This is not the first time that an army of slave thieves has come to Wuzhaiyi. The last time an army of slave thieves attacked Fuzhou City, they also went to Fuzhaiyi.
However, at that time, there were only more than a hundred Ming troops stationed at Fifuzhaiyi. Facing the powerful army of slaves and thieves, it was naturally helpless, and its loss was inevitable.
Now it is replaced by the tiger-shaped flag, and a war barracks and a baggage camp are directly arranged to guard it. Under normal circumstances, it would be a waste of troops to arrange so many troops here, but because Wuzhaiyi is at the forefront of the war, Tiger Character Banner blocked the path of Daishan's tens of thousands of troops with a combat barracks and a supply camp. .
The important places in Fuzhaiyi were already guarded by the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag, so the sentries from the slave bandit side naturally brought the news back to Mang Gurtai.
After the news came back that Mang Gurtai was leading his army to the Fifty Village Post, Zhao Wu sent his sentries to other directions for surveillance.
As for the front, directly lead the troops to defend and wait for the active arrival of Mang Gurtai's 10,000-strong army.
"Amma, the tiger thieves have already taken precautions in advance. It seems that we can only attack forcefully." E Bilun said to Mang Gurtai.
Mang Gurtai raised his head and looked in the direction of Fifty Village Posthouse in front, and said: "Don't rush to attack now, let our people bury the pot and make rice, and then attack again when they have enough energy." War is a war. Field physical activity.
Unless there is a last resort, most of the time when launching a war, the soldiers below should be allowed to eat something to build up their physical strength to ensure that the soldiers have enough strength to kill the enemy.
The slaves and thieves quickly began to cook rice in pots, and smoke rose from the cooking pots. On the side of the Tiger Flag, Zhao Wu, who was standing high up, noticed the situation on the side of the slave thieves through the monocular telescope in his hand, and did not think about taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
One is that a sneak attack may not be successful, and the other is that he is already ready for a head-on confrontation. With the help of the terrain of Wuzhaiyi, he did not feel that he would be under any pressure facing an army of only ten thousand people.
If tens of thousands of troops from the slave and traitor side were to attack Fifty Village Post, he might feel some pressure.
All the food for the army at the Tiger Flag was prepared and delivered from the military fort at the rear. The people from the cooking team loaded carts with baskets filled with pancakes and large wooden barrels with broth.
The people on the slave bandit side and the people on the Tiger Flag side were silently eating the food they had prepared. More than half an hour passed, both parties had eaten about the same amount, and they also took some time to recuperate after eating. It was the time when they were full of energy.
"Send the Han cavalry to charge." Mang Gurtai said to E Bilun. Without figuring out the enemy's layout, the Han army is the best testing tool.
Of course, if the Han army did this kind of thing too often, they wouldn't think anything of it. A Han cavalry force of several hundred people was well prepared, and under the leadership of a guerrilla general, they rushed towards the pass guarded by the tiger-shaped flag.
It is impossible for a war horse to charge alone. They usually trot in front, and then pick up the speed a little bit from behind. When they are about to get close, the horses charge directly.
Before the war horse makes the final charge, there is some time to prepare. Standing on a high ground, Zhao Wu saw that the slave bandits had touched the cavalry, but he did not give orders to his team because he believed that the artillery team could do a good job.
In fact, as soon as the Han cavalry used for testing approached, the artillery team on the Tiger Flag began to bombard.
Cannons fired one after another at the invading cavalry. The artillery of the Tiger Banner are all technical arms, rather than the artillery of the Ming Army or the slave thieves, who only rely on experience to operate the artillery.
The biggest advantage of being ahead in gunnery technology is that there is a higher guarantee of accuracy and the time between firings is also shortened.
boom! boom! boom! The first round of shelling is often used to measure distance, and the second round of shelling is the real threat.
But this does not mean that the first round of shelling was inaccurate. There were still cannons falling on the invading enemy cavalry, but the number was smaller compared to the second round of shelling.
After the first round of bombardment, the second round of bombardment began immediately. Of course, these two rounds of bombardment did not use the same cannon. Otherwise, no matter how fast the reloading was, it would not be able to reload at the same speed as the firecracker.
After two rounds of shelling, although some enemy cavalry were killed and wounded, many enemy cavalry still charged forward, and their horses became faster and faster.
At this moment, the horses that were constantly being ridden by the enemy suddenly fell to the ground, and horse pits were revealed one after another.
These traps are dug without any pattern, like pieces of dog-skin plaster, this one, that one, some traps are even connected together.
The enemy cavalry who kept falling into horse traps were not charging as fast. Even those cavalry who did not fall into horse traps became cautious.
Without speed, cavalry has only one role for artillery, that is, it is a living target. The artillerymen of the Tiger Flag continued to fire at the enemy cavalry in front, and the number of casualties among the enemy cavalry increased significantly for a while.
"Let them retreat!" Mang Gurtai said. With rich combat experience, he knew very well that it would not be of much use to continue to let these Han cavalry test, it would only add more casualties.
The Han cavalry returned immediately after receiving the signal to retreat. After hundreds of Han cavalry returned, their numbers were reduced by nearly a hundred people and their horses.
"Ama, it seems that the tiger thief has been prepared for a long time. Not only has he prepared a lot of cannons, but he has also dug a lot of horse traps. If we want to rush over and kill under the Fifty Village Post City, we need to dig a lot of horse traps first. Fill them all in, otherwise we don’t know how many people will die." E Bilun said.
Horse traps pose too great a threat to cavalry.
"Let the Han army prepare all the cavalry. There is no need to test. Let them send all the cavalry to seize the pass in front." Mang Gurtai said.
Hearing this, E Bilun was stunned and said hesitantly: "If we do this, we will probably lose a lot of cavalry."
"The best way to solve the horse trap set by the tiger thieves is to fill it with human lives. If infantry is not good enough, we can only fill it with the lives of cavalry." Mang Gurtai said.
E Bilun said without hesitation: "But if this happens, too many cavalry will be killed or injured, which will easily cause trouble on the Han army."
"Whoever dares to make trouble will have his head chopped off." Mang Gurtai said coldly.
"You don't need these Han cavalry to die. Those who die will be our Zhenglan Banner people. You should know how to choose." E Bilun immediately shut up after hearing this.
There is no need to choose at all. The lives of the Han army are not as precious as the lives of their Zhenglan Banners.
"Go and prepare, there is still a fierce battle to be fought later." Mang Gurtai said.
