The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 236 Standing still
The layout of the Karaqin people was well-balanced and stable, and Zhuo Erbi didn't make too much of a fuss, and there was still room for it.

He did not order the whole army to attack as soon as he came up. His arrangement was a traditional tactic that the Mongols had used for hundreds of years.

If the era does not develop towards hot weapons, Zhuo Erbi's style of play basically has no flaws. If he can win, he will attack, otherwise he can just return to the horse and open the distance.

Huang Han was thinking that the first attack of the Harqin cavalry should not have too few troops, and he would try his best to kill as many enemies as possible in the first strike of the firearms troops.

No one is a fool and can't beat the enemy. Which general who is specially beaten will fill in without hesitation?

This is a field battle, there is no place to defend, and there is no need to fight for every inch of land.As soon as the Tartars come up, they will be deflated and will choose to flee, and the plan to lure them to divide their troops and cause mass destruction will become half-baked.

Seeing that the Harqin people had been fooled, Huang Han sent about [-] cavalry in an attempt to break through the formation. He loudly issued an order: "All gunmen must not shoot. Wait until the gunmen shoot."

The Chinese army immediately raised the banner, and all the officers and assistants understood the order conveyed. The chief general's whistle was a signal for the whole army to attack from a long distance, which was completely different from the original plan to raise the gun and use the long range to fire first.

Huang Han refused to raise his gun to shoot a round first, because he was worried that the Tartars would be beaten to death by the big bullets, and they would be so frightened that they retreated. Although this was considered a victory, it could only kill or injure about a hundred Tartars. It's so boring.

Such a dense cavalry charge, 120 guns do not need to be aimed, as long as they shoot flat, they will not miss. Leaving about [-] Tartars is actually the most conservative estimate.

Because the galloping horse will immediately fall to death if it is effectively hit by the gun, and the huge inertia will not only throw the knight out and cause them to fall to death or be trampled to death by the horses.

It will also collide with other war horses, and it will also cause the galloping horses behind to crash directly before they have time to react. It is a reason why there will be serial accidents on the battlefield like multi-vehicle rear-end collisions on the highway.

The murderous Karaqin people began to attack, and the two thousand cavalry gradually accelerated from the trot and approached the Ming army array at a distance of about two or three hundred steps, and they were already in a galloping state.

The ground three feet frozen was trembling, and the matchlock attached to the vehicle's carrying gun was shaking, and the ashes of the matchlock had already fallen to reveal bright red spots without the gunner blowing with his mouth.

Song Pengfei's 220 blunderbuss players and the [-] four soldiers of the general banner did not line up in a three-stage formation, because they had a thousand blunderbusses.

Zhao Kun, Wang Gensheng and other officers carefully selected [-] of the more than [-] bird guns who had already met the shooting standards and used three-pole bird guns with better shooting skills. They took a kneeling position in front of the wheelbarrow to shoot.

The shooting positions of more than two hundred musketeers have been selected. Not only can they change guns quickly, but the grain bags on the wheelbarrow can also provide good cover.

The helmets of the musketeers and gunmen are the same as the standard equipment of cavalry warriors, and they also have iron masks.

Shooting against Tartars under this kind of protection, unless the luck is too bad, the arrows shot by Tartars at close range directly into the eye hole cause fatal damage.

Song Pengfei, Zhao Kun, Liu Sihai and other officers also had at least two spare blunderbusses ready to go.

This means that there are more than 200 bird guns that can be fired three times in a row before they need to be reloaded. At this time, soldiers who own a bird gun and shoot in a standing position have almost finished loading again and can continue shooting.

There is no need to worry about the gap in firepower causing the Tartar cavalry to penetrate the formation. The shooting speed of the infantry archer is much faster than that of the bird gunner. Although the power of the armor-piercing cone is not as powerful as the lead bullet, the lethality should not be underestimated.

The three hundred feathered arrows will basically not stop on the eve of the Musketeer's second reloading, making it possible to maintain uninterrupted firepower output.

What's more, there are a thousand laborers in the position with white wax pole spears ready to assassinate the Tartars who rush in at any time, as well as the Red Banner Army's cold weapons, infantry, sword, shield, and spearmen who are all covered in steel, keeping a close watch on the formation. Immediately formed an array and stepped forward to plug the leak.

The enemy cavalry were very arrogant. They didn't realize that today's war would leave them with a psychological shadow. The Tartar cavalry entered within 150 steps, and the Ming army's formation was still surprisingly quiet.

The Tartars got closer, only a hundred steps away from the Ming army formation. Huang Han watched coldly the Mongolian swords wielded by the Tartars dazzled in the sun without any expression on his face.

The general did not issue an order, and the "Red Banner Army" stood still.

The Tazi cavalry approached another thirty steps, and at this time they all took out their bows and scattered. Nearly two thousand feathered arrows soared into the air, which was a spectacle. "jingle" sound.

That was when the feathered arrow landed on the helmet of the musketeer, or hit the light steel round shield of the swordsman with a crisp sound.

Immediately afterwards, about [-] feathered arrows flew in. Although the diffuse power of the light arrows was limited, so many arrows fell into the Ming army and caused some damage.

The scattered feathered arrows attack from top to bottom, not direct shots. The steel helmets of the "Red Banner Army" have brims, and the soldiers put down their visors, and almost none of them were shot in the face.

It's just that the gunners and the gunmen almost each received three or four feathered arrows. Even if they had two cotton armors, they couldn't cover everything. Some sharp and powerful arrows still pierced through the armor and gave the soldiers Here comes the hurt.

But none of the soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" fell down and no one howled miserably. They all managed to survive the fire with minor injuries. They all knew that it would be the turn of the Tartars to cry for their fathers and mothers in the next moment. Everyone calmed down. He didn't even have time to pull out the feathered arrow nailed into the cotton armor.

The soldiers who were wounded and bleeding remained motionless, and the musketeers gritted their teeth and looked ahead. They were all fighting for a buckshot to destroy an enemy.

Are there more than 200 fourteen or five-year-old children in the Ming army?Did they panic in the face of the enemy's cavalry charge?

The answer is no, none of these children panicked, on the contrary, all of them were extremely excited, just like newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.

No wonder the juvenile soldiers recorded in history are the most loyal and bravest existences, who dare to blow up the enemy's tanks with a blasting tube.

Seeing the Tartar cavalry enter within fifty paces, Huang Han's Mingdi let out a sharp whistle and pierced into the chest of a Tartar commander.

It was as if it was New Year's Eve in the Ming army's position, and the sound of gunfire filled the air like a tide of gunpowder smoke. Many Tartars were stunned, and too many war horses who had not received special training were not used to the sound of explosions and were startled.

(End of this chapter)