Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

598 - No more glory
The Ming army left guard sentries outside the valley and on the mountain beams on both sides of the valley.

Now that the alert sentry blows the alert horn, it means that Mongolian cavalry has arrived.

I don't know if the cavalry from this tribe came back, or the cavalry from other tribes came to rescue.

"There are all of them, cycloid array!" Xia Wanchun shouted halfway, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the low wall outside the camp, and immediately changed his mind, "Go behind the wall, go behind the wall and line up!"

The infantry of the Ming army and the Korean army quickly entered behind the wall.

More than 4000 Ming troops quickly set up a line array behind the wall, and more than 5000 Korean troops were divided into two groups to protect the two wings of the Ming army line array.

Zhu Cijiong's more than 2000 cavalry did not enter behind the wall.

It didn't take long before Taniguchi turned back to the several guard cavalry of the Ming army.

It didn't take long for the guard cavalry to turn back, and a huge Mongolian cavalry appeared outside the mouth of the valley. There were at least tens of thousands of cavalry, and they almost filled the entire valley. That guy was really full of holes.

As the saying goes, there are thousands of people, there is no limit, and there are tens of thousands of people, and the ground is connected to the sky.

When tens of thousands of cavalry gathered together, the scene was even more exaggerated, just watching it made one's liver tremble.

The North Korean troops on the left and right flanks immediately began to stir up, each and every one of them showed fear.

As infantry, facing cavalry is already at a psychological disadvantage, let alone facing so many cavalry, who is not afraid?
The more than 4000 Ming army infantry lined up in the middle also looked dignified, because this infantry brigade had just changed defense from Nanjing not long ago, and had never participated in a real battle except for the last time it went to Yunnan.

Only the more than 2000 cavalrymen of the Ming army under Zhu Cijiong's command showed no fear. No, these 2000 cavalry soldiers were not only not afraid, but became extremely excited, with fire burning in their eyes.

"Hehehe, this time I can have a good time." Zhu Cijiong laughed and roared again.

"There are all of them, get on your horses!" Accompanied by Zhu Cijiong's roar, more than 2000 cavalrymen got on their horses.

"Go up, kill!" Zhu Cijiong raised his head to the sky and howled again, and took the lead in urging his horses to rush out of the camp.

The more than 2000 Ming soldiers urged their horses to rush out of the camp one after another, and faced the Mongolian cavalry who had been killed all over the mountains and plains ahead. Although they were at an absolute disadvantage in number, they did not lose any momentum.

Seeing this scene, the infantry of the Ming army in the formation suddenly became less nervous.

Even the Korean army on both sides is also calm, and the Ming Dynasty also has cavalry, so why be afraid of the Mongolian cavalry?
Soon, the cavalry of the Ming army went down into the valley, and the returning cavalry of several guard cavalry soon merged into the cavalry brigade, and followed the Mongolian cavalry again.

When the two cavalry were about a thousand steps apart, the Ming army began to slow down.

Then, the cavalry of the Ming army turned their horses around one after another, and ran back towards the camp.

The Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side also said that the cavalry of the Ming army knew that they were invincible and wanted to escape, so they became excited for a while, screaming and chasing after them, and the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed.

"This?" The North Korean troops on both sides of the camp started commotion again.

This is too ridiculous, wasn't he quite brave just now?Is this cowardly?

Just as the North Korean army looked at each other in blank dismay, the "fleeing" Ming army cavalry turned back and pulled the trigger one after another.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was about 150 steps. Although it was beyond the effective range of the flintlock, but only with the leather armor on the Mongolian cavalry, it would be fatal to be hit by lead.

Sure enough, the gunfire rang out, and the Mongolian cavalry suddenly turned their backs on their backs.

Just in this round of salvo, at least hundreds of Mongolian cavalry fell down.

After the first round of salvo, the distance between the two sides continued to shorten, becoming about a hundred steps.

At this time, the cavalry of the Ming army had completed the shift, and once again shot back at the Mongolian cavalry.

Due to the closer distance, the second salvo of the Ming cavalry caused much more damage than the first round. At least two hundred Mongolian cavalry turned over and fell off their horses.

After the second round of salvo, the Ming army continued to "flee" towards the camp.

At the same time as "fleeing", the cavalry of the Ming army changed again.

The cavalry of the Ming army who had changed to the front were also rushing to reload.

The quantitative sub-packaging of primer packs and paper shells makes the loading of the flintlock extremely easy, even on the back of a galloping horse.

The Mongolian cavalry desperately accelerated their pursuit.

However, this time, the Mongolian cavalry failed to continue to narrow the distance between the two sides.

Obviously, the cavalry of the Ming army had kept their strength before and did not run at full speed.

The two cavalrymen kept a distance of about a hundred paces, chasing and fleeing, sweeping across the valley.

During this process, the cavalry of the Ming army continued to shoot alternately, shooting row after row of Mongolian cavalry off their horses, but the Mongolian cavalry had no power to fight back because their cavalry was not strong enough to catch the bow.

Use a light arrow to throw it, it is impossible to shoot through the cotton armor of the Ming army.

Use heavy arrows to shoot straight, the Ming army is beyond the range of riding bows.

All this is a long story, but in fact it is a process of a few minutes.

Soon, Zhu Cijiong led the Ming cavalry back to the low wall.

The infantrymen of the Ming army subconsciously lowered their heads behind the low wall, and the cavalry passed over their heads.

"Get up!" Xia Wanchun yelled immediately, and more than 4000 infantrymen of the Ming army stood up one after another. The first row of more than 1400 infantrymen even raised their flintlocks and pointed their black muzzles at the front.

Ahead, a hundred steps away, tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry swept in like a tide.

"Let go!" Xia Wanchun raised his head to the sky and let out a long howl, and took the lead in pulling the trigger of the short gun. The gunshot rang out, and a Mongolian cavalry who was a hundred paces ahead fell down.

"Bah bah!" The gunshots rang out in an instant.

Accompanied by the intensive gunfire, the Mongolian cavalry instantly turned on their backs.

The Mongolian cavalry who fell to the ground this time were not dozens or more than a hundred, but as many as five hundred.

With a distance of one hundred steps and such a large and dense target, he could hit it even with his eyes closed.

After the first row fired, they retreated quickly to reload, while the second row of infantry stepped up and fired again, and another row of dense bullets poured on the heads of the Mongolian cavalry.

In an instant, people turned their backs on their backs again.

After being attacked by two waves of bullet rain, the formation of the Mongolian cavalry was already in chaos.

The Ming army showed no mercy, and the third row of infantry quickly came up and poured another wave of bullets on the Mongolian cavalry, and immediately hundreds of cavalry fell to the ground.

At this time, there were thousands of Mongolian cavalry lying in front of the low wall.

So many horses and horses lay down on the ground, blocking the way of the follow-up cavalry. The follow-up Mongolian cavalry could only go around to the left and right wings, and at the same time use their bows to shoot at the Ming army in the camp.

Waves of arrow rain fell from the sky, and one or more light arrows were quickly inserted into the helmets or cotton coats of the Ming army infantry, but this did not cause any damage to the Ming army infantry. They continued to shoot at the Mongolian cavalry who circled around the two wings.

As a result, the Mongolian cavalry still fell to the ground in rows.

Then they managed to pass by the Ming army in the middle. The Mongolian cavalry thought they could finally take a breath, but they were hit head-on by the North Korean army on both wings.

This North Korean army was also equipped with flintlock guns.

The flintlock guns seized from the Qing army were used.

The only thing that comforted the Mongolian cavalry was that the Korean army had neither padded coats nor padded armor, and only wore ordinary battle jackets, so many casualties were caused by light arrows.

After paying more than two thousand horses with casualties, the Mongolian cavalry finally circled behind the camp.

Then, the Mongolian cavalry put away their bows one after another, and turned to take out their sharp scimitars from their scabbards, thinking that this time they could finally kill the Ming army from behind.

Then what awaited them was another row of dense bullet rain.

Because Zhu Cijiong's more than 2000 riders have been waiting here for a long time.

This time the will of the Mongolian cavalry was completely disintegrated. Although there were still tens of thousands of cavalry remaining, they had completely lost their confidence and fighting spirit. After walking around the camp twice, they fled away in despair.

"Huh." Xia Wanchun breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "The era of cavalry is over."

"No, the era of cavalry has not yet ended, but the era of nomadic cavalry has passed." Zhu Cijiong stretched out his hand to brush away the smoke in front of him, and said, "I remember my father said that from the moment when the arquebus evolved into the flintlock, The cavalry has changed from the dominance of the battlefield to the auxiliary, and the glory of the nomadic cavalry is gone forever."

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On the mountain ridge in the distance, Ersen County King of Horqin watched this scene, and couldn't help crying.

King Ersen not only felt sorry for the more than 30 cattle and sheep in the old camp, thousands of camels, more than 5 horses, and more than 5 women and children, but also the thousands of strong men who died in the battle just now.

The exact number of casualties is not known because it has not been counted.

But even with a conservative estimate, the number of casualties is more than [-] riders.

Three thousand, this is already one-tenth of the entire Horqin tribe's strong men.

Thinking of this, King Ersen couldn't help but feel pain in his heart and lungs. Horqin was really hurt this time, and it would be difficult to recover without more than ten years of recuperation.

However, what makes Ersen even more depressed or puzzled is why the cavalry can't do it?

In the era of Genghis Khan, the Mongolian cavalry fought from the Onan River to the far west, destroying the country without any calculations, and the whole world was shocked by the Mongols.

Even in the era of Altan Khan, the Mongolian cavalry could still beat the Ming army.

Although Qi Jiguang's chariot battalion is powerful, they can only stay within the Great Wall. Once outside the Great Wall, the Mongolian cavalry can keep the Ming army from leaving behind.

However, everything has changed now.

Now, just a few thousand infantrymen of the Ming army dared to come here to copy the lairs of the Mongolian cavalry.

What made Esen even more aggrieved was that the Mongolian cavalry had no choice but to watch the Ming army snatch their cattle, sheep, camels and horses, and then their women and children.

Longevity God, open your eyes, this world is really turned upside down.

(End of this chapter)