Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 139
But it's a pity that he ran to the north with the same result. After all, the five hundred and three thousand cavalrymen were not vegetarians.

These [-] battalions of Zhu Cihong's cavalry were the same as the backbone of the Mongolian soldiers when Zhu Di formed the [-] battalion in the early Ming Dynasty.

As soon as Echina crossed the ravine, he had only walked forty feet away, when the [-] cavalry battalions surrounded him.

Without saying a word, they aimed at the mount under Echina's crotch and shot more than a dozen arrows, and immediately shot Echina down.

Relying on the superiority in numbers, Echina's group of 300 people was immediately suppressed. Ge Shimu and the others could only raise their shields to defend, and they didn't even dare to take out bows and arrows from behind to fight back.

"Geshimu, we can't just be passively beaten like this, you go and ask Zhang Jing what to do." The Eight Banners around Geshimu felt that they couldn't sit still like this, so they urged Geshimu to ask Echina what he had There is no way.

"Okay." Geshimu got off his horse, raised the shield above his head, and walked slowly to Echina's side.

Because the mount was shot down, Echina lost his mobility and could only stand still and raise his shield to defend against the arrows.

Although he was wearing cotton armor and chain mail, let alone riding a bow, he couldn't shoot through it even with a step bow within tens of meters.

But he doesn't have armor on his wrists and face. Traditional oriental armor rarely has visors and gauntlets. Compared with Zhu Cihong's plate armor knights, this is a big disadvantage.

"Zhang Jing, I don't think we can rush out. These cavalry are as powerful as the Mongols, but they are stronger than the Mongols." Ge Shimu said.

The tactics of the Mongolian cavalry are to shoot arrows non-stop, like flying a kite, but they just don’t make contact with you, don’t fight with you, and run away as soon as you get close.

The same is true of Zhu Cihong's cavalry, but they are not afraid of close combat, so they just stand in place and draw their bows and arrows.

Even though Echina and the others have been advancing northward, the [-] battalion of cavalry did not retreat. If it were the Mongolian cavalry, they would have already started retreating and flying kites.

"No, go and lead me a horse, let's charge again, it's just a few hundred arrows, we will definitely be able to charge through." Echina didn't believe that he would fail, he wanted to try again, otherwise no matter what He will not be reconciled.

In order to wait for their chief, the two or three hundred Eight Banners Xiaoqi waited for a dozen breaths, and each of them received three or five arrows on average.

But they don't care, as long as it's not so unlucky, if they are set on fire like Echina, it's nothing to be shot a few times, and it can even be said to be painless.

The lethality of arrows is actually far less high than ordinary people imagine, because the armor-piercing ability of this kind of thing is almost the weakest among long-range weapons.

A few years ago, Lu Xiangsheng was surrounded by the Eight Banners on the edge of the capital. He was shot with dozens of arrows, and he almost turned into a hedgehog. Moreover, he was shot by a mite man with a hard bow and heavy arrows, so he was not shot to death.

It is even more impossible for these three thousand cavalry battalions to kill these heavy cavalry with their soft and weak cavalry bows.

"Fighters of the Eight Banners, come with me, kill these Han Chinese, and we can return to Huaiqing." Putting on a new horse, Echina swaggered again.

Echina and the two or 300 people behind him didn't have any fixed formation, and they charged on the plain very loosely.

At least for the [-] battalions of cavalry.

"Brothers, the Tartars are here. Put back the bow. It's time to take out the swords and spears." The commander of the five hundred and three thousand cavalry saw Echina and the others approaching, and bravely took out the bow. Knife, determined to start a cold weapon close combat with them.

"Come on!"

With an order, five hundred cavalrymen lined up neatly and charged towards them like a thick stone wall.

Seeing them like this, many Eight Banners Valiant Riders felt a little scared in their hearts, but at this point, neither side could stop, so they could only bite the bullet and charge forward.

Anyway, it's not until the last moment, and it's still unknown who will win.

Echina leaned on the horse's back, lowering his body to prevent being shot suddenly by the opponent's arrows. While the horse was running, his back undulated violently, just like the rolling hills in Echina's hometown.

Soon, he was in contact with three thousand battalions of cavalry, and the swords collided with each other, making a clanging sound.

After the swords of both sides were bounced off, Echina quickly changed the direction of his saber, tilted it downward, and cut through the thighs of the [-] cavalry battalions who were fighting with him with a light stroke.

The thigh was cut, and the main artery of the leg was not spared, and it was also cut. A large amount of blood gushed out from here, dyeing Echina's red boots and saddle even more red.

After charging down, Eqina looked back at the Eight Banners Knights behind him and discovered that they had lost dozens of people.

He thought this was the price he paid for breaking through the siege, but he didn't expect that there were hundreds of horse infantry standing in front of them.

At the same time, the three thousand battalion of cavalry behind them were also gearing up to launch the next round of charge.

"How come there are so many Han Chinese?" Geshimu said in surprise when he came to Ejina's side.

He and Echina never imagined that the Han army's movements would be so fast.

You know, in the past, they were the only ones who rode horses to play the Han people like monkeys, chasing and intercepting the Han people, and there were times when they were chased and intercepted by the Han people.

They didn't know that while Zhu Cihong was commanding the army to advance on the official road, he dispatched most of the cavalry to the vast plains on both sides.

Only the infantry and a small number of elite cavalry were left behind to slowly eat away the Eight Banners who had lost their mobility.

In all fairness, the Eight Banners' combat effectiveness is very strong, whether it is the horse army or the infantry army, but Zhu Cihong's Ming army is not bad.

Although Zhu Cihong's standard-bearer guards, Jinyi guards, and Jinwu guards are all recruits and have basically not been trained, but under the encouragement of Zhu Cihong himself and his bank notes, almost everyone can sacrifice their lives.

"No, that's the banner of the Chinese army, and their generals have come to kill them." Echina knew what the various banners of the Han people meant. After all, he was Niu Luzhangjing who was in charge of 300 people.

The terrain on the plain was open, and there was nothing blocking his view. He immediately saw the Ming characters, Zhu characters' banners, and countless bright yellow flags carried by Zhu Cihong's followers.

Although he didn't know who those flags belonged to, he could say with certainty that they belonged to the Han general.

"We're finished." Geshimu said dejectedly when he heard Echina's words.

Ge Shimu knew very well that the arrival of the Han general meant the arrival of the Han army, and the two hundred of them would not be able to defeat them no matter what.

(End of this chapter)