Volume Two, Chapter 69, Ruthless
The fierce battle continued, but Kunduliha had already begun to doubt life. How could this battle be like this?
50,000 elite cavalry against 20,000 infantrymen, it’s fine if you can’t get a little advantage, but you’re beaten so miserably by others. How could it be?
The Ming army had muskets and cannons, of course he knew that for this, they also specially equipped wooden shields. However, the Ming army had a lot of muskets and cannons, and he even lost the courage to shoot against others.
There is no way, they are holding bows and arrows, and they are holding muskets, and they are shooting at each other, which is because they think that their casualties are not heavy enough.
He could only lead people to rush desperately, with the intention of getting closer and starting a melee battle.
At this moment, the distance was very close, but what greeted them was a car array like a brick wall!
The Ming army's car formation was simply desperate. No matter how hard it was, it was useless. Even if you sacrificed your life to push away one car and broke a hole, there were still dense spears inside. If you rushed in, you would be stabbed into a sieve.
He is a reckless man, but he is not a fool. He has fought like this and it is basically impossible to win. If he continues to fight, it is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out.
He looked at the soldiers who were constantly being stabbed by spears on both sides. No matter how unwilling he was, he could only wave helplessly and shouted: "Retreat, retreat quickly!"
Behind the Ming army formation, Feng Wensheng looked at the Tartar cavalry that had been withdrawn like a tide and slapped the leg in annoyance.
What a pity, if there is another cup of tea, all the sub-guns will be loaded. At that time, as long as you use the barrage to drop all the back rows of the Tartar cavalry, no enemy in front of you will be able to escape!
At this time, the Tartars began to retreat, and it was meaningless to load the sub-gun again. He quickly ordered: "Send the order, everyone, stop loading ammunition, hurry up, push the reloaded sub-gun into the mother gun and prepare to bombard it."
His artillery was busy for a long time before he was ready for bombardment. There was no way. They were loading ammunition just now. According to the artillery's operating procedures, the barrels containing gunpowder should not be opened to the edge when firing. If a spark splashes over, it would be dangerous.
They had to pack up the barrels containing gunpowder and prepare to fire, so they were naturally a little busy. When they were ready, the Tatar cavalry would escape almost a mile.
At this time, there would be no chance if the fire is not fired. Feng Wensheng ordered without hesitation: "Light up, fire!"
"Boom boom boom" A roar of artillery sounded, and a large area of escaped cavalry fell down from the back ranks of the escaped Tartar cavalry.
However, at this time, it was no longer meaningful to fire the artillery, because the rest of the Tatar cavalry had already run out of the range of the artillery.
Feng Wensheng could only shake his head and sigh, and then ordered his artillery soldiers to clean up everything.
The battle began in such a hurry and ended in a hurry.
In this battle, the 20,000 Ming troops had almost no casualties, but the Tartar cavalry had almost no casualties!
There is no way, cold weapons and thermal weapons are not at the same level at all. As long as they are not close to each other, thermal weapons will crush the cold weapons. The Ming army has a chariot array blocking, and the Taurus cavalry cannot be close to them at all. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Ming army achieved such results. In history, Qi Jiguang also used chariots and thermal weapons to suppress the Taurus cavalry, and thousands of people were still crushing them.
Of course, the so-called casualties here are not annihilated. Most of the Tartar cavalry were injured, and not many were actually killed. Moreover, they all had war horses. As long as the injuries were not very serious, there was no problem with escaping.
In the end, only 20,000 people were left by the Ming army, including those who were killed and seriously injured, and most of the other Tartar cavalry ran away in shame.
The battle here has just ended, and the war on the Western Front is coming to an end.
The Ming army on the West Road was actually not the northwest border army at all, but the elite guards in the southeast. Their equipment was even more sophisticated than the northwest border army.
Although the cavalry led by Altan Khan were all elite troops in the headquarters and had far better combat power than Yibula, Buerha and Uryanha tribe, he also did not get any benefits when facing the elite troops of the Southeast Tunwei equipped with thermal weapons.
Leading general Tang Kekuan followed Yang Cong to fight north for many years. His application of gunpowder weapons was more than a little stronger than Zhang Da. Altan Khan also played a three-sided siege tactic with him, launching an attack in three directions at the same time, intending to disperse his firepower. He ordered people to sprinkle iron caltrops on both sides without hesitation, turning the wings into a restricted area for cavalry. In the middle, he concentrated artillery fire and bombarded the Taurus cavalry that rushed over were almost wiped out.
When Altan Khan saw that the situation was wrong, he also chose to retreat. However, he was lucky because his tactic of three-way encirclement was equivalent to dispersing his subordinates. With similar firepower, his casualties were naturally not as serious as those of Kunduliha.
In the end, the Ming army left behind in the Western Road, including the killed and seriously injured Tartars, had only 10,000 troops in total, and the remaining 40,000 Tartar cavalry ran away under the leadership of Altan Khan.
In this battle, the Ming army won a great victory, annihilated 30,000 enemies without any casualties, which was a miracle.
When Jiajing saw the war report, he couldn't believe his eyes. Is this Tartar cavalry so naughty?
Of course, the Tatar cavalry was not so good. The reason why Yang Cong achieved such a battle was mainly due to Altan Khan's negligence.
The Ming army commander who Altan Khan didn't know had been replaced. He only thought that the opposite side was still the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was Xianning Hou Qiuluan.
In his impression, the Hou Qiuluan of Xianning was a rookie who was not good at military tactics. This guy was more of a civil servant than a military general, and he was also a civil servant who was greedy for life and feared death and was useless.
Faced with such a rookie, he never thought about any military strategy to play. He believed that under the leadership of Hou Qiuluan of Xianning, the Ming army was just a dish, simple, just rush up and eat it.
He never thought that Yang Cong, the "silent" who was "silent" ran to Tongzhou City silently and seized the military power of Xianning Hou.
If he knew that he was facing a ruthless man, Yang Cong, he would probably not have been foolish enough to rush forward and die.
Although he did not command the army and fought with Yang Cong, his eldest brother Ji Nang suffered a great loss at Yang Cong's hands. When Yang Cong was guarding Xuanfu Town, Ji Nang also made Ji Nang suffer a big fight.
Unfortunately, that was more than ten years ago. Although Altan Khan also participated in that war, he had forgotten Yang Cong.
After Yang Cong, although Zeng Xian had some skills, he had only a little understanding of the application of thermal weapons. He still tended to use old tactics during combat, and was not as fierce as Yang Cong.
As for the Queen Qiuluan of Xianning, let alone this guy is just a stake and afraid of death, so he doesn't dare to start a war with him at all.
Although these two "kind brothers" did not let him suffer any pain, they had cheated him. If these two had not performed too poorly, they would have forgotten that Yang Cong, a ruthless man, how could he suffer such a big loss!
Chapter completed!