Chapter 176: The Power of Intensive Charge
A row of muskets fired, and then the second row stepped forward again, aimed at the gun, and with the whistle, another round of dense volleys.
In order to pour out firepower in the shortest time and put the Jiannu cavalry into chaos, more than a thousand dragon cavalry unconsciously used line tactics.
Three rows of musketeers advanced and retreated on the raised grass and fired three rounds of volleys at the fastest speed, causing the unexpected Jiannu cavalry to overturn their horses and chaotic.
The Mongolian cavalry who went to fight relied on their skillful cavalry to turn and sweep in front of the formation, turn again, and launch a counterattack towards the chaotic enemy.
"It is worthy of being a nation on the back of a horse." Man Gui couldn't help but exclaim, completely forgot that he was also a "Mongolian".
"We are not bad either." Hu Dawei smiled and said, "It's just that the direction of practice is different. If one force reduces ten times, if they really fight, their tricks will not work."
This is also very reasonable. Fighting in battle is different from personal fighting. In other words, cooperation and coordination reduces the requirements of personal martial arts and abilities to a minimum.
No matter how hard an individual can fight, it will not be a decisive factor in the battle between thousands of troops.
The so-called generals of Guan and Zhang, and the so-called courage of ten thousand men without stopping, are difficult to appear after the development of weapons and equipment to a certain stage.
Although the Mongolian cavalry's cavalry's cavalry was second to none, their tactical styles remained hundreds of years ago. In terms of weapons and equipment, organization and coordination, they were even inferior to those of our ancestors.
After being suddenly attacked by muskets, the Mongolian cavalry made a comeback, which put Jiannu in an unfavorable situation. The bows, arrows, sabers, and Mongolian cavalry fought with more and less, and disrupted them with all their own rules, gaining the upper hand.
The sound of horse hooves roared, and Amin woke up from the shock and sent a thousand cavalry out from the right wing, pounced on the enemy on the battlefield.
"It's time for us." Feng Ruhu looked at Man Gui, and after receiving the order, he roared and led the team to rush out.
Although the Ming cavalry was in the center of the battle formation, the cavalry in the front row changed into Mongolian army clothes, and they were not uniform military uniforms. The main reason was that Jiannu could not be prepared in advance.
Just like the sudden attack of the Ming army's musketeers, the dispatch of the Ming army's cavalry indeed caught Jiannu off guard.
In ancient times, traditional cavalry charges seemed dense, but on a line, there were gaps between horses and people, in order to avoid mutual squeeze and into chaos.
Therefore, when two traditional cavalry fight against each other, when one encounters, there are few people who are killed or injured, and the number of people who are caught in the battle at the same time.
Many cavalrymen fail to hit a single attack or are blocked by the enemy, and will rush past the enemy at high speed and slash and slash and kill again with the enemy behind them.
However, when using a formation that is as dense as a wall when charging, the enemy rarely passes through the gap and even forms an almost harmless battle like "crossing fingers".
For the naturalized cavalry led by Man Gui, the cavalry was higher than most Ming troops, and it was very fast to master and train the cavalry wall tactics.
But they are still very different from the Ming cavalry that was being trained and strengthened by the Beijing camp.
With their excellent horse control technology, they can arrange relatively neat cavalry walls and maintain a relatively consistent speed during marching. However, the formation during charge is still a bit wide and sparse.
In addition to the short training time, this is more important because the psychology is at work. Naturalized cavalry rely on their own cavalry and have formed an inherent habit of combat. To put it bluntly, they do not regard cavalry wall tactics as important.
The Ming army in Jingying knew that riding skills could not be compared with the nation on the horse's back, and they knew more that winning depends on collective strength, organization and cooperation.
Only by understanding and identifying it in thought can we be more serious and thorough in training and practice.
Therefore, the cavalry wall tactics used in the naturalized cavalry battalion are only in form, but not in a divine way.
Even so, when a flat cavalry team pushed towards Jiannu, it still shocked the Mongols and Amin and other generals who were watching the battle and watching were very shocked.
It is like a wall, or a surging wave, not a wave, but fifty or sixty meters behind it is the second surge, and the third one begins to start again.
Although the naturalized cavalry still cannot reach the closeness required by the flying cavalry in the Beijing camp, it is at most only a distance of one horse. It is difficult for the enemy cavalry to pass accurately.
First, he ran slowly, and then gradually accelerated. The gun flags in the cavalry team stretched from tilted to forward, and finally completed the final charge guidance.
The gun flag is both a guide and a weapon. Those who can use this weapon are the most powerful masters in the army.
Assassination immediately is undoubtedly the most lethal. The ancient generals used long weapons, such as spears, horse lances, etc., which proves this.
However, it is quite difficult to complete the accurate assassination when running fast horses. If you cannot use them flexibly and skillfully, it is easy to stab the opponent when you collide at high speed and will also be pushed off the horse by the reaction force.
It is said that the carbine used by foreign knights is made of crisp apple wood poles. The reaction force of stabbing the enemy will crush the carbine, thereby reducing the damage to the rider.
Zhu Youxiao was not very sure and did not want to do such an experiment. Therefore, he stipulated that the standard weapon of the Ming cavalry was a saber.
Although the attack distance of the sabre chopping is short, its hit rate is much higher than that of the gun stab, and the requirements for cavalry's martial arts are also low.
This is Zhu Youxiao's purpose. He can explode a large number of soldiers and is acceptable in exchange with the enemy. Whether it is musketeers or cavalry wall tactics, they are essentially the same.
In the memoirs of French general Tavana, he once wrote: In the past, the knights who fought in the horizontal team were proficient in various fancy equestrians, and most of these movements required years of training to master them well. However, modern cavalry only takes only three months to train a qualified cavalry.
Although it is not very accurate, the length of time the soldiers train can indeed determine the victory or defeat of the war.
The cavalry charges in a densely straited lineup, and the fundamental tactical intention is to turn the soldiers into a whole through training and defeat the opponent with collective strength.
In other words, this is the power of the modern military system, relying on discipline and execution.
The wind whistled in his ears, and comrades were all around him. The Ming cavalry clasped the hilts, threw their upper arms behind him with force, pointed their elbows towards the sky, and had already accumulated momentum and prepared to slash with force.
It is only more than one hundred meters long, and the naturalized cavalry can charge with all their strength and maintain a relatively uniform formation, which is this distance.
But although this distance is not long, the cavalry wall tactics that appeared on the battlefield for the first time were enough to shock the enemy and catch them off guard.
Whether it was the Mongolian coalition, or the Later Jin generals such as Amin, they all widened their eyes and waited for the two armies to confront each other, or the moment of collision.
The dense formation of Ming cavalry made it difficult for the Later Jin cavalry to avoid it. Apart from continuing to rush forward, there was no room for dodging. This was the same helplessness as the martial arts masters on the battlefield of thousands of troops.
Whether to kill or be killed is only at the moment of collision, this is an unchangeable fact. No matter how high your martial arts or how awesome riding skills are, you can even play acrobatics, and it is useless.
You have high martial arts skills and quick moves, and can knock your opponent down before your opponent's slash. But how do you dodge and parry other enemies that come side by side?
Jiannu's cavalry was still the traditional charge tactics, and the ones who rushed to the front should be the bravest and most powerful guys. But compared with the rows of horizontal pushes by the Ming cavalry, they were lonely without the assistance of their comrades.
One thousand Jiannu were originally killing the Mongolian cavalry on the battlefield. When they found that the enemy cavalry was rushing their waists diagonally, they immediately sent two Niulu from the middle to adjust their direction to fight the Ming army.
This tactic was originally a normal response, but Jiannu miscalculated and failed when they first fought against the cavalry wall.
It seems like the situation of dying together. Can cavalry fight like this?
Niu Lue Zhenzhang stared at the enemy getting closer and closer to each other, and question marks and guesses appeared in his mind. Judging from his experience, the enemy would still disperse and fight before approaching.
As he got closer and closer, his speed had reached the fastest. Zhang Le saw the cold iron mask on the faces of the Ming cavalry and the helmet tassels blown back by the wind. He felt the momentum like a mountain. After many battles, he was a little panicked.
Jiannu around Zhangle seemed even more helpless, and even the war horses were insane, running to the side instinctively to avoid the cavalry wall that was hitting towards the front.
Jiannu's cavalry formation became a bit messy and scattered, but within such a short distance, no one could avoid it when facing the enemy cavalry pushed over.
The horizontal formations of the Ming cavalry also began to appear in arcs, but the short distance of dozens of meters and seconds would no longer affect the impact effect.
Arrows were still shooting, but they did not cause much damage to the Ming cavalry, which was due to the good protection of the armor and was also the main feature of the Ming army different from the Mongolian cavalry.
"Kill!!" The screaming sounded almost made by both sides of the enemy and us at the same time.
The torrent of cavalry finally collided violently, and the scene of people surging on horses was like huge waves slamming on stones, splashing countless splashes.
The war horse that could not be avoided hit the ground and whineeded; the blade and fragments of weapons flew up, countless gorgeous blood lights splashed, and screams and wailed.
It can be clearly seen that the Ming cavalry that pushed the way forward had a considerable advantage after facing the relatively loose Jiannu, but there were also many gaps due to casualties.
The gun flag is still there, pointing forward, and the tip of the gun is dripping with blood. It is worthy of being the elite selected by the team. With guidance, the cavalry moved closer to the gun flag, and made up for some gaps.
The horse descended down, but was still galloping. The sword was shining and flesh flew everywhere. The high-carbon steel saber of the Ming cavalry also played a huge role in the confrontation.
Zhang Le was shaking his horse, holding a cut-off scimitar in his right hand. In the confrontation just now, he used his speed to hit the enemy opposite, but another saber slashed over him diagonally, and he could only raise his sword to resist.
The knife broke, and a heat flowed down from the top of his head, blurring his vision in an instant. Zhang Le knew that he was injured. In his eyes, the scenery turned red, including another team of dense cavalry rushing towards him.
He turned his horse's head and wanted to escape, but it was not a matter of time before he wanted to mention it. The sound of horse hooves behind him made Zhang Le realize that it was extremely stupid to leave his back to his opponent.
Before he could turn his horse's head, a terrible wind came from behind his head. He instinctively turned his body and avoided the vital points, but the saber cut across his back, heavy and severe pain.
Then, another knife was slashed, hitting his shoulder, and even with armor protection, he still slashed him off his horse.
With blood all over his body and pain that was so painful that he could not shout out, Zhang Le saw the red sky and a large black shadow that passed over his head.
The shadow flew past, but Zhang Le also fell into darkness and would never see light again in this life.
The Ming army lost one-third of its cavalry assault by the first cavalry wall. However, the second charge only lost one-fifth, killing several times the enemy.
The speed of the cavalry is the key factor in victory. Jiannu, who experienced the impact of the first cavalry wall, even if he survived, faced the embarrassment of losing speed and the blow of the second cavalry wall again.
The attacks from the cavalry wall seemed endless, one after another, defeating the two Niulu Jiannu who came to fight.
"If the first team loses more than half of the loss when charging, the second team will only have 30% at most, and the third team - I'm afraid it's less than 10%."
Ma Chengfei is both the emperor's personal guard and the task of observing. He observes the changes in the situation on the battlefield and makes estimation and judgment in his heart.
"And, the second team, the third team, and even the latter teams do not need to charge too fast. This way, it is easier to control in combat."
The longer the charge distance, the faster the speed, and the more difficult the formation is to be controlled. Ma Chengfei has experienced it personally and knows it very clearly.
Alternatively, the distance between cavalry can be relaxed until a horse passes, as it is now. It will be more convenient to bypass unexpected obstacles on the road, especially the bodies of wounded and men.
Of course, whether the distance is relaxed means that the formation is more difficult to control, and Ma Chengfei is not sure.
On the battlefield, the battle was not over yet. However, after the Ming cavalry defeated the two Niulu's Jiannu cavalry with a dense horizontal attack, they began to slow down and adjust their formation, preparing to attack other Jiannu cavalry on the battlefield.
Amin did not send troops to the battlefield to participate in the battle. He saw the power of the strange tactics of the Ming cavalry, and also saw the coalition forces on the opposite side who were waiting for battle. What made him dare not act rashly was the Ming cavalry who were rigorous in battle and ready to go.
Now, only two thousand complete cavalry remained in his hands, and the other men and horses were involved in the melee. With the continuous investment of Mongolian cavalry, the troops on the battlefield were being beaten by the superior enemy.
If troops were not sent to rescue the siege, there would probably not be too many troops to escape.
But Amin really didn't think of a countermeasure to the Ming army's cavalry and the strange tactics. The tactics of adding fuel obviously did not play a big role; but if the entire army had to put the bet on it, wasn't this bet too big?
Chapter completed!