Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 277
Cao Bianjiao led his troops to gallop for more than [-] miles, and finally led the Houjin army to Erquan Mountain, east of Guantunbao.

At the foot of the mountain, Cao Bianjiao didn't leave, and opened his posture to prepare for a decisive battle with Houjin.

In Hou Jin's view, this move was the wrong way, and when there was no way to escape, he was ready to fight desperately, so the Hou Jin army also began to form a formation to prepare for an assault.

Just when the Hou Jin army started to form an array, they suddenly saw a red flag appearing on the mountain. The red flag waved a few times, and then an infantry unit suddenly appeared from the foot of the mountain.

The number of this troop was about two thousand. Facing tens of thousands of Jin troops, they were unafraid, and calmly walked to the fleeing cavalry formation and began to line up.

This move made Hou Jinjun even more puzzled. Since ancient times, he has never seen infantry standing in front of cavalry. Is this going to die?Don't implicate the cavalry behind you even if you die!You block the cavalry, and the cavalry can't run away!

But the weird behavior of this infantry is not over yet. While forming the formation, they actually mounted the guns!

Although the Hou Jin army was not yet fully civilized, Daming had fought for so many years and had seen the world.

They knew that Ming's artillery was very powerful, but in the impression of the Jurchens, the artillery of the Ming army was mainly used to defend the city, and they had never seen artillery in field battles.

It was no wonder that Daming hadn't taken the initiative to attack Houjin for many years. If he didn't take the initiative to attack, he would naturally not move the artillery outside to fight in the field.

Moreover, the artillery at this time is indeed not suitable for field battles. Even with the use of two-piece guns, it takes a long time to place the fire twister, ignite the fuze, and then launch the shells. During this process, the cavalry has already rushed under the nose of the artillery up.

The Jurchens still knew about the shortcomings of the artillery, so when they saw these infantrymen starting to install the artillery, they were surprised at first, and then laughed out loud.

But they couldn't laugh very quickly, because the troop installed the artillery very fast, and the artillery was erected in the blink of an eye.

If Gao Yingxiang and the bandits saw this situation now, they would definitely run away without saying a word.

It's a pity that the Jurchens are not rogues, they haven't seen the strength of Ji Shijun yet.

What's more, in the eyes of this group of ignorant people, they never feel that artillery and muskets are so powerful. In their minds, they only need to charge to get in front of these people, and they can do the rest as they like.

In the minds of this group of people, horseback riding and archery are the strongest, and this concept has even continued for two to three hundred years.

In fact, Daming's weapons and equipment are already many blocks ahead of Houjin, but unfortunately no one has brought out the advantages of this weapon.

The weapons produced by Li Jing were many generations ahead of Daming, and Li Jing knew very well how to use these weapons.

War is actually a very wonderful thing. Every scientific progress of human beings seems to be inseparable from war.

At first, human beings did not know how to use iron. When they accidentally discovered that iron weapons were sharper than copper weapons, copper weapons were replaced by iron weapons. At the same time, human beings used iron in various fields, and the use of iron accelerated the pace of human development.

There was a religion in ancient China. The believers of this religion yearned for immortality. In order to live forever, these people tinkered with elixir, and an explosion occurred during the alchemy, so gunpowder was born.When later generations used gunpowder in warfare, various new technologies were born.

However, the time when science developed the fastest was the Second World War. During the Second World War, various weapons were developed, the most famous of which was of course the atomic bomb.Later, mankind discovered that nuclear energy can be used not only in the military, but also in civilian use, and thus nuclear power plants were established.

In addition, the qualitative leap in medicine also benefited from World War II.

During World War II, countless captives were used as experimental subjects for medical experiments.After the war, many diseases that could not be cured before have found treatments.

It should not be too much to say that war has promoted human progress.

But there is a nation in this world called the Jurchens. When others are researching more powerful weapons and advanced technologies in the war, what they think about all day long is how to practice bow horse riding and archery through hunting.

It would be wrong to say that they are not afraid of firearms at all. When they attacked Daming, they often suffered from firearms.

But after suffering, they discovered that the Ming army's weapons had serious flaws.

For example, artillery, most of the artillery of the Ming army at that time were solid bullets. After the shells hit the ground, they would roll forward for a certain distance with the help of potential energy.

This kind of artillery relies on the route to kill, as long as you avoid the route that the shells run over, you will not be injured.

Even if it is a flowering bullet, it mainly relies on the projectiles entrained in the gunpowder to form a shotgun to kill. Due to the limited power of gunpowder, most of the shotgun will not kill people.

At the same time, the artillery attack range of the Ming army was limited, and the effective killing distance was only a few hundred paces.

In addition, the biggest flaw of the artillery is loading, and the firing speed is not fast.As long as you dodge or risk being bombed in the first wave, you will be fine in the future.

But they did not expect that the technology of firearms can be improved and the defects can be made up for.

A nation whose mind is always one-sided, holding the same thinking and not seeking change, is destined to be eliminated.

When Li Jing came to Daming, the most important task was to eliminate this nation. The Datong battle was the first lesson Li Jing taught this nation.

Just as Houjin's cavalry lined up to attack, the artillery of the Jishi Army began to roar.

As the most mobile unit at present, cavalry has one of the biggest flaws.

That is to say, the cavalry can't just launch a charge if they want to. It needs a process of gradual acceleration in the middle, and the distance should not be too short. Generally speaking, it takes at least one mile for a cavalry to start, speed up, accelerate, and charge.

In addition, the cavalry has to leave a certain amount of room for turning when charging.Therefore, when the cavalry confronts the enemy in actual combat, the distance from the enemy must be at least one and a half to two miles away.

According to past experience, this distance will not be attacked by the Ming army.

It's a pity that what they are facing now is not the Ming army but the Jishi army, and this distance is just within the attack range of the Jishi army's artillery.

Moreover, it was not too early or too late for the Jishi army to launch the bombardment, and they waited until the Houjin army had set up their formation before starting to show their power.

A group of people confidently lined up to launch an attack, but unexpectedly the attack suddenly fell from the sky. It is conceivable what chaos the Hou Jin Army will be in after being bombed.

At this time, the order to attack had already been issued, and the cavalry in the front row had already begun to urge their horses forward. At this time, even if the people in front wanted to retreat, it was too late.

Fortunately, the first round of bombardment by the Ji Shi Army was a test firing, and there were not many shells fired. Therefore, although Hou Jin was bombed into a mess, the casualties were not large.

However, this also sent a wrong signal to the Houjin army. The Ming army's artillery on the opposite side was no more than that. After the initial panic, the Houjin master ordered to continue the attack without hesitation.

So the disaster of the Hou Jin Army came.

After some adjustments, the second round of shelling by the Ji Shi Army came, this time with full firepower.

The effect of hundreds of cannons fired at the same time is far from the power of the few shells just now. Amid the deafening explosion, the rear golden cavalry fell in pieces.

This round of shelling only stunned the latter gold master general. What kind of artillery is this?Why is it so powerful?

However, after only being stunned for a moment, the latter general gave the order to continue the assault.

In his mind, after this round of shelling, the enemy army must reload. As long as he seizes this opportunity, he can rush through the range of the artillery bombardment.

If the opponent is the army of Ming Dynasty, the characteristics of the weapons of the Ming army that the gold master will understand in the future, such an approach is definitely not wrong.

But what he faced was not the Ming army he had encountered before, but the Jishi army, and he completely ignored that the tactics of the opposing army were completely different from the Ming army.

If the troops on the opposite side dared to deploy artillery at the forefront, they would not just fire one round of shells and lose everything.

The smartest thing to do at this time should be to leave the attack range of the shelling immediately.

You must know that cavalry operations have extremely high requirements on the battlefield. Tens of thousands of cavalry require a huge area to deploy.

At this time, the front was at the foot of the mountain, and it was impossible for Hou Jin to put all his troops on top, because once they were all on top, the forward troops would have no room to move.

If there is no space to move, the cavalry loses their mobility. If the cavalry stays still, they are no match for the infantry at all. The infantry does not need to attack the cavalry itself. They only need to call their weapons to the horse, and the cavalry will be thrown by the wounded horse. Get down.

In addition, the biggest feature of the Jurchens' combat is riding and shooting, that is, shooting arrows on horseback. If there is no distance, then the Jurchens' advantage cannot be brought into play.

Therefore, when the Houjin troops launched an attack, they did not all press on, and there were only more than [-] forwards.

In other words, only these three thousand people were shelled just now.

At this time, retreating, although the loss is not small, but after all, the main force is not damaged.

However, the post-government master gave the order to continue the assault, which directly pushed this army into doom.

Following the order of the Hou Jin Lord General, the subsequent Hou Jin Army cavalry attacked the Ji Shi Army.

Then the shelling of the Ji Shi Army fell on the head of this army.

Moreover, after seeing that most of the Jin army had already thrown into the battlefield, the artillerymen of the Jishi Army did not hold back any more, round after round, shells rained out.

Under the fierce artillery fire, the Houjin troops were blown to pieces. On the battlefield, there were broken arms and limbs everywhere.

Generally speaking, any army has a casualty ratio that he can bear.

Taking the Ming army as an example, if the casualties of ordinary troops reached [-]%, they would basically retreat or be defeated.

Elite troops like Cao Wenzhao's Guan Ning Cavalry, Hong Chengchou's Hong Bing, and Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army will basically retreat if their death rate reaches [-]%.

The combat effectiveness of the Houjin army is not bad, but due to the small population base and very low bearing capacity, they will retreat when the death rate reaches [-]%.

(End of this chapter)