In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 277 The cavalry charges first
"The whole army listens to the order and prepares to fight!"

As soon as Lin Rui returned to the command podium, he drew out the sword from his waist without hesitation and gave the order to start the war.

woo woo woo woo…

Immediately, the long trumpet sound resounded throughout the battlefield. The more than 20 Chinese troops all calmed down, waved their weapons and shouted in unison.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

For a time, the murderous aura emanating from tens of thousands of people shot straight into the sky.

"Send the order, all infantry battalions move forward quickly!"

"Send the order, the princess directly charges the Qing army!"

After the shouting stopped, Lin Rui waved his sword forward and issued two orders in succession.

The messenger on the side immediately repeated the order to the bottom of the high platform. The four knights with the order flag on their backs immediately clapped their horses and rushed towards the infantry battalion in front and the cavalry brigade on the east side.

After receiving the order, Huang Ben, Zhou Meng and Wang Gouwa also drew the swords at their waists and gave the order to move forward.

I saw 18 small infantry phalanxes formed in the shape of a pin, and began to move forward quickly. For a while, there was the sound of neat footsteps and the collision of armor.

There are nearly 18 people in 9 infantry battalions, silently moving forward, with no fear or shrinkage on their faces, but a hint of excitement and expectation on their faces.

After receiving the order, Na Muzhong pulled out the scimitar from her waist with determination, turned her horse's head, and shouted to the countless cavalry behind her: "Warriors, have you seen the Jurchens opposite? ?That is not the enemy, that is the lamb, that is your military exploits, your title, pasture and women...

"Mongolian warriors, follow me and use the scimitars in your hands to tell those barbaric Jurchens who are the real warriors and kings on the grasslands!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

One pass to ten, ten to one hundred, and finally all the Mongolian cavalry drew out their scimitars, waving them and roaring.

"kill!"

After the atmosphere reached its peak, Namuzhong pointed her scimitar forward and turned the horse's head at the same time. Suddenly, a row of hundreds of cavalry behind her took the lead and moved forward with its belly under the horse, and then began to quickly Spreading to the left and right, countless cavalry followed and stepped forward.

Not long after, like a long dragon seven or eight miles long, it began to roll forward, followed by the second and third, and like waves, pushing one after another, the speed became faster and faster.

As early as the sound of the noise, it alerted the Jiannu cavalry who were twenty miles away. Dorgon immediately guessed that it was the Mongolian cavalry who had launched a direct charge.

"Damn!"

Dorgon was so angry that he cursed loudly. He didn't expect Lin Rui to let the Mongolian cavalry charge from the beginning, which made him unable to follow the infantry battle on the left and right, and also lost the opportunity to be a fisherman.

But no matter how reluctant he was, Dorgon knew at this moment that he had no choice but to fight, and he couldn't delay for even a moment, he had to charge immediately.

"Warriors and sons of the Qing Dynasty, for the survival of the Qing Dynasty and for the future destiny of our Jurchens, kill me!"

"kill!"

At this moment, all the Jurchens also burst out with overwhelming fighting spirit. They drew out their swords one after another, controlled their horses and started to trot. The nearly [-] cavalrymen also rolled forward like a black torrent.Even if both sides charged in a horizontal formation, the short distance of twenty miles was enough for all the horses to run quickly, and then the two torrents of cavalry collided directly and engulfed each other quickly.

For a time, swords and blood arrows were shining in a radius of ten miles. Countless horses and people fell every moment, and the killing cries and screams resounded throughout the world.

Nearly [-] cavalrymen directly fought together, and no one dared to rush forward, fearing that the other party would ambush the infantry outside the camp.

The Ming army here had already been killed by the earth-shattering cavalry in the east. The formation was in a state of commotion. Both the recruits and the veterans had pale faces. The strong smell of blood made many recruits feel... I felt chest tightness and discomfort.

Lu Xiangsheng, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief. He fully agreed with Lin Rui's choice to send out all the Mongolian cavalry first to drag the Qing army into the battlefield.

In this way, he no longer has to worry about Dorgon fishing in troubled waters, he can compete with the Chinese army with confidence, and he can also use the cavalry unscrupulously.

"Report, Supervisor, the bandit army has already pressed forward. It is less than five miles away from our army..."

"Report, Supervisor, the rebel cavalry and miscellaneous soldiers still haven't moved..."

As the horses came quickly, Lu Xiangsheng no longer cared about the cavalry fighting to the east. Looking at the Chinese infantry phalanx that had appeared in his field of vision, he said to Cao Bianjiao with a heavy face: "Bianjiao" , Your Cao family has been loyal for generations, but now the Ming Dynasty has reached a moment of life and death, are you willing to be loyal to His Majesty?"

"Superintendent, it is my duty to be the last general. Please give the superintendent's order. Even if it is a mountain of swords, a sea of ​​fire, and an iron wall, the last general will smash him to pieces!"

Cao Bianjiao knelt down on one knee and said decisively.

"Okay! If you are determined like this, why worry about the thief army not being destroyed? I order you to lead your cavalry to directly attack the left formation of the thief army!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Without hesitation, Cao Bianjiao got on his horse, pinched its belly, and charged forward with his six thousand cavalry.

Obviously Lu Xiangsheng also knew that if it was infantry versus infantry and a hundred thousand troops were to attack them directly, they might not be able to hold on for half a quarter of an hour before they would be beaten to the point of collapse, so he decided early in the morning to let the cavalry clear the way and disrupt the Chinese army's formation first, while the infantry would take advantage of the opportunity. Press on.

Due to the distance, it was not until Cao Bianjiao and his six thousand cavalry rushed out from the middle of the Ming army's [-] square formation that Lin Rui on the high platform faintly saw that the other party had sent cavalry to fight. At this time, it was obviously too late to send cavalry to intercept.

Fortunately, Lin Rui had already anticipated this situation, so he was not worried and did not plan to send out more cavalry immediately.

After all, even if the Ming army dispatched all the cavalry at once, the worst they could do was to defeat his three small phalanxes. It would be almost impossible to cause more damage.

The Chinese army's offensive formation was a pin-shaped formation, with two openings in front, separated by a full four miles. Each opening was composed of six infantry battalions, divided into two rows at the front and rear, with three infantry battalions in each row, each one separated from the other. One mile, and the two rows before and after are two miles apart.

Looking at the cavalry rushing up at this moment, the six infantry battalions on the far left immediately stopped. The three infantry battalions in front immediately raised their spears and spears at an angle, and the long archers behind also bent their bows and set arrows. , and were prepared to prevent the cavalry from charging into the formation.

The twelve infantry battalions at the two entrances behind and on the right are still advancing because they are too far away.

The cavalry attack on the infantry does have a huge advantage, but for the Chinese infantry who started out as warriors and Mongolian cavalry, they have long been accustomed to it and have rich experience. Even anti-cavalry attack has become the main training and combat subject.

Therefore, facing the rolling cavalry, the spearmen and pikemen of the three infantry battalions in the front row on the left were not too panicked.

Because the veterans have long brainwashed them, the cavalry charging up like this is seeking death. They often receive baptism from the cavalry during training, so they hold the gun barrel tightly and grit their teeth.

(End of this chapter)