Chapter 096: Minefield
As a special tribe guarding Genghis Khan's mausoleum, the Ordos Department has a unique understanding of the word glory, so Boshoketu played the signboard of "Genghis Khan", and the morale that had just been blown up immediately returned.
Although the scene was chaotic at this time, and the elite sweat tents gathered around Bo Shuoketu were not enough to kill four thousand, the people who could gather at this time also meant that their war horses were still there, in other words, this was still four thousand cavalry.
At this time, Ma Gui, who was standing not far away, was at a serious disadvantage in terms of troops, and according to Bo Shuoketu's estimates, he might only have about five hundred people on hand.
Five hundred?
It's not that Bo Shuoketu has a bad brain, and in the face of such a situation, he doesn't doubt whether there are any other conspiracies on Magui's side, but he also thinks: At such a distance that is not far or close, it is most reasonable for the cavalry to speed up from running to launching a charge, and the current conditions can just give full play to the impact of these 4,000 cavalry to achieve the purpose of breaking the weak army formation of the Ming army.
Ma Gui himself is in the opposite military formation, which is better news, after all, this reinforcement from Datong is below Gao Shishi, that is, he is the general soldier of Datong. What's more, the main combat force of Gao Pragmatic's army is the Datong Zhen Army, and if Ma Gui can be taken down on this, it may even make Gao Pragmatic's army ineffective to a large extent.
Isn't it worth the gamble?
The veteran of Ordos, who had reminded Boshoketu many times before, was gathering troops near the subsidence not far away at this moment, and he himself seemed to be slightly injured, but it was not impossible to hear Boshoketu's charging mobilization, but he only hesitated a little and did not say anything to stop it.
The battle situation is like this, anyway, Jinong must rush out of this dangerous area first, so where to rush is not to rush? If Ma Gui is really just getting carried away and putting himself in danger, this rush may have a miraculous effect, why not?
The cavalry gathered near Boshoktu, and at his command, they began to run slowly forward, and then gradually accelerated.
This is a very typical "pre-action" that is about to launch a charge, Ma Gui, a general who has fought with Mongolia since childhood, of course, knows at a glance, it stands to reason that he should regret his carelessness at this time.
However, Ma Gui was very calm, he just said three words coldly: "Bayonet array!" ”
It is not the first time that the Ming army has broken the cavalry with bayonet formations, but from the first appearance to the present, the time for the bayonet array to appear is only a few years after all, and its "legend" is not very widespread. Within the Ordos Ministry, the high-level Taiji and leaders know more in detail, and the ordinary herdsmen and cavalry do not know very well.
Bo Shuo Ketu showed his bayonet in the Ming army array, the front row stood upside down, and the tip of the knife pointed obliquely at him, but the legend is just a legend after all, Bo Shuo Ketu himself has not suffered from the bayonet array, and obviously lacks "empathy", so it is just "a Rin", and he will not be scared to take back his life.
Not only did he not take back his fate, but the peculiar unconvincing of the young man of Boshuoktu also broke out, can't you break the cavalry? Then let's see today, whether it is your hundreds of bayonets that are powerful, or whether my Mongolian warriors are stronger in the rush one after another!
Without warning, Boshoketu suddenly screamed and sped up again. The elite of the Ordos Department are all old soldiers, not only fought with the Ming army in the early years, but also made many expeditions to Wara and other places, where too much tactical command is needed, and now follow Bo Shuoketu to start speeding up.
They understand the purpose of Boshoketu's move - the opponent's defense may be strong, and they need to force a break without sparing any effort!
This is a rush to break the kettle, there is no advance or retreat!
Ma Chengzhao, who was standing beside Ma Gui, only felt that his hand holding the knife was a little sweaty, and subconsciously swallowed and spit, and asked, "Father, are we really not on the horse?" ”
Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Ma Gui knew that Ma Chengzhao's martial arts were good, but his horse work was slightly better than that of Ma Xia, and now it was the first time that their Ma Jiada soldiers used the "bayonet array" on the battlefield, so it was normal for Ma Chengzhao, a new recruit who was entering battle for the first time, to be a little nervous in the face of a thousand horses.
Ma Gui stood motionless, didn't even draw a knife, just said calmly: "For the general, when there is the determination of Mount Tai to collapse in front and not change the color." ”
Ma Chengzhao's face immediately turned red, and he just wanted to justify "My son is not afraid", but Ma Gui had already continued: "What's more, in the current battle, it is very likely that the bayonet array will not be used." ”
"Huh?" Ma Chengzhao was stunned: "Why?" ”
But Magui didn't have time to answer him, because the mines were ahead of him.
Boshoketu chose a good place for the charge - an area in front of Magui was a "minefield" that had been set up a long time ago, and more than 500 mines were densely buried.
Although the area is slightly larger, the mines are not densely planted; Although the mines at this time were still far less powerful than those of later generations even after Jinghua's improvement, more than 500 mines were still enough for the 4,000 cavalry to drink a pot.
The elite cavalry rushed headlong into a volcanic hell in the eighteen layers of hell, the fiery mines of the steel wheels responded to their bravery with violent explosions, and the thunder and fire danced with the flesh and blood of their crotch horses shattered and burst into the air.
Blood and fire strongly stimulated everyone at this moment, including the stunned Ma Chengzhao.
Ma Gui's words unfortunately said that there was really no need for bayonets in this battle. Due to the acceleration of Boshoktu twice, the Ordos cavalry was already close to a sprinting gallop before rushing into the bayonet array, and it was impossible to stop such a gallop, even if it was found that there was an abnormality in the front, the cavalry in the rear could no longer stop, and could only continue to move forward.
The Mongol warriors plunged headlong into it, and it is not known how many of them will still be able to come out.
Boshoketu himself did not escape the care of the "Thor", although he did not directly step on the mine, but a mine exploded in his place no more than a zhang, and at the same time as blowing up several cavalry, a flying war horse used its already uncontrollable hooves to "kick" Boshoketu in the stomach, "kicking" him off the horse on the spot, and also knocked another cavalryman away.
But Boshoketu's luck was already excellent, because after he landed and rolled uncontrollably for seven or eight laps, he was not trampled to death by the cavalry horses in the rear, but just held his stomach and twitched and rolled on the ground.
The charge was actually broken, but instead of giving the order to go up and disarm, Ma Gui had the soldiers start shouting something in Mongolian while waving the order flag.
With the unfurling of the Lingqi, more Ming soldiers began to emerge from more ravines, and rushed towards him as fast as possible, and as soon as Ma Gui waved his hand, they began to surround the rout of Boshuoktu from a distance.
Minefields, who knows how many have exploded, how many are still sleeping quietly in the ground, and of course their own people can't go up and commit suicide in such a stupid way.
Thanks to the fact that the steel wheel trigger of this year is still relatively slow, and it is a product like that of later generations, I am afraid that I will not be able to take it out if I bury it. Now this kind can still be recycled after the war, but you need to be careful when digging, you can't use tools such as shovels and shovels, you have to change the wooden shovel to dig a little bit - this is one of the reasons why the Janissaries set up separate sappers, after all, this is already a professional demining work.
The progress of military science and technology will inevitably lead to various changes in military tactics and military organizations, and although Gao Pragmatic is not professional enough in these matters, he still knows the basic principles. His "foresight" coupled with Qi Jiguang's genius, in the end, he still crossed the river by feeling the stones.
However, the persuasion work was not particularly smooth, because the veteran had already gathered a lot of Ordos cavalry at this time, and he had already discovered that Jinong's wave of charging had failed unexpectedly.
He anxiously rallied his men and horses to rush over to save them, even though he knew that the area was problematic and that there might be a large number of thunderbolts hidden underground. 2018
These Thunderbolt cannons were far more powerful than he had ever known, and the means of use were different from those of the past. The Ming army no longer buried Thunderbolt artillery along the perimeter of the fort, but used it intensively.
If it was used like that in the past, this veteran actually has a way - stupid way, go directly, and bet on who is lucky and who is lucky. Although this method is stupid, it has been very effective before, because although the Ming army has a variety of firearms, the stock of each one is very small. There are actually very few such things as Thunderbolt artillery, and there may be at most a dozen or so of them buried outside a huge dock fort, while most dock forts have none at all.
Since there are few, it won't get in the way, and a few people won't die if they go over directly. But this time is obviously different, from the direct explosion of the Ordos army into two pieces, to the dense explosion in this area just now, it can be seen that the Ming army has called a lot of Thunderbolt artillery this time, not to mention that the Thunderbolt artillery this time is huge, far from the waste artillery in the past.
Well...... Although the thunderbolt artillery in the past also killed people, it often couldn't even overturn the horse, after all, the military industrial system of the Ming army at that time was so bad, and the guns and guns were all normal operations.
Presumably, because the power of the mine array just now was too amazing, the veteran did not plan to charge the formation, he ordered to approach slowly and shoot at the approaching Ming army freely.
Ma Gui saw it clearly and knew that this person was not to break through, but to save the uncertain Bo Shuoketu - the kind of life that wants to see people and corpses when he dies.
He was not in a hurry, snorted coldly, and ordered: "Advance in formation." Other than that...... The Cloud Piercing Arrow can also be released. ”
With this order, the Ming army ambushed all the troops. It turned out that in addition to the ambush soldiers in this area where Magui himself was, there were many ambushes in various places at the southern foot of Huri Huliang Mountain, according to the terrain conditions, hundreds of people were ambushed in some ravines, and thousands or even two or three thousand people were ambushed in some large ravines.
After these ambushes appeared, they all began to assemble according to the new formation that the Ming army had begun to implement in the last year or two, and then slowly approached from all sides towards the center.
The center is the area where the elite of the Ordos Sweat Tent is ambushed. In other words, the "rush of the Ming army" that Bo Shuoketu had feared before had actually happened, but instead of "rushing up", it was slowly closing up.
The veteran immediately noticed the strangeness of the Ming army's movements - according to common sense, the ambush should move as fast as possible, and the person who was ambushed was caught off guard, and it was rare for the Ming army to close slowly like this at this moment, especially when the opponent was a Mongolian cavalry, it was almost none.
Because no one had the luxury of annihilating a Mongolian cavalry by infantry before, and Ma Gui in front of him seemed to break this mindset.
The veteran frowned, where did he dare to underestimate Ma Gui now? Although Ma Gui's behavior is abnormal, in his opinion, it must be justified, it's just ...... I can't figure out why now.
The only reason he could think of was that Ma Gui decided that he had to rescue Bo Shuo Ketu before he could break through, so as long as Bo Shuo Ketu hadn't been found out, Ma Gui would have time to slowly surround him.
But the veteran had no time to think about it, so he could only continue to carry out the previous order, and the Ordos cavalry began to advance towards the mine formation, fearless of the threat of death.
The Ming troops near Magui also kept the formation slowly moving forward against the cold arrows that came from time to time, but the muskets in their hands never fired, as if they had to wait for the order before they could exert their might.
Some elite archers among the Mongolian cavalry were able to shoot farther than ordinary cavalry with more powerful horse bows, but the Ming army used muskets, and the range was basically the same, and there was no point in shooting at a distance, so during this time, the Ming army was almost unilaterally beaten.
But when it's closer, it's a different story. The veteran didn't notice how far apart the two sides were, when the Ming army fired the first shot, in short, in an instant, a row of Ming soldiers fired at the same time, and then another row interspersed in front of them from their side, crouched, aimed, and fired......
Just in one direction, the veteran was shocked to find that after three rounds of guns, the elite sweat tent warriors of the Ordos Department had fallen by at least two or three hundred people!
The power of the new firearms that the Ming army began to show during the Battle of Monan seemed to be more powerful than the legend, and the veteran suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and his intuition told him that today's trouble was very big, and it might even be the biggest crisis he had faced in his more than 20 years of fighting career.
However, at this time, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and order to continue.
Unexpectedly, at this time, a horse suddenly burst out of the mine array, and immediately a knight hid on the side with his superb horsemanship hidden in the stirrup, and quickly rushed back to the front of the Ordos cavalry.
"Jinong!" The veteran, who was actually only in his forties, was very sharp-eyed to see that the knight's exposed trouser legs and riding boots were what Jinon was wearing, so he immediately made a gesture to prevent the Mongol cavalry from shooting.
Because the Ming army was taking a salvo, sporadic shooting was not allowed, so they watched the knight rush back to the main Ordos formation.
When the knight returned to the formation, he no longer maintained the posture of hiding in the stirrups, but turned around and sat up, and sure enough, it was Boshoktu.
Boshoktu had blood on his body, but it probably didn't look like his own, and he didn't appear to be seriously injured other than his pale face.
The veteran hurriedly asked, "How is Jinong?" ”
Bo Shuoketu did not answer, but looked around with a sinking face and a deep frown, and said quickly: "It's not good, if you don't break through, you won't be able to leave today, you see them - all muskets with bayonets." ”
The veteran said: "It's okay, as long as Jinong is safe and sound, we can leave now, and there is still time." Then he raised his hand and gave the order.
But coincidentally, Ma Gui spoke not far away again, and it was still the laughter that made people want to cut him with a thousand knives: "Hahahaha, Bo Shuoketu, do you still think you can escape alive?" ”
Boshoketu suffered his loss just now, and now he didn't want to answer him at all, and still motioned to the veteran to order. Unexpectedly, Ma Gui's eyes seemed to be surprisingly good, and he actually stuck on the right time to continue to speak: "You think I only have a mine in one place? ”
Shocked by this, Boshoketu quickly took the veteran's hand and looked around suspiciously, as if he was discerning where there were mines. It's a pity, how can he see this?
The veteran didn't dare to let Boshoketu be bombed again, and he looked around, hoping to find out how the mined place was different from the ordinary ground.
But this is not good, but a wave of despair suddenly rose in my heart at a glance, and my straight back suddenly collapsed.
Boshoketu noticed that something was wrong with him and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The veteran pointed to the distance, and the whole person seemed to be drained of his spirit, and muttered, "Tumut cavalry...... Tokhtar himself came. ”
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