants dismount to form a spear formation to fight against the enemy cavalry!
Even if you are unable to charge forward when riding a horse forddling across the river, you will easily be attacked by the opponent's cavalry on the river beach. There is no reason to dismount and fight on foot!
Usually at this time, it would be the servants driving the soldiers into the shallows! Even if a pile of corpses is used, a passage must be piled up, and then the servants can charge on horseback.
Where is the servant who dismounts his horse and comes to die on his own? These servants look very well equipped, all of them are wearing iron armor, and some are wearing gold armor... These gold armors look very expensive, where did these servants come from? Will there be a war?
In addition, where is Guiyingcha, the first warrior of Mongolia? Didn't he cross the river with a Sumu armored cavalry? Why is it missing? Even if the battle is defeated, it is impossible for the whole army to be wiped out... The Jurchens on the other side of the river are not Jianzhou, how can they be so cruel?
"Zai Sang, they...they really crossed the river! What should we do?"
A leader following Dai Qin Zaisang started shouting loudly at this time, interrupting Dai Qin Zaisang's thoughts. The veteran of the Han tribe squinted his eyes. Sure enough, they began to wade across the river, with the pikemen behind and the gunmen in front...
"Warriors," Dai Qin Zaisang opened his throat and shouted, "Take out your bows and arrows and shoot these Nanbarbarians who are looking for death!"
Dai Qin Zaisang's subordinates were all armed herdsmen who had joined the eighth camp of the Han Dynasty. They were worse than the herdsmen of Great Khan Orduo. They didn't even have a good bow, let alone armor. They are all soft bows that cannot shoot through iron armor at all. So these herdsmen could only drive their horses forward, get close to the target and shoot the Ming army soldiers in the face... This was not easy to hit, so they had to charge very close.
When Sun Chuanting and Hu Dawei commanded a phalanx of 500 soldiers to wade to the middle of the Yu River, more than a hundred Mongolian herdsmen rushed up on their horses, screaming strangely as they rushed back. The soldiers of the Ming army ignored them at all and just moved forward with their heads covered. They waited until the distance between the two sides was only twenty or thirty steps before they heard a harsh sound of suona, and then the phalanx stopped advancing.
This so-called square array is actually still rectangular. The 500 people lined up in 10 rows. The soldiers in the front two rows held high their loaded Rumi guns and lit the match ropes.
When the suona sounded, the 50 gun soldiers standing in the first row stopped advancing, and then collectively leveled the guns. They did not fire immediately, but waited for a while. When the armed herdsmen from the Han tribe rushed into the river about ten steps away, they heard Wu Sangui's command: "First row... fire!"
Bah...
50 Rumi guns fired almost at the same time! A burst of gunpowder smoke drifted away, and the herdsmen who were preparing to draw their bows and arrows knocked down seventeen or eight people. They all fell into the river like dumplings, and the screams also rang out. It was miserable to hear it, and I thought It hurts just thinking about it!
When the remaining herdsmen who had not been shot saw this scene, how could they dare to shoot arrows again? Hurry up and run away... More than a hundred horses turned around in the river in chaos. They only saw a group of four-legged horses flapping in the river, not to mention how lively it was.
However, the other 50 Ming soldiers holding fire cannons who had not fired before did not fire again. The Ming soldiers who succeeded in one attack just continued to move forward, followed the group of herdsmen retreating in chaos, and crossed the Yuhe River.
Just when they stepped onto the river beach, Dai Qin Zaisang ordered his men to blow the horn of attack.
The chaotic charge of the Mongolian herdsmen begins!
Although the armed herdsmen are not cavalry, they are after all four legs attacking two legs, and there are quite a few of them. It seems that there are more than a thousand people, and they can be divided into several formations to attack in turn!
Mangui, who was on the other side of the river, saw this scene and was heartbroken.
However, Zhu Youjian was still confident... The 500 soldiers he sent out in front of the tent were just a simple version of the Spanish square formation. It could not stop the Eight Banners soldiers, but it could not stop more than a thousand Noisy herdsmen?
Bah...
Another volley of firecrackers!
The herdsmen who attacked from the front were immediately knocked down by more than twenty people. However, compared to their number, this loss was nothing, so the charge did not stop. The fire gunners of the Ming Army had no time to reload their ammunition, so they all retreated into the gun array and began to reload under the cover of carbines with sharply polished gun tips.
How could the Mongolian herdsmen have the courage to attack the gun array? They still do it the old way, shooting arrows around.
There were no archers on the Ming army's side (in fact, everyone was carrying bows and arrows, but they were all on horseback). They had 100 Lumi guns scattered on the front, left, and right sides of the gun array, and they were loaded repeatedly. The shooting is not a salvo, but a free fire.
Although the number of Mongolian bows and arrows is several times more than 100 Rumi guns, everyone on the Ming army is wearing long body armor, and the Mongolian soft bows cannot shoot at all. But Rumi's cannon shot came, but the gunshot killed someone...
"Manzong Town," Zhu Youjian observed for a while on the west bank of the Yu River and felt that it was almost done, so he said to Man Gui, "Take your servant across the river and kill him for a while... Remember, force Just drive away the enemy!"
"It's an order..."
Mangui bowed before he could lead his servants across the river. Li Zicheng came over with more than a hundred light cavalry. These more than a hundred light cavalry were really impressive. Everyone had three or two heads hanging under the horse's neck! Among them, Li Zicheng also picked up a human head with a carbine, which was the head of Zai Sang, a member of the Han army!
"Long live my lord, we have picked up a big guy." Li Zicheng saluted Zhu Youjian on horseback, then pointed at the spear with a smile and said, "This Tatar is the general manager of thousands of households in the Han army." , his name is Gui Yingcha... According to the prisoners, he is the number one warrior in Mongolia!"
Zhu Youjian looked at Gui Yingcha, who had his eyes open and his mouth open. He could tell that he was unwilling, and said to Man Gui: "Mr. Manzhen, take that head with you... and... The Mongols said that I just killed their number one warrior, and now I want to challenge Lindan Batur!"
"Long live Lord, do you want to challenge Hutu Dunhan?" Mangui was startled again, "That's a Tatar..."
Zhu Youjian laughed loudly: "I am very skilled in martial arts, and Lin Dan Batur is no match for me!"
That's true... No matter how good Lin Dan Batur's martial arts is, he can't defeat Zhu Youjian who uses Lumi gun!
"I obey the order!" Man Gui had no choice but to accept the emperor's order and let people cross the river together with Gui Yingcha's head. Moreover, he also asked his servants who spoke Mongolian to shout together: "The emperor of tomorrow is so brave that he will kill Gui Yingcha, the first warrior of Mongolia! The head of Gui Yingcha is here..."
The shouts soon reached the ears of Dai Qin Zaisang on the other side of the Yu River. This old man was very familiar with Gui Ying. When he heard that he was beheaded by the Ming Emperor, he almost fell off his horse. But he still didn't quite believe it. How could Gui Yingqia, who was so powerful in martial arts, be beheaded by the Ming Dynasty emperor?
So he ordered the herdsmen who were besieging the Ming army's formation to withdraw, and then sent two men who knew Gui Yingcha to watch. After a while, two of his men came back crying.
"Dai Qin Zaisang and Guiying Cha Zaisang were really chopped down by the Emperor of Heaven, and their heads were hung up..."
"Dai Qin Zaisang, Guiying Chazaisang are really dead, and their heads were cut off. It's absolutely true..."
Dai Qin Zaisang opened his mouth wide and stared, speechless, and then there was an even more unbelievable cry.
"The Emperor of Heaven has unparalleled martial arts skills and is invincible in the world. He wants to challenge Tiger and Rabbit Dun Khan of the Han Dynasty!"
What? Did the Ming Emperor challenge the Mongol Khan? Are you going to fight one on one? The Emperor and the Great Khan have a one-on-one? How can there be such a thing in the world? Where could such an emperor exist in the Ming Dynasty?
