Yuan Chonghuan was eating breakfast, and Liu Yusuo, the commander of the Third Division, was by his side.
Suddenly, there was a sound of vibration from the earth, and the soup in the soup bowl on the dinner table shook violently.
"No, it's going to be an earthquake." Yuan Chonghuan was shocked and quickly dropped his bowl and chopsticks.
Liu Yushua listened carefully and felt wrong, "The army seat is not an earthquake, it seems to be a cavalry."
"Cavalry? Where's the cavalry? Could it be that Ning Xianlong came to meet us?" Yuan Chonghuan picked up the rice bowl on the dinner table and took another bite.
"Military seat, the cavalry came in such a hurry, they don't seem to be taking over us, unless they have something urgent."
Yuan Chonghuan calmed down, and could already hear the rush of horseshoes, "Could it be that the slaves are here? Do they dare to cross Jinzhou?"
"Military seat, be prepared." Liu Yusuo became anxious.
"Flintlock, array; artillery, prepare." Yuan Chonghuan also felt that he should prepare early. If the cavalry who built slaves came, and the gunmen did not form a good formation, then the entire third division would become a sesame seed for building slaves. It's strange if you don't step into the flesh.
There was a rush of music from the bronze horn of the Ming army, and all the soldiers immediately put down their bowls and chopsticks and began to walk into their respective positions.
There were 1,800 gunmen in three rows, and on their left and right sides, there were a thousand cavalry standing by.
But the artillery is too heavy, and the gunners are moving the artillery nervously.
"Da da da." The sound of horseshoes became clearer and clearer and faster.
The artillery hadn't been in place yet, Yuan Chonghuan was anxious, listening to the sound of horseshoes, if it was to build slaves, there would be a lot of people. In the wild, if there were no artillery suppression, the speed of the slave cavalry would not be able to drop.
"Hurry up, hurry up." Yuan Chonghuan kept urging the artillery.
Jianu's horse speed is too fast. You can already see the galloping horses and their silhouettes. Because of the long distance, the horses are about the size of a civet cat.
Fifteen artillery pieces are still far from being deployed to the actual combat stage. If the gunmen in front cannot stop Jiannu's cavalry, then Jiannu's horses will inevitably rush into the gunmen's formation. Once in close combat, flintlocks are just a pile of scrap iron, not as good as burning fire sticks. Moreover, the gunmen's melee ability is far from the same level as the janitor's cavalry.
The sweat beads on Yuan Chonghuan's head kept rolling down like pea, and Liu Yuzha beside him was also nervous.
Suddenly, Yuan Chonghuan thought of an idea. There were as many as 10,000 soldiers in the Third Division, so he would put another spear formation behind the gunmen. If the slave cavalry rushes into the front gunner's queue, although the front three rows of gunners lose the ability to block the slave creation, the gunners in the back three rows can again take on the heavy task of blocking the slave cavalry.
However, in this way, the three rows of gunmen in front may be reduced to slavery.
Since it is a war, death and injury are inevitable, Yuan Chonghuan has no other good solutions for the time being.
With the waving of the flag, a gunner formation of 1,800 soldiers was placed behind the 1,800 gunmen at a distance of 80 paces.
"Da da da."
The sound of horses' hoofs became more and more harsh, and both men and horses appeared in Yuan Chonghuan's sight. Looking at the costumes, leather armor and leather caps, they were all quite sturdy. You can see from the horses running that they were indeed the cavalry of Jian slaves. He glanced at the artillery, none of them were deployed.
It seems that the artillery can't be counted on.
Yuan Chonghuan shouted at the two-winged cavalry: "If the gunmen can't withstand the impact of the Jiannu cavalry, you immediately rush up, first throw a grenade at the Jiannu cavalry, and then stop them."
"Military seat, the cavalry of Jiannu is about to enter the firing range of the flintlock." The observer reminded Yuan Chonghuan.
"The gunmen are ready to shoot immediately when they enter a hundred steps, and try to block Jiannu from the periphery." Yuan Chonghuan does not know how many cavalry Jiannu has, and whether the gunmen can stop Jiannu's cavalry, but his expression is already very calm. , Must not let the soldiers see the panic inside.
"Military seat, one hundred steps." The observer reminded Yuan Chonghuan again.
"Shooting." Yuan Chonghuan's low voice quickly passed through the ears of the gunmen.
"boom."
"boom."
"boom."
…
Six hundred rounds of bullets left the muzzle quickly and fired at the foremost Jian slave.
The Jiannus in the front suddenly turned their backs on their horses. Some Jiannus who were not injured, because they were unprepared, were tripped by the horses in front, and then trampled by the horses behind.
The bullets were concentrated at a hundred paces. There were not many slaves who were shot, but dozens of them, but most of the slaves who were shot were shot several times. Without even a moan, they were already dead. Thousands of miles.
Yue Tuo heard the gunshots and saw the soldiers fall, but the casualties of the soldiers are not clear for the time being. He did not intend to stop the attack. Yuan Chonghuan took his Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and he was right in front of him now. Will let Yuan Chonghuan go.
Field battle is the world of Jurchen cavalry. Even though the Ming Dynasty has a large number of troops, these tofu soldiers are by no means an opponent of the Jurchen cavalry. Besides, even if they can't fight, they can still escape. Anyway, the Ming army can't catch up with his cavalry.
Put yourself in an invincible place first, and then seek victory.
This is the first time that Yue Tuo and Yuan Chonghuan have met on the battlefield. He must not lose to the Ming Army in aura, otherwise, the psychological advantage over the Ming Army accumulated over the years may be wiped out in the first battle.
The cavalry who built the slaves only had a slight lag, and quickly resumed the forward formation, and once again entered the range of a hundred steps.
"boom."
"boom."
"boom."
…
Another 600 rounds of bullets and dozens of slaves fell off the horse. What happened just now repeats itself again.
The Jiannu soldiers in front paused, but without Yue Tuo's order, they launched an attack on the Ming army. The archers were ready. Once they were in their range, their arrows would shoot in mercilessly. The body of the Han.
Since the Jian slaves in the back could not see the situation in front, the horse speed did not slow down at all, and they squeezed together with the soldiers in front.
The two columns of building slaves suddenly became four columns, and the number of soldiers rushing into a hundred paces suddenly doubled.
There were still 600 bullets, but now the number of slaves has doubled, and there are more soldiers killed and wounded. About a hundred soldiers fell on the line of death at a hundred paces. The number of wounded slave soldiers also increased greatly, screaming and groaning. The sound is almost the same as the clatter of horseshoes one after another.
There are four columns of Jian Slaves, and the two Jian Slaves in the center are protected by the bodies of the Jian Slaves on both sides. Although there are some casualties, some people have crossed the death line of a hundred steps.
Yue Tuo also found that the Jurchen soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but since Youshi crossed the blockade of the Ming army's flintlocks, he would never let his soldiers stop.
The soldiers in the first row had loaded their ammunition and fired all their bullets at Jiannu again. This time they aimed at the slave soldier who had crossed the 100-step death line at the front.
Hundreds of soldiers who built slaves fell off the backs of horses that were galloping fast. They were either concentrated by bullets and eventually bleed to death, or they were trampled to death by horses behind.
But more slave-building soldiers have crossed the 100-step death line, and they have begun to shoot back at the Ming army.
"No, Jianu has broken through the flintlock defense." Liu Yusu found that a gunman had fallen under Jianu's bow and arrow, and was shocked.
Yuan Chonghuan also discovered that the slaves had broken through the line of defense. They not only shot arrows at the Ming army, but soon entered the blind zone of the flintlocks, "Cavalry, attack."
The cavalry on both sides of the gunner had already prepared for the attack. Seeing the flag waving, they clamped the horse's belly and tried to maximize the speed of the horses to increase the impact of the cavalry.
Except for less than a hundred Jian Slaves who had already passed the Ming cavalry and continued to attack the gunmen, the rest of Jian Slaves were intercepted by the Ming cavalry on both sides.
The three groups of cavalry, like two mudslides that have nurtured huge energy, arbitrarily oppose, smash, slash, and even bite each other on the vast plains.
The Jiannu cavalry has strong individual combat capability, but their number is small, only about 500 soldiers. The Ming army's individual combat capability is much weaker, but the two Ming forces have 2,000 men, and the number of them is Jian slaves. Quadruple.
The combat effectiveness of the two cavalry forces was equal, and the impact of the two torrents caused huge vibrations on the ground.
The battle of the cavalry is not a desperate fight. The two sides will end as soon as they are touched. When the soldiers fight with each other, there is often only one face to face. They compare strength and speed.
The cavalry from both sides staggered past, and after dropping dozens of corpses each, they were out of contact.
The formations of the two sides are a bit chaotic now. To the north are the cavalry of the Ming army and then the cavalry of Jiannu, but to the south are the infantry of the Ming army with little defensive ability, and there are nearly a hundred Jiannu in the infantry formation of the Ming army.
The cavalry of the Ming Army was not an independent unit. They were on both sides to protect the infantry gunners who were incapable of defensive ability. The slave cavalry was right under the gunner's eyes, and they were extremely critical.
"Turn around and attack." The cavalry regiment commander had no time to count the casualties, and immediately changed the rear team to the front team, launching a suicidal attack on the Jiannu cavalry.
The cavalry who built slaves might be able to attack the gunmen of the Ming army, and if that were the case, they would leave their backs to the cavalry of the Ming army.
Yue Tuo absolutely believed in his cavalry, he would never leave the soldiers' backs to the Ming army, attack forward and crush the enemy, which has always been the guarantee of the victory of the Jurchens.
Yue Tuo's cavalry also turned their heads, and once again collided head-on with the Ming army's cavalry.
Although the number of slaves was much smaller than that of the Ming army, the cavalry did not lose sight of them.
The two sides once again smashed from the front of the team to the back, and then disengaged.
The nearly Baijiannu who rushed into the flintlock array had already killed the gunners’ blind spots. They threw away their bows and arrows, and slashed the unrelenting gunmen with their sabers. The Ming Dynasty Tofu Army once again appeared in front of them. , They are too familiar with this feeling, although they are not as small as the Ming army in terms of number.
But the gunmen of the Ming army had 600 people in each platoon. The gunmen in the middle lost the ability to fight back, and the gunmen at both ends could still shoot, although this kind of shooting might also hurt their comrades.
The Jiannu on horseback was much taller than the Ming army's gunmen, and it was the target that the gunmen at both ends shot.
Now it is no longer possible to fire a volley. Whoever has loaded the ammunition will shoot at Jiannu.
Here is a melee. Around a small cluster of slaves, the gunmen are rolling and running, but how can the speed of people be as fast as the horses of slaves, although the gunmen drew their sabers from their waists and worked hard towards them. Jiannu hacked and chopped, but under the impact of Jiannu cavalry, it was just like an oil lamp in the ocean, looking lonely and helpless.
The flying limbs, the disabled body, the blood from the blowout, and the screams that shocked Yuan Chonghuan...
But the gunmen on both sides were not idle either. There were fewer and fewer tyrannical slaves, and more and more slaves fell under the flintlocks until there were only more than twenty people left.
Jiannu obviously found that there were too many Ming army, they couldn't kill these gunmen at all, they noticed the Ming army's military chess, that must be the Ming army's commander.
There was a long cry from Jiannu, and then all Jiannus abandoned their gunmen and ran towards the Ming army's sun and moon flag.