The first thing is that regardless of whether Borha Rabbit is high-spirited or not, he is indeed not an enemy of Tuotuo Yihe. As he said, he will be shot before he gets close. This time, although it was because of the helmet
The guard was not taken off and cranialized on the spot, but since the arrow was embedded in his skull, in this era it was basically the difference between early death and late death.
The second thing is that two thousand people really can't stop Tuo Tuo who leads six thousand fine cavalry into the formation, and even the hysteresis effect is very limited.
Especially when the general Borha Rabbit was shot off his horse by Chatterji with a single arrow, the reputation of "Zhebie Shenjun" and "The First Hero" shocked everyone under Borha Rabbit's command.
They were all a little timid, and with their hands and feet weak, they were unable to fight against the high-morale Qataiji's troops, and were easily defeated by Qiatarji.
In war, morale is really important, especially in the period of cold weapon warfare. Doubling morale is really equivalent to doubling combat effectiveness. Therefore, when the general shows invincible bravery, this kind of morale boosts and combat effectiveness doubles.
The effect is simply stronger than that of stimulants.
Xin Ai's face was livid, and he secretly cursed Borha Rabbit as "trash", but he was also helpless. After all, for hundreds of years in Mongolia, there were indeed many generals who were good at shooting, but the one who won the title of "Zhebie Shenshe"
But it was pitifully small, and at this moment, his opponent happened to be a general who was at the level of a master marksman.
If Xin Ai's mood at this moment could be described by a classic saying from later generations, it would be... a fool's errand.
He even hesitated for a moment. Should he send someone to stop him? If he did, who could stop Tuotuo's arrow?
Fortunately, although he no longer has Burihatu under his command, he still has Namur.
Namur suddenly asked for a fight: "Echige, Newen asked for a fight!"
Xin Ai was startled and looked at him hesitantly: "Can you stop Tuotuo?"
"I can't stop him." Namur said decisively, "But I can bite his tail!"
Xin Ai's eyes lit up, yes, Tuotuo was so powerful that he couldn't stop him, but if he went up to attack his rear team, the effect of his surrounding attack could be greatly reduced.
"Okay!" After all, Xin Ai is a veteran who is accustomed to fighting, and he made a decisive decision: "You lead the headquarters... and the rest of Borha Rabbit to bite the Tuotuo rear team. Don't let him attack with all his strength!"
"Yes, Huang Taiji!" Namur clasped his fists in salute, then drew his horse and left.
In fact, it is not a good idea to bring the remnants of Borha Rabbit. This group of people must have been frightened by Chaterji, but Namur also knows that there are not many troops available now, and he must be prepared for the imminent threat.
The main force of Dacheng Taiji's western post arrived, and the only people Echige could give him were the rest of Borha Tu's army.
The two thousand people led by Hatu, who had just been killed by Sanbol Hatu on the Qataiji side, were scattering freely around Xin Ai's old camp and into the camp.
The purpose of this surrounding attack and scattering was not to kill or injure many people, but to increase the panic in the camp and prevent them from quickly gathering towards the west of the camp where Xin Ai was.
Xin Ai also understood this truth, so he stayed in the west of the camp and continued to gather troops.
He will definitely not lead the main force to fight with Qataiji now, because that is suicide - Dachengtai Jibu will be here soon. If he goes to fight with Qiatarji, what will happen even if he wins? Then Han will be killed.
As long as Naji had any brains, even if he just ordered a charge, he would be killed randomly by Dachengtai Ji's troops who charged from the rear. Xin Ai could only lose with hatred.
After all, Qataiji's attack will not be directly fatal, because even if he goes around behind him, it will be useless. The reason why the old camp is called the old camp is not because a bunch of felt tents are placed there and it is done. Various simple fortifications such as blocking horses are still there.
Yes, it is impossible for Chaterji to get trapped with his cavalry, he is not that stupid.
Those who dare to do this kind of thing are infantry units like the Ming Army, especially their elite servant troops, who are fully armored or even have two or three layers of armor. They are not afraid of charging directly into the camp.
The cavalry, which has lost the mobility and impact of its horses, cannot win a close combat with the elite Ming army's servants. This is a very simple truth, but generally speaking, the elite Ming army infantry cannot have the opportunity to kill silently.
Just enter the Mongol army's camp.
Chataiji led his troops to "surround" in a leisurely manner, but due to the need to create panic, his team grew longer and longer, almost trying to surround Xin Ai's old camp and shoot indiscriminately.
This created an opportunity for Namur. The number of people gathered in his headquarters was better than that of the previous Borha Rabbit. There were about 1,800 people. When he set off, he asked the whole army to shout hello, and the soldiers who were rushed by Chatterji's troops were
More than a thousand men and horses under Borha Rabbit's scattered troops gathered together - this is not surprising. The Mongolian cavalry itself does not actually use charging as the main form of combat. Therefore, although the first round of charging seemed fierce, in fact, the overall situation was already decided.
Next, most of Borha Rabbit's cavalry chose to retreat. They were directly killed and only two to three hundred people were injured. Most of the others were temporarily defeated.
This is also one of the reasons why there are very few heads between the Ming army and the Mongolian army. If the opponent cannot defeat them, they will disperse and withdraw, and then they can immediately gather again. In this way, it is certainly difficult to get heads, even if they defeat a hundred
This time, there may not be any decisive battle of annihilation.
To a certain extent, Ma Fang's idea of "using cavalry to control cavalry" does make sense, but the Ming army at that time did not have that condition.
And Gao Pragmatic didn't know much about cavalry. He always felt that to improve the combat effectiveness of cavalry, they must at least have flintlock muskets, and even better, new bullets that integrate gunpowder and bullets (just like modern bullets,
The one with a cartridge case (rather than a separate gunpowder and projectile) can be loaded and fired directly on horseback.
This has led to the fact that the current Ming army's cavalry is basically using cold weapons in combat, and it is more difficult to reach the level of the Mongols in cold weapon cavalry combat. How many elite cavalry did Ma Fang have back then? At least half of them were
They are Mongolians.
The situation with Li Chengliang is similar. There are probably not much more Han people than half. There are many Mongolians and Jurchens mixed in, but most of them have been "naturalized" and do not regard themselves as "foreigners".
In this situation, Namur's troops suddenly exceeded 3,000 cavalry, while Chatterji's troops were stretched thin. When Namur launched an attack on Chatterji's rear troops, the rear troops
The team suddenly felt tremendous pressure.
Chatterji noticed this immediately and couldn't help but secretly shout "Okay" in his heart.
It seems that Xin Ai Huang Taiji still has some abilities. So far, except for the mistake in sending out the Borha Rabbit just now, his other performances can be called excellent. No wonder the Great Khan always left him alone even though he didn't like him back then.
Get one.
Although the good situation was disturbed by Namur, Qataiji did not show any anger at all. He just let Yatou Zhi and others continue to attack, while he picked 500 cavalry and turned around to kill Namur.
Namur had also been paying attention to Chatterji's actions. When he saw him turning around and coming to kill him, Namur immediately ordered an evacuation to the outside without saying a word.
He is not a simple brave general, and the opponent is the most powerful general in Tumut. How can he be more brave than him? Doesn't the fate of Borha Rabbit just now explain the problem?
Therefore, he immediately led people to evacuate outside with a call sign.
His move was slightly beyond Chatterji's expectations. Chatterji originally thought that Namur, a general in his thirties, would bring 3,000 cavalry, which was several times more than the 500 he brought.
, he should have chosen a head-on fight, but unexpectedly the other party actually chose to evacuate.
Wait...not evacuation!
Chatterji watched Namur's diagonal retreat and suddenly understood that the other party actually wanted to play a "harassment" with him - shooting arrows at Chaterji's troops from the outside to disrupt their harassment.
The plan of the old camp.
What a good boy, you learn and use it, you have some ability.
Chataiji narrowed his eyes slightly, but was not annoyed. He just smiled and said to Yuan Chichi beside him: "This little guy wants to learn from me."
Yuan Chichi chuckled and replied, "It depends on how much ability he has in Taiji."
Qataiji waved his hand calmly and said: "The rest of the people continue to attack. I will lead these five hundred people to chase him and fight. I want to see if he dares to fight with me first."
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