679 The Four Rising Emerging Forces

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The Tartar general Batu, who led the army out of the city this time, was a Tartar Jiala Jingzhang, who was brave and quite brainy.

At this time, he led 3,000 cavalry, and also found Qi Wei's men and horses from a long distance, and found that the other party seemed to stop.

But it's a pity that Batu doesn't have the clairvoyant mirror in Qi Wei's hand, and he can't see what Qi Wei's fire cavalry is doing when they stop from a distance.

Batu thought that the other party was frightened by their military appearance and did not dare to advance, which was also in line with their impression of ordinary Ming troops.

"Haha, these Ming dogs are still as timid as ever, kill Ben and kill them all."

Batu laughed and shouted.

Thundered!

Three thousand horsemen rushed in, and the iron horsemen trampled the earth with a dull sound.

I have to say that these galloping Tartar cavalry really give people a great visual impact, like a torrent, unstoppable.

Instead of ordinary people standing in front of them, facing such a murderous cavalry rushing over like a tsunami, it is easy to collapse psychologically.

But now, after Qi Wei's three thousand fire cavalry lined up, they quickly completed the gun chamber inspection and ammunition loading, and then raised their guns and aimed ahead.

In the face of the torrent rushing in front of them, they held their breath one by one, perhaps they were also a little apprehensive in their hearts, but none of them retreated.

They were waiting for orders, waiting for orders to shoot.

Thundered!

The Tartars' cavalry was still running until the Tartars rushed to Qi Wei's side, almost two or three miles.

At this time, Batu vaguely saw the situation of Qi Wei's fire cavalry.

"Huh?"

When Batu saw Qi Wei's three thousand fire cavalry, lined up in rows and rows, holding muskets in his hands, he suddenly felt a sigh in his heart.

This scene is too familiar to him, and it is obviously the formation of three-stage strikes.

Li Zixiao's invention of the three-stage attack formation method of the firecrackers had already spread at this time, and not only the firecrackers of the Ming army were now arrayed like this.

Even the musketeers in the Eight Banners of the Tartar Han Army used three-stage strikes to form a formation when fighting.

Therefore, when Batu saw the situation on Qi Wei's side, although he was puzzled, he still couldn't conclude that the one in front was not an ordinary Ming army, but Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army.

But Batu already had a bad feeling in his heart at this time, because he had never seen an ordinary Ming army's firecracker.

Those who dared to line up in front of their army like this were often their cavalry before they rushed over, and the Ming army's musketeers had already collapsed in advance.

Just when Batu hesitated, the vanguard of his cavalry team had already rushed to Qi Wei's fire cavalry formation.

When the forward cavalry of the Tartars rushed to the front of the dense musket array of the White Dragon Army, about a hundred paces, Qi Wei finally gave the order to fire.

"Shoot!"

With an order, these fire cavalry immediately pulled the trigger, crackling gunshots rang out, and puffs of gunpowder smoke rose in the air.

And the cavalry that rushed to the front, the cavalry of the Han army with the blue flag, turned out to be a tragedy.

The dense rain of lead bullets directly caused the soldiers of the Han army who were in front of them to fall down one after another.

Most of them were hit by buckshot on their horses, and as their horses fell, the cavalry was either dead or maimed, and the end was no better.

"Change teams, shoot!"

The grassroots officers on the side of the White Dragon Army shouted loudly, commanding the fire cavalry of their respective teams, and after they finished shooting, they quickly changed teams with the people behind them.

The three-stage attack is to ensure the continuity of their firepower, especially when dealing with these rushing cavalry, there can be no interruption in the firepower.

For this reason, the formation of the three thousand fire cavalry under Qi Wei was also different from the musketeers of the ordinary White Dragon Army.

Today their formations are specially designed to deal with the Tartar cavalry.

They had also encountered before, when the Tartar cavalry rushed at them, and because they rode too fast, they killed and wounded a group of cavalry in front, but the cavalry behind could rush to them.

The three-stage attack alone cannot guarantee absolute safety, so Li Zixiao designed a cross-three defense line on the basis of the three-stage attack.

The three columns of musketeers are a line of defense, and three lines of defense must be arranged to deal with the cavalry, and the positions of their formations are all crossed, so as to ensure that their firepower can be crossed.

In fact, a distance of about a hundred paces may be far for the infantry, but for the cavalry, rushing through it is a blink of an eye.

Bang bang bang!

In a short period of time, dense gunfire resounded on the land of the Northern Plains, and the cavalry of the Han Army, who had been in the front and rushed to the front, fell like wheat.

A large number of war horses fell, so that many cavalry who had no time to stop behind, even if they were not shot, would often be tripped by a large number of war horses that fell in front, and people turned over on their backs.

"Damn, this is by no means an ordinary Ming army, we were fooled, this is Li Zixiao's White Snake Army."

When Batu heard the dense gunfire coming from ahead for the first time, he came to his senses.

"Spread out, spread it all out, don't rush head-on, spread out to the wings."

Then, Batu reacted in a timely manner, and immediately shouted loudly to the surrounding generals of the Tartars, Mongols, and Han armies with blue flags.

Thundered!

A moment later, in addition to the more than 100 cavalry of the Han Army Zhenglan Banner who rushed to the front, they fell victims, and the other Tartars who followed behind turned in time and scattered towards the two wings.

The Tartar cavalry team was like an indomitable and surging torrent before, but at this time, it was like encountering a stubborn stone, and it was divided into two.

Originally, Batu also expected to go around the two flanks and then cut into Qi Wei's ranks of these fire cavalry.

In Batu's opinion, the power of these musketeers on the other side is indeed terrifying, but it is not insoluble, and they Tartars have already come up with several ways to crack it.

Among them, the best use is to surprise and raid quickly, without giving the White Dragon Army musketeers time to line up in advance.

And if the opponent once the formation is completed, it is best not to attack the opponent's front, because that is almost the same as sending him to death, only to find an opportunity on the two wings.

As long as their cavalry can find a hole in the defense from both flanks and cut into the ranks of these White Dragon Army musketeers, then these weak musketeers will become their best prey.

"Archery!"

Whoosh!

When the Tartar cavalry quickly dispersed to the two wings, more than 1,000 Tartars and Mongol cavalrymen took out their housekeeping skills and shot arrows at the White Dragon musketeers.

These Tartars and Mongolian cavalry, with the help of horsepower, but also projectiles, made the range of bows and arrows can be made farther, and at this time they can already hurt Qi Wei's fire cavalry team.

Puff puff!

The sound of arrows shooting into the human body suddenly sounded.

Many of the fire cavalry on Qi Wei's side were hit by arrows, and the light armor on their bodies couldn't prevent the armor-piercing arrows shot by the Tartars with the help of horsepower.

There are constantly fire cavalry arrows falling, the first one falls, and there will be companions on top of the back immediately to ensure that the team will never be scattered.

"Adjust the formation, shoot!"

And at the same time as the Tartars spread out towards the two wings, Qi Wei also immediately ordered to change the queue of the three thousand white dragon fire cavalry.

Their procession, from a half-moon in the direction of the Tartars, had changed to an outward bow.

In different situations, their formations must change from time to time to ensure the killing range of their muskets.

Bang bang bang!

The fire cavalry, who had quickly completed the change of formation, immediately resumed firing at the Tartar cavalry scattered to the two flanks.

At the same time, because Qi Wei surrounded their war horses on their flanks, the Tartar cavalry couldn't do it if they wanted to cut in quickly.

The battle between the two sides turned into a confrontation between musket fire and Tartar cavalry shooting.

But unfortunately, among the 3,000 Tatar cavalry, in addition to the 1,000 Tatars and Mongolian cavalry, the remaining 2,000 Han Army Blue Banner cavalry could not do cavalry shooting at all.

Compared with the firepower on Qi Wei's side, the arrow rain on the Tartar side is really too weak.

Batu looked at the men and horses that spread out to the two wings, but he still couldn't rush into the ranks of the White Dragon Arms Cavalry, but was killed and injured on a large scale by the fierce fire of the White Dragon Army Fire Cavalry.

So, Batu immediately ordered: "Don't attack again, withdraw!" ”

At this time, Batu confirmed that the musketeer team in front of him was definitely Li Zixiao's White Snake Army, and they would not be able to take advantage of it if they continued to fight.

Therefore, Batu decisively ordered a retreat.

Thundered!

As the sound of horses' hooves faded away, the Tartar cavalry, after spreading to the two wings, quickly ran into the distance, leaving the firing range of Qi Wei's fire cavalry.

"Hey, when did these Tartars get cowardly, and this is withdrawn?"

Seeing that the Tartars had a short contact with them and found that they couldn't rush over, they actually withdrew decisively, which surprised Qi Wei.

In the past, because of the arrogance and domineering of the Tartars, they always thought highly of themselves, and when they fought, they charged bravely and never retreated.

At this time, Tartar, like Li Zixiao's people, was an emerging force in the rising period.

Like this emerging force that is rising, they all have one thing in common, that is, the officials are clear and clear, the generals dare to fight, and the soldiers are not afraid of death.

Don't look at the Ming Dynasty at this time, it has rotted to the bones, but more than two hundred years ago, when Zhu Chongba overthrew the Great Yuan and established the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Chongba's Wenchen military generals are similar to Tartars and Li Zixiao's subordinates at this time, Wenchen is loyal to his duties, and the generals are brave and fearless.

This is the inevitability of history, and after a long period of time, decay is certain for each dynasty.

And now these Tartar generals, they are brave but it doesn't mean that they are stupid, although they are a group of barbarians who have just come out of the mountains and forests.

But they still have a strong ability to learn, at least they know how to learn and adapt quickly.

Don't look at the flintlock pistol in Li Zixiao's hand at this time, but the flintlock pistol still has huge limitations, and it is not like the ordinary rifles of later generations.

The army of the Tartars still has many ways to deal with them. 、

For war, talent is the most fundamental, and weapons and equipment are still secondary.

In the future, 50,000 people in the military region of the Eight-Nation Alliance will be able to defeat the huge Qing Dynasty and attack the Forbidden City.

On the one hand, it is the backwardness of science and technology, and on the other hand, it is mainly because the descendants of the Tartars two hundred years later have basically been corrupted by the extravagant life.

They don't have it anymore, like their ancestors like Huang Taiji at this time, they have the spirit of forging ahead, which is the most terrifying.

If you let the Tartar generals such as Huang Taiji and Dolgon put it two hundred years later, they will fight against the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Although at that time, the machine guns and artillery of the West had already crushed the Tartars, and they may eventually be defeated, but they are definitely stronger than those who come after them.

War is fought with the brain, resourcefulness, the ability to learn, and equally important is the spirit of not yielding.

As long as the other side is not in an absolute crushing situation in terms of weapons, then the victory or defeat of the war is not certain.

The battle in which the Celestial Empire was in the Stick Peninsula in the later generations and taught the American imperialists a lesson is the best proof of this.

But if it is replaced with a millet rifle to fight against nuclear weapons, then forget it, this is already a complete crush, and it is difficult for manpower to reverse.

Otherwise, at this time, Li Zixiao had almost nearly 200,000 horses, including 40,000 or 50,000 musketeers.

Is it possible for him to sweep the Tartars, and quickly unify Huaxia with the thieves and others, of course not.

Whether it is Tartar or Li Zicheng at this time, they all belong to the emerging forces that are rising, and they are all difficult to deal with.

What a power group is most afraid of is losing its enterprising spirit, being corrupted by a comfortable life, and losing its spirit.

Just like the Ming Dynasty at this time, even if Chongzhen was given a flint pistol, it would definitely not be able to save the Ming Dynasty.

Those Ming soldiers, there are a few men and horses who dare to face the Tartars head-on, they are mentally defeated, even if you are given a machine gun, you will not win.

Look at the officials of the Ming Dynasty at this time, when Li Zicheng hit the capital in history, they all rushed to open the city and offer the door.

And now the Tartars, this is the case, after they saw the power of the flintlock pistol and artillery in Li Zixiao's hand, after suffering two losses, they learned their lesson.

On the one hand, Huang Taiji attached great importance to artillery and muskets, and no longer believed that their war horses were invincible in the world.

began to take the initiative to research and equip flintlock pistols, and at the same time let the Tartar army, find a way to deal with Li Zixiao's musketeers, no longer rush with a tendon.

At this time, what are the emerging forces that are rising in the whole of China, Li Zixiao, Tatar, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, should be regarded as the four strongest branches.

"These Tartars are learning wisely."

Qi Wei looked at the Tartars who had just come into contact with them for a long time, and found that they could not attack their array, so they retreated decisively, and whispered to themselves.

In this short battle, after the Tartars left behind the corpses of more than 200 cavalry and war horses, they hurriedly withdrew to Zhuozhou City.

And Qi Wei's side also paid the price of more than 40 casualties, and this battle did not achieve Qi Wei's expected goal.

But alas, these musketeers faced the Tartars, the cavalry who came and went like the wind, and they lacked the means to take the initiative to strike.

As long as the Tartars are not stupid and take the initiative to attack them, keeping them in tight formation, they will have a hard time defeating those cavalry.

After all, the flintlock pistol at this time was not a rifle that could be fired continuously in later generations, and it could not reach the point of being crushed by weapons.

"Everyone get on the horse, continue to hurry, and target Zhuozhou City!"

When Qi Wei saw the Tartar cavalry withdrawing, he immediately ordered, and all the fire cavalry immediately mounted their horses and continued to rush to Zhuozhou.

Because Qi Wei was worried that with the return of this Tartar cavalry to Zhuozhou, it would bring a greater threat to Han Tong and Zhao Zilong, who had already killed Ben Zhuozhou at this time.

All, he also has to continue to rush to support Han Tong and Zhao Zilong.

(End of chapter)