Chapter 8
Chen Ying received the flag utterance and immediately ordered.
"First team, open fire!"
The musketeers in the front row half-squatted and half-kneeled, and began the first round of shooting.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
After a burst of smoke of gunpowder, the Oar cavalry who rushed to the front began to fall off their horses in a sparse manner.
Angketu subconsciously threw away the stirrups and hid his body on the side of the war horse, and indeed successfully avoided the attack of the musket.
He couldn't help laughing loudly, his eyes were extremely excited, because the cavalry unit he led had completely broken through the Ming army's firepower, and the next time it was time to start a massacre!
The price paid was only a few dozen cavalrymen. In the face of huge military achievements, these losses were simply insignificant.
But the next second, the smile on Angktu's face calmed down because he saw the opponent's musketeers suddenly change their formation. The first team retreated, while the other team came forward with the musketes.
Chen Ying held up the flag and continued to order: "Second Team, open fire!"
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
After another smoke of gunpowder passed, dozens of people fell off the horse around Angketu.
This time the distance was closer, and the number of Oirat cavalry shot increased significantly, with about seventy or eighty people.
Angketu was full of surprise. Why could the opponent's musket be fired continuously?
In the Ming army formation, Chen Ying ordered again: "The third team, open fire!"
Zhu Qizhen personally explained this tactic. He divided the musketeers into three rows. After the first team was shot, he returned to the original third team and started loading operations. At this time, the second team turned into the first team.
, shoot, then retreat, and the third team stepped forward and shot, repeating.
At such a close distance, the musket is powerful, but there is a significant problem, that is, the process of loading ammunition is very cumbersome.
First, clean the fired gun barrel, then fill it with gunpowder from the muzzle, and then fill it with lead bullet iron sand. After filling it, use a special stick to compact it. Finally, add new ones.
Only by firing the leads can you reshoot.
After this process, it will take at least two minutes. The opponent is a cavalry, and he has already rushed under his nose when he has this time.
However, the fire guns with the third-section attacks had a continuous effect. The Ming army launched continuous shooting, while the Oirat cavalry fell one after another.
Moreover, in addition to effective killing when firing, the explosion sounds made by the musket can also cause a certain deterrence to the war horses.
In the Oirat formation, some war horses were frightened by the loud explosion, raised their front hooves, threw off the cavalry on their backs, and ran around frantically.
The out-of-control war horse made the thorns suffer. Some horses sprint forward, some horses run around the side, and some horses simply lie in the queue and refuse to take another step forward no matter what.
You should know that the entire army was charging with all their might. The horses in front suddenly stopped, and the cavalry behind had no time to dodge. It was like on the high road, countless speeding vehicles rear-end. One horse hit the other, and the entire cavalry was in chaos.
group.
There were still continuous sounds of muskets in the Ming army formation, causing the Oirat cavalry to completely fall into chaos.
Angketu was shocked. As he expected, at this time, the timid southern people should have fled. How could it be? How could they still remain motionless until now, but they were in chaos?
"Run, rush up..."
Angketu yelled desperately, behind him, some people retreated, and some people still rushed forward and trampled on each other. The short distance of fifty steps was like a natural barrier and could not take another step forward.
"Push for me, go for it!"
Angtto continued to roar, but no one heard his orders, and even if he heard them, he could not execute them.
People kept falling down around them, and in an instant, hundreds of elite cavalry were killed.
There were countless injured people. Some people fell off the horse and had one foot wrapped around the stirrups. They were dragged and ran wildly by the frightened war horse, which was a terrible sight.
Even if there were no war horses to fall off, there were people falling on the ground everywhere on the position. Not to mention charging, it would be impossible to withdraw.
Zhu Qizhen rode on the horse and watched closely the battle situation ahead. He felt that the time was ripe, so he decisively ordered.
"Five military camps, attack!"
Fan Zhong immediately passed the order: "The emperor has an order to order the five military camps to attack!"
Immediately afterwards, a low horn sounded, and the Ming army's formation changed again.
The musketeers in the front row began to retreat. Chen Huai led the left sailor army and Li Zhen led the right sailor army to attack from the front. On both wings of the team, Chen Wu led the left ye army and Chen Rong led the right ye army to the Oirat cavalry respectively. Flank attack.
British Duke Zhang Fu led the central army to fight and guarded around Zhuqi Town.
"Run!"
"Kill!"
Everyone rushed towards the enemy with endless anger. These people were red-eyed and poured all the aggrieved along the way on the heads of the Oirat people.
The biggest advantage of cavalry is its mobility and impact. After being attacked by Ming munitions, the team was already in chaos. Facing the aggressive Ming army, they could only dismount and respond to the battle. In this way, there was no difference between cavalry and infantry. .
Angketu jumped off the horse and waved the scimitar in his hand and slashed at a Ming army.
There is no more skill in fighting at such a close range. Only swords, guns and blood flowers fly together. Every second, dozens or hundreds of people will fall down, and the battle is very fierce.
"Ankto!"
During the melee, an adjutant shouted: "Can't hold it anymore, retreat quickly!"
Angketu had already had his eyes red, and saw that his body was covered in blood, and he roared angrily: "What did you say?"
"I can't beat it, I can't beat it, find a way to break through!"
"Impossible!" Angtto roared, "How is it possible for the cavalry I brought to fight against ten warriors?"
"Our soldiers have been lost more than half. The number of soldiers in Ming Dynasty is too large. Please withdraw quickly!"
Angketu looked around and found that there were obviously fewer people fighting around, and there were corpses everywhere.
Moreover, the number of people behind me seems to be wrong...
"What about the people behind, what are they doing?"
The adjutant replied loudly: "I don't know, it seems that something happened later, and I didn't keep up..."
puff!
Before he could finish speaking, a spear passed through his chest and suddenly disappeared.
"Damn South Dog!"
Angt's eyes were blood-red, like a crazy beast, fighting desperately with a scimitar.
When he didn't know, the eight thousand cavalry had already been cut off in half.
The Ming army's artillery fired volleys, and the target was the middle position of the Oirat cavalry team. The cavalry that was marching quickly was killed and injured, resulting in the subsequent troops being unable to move forward at all.
The four thousand people in front were blocked by muskets and lost more than a thousand. The remaining people were trapped in hand-to-hand combat, and they could not resist the number of Ming troops several times.
At this time, the formation of the Ming army changed again, and the two flanks continued to move to the rear, forming a siege against the Ola army.
Finally, Angketu realized that he had lost!
A complete defeat!
But, why?
In his imagination, although the Ming army had the advantage in numbers, they were all timid people. As long as they rushed to the front, these people would flee.
Why is this happening...
A small group of Ming troops had surrounded him, pointing at Angketu with swords and spears.
"Look at that guy, he seems to be the leader!"
"If you can hold on for so long, you must be a little capable. Don't be careless, everyone will come together!"
Chapter completed!