The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 202 Jianzhou Iron Cavalry
There was a fire burning in Zhuobutai's chest.

Ever since his younger brother Murima was killed by the southerners at Xianxia Pass, he has been thinking about revenge all the time.However, due to the limitations of the war situation, he never got what he wanted.

This time, Yingbeile handed over the Xiaoqi Battalion of the Two Banners and [-] Mongolian cavalry to him. With [-] elite cavalry in hand, this is a good opportunity for revenge!

He secretly decided in his heart that after defeating the enemy, no prisoners will be kept, and he will behead 1 Nanmans as a sacrifice to his younger brother's spirit in heaven, even if he violates military discipline.

"General, the formation of Xiaoqi has been completed." A personal soldier galloped over and reported.

"Okay!" Zhuobutai pointed to the location of the Ming Army's artillery that the scouts had just detected, "Here comes the order, Xiaoqi is on the left, and Ruba Teer is on the right. Break through the enemy's formation quickly."

Then the trumpets sounded everywhere, and two "torrents" of cavalry rushed towards the right wing of the Dragon Guards in a pincer shape.

After bypassing the two trenches, the flags of the Ming army can already be vaguely seen.Zhuobutai took off his lacquer bow and held it high above his head, shouting loudly: "Quickly meet the enemy!"

Immediately, the command flag in the team was waved continuously, and the cavalry of the Qing army began to urge their horses.The sound of thousands of soldiers' horses' iron hooves trampling on the ground was like a huge wave hitting the shore, and they were more than 200 steps away from the front of the Ming army in a short time.

Until this time, sporadic cannons were heard from the Ming army formation.The Artillery Battalion of the Dragon Guards was still bombarding Tulai's main force head-on at this time, and the artillery of the Polu Battalion was poorly maneuverable, and it was even more impossible to come to support them.

Therefore, only the three three-pound field guns carried by the Sixth Infantry Battalion can be used at the moment.

Although the gunners of the Sixth Battalion were not slower than the Artillery Battalion and could complete a launch almost every half minute, the number was too small after all.

With the roar of the cannon, the three iron balls the size of fists flew into the more than 4000 cavalry, like a stone sinking into the sea, without even being able to stir up a wave.

Seeing that the Ming army didn't have many cannons on his side, Zhuobutai was even more overjoyed when he carefully watched the Ming army's defense line.

These Ming soldiers did not use their best tactics of trenches and earth barriers, but they formed a long and narrow line of defense, consisting of several square formations of only about seven or eight rows.There are about three to 400 people in each formation, half of them hold spears, and the other half are gunners, protecting the spearmen.

When he raised his head slightly, he saw that there was a second line of defense on the gentle slope behind the Ming army's line of defense, but it was even thinner. It seemed that there were only three rows of soldiers, forming a long and thin line.

"Our army must have raided the Southerners' flanks, and they haven't had time to build a defensive line." Zhuobutai was proud. The Southern barbarians have always been afraid of multiple attacks, and it seems that this time is still the same. Such a thin line of defense, at most two or three rounds It can be broken by impact.Tulai is suffering from the artillery of the southerners. When he breaks through this defense and destroys the enemy artillery, he must be grateful to me.

Thinking of this moment, he swung his whip vigorously and brought his horse to the fastest speed. Thousands of cavalry behind him also accelerated at the same time, heading straight for the Ming army formation.

When he was about seventy or eighty steps away from the Ming army, he heard the Ming army's firecrackers ringing out one after another, but Zhuobutai didn't take it seriously at all.He led elite cavalry, everyone wore armor, and some even wore scale armor on top of the cotton armor, the Southerners' bird guns couldn't hurt them at all.

But at the next moment, he was shocked to hear the screams, and saw hundreds of cavalrymen around him being shot and fell off their horses, and their corpses were instantly trampled into muddy flesh by the iron hooves that followed.

Zhuobutai frowned, the southerners actually changed to such a powerful blunderbuss.But although he was surprised, he didn't panic. He skillfully drew the arrow from the quiver, pulled the three-stone hard bow and aimed at the Ming army.

He knew very well that the rate of fire of bird guns was extremely low, and the time it took for a southerner to fire a gun was enough for a skilled Eight Banners cavalry to fire seven or eight arrows.Moreover, the cavalry moved quickly, making it even more difficult to be hit by firecrackers.

In the past, the Ming army had to fight against the Eight Banners archers and horses by relying on earth barriers and trenches to fire guns, but now they are fighting in formation on the plains, how can they be opponents of thousands of brave cavalry.

He shot an arrow, and thousands of cavalry around him also opened their bows and fired arrows. Immediately, arrows flew like rain and fell towards the Ming army formation.

However, the accuracy of the bow and arrow is extremely poor when the horse is galloping, more than [-]% of the thousands of arrows are shot in the air.Zhuobutai didn't expect to be able to shoot down the Ming army in one shot, so he pulled the reins a little, and led the army to pass obliquely in front of the enemy's formation. At the same time, he turned his hand and took out an arrow from behind and put it on the string.

In actual combat, the cavalry of the Qing army seldom directly charged the infantry defense line.Usually, a large number of horses are placed in front of the infantry, and rushing directly will only slow down the cavalry, and the biggest advantage of the cavalry is speed.

Jianlu's method of attack was to pull his horse back and forth, and at the same time harass him with bows and arrows, and finally circled around the flanks or backs of the Ming infantry, and then rushed in in one fell swoop, crushing the Ming army.

Since it was difficult for the Ming army to penetrate Jianlu's cotton armor, Jianlu's recurve bow could take advantage of its fast rate of fire at close range, causing heavy casualties to the Ming army. Therefore, this tactic has been tried and tested.

As soon as Zhuobutai shot the second arrow, he heard another burst of firecrackers in the formation of the Ming army. Immediately, nearly a hundred galloping cavalry were shot and fell off their horses.

He was shocked at this moment, and he couldn't help but look up at the second line of defense of the Ming army - that's where the shooting just now came from.Based on the density and intensity of the firepower, he determined that the Ming army was firing in salvo, but how much time has passed since the last firing?

This rate of fire is too scary!If the Nanren kept firing at this speed, his casualties were immeasurable!How can you shoot arrows to move the enemy's formation?

Zhuobutai continued to ride his horse and shoot his arrows, and after five arrows were shot, he rushed to the right flank of the Ming army's defense line.

He breathed a sigh of relief, the infantry was slow to change formation, once formed, it would take at least a quarter of an hour to turn around, and now is a good opportunity to cut in from its flank.As long as the formation of the infantry is dispersed, they will be no different from lambs to be slaughtered when facing Xiaoqi.

He immediately ordered the cavalry to form a simple formation, and when he looked up, he saw that in the distance, Battelle had also circled to the left wing of the Ming army, and was also gathering cavalry to prepare for a surprise attack.

The corner of Zhuobutai's mouth twitched into a sneer, the Ming army only had three or four thousand infantry, how could it stop his four thousand cavalry from attacking from both sides?

He put away his bow and arrows, drew out his saber and pointed forward, then screamed loudly and charged towards the Ming army's flanks. Thousands of elite cavalry behind him were already familiar with this tactic, and they didn't need to command at all, they immediately followed Huo Xiao.

But the Ming army did not panic as Zhuobutai expected, and they didn't even intend to change formation. They just turned around to face the enemy cavalry, and then shouted in unison, "Ready the spears!"

Immediately, the spearmen in the Ming army leveled the wolf traps with their spear points pointing outwards. At the same time, the soldiers with one-foot spears and six-foot short spears on the outside of the square also lowered their weapons and filled the gaps between the wolf traps. Full.The entire phalanx immediately turned into a giant hedgehog.

Zhuobutai's heart tightened when he saw this, the "big hedgehog" in front of him seemed to bring back some bad memories, but he didn't care about it when he was about to fight. The momentum went straight to the flank of the Ming army.

(End of this chapter)