Chapter 842 Iron Cavalry Flanking
The heavy cavalry lined up with dense formations and formation charges. This is a cavalry formation tactic, and the Mongolian light cavalry had nowhere to hide. In terms of equestrianism and individual tactics, the Mongolian cavalry's personal skills were far above the Ming army's heavy cavalry, but the Mongolian cavalry who were attacked on both sides could not exert their personal skills at all when facing the impact of the Ming army's heavy cavalry.
The Eight Banners of Mongolia took off their cavalry bows and aimed at the Ming army heavy cavalry who were wearing heavy armor and were only rushing to charge. The dense arrows stabbed the Ming army heavy cavalry, and they were bounced away, and the arrows fell to the ground one after another. These Ming army heavy cavalry were covered with integrated plate armor, and there were cotton armor that could buffer the impact. The front half of the Persh horse weighing 1,600 kilograms under the crotch was also covered with thick horse armor. The horse's head was covered with iron armor, built-in leather armor, and an arrow curtain hung around the horse's neck. There was also a layer of leather armor inside. Whether it was a man or a horse, it was invulnerable to swords and guns.
These heavy cavalrymen weighed between 140 and 150 kilograms, were covered with 60 kilograms of armor, holding 20 kilograms of horse lances, and also wearing 100 kilograms of horse armor. Each war horse carries more than 300 kilograms of weight. If a Mongolian horse weighs only 500 kilograms and carrying such a heavy cavalry, it would have been exhausted, but the Persh horse weighs more than 300 kilograms of weight, can still walk as fast as a flight.
The Mongolians kept shooting the heavy cavalry, but it was as if it was shot on the iron wall of the copper wall. Even if it hit the front door, it would be useless. The heavy cavalry had an iron mask on their faces, revealing only two black holes of eyes. Even a few Mongolian cavalry archers had the technique of passing through the sun for hundreds of steps, they could not hit the eyes of the knights on the bumpy horse's back.
The heavy cavalry, holding a long spear, charged forward like a whole and soon rushed into the formation of the Mongolian Eight Banners Light Cavalry.
At this time, the Mongols were no longer the Mongols who swept across the Eurasian continent by the Mongol Empire. The Mongolian cavalry had long declined to the point where there were no heavy cavalry to stop them. The Mongols had only a thin layer of armor. Facing the cluster charge of heavy cavalry, the Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry were a group of lambs to be slaughtered.
The heavy cavalry rushed through the Mongolian formation like a whirlwind. The heavy cavalry in front stabbed the target with a long spear in his hand, instantly pierced everything in front. No matter the people or horses, they were stabbed to the ground and then stepped into flesh mud. The war horses that rushed at high speed would give the long spear the power to sweep everything. The heavy cavalry was like a wall of iron, pressing towards the chaotic Mongolian cavalry.
Screams rang out from time to time. The moment the Xuan-armored Iron Cavalry rushed in, hundreds of Mongolian cavalry and their men and horses were stabbed to pieces.
The unwilling Mongolians resisted stubbornly and slashed at the Ming cavalry in vain. However, apart from the sound of metal impact, sparks were splashing everywhere. The unscathed Ming army's bent horse lances straightened back, knocking the Mongolians off the horse's back.
Zhang Jilun was also stabbed by a cavalry among the chaos. Even though he was wearing thick armor, he could not stop the powerful impact force given to the horse's spear. Although the horse spear did not pierce his armor, the powerful impact force caused his ribs to break. Zhang Jilun spitted blood and fell from the horse's back. Then the Ming army's black armored iron cavalry trampled past him. Each cavalry, his people and horses combined, weighed nearly two thousand pounds!
A heavy object weighing a ton was stepped on by a person's body. Zhang Jilun's head was stepped on, and his horse's hooves stomped his golden helmet, stomping his head deep into the soil. Then countless horse's hooves stomped over him, and his bones were stomped and crushed, turning into a pile of meat paste.
The two thousand five hundred iron cavalry in front rushed by, and the five hundred cavalry who were fighting back from behind also rushed through the formation of the Mongolian Eight Banners. The two teams of cavalry attacked each other forward and backward, and when they rushed, there were only a few left on the horse's back, and the ground was covered with trampled bodies of people and horses.
The remaining less than a thousand Mongolian cavalrymen had already seen the retreat path in front of them had become spacious, because the Ming army cavalry that had blocked the road 2,500 roads had rushed behind them, and only five hundred Ming cavalry were blocked in front of them. After all, there were too few 500 men and horses, and they could not completely block the Mongols' retreat path.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the remaining Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry rushed towards the gap desperately, trying to break out of a way out.
Just as the Mongolians were about to rush out, two teams of Ming army light cavalry came up from both wings, and arrow rain fell into the formation of the Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry one after another, constantly shooting the Mongolian cavalry off their horses.
Then, Cao Bianjiao took two teams of light cavalry to spread out to the wings, giving the navy warships on the river a passage for artillery shells.
"Boom boom boom" Fires erupted on the river surface, and white smoke rose up, and shells pierced into the Mongolian cavalry crowd, bringing out bursts of blood mist.
The remaining Mongolian cavalry galloped desperately, trying to escape. However, the five hundred scattered soldiers and two thousand dragon cavalry that blocked the road made the dreams of these Mongolians vain.
The scattered soldiers riding on the horse started firing and fired, and the bullets were not dense, but every gunshot, a Mongolian cavalry was shot and dropped. Then two thousand dragon cavalry rushed up. This time the dragon cavalry did not dismount, but fired guns on the horse's back. After firing the bullets of the self-generated musket, the dragon cavalry took the musket on the back, drew out the short gun with his left hand, drew out the sabre with his right hand, and rushed towards the remaining Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry.
Before the men rushed to the Mongolian Eight Banners Cavalry, the short guns in the left hand of the dragon cavalry opened fire, and the short guns blew out fire, and the Mongolian cavalry more than ten steps away fell one after another. However, the arrows shot by the Mongolian Eight Banners Cavalry with their bows could not even penetrate the armor of the dragon cavalry, but the short guns of the dragon cavalry could one gun and knock the Mongolians down.
The dragoon did not directly collide with the Mongolian cavalry, but instead held a sabre and rushed past the Mongolians with the help of the war horses. The sabre in his hand was flat and swept across. After rushing over, if the Mongols were not cut, the dragoon would turn around and chop, no matter whether they hit or not. They would gallop directly by horses and attack the next target.
This tactic of killing only one or two swords is that different Mongolian cavalry are entangled in close combat, and they just rushed by. The first cavalry did not kill the Mongolians, but handed them over to the next brother to chop them. Because of the individual tactics, the Mongolians were far above these dragon cavalry, and the dragon cavalry only relied on the tactics to deal with the Mongolian cavalry. Only the commander of the dragon cavalry, Wang Fuchen, rushed into the Mongolian crowd, and after rushing into the Mongolian crowd, he stabbed with a long spear and stabbed left and right. I don’t know how many Mongolian cavalry he picked up to dismount. His white helmets and white armor were all dyed red, all of which were the enemy’s blood.
Only more than one hundred Mongolian cavalry left escaped, but they could not escape. At least three hundred scattered soldiers had not opened fire. They chased the Mongolian cavalry, followed closely behind the defeated Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry, and rode on the bumpy horseback, using the precise advantage of the rifled rifle to shoot. After several rounds of gunfire, all the Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry were left behind.
"Hahaha!" Cao Bianjiao laughed, "It was so exciting to fight. Five thousand Mongolian Tartars were all destroyed like this!"
Cao Bianjiao's light cavalry did not participate in melee battles, but only shot with cavalry bows from afar, so they were not killed. Only a dozen soldiers were slightly injured. Three of the heavy cavalry were killed, more than ten people were injured, and two of the dragon cavalry were injured, more than ten people were injured, and no one of the scattered soldiers who shot the Mongols from a distance were injured.
"It's another great victory. Five thousand Mongolian Tartars were wiped out in this way, and none of them ran away, hahaha!" Han Dashan laughed, "Brothers, what we are going to deal with is a real slave next. Are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid!" More than 10,000 cavalry roared shockingly.
Chapter completed!