Chapter 1001: The Decisive Battle of Huai'an (3)
After all, in the first two encounters, Zhu Jie used 4,000 musketeers in one go, all of which were used to deal with the impact of the Manchurian cavalry, but this time, 1,000 musketeers were transferred to the frontal position, and there were 1,000 musketeers behind to protect the firearms battalion, which made the firepower of the musketeers weaken by half at once, and wanted to repel the Manchurian cavalry in one fell swoop like the two times before, but it was not so easy.
The desperate Manchurian cavalry continued to assault forward, exerting the maximum pressure on the musket battalion, and the Manchurian cavalry had already assaulted within 100 steps, not only that, but the Manchurian cavalry had even begun to shoot arrows at the musket battalion, and the Manchurian cavalry's riding and archery skills were unparalleled in the world, and the arrows were fired together, making the pressure on the musket battalion even greater, and the distance between the Manchurian cavalry and the musket battalion was getting closer and closer.
Yang Chengzu looked coldly at the Manchurian elite cavalry in the distance, 10,000 Manchurian elite cavalry, such a strong force, it is almost impossible to repel the opponent close to two thousand musketeers, even if it was the musket battalion of the Tianwei Army, if you want to fight against tens of thousands of Manchurian elite cavalry, it is very difficult, once the Manchurian elite cavalry assaults into the battle group, the musket battalion will collapse in an instant, and at this time, it is time for the elite of the Tianwei Army to exert its strength!
Eight thousand Tianwei army elite, this is already the combat power of the vast majority of Tianwei army, dealing with tens of thousands of Manchurian elite cavalry, it is still a little difficult, but with two thousand musketeers is different, as long as the Tianwei army stops the pace of the Manchurian elite cavalry assault, the musketeers continue to shoot, and the Manchurian elite cavalry will definitely not last long.
"Order, the Tianwei army moves forward, protects the musket battalion, and stops the assault of the Manchurian elite cavalry!"
Yang Chengzu shouted.
Groups of Tianwei infantry began to pounce from the rear, one by one holding spears, blocking the musketeers behind them, a layer of pikemen, a layer of simple knife soldiers, and a layer of musketeers tightly guarding the musketeers.
In terms of momentum alone, the Tianwei Army is not comparable to the infantry of the Beijing camp, one by one the Tianwei Army stands with a gun, and is not as straight as the spearmen of the Beijing camp, but the body is slightly bowed, the legs are slightly bent, that is to accumulate strength, accumulate momentum, this is the experience accumulated from the life and death struggle, the powerful assault force of the Manchurian elite cavalry, the whirlwind speed, if you stand straight, once you hit it, people will definitely be knocked out, and even the spear will be out of your hand. This posture can ensure the maximum lethality of the Tianwei Army at the same time, as far as possible to ensure their own safety, although in the face of the first wave of Manchurian cavalry strong impact, every time there will be casualties, but it will also bring huge losses to the Manchurian cavalry, this is a real hard-hitting fierce battle!
In the eyes of every Tianwei army soldier, there is indifference and strong self-confidence in the opponent, this calmness is absolutely invisible in the soldiers of the Beijing camp, even a general like Xia Wanchun, there is no such calm and powerful murderous aura on these soldiers!
Drink!
Seeing that the Manchurian elite cavalry had rushed up, one by one the pikemen of the Tianwei Army, let out a roar from their mouths, took a step forward with their left leg, and the spear stabbed out sharply towards the front, the sharp tip of the spear instantly entered the body of the war horse, and the powerful impact force knocked the Tianwei Army directly backwards and retreated seven or eight steps, which is quite light, if it is hit squarely, the Tianwei Army will be directly collapsed into the air by the spear, and the ribs will be broken a few times, and the blood in the mouth will spurt out directly!
However, the Tianwei army has long been accustomed to such a battle, they are embarrassed in the face of the cavalry, but the Manchurian elite cavalry is also tragic, facing a cluster of stabbing spears, the luckiest Manchurian cavalry is to use the saber in their hands, cut off the spear with a knife, and rush straight over the opponent's head!
However, this tactic was almost 100% successful for the Ming army to be used that year, because the Ming army's ordnance was too bad, the knife was rusty, the gun was moldy, the Manchurian cavalry cut it down, and even the Ming army's waist knife could be cut off, as for the spear, it was even more broken, and even worse, some of the Ming army's spears were actually kicked and broken by the hooves of the war horses; However, in front of the Tianwei Army, this tactic is no longer very effective, the spears of the Tianwei Army are made of the most solid ash rod, tough and strong, simple knives, but also stainless steel production, Manchurian fine riding sabers in front of the Ming Army, has become not so sharp, and the fighting spirit, courage, ruthlessness, and fierceness of the Tianwei Army are definitely not comparable to the Ming Army of the year.
One by one, the Manchurian cavalry crashed straight into the tip of the spear, the war horse pounced directly, and as soon as the cavalry was planted, the Pu Dao soldiers behind would rush up, directly slashing at both ends, absolutely not leaving the Manchurian cavalry with the slightest chance to escape; If it was a human being, the spear would have passed directly through the chest, and without the help of the Pu Dao soldiers, he would have already gone to hell.
The powerful Tianwei Army was born to fight against the Manchurian cavalry, and it was the natural opponent of the Manchurian cavalry! Yang Chengzu has been with the Manchurian cavalry for two years, and he has already been familiar with the Manchurians, as long as he does not give the Manchurian cavalry a chance to attack at full speed, does not let them fight a surprise attack, and does not let them divide and encircle, the combat power of the Manchurian cavalry will be abolished half, and now there is a full force suppression of musketeers and artillery rockets, and it is impossible for the Manchurian cavalry to imagine the unscrupulous impact as before, once it loses the whirlwind speed, it is a painful lesson for the Manchurian cavalry to be left again and again!
Fighting, tragic fighting!
This time, in order to be able to retreat in Huai'an, in order to be able to return to Gyeonggi alive, Tan Tai personally pressed the formation, round by round of impact, to the Tianwei army also brought huge pressure, if it was the Beijing camp to defend, I am afraid that it has already been scattered by the impact of the Manchurian elite cavalry, but the Tianwei army is still like a rock in the stormy waves, standing tall, standing in front of the musketeers, on the battlefield, the corpses have been piled up, The Manchurian elite cavalry still couldn't break through the strong defense line of the Tianwei Army!
If it is only the Tianwei Army, maybe the Manchurian elite cavalry is not cowardly, after all, it is only the infantry of the Tianwei Army, without the elite cavalry of the Tianwei Army, the overall combat power of the Manchurian elite cavalry is still higher than that of the Tianwei Army infantry, however, the muskets and artillery rockets behind have not been idle, and they can't wait to throw all the ammunition up, and the Manchurian elite cavalry that was blocked by the Tianwei Army suffered heavy casualties, and the impact of more than two hours was full, knowing that at dusk, the Manchurian elite cavalry was still not able to break through the defense line of the Tianwei Army, On the contrary, there were heavy casualties, and the Manchurian elite cavalry could no longer continue to support the attack, and retreated to the rear like a tide!
(End of chapter)