Chapter 1273 The cavalry is not dead, just a new look
The hilly areas seem to be full of war fortresses, but in fact they do not consume many soldiers of the Northern Frontier Army. The Northern Frontier Army has more troops and is arranged at various entrances and exits in the hilly areas.
At every exit, a row of artillery is the leader.
Then there are musketeers, with swords and shields on both wings, and cavalry on both sides of the swords and shields.
It is really difficult for the Mongolian cavalry, who have suffered heavy losses in the hilly areas to break through such a defense line. In the words of Chen Yucheng, deputy commander of the Northern Army, this place is the cemetery of the Borhu tribe.
Cannon seals, guns and bullets rain.
Thirteen thousand Mongolian cavalry were trapped in the hills. Advance was death, and retreat was death.
There is nothing more hopeless than this.
In just one afternoon, nearly 70,000 Mongolian cavalry were buried in the rain of bullets of the Daxia Army. The Mongolian cavalry that barely rushed out had to face the encirclement and interception of the cavalry and infantry of the Northern Frontier Army.
There is no way to survive.
No hope!
At 5 pm, Boerhu was hit by shell fragments during a charge, causing serious injuries. The generals of the army wanted to take Boerhu out to death, but Boerhu refused.
The Mongolian general carried his severely injured body and launched his last charge towards the enemy.
With Bor's death in battle, the remaining Mongolian cavalry finally lowered their proud heads and surrendered to the Daxia army. In this way, in just one day, the Northern Frontier Army defeated one of the nine Mongolian troops.
As soon as the news came out, it shocked the entire Mongolian Empire.
Hara and Lin, the palace.
Upon receiving the news that Bor Hu died in battle and his troops were defeated, Genghis Khan almost failed to stand firm, his face turned pale, and he muttered to himself: "How is it possible, how is it possible, how is it possible..."
Such a result was really unacceptable to Genghis Khan.
After reading the detailed battle report, Genghis Khan only felt a chill that could not be dispelled, and instantly filled his whole body. Facing such a Daxia army, the Mongolian army, which was basically cavalry, still have a chance of victory?
The famous Mongolian cavalry in history encountered unprecedented natural enemies.
When Tolei on the other side saw him, he asked, "Father Khan, do you want to recruit young people to the army temporarily?" The Mongolians and the whole people were soldiers. As long as they thought, they would soon recruit hundreds of thousands of new forces.
Tolei obviously lacks confidence in this battle and wants to recruit soldiers temporarily.
"Forget it, leave some seeds for the tribe members!" Genghis Khan waved his hand tiredly. Facing such an enemy, temporary recruitment was just to drain the blood of the Mongolians.
"Don't let the whole clan bury the evil we have committed." Genghis Khan closed his eyes in pain.
When Tuo Lei saw him, he felt a little regretful for the first time. If he had not advocated a war with Daxia, he might not have suffered today's defeat and would not have dragged the Mongol Empire into the abyss of blood.
Even said that he had a little resentment towards his third brother, Ogedei and Tolei.
But there is no turning back when the bow is drawn. Since the Mongolian Empire declares war and Daxia has responded, there will never be peace again. There are only two ways before the Mongolian Empire.
Either bow your head or die with pride!
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Not only the Mongol Empire, but also the Daxia Army were surprised by this battle. Many generals had never expected that the power of the firearm would be terrifying here!
In this round of disarmament in Daxia, it is clearly stipulated that the proportion of firearms and other types of musketeers should be increased, the proportion of cold weapons and weapons should be reduced again, and the cavalry and spearmen should be significantly removed.
To be honest, some generals in the army do not understand this.
There are many protests during the disarmament process.
When the Battle of the Unknown Hills was revealed in detail by the Privy Council, the generals of the Daxia Army who muttered that they wanted to resolutely defend the glory of cold weapons collectively lost their voices and obediently cooperated with the Privy Council to complete the disarmament.
When Ouyang Shuo received the report, Long Yan was very happy and immediately issued an order to promote Chen Yu to the commander of the Northern Army and be awarded the rank of the third-rank general of Pingbei. Yue Fei, the former commander of the Northern Army, was appointed to another appointment.
When the Mongolian War is over, the Great Xia army will usher in a round of adjustments and Yue Fei will also be reused.
Ouyang Shuo's move was not only a reward for Chen Yu's first achievements in the Mongolian battle under the establishment of the army, but also a reward for Chen Yucheng to eliminate a major hidden danger of disarmament through the use of firearms.
Chen Yucheng, who was born in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was familiar with firearms, but he did not disappoint Ouyang Shuo.
Chen Yucheng used special terrain this time to formulate the most suitable tactics for the Mongolian cavalry to use firearms in a very targeted manner, and became famous in one battle.
As the saying goes, “Seeing is true!”
Some generals of the Daxia army who had never seen the power of firearms will inevitably have certain prejudice against such new weapons, and even stubbornly believe that cold weapons are the mainstream of war.
Because of different experiences and the limitations of the times, it is understandable that the generals have this understanding.
But Ouyang Shuo can understand it, but it does not mean that he can agree.
The Battle of the Unknown Hills was like a wake-up call, waking up these stubborn generals, truly beginning to face the power of the firearms, and learning to keep pace with the times.
Even Huo Qubing, the commander of the Imperial Guard, was deeply inspired.
To be honest, the Battle of the Unknown Hills was a huge blow to Huo Qubing.
Guy Huo Qubing is a genius general in cavalry warfare. His imperial guards are also mainly cavalry. They once made great achievements in the empire and were regarded as the most dazzling jewel in the imperial crown, but now they are in an embarrassing situation.
Is the loneliness of the Mongolian cavalry also a tragic silhouette of the future of the Imperial Guard?
In this round of disarmament, in addition to laying off 100,000 people, more than half of the cavalry left behind would be transferred, especially the light cavalry, which would be transferred to lances.
This gun is not a spear, but a musket.
Although Huo Qubing's confidence was severely frustrated, Ouyang Shuo had high hopes for this love general.
Huo Qubing is good at blitzkrieg and long-distance raids. In the post-cavalry era, he still has his own unique charm, especially in the real world, which is very useful.
For example, the Air Force is known as the Sky Knight.
In addition, armored units with super mobile capabilities such as motorized units and tank units are actually an evolutionary version of ancient cavalry, but the mounts are replaced by grass-eating war horses to oil-eating machines.
Generals like Huo Qubing with distinct combat styles will never fall behind.
"The cavalry will never die, but it has just changed its appearance!" Ouyang Shuo comforted his beloved general so much.
Ouyang Shuo has instructed [Imperial Army University] and [Imperial Naval University] to take advantage of the opportunity of disarmament to temporarily add senior officer training classes to carry out thermal weapons combat training for a group of generals.
Huo Qubing is the first general to register.
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The Battle of the Unknown Hills is by no means an exception, but just a beginning.
On November 19, Guo Ziyi led the Fengxiang army to attack the Gatai army and killed 30,000 enemies. In this way, the Mongolian Empire's movement territory was declared lost.
On the 20th, Li Mu led the Yingyang army to fight against Mu Huali's troops and wiped out 50,000 troops from his troops.
Mongolian general Mu Huali died on the spot!
On November 23, the newly appointed General Hou Junji of Pingxi led the Hedong Army to fight against the Shuchi tribe that temporarily moved south from the northern border and killed 20,000 enemies.
The southern line of the Mongolian Empire was declared lost.
In just four days, the Mongol Empire suffered more than 100,000 troops.
Although the three armies did not create the "Chen Yucheng miracle", with the cooperation of muskets and cannons, the Daxia army had indeed been in a crushing position against the Mongolian cavalry.
You should know that these three battles were decided on the grassland. The vast Mongolian grassland was originally the main battlefield that was most suitable for Mongolian cavalry to fight.
Without thinking, the Mongolian cavalry still could not escape the fate of defeat.
Chapter completed!