As a special tribe that guards Genghis Khan's mausoleum, the Ordos tribe has a unique understanding of the word glory. Therefore, as soon as Boshu Ketu displayed the "Genghis Khan" sign, the morale that had just been destroyed immediately returned.
Although the scene was chaotic at this time, and the elite sweat tents gathered around Boshu Ketu were not enough to support four thousand people, the people who could gather at this time also meant that their horses were still there. In other words, these were still four thousand cavalry. .
At this time, Ma Gui, who was standing in formation not far away, was at a serious military disadvantage. According to Boshu Ketu's estimate, he might only have about 500 people on hand.
Five hundred people?
It's not that Boshu Ketu is not smart. Faced with such a situation, he still doesn't doubt whether there is any other conspiracy on Ma Gui's side, but he also thinks: at such a distance that is neither far nor close, the cavalry can speed up from the approach. It is most reasonable to launch a charge into the formation. The current conditions can just use the impact of these four thousand cavalry to achieve the purpose of breaking through the weak formation of the Ming army.
It is better news that Ma Gui himself is in the opposite military formation. After all, the reinforcements coming from Datong are the one below Gao Pragmatic, who is the commander-in-chief of Datong. What's more, the main combat power of Gao Jingshi's army is the Datong soldiers. If Ma Gui can be captured, it may even make Gao Jingshi's army inoperable to a large extent.
Isn't this worth the gamble?
The veteran Ordos general who had reminded Boshu Ketu many times before was gathering troops near the depression not far away. He himself seemed to have been slightly injured, but it was not impossible to hear Boshu Ketu's mobilization. , however, he only hesitated for a moment and did not say anything to stop it.
Given the situation of the battle, Jinong must rush out of this dangerous area anyway, so where should we rush? If that guy Ma Gui really just got carried away and put himself in danger, this rush might have a miraculous effect, why not?
The cavalry gathered near Bosho Ketu. At his order, they began to run forward slowly, and then gradually accelerated.
This is a very typical "preliminary action" that is about to launch a charge. A general like Ma Gui, who has fought with Mongolia since childhood, can certainly tell it at a glance. It stands to reason that at this time, he should regret that he was so careless.
However, Ma Gui was very calm. He just said three words coldly: "Bayonet array!"
It was not the first time that the Ming army used bayonet formations to defeat cavalry, but from the first appearance until now, the bayonet formations only appeared for a few years, and its "legend" has not been widely circulated. Within the Ordos tribe, only the high-level Taiji and leaders knew it in detail, while ordinary herdsmen and cavalry did not know much about it.
Boshu Ketu showed his bayonet in the Ming army formation, and the front row stood upright. When the tip of the knife was pointed at him, he was already frightened. However, the legend is just a legend after all. Boshu Ketu himself has never suffered from the bayonet formation. The suffering obviously lacks "empathy", so it is just a "shock", and it is not so frightened that it takes away one's life.
Not only did he not take back his life, Boshu Ketu's unique young man's dissatisfaction also broke out, "Can't you defeat the cavalry?" Let's see today, which one is more powerful, your mere few hundred bayonets, or the continuous charge of our Mongolian warriors?
Without any warning, Boshu Ketu suddenly shouted loudly and increased his speed again. The elites of the Ordos Khanate were all experienced in fighting. Not only had they fought against the Ming army in their early years, but they had also made many expeditions to Oara and other places. Wherever they needed too much tactical command, they immediately followed Boshu Ketu and started to speed up.
They understand the purpose of Boshu Ketu's move - the opponent's defense may be very strong, and they need to forcefully break through it without leaving any chance!
This is a rush that will break the boat and never retreat!
Ma Chengzhao, who was standing next to Ma Gui, felt that his hand holding the knife was sweating a little. He subconsciously swallowed and asked, "Father, are we really not going to mount our horses?"
A good son is like a father. Ma Gui knew that Ma Chengzhao was good at martial arts, but his skills on horseback were slightly better than those of his subordinates. Now it was the first time that their Ma family's top soldiers used the "bayonet formation" on the battlefield, so Ma Chengzhao was on the battlefield for the first time. It is normal for the new recruit Danzi to be a little nervous when facing Qianqi Sweep.
Ma Gui stood motionless, not even drawing the sword, but said calmly: "A general must have the determination to keep his face unchanged even if Mount Tai collapses in front of him."
Ma Chengzhao's face turned red immediately. He was about to say "My son is not afraid", but Ma Gui had already continued: "Besides, in this battle, the bayonet formation is probably not needed."
"Ah?" Ma Chengzhao was stunned: "Why?"
But Ma Gui didn't have time to answer him because Di Lei got there first.
Boshu Ketu chose a good place for his charge - the area in front of Ma Gui was a "minefield" that had been set up long ago, with more than 500 landmines densely buried.
Although this area is a bit large and the mines are not buried densely enough; although the mines at this time are still far less powerful than later generations even after Jinghua's improvements, more than 500 mines are still enough to make these four thousand cavalry drink a pot. .
This elite cavalry was like rushing into a volcanic hell in the eighteenth level of hell. Mines fired by steel wheels responded to their bravery with violent explosions, and they danced among the thunder and fire. The body of flesh and blood shattered into pieces and flew away from the war horse beneath his crotch.
The blood and fire strongly stimulated everyone at this moment, including the stunned Ma Chengzhao.
Unfortunately, Ma Gui's words were true. There really was no need for a bayonet array in this battle. Due to Boshu Ketu's two accelerations, the Ordos cavalry was already running close to sprinting before rushing into the bayonet formation. It is impossible to stop such a galloping, even if an abnormality is found in the front and they are in the rear. The cavalry could no longer stop and could only continue to move forward.
The Mongolian warriors just plunged in, and they didn't know how many of them could come out.
Boshu Ketu himself could not escape the care of the "Thunder God". Although he did not directly step on the mine, a mine exploded no more than a foot away from him. While several cavalry were blown away, a horse flew across the ground. The war horse accidentally "kicked" Boshu Ketu in the stomach with its already uncontrollable hoof, knocking him off the horse and knocking away another cavalryman.
But Boshu Ketu's luck was extremely good, because after he landed on the ground and rolled uncontrollably for seven or eight times, he was not trampled to death by the cavalry horses behind him. He just clutched his stomach and twitched and rolled on the ground.
The charging formation was actually broken, but Ma Gui did not give the order to go up and disarm. Instead, he asked the soldiers to start shouting something in Mongolian while raising the command flag.
As the flags were waved, more Ming soldiers began to emerge from the ravines and ran towards him as fast as possible. As soon as Ma Gui waved his hand, they began to surround Boshu Ketu from a distance. Defeat the troops.
As for the minefields, who knows how many have exploded and how many are still sleeping quietly in the ground. Of course, our own people cannot go up and commit suicide like this.
Fortunately, the triggering of steel wheels these days is still relatively slow. If it were a product like that of later generations, I might not be able to get it out if it is buried. Now this kind can be recycled after the war, but you need to be careful when digging. You cannot use tools such as iron hoes and shovels. You have to use wooden shovels to dig little by little. This is why the Guards set up separate engineers. One reason is that after all, this is professional demining work.
The advancement of military science and technology will inevitably lead to various changes in military tactics and military organizations. Although Gao Pragmatic is not professional in these matters, fortunately he still knows the basic principles. His "foresight" and Qi Jiguang's genius enabled him to cross the river by feeling the stones.
However, the work of persuading them to surrender did not go particularly smoothly, because the veteran general had already gathered a lot of Ordos cavalry at this time, and had also discovered that Jinong's wave of battles had unexpectedly failed.
He was extremely anxious and ordered his troops to rush over to rescue people, even though he knew that there was a problem in that area and there might be a large number of Thunderbolt artillery hidden underground. 2018
The power of these thunderbolt cannons was far beyond what he had known in the past, and the methods of use were also different from those in the past. The Ming army no longer placed thunderbolt artillery sparsely along the perimeter of the fortress, but instead used them intensively.
If it is used like in the past, this veteran actually has a way - the stupid way is to go directly, and the bet is who is unlucky and who is lucky. Although this method is stupid, it has always been very effective before, because although the Ming army's firearms are diverse, the stocks of each are very small. There are actually very few things like thunderbolt artillery. There may be at most a dozen or so buried outside such a large dock, but most docks have none at all.
Since there are few, it won't be a problem. If you just walk over there, not many people will die. But this time it is obviously different. From the direct explosion of the Ordos army into two pieces, to the intensive explosions in this area just now, it can be seen that the Ming army used a lot of thunderbolt artillery this time, not to mention the thunderbolt artillery this time. The power is huge, far beyond the useless cannons of the past.
Hmm... Although the thunderbolt artillery in the past could kill people, it was often unable to overturn a horse. After all, the military-industrial system of the Ming Army was so bad at that time. It was normal operation for guns and cannons to explode without thunderbolts.
Presumably because the power of the mine array just shown was too amazing, the veteran general did not intend to rush into the array. He ordered to approach slowly and freely shoot at the approaching Ming army.
Ma Gui could see clearly and knew that this person was not trying to break out of the encirclement, but was trying to save Boshu Ketu, who was still uncertain whether he was alive or dead - the kind of person who wanted to see a person in life or a corpse in death.
He was not in a hurry, snorted coldly, and ordered: "As much as possible, raise your troops and advance in formation. In addition... you can also release the cloud-piercing arrows."
Following this order, the Ming army set up an ambush. It turned out that in addition to the ambush in the area where Ma Gui himself was, there were also ambushes of varying numbers throughout the southern foothills of Hurihuliang Mountain. According to the terrain conditions, there were hundreds of ambushes in some ravines, and in some large ravines. In the middle, thousands or even two or three thousand people were ambushed.
After these ambush troops appeared, they all began to assemble according to the new formation that the Ming army had begun to implement in the past year or two, and then slowly approached from the surroundings toward the center.
The center is the area where the elites of the Ordos Khan tent were ambushed. In other words, the "Ming army swarming up" that Boshu Ketu had worried about had actually happened, but it was not a "swarming up", but a slow closing.
The veteran general immediately discovered the strange movement of the Ming army - according to common sense, the ambush should be as fast as possible, so that the person being ambushed is caught off guard. It is rare for the Ming army to close up as slowly as this moment, especially When the opponent is the Mongolian cavalry, there is almost no such thing.
Because no one had ever expected to rely on infantry to completely annihilate a Mongolian cavalry, but Ma Gui in front of him seemed to have broken this thinking pattern.
The veteran frowned. How dare he underestimate Ma Gui now? Although Ma Gui's behavior was abnormal, it seemed to him that it made sense, but... he couldn't figure out why now.
The only reason he could think of was that Magui decided that he had to rescue Boshu Ketu first before breaking out. Therefore, as long as Boshu Ketu had not been found, Magui had time to slowly surround him.
But the veteran had no time to think about it and could only continue to execute the previous order. The Ordos cavalry began to advance towards the mine array, without fear of the threat of death.
The Ming army near Ma Gui also maintained their formation and moved forward slowly despite the cold arrows fired from time to time, but the muskets in their hands never fired, as if they must wait for orders before they show off their power.
Some elite marksmen among the Mongolian cavalry were able to use more powerful horse bows and shoot farther than ordinary cavalry. However, the Ming army used muskets, and the range was basically the same. There was no point in shooting at a distance. Therefore, this For a while, the Ming army was almost unilaterally beaten.
But when the distance is closer, the situation is different. The veteran general didn't notice how far apart the two sides were when the Ming army fired the first shot. In short, a row of Ming soldiers fired at the same time, and then another row crossed in front of them and squatted down. Aim, shoot...
Just in one direction, the veteran was shocked to find that after three rounds of firing, at least two to three hundred of the Ordos' elite sweat warriors fell!
The power of the new firearms that the Ming army began to display during the Monan War seemed to be more powerful than the legend. The veteran felt a chill in his heart. His intuition told him that he was in great trouble today, and it might even be the result of his more than 20 years of fighting. The biggest crisis in my career.
However, at this time, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and order to continue.
Unexpectedly, a horse suddenly jumped out of the mine formation. On the horse, a knight hid on one side with his superb equestrian skills of hiding in stirrups, and quickly rushed back to the front of the Ordos cavalry formation.
"Jinong!" This veteran was actually only in his forties. He was very sharp and saw that the trouser legs and riding boots exposed by the knight were exactly what Jinong was wearing, so he immediately made a gesture to stop the Mongolian cavalry from shooting.
The Ming army fired volleys and did not allow sporadic shooting, so they watched the knight rush back to the main formation in Ordos.
When the knight returned to the formation, he no longer kept hiding in the stirrups, but turned around and sat up. Sure enough, it was Boshu Ketu.
There was blood on Bosho Ketu, but it didn't look like it might be his own. Apart from his pale face, he didn't seem to be seriously injured.
The veteran asked quickly: "How is Jinong doing?"
Boshu Ketu did not answer, but looked around with a sinking face and a deep frown, and said quickly: "It's not good. If we don't break out, we won't be able to leave today. Look at them - they all have muskets and bayonets. "
The veteran said: "It doesn't matter, as long as Jinong is safe and sound, we can leave now, there is still time." Then he raised his hand and gave the order.
But by coincidence, Ma Gui spoke not far away again, and it was still the same laugh that made people want to cut him into pieces: "Hahahaha, Boshu Ketu, until now you still think you can Escape?"
Boshu Ketu had just suffered his loss, and now he didn't want to answer him at all, and still motioned to the veteran to give orders. Unexpectedly, Ma Gui's eyes seemed to be surprisingly good, and he actually missed the right moment to continue speaking: "Do you think I only have one place where mines are buried?"
Boshu Ketu was shocked when he heard this. He quickly took the veteran's hand and looked around suspiciously, as if he was trying to identify where there were landmines. It's a pity, how can he see this?
The veteran did not dare to let Boshu Ketu be bombed again, and looked around, hoping to find any difference between the land where the mines were buried and the ordinary ground.
But it was okay not to look at it. As soon as he looked at it, despair suddenly rose in his heart, and his straight back suddenly collapsed.
Bosheketu noticed something was wrong with him and asked, "What's wrong?"
The veteran pointed in the distance, as if his energy had been drained from his whole body, and murmured: "Tumote Cavalry... Tuotuo is here in person."
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