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Chapter 154 Defeat and Kill Prisoners (2)

The power of Wuzhaibao's firearms was beyond the imagination of the Mongolian soldiers of the Ji Nang tribe.

Perhaps the Mongolian tribes on the edge of Ji Town, when facing the Ji Town army led by Qi Jiguang, have twenty times more powerful firearms than this. There are nearly ten Francines at any crenel on the Great Wall. Tens of thousands or tens of thousands defeated the invading Mongols.

But in Shanxi Town, these frontier troops have always had few firearms, and many of them are of poor quality. These Mongolian tribes in the Hetao area have long been accustomed to the meager firepower of the frontier army in Shanxi Town. The Zhaibao army suffered heavy losses.

The blunderbusses of the Wuzhaibao army at this time may not have much effect on the Manchurians who later had heavy shielded chariots and men and horses wearing thick cotton armor, but they are powerful enough for the Mongolian cavalry who only wear leather robes. There is more than enough.

So far, the 400 Mongolian soldiers who charged have killed or injured more than [-] people, and lost nearly [-]%.As usual, these Mongols fled early.After all, their main business is robbery, and they are only interested in looting property and slaughtering women and children. Fighting battles is just a side job, and they don't want to lose their lives unless it is absolutely necessary.

However, the situation is a little different this time, and there are strict orders to focus on, so these Mongolian cavalry have to howl and continue to charge.

After three rounds of shooting, the enemy has been killed. Beheading and rewarding silver will be unavoidable at that time. The gunners of each firearms bureau, with joy, quickly dispersed from both sides under the orders of the hundreds of chiefs of each bureau. , Retired to the back of the killer team's queue to complete the team.Some of the musketeers quickly recharged the gunpowder, ready to continue shooting.Some of the bird gunners took out their two-handed long knives, ready to fight hand-to-hand.

The gunners of the firearms bureau retreated, and the soldiers of each killer bureau moved forward in formation, filling up the formation of the firearms bureau just now.

They are still arranged in teams. In each team, two players with waist knives stand in front of each other. The players are the team leaders of each team. At the same time, they also carry a few sharp heavy javelins on their backs.Two wolf-whip players hurriedly followed behind, holding five-meter-long wolf-whisks to protect the safety of the players.Behind the wolves are four spearmen, holding three-meter long guns, to protect the safety of the players and the wolves.

Behind them are two big stickmen, holding thick wooden clubs, ready to hit the horse's head with them.Among them, the spearmen and stickmen are equipped with bows and arrows.In a team of 12 people, there are six big bows.Finally, the short swordsman and the captain.

Soon, the fighters of each killer bureau were deployed quickly and tightly, thanks to the usual training.At this time, those Mongolian cavalry had already rushed to forty steps, they took out their horn bows one after another, opened their bows and set arrows, under the rapid impact of the horses, in the blink of an eye, they had already rushed to thirty steps, amidst the howling, A large cloud of arrows rained down on the Wuzhaibao soldiers in front of them.

Under the protection of the shield wall, the soldiers of Wuzhai Fort suffered few casualties. At the same time, the thirteen tiger-squatting cannons a foot away from the front of the formation opened fire.More than a dozen tiger squatting cannons fired at the same time, the power was astonishing, and those Mongolian soldiers rushed so close, they were even better targets.

Amidst the loud noise, countless lead pellets, small stones and iron pieces flew across, and many Mongolian soldiers, as well as the horses under them, were beaten to pieces on the spot, with flesh and blood flying all over the place. More than 100 people.For a moment, a large area was dented in the front of the rushing Mongolian cavalry, and there was a scream of screams.

Seeing this tragic scene, some of the Mongolian soldiers collapsed and beat their horses desperately to escape to the rear, while some of the Mongolian soldiers looked hideous, held their sabers high, and rushed forward howling.

Finally rushed to the front of the Wuzhaibao army, but saw some refusal horses placed in a haphazard manner about ten steps away from the Wuzhaibao army.The Mongolian army has been fighting against Ming for a long time, and they still have some experience in dealing with Ming's horse-rejection devices. Of course, they will not follow the route left by those refusal horses, it just makes their formation mess up.

They desperately controlled the horse, jumping over various horse repellents.

However, some horses had exhausted their horsepower, and some horses jumped a horse repellent, but were blocked by a second horse repellent.Some horses did not even jump over a horse repelling device, but were pierced through the horse's belly by the sharp lances from the repelling horse.Not to mention these horses hissing miserably, even the Mongolian cavalrymen on the horses were thrown out and fell half to death.

A portion of the Mongol cavalry jumped over the horse repellents, but inevitably, the ferocity of their charge was gone.And coming head-on, there was another rain of heavy javelins, piercing through many Mongolian cavalry, even men and horses, and there was another scream.

At this time, hundreds of people from the former Mongol cavalry finally rushed to the front of the Wuzhaibao army and killed them face to face.But at this time their charge momentum has long since disappeared.

Amidst the crashing cymbals of Huang Laifu's commanders and commanders, the ranks had changed at this time, the players retreated, and the wolves and spearmen were in front, facing the Mongol cavalry, densely packed, like a forest of spikes facing each other. them.

In particular, the 5-meter-long wolf trap has dense blade-shaped branches at the top, and the thorns on the branches have been ironed with fire and poured with tung oil. Out of fear, he desperately turned the horse's head away and refused to charge forward.

Those Mongolian soldiers had no choice but to drive past some formations in Wuzhai Fort, or pass through the gaps between the teams of Wuzhai Fort.

The cavalry who lost their speed were just lambs, and the Mongolian soldiers wielding sabers were no match at all. From time to time, a few spears stabbed at the horse's belly, or stabbed the cavalry off the horse.Or from time to time, a big clubman in the Wuzhaibao team howled, and the horse that was facing him was hit with a club, and the heavy wooden club hit the horse's head, causing the horse to neigh.The Mongolian soldiers who fell off their horses were either stabbed to death by long spears or hacked to death by short swordsmen.

After being in such confusion for a while, some of the Mongolian cavalry who charged into the battle were killed, and some of them fled after fighting their horses.The Mongolian cavalry of these former armies failed to charge completely.They all screamed and fled.

The commander of the Zhuli Special Division who personally led the charge was full of anger, howled and hacked to death a few retreating Mongolian soldiers, but he still couldn't stop the retreating trend.Under the cover of a few personal soldiers, he could only retreat back to the rear in embarrassment.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Mongolian middle and rear formations who followed behind him immediately changed their formation, took out their horn bows, and within thirty steps, rushed past the formation of Wuzhai Fort while riding their horses and shooting arrows. Intended to shoot across the formation of the Wuzhai Fort army.

The formation of Wuzhaibao at the front immediately changed its formation and returned to the formation with players at the front.While covering, at the same time, the archers in each team unceremoniously took their bows and shot at the Mongolian cavalry.

The Heli bow in the Wuzhaibao army has an effective lethality of about 70 paces, while the lethality of the horn bows of the Mongolian cavalry is only about [-] paces, and its power is small.In addition, riding on a horse has a big target, and the arrows shot with a small head, and shooting against the formation is just looking for death. Soon, those Mongolian cavalry who roared and rode and shot were defeated one after another and fled far away.

The Wuzhaibao army was so powerful that the Mongols did not expect it. If there is no hope of victory, the Mongol army will collapse.Now they have only one last resort.

The battle formations on both sides quieted down. Suddenly, Huang Laifu saw the Mongols in the middle and rear formation over there dismount one after another, holding thick leather shields, and slowly approaching this side.

"It seems that the Mongols are going to fight on foot."

Infantry shooting is an old trick of the Mongols. As early as in the Song Dynasty, when facing a tight infantry formation, they used infantry shooting to cross the opponent's formation, and then the heavy cavalry charged, and the light cavalry followed.It's a pity that in the Ming Dynasty, their heavy cavalry no longer existed, but the infantry tactics were still handed down.

Under the order of the standard-bearer and commander, the Wuzhaibao army also changed some formations. In the rear, some infantry who had not fought in a few rounds changed to the front. They switched to the back to rest.At the same time, the soldiers stepped forward and moved all the rejected horses away to facilitate the foot battle later.

At the same time, seeing the dense formation of the Mongols coming up, Huang Laifu sighed.These Mongols were too far away for the Tiger Crouch Cannon to hit.For the Frang machine artillery, these Mongols are too close, even if the muzzle is lowered, they will not be able to hit them.

Pity.

Soon, the Mongols approached within fifty paces, and both sides were on guard.

Then I saw those Mongols took out their big bows. This kind of big bow was similar to the joint force bow of the Ming army, with an effective range of about 70 steps and a lethality of about [-] steps.

Both sides drew their bows and took out the spiked arrows or armor-piercing arrows in their quiver.

There was a sharp piercing sound, and after a few rounds of arrow rain, although each was protected by a shield, there were screams in both camps.These Mongols were very good at archery. After a few rounds, the casualties among the Wuzhaibao army would be even greater.

After the archers of both teams were exhausted, the Mongols over there formed a battle formation, holding swords and shields, and slowly approaching.

On the Wuzhai Fort side, the battle drums were also beating, coupled with the sound of Huang Sihao's battle drums at the top of the city, a surge of fighting spirit spread.The sound of step drums sounded, like a train moving, and the entire Wuzhai Fort troop started slowly after a pause from beginning to end.The long cards entered like a wall, the guns, knives and short sticks sandwiched the cards, and in the end, the sound of orderly footsteps came, with an astonishing momentum.

The cavalry on both sides also moved slowly, following behind the infantry.

(End of this chapter)