Qiming 1158

Chapter 766 He has no means to turn the tide of the battle
The quality of the individual soldiers of the steppe cavalry is really excellent, and the team fighting ability is not bad, but in the link of accepting orders and executing orders, it is more than one level worse than the Ming army.

After all, they are herdsmen, soldiers, production units, and combat units. They are not professional troops. They are somewhat amateurish, but their amateurism is also very strong. It is clear at a glance who is strong and who is weak in the handyman army.

However, the Ming army they faced was purely professional soldiers, very professional, well-trained, only responsible for fighting, not production.

In this way, the distinction between amateur and professional is revealed.

The gap between the true professional army and the amateur army cannot be bridged by the quality of individual soldiers.

Otherwise, in the martial arts novels, the masters of the martial arts alliance who commanded the martial arts could overthrow the dynasty and become emperor by themselves.

But this is obviously impossible. Even if the martial arts people gather together, there is a high probability that they will be beaten into a sieve by the court's professional army.

Han Jinggui commanded the cavalry of the Ming army to move forward quickly, intending to start the entire formation and complete a broad encirclement, so that the Kled cavalry could not escape their encirclement, and took this opportunity to wipe out the Kled cavalry. After seeing the advantage, Han Jinggui had an appetite. Great increase, can no longer be satisfied with a simple victory.

And Tuoli was still looking at his horse and cavalry team that was constantly fighting with the Ming army, and was very anxious.

It was not until the news of the rapid action of the cavalry teams on the left and right wings of the Ming army reached his ears that he realized that something was wrong.

The Ming army found its advantages, and wanted to squeeze them here in this way, fight them here, and eliminate them in hand-to-hand combat.

It's broken, you must act immediately!

Otherwise, you will face the situation of being copied by both sides!
At that time, if you can't fight meleely, you will really die here!
Tuoli immediately ordered the cavalry on the left and right flanks to move quickly to deal with the outflanking of the Ming army, using cavalry and shooting tactics to the rapidly attacking Ming army, keeping a distance from them, and trying to avoid close combat and avoid being surrounded.

However, from the time his order was conveyed to the time when the cavalry of Kelie's cavalry officially began to move, the Zhong Xuemin and Yuan Han troops of the Ming army had already moved to their left and right flanks and charged them.

The time it takes for both parties to accept an order and execute it is not at all on the same level.

And this time difference was effectively used by the Ming army, so the battlefield gap between the two sides widened.

In addition, they have bows and crossbows. Didn't the Ming army have hand crossbows?
Under Su Yonglin's rule, the Ministry of Industry has integrated a group of the best craftsmen in the country. They have very good skills and often get together to discuss technical issues and ordnance transformation issues.

The improvement of the cavalry hand crossbow is an important issue. From the time of the General Affairs Bureau under Su Yonglin's control of the Central Capital, a special person has been assigned to be responsible for the improvement of the cavalry hand crossbow, from the shooting strength to the shooting speed, as well as the replacement of arrows, these are all Improvement is a top priority.

After a period of improvement, in March of the second year of Hongwu, the remodeling of the latest style of cavalry hand crossbow was completed.

The new cavalry hand crossbow is more sophisticated in design, using higher-quality materials to make strings, and using continuous crossbow technology and custom arrows, one loading can be fired five times in a row, and the range and shooting power are improved compared to the original ones. .

The only problem is that the cost is relatively high, so only two batches of production have been completed so far, and they are only equipped for the frontier cavalry.

In this battle, Su Yonglin searched the internal library and prepared [-] new-style cavalry hand crossbows to distribute to the Northern Expedition Army. As if Han Jinggui had obtained a treasure, he equipped them all, and let some of the cavalry bird guns be replaced by cannons, and they would shoot non-stop with the new-style hand crossbows.

The good thing about a crossbow is that it is easier to get started than a bow and arrow, and the technical threshold is lower, and it can form combat effectiveness faster than an archer.

In the process of fighting against the Jinbing, the Restoration Army propped up its facade by relying on crossbowmen who quickly formed combat effectiveness.

But the crossbow is bad because the production cost is high, the maintenance cost is high, and the bad dynasty economy can't afford such a big loss.

Therefore, such high-end weapons are generally not widely used by the army, which also makes the army of the Ming Dynasty sometimes master such technology, but cannot be installed in the army.

Su Yonglin has no such troubles. He spends a lot of money on the military and scientific research. No matter what high-end weapons, he will solve technical problems for me, find ways to reduce costs, and then give me mass production and installation!

Don't tell us how awesome new discoveries and new technologies are, I'll just ask you two questions.

Can it be mass produced?
Can you get an army?
So at this moment, the cavalry of the Ming army who used the new hand crossbow really made the Kled cavalry who were good at riding and shooting, realize that what is called science and technology is the primary productive force.

The sharp arrows came like raindrops, which was not something that surprised the steppe cavalry.

But round after round of non-stop arrow rain is very puzzling.

How on earth did they complete the launch so quickly in such a short period of time?
The steppe cavalry can't figure it out, and they don't have time to figure it out. It's too late for them, and there's not enough time for them to think.

The rain-like arrows struck five times when the Ming cavalry charged, but the Kled cavalry shot only once.

The qualitative change brought about by the quantitative change caused the unarmored Kled cavalry to fall to the ground one after another. The dense arrows brought a huge blow to the Kled cavalry. , while the blow to the Ming army was quite limited.

It is true that in such a fierce confrontation, being hit by an arrow and falling from a horse is equivalent to death, and it is easy to be trampled to death by a war horse without being thrown to death, but in contrast, the death of the Kled cavalry is far more terrifying than that of the Ming army.

Terry suddenly felt that he could not understand the battle situation.

What's happening here?
The battle situation he expected was not like this. He wanted to give full play to the technical advantages of the steppe cavalry. First, he opened up the distance, and then while the Han people were chasing, he used the turning back and cavalry shooting tactics that the Han people could never master.

Most of the cavalry under his command began to practice horse archery since childhood. Many of them not only possessed the technique of running and shooting, but also mastered the unique skills of arching left and right and turning around to shoot.

He believed that the cavalry of the Ming army was definitely not as powerful as them in cavalry and archery.

So his tactic was to fly a kite, and the Ming cavalry chased after him. His cavalry ran lightly in front, and then turned around and shot them by surprise.

Use such tactics to exhaust the physical strength of the Ming army's cavalry, and when the time comes, a large-scale counterattack will be able to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop and win.

However, this situation is not at all what he thought.

The Ming army cavalry is not only not inferior in speed and riding skills, but also has hand-to-hand combat ability.
What sorcery is this?
Being caught off guard by the Ming army's hand crossbow, a large number of Kled cavalry fell to their deaths, and the queue became chaotic.

Well, it's a new round of fighting.

Under the command of Han Jinggui, the main force of the Ming Army's central army pressed on, and launched a large-scale close combat with Kled's hand-to-hand combat troops who had tried to retreat but failed to retreat. They were tightly entangled so that they could not escape. The shooting cavalry of the hand crossbow maneuvered at high speed, turning the people shot by Kled's cavalry and shooting troops on their backs.

Both sides were suppressed, and the entire army had a tendency to be surrounded by the Ming army from the outside. This made Tuoli completely lose his normal mentality, and he began to panic.

Why is this happening?

The situation of the war did not develop according to his imagination from the very beginning, completely exceeding all his expectations before the war.

He began to think about what to do and how to restore this situation. He tried to send his brave generals to lead an elite cavalry team to attack the Ming army, trying to defeat the Ming army with a counterattack and turn the situation around with absolute bravery.

However, his efforts were futile and meaningless. The Ming army showed no sign of failure at all. Instead, he entangled his reserve team, entangled them hard, chased after the buttocks and slaughtered, fighting fiercely. The slaughter was brutal.

The battle situation had progressed to this point, and Tuoli was stunned to find that he had lost control of the battle situation. There were no other troops around him that could be used except the Guards, and they were all pressed up to fight the Ming army decisively.

He has no means of turning the tide of the war.

(End of this chapter)