East Factory Governor

Chapter 743 Ambushes appear!

Two groups of Mongolian cavalry roared towards the artillery positions of the Ming army.

The Ming army was on standby without any panic.

These are elite soldiers who have gone through hundreds of battles, and they have no opponents in their eyes.If they were still afraid of the Eight Banners soldiers two years ago, then in their eyes now, the Eight Banners soldiers are just defeated generals.

What's more, it was only Mongolian cavalry who came.

Five thousand Mongolian cavalry?Ha ha, another five thousand and they don't have to be cowardly!

These Mongolian cavalry were well-equipped, and each had a firecracker gun in their hands. When they rushed to more than 100 meters away from the Ming infantry's horse-repelling formation, they fired one after another.

"Bang bang bang!"

Countless blue smoke rose, and the projectiles immediately poured into the Ming army's position like raindrops.

The shield soldiers on the outermost layer are all equipped with large shields. One can imagine how big the shields specially used to stop the horses from trampling are. Two people can be hidden behind one shield.But with the energy of the firecracker at that time, it was far from enough to break the shield.

Therefore, the Ming army hid well, and most of the projectiles hit the shield, or hit the air because of poor accuracy. This round of volley shot down, and the Ming army only killed or injured nearly a hundred people-this is because they refused to shoot. In the horse formation, the reason why the personnel lined up too densely.

The horse-rejecting formation was not in chaos at all, but the morale of the Ming army was even stronger, and they shouted at the Mongolian cavalry, saying that they would attack!

The Mongolian cavalry had never seen such a Ming army. In the past, as long as they fired a volley, the opponent would cry and shout for their mothers, and the formation was chaotic. Now they are not only not chaotic, but even provocative?
What made them vomit blood even more was that the artillerymen of the Ming army completely ignored them. After avoiding this round of salvo, they still fired at Tai'an City, and they didn't even bother to pay attention to them!
The Mongolian cavalry were about to cry.

Hey, we are Mongolian cavalry, please respect us, okay?Five thousand iron cavalry, see clearly that it is five thousand, you should be afraid at least, okay?
Sincerely no one cares about them.

But the strange thing is that after these cavalry arrived, they didn't attack. Instead, they circled around the Ming army's horse-rejection formation, and immediately continued to fill the firecrackers with ammunition, looking like they wanted to shoot another round!
This time it was Ming Jun's turn to be confused!

What are these gangsters doing?Don't follow the rules at all!
When they rushed over, they could still carry a round of volleys. What if they were surrounded by firecrackers?With such a close distance, the cavalry in the south can hit the back of the shield soldiers of the Ming army in the north, and the cavalry in the north can hit the back of the shield soldiers in the south.
Zhang Xiao didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately ordered the shield soldiers and spearmen to take the initiative to attack. The Mongolian cavalry must not be allowed to load ammunition comfortably!
With an order, the shield soldiers and spearmen immediately alternated to cover each other and rushed towards the Mongolian cavalry.

When the Mongolian cavalry saw it, they immediately stopped loading ammunition, and drew out their sabers to fight the Ming army.

In this way, the Ming army's rejection of horses will collapse!
At this moment, a Mongolian cavalry of about 300 men went straight to the artillery of the Ming army like a sharp knife.

Zhang Xiao sneered when he saw it, "These Oirat barbarians do have some brains."

Without waiting for his order, the shield soldiers and spearmen closest to the artillery, about a thousand people, immediately regrouped and surrounded the artillery tightly again!
When the Mongolian cavalry rushed to the front, they were immediately dumbfounded. Why did they surround them again?How fast are these bastards?

Originally they thought this was an excellent strategy, first they used firecrackers to force the Ming army to disintegrate the horse-repelling formation, and then assaulted the opponent's artillery, but now they found that this strategy was useless at all!
Of course it didn't work!Because these 1000 people are members of the Qinglongtang and Baihutang of the Jianghe Gang, and their mission is to protect the precious artillery and red cannons.In order to protect the artillery well, they have drilled countless formations and practiced countless times in the field. The current formation has long been familiar and can't be more familiar, so it is not difficult to gather quickly after spreading out!
The cavalry detachment of hundreds of people saw that the opponent's horse-repelling formation was extremely strict, and the spears were shining coldly, and stopped immediately. They wanted to repeat the old trick and continued to fill the firecrackers with ammunition.

This is a bit of a joke. Is it true that the Ming army has become a mess?

Don't forget that there are as many as 500 Ming army shields and spearmen protecting the artillery, and there are [-] elite cavalry in reserve [-] meters away to the south, and none of them have come!

In the blink of an eye, more than 1000 spearmen came back to help, and rushed to kill this Mongolian assault cavalry!
The Mongolian cavalry had a psychological advantage against the Ming army in the past. They believed that as long as they rushed up, the Ming army's infantry would collapse.But now they found that no matter how they rushed, these infantry were still orderly, not only did they evade quite smoothly, there were very few people who pushed each other and fell down, and the speed of gathering was surprisingly fast!
Like a flock of sparrows!

Moreover, their cooperation is surprisingly good!

Their basic formation is a group of three, with one shield soldier and two spearmen. The shield soldiers protect the spearmen from being trampled by horseshoes and sabers, while the spearmen stab the horses directly. The cavalry was immediately smashed into a sieve-who made others have more infantry?

Not long after the battle, five thousand Mongolian iron cavalry turned their backs one after another, and the neighing of the horses mixed with the wailing of the cavalry, which was extremely tragic.

Obviously, these [-] Mongolian cavalry are no match for the [-] Ming army horse infantry!Anyone with a discerning eye can see that their defeat is inevitable!
The shock in the Mongolian cavalry's heart could not be added at this moment.

This is not the Ming army they know at all, it can be concluded that this is another army!
Now, they finally understood why the Ming Kingdom dared to make the Northern Expedition, and why Huang Taiji contacted so many allies to resist together as if facing a great enemy!

Qin Shuhuai was not worried about the [-] Mongolian cavalry who came to attack him. He believed that Zhang Xiao could handle it easily.

He is more concerned about the southern city wall that is about to collapse.

As long as another gap is opened, he is ready to let the army attack the city.

At this moment, a red firework suddenly rose in Tai'an City.

Qin Shuhuai frowned, as if he had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, not long after, the Dongchang Fanzi who was in charge of the peripheral investigation came to report.

"Reporting to Duke Du, there are two groups of ambushes from the southwest and southeast that surpassed our army, about [-] each! They are now three miles away!"

Qin Shuhuai, Li Jingting and others who were present were all taken aback.

"Where did these ambush soldiers come from?" Li Jingting wondered, "There are plains all around, there is no place for ambush soldiers at all!"

That fan immediately said, "Say yes, it came out of the ground!"

Qin Shuhuai suddenly realized that the Ming army had been building castles and fortresses on the front line of Jinning, and the Tartars might not be idle!It's probably because they dug a lot of tunnels underground with ingenuity and secrets, thus ambushing soldiers and horses underground!

The Tartars believed that field battles were far stronger than the Ming army, so even if they wanted to build fortifications, they had to build them in the open, the kind of fortifications that would facilitate a decisive field battle with the Ming army!
They dug an ambush tunnel three miles away, the Tartars were indeed courageous enough, and the work was done meticulously!You must know that there are a large number of horse posts of the Ming army within three miles. Once something strange is found underground, the ambush soldiers underground will not be able to climb out.

From this point of view, in this first line of defense, the Tartars have spent a lot of money. They not only want to consume the Ming army, but even want to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop!
(End of this chapter)