People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 440: Cannons smash the Tatar cavalry! !
War is truly an art that not everyone can master.

What he needs is not only superb command skills, but sometimes also a combination of luck.

Under the leadership of Zhu Di, the Ming army is now winning victory after victory on the grassland, thanks to its invincible combat effectiveness.

The trident formed by the three armies plowed three deep furrows in the grassland and uprooted many grassland tribes.

The grassland tribe still had some confidence at the beginning.

They felt that with their mobility, even if they could not defeat the Ming army, they should have no problem escaping.

But they often overlook one problem.

Escape requires a loophole.

In the three Ming armies, Zhu Di often fought the enemy head-on, while Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng led the other two armies to encircle the enemy.

When the enemy discovered this pocket formation and wanted to escape, they suddenly found that the opening had been tied tightly.

Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng led a rare cavalry unit in the Ming army.

Although there are only 20,000 cavalry, they can produce unexpected results in the hands of two powerful generals.

Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng have been partners in perfect harmony for more than ten years. To be frank, they can even sense how the other is going to act.

It is probably because they are too familiar with the opponent's command routine, so they can often cooperate seamlessly.

Zhu Di led his musket and artillery infantry and advanced slowly.

Zhu Di is not in a hurry at all now, and he is not eager to make a contribution so as to launch a rapid and fierce attack.

There is no need to even worry about the subsequent food and fodder issues.

Because battles against northern grassland tribes were often caused by a shortage of food and fodder, the combat troops were forced to fight quickly and decisively.

In the case of a quick battle, most of the problems encountered are the inability to accurately defeat the enemy's main force.

This put them in a situation where they were unable to advance and were eventually forced to withdraw.

The Ming army had to withdraw from the north many times during the Northern Expedition because of this problem.

The grassland tribes in the north have long been accustomed to this way of fighting and have become accustomed to it.

I think the Ming army will be the same this time, and I think the Ming army may also launch a fierce attack this time.

At the same time, a large number of reconnaissance troops will be sent out to look for their main force.

So these grassland tribes began to act smartly.

In order to confuse the Ming army's reconnaissance troops, they broke up into small groups, used small groups of cavalry as points of advance, and dispersed a large number of troops to confuse the Ming army's reconnaissance troops.

It has to be said that this method was very useful in dealing with Zhu Yuanzhang's several northern expeditions in the beginning.

Most of the Ming army were infantry, and they were unable to chase the four-legged cavalry across the vast grassland.

Therefore, many times, due to the lack of a main target, the large Ming army could only passively pull out small groups of grassland cavalry one by one like pulling out nails, which not only seriously slowed down the advance speed of the Ming army in the process.

It also dragged the Ming army onto the grassland like a swamp, greatly increasing the pressure on the Ming army's logistics supply.

During this process, the things the grassland tribes would do are extremely disgusting.

They would not confront the Ming army head-on, but would constantly harass the left and right wings of the Ming army, and even send out small groups of cavalry to launch surprise attacks on the Ming army's logistics supply teams.

With repeated success, these grassland tribes are often able to achieve impressive results.

Even if they were facing a Ming army that was one or two times their size, under the guidance of this tactic, even if they were defeated, it would not be a terrible defeat.

Even if the Ming army won, it would be difficult for it to be a big victory.

Even a talented general like Lan Yu could only worry about this kind of problem when faced with it, without being able to solve it.

But this time the Ming army led by Zhu Di was different.

Zhu Di was very generous and deployed a large number of musket troops in the grain transport team.

On the one hand, it was because he had fought against the nomadic tribes in the north many times and knew that those nomadic tribes were particularly fond of ambushing grain transport teams.

On the other hand, it was also because Zhu Di felt that his troops had sufficient combat effectiveness.

Too many people actually slowed down their progress.

This is confidence.

Just like now, we have been deep into the grassland for five or six days.

In these five or six days, their losses were only in double digits.

As for the enemy, eight or nine thousand people have been wiped out.

In such a prosperous war, there was no need for Zhu Di to make his troops bloated.

The right thing to do is to put more effort into supporting the logistics supply team.

Another reason is that there is too much food in the logistics supply now, and it is impossible to transport it solely by relying on civilians, even if every common people sincerely helps the Ming army transport food.

But they are not regular troops after all, and they do not have the physical fitness of regular troops.

So this time, a tribe that was too clever for their own good will have to pay the price in blood for their cleverness.

On the seventh day after Zhu Di led his army into the grassland, a leader of the Nahaji tribe, leading his 3,000 cavalry, had received the news.

It was said that Zhu Di's army was about to pass through their territory.

They knew that once they came into full contact with the 40,000-strong army, the enemy would grab them like a huge iron clamp, leaving them no room for resistance.

So the leader confidently came up with a plan to deal with the Ming army.

He divided the 3,000 troops into three groups, each with 1,000 men.

One thousand of them went directly around the Tongliao Desert and took the edge of the desert as their route.

Draw a very beautiful curve on the map.

They headed straight for the Ming army's logistics troops, which were more than 300 miles away.

Another group of one thousand people served as the central army, fighting desperately to resist the 40,000 Ming troops.

Of course it is impossible to do something like hitting a stone with an egg, it will still be the same harassment.

The remaining one thousand troops used a dispersed position to raid and harass the Ming army's infantry.

To be honest, this arrangement is quite standard.

And it has always been their only way to deal with the Ming army.

So after the order was given, the three armies went their separate ways and began fighting against the Ming army according to the established routes and tactics.

What they didn't know was that the reconnaissance troops led by Zhu Di had already figured out all the military strength of the Haji tribe.

At the same time, we can clearly see the process of their division of troops.

So Zhu Di immediately issued a combat order.

First of all, since they only have 2,000 troops to confront us head-on, there is no need to consume their energy with a lineup of 40,000 troops.

Instead, he ordered Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng's two wing troops to use their cavalry advantage to split up and encircle the enemy and wipe them out in one breath, without giving them a chance to attack together.

I guess the two thousand cavalrymen of the Haji tribe never dreamed that they were facing 20,000 cavalrymen.

What's more, what they held in their hands were not bows and arrows or spears, but muskets.

The troops led by Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng were already familiar with using muskets on horseback.

Even the artillery was pulled by horses and galloped across the grassland.

Brand-new weapons and equipment will soon be unveiled on the two thousand cavalrymen who are sent to die.

The two thousand cavalrymen of the Nahaji tribe tried to quickly approach the army led by Zhu Di with the rapid advance of light cavalry.

However, at dusk that day, the sky in October got darker faster in the north. In the darkness, the cavalry of the Haji tribe, relying on their familiarity with the terrain, rushed forward and tried to approach the Ming army as quickly as possible.

The captain of one of the troops encouraged the cavalrymen below with a solemn oath: "My fellow men on the grassland, although we are few in number, we not only have strong combat power, but we are also familiar with the terrain.

It is simply nonsense for the Ming army to think that they can defeat us with infantry.

We only need to bypass their main force and attack their flanks to defeat them.

Warriors, charge ahead! I can't wait to hear the Ming army's cries! "

It turned out that his encouragement was very useful. The cavalrymen were as motivated as he had imagined and they rushed forward with roars.

Under the cover of night, they looked like a pack of charging wolves.

I have to say that in terms of morale, these Mongolian tribes are pretty good. After all, they have always heard rumors that we may lose in a battle in the Central Plains, but on the grasslands, the Han people can only be our closest piece of fat meat.

It is precisely because of this blind self-confidence that these warriors blindly believe that the bows and arrows in their hands can destroy all enemies.

So this group of grassland tribes, which had not been involved in the war, rushed to the Central Plains cities to seek benefits, and the Mongolian cavalry, who had the same idea of ​​attacking the Ming army, began to launch sneak attacks on the Ming army led by Zhu Di.

beep, beep...

A reconnaissance team of twenty people came rushing over from the distance.

After arriving in front of Captain Baha, he pulled the reins and stopped.

"Captain, we have found the Ming army about ten miles ahead. They are setting up camp. There are about three thousand of them."

Baha was very excited after hearing this.

Although the number of enemies is three times as much, they are now launching a surprise attack, and they are launching a surprise attack in the dark night.

They are very familiar with the terrain, while the Ming army is just the opposite, so they are very confident now.

"My men, the enemy is right in front of us. If we rush forward and kill them, we can not only avenge our dead brothers, but also boost the morale of our grassland warriors by killing them.

You can also get countless rare treasures from them, kill them! ! "

He drew the scimitar from his waist, roared, and rushed out first.

The one thousand Nahaji cavalrymen were actually charging forward desperately under the leadership of Baha.

Many of their brothers had been killed by the Ming army before, and this blood feud had long been engraved in their blood, so this group of cavalrymen drew the swords at their waists, roared, and attacked bravely in the night.

Sure enough, after walking ten miles, they saw a fire in the night.

“Hahahaha… How dare these Ming troops be so arrogant and even burn flames? Isn’t this clearly telling us that they are setting up camp here?

Good! Warriors, charge! Kill them! ! "

Baha shouted and prepared to launch a surprise attack on the Ming army in front.

Boom boom boom...

Suddenly, just as he was about to charge, a deafening cannon shot was heard, and then the ground seemed to shake.

ah ah ah...

Ahhh...

Herod...

People shout and horses neigh!

The mud is flying!

The man was blown into several pieces!

The horse was blown away more than ten meters!
The blood drew a beautiful arc in the night.

The dying soldiers howled in the night sky.

They were confused and didn't know what was going on.

They had clearly received news that the Ming army was setting up camp here, and they were planning to launch a surprise attack on this team, but they never expected to fall into someone else's trap.

Ahhh...

"Help!"

"Help!!"

Boom boom boom...

Three more cannon shots came.

The angles of the three cannon shots were very tricky and they landed right in the middle of the cavalry, creating a center explosion.

Bahamut watched helplessly as his troops were blown to pieces as if they were hit by a meteorite.

"Captain, what's going on? Didn't you say that we are warriors on the grassland and will never fail?"

"Help! I don't want to come here again. I would rather surrender to the Ming army than be blown to death!"

"I surrender! I surrender!!"

Someone shouted.

But no one heard them.

Bahamut was almost knocked off his horse by the dirt blown up by the explosion.

He was knocked unconscious and then saw Zhang Yu on the hillside.

Zhang Yu rode a horse and led his personal soldiers to look down at the bombardment.

Setting a trap here and waiting for them to fall in was indeed useful, and the results were very good. Didn't you see that more than half of the cavalry had been killed before they even charged?

"The power of General Zhang's red cannon is truly amazing. With the cannons here, what are we afraid of?"

The deputy general said.

Zhang Yu was also very happy.

Although their 10,000 men only brought ten red cannons, they were still powerful enough.

If the red cannons were not so heavy and it were not easy for their cavalry to carry so many, he would have wanted to carry twenty of them.

But now ten red cannons are enough.

Baha climbed up from the ground and saw Zhang Yu on the hillside: "Ming army, if you have the ability, then fight openly. What's the point of attacking from behind? If you have the ability, let's fight in single combat!"

The Ming army soldiers looked at them as if they were fools.

There must be something wrong with your brain to say something like this.

He must have read too many vernacular novels. He actually wants to fight alone on a real battlefield?
The Ming army now has an absolute advantage. A few more charges will wipe them all out. With such an absolute advantage, who would want to fight you in a one-on-one duel?

Baha seemed to see the contempt on Zhang Yu's face, and immediately threw his scimitar to the ground, and then shouted loudly: "We surrender, we surrender, give us a chance."

After hearing this, Zhang Yu gave a cold order: "Charge!"

Bang! !

A flare sounded in the sky.

dong dong dong...

After receiving the order, the cavalry surrounding them immediately rushed down the hillside.

The Ming army, like a torrent, quickly engulfed these thousand people.

None of the one thousand Nahaji tribal cavalry, including the captain Baha, survived.

Except for three slightly injured soldiers, there were no casualties on the Ming side...

(End of this chapter)