Liu Dou raised the big horizontal knife in his hand, not to chop people, but to send a signal to the musketeers. △￠, the knife fell and the gun sounded!

The musketeers company he commanded was the highest training level and the best performance on the battlefield among the first battalion. Therefore, when the entire battalion (with about 480 people in three companies) implemented a three-stage strike tactic, his company would be responsible for casting muskets.

As the leader of the company, Liu Dou naturally had to command the fire. Moreover, when arranging the hollow square formation, his company was placed on the front, facing the Mongolian cavalry that was coming like a tide.

"It's better to diffuse and drill through... It's a pity that I met our steel armored musketeers, but I just died!"

Although he was just a small company commander and had never been to the military academy seriously, Liu Dou participated in the Western Expedition throughout the whole process and competed with the Mongols for countless formations. He had long been familiar with the Mongols' fighting style and could no longer be familiar with them.

In fact, the Mongols had no good way to deal with steel armored musketeers. They were nothing more than using hard-headed hammers and maces to fight hand-to-hand combat, or using their old methods to use cavalry and cavalry to play diffuse and chiseling tactics.

The former was basically a waste of time. Liu Dou had never encountered the Mongolian infantry that could penetrate the defense line of the sword, shield and hand!

The latter has better effect, because the tactics of diffuse and chiseling are completed by the cooperation of two cavalrymen. The light cavalry of the Mongols, which are generally without armor and equipped with stubborn horn bows. They will roar towards the right or left wing of the Ming army, turn at fifty or sixty steps away, cross from the front of the Ming army's front, and shoot arrows at the fastest speed immediately, which is called diffusing.

However, when riding on a high-speed horse, you have to shoot arrows at the fastest speed. The accuracy is not to mention the myth of shooting the left eye and not hitting the right eye. Liu Dou only heard of it when he was farming in his hometown. After joining the army, this is a joke. Moreover, there are muskets, bows, cannons and rockets on the Ming army. It really starts to fight. There is smoke on the battlefield, and people can't see clearly.

Therefore, the Mongolian light cavalry responsible for diffusing basically won’t achieve any results. In fact, their role in dealing with steel armored musketeers is to attract the other party to open fire, a living target!

Once the musketeers fire, the Mongolian light cavalry responsible for diffusing will complete the task, and the next thing will be the heavy cavalry.

The ones that form the chiseling formation are Mongolian heavy cavalry, usually wearing three layers of armor (leather armor, chain armor and silk armor). The bow and arrow are difficult to hurt, and it is difficult to cut the sword. In the case of good cooperation, the chiseling formation often sprints like a javelin sword when the diffusing formation just passed through the front of the enemy. Taking advantage of the opponent's formation being disturbed by the diffused rain of arrows, it suddenly rushed in...

For steel armored musketeers, the key to dealing with this tactic is to master the timing of firing.

At this time, the Mongolian cavalry on the battlefield had been clearly divided into two strands, one was heavy cavalry, maintaining the speed of trotting, and was still one and a half miles away; the other was light cavalry. The left wing of the Musketeer Division had already rushed toward the Musketeer Division with all its strength, which was where Liu Dou was.

“100 steps, 90 steps, 80 steps, 70 steps…”

Liu Dou estimated the distance between the other party in his heart. At the same time, he was considering whether to wave the horizontal sword in his hand in his heart. Although the other party probably would not directly rush to the formation, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

Therefore, when the enemy reaches thirty steps, the horizontal sword in Liu Dou's hand must be swung down!

At this moment, the Mongolian general who was rushing in front, and I don’t know if it was a hundred or thousand households. Suddenly, the horse under his crotch turned left while running. Under his guidance, the two or three thousand Mongolian light cavalrymen who were rushing forward were all turning left one by one, turning to the left, and they were about to rush past more than 60 steps from the front of the Ming army. After completing the steering, all of these Mongolian cavalry with excellent horse control ability broke free from the reins with their hands, controlled the horse with only two legs, then took out the bow and arrow, pulled the bow and shot the feather arrow.

"At 60 steps away, the Mongolians are so brave!" Liu Dou looked at the sharp arrows flying like raindrops, but a sarcastic smile appeared on an honest face. Apart 60 steps away, even if you use a step bow of eight or nine dou, you may not be able to hurt the armorless infantry, let alone shoot steel armored soldiers with a horse bow?

As they spoke, the Mongolian feather arrows fell weakly, and most of them fell in front of the Ming army formation, inserted on the golden grass, as if they had a layer of white hair. Some of them hit the steel armor, and there was a tingling sound, and even a few sparks appeared.

At this moment, a more violent tremor suddenly came from the ground. This was the Mongolian heavy cavalry that was accelerating the sprint!

Liu Dou's eyes were staring like a copper bell, looking ahead. In the midst of the chaos of smoke and dust, a black wave had suddenly arrived! After a closer look, there were countless black-armored knights, with the rifle in their hands flat and the war horse under their crotch galloping, and they were about to hit the Ming army's square formation!

"Aim... open fire!"

Without hesitation, Liu Dou waved the horizontal knife in his hand. 150 muskets that had been on the shield were long ago, and at the same time, they spewed out flames and smoke. The power of the H-drug explosion steadily and forcefully pushed the projectile out of the gun chamber, like 150 death blades, passing by everything in the front of less than a hundred steps.

In an instant, the head of the seven or eight thousand Mongolian heavy cavalry seemed to be hit by a heavy punch. The warriors who rushed to the front fell from the horse's back, and many war horses also became victims. They screamed and fell to the ground, causing the cavalry on the horse's back to roll and fall to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the second gunshot also sounded, and then the third formation, the fourth formation, the fifth formation...

The volleyball guns were fired one after another. Although the number of muskets fired in volleys was not large, only 150, the front of the Ming army's hollow square formation was also not wide, only a hundred steps up and down. 450 mesh guns fired in turn, and a fatal firepower net was formed. The Mongols who rushed forward and followed one after another fell down!

The fallen men and horses became obstacles to the charge of the subsequent troops. The frightened war horses ran around the battlefield and collided with the cavalry rushing up from behind. The front of the hollow square formation where Liu Dou was located was suddenly in chaos.

Some lucky Mongolian cavalry also dodged the firepower net composed of lead bullets and rushed to the front of the hollow square formation with swords and guns. But facing the shining spear tips and blades, who would rush up without fear? The horse team divided into two strands in front of this hollow square formation. They deviated from the left and right wings of the square formation, and then crashed into the rain of bullets.

The melee guns on both sides of the square formation were also the same as on the front. They used the three-stage strike tactic to fire continuously, knocking over the Mongolian cavalry that had passed by quickly. They rushed through the firepower nets on the left and right wings of the square formation. Before they could catch their breath, countless sharp arrows shot over the head and face. It turned out that the Ming army's steel-armored cavalry were shooting arrows!

There were also some Mongolian heavy cavalrymen who took advantage of the chaos to get down from horseback to the ground, waving their hard-headed hammers and shields to the hollow square formation of the Ming army. They seemed to want to use close-kick to disrupt the square formation of the Ming army. In the era of Genghis Khan and Ogedei Khan, this style of fighting was effective. At that time, the Mongolian soldiers were fierce and good at fighting, and their hand-to-hand combat ability was far higher than all opponents, so it was easy to cause chaos in the opponent's strict formation. However, today's Mongolian soldiers have long lost their former courage. And their opponents are the Ming army's steel armored soldiers with super hand-to-hand combat ability...

"How is it? What's the situation?"

Abaha at the rear clenched his fists tightly and asked Boyan urgently.

The sandstorm and dust stepped out of the Mongolian cavalry, the smoke from the Ming army rockets and muskets were mixed together, and the battle situation was impossible to see clearly. But what worries Boyan was that he did not hear many fighting sounds in the melee of the army, only the Han volleyball guns kept firing, and the rhythm had not changed much!

Boyan opened his mouth several times, and the glitter in his eyes changed a few times. Finally, he seemed to have made up some decision and said in a deep voice: "The situation seems to be not good, so why not let the warriors retreat first and then make a decision. If it really doesn't work, you can also pretend to defeat and lure the enemy..."

This suggestion coincides with Abaha's idea. He came from afar to help Brother Man Tiemuer. If this circumference can be solved, then you might as well join forces with Brother Man Tiemuer to give the Ming army a little color. If you have a thrust idea, then you might as well throw down Brother Man Tiemuer and go south. If the Ming army chases him, find a favorable terrain to set up an ambush. Maybe you can fight a turnaround. Even if the other party is not fooled, just run back to Persia.

By the way, there are also some big cities such as Bukhar, Samarkand, and Yulongjie, and the two cities of the city and the surrounding oasis have to move all the people in Persia to Persia, leaving a wasteland for the Ming army...

"Since that's the case, let the warriors retreat first." Abaha ordered loudly, "Another transfer the firearms and 10,000 team to the left wing. If the Ming army musketeers approach, they will also ask them to taste the power of the Great Mongolian firearm!"

Although Abaha had already developed the intention to retreat, retreat was also a science, and it was impossible for more than 100,000 troops to retreat in a hurry. In this battle, the Mongols' opponent was the Ming army, which also had a large number of horses and powerful light cavalry.

...

"Si9 is the sound of the Mongols retreating!"

Although Guo Kan was old, his ears were still working. As soon as Abaha ordered the charge of the cavalry to retreat, he started to scream.

"Are the artillery in place?" Zhu Sijiu looked expressionless and just asked loudly.

"Report to the commander, the five artillery regiments have all arrived at the designated position on the right wing and can be unfolded at any time!"

A staff officer replied loudly. It turned out that Zhu Sijiu's offensive launched by his right wing was not only musketeers and light cavalry. Five of the six artillery regiments of the Western Expedition Army were also quickly mobilized under the cover of fierce infantry and cavalry fighting between the two sides!

"Let the artillery go up quickly, and then unfold two hundred steps away from the enemy's formation, then fire the cannon and bombard their left wing with shotgun!"

"Order the muskets to cover the artillery and reach two hundred steps away from the enemy's formation, and then set up aside."

"Order the light cavalry to line up on the right wing of the artillery, dismount and accumulate strength, and be ready to encircle the enemy's left wing at any time."

"Order the three infantry brigades of the Silver Armored Division (Guo Kan's troops) to prepare for the gun array assault! Once the left wing of the Mongols wavered, start immediately!"

A series of commands were conveyed like flowing water, and the situation on the battlefield also changed rapidly, reaching a dazzling level.

Liu Dou, who was commanding the musketeers to fire and block the Mongolian cavalry, has advanced again on the enemy's corpses and the bodies of the wounded. The Mongolian cavalry paid a heavy price and retreated like a wind and clouds. Only countless lying corpses, screaming wounded soldiers and neighing horses were left behind.

"Knife and shield hands should pay attention to finishing the attack! Whether it is dead or alive, stab it!"

A loud order from the battalion commander of the Dao and Shield Camp came from the front, followed by a puff sound of the knife piercing into the human body and a series of dying screams one after another.

The battlefield is the cruelest place, and the lives of the losers are the least valuable here. The Ming army musketeers who re-expanded four rows of horizontal lines went forward and killed. And behind them were no longer tens of thousands of Ming army steel armored cavalry, but replaced by 120 3-inch cannons dragged by eight horses!

According to the plan formulated by Zhu Sijiu before the war, these 120 cannons will continue to advance within 200 steps of the enemy! It will only be deployed at a distance of less than 300 meters, and then there will be a blast. In this era, no enemy can withstand 120 cannons bombarded with shotgun at such a close range.

Once the artillery succeeds, the cavalry will attack, encircle the left wing of the Mongols, and drive them to the bottom of the muzzle with bows and arrows. When these Mongols are defeated by the shotguns, it will be time for the spearmen to launch an attack.

When the right wing of the Ming army's Western Expedition Army launched a fierce attack, their middle and left wings also began to approach the Mongols on the opposite side, and used bows and arrows and muskets to exchange fire with the other side.

Rumble...

When the roar of cannons came from the right wing, Zhu Sijiu's formation was already full of joy. One hundred and twenty 3-inch cannons fired shotguns within 200 steps is not a joke!

Once Abaha's left wing collapsed, the whole line would collapse!

Zhu Sijiu also laughed loudly and said to his left and right: "After this battle, we surrounded Huwu and forced the submission to Brother Mengge Timuer... The lord of the Mongolian Khanate was captured by us and sent to Beijing and Jiangdu, which is a great contribution! After a while, he will capture Abaha and send it to the saints. In this way, the four major khanates in Mongolia will tell us to destroy two! This great contribution has been the first since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, right?"

Guo Kan laughed loudly when he heard this, as if he agreed. Then he rode his horse to Zhu Sijiu and lowered his voice: "Sijiu, your credit can be compared with Han Xin and Peng Yue of the Han Dynasty in the past!"

"Han Xin, Peng Yue..."

"Taishan, what do you mean?" Zhu Sijiu frowned.

Guo Kan smiled, but changed the topic: "Brother Meng Tie Muer, the two thieves Abaha are either given heads or become prisoners, but the two thieves have hundreds of thousands of warriors under their command. I don't know how to deal with it?"

Zhu Sijiu laughed and said, "This matter is Yi Er. How did the saints subdue the barbarians in Liaodong in the past? Today, how would I deal with the tribes of Mangetemuer and Abaha!"

"Sijiu, you mean..."
Chapter completed!