Perhaps the area where the Mongols could be hit was smaller when charging into battle than when roaming, or maybe the Ming army was a little afraid of the Mongolian cavalry when charging into battle. In short, only about ten people were hit this time - basically These can all be declared dead directly.
Because if you are shot in this situation, you will definitely fall off the horse even if there is no fatal injury. And falling off the horse while the horse is running at high speed is like jumping off a speeding motorcycle. If you do not die, God will not take you. And this type of record is obviously It is impossible to count the opponent's death as falling to his own death, it can only be counted on the musketeer's head.
Many of the previous kills were like this. Only cavalrymen who fell from their horses due to hitting horses need to be counted separately. However, in view of the habits of the Ming army, only the last head can be "accounted for" anyway, so it doesn't matter.
In this wave of attacks, only a dozen or so cavalrymen were hit, but more war horses were hit than before. Nearly thirty war horses were hit by Wanli-1 muskets.
Unless the power of this gun directly hits the horse's head, it is difficult to kill a war horse directly. At least it can struggle for a while before dying, but that is meaningless because the knight on the horse will still fall off the horse.
However, it should be noted that such an injury-free fall from the horse will certainly result in a fall for the Mongolian cavalry in combat status, but it does not necessarily lead to death.
Mongolians ride horses all year round. The danger after falling off the horse is similar to the danger after the Han people sprain their feet. If they fall, they will probably fall, but falling to death will be a fatal mistake. Like Bhannaji in history, it was relatively rare to fall off his horse and die while hunting (he probably wasn't dead at the time, but the Mongolians had limited medical skills, so resuscitation was ineffective).
However, no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that the Mongols lost about 40 cavalry in this round of "lost Wuchi" before achieving the results. This made Xin Ai Huang Taiji, who was watching the battle from a distance, His face was ashen.
Fortunately, the Mongolian cavalry was still effective after changing from Nerge to Shiwuchi. At least the Ming army also entered their shooting range, and it was within the range of armor-piercing arrows.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of arrows piercing the air sounded within a few breaths after the gunshot.
When the Mongols were killed and wounded by the Ming army, because they themselves could hardly hear the voices of their comrades around them under the galloping horses, the impact on their morale was relatively small. At this time, the Ming army was hit by a round of armor-piercing arrows. At baptism, the situation is much worse.
The musketeers definitely didn't have heavy armor. The thin cotton armor under the Yuanyang's jersey obviously didn't have much defensive effect when they were shot at close range of about 40 to 50 meters.
"Ah——" screams suddenly sounded everywhere.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who set up the bayonet array in the first row were the most nervous. While maintaining a half-crouched posture, they curled up as much as possible, hoping to reduce the possibility of being hit by arrows.
But they were overthinking it. The Mongolian cavalry had no interest in firing arrows at a group of half-crouching targets. Instead, they aimed at the musketeers behind who were holding muskets and reloading ammunition - standing ones were definitely better than squatting ones. Easy to shoot.
After a wave of arrows, the Mongolian cavalry separated left and right in a tacit understanding, went around in a heart-shaped circle and went back.
What they left behind were over a hundred Ming soldiers who were injured or killed. Of course, overall, due to the characteristics of the arrows, there were fewer killed and more injured.
Zhang Wanbang, who was supervising the battle on this front, was furious. When he saw that more than half of the third column of musketeers had finished loading (the first column of bayonet array, the second column had just fired a round of guns), he shouted: "The third column of musketeers has just fired a round of guns." Line up, let go! Fuck their butts for me!"
Hmm...Brother Zhang, you are very good at using words.
However, the soldiers of the Ming army were not interested in pondering the subtlety of the "major general"'s choice of words. They all drew their guns angrily, aimed at the target of their choice, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" There was another round of gunshots.
Although the Mongolian cavalry was fast, it still took some time to turn the horse's head. They were beaten hard by this round of unorganized volleys. About 20 cavalrymen and horses were hit by bullets, which was a loss of about 40 people. It's actually not much different from when I rushed over before.
Seeing this, Zhang Wanbang shouted loudly: "Okay! Well done! We won the battle today. In addition to the rewards you deserve, I will give you an extra meal, two taels of meat each!"
These Ming soldiers were probably used to being careless. After hearing this, their anger dissipated and they were overjoyed. Only some soldiers from the same hometown went to look for the bodies of their fellow soldiers with sad faces, or to care for the injured villagers.
Zhang Wanbang's face immediately sank and he yelled: "Fuck you, what are you looking for? Are you looking for death? Is this the first time you've met the Mongolians? They will come again at any time! Give me the fuck!" Go back to your place and stop fucking running around, I will chop your legs off with one knife!"
But he didn't just scold the soldiers. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and shouted: "Where's Medical Officer Huo? Ask him to bring two doctors over and tell him that I have over a hundred casualties here!"
In the Ming Dynasty, there were military doctors in the army, but compared to the number of soldiers, the number of military doctors was very small. Among them, in the Beijing camp, proportionally speaking, there are only one medical officer for 10,000 soldiers, and a "regiment camp" has about one medical officer and two medical officers.
On the contrary, the ratio of medical officers in the frontier army was slightly higher, with about 1,500 people assigned to one medical officer. For example, the Qi Army, which had a quota of 3,000 people in the early years, was equipped with one medical officer, two medical officers and one veterinarian.
This is probably because there are a lot of vacancies in the Beijing camp, and secondly, there is Taiyuan Hospital in the middle of Beijing, which can allocate medical care at any time. In the Ming Dynasty, Taiyuan Hospital was not only responsible for royal medical care. Senior civil and military officials could enjoy the "free medical insurance" of Taiyuan Hospital, and the army such as If there is a need, the emperor will definitely send the Imperial Hospital to provide support.
When the soldiers saw Zhang Wanbang's instructions, they felt a little calmer and did not contradict his orders, so they quickly went to their respective positions.
Zhang Wanbang wiped his sweat and cursed in his heart: Sons of a bitch, they haven't fought for more than ten years, these idiots have completely ruined their craftsmanship, if I don't remind them, if the Mongolians take the wrong medicine and try again, this The thread must have collapsed. I wonder what's going on with Dad?
He turned around and took a look, and saw that the defense line behind him had basically not changed. He was relieved and thought to himself: It seems that the bet was right. Jinghua's outfit and Qi Nantang's tactics are still useful. After these two waves, We lost about a hundred people, and the Tatars probably died at seventy or eighty, but they also lost dozens of horses... This is Duizi. Our Ming Dynasty has a million-strong army, and it is also an infantry and horse army. The Tatars Definitely not worth it.
I have to say that Zhang Wanbang's "Dui Zi theory" still makes sense, because when he was thinking about these things, Xin Ai Huang Taiji on the other side had already turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
What Zhang Wanbang had just dealt with was just one wave of Wuchi. In fact, there were three waves of Wuchi launched at the same time. The proportion of battle losses was basically the same as Zhang Wanbang's situation here.
In terms of the number of casualties in the battle, the Mongolian cavalry was slightly less than the Ming army. However, as a veteran who had been fighting for a lifetime, Xin Ai not only saw that the "Duizi battle" was extremely disadvantageous to him, he also saw another "extreme disadvantage" , that is, the battle losses on the Mongolian side are almost all permanent battle losses, that is, the vast majority are killed in battle, while there are very few direct battle deaths on the Ming army. Most people are only injured after being shot, and Arrow wound...
Let's put it this way, as long as they are not the unlucky ones who were shot in the vital parts, there is a high chance that others will survive after receiving treatment, and they will be able to reappear in the combat order in three months at most. Don’t think that only Western medicine is good at surgery. In fact, Western medicine was good at surgery very late (the church does not allow anatomy). On the contrary, it is Chinese medicine. During the Warring States Period, there were medical books specifically for arrow injuries.
Big loss!
This deal is a huge loss!
Xin Ai was so angry that she threw away her riding crop and said angrily: "Stop losing Wuchi! The whole army is assembled and ready to charge into battle!"
He originally thought that he would suffer less losses by relying on his cavalry and archery skills, but he found that his tried-and-tested cavalry and archery skills were unable to deal with the Ming army on the opposite side, which he had not paid attention to at all.
Xin Ai was furious. He now planned to capture this Ming army regardless of casualties!
Hamu Badu'er said fearfully: "Abu, why don't we go around? The guys in the hands of this Ming army are very tough. If they charge into the formation..."
"You are confused!" Xin Ai was furious and said: "Since the Ming army can gather 6,000 people to use this kind of fire blunderbuss today, then in the future, they may become 60,000 or even more! Think about it , Can Tumote fight such a battle with 60,000 Ming troops? What will be left of Tumote after the battle? If not 60,000, what about 120,000? It is 600,000!"
"But..." Hamu Badu'er lamented feebly in his heart: But if you throw all the remaining troops here today, what will happen to Tumut in the future? What does it have to do with you?
Xin Ai looked solemn and said solemnly: "I have made up my mind. Today we must completely wipe out this Ming army, so that the Ming court will think that this new type of firearm is useless."
Hamu was speechless, sighed in his heart, and thought to himself: Even if it really works, I'm afraid it may not be useful. This thing must have come from Jinghua, and Jinghua is so pragmatic, as long as he is there , even if the Ming army in front of them is completely annihilated, the Ming court may still continue to equip it...
The third brother is right, Ma Fang is not scary, Qi Jiguang is not scary, Li Chengliang is not scary, the most terrifying thing is this high pragmatism!
It's a pity that this guy is as timid as a mouse and hides in Shacheng and refuses to show his face. Otherwise, even if all the troops are exhausted, he will be killed!
What a pity!
Gao Pragmatic didn't know that he had been scolded for no reason, but his plan had been relatively smooth until now. He must have been able to do it even if he knew he was being scolded.
However, the real test is coming soon.
Xin Ai's Mongolian army completed the assembly as quickly as possible. After counting the number of people, Xin Ai was angry to find that after just a few tentative attacks, there were actually hundreds of cavalry missing, and even more shocking What made him angry was that the losses of the Ming army on the opposite side were only equal to his.
Shame!
The Tumut warriors who had traversed the grassland for tens of thousands of miles actually suffered a one-to-one battle loss with the soldiers of the Ming Army Guards today!
Xin Ai had a cold face, slowly pulled out the scimitar from her waist, and shouted with all her strength: "Tumote warriors, the great Genghis Khan is watching you in the Immortal Heaven!"
After hearing "Genghis Khan", all the Mongolian cavalry immediately looked solemn, held their heads high, and waited for Xin Ai Huang Taiji's instructions.
Xin Ai saw their expressions in his eyes and shouted again: "He will look at you and use your bravery to tell the people of Ming Dynasty that the Mongolians are wolves and the Han people are sheep!"
The Mongolian cavalry were filled with passion and roared in unison: "The Mongols are wolves and the Han people are sheep!"
The scimitar in Xin Ai's hand suddenly pointed forward and shouted: "Kill——!"
Following Xin Ai's previous instructions, several thousand captains led the group of excited Mongolian cavalry forward on horseback, gradually accelerating to charging speed, and killed towards the seemingly thin bayonet formation of the Ming army.
It is a coincidence that the breakthrough point they chose was the northern line guarded by Zhang Wanbang.
Zhang Wanbang looked at the large group of Mongolian cavalry charging towards them. It would be a lie to say he was not afraid. After all, he knew much more "inside information" than these soldiers below.
The letter sent by Gao Pangshi and the training manual sent by Qi Jiguang both clearly mentioned that war horses will definitely avoid the shining bayonets, but the Mongols have extremely strong ability to control horses. If you think of forcing a breakthrough, you can break through the bayonet array after paying heavy casualties.
This situation is not unavoidable, and the way to avoid it is actually very simple, that is, first concentrate the artillery bombardment to frighten the opponent's horses, and then become sensitive and timid, and cannot be controlled by the opponent's cavalry.
But the problem is that Zhang Wanbang and the others have a very urgent time to send troops this time, and since there are still many mountain roads to walk after leaving the customs, they do not bring artillery.
Because Qi Jiguang was far away, he did not know the specific tasks Gao Pragmatic had assigned to Zhang Bingzhong, Zhang Wanbang and his son, and had no guidance on this situation.
Gao Pragmatic did give a way, but he also admitted in the letter that this method was just his speculation. There was no guarantee whether it would be really effective, and he and his son had to discuss it themselves.
In fact, Zhang Wanbang didn't have much confidence. He had just speculated based on the Mongolians' habit of refusing to fight head-on for many years. He thought that the Mongols would not reach the point where they would choose to die together, so Gao Pragmatic gave the I didn’t even care about the method.
Unexpectedly, Gao Pragmatic's crow's mouth actually turned out to be a prophecy. Xin Ai really took the wrong medicine and chose to fight regardless of casualties!
Facing the surging charge of nearly 10,000 Mongolian cavalry, Zhang Wanbang felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He didn’t know whether he was nervous or excited, so he let out a loud roar at the top of his voice: "The first, second, and third horizontal lines. The mission remains unchanged, the fourth horizontal team gave up charging and reloading, and prepared to throw grenades!"
The fourth row is the last row. Originally, their task was to form three rows of continuous firepower with the second and third rows to reduce the gap in firepower. However, in the face of the direct charge of the Mongolian cavalry, theoretically, wait until they can When the shooting started, it was estimated that the Mongols had already been killed in front of them.
Therefore, the emergency method given by Gao Pragmatic in a combat situation without artillery cover is to cancel the rotation mission of the fourth platoon and temporarily change it to grenadiers!
