Chapter 976: Victory in the First World War (Medium)
The first to rush forward was the cavalry team of the Ming army, and with the momentum of the horses galloping, they quickly rushed to the oncoming many Warats, and at the same time, the sword was swung out, and at once it had already slashed over hundreds of Mongolian warriors who had just gathered.
At the same time, the foot soldiers behind them had already shown their bows and crossbows, but they were not busy firing arrows at the enemy in front of them, but lit torches one after another, and then put the arrows on the flames, igniting the oil-soaked cloth that had already been wrapped in the arrows, and then suddenly released them towards the shadowy Mongolian tent in front of them.
Hundreds of rockets streaked through the air, falling like meteors on the barracks of the Warats, and in the haystacks, in an instant, the flames burst out, and the entire camp quickly turned into a sea of fire.
Lin Lie's combat has always been unconventional, even if he confronts the enemy head-on, he can't just engage them in close combat, but adapts measures to local conditions, looking for the enemy's weaknesses and flaws. Since it was now a night camp, fire attack was naturally an indispensable means to completely disrupt the enemy's morale, and this battle would add a few points of certainty.
Sure enough, the continuous fire in the barracks made the Mongolian people, who were already unsettled by the artillery bombardment, more and more panicked, some people wanted to step forward to meet the enemy, and some people wanted to put out the fire first.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Ming cavalry advanced a long distance, and on the way they advanced, a large number of Mongolian people who were in a hurry to meet the battle had fallen. Only a handful of them fought on horseback, and the outcome of infantry versus cavalry had already been told to everyone by the battles between the two sides over the years.
Seeing that the fire was on fire on all sides, the enemy continued to kill, and his eyes were red in a hurry: "Where is the blue wolf guard?" Kill me, put these cunning Nanbarians at bay, and don't let them move on. At this time, he was really anxious to the extreme, and he couldn't care about his own safety, so he immediately ordered the most elite personal soldiers around him to escort the blue wolf guard to stop the enemy.
As soon as the Taishi gave the order, a cavalry team of nearly 5,000 people, which had been quickly gathered and had complete men and horses, had already rushed forward. In fact, they were also very indignant after seeing the situation in front of them, but in order to protect the duties of the Taishi, they did not take the initiative to ask for battle. Now that the order has been issued, they have nothing to hesitate about, and immediately wave their troops and rush towards the Ming cavalry who are constantly killing forward.
Soon, the two men collided violently. Because the Ming army was unimpeded as soon as it entered the enemy camp, the fierce and abnormal Mongolian people in the past had almost no ability to resist at this time, so they had completely killed sex, even if they saw that they were facing a complete cavalry team, they still shouted and rushed over.
But this time, they kicked on the iron plate. In just one shot, more than 50 cavalrymen who rushed to the forefront were cut down by the enemy, and the speed of the opponent did not slow down a little, and they still rushed towards them like sharp arrows. In the flash of the sword, there were constantly cavalry killed by these fierce Mongolian iron horsemen, and some people hurriedly turned around to dodge in fright, and nearly eight thousand Ming Jing cavalry were actually beaten by the blue wolf guard and were unable to move forward, so they could only retreat backwards.
And this stimulated the fighting spirit of the Blue Wolf Guard and other Mengren warriors who slowly came back to their senses. Although the latter did not have a war horse yet, they all howled, waving the weapons in their hands and followed closely behind the blue wolf guard and viciously slaughtered the Ming army.
As soon as the cavalry retreated, the previous momentum was cut off, and when it encountered the enemy's fierce counterattack, it couldn't even turn around, so it could only slowly retreat to intercept. But in this way, the advantages and strengths of the cavalry quickly disappeared, and with a scream, they continued to be injured and fell off their horses, and many horses were cut off by the Mongolian foot soldiers who rushed to them, and the knights who were neighing on their horses were also turned to the ground, and finally the bodies were dismembered by the Mongols who rushed up.
In the final analysis, there is still a big gap between the Ming army and the brave Mongolian people in terms of combat power, especially in the unconcealed field hand-to-hand combat, they are at an absolute disadvantage. Before, relying on the enemy's panic and the momentum of rushing into the camp could still suppress the Mongols' onslaught, but once the opponent gained a firm foothold and began to counterattack, these cavalry were a little difficult to protect themselves.
Fortunately, Lin Lie's reaction was not slow, and when he saw this situation, he immediately ordered someone to use the light as a signal, and transferred his bow and crossbow to step forward to support. Three thousand crossbowmen stepped forward and rained down arrows again. This time, their arrows were no longer ignited, but their lethality was much greater, and in this dark and battled environment, both their sight and hearing were greatly affected, and it was too late to find that an arrow had been fired.
At that time, two or three hundred Mongolians were shot and fell, which also frightened other Mongolians who still wanted to take advantage of the situation to quickly retreat and take precautions to protect themselves. However, it also reminded the Mongols that although many of them did not bring bows and crossbows because of the previous raids, the elite cavalry of the Blue Wolf Guard had bows and arrows on them.
As soon as they saw this, they immediately stopped their forward charges, quickly bent their bows and arrows, and released round after round of arrows towards the large Ming army in front of them.
This time, it was the turn of the Ming army to be overwhelmed, so they could only order the shield hand to come forward to resist. But tonight, the Ming army was the main attacker, and they didn't bring many shields at all, and many people fell from arrows, and the situation became worse and worse.
Lin Lie's face was also pale, and his heart sank. He really didn't expect this night attack to evolve like this, and he thought that he could defeat the enemy by surprise. Unexpectedly, the Warat army was far more tenacious and fierce than they thought, even if the camp was on fire everywhere, they were still able to quickly gain a foothold under the impact of an elite cavalry, and launched a counterattack.
Do you want to stop and retreat? Lin Lie suddenly had such a thought in his heart, but then he immediately dispelled this thought, if he retreated at this time, it would inevitably bring a devastating disaster to the army. The Mongolian people will definitely take the opportunity to hunt and kill, and Jizhou City may fall because of this.
Then there is only a fight to the death! After making up his mind, he raised his saber again and shouted: "The whole army is attacking, all the crossbowmen shoot the enemy cavalry!" He had seen that the enemy was really difficult to deal with with the few thousand cavalry, and that if they were routed, the battle could be reversed.
The Ming army was also red-eyed at this time, and even shouted again and rushed back to the enemy. In fact, the Ming army still had the courage to fight head-on with the Mongols, and it was because the main general fled for his life first. Now that Lin Lie is calmly commanding behind, the situation is completely different.
The arrows rained down again, and the remaining cavalry of the Ming army also rushed forward again, and behind them, a group of foot soldiers followed closely behind, and a battle broke out even more tragic than before.
Seeing that the Ming army actually came back again, the cavalry of the Blue Wolf Guard showed even more enthusiasm and excitement in their eyes, and immediately roared angrily and raised the scimitar in their hands, and after parrying and dodging the oncoming arrows, they rushed towards the Ming army in front. The belligerent has decided to crush the enemy's ranks and destroy them in one fell swoop.
Seeing that most of the arrows shot fell into the air, the face of the Ming army finally showed a look of horror, and then he realized that the Mongolian cavalry in front of him was far more terrifying than he imagined. And those cavalrymen, although they had rushed forward, their hearts had already beaten drums, and the movements of their hands became hesitant.
The two armies collided again, and another piece of Ming cavalry was killed and dismounted, while the others hurriedly pulled back. The Mongolian people continued to rush forward as if they were in a no-man's land, and soon met the Ming army foot soldiers who were following the killing, and the killing sound rose again.
Seeing the army that rushed over to fall continuously, Lin Lie's body began to tremble, and he felt that this battle might really end in his own defeat. These Warats are too strong, even more terrifying than when they attacked the Duoyan tribe before, and they are not at all what the Ming army can withstand at this time.
At this moment, the earth-shattering cannon sound sounded again in the darkness behind him, and several red lights crossed the arc in the air, and then fell heavily on the middle of the Mengda camp, exploding with a bang.
In front of the big tent of the Mongolian Chinese army, the look on his face finally became a little better after seeing the constantly reversing battle situation. He could see that under the onslaught led by the Blue Wolf Guard, the Ming army that attacked the camp was about to be unable to support it, as long as it could defeat the main force of the Ming army of tens of thousands, the next attack on Jizhou City would be twice the result with half the effort, and this city would definitely be at your fingertips.
Perhaps this is the so-called blessing in disguise...... also thought about it in his heart, and at the same time was already thinking about how to take advantage of the victory to pursue later, and completely defeated the Ming army in front of him.
And at this moment, the cannon sound that made him uneasy sounded from the darkness again, and a sharp whistling sound followed, and a long flame of red light dragged towards the camp, which made Ye Xian in a trance for a while, and at the same time, his heart throbbed, and a strong sense of crisis suddenly rose from the depths of his heart.
"Master beware!" The guards beside him suddenly screamed, and flew towards him. Suddenly, a red light smashed directly towards his location.
He also reacted quickly, and when his legs fell off, he wanted to fly out sideways. But his left foot was hooked by the stirrup, which made his movements pause slightly, and although the guard had already hit him hard, it did not let him get out and fly out.
At this time, the cannonball had landed five feet in front of the horse, and then exploded with a bang......