Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1691 Cut Yuan (卌五) Beat Slow with Fast
The tactic of oblique cutting is really an old practice of the Mongolian army. The Ming army has experienced a lot, and even began to have such training and actual combat itself.It’s just that this is the same as what I said before. Because the Ming army used muskets, they could only shoot directly and could not throw them. The amount of bombs dropped in actual combat performance was far inferior to that of the Mongolian army. It is not as good as the effect of the Mongolian army's oblique cutting and shooting.

According to the principles in the training code, the Ming army does not advocate using oblique cuts against oblique cuts, because it is not cost-effective.The Ming army's claim after half-cloaking was that the opponent cut obliquely, so I went straight to the middle.That is to say, we regard the opponent's diagonally cut team as a long snake formation, and our army rushes up to cut it down to fight melee, relying on the advantage of equipment to fight recklessly.

However, tactical drills are dead but people are alive. Sometimes it is not possible to do this, such as at present.

Judging from the formation preparation of the Mongolian army, this oblique cut is most likely to be an outward oblique cut, that is, "cut" to the outside of the Ming army's lineup.The tactical intention of this action can be said to be too obvious: if the Ming army played Snake Slaying, although it could be achieved, it would inevitably cause the two wings of the Ming army to be led by the Mongolian army to move outside the battlefield.At this moment, the Ming army was originally strong in the two wings and weak in the central army. Once the two wings were released, the central army would become weaker, and even the flanks might become Mongols.

Xu Long and Pogui were in charge of commanding the two wings respectively. Both generals saw through the Mongolian army's intentions, and even after looking back at the Chinese army's flag, there was no change, so they continued to move forward slowly without taking any other actions.

The command of the Mongolian army may also have expected this situation, and the Chinese army also did not give new instructions.Therefore, the Mongolian army on both wings quickly began to execute oblique cuts, and the first mid-range battle broke out when the two sides entered the range one after another: the Mongolian army fired a round of fire against the Ming army's outer salvo.

This wave of mutual shooting may be due to the Ming army having the upper hand. At least from the scene, the number of people who fell from the Ming army was slightly smaller, and only 11 people fell from the left and right wings.However, at least 40 people or horses were stabbed with arrows, and the severity of the injuries is unknown.

The Mongolian army probably failed to please them. There may be about 20 people who fell off the horse, but not many were injured.Being hit during a relatively high-speed maneuver such as oblique cutting, whether the cavalry is shot or the horse is shot, basically they can only fall off the horse directly.

Seeing this, the four generals on the two wings of the Ming army couldn't help feeling a little relieved.The Ming army currently has a slight advantage in terms of military strength. Such a battlefield exchange is more fearless than the Ming army. After a few more rounds, the Mongols will definitely not be able to withstand it.

However, what is surprising is that the Mongolian army's oblique cutting seems to be different from the previous routine. They did not circle back after disengagement, and repeated the oblique cutting action at basically the same position as before.

This time, after the Mongolian army "cut" out, the position of the circle moved a little further away from the horizontal flanks of the Ming army's battle line, and then started a new round of oblique cutting towards the waist of the Ming army's two wings-the last round was aimed at The heads of the wings go.

At the same time, the Mongolian Army Central Army once again sent a second batch of mitering troops to the two wings, the number was still small, and the target was the same as before, heading towards the heads of the two wings of the Ming Army.

In the middle army of the Ming army, Gao Yuyu, who had already put on the same armor as the generals, held binoculars with one hand, saw all this in his eyes, and the word "wheel battle" came out in his heart.

To some extent, the Mongolian cavalry who performed oblique cutting tactics were turning around the edge of the battlefield and shooting arrows into the battlefield. It looked like a rotating Frisbee or flywheel, cutting the edge of the enemy with sharp edges.

If Brihatu intended to send out one after another "Frisbee" to take turns cutting, then it would really be a veritable battle of wheels.It's a bit like several pairs of road-wheel-style armored vehicles running over a certain obstacle. The previous tire just passed, and the latter tire came again.Perhaps after the first "tire" ran over the entire flank of the Ming army, it would adjust its position again, turn back and start a new round.

Originally, judging from the exchange ratio between the two sides just now, such a tactical move would be a disadvantage for the Mongolian army, but Gao Yushi immediately found out that it was wrong, because when the second batch of Mongolian army's obliquely cutting troops began to shoot, the Ming army's front flanks had no Counter attack - they haven't had time to finish reloading yet!

Buri Hatu was indeed Buri Hatu. He didn't know that the advantage of the Ming army was its strong firepower. If it was a real confrontation, the Mongolian army must suffer.But he also discovered the weakness of the Ming army's muskets, that is, the reloading speed is definitely not as fast as the Mongolian army's drawing arrows - the latter does not need to prepare at all.

Fortunately, the Ming army was not completely unprepared. Although the unexpected changes of the Mongols made them dumb, Xu Long and Piaogui responded very quickly, and immediately issued an order: keep moving forward, but start the vertical rotation To deal with the wheel battle of the Mongolian army.

Vertical line rotation First of all, let's talk about the formation of cavalry.Because the cavalry of the Ming army were half-dressed, under the instructions of Gao Pragmatism, the Ministry of War issued a pamphlet to the cavalry of each town, which mentioned the wall charge of the French army in history-of course it did not say anything about "French "Army", only said "there was such a thing", and deliberately said that it was like the heavy cavalry like Jin Guotie Butu.

Of course, the cavalry of the Ming army is not considered heavy equipment, but considering that the Mongolian army is almost unarmored, the cavalry of the Ming army referred to the infantry's array line idea, and also carried out a certain degree of arraying among the cavalry.

To put it simply, it’s like the Ming army’s flanks are now advancing, and they are arranged in ten columns. It can be understood that ten people are leading the way, followed by a long line of cavalry. Focus on ranks.

The vertical line rotation is an action of exchanging columns, which is equivalent to exchanging positions between the left and right columns.The specific method is to control the speed of the outer row to remain unchanged, and the inner row to accelerate slightly to pass through the outer rider obliquely forward.At this time, the original outer side becomes the inner side, and then walk a little further to the inner side to the vacated position, and the outer row has reached the inner side at the same time, and the rotation is completed.

Of course, this is just the most basic rotation, and there are only two columns participating in the rotation.If you want to complete the rotation of three columns, four columns or even more columns, the reason is the same, just do it according to the gourd painting.

It's just that the Ming army did this training for a relatively short period of time. The real training was only two or three months, and the actual training of the army generally did not exceed three rows of rotation.In order to avoid confusion, the instructions issued by Xu Long and Baogui at this moment are surprisingly consistent, and they are all "rotation of the three vertical lines on the outside".

In fact, in addition to the lack of time for the three-column rotation training, another important reason is that the infantry formations usually used "three-stage strikes" in the past. So far, there has been no case where the three-stage strikes cannot be rotated.Since the cavalry has not seen this kind of actual combat before, I did not expect that the three-stage strike can be played well in the infantry formation, but it does not mean that the cavalry can also play well.

The cavalry column began to rotate, and this move really surprised Burhatu, who was in command of the Mongolian army's central army. He really didn't expect the Ming army to have such preparations.However, after a little observation, he immediately made a targeted arrangement: speed up.

Not to speed forward, but to speed up the speed that the miter team sends.He controlled the acceleration very precisely. Basically, the army in the front had just left and the army in the rear would arrive immediately, giving the Ming army almost no chance to breathe.

This time, there was another problem with the Ming army. The training of the tandem rotation was not enough. As soon as the Mongolian army accelerated, they could not respond in time. The trouble is that both Xu Long and Piao Gui found that the three-stage attack couldn't cope with it—it was still a problem of reloading speed.

The reason is very simple, the infantry is standing on the ground, the impact on reloading is relatively small, and the movement is naturally faster.But because the cavalry is on the horse, the horse has bumps during the movement. The cavalry has to control the horse to move and complete the reload at the same time. "Tactics will not be able to achieve its intended purpose of uninterrupted shooting.

Now the Mongolian army immediately gained the upper hand. Even though the shooting effect was not as good as that of the Ming army, relying on "the amount of bombs dropped per unit time" far exceeded the Ming army, and quickly regained the exchange ratio.

With only five rounds of oblique cuts on the left and right wings, the losses of the Ming army have slightly exceeded that of the Mongolian army.It is conceivable that if this battle continues like this, the Ming army will only suffer more and more in the end.

Gao Wushi also discovered this, but he thought about it, but gave up on the adjustment.One is that he has no good way to make fine-tuning on the premise of sticking to the original big plan, and the other is that the distance between the two parties is already relatively close, and the adjustment is actually not very meaningful.

Therefore, the Mongolian army accelerated and dispatched multiple teams to cut diagonally, and Gao Pragmatic simply accelerated, hitting the army and playing a blue flag.The blue flag in the command of this battle means speeding up. After receiving the order, the central army and the left and right wings of the Ming army began to speed up significantly, and the horses had already entered the state of running at a medium speed.Generally speaking, this means that a charge is about to be launched, and it may also be a tactical action such as a diagonal cut.

In the middle army of the Mongolian army, Burihatu narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw this, turned his head slightly, and said to a herald next to him, "Go and tell Huang Taiji to get ready." Hearing the order, the herald respectfully accepted the order, and rode his horse in a hurry and go.

Burihatu himself drew out his scimitar, pointed obliquely at the highly pragmatic banner of "Mengyuan Jinglue", and shouted: "The Chinese army speed up and prepare to charge!"

As the entire Ming army and the Mongolian army's central army speeded up, the five slashing teams on the left and right each sent by the Mongolian army also gave up their previous slashing operations and began to approach quietly as if they had received an order.

Both Xu Long and Pogui noticed this move, probably because they were worried that Gao Jinglue would not notice, they both asked the flag bearer to fly the orange flag.The orange flag in this battle means a reminder when the enemy's situation changes. Of course, Gao Yushi, as the commander-in-chief of the whole army, paid special attention to it, so he immediately discovered the trend of the Mongolian army's oblique troops gathering.

Could it be that the opponent wants to attack the flank?Gao Yushi immediately thought of this, but he was a little hesitant at the moment: If he ordered the two wings to divide his troops to defend, then the crab claw formation tactics at the beginning would be weakened; will be bigger.

After weighing it up, he still felt that the prediction of the overall collapse was even less cost-effective, so he ordered the left and right flanks to separate their troops for alert, and the main force still targeted the Brihatu army.

At this time, Brihatu also noticed this point: that is, the left and right flanks of the Ming army moved the outermost three rows of columns a little, and moved a little away from the seven rows of columns close to the central army.

There was a faint smile on the corner of Brihatu's mouth, and he waved his hand and made a movement of stretching his five fingers and then suddenly clenching his fist. The flag of the Chinese army changed immediately.The two wings of the Mongolian army, which were located outside the two wings of the Ming army, received the order and immediately changed into a formation of arrows. It seemed that they were about to launch a strong attack before the Ming army's flank defense line was formed.

This action obviously made the Ming army's flanks immediately heightened their vigilance. The three outermost columns of Ming army cavalry immediately slowed down until they stopped completely. When the Mongolian army moves, I also go up to prepare for close combat.

Sure enough, the Mongolian army's flanks moved, and it seemed that they were about to force their way into the formation.However, when the Ming army's flanks began to face the enemy in a dense formation in a slightly wall-like charge, the two flanks of the Mongolian army suddenly cut towards the Ming army's rear with a diagonal cutting action, and at the same time shot a shot at the Ming army in front of them. Rain of waves and arrows.

The damage caused by this wave of arrow rain was not weak. At least three or forty people were hit by arrows, but not many fell from the horses. It only caused some slight commotion to the Ming army's phalanx.At the same time, the front row of the Ming army responded with a salvo.Perhaps due to the dense formation, the effect of this round of volley was not bad, and the losses caused to the Mongolian army might be a little bigger than their own losses just now.

However, the actions of the Mongolian army made the Ming army a little flustered-the rear army Chen Can's troops only had about 2000 people in total, and although the cavalry drawn by the Tianjin Guards were no different from their nine-side troops, it is well known that they were in the army. In terms of actual combat, it is almost the same as the recruit egg.

Brihatu dispatched five rounds of slashing teams on the left and right flanks, each with 500 people, which is equivalent to [-] cavalry on the left and right wings. Of course, a small part of them was lost, but the impact was not too great.

This means that the Mongolian army has a total of about 2000 on both sides of the Ming army. These Mongolian troops are now turning to attack the inexperienced rear army Chen Canbu, who has only [-] Ming troops. Isn't the rear army in danger?
At this time, the three-column perimeter defense of the Ming army's flanks has just been adjusted to a phalanx. It is not easy to change to a formation with faster turning and speed-up. Danger!

With the help of the telescope, Gao Wu could see this clearly, and his heart was tense.He could see at this moment that Brihatu's tactics relied on the speed advantage brought by the Mongols' horsemanship and light equipment, and quickly changed tactics to make the Ming army unable to cope.

In this case, it would be fine if the Ming army had an all-defensive formation, and they could rely on the inside advantage to smooth out the speed gap. But at this moment, the main forces of the two sides are about to collide. Difficult.

The difference between the cavalry duel and the infantry is speed. Gao Yushi remembered Budyonny's summary of cavalry tactics in his mind, finally gritted his teeth, and ordered: "Order: Three columns on the flanks try their best to intercept, the whole army... charge!"
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