Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 673: Southern soldiers are not as strong as Northern soldiers (Part )
King Melas of Qi was born to Lin Dan Khan Ketun, Queen David Namu Zhong and Great Khan Lotus. Although he was young, he was very prestigious among the Mongolian nobles who valued blood, and his status among the princes was second only to Crown Prince Zhuoligetu. At the age of twenty, he looked exactly like Suletan in his youth. He was majestic, calm and powerful. After forming the formation, he picked up his telescope and carefully observed the Qing army on the opposite side.

"Second brother, please give the order to attack. My younger brother is willing to be the vanguard." The 16-year-old Jin King Ergalang was eager to try. As the beggar (princess) of the Turghut tribe, the royal concubine Yaruo of Emperor David, and the great Khan of Lotus. , although his bloodline is not as noble as that of Crown Prince Zhuoligetu (Dawei) and Qi King Melas (Bo), it is still noble, slightly higher than the sixth brother of King Qin Chuosiji, born to Princess Zhu Huiyan of Ming Dynasty. The seventh brother Luobuzang and Shuoqi, the kings of Han, were born to Princess Maqata of the Qing Dynasty, the fifth brother Biligendalai (Ocean of Wisdom) was born to the concubine Gulixiati, and the third brother was King Baoyin of Chu to the concubine Suolangtsomu of Ning. (good luck).

Melas means cypress in Mongolian. At this moment, it stood as motionless as a cypress. After hearing Ergalang's words, the cypress spoke up, "Don't worry, Sonomu Celing, Babai, what are you doing?" look?"

Sonom Celing is the eighth son of Jida Laitaishi of the Dulbert tribe. In terms of generation, he is the cousin and grandfather of Queen Ulijibayar; Babai is the queen of Ulijibayar. His cousin, from a certain point of view, they are both ministers who support the crown prince. As time went by after he became emperor, Sultan's imperial scheming became more and more powerful. Seeing that his sons were growing up day by day, in order to prevent them from forming cliques for personal gain, he divided and ruled them. For example, Melas's maternal line is from the Chahar Tribe, a direct lineage of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and Ergalang's maternal line is from the Torghut Tribe, but the Chahar Tribe and the Torghut Tribe are not allowed to bring troops to them. Instead, they were asked to command the troops of the Queen's natal Dulbert tribe. In short, Sultan felt that he was still young, in good health and delicious, and it was not yet time to hand over power to his son. David's military power must be firmly tightened and he would not dare to relax for a moment.

"Your Highness, I think that although the Qing army's military formation is not very neat, it is already in shape. The number of enemy troops is slightly more than mine, and they are on the defensive. I'm afraid I will suffer losses if I attack hard." Sonomu Celing came out first. Voice. He is a veteran on the battlefield, and he can judge from the formation that the enemy's number is slightly greater than his own.

"I thought I could test the two winged knights first," Babai suggested.

Both of them are veterans with rich combat experience. Melas nodded and ordered the flag and drum officer to give the order.

The guards' light cavalry on both wings tried to gallop towards the Qing army's wings. Seeing this, Yue Le ordered the Qing army's light cavalry on both wings to attack. The two sides fought vigorously, but they only deployed thousands of cavalry on each wing. It was just a test and could not determine the outcome. After each dumped more than a hundred corpses, they rode back with light cavalry. The Qing army successfully prevented the Guards from approaching the formation, making it difficult for them to test the truth.

"Your Highness, I am willing to lead the first platoon of a thousand troops to attack," Babai shouted, stroking the ax handle. In the five-tiered military formation of the Guards, although the first two rows only have a thousand-man team each, they are all heavy warriors wearing double armor, wielding heavy weapons such as spears, battle axes, and maces, and carrying strong bows. ride. In this era, with the popularity of muskets, it is rare to see cavalry with heavy armor on both men and horses. Heavy armor cannot protect against muskets, but will slow down the speed of the war horses and increase the risk of soldiers being shot. The heavy cavalry of the Guards only wore double layers of armor and carried heavy weapons. In a short period of time, their speed was not much slower than that of the light cavalry, and their impact was much stronger.

"No, the heavy cavalry officers are all elite soldiers in the army. They cannot be easily used as a test. A team of a thousand men can be mobilized from the rear array to try to attack." Sonomu Celing objected.

Melas nodded and ordered a thousand light cavalry to be tested again.

"Warriors, the time has come to make great achievements, follow me and charge," Shagdel, the leader of the thousands of households in the Guards, shouted, holding a spear and taking the lead in galloping towards the Qing army, followed by a thousand light cavalry with murderous intent. Shagdel means "King Kong". At this moment, he and his thousand men turned into King Kong, vowing to tear the enemy into powder.

"Boom~boom~boom~" The artillery of the Qing army began to fire, shooting flowers of death at the King Kong.

The battle-hardened David warriors lowered their heads and bodies to reduce the damage caused by shrapnel. Only a few people were shot, and the others were getting closer and closer to the Qing army's formation. The dense antlers and muskets in front of the formation slowed down their horses. They had to either avoid the obstacles or dismount and move the antlers and muskets away. "Instruct the firearms camp to shoot and the archers to throw," Yue Le ordered fiercely.

"Boom~boom~boom~" the first row of gunmen fired a continuous rain of bullets; "whoosh~whoosh~whoosh~" the Qing archers in the third row kept firing. One after another, the Guards cavalry fell in a pool of blood, and the casualties were much greater than the previous shelling.

A guard warrior burst out with ferocity, leaping over the antlers of his horse, leveling his scimitar, and prepared to harvest the enemy's head. However, he was shot by a stray bullet and fell to the ground wailing. Several soldiers dismounted and moved away from their horses, only to be greeted by a surprise attack. Defeated the Qing army’s arrow rain
His subordinates fell to the ground one after another, but they still didn't hear the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops. Shagdel became anxious, used his equestrian skills to avoid obstacles, and galloped towards the Qing army's formation. He wanted to open the door for the entire army.

With great luck, I got in front of the enemy unscathed. The man's face changed color with horror, and he hurriedly raised his fire gun to block it. The saber is so sharp that it can cut through firecrackers and split heads. The saber is also sharp, made only for killing.

"Ouch~" Shagdel showed his ferocity and killed seven or eight people with his hands. The good luck ended here, "Puff~Puff~Puff~" Several spears pierced his horse's belly, and one pierced his thigh. In pain, he fell in front of his horse, but was caught up by the Tengpai players of the Qing army and cut off his head with a knife. There were fewer and fewer guards in front of the military formation, and more than half of the thousand warriors were killed or injured in an instant.

Melas's face was ashen and he ordered a retreat, and the remaining guards galloped away.

"Your Highness, the Qing army has sharp weapons and a strong attack will cause heavy casualties. You can wait patiently for the artillery team to arrive. Fortunately, the enemy has few soldiers and has not defended the city. We only need to entangle them and hurry them back to the city. Khan As soon as our army arrives, we will definitely annihilate the enemy." Sonomu Celing offered his advice.

Melas sighed secretly. He was leading the army for the first time. He wanted to win a big battle and show his face in front of his father, but he didn't expect the enemy to be so difficult to deal with! War is indeed not easy, and now we have just realized the hardships of famous generals from ancient times! He nodded and ordered: "Each thousand-man team took turns to harass the enemy outside the range of the enemy's gunfire. Don't let the enemy escape."

"Oh~oh~oh~" Seeing the guards retreating, the Qing army couldn't help but cheer.

Prince An Yue Le was really happy this time, and said to the scholar Zhan Ba ​​with a smile: "I thought this enemy army was a strong enemy, but unexpectedly it was just that the armor was more distinctive. After all, the northern soldiers are not as good as the southern soldiers."

(End of this chapter)