As several three firecrackers were blown up, soon, smoke and dust were raised on the plains in the southeast, and the dull sound of horse hooves came, shaking the earth - the Cossacks and the Black-shirted Knights arrived first...
The reinforcements that came this time were mainly 10,000 from the Third Legion and 5,000 from the Cossack Cavalry Regiment. However, among the 10,000 third Legion warriors, 2,000 were black-shirt knights using muskets.
In order to arrive at the battlefield as soon as possible, Steindorf, the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements, simply asked 2,000 black-shirted knights to follow the 5,000 Cossack cavalry and head to the battlefield first. The 8,000 infantry behind accelerated their march behind.
But the cavalry's marching speed was obviously greater than that of infantry, so 5,000 Cossack cavalry and 2,000 black-shirted knights arrived at the battlefield first. How powerful are the 7,000 cavalry? What's more, each cavalry is still one person and two horses.
The noise caused by 14,000 horses running together was alarmed, and even the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army who were standing in front of them were shocked, showing a confused expression.
When Malin saw the confused expression of the enemy in the telescope, he immediately felt that he had the obligation to give them a "popular science". So he took the lead and shouted:
"Reinforcements are here! We will win!"
At this time, the veterans of the First and Second Legion around him did not need to remind him, but followed him in an orderly manner:
"Reinforcements are here! We will win!"
"Reinforcements are here! We will win!"
"Reinforcements are here! We will win!"
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The neat shouts like tsunami shocked the soldiers in the front row of the Eight-National Princes coalition who were trying to organize a second wave of attacks - what's going on? Then, many people turned around and looked back on tiptoe...
Then, the soldiers of the Eight-National Princes coalition saw the formation, and the sound of horse hooves came very densely...
The seven thousand North Sea cavalry that supported the battlefield did not directly charge. Instead, they stopped at a certain distance, and then a group of Cossack cavalry skillfully jumped from the back of one horse to the other. After all, the horse they used to travel was exhausted at this time and was not suitable for continuing to charge.
Then, the Cossack cavalry divided a small number of people and rushed the transfer horses to the side...
As for the Black-Shirt Knight, the same operation was also being carried out. However, after changing the horses, the Black-Shirt Knights also loaded the five muskets they carried...
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Marin saw these through the telescope. Then, he frowned - this cavalry commander was useless...
They were all close to the enemy formation, and they were just slowly changing horses and loading bullets, which was simply a missed opportunity for war!
Originally, Marin planned to cooperate with the cavalry to charge forward and backward. The cavalry attacking from the back should rush to the enemy side and backward as soon as they came, causing panic to the enemy, and then he happened to let the First Legion and the Second Legion charge together, attack on both sides, and solve the opponent at once.
However, the cavalry of his meow actually stopped in front of the enemy...
Marin wanted to curse at this moment! He arranged for the Cossack cavalry and the black-shirted knight to come from the side and backwards to raid the opponent and then cause the opponent to panic. As a result, the officer who led the team actually stopped in front of the formation and replaced the horse and recharged... Shouldn't these tasks be done in the distance? They had to be done under the enemy's nose...
You should know that the role of cavalry is not just impact force and mobility. In the era of cold weapons, the psychological oppression of cavalry by cavalry is definitely no worse than their combat effectiveness.
Why did the Ming army always lose battles in the northern grassland? It’s not that they can’t beat them at all, but that they are afraid of being beaten. Seeing a large group of cavalry rushing over, their first reaction was not to confront each other, but to run away...
Why does wild boar skin Nurhaci always boast about "The Jurchens are only tens of thousands, but they are invincible if they exceed tens of thousands"? This is actually a psychological warfare and a psychological hint.
Obviously, Nurhaci knew in his heart that just the little property of the Later Jin Dynasty would really fight with the Ming army, and they would be killed in just a few battles. Therefore, he had to scare the Ming army and let the Ming army run away when they saw them. In this way, the casualties of the Later Jin army would not be so great. Therefore, he desperately advocated that "the Jurchens are only tens of thousands, but if they exceed tens of thousands, they will be invincible."
But in fact, the Jianzhou Jurchens had nothing to do with the Jurchens in history. The real Jurchens had already entered North China when the Jin Dynasty was established. When the Mongols went south, they started killing in the north. Because of their hatred of the Jin Dynasty, the main body of the Jurchens was basically killed at the beginning of the establishment of the Mongol Empire. Later, the so-called Jianzhou Jurchens were actually all the savages in Northeast Asia who occupied the Jurchens' homeland and were misunderstood by the Ming Dynasty to become Jurchens.
But Nurhaci was very smart. He realized that the Jurchen brand was very useful. Then he pretended to be the Jurchens and advocated that "the Jurchens are only tens of thousands, but if they are over tens of thousands, they will be invincible." At the same time, his own tribe was not enough, so he sent people to capture "born Jurchens" (actually savages) everywhere in the Baishan and Black Waters of the Northeast to replenish the military source. Therefore, the ancestors of later Manchus were actually descendants of the savages of Northeast Asia. Many of the true Jurchens actually lived in the Central Plains. When Mongolia massacred the remnants of the Jin Dynasty, many people changed to the Han surname to avoid disaster.
But Nurhaci's set was very effective. This psychological warfare really scared the Ming Dynasty's border troops and did not dare to go out of the city to fight. But this set was not effective. After all, Nurhaci's strong men had only 60,000 people, and could only dominate the king in the northeast. The one who really made the Qing Dynasty rise was Huang Taiji. He conquered Mongolia and obtained more than 100,000 thugs before he truly had the strength to enter the pass. In addition, Huang Taiji incorporated the Han people into the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and further expanded his strength. Later, Wu Sangui brought 50,000 Guanning Army to surrender. Otherwise, if he wanted to control the Central Plains with tens of thousands of flag soldiers, he would have to be beaten out of the Xiang Dynasty.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But no matter what, the cavalry should be a surprise soldier, so it should be fast, ruthless and accurate. If you have the opportunity, you should take advantage of the chaos to cover up and kill, instead of changing horses in front of the enemy like now, refueling...
However, this practice of staying in front of the enemy's formation to prepare and then launching a charge is very popular in Europe. Especially for the plate-armored knights, they must wear armor in front of the enemy's formation to replace horses. Otherwise, the war horses will not be able to bear it. However, Marin believes that this practice completely abandons the "strangeness" of the cavalry and becomes stupid and straight ahead...
As Marin expected, after the initial panic, he saw that the seven thousand attacking hostile cavalry had stopped in front of the formation. The soldiers of the eight-nation princes' coalition army stabilized and no longer panicked as they were at the beginning.
Marin sighed, knowing that he had lost the best fighter. Now, he could only wait for the cavalry to fight a beautiful battle first...
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After the initial panic, the eight princes calmed down. After seeing the 5,000 Cossack cavalry in the front row, Charlie, Earl of Gelden, breathed a sigh of relief:
"The opponent seems to be all Hussar (melee scimitar cavalry, a kind of light cavalry). We will definitely be able to repel them if we send knights to fight!"
"Okay, that's it!" Both Dukes of Henry agreed.
Several princes were not unfamiliar with the Hussars. Because, next to Germany, Hungary was the Hussar Kingdom. Twenty years ago, the king of Hungary, Magash I, led a large number of Hungarian Hussars to defeat the Austrian Habsburg family and occupied Vienna.
However, the years of war between the Germans and the Hungarians also made the Germans realize that the Hussars could not defeat the knights when fighting head-on. Of course, if the number of people was too large, dozens of knights would also lose the battle against hundreds of Hussars. However, if the number was not much different, the knights with high protection would definitely win.
So, the eight princes sent their platoon knights to go behind the formation to fight against the Hussachs (Cossacks) on the opposite side...
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As for Marin, he shook his head and continued to watch the battle with his telescope. Because he had missed the opportunity, he could only wait until his cavalry hurt the knights of the Eight-National Princes Alliance before he could attack again.
Chapter completed!