I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 25 Fighting Chuxiong

Li Dingguo immediately ordered coldly: "The army is ready to fight immediately!"

"dong dong dong"

The muffled sound of drums echoed over the Ming army, and the sound of rumbling war drums sounded. Twenty thousand cavalry tightened their reins and were ready to attack at any time. , the tip of the arrow pointed obliquely at the Tartars, ready to fight.

They expected the Tartar cavalry to attack first, so that their bows and arrows could exert their power.Thirty thousand infantry slowly raised their spears, and the battle was imminent.

The dark clouds closed again, and the sun disappeared. Under the gloomy dark clouds, the Ming army formed an inverted triangular army formation, with flying flags, bright armor, and spears forming a sharp forest. An opponent is terrified.

The leading Tartar general held up the scimitar in his hand, "Kill!"

The offensive of the Tartar cavalry was launched in an instant. Five thousand cavalry urged their horses to kill the Ming army overwhelmingly.

The formation of the Ming army remained quiet. Li Dingguo watched the thousands of troops and horses coming from a distance, and the five thousand Tartar cavalry were surging in the wilderness like turbulent waves. Li Dingguo also had a cold smile in his eyes.

He raised his right hand high and roared: "Cannon, fire. Shoot the firecracker."

The soldiers of the Ming army standing next to the cannon in red raised their torches and lit the matchlock, and the matchlock burned quickly...

"Boom, boom, boom." Dozens of red-clothed cannons roared, and iron pellets flew out of the barrels, hitting the Tartar cavalry head-on. Dozens of Tartar cavalry were hit by shells, one by one from horseback. They danced and flew backwards, some of them fell to the ground, and in the blink of an eye, they were trampled into a pulp by the hooves of the rushing horses, and hit the Tartar cavalry behind them a little bit, and the two fell down together.

A few unlucky people were directly hit in the head by a shell, their brains cracked, and they turned into a headless corpse, which fell from the horse's back to the dust.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the Tartar cavalry ignored their fallen companions at all. They galloped wildly, and the closer they ran, the closer they were to the Ming army. Shining, the yellow dust billowing under the hooves of the horses, the dust flying up, covering the sky and the sun.

At this time, the three hundred Mauser riflemen also took up their rifles, aimed at the Tartars on horseback and pulled the trigger. There was a burst of gunshots, and dozens of galloping Tartars fell off their horses. .

Pull the bolt, eject the case, load the bullet, pull the trigger, and repeat.Every time a burst of gunfire sounded, dozens of Tartars were shot and fell off their horses.

The sound of cannons was rumbling, and there were bursts of gunshots. The Tartar cavalry team was full of blood and blood, and they were turned on their backs. However, they seemed to be gamblers who had lost their chips, and they rushed desperately under the hail of bullets.In the blink of an eye, their forward cavalry was less than two hundred steps away from the Ming army.

"The crossbow arrows are fired, and the archers are ready!"

Li Dingguo gave the order decisively, and the order to release the arrows sounded dull in the hearts of every soldier of the Ming army.

The 1-man arrow array of the Ming army was launched instantly, and the two thousand crossbows in the first row were fired at the same time. A dense rain of arrows rose into the sky, forming a long black cloud of arrows in the air, which instantly turned into black spots.They shot head-on at the Tartar cavalry.

There were 6000 people in the crossbow army. They were divided into three rows and used three-stage shooting to shoot in turn.The third row of crossbowmen held their crossbows obliquely, with the arrow tips pointing upward at a 45-degree angle. When the arrows in the third row were fired, the first row had already loaded their arrows, and they went round and round, firing in turn.

Immediately afterwards, [-] archers began to shoot. Since the range of bows and arrows is relatively short, they belong to short-range shooting, and the killing distance is within a hundred steps. However, the arrows used by archers have a heavy body, stronger falling force, and greater lethality. .

The Tazi cavalry raised their shields one after another while galloping, but the crossbows of the Ming army were so powerful that ordinary shields couldn't resist them at all.

Especially the heavy arrows thrown from the air, when the arrows fall, they have their own gravity, which makes the wooden shields of the Tatar cavalry become decorations.

The powerful and heavy armor-piercing crossbow arrows and heavy arrows pierced through the shields of the cavalry and the cotton armor. The cavalry were shot and fell off their horses one after another, and the screams and wailing resounded through the wilderness.

Then the second wave, the third wave of crossbow arrows and the long arrows shot by the archers roared like raindrops, so dense that it was breathless, the long arrows fell down, pierced the shield, the face and the chest.

These Tartar cavalry seemed to be crops that had been destroyed by the storm, falling down one by one, blood splattered, and dying tragically one by one.

The morale of the Tartars suddenly disappeared. Some of them looked to the left and right, and their souls were frightened. The companions who were densely packed just now became sparse. They began to waver, and some of them stopped the galloping horses. , turned the horse's head and ran back.

The Tartars suffered heavy blows. The powerful arrow array of the Ming army fired four rounds of nearly 500 arrows in a row, as well as the fierce shelling of the red cannons, the volleys of the Mauser riflemen, and the [-] Tartar cavalry in a short period of time. Internal casualties exceeded [-].

Dutong, who was lucky enough to escape from the arrows and the rain of bullets, saw that his cavalry had suffered heavy casualties, and his heart ached, so he hurriedly shouted at the soldiers on the left and right: "Withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops." As he spoke, he turned his horse's head, He ran back desperately, and when he ran, the remaining Tartar cavalry collapsed instantly, screaming and running away in all directions.

Li Dingguo roared: "The cavalry attack."

The [-] Ming army cavalry immediately mobilized, and all of a sudden, tens of thousands of horses were galloping, chasing the Tartar cavalry's buttocks and killing them. The Tartar commanders rode their horses and ran into the city gate. City gate, close the city gate quickly."

These Tartars immediately hesitated, because there were hundreds of Tartar cavalry outside the city who had not entered the city. Cursed, said: "You horse rider, close the city gate for me, don't you want to live?"

The Tartars in the city gate were frightened, and began to push the city gate with all their hands and feet, preparing to close the city gate. Because the gate was heavy, it could not be closed with a single word. The city gate creaked and was about to close.

Each one's eyes were bloodshot, and one Tartar who finally rushed into the city gate swung his scimitar and chopped a Tartar who was closing the city gate in half. The Tartars in front of his horse were beheaded with a knife.

The Tartars who rushed into the city gate from behind also swung their scimitars, cutting a bloody path and rushing towards the city.The Tartars guarding the city gate shouted "Oh my God!" and fled in all directions to avoid the red-eyed Tartar cavalry.

However, in the end, these Tartars did not all enter the city, and the Ming army cavalry behind rushed into the city. Amid the sound of horseshoes in a hurry, groups of Ming army cavalry rushed into Chuxiong.

(End of this chapter)