Chapter 385: The Bloody Battle of the Yalu River (Part II)
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Earlier, they had found a small village with shaved heads and rat-tail pigtails thirty miles upstream, and dozens of birch-bark boats parked at the riverside------ and they had mercilessly killed the old men and children of the village, forcing the young men and women there to help them cross the river.
In this way, they were able to speed up their crossing of the river, and they were able to transport their horses.
These more than 300 Red Horse Expeditions brought the combat effectiveness of the cavalry into full play.
As soon as they were ready, a thousand Goryeo cavalry arrived.
Those red horse scouts first threw out a batch of grenades with rope pockets------ which may be a way that only the Tatars who raise sheep or herd horses can think of, and with their horsepower, the grenades thrown out with rope pockets can reach more than 100 meters, and the direction and position are surprisingly accurate!
Sure enough, the grenades exploded in the ranks of the Korean cavalry, disrupting their charging formation.
A massacre ensued!
Instead of drawing their swords to attack the opponent first, the Red Horse Detectives used their own Tartar bows and arrows to shoot quickly!
Their archery skills were really good, and as they ran, the Korean cavalry that had originally attacked them fell to them with a single shot!
This is the most famous tactic of the Tatars, the Mangugu tactic.
Some of the Red Horse Detectives can even shoot arrows that can bend around the trees!
More than 300 of them were ostensibly still being chased and killed by the Goryeo cavalry, but it was someone else who fell off their horses and died.
Unhurriedly, the Akama Detective led the Goryeo cavalry in circles and led them away from their landing place, where they were waiting for reinforcements to come ashore.
The Goryeo cavalry were red-eyed, and they chased after them desperately------ and the Goryeo cavalry also had archers, but they found it very difficult for them to shoot the running Red Horse Detective, and those people were half-lying on horseback, as if they were growing with the war horse!
Running and running, the Goryeo cavalry realized that something was wrong, and their commanders were all shot dead by the Tatars!
Half of the cavalry of a thousand men was lost!
They couldn't help but slow down the speed of their pursuit------ the Tatar cavalry who were originally fleeing seemed to be able to see their movements from their backs, and with a whistle, they automatically divided into two rows on the left and right, and made a big turn, and the horse's head suddenly rushed towards the Goryeo cavalry, and from the side, the horse's head was neatly arranged, almost half a horse's head!
The leader of the team was the deputy commander Abuhuali, who shouted coldly at this time:
“¥…… ≈ap;! ”
Probably speaking, everyone in the world thinks that someone who can ride a horse can be a cavalryman!
His men laughed when they heard this, and their relaxed expressions turned out to be that such a big battle was a hunt!
At this time, they followed the deputy commander Abuhuali and drew his steel knife neatly.
Three hundred battles and five hundred, they are going to attack!
One of the Goryeo cavalry was frightened, so he turned his horse and ran------ which caused an avalanche effect, and the scene immediately changed, and the three hundred cavalry began to chase and kill the five hundred cavalry!
The Red Horse Expedition began to show their ability to pursue the Goryeo cavalry again------- those Goryeo cavalry began to fall off their horses one by one like a ripe pine cone tower, and then they were stopped by the second group of cavalry who came ashore!
Under the slaughter, a total of 500 Red Horse Detective troops defeated 1,000 Goryeo cavalry, and only a few Goryeo cavalry abandoned their horses and ran into the grass and woods.
They were only wounded by two people, and only arrow wounds!
The deputy commander, Abuhuali, immediately ordered to pack up the horses on the battlefield------ their task was completed, and they won a suitable place to cross the river for the soldiers who were going to land later.
Deputy Commander Abuhuali jumped off his horse, sat directly on a corpse, and then lit a bag of shredded tobacco, mixed with crushed dried Bliss grass, and smoked comfortably.
The river in front of him was still gentle, as if nothing had happened here.
He thought to himself, if this place was a good place to raise horses.
Since the sale of this drug was strictly prohibited on the island of Liuqiu, many traders dared to risk their lives to sell it to the capital!
Elysium soon became popular with the Tatar nobles of the capital, who believed that it would allow them to see various gods and spirits, which made them extremely excited.
Slowly, he entered the state and unconsciously began to giggle, he actually saw that the birch bark boat and leather paddle that were transporting soldiers on the river suddenly shattered, hehe, there is not a living Korean here, where can the boat be broken all at once?!
He slowly turned his head to look at the lower reaches of the Yalu River, and found that one of the more interesting things was that there were three big boats, -------, two------- and three, with no sails on their masts, actually going up against the current, and approaching them!
His men were in disarray, and one of them ran at him, barely knowing what he was shouting when he opened his mouth!
He shook his head, blinked, and looked again, there was a big blue flag hanging on the top of the mast, on which were written the two big characters ------ Liuqiu------ hehe, he might know these two dog Chinese characters!
Flow!!
He suddenly woke up, and was about to jump up, when he saw a line of flames erupting from the great ship------ and then he knew nothing.
The flag planted on the ground behind the back of the deputy commander Abuhuali betrayed him, and also provided the Liuqiu battleship with a shore target to fire artillery.
The horses, cavalry, and even the banner of the deputy commander Abuhuali and within thirty meters of him were shattered, and it was obvious that this was a round of shotguns------
The Liuqiu Navy has finally arrived.
In the lower reaches of the Yalu River, when General Kim Jong-sik looked at the chaos in front of him and cursed in his heart why the damned warships that begged the navy had not come, six warships of the Liuqiu Navy and their two five-masted schooners appeared on the Yalu River.
These six warships are 300-ton sailboats, propelled by two 80-horsepower fuel-fired camel engines, using a vertical shaft spiral structure, covered by copper plates, and can reach a speed of 10 knots per hour!
It could have arrived earlier, but their supply sailboat was dragging its feet------ and without supplies, the shortcomings of the short legs of the sailing ship would have been exposed, and if they had only used sails, they would not have been as fast as a pure sail ship of the same tonnage!
The leader of the team this time is Captain Wang Xuanbin, who is the same age as Captain Guo Beyu, and is a key admiral to be trained in the navy.
In everyone's opinion, this military operation is obviously a military exploit for nothing.
Because the lord of Zhang Island has an order, the navy will never be allowed to go ashore for land battles, they are just helping the Goryeo State to blockade the Yalu River!