Following An Sanxi's order, the twenty-four brigades immediately took action.
Twelve brigades were divided into brigades individually, and each brigades were arranged in a long square formation with three rows of crossbowmen.
There is also a small team below the large team, and the small team is also a square array equipped with three rows of steel crossbows.
Because the number of people in each team is different, smaller squares are formed. Each small square is about the length of 20-30 people lined up horizontally, and the thickness is three rows in total. This is to facilitate three-stage continuous shooting.
Fifty meters behind the three horizontal lines of the twelve brigades, a wedge-shaped formation with a certain distance from each other was arranged. The wedge-shaped formations were all halberdiers.
If the first row is broken through by the Mongols, the soldiers in the first row will retreat. The wedge formation is responsible for protecting these soldiers from retreating to the rear and reorganizing the second row into a horizontal formation.
The reason why the halberdiers adopt a wedge formation is because the thickness of the formation is very important in confrontation with cavalry. The triangle is the thickest formation no matter which direction the attack is from.
Moreover, the tip of the wedge formation faced the Mongolian cavalry, so their cavalry would be split open by the sharp corners of the wedge formation and run towards both sides. This would make it easier to use side firepower to attack the Mongolian cavalry.
If a horizontal formation is used, it is too thin and can easily be rushed away by the cavalry, resulting in confusion in the formation and heavy losses.
No matter which direction the triangle formation attacks from, the defensive effect is the same. As long as each soldier turns his own direction, there is no need to change formations at all.
Therefore, based on the current battlefield conditions, An Sanxi arranged the first layer of defense for the three-stage steel crossbow and the second layer of the wedge formation.
There are some wooden poles erected 300 meters away, and there are horizontal lines drawn with lime every 30 meters on the ground. These are used for distance measurement.
An Sanxi rode on horseback and stood on the second line, on a relatively high mound. His soldiers erected shields on all sides to protect the general.
In the telescope, smoke and dust billowed. The Tumuts finally arrived.
Twelve brigades, three rows of squares. Each brigade's square is 150 meters long. The total length reaches 1,800 meters. Such a long row basically blocks the entire front of the 30,000 Tumut cavalry group.
The Tumut people came to a stop five hundred meters away.
Dasa took Zhu Taiji and stood on a higher mound on horseback.
Although Daza was seventy years old, he was still in good health. With a pair of sinister triangular eyes, he carefully looked at the person on the opposite side who was protected by heavy shields.
Ten years later, in the blink of an eye, this is an old friend whom I haven’t seen for a long time.
He is also a bit older, with a few gray spots on his temples, and he no longer looks like the young hero he once was.
He had a long-tube telescope in his hand, which was purchased by Shanxi merchants from Fujian. It was said to be made by the Francois. These profiteers demanded three hundred taels of gold from him.
But it’s really useful and he couldn’t put it down.
Unexpectedly, after so many years, he would appear again, still in this way.
Dasa smiled bitterly, his mouth full of bitterness.
The powerful Tumut tribe at that time has fallen apart, and each Taiwan and Kyrgyzstan have their own affairs.
The descendants of King Ada Khan of Shunyi killed each other.
Just like Haraqin, the descendants of Dayan Khan are no better off. They all have to live, and they will be angry to death again.
"Dear Huang Taiji, can we please persuade him to surrender? After all, the person facing us is also our Tumut hero." Bulai Taiji came over and said.
Daza glanced at him, and Bu Lai quickly lowered his head.
"The eagle left the sky, just like the fish left the water. He left Tumut, abandoned his tribe, and could only bring about his own destruction. What are you afraid of?"
Bu Lai didn't dare to speak and could only nod in agreement.
But he made up his mind, and when the fight broke out, he tried to hide as far back as possible. He was frightened by the shadow of the famous tree, and was frightened by Nairen Battle back then.
The desolate horns blew. The Mongolian cavalry slowly marched out of formation.
The highest level of cavalry does not depend on how fierce the charge is, but on how slow your horse can control its speed.
One indicator for evaluating the high level of cavalry is how slow the horse can be suppressed. This is the core ability of the cavalry, because a horse that can slow down will also charge the fastest when charging!
The Mongols were fascinated by the cavalry's knack for using it.
Horse paces are generally divided into four types.
At a slow pace, the horse moves slowly, with one hoofbeat, which means there are four hoofbeats in one stride, and the speed is about 1.4 meters/second.
Trot, the horse is walking fast. You can hear the sound of two hoofs in one horse stride. When two hoofs lift off the ground, you can generally hear the sound of two hoofs. The speed is 3-4 meters per second.
Running means that the horse starts running, and sometimes its hooves fly into the air. At this time, the sound of the horse's hooves is chaotic, and the speed is 5-7 meters/second.
The attack step means that the horse breaks free and gallops, crushing everything, which is the pace of the cavalry charge.
Why is it divided like this? Because if you run around, the horse will soon lose its strength and will be plunged into a sea of infantry.
Once the cavalry is trapped, they can only destroy themselves.
The heavy armored cavalry charges at high speed, and the running and attacking steps in the final stage do not exceed 60 steps, so as to achieve the maximum effect.
Beyond this number of steps, the horsepower begins to weaken. Therefore, you cannot run fast at the beginning and must gradually accelerate.
Now, the Mongols are all light cavalry. They set the distance to 500 meters. It happens to be the maximum speed to reach the infantry line, with the maximum collision force.
Ansanxi in the distance actually formed a strange formation, which puzzled the Mongols. The first row was a long three-row formation, and the second row was a small triangular formation.
What is Narenbaatar doing who is so familiar with cavalry combat?
Such a thin front line can be broken in a single charge.
He was so familiar with Tumut's cavalry that he could probably fight with his eyes closed. Why did he make such a foolish move?
But regardless of him, Mongolians are practical in doing things. Since he made a mistake, that is what Changshengtian meant.
Looking at the front more than one kilometer ahead, the Mongols were walking slowly on horseback with bows and arrows. The infantry was a little commotion.
The cavalry battle line of more than a thousand meters, slowly pushing forward, brought huge pressure.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! A bugle sounded. The militiamen had developed conditioned reflexes during training, and they knew as soon as they heard it that this was an order for the crossbow machine to prepare for shooting.
The three rows of crossbowmen immediately took off the steel crossbows from their backs and put the butts of the crossbows on their shoulders.
Hold the handle at the bottom of the crossbow with one hand, and start to quickly shake the ratchet to wind the crossbow with the other hand.
The steel wire and pulley set greatly saves physical strength and is easy to wind.
There was a click, which meant that the winding was completed. The crossbowmen immediately took out a crossbow arrow from their waist and placed it on the slot.
The crossbowmen who had loaded their ammunition stood still, waiting for orders.
"Everyone has the target, the maximum range is 300 meters. Projectile. Prepare." Following the shouts of each captain, there was a bang, and everyone raised their crossbows and pointed them at the sky at a 45-degree angle.
There is a shooting table on the crossbow machine. They clearly know the corresponding relationship between the shooting angle and the shooting range, and they only need to follow the operation.
Start shooting at the maximum range. Then gradually reduce the distance and shoot until you stop shooting at the minimum point of the ruler. There are strict regulations.
The crossbowmen do not need to look at the enemy. As long as the shooting order is given, they will follow the drill and fire every six seconds. After shooting ten crossbow arrows, they can wait for the order to retreat.
At this distance, the cavalry has only one minute to fight, which is fixed.
At this time, the Mongolian cavalry had changed from a slow trot to a fast trot, and the horses began to trot. The Mongolian battle line was somewhat uneven, like a wavy curve.
An Sanxi saw a large number of Mongolian cavalry crossing the 300-meter line, and the first row had fallen about 280 meters.
"Fire the arrow!"
Following the order, countless whistles sounded.
Buzz! There was a loud noise, tens of thousands of crossbow machines were fired at the same time, and the crossbow strings made a deafening sound.
A black cloud rose into the sky and flew into the sky. It was as if the sky suddenly became darker.
The crossbowmen don't even look at the effect of the shot. They have become accustomed to reacting mechanically during training.
As soon as an arrow was shot, they immediately shook the ratchet handle desperately to load a crossbow arrow. They looked at Wangshan and the ruler and adjusted the new elevation angle.
Six seconds later, there was another loud buzzing sound. A second wave of dense crossbow arrows flew into the sky.
At this time, the dense crossbow arrows finally flew over the highest point in the sky and swooped down.
Yang Fan had a bad taste and asked the craftsmen to drill a small hole for the arrow. Although it increased the cost and wasted man-hours, this kind of arrow can make a sharp whistling sound when diving.
Ming dysprosium!
It's very exciting to think about it. The sharp whistling sound made by tens of thousands of arrows is deafening and enough to shock people's hearts.
The Mongolians looked up to the sky in horror. Countless crossbow arrows were swooping down in the sky at lightning speed.
Even the light of the sun seemed to be blocked and became much dimmer.
This terrifying roar has the effect of destroying people's liver and gallbladder, making people extremely frightened.
With a bang, the Mongolian cavalry battle line became commotion.