Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 459 Infantry vs Cavalry
Almost as soon as the cavalry of the Ming army set up the hollow phalanx, the black Jiannu cavalry swept from the "prairie" in all directions. The scene was really overwhelming.

But the soldiers of the Ming army who had formed a good formation still did not panic at all.

The entire hollow square was silent, only the horses snorted from time to time.

The cavalry officers and soldiers stood ready for battle. The cavalry in the front row put their flintlock guns on the saddles used as the wall, while the cavalry in the second and third rows held their flintlock guns upright on their chests. The sharp bayonets had already been put on. .

Hu Guozhu and a hundred or so Qin Wang Shizi also put away their waist sabers and drew out their short guns.

Seeing that the cavalry of the Ming army had already formed a weird formation, the cavalry of the Eight Banners Manchuria and Eight Banners Mongolia who rushed to the battlefield one after another did not rush to attack, although the formation of the Ming army seemed vulnerable.

After a while, the Eight Banners Manchuria in the north suddenly split their formation from the middle.

Immediately, a group of Ba Yala with white flags inlaid with white cotton armor with red trim and long tasseled spears and bowls on their heads came in through the crack, and the leader was Duduo.

"A slave sees a master."

"Slaves see the Ten Kings."

"The minister waits to see the prince."

Obai and other Manchurian generals, as well as the Mongolian generals of the Eight Banners came forward to pay respects.

"No." Duoduo waved his hand, and turned his gaze to the formation of the Ming army ahead, "What kind of formation is this? A circular formation is not like a circular formation, a square formation is not like a square formation, and neither is a fish scale formation." Like this."

Both circular and square formations are good defensive formations, which can effectively resist the impact of cavalry.

However, both the circular formation and the square formation are solid, and there must be spearmen, but the Ming army has no spearmen.

No one could answer Duoduo, even Duduo, who had been familiar with the Three Kingdoms since he was a child, didn't know what formation the Ming army was in, and it was even more impossible for these Manchu and Mongolian generals who didn't know a few big characters to know.

"It's a pity." Duoduo sighed suddenly, it's a pity that he didn't carry the red cannon.

If there is a cannon in red, set up the cannon and shoot a few shots at the infantry formation of the Ming army, and you're done.

But now, they can only send cavalry to charge, but Duoduo believes that the cavalry of the Ming army can't last a few charges. How can it be possible to block the impact of the cavalry with only the short knife attached to the self-generating firecracker?

Duoduo's gaze immediately swept over the Manchurian generals such as Baiyintu and Aobai.

Duoduo's first reaction was to use the cavalry with the two yellow flags as cannon fodder, first to consume the energy and ammunition of the Ming army, and wait until the ammunition and energy of the Ming army were almost consumed, and then let the white flags inlaid to pick the fruits of victory.

But in the end, Duoduo still forcibly suppressed this impulse. The generals of the two yellow flags, such as Aobai and Sony, have publicly succumbed to him, so there is no need to kill them all.

Let him pass the grievances between the two white flags and the two yellow flags.

Now Duoduo turned his attention to the Mongolian generals of the Eight Banners.

In fact, using Eight Banners Mongolia as consumables is still a luxury. The best expendable soldiers are the green battalion, but unfortunately, all the green battalion soldiers are infantry, and the most elite green battalion soldiers are all transferred to Dagukou.

Outer Fan Mongolia is also a good consumable, but it is too far away.

Therefore, we can only take the Eight Banners Mongolia first to consume the spirit and ammunition of the Ming army.

"Zamusuo." Duoduo's eyes finally fell on Zhamusuo, Gushan Ezhen, Mongolian of Zhenghuang Banner, "First, send half Niulu from your Zhenghuang Banner Mongolian to attack the Ming army head-on."

Duduo still wanted to see if it was possible to attack the formation of the Ming army from the front.

Because the efficiency of attacking from the front is the highest, once successful, the cavalry of the Ming army will directly become lambs to be slaughtered.

The reason why only half a Niulu cavalry is sent is because the frontal width of the infantry array of the Ming army is only that point, and at most it can accommodate half a Niulu 150 cavalry, and no more can stand.

The long side of the hollow phalanx of the Ming army is only 300 meters long.

The distance of 300 meters is actually a bit crowded to accommodate 150 riders.

"Hey!" Zamuso immediately ordered 150 cavalrymen to attack the infantry array of the Ming army from the north.

……

Hu Guozhu saw through Jiannu's intention at a glance.

Moreover, Hu Guozhu quickly thought of an idea of ​​calculating slavery.

"All of them, starting from the time the Jiannu cavalry entered a hundred steps and started shooting."

Holding a short gun, Hu Guozhu walked back and forth behind the formation in the north, and ordered: "But before the Jiannu cavalry enters thirty steps, aim at Jiannu. Don't hit the horse, don't hit the horse! Don't hit the horse!"

Hu Guozhu emphasized three times not to hit horses, and the cavalry officers and soldiers were very confused. Didn't they hit horses when they were far away and people when they were close?Why is it the other way around this time?
But no one questioned it.

Because all the cavalry officers and soldiers came from the new army.

And all the officers and soldiers of the new army have been trained as robots by Mr. Qin Wang.

After emphasizing three times not to hit the horse, Hu Guozhu continued to roar: "The horse is not allowed to hit the horse until the Jiannu cavalry enters within [-] steps, which is the second round of shooting."

"When there are only a few slaves left, stop firing and kill them with bayonets."

While speaking, the Jiannu cavalry had entered within a hundred steps and spread out towards the two wings. The 150 cavalry almost just covered the infantry array of the Ming army.

Prince Qin who was standing in the formation immediately gave the command: "First row, fight!"

"Bah bah bah!" There was a sound of firing the guns, and the 900 cavalry in the first row fired almost simultaneously.

"Second row, go up!" The first team immediately withdrew to the end after firing their guns, the second row quickly replaced them, and the third row stood in the ready-to-shoot position.

Hu Guozhu raised his eyes and saw that there were only a few Jiannu cavalry in front of them who fell off their horses.

The hit rate was about less than [-]%, but this was already expected by Hu Guozhu, shooting at the slave cavalry hidden on horseback from a hundred steps away was almost the same hit rate.

The hooves sounded like thunder, and the Jiannu cavalry quickly approached.

The speed of the cavalry is still very fast. Even Mongolian horses can reach an average of more than ten meters per second, that is, six to seven or even eight steps per second.

About four seconds later, when the second row of Ming troops stood in formation, the Jiannu cavalry had already entered within seventy steps.

"Fight!" After another burst of gunshots, the number of Jiannu who fell from their horses this time was much more than before, and more than ten riders fell off their horses.

After another four seconds, the Jiannu cavalry entered within forty steps.

The third row of Ming soldiers took over and opened fire. There were more Jiannu who fell off their horses this time, and more than 20 fell from their horses.

By this time, Jiannu's casualties were close to [-]%, but the remaining one hundred Jiannu cavalry not only did not slow down at all, but started the final sprint.

And at a distance of forty steps, Jiannu shot the first wave of heavy arrows.

The distance of forty steps has already entered the effective range of the Dashao bow.

Accompanied by the sound of "咻咻" breaking through the air, more than 100 heavy arrows roared towards them.

It must be admitted that Jiannu's riding and archery skills are really good. Even on the back of a horse running at high speed, even at a distance of forty steps, he still has a hit rate of more than half.

It's just that most of the heavy arrows only hit the torso of the Ming cavalry.

Although the outer layer of cotton armor was shot through, the inner iron sheet was not shot through.

Only two cavalrymen were shot in the front door and fell to the ground dead on the spot.

Another four seconds later, the first row of Ming troops loaded their ammunition and came up again.

At this time, the Jiannu cavalry had penetrated within ten steps, almost within reach.

Hu Guozhu estimated the speed of the Jiannu cavalry and the reloading speed of the Ming army cavalry to the extreme. After reloading the ammunition and returning to the wall, the first row of the Ming army resolutely aimed their guns at the Jiannu horses.

Ten steps away, and such a huge target as a war horse, he could hit it with his eyes closed.

"Boom!" There was another burst of intensive blasting, and the Jiannu cavalry immediately turned on their backs.

Amidst the tragic hissing, nearly a hundred Jiannu cavalry fell on the grass almost at the same time, and the Jiannu on horseback were also thrown to the ground heavily. They slid far away on the grass, almost directly in front of the formation of the Ming army, but most of them were thrown to pieces.

Only less than ten Jiannu escaped by chance.

However, the number of slave cavalry still did not stop.

Instead, he continued to hit the horse forward, charging bravely without fear of death.

Then rushed to the hollow phalanx before the Ming army in the second row could replace them.

When it was too late, the Jiannu cavalry forcefully lifted the reins again, and even the horses and men jumped into the air, and even jumped over the horse protection wall set up by the Ming cavalry in front of the formation, and fell into the hollow square formation of the Ming army. .

However, it is useless, and entering the hollow phalanx is also a death.

Hu Guozhu and a dozen of Qin Wang's scholars were already waiting for them.

The sound of dense short guns rang out, and the last few Jiannu were also shot and fell off their horses.
There are only six or seven war horses left who have lost their owners and don't know where to go?
The second row of Ming troops who had just replaced them were not idle, but pointed their guns at the Jiannu cavalry who had just got up from the grass, and called them one by one.

The sound of guns rang continuously, and the last dozens of Jiannu cavalry were shot and killed.

……

Seeing that the last few dozen Mongolian cavalry were also shot and killed by the Ming army, Duoduo was not angry but happy.

Although the attack by the half of the Niulu Eight Banners Mongolia just now failed, it proved one thing, that is, the Eight Banners Mongolia had every chance to rush to the front of the Ming army formation.

Although the cost was a bit high, most of the cavalry rushing to the front would be killed, but the cavalry following behind had every chance to directly overwhelm the infantry array of the Ming army.

"Zamusuo, Teng Jisi!"

Two Mongolian generals responded.

Duoduo pointed his horsewhip in front of him and shouted sharply: "This king ordered you to lead two Niulu cavalry to attack the Ming army's infantry array simultaneously from north and south!"

"Be sure to smash the formation of the Ming army in one fell swoop!"

"Hey!" Zha Musuo and Teng Jisi agreed loudly.

Immediately, the two of them ordered two cavalrymen of Niulu.

The two set up the assault formation in the shortest possible time.

The four cattle recorded 1200 cavalry and were divided into eight horizontal cavalry teams, four in each of the north and south.

After rectifying the formation of the cavalry, Zhamusuo and Teng Jisi pulled out their sabers and led forward at the same time, and 1200 Mongolian cavalry charged the Ming army's infantry array from both north and south directions.

……

Seeing that Jiannu directly mobilized thousands of cavalry to charge, Hu Guozhu was not surprised but delighted.

Although only half of Niulu's cavalry of Jiannu were destroyed just now, through the exchange of fire just now, Hu Guozhu has completely believed what Chongzhen had told them before.

Infantry equipped with flintlock guns is enough to challenge cavalry head-on!
"There are all of them!" Hu Guozhu raised his short blunderbuss and shouted sharply, "Wait until Jiannu is within fifty steps before firing. Give priority to horses, horses first, horses first!"

It also emphasizes the priority of hitting horses three times.

This time, however, it was not possible to fire until within fifty paces.

The Qin Wang Shizi distributed around the hollow square followed to convey.

The cavalry soldiers lined up still showed no expression or any reaction.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the momentum was far stronger than the wave just now, but the faces of the soldiers of the Ming army still had no expression on their faces, like a group of robots without emotion. Well, they were indeed evolving into killing machines.

In the blink of an eye, the Jiannu cavalry had entered within fifty paces, of course this was just an estimate.

"First row, hit!" Hu Guozhu pulled the trigger without hesitation, but fired the gun at the sky.

"Boom!" The sound of the gun was an order, and the first row of Ming troops in the north and south directions pulled the triggers one after another.

"Bah bah bah!" There was a dense burst of gunfire, and the Jiannu who charged from the north and the south instantly turned on their backs, and at least more than 100 Jiannu war horses fell to the ground.

This hit has a hit rate of nearly [-]%.

Hu Guozhu nodded lightly, as he expected.

"Second row, fight!" Accompanied by Qin Wang Shizi's command, 900 Ming soldiers in the second row from the north and the south quickly took over and pulled the trigger.

At this time, the Jiannu cavalry had approached within forty steps.

This speed is much slower than that of the first wave of half a cow recorded just now.

The reason for this is also very simple. The fallen cavalry hindered the entire cavalry formation.

"Bah bah!" There was another intensive sound of gunfire, and this time more Jiannu cavalry fell, more than 200 Jiannu war horses fell to the ground in response.

Just at this moment, the front row of cavalry who had just been replenished was almost completely wiped out.

Because there are more fallen cavalry, the impact on the cavalry is also greater.

So when the third row of Ming troops came up to replace them, the Jiannu cavalry had just entered thirty steps.

"Bah bah bah!" There was another burst of intensive gunfire, and the three hundred Jiannu warhorses rushing forward fell to the ground almost at the same time, and many cavalry in the second row also fell to the ground.

The Ming army was actually shooting at saturation, with 900 flintlock guns, but they could only hit 150 horses. On average, each horse had to face the concentrated fire of six flintlock guns, which is hard to imagine.

The three hundred Mongolian cavalry in the front row fell to the ground almost at the same time.

This also disrupted the entire cavalry formation behind.

When the first row of Ming troops reloaded their ammunition and replaced them, the follow-up Jiannu cavalry had just reorganized their formation, and before they had time to charge, they suffered another wave of intensive bullet rain.

"Xi Lulu!" The sad hiss of the war horse resounded instantly.

Another three hundred war horses fell to the ground almost at the same time.

More than [-] war horses have been shot and killed before and after this.

Moreover, the corpse of the war horse also caused a serious obstacle to the follow-up cavalry.

The Jiannu cavalry who followed up had to stop and stood there in a daze.

(End of this chapter)