In fact, this can’t be blamed on Talong. The entire battle was less than half of the time. When Talong wanted to see what the Tongyu Army had achieved, the battle turned out to be far beyond his imagination. He ended unexpectedly, not to mention Talong, even the other generals of the Tongyu Army did not wake up from the battle, and none of them reminded Talong.
"Your Majesty, do you want to try with a cavalry?" A general next to Talong finally reminded him.
"Cavalry?" Taron hadn't completely emerged from the shadow of defeat.
"Your Majesty, the cavalry is fast, you can try it, maybe it can break through the Ming army's position."
"Yes, the cavalry is much faster than the infantry. Maybe the Ming army's muskets are too late to fire." Talong stared at the opposite Ming army fiercely, "Send orders to release all three thousand cavalry."
Toungoo is not rich in war horses. In addition, the terrains of Toungoo and Dacheng are mainly hilly, which is not suitable for large-scale cavalry operations. Therefore, Talong only has 3,000 cavalry in his hand, and the horses are mainly for rangers.
He has seen the firearms of the Ming army and knows that a small fight will not have any effect. He will put all three thousand cavalry on the battlefield. Once the cavalry breaks through the Ming army’s defensive formation, his infantry will be like the tide in the sea. The same, quickly swallowed all the Ming army.
The Ming army was waiting for Talong, and the flintlock was really not suitable for attacking, only waiting for the opponent to attack.
Toungoo’s only three thousand cavalry began to line up.
He looked at these cavalry in silence, hoping that they could bring himself a little surprise. In the first battle with the Ming army, he had already been defeated. If he wanted to continue his undefeated myth, he would count on these cavalry now.
"Da da da… "
The three thousand cavalry began to accelerate. They were less than three miles away from the gunners of the Ming army. The speed of the horses must be increased to the maximum as soon as possible to give full play to the speed advantage of the cavalry.
"Commander, Toungoo's cavalry is here!"
Mu Qiyuan had seen it a long time ago. On the bare plain, the horses had a clear view, not to mention the vibrations the horses gave to the ground when they ran.
This is the first time that Mu Qiyuan has encountered an opponent's cavalry on the battlefield. He did not dare to underestimate the enemy. "Pay attention to the distance. As long as Dongyu's cavalry enters the range of the flintlock, shoot immediately."
The six thousand gunners at the front have already calculated the effective range of a hundred steps in their minds.
The sound of horseshoes hitting the ground hit their hearts heavily. Fortunately, there were only three thousand cavalrymen in Toungoo, which was less than the infantrymen just now. They finally felt a little relieved.
As the coaches of both sides, Talong and Mu Qiyuan both fixed their eyes on the three thousand cavalry.
He long hopes that the cavalry can quickly break through the Ming army’s defense. He is ready. As long as there is a flaw in the Ming army’s position, he will immediately mobilize the whole army until the Ming army is completely defeated and the north is eroded by the Ming army. The land will be returned to Toungoo. According to the war, it is very likely that Toungoo will occupy part of Daming’s land as compensation and punishment for the Ming army’s unauthorized invasion of Toungoo.
Although Mu Qiyuan has experienced many battles, he mainly dealt with the local indigenous people in Yunnan, and both sides were cold weapons. After his soldiers were reorganized into the 19th Army, he only participated in the Ustizang's suppression of the rebellion and flint-fired. There is too little to deal with cavalry.
However, there are only 3,000 cavalry in Toungoo, while the Ming army has 6,000 flintlockers, which is twice as many as the Toungoo cavalry. Flintlocks against the cavalry, if the hit rate reaches 10%, the gunner completes a wave of shooting. Six hundred Toungoo cavalry will be shot. If the hit rate reaches 15%, only three shots are needed.
Mu Qiyuan was not sure about the hit rate of the flintlock. In case of any accident, he prepared the cavalry on both sides. Once the Cavalry of Dongyu breaks through the gunner's position, the cavalry must be dispatched immediately to intercept the Cavalry of Dongyu.
There are not enough horses in the south, and the terrain is dominated by mountains. There are also very few cavalry in the Ming army. Mu Qiyuan has only two thousand cavalry. This is his treasure, but he can’t take much care of it. It is these cavalry that have been destroyed. , They also have to block the cavalry of Toungoo, and can't let them break through the defensive formation. Talong's tens of thousands of troops are watching.
Mu Qiyuan still has artillery, but the cavalry is not the most powerful army in Dongkuo before the critical moment.
"Da da da… "
The Dongyu cavalry had no lag, and had already rushed to a place only a hundred steps away from the Ming army.
"Boom, boom..."
The gunmen have long been staring at the death line of 100 steps. They have been waiting for the Cavalry of Toungoo. When the first horse of Toungoo arrived at this death line, the gunmen in the first row, under the reminder of the messengers, did not He hesitated to complete the salvo.
Hundreds of Dongyu cavalrymen who were in range suddenly fell from their horsebacks. They were either soldiers or horse casualties.
These cavalry soldiers who fell from their horses, no matter whether the soldiers died completely or not, they will soon die completely. The horses behind have no time to take their feet. The wounded soldiers who fell on the ground were immediately trampled on the city by horseshoes. Nobody's body was found.
Soldiers on both sides did not look for the complete body, they didn't even have time to look at it, the cavalry still charged, and the gunner still blocked.
They are all fixed actions.
However, there were too many human and horse corpses on the ground, and the Dongyu cavalry tried to avoid these obstacles, and the speed slowed down slightly.
The slower the speed, the better it is for the gunner to aim. The hit rate of the flintlock rifle is gradually improved. Mu Qiyuan, who observed after the battle, estimated that the hit rate of the flintlock rifle should not be less than 15%.
The sound of "da da" horseshoes, the sound of gunfires, the screams of wounded soldiers, bloody flowers flying all over the sky, soldiers falling from horsebacks, and war horses suddenly fell to the ground, intertwined into a three-dimensional picture. A vivid picture.
But the battlefield is not disordered, just repeating the same picture, absolutely unchanged before the Toungoo cavalry died.
Mu Qiyuan didn’t need to change. They hoped to use the same method to annihilate Toungoo’s cavalry. He Longtai was eager to change. He hoped that Toungoo’s cavalry could break through the Ming army’s defensive position as early as possible, even in the range of bow and arrow. Among the cavalry in Toungoo, the archers should not die.
Once the battle begins, it will not proceed completely according to personal thoughts.
He was disappointed. The Tunyu cavalry was like hitting the tide. As long as they entered a certain area, they would fall down to show their deep respect to the Ming army.
If the Toungoo Cavalry entered the flintlock range, Talong would have lit a "Yuxi" cigarette. He would surely find that before the cigarette was burned out, all of his 3,000 cavalry had already turned up. The Ming army paid homage.
From a distance, if you can't see the wounded soldiers squirming on the ground, then the two armies now have completely restored silence before the formation, just like the Ming army and the Dongyu army are coming to this low and low valley in the future.
The tranquility was quickly broken. The infantry of the Ming army began to harvest the wounded soldiers in Dongyu. They moved the corpses of the horses and horses to both sides and let out the road in the middle so as not to be caught by these obstacles when the Dongyu army attacked again. stumble.
To lure the opponent to attack, the Ming army spared no effort.
The wounded Toungoo soldiers were all patched up, and if they were supposed to be the generals of Toungoo, their heads were also cut off.
Not far from the opposite side, Toungoo soldiers and their king Tarong are watching the Ming army's every move, but when the Ming army is cleaning the battlefield, they have always been defiant. They only have the enemy's body in their eyes. If the enemy is not dead, After they arrive, they will also become a new corpse.
The soldiers of Tongkuo were shocked. Their only three thousand cavalrymen were all reimbursed in front of the Ming army when they fart. The Ming army still killed the people who had lost the ability to resist in front of their king. Wounded soldier.
Cruel, really cruel, even more unbearable than when the Tongyu Army killed the people in Dacheng.
Anger must be angry.
Toungoo soldiers began to commotion, perhaps shocked, or angry, or fearful.
However, Tarong did not speak, and the soldiers neither dared to attack without authorization nor dared to withdraw to the camp.
The three thousand cavalry soldiers not only failed to break through the Ming army’s position, but also collectively sacrificed their lives for the country. His long face was so gloomy and gloomy. If he were not on the battlefield and surrounded by so many soldiers watching, he would be unsure. Rootless water shed.
He has lost two consecutive battles. If he can't find it back in front of the soldiers, the prestige he has accumulated in the Dacheng Dynasty will be destroyed by the Ming army.
It seems that the baby is about to come out, the waves in his long heart are soaring, Daming, you forced me.
He long called a general next to him and whispered.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The general left Talong and personally conveyed Talong's military orders.
"Boom boom boom, boom boom boom..."
The gongs and drums were noisy, the red flags fluttered, and there seemed to be clappers and suona in the middle.
The soldiers of the Ming Army were all attracted by the sound coming from far away.
"What's the matter with Dongyu Army? Is it to celebrate the defeat?"
"We worked so hard to clear the battlefield and are waiting for the attack!"
"Isn't it because someone is going to surrender? Is it so quick?"
…
The soldiers of the Ming army soon discovered that they were wrong. Toungoo's army did not surrender, but came to give gifts. From the Toungoo army's formation, thousands of elephants slowly appeared, and each elephant was sitting on its back. A Toungoo man.
Sitting on the elephant's back is not a beauty, but a man, and everyone holds the same spear in their hands.
"Like soldiers?"
The soldiers took a deep breath. Could it be that this is really the elephant soldier who caused the Ming army to suffer in the legend
The elephant is not only terrifying in weight, powerful, but also rough and fleshy. It cannot cut through with a knife or pierce it with a gun. Even a bow and crossbow cannot hurt it. If it angers it, it will chase and trample on people with its feet. On top, in all likelihood, it will be trampled into scum.
There is also a Tongyu soldier with a spear on the elephant's back, giving you the deadliest sting at any time.
After the Tunku people trained elephants as mounts, they often put them on the battlefield at critical moments. After repeated trials, the Ming army suffered a lot. In order to kill an elephant soldier, it often cost a dozen or even dozens of people.
The soldiers of the Ming Army in the front row were terrified. In front of the elephants, the flintlocks might have to turn into fire sticks. They turned their heads and cast their gazes for help at Mu Qiyuan, but Mu Qiyuan looked calm, like It was the same as the infantry from Toungoo.