Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 363 Fear of Insufficient Firepower

Tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry charged in the same direction. This momentum not only made the elites of the Ming Frontier Army clamor and uneasy. The back of the head felt tight, and the roots of the ears felt numb.

In fact, the Mongolian cavalry rarely charged in groups like this.Most of them are bow riders, and their best tactic is "riding and shooting harassment", that is, shooting arrows on horseback while galloping wildly.

This tactic is extremely difficult to deal with. In the past, when Mongolian and Yuan iron cavalry ruled the world, battles like this often happened: a certain army should have an advantage in fighting the Mongols. Shooting, shooting and shooting, he gradually changed his shape, but was turned around by the Mongols and chased him away.

There is a word in later generations to describe this method of warfare of the Mongols. It is called "flying a kite".

When outflanking the Ming army of Guo Xing's department in front, these Mongolian cavalry troops also used the tactics of cavalry, shooting and harassment. They did not fight the Ming army head-on, but kept using bows and arrows to slowly kill the flesh and blood of the Ming army.

But when facing Zhu Su, it may be because of the small number of soldiers in Zhu Su's army, the chief general of these cavalry has a mentality of underestimating the enemy; or it may be because of the two banners of "King Wu" and "King Yan" that have been erected high. , is too tempting.In short, after a round of projectiles, this part of the cavalry did not choose to use the cavalry and shooting tactics that the Mongolian cavalry is best at. of the lost lamb".

And this is giving Zhu Su a chance!

"Fireball, let go!"

Following Zhu Su's hoarse roar, the first row of Wu Wangwei, who had long been waiting on the hillside with firecrackers, released the firecrackers they had been aiming at for a long time.In an instant, the sound of "bang bang bang" even overwhelmed the momentum of tens of thousands of horse troops galloping together, and a choking smoke rose from the formation of the Ming army.

"Ah!" The Mongolian cavalry in the first row fell off their horses in unison as if they had been hit hard.In the cavalry formation, a group of people turned their backs on their backs.The charging momentum of the entire cavalry team couldn't help but stagnate.

"It's so far away, what kind of firecracker is this?" Tabin Timur, the leader of this cavalry, reined in his horse when he saw that the warriors in the front row were being hit one after another.

As a tribal leader of the Yuan Dynasty, Tabin Timur was not ignorant of firecrackers.At this time, the Ming army also had a fair number of firearms troops. Although it was not as well-organized as the "Shenji Camp" in the Yongle period, the power of the Hongwu firecrackers was enough for the Yuan army to sweep the north after Xu Dachang Yuchun. At that time, he had already seen something.

However, the range of Hongwu firecrackers is extremely short, and most of the shots are "arrows", that is, a special arrow for firecrackers is placed in the muzzle, and the power of gunpowder is used to push them out.

But now the firecrackers of the Ming army not only have an astonishing shooting distance of more than two hundred steps, but what they shoot are not blunderbuss arrows, but terrifyingly powerful lead pellets.

And different from ordinary lead pellets, the lead pellets fired by these firecrackers are so powerful that they are extremely terrifying!Tabin Timur saw with his own eyes that the skulls of several war horses were smashed to pieces because they were hit by lead pellets!
Not to mention those flesh and blood bodies in leather armor!
"Don't stop! The firecracker can only shoot once in a short period of time! Warriors! You are all blessed by the Immortal Heaven!"

Although surprised, but on the battlefield, it was too late to think about it. Seeing that the cavalry's charge was blocked, Tabin Timur, the general, hurriedly raised his arms and shouted.

After being reminded by him, these cavalrymen reacted.Firecrackers have been used on the battlefield since the Song Dynasty. As soldiers of the Yuan court, they all know the biggest disadvantage of this fancy Central Plains weapon: that is, the rate of fire is too slow, and it is often lost in a battle. , only had time to shoot once.

Just now, although he was temporarily taken aback by this powerful new type of firecracker, so what?As long as the rate of fire of this kind of firecracker does not change much, with their horses under their crotch, they will be able to rush in front of this Ming army in no time.

"Come on! Changshengtian protects us!" This long series of psychological changes is actually only a moment in reality.The Mongolian cavalry only stagnated for a while, and then quickly reacted.They stepped over the corpses of those fallen comrades-in-arms in the front row, and continued to charge towards the smoky Ming army formation.

"Bang bang bang!"

However, beyond everyone's expectations, the nightmare-like dots of fire appeared again in the smoke that had not cleared away from the formation of the Ming army, followed by another row of lead bullets, which just hit the top. The cavalry in the front row suddenly fell to the ground again.

"What..." Tabin Timur was stunned!
How can it be!How could the Ming army fire a second shot so quickly?

What he didn't expect was yet to come.The second puff of smoke has not yet cleared, and the sound of gunfire just now seems to be still echoing in the eardrums, followed by the third burst of gunfire, then the fourth burst, and the fifth burst...

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang..."

As if there was no gap at all, the sound of frying beans kept exploding here, and the advancing Mongolian cavalry seemed to be shallots in the hands of cooks (that is, onions, which were introduced to China through "Zhang Qian Yanxuan" in the Western Han Dynasty. ), were peeled off layer by layer, layer by layer, by the strange roaring firecrackers in the hands of the Ming army.

"This...how is it possible! How is it possible!"

Tabin Timur was already standing there.

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"Cough cough cough, the next team is going forward! Hurry up!" In the Ming army formation, Zhu Su personally commanded the gunners.Behind him, the musketeers standing on the dirt slope were non-stop. After firing a shot in the front row, they immediately leaned back.The next row is ready to go up immediately, raise your hand and release the gun.

Several rows of Ming troops, like a mechanical crawler running in an orderly manner, kept going back and forth on the slope, pouring lead pellets at the cavalry.

That's right, this is exactly what Zhu Su said to Zhu Di before. Wu Wangwei has another killing move that he has trained for several years besides the mandarin duck formation. It should have been invented by Mu Ying's musket burst technique: three Duan hit!

It is not appropriate to say that it is a three-stage attack. In order to ensure the continuous and intensive firepower, Zhu Su arranged these Ming troops into six rows.Even so, looking at the approaching Mongolian cavalry, Zhu Su still felt a little frightened.

"Hey, firepower, firepower! The firepower is still not enough!" Zhu Su, with beads of sweat on his forehead, felt that he was very much a patient suffering from the phobia of insufficient firepower.

(End of this chapter)