my days with tyrants

Chapter 242 I, Daming King Yan!
and Tongbo.

The Ming army is in formation.

This is actually a wetland in the upper reaches of the Kobduo River.

But it is no longer plain.

It can be regarded as the hilly area that spreads out from the Altai Mountains. Because it is a hilly area, the snowmelt gathers to form a wetland, and the snow-capped mountains can already be seen in the distance, but it is at least 200 miles away from the main vein of the Altai Mountains...

"The vast sea is surrounded by hundreds of feet of ice, and the gloomy clouds are gloomy.

The ancients are sincere and do not deceive me! "

Zhu Di looked at the snow-capped mountains in front of him piercing into the sky, and the spectacular scene of the overcast clouds constantly rolling over was filled with emotion.

Therefore, it is obviously wrong to translate this poem into desert snow in modern times. This clearly refers to the towering snow mountains. Although Cen Shen is in Luntai, the Luntai of Tang Dynasty was Urumqi.He was on a snowy day at the end of August, standing between the snow-covered, white Bogda Mountains and the main line of the Tianshan Mountains. The sky is covered with hundreds of feet of ice, and the sky is oppressed by dark clouds. Then I wrote this poem with infinite emotion.

"I'm really short of a poet!"

Yang Feng said.

Then he turned to look behind him.

Behind are boundless banners, and under the hunting banners are heavily armed soldiers.

More than 2 Ming troops lined up a total of eight camel cities, and then the eight camel cities formed a three-line array with the first two, the middle, the fourth, and the second, but the distance between the front and the back is wide, so it is actually two diamond formations.

As for all the cavalry in the camel cities, the center of the four camel cities in the middle is the Chinese army, and Zhu Di's personal guards are divided into three teams as the most elite assault force. Zhu Di personally leads a team, which is in the middle of the two camel cities in front , Tan Yuan and Qiu Fu each lead a team among the four camel cities in the middle. This is actually the camel city version of Gustav that Yang Feng developed for them to maximize the advantage of firepower. In the age of firearms, what is the most important thing? ?
Projection of fire.

Unless the enemy's attack is limited to the narrow front of the two camel cities, as long as they want to attack the flanks, they have to face the firepower of the two formations behind.

Want to go around to the flanks of the entire three-line formation...

There still had to face the firepower of the three phalanx flanks.

If an attack is encircled across the board, this firepower will be in all directions.

If you concentrate on attacking one side.

The camel city in the rear can continuously put ammunition and supplementary soldiers into the front line. As long as you can't move and want to retreat, the cavalry in the camel city will kill you and give you the most fatal blow.

A major drawback of cavalry attacks is the limited number of troops that can be deployed on an attack surface.

A cavalry requires far more space than an infantry. In fact, one cavalry can occupy ten infantry. This formation allows the enemy cavalry to fight against ten no matter how they attack.Moreover, after the continuous attack, the fallen horses will form a de facto obstacle for the follow-up, so if the cavalry attacking the infantry cannot succeed in one attack, it is best to withdraw quickly, otherwise they will be out of luck if they get into a fierce battle.In the same way, when infantry faces cavalry, as long as they don't run when they rush over, and then face the first wave of shock, they should basically counter-kill the cavalry.

Such as the Yue Family Army.

It is easy to shake the mountains, but difficult to shake the Yue family's army.

He could only sigh helplessly.

Of course, in the feudal era, the infantry who could face the cavalry attack and not run away were really the elite of the elite. Usually, the cavalry dispersed before they arrived.

Didn't even have to be there.

For example, the pillar of shame in the Song Dynasty, the 10,000+ Kaifeng Forbidden Army on the Bank of the Yellow River who were shocked by Wanyan Loushi's battle drum.

"How many enemy troops?"

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Fu who was walking over.

In front of them are the Mongolian cavalry who have also begun to line up.

Follow-up more Mongolian cavalry is still arriving.

Because the terrain here is relatively complicated, in order to ensure observation, a total of five hot air balloons were raised, one for Zhang Fu's forward formation, one for the central army behind, one for the left and right, and one for the rear. However, the Chinese army did not observe, but issued orders.

"There are no more than [-] cavalry on the front, and there are [-] cavalry on the left and right flanks. The rear has not been found so far. If the enemy does not arrive with more cavalry, then there will be [-] cavalry. If they still divide their troops and go south to copy our rear, then The maximum is [-], and the entire Wala and Elbek Khanting can only gather [-] cavalry this time."

Zhang Fu said.

"That's all.

In the end, Ereboke is just a stray dog. If you give face to respect, you will sweat profusely. If you don't give face, you will be a beggar.

If he was exterminated, what does it matter to other tribes?

Nomads, it's not good here, the big deal is to drive the livestock to other places. "

Yang Feng said.

This is also true.

It's not that Western Mongolia said that when Elebek came and gave an order, all the tribes were extremely loyal and brave, and they rushed to King Qin day and night.

Sweating profusely?

Khan is a bird!

I have already killed two big sweats before.

The banner of his Khan has limited appeal here, and Wala followed him, in fact, to use his banner to expand. With his banner, tribes fleeing from the east can join, such as Duerbert, Heshuot, etc. , but there is no psychological burden to kill profusely when it is necessary.

He was originally killed by Uzig Hashha in history.

Now that we can gather these troops, it is considered a face for everyone.

"Twenty thousand versus forty thousand is just one against two. The old ancestors had one Han as Wuhu, and now we only have one against two. We should make their horses unable to escape, shoot at the enemy, and tell them that we have waited. Impatient."

Zhu Di said.

Zhang Fu saluted and quickly entered his formation.

Soon a rapid-fire gun at his place fired shells at the maximum elevation angle at the Mongolian cavalry who were still in formation in the distance. In this way, even the rapid-fire gun can hit for several miles, although it is resigned to fate where it lands.But immediately after the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side blew their horns, it was obvious that they had understood the meaning of the Ming army, and then the Mongolian cavalry in the formation separated left and right, revealing the main attack force behind them...

"This, this, what the hell is this?"

Yang Feng looked at the countless cows walking towards this side in amazement.

However, both sides of these oxen are loaded with bundles of wood, and the oxen's head is also covered with iron armor.

These bundles of wood are very large, some are even thick pieces of wood, on both sides of the cow's neck, and behind the cover of these logs, you can clearly see the footsteps following forward, they are densely packed together, like a moving fortress.

"They are very cunning."

Zhu Di smiled.

This is actually a shield car.

It's just that it's not a cart, but a log that is carried by an ox to provide cover for the soldiers behind, and then get as close to the formation as possible, and then rely on arrows to close the face like my Qing Dynasty.Obviously, in the previous battles, the Ming army's firearms camel city had forced them to use their brains. In the current situation, what can be achieved urgently is actually this relatively crude method.

very smart.

Neither the shotgun shells nor the bullets of the Ming army can move these log segments.

The armor on the top of the bull's head is thicker, and it is also difficult to really hurt them.

Once moved to ten meters away, the sharp arrows of the Mongolian archers can easily shoot at the Ming army, and even if these cattle are killed, they will bring the confrontation line closer to the range of the bow and arrow, and the rest depends on the Mongolian cavalry. Very confident archery.

It's similar to my Qing Dynasty shield cart, except that they don't have the coated minions to push the cart.

Then we have to use cattle.

But they forgot one thing...

Cows are not as obedient as my coated servants in the Qing Dynasty!
"Mortar, change to shells!"

Zhu Di shouted.

The signal soldier beside him waved the signal flag, and then on the hot air balloon in mid-air, the signal soldier repeated it, and soon in Zhang Fu's formation, with the smoke rising, eight flowering bombs with small tails shot straight into the sky , falling towards the cattle in an arc, and the next moment the flames of the explosion rose among them.

Even the two flowering bombs exploded directly on top of their heads because the fuze burned too fast.

The cows were shocked without any suspense.

They turned around desperately, and the archers hiding behind the logs shouted in panic, trying to pull on the rope.

then……

The rapid-fire guns here suddenly fired a volley.

Then all the cows were shocked.

"kill!"

Zhu Di roared.

Immediately afterwards, His Royal Highness King Yan rushed forward with a spear in his arms.

Five hundred guards behind him shouted and followed.

Those Mongolian archers who were unable to control the cattle fled in confusion, and were even knocked down and trampled by the cattle beside them. Even if they avoided the cattle, they were immediately overtaken by the galloping cavalry.King Yan took the lead, and the spear in his hand instantly pierced through a running and fleeing archer. While running wildly, the spear was pulled out, and then stabbed the next target, and at the same time, the horse smashed into an archer who couldn't dodge.Five hundred iron cavalry behind him rushed forward, and the fleeing archers ran like crazy, and then were trampled under the hooves of the horses. However, because the frightened cattle blocked them, the Mongolian cavalry behind could not rescue them, and could only watch them being crushed. The cavalry was submerged.

In a blink of an eye, this experimental offensive team was almost wiped out.

King Yan's iron cavalry is showing off its power in front of the formation...

"I, King Yan of the Ming Dynasty, where are you waiting for the sweat? I've come here, why not for a while?"

he growled.

Of course, the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side had no time to control him at this time.

They are dodging the running cattle.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Di's cavalry turned around and quickly retreated into the formation.

At the same time, the Mongolian cavalry on the left began to attack. This part was obviously not familiar with the Ming army. They rushed straight to the camel city on the left, and soon began to enter the range of rapid-fire guns. However, the Ming army with limited ammunition strictly followed Yang Feng’s regulations. Never fire within twenty feet.

Soon the cavalry forward entered twenty feet, but turned at the same time, and then drew the bow on the horse's back, waiting for the horse to cut closer due to inertia in the middle of the turn.

The Ming army still did not open fire.

Until their forwards have finished turning and even the front ones are already shooting sharp arrows.

then……

Still no fire.

Even though many Ming soldiers had already been shot, they were still waiting.

The enemy's forwards passed by, and because of the inertia of the charge, they cut to the camel city behind.

Just then...

All rapid-fire guns and three-eyed guns fired in an instant.

Because they swept across the front of the formation sideways, and many of these cavalry overlapped each other, this round of salvo received unprecedented efficiency. At least two hundred cavalry who had completed turning in front of the formation fell down in a blink of an eye. They fell down suddenly and had no time to dodge, and most of them were tripped.And those cavalry who had finished shooting arrows and were cutting towards the camel city behind them were also facing the shotgun sprayed by the camel city behind them, as well as the firepower of the camel city's side salvo.

This part is more unlucky.

Because they were in the crossfire of fire from two directions, most of the more than 100 cavalry fell down.

There were only twenty riders, and they turned around and fled in horror.

The follow-up cavalry immediately stopped attacking, turned around without hesitation in the distance, and quickly retreated to the starting point of the attack, where they looked at this side in shock, but the Ming army did not pursue it.

Instead, many soldiers stepped out of the formation and went to the battlefield to collect the enemy's bows and arrows.

Especially arrows.

This move made the opposite commander understand something.

Immediately after his urging, the cavalry charged again tremblingly, but this time they learned how to behave, and did not dare to approach within a distance of [-] feet. They turned around when they were [-] feet away, and then projected into the formation.The Ming army in the formation was not interested in wasting ammunition with them. Anyway, the arrows thrown at such a distance would do little damage to them in full armor. At most, the camels needed protection, but these camels were already protected.Just cover those empty boxes on them, and then the Ming army also fired back with bows and arrows. The two sides shot at each other like chickens pecking at each other. The Mongolian cavalry didn't notice that the Ming army cavalry had quietly assembled behind the camel city.

Especially Tan Yuan's three hundred cavalry.

When the arrows carried by the Mongolian cavalry were shot, and the horses were a little tired, they started the assault...

"Why isn't it moving here?"

Yang Feng admired Tan Yuan's performance with a telescope, and then looked at the enemy on the right.

The latter has been on hold.

"Ugzihashha?"

He looks there.

His high-power lens can clearly see the people under the banner there.

Unlike the Mongols.

Ugzihashha was born in Telengut.

It’s hard to say exactly where this ethnic group is, but the Russians call them the White Kalmuk, and the Kalmuk is the Turghut, that is to say, they belong to the Turghut tribe, but they are the White Kalmuk. species of people.

In the final analysis, Wala could not be regarded as a Mongolian in the true sense.

The Mongolian source of the Mongolian Shiwei.

Genuine yellow race.

However, during the rise of Mongolia, the Mongolian Plateau included Siberia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe, and a large number of small tribes joined. Many of these people were not of the yellow race, such as the Asut tribe in Alutai.I have to say that the Mongolian Khan at this time was also very sad. The most loyal leader of the Guards was the Caucasus. The only force that can be relied on at present is the Siberian Group from the Yenisei River Basin.

And they are still alive...

The vast majority are actually under the rule of the Ming emperor.

The most left in the Mongolian headquarters is Daming Haixi Hou Nahachu. He brought more than 20 Mongols to surrender to Daming, and most of them were resettled to Guangxi. He himself died of illness.

He is genuine Mongolia.

The descendants of Mu Huali.

"Fuck, this guy is withdrawing!"

Yang Feng said suddenly.

Well, Ugzihashha retreats without a fight.

(End of this chapter)