The Han people on the opposite side slowly walked out of the valley.
This is a gourd-shaped valley entrance. The space is suddenly wider than the mountain road. These Han people poured out of the valley, gradually dispersed, and formed three square formations as they continued to advance.
Each of these three phalanxes has about 3,500 or 600 men. All three phalanxes are cavalry. And one-third of the people in the front are wearing iron armor, some are chain armor, some are pierced armor, some are scale armor. Even
Many Mongolians wear quill armor and ring armor. The two-thirds of the people at the back wear leather armor.
Their horses are all Mongolian horses. These people also hold small bucklers in their hands, which are also made of rattan and covered with cowhide. They are all Mongolian style. At a glance, you can tell that this is Yang Fan who gave away all the captured Mongolian equipment.
They are.
Behind them, seven more phalanxes gradually walked out of the valley and formed their formations.
There are three square formations in the second row and four square formations in the third row.
These people are all sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, and archers.
Among them, the three squares in the second row held playing cards and a strange weapon that was neither a long-handled axe, nor a spear, nor a hook.
Gergenta Bu Nang, who had escaped from Duolun, took a deep breath. He knew how cruel this thing was.
This thing is called "Swiss Halberd" by the Han people, and one of his Nake'er was pulled off his horse by this thing and hacked to death with an axe.
Behind the central square, a large number of cavalry ran out, about six to seven hundred people. These people were wearing armor that they had never seen before. They were all made of whole metal plates, with the same shape as the heads of birds.
helmet.
The plate armor was polished like a mirror, and could almost be used as a mirror, reflecting the silhouette of a person. It shone brightly in the sun, making the Mongolians opposite unable to open their eyes.
Since these people should be generals and soldiers, they are very elite at first glance.
One of the tall men was riding an extremely tall maroon horse with slender limbs and graceful curves. The horse was also wearing a green riding jacket.
He is holding a long horse spear. This is equipment that the Han people have no longer used. This thing is too expensive and difficult to practice. But those who can use it are strong generals.
"Listen across the way, I have been ordered to relieve the siege of King Zhao's city and attack the Taoist and Xihai captives. You must dismount and accept the surrender as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be too late after the war begins!" The general yelled with spring thunder in his tongue.
All the Taijis were suddenly filled with anger, and they were a ragtag group of people who dared to speak loudly without any shame.
Dabu Lai sneered and said: "You dare to grin at a wolf like a running calf. I will defeat you today, and I will boil you later. Let's see if you are still a stubborn duck with a tough mouth."
The Mongols had the habit of stripping captured enemy generals and throwing them into boiling water.
Yan Yingyuan said to the cavalry battalion commander Ma Ning beside him: "How about you protect me and rush over, are you sure of defeating them?"
At this time, Ma Ning led a supply battalion of the Shi Jia Ding Regiment. Although they were not soldiers of the Jia Ding Battalion, he still despised the enemy on the opposite side.
"Those people in Qinghai are just a circle of defeated generals. Who can stand in Mongolia and go to that poor place in the West Sea where rabbits don't poop? Don't worry, sir, we will protect you and rush over directly to penetrate their lines. They are too
They were so crazy that they set up a long snake formation with a depth of less than ten cavalry. If you make it clear, we won’t be treated as soldiers."
Seeing Ma Ning's confidence, Yan Yingyuan nodded and made up his mind.
He turned around and ordered: "Three cavalry regiments followed closely behind my personal troops. Rush over, disperse them, and forcefully rush out of the valley mouth."
Yan Yingyuan waved his horsewhip, and under the protection of five hundred Yang Fan's servants and two hundred of his own soldiers, they formed a wedge formation and charged towards the Mongols on the opposite side.
Yan Yingyuan was the commander-in-chief. As soon as he moved, the three cavalry regiments behind him immediately launched a charge. Because before arriving, the Beijing camp had only allocated 6,000 horses. The three regiments only had 2,000 horses each, and the rest
They are all supplements selected from other horses.
Fortunately, this is a grassland and there are plenty of horses.
As soon as the three cavalry regiments charged, the three infantry regiments behind them, equipped with shields, cards and Swiss halberds, also launched a charge. The last four regiments also followed suit.
For a moment, smoke and dust billowed, and the whole army attacked, creating an overwhelming force and rushing towards the intercepting Mongolian cavalry.
This wedge-shaped formation of 700 people was like a sharp knife, stabbing into the middle of the Mongolian line.
They are baggage troops and do not wear stab-proof clothing or body armor. They all wear plate armor, but their horses are all Arabian horses, and their weapons and equipment are the same as those of combat soldiers.
There was a saber, a carbine, a flintlock rifle on each side of the holster on the saddle, and three double-barreled flintlock muskets. There were also four grenades hanging on each belt.
Dab Lai looked at this small cavalry array, leading three cavalry groups to charge towards his own team, and was a little stunned for a moment. He did not expect that these civilians had such courage.
"Fire arrows, use light arrows to shoot quickly. Shoot out a pot of arrows." Dab Lai was the commander of this operation, and he immediately ordered.
At this distance, only light arrows can be used. Fortunately, the Ming troops on the opposite side are all wearing leather armor. If they were all wearing iron armor, the effect of light arrows would be very poor.
Hush, hush, hush! Suddenly, arrows pierced the air, and they were as dense as locusts, shooting towards the servant camp.
They immediately raised their arms and shielded their eyes with the small bucklers on their forearms. Immediately, dense raindrops of arrows flew down from the sky and landed on the plate armor.
There was a bang-bang-bang sound. These arrows made of bones and stones smashed against the hard carburized steel plate. Almost none of them could penetrate. And they raised their small bucklers to block their eyes to prevent them from being broken.
The arrow hurts the eyes.
But the next three cavalry regiments were not so lucky. They were all composed of people who could ride horses found among these civilians. They just knew how to ride horses. There was no riding skills at all.
They all tied their legs to the horses to prevent them from falling off. Then, they could twist, pitch, and dodge to perform various movements to attack the Mongols.
Their armor was captured from the Mongols. The Mongols were short of iron and even more blacksmiths. Especially the armor of the Tumuts, many of which were purchased by Anda Khan. He was dominant in the grasslands back then because he purchased them.
50,000 sets of armor were purchased.
For hundreds of years, these Mongolians were not good at maintaining these armors. They were rusted and damaged, and they were very aged. Not only were they rusty, but they were also rotten and tattered. Arrows fell from the sky, and many of them penetrated the armor. A large number of cavalrymen were shot to death.
hurt.
However, at this time, Dab Lai discovered a phenomenon that frightened him.
Some people were obviously shot to death, but they still sat on their horses.
Their bodies were riddled with arrows, like straw targets.
To the left and right of the horse, two long spears were tied up. As the horses galloped, the spearheads jumped up and down, flashing out huge gun flowers. They continued to charge forward.