Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 309 Conquering Chahar ([-])

The ignorant are fearless. Compared with Abnai, who still has some knowledge, some Mongolian generals under his command seem quite indifferent to this weird formation.

It looked like a square made of four sticks, and it fell apart with a slight push.

In fact, Abu Nai seems to be the leader of this army, but more precisely, this army should be a coalition army, a Chahar coalition army composed of hardliners.

Therefore, apart from his Abnai headquarters, his control over the other Mongolian armies is not that strong.

Today, the two armies are facing each other, no matter how powerful the hollow phalanx is in the rumors, but the arrow is on the string and has to be launched.

Since some people looked down on this kind of hollow phalanx, Abnai also wanted them to try it. He asked Borot, the most disdainful leader of the Haoqi tribe, to send [-] elite cavalry to attack.

However, Borot was not an idiot. He showed disdain. He just hoped that the ministries would not be too afraid of the large and powerful Ming army, but he didn't want to take the lead by himself.

Seeing that Borot was not being fooled, Abu Nai immediately coordinated. His own department took the initiative to send 2000 people, and then asked each department to draw some troops and hand them over to Borot to command.

The matter has come to this point, and Borot can't postpone it any longer. He draws 500 men himself, and combines the drawn parts from various ministries, making a total of [-] cavalry.

After Borot reorganized his army, he led his troops to slowly advance towards the formation of the Ming army.

The formation of the Ming army is clear at a glance. It depends on which one of the seven hollow phalanxes to attack first.

Borot finally chose the one on the far right, and he first selected [-] riders for testing.

The [-] cavalry advanced slowly first, and they saw that the soldiers of the Ming army were just standing there neatly, without any stance to fight back.

After getting close to a certain distance, they began to accelerate slowly, and the speed became faster and faster, and many soldiers howled excitedly.

"The first team, get ready..." the commander in the hollow phalanx of the Ming army shouted loudly, and a loud horn sounded immediately.

The three rows of soldiers facing the direction of the enemy's impact immediately raised their muskets. The soldiers in the first row kneeled, the soldiers in the second row squatted, and the soldiers in the third row stood upright.

This sudden change of formation scared many Mongolian cavalrymen who were on the attack. The black muzzles of the guns and the sharp knives glowing with cold light were all full of deep malice.

But it has come to this moment, they have no way to retreat, and they are not allowed to retreat.

Finally, the distance was shortened to less than forty feet.

"Fire..."

"Beep, beep..." The loud horn ensured that every soldier could hear it.

"Bang..." Almost at the same time, the soldiers pulled the triggers at the same time.

Dense bullets flew towards him, puff puff...

The cavalry who were galloping and charging fell off their horses one by one as if they were eating dumplings, and some of the horses that had been shot also neighed in pain.

In just one round of attack, the [-] cavalry who launched the attack suddenly decreased by nearly one-third.

And for an instant, the surviving soldiers watched helplessly. They only saw their companions in front of them fall off the horse almost at the same time.

Faced with this situation, many people instinctively slowed down a bit, and their confidence suddenly cooled down.

The soldiers of the Ming army who fired a round quickly began to reload the bullets.

The original blunderbusses of the Ming army have been phased out, and now most of them are flintlock guns, which have been improved, with bayonets installed on the muzzles, and bullets and gunpowder wrapped in paper to form bullets.

Therefore, they don't have to think about loading the propellant first, then loading the projectiles, and pounding the projectiles in full with a cleaning rod, and then compacting them, which is very cumbersome.

With the current flintlock gun, the process is much simplified. Soldiers directly take out a bullet from the ammunition bag at their waist, insert it from the muzzle, and quickly poke it with a cleaning rod a few times to push it into place.

There is no need to light the match again, and the soldiers who have loaded the bullets immediately raise their guns.

After seeing that most of the soldiers had finished loading their ammunition, the commander immediately ordered, "First team, get ready..."

The horn sounded loudly, which represented the order of preparation. The soldier put his index finger on the trigger, and at this time the Mongolian cavalry was still about ten feet away.

"Fire..."

"boom……"

The attacking Mongolian army was eliminated again, and there were only a few hundred horses left. Many people were already a little dazed by fright, and unconsciously slowed down a little, and the horses were also spinning around in a panic.

"They have no chance to shoot anymore, kill..." an officer shouted loudly, and took the initiative to charge.

"Kill, kill..." There was a bold response immediately, and finally some people mustered up the courage to launch an attack and fight back with bows and arrows.

On the Ming side, there were finally casualties.

These Ming troops were not the first batch of new troops, this was the first time they used this formation to fight.

Seeing the enemy cavalry rushing quickly, and I have no other protection except the musket in my hand, I feel a little nervous, especially the soldiers in the first row.

However, strict military orders did not allow them to retreat, not to mention that there were comrades in the back blocking them, and the dense formation could not retreat.

Therefore, they could only follow the usual training. The soldiers in the first row did not reload, but stood up and clasped the muskets in their hands, acting as spears, and mustered up their courage to prepare for the enemy's attack.

After all, they are also streamlined soldiers who have experienced all kinds of wars, and they still have courage.

The soldiers in the second and third rows continued to wear ammunition.

"Boom..." Some war horses slammed into it fiercely, and directly knocked away the Ming soldiers in the front. The powerful impact made him fly backwards, and at the same time knocked away the comrades behind.

It seemed that a gap was opened in the defense line, but the enemy cavalry who charged over did not feel comfortable, because the collision first hit the bayonet.

The sharp bayonet, when it was about to pierce the horse's chest and abdomen, immediately neighed in pain, the speed also slowed down, and the front legs couldn't help but soften.

And the Ming army next to them also reacted immediately, raised their guns and stabbed, stabbed the horses, and stabbed the soldiers on the horseback.

A horse and a soldier quickly fell into a pool of blood.

And more war horses actively slowed down when they rushed to the front, not daring to directly hit the shining sharp knife.

"Kill..." But the soldiers of the Ming army in the first row were not polite, they raised their guns and stabbed forward.

A strong war horse can be stabbed down with a few knives.

The Mongolian cavalry on horseback slashed at the nearby Ming army with their sabers, but with little effect.

Shooting people first shoots horses, and the Ming army often attacks the horses under the cavalry first. The spears with bayonets in the hands of the Ming army can often attack the horses, but the swords in their hands cannot reach the Ming army.

Even if they seize the opportunity and reach it, the Ming army will use the long spears in their hands to resist.

Moreover, it is often a few Ming troops who attack from both sides, and two fists are no match for four hands. Once a cavalry is surrounded by several Ming troops, it will take a few breaths, and there will inevitably be a few blood holes on the horse, and then scream fell down.

When the horse fell down, the cavalry on the horse would definitely be greatly affected, and would often be pinned down by the horse, and then a few sharp bayonets would stab them unceremoniously.

"Bang bang bang..." After the Ming soldiers in the second and third rows loaded their ammunition, they stopped firing according to the salvo order, but chose their targets freely to attack.

Facing a target that is close at hand, the accuracy of the flintlock is still very good.

In this way, the Mongolian cavalry charged one by one, not only failed to break through the defense line of the Ming army as imagined, but their own casualties increased sharply.

Seeing that there were very few comrades in arms around them, the surviving people finally had their mentality collapsed and began to retreat desperately.

Gunshots sounded behind him, and the retreating cavalry screamed and fell off their horses...

(End of this chapter)