As long as he thought of the terrifying casualty figures, whether it was Eyudun or Helkine, he felt that his heart was constantly falling. The Tatars did not have their own written language, nor did they understand scientific calculations. Don't talk about Arabic numerals, even the ancient chips of the Han people, they don't understand it. When they counted the number of casualties, they used to take the most primitive method of counting with stones.

To put it simply, when a person dies, a small stone is placed in the open field. When two people die, two stones are laid. Finally, according to the size of the stone pile, it is judged whether the casualties are heavy. A thousand deaths were enough to make a big, big pile of stones in the clearing. Such casualty figures are absolutely terrifying.

As Helkin had painfully predicted before, this battle, even if the Tatars could achieve a final victory, would be a crushing victory. In the case of the loss of a large number of strong men, the Kylkin tribe could not resist the attack of Lin Dan Khan of the Mongolian Tumut tribe. If there were other Tatar tribes who attacked his idea, he would not be able to resist it either. Perdition, it's only a matter of time. Now he is quite a bit of a drink to quench his thirst.

"Boom!"

"Chirp!"

The guns of the white-clothed army became more and more intense.

A powerful shock wave, accompanied by the roar of Minnie bullets, constantly flipped the Tartar cavalry to the ground. The crowd tactics of the Tatar cavalry, in front of the explosives bag, there was not much room for resistance at all. If the whites only had front-loading rifled guns, they would certainly not be able to withstand the attack of the Tartar cavalry, but once there were explosives packs, things would be much simpler.

When there were no tubular cannons, the primitive trebuchet was the most powerful cannon. The combination of cannons and muskets was enough to hold back the enemy's cavalry. The more powerful the artillery, the greater the casualties suffered by the enemy cavalry. This is fully demonstrated in the history of Napoleon's conquests. What Xu Xingxia is doing now is just advancing this way of fighting by two hundred years. In fact, Zhu Di back then had already touched the door of the mixed system of guns and cannons.

The leap in the age of firearms was not the appearance of muskets, but the appearance of artillery. Muskets do not end cavalry attacks, not even rear-loading guns, except in the case of the ultimate firearm such as the perverted Maxim heavy machine gun. However, artillery can. In the face of artillery, the vitality of the cavalry is indeed too fragile. Well-trained gunners, when using explosive shells, can easily keep enemy cavalry out of the battle line.

If the enemy has a large number of artillery and uses cavalry to charge, this is not a tactic, but a suicide. In later armies, the guns in the hands of soldiers were more often weapons of self-defense. If you want to destroy the enemy, you will rely more on heavy weapons such as planes, tanks, and artillery. When there were no planes or tanks, artillery was the master of the battlefield. A powerful artillery formation is an absolute nightmare for the enemy on the battlefield.

"Chirp!"

"Chirp!"

"Chirp!"

Not only that, but the stragglers of the Eagle Cavalry Army still seem to be very active. They lurked in the middle of the side vans, looking for opportunities to shoot worthy targets such as the Centurion and Centurion of the Tartar cavalry. The Centurion and the Centurion were the elite of the Tartar cavalry, and they were the most basic commanders of the Tartars, and they were tasked with guiding the other Tartars to attack. Without these people, the Tartar cavalry would be overwhelmed and in complete confusion in the event of an unexpected situation. This is definitely good for the White Army.

The most important step in order to make every ounce of power be delayed by the enemy's attack and let the enemy stay in front of him for as long as possible. As long as the enemy is still outside the muzzle of the moon, what awaits them is the murderous Minnie bullet. If the enemy rushes up, then the situation is a bit dangerous.

Xu Xingxia stood at the back of the van, calmly observing the battle situation outside. He was surrounded by soldiers in white who were shooting in an orderly manner. Bursts of gunfire, bursts of choking gunpowder, and clouds of white mist swirled him in the middle. However, all this did not prevent him from calmly judging the situation on the battlefield. The tactics of the Tatar cavalry were not as terrible as the legend suggested, especially after being combed with explosives.

Of course, it is undeniable that as a strong representative of the cavalry, the impact speed of the Tatar cavalry is still quite fast. It is impossible to stop the charge of the Tartar cavalry. Even with a large number of artillery, it could only keep the Tartar cavalry out. Over time, there will definitely be Tatar cavalry rushing up. In fact, the fastest rushing Tartar cavalry, was only a few tens of meters away from him.

Less than ten minutes into the battle, the Tartar cavalry, which was closest to the side van, was already less than thirty meters. Subsequently, this distance was shortened to less than 20 meters. It can be seen how fierce the impact speed of the Tatar cavalry was. Even, the dust and gravel that the war horse was overturned on the ground and hit had already splashed on his Xu Xingxia's face. However, it was this distance of twenty meters that made the Tartar cavalry unable to move forward.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

The Tatar cavalry, who entered the firing range, fired arrows one after another.

The distance of twenty or thirty meters is exactly the distance where they are the most powerful and the most accurate.

A large number of sharp arrowheads, like locusts, kept falling on the wooden planks of the side van, making a tuk-tuk sound, as if the rain was hitting the plantains. Some of the arrows pierced through the gap in the middle of the van and hit the nearby white-clothed soldiers. Some of the arrows were directly projectile, crossed the baffle of the van, and landed in the barracks of the white-clothed army. From time to time, there are also unfortunate white-clothed soldiers, or auxiliaries and the like, who are shot by arrows and fall headlong in a pool of blood.

"Tuk Tuk!"

"Puff puff!"

A variety of sounds, intertwined with each other.

The white-clothed soldier who was unfortunately shot was quickly dragged away and taken to the back for treatment. The soldiers of the White Army, who were unfortunately shot to death, were also dragged down and placed in the open space next to them. And the vacancy they left behind was quickly filled by the reserves. On the side of the white-clothed army, there are sufficient reserves. The wounded or the dead were also assigned to the auxiliaries. If necessary, they will also be dropped directly on the battlefield.

I have to admit that once the Tartar cavalry enters the range of bows and arrows, the threat to the white-clothed army is still relatively large. If there were no side van guards, the casualty figures of the White Clothes Army would definitely have skyrocketed. In the past, when the Tartar cavalry encountered the musketeers of the Ming army, they relied on this hand to force the musketeers of the Ming army to retreat. At a distance of thirty or forty meters, the arrows of the Tartar cavalry were fired much faster than the muskets of the Ming army.

In fact, even with the presence of the baffle, the projectile of the Tartar cavalry caused certain casualties to the white-clothed sergeants. Those arrows falling from the sky made the white-clothed soldiers defenseless, and if they were not careful, they would be shot directly. Because, the white-clothed sergeant who was in battle could not have noticed the arrows from the sky. In their eyes, there are only the Tartar cavalry in front, where is there time to observe the movement in the sky?

Even Xu Xingxia was almost shot by a falling arrow. With his ability, it is difficult to tell if there will be an arrow that suddenly falls and hits his own brain, or somewhere else in his body. The falling goose arrow was stuck less than a foot beside him. Therefore, everyone had to lean behind the baffle of the van as much as possible to avoid the arrows that fell from the projectile. After all, even if it is a thrown arrow, it has a certain arc, and it cannot pose a direct threat to the person behind the fender of the side van.

"Whoosh!"

Of course, Xu Xingxia, who was threatened, must fight back.

With an iron-tired bow in his hand, he stood at the junction of the two side vans, and fired arrows through the gap. As long as it was within the range of the iron-tired bow, it was impossible for any of the Tartar cavalry that appeared to escape his shot. On the premise of sufficient strength, the firing speed of the Iron Tire Bow is much faster than that of the Moon Bow. Xu Xingxia alone, equivalent to ten musketeers who used the Yue Yue Gun, caused extremely serious damage to the Tartar cavalry who rushed up.

A large number of fallen war horses also increased the difficulty of the advance of the Tartar cavalry. The corpse of a person, the hooves of horses, can be easily trampled. A galloping war horse, stepping on the human body, can directly trample the body into a pulp. However, the corpse of the war horse is more troublesome. Once the horse's hooves fall on the fallen war horse, more consequences are not trampled into pulp, or stepping over, but being tripped and stumbled.

Of course, to a certain extent, a large number of fallen war horses also added a lot of difficulty to the shooting of the white-clothed army. The originally calm Gobi Desert has become uneven due to the fall of a large number of war horses. In some places, three or four war horses were stacked on top of each other, almost higher than the planks of the side vans of the white-clothed army. It is said that the moon gun needs a good vision. Once the field of vision is blocked, the effective surname of the shot will be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, the delivery of explosives packs does not require a straight line of vision. It is only necessary to continuously eject the explosive packs according to the pre-measured distance and bearing. In fact, in terms of tactics against the sea of people, the explosives pack is the main force, and the Yue Yue gun is only supplemented. Artillery deserves to be the god of war. Even the most primitive artillery, in dealing with the enemy's cavalry, had an incomparable superiority over muskets.

If there are any disadvantages of trebuchets, the only drawback is that the range is too close. The farthest range of the trebuchet is only about 500 meters. The maximum firing range of the general Franc machine gun is about two thousand meters. If it is a redcoat cannon, the range can even exceed five thousand meters. In future wars, the range of firearms will become more and more important. As the war progresses, trebuchets will definitely be phased out. This is the law of historical development.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, there was a loud bang.

This is the Tartar cavalry finally crashing into the top of the side van.

(To be continued)