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Chapter 319 Ming Army vs. Cossack Cavalry ([-])

After finally getting rid of the Ming army, before they had time to catch their breath, the Cossacks found another large-scale team attacking them head-on.

The few remaining Cossacks were shocked, and they didn't have the heart to fight at all. They hurriedly changed direction and fled, taking advantage of their horses to escape with difficulty.

Seeing the enemy fleeing like this, the Ming troops who were in charge of outflanking were very sorry.

But there is no way, the view on the vast grassland is too good, it is difficult to approach secretly.

However, the enemy's war horse has a relatively large advantage, with better speed and endurance. If the enemy intends to escape, it will be difficult to catch up.

In the end, the Ming army still failed to wipe out the 2000 enemy army, but it also severely damaged it. It is roughly estimated that the opponent lost more than 600 people, and it is estimated that less than 400 people escaped.

According to our own statistics, there were more than [-] casualties, of which more than [-] people died in battle.

The soldiers who died in battle were mainly caused by the infantry phalanx being stabbed to death by the enemy's spear before and after being approached by the enemy, and then the cavalry of the two sides confronted each other due to their own losses.

Through this battle, Ainengqi also saw the advantages and disadvantages of both the enemy and us.

The advantage of one's own side is that the firearms are more powerful and the tactics and tactics are more advanced. Most of the enemy's casualties occurred in the fire salvo of one's own side during foot combat.

The disadvantage is that melee weapons are inferior, and war horses are also inferior.

Therefore, in order to defeat such a fierce Rakshasa army, it is necessary to keep a certain distance from it as much as possible, and use long-range attack weapons to kill it.

As for the advantages of the enemy, the most obvious ones are their spears and war horses, so they can give full play to their advantages in charge and close combat.

Fortunately, the number of enemy troops is not large this time. If they have the same number of cavalry to charge, their own cavalry may not be able to resist.

Because the enemy's horses and spears have great advantages, once they gain momentum, the impact will be very powerful.

At that time, after the enemy rushed into one's own camp, obviously due to the strength of the troops, the follow-up was weak, and they were stuck with their own superior troops.

Then the Manchu soldiers on their own side turned the situation around by throwing spears and shooting bows and arrows.

So this also caught Ainengqi's attention. Back then, he had heard from Tangning that these cavalry, called Cossack cavalry, usually fought on a large front with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of cavalry. An overwhelming assault.

If this is the case, it is really hard to say who will win with the same force.

However, Tang Ning also said that the center of gravity of the Raksha Kingdom is in its west, and the area bordering Ming Dynasty is sparsely populated, and it is unlikely that Cossack cavalry will appear here on a large scale.

If you really encounter large-scale Cossack cavalry in the future, the best way is to dig trenches, lay barbed wire, and then use firearms to defeat them.

Therefore, the shortcomings of the Cossack cavalry are also obvious. The long-range attack is weaker, the power of firearms is not as good, and the tactics and tactics are also lagging behind their own.

As for the morale of both sides, they are both elite and brave, so there is no obvious difference in this aspect.

Ainengqi wrote a report on the course of the battle and his own summary after the battle, and then sent someone to rush it to the staff.

The Ming army defeated the powerful Raksha people in the first battle, which gave the Buriya Tibu great confidence, and even more believed that it was a wise choice to surrender to Ming Dynasty.

Ainengqi rested for a while, and then continued to search for the enemies in the territory of Buriyat under the leadership of the guide of Buriyat.

With the defeat of the Cossack cavalry, the Raksha people who invaded Buriyat knew that Ming Dynasty had intervened in the war, so they immediately became cautious, and then began to gather scattered troops, and sent to the nearest Irkut Kecheng seeks support.

Obviously, after a disastrous defeat, the Cossacks did not dare to underestimate the Ming army any longer, and were preparing to gather superior forces and bring out the greatest advantages of the Cossack cavalry.

The people of the Buriyati tribe discovered the main force of the Raksha army and quickly reported to the Ming army. Ainengqi immediately sent scouts to investigate, and finally learned that the Raksha people had gathered at least [-] cavalry.

In terms of cavalry, the opponent already has more than 3000 people more than the own side, but the total force is still not as good as the own side.

Ainengqi compared the strength of the two sides, and felt that this battle could be fought, and he was still very confident in his army.

On the other side, the Cossack cavalry obviously had confidence in their own strength. After locking on to the main movement of the Ming army, they did not evade, but took the initiative to meet them.

This time, Ainengqi didn't divide his troops, and he didn't dare to split into two groups. All the troops gathered together.

He arranged the infantry into three hollow phalanxes in the shape of finished characters, the artillery was still arranged in the gaps and sides of the phalanxes, and the cavalry was placed behind.

Eriksha, the leader of the Cossacks, carefully observed the formation and deployment of the Ming army, and knew that the number of cavalry he had was about the same as the infantry of the Ming army.

The infantry of the Ming army formed three hollow phalanxes, and the cavalry was placed in the rear. They would definitely look for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

After learning about what happened last time, Eriksha carefully analyzed the reasons for his defeat in the last battle, and now he has his own calculations about the formation of the Ming army.

Eriksha clearly realized that the Ming army is superior to long-distance combat, while his own is superior to melee combat.

Therefore, in order to defeat the Ming army, it is necessary to use the violent charge of the Cossack cavalry as much as possible to smash the formation of the Ming army in one fell swoop.

Especially this kind of infantry hollow phalanx, as long as the advantages of the Cossack cavalry are brought into play, it is not difficult to destroy it.

Moreover, Eriksha felt that this method could also be used to deal with the cavalry of the Ming army. As long as a sufficient number of cavalry was invested, with a greater impact, as long as it withstood the long-range firepower of the Ming army, it could be used for a long time. The spear pierced through the cavalry formation of the Ming army in one fell swoop.

Eriksha divided his cavalry into three teams, two with 500 men each, and one with 3000 men.

The targets of the two 500 men were the two adjacent hollow phalanxes of the Ming army, and the other 5000 cavalry were used to deal with the threatening Ming army cavalry, because the Ming army had [-] cavalry.

Eriksha felt that he could not wait for the Ming cavalry to take the initiative to find opportunities to launch a surprise attack, but to take the initiative to attack. Once the Ming cavalry was defeated first, the blow to the Ming infantry would be huge.

Then all the cavalry of one's own side gather together, they can easily overwhelm the infantry formation of the Ming army, and then there will be a one-sided killing.

Erikesha ordered two teams to attack the hollow square formation of the Ming army's infantry to attack first, and went straight to the middle and two square formations on the right side of the Ming army's finished zigzag formation.

Facing the large group of enemy cavalry rushing in, Ai Nengqi frowned slightly. It was a lie in his heart to say that he was not nervous, because before setting off, Tangning had repeatedly emphasized that this group of bandits was powerful and very brutal, so they couldn't There is the slightest underestimation.

Tang Ning also said, don't be too confident in the hollow phalanx. There is no perfect formation in the world, but the hollow phalanx is indeed unique in dealing with cavalry, so you must always be vigilant about the countermeasures once the hollow phalanx fails.

The most effective way to deal with such an enemy is to build trenches, lay barbed wire, and use the terrain advantage to defeat them.

But obviously, on the vast grassland, it is very difficult to do this.

Or, use a large number of machine guns to harvest the dense formation, but your own machine guns are also rare items, and they will not be easily used until the moment of extreme danger.

Tangning said so much, not to undermine the confidence of Ai Nengqi and Gao Yigong, but to make them tense at all times, and not to be too superstitious about any tactics and tactics.

Otherwise, once caught, the consequences will be very serious.

(End of this chapter)