Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 39 The Disappointed Zhu Zhanhe
Tartar is not a weak chicken, at least the current tartar is not.

After destroying Qiu Fu and the 15 Ming army led by him, Benya Shili had more than 15 soldiers, and more than half of these [-] soldiers were cavalry.

In this era when firearms are just emerging, but cavalry is still king, nearly [-] cavalry is already a terrifying number.

At this time, the Ming army can be said to be well-deserved with strong soldiers and strong horses, and the Ming Dynasty is different from Zhao Song in that it has Hetao, a land for raising horses.

Although it cannot be said that there is no shortage of horses, the number is not much.

The three major battalions are Ming's elite troops, and the three battalions together are only in the early 14s, and the number of the three thousand battalions is even more pitifully small, not even ten thousand.

That's right, you read that right, the 1-strong cavalry battalion that the Ming army is proud of doesn't even have [-] people, to be precise, there are only more than [-] people.

But even so, the 5000 Battalion was not the smallest among the three major battalions. The Shenji Battalion had the smallest number of people, with only about [-] people.

The remaining 13 or so close to 14 people are all from the Fifth Military Battalion.

Of course, looking at the strength of the Ming army in this way, the strength of the Ming army is really not strong, but the [-] Battalion is just an elite cavalry unit, which does not mean that this is all the cavalry of Daming.

The Five Army Battalions are collectively referred to as the five major armies composed of cavalry and infantry.

That's right, there are also cavalry in the Fifth Army Battalion, so why set up a separate Three Thousand Battalion?Is it because the cavalry of the [-] Battalion is stronger than that of the [-]th Battalion?
Maybe, but this is not the main reason. The main reason for setting up the Three Thousand Battalion is because of the nationality.

The establishment of the Three Thousand Battalion actually dates back to the Jingnan period. Zhu Di, who was still the King of Yan at that time, once borrowed soldiers from Ning King Zhu Quan.

This group of cavalry came from the Wuliangha Sanwei, that is to say, the Sanqian Battalion was composed of Mongolian cavalry.

Speaking of cavalry, although he was reluctant to admit it, Zhu Zhanhe had to agree that the Mongols in this era were better than the Central Plains people in terms of cavalry, which was due to ethnic habits.

Of course, the Ming army was not a vegetarian. You must know that the Ming army was the only army in history that won the Mongolian cavalry hedge.

In addition, the Ming army in the early Ming Dynasty was quite brave, and it can even be said that they were not afraid of death.

One thing happened during this Northern Expedition in history. Zhu Di ordered the infantry phalanx of the Fifth Army Battalion to form a formation to protect the firecrackers and artillery soldiers of the Shenji Battalion. The spear directly attacked the opponent's cavalry and launched a countercharge.

This has never happened in all dynasties. Of course, Zhu Di severely punished the leader of the infantry phalanx afterwards.

While Zhu Zhanhe was thinking wildly, the speed of the Ming army slowed down, and the [-] Battalion at the forefront of the team even stopped, and cooperated with the left and right Sentinels and the left and right Ye troops to stabilize their formation.

In addition to standing in front of the old man, the rest of the Chinese army of the Fifth Army Battalion also began to support the Shenji Battalion, assisting the Shenji Battalion to set up firearms.

In just a short while, the swarm of rockets has been erected.

Different from the cylindrical swarm of bees carried on the shoulders in a certain game in later generations, the swarm of rockets in history is a shelf with arrows full of gunpowder bound on it.

As long as it is ignited, as many as fifty arrows will shoot out in a few breaths.

Gunpowder-driven arrows are actually very difficult to cause substantial damage to armor. Not to mention iron armor, even the leather armor worn by the Tatar army is difficult to penetrate, but it is very simple to penetrate flesh.

The swarm of rockets was aimed at unprotected horses, not at Tartar soldiers in leather armor.

Like Zhu Zhanhe's blue-and-white dog, the horse has no self-control ability after being injured, which will cause great disturbance to the Tatar army, which is mainly composed of cavalry.

Zhu Zhanhe originally set his targets on the [-] Cavalry Battalion that he wanted to see the most, and the Shenji Battalion, which is known as the invincible contemporaries, but when he caught sight of the old man's movements from the corner of his eye, he stopped immediately. return.

The old man drew out a red flag and waved it suddenly, and the sound of the horn resounded through the three armies.

Following the old man's gaze, Zhu Zhanhe realized that there was already a blurred shadow in the distance.

He hastily reached into his bosom, took out something, pulled it hard, then narrowed his left eye, and put the thing in front of his right eye.

Spotting telescope.

In terms of history, the earliest monocular was brought by a missionary Matteo Ricci who came to China during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and the one in Zhu Zhanhe's hand was made by himself.

He wasted a lot of effort back then, and he dared to say that this was the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty.

With the help of the monocular, Zhu Zhanhe could see the shadow in the distance clearly.

The lineup was a little loose, much different from Daming's order and prohibition, but it was full of momentum, and it could be seen that it was a not weak army.

The most important thing is that all Zhu Zhanhe sees are cavalry, which is very fatal.

Although the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Army is a cross-era arm, the firearms of this era are still very primitive, especially in terms of mobility.

It is very effective in resisting cavalry charges, but it is not so good when it comes to pursuit.

As the sound of the low-pitched horn spread throughout the three armies, Zhu Zhanhe saw through the binoculars that his father had already begun to charge with the [-] battalion, followed by the left and right sentinels, and the left and right ye troops also moved.

Although they all moved, there was a difference.

The [-] Battalion was charging, with an indomitable momentum. Although the left and right sentries were also charging, they were somewhat restrained, and they were advancing in formation.

Finally, there are the left and right tuck troops. They spread out to the two sides. Their main task is to ensure that the enemy cavalry will not threaten the Shenji Battalion before advancing.

As for the Shenji Camp, one of which Zhu Zhanhe was concerned about, there was not much movement.

This is the shortcoming of poor mobility. After all, you can't drag the artillery to chase the cavalry, can you?
In the early stage, the Shenji Battalion needs to rely on the [-] Battalion to open up the situation, and the [-]th Army Battalion needs to stabilize the situation and level the position before they can exert their lethality.

At the same time, if the enemy army wanted to escape, the Shenji Battalion would not be able to exert much effect.

Therefore, it is true that the Shenji Camp is awesome, but the premise is that the enemy is within range, so the limitations are also very large.

"What is this?"

The situation ahead was fairly stable, and the [-] Battalion with the assistance of the [-]th Army Battalion was not to say that it was overwhelming, but it was also easy to handle, so Zhu Di also took the time to glance at his two grandsons.

It's just that just looking at it like this, he was attracted by Zhu Zhanhe, or should be said by the things in Zhu Zhanhe's hands.

(End of this chapter)