Chapter 367: Strong enemy in the past, weak chicken today
The Ming army attacking here was Huang Degong's Hu Ben Army and Zhou Yuji's mighty camp, as well as the mighty two thousand cavalry.
There are more than 50,000 Mongolians here, including 6,000 cavalry. They are considered a very powerful tribe.
When the Mongolian cavalry rushed over from the nearby yurt, the Ming army's artillery array had been deployed and was moving towards the yurt.
Seeing the Mongolian cavalry in formation, Huang Degong waved his hand and the large phalanx immediately stopped advancing.
In front of the phalanx are 1,500 musketeers from the Huben Army standing in three rows, and on the left and right sides are 750 musketeers from the Huben Army.
At the rear are three hundred musketeers from the Wewei Battalion, and two thousand cavalry are in the center waiting to charge.
Despite the small number of people in the Weiwei camp, there are twenty AK47s among them. If the Mongolian cavalry attacks from behind, they will definitely be attacked by the AK47s wildly.
In order to facilitate the pursuit, the phalanx musketeers did not dismount. They all formed on horseback, but the eyes of the war horses were blindfolded.
This was also the result of Zhu Cihong's rigorous training in order to deal with Jiannu and Mongolian cavalry. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous if the horses were frightened during the salvo.
A three-row salvo of this size does not require aiming, just shoot at the oncoming cavalry.
Hato was shocked when he saw that all the Ming troops came were cavalry:
"Granny, when did the Ming army have so many cavalry? It doesn't make sense..."
But when he saw all the cavalrymen using muskets, Hatto laughed happily.
"Haha, a bunch of idiots. The cavalry actually used musket formation. Is it to escape? If so, why did they come to die?"
Although Hato looked down on the Ming army, he was still a little cautious about the sudden arrival of the Ming army.
In order to maximize the damage to the Ming army, he decided to adopt outflanking tactics and attack with volleys that the Mongolian cavalry was good at. Once the Ming army retreated, he quickly pursued and killed them.
"My sons, surround me and charge forward!"
Hato gave an order, and his son Han Tuotuo led three thousand Mongolian cavalry and immediately charged forward in a fan-shaped formation.
They did not charge directly towards the Ming army, but prepared to run in circles around the Ming army's formation at about a hundred paces, and looked for opportunities to shoot with horn bows.
The Mongolian horn bow is a light bow with a range of about a hundred steps. This method of fighting is also their traditional fighting method.
"Da da……"
The Mongolian cavalry quickly approached the Ming army formation, trying to circle around the square formation and shoot the Ming army.
But they don't know that the Ming army today is no longer the same Ming army they encountered before.
The firearms in the hands of the Ming army were not the kind of fire guns they imagined.
When the Mongolian cavalry was more than 200 steps away from the square formation, the Ming army did not move at all and waited in full formation.
Until the Mongolian army entered about 150 steps, Huang Degong raised his blunderbuss high:
"Soldiers, listen to my command and prepare to shoot!"
"brush……"
The five hundred musketeers in the front row immediately raised their Huangming rifles, and a dozen snipers in the army were also looking for targets to kill.
Seeing the opponent quickly approaching about 120 steps, Huang Degong immediately pulled the pistol:
"boom……"
"Shoot and beat me hard..."
Before Huang Degong could finish his words, five hundred rifled guns immediately spurted out streams of fury, and five hundred mini bullets came out instantly:
"Bang bang bang..."
Hato couldn't help laughing when he saw that the Ming army was indeed the same as before, with fire guns with a range of sixty steps and starting to fire from a hundred steps away:
"Hahaha, don't give them a chance to reload their ammunition, the men will kill them!"
Hatuo gave an order, and his brave son Hantuotuo shouted and took the lead in urging his horses to charge forward.
The cavalry behind him immediately rushed towards the Ming army's formation with their bows and arrows drawn...
It's a pity that Han Toto doesn't know what a sniper is, otherwise he would definitely regret taking the lead in the charge this time.
As soon as the war horse was mobilized, Han Tuotuo was taken care of by the sniper of the Tiger Army because he was dressed very stylishly.
"boom……"
"puff……"
A mini bullet instantly penetrated into Han Tuotuo's chest, smashing the parts in his chest to pieces. The body shook twice and fell to the horse!
At a distance of one hundred and twenty steps, for the sniper of the Huben Army, he could still send Han Tuotuo to see the Immortal Heaven even on a war horse!
At the same time that Han Tuotuo was shot and killed, more than three hundred Mongolian cavalry who were following him were shot and killed.
After the first row of Ming army musketeers fired, they quickly lay on their horses and reloaded their ammunition.
The second row of Ming army musketeers raised their guns and pulled the triggers:
"Bang bang bang..."
Before the Mongolian cavalry could react, another 500 Mini bullets flew towards them.
"Puff..."
Immediately afterwards, the musketeers in the third row began to fire volleys, and in a few breaths they completed three rounds of volleys.
With the range of rifled guns, the Ming army's three-row salvo array did not have to move at all. After firing, they only had to lie on the back of the horse to load ammunition.
With the gunfire of the Ming army, the Mongolian cavalry had no choice but to fall down row by row.
Before reaching the range of the Mongolian army's bows and arrows, the Mongolian cavalry suffered more than a thousand casualties...
The range and accuracy of Ming army firearms stunned Hatto.
He saw his son being killed with his own eyes, and saw over a thousand casualties among his subordinates in an instant!
However, the volleys that Mongolia was proud of were useless in front of the Ming army and could not enter the range at all.
Hato's eyes began to become bloodshot. He didn't know when the Ming army became so fierce.
But Hato knew that as long as the Mongolian cavalry approached the Ming army's formation, the Ming army would definitely become a lamb to be slaughtered.
He raised his scimitar high and roared:
"Charge, charge to the left, right and rear of the Ming Dog Square. I don't believe they all have such powerful firearms..."
"Go ahead..."
The remaining four thousand Mongolian cavalry immediately dispersed and charged towards the left, right and rear flanks of the Ming army's formation.
Hatto personally directed the charge. With his son's lessons learned, Hatto did not dare to show off, so he could only hide behind and command remotely.
The Ming army's formation was surrounded by musketeers on all four sides. Although there were not as many people in the front row, the Mongolian cavalry was also somewhat scattered due to the scattered charge.
Seeing the Mongolian army scattering and attacking, the Ming army's gun formations also raised their guns and fired:
"Bang bang bang..."
"Puff puff……"
For a moment, there was a burst of gunfire, and the popping sound of Mini bullets hitting the flesh could be heard!
Hato originally thought that spreading out and attacking would reduce casualties, but now it seems that is not the case.
Because the Ming army shot from all directions, it caused even greater casualties.
Hatto was so angry that he personally led a thousand cavalry to attack the Ming army's rear formation.
He firmly believed that as long as the Ming army's formation was broken up, even three thousand Mongolian cavalry could easily defeat the Ming army in front of him!
The Mongolian army's sporadic attacks posed limited threat to the Weiwu Battalion, and Zhou Yuji never ordered the use of the AK47.
This time, seeing more than a thousand cavalry charging towards them, Zhou Yuji did not dare to neglect and immediately ordered the AK47 to prepare.
When Hato led a thousand cavalry into the 200-step range, Zhou Yuji immediately took out the sword from his waist and waved it in the air:
"Shoot, shoot together..."
The twenty AK gunners had long been exhausted. After receiving Zhou Yuji's order, they immediately raised their guns and pulled the bolts.
Twenty AK47s spurted out dozens of tongues of flame, and six hundred bullets shot out instantly:
Chapter completed!