My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 977 The end of the cavalry

The horses were galloping and the warriors were roaring, but in the end they fell row by row under the guns of the Han army. Although the Wala people's bows and arrows could also cause some casualties to the Han army, they had a longer range and stronger power than those with longer range. Muskets, bows and arrows are obviously lagging behind.

However, although the Han army occupies some advantages, on the surface, this advantage is not big. Many Wala cavalry can even rush to the front of the Han army's formation. It seems that as long as they work harder, they can tear apart the Han army's formation. They rushed in and slaughtered the Han infantry.

"Bodu, you lead three thousand troops to reinforce Sekan!"

Those in the rear also saw the two armies at a stalemate first, so they immediately gave orders.

"Yes!"

Bodu next to him agreed and immediately led his troops away. After a while, he joined forces with Sekan and launched a more fierce attack on the Han army.

With the addition of Bodu, a new force, the Han army, which originally had a slight advantage, immediately turned into a disadvantage. Seeing that the defense line was in danger, it seemed that it might be broken through by the Wala cavalry at any time.

"Go back immediately and prepare to attack!"

Seeing that his side finally had the advantage, he immediately excitedly gave instructions to the surrounding generals.

"Yes!"

The surrounding Wala generals also immediately agreed, and then rushed back to their own army to prepare for the attack.

It’s just that Ye didn’t realize that when Ah She Zhiyuan left, there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth. Recently, he has been more wary of him. For example, in this expedition, Ye first used several of his younger brothers, but Ah She The Chief of Absolution is always watching by his side, and until now, the Chief of Absolution has not received any decent military exploits.

Ye Xian thought that the Han army's defense line would be broken soon, but to his surprise, although the Han army was in a very embarrassed state in the end, it still withstood the charge of two groups of cavalry. This made Ye Xian very angry. He simply did not wait any longer and directly commanded the army to launch a general attack. He believed that under his full attack, the Han army would definitely collapse like the Ming army.

"Finally here!"

Among the Han army, Chang Wei couldn't help but smile proudly when he saw the Oala army launching a general attack, and then ordered: "Pass my order, let the whole army let go, and let these Oala people see the power of our Han Dynasty's firearms!"

Zhu Zhanhe had just ordered them to hold back and shoot, so Chang Wei deliberately ordered the musketeers to slow down their shooting speed so as not to scare away the Wala people. After all, after so many years of improvement, the muskets could already restrain the cavalry. speed.

At this time, the Wara cavalry had also launched a general attack. Thirty thousand Wara cavalry charged, which was like an overwhelming force. When ordinary infantry encountered such a charge, they could only form a military formation to defend. It was best to withstand it, but it was impossible to withstand it. They could only let the cavalry massacre them.

However, this time the Wara cavalry ran into the fiercest firepower of the Han army. When Chang Wei asked the entire army to let go, they saw the sound of muskets from the Han army, and row after row of muskets intertwined. It forms a net of death. As long as the cavalry enters this net of death, they will immediately be shot into a sieve by the oncoming bullets.

When they saw the cavalry in front falling down in rows, those behind realized that they had been fooled. The Han army had deliberately shown weakness in order to induce them to launch a general attack.

But it was too late to wake up at this time, because after the cavalry increased its speed, it was impossible to stop.

However, he had been fighting for many years and had rich battlefield experience, so he immediately ordered the main army to turn to the right, trying to avoid the Han army's frontal fire network and reduce his own casualties. Ye Xian's strategy is still very correct. If the O'La army is turned around, it will only cost thousands of casualties at most. By then, the O'La army will avoid the Han army's firepower. Ye Xian will have the final say whether to attack or stay. .

But at this critical moment, Ashe Zhiyuan, who had been silently following Ye Xian, finally showed his fangs.

"kill!"

Just when Ye Xian's main army turned to the right, Ashe Zhiyuan on the right actually ordered his men to fight back and prevent Ye Xian's army from turning. This caused the charging Oara army to become chaotic.

"attack!"

Zhu Zhanhe in the army seemed to have been waiting for this moment. Following his order, Chang Wei immediately ordered the cavalry to attack. The infantry also stepped forward and took the initiative to approach Oala's army.

"Ashe Zhiyuan! Despicable villain, I knew you couldn't be trusted!"

When he first saw that Ashe Zhiyuan stabbed him at the critical moment, he was furious and even wanted to capture him and cut him into pieces.

But it was useless to be angry now, because the obstruction of Ashezhiyuan caused the main force of Ye Xian to turn around and fail, and could only plunge into the range of the Han army's muskets.

"Bah, bah, bah..."

There was a continuous sound of gunfire among the Han army, and row after row of musketeers took turns firing. Although they were rifles, they almost had the effect of machine guns.

In fact, Dahan's machine gun research has also made great progress. If Zhu Zhanhe is given another year, he will definitely be able to move the machine gun to the battlefield of Tumubao. By then, no matter how many cavalrymen there are, they will just die.

However, even without machine guns, the three-stage shooting alone was enough to kill the charging Oala cavalry. He also saw his two younger brothers rushing in front with his own eyes, and then fell to the muzzle of the Han army's guns. Down.

Later historians called the war at Tumubao "the end of the cavalry." The 30,000 elite cavalrymen were almost powerless to fight back when faced with the Han army's new muskets. The betrayal almost wiped out Ye Xian's entire army.

But in the end, he still found an opportunity and led thousands of his followers to escape from the battlefield.

Zhu Zhanhe did not send anyone to pursue him, because the most important thing now was to gather the collapsed Ming army. The defeat of the Ming army was really tragic. The corpses on the battlefield were almost piled up into hills, and some important officials of the court were missing. , as for Zhu Qizhen’s whereabouts, it was the least of Zhu Zhanhe’s concerns.

So Zhu Zhanhe ordered to set up camp in Tumubao and sent troops to collect the fleeing Ming troops. It took him seven days to finally inventory the battlefield. Among them, there were more than 40,000 corpses of the Ming troops, and countless others were injured. , and there are tens of thousands of Ming troops whose whereabouts are unknown, and no one knows where they fled to?
Among those who died in the battle were dozens of important officials of the imperial court, among whom Wang Zuo, the Minister of Household Affairs, had the highest official position. There were also cabinet bachelor Zhang Yi, minister Liao Ming and others.

While taking inventory of the battlefield, Zhang Fu, Kuang Kun and others also searched for the whereabouts of Zhu Qizhen. Finally, it was confirmed by the captured Oara people that Zhu Qizhen was indeed captured by the Oara people, and when he escaped first, he also Zhu Qizhen was taken with him, and now Zhu Qizhen has probably been taken to the grassland.

(End of this chapter)