The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 480
Dasu led his team to gallop past the Ming army's cavalry battle formation, and was about to call his subordinates to go around in circles as usual, the whole team turned around and came back again, but suddenly saw more than a thousand horsemen from the Ming army chasing after them.

He couldn't help snorting coldly, thinking that these southerners might have lost their heads, do they want to die after chasing them like this?

The cavalry units of both Ming and Qing were dominated by saber cavalry who were good at charging and killing infantry.When the saber cavalry is engaged in battle, if one side wants to run, it is difficult for the other side to chase and kill effectively.

Because of the short length of the saber, Gein's forward slashing is interfered by his own horse's head and the enemy's horse's buttocks, and he cannot reach the opponent at all.But if the enemy cavalry maintain a dense formation, there is no gap for you to squeeze in. In addition, even if you can form a situation where two cavalry are side by side, the two sides are fighting each other with knives, and the outcome depends on their respective martial arts.

And Jianlu Xiaoqi is good at riding and shooting, and can keep shooting arrows behind him while running away.As a result, the pursuers often have nothing to do with chasing behind, but they often suffer a lot of casualties due to arrows.

Dasu drew out a feathered arrow, twisted his body at a [-]-degree angle on the saddle and opened the bow, but he was surprised to see that people in his rear kept falling off their horses, and they were trampled to pieces by the Ming army horses that followed.

Jiao Lian pointed the sharp diamond-shaped spear point at the back of the captive cavalry in front of him, and without using any force to poke, he just kicked the horse's belly, using the horse's instantaneous forward power, and stabbed the captive soldier on the horse to the core. .

What he led was Zhu Linmi's newly formed cavalry troop. Each of them was equipped with a spring wheel blunderbuss and a spare saber, but the main weapon was cavalry guns.This spear is nearly one foot long, and it can easily knock over the enemy's horse even if it is behind him.

Thousands of Lancers chased after Dasu's horses, stabbing out and retracting their lances continuously, and a large number of captive cavalry in the last row fell off their horses.In the blink of an eye, five or six hundred Jianzhou Xiaoqi had been killed by guns!

Dasu's heart trembled, he hurriedly ordered to shoot the enemy with arrows, and the arrow in his hand also shot backwards.

However, the cotton armor worn by the Lancers of the Ming Army is all lined with steel sheets made of medium carbon steel produced in Longnan, and the helmets with wide brims made of fine steel are also on the heads, which can completely cover the face with just a little bending .

After a round of intensive arrow rain, even if someone's cotton armor was occasionally shot through, it was extremely difficult to cause fatal injuries. Only twenty or thirty Lancers withdrew from the battle because their mounts were shot to the vitals.

At the same time, the Lancers of the Ming Army skillfully raised and lowered their guns, picking the captives in front of them off their horses.In a moment, Dasu's rear team was completely in a state of chaos.

Such a situation is simply too bad!Dasu's forehead broke out in cold sweat, and he saw that the left wing of the Qing army was already showing an unstoppable posture, so he hurriedly turned his head and said to the lieutenant beside him: "Ge Dai, bring 500 people to block this team of Nanman!"

"Whoo!"

Ge Dai responded, and called more than a thousand cavalry to circle around and intercept Jiao Lian's cavalry from the side.

Feeling relieved, Dasu gathered the crowd in a hasty formation not far away, brandished his sword and shouted again, and led his troops to rush towards the infantry line of the Polu Battalion on the south side, only intending to rescue his own infantry first, and then rely on the battle formation of the Firearms Battalion Deal with the Ming cavalry.

But just after he ran less than half a mile, dense cannon roars erupted from his side.Chen Xiongfei had been preparing near the infantry line for a long time, but was limited to the range of the Fran's machine gun, and did not give the order to fire until the enemy cavalry approached.

Dasu's cavalry was immediately frustrated and had to desperately turn to the south to try to avoid the stormy artillery shells of the Ming army.However, Chen Xiongfei suffered from the fact that there was not much ammunition left, he only blasted off a corner of the captive cavalry brigade, and the solid ammunition was basically exhausted, otherwise Dasu would have been blasted out before he got close to the Ming army's infantry for half a mile.

However, the heavy cavalry of the Dragon Guards reorganized their formation, and the hussars who followed behind also completed the filling of the spring-wheeled short guns.Following Zhu's brother's order, when Dasu was disrupted by the artillery battalion, the heavy cavalry battalion rushed towards him like a galloping rhinoceros.

On the other side, Ge Dai led [-] Xiaoqi and collided head-on with the Lancers of the Dragon Guard.

Under Jiao Lian's command, the Lancers had already ridden forward with their spears straight forward, their bodies lying on the saddle, their eyes fixed on the fast-approaching cavalry on the opposite side.

As the war horses on both sides galloped towards each other, there was only a moment left for them to stab the captive cavalry.This is why Lancers are so difficult to train. Compared with saber slashing, stabbing the enemy accurately with a narrow spear point is by no means an easy task.

But Jiao Lian is worthy of being the number one fierce general in Gui, and he has family-inherited marksmanship, so he managed to train a cavalryman worthy of a battle in a few months!
The moment the two armies came into contact, the sound of gunpoint piercing into the body could be heard endlessly. The four-foot-long saber in Jianlu's hand was far from reaching the Ming army, so he was picked up by the lance and fell off the horse.With this lightning effort alone, at least [-]% of the captives were killed by guns.

The captive soldiers, who had escaped by chance, rejoiced secretly, and hurriedly raised their sabers to attack the Ming army cavalry, but the Ming army immediately turned their cavalry guns in their hands, and smashed at them with the iron ball on the tail. Take the knife and fly out.

This is the advantage of the Lancers!Although they are not very effective against infantry, they are extremely useful against saber cavalry!Although the training is difficult and the investment is high, judging from the effectiveness of restraining Jianlu Xiaoqi, these are all worth it.

When the two groups of men and horses passed by each other, Jiao Lian looked back and saw that there were only three or four hundred cavalry left, and they were in a mess.

He ignored these remnant soldiers, pointed at Dasu with his spear in his hand, and said loudly: "All come with me!"

The nearly [-] cavalry left by Dasu were rushed by the heavy cavalry of the Dragon Guards in a messy formation, and then scattered by thousands of hussars with gunfire. At this time, there was no one to go to the firearms camp The idea is to get rid of the enemy army as soon as possible and regroup.

Inadvertently, he heard the sound of rumbling horseshoes gradually approaching from the side and rear, and turned his head to see the team of Ming army cavalry with long spears following up lingeringly.

Luck Dehun's hands were trembling, he couldn't figure out why he was beaten back steadily by [-] Nanman troops when he had nearly [-] soldiers, and more than half of them were Jianzhou elites.

Although his army is still struggling right now, the right wing of the Huoqi Battalion has been defeated, and the left wing seems to be unable to hold on. However, the two cavalry teams are tightly entangled by the Ming army, and their future is uncertain.

Is this... is going to be defeated...

He glanced at the Chizhou Army who was the rear team beside him, and knew that its combat power was weak, but it could only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor. If it could last a little longer, the Xiaoqiying Battalion might fight their way out.

He pointed his horsewhip at Yongshou, "Let you lead your troops to the left flank to support the Firearms Battalion! Give me at least an hour, or come and see me!"

(End of this chapter)