"Explore again!"
After the messengers left, Mang Gurtai turned to look at the thousands of cavalry behind him and said loudly: "Brothers, please work harder and kill the pursuers in Zunhua City before the reinforcements from Santun Camp arrive! "
"yes!"
Thousands of cavalrymen showed fierce looks on their faces, and their eyes were filled with fierce anger.
Being forced to retreat by the weak Ming army is a shame that must be washed away with the blood of the Ming army.
While waiting, half an hour passed quickly, but Jiannu did not wait for the pursuers who came to Zunhua City, and even the scouts sent out were nowhere to be seen.
Mang Gurtai also realized that something was wrong, and said with a gloomy face: "Wulisu, you take a Niu Lu to find out the news, and leave thirty people every other mile to deliver the information!"
"The last general takes command!"
Urisu waved his hand, and a Niu Lu cavalry followed him, heading towards Zunhua City.
Another half an hour later, dozens of cavalrymen rushed back, their armor covered with blood.
"Manggurtebele, Ulisu'erzhen was caught in an ambush by Zunhua's troops and died in the battle. We were the only ones who escaped. Zunhua's pursuers were seven or eight miles away from us."
"What a courage!"
A Jia La forehead shouted angrily and said hastily: "Baylor, give the general two...three thousand men and horses, and the general will kill him directly!"
"The general will go where he wishes!"
"The general is also willing to go together!"
All the generals asked for battle one after another, and they were really angered by Zunhua's pursuit of troops.
"Quiet!"
Mang Gurtai gave a low drink, his face solemn. He did not expect that General Zunhua would be so difficult to deal with.
He was sure that if they turned back to pursue them, Zunhua's pursuers would also retreat.
If they advance, Zunhua's pursuers will follow and harass them.
But they couldn't retreat, because there were tens of thousands of troops in front of them. The marching speed of tens of thousands of troops with some baggage, even the cavalry, was not much faster. It was certainly not as fast as their five thousand cavalry.
If Zunhua pursues his troops and stops pursuing them, then his 5,000 elites and the 5,000 ambushing elites led by Amin will not be able to retreat, and these 10,000 troops will be contained invisibly.
If it takes more than half a day and the Chinese army encounters reinforcements from the Ming army, the situation will be even worse.
The most terrifying thing is that reinforcements from the Santun Camp are about to arrive.
Just as he was hesitating, smoke and dust rose in the distance, followed by the sound of thumping footsteps, vaguely mixed with the neighing of war horses.
Mang Gurtai suddenly became energetic and shouted: "Get ready, Jirenta and Balaren, you two will each lead 500 elites to protect the left and right wings. Agul, you will lead 1,000 to respond to emergencies." The situation, the others will charge with me!"
The five thousand cavalrymen behind them also became energetic, twitching their scimitars, tightening their reins, and staring straight ahead.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the flag of the Ming army could be vaguely seen.
"rush!"
Mang Gurtai suddenly clamped the war horse between his legs. The war horse felt the pain, roared loudly, and rushed forward, followed by three thousand cavalry.
The Ming army in Zunhua looked at the charging Jiannu cavalry, turned around and ran in the direction they came from.
The Jiannu soldiers who watched this scene suddenly became excited, waving their scimitars and making strange screams.
For the cavalry, a distance of several hundred feet is only a matter of dozens of breaths, and it can be reached in an instant.
Just when the Jiannu cavalry could clearly see the hair of the Ming army sergeant who was retreating relatively slowly, several horses in the charging team suddenly fell to the ground and rolled, and the Jiannu on their backs flew out before they could react.
Immediately, they were trampled to a pulp by the cavalry charging behind them. The cavalry behind them couldn't avoid it and bumped into the fallen horses. There was a slight commotion in the charging team.
The sudden situation caused the cavalry to slow down and then stop.
Without waiting for Mang Gurtai's order, a man came up and said: "Mang Gurtebele, it's a horse pit. It looks like the traces are newly dug. They should have been dug out in a hurry when the Ming army just advanced! The number is definitely There’s not much left to lose!”
Mang Gurtai's face was indifferent. He looked at the retreating Ming army, his eyes full of murderous intent: "Continue to charge, pay attention to avoid!"
The sluggish team charged again. When they caught up with the Ming army again, they were shocked by the situation ahead.
"stop!"
"All troops stop attacking!"
Mang Gurtai roared and tried his best to control the horse.
Just because there was a row of... pieces of horse piles appearing in front of them, not just a few dozens, but hundreds or thousands, and they were connected one after another.
As the Ming army continued to retreat, horse-rejecting stakes continued to appear.
Although Mang Gurtai gave the order to stop the attack, how could the Jiannu cavalry that had already charged stop immediately.
Even though the horse in front controlled the horse, the delay in the order caused the horse behind to hit the cavalry in front.
The cavalry in front was forced to hit the horse-rejecting post. For a moment, they were turned on their backs and screams came one after another.
Before the elite Jiannu troops could reorganize their ranks, the Ming army began to make moves again.
boom!
boom!
boom!
There was a piercing loud noise, black smoke rose, and then black spots appeared in the eyes of Jiannu elites.
"Firearms, get out!"
Unfortunately, the response was a little slow, and cannonballs and lead fell into the Jiannu cavalry one after another.
Those who were more lucky were thrown off their horses, while those who were less lucky were directly hit by the lead and screamed.
Even worse, the cannonball fell from the air and hit the head directly, and the whole head exploded instantly.
For a moment, flesh foamed and blood splattered everywhere, making the whole scene extremely chaotic.
As they were hiding, a hail of arrows covered them again, and there was another burst of wailing.
"Withdraw...withdraw..."
Mang Gurtai's eyes could spit fire, but facing the numerous horse-repelling stakes, he couldn't even attack with bows and arrows, let alone charge, but the opponent had firearms that could attack from a distance.
After suffering another round of firearms attacks, Mang Gurtai led the troops away, leaving corpses on the ground.
"General Sun, this method of warfare is really good. In this way, Jiannu's cavalry will be useless!"
"Yes, the four attacks of horse trap, horse blocking stake, firearms, and bows and arrows just now, the general estimates that at least six to seven hundred people died directly."
"How come we didn't think of this simple method before? If it could have been used in the Battle of Saarhu, the whole army wouldn't have been wiped out!"
"Fortunately, General Sun is leading us. Otherwise, if it were someone else, we pursuers would probably have to trade our sergeants' lives for the slave cavalry!"
…
The generals were talking a lot, and Sun Zushou in front shook his head slightly.
This method has limitations and can only be used in places that are not conducive to large-scale cavalry deployment. If it is on a plain and the cavalry can make a roundabout way, how many horse-repelling stakes must be prepared?
Secondly, temptation and irritation at the cost of the lives of sergeants, and thirdly, the need for weapons that can attack the slaves from a distance.
Without any factor, it would be impossible to kill and drive back the enemy as well as now.
"This is the method proposed by Elder Yuan Ge of Santun Camp. I only follow half of it!"
Sun Zushou explained, and then his eyes turned cold: "Send the order, continue the pursuit!"
