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Chapter 326

The 60,000 war horses brought out when Dorgon set out, and there are more than 40,000 war horses. Just look at the number, more than 20,000 Jurchen cavalry are still the most powerful heavy cavalry of this era. However, now there are fewer than 6,000 war horses left, and the rest of the war horses have lost weight and cannot charge. So Dorgon ordered the injured and some of the war horses that have lost weight, put the cut horse meat into a pot and cook it, and distribute it to everyone to carry it with you, and let people prepare enough drinking water and make the final preparations before breaking through.

"Kak Duli!" Dorgon shouted.

"Slave is here!" Kakduli stood up.

Dorgon handed over the token: "Kakduli, I will give you the six thousand war horses that I can still use, as well as all the hay and beans. You select 3,000 elite soldiers and regroup a heavy cavalry to be responsible for breaking through the Mongolian barbarians! When Benbeile leads others to break through the encirclement, you will lead people to cut off the rear!"

"Zha!" Kak Duli took the token and called a thousand.

"The rest of the people are all used as infantry! Shoot the Mongolians with bows and arrows, and all the long weapons such as tiger guns, long-handled and large axes are placed in front, charge on foot, break through the encirclement of the Mongolian barbarians! After rushing out, retreat to the Korqin grassland immediately!"

After receiving the order and retreating, Kakduli immediately carefully selected three thousand elite cavalry to feed the war horses with the last little hay and beans, and prepare to set off.

Before dawn, Dorgon gave the order, the Jurchens launched a breakthrough battle.

The deep horn sounded, and more than 10,000 Jurchen soldiers took out their bows and arrows, put light arrows on the bowstrings, and rushed out on foot.

Hearing the sound of trumpets, the Mongolian cavalry rushed over again. They had to use tried-and-eat tactics to move the bow and archers closer and disperse, and use cavalry to shoot within fifty steps and direct shot within twenty steps. But this time, the Mongolians suffered a great loss. The Jurchen soldiers pulled the bow strings, their arrows diagonally facing the sky, and their fingers were loosened. The powerful kinetic energy of the Later Jin compound bow sent the light arrows into the sky, and they fell into the Mongolian cavalry formation one hundred and fifty steps away like rain.

Many Mongolian cavalry were caught in the arrow, but the Mongols continued to rush forward because they were not short of a single arrow, but they would rather get three shots than one shot. The lethality of light arrows was extremely limited. The light arrows shot from a long distance could not stop the charge of the Mongolian cavalry. The Mongolian cavalry archers carried another round of arrow rain in the Jurchen soldiers and rushed within fifty steps. The cavalry archers began to counterattack violently, and the overwhelming arrows shot into the Jurchen archers crowd. However, the Mongol arrows also did not cause much lethality to the Jurchens. After entering fifty steps, the Jurchens replaced the direct heavy arrows, but shot the Mongolian soldiers one after another. In a blink of an eye, the Jurchen formation was filled with Mongolian corpses.

The Jurchen archers suddenly scattered to both sides, and three thousand heavily armored cavalry rushed out of the formation, colliding with thunderous force to the Mongolian cavalry archer surrounding the Jurchen archer.

The Mongolians could not see clearly the movements of the Jurchens hidden in the darkness, and suddenly rushed out a team of heavy cavalry. The Mongolian cavalry, who had no time to dodge, were knocked off the horse one after another by the Jurchen heavy cavalry, and were trampled into meat paste by the horse's hooves.

The Jurchen Iron Cavalry rushed into the Mongolian formation, with tiger spears, maces, big axes and other weapons calling the Mongolian cavalry with only scimitars in their hands. The three thousand heavy cavalry drove across the grass like a harvester. The Mongolian cavalry formation that collided with head-on immediately appeared. After the Jurchen heavy cavalry rushed past, there was a broken body left under the iron hooves. The Mongolian cavalry who had not been hit dispersed to both wings, and they did not dare to fight head-on with the Jurchen heavy cavalry.

"Kill!" Dorgon drew out his golden sword and pointed forward.

The Jurchens in front put away their bows and arrows, erected long-handled axes, tiger spears, maces, iron bones and other long weapons, and rushed towards the Mongol formations. Although these Jurchen cavalry did not have cavalry, they were also the best infantry to fight on foot.

The Mongolian cavalry that had no time to dodge was killed by the Jurchens. The Jurchen soldiers waved their spears, slashed with big axes, and danced with maces. The Mongolians who were hit were successively dismissed.

Seeing that the Jurchens were unstoppable, the chaotic Mongolian cavalry retreated one after another. At this time, the three thousand Jurchen cavalry dispersed to the two wings and divided into two routes, one of which blocked them from the side, so that the Mongols had the opportunity to distance themselves. The other Jurchen cavalry directly attacked the front of the Mongolian cavalry.

At least more than 5,000 Mongolian cavalry were stopped by the Jurchen cavalry. The heavy cavalry from the flanks were blocked and the heavy cavalry that was impacting the front, leaving most of the five thousand Mongolian cavalry that could not be avoided on this grassland.

The three Khalkha Khans reorganized the defeated soldiers in the dark, but before dawn, the Mongols could not see the movements of the Jurchens. They were afraid of the Jurchen heavy cavalry and heavy bows, and did not dare to attack rashly. After dawn, they found that the Jurchens had withdrawn more than thirty miles away.

The Mongolian light cavalry chased after him very quickly. Before noon, Dorgon found that the gloomy Mongolians were chasing him again. On the horizon behind him, the darkness was filled with Mongolian cavalry.

"Most of our brothers have lost their war horses and have to walk back to the Korqin grassland on foot. Our legs cannot escape the Mongolian cavalry. We can only retreat step by step in the fight with the Mongolian barbarians." Dorgon summoned all his generals.

"Master Beller, there are not many arrows." Toppo stepped forward to report.

"Benbeile knows. Each of us saves some arrows and can use them if necessary." Dorgon nodded weakly. The Jurchen soldiers are good at bows and arrows. After exhausting the arrows, facing the continuous harassment of Mongolian cavalry archers, the Jurchen soldiers had almost no countermeasures and could only endure the rain of arrows.

Toppo said again: "The Mongols are not afraid. If our army exhausts the arrows and Mingdog attacks me with firearms, it will probably be difficult to resist."

When Cao Cao arrived, the Ming armament soldiers that the Jurchens feared the most had appeared. Dorgon discovered that a team of camels mixed in the formation of Mongolian cavalry. It was obvious that the knights on the back of camels were all Ming troops.

If the Mongolian cavalry is a soft persimmon, the Ming munitions team is a hard walnut. The Ming munitions team is mixed between the Mongolian cavalry. When the Jurchens went to pinch soft persimmons, they had to pinch hard walnuts, and they were injured.

"The despicable Minggou actually came up with a way to chase us by firearms and soldiers! It's really hateful!" Dorgon clenched his fists angrily.

The Mongolian cavalry continued to harass, harass, and harass them again and again, which made the Jurchens dare not take off their armor for a moment, so they could only wear thick armor and march on the grassland in the scorching sun. Many Jurchen soldiers were exhausted and were sitting on the ground and gasping for breath. Some Jurchen soldiers were walking halfway, but suddenly fell down and could no longer get up.

At the hottest time in the afternoon, the Ming munitions and weapons finally launched an attack.

The Ming army riding a camel rushed up, and set up a nine-headed heavy musket on the camel's back from a distance, and opened fire a hundred steps away. A row of roaring guns sounded, and the Jurchen soldiers who were marching hard fell down. After the projectiles, the Ming army soldiers did not even come down, and immediately drove the camel away. Then they hid far away to load ammunition, and after the loading, they rode the camel back and fired guns at the Jurchens.

When Kakduli organized cavalry to chase after him, the Ming army cooperated with the heavy cavalry with bird gunners, tiger squat cannons, Bolang machines, field cannons, field cannons and other firearms, and defeated Kakduli's three thousand elite cavalrymen and left the corpses all over the ground. In fact, even without the cooperation of the heavy cavalry, only three thousand Jurchen cavalry could not even pass the fortifications surrounded by camels.
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