Ming Empire

Chapter 260
After the five thousand Jiannu cavalry rushed out of the formation, they quickly spread out to the two wings.

The artillery fire of the Ming army also came in anticipation of the Jiannu. The five thousand Jiannu had just rushed out of the formation and entered the range of the artillery, and the roar of the cannons rang out on the defensive position of the Ming army.

As clouds of black smoke rose into the sky, amidst deafening explosions, multiple shells whizzed into the air, drew faint black lines, and quickly fell on the attacking Jiannu's head.

The solid bullet has the longest range and the fastest flying speed. The first to hit Jiannu's head is that the range of damage is not very wide, but the damage is very powerful.The solid bullets with huge kinetic energy passed by at high speed, and those who were hit had almost no chance of surviving. It can be said that the solid bullets plowed a bloody passage.All kinds of flowering bombs also fell, blowing up some unlucky eggs. For a while, in the gunpowder smoke generated by the explosion of the bombs, bloody scenes could be seen everywhere.

Before the attack, Jiannu had already made a plan on how to defend against the attack of the shells. The attack queue was scattered and rushed at the fastest speed. This was the best way to deal with it.

Of course, this way of avoiding is also very effective. Although many people were killed and injured by bombs, the overall casualty rate is not high.

At this time, the subsequent attackers also increased their speed.The total strength of Jiannu's first attack was nearly 3. In addition to the [-] Jurchen elite who took the lead, there were also [-] Mongolian cavalry, [-] Han troops, and [-] Korean troops.

The [-] Mongolian cavalry rushed behind the Jurchen fine cavalry, while the Han army and the Korean army followed the Mongolian cavalry.

Dorgon's arrangement was also out of helplessness.In previous battles, the servant army was always used as the vanguard. The purpose was to use the servant army to consume the enemy's strength and preserve the strength of the Jurchen Eight Banners.However, in the process of fighting the Ming army equipped with a large number of firearms, it was found that such an arrangement was not worth the candle.The servant army has no strong will to fight, and it will soon be defeated after suffering huge losses. Even if strict battlefield policies are adopted, it cannot withstand the defeat.The defeat of the servant army greatly affects the morale of the entire army, making it difficult to achieve results.

After learning from the pain, Dorgon finally decided to let the Jurchen fine cavalry be the vanguard, let the relatively strong Mongolian cavalry follow the Jurchen fine cavalry, and the Han army and North Korean army followed the Mongolian cavalry to charge and kill.In this way, the ferocity of the Jurchens' cavalry and their fearless dashing can set an example for other troops and play a role in boosting morale.

Needless to say, Dorgon's arrangement really boosted morale. The Mongols, the Han army, and the Korean army who followed the Jurchen cavalry had no resentment, but rushed to kill with all their might.

As more and more slaves entered the battlefield, the artillery of the Ming army fired more and more.

Amidst the continuous explosions, the entire battlefield was shrouded in gunpowder smoke. Countless Jiannu fell under the fire of the Daming Cannon before drawing out the sabers at their waists. Many of them still had no bones left.

However, most of the five thousand Jurchen elites who took the lead survived the artillery fire, and the loss was only a few hundred riders.After rushing through the dense area of ​​artillery fire, they accelerated their attack speed, trying to rush to the defensive position of the Ming army as soon as possible.

As the distance approached, more intensive artillery fire began to greet them, and the roar of Fran's cannon filled the Ming army's position that had not been completely covered by black smoke.Fortunately, the wind was a bit strong this morning. Under the action of the strong wind, the black smoke was blown away in bursts, and the situation on the battlefield was still vaguely visible.

The Jurchen fine cavalry rushing to the forefront, after paying a heavy price in the continuous firing of the Frang machine gun, finally rushed to a place about four to five hundred steps away from the Ming army's position.In this place, the artillery of the Ming army is already very sparse, and it is difficult for musket fire to reach here.The remaining [-] Jurchen elite cavalry immediately adjusted their formation and prepared to charge.They quickly gathered into a "herringbone"-shaped charging formation without too much delay. The more than [-] Jiannu accelerated the pace of the attack again. The entire formation was like an arrow, shooting towards the defensive position of the Ming army. come over.

This kind of attack target has been proved to be the most powerful in countless actual battles. The two forks of the character "人" just cover the left and right wings of the enemy. Before they hit the opponent's formation, they will use this The formation swept across the enemy's two wings, and then poured waves of arrow rain on the enemy's head.After causing great damage and confusion to the enemy, they continued to shoot with dense arrows.

After inflicting greater damage to the opponent, he then used the enemy's panic to intersperse and divide. It can be said that in field battles, Jiannu almost always won with such a formation.The Mongols also used the same tactics. During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, the Mongolian cavalry was able to sweep the world, relying on this simple but effective tactic.

Today they wanted to use such a formation to fight desperately and break through the defensive formation of the Ming army.

However, the world cannot be as usual. When facing enemies who are also equipped with cold weapons, their fierce fighting style can achieve very good results, but when facing an army equipped with firearms that has farther lethality than bows and arrows, The effect of their tactics is greatly reduced.

You must know that the effective range of the Jiannu cavalry is less than fifty steps, about five to sixty meters, while the effective range of the muskets of the Ming army is at least a hundred steps or more.Not to mention, the lethality of muskets is far beyond that of bows and arrows.In the past few battles, the Ming army has gained an advantage on the battlefield with its advantage in range and the huge lethality of muskets.

As the slave cavalry approached, the musketeers hiding in the trenches were all ready to aim, and when the commander gave an order, they shot revenge bullets at the roaring slave cavalry.

The distance between the two armies was rapidly approaching, and in a blink of an eye, the distance between them was less than a hundred steps, and the Jiannu cavalry entered the range of the muskets.

With Cao Jiehe, the commander of the first guard army who stood out the most, an order was heard, thousands of muskets sprayed sparks, and fired bullets at the Jiannu who were getting closer.

Amidst bursts of violent gunshots, the Jiannu cavalry galloping at high speed, as if being grabbed by a giant, suddenly turned a large area on their backs, and at least hundreds of cavalry were shot off their horses.The firing of the Ming soldiers hardly stopped. After the first row of Musketeers fired the first bullet, the second row of Musketeers also fired the bullets in the chambers.

More Jiannu fell under the fire of muskets, but the surviving Jiannu did not flinch at all, and continued to charge forward after bypassing their fallen companions and horses.It's just that the speed of their impact has been much slower than before.

At this time, the musket fire of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Guards became more intensive!
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