Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 869
"Yes"

With a wave of Xu Bao's hand, the three thousand Ming soldiers with rifled guns urged them to march forward immediately.

The formation of the Ming army was different from the previous ones. They did not get off their horses, but rode on horses in three rows in a staggered formation.

Now the Ming army is almost the same whether shooting on horseback or standing on the ground. After all, it is not sports shooting.

Another advantage of their cavalry formation is that they can catch up with the fleeing Yarkant Khanate cavalry in time.

Otherwise, if someone urges the horse to flee, you have to run back and ride the horse to catch up. It's too late.

After confessing to Xu Bao, Zhang Lu dared not neglect, if this guy ran away under his nose, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would definitely not let him off lightly.

"The other soldiers follow the general to chase the Khan flag, whether it is the Great Khan of the Yarkant Khanate or not, they must catch him!"

"Yes"

"Catch Abdullah alive!"

"The incompetent will live or die, but he can't be allowed to escape..."

"Da da da……"

Zhang Lu pulled out two pistols and led two thousand Ming troops to chase after Abdullah.

Not only Zhang Lu, but also the soldiers of the Ming army chased him vigorously. If they can intercept the escape route of Yarkand Khan Abdullah and capture or kill him, then this will be a great contribution!
The cavalry of the Ming army increased their horsepower and chased them red-eyed, only to have a chance to shoot and kill the Yarkand cavalry immediately.

Zhang Lu secretly rejoiced while chasing him, God still favors the brothers, by accident, he met a Khan King, haha...

"Da da da……"

"Bang bang bang..."

"Puff puff……"

The Ming army quickly caught up with the turning rear of the Yarkand cavalry, and the rifled guns fired at about 100 meters.

The Yarkand Khanate cavalry in the back row fell off their horses one after another. They didn't even have a chance to fight back, so they could only vent their anger into the air with their sabers.

Under the desperate protection of the pro-army around him, Abdullah ran in the front again. It can be said that people are running in front and souls are chasing behind.

He kept looking back at the Ming army that was chasing him. What frightened him was that he could not get rid of the Ming army's pursuit even though he sat down on his strong green horse.

And the Ming army can start killing his soldiers at a distance of about [-] meters.

Abdullah immediately ordered his subordinates to shoot arrows to kill the Ming army. Flag shooting is their nomadic strength.

"Boys, shoot them to death with bows and arrows, our sabers can't touch Minggou at all..."

Abdullah gave an order, and more than 1000 Yarkand cavalrymen hurriedly took off their bows and arrows as if waking up from a dream:

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Immediately, thousands of arrows were fired, but the arrows fell 20 meters in front of the Ming army. Even if some arrows hit the Ming army, they would not be able to penetrate their bulletproof vests and helmets.

"Nimma, dare to play long-distance combat with me, shoot!"

Zhang Lu was furious, and raised his hand to shoot a few shots, but his pistols had a limited range, and they couldn't hit the cavalry of the Yarkand Khanate.

But the rifle under his command began to show off:
"Bang bang bang..."

As the gunfire kept ringing, the Yarkant Khanate cavalry running behind could only accept the fate of being shot.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer under his command, Abdullah became even more frightened. This is because he witnessed the Ming army killing people from a distance this time.

The so-called nomadic and fishing bow cavalry have an effective range of only 18-36 meters in actual combat. This is the number recorded by a Japanese businessman when he watched the most elite Eight Banners cavalry and archery performance in Beijing in 1644.

The Ming Dynasty fought with Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, and Shunzhi for decades until the early years of Kangxi. He successively participated in the battles of the Ming army and later Li Zicheng. On paper, that range far exceeds 300-18 meters.

But why is it that in most of the battles, it can be said that it is 99% of the battles, it is not advantageous to shoot against the Eight Banners Army?
The Eight Banners Army's cavalry and shooting did not have the legendary 150-meter long-range lethality, so what happened to history?
In fact, the maximum range is not equal to the effective range. The 3-type rifle has a maximum range of more than [-] miles, but this range is meaningless in actual combat.

The distance of 300 meters is basically the maximum actual combat distance of the [-]-type rifle, except for a very small number of particularly powerful shooters.

The same is true for the Eight Banners Army's riding archery. 150 meters is the maximum range in a static state, but it has no actual combat effect. Then the distance can only be within 36 meters.

Otherwise, the arrows shot would lack lethality, let alone penetrate armor.The same is true for the matchlock guns of the Ming army. The 150-step range is meaningless in actual combat, and it is even exaggerated.

In other words, 50 meters is already the maximum killing distance. If you want to aim and shoot and penetrate armor, then you need to keep getting closer.

In fact, in the end, the shooting distances of both sides, whether riding or shotgun shooting, are similar.

But at a distance of 50 meters, the Eight Banners Army was riding a horse and carrying a spear, and soon handed the tip of the spear to the eyes of the Ming Army Musketeers.

Because the cavalry of the Eight Banners Army scattered high-speed impacts, it was not easy for the Ming army's musket array to hit the running target, but the Eight Banners Army's archery at this distance was almost a hundred hits.

In addition, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army's combat effectiveness was not good, and the leaders often fired. When the Eight Banners soldiers rushed to the front, they didn't even have a chance to reload their ammunition. As a result, they were defeated very quickly.

But today's Ming army has undergone earth-shaking changes long ago. They are like volunteer soldiers who resisted the United States and aided Korea with American weapons and equipment, asking who in the world can be the enemy.

"Bang bang..."

Whether it was the cavalry of the Yarkand Khanate holding a sword in hand or preparing to shoot arrows, they could only fall under the guns of the Ming army.

Soon there were only 200 of the [-] personal guards around Abdullah, and they were still loyal and desperately protecting their own Khan to escape.

Can Zhang Lu let them escape?Of course not, leading the Ming army to catch up closely, killing more than 100 people on the way to catch up.

The situation is good now, the [-] personal guards are less than [-] now, and Abdullah is desperate.

He didn't understand that he left his wife and children, as well as most of the nobles of the Khanate to the Ming army, so why the hell did he chase him desperately?
It seems that the Ming army didn't give them a way to survive. It was a loss to run out this time. If they didn't run, they could rely on the city wall and fight to the death with the Ming army, but it's too late now!

Poor Abdullah, who is very old and has been running for so long, his physical strength is gradually failing to keep up, and the mount under him is almost tired.

In addition, the road was rugged, and there were constant Yarkand cavalrymen around them who mishandled their operations. They fell to the ground with their horses, and were trampled into flesh by the horses of the soldiers of the Ming army who were chasing after them.

When the sky was getting dark, the two sides ran out of the original grassland and came to a piece of Gobi without knowing how many miles.

The terrain here slopes from west to east, with an altitude of more than 1000 meters. Many soldiers of the Ming army were not used to this high-altitude environment, and they insisted on perseverance.

Under the double torture of physical strength and mental strength, Abdullah's speed became slower and slower, and it was not long before he was overtaken by the Ming army, who surrounded the few remaining people.

Although the faces of these guards were full of horror, none of them put down their weapons and surrendered.

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(End of this chapter)