Who is stronger between Mandu Latu and Li Chengliang?
There is no doubt that it is Li Chengliang.
Due to the lack of supplies, most of the current Mongolian army does not wear armor, and after degradation, most of them are only equipped with a scimitar and rarely equipped with long soldiers such as lances.
Only cavalry with a certain status will have these weapons, but in order to show their bravery, these people like to equip themselves with things like maces, phoenix wings, etc. In short, they are not easily regarded as "standard weapons."
Of course, this is also determined by the current economic system of the Mongols.
Li Chengliang is not the case. The habit of his subordinates is that those who can shoot will shoot a wave of arrows first, and those who can't shoot will use windproof fire breakers to light the three-eyed blunderbuss when they get close.
Use the stabbing mace and smash it directly.
The three-eyed gun has a terrible range, but its power when fired at close range is considerable. It is not unreasonable for the Ming Army and the Northern Army to love using this gun.
Northerners, relatively speaking, are taller and stronger, and their fighting style is more upright. It's as simple as calling the three guns at the enemy, and then using them to smash them.
A rough style of play suits them very well.
However, the quality of the previous three-eyed gun was relatively unreliable. Although the three-eyed gun itself had to have the ability to hit people, the body was made quite thick. Unfortunately, there were still frequent explosion accidents in the past, so it was obvious that
The army often hesitates when using it - against cavalry, if you hesitate for a second, you may die!
Just as Mandu Latu and Li Chengliang were about to come into contact, Li Chengliang's three-eyed musket began to show its power on its own - this thing was not for salvo shooting, and the soldiers could only control the timing of the launch.
In this last long-range offensive before the battle (actually it was not considered long-range, just mid-range), Li Chengliang immediately recovered his losses and directly killed fifty or sixty people in Mandu Latu.
However, they soon came face to face with each other.
What Mandu Latu didn't notice was that this time, none of the Ming army's three-eyed guns exploded.
Jinghua does not make three-eyed blunderbuss. These three-eyed blunderbuss were made by Jizhen and Liaodong respectively. But why didn't they explode this time? Because the iron used to make the three-eyed blunderbuss was provided by Jinghua.
Taking Jinghua's iron and producing it in accordance with regular production standards, the yield rate is certainly much better than the previous shoddy production in small workshops. In addition, these are weapons that Li Chengliang gave to his direct family members, so of course he is very concerned about their quality.
During this wave of charge, Li Chengliang formed a local strength advantage, two to one, 10,000 against 5,000.
Soon, Li Chengliang's troops suppressed Mandu Latu.
Mandu Ratu turned red with anxiety and shouted loudly, causing the Mongolians to move closer to him.
Li Chengliang did not hurry and continued to attack fiercely with his troops. However, the cavalry wandering on the northern front seemed to be a little too confident in Li Chengliang and delayed in launching a siege.
Su Bahai frowned slightly, and he found that Mandu Latu was a little unable to bear it - no matter how big the battlefield was, there was a limit. Mandu Latu and Li Chengliang had neither numerical advantage nor equipment advantage in a head-on fight. Once they met in this area,
In battle, it is inconvenient to adjust the formation at any time, and the mobility advantage of the cavalry is lost, which naturally becomes difficult.
Su Bahai waited for a while, and seeing that something was going to happen if he didn't save Mandu Latu, he could only frown and said: "Agula, you lead five thousand people to fight Li Chengliang's right-wing cavalry. Ben Khan will lead the main force to defeat Li Chengliang."
——Although the combat effectiveness of Li Chengliang’s troops is slightly beyond Ben Khan’s expectation, now they have also lost their horse speed. I will charge directly into the formation and I will definitely be able to defeat him!”
Just do what you say, and Hai and his general Agula immediately divided their troops. Agula went to hold off Li Chengliang's right-wing cavalry to prevent them from suddenly rushing south and causing a larger-scale chaos; Hai himself took the remaining troops with him.
The main force of more than 10,000 people went directly to kill Li Chengliang's main force.
Li Chengliang was obviously leading the charge, but he seemed to have been paying attention to Su Banghai's movements. When he saw him leading the main force, he immediately sneered and shouted to Li Rumei behind him: "Zi Qing, set off a flare!"
The signal bomb is produced by Jinghua. It can shoot nearly thirty feet high and shines abnormally during the day, but it must be placed on the ground to be fired.
After listening to her father's words, Li Rumei ran to the side, took out a wooden box from the pouch on the horse's back, jumped off the horse and placed it on the flat ground, then pulled out the fuse, took out the windproof fire stick and lit it all at once.
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"Chirp--" a sharp sound broke through the air, and a red light flew into the sky, and then exploded with a "bang", revealing an irregular "big red flower".
Su Bahai was charging into the formation. He was stunned when he saw this, and thought to himself: "What is this? Fireworks? At this time?"
But time did not allow him to think too much, because the distance was not too far, and he quickly entered the battle.
Li Chengliang shouted to the guards behind him: "No matter what else, keep fighting!"
He didn't say retreat or switch to defense.
After everyone saw the signal flare, they originally estimated that there should be reinforcements. They had already planned to stabilize the battle situation and focus on defense first, waiting for the reinforcements to arrive. Who knew that the commander actually asked them to continue fighting.
However, Li Jiajun's treatment was very good, and everyone was relatively energetic. Since the commander wanted to fight, let's fight! So they all cheered up and fought fiercely with Su Bahhai's headquarters.
After rushing for a while, he found that he had not broken through Li Chengliang's main force. He couldn't help but admire him a little, but now was not the time to admire the enemy. He roared angrily and asked his subordinates to increase their offensive. Li Chengliang must be defeated in one fell swoop!
Not far away in the north, a cavalry force of more than 10,000 people was slowly coming at a higher speed. There were two people at the head. The man on the left looked somewhat similar to Li Rusong, but he was slightly younger. He was Li Chengliangci.
Son Li Rubai.
The person on the right is more interesting. Although he is young, he has a sinister face, but a few Buddhist beads are exposed on the top of the armor on his chest - he should be wearing a string of Buddhist beads stored in his inner clothes.
This man's name is Zu Chengxun. He is not a servant of the Li family, but he is a direct descendant of Li Chengliang.
The two men, with more than 10,000 cavalrymen, gradually increased their horse speed and soon approached the battlefield.
Agula was originally going to resist Li Chengliang's right-wing cavalry. Due to his position, he was the first to discover the Liaodong Army coming from the north. He was shocked at that time and wanted to warn the enemy. Who knew that he would be distracted?
Zu Chengxun, who was hanging the Buddhist beads, had already rushed to kill him, and cut him off his horse with a single blow - this guy was not using a spear, but a long knife, and he didn't know if he was learning from the Second Master Guan.
As soon as Agula died, his troops were quickly defeated - this was a common occurrence in this era. Li Rubai immediately led his troops and the right-wing rangers southward into the battlefield.
Li Chengliang laughed and said to Su Bahai who had just killed him not far away: "Su Bahai, your death has come, let's take a look at your left wing."
Quickly turning his head to look, he was stunned.
Without saying a word, Li Chengliang suddenly clamped his horse's belly, stepped forward quickly, and shouted: "A certain family is in need of your help, so don't be stingy!"
Su Bahai was too frightened to react and was stabbed to death by Li Chengliang.