Chapter 672: Luring the Enemy Deeper

Taktan took the rest of his vest and began a frantic charge, sparing no regard for horsepower.

In previous battles, such a charge was taboo, and it often exhausted the war horse after a few rounds, which would lead to a premature exit from the battle. The general practice is: trotting close in batches, luring the opposite bird gun to fire at a hundred paces away, and then taking advantage of the gap in the loading ammunition, quickly approaching, a wave of arrow rain disrupts the opponent's position, and then dismounts and fights on foot, relying on strong hand-to-hand combat ability and stronger will to fight to completely crush the opponent.

Today, it is obvious that you can't use the tricks of the past, this gang of people who don't know where to come out of the Ming army's hands has a far range beyond imagination, and the rate of fire has also thrown out a few streets of other Ming army bird guns, and the trick of slowly approaching the cavalry and shooting arrows has been abolished, and can only be rushed with human lives, and the flesh and blood are exchanged for the opportunity to get close to the other party.

Good thing we have horses, Taktan thought on horseback. If you charge on two legs, those bird-fired soldiers on the opposite side will fight and retreat, and with the range and firing frequency of their bird-guns, the people on this side will not be able to reach them even if they run out. Seeing that it was getting closer and closer, Tak Tan clamped his feet hard, urging the war horse under his crotch to accelerate, and then raised the sword high.

"Woo woo woo", the second round of shooting began, and the bullets whizzed through the crowd. The speed of the horses and the sparse array compared to the infantry made the salvo not very effective, and the hit rate was very low. However, there were still vests that fell off their horses one after another, and the formation of the cavalry was even more sparse.

After paying thirty percent of the casualties, Taktan finally led people closer to this small hollow phalanx. The mood he had suppressed for a while was finally released, and he raised his knife and shouted: "Give it all to me, don't let go of the arrows, rush straight in!" ”

Originally, the vests habitually touched the bow and arrow behind their backs, ready to shoot - this was a tried and tested method in the past, as long as a wave of arrows rained, the Ming army's seemingly tight infantry array would be shaken, and then it would rush up and slash and kill, and the battle would end.

was shouted by Tak Tan like this, and the vests reacted, and the opposite side was not the rookies they had encountered before, and this trick was useless. So they drew their knives, maces, axes, and other blades, and rushed forward with a howl.

Captain Lu saw it clearly, it was too late to fire another shot from the rifle, and ordered: "Bayonets on the front row, form a formation!" Rear Row Handcuffs Free Fire! ”

The soldiers squatted down according to the order, pointed the bayonets of the rifles diagonally to the sky, and the butts of the rifles were stationed, forming a line of defense, and the soldiers of the second row hung their rifles diagonally behind their backs, took out the handguns, and began to reload ammunition.

The reloading of the handcuffs was much more flexible than that of the rifles, and the soldiers opened fire in time before the opponent could pounce.

Although the range of the short gun is much shorter, its power is not much inferior to that of the spear, and it still has a strong lethality at a distance of dozens of steps.

Tak Tan is about to go crazy, the tenacity of this Ming army is comparable to Xiao Qiang, rushing in front of this, and still being able to fire calmly, it is really enough.

In the rain of bullets, the Qing cavalry crashed into the phalanx, and the huge war horse was pierced by dense bayonets, and fell down with a scream, throwing out the owner on his back, and at the same time crushing several marines under him.

The Qing soldiers who were thrown down either fell into the bayonet bush and became hedgehogs, or fell into the formation, fell into a mess, and were stabbed to death to the ground by the quick-eyed soldiers. The soldiers who were crushed under the horses were also uncomfortable, the weight of one or two thousand catties was pressed down, and they were crippled if they were not dead, and some people were crushed with broken ribs, and the bones were poked into the internal organs, and blood spurted out of their mouths, and they couldn't stop.

In fact, this is not the usual tactics of the Qing army, most of them are infantry on horseback, and they are better at dismounting and foot fighting, and such a suicidal charge is mainly because they can't stop.

Tak Tan was lucky enough to dodge three consecutive rounds of shots from Long and Short Guns, and got his wish and went into hand-to-hand combat mode. His horsemanship was stronger than that of his men, and of course he would not rush into the bayonet bush and die with his opponent, so he jumped off his horse in time from ten paces away, and rushed over with his blade, and the other Qing soldiers followed him.

In the distance, Haug watched all this, his brow furrowed. This Ming army is only one or two hundred people, but under the impact of several times the cavalry, not in a hurry, several waves of long-range strikes have caused heavy losses to Tak Tan and others, and after being close to the body, there is also the ability to fight hand-to-hand, the high will to fight, the strong firepower, and the ability to be comprehensive are rare in life, and it is really a difficult opponent. That's just one or two hundred, if it's tens of thousands......

Haoge shook his head, if such an elite bird soldier reaches the scale of tens of thousands of people, it will not be able to gnaw down without several times the number of troops, and it will definitely become a strong enemy of the Qing Dynasty in the future. He suddenly remembered the description of the two uncles of Azig and Abatai after they returned, and the army he met in Shandong and the capital that was good at using firearms was very similar to the one in front of him, could it be the same group? It is no wonder that the two arrogant men of Azig and Abatai were depressed when they returned, because they had lost their confidence when they met such a tough opponent.

Seeing that Tak Tan led the vest and dismounted, entangled with the opponent, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser, Hauge became competitive and ordered loudly: "The opponent also knows a little bit about the details, this group of people does not need to stay, everyone go up together and cut off the head of this group of Nikan." ”

The order was passed down by Niu Lu Zhangjing in turn, and thousands of cavalry began to move, slowly moving forward, the various weapons in their hands reflected dazzling light in the sun, ready to have a lion fight rabbit, and set foot on this small Ming army in one fell swoop.

The Marines struggled with bayonets against the Qing soldiers, and the hollow phalanx had been compressed to the point that it had become a horizontal line. The Qing army's ability to fight hand-to-hand, coupled with its superiority in numbers, forced the marines to abandon the phalanx used to defend against cavalry.

Captain Lu saw this change, and also saw the main force of the Tartars approaching in the distance. Originally, there were already heavy casualties when entangled with this vanguard force, and if they were surrounded by a large army, where would there be a way to live. He sighed in his heart, and it seemed that he was going to confess here.

Amid the rumbling sound of hooves, thousands of Qing cavalry slowly approached the two sides of the fierce battle like dark clouds, and it seemed that it was only a matter of time before the remnants of the Marine Corps were about to be enveloped in it.

On a small hillside in the distance, Bor suddenly held a telescope, observing the young generals under the Zhenglan banner who were guarded by the stars and the moon, and concluded in his heart that looking at the posture, this must be Hauge, the prince of Su of the Tartars.

Left and right asked: "Head, there is a team of ours trapped over there, did you go to the rescue?" ”

Bolhu calmly analyzed: "They retreated too slowly, did not catch up with the large army, and are now surrounded by thousands of cavalry, and are in a very dangerous situation. If we rush to the rescue, we can't outrun four legs on two legs, and we will definitely be trapped. The Tartars are all cavalry, they advance and retreat freely, and the initiative is all in their hands, and we may be grinded to death. For today's plan, I can only come to Wei to save Zhao. On my command, move forward to get closer to the Tartars, and then the detachments opened fire in turn to attract the Tartars over, retreated in batches, lured the enemy deeper, led the Tartars to the sea, and relied on the fire of the ship's artillery to cover them and hit them bitterly. ”