In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 94 The horror of cavalry charge

Obai had just assembled nearly [-] infantrymen and set up a defensive formation when a black torrent appeared on the horizon far to the south.

Moreover, the black torrent was still advancing at an extremely fast speed, and in the blink of an eye it was only five or six miles away from the valley.

Listening to the roar of thousands of horses galloping in their ears, and the slight trembling of the ground under their feet, the faces of the traitor soldiers standing at the front were all pale, and their timid legs were trembling uncontrollably.

As the rushing torrent got closer and closer, there was a commotion in the entire team, and everyone had panic on their faces.

"No retreat is allowed, anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"

Seeing the soldiers in the front row subconsciously retreating, Obai with three hundred Jurchen iron cavalry behind him also saw this, anxious in his heart, and kept cheering and threatening.

In this raid, Lin Rui also handed over all the commands to Na Muzhong. There was no way, except Na Muzhong, no one in the entire team had ever fought such a battle involving thousands of horses.

In order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack and shorten the opponent's reaction time, when they were still fifty miles away from the valley, the [-] war horses kept trotting without stopping.

At twenty miles, the speed began to increase. At this moment, all the horses were running wildly for the final sprint.

Lin Rui was also overjoyed to see that the Jurchens had only time to pull their horses to the entrance of the valley and lined up in formation. There were no obstacles in front of them.

Na Muzhong was also very excited. With a choked sound, she pulled out her scimitar, pointed forward and said softly: "Kill!"

"kill!"

Except for those in the first two rows, everyone else followed suit and drew their scimitars, waving them and shouting.

The speed of the war horse under his crotch has not slowed down at all.

For a moment, the thunderous shouts of killing drowned out the sound of horse hooves.

And this shout of murderous intent was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The traitor soldiers on the opposite side could no longer withstand the impact of this galloping horse.

First, the traitor soldiers with spears in the front row yelled, dropped their weapons, turned around and ran towards the hillside on the left.

Immediately afterwards, like an avalanche, the traitor soldiers behind also dropped their weapons and ran wildly to the left and right or backwards. The neat formation just now dispersed.

Although all the traitor soldiers knew that facing a cavalry attack, they had to stand in a group to stand a chance, but knowing was one thing.

But when faced with countless cavalrymen charging at high speed, there were only a few who dared to stand at the front with their spears in hand.

An army that can remain stationary in formation in the face of cavalry attacks is undoubtedly a peerless force. It requires not only strict discipline, but also the courage to face death. These traitorous soldiers are obviously far behind, otherwise they would not have been able to do so in the first place. Afraid of death and became a traitor.

Seeing that the opponent's cavalry was still two or three miles away, the more than 1 troops on his side collapsed. Although he was so angry that he only wanted to kill people, Obai also knew that the defeat was certain and there was no way to stop it.

In the end, they had to cross the river with three hundred Jurchen cavalry and escape towards the other side of the valley.

"Boom..."

Looking at the traitors fleeing in front of them, the Mongolian boys at the front all controlled three horses and charged directly into them.

For a time, countless Han soldiers were overtaken by high-speed horses, knocked out from behind, and then trampled into pulp.

The Mongolian boys in front just controlled their horses and rushed forward without drawing their swords to slash at all.

The cavalry in the middle just waved their swords gently to harvest some fish that slipped through the net, and also did not pursue them to the left or right.

The cavalryman who rushed at the end slowed down his horse slightly, turned his horse's head, split into two, and chased after the traitors who were fleeing to the left and right.

Namuzhong led the cavalry all the way into the Jurchen camp, then passed through the camp and rushed out. Only when there were no more escaping traitor soldiers in front did they start to slow down, and finally stopped slowly.

Lin Rui, who was following her closely, looked back and saw that the entire Jurchen camp had become a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. The bloody corpses were spread out for five or six miles.The white tents were also stained with red.

Looking at this scene, and then at the long knife in his hand that was not stained with blood, Lin Rui was also moved.

Although he had long expected that the raid would definitely kill those traitorous soldiers till they were bleeding, but he didn't expect it to be so easy and so fast.

He estimated that there were at least [-] traitor soldiers, but with so many people, almost all of them were lying on the ground in less than a quarter of an hour. Only a few of them fled to the shrub slopes on both sides of the valley.

Recalling the Lord of the Rings I had seen in my previous life, I felt a little relieved when Gondor's eight thousand cavalry attacked a hundred thousand orcs from a high position.

It turns out that when the cavalry reaches a certain number, they are so terrifying when they charge into the formation. There is no need to swing a sword to kill, and there is no need to make any extra movements. They can just crush them over. They are simply not something that ordinary infantry can stop.

No wonder that in field battles, the Ming army often collapsed when faced with the Jurchen cavalry, and almost never won.

"Rui Lang, a group of Jurchen cavalry ran across the river just now. Do you want to chase them?" Na Mu Zhong asked with some lingering thoughts. Her scimitar was also not stained with blood.

In fact, this is normal. Both of them were rushing at the back of the team, and it was impossible to chase down the defeated soldiers who were fleeing to the left and right. When they passed by, most of the traitor soldiers were directly hit and killed by the cavalry in front. Fortunately, they were not killed. The dead ones were also harvested by the cavalry in the middle.

"No need, they should escape from the valley. Blow the trumpet and let Belle and the others come back."

Lin Rui waved his hand. The terrain at the entrance of the valley was actually very open. The Jurchen camp was built on the left bank of the river, which was seven or eight miles wide. The other side of the river was also four or five miles wide. They only attacked along the left bank at that time. After crossing the river, it would be difficult to catch up on horseback.

"Son!"

"Rui Lang..."

At this time, Mrs. Niu finally ran over with people, with excitement and fear on their faces.

They had seen clearly from the wall just now, and they were all shocked by the charging formation of thousands of horses. When they realized what they were doing, they opened the gate and rushed down the hillside to attack from a flank, but who would have thought that it would be over after just half of the run. Every one of them was so tired that they were out of breath.

But when they saw Lin Rui riding on the horse, everyone shouted excitedly.

"Sister Xiuyun..."

"Are your brothers and sisters okay?"

Lin Rui also got off his horse and hugged Mrs. Niu who rushed up, saying excitedly.

"Okay, everything is fine, I'm just a little worried about you..."

Mrs. Niu's eyes were red and she cried and laughed.

It wasn't until the two separated that Wang Gouwa, Liu Si and other old people gathered around, all of them equally excited.

"Sir, are you and the eldest lady recruiting these cavalry?"

"It's so powerful. With just one charge, we killed all these traitors."

"Yes, yes, everyone was really scared just now!"

"Tsk, tsk, cavalry is still very powerful. Master, how many cavalry are there?"

Everyone was speechless as they looked at the war horses that filled the valley. They didn't know the specific number of cavalry for a while.

"We'll talk about this after we get back. First, clean up the battlefield!"

Lin Rui waved his hand, and the cavalry who went to chase them all came back. Wang Gouwa and other Han people also went to look for their Mongolian wives.

(End of this chapter)