301 'Siege Mounted Shooting'

At this time, Alenha was determined to launch the last wave of death charges with him, the last hundred and seventy Tatar cavalry.

"Alenha, what do you want to do?"

As soon as Alenha's words were finished, an angry voice sounded behind Alenha.

Immediately afterwards, a horsewhip was whipped on Alenha's body from behind, and it was Zabek who rushed over with his guards at the last moment.

"Alenha, you stupid pig, you have lost an entire number of our Daqing Niulu's troops, and now you still want to take this only remaining warrior to death?

The life of the warriors of my Great Qing Kingdom, how can you allow you to squander it like this, you are simply a shame to my Great Qing Dynasty! ”

Zabek rode on his horse, scolding bitterly, and whipping Alenha with his whip.

Alenha did not dare to resist, so she had to silently endure the whipping of Zabek's horse, and finally jumped off the horse, knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

Zabek's strength was very strong, and after dozens of whips, he forcibly broke the horsewhip made of raw cowhide.

Zabek was really angry, and nearly 400 people disappeared like this, including more than 100 of them with blue flags.

Those are all veterans of their blue flags, who have fought for years without dying!

Each one is an elite, and I don't know how long it will take to replenish each loss, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of the cattle record is gone, so it's no wonder that he doesn't feel distressed.

They are inlaid with blue flags in the Eight Banners of the Tartars, which belong to the lower three banners, and the number of troops is not much, and the soldiers who can fight in the whole banner are only about 6,000 people.

This is also the biggest restriction of the Tartars, their people are too few, and the whole clan is only a hundred thousand people.

Even if they calculate according to three draws, the number of young people they can summon to fight is only 40,000 or 50,000 at most, which is almost all the strength of the Tartars outside the gate at this time.

In addition, there are some wild Jurchens who still live in the vast mountains in the north of the northeast, and they don't know how many there are, and they still live the life of wild people who drink blood.

Zabek gasped, rode on his horse, and threw the whip, which had been broken in two, to the ground.

Alenha crawled on the ground, sobbing and crying: "Lord Niulu, it's not that his subordinates don't do their best, but that the firearms of this group of Ming soldiers are too powerful.

Their firearms could shoot through the armor of the warriors from thirty or fifty paces away, and so many of our valiant warriors were shot by them without even seeing their faces!

The subordinates have embarrassed our Daqing, and the subordinates just want to die in front of the battle like the warriors of our Daqing Kingdom, so that the subordinates will be blind. ”

Looking at Alenha, who was rough in appearance, crying like a child at this time, Rao Yizabek's gloomy and irritable temperament couldn't help but soften in his heart.

But when I thought about it, this fool had just lost more than 300 horses, and finally wanted to take the last hundred or so warriors to die.

Zabek's anger reignited in his heart, and according to the law of the Tartar army, he would have died if Alenha had lost half of the Ox's bannerman.

"You idiot, you have suffered such heavy losses, military law is ruthless, I can't protect you, for the sake of you following me for many years, you can make it yourself."

Alenha looked up, Zabek's gloomy face, he also knew the Tartar military law well, and understood that his sin was a capital crime.

Zabek let him decide on his own, already taking into account the feelings that had followed him for many years, and reserved a decent death for him.

Alenha wept and said, "Lord Jiala, my subordinates are dying people, and I don't dare to ask you for anything, but I only ask you to take care of your subordinates' families after they leave." The subordinates are grateful. ”

Zabek had a gloomy face and said: "Don't worry, your home will be small after you leave, I will take care of it, you can leave with confidence!" ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Alenha knelt on the ground and kowtowed Zabek three times in a row, knocking blood on his forehead, then he turned over and got on his horse, raised his whip, and let out a loud cry from his mouth.

"Kill!"

Alenha single-handedly rushed towards the chariot formation of the White Dragon Army.

All the Tartars, including Zabek, could not bear to watch this scene.

Alenha rode alone and rushed to the white dragon army chariot formation, he would die like a warrior, if he also died on the battlefield of the charge.

After a while, there was another sound of fried beans not far away, then a heavy sound of falling horses, and then no sound.

Alenha died, in fact, in Zabek's heart, he was really reluctant to be a bull, but he needed to be a scapegoat.

Otherwise, how can he go back and explain to the Tartars, the loss of more than 300 horses is not a trivial matter.

At this time, Zabek stared at the car formation formed by the White Dragon Army on the opposite side, and secretly gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart.

originally thought that with his more than 3,000 warriors, it was enough to eat this Ming army of only more than 3,000 people.

He was very clear about the combat strength of the Ming army, although he only had five cattle and more than 1,500 Tartars in his hands, plus a similar number of clothed minions and servants.

But he was confident that he could fight hard with the Ming army of seven or eight thousand people without falling behind.

But he miscalculated this time, he never expected that the Ming army he encountered this time would be so difficult to deal with, it was simply not the same as the style of the Ming army in the past.

In a short period of time, a tentative attack was launched, and a whole four hundred men were lost, and half of Niulu's Tartar was put in.

How could he explain to Prince Haoge of Shuosu who was coming!

"No, you can't just go back."

Zabek gritted his teeth, staring at the car formation of the White Dragon Army in front of him, and thought unwillingly in his heart.

The circular defensive formation composed of thorny carts was simply a very ordinary, field vehicle formation that the Ming army was accustomed to.

In the past, they also encountered the Ming army in the wild, but that time, it was not as difficult as the Ming army they encountered today.

Zabek also discovered that the firearms of the White Dragon Army were particularly sharp and equipped with a lot of equipment.

The team of about 3,000 people in front of him was fully equipped with five or six hundred bird-gunners, accounting for one-fifth of the entire army.

This made Zabek particularly surprised, and at this time he also realized that the Ming army he encountered today was by no means an ordinary Ming army, but a Ming army that they had never encountered before.

"It's really strange, when was it in Guannei, the Ming army still had such an elite division, isn't it that the elite men and horses of the Ming army are all in the border army of the Ningyuan defense line!

What is the origin of this Ming army? Zabek thought in his heart restlessly, but he didn't have a clue.

At this moment, the circular defensive vehicle formation formed by the White Dragon Army is like a monster with a bloody mouth open, waiting for the Tartars on the opposite side to send it to the door.

"General, why don't the Tartars attack yet, they won't be ready to retreat, don't fight with us!"

Zhou Dazhu sat in front of Li Zixiao covered in blood, with many knife marks on his armor and a knife wound on his shoulder, and a military doctor was bandaging him at this time.

In the previous hand-to-hand combat with the Tartars, Zhou Dazhen personally led the pikemen to rush to the front, leading by example, killing three Tartar soldiers by himself.

"Don't worry, with the arrogance of the Tartars, after suffering such a small loss, they will never retreat so easily, otherwise how can they be worthy of their reputation as invincible in the Qing Dynasty.

The leading general of this Tartar army, even if he wants to retreat, he also has to weigh the consequences of defeat in his heart.

Believe it or not, let's see, I can assure you that the Tartars on the other side will not retreat, and they will launch an even more fierce offensive to try to defeat us in one fell swoop. ”

Li Zixiao stood on a big car, staring at the Tartar army column opposite, with a smile on his face, and responded to Zhou Dazhu.

"Hehe, I believe in the general, as long as these Tartars don't escape, Lao Tzu hasn't killed enough!"

"Dazhu, this time I want to criticize you, you are not allowed to rush to the front line in the future, you are now a battalion general, and your subordinates are followed by more than a thousand brothers.

If you have any accidents, there will be problems with the command of your battalion, and there will be a big mess at that time.

I won't punish you this time, but there will never be a next time, otherwise you will be involved in the next battle. ”

Li Zixiao made a face and scolded Zhou Dazhu.

"Yes, General, I wrote it down."

Zhou Dazhu saw Li Zixiao's cold face, and hurriedly assured that he was afraid of the next battle, and Li Zixiao really didn't let him participate.

"Quartz, you send a monk to Liu Chong and tell him to be careful, and then the Tartar may launch a more fierce offensive, so that he must remember to hold steady.

Moreover, the Tartars have learned the losses they suffered when they attacked just now, and it is estimated that they will be wary of the bird guns in our hands, and they should change their offensive play.

And told Liu Chong that they didn't have to hide it later, and in addition to the bird gun, he was also allowed to use the iron and paper mines in his hand.

Artillery can also be used, try to reduce our losses, and call these Tartars to the death of Lao Tzu. ”

Li Zixiao's eyes were cold, and he said to Quartz.

"Okay, I'll let the monk pass the word."

After hearing this, the quartz behind Li Zixiao answered, and let his apprentice monk go to pass the word.

Before, Li Zixiao was worried that if he used artillery and grenades as soon as he came up, he would probably directly beat the Tartar and scare the Tartar away.

Therefore, he ordered Liu Chong to allow the use of bird guns, but not grenades and artillery, when dealing with the initial attack of the Tartars.

When necessary, be prepared to surprise the Tartars with a big surprise.

The White Dragon Army and the Tartar Army, the two camps are about half a mile apart, and the corpses of the Tartar soldiers fell to the ground in front of the White Dragon Army, and the blood flowed to the earth.

The more than 300 people and horses attacked by the Tartar soldiers before were almost completely wiped out, while the White Dragon Army only paid a small price of 22 dead and 17 wounded.

Among them, the other Tartar archers shot three unlucky birdmen, wounding two, and the remaining dead and wounded were all pikemen of the White Dragon Army.

The corpses of the dead White Dragon soldiers have been dragged to the back by the White Dragon Army for placement, and the injured soldiers have also been treated by the military medical officer as soon as possible.

And at this time, Zabek on the Tartar side has also come up with the tactics to be used in the new round of attack.

"Isn't the Ming army on the opposite side powerful with firearms, then I don't need to attack with foot soldiers, I will use the "camp cavalry shooting" style to deal with you!"

'Siege and cavalry' is one of the Tartars' housekeeping skills.

This skill was also learned by the Tartars when they hunted wild boars in the white mountains and black waters.

This tactic is actually very simple, that is, let the cavalry rely on their superb riding skills, circle around the target, and then move at high speed, using the superb archery skills of their soldiers, to shoot the enemy.

The enemy simply could not reach them in the face of the Tartars' bow and arrow fire, and with the high-speed mobility of their cavalry, it was even more difficult to attack them.

The Tartars called this tactic 'encirclement and cavalry'.

In fact, the so-called 'encirclement and cavalry shooting' style of playing Tartars has existed as early as 300 years ago.

At that time, the Mongols relied on this tactic to sweep across the Eurasian continent and establish a huge empire across Asia and Europe, dominating the world for nearly a hundred years.

However, the Mongols called this tactic "Mangu", and the Romans called this tactic "Sabbatical archery".

Cavalry archers flee while shooting arrows at the rear or near the enemy, a common tactic used by the Mongols 300 years ago.

For a long time, the Ming army encountered by the Tartars was weak and weak soft persimmons, and their way of playing was even more tried, and the Ming army suffered the losses of the Tartars under this tactic.

Zabek gave the order, and among the remaining Tartar soldiers, there were more than a thousand cavalry, and immediately more than 600 cavalry mounted their horses.

Led by the three Tartar Niulu, they galloped towards the white dragon army's chariot formation in front.

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves made the earth tremble, and they rushed towards the white dragon army's chariot formation in front.

Li Zixiao, who was standing in the center of the car formation, looked coldly at a large number of Tartar cavalry, rushing towards his own position, and the smile on his face became even stronger.

"Dazhu, what's the matter, I'll just say that the Tartars won't be willing to retreat like this, and they are here again."

After a while, when the Tartar cavalry had reached a distance of about two hundred paces from the White Dragon Formation, they did not rush forward, but began to scatter and run.

Liu Chong, who was in front, snorted softly and coldly after seeing such a scene of the Tartar cavalry: "It turns out that I want to use the Mongols' style of play back then to deal with our car formation!"

Come, let me see if you Tartars have what it takes to break through our formation. ”

Seeing the Tatar cavalry approaching, Liu Chong did not dare to slack off.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The sound of drums in the White Dragon Army seemed to shake the hearts of all the people, and the sound of the drums reminded the soldiers of the White Dragon Army that a new battle was about to begin.

After hearing the sound of drums, the white dragon soldiers who were originally on guard all took action.

Under the orders of their respective officers, more than 3,000 White Dragon sergeants and soldiers arranged in an orderly manner.

Among them, six hundred bird-strapped soldiers quickly came to the rear of the Thorn Chariot and circled evenly in a circle.

And the white dragon saber shield hand, who was originally protecting the two wings of the car formation, quickly came to the side of the bird gunner, and raised the shield in his hand to prevent the bird gunner's body.

The pikemen, after circling the chariots, crouched behind the sword and shield men in search of maximum protection.