"Your Majesty, it is appropriate to describe it as black cavalry, but this heavy cavalry is called Sauron among the Jiannu people, which means hunter and vanguard in Manchu.
After Huang Taiji unified the Jurchen tribes, he reached an agreement with the Ewenki, Oroqen and Daur tribes, and formed the organization with the transferred tribesmen.
These three tribes live in the area around Siberia and the Xing'an Mountains, which are covered with ice and snow all year round. They are real fishing and hunting peoples.
The difficult living environment created a strong body and this heavy cavalry.
It is said that the criteria for selecting this group of heavy cavalry sergeants were the ability to draw a ten-stone bow, tie oneself to a tree, shoot bears and tigers through holes, and return home after being defeated.
This heavy cavalry has extremely thick armor, with three layers of iron armor. Even the horse sitting on it is covered in thick armor.
It can be said that the battle is truly invincible. If you want to kill such a heavy cavalry, the Ming army will have to pay the price of at least ten or twenty people.
The heavy cavalry we killed ten days ago and the white-armored soldiers of Jiannu blocking our retreat now are nothing compared to Sauron's heavy cavalry. "
"No wonder the records of the Battle of Saarhu and the Battle of Hunhe say that the Ming army fired firearms and arrows and crossbows, but the Eight Banners had limited casualties. If this kind of equipment were replaced by the previous sergeants, they would only end up being driven away from the military formation. "
Listening to Yuan Keli's explanation, Chongzhen sighed, but there was no trace of worry on his face.
Franco machine guns and flintlock guns were ineffective, but the Ming army had many secret weapons.
Fifty meters away, the formation behind the Ming army's chariots changed for a while. Large cylinders with iron gun mounts were lifted out, and the black tube mouth was aimed in the direction of the heavy cavalry.
There are nearly a thousand units, divided into three rows, arranged in staggered positions.
Ignite...sigh...hundreds of fuses are burning rapidly.
boom!
boom!
boom!
Each thunder cannon passed through a wonderful arc and fell into the formation of the Jiannu cavalry two hundred meters away. The ten-pound thunder cannon, even if it was ordinary black powder, had an extremely powerful explosion.
The heavy cavalry, which originally had little effect on the palm thunder, is not as fragile as paper at this moment, but it is also a 'weak wind supporting the willow'.
A flying thunder cannon exploded, and everyone within a radius of one foot was directly swept into the air by the air wave, and everyone within a radius of three feet was also knocked around.
With just one round of thunder cannon, Sauron's heavy cavalry lost nearly 10%.
Occasionally, the heavy cavalry who were lucky enough to get through the blockade of Franco machine guns, flintlock muskets, and palm mines were greeted by the fierce fire and oil tank behind the tank.
Wearing three layers of iron armor, doesn't it matter to flintlock guns and Franco machine guns?
Then let me ask you, are you afraid of being roasted by the fire?
Triple armor? Then have a teppanyaki!
The loud noise and losses made Huang Taiji, who was watching the battle from behind, bewildered again. He knew very well the combat power of this heavy cavalry, but now it was almost like paper under the Ming army's firearms.
In just a moment of confusion, the firearm that exploded in a large area just now was fired again, causing another death and injury.
However, this was just the beginning. The Ming army's firearms seemed to be endless, like thunder and fire destroying the world. As soon as one wave flew up into the air, the next wave came again before it fell.
Within three breaths, a 200-meter area appeared in front of the Ming army. Smoke and dust were floating, and fire was burning. No one was standing through the smoke and dust, and corpses were everywhere on the ground.
The three-party rebel army of Jiannu opposite the Ming army was completely stunned. Just now they were complaining that it was delaying them from earning military merit. However, in the next moment, everyone in front was gone.
"What to do? Continue to attack, or retreat?"
"If the Ming army has tens of thousands of these firearms, we will definitely not be able to break through the defense line. No matter how hard we go, we will die!"
"But if we retreat, we will never have the chance to get close to the Ming army again!"
"Even if they retreat to Liaoyang, the Ming army will rely on this kind of firearm to directly blow up the city wall, and we will become the turtle in the urn!"
"There are Hongyi cannons in the front and large-scale explosions of firearms in the back. Damn me!"
…
Huang Taiji looked ferocious and roared in his heart.
At this moment, he knew where the Ming army's confidence lay in Beidu!
Only then did he realize that all the Ming army's previous preparations were for this moment.
They thought that the plain was their home field, which was true, but it was only their home field where they died and were buried.
"Great Khan, the Ming army has begun to attack!"
"The range of that firearm also covers the front!"
"Great Khan, withdraw your troops. This kind of firearm cannot be resisted by manpower, and there is no way to break through the blockade of their firearms!"
"Heavy cavalry and carriages are vulnerable to such firearms!"
The guard's urgent and frightened voice woke up Huang Taiji, who was slightly in a daze.
Seeing the Ming army's defense line moving forward as a whole without any chaos, Huang Taiji uttered the word "withdraw troops", turned his horse's head, and ran towards the rear.
He was afraid that if it were too late, all the sergeants would be killed.
The low horn sound sounded, and the Jiannu began to retreat and ran away. No matter what formation they were in, or how to break up the rear, it was all nonsense. It was important to save their lives.
But no matter how fast you run, can you outrun the Crouching Tiger Cannon and the Folang Machine Cannon? With a range of three to five hundred meters, the escaped Jiannu were covered, and there were also Hongyi cannons that were more than three miles away.
The sergeants of the two artillery battalions carried the Folan cannon and pursued desperately. After one round of the Folan cannon fired three sub-cannons, the second round continued to chase.
Rows of Jiannu sergeants fell down like wheat, and then were blown away again by flying thunder cannons.
This is not a waste of thunder cannons, but a way to clean up the Jiannu sergeants who were shot but not dead. Half of the sergeants who died in the Ming army in the past few days were killed by injured sergeants who fell to the ground during the pursuit.
"Huang Taiji, fuck you, I was tricked to death by you!"
"Huang Taiji, I'm going to chop you alive! You're a fucking idiot!"
…
Masayuki Hoshina on the left wing and Turubaihu Khan on the right wing looked at the fallen sergeants, and their hearts hurt!
Heartache and fear at the same time.
The two of them were cursing angrily as they galloped.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"
"Don't think about the formation!"
"Retreat toward the wings and spread out!"
"Run faster!"
…
One after another roars sounded among the defeated Jiannu army.
Go to hell with anyone who seals the mountain's forehead, beizi, rewards silver, or rewards beautiful women.
At this moment, even if the throne of the Great Golden Khan was given to them, they would not do it anymore.
Running alone is definitely faster than the Ming army sergeants carrying Tiger Crouching Cannon, Folan Cannon, and Flying Thunder Cannon, but the firearms have a long range.
It took a full two-quarters of an hour for Jiannu to escape from the coverage of the Ming army's Hongyi artillery.
Looking at the Jiannu sergeant who had run out of shooting range, Yuan Keli immediately said: "Yuan Chonghuan, lead 20,000 people to kill immediately and clear the battlefield!"
"While the pursuit sergeant continued to pursue, he gathered up his formation, bit Jiannu, and waited for an opportunity to attack!"
After the military order was issued, the Liaoxi sergeant who had not moved from the rear rushed out. When he saw the Jiannu coalition troops lying on the ground, he cut them off with a single blow, regardless of life or death.
Under such intensive firearms attacks, there were naturally some lucky ones... those who slipped through the net and lay on the ground pretending to be dead, and there were quite a few of them.
But now he's starting to hit the target, and he can't hide any longer, so he jumps out.
"I surrender!"
"Don't kill me, I'm willing to surrender!"
"I know Daikin's secret, don't kill me!"
…
It's a pity that what he got in exchange was a knife. Even if there was resistance, the knife was shot into a sieve before it was swung out.
Not accepting surrender was a military order personally issued by the emperor before the war.
Last-hitting after last-hitting, chasing after after-attack, it was very busy within a radius of several miles.
In the southeast direction where Jiannu retreated, more than 30,000 troops led by Ma Xianglin bypassed several cities and quickly approached Liaoyang City.
