Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"Tell them, if they keep turning my stomach off, I'll rip their stomachs out, so they don't have to annoy me here every day!"

Upon hearing this, the guards hurriedly ran to a nearby place.

Over there, was the camp of Fu Shan and other prospective Jinshi candidates.

After several days of fighting, the situation of these people has become polarized.

After overcoming their psychological problems, some people have gradually adapted to the cruelty of the battlefield.

As for another group of people, their health is getting worse day by day!

Even though they were protected by the king's personal guards, they did not lose their lives on the battlefield, but not taking in food or water every day was enough to make them lose more than ten pounds!

When they thought of the flying head and the internal organs scattered on the ground, they couldn't control the churning in their stomachs.

After a few days, everything in his stomach had been vomited out.

Now, even though I kept dry-retching, I couldn't vomit anything.

This kind of problem is caused by excessive mental stress. Taking medicine will not be of much use. Only when they see through it themselves can they overcome this hurdle.

Hearing the scolding from the guards coming from afar, Wang Zhichen took a look at the roasted rabbit in his hand and completely lost his appetite.

Just then, a scout came galloping from the west.

"Report!"

"Your Excellency, there is a cavalry unit coming along the Hun River!"

"At least five thousand troops! They are less than ten miles away from our army!"

Wang Zhichen's eyes widened immediately, and he casually stuffed the roasted rabbit into the scout's hand, then called to the guards beside him.

"Pass the order down, gather all the cavalry and prepare for battle!"

About an incense stick later, after several days of fighting, the only 3,000 cavalrymen left on the right wing had assembled.

The rest of the soldiers were also ready to fight.

Not long after, the sound of horse hooves could be heard coming from afar.

Getting closer!

Wang Zhichen did not get on his horse, but shouted to the lieutenant general beside him.

"Thank you!"

"The humble position is here!"

The lieutenant general named by him stepped forward and bowed.

Wang Zhichen drew out his long sword and handed it over: "In this battle, you will lead the army to meet the enemy, and I will follow you from behind!"

"I will definitely live up to your high expectations!"

Holding the sword in hand, Xie Dao jumped on his horse, looked at the smoke rising from the north, and shouted to the cavalrymen beside him.

"My Ming Dynasty will win!"

"kill!"

The three thousand cavalrymen shouted "Victory" three times in a row, followed closely behind Xie Dao, and charged towards the enemy in a spearhead formation.

Zhou Xuan opened his mouth, wanting to ask whether he should fire to provide cover, but when he remembered that there were only a hundred shells left, he gave up the idea.

Morale is a really amazing thing.

If it were half a month ago, it would have been almost impossible for the Ming army to use only 3,000 cavalry to fight against the enemy's 5,000 cavalry.

Even if they went into battle due to military orders, they would most likely end up in a disastrous defeat.

But now, after winning one favorable battle after another, the cavalrymen of the right wing army have completely forgotten what defeat means!

"avoid!"

Seeing the opponent raising his bow and shooting arrows, Xie Dao shouted and took the wooden shield from the saddle and held it in front of him.

The rest of the cavalry either followed suit or covered their faces with their arms and relied on their cotton armor to block the arrows.

“Seize, seize, seize…”

The arrow hit the wooden shield, making a dull sound.

When there was no more noise, Xie Xuan threw the wooden shield out directly. Without bothering to see how many brothers fell, he gave orders again.

"Gunfire!"

The Ming cavalrymen in the front all performed the same action, taking the three-barreled guns from the saddles and blowing out the fire starters.

"Bang bang bang!"

The three-barreled gun fired continuously, and the smoke produced filled the entire battlefield.

The next moment, the two teams collided violently.

"boom!"

“Crack, crack!”

As soon as the two sides came into contact, the sound of horses colliding and bones breaking could be heard everywhere.

Xie Dao took the lead and after knocking down an enemy soldier, he found that something was wrong.

Except for a few Jiannu generals, the rest were all Mongolian cavalry!

This gave him more confidence.

Such a situation had never occurred in previous battles with the Jiannu!

This shows one thing: the Jiannu have few soldiers left!

He immediately shouted to the people around him: "The Jiannu only sent the Mengnu here. They are doomed. Brothers, kill them!"

After saying that, he swung the three-barreled gun and smashed it towards the enemy on the opposite side.

If you want to talk about practicality, this is the thing!

No matter how many layers of armor he has, if hit by the gun head weighing more than ten pounds, the least that can happen is a broken bone!

Even if a war horse was hit on the head like this, it would probably faint on the spot!

Chapter 278 Those are our war horses, we must not let them ride them back!

The Ming army was fully paid and invincible, and this was not just talk.

The most obvious difference lies in the equipment!

And this difference is magnified several times among the cavalry!

Almost everyone in the Ming army had armor, and the worst was a set of cotton armor.

However, the Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side did not even have leather armor, and most of them were still unarmored.

Even if you are hit by the same knife, the results will be completely different if you have armor or not.

Just like Xie Xuan, he wore two layers of armor in addition to the cotton armor. Just a few moments after the battle started, he had already taken several sword strikes from the enemy, but his fighting power was not reduced at all.

Unlike Wang Zhichen, he was originally a military general, so he knew very well what the cavalry should pay attention to when charging.

He held the reins with both hands and controlled the direction of his horse with his legs, constantly weaving in and out of the gaps among the Mongolian cavalry, trying his best to avoid a head-on collision with the enemy that would cause him to stop.

Because once you stop, it will be difficult to run again!

This is a taboo!

"Master, look ahead!"

During the fight, the guard who was protecting them suddenly spoke up and gave a reminder.

Xie Xuan knocked an enemy off his horse and looked carefully, only to see that the Mongolian cavalry in front of him had actually moved to the sides!

"Bite them and never let go!"

He was not sure what the enemy's plan was, but if he got it right, he would never go wrong!

Just as Xie Xuan was leading his cavalry to engage in a fight with the enemy, Wang Zhichen looked at the water level in the Hunhe River and frowned.

"Song Shan, do you feel that the water is deeper than yesterday?"

Song Shan was the deputy commander of the Zhensu Guard. Hearing this, he answered with some confusion.

"Are you worrying too much, Admiral?"

"The weather has been getting warmer these days. Isn't it normal for the water level to rise after the snow on the surrounding mountains melts and gathers?"

Wang Zhichen shook his head: "No, it's rising too fast!"

"At the same location yesterday, you could still see dry reeds, at least two feet high above the water."

"Look how much is left now?"

Song Shan looked in the direction of his finger and indeed saw reeds, but they were all submerged in water!

But he still didn't feel there was anything wrong: "Is it because the river downstream is blocked?"

"Whether it is true or not, we will know if we send someone to check it out!"

After Wang Zhichen finished speaking, he arranged for several guards to go downstream to check.

As soon as the order was given, hundreds of Mongolian cavalrymen on the cavalry battlefield in the distance broke away from the entanglement of Xie Xuan and his men and rushed towards this side.

"Spears in formation!"

"Archers, prepare!"

Before they could give orders, a captain among the infantry shouted a reminder.

Seeing this, Wang Zhichen and Song Shan quickly retreated back to the center of the infantry.

When the Mongolian cavalry approached, the Ming army fired a rain of arrows at them.

Unfortunately, there were too few archers and only dozens of Mongolian cavalry were hit by arrows.

However, after approaching the infantry formation, these cavalrymen did not rush forward directly, but changed direction and went around to the side!

While circling, they took out bows and arrows and shot at the Ming army.

If the cavalry does not join the battle, the infantry will have no way to deal with them and can only passively raise their shields for protection.

At this moment, more than a dozen fishing boats floated down from upstream!

While the Ming army was distracted, they leaned against the inner side of the river bank!

next moment!

"boom........"

The flames shooting up into the sky, accompanied by the loud explosion, made Wang Zhichen's heart beat slower in an instant.

The earth was shaking, and the shock wave generated by the explosion caused the infantry on the periphery to fall down!

Looking at those Mongolian cavalrymen, they had already fled before the explosion!

“Clatter…”

When he heard this voice, Wang Zhichen's face immediately turned as pale as paper.

The river is rising......

explosion!

Damn Jiannu, they blew up the river!

"withdraw!"

"Get out!"

"Retreat to Liaoyang!"

He shouted at the people around him at the top of his lungs.

Xie Dao and his three thousand cavalrymen will not be greatly affected by the river bursting, but the more than ten thousand infantrymen must withdraw from the yellow mud pit as soon as possible!

And just as Fan Wencheng expected, the only direction he could retreat was eastward, towards Liaoyang!

The cavalrymen fighting in the distance also stopped because of the explosion.