Lu Ming

Chapter 584 The Battle of Daling River ([-])
Hearing that there was an enemy attack, the Houjin cavalry, who were originally in a state of repair, suddenly climbed frantically on their own horses.

It has to be said that an army that has experienced countless battles and is on the rise is still very good in terms of tactical literacy.

Even in this sudden moment of racing against time, the cavalry in the valley still adjusted spontaneously: those who met the enemy in front mounted their horses urgently, and the rear team put on armor for each other, preparing for a second reload charge.

At the moment when Houjin Qingqi was about to rush out of Shixiakou, the sound of rumbling horseshoes also came from far to near, turning around from the opposite corner.

The two sides finally met at this moment.

From the point of view of the rear golden cavalry, the enemy who suddenly killed them in front of them seemed to be just a group of common Ming officers and soldiers: wearing leather helmets and red fat jackets.

But this is just an appearance.

If you look at the details carefully, this cavalry unit from the Ming Dynasty is not so Ming.The visitors not only have a neat formation and excellent mounts, but also have completely different weapons and equipment from ordinary cavalry. Most importantly, this cavalry unit is full of murderous spirits, and it does not look like a bereaved dog after a defeat.

Murderous aura is actually more of a mental outlook shown through introversion; it's not like what laymen think, it's murderous aura to shout loudly with a ferocious face.

The same is true for incoming enemies.Apart from the tense face and skilled horse control movements, no unnecessary noise was made.In the lengthy canyon, only the sound of roaring horseshoes and the blowing cold air remained.This kind of cold and monotonous scene, accompanied by the upcoming fight, is extremely suffocating.

The raiders put tremendous pressure on the rear golden cavalry who rushed out of the narrow mouth.However, when Wotu, who was rushing to the front, saw the enemy for the first time, he took a breath, ignored the charge, and suddenly reined in vigorously, so the horseman stood up and neighed loudly.

It was not the murderous intent that caused Wotu to rein in urgently, but the strange formation of the opponent.

line column.

Hot weapons eliminate the most important formation in cold weapon warfare: line formation.

At this moment, Wotu saw an unheard of "line": about seventy or eighty steps away, at the corner of the canyon, a seemingly thin line formed by several rows of cavalry.Like a stick, but also like a wall, it was so weird, it turned around neatly.

This way of turning in ranks does not seem to be complicated, it is nothing more than the inner circle shortens the stride length and the outer circle expands.In later generations, this is a group movement familiar to elementary school students, because it is often used in sports meetings.

But in the seventeenth century, this formation suitable for hot weapons was beyond the comprehension of cold weapon troops.Don't think that the elite cavalry in ancient times would run in the queue, that's all TV drama nonsense.

The real cavalry with cold weapons has been a group/swarm charge since ancient times, and they can't form a line formation at all. Because it's useless.

The cavalry line charge tactic is a kind of competitive and disciplined interaction that will only appear after the popularization of hot weapons, the need for salvo battlefields, more high-end military organization capabilities, and long-term professional training conditions. Cruel tactics - two walls collide, kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.This brutal tactic is maintained by a high degree of organizational discipline, which is simply not within the scope of adaptation of the old army.

Of course, today's Chunlei Battalion Jingqi didn't come here to fight the enemy's line.The so-called surprise attack, what the Manchu people didn't notice was that although the enemy seemed fierce, the speed of the horses was actually not fast.

As a result, when the wall-like queue turned around and faced the enemy cavalry head-on, the speed of several walls slowed down again, almost to the point of jogging.

At this moment, the lightly dressed Houjin Qingqi began to rush out of the narrow valley.

At this moment, Jiala Ezhenwotu, inexplicably horrified, reined in his horse and stood upright like a psychic.

At this moment, a huge human voice began to echo in the mountains on both sides: "The front row is ready, aim, hit!!"

The next moment, white smoke spewed out from the array neatly, and Houjin Qingqi who had just rushed out of the valley entrance on the opposite side suddenly turned on his back and was knocked down. The narrow valley entrance was blocked.

In order to ambush before, the Houjin Ministry specially chose a stone valley with a big belly and a small mouth with lush vegetation on both sides to ambush.So since it is the valley terrain used for ambush, the opening must be narrow, which made the post-Golden Cavalry tactics unfavorable.

Now here comes the trouble: the mouth of the valley is blocked.

The internal reason for the blockage of the valley entrance is the narrow opening, while the external reason is the opponent's dense musket bullets.

After the first wave of musket fire, the rider on horseback instantly inserted the short-barreled cavalry carbine backhand into the waist pocket.Immediately afterwards, the soldier drew skillfully, and the spare gun on the other side was in his hand.

At this time, the excellent war horse that has been trained for a long time has slowly stopped its pace under the hint of its owner.Then, a second round of gunfire rang out.

After the second round of gunfire, there was a greater degree of chaos at the entrance of the valley: the large horses were shot more, and the dead and wounded horses made it impossible for the following cavalry to rush out of the valley quickly.

From this moment on, the victory or defeat has actually been decided: once the charging ability is unloaded by the corpse of the horse, then in front of the opponent with advanced muskets, the post-golden warrior has no other way out except to be shot in the air.

The third round of musket salvo began soon.

Under the scorching sun and military batons in the past, the soldiers of the Chunlei Battalion, who had undergone rigorous training, finally gave full play to what they had learned in training in today's actual combat scene.

After the soldier finished shooting, he handed out the empty gun with his left hand, and at the same time received the live ammunition gun from Paozawa behind him with his right hand.The whole process was smooth and smooth, accompanied by the continuous sound of gunfire, empty guns were passed from front to back, and the whole process was smooth and smooth without any sense of stagnation.

In war, the smoothness of one side represents the flesh and blood of the other side.As the battle continued, the post-golden cavalrymen who kept trying to rush out of the valley were knocked to the ground.

Soon, the corpses of Taniguchi's men and horses piled up a slope.Follow-up cavalry stepped on such irregular obstacles, and it took a lot of effort to pass through them smoothly, let alone charge.

Seeing that the situation was favorable, Li Yingguan immediately turned on the small horn, and directed the fence to advance slowly for a distance of 50 meters.This position is only a few tens of meters away from the mouth of the valley, which is convenient for changing the previous salvo to scattering.Now there is no need to shoot salvos. When you see someone outcropping on the slope, just strike accurately.

Suddenly, they were hit by an unheard of musket attack, which caused confusion among the Manchu and Mongolian warriors in the valley.They have become accustomed to the battle mode of the old Ming army, and are at a loss for the new war mode.

But Guarjiawotu, the highest commander on the scene, will understand a little bit.

Before and after the great battle when the Jin army entered Kou Mingguo, most of the main force of the bandits withdrew from the pass.

Afterwards, there was a change that Amin and Shuotuo were eaten by the traversers.

This change has an extremely far-reaching influence on the nascent Houjin regime.

Afterwards, in order to cover up the truth, the high-ranking Houjin officials who found out some facts at that time quickly unified the propaganda caliber in response to this matter: Amin's department bravely broke the queen, was besieged by countless Qin Wangming troops, and finally ran out of ammunition and food and was absolutely loyal to the country. Armin Big Baylor onboard!
This is the most reasonable and most convincing explanation for the soldiers at the bottom.

However, with regard to the elimination of the Amin Ministry, Guerjiawotu, as a high-ranking post-golden government, was able to get the correct information from the pass.So even though Wotu had never personally seen the legendary army, when he saw Li Jichun's troops for the first time, he felt something was wrong.

Perhaps this is the reason why his lucky star shined brightly, his inspiration flashed, and his mystic skills were full, so he reined in from the precipice and saved his life: the moment he reined in the horse, he was shot in the belly of the horse several times.After the horse fell to the ground, Wotu escaped the next few rounds of gunfire because his calf was pressed under the horse and he could not stand upright.

But what if he escaped the gunfire?

Wotu, who was rescued by his cronies in a hurry, now supports his injured leg, so he can only order to continue to organize infantry and charge.

This is the only order he can give as a commander. If he can't give this order, what order can he give?Do you want everyone to turn around and run away?In that case, he, Wotu, will be responsible for letting go of the defeated Ming army.

Therefore, although Wotu has realized in private that due to the appearance of the weird new force, the battlefield blocking mission he received before may be in vain.But from the perspective of his own interests, he must let the people rush out now, or win, or show the sweat to death, and must not turn around and run away.

So after the first wave of fighting, after only a brief pause, a large number of Houjin soldiers rushed out of the valley shouting.

What they encountered was a formation of dismounted infantry guns in three postures lying down, kneeling and standing.

This time, the cold weapon force made adjustments.Habitual, invincible adjustments in the past: wearing three layers of armor and holding a heavy shield, a warrior rushing into battle.

It's a pity that the brave warriors didn't know something: on a certain day a year ago, the warriors under the command of Amin and Shuoto also used the same equipment to charge the same armed forces.

So the charge failed again ignominiously.Slow-moving heavily armored warriors, under the discharge of industrialized rifled barrels, have no way of rushing to the enemy.

The buckshot fired by the cap gun is full of power.The heavily armored warrior who was hit was like being hit by a sledgehammer. Even if the bullet did not penetrate the armor, the kinetic energy was still transmitted into the internal organs, causing the warrior to vomit blood and lose the ability to move.

After the second round of charging, Taniguchi had piled up a high mountain of corpses.At this moment, the big gold warrior hiding in the valley has completely lost confidence.At this moment, there was a faint noise from outside: the Ming army was defeated and was passing by the mountain pass.

Wotu, who knew that the interception mission had completely failed, looked at the terrified flag soldiers of his own in the valley, gritted his teeth, and issued the most correct order so far: stand by and wait for help.

Misfortune never comes singly.

Just as Wotu gave the order, there was a rapid sound of the alarm bone flute from the back of the valley.Immediately afterwards, the lookout post that issued the alarm fell from a high place under the eyes of everyone, and fell to death in front of his own people.

The next moment, puffs of white smoke began to shoot out from the trees above the valley.And the rear golden banner soldiers below fell in response.

Seeing the surprise attack at the end of the team, Wotu was blessed at this moment. He turned his head slowly and as expected, a row of gun barrels shining with metallic light slowly emerged from the mountain of corpses several meters high.

(End of this chapter)