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Chapter 944 Xuanfu cavalry, invincible

The soldiers of the Mongolian Cavalry Division of the Xuanfu Army Cavalry Battalion are all Mongolian men who grew up on horseback when they were young.

However, the habits they have developed over the years are hard to change. Although they are very fond of the Yunzhou short-hand gun, a weapon that kills the enemy on the battlefield, they are still not used to it. Nearly half of the three hundred knights still feel that it is still flying. Throwing weapons such as axes are easy to use.

The Mongolian cavalry is different from the heavy cavalry in front. They spread out more widely. Although there are only [-] knights including the rangers, the formation after the dispersal looks more numerous than the [-] light cavalry in the front.

When the Mongolian knights were thirty steps away from the Tartar captives, they ran sideways with their horses on their horses. At the same time, there was another burst of "bang! bang!" from the pistols.

When the two armies intersected, throwing weapons such as throwing axes and iron bones continued to shoot at each other in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Although there were people who were hit by the shots on both sides, wailing and screaming, but few fell.

However, those Tartar captives who were hit by short-handed guns all fell off their horses. After all, the kinetic energy of gunpowder is far greater than human arm strength. A galloping horse can also knock down one of its guns.

But the hundred rangers ran in the opposite direction, enclosing the remaining horses after the heavy cavalry had transferred to the cavalry formation.

The rangers were originally formed in the army at night. Although after several reforms, some were transferred to the Tiger Guards Camp, some joined the bandits, some stayed in the Chen Zhongjun in the Lihe River, and some occupied various places in Henan and North Zhili. The mountain is king.

In the cavalry department of the cavalry camp, only Bailaoye is not accepted. All of them are also skilled in riding, and they all know the habits of war horses very well. I saw that they fought against the Qing army's captive cavalry in a row. After holding the gun, he roared to drive away the horses left by the heavy cavalry, and rushed back to his own formation.

At this time, the light cavalry had also separated from the fighting with the Tartars, and they were rushing to join the rangers here, and then rushed back to the army formation together.

Dozens of paces away behind them, the Tartar cavalry roared wildly and rode their horses in pursuit. Although there were fewer and fewer throwing spears and throwing axes, the captive cavalry chasing in the front row drew out their bows one after another. Shoot out a bunch of big gift arrows.

While galloping like this, the arrows shot by the Tartars must not be as powerful as when they dismount and shoot at foot, but there are all Xuanfu cavalry from the Ming army in front of them, so there is no need to aim at all.

However, the cavalry of the Xuanfu cavalry are all well-equipped, and they should be the best-equipped cavalry in the Ming Dynasty's army. The noise kept coming, but there were few casualties.

Occasionally, however, war horses were shot by arrows. Under the pain, they naturally galloped. The strong and healthy horse shot down.

Although there were not many casualties, those galloping horses caused chaos in the ranks of Xuanfu's light cavalry. From time to time, the mounts of the light cavalry were bumped and staggered, and some of the light cavalry immediately fell off their horses.

Fortunately, they practiced for a long time, and most of them were able to grab the arm handed over by their companion at the moment they fell off the horse, jump up and jump on the companion's horse, and the two of them rode back to their own army in a hurry.

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"Tom!"

Almost at the same time that the heavy cavalry crashed into the Tarzi cavalry formation, the third sound of the trumpet was heard from the Central Army of the Xuanda Allied Forces.

Thousands of soldiers from the Left and Right Battalions of Datong Town began to advance to the beat of the "Dong Dong" drums. There were nearly a hundred small chariots in the front row.

The front of this small chariot is equipped with a baffle plate, and the left and right sides of the chariot can also be opened after the car stops, and the ground is fixed with a piece of wood, and a small cannon is installed on the car board, which can blast Shoot the enemy army.

The small chariot is more than three feet wide, and it only needs four people to push it forward. After the front row and the three boards on both sides are deployed, it can provide nearly a foot of protection for the soldiers behind the chariot.

Behind the chariot are two dense rows of shield formations. Each of them has a hundred shield soldiers horizontally, one shield formation is [-] shield soldiers, and the five shield formations have a total of [-] shield soldiers.

Behind them was a row of spearmen, and behind the spearmen there were three rows of archers. They held bows and arrows, and they were all ready to shoot from a distance.

Fifty paces away from them, the captive cavalry were raging, and the sound of horseshoes stamping on the ground was deafening, and the soldiers of the left and right battalions of the Datong Army also felt panicked.

But under the orders of the team officers, they could only walk forward with heavy steps, but the trembling hat tassels and spear points perfectly exposed the fear in their hearts.

Right behind them, the cannons of the two chariot battalions continued to "rumble", which gave them a little more confidence. Otherwise, I am afraid that the order from the Shangguan would not be able to dispel the fear in their hearts.

"stop."

"Take the cards..."

"The artillery is ready!"

With a shout, the front chariot stopped neatly in place, and the sergeant quickly ran to the side of the chariot, unfolded the cards on both sides, and settled the supporting wooden stakes, and the chariots were connected together, just like Like a solid wooden wall.

"Drop the shield!"

Rows of large shields fell on the ground in unison, forming an impenetrable shield wall ten steps behind the chariot. The distance between each of the five shield formations was more than twenty steps.

"Like out..."

The spearmen following the shield formation also stepped forward quickly, protruding their long spears forward from the gaps on the shields as ordered by the superior.

It's really a shield formation into the wall, and spears like a forest.

The shield formation at this moment is like a big hedgehog with its whole body shrunk, protecting itself within the outer spikes.

"Archer, shoot!"

After hearing the order, the three rows of archers who had already been prepared immediately opened their bows and set up arrows, one by one piercing the sky and flying towards the direction where the Tartar cavalry were coming.

"Shoot... shoot..."

With a shout, a puff of arrows flew out, with the feeling of covering the sky and the sun.

The arrows thrown like this are still very limited in terms of lethality for the heavy armored Tartar cavalry. Its greatest effect is nothing more than giving the enemy a strong sense of oppression. The horse under the crotch will also destroy its charge.

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At this time, the Xuanfu cavalry who attacked from the left wing were retreating, but the [-] knights of the Mongolian cavalry did not rush back, but galloped towards the northwest wilderness outside the Tartar cavalry formation.

The right wing of the Qing army was the Mongolian Yellow Banner soldiers and horses led by Tulai. Some of the elite among them even rode two horses. Most of the knights held bows and arrows in their hands. Sharp arrows.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Mengqi Division of the Xuanfu Army were all like them. They grew up on horseback, and their skills in controlling horses, riding and shooting were not inferior to them.

Knights who are skilled in riding and archery are also very good at dodging arrows. They are not foolishly controlling their horses and galloping, but following the rhythm of the horse's bumps, their bodies are also swaying back and forth, making it difficult for the opponent to find the pattern shoot yourself.

And those Mongolian warriors who are really good at riding and archery are able to catch the arrow when they are galloping, and use their own bow to return the arrow to its owner.

Mo Zhigen led the Mongolian elite cavalry under his command to gallop on horses. They didn't entangle with the northern captive cavalry of Xianghuang Banner.

Their intention was obvious, that was to go to meet Zhang Guangda and other heavy cavalry who had rushed into the Tartar formation. After all, all the heavy cavalry were armored, and although they were all as strong as tanks, they could not last long.

It's not for nothing that Tulai earned his reputation. On the one hand, he organized his Beilu warriors to intercept Zhang Guangda and other heavy cavalry, and on the other hand, he divided his troops to pursue Mo Zhigen and his group of Mongolian cavalry.

Although the two sides belong to the same race, but due to the different interests of their respective tribes, they serve the two opposing forces respectively, and when they fight on the battlefield, they also kill each other.

Tulai hated these scum who served the Han people the most, and he sent his most elite cavalry to chase after Mo Zhigen and the others.

And Mo Zhigen also hated Tulai and the others deeply. It was precisely because Tulai and the others surrendered to the Houjin Tartars that the strength of the Tartars increased greatly, and in turn they massacred and enslaved their own tribes.

They regard each other as "traitors" and "traitors". exist.

Suddenly, there was a commotion on the right side of the Mongolian Xianghuang Banner formation. Under the sun, a heavy armored cavalry with a icy cold light rushed out from the Xianghuang Banner Beilu formation.

The roar of the iron cavalry echoed the screams of the Beilu. They were not running fast, and because the horses and men were all in armor, they couldn't go as fast as they wanted.

But it is this neither fast nor slow speed that allows them to maintain the strictness and unity of the armored cavalry formation. Just like when they rushed into the Mongolian Yellow Banner formation, the Xuanfu cavalry that rushed out still maintained a horizontal row of five people. queue.

After they rushed out of the Beilu cavalry formation, they did not change direction in a hurry, and continued to run towards the west wilderness in an orderly formation. On both sides and behind them, countless sharp arrows of the Qing army flew towards them.

The sound of "Ding Ding Dang Dang" was heard endlessly. These arrows were shot at the armor of the armor and the horse, but they were unable to penetrate these protections, and fell on the side of the road where Xuanfu's iron cavalry was running.

Mo Zhigen shouted loudly in Mongolian, and commanded his Mongolian warriors to meet Zhang Guangda. They quickly dispersed around the cavalry, forming a line of defense to protect the cavalry in front.

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Over there, the Mongolian Cavalry and the Iron Cavalry gathered in one place, and were slowly changing direction and rushing back to the army formation. Although the northern captive cavalry from Mongolia with the Yellow Banner intercepted them, they looked weak in front of the Iron Armored Elite Cavalry.

However, something happened to the Left Wing Battalion of Datong Town here. Under the charge of the Manchurian White Banner Tartars, their entire battalion suddenly collapsed.

It turned out that it was Azig who gathered all the Bayara elite from the Xiangbai Banner here to attack the left wing battalion of the Datong Army, while leaving the right wing battalion to Adai's Mongolian Zhenghuang Banner to attack.

Azig was originally a strong general, and he had two Jiala Tartars in the Zhengbai Banner before. Although he is now the banner owner of the Xiangbai Banner, he has not returned the two Jiala soldiers in the Zhengbai Banner. .

Therefore, even though Xiangbai Banner suffered a lot of damage at the foot of Changling Mountain, two Jiala troops were added out of thin air, which made Xiangbai Banner's real combat power not decrease but increase.

And because of the problems in the history of the Eight Banners, the number of cattle recorded by the three Dorgon brothers is second only to the father-son combination of Huang Taiji and Haoge in the Qing Dynasty.

The Xiangbai Banner and Zhengbai Banner already had a large number of bulls, many soldiers and strong horses, and were powerful, especially the Xiangbai Banner owned by Duoduo, whose strength was far higher than the Zhengbai Banner.

Although Changling Mountain suffered a lot of damage in the next battle, the emaciated camel was bigger than a horse, and the Xiangbai Banner was still an extraordinary force among the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

This is also the reason why Huang Taiji spent so much time and energy on how to arrange the position of the banner owner. He deliberately wanted to suppress the three Dorgon brothers.

However, due to the tradition of the Eight Banners, for the sake of the unity of the Qing Dynasty, he never dared to use ruthless tactics. This time, Duoduo was killed by Zhang Cheng's Xuanfu army in front of the battle. Had to succumb to internal unity.

It was such a powerful and fierce Eight Banners brigade, and their rushing momentum directly frightened the soldiers of the left-wing battalion of the Datong Army.

I don't know whether it was due to fear, or because of a momentary shaking of hands, when the Xiangbai Banner Tartar was still a hundred steps away, there was a crisp sound of "bang", which caused the whole battalion to fire their guns.

Although this round of bombardment also killed and wounded some captives, but after all, the distance is too far, except for those big guns and small cannons that are still powerful, most of the firecrackers are just audible, and they can't kill any captives at all. role.

Seeing that the firing of guns and guns did not play its due role, and had no effect on the charge of the Tartars, the pawns beside the chariot in front panicked and retreated behind the shield formation.

But they retreated all the way to where the archers were, and they still had no intention of stopping. Although Ma Baozhong, the general of the left-wing battalion, led the servants around him and tried their best to suppress them, the effect was not obvious.

At this moment, a sergeant was frightened by the scene of the servant beheading the fugitive. When he saw the famous servant rushing towards him, he shouted loudly: "Fight it, the left and right are dead, and I'm afraid of you!" Ball!"

He swung the blunderbuss that had been empty in his hand, and threw it at the servant who was walking with the knife.

Although his resistance was weak at all, and he was quickly chopped down to the ground by the famous scholar Ding, but even though he was dead, the chain reaction caused by him continued to spread.

The musketeers and chariot soldiers who didn't know why were around were startled by his voice, and they were all stunned when they saw him hacked to death by Ma Baozhong's servant because of his resistance.

It seemed that the feeling of sympathy for each other instantly ignited the anger in their hearts. I don't know which one suddenly yelled strangely: "Damn, I usually suffer from this shriveled brat, and I can't escape from the left and right. Let's fight his grandma..."

In an instant, the anger of the chariot soldiers and gunmen who had retreated was completely ignited. They either swung their guns or drew their waist knives, and immediately fought with Ma Baozhong's servants.

(End of this chapter)