war! "Wu Xingping patted his thigh and said, "Sooner or later we will have to fight the Northern Barbarians, so let's fight them first to see who is more powerful, the soldiers of our Tiger Flag, or their Mongolian cavalry. . "
"What do the others mean?" Meng Qing looked at the others around him.
Staff officer Chen Yonglian said: "At this point, even if we don't want to fight, the Mongols will not let us go. Why not fight to see who is more powerful."
"I support the formation of vehicles to fight the Mongols."
"I support it too."
Other staff officers spoke out in support of fighting the Mongols.
Meng Qing said at this time: "Since everyone agrees to go out to fight the Mongols, it should be sooner rather than later. Tomorrow we will go out to fight them. Now let's deduce the battle with the Mongols and strive for Let’s display the majesty of our tiger flag tomorrow.”
Several staff officers, Meng Qing and Wu Xingping sat beside the campfire to discuss tomorrow's battle.
Although their soldier brigade is the escort of the convoy, it is also a more elite soldier team than the border army. They are not like bandits who are accustomed to rushing forward in everything they do. Instead, they have their own battle formations and rules.
One night passed, and the team finished their meal early.
One by one, teams came out from behind the vehicle formation and re-formed a battle formation in front of the vehicle formation.
The baggage train mostly used spears and was left in the middle of the battle formation. The front row was filled with gunmen, and the left and right sides were four-pounder cannons and tiger squat cannons. The gunners stood beside their respective cannons.
The movement on the convoy side was naturally discovered by the Mongolian sentries, who sent the news back to the Mongolian army.
"Taiji, the people with the tiger-character flag moved. They all came out from behind the car array, put away the car array, and were ready to hit the road." The sentry rider who came back came to Batu's camp to report.
Batu was eating his own food. When he heard the report from the sentry rider, he threw the food aside, stood up, and said, "Go and find Wo Lunkuo. At the same time, give the order. Everyone should put on their armor and mount their horses."
The guards in the camp ran out to deliver orders.
Batu did not stay in his tent, but walked towards the outside of the tent.
As soon as he came outside, Wo Lunkuo trotted over from a distance.
When they got closer, Wo Lunkuo said: "Taiji, the sentinel sent a message saying that the people with the tiger character flag can't stand still and want to let their convoy continue on the road. Is this true?"
As a captain, even if he was not Taiji, a sentry rider still passed the news to him. The reason why he asked again was to confirm with Batu.
Batu nodded and said: "The people in the Tiger Flag can't stand it anymore and want to go on the road. Their car formation has also been put away. Now is our opportunity to send troops to deal with this convoy."
"Please also ask Taiji to allow me to lead people to hijack this convoy and kill all the Han dogs." Wo Lunkuo asked for a fight.
Batu glanced at Wo Lunkuo and said: "This time we all dispatch, leaving no one behind, and all two thousand cavalry attack the Tiger Flag's convoy."
"Please Taiji give me a chance to atone for my sins." Wo Lunkuo asked for another fight unmoved.
Batu frowned and said, "Is it because of the Arslan incident?"
Wo Lunkuo hesitated for a moment, and finally said with a wry smile: "To be honest with Taiji, once Arslan dies, I will definitely be blamed when I go back, so I ask Taiji to give me a chance to lead my troops to solve the problem of Tiger." This convoy of flags used the heads of Han dogs to atone for their sins."
Batu pondered for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "In that case, I will give you this opportunity. With your thousand cavalry facing hundreds of infantry, there should be no suspense about victory."
"Thank you Taiji." Wo Lunkuo breathed a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that Batu would not allow him to deal with Tiger Flag's convoy alone and would not give him a chance to reduce his guilt. Fortunately, Batu gave him a chance to atone.
Wo Lunkuo left Batu and returned to his tent. He picked up his weapons, brought his war horses and rode on them.
After almost half an hour, all the cavalrymen of the Mongolian army mounted their horses and put on their armor.
Wo Lunkuo rode in front, turned around and shouted to the thousand-man team he had brought: "In front of us is the convoy of Han dogs. As long as we kill all the Han dogs in the convoy, everything in the convoy will belong to us. Everyone, listen to my orders and follow me to kill the Han dogs."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took the lead and rushed out on horseback.
Behind him, a cavalry brigade of nearly a thousand people followed, charging toward the opposite convoy.
Batu, who was staying behind, looked at Wo Lunkuo who rushed out, shook his head slightly, and said: "It's too impulsive. As a general, you shouldn't rush to the front at this time. You forgot how Arslan died so quickly. .”
It's a pity that Wo Lunkuo was destined not to hear his words.
Thousands of cavalry galloped on the grassland, making a rumbling sound, and the earth seemed to be shaking.
When many soldiers in the battle formation saw so many cavalry rushing over, many of them had their legs trembling slightly, panic in their eyes, and fear on their faces.
However, no one left the battle formation and escaped privately.
Because behind the battle formation, there is also a supervising team. As long as there are soldiers who escape privately, the captain and corps commander of the team have the right to kill the deserters on the spot. Even if these captains and corps commanders do not take action, the supervising team will.
In addition to supervising the battle team, coupled with the daily rigorous training, many soldiers subconsciously look for other soldiers when they encounter a crisis, and maintain the appearance of the battle formation with other soldiers.
"If a man dies and a bird looks up to the sky, he will not die for tens of thousands of years." Meng Qing spat heavily on the ground and immediately shouted, "The artillery team fires!"
The ordering soldier waved the order flag in his hand.
The gunner on the right saw the order flag first and immediately shouted: "The four-pounder is firing, targeting the cavalry in front."
boom! boom!
Two four-pounders were fired, followed closely by two four-pounders on the left.
After the sound of artillery, the second round of artillery fire sounded soon.
Solid bullets were fired from the barrel and fell into the Mongolian cavalry heading ahead.
Thousands of cavalrymen drew a long line, and almost no shot missed.
Because there were too many cavalry and the people and horses were densely packed, the damage caused by a solid bullet was far more serious than the last time.
Eight solid bullets smashed out an empty space in the charge of nearly a thousand cavalry, but it was quickly filled by other Mongolian cavalry.
After four rounds of shelling, the Mongolian cavalry finally rushed forward, only about a hundred and fifty steps away from the battle formation of the Tiger Flag.
At this time, the muzzles of the four four-pound cannons had been leveled, and they fired directly.
"Prepare the gunman," Meng Qing shouted.
A firecracker was held in the hand of the firecracker, aiming at the ferocious-looking Mongolian cavalry in front of them.
Meng Qing counted silently in his mind, calculating the distance between the Mongolian cavalry and their gunmen.
Although the walking gun used by the fire gunman is an improved one and is more effective than the Lumi gun, at a distance of more than eighty steps, the only way to hit the target is to rely on God.
