Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 657 Cavalry Line Array

After confirming that Jianu was completely dead, Zhu Cijiong just put away the large bow and saber as trophies, but he was not interested in the armor on Jianu.

However, the rat tail on Jiannu's head was cut off, which is a certificate of military merit.

After Zhu Cijiong put away the spoils, Xu Wuniu over there also took off the four-edged arrow clusters that penetrated the breastplate, and then used the small hammer he brought to knock the deformed breastplate roughly flat, and finally put it on Zhu Cijiong's body again.

At this time, the bright and clear moon had fallen below the western horizon, and the surrounding fields quickly darkened.

Zhu Cijiong looked around, and even Xu Wuniu and others who were close at hand could only see vague figures. At this time, the strength of the scout cavalry was even more tested.

"Go, continue to search forward!"

Zhu Cijiong gave an order, and the scout team continued to move forward.

Another scout team also separated from Zhu Cijiong.

On the way, he met two Jiannu Ye Bu Shou who were wandering in the darkness.

It took some effort to clean up the two Jian slaves, and sacrificed a scout cavalry.

In such a dark night where you can't see your fingers, muskets are not only not cheap compared to big bows, but are at a disadvantage, because muskets only have one chance to shoot, and basically there will be no second chance to reload, even scouts The cavalry carried a rifle and two short guns, and only had three chances.

But Jiannu didn't take it at night, but there were more than a dozen heavy arrows.

Therefore, most of the time, the scout cavalry of the Ming army would not engage in night battles with Jiannu Yebushou.

But tonight is an exception. In order to block the area west of Bali Bridge, the scout cavalry of the Ming army must clear the Jiannu in the area at all costs, so the sacrifice of the scout cavalry is inevitable.

There was no time to grieve, or even to collect the remains of his comrades, so Zhu Cijiong and the others continued to move forward.

Near midnight, the scout team led by Zhu Cijiong and Xu Wuniu finally arrived at Baliqiao.

At this time, dozens of scouting teams had already gathered at the west bridgehead of Bali Bridge. Because the order was to hunt down the Jiannu in the west of Bali Bridge, they did not dare to enter the east side of Bali Bridge rashly.

"Prince Ding, stop here." Xu Wuniu said, "Don't cross the bridge."

"Well, it's too late." Zhu Cijiong nodded, and then said, "Leave a few scout teams to guard the bridge, and the rest of the scout teams will conduct a second search of the area west of Bali Bridge, lest any fish slip through the net."

Zhu Cijiong gave an order, and dozens of scout cavalry squads immediately dispersed.

Time passed quietly in the tedious search, and soon came the dawn.

Finally, another Jiannu Yebushuo was found lurking in the grass, and a scout cavalry walking in front was caught off guard by Jiannuyebushuai, who shot through the face with an arrow and died on the spot.

However, this Jian slave was also shot dead by Xu Wuniu.

Xu Wuniu also cut off Jianba's rat tail with a dagger, and put it away together with the Dashao bow, saber and armor. Zhu Cijiong didn't care about Jiannu's armor, but Xu Wuniu refused to throw it away.

Because this armor can be sold for a lot of money in the market.

Finally, Xu Wuniu searched Jiannu's body carefully.

Xu Wuniu actually found out a few taels of silver.

This kind of loot does not need to be handed in, it can be kept by itself.

Zhu Cijiong laughed and said, "Wuniu, you are really a money fanatic."

Xu Wuniu didn't care at all, and said with a smile: "Money is a good thing."

"What do you need so much money for?" Zhu Cijiong asked puzzled, "You have neither food nor clothing."

"Prince Ding, what you said is wrong. There are many things money can do." Xu Wuniu put the money in his leather bag and said with a happy face, "Money can be used to buy land, buy big animals, It can be used to marry a wife, hehe."

"Daughter-in-law, I don't want to marry a daughter-in-law." Zhu Cijiong said with contempt, "Women will only get in the way."

Xu Wuniu just grinned foolishly when he heard the words, but said in his heart, that's because you have no shortage of women. With a beautiful and obedient maid like Lagu Su Ma, I'm not in a hurry to marry a wife.

But how can we compare with you a prince?

I, Xu Wuniu, lived for more than 20 years. I haven't even touched a woman's little hand, let alone tasted it.

Just as we were talking, a warning whistle suddenly sounded in the direction of Baliqiao.

"Enemy attack, let's go!" Zhu Cijiong let out a low growl and kicked his horse away.

Xu Wuniu originally wanted to take off Jiannu's leather boots as well.

Seeing this, he had no choice but to give up, and immediately got on his horse and chased after him.

When Xu Wuniu followed Zhu Cijiong to the west bridgehead of Bali Bridge, the sky was already bright.

In the thin morning light, on the open field to the east of the Bali Bridge, a mass of Jiannu cavalry had swept along the north and south banks of the Tonghui River. Judging from this posture, there were at least tens of thousands of cavalry.

"Prince Ding, that's wrong." Xu Wuniu said, "Why did Jiannu arrive early?"

Zhu Cijiong also looked dignified. According to the estimates of the Staff Section, the Jiannu army would not reach the vicinity of the Bali Bridge until the end of the Chen Dynasty at the earliest, but it was only the beginning of Mao.

That is to say, Jiannu was fully two hours ahead of schedule!
Looking back, there was still silence in the wilderness behind him.

It may take a while for the main force of the Ming army to reach the Bali Bridge.

This is war, and the enemy will never do what you envision.

But this can't help Zhu Cijiong, he is now a veteran.

"Line up!" Zhu Cijiong immediately ordered sharply, "All are there, line up!"

The scout cavalry who had been scattered in the wilderness on the west side of Baliqiao quickly assembled.

In a short while, more than two thousand cavalry lined up a horizontal formation of cavalry in the wilderness on the west side of the Bali Bridge.

The entire horizontal formation of cavalry is divided into two rows, front and rear. The south side is close to the north bank of Tonghui River, and the north side extends to two thousand steps away. The horizontal interval of cavalry reaches two steps, so the two rows of cavalry can move forward alternately. Or retreat, this is the cavalry line array Zhu Cijiong figured out.

Although war horses understand human nature, they cannot be compared with humans after all.

Therefore, the cavalry line array cannot achieve three rows in succession.

However, it is still possible to divide into two rows and alternately advance or retreat.

Zhu Cijiong was also a little nervous, because this was his first actual battle after he figured out the cavalry line formation, and he didn't know if the cavalry line formation would work or not.

However, it won't be long before we find out.

After a while, the Jiannu cavalry on the north bank of the Tonghui River approached within a thousand steps.

Thousands of cavalry rushed in overwhelmingly, the undulating horses' heads were like waves of floods, and the sound of horses' hooves like thunder in summer was quite scary.

Thanks to Zhu Cijiong's command, these two thousand cavalry are elite cavalry who have experienced many battles.

In the face of the surging Jianshou cavalry, the more than 2000 cavalry of the Ming army stood still, like rocks in the sea, and they were not afraid of even the biggest hurricane waves.

"It's all there, hold on! Hold on!"

Zhu Cijiong stood at the forefront of the cavalry formation, holding the Type [-] rifle upright in front of his chest.

More than two thousand riders also held their rifles upright in front of their chests, and the entire horizontal formation was silent. Even the horses were infected by the soldiers of the Ming army, showing a rare calmness.

The tidal sound of horseshoes came from the front.

The slave cavalry got closer and closer, and the distance between the two sides was less than five hundred steps.

Zhu Cijiong could already see the armor of the Jiannu cavalry without using binoculars. From the messy leather armor on them, he could guess that they were cavalry from Mongolia.

I don't know if it is the Chahar Department or the Tumed Department?
"It's all there, hit the horse!" Zhu Cijiong lowered his rifle.

More than a thousand riders in the front row pressed down their rifles in unison.

The muzzles of more than a thousand black holes were aimed at the front in an instant.

In a blink of an eye, the Mongolian cavalry approached within two hundred steps.

"Hit!" Zhu Cijiong pulled the trigger of his rifle without hesitation.

The flint hit the anvil with a soft click, followed by a loud bang, and the primer chamber under the anvil and the muzzle of the rifle emitted red light almost simultaneously, but there was no smoke.

Immediately afterwards, a continuous gunshot sounded behind Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong looked intently again, and saw that two hundred paces ahead, the Mongolian cavalry in the front row turned their backs in an instant, and at least three hundred of them fell to the ground after being shot.

The Ming army used rifled rifles equipped with Minie bullets, and aimed at war horses, so the hit rate was very high. Even at a distance of two hundred paces, the hit rate exceeded [-]%.

If black powder is used, it will be difficult to cause fatal damage to the horse even if it hits.

However, the Ming army used nitrocellulose with energy more than twice that of black powder. Even at a distance of two hundred steps, it could easily shoot and kill the horses of the Mongolian cavalry.

The Mongolian cavalry turned their backs in an instant.

However, Zhu Cijiong raised the Type [-] rifle again, before it could be reloaded.

The first platoon of cavalry who had finished shooting retreated quickly and seized the time to reload their ammunition.

The second row of cavalry stepped forward quickly, and then pressed down the muzzle of the Type [-] rifle held upright in front of their chests, aiming at the Mongolian cavalry surging ahead.

"Hit!" Zhu Cijiong yelled again.

The cavalrymen who were close pulled the triggers one after another.

Then there was another continuous gunshot.

Zhu Cijiong looked again, and at least three hundred Mongolian cavalry fell to the ground.

Suffering two consecutive volleys and losing more than [-] horses, the Mongolian cavalry who swept from the north bank of the Tonghui River were in chaos in an instant, and the cavalry who followed were also greatly disturbed.

However, the Mongolian cavalry's equestrian skills were really good, and they quickly regrouped and continued to charge westward.

The Mongolian cavalry on the south bank of the Tonghui River also flocked to the east bridgehead of the Bali Bridge, but due to the width limitation of the Bali Bridge, they could only cross the bridge together, so the formation seemed a bit crowded and the speed was slow.

Zhu Cijiong immediately asked Xu Wuniu to lead two hundred cavalry to block the Bali Bridge.

A total of more than [-] riders seized the time to reload their rifles.

When the Ming army reloaded the rifles again, the Mongolian cavalry on the north bank of the Tonghui River had approached within a hundred paces, and the overwhelming screams of the Mongolian cavalry could already be heard.

(End of this chapter)