Before the Jin conquered the grasslands, the Jin still fought mainly on foot. Only after they recovered Mongolia did they have enough cavalry.
"Captain, the slave thieves are preparing to attack." Staff officer Cheng Ping came to Pan Yi's side.
He was not surprised at all that the slave thief gave up his horse and chose to dismount and fight on foot.
Although the Tiger Character Banner has never fought a war with more than a hundred people against the slave thieves, the Tiger Character Banner has never given up on the slave thieves.
The slave thieves have always been regarded as the imaginary enemy of the Tiger Flag, and news about the slave thieves has been continuously sent back from Liaodong.
At the same time, Tiger Character Banner placed many secret spies within the sphere of influence of the Liaodong slave thieves to fully understand the situation of the Liaodong slave thieves.
Even the Ming court probably didn't know the Liaodong slave thieves as well as Hu Ziqi.
Pan Yi took away the monocular telescope in front of him and said: "It seems that your Excellency is right. Most of the skills of the slave thieves are in infantry combat. Look at the bows and arrows of the slave thieves. They are far inferior to those of the Mongolian mounted bows." of."
With that said, he handed the monocular telescope in his hand to Cheng Ping.
Cheng Ping raised his monocular and looked in the direction of the slaves ahead.
Through the monocular, he could clearly see that the longbows in the hands of the slave thieves were all hard bows. Both in terms of range and strength, they were far stronger than the riding bows used by the Mongols.
Once these longbow-wielding slaves get close, they will definitely be able to cause damage to the soldiers on their side.
"The messenger, tell the artillery team to let these slaves have a taste of our truth." Pan Yi ordered the messenger.
After hearing this, Cheng Ping put down the monocular telescope in his hand and said with a puzzled face: "What truth?"
"My lord has said that the truth is within range." Pan Yi looked at the slave thief in the distance and sneered.
Only then did Cheng Ping realize that this was the truth.
boom! boom! boom!
A dozen four-pounders were fired.
Cannonballs fell towards the slave thieves in the distance.
The first round was a test shot. The hit was not high and it did no harm to the slave thieves.
Even so, Nizhen and others were shocked.
They didn't expect that the Tiger Flag's convoy actually brought cannons. You know, cannons are powerful weapons for city defense. They suffered a lot from this when they attacked the Ming Dynasty city.
At this time, Ni Zhen also realized that the soldiers and horses of this Tiger Flag were unusual.
It is impossible for ordinary caravan guards to carry cannons with them.
"Attack, rush over quickly. As long as you rush closer, their cannons will be useless." Nizhen shouted loudly.
Having faced the Ming army's artillery before, he knew the advantages and disadvantages of the artillery.
Knowing that although the cannon is powerful, it can be slow to reload, especially if you get in front of the soldiers manipulating the cannon, the cannon will not pose any threat.
The idea was good, but reality slapped him hard.
Ni Zhen rushed forward with hundreds of white armors, and within twenty steps, the four-pounder cannon on the side of the Tiger Flag was fired again.
This time they were no longer as lucky as before, half of the dozen or so hot iron balls landed on their heads.
Several people in white armor were hit by iron balls and lost their lives on the spot.
However, this was just the beginning. Before the kinetic energy of the iron ball released by the four-pounder gun completely disappeared, it was still causing damage to the surrounding crowd.
The first time the solid iron ball hits the target is just the beginning. The real damage occurs when the iron ball hits the target several times.
Screams rang in Nizhen's ears.
Ni Zhen didn't dare to look at the white-armored soldiers around him who had been injured by the cannons.
These white armors are all elite warriors who have been killed many times, otherwise they would not be qualified to become white armors.
It is such an elite warrior who is like paper in front of the artillery. He is either dead or injured when he encounters it, and the armor on his body has no defensive ability.
What Nizhen didn't expect was that the shelling of the Tiger Flag was so short apart that he was completely caught off guard.
However, it is even more impossible for him to retreat at this time.
If Niu Lu's Baijia retreats like this, he will definitely be punished by his master when he returns, and he will never be willing to fail, especially losing to a group of Nikans who have never been in his eyes.
The casualties of dozens of people did not make these white armors retreat, but instead brought out their ferocious side.
These white armors had been on the battlefield several times. When they noticed the departure of the Tiger Flag cannon, they immediately dispersed without Nizhen's explanation, widening the distance between everyone.
At the same time, everyone was still rushing towards the direction of the Tiger Flag convoy.
There were still hundreds of steps between the two sides. No matter how good the archer was at this distance, it would be impossible for him to hurt the people in the Tiger Flag convoy with his bow and arrow.
More than a dozen four-pounders were fired continuously.
A few hundred steps away is not enough for bow and arrow shooting, but it is the best attack distance for four-pound cannons. It can be said that what a dozen four-pound cannons need to do is to bombard the slaves in front without any scruples.
Because the slaves and thieves had distanced themselves from each other, the damage done by the four-pounder cannon to the slaves and thieves was greatly reduced.
Except for the initial round of shelling that took away the lives of dozens of white armors, the subsequent rounds of shelling could only kill a few white armors each time.
A Niulu white armor quickly rushed within a hundred steps of the tiger-shaped flag convoy.
At this time, the two to three hundred white armors had only lost about one-third of their combat power, and more than half of the white armors were still intact.
The four-pounders ceased their bombardment.
The gunmen behind the four-wheeled cart began to prepare.
Seeing that the slave thieves are about to enter the range of their fire guns, it will be their fire gunmen who will stop the enemy.
The distance between the two sides was about sixty or seventy steps.
Ni Zhen stopped with part of his white armor.
Each of these white-armored men held long bows in their hands, began to hang arrows, and pulled the bow strings, pointing the arrows behind the four-wheeled cart.
At this moment, there was a crackling sound of gunfire all around.
The distance of sixty or seventy steps is enough for the fire cannon, but the biggest flaw is that the hit is not enough. However, there are hundreds of fire cannon players hiding behind the four-wheeled cart, and they fired the fire cannons in their hands almost at the same time.
If you don't have enough hits, make up the numbers.
Even if the hit is low, as long as the enemy is within range, it can still cause large-scale damage.
Some white-armored men who were drawing their bows and about to shoot arrows were hit by the iron beads released by the fire blunderbuss before they had time to shoot the arrows in their hands.
No matter how strong-willed Bai Jia is, as long as he is hit by the fire gun, even if he misses the vital point, he will still be unable to shoot the arrow smoothly in the pain.
Even if you shoot the arrow in your hand, it will miss somewhere due to lack of strength and lack of accuracy.
A round of gunfire sounded, and at least dozens of white armors were hit.
In addition to some who died on the spot, more Baijia had to lie on the ground and cry out in pain due to injuries.
The long bow in Ni Zhen's hand had fallen to the ground, and he was hit by a bullet.
Although it missed the vital point, a piece of flesh and blood on the arm was overturned, blood flowed out, and burning pain was felt at the same time.
