Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 436
As expected, the rear army is larger in scale, but its strength is not as good as that of the Beijing camp.

Although the Beijing Camp was established in May and June, there were also a small number of new recruits, but most of them were veterans.

After more than half a year of training, after becoming familiar with military law and formation, sufficient salary and food, the Beijing camp has almost achieved the effect of being reborn.

As the rear army of the Jianghuai soldiers, one is the Sichuan soldiers and the state soldiers, and the other is the four towns in Jiangbei, which are not the same as the Beijing camp.

Especially the officers who decide whether the army is strong or not, they are not bad on the surface, but in fact they are still afraid of the Qing army like a tiger.

Therefore, in Zhu Yixi's eyes, although the rear army had a hard shell, under the persistent attack of the Qing army, gaps were still exposed.

And they are like tortoises, after breaking through the shell, the inside is full of flesh and blood, and they are killed and turned on their backs.

Just like the characteristics of warfare in this era, the condescending cavalry are like heavy tanks, constantly harvesting human lives, while the resisting infantry either flinched or gathered to fight.

But anyway, the emperor was upstairs, and the soldiers were tenacious, fighting and retreating.

"It's not good if the battle formation is chaotic."

Relying on the sprinting ability of the cavalry, the Qing army kept rushing forward, as if they wanted to penetrate the entire army formation.

The emperor was not in a hurry.

He turned his head and said to Li Jingwu, "Is the cavalry battalion still there?"

"Your Majesty, considering the difficulty of defending the city, the cavalry battalion has been staying in the rear to recharge."

"Then go out!" The emperor couldn't help but said, "Should we save it for the New Year?"

"Yes!" Li Jingwu nodded hurriedly, feeling more and more distressed.

As the ballast stone for his command of the Huaihai defense line, the importance of the cavalry battalion is self-evident. Over the years of operation, the scale has reached 5000 people, one man and two horses.

Although he knew that there were more than [-] cavalry below, he could only grit his teeth and order the cavalry battalion to attack.

Because only cavalry can slow down the offensive of the opponent's cavalry.

Seemingly aware of his thoughts, the emperor said nonchalantly: "Cavalry are for fighting, not for keeping in boudoir."

As he said that, Li Jingwu saw the emperor raise his arm, pointing at the group of Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners and said: "Although it is said that Jiannu is not credible, the Mongols are greedy and have no loyalty. After the war, the captives can still fill the cavalry barracks."

"Look, there are so many war horses. Only with horses can there be cavalry. These are us."

Looking at the cavalry galloping down the city, Li Jingwu's breathing began to become short of breath.

Why doesn't he want to have so many cavalry?
Accompanied by an order, the cavalry battalion that had been preparing for a long time left the city, like a shooting star, galloping towards the rear army.

There are tens of thousands of Qing cavalry.

"Squeak-"

dong dong dong-

The heavy horseshoes hit the ground, and a large amount of gravel began to vibrate, as if a heavy drum was beating, which made people panic.

"This is?"

In the distance, Jierhalang on the high platform was taken aback, his eyes widened involuntarily.

Hauge and Luck Dehun were also watching the battle from the side, and they also cast their eyes, and they were also very surprised.

I saw thousands of cavalry in heavy armor moving forward at a constant speed.

Both men and horses are wearing armor, and they are all burly and tall, making people shudder at a glance.

"Heavy cavalry—"

Ji Erhalang gritted his teeth and said word by word.

The rise of the Qing Dynasty was not the cavalry they were proud of, but the heavy infantry—the cavalry and armored heavy infantry equipped with muskets.

It's like everyone always thought that the Ming army was the army with the highest weaponization. In fact, shortly after Nurhachi raised his army, its weaponization was the highest in the East.

For example, Nurhachi stipulated that each of the Eight Banners sent [-] armored soldiers, ten of whom were Baiba Yala, and carried two cannons.

For the artillerymen who surrendered from the Ming army, "the first-class gunners will be rewarded with 80 taels of silver, and the second-class gunners will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver." Finally, Li Yutian, governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, said: "The power of slaves... casts cannons and makes medicine, ten times My artifact is now!"

The Mongols have always been the best in riding skills. For example, the Liaodong Army led by Wu Sangui often came and went with equal numbers of people killed by the Eight Banners.

Furthermore, in the endless grassland of Liaodong, the light cavalry is the king of war, and the heavy cavalry is just a living target.

However, this is also in comparison.

In the south where the terrain is narrow, the heavy cavalry has a final effect, and the effect of the finale appearance is full.

For example, at this time, the cavalry entered the stomach of the sister-in-law like a grandson, raging to their heart's content, so happy that the sister-in-law kept screaming.

At this time, the heavy cavalry that appeared was like a colonoscope, constantly squeezing the cavalry, thus causing the cavalry to fall into the quagmire.

As we all know, once cavalry cannot run, they can only be reduced to meat targets and be slaughtered.

"Let the cavalry move!"

Jierharang said with a serious face.

Immediately, there was a burst of snare drums.

But by this time, it was too late.

Three thousand heavy cavalry, like an awl, directly inserted into the infantry's breach, crushing the cavalry along the road to pieces like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

The Qing soldiers who were working in the rear were instantly shocked, and hurriedly divided their troops to meet the enemy.

If they were in the wild, heavy cavalry could not run fast at all, and would easily be hunted and killed by light cavalry wandering around.

But this was in the army formation. After the Qing army's offensive slackened, the infantry swarmed up like a tide, carefully surrounding the cavalry.

At this time, the Qing soldiers had only one way to break out.

With their superior force, it's easy.

But in the face of thousands of heavy cavalry, and more than ten thousand cavalry after that, Man Baqi was not afraid, but wanted to fight.

Because they understand that as long as it lasts for a while, the heavy cavalry will be exhausted and become their trophies.

And it seemed that they knew what they were thinking. After entering the rear army, the cavalry battalion immediately aimed at the Mongolian Eight Banners who were not determined to fight.

As long as the Mongolian Eight Banners, which accounted for half of the cavalry, retreated, it would be enough to reverse the situation.

As a result, the two sides began to fight for their own goals.

But at this time, a situation also appeared in the former army.

It turned out that after the heavy armored infantry had no effect and suffered a lot of damage, Jierhalang immediately replaced it with a shield vehicle.

This kind of shield car was invented specifically to restrain the weapons of the Ming Dynasty.

The shield cart is half a foot high and more than a foot wide. It is like a flat wooden cart with a wooden shield, which can protect five or six people such as archers and musketeers at the same time.

There is a layer of cowhide on the outside of the shield car, and a layer of iron sheet inside. Small bricks and stones will not move, big bricks and stones will roll down, and firewood will not burn.

Even a heavy arquebus such as a turtledove foot gun can penetrate a 4mm iron plate, but it is powerless against the level of defense of a shield car.

Obviously, after seeing the power of the Ming army's muskets, the Qing army had to come up with a unique move.

(End of this chapter)