297 shield chariots charged

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Zabek never imagined that this battle had just begun, and his men had already lost 100 people and killed more than 20 blue-flaged bannermen.

If this reaches the ears of other colleagues, won't he become a laughing stock, originally he was in such a hurry to go south to grab credit, but he didn't want to be a laughing stock.

Zabek, who was riding on a horse, had an ugly face, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Alenha, you are guilty! ”

"The villain is guilty, the villain is not properly commanded, resulting in the death of a hundred warriors, and the villain deserves ten thousand deaths!"

Alenha didn't dare to raise his head, he lay his face on the ground and didn't dare to raise it, and said in a trembling voice.

Zabek looked at his subordinate Niu Lu, and also knew that Alenha actually had the ability, otherwise he would not have let him do Niu Lu, and he had no intention of killing him.

"Alenha, let me ask you, where is the Ming army on the other side?"

"The villain doesn't know."

"Who is his commander?"

"The villain doesn't know."

"How many firearms are they equipped with, and how are they armoured?"

"The villain only knows that this Ming army is equipped with a lot of firearms, and the hundred warriors I sent were all defeated by them with firearms before they rushed into their formation.

I also don't understand why their firearms were able to fire so quickly and didn't give our cavalry a chance to get closer. ”

"Hmph, don't make excuses, I think you're incompetent."

Zabek shouted angrily, and then stepped forward and kicked Alenha in the chest, and the cowhide boots inlaid with iron armor were unusually hard.

Even if Alenha wore two layers of iron armor, he couldn't help but flip and fall to the ground, his chest was full of breath, and he couldn't get up for a while.

But although Alenha was kicked by this, she rejoiced in her heart.

He knows Zabek's personality very well, and if he is still willing to kick you at this time, it means that he has not completely given up on you.

If you still talk to you with a smile after you have lost the battle, it is a sign that your time of death is near.

After Zabek kicked Alenha, his anger subsided a lot, and his mood seemed to be smoother.

He had a gloomy face and shouted in a low voice: "Alenha, I'll give you another chance to make meritorious service and kill all those Han dogs for me."

I'm going to use that general's head to make a night pot, and if you run away from a Ming dog, you won't have to come back. ”

"Scum, little obedience!"

Alenha replied respectfully, took two steps back, and then turned back and walked towards his own battle formation.

"This time, you must kill all those bright dogs, otherwise you will be finished!" Alenha knew this was his last chance.

After returning to his own Niulu army formation, Alenha made good preparations.

About half an hour later, dozens of Tartar soldiers, pushing more than 30 shield carts, slowly came out of the military formation.

These shield carts were parallel to each other, and behind them, hundreds of Tartar troops followed.

Li Zixiao, who was standing on a high place, counted a little, there were about 100 soldiers and 200 auxiliaries among these people, and Alenha personally led 200 cavalry to follow behind.

Being able to make Tartar face two or three thousand Ming troops in this kind of formation has already proved that Alenha has regarded Li Zixiao as a real enemy of life and death.

In the offensive battles, the Tartar army has always been in the forefront of shield vehicles, which is used to consume the defender's firepower and resist bows, arrows, guns and bullets.

This was followed by soldiers armed with shields, broadswords, spears and other weapons before the assault was carried out.

They generally wore two layers of heavy armor, with chain mail on the inside, cotton armor inlaid with iron plates on the outside, and even some Tartar generals wore three layers of heavy armor.

The inner layer is chain mail, followed by iron armor, and the outermost layer is inlaid with iron cotton armor.

The bows and arrows of the ordinary Ming army have no way to fatally wound them, and even if the arrows hit them, they can't shoot through such thick armor, and only a bird gun can break through such a thick heavy armor.

And most of these Tartar soldiers who rushed to the front were actually servant troops, that is, the so-called clothed minions, among which a small number of Tartar soldiers were added to the infantry armor as the core of the battle.

After all, rushing to the front and attracting and consuming enemy firepower, especially the firearms of the Ming army, is purely a life to the death, and it is impossible for the Tartars to let their people get on it.

Behind these shield-chariot infantry were archers in light armor who were good at shooting, supporting the infantry in front.

At the end of the day were the most elite cavalry of the Tartars, basically all of them pure boar skins.

They are generally used to supervise battles, and if the terrain is suitable, they also have a part of their cavalry to maneuver or make a final charge.

It was with this formation that the Tartar army relied on to deal with the Ming army's vehicle array firearms, and under normal circumstances, the Tartar army won in the end.

In the northern land in October, the north wind was already howling, rolling up a cloud of dust, blowing the clothes on the body and making the hunting sound on the body.

In Baoding Mansion, Beizhili, after a short confrontation between the two teams, the attack and defense began.

The attack formation formed by dozens of shield carts on the Tartar side slowly approached the circular chariot formation on the side of the White Dragon Army.

Hundreds of other Tartar cavalry also wandered around the formation.

The purpose of these Tartar cavalry is very simple, that is, to swim around and cause trouble for the White Dragon Army, and at the very least, to create psychological pressure on them.

If the White Dragon Army showed a slight flaw, they would not hesitate to pounce on it like hungry wolves.

When the Tartar cavalry fought, they also imitated the wolf, and the Tartar cavalry, who lived by hunting in the white mountains and black waters for generations, was very familiar with the nature of the wolf.

In their opinion, when they are fighting, they are actually hunting, and the two have the same effect.

Regarding the tactics of the Tartar soldiers, Li Zixiao, who was standing in the center of the car formation, could see it clearly, and he also understood the purpose of the Tartars.

However, at this time, he really had no way to make effective countermeasures except to respond to all changes with no change.

Even if it is, the White Dragon Army also has a cavalry battalion, but Li Zixiao still didn't plan to let Qi Wei and Luo Chao lead people to fight hard with the Tartar cavalry this time.

He was reluctant, and in his opinion, a cavalry duel with the Tartars was a big mistake at all.

The speed at which Tartar replenished the cavalry was far from being comparable to him, and Li Zixiao finally pulled up such a cavalry battalion of 1,000 people, but he didn't want to die in a battle.

Don't let it, use the chariot formation to deal with the Tartar cavalry, and let the bird-gunners under his command teach those Tartar cavalry to be people.

Therefore, Li Zixiao mobilized two hundred bird-sturgeon men and distributed them on both sides of the chariot formation to prevent the Tartar cavalry from approaching.

Alenha commanded the team and marched slowly, believing that if he was careful, they would be the ones who would win the battle.

At this time, the invincible ability of the warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom in the field was not blown out, and in the field battle, they had not been defeated by any Ming army over the years.

However, the power of the White Dragon Firearms just now still made a deep impression on Alenha.

Even if the Tartar cavalry was all dressed in cotton armor, the bird guns of the White Dragon Army could still pierce the cotton armor and kill it from seventy or eighty paces away.

Such a power has made Alenha feel incredible, you must know that at this time, the Ming army's bird guns cannot be broken at all from seventy or eighty steps away, and their bodies are thickly inlaid with iron cotton armor.

Seeing the Tartar soldiers pushing the shield cart and slowly approaching, Li Zixiao smiled coldly.

In his opinion, the general of the Tartar army on the opposite side was simply too cautious, he was extremely arrogant before, and after a big fall, he became particularly cautious.

As the minutes passed, the Tartar soldiers pushing the shield cart got closer to the White Dragon Army chariot formation, and finally they entered more than a hundred steps away from the White Dragon Army chariot formation.

At this time, the soldiers of the White Dragon Army and the Tartar soldiers were already able to see each other clearly.

Li Zixiao saw very clearly in the car formation, and there were about 200 Tartar soldiers pushing the shield cart in the front.

Among them, the leader of the dozen or so Tartar infantry armor, all of them dressed in double heavy armor, holding heavy shields made of hardwood in their hands, pressed towards their own chariot formation.

Behind and beside them, dozens of lightly armoured, archers who were good at shooting, and a group of foot soldiers with swords, draped in heavy armor.

As for the part of those who wore light armor or had no armor, those were auxiliaries.

Behind them there were hundreds of Tartar cavalry, wandering left and right, they suddenly gathered in one place, and suddenly dispersed, giving people a sense of fluctuation.

Seeing that the enemy army was approaching, Li Zixiao did not speak, he was only responsible for watching the battle, and he had delegated the command of this battle to Liu Chong.

This is a rare opportunity to train and practice, and it is also a rare opportunity for the generals of the White Dragon Army.

The generals of the White Dragon Army were generally low-ranking officers before, and they didn't experience much of a scene like this commanding a battle of thousands of people.

Therefore, Li Zixiao needs to train his generals through such a big battle, so that they can accumulate more experience in commanding big battles, and let them be more independent in the future.

Liu Chong also deeply felt Li Zixiao's trust in him, and he also knew that the opportunity was rare, so he had to firmly grasp the opportunity and fight the first battle of the White Dragon Army going north and the Tartars.

This battle is related to the morale of the White Dragon Army, and it must not be lost.

And Li Zixiao also knew this, so he handed over the command of this battle to Liu Chong, not Zhou Dazhu, and took a fancy to Liu Chong's steady character.

At this time, Liu Chong's expression was solemn, and he said to the flag bearer beside him: "Order the bird gunner to prepare!" ”

When the standard-bearer heard the order, he raised the flag in his hand and waved it twice.

Not far away, an officer of the White Dragon Army who saw the flag waving immediately ordered: "The first row of bird guns prepare!" ”

Hearing the order, the two hundred White Dragon Army bird gunners in the first row behind the car formation immediately took a few steps forward, holding the new-style bird guns, and after loading them, they were steadily aimed at the front.

Alenha watched his men push the shield cart, just moving forward steadily, and the Ming army in front of him faced the shield cart that was slowly approaching. I didn't even pay attention to it, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Alenha said in his heart: I really think highly of those Ming troops, I didn't expect them to be so stupid and ignore these shield cars.

As long as these shield carts approached fifty steps in front of the Ming army's formation, then they would have won the battle.

Because within fifty paces, they were already within the effective range of their archers, and they could completely carry out projectile attacks on the White Dragon Army.

And they hid behind the shield cart and threw it, but the bird-stalkers of the White Dragon Army could only shoot directly, and it was impossible to hurt the Tartar archers behind the shield cart.

Moreover, in just fifty paces, not to mention the cavalry, the infantry can charge and rush through in a few breaths.

Seeing that the soldiers in front of him were pushing the shield cart and were already approaching the White Dragon Army eighty paces, the smile on the corner of Alenha's mouth became even stronger.

But suddenly, the front of a dozen shield carts suddenly stopped, and then staggered, like a drunken man, and fell down.

The smile on Alenha's face disappeared and he shouted, "Bastard, what the hell is going on?" How did it stop? ”

After a while, a Tartar soldier came to report that the shield carts had been unable to move forward and stop because they had encountered a deep pit and the wheels had sunk into it.

"Drag the shield cart up and lift it up!"

Enraged, Alenha raised the leather whip in his hand and gave the armored man in front of him a whip.

"I'll give you a cup of tea, and immediately drag the shield cart up and keep going." Alenha roared angrily.

"My lord, those Ming troops have dug a lot of pits in front, and even if the minions drag the shield cart out, they can't continue to move forward at all."

"Damn, it's so fast."

The fact that so many deep pits could appear in front of the White Dragon Army was entirely due to the engineer team set up by Li Zixiao in the army.

It only took them a short time to rush out and dig a lot of pits outside the White Dragon Army vehicle formation, so that the shield car could not advance.

After hearing the news, Alenha, who was furious, was so angry that he jumped to his feet, but he was helpless.

Since the shield car could not be used, they had no choice but to give up, but this attack could not be abandoned halfway, this was an opportunity for Alenhadai to make meritorious contributions!

"Without the shield car, the warriors of our Great Qing Kingdom can also fight, order the warriors in front to abandon the shield car, charge at full speed, and enter the Ming Dog's car formation, and the archers behind will support!"

"Wow!"

After receiving Alenha's order, more than a dozen Tartar infantry soldiers behind the shield cart immediately rushed out from behind the shield cart.

With these dozen Tartar infantry armor as the core, they led hundreds of other Tartar servant army soldiers to rush towards the White Dragon Army chariot formation at the fastest speed.

Eighty paces was a little far, but with the speed of the Tartar soldiers' trotting, it was only a dozen seconds before they could rush through.

Seeing the Tartar soldiers in front of them throw aside the shield cart and rush at an accelerated pace, the strange screams in their mouths can already be heard clearly.

Liu Chong's eyes were cold, he looked ahead, and estimated the distance of the Tartar army close to their car formation, and after waiting for a while, he decisively ordered and shouted: "The first row of bird guns, prepare to shoot!" ”

As soon as Liu Chong's order was issued, there was a commotion in front, and the first row of bird-fired soldiers aimed at the Tartar soldiers rushing ahead.

Under the cold wind, the faces of these White Dragon Army Bird Hands were a little red from the cold.

But at this time they were all pursed lips, their faces tightened, and they were intently aiming, and none of them spoke, and kept blowing the fire rope, waiting for the order to fire.