Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 346 Combat Cases Incorporated into the Textbook

In the big tent of the Ming army.

"Qingyao, tell me how you discovered the Vala Heavy Cavalry."

Zhu Gaoxu stroked his beard and said.

"Yes."

Qingyao said respectfully.

So, he expressed his analysis and specific layout and operations.

According to information, there are more than [-] Oara heavy cavalrymen. In addition to one war horse, each person also has three servant horses.

People can eat dry food when they are hungry, and drink water from water bottles when they are thirsty.

But the horse is hungry. In addition to eating horse feed, it also needs water.

However, in order to unite people's hearts and resist the Ming army, Tuohuan chose to defend the plains and poisoned the rivers, wells and other water sources within a thirty-mile radius of Helin City.

Therefore, these eight hundred heavy cavalry could only hide thirty miles away from Helin City.

In order to find water sources, the Ming army would definitely patrol places thirty miles away.

If the [-]-watt heavy cavalry wanted to hide secretly without being discovered by the Ming army, it must meet at least one of the most fundamental conditions, which is to stay far enough away from Helin City, so as to avoid the detection of the Ming army's scouts.

But it cannot be too far. If it is too far, the advantages of heavy cavalry cannot be used in long-distance raids.

Therefore, Qingyao sent two teams of scout cavalry to cast a net in places thirty or sixty miles away from Helin City, looking for forests, mountains, woods, and other places where the cavalry could be hidden.

In addition, Qingyao believed that the leader of the Wala Heavy Cavalry would definitely send out several spies in order to spy on the situation in Helin City.

These spies must regularly check whether there are any fireworks signals set off in Helin City.

Although light travels very fast, there are many invisible things in the air that can hinder the spread of light.

Tuo Huan ordered his craftsmen to make special fireworks. After being set off, the light that exploded could only reach seven or eight miles away. No matter how far it was, it would be difficult to see clearly.

Therefore, Qingyao sent another team of scout cavalry to patrol back and forth about ten miles outside Helin City.

Sure enough, hard work pays off.

When the scouts sent out discovered the spies from Oala Heavy Cavalry, Qingyao felt [-]% sure that he really had a back-up plan for his escape.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Qingyao did not let the scouts follow him closely, but kept a safe enough distance just to find out where the Wala spies came from.

It turns out that sixty miles southwest of Helin City, there is a mountain range, the Yanran Mountains (Hangai Mountains).

There is a valley in Yanran Mountain, which is an excellent place to hide cavalry.

The most important thing is that in order to preserve enough physical strength, those war horses cannot always wear heavy armor.

It is impossible for the Wala cavalry to wear heavy armor all the time.

They would not be in a hurry to put on heavy armor unless they were within the charging range of the heavy cavalry. Otherwise, they would have to attack for a long distance. When they arrived outside Helin City to intercept Zhu Gaoxu as planned, their horses and people would not be able to do anything. Already exhausted.

This is why heavy cavalry requires horses.

The slave horse can hold the armor and reduce the burden on the war horse.

"How did you annihilate all the heavy cavalry of Wala?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked next.

As for the elimination of these heavy cavalry, it was nothing to Qingyao, who had rich combat experience.

But Zhu Gaoxu had something to ask, and Qingyao couldn't be perfunctory. He had to answer seriously and solemnly.

"Your Majesty has a question, and I dare not not answer it."

Now Qingyao, like Zheng He, can call himself a minister to the Ming Emperor and does not need to call himself a "slave".

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have not been many eunuchs who have pledged themselves to the Ming Emperor.

It can even be said to be counted on the fingers.

Qingyao respectfully told him the story of how he defeated the Vala Heavy Cavalry.The Ora heavy cavalry is hidden in Yanran Mountain.

The distance there is neither far nor close to Lincheng.

Moreover, even if the Ming army searched for water sources, they would not go deep into it.

Because Yanran Mountain is far away from the battlefield, it is normal for there to be wolves, jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountain.

It is impossible for the Ming army to be idle and delve too deep into the mountains.

Just like Qingyao said before, the heavy cavalry is hiding here and wants to raid the Ming army, unless the Ming army can be led nearby in advance.

Otherwise, if they rush from here to Helin City, they don't need the Ming army to kill them. They may be able to tire their horses to death themselves.

Of course, Qingyao also thought that the Wala Heavy Cavalry would have servants.

Originally, it was Qingyao's mission to find the hidden Wala heavy cavalry.

So after confirming that the Wala heavy cavalry was hiding in Yanran Mountain, Qingyao came up with a strategy to catch all the Wala heavy cavalry.

He first sent more than 100 sergeants as soldiers to collect water sources and hunt, and then broke into Yanran Mountain and wandered around, pretending to be the Wala heavy cavalry he accidentally bumped into.

When the Wala heavy cavalry saw these Ming troops, they would naturally want to kill and silence them. After all, they wanted to prevent their hiding place from being leaked.

And more than 100 Ming troops began to flee towards the mountains.

Deliberately leading the small group of Wala cavalry who were chasing them into the encirclement arranged by Qingyao in advance.

As a result, no one of the first group of Wala cavalry who pursued the Ming army returned alive.

Naturally, the other Oala cavalrymen in Yanran Mountain who noticed something strange would not ignore it.

The leader guessed that their traces had been exposed, so he immediately rallied and chased them along the traces of the previous battle.

Qingyao still pretended to be defeated and fled all the way, leading these Ora cavalry into the encirclement he designed in advance.

When most of the Wala heavy cavalry entered the range of the Ming army's new artillery, all the artillery fired at the same time.

Not only that, Qingyao also used landmines.

Firearms in Chinese history have developed greatly in the Song Dynasty, and muskets and artillery appeared in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties.

By the Ming Dynasty, muskets and artillery had become astonishingly powerful. Guns included three-eye blunderbuss, five-eye blunderbuss, and even ten-eye blunderbuss and other repeating guns; cannons included iron cannons, bronze cannons, and general cannons.

The red barbarian cannons introduced from the Netherlands in the late Ming Dynasty weighed three thousand kilograms and could penetrate stone cities and shock for dozens of miles.

In addition, landmines and grenades also appeared in the Ming Dynasty.

Landmines were called stone bombs in the Ming Dynasty. They were composed of shells, explosives and ignition devices. They had already appeared and been deployed on the battlefield in the early Ming Dynasty.

Historically, Zhu Di had experienced the power of stone bombs in the Battle of Baigou River when he launched an army to suppress the enemy.

Closer to home.

Qingyao led the troops to annihilate the Wala heavy cavalry, which was actually due to his flexible use of advanced firearms, such as rifled artillery, muskets and landmines.

The Wala heavy cavalry never dreamed that the Ming army's new rifled gunfire could penetrate their armor that could resist lead bullets.

The power of landmine explosions can blow up people and horses, causing their limbs to fly in all directions, which is horrific.

This is a weapon generation difference!

The advancement of science and technology will inevitably lead to the innovation of weapons.

There is a generational difference in weapons between the Ming Dynasty and Oara. As the weaker side, Oara's demise will be a matter of time.

"Yang Qing, please go back and find a few officers and soldiers who participated in this battle, and make an analysis report on the detailed process of Qingyao's annihilation of the Wala heavy cavalry. I have decided to include this battle as a classic case in Firearms vs. Cavalry Among the tactical cases.”

Zhu Gaoxu turned to look at Yang Rong, the Minister of War, and ordered: "From now on, all students of Changke Academy who study martial arts must be familiar with this battle."

　Jinglong, Ying, and Jie hid their firearms in the ground, and when people and horses encountered them, they were often killed.After the battle was over, King Yan came from behind the Sanqi Palace and lost his way. He dismounted and fell to the ground. He looked at the river and discerned the east and west. Then he knew the camp and hurriedly crossed the river from upstream to the north. ——"The Chronicles of Ming Dynasty".In the early Ming Dynasty, landmines were mainly made of stone shells, and the gunpowder inside exploded the stone shells to kill enemies, so they were called "stone bombs."In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, iron began to appear in landmines, and the ignition device was improved.The initial ignition is the fire line. When you see the enemy coming, estimate the time, and then light the fuse in advance, so that when the enemy arrives, it will almost explode.But this shortcoming was too obvious. Later, a steel wheel was used to generate fire. This was a trigger ignition device. As long as it was stepped on, the flint inside would rub against the steel wheel to create a fire, ignite the fuse and explode accurately.In the Ming Dynasty, there was another type of thunder called "Zi Mu Lei", which consisted of two, five, six or even more thunders attached to a lead.As long as one of the multiple mines is stepped on, the others will explode continuously. If a large force encounters them, the casualties will be huge.In addition, there are "underwater mines" and an underwater dragon king cannon, which is made of wrought iron and weighs 4-6 pounds. The outer shell is wrapped with beef bladder, and the lead is waterproofed with sheep intestines. It is tied to a wooden raft. Because it ignites fire The tool is a lit incense, so when the incense burns to the fuse, it will automatically explode.However, a more advanced ignition device is the "Hunjiang Dragon", which uses flint and fire sickle to create fire. It can automatically ignite and explode as long as it is touched.There are also grenades, which are called "Tribulus pottery bombs". There is a grenade called "Ten Thousand Enemies", which is larger than Tribulus pottery bombs and has many holes all over its body.

　　
　
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