In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 117: Breaking the myth that Jurchens are invincible
When Sony crossed the phalanx with all the cavalry, he found that there were two to three thousand cavalry missing, and he looked in disbelief.

Ten thousand cavalry just rushed through the eight phalanxes, and so many cavalry were damaged. If I had known this, I might as well have attacked the phalanx directly.

But the matter has come to this, if we go around and charge back, we will definitely encounter another wave of arrows, so we have to suppress the anger in our hearts and continue to move forward with the cavalry, choosing to chase and kill the fleeing Ming army.

After he has dealt with these Ming troops, it won't be too late to join forces with the prince to clean up the phalanx of horse bandits. Those phalanxes can't escape anyway.

Compared with the dense phalanx of spears, the fleeing Ming army was completely helpless against the chasing cavalry, and it was a complete massacre.

In the vast wilderness, countless Ming troops were fleeing. Suddenly, a bloody sword shot out from behind and they fell to the ground.

Some were beheaded by the owl, and more were directly knocked away by the war horses.

Obviously facing the fleeing Ming army, the Jiannu cavalry didn't bother to waste arrows, and there was no need to shoot with arrows.

"Damn, these slave-building cavalry are also cowards who bully the weak and fear the strong!"

A group of military attaches on the hilltop to the north were so angry that they were all gnashing their teeth when they saw that the Jiannu cavalry had bypassed the anti-thief phalanx and slaughtered their servants unscrupulously along the way.

Although they were scolding each other happily, no one went to rescue them. They just watched the servants being chased and slaughtered by the cavalry.

Wang Pu also knew that even if he ordered these military attachés to go to the rescue with their personal guards, no one would listen to him, so he simply didn't bother to care. Anyway, it was not his soldiers who died.

As for asking him to take the lead in the rescue, that's absolutely impossible.

Fortunately, the Ming army camp is not far from here, and there are 1 people stationed in the camp. Otherwise, the tens of thousands of servants may really be wiped out, and no one can escape.

However, even if more than 2000 riders were lost, Sony still had more than 7000. In the end, less than [-] servants managed to escape back to the camp.

This shows how terrifying it is for cavalry to chase down defeated troops in the open.

"go ahead…"

When Lin Rui saw the Jiannu cavalry, they went directly to chase the Ming army. He was not idle either. He first combined the eight square formations into four, and then issued the order to march with drums beating. The four large formations stepped on The drum beat and began to slowly press towards the [-] cavalry led by Hauge.

The ten thousand cavalry led by Hauge were still seven or eight miles away. Because they were too far away, I didn't know what happened when Sony led the cavalry into the battle. Now I saw that the horse bandits not only were not defeated by the cavalry, but pressed towards them. When he came up, he was also surprised.

"Sony is just a loser. Ten thousand cavalry can't destroy this group of horse bandits."

"Your Majesty, this group of horse bandits is so rampant that they dare to attack the cavalry with infantry!"

Hearing the shouts of the generals beside him, Hauge's face was livid with anger. He looked at the Mongolian cavalry on the hillside more than ten miles away to the south, and then at the horse bandits slowly pressing up from the front. He felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

I don’t know whether to attack the cavalry on the hillside first or the infantry in the front?
Because when fighting cavalry, the infantry will definitely take the opportunity to outflank their retreat, and when fighting infantry, they must also always be on guard against cavalry attacking their flanks.

The key is that there are [-] Ming Army cavalry on the mountaintop to the north twenty miles away, which makes people have to guard against them.

But no matter what, retreat is definitely not possible, and the invincible reputation of the Qing warriors must not be tarnished.

If we retreat today, the myth that the Jurchens will be invincible if they are less than ten thousand will be shattered in the future. I am afraid that they will no longer be able to make the Ming army timid before fighting as before!

After figuring out the stakes, Hauge drew out his long sword and ordered: "Obai, you lead two thousand warriors to attack from the north in a roundabout way. Fucha, you lead three thousand warriors to attack from the front. I will hold you back!" "

"twitter!"

Both of them answered quickly, then ordered their troops and horses and rushed forward. Since all the Mongolian cavalry were taken away by Sony, the 1 people led by Haug were all real Jurchen Eight Banners.

After escaping from the valley, Obai did not dare to return directly to Shengjing for fear of being beaten to death by Huang Taiji, so he took [-] remaining soldiers south to look for Hauge. It was not until Hauge escaped from the valley north of Yanghekou that they met near Zhangjiakou.

As soon as the two met, Obai was beaten almost to death by Haoge. Fortunately, he survived and his injuries have healed after several months of rest.

At this moment, he was leading two thousand soldiers with yellow flags in a circuitous way towards the north. Obai secretly swore in his heart that this time he would avenge his shame and eat the horse bandit leader Lin Rui alive, otherwise it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded again.

The four square formations stopped immediately.

The three thousand Jurchen cavalry who charged head-on faced the countless spears and spears standing in front of the four phalanxes. They also chose to pass through the gaps in the phalanxes. While passing through, they shot arrows sideways to kill the enemy.

In order to ensure that every knight's arrow could reach the horse bandit formation, the three thousand Jiannu cavalry were divided into two from far away, and the team was quite long.

When Lin Rui saw the posture of the Jurchen cavalry, he immediately guessed what they were thinking. Fortunately, he no longer asked the archers to shoot arrows forward to intercept them, but directly prepared to shoot left and right, back to back.

After all, the farthest throw distance of the longbow is only more than 170 steps, and each large formation is nearly [-] steps apart. If the opponent does not rush directly towards the front of the square formation, it is purely a waste to blindly shoot arrows forward.

The Jurchen cavalry's idea was correct. Their advantage was mounted shooting. Naturally, they had to shoot arrows from the side to disrupt the opponent's formation, and then charge at the right time.

This tactic has always been tried and true when facing the Ming army in the past. In any field battle, it can always cause heavy losses to the Ming army, or even annihilate the entire army.Instead of the other party hugging each other tightly and rushing forward without thinking before they could break up, the Eight Banners would have no one left after such a fierce attack.

But in the past, the Ming army was not equipped with so many spears and long bows, nor did it undergo such rigorous training and close to actual combat exercises as the Lin family army.

As the two teams of cavalry passed between the four square formations, the two sides once again launched a round of crazy shots at each other.

The results are self-evident. Not to mention the power and range of the cavalry bow, which is still inferior to the long bow. The mere difference in numbers is enough to cause the Jurchen cavalry to suffer a big loss.

After all, there are nearly 7000 long archers. Even if only half of the two phalanxes on the edge are deployed, the Lin family army still has more than [-] archers. The key is to shoot from both sides.

Although many long archers fell in the four square formations, after the three thousand Jurchen cavalry rushed over, the number was reduced by less than half, and nearly a thousand cavalry fell again.

Obai, who was detouring from the north, also did not get a favor. He passed by the edge of the northernmost phalanx. Although the spearmen and spearmen on the outside were frightened and turned pale, they were also struck by the bows and arrows inside. With his hand, he shot down three or four hundred horsemen.

This shocked the leaders Aobai and Fucha. They no longer dared to pass through the middle of the formation. Instead, they surrounded the four formations, running in circles while bending their bows and arrows, and headed towards the formation. Medium projectile.

Wanting to disrupt the infantry in the formation.

However, the Lin family army has practiced this kind of cavalry tactics many times.

The archers in the formation took turns skillfully shooting back.

After a lot of troubles and another loss of four to five hundred horses, Obai and Bai finally couldn't bear it anymore and went back in despair with the remaining 3000 horses.

Seeing that he had lost nearly two thousand warriors, Hauge almost fell off his horse. He raised his whip and gave him a hard blow, then shouted with red eyes: "What's going on? Are you two idiots?" Did you charge directly into the battle?"

"Your Majesty, the slaves did not charge into the battle, they only shot them with arrows..." Obey endured the pain on his face and answered carefully.

"Then why so many warriors were lost?"

"Your Majesty, at least half of these horse bandits are archers, and their bows are very huge, can shoot far, and are powerful. The warriors' armors can't defend them at all, and their horses are all hit by arrows. Just pour..."

Fu Cha explained with a lingering fear on his face.

The war horse under his crotch had been hit by an arrow just now. If he hadn't jumped on the back of another horse in time, he might not have been able to come back.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this group of horse bandits is too evil." Obai also nodded quickly.

The reason why the Jurchen cavalry defeated the Ming army was not only riding and shooting, but also the main reason, that is, its strong protective power.

Even if they are shot by the Ming army's archers, their vital parts are usually not hurt, and they are only slightly injured. Sometimes, war horses are hit by more than a dozen arrows, and as long as their vital parts are not hurt, they will not fall down directly.

Therefore, in previous wars, it was very difficult for the Ming army to kill the real Jurchen cavalry. That is, only firearms could be used to kill the Jurchens.

At the gate of Ningyuan City, Yuan Chonghuan, armed with a red cannon, killed Nurhaci and some Jurchens, and achieved the so-called great victory in Ningyuan.

"Hiss! How is this possible?"

So now when Hauge heard that half of the rebels were archers, and the arrows they shot could directly break their armor, and even the war horses couldn't take two arrows, he suddenly took a breath of air, with a look of fear on his face.

The key is that this group of horse bandits have only been in Yanghe City for three months, which means that the tens of thousands of large bows were made within three months, and they are very easy to make.

If the Ming army is equipped with a large number of large bows with strong lethality and long range in the future, how will they fight this war in the future?
Thinking of this, Hauge suddenly felt cold all over.

"Did you read that correctly? The horse bandits really used all bows, not crossbows. Do archers really account for half of them?"

"It's absolutely true, Your Majesty."

Both of them almost gave up their chests.

"Damn, that Sony guy must have suffered a lot of losses."

Hauge finally understood why Sony went directly to hunt down the defeated soldiers of the Ming army, and he also understood why this group of horse bandits had the confidence to take the initiative.

"I will take two thousand cavalry to test it myself. The two of you will stay here and continue to monitor the cavalry on the southern hillside."

This matter was of great importance, so Hauge decided to go and see the power of the big bow in person so that he could go back and report it to Huang Ama. Otherwise, nearly two thousand warriors would be lost, and Huang Ama would have to kill him directly.

Hauge, with two thousand cavalry, only tried to wipe the north side for a while, and was hit by a wave of arrows.

Seeing that the opponent's arrows could still hit him after being 150 steps away, Hauge was so frightened that he quickly brought back a few arrows and left in a hurry, not even daring to collect the bodies of the warriors lying on the ground around him.

(End of this chapter)