Three thousand cavalry, continue to go deeper to the northwest.
In a solemn atmosphere, the team did not stop at all. Wang Shouren knew that the situation on the battlefield would soon be discovered by the grassland tribes on the Haizi side of Weining after dawn. It is unrealistic to complete the raid.
After more than an hour of marching, when the sun had risen above the horizon, on a green grassland that connected to the sky, the Ming soldiers stood on the top of a mountain. In front of them was the endless Weining Sea.
Under the beautiful scenery of the lake and mountains, reflected by the ripples of the water, the tents on the lakeshore reach to the horizon, with green mountains, clear water and blue sky stretching endlessly.
The herdsmen who had finished their morning rest were preparing to drive their cattle and sheep out of the pen. Some used horse-drawn carriages to transport large quantities of fodder into the camp. When they looked back, they saw the soldiers standing on the top of the hill. These herdsmen didn't even look nervous, as if they thought it was their own cavalry.
"How much is this?"
Cao Shun dismounted with difficulty and climbed onto the mound. When he saw the scene in front of him, everyone was almost stunned.
"The troops are divided into three groups, left, middle and right, each with 800 troops and horses, forming a long formation and advancing."
After changing the tactics of the previous sneak attack, this time Wang Shouren knew what he wanted to do. It is impossible to break into the tribal camp directly without the other party being prepared.
Only by playing steadily and steadily, keeping the formation of the team in a stable position, and slowly advancing towards the tribal camp.
Cao Shun shouted, "If you don't follow the trend to cover up the kill, aren't you seeking death?"
In Cao Shun's view, this kind of sneak attack can only take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to catch the opponent off guard. What kind of tactics is it like Wang Shouren to line up his troops and let the cavalry walk slowly towards the opponent's camp?
But now Cao Shun's words have no meaning at all.
The team was already very loose. After Wang Shouren arranged the formation, the three thousand soldiers and horses lined up almost in a line, divided into three groups, left, middle and right, and slowly advanced towards the main camp on the north bank of Weining Sea.
The terrain is very flat, and the actual distance between the two sides is about five or six miles.
Just when Ming’s soldiers and horses began to advance, warnings began to be issued immediately in the camp. Various horns sounded, and tribal men and horses quickly gathered from everywhere. The two sides completed this battle during the day. , after the opposing tribe's garrison troops gathered, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were surprised to find that the opponent's number of soldiers and horses might still be greater than theirs.
In other words, without any firearm bonus, the battle between the two sides is no longer a camp attack and passive defense, but an "encounter".
Since the Ming Dynasty's own strength may not be as good as that of the grassland tribes, it can be regarded as a 50-50 battle at most.
The lieutenant generals in the army obviously felt a sense of fear. In the past, wherever they fought head-on with the grassland tribes, they never gained even the slightest advantage in any battle. It was said that it was a 50-50 split, but the Ming Dynasty It seems like a 20-30% chance of winning here would be pretty good.
But Wang Shouren was not afraid at all.
The prairie cavalry all marched quicklyAssembling, when they discovered that this unknown group of people was approaching their camp, they first demonstrated like a demonstration, and heard the sound of war drums and horns. Then people from all walks of life gathered together and attacked the Ming army.
This is also the "thinking inertia" of the prairie cavalry.
In their view, the Ming army dared to line up in a straight line, seemingly without any follow-up troops, and just expanded the cross-sectional area of the battle. As long as the length was not thick, it would be easy for them to cavalry. A wave opened the door, and then used superior force to divide and surround the Ming cavalry that cut off the formation, completing the strangulation.
But even though the prairie cavalry had charged over on horseback, Wang Shouren still did not order a change of formation, nor did he even make any plans to charge into the formation.
"Array"
Wang Shouren waved the command flag in his hand.
His purpose is to let the prairie cavalry concentrate their superior forces to rush over, so as to facilitate the use of artillery.
As various signal bombs took off, the sixty light artillery brought by the army also completed their formation at this time.
The method of using this kind of cannon is different from the previous ones that needed to be carried by horse-drawn carriages and chariots. It can be unloaded directly from the horse and set up on the spot. Only one person is needed for each cannon. You can complete the steps of filling, inserting the fuze and ignition.
In order to confuse the opponent, Wang Shouren tried his best to use the cavalry team in a long snake formation to block the artillery behind them, so as not to let the opponent know that the Ming army had brought new artillery.
The rumble of horse hooves came.
The ground seemed to be shaking.
The three thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty also held their breath and concentrated, and they had already held the firecrackers in their hands.
At the location of Wang Shouren's central army, where the artillery was set up, the two hundred flint muskets sent by Zhang Zhou were already in the hands of the soldiers. Their task was to attack the opponent's cavalry when they approached. , after completing the volley of guns and artillery, and suppressing the key firepower, then rush into the enemy's position on horseback.
There are some in the army who are not afraid of death, but most of the soldiers are afraid in their hearts and just stand on the hillside in formation, waiting for the Tatars to stab them with their sharp cavalry. Waiting to die makes no difference.
The distance between the two sides is gradually getting closer.
Cao Shun was so nervous that he was wiping his hands in cold sweat, and was still muttering, "All the herdsmen in the camp are still there"
This means that the other party didn't take us seriously. The cavalry was sent to fight us head-on, but the herdsmen had no intention of retreating westward. It seemed that the tribal herdsmen thought that we were waiting to die.
Finally.
When the vanguard of the tribal cavalry was about one mile away from the Ming cavalry formation, Wang Shouren waved the command flag in his hand.
The surrounding dragon flags of the Ming Dynasty were immediately raised, and more than a dozen dragon flags suddenly stood up. As the flag bearers shook, the dragon flags of the Ming Dynasty appeared again in this area of Weining Sea.
At the same time, the tribal cavalry finally confirmed that the intruder was the big one.Ming's army.
Of course they don’t know why the Ming Dynasty’s army appears here, let alone why the Ming Dynasty’s army seems to be looking for death. Under the charge of their cavalry, they will form a long snake formation to fight, but When the roar of artillery fire came, almost at the same time, a black iron ball shining with sparks fell from the sky.
The Ming Dynasty’s army is on the east hillside, which is the direction in which the rising sun rises.
The Tatar cavalry charged against the sun, which was a little dazzling to begin with. When they realized that something seemed wrong, they had almost no time to react.
With such a killing momentum, it is impossible for them to temporarily turn around and retreat. This is the same situation as the three guards of Duoyan encountered when charging outside Ningyuan City.
There is no turning back when the bow is drawn.
Even if they knew that the Ming army would attack with artillery, they could only bite the bullet and continue to charge. Moreover, in their original impression, the Ming army's artillery just sent a big iron ball over, not that big. It happened to hit itself, and the Ming army appeared in the hinterland of the grassland, how could it bring long-range artillery?
Maybe the Ming army just wanted to boost the morale of the army by firing artillery, and the artillery shells had to fall on both sides. The open space where the battle is about to take place.
That’s all.
"Bang"
The first cannonball fell into the charging formation of the prairie tribe's cavalry.
With a muffled sound, followed by a "crash", the soil on the grassland that had not been plowed and cultivated for hundreds of years was instantly blown up. The cannonballs landed around the ground, and the cavalry fell to the ground. The deterrent effect formed is huge.
But before the surrounding or subsequent cavalry could react further, more shells fell from the sky.
"Bang Bang Bang"
This time the artillery used by the Ming Dynasty was no longer like Ningyuan City, which had only twelve cannons.
There are sixty artillery pieces this time. Even if the caliber is small, the explosive power of the shells will be much smaller, but after all, they are improved, and the proportion of yellow gunpowder contained in them is greater. Six The suppressive effect that ten artillery can produce is not comparable to that of twelve sub-cannons.
In this round alone
There were about three to four thousand tribal cavalry, and three to four hundred were killed and injured. One round of artillery caused the opponent to lose 10% of their combat effectiveness.
This 10% battle loss may not be a big deal in normal cold weapon warfare.
But after all, this is the forward position where the tribal cavalry has not yet reached the battle. Such a large loss occurred only at a distance of about a mile. The biggest difference between the Huoshii headquarters and the other tribes. Many of them have experienced the tragic battle at Piantou Pass. For them, the shadow of yellow gunpowder will be engraved in their hearts for a lifetime.
Among these charging troops, there was one who was injured in a battle and lost combat effectiveness, and could only be placed in the rear as a reserve guard cavalry.
When they found out it was DamingAt the beginning, they may have felt that the Ming army's expedition to the hinterland of the grassland would be a good opportunity for them to avenge their previous humiliation.
But when they saw Daming again projecting explosives from a long distance, they only felt one word in their hearts
Danger
After a round of artillery suppression, Qing Qing The filling of the cannon will be more complicated than that of the sub-cannon. The short range can only ensure that one more round of filling and firing can be completed before the tribal cavalry rushes over, and not every cannon can fire a second round.
The tribal cavalry charge slowed down significantly, but they still rushed over without hesitation. Even if they lost their troops in the first round of artillery suppression, they were still confident that they could break through the Ming Dynasty's long snake formation.
"Firearm preparation"
Wang Shouren waved the flag in his hand again.
While the second round of volley is still being prepared, the volley gun on hand needs to be used now.
Whether it was the flint gun Zhang Zhou had or the matchlock guns brought by the soldiers, they were all in hand at this time.
Their crossbows were also prepared.
As the distance between the two sides further narrowed to less than 200 meters, the tribal cavalry had begun to bend their bows and arrows, but the effective range of the bows and arrows was only about a hundred steps. They were still just preparing at this time. It's not going to be released immediately.
However, although the effective range of the matchlock guns, flint muskets, etc. of the Ming Dynasty is only about a hundred steps, their penetrating power is much stronger than that of bows and arrows fired by human power.
"Bang"
There are still sporadic sounds of artillery firing.
But it is not the second round of cannon, but the misfiring of the first round of cannon that has been modified with a fuse.
This can no longer cause effective damage to the enemy formation.
"Let go"
"Bang bang bang"
The volley of guns started firing almost a hundred meters before the tribal cavalry leader approached the Ming position.
The fire blunderbuss in the hands of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty emitted a red and blue coquettish light. With the sound of the gunfire, the first row of tribal cavalry was not surprised, and was almost beaten into a sieve.
At the same time, the loading of ammunition for the Ming Dynasty's artillery platoon was basically completed. The gunners had been trained repeatedly in the Beijing Camp. After completing the loading, all they had to do was to put the second round Fire out the artillery and try to disrupt the enemy's formation.
"Kill"
By this time, Wang Shouren's three opening axes had been used up.
The artillery is mainly suppressing the middle and rear formations of the tribal cavalry. What he has to do now is to gather the long snake formation to form a pocket, and attack the three or four thousand tribesmen from all directions. The cavalry surrounded them.
The hand-to-hand combat began.
Wang Shouren did not back down at this time, and Ma Yi led a group of troops to start a horse battle with the Tatars from both sides.
This is a scene that rarely happens after Jingtai. In the border battles in the past few decades, the combat logic of both sides was not this kind of fighting on horseback., more like a tacit understanding of harassment in which you advance and I retreat.
But this time it was a head-on and bloody battle.
The troops dispatched by both sides may not seem to be many, but the brutality is no less than any other battle.
The Ming side occupies the geographical advantage, that is, it is condescending. Coupled with the blessing of volleys of guns and artillery, it had an absolute advantage at the beginning of the war.
It is also related to the fact that the troops left behind on the other side are mainly old, weak, sick and disabled. They could initially show the brave and fighting side of the prairie tribe cavalry, but faced with the suppression of such powerful firearms from the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the Ming soldiers With high morale and no fear of death, the Ming Dynasty's long snake formation gathered into a pocket formation. They felt that there were soldiers from the Ming Dynasty in all directions.
What’s even more terrible is that the Chinese army’s Dragon Flag Formation where Wang Shouren is located also has the flint gun given by Zhang Zhou.
During the battle, the fire gun soldiers raised their hands and could knock down an armored tribal cavalry with one shot from thirty or forty steps away. It formed a great deterrent force.
This will make the tribal cavalry suspicious.
Are we fighting against people?
Why can soldiers of the Ming Dynasty use such magical methods to kill people while we can only use bows and arrows and sabers
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The war is advancing very quickly.
After the two sides fought, the tribal cavalry was already in decline. This was also because Wang Shouren did not send troops to make a surprise attack, so he was waiting for work. Although the men were sleepy after the battle, the horses were not tired, and the battle was more flexible in the battle formation. .
The use of flint muskets also laid a great foundation for Wang Shouren's Chinese army, allowing him to use a few hundred soldiers to stabilize the Chinese army's formation and prevent the tribal cavalry from being scattered at once. Collapse.
When the Ming Dynasty's long snake formation attacked like scissors, the pressure on Wang Shouren's Chinese army was basically gone.
The task of the Chinese army was just to strangle forward, just like a meat grinder. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty charged all the way, and the sabers in their hands were sharper than the opponent's. After all, this was Zhang Zhou. The stainless steel alloy knife created is mass-produced, and it is an exaggeration to say that it is indestructible, but it still has no problem at all when it comes to chopping melons and vegetables when it has the advantage on the battlefield.
With the confrontation.
The tribal cavalry already felt that they were unable to support themselves, and the cavalry behind them had begun to leave the battle formation.
The Fire Sieve Headquarters is not just one tribe, but also a collection of various small and medium-sized tribes. Even if they are the same tribe, there will be geographical differences. Without clan blood relations, it cannot be done. Be united in both offense and defense.
It is precisely because we can share wealth but not share adversity. When the war goes well, everyone in the army charges together and makes achievements. When they encounter defeat, each tribe and small group also has its own small calculations.
Although they were also protecting their own people behind them at this time, in the face of such a strong Ming Dynasty,What the expeditionary force can do is to withdraw from the battlefield as soon as possible, escort their own people to escape as much as possible, and let others come out to resist for them, and let others come to die
The sun rises further.
The battle on the hillside was almost coming to an end when the volley of artillery fired again.
At this time, all the people in the Ming Dynasty were divided into four groups.
Two groups completed the cleaning of the battlefield, and the other two groups rushed directly into the tent that could not be seen to the end.
In the camp, it was no longer the peaceful pastoral, nor the joyful family carnival, but a hell-like strangulation of foreheads and noses. After the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty entered, the first thing they faced were those hands. Tribal men who hold weapons and resist stubbornly will be swept off their horses and beheaded without even having to deliberately chop off their heads, because there are countless heads waiting for them.
There were about six to seven hundred tribal cavalry remaining, and they fled directly to the north.
Wang Shouren did not give the order to pursue. His mission was to cover the entire Weining Sea in front of him.
"Brush"
At this point, Wang Shouren pulled out a sword that looked a bit old and did not look like it could be used on the battlefield.
That sword was given to him by the Wang family. It was the sword that Wang Yue used to command his troops during his surprise attack on Weininghai.
"Sacrifice to Marquis Weining and Kill"
After Wang Shouren commanded to strangle the remaining tribal cavalry on the battlefield, he raised the sword in his hand.
When he called out the name "Marquis Weining", the blood of the Ming soldiers around him boiled with excitement.
They will naturally think that the path they are taking and the things they are doing are exactly what Weining Hou Wang Yue accomplished back then. This year is the day when Weining Hou just passed away. The Ming Dynasty frontier army once Falling into grief, everyone in the army still respected Wang Weining very much, and the current war had an extra layer of meaning.
That is to inherit Wang Weining's legacy, fight on the battlefield, and promote the power of the Ming Dynasty soldiers.
What fear of death, what timidity, and what interests
It seems that they no longer exist under the influence of this kind of pride.
Wang Shouren was like a battlefield orator, instantly capturing the hearts of these soldiers. They just wanted to follow Wang Shouren into the enemy formation and repeat the achievements of Wang Weining back then.
"Kill"
There were not many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty.
But at this time, it seemed like a tide, pouring into the camps on the north bank of Weining Sea unstoppably. The camps that stretched for twenty or thirty miles seemed to be undefended. Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft