I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 489
"Boom boom boom!"

There was a rumbling sound of artillery fire. First, twenty red cannons fired at the pursuing and charging Mongolian cavalry.

The gunners of Yang Gong's First Army were basically veterans, and they had the know-how of sugar gunpowder and new cannon-casting methods.

Just such a round of shelling instantly caused hundreds of Mongolian cavalry casualties. Most of them were not killed by cannonballs, but because their horses were frightened and lost control. The cavalrymen accidentally fell off their horses and were thrown to death.

Even if they are not dead, they are all seriously injured. Even with the current medical level in Han Dynasty and primitive antibiotics like allicin, it is estimated that it will be difficult to survive.

"Warriors of the Karaqin tribe, don't be afraid, charge with me! For the sake of the Great Khan and the Karaqin tribe!"

Hutuling'a, the eldest son of Senggun Zhabu, personally led a main force of cavalry and attacked the Ming army's infantry formation.

Because the Ming army's dragoons abandoned their armor and carried heavy loads and rode all Marwar horses, their Mongolian horses could not catch up at all. It was better to concentrate their superior forces and disperse the Ming army's infantry.

"Boom boom boom!"

After rushing to a distance of less than 800 meters, the Ming army's field artillery fired accordingly. The artillery had more doors and the rate of fire was faster than the red cannon. Although the actual lethality was not great, it was very powerful. Not only did it defeat the Mongols, it also faintly exploded the formation of the Mongolian cavalry.

At a distance of about 500 meters, squatting tiger artillery and mortars followed suit.

The Tiger Crouching Cannon fires stone pellets, while the mortar directly fires explosive shells.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Hutulin'a was completely stunned. The firepower of the Han soldiers was too strong. The stone pellets only made the horses go crazy, and some of them exploded directly. The huge power caused many cavalrymen to throw their horses off on the spot.

Yes, the horse was thrown, not the horse, but the man and the horse were knocked to the ground. The horse could not stand up, let alone the cavalry above.

Hutuling'a, as the cavalry commander, was the first to be unable to bear it. He quickly slowed down and passed in front of the Ming army's formation: "Quickly retreat! The Han soldiers' firearms are weird, and their chariots can't move at all! Quickly retreat and report Sweat profusely.”

Of course, it can't be charged. This is a special formation used by Qi Jiguang to deal with the Mongols.

Not only were the chariots used by the Han people and the nomads for thousands of years, but there were also a large number of horses behind the chariot array, and the horses were even sprinkled with iron caltrops.

Even if the Mongolian cavalry could break through the chariot formation, they would not be able to break through the resisting horses. As for the iron caltrops behind them, it is even more ridiculous.

If all three obstacles had been overcome, the cavalry's charging advantage would have been gone. Facing the infantry who are waiting for work, they are just meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered.

Moreover, if there was not enough time, Yang Gong planned to dig some more trenches in front of the car array. Coupled with the high proportion of firearms such as muskets and artillery in the Ming army, only [-] infantry troops were enough to rampage across the entire Monan grassland.

Hutuling'a hurriedly led the remaining troops to retreat. Prince Tumote Chuizhabu and Chahar's second-in-command Bushanayan also hurriedly retreated after seeing that the situation was not good.

The three units combined alone left thousands of corpses in front of the Ming army's vehicle formation.

The casualties of thousands of people were almost one-tenth compared to the total strength of the three armies. The casualty rate is close to [-]%. If it were a normal recruit, it would have collapsed long ago.

There was no need for his son to report the battle situation. Monk Gunzabu, who was supervising the battle from the rear, only saw the big movement in front of the Ming army's formation that day, and the piles of fallen corpses.

Monk Gunzabu said: "Quickly send an order to all our warriors to move back. The Han soldiers' chariot formation is weird and they can't charge any more! Let them all pretend to be defeated and lure the Han soldiers out. As long as there is no chariot formation, , and we have the advantage in strength, the infantry of the Han army will not be our opponent on the grassland warriors."

OK! What a great idea!

There is no worse idea than this.

They also pretended to be defeated and lured the Han soldiers to pursue them. I don't know whether the Han soldiers would pursue them or not, but they had such a chaotic formation of three armies, and the internal morale of the troops was also inconsistent, and the forces of each army were complicated.

If this is a pretense of failure, and there is a slight unexpected situation, then the pretense of failure will turn into a real failure.

This style of play is just like night attack. Unless they have no choice, not many generals are willing to play this way. The risks are too great, and the returns may not be that high.

The correct approach should be to either retreat decisively or directly counterattack. Even a roundabout sneak attack is better than pretending to be defeated and attracting enemy pursuit.

Monk Gunzabu was very lucky, and the military order to feign defeat and retreat had just been issued.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, many small tribes that were forcibly annexed by Seng Gunzabu took advantage of this opportunity to break away from the Karaqin tribe.

And in order to prevent being liquidated and retaliated by Senggun Zhabu later, they turned around and defected to the Han soldiers. They even shouted while running: "Karaqin is defeated! Tumote and Chahar are also finished. Everyone, run away." !”

"Warriors, join me and join the Han soldiers. Don't follow the cruel monk Gunzabu anymore."

"Protect the Great Khan..."

"..."

The situation on the battlefield took a turn for the worse in an instant, and Monk Gunzabu was completely confused. It was seen that the main force of the Karaqin tribe in some parts of the battlefield collapsed directly, and even the Chahar and Tumote cavalry on both wings were implicated.

Nahuang once said that in a real cavalry battle, there are often just a few dozen people who play a decisive role in the outcome of the battle.

It may be a bit exaggerated, but it also shows that in cavalry battles, most cavalry actually play no role at all. Even after a battle is over, they may not know the changes in the battlefield situation.

The Ming army no longer needed hot air balloons to remind them. They could see the huge commotion of the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side just by looking at them.

Yang Gong quickly drew his sword and ordered: "Send the order, the whole army charges! Don't let the cavalry retreat, form a wall formation, everyone charge me!"

"woooooooo~~"

The Ming army was blowing trumpets. Not only the infantry was blowing charge trumpets, but the cavalry were also blowing trumpets to line up.

"My sons, come with me to kill the enemy and serve the country!" Ning Nanhui raised his sword and shouted.

"Ming wins! Long live Your Majesty!"

"Kill the Tartars!"

"..."

The good discipline of the Ming army's cavalry was finally reflected. Although many men and horses were lost in the previous cavalry chaos, the dragoons at this moment still had more than 8000 troops.

Eight thousand cavalry formed a tight formation and charged without armor.

"Boom!"

The entire grassland was charged by the dragoons, making a violent stampede.

Monk Gunzhabu also took the risk and directly led his troops to attack as Karaqin Khan: "Warriors! Kill all these Han soldiers."

If we don't take the lead at this time, let alone talk about grassland hegemony, we don't even know whether our lives can be saved. Even if they barely managed to survive, the Karaqin tribe was completely ruined.

"Protect Khan!"

Hutulin'a quickly followed up with his troops.

At this time, the number of cavalry in the two armies was almost the same. As both sides continued to charge faster, the distance continued to shrink.

Monk Gunzabu, who led the charge, quickly sensed something was wrong: "What's going on? Why are the Han soldiers so closely formed? There is no space between the cavalry, so how can they fight? Are the Han soldiers here to die?"

　I have a headache, hurry up and get over this plot
　　
　
(End of this chapter)