"Zhang Xiaoqi, don't be afraid of death later. What's the point of death? There is no future in this world, and it's better to die than to live! Although you are alive now, it is no different from death... Only by becoming a bannerman, you Only then can you truly live a life!"
The speaker was Niulu Zhangjingfan Wencai of the Han Army with a red flag. Fan Wencai was originally a guard, but he made a contribution during the entrance investigation last time. In addition, his younger brother Fan Wencheng was Huang Taiji's close friend. So he was glanced at by Yue Tuogao, the leader of the flag with a red flag, and Niu Lu Zhangjing was mentioned as an exception.
However, his promotion was not in vain, he had to show real military exploits!
So this time he followed Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo out of the formation. Zhang Xiaoqi, the coated slave with a red flag, also went to the battlefield together. He was temporarily incorporated into Niu Lu under Fan Wencai's control, and became a dead soldier!
Don't think that Fan Wencai is bullying Zhang Xiaoqi... It's a favor to bring him to the battlefield, it's to give him a way to rise.
Of course, this road to ascent requires risking your life. If you die, you have to accept your fate. But if you don’t work hard now, will you live a long life in the future? Here in Houjin, don’t even think about it. The current Hou Jin is a complete military state, completely out of the blue. If you can't fight for the Great Khan, and if you have no military honors or worldly service, you are the lowest slave! There is still some value when you can work, but if you can't work anymore, why are you still alive?
So if Zhang Xiaoqi doesn't work hard now, he will starve to death in the future!
Therefore, Zhang Xiaoqi is still very grateful to Fan Wencai for taking him to the battlefield to be a dead soldier...because if he didn't die and could still rush into the Mongolian vehicle formation, he would be a bannerman.
If he died...he wouldn't have to suffer!
What? To create a rebellion against the Kingdom of Jin? Let Zhang Xiaoqi kill an Eight Banners warrior like Obai? What's the difference between this and dying? He is not Zhu Youjian, who "knows the best in Ming Dynasty", nor Zhu Cixiang, who is "the richest in Ming Dynasty", he is just an ordinary servant!
In the powerful Jin Dynasty, there was no possibility of rebellion and counterattack.
Therefore, Zhang Xiaoqi has no other way out but to become cannon fodder for the Dajin Military State.
Although he was just a cannon fodder with no staff, the Kingdom of Jin, which had limited human resources, still gave him a collar of foam-studded cotton armor, a leather helmet, a round shield, and a lancet. The equipment was pretty good. He and some other cannon fodder were also organized to train a shield formation - the shield formation was used to replace the carriage. After Huang Taiji went around the pass and came back empty-handed, Houjin began to use human shield arrays to replace wooden carts.
The shield formation not only included sword players, but also spearmen - because Huang Taiji discovered that the Ming army's cavalry was also a bit powerful!
In order to defeat the cavalry, it is necessary to get some spears for the Han army Niu Lu.
Under Fan Wencai's command, those walking in the front carrying shields were all coated slaves, and those walking in the back carrying spears were Han army flag-bearers. Behind Fan Wencai and others, there were serious Eight Banners soldiers carrying bows and arrows and wearing two or three layers of thick armor, serving as both sharp soldiers and archers.
Although the tactics of the Later Jin Army were slightly improved, the idea was still the same, which was to maximize the Eight Banners soldiers' archery skills and then engage in hand-to-hand combat.
As the attack horn sounded, ten gun and shield columns composed of about 2,000 Han troops and Bao Yi began to slowly press towards the camp where the Han troops were inserted.
There is no doubt that the Eight Banners soldiers are good at shooting. Aren't they basically a people of fishing and hunting? However, their opponents, the Mongols, also regarded archery as their specialty. Before the 2,000 Han troops and Bao Yi could attack, the Mongols who were guarding behind the Gulie Yanche Formation were already waiting with their bows drawn.
"Don't be afraid! Mongolian bows are weak..." Fan Wencai, who was directing a horizontal formation forward, roared loudly to encourage his men.
The Mongolian bows are indeed relatively soft. Their bows are all cavalry bows. Like the Kaiyuan Bow of the Ming Army and the Manchu War Bow of the Later Jin Army, they are sinew composite bows. Theoretically, the power is not bad...if the production craftsmanship and maintenance of the bow and arrow can still reach the standards of the early years!
But the Mongols, who had been in decline for two to three hundred years, no longer had enough financial resources and productivity to provide their warriors with good bows and armor.
That's why Fan Wencai, a small traitor leader who took refuge in Hou Jin Dynasty, felt that the Mongolian bows and arrows were weak and insufficient in lethality.
In addition to not having good bows, the current Mongols also lack good armor. Even if Lin Dan Batur gets assistance from Zhu Youjian, he can only equip a few thousand armored cavalry. Most of his herdsmen and militiamen only had leather armor that had been passed down for countless generations, which could not stop the powerful Manchu bows and arrows.
"Forget it if you die, forget it if you die..." Although the Mongolian arrowheads are not very powerful, Zhang Xiaoqi's foam-nailed cotton armor is still not very reliable, so he had to hold up his shield and murmured Talking to himself, he covered his head and moved forward.
A "boom boom boom" sound of bow strings suddenly reached his ears. He shrunk his neck and was hit hard twice by the shield he held high to protect his head and face. Zhang Xiaoqi knew that two feather arrows had hit his shield.
"Stop! Kneel down..." Fan Wencai's voice came again.
Zhang Xiaoqi quickly knelt down on one knee and continued to hold the shield, while a gun pole was placed on his shoulder. In this way, a "human wall" was formed that could withstand the direct fire of bows and arrows and the impact of war horses.
Leaning on this "human wall", the Eight Banners soldiers wearing two and three layers of heavy armor began to use their powerful seven-power bows and eight-power bows to fire sharp arrows at the Mongols who had fired dozens of steps. .
The arrows from both sides are coming back and forth. At first glance, they seem to be evenly matched, but the damage caused is hugely different!
The lethality of Mongolian arrowheads is really limited at a distance of dozens of steps. At least Zhang Xiaoqi didn't notice anyone around him being shot to death. Although he had two arrowheads inserted into his foam-nailed cotton armor, he didn't feel much pain.
Obviously, the arrowhead did not penetrate his flesh...
Lindan Batur, who went to the front line to supervise the battle, saw that the bodies of his Mongolian warriors were shot through by powerful Manchu arrows!
The Mongols behind Gulieyan's vehicle formation were soon dead and wounded! The sounds of screams and wails came one after another, and the smell of death filled the air.
Lindan Batur, who has always been afraid of gold, felt regretful when he saw this scene.
How nice it is to take a good squint at the Tumut River!
Even if we wait for the outcome of the Battle of Yanshan on the Bashang Grassland, it would be better than what we are doing now!
What to do now? Can't fight, can't escape...and certainly can't surrender!
Could it be that the majestic Yuan Kingdom is over once it reaches my generation?
Just when Lin Dan Batur was thinking of this, the Hou Jin army in front suddenly shouted loudly, and at the same time there was a burst of drums!
He quickly took a closer look and saw that the "human wall" that had been crouched down just now began to move forward again, rushing towards the Gulieyan vehicle formation.
The previous exchange of bows and arrows was just foreplay, but now the Hou Jin Army has launched the first round of charge!
Rush up, it's the flag-bearer!
Zhang Xiaoqi only had one thought in his mind!
He has now drawn his sword, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, following the team and marching forward bravely.
If you go backward, you will die! Because the Manchurian elite soldiers supervising the battle will not show any mercy!
And moving forward... as long as you rush into the car formation and survive, you can become a bannerman regardless of whether you make a victory or not.
Only by becoming a bannerman can you truly live a good life!
When he thought of this, Zhang Xiaoqi had already rushed into the trench. The trench is not deep, but it is still a trench!
Without the protection of trenches, Mongolia's Gulieyan Vehicle Formation would be easy to break through, so the Mongols also tried their best! A large group of armored soldiers rushed out of Gulieyan's chariot formation, holding long spears and stabbing at the Han troops and Bao Yi in the ditch.
Zhang Xiaoqi's waist knife couldn't reach those Mongolians at all, so he had to hold up his shield to block left and right to prevent the spear from piercing him. But resisting blindly is not the answer after all. The Han army and Bao Yi, who were suppressed in the trench by the Mongols, were quickly killed and injured. Screams and the sound of spears piercing the human body came one after another.
But Zhang Xiaoqi was not afraid at all, and he never thought about retreating.
He is not afraid of death, he has never lived!
The Mongolian armored soldiers pressed forward to the front of the vehicle formation, and they were also risking their lives!
Because the Eight Banners soldiers are now close to the trench, at this distance, their seven-power bow and eight-power bow are extremely powerful, and their archery skills are extremely skillful. They can shoot arrows at human faces or other parts that are not protected by armor. .
After a while, Zhang Xiaoqi discovered that the Mongolian spears were "fewer and fewer." At this moment, someone shouted again: "Charge! Charge up...it's the flagman!"
"Come on!" Zhang Xiaoqi also shouted, using all his strength, he jumped out of the ditch and rushed towards the car array in front.
He had only one thought - rush over!
