Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 400 Fruit

Ming army cavalry, more than 5000 of them are veterans who have experienced the Japanese war.

Only the other [-] cavalry were recruits, but during this time, the cavalry recruits had been looting on the grasslands, and they were already used to killing and fighting.

When the chasing Ming army cavalry encountered five thousand Mongolian heavy armored cavalry, they did not rush up to fight with them, but picked up a long-barreled flintlock from their horsebacks one after another.

Subsequently, the [-] Ming army cavalry divided into two teams, and bypassed the Mongolian heavy armored cavalry on both sides.

During the roundabout process, the Ming army cavalry pulled the triggers in the direction of the heavy armored cavalry while riding on horseback.

Bang bang bang bang!

At this moment, the cavalry of the Ming army turned into a musketeer cavalry. They used their speed much faster than the heavy armored cavalry to shoot with muskets from a long distance away.

Following the firing of muskets by the cavalry of the Ming army, countless cavalry and war horses fell down on the periphery of the Mongolian heavy armored cavalry phalanx.

The reason why heavy cavalry was so powerful in ancient times is mainly because of the iron armor all over the body, which cannot be penetrated by ordinary cold weapons, so whether it is light cavalry or infantry, it is difficult to confront heavy cavalry head-on.

But the heavy cavalry is not without disadvantages. First of all, because of the heavy load, the speed of the entire cavalry is too slow compared to the light cavalry. If the light cavalry faces the heavy cavalry, it can drag the heavy cavalry down.

Therefore, generally on the battlefield, heavy armored cavalry are only used as a force to break formations, rather than as regular troops.

In addition, when weapons that can penetrate heavy armor appear, it means that the era of heavy cavalry is over.

And the weapon that can penetrate heavy armor is undoubtedly a firearm.

Next, everyone could see that the Ming army cavalry was like a millstone, constantly relying on speed to shoot around the Mongolian heavy armored cavalry, constantly consuming the number of heavy armored cavalry.

Under such an attack, it is believed that this heavy cavalry will be wiped out soon.

In the distance, Lin Danhan organized his generals to rectify the rout, while watching his heavy cavalry being consumed continuously, his heart was bleeding.

He has decided to leave here immediately after reorganizing his troops. The weapons of the Ming army are too powerful and cannot be defeated by humans.

At this time, the Mongolian heavy armored cavalry was still struggling. They wanted to fight hand-to-hand with the Ming army cavalry, but the Ming army cavalry could always use their speed to distance themselves, and then consume them at a long distance.

Moreover, when the heavy armored cavalry was exhausted, half of the Ming army cavalry was allocated to chase other Mongolian cavalry.

In the distance, Lin Danhan had gathered ten thousand soldiers and horses at this time.

At the same time, more rout soldiers were gathering towards his place.

Under such circumstances, a 5000 Ming army cavalry rushed up.

"Batulu, I will give you [-] soldiers and horses to stop these Ming cavalry." Lin Danhan ordered to his generals.

After Lin Danhan gave the order, the more than 1 cavalry who had just gathered quickly entered the battle and then faced the [-] Ming army cavalry.

In the case of light cavalry against light cavalry, the Mongolian cavalry has enough psychological advantages, which is the confidence they have accumulated in the process of growing up on horseback.

More than 1 Mongolian cavalry charged towards the [-] Ming army cavalry with great momentum.

At this time, the infantry of the Ming army was still several miles away, and it was not possible to rush to the battlefield for support in a short time.

Under such circumstances, it seemed that the five thousand cavalrymen of the Ming army were already a certainty.

Moreover, there are more and more rout soldiers gathering here. If the infantry of the Ming army loses their formation during the pursuit, Lin Danhan thinks that they are not incapable of fighting.

Under such circumstances, the distance between the Mongolian cavalry and the five thousand Ming army cavalry is getting closer.

The Mongolian cavalry galloped with great momentum, but the five thousand cavalry of the Ming army formed themselves into a dense horizontal formation, and then approached the Mongolian cavalry in a neat and jogging formation.

Just when the cavalry on both sides were only more than 200 meters away, the cavalry of the Ming army began to speed up the impact.

The cavalry tactic used by the Ming army at this time was the famous wall charge in European history. If the appearance of firearms had not destroyed this cavalry tactic, this tactic would have formed a strong historical symbol in history.

If the charge of ordinary cavalry is like countless bricks hitting you, then the charge of Ming cavalry at this time is like a wall hitting you.

The advantage of this cavalry tactic over ordinary cavalry tactics is that this tactic can make one's side fight more and fight less.

As the cavalry on both sides got closer, the speed of the cavalry on both sides became faster and faster.

When the distance between the two sides was less than [-] meters, the cavalry of the Ming army pulled out several short-barreled flintlock guns from their horsebacks, and then quickly pulled the triggers directly in front of them.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
A burst of gunfire rang out, and then I saw the Mongolian cavalry rushing to the front being carried off their horses one after another.

Almost everyone in the Ming cavalry was equipped with three or four short-barreled flintlock guns. In less than ten seconds, the Ming army poured tens of thousands of bullets on the Mongolian cavalry. heavy.

However, immediately after, before everyone had time to react, the cavalry from both sides collided fiercely.

The Ming army's cavalry platoons were too densely arrayed. When the cavalry from both sides collided, each Mongolian cavalry faced several weapons.

Even if a Mongolian cavalry with high martial arts skills killed a Ming cavalry, he would not escape the fate of being hacked and killed by other Ming cavalry.

As the fighting between the two sides continued, the Mongolian cavalry soon collapsed.

First of all, they had collapsed once before, which had already cast a psychological shadow on the Ming army.

Now, they discovered that the Ming army cavalry was not something they could win at all, and they could only die in vain if they continued to fight the Ming army cavalry.

Under such circumstances, they collapsed again.

After the Mongolian cavalry collapsed, the Ming army cavalry also quickly chased and killed them from behind.

In the distance, Lin Dan Khan was horrified when he saw tens of thousands of cavalry collapsing.

"Retreat, retreat!"

Seeing such a situation, at this time Lin Danhan realized that he had been defeated. If he continued to gather troops and horses to fight the Ming army, he would only lose more.

Under such circumstances, he could only take the lead in fleeing. As for the soldiers and horses that have not yet assembled, I believe they will also flee.

If he gathered his troops and escaped together, he would only be chased and beaten by the Ming army.

And if they escaped scattered, unless the Ming army also dispersed their pursuit, it would be impossible to achieve much results.

On the endless prairie, as long as the Mongolian knights want to escape, the Ming cavalry don't even think about being able to catch up. This is the advantage of the Mongolian cavalry.

Sure enough, after Lin Dan Khan escaped, other Mongolian cavalry also joined the fleeing ranks.

The Ming army cavalry only had time to chase and kill some of the Mongolian cavalry. After the Ming army cavalry wiped out thousands of Mongolian cavalry, the other Mongolian cavalry quickly disappeared from sight.

But even so, the Ming army can be regarded as a big victory in this battle.

After this battle, the Ming army wiped out more than 3000 Mongolian light cavalry and 2000 Mongolian heavy cavalry, and captured more than [-] Mongolian heavy cavalry.

Killed so many Mongolian cavalry, but the Ming army lost less than 1000 people.

In this battle, the Ming army also seized 20 cattle and sheep and [-] horses. These were all things that the Mongols had not had time to take away when they fled in a hurry.

Cattle and sheep are naturally the logistics food of the Mongols.

As for the war horses, some of them are the spare horses of the Mongolian cavalry, and some of them are captured on the battlefield.

In this battle, Lin Danhan lost nearly [-] of his [-] soldiers and horses. It can be said that he was hurt. After learning this lesson, he will never dare to plunder the border of Ming Dynasty again.

(End of this chapter)