286, the musketeers show their might, and Prince Heshuote is killed in battle
Chaolu's order is very simple: "Come on!"
The war between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia actually had a very obvious historical event as the dividing line, that is, the very famous "Tumu Fort Incident".
Before the Tumu Fort Incident, the Ming army took the initiative to attack, and they would go around the desert for a few times, chase and chase the north, and beat the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the later Tatar Oirat tribes to scream and be frightened.
But after the change of Tumu Fort, the situation changed.
First, the Ola dominated the grassland under the leadership of the Grand Tutor Yesian, and then the Tatar "little prince" Dayan Khan was intimidating the southern part of the desert. The Ming army could only rely on the defense line of the Nine-side Great Wall for most of the time. Finally, a fight-able emperor Zhu Houzhao was produced, and then inexplicably fell into the water and died.
After dozens or hundreds of years of war, whether it was the Oirat Mongolia or the Tatar Mongolia, they were very depressed about the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty.
Even the Mongolian tribes near the border of the Ming Dynasty were only a super alien who were so loyal to the Ming Dynasty because of the money bought by the Ming Dynasty.
This is the situation, so Chaolu naturally looked down on the Ming army.
At this moment, the Qing Dynasty envoy Luo Shi brought Fan Wencheng to Chaolu.
Luo Shi said: "Chao Lu Prince, can you listen to me?"
He looked at Luo Shi and said lightly: "Say."
Although Chaolu's father Gushikhan attaches great importance to the envoys of the Qing Dynasty, Chaolu actually disagreed with it in his heart.
The Jurchens? They were just slaves from the Great Mongol Empire back then.
Luo Shi said earnestly: "I think the Ming army suddenly opened the door to fight after closing the camp for several days. Will there be some conspiracy here? We should not follow the rhythm of the Ming army, so as not to be fooled."
He said oh to Lu, "What do you mean?"
Luo Shi said: "The Ming army came from afar, and their food was definitely insufficient. After several days of closing the camp, the supply was naturally tighter. Prince, you just need not fight with the Ming army and lead the army to stare at them tightly and prevent them from escaping. In a few days, the Ming army without food will naturally collapse without fighting. Isn't that great?"
He looked at Lu for a while and said slowly, "No, I can't adopt your opinion."
Luo Shi was suddenly anxious and was about to continue saying something, but Chaolu interrupted him and spoke again.
"I understand your concerns, so I will tell you directly. If it is in the Central Plains, these Han people may be able to fight, but this is the grassland. Why should the Han people fight against our Great Mongolian cavalry? Let go and don't hinder my military merits!"
Luo Shi had no choice but to retreat.
Fan Wencheng, who was standing aside, followed Luo Shi for a while and suddenly said softly: "Master Luo Shi, I seem to understand Chao Lu's thoughts."
Luo Shi was stunned: "What's your thought?"
Fan Wencheng said: "Gushikhan sent ten sons to guard the Qinghai base camp, so in the future, Gushikhan's heirs are likely to be selected from these ten sons. As the main general of the ten sons this time, Chaolu must need an undisputed victory to consolidate his position in Gushikhan's heart."
Luo Shi pondered for a moment and said, "So this is the reason why he insisted on going head-on?"
Fan Wencheng nodded and said, "That's true. Only by fighting head-on and defeating elites from the Ming Kingdom can Chaolu truly establish prestige and inherit Gushikhan's throne in the future. Any other reasons and excuses are false."
Luo Shi breathed lightly and said, "So that's it, Mr. Fan is very insightful."
Luo Shi raised his head and saw countless Heshuo cavalry that had already been dispatched in black and headed towards the Ming army to fight.
At this moment, Luo Shi had only one thought in his mind: "I hope this Prince Chaolu is really capable and can win this war of more to less!"
The earth is shaking.
Countless horse hooves trampled on the grass, making the ground dusty.
The Mongolian cavalry had been holding it in for several days, and now they finally got the chance to fight to the decisive battle. Naturally, they were just like their chief general Chaolu who wanted to vent their anger.
Zhu Cilang was very calm about this.
Standing on the lookout platform at the entrance of the camp, Zhu Cilang could easily see the situation on most of the battlefield, provided that there was no dust covering it.
Judging from the current situation, the Petronas Special Army still adopted a very "orthodox" approach to fighting, which is to fight on three sides.
Due to the lack of light cavalry, the Heshuo Special Army was obviously not stupid enough to use flesh and blood to directly rush into the formation, but chose the traditional Manguda tactic.
First approaching at high speed, everyone shoots each other with bows and crossbows, then Heshuote takes the initiative to retreat to lure the Ming army to pursue, stretching the front line while making the Ming army lose sight of each other, and finally turn around and turn around and win.
But this time, the Heshuot people encountered a tough problem.
The range of the Ming army's muskets was greater than that of the Hoshuo Special Cavalry!
Therefore, when the Hoshuote cavalry had just bent their bows and arrows to complete the projection with the help of the horse's running kinetic energy, the Ming army musketeers who were slowly advancing in the front had already opened fire.
Li Dingguo blew the whistle in his mouth with force: "Beep beep beep--"
"Bang bang bang!" The muzzles of thousands of muskets spewed out flames at the same time.
The bullets flew out at high speed. Since the shooting surface covered by thousands of musketeers was relatively wide, there was no need to pursue any shooting accuracy.
Just cum!
In an instant, the Hoshuo cavalry who were rushing to the front were shot one after another, and they were overturned.
This naturally greatly affected the combat order of the Heshuote cavalry in the rear, making the cavalry a little confused for a while.
Before the cavalry could come back to their senses, the next group of musketeers had already opened fire again.
"Bang bang bang!"
The familiar line-up was the fire-firing station, but this time the Ming army gathered 10,000 musketeers, so the firepower was undoubtedly more fierce than before.
In just a few minutes, the Heshuote cavalry that was striking in the front had completely disintegrated, leaving behind thousands of corpses and fleeing in all directions.
Until the moment of collapse, the Heshuo cavalry did not even complete a complete bow and arrow shooting!
Soon, the news of the defeat of the vanguard army was passed back to Chaolu.
Chaolu was completely shocked: "How is this possible?"
Chaolu really couldn't believe it. In his opinion, the Heshuo Special Army might have suffered some casualties at the beginning, but it was far from the current level.
The next moment, another shocking news came.
"Your Highness Chaolu, Your Highness Haishan was killed by the Ming army just when he led his army to charge!"
Chaolu's face changed drastically and he almost fell off his horse.
Haishan is Chaolu's seventh younger brother and one of the ten sons Gushikhan guarded Qinghai.
Chapter completed!