Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 399 The Crushing Battle
For the Mongolian cavalry, unless your infantry has several times more troops than him, he will not be taken seriously.

This is the confidence accumulated by the Mongolian cavalry after decades of border conflicts.

In the eyes of the cavalry, the infantry is just a slow-moving live target. As long as the cavalry tactics left over from the Genghis Khan period can be used, it is only a matter of time before the infantry is defeated.

At that time, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di made five northern expeditions to the grasslands. Although it weakened Mongolia and maintained the tranquility of the Ming Dynasty's borders, it also exhausted the Ming Dynasty's national strength.

So, in the face of the powerful Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian ministries are not very afraid. When they can't beat them, they can retreat to the depths of the grassland, and then use the strategic depth to drag you down.

And when you're weak, they go back and rob you and make you weaker, that's how nomads deal with farming civilizations.

"Big Khan, we have already found out that there is only this Ming army in a radius of tens of miles. If we chase slowly, these Ming troops may escape back to the pass." In the Mongolian army, a subordinate Wan Wan The husband reported to Lin Danhan.

"Very well, these Ming dogs dared to rob us, this time we must not let them go back alive." Lin Danhan looked at the Ming army formation and gritted his teeth.

"Pass my order, Baturu, you lead [-] cavalry to outflank the right flank, Rabashhib, you lead [-] cavalry to outflank the left flank, cut off the back of the Ming army, and the others lead troops to attack from the front and the side..." Lin Danhan gave the order and said.

Following Lin Dan Khan's order, soon, the Mongolian army moved.

On both sides of the [-] Mongolian cavalry formation, two groups of cavalry were separated from both sides of the Ming army.

Except for the thousands of heavy armored cavalry left behind, the other cavalry also slowly approached the Ming army barracks.

When cavalry fight against infantry, archers usually walk around and shoot, shooting and killing the infantry in the enemy's phalanx.

Subsequently, under the attack of the cavalry archers, after the infantry phalanx collapsed, a large number of rangers could quickly cover up and kill them, accelerating the loss of enemy infantry and finally causing the infantry phalanx to be defeated.

In battles between cavalry and infantry, all the infantry are often lost in one battle, but the cavalry loses very little.

If the infantry did not form a phalanx, it would be even simpler. Simply sending heavy cavalry to charge could basically defeat the infantry.

If the infantry is equipped with armor and is a heavy infantry phalanx, the cavalry can also deal with it. As long as heavy throwing weapons such as javelins are used, the heavy infantry phalanx will suffer heavy losses.

Even if so many blows fail to make the infantry phalanx collapse, then they can only grind it out slowly. Anyway, the cavalry is fast and will always find the weaknesses of the infantry phalanx to attack.

In the battle between cavalry and infantry, even if the cavalry loses the infantry, there is no way to annihilate the cavalry, and as long as the infantry loses, basically the whole army will end.

When Lin Dan Khan attacked the Ming army's infantry phalanx, he was obviously planning to use the traditional strategy of cavalry to kill the infantry and the rangers to take advantage of the chaos to cover up the kill.

In the square formation of the Ming army at this time, more than 5000 infantry formed three square formations in the shape of a character, with hundreds of cannons in the middle.

And [-] cavalry are hidden in the middle of the character shape, ready to attack at any time.

After the Mongolian cavalry gradually approached the Ming army's phalanx, the Ming army also moved.

As countless war drums were sounded, the cannons in the Ming army's phalanx rang.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom .

Countless shells passed over the heads of the soldiers in the phalanx, and then slammed towards the cavalry approaching in the distance.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

After the shell flew into the Mongolian cavalry phalanx, there was a violent explosion immediately.

At the same time, the musketeers in the phalanx also pulled the triggers one after another.

At this time, the Mongolian archers had not rushed to the effective range of the bow and arrow, but the Ming army musketeers were able to easily shoot the cavalry in the distance.

At this time, the Ming army's phalanx was like a god of death suddenly resurrected. In just a moment, the Mongolian cavalry suffered heavy losses.

In particular, the loud noise from the explosion of the shells made many Mongolian war horses flustered, and the charge formation of the Mongolian cavalry was chaotic.

The cavalry, who had not undergone adaptive training to the sound of guns, suddenly panicked when faced with a weapon that could make a loud noise.

Moreover, in the center of the battlefield, the sound of musket guns has been continuous since the sound.

The Mongolian cavalry rushing towards the infantry phalanx were continuously loaded off their horses under the fire of muskets, like dumplings.

"What's going on? What's going on? What kind of firearm is this Ming army?"

Seeing countless shells exploding in the cavalry ranks, Lin Dan Khan behind the Mongolian cavalry phalanx in the distance suddenly showed a look of horror.

It's not that they haven't seen the Ming army's firearms before. After firing a round of the Ming army's blunderbuss, it basically takes half a day to continue firing, and it is easy to explode.

Facing such an enemy, the cavalry only needs to rush up and shoot arrows to suppress it.

But now, at this time, the weapon that looked like a blunderbuss in the hands of the Ming army was able to shoot continuously, which caused heavy losses to his troops.

What frightened him the most were those shells that could explode. Wherever these shells passed, they would cause great commotion, causing the entire cavalry's attack to fall into a state of being hindered.

In just a short battle, the Mongolian cavalry suffered heavy losses, while the losses of the Ming army's phalanx were minimal.

The main reason is that the range of muskets is too far compared with that of bows and arrows. The Mongolian cavalry archers were shot down one after another before they approached the infantry phalanx of the Ming army.

The battle lasted for half an hour. Within half an hour, the Mongolian cavalry suffered continuous attacks from muskets and artillery, at least losing the lives of more than 5000 people.

After a short battle, the Ming army musketeers quickly killed the Mongolian cavalry.

Countless Mongolian cavalry saw their comrades in front of them being carried off their horses as if they had been massacred, and they were so frightened that they pulled their horses and ran away.

Soon, the Mongolian cavalry attacking the Ming army's phalanx collapsed.

The Mongolian cavalry began to flee, but the Ming army was obviously not prepared to let these Mongolian cavalry go.

In the phalanx of the Ming army, hundreds of cannons raised the elevation angle of their barrels and continued to bombard the retreating Mongolian cavalry.

Seeing the Mongolian cavalry retreating in a panic, the tens of thousands of Ming cavalry in the infantry phalanx also quickly lined up and chased them out.

"Husai Batulu, I order you to lead five thousand heavy armored cavalry to intercept the chasing Ming cavalry and defeat them."

Seeing the cavalry of the Ming army coming out in pursuit, Lin Danhan immediately gave an order to a general beside him.

The heavy armored cavalry, as the ace cavalry of the Mongolian cavalry, would not have sent it rashly if it hadn't been for the retreat of other soldiers and horses.

Heavy armored cavalry has always been the trump card of the Mongolian cavalry, and now Lin Danhan has sent out all the trump cards, which shows how he was forced by the battlefield at this time.

If troops were not sent to intercept the Ming cavalry, the retreating Mongolian cavalry would definitely be chased and killed by the Ming cavalry, and the collapsed Mongolian cavalry would definitely not be the opponent of the Ming cavalry.

But if you want to regroup and make the collapsed cavalry become effective again, you must stop the cavalry that the Ming army is chasing and give him a certain amount of time to regroup.

(End of this chapter)