Chapter 326 Artillery Group
Bunang and Sunang are both in the array. This raid on Lizhuang is very important, and even the significance of entering the border this time is here. If they cannot plunder He Yusheng's large amount of wealth, they will not be able to explain to the herdsmen after they go back, and even their own tribe will cause riots. The little things they grab now are not enough. Everyone has worked hard and faced the danger of death and injury. They are not going to follow the two Taiji to travel in an armed manner.
"Hmph, I really don't know how to live or die." Su Nang Taiji looked at the array opposite and snorted coldly from his nose.
Bu Nang frowned and said, "Don't underestimate it. Where did this Ming army come out?"
Bunang is almost fifty this year. Thirty years ago, he was Taiji, a thousand-person tribe in Neikhalkar. He followed Tosubahai and Baowa to invade Ming Kingdom many times, and once broke through the walls of Liaodong. He once fought at the city of Liaoyang. After Altan was restrained, the eastern Mongolian fought with the Ming Dynasty for twenty years. In the past ten years, because Lin Danhan changed his strategy and was old, he reduced the number and scale of entering the border. More than ten years ago, invasions of more than 100,000 often occurred, and Bunang also fought with the Ming army many times.
Based on his experience, the Ming army's border troops were not strong in combat, and their combat capabilities were similar to those of ordinary herders, but because herders rode horses and shoot skills were better, they were still much more powerful than ordinary Ming army.
When Li Chengliang presided over Liao Town, Bunang also followed the army to attack Liaodong many times. The battalions they encountered basically did not cause any trouble to them, but were just cannon fodder sent.
Only the camps and servants led by Li Chengliang and generals at all levels, those elite Ming troops were the most deadly threats to the Mongols.
Even so, Li Chengliang rarely led his troops to face the large Mongolian cavalry, because every time he invaded more than 100,000 people, even if there were only a few thousand or 100,000 or 20,000 soldiers, the herdsmen were terrifying power. Within dozens of miles, there were all felt bags and herdsmen riding horses and bows. The Ming army's servants were hundreds of people, and the largest number of Li Chengliang's servants were only a few thousand people. Thousands of elite soldiers had a chance to face 200,000 farmers. Twenty or even 400,000 herdsmen gathered together, and there was no chance to say that Li Chengliang's tactic was to avoid sharp edges and wait until the Mongolians robbed them and then rear-end them and attack them. Even if they were killed by hundreds of herdsmen, they could be considered a great victory and could be reported to the top.
Of course, Li Chengliang was not completely passively fighting back. Sometimes he would lead elite servants to "raise the nest", which was actually a small number of elite cavalry to attack the Mongols' pastures. Under the raid, there were few soldiers from Ming Dynasty and elite soldiers, and many Mongolians were scattered. As long as the light cavalry entered, beheaded and returned, they quickly retreated before the Mongols reacted. This tactic is still very useful.
Of course, if it is not good, it is Li Rusong. Li Rusong died in such a sneak attack. The Mongolians learned the news in advance and made dumplings. A generation of famous generals died on the battlefield.
Li Chengliang spent his whole life, using rear-end fight back and sneak attacks and beheading methods to cut off countless heads of the Northern Li people, which made the Li family famous as the King of Liaodong. However, he had never fought with the Northern Li people on a large scale in his life. Compared with Qi Jiguang who used cars, steps and cavalry to set up a formation, and fought in one battle to prevent the Northern Li people from attacking Jizhen for ten years, but truly defeated the enemy outside the country and ensured that the people were truly safe.
The cloth sac is very experienced, but the scene in front of him still makes him feel wrong.
"Su Nang Taiji, I have never seen such a situation." Bu Nang said: "It seems that there are three thousand people. Judging from the armor, there is no doubt that they are elite troops in the border army of the Ming Dynasty. They should be all the servants of the generals, and they will never be battalions. But if the servants were servants, there were almost no cavalry on the opposite side. I have fought for thirty years and have never seen any servants in the Ming Dynasty who do not ride horses."
Su Nang said: "That's the camp soldiers? The camp soldiers are better to fight."
Bu Nan shook his head: "But I have fought for thirty years and I have never seen all the soldiers wearing armor."
Su Nang said: "Since you are here, you have to fight. You can't be scared by this scene and leave. There will be no such opportunity in the future."
Su Nang's eyes were full of greed. They collected several villages a few miles away and caught some people who had not escaped. After interrogation, they determined the detailed address of Li Zhuang. In front of Su Nang, Li Zhuang was what the wealthy place in Mingguo should look like. There were thousands of dense houses in a row, and in the north there were also many exquisite courtyards, large workshop areas, and obvious storage areas. You can imagine how rich it is and how many items it would hide.
Bu Nan nodded and said, "That's the reason."
Su Nang pulled out the knife and shouted loudly: "My sons, there is He Yusheng's warehouse ahead. After snatching it, everyone will have a share!"
Bu Nan also drew his sword and said loudly: "I will win this battle, and I will definitely win. No matter what kind of soldiers and horses there are on the other side, they have no cavalry, only a share of losing and no winning. They can only hold on and be beaten by us in vain!"
Their relatives also shouted together, spreading the words of the two Taiji throughout the army!
At first, their subordinates were also frightened by the opposite formation. There was a flash of silver light in front of them. Most of the archers were mainly clutched. Small circles were polished into silver light. Thousands of people were wearing clutched mail, which was really dazzling. These herdsmen had never seen such a grand and majestic military formation. Everyone was a little nervous. These herdsmen were better than Han farmers, who could ride horses and shoot archers. In fact, they had never experienced strict and systematic military training. Some older herdsmen
The people also entered the pass and plundered, but they had never encountered such a large number of Ming troops in armor at that time. They just followed the armored cavalry and retreated when they encountered a large group of Ming cavalry. They started fighting only if they couldn't. Of course, there were wins and losses in the fight, and there were many people who died. However, Taiji's words also make sense. The Ming army had no cavalry, and this battle was a sure win but not lose. It was great to retreat. Can infantry with two legs catch up with four legs?
Bunang then ordered that the two wings first break forward, and took turns to shoot arrows to disrupt the Ming army's array, and slowly move forward in the middle, and concentrate armored soldiers. Once the gaps of the Ming army were found, they would use armored soldiers to break in.
After the trumpeters of the central army were ready, a row of blowers bulged their cheeks and blew the thick and slightly dull, with a long and gentle atmosphere. The battlefield was beautiful and the weather was ridiculous. People could see the blue sky when they looked up. There were green fields that had just emerged, surrounded by large areas of green and clear water. A place with a radius of less than ten miles gathered more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalry and more than 3,000 archers. A battle was about to begin!
The horse soldiers on both sides began to move forward slowly. They had just finished the entire team less than a quarter of an hour, and then the Bulan and Sulan ordered an attack. The queue suddenly became a little confused. Fortunately, they were moving slowly and they could adjust the queue when they were moving.
When thousands of cavalry were moving slowly, even if they were moving slowly, it was extremely moving. The dull sound of horse hooves suddenly overshadowed the sound of trumpets. Everyone opened their eyes wide, and an indescribable emotion surged into everyone's hearts. Some were excited, some were panicked, some were calm, and some were afraid to die.
At this moment, a feeling that only exists on the battlefield surged up, everyone's blood flow accelerated, their heartbeats accelerated, and their mouths were dry. Under this emotion, people's physical strength would be lost very quickly. On this battlefield, they could try to stabilize their emotions and preserve their physical strength.
Whether it is a Mongolian or a archer, there will be people panic at this moment. The archer overcomes this emotion with long-term training and battlefield discipline, while the Mongols use their natural ferocity and punishment of killing, plus the stimulation of looting and dividing things. Both sides have the desire to fight and the reason for having to fight, and the battle can be launched!
The two armies carried out very quickly and there were no small-scale cavalry fighting. The Mongols could set up formations calmly, and the archers also arranged a very wide array of horizontal formations.
In the eyes of the Mongols, as long as the two wings of the Ming army were disturbed and the middle was broken, the horizontal formation would be difficult to deal with. Then, as soon as the Ming army array collapsed, the war below would be much easier.
The Mongolians had only a small number of armored horses on both wings, most of whom were herders wearing gray and yellow jackets. They wore big round hats on their heads and started to shout when they were far away.
Wang Changfu's eyes were full of contempt, and he shouted: "Every department, the bureau is stable, tell the people below that the Tartars' bows are weak, and there is no killing outside fifty steps. Let them go about fifty steps before we fight."
Sun Yao and his assistants stood on the left wing. They were in the middle of the two bureaus, and in front of the Staff Division was where the left wing gun team was located.
There are four copper cannons here. The gun body of more than 400 kilograms is cast a bit rough, and the barrel is polished as clean as possible. There are Wangshan, which helps aim in front and behind the barrel. The gun body is mounted on the two-wheeled gun mount, and the gun tail can be adjusted to the elevation angle... This cannon was cast by Zhang Han, technicians from Macau and the technology of the Firearms Bureau that originally manufactured various types of Chinese artillery. It is also the style of field cannons that are most commonly used in Europe.
As for the Ming army's Red Barbarian cannons, they were actually naval cannons, which were too heavy, and the configuration of gun mounts and gun crews was far behind the times.
Chapter completed!