Chapter 458 Infantry VS Cavalry(2/2)
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Seeing that the last few dozen Mongolian cavalry were shot dead by the Ming army, Duduo was not angry but happy.
Although the attack of the Eight Banners Mongolia failed just now, it proved one thing, that is, the Eight Banners Mongolia had every chance to rush to the Ming army's formation.
Although the cost is higher, most of the cavalry rushing in front will be killed, but the cavalry following behind have a chance to directly overwhelm the Ming army's infantry array.
"Zhamsuo, Tengisi!"
Two Mongolian generals came out in response.
Duduo pointed his riding whip forward and shouted sternly: "I order each of you to lead two Niulu cavalry to attack the Ming infantry array from the north and south at the same time!"
"We must overwhelm the Ming army's array in one fell swoop!"
"Hey!" Zhamusuo and Tengjisi agreed loudly.
Then the two of them ordered two Niu Lu's cavalry.
The two men formed their charge formation in the shortest possible time.
Four Niulu with 1,200 cavalry were divided into eight cavalry columns, four in the north and south.
After reorganizing the cavalry formation, Zamusuo and Teng Jisi simultaneously drew their sabers and led them forward. 1,200 Mongolian cavalry charged at the Ming infantry array from the north and south directions at the same time.
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Seeing that Jiannu directly dispatched thousands of cavalry to charge, Hu Guozhu was not surprised but overjoyed.
Although he had only destroyed half of Jiannu's cavalry just now, through the exchange of fire just now, Hu Guozhu had completely believed what Chongzhen had told them before.
Infantry equipped with flintlocks are enough to defeat cavalry head-on!
"All of them!" Hu Guozhu raised his short musket and shouted loudly, "Wait until Jian Nu comes within fifty steps before firing. Give priority to the horses, give priority to the horses, give priority to the horses!"
It was also emphasized three times that horse hunting should be given priority.
But this time you can't fire until you're within fifty steps.
Prince Qin's disciples distributed around the hollow square followed the message.
The cavalry soldiers in formation still had no expression or any reaction.
The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the sound was far greater than the wave just now, but the Ming army soldiers still had no expression on their faces. They were like a group of emotionless robots. Well, they were indeed evolving into killing machines.
In the blink of an eye, the Jiannu cavalry had already entered within fifty steps. Of course, this was only an estimate.
"First row, fight!" Hu Guozhu pulled the trigger without hesitation, but he was just firing a gun at the sky.
"Bang!" The sound of the gunshot was an order, and the first rows of Ming soldiers in the north and south directions of the array pulled the triggers one after another.
"Bang bang bang!" There was a dense sound of gunfire, and the Jiannu who were charging from the north and the south were instantly overturned. At least more than a hundred Jiannu war horses fell to the ground.
This time the hit rate is nearly 50%.
Hu Guozhu nodded slightly, which was pretty much what he expected.
"Second row, fight!" Following Qin Wang Shizi's command, 900 Ming troops from the second row in the north and south directions quickly stepped forward and pulled the trigger.
At this time, the Jiannu cavalry had already approached within forty steps.
This speed is much slower than the half-niu record in the first wave just now.
The reason is also very simple. The fallen cavalry hindered the entire cavalry formation.
"Bang bang bang!" There was another intensive sound of gunfire, and this time more Jiannu cavalry fell. More than two hundred Jiannu war horses fell to the ground in response.
In this instant, the newly replenished front row of cavalry was almost completely wiped out.
Because there are more fallen cavalry, the impact on the cavalry formation is greater.
So when the third platoon of Ming troops came up to replace them, the Jiannu cavalry had just entered thirty steps.
"Bang bang bang!" Another intensive burst of gunfire sounded, and now the three hundred Jiannu war horses rushing in front fell to the ground almost at the same time, and many cavalrymen in the second row also fell to the ground.
This was actually a saturation shooting for the Ming army. They had 900 flintlock muskets, but they could only hit 150 horses. On average, each horse had to face the concentrated fire of six flintlock muskets, and it was difficult to miss.
The three hundred Mongolian cavalry in the front row fell to the ground almost at the same time.
This disrupted the entire cavalry formation behind them.
After the first platoon of Ming troops reloaded their ammunition and took over, the following Jiannu cavalry had just reorganized their formation, and before they had time to launch a charge, they were hit by another dense rain of bullets.
"Xilulu!" The mournful neighing of the war horses suddenly echoed.
Another three hundred war horses fell to the ground almost at the same time.
At this time, more than 600 war horses had been shot.
Moreover, the bodies of the war horses also caused serious obstacles to the following cavalry.
Chapter completed!