Chapter 188: The Beginning

"Let's start......" But Tu Khan didn't care about the messy array, the opposite side was already beating drums, one by one phalanx marched forward in the passionate drums, the neat steps seemed to be carved out of the knife, the spear was like a jumping grass from the forest, the phalanx forward, the bayonet forward, but Tu Khan also saw a large number of field artillery being pulled forward by horses, and a canned iron-like soldier holding a knife card formed a small-scale array, but Tu Khan couldn't understand it, and he didn't know whether it was a mandarin duck formation or a three-talent formation. www.biquge.info At this time, he could not afford to delay, but Tu Khan ordered the whole army to continue to move forward, and the left and right flanks were as far apart as possible, especially his right flank facing the left flank of the Han army, where the terrain was open and there was no river to obstruct him, so he formed a breakthrough on the right flank as much as possible and disrupted the phalanx of the Han army from the flank.

After giving the order, Chotu Khan looked at the banner of Asarlan about half a mile in front of him, towards the right flank, he asked his eldest son not to take risks, but he could also see the eager flame in his son's eyes, the enemy army was in front of him, but a few thousand people, although the equipment looked good, but with 50,000 cavalry against 5,000 infantry, the victory should belong to the Mongols, Asarlan not only wanted to act as a vanguard, but most wanted a brilliant victory.

"Eternal Heaven bless." Chotu Khan bowed his noble head and began to pray. Although he believes in the Red Religion, but it is only a political consideration, he and the three Khans who believe in the Yellow Religion are not in harmony with the deliberately formed a religious conflict, pulling the people and himself, he himself does not believe much, at this most critical juncture, but Tu Khan with both hands, can only ask the Mongols have always believed in the protection of the Immortal Heaven, because he has no confidence in the current war.

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The sound of horses' hooves rumbled, Assalan was excited, he looked ahead, all of them belonged to the elite of his own command, his father Khan had handed over all his guards, plus the most elite cavalry of the tribe in heavy armor, this force was all handed over to himself to command, and the most important right road was handed over to him to break through, although his subordinates were only about two thousand people, but they belonged to the most elite part of the tribe, belonged to the decisive force, and wanted to defeat the Han army on the opposite side to win, The right flank break is the best option.

The Han army array is complete, of course Asarlan saw it, but he felt that there was nothing remarkable, the Han people were originally good at the array, but they led the cavalry to rush forward like a hurricane, disrupting their formations one by one, this is the specialty of the Mongols!

"Break the left flank of the Han people and roll up their array!" Asarlan shouted in the center of the formation: "Hit its artillery array first, without artillery, these Han people are nothing!" ”

All the heavy cavalry roared with Asarlan, their equipment was the best in the tribe, they were also the best knights in the tribe, they were strong, they held heavy iron spears or iron bones in their hands, they would cause crushing damage if they touched the enemy at the slightest touch in the cavalry battle, they had strong physique and the bravest soul, and behind them, on the left side, on the right side, everywhere there were cavalry surging forward, Asarlan and his men were already accelerating, and the riders in all other directions were also speeding forward, Halfway in front of you is the enemy's phalanx, and victory is at hand!

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The enemy cavalry poured out like a black tide, and then began to surge forward as the battalions advanced, although it was a mess, they were all tens of hundreds to thousands of large and small cavalry formations, not to mention the array, those Mongols were just mechanically executing the order to rush forward, many people had obviously taken the riding bow in their hands, and after a while, they could see the scene of arrows raining down in front of the formation, and the soldiers of the merchant army showed a contemptuous look on their faces...... They've seen them too many times.

It was the heavy cavalry rushing from the left flank that attracted the attention of the higher-ups, but only for a moment.

The Mongol cavalry, rushing to the left flank, could not have imagined at all, and on the left flank concentrated most of the four-pounder guns.

Nearly forty four-pounder guns were the ration of the entire regiment, and for this battle, the cavalry artillery regiment was quite cooperative, not only sending a whole battalion, but also equipping the attached cavalry artillery company of the first regiment with a complete range of artillery, and the commander of the second regiment, Dufre, and the instructor Peter, all followed to command, and the composition of recruits among the gunners was quite high, and experienced officers were needed to find problems at all times.

When the enemy cavalry poured in, the artillery position had just been constructed, and the infantry formation was still advancing, the artillery had already begun to fix the gun position, and by the time the Mongols rushed forward, the gunners had already stuffed the medicine packs, pushed in the shells, and could ignite the fuse at any time.

"Don't panic." Dufrei noticed that some of the gunners were distorted and looked dry and nervous, and he deliberately strode in front of the artillery array, so that everyone could see his thin and tall figure, and said some foul language, and deliberately scolded some of the overly nervous gunners in a rude tone, and after he had toured around, the gunners were obviously much more relaxed.

Peter, on the other hand, looked helpless and indifferent, tired of the war with the Mongols.

It's just some northern barbarians, and it's a matter of course for an army under civilization to defeat the barbarians, isn't it?

When the large force of cavalry entered the range of about a mile, Dufrei suddenly made a hand gesture.

The flag bearer immediately waved the flag, and all the artillery commanders kept an eye on it, and when they saw a clear order, they immediately lit the fuse.

After the first guns erupted bright flames, all the guns on the position fired.

Almost instantly, the first cannonball landed accurately in the galloping cavalry, the whistling cannonball flew through the crowd, I don't know how many cavalry were knocked over, when it fell, a bloody path was ploughed behind it, people shouted horses, many heavy cavalry in layers of armor thought they were safe, but when the cannonball came, they realized that the armor was useless, in front of the cannonballs, their armor was useless.

It was good luck to be killed by a cannonball, some had broken arms, some had serious internal injuries, some had broken legs, they fell to the ground and were trampled to death by later war horses, or they were even less lucky to survive to the end of the war, and then slowly died in endless pain due to infection and fever.

More shells came, each whistling shell bringing death and a terrible howl, and the mournful screams of men and horses were different, but essentially the same.

All the Mongolian cavalry were a little confused, of course they had heard of the firearms of the Ming army, and they knew about artillery, but they did not expect that the power of artillery was so great, it could cause such a large number of casualties from a mile away, those shells, like a source of terror, roared, bringing endless fear and death, even the shells that swept through the crowd still carried huge kinetic energy, they jumped on the grass, flattened the turf, and the scorching iron balls almost set the grass on fire...... Arsalan noticed this, and he kept staring at the rolling shells, of course, those that had already landed and rolled far away, and if it was the autumn season, each shell would cause a fire, Arsalan had no doubt about it. He was a little hesitant and confused, after all, he was a boy under the age of fifteen, he never thought that the cannonballs were like this, with such great power, he didn't dare to listen to the sound of those straight cannonballs falling on the human body, although he was indeed a brave Mongolian boy, but everything in front of him made him a little unacceptable, especially when he saw the cannonballs smashed through the crowd, bringing up a piece of flesh and blood, and then when he heard the broken bones and the heart-rending screams of people, Arsalan was on the verge of collapse.

A cannonball fell in front of the eyes of the Mongolian boy, but fortunately it missed, the cannonball hit the ground directly, the spinning cannonball splashed the dirt and turf, the heat of itself and the smoke of gunpowder at the time of firing had not yet dissipated, and a huge column of smoke rose in place, and a little dirt splashed on Arsaran's face, and he screamed in panic.

And the cavalry is still rushing forward according to inertia, and there are quite a few people who are lucky, the Han artillery is powerful, but once they are close to the battle, they will gain an advantage.

"The artillery extended its fire, hitting the middle dense area."

Du Fulei has been staring at the Mongolian right flank of the soldiers and horses, after six consecutive rounds of fighting, most of the heavy cavalry has been scattered, only a small number of heavy cavalry rushed over after the artillery fire was extended, but they are already frightened birds, there is no queue at all, relying on the blood and bravery, now they don't even have the blood and bravery, the scattered attack line, the slow speed, the hesitation of cruising, these cavalry, before the battle has been lost.

More than a dozen squads of mandarin duck soldiers have already moved forward to meet them, and they will not let a small number of cavalry break through the battle line, directly threatening the firepower output of the large array.

The enemy cavalry in the middle gradually rushed to within 200 paces, and three battalions of dragoons met them, and the distance between the two sides was quickly closed to the sound of rumbling drums.

The artillery began to shoot extended, and a large number of shells bloomed in the middle, and the cavalry in the middle, dominated by the shepherds, began to appreciate what had happened to the cavalry on the right flank, and there was confusion everywhere in the cavalry, and the men turned on their backs, the shepherds panicked, and some even pulled their horses back, causing even more confusion, and when their vanguard came within a hundred paces, all the officers gave the same instructions: the cannons, the francs, and all the gunners opened fire together.

The whole front seems to have a valve opened, and only the light of the fire can be seen as far as the eye can see, although it is a sunny day, the sky is blue, but people are like being in the night of the New Year's Festival, there are bright sparks everywhere, but the fireworks are pleasing to the eye, but the sparks in front of them are enough to kill.

A large amount of lead hit the front of the cavalry, and the bodies of countless cavalrymen burst with blood, and the whole line fell like straw cut by a sickle, and countless people fell down like a sickle, and like the right wing, screams and wails rang out.

The blood of the whole body of the Khan was solidified, and the heavy cavalry on the right flank had been intercepted by a group of heavily armored infantry, and the heavy infantry was cooperated with a group of firecrackers with firecrackers and bayonets on the front end, the heavy infantry carried the cavalry impact, and the firecrackers kept firing the firecrackers, and the heavy cavalry was knocked off their horses, but Tu Khan's heart was dripping blood, which was a decent cavalry that he had spent countless money and effort to create, and he tried to use them to make a big difference, but it was almost completely destroyed in such a battle.

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