Chapter 112 Repairing Fushun Pass (6)
In just one battle, Gao Shixin shot and killed more than 100 Korqin light cavalry alone. The Korqin people suspended the attack, and Gao Shixin also used this short time to sit in a car to rest, so that his physical strength gradually recovered. He knew very well that the Mongolian light cavalry was not scary. As long as his more than 3,000 men formed a formation to fight and cooperated properly, let alone the five thousand Korqin cavalry, they could not attack even if they doubled. Gao Shixin was worried about the Later Jin soldiers, and the Later Jin heavy infantry riding and riding heavy infantry would probably come soon.
The heavy infantry of the Later Jin riding horses and dismounting to fight. After dismounting, the Later Jin soldiers were the best heavy infantry and the best archers. When they dealt with infantry formations and chariot formations, the heavy infantry of the Later Jin always had a set of ways.
Since traveling to this era, Gao Shixin has understood the tactics of the Later Jin army. When the Later Jin army fought, they often used heavy infantry to open the way in front, followed by elite archers and Han coated musketeers. Even the coated musketeers were far above the Ming army. The coated musketeers of the Later Jin army could be close enough to only within twenty to thirty steps from the Ming army to open the gun! When the heavy infantry attacked, they often had shield chariots protected by coated shields to avoid being killed and injured by the Ming army from long-range firepower.
The Later Jin also had heavy cavalry and artillery. The heavy cavalry used the best Wuzhumuqin horses, and the men and horses were protected by thick armor. When they fought with the Ming army, the heavy cavalry followed behind the heavy infantry and waited for the heavy infantry to move away the Lu Chai to resist the horses and cleared the spearmen. The heavy cavalry began to rush into the Ming army formation. The artillery was composed of Han people and provided firepower support to the heavy infantry.
The Korqin Mongolian cavalry suffered a great loss and dared not attack any more. Instead, they wandered around the periphery of the Ming army, watching the Ming army, and preventing Gao Shixin's Ming army from retreating. Once the Ming army's infantry moved, they could not maintain their formation, so the Korqin light cavalry had an opportunity to take advantage of it.
But Gao Shixin still ordered to slowly move closer to Xiong Tingbi's main force.
The infantry in Xinzhen, Liaoyang cut off the head of the Korqin cavalry's corpse, took back the broken spear tip, then lined up and moved back step by step, always maintaining the formation.
"Bang bang" Xiong Tingbi saw two huge fireworks rising in the air in the east, and he knew that the vanguard troops had encountered the enemy.
"General Gao in front has encountered Jiannu! Our army is moving forward quickly and we will go to rescue!" Xiong Tingbi shouted.
However, Xiong Tingbi's central army was actually mixed with fish and dragons. In addition to the group of personal soldiers brought by Xiong Tingbi from the capital, Mao Wenlong's Ruiyang army was relatively strong, and some of the car camps formed by Xiong Tingbi himself were all military households and Liao people recruited by him in Liaodong. This army also had a certain combat power. In fact, the other border troops of each guard were vulnerable.
The guerrilla Zu Dashou of Jingdongying said, "Jinlu Xiong, our army relies on the Che camp and cannot march too fast! If we leave the Che camp and encounter Jiannu, our army will probably be in a bad mood."
Xiong Tingbi looked stern: "General Zu, your cavalry will go first! You must go to join the army with General Gao as soon as possible! Now General Gao is being entangled by Jiannu, and I am afraid it will be difficult to persevere for a long time. You can go and save people quickly!"
Although Zu Dashou was unwilling to do so, he was still afraid of Xiong Tingbi, so he said "promise" and took his own thousand cavalry to rescue the vanguard camp.
Xiong Tingbi ordered Mao Wenlong again: "General Mao, you can take one thousand cavalry to rescue the vanguard camp!"
"No!" Mao Wenlong agreed without hesitation and immediately led a thousand cavalry from the headquarters to meet with Gao Shixin.
Gao Shixin's vanguard formation retreated steadily, and the formation never deformed, which made Mangourtai and the Korqin Mongolian cavalry unable to find a chance to attack.
Zu Dashou and Mao Wenlong's two thousand reinforcements arrived. When Man Gui and his friends saw the reinforcements coming up, they immediately went to greet them.
"Jiannu is here!" At this time, someone shouted.
"Go away!" Zu Dashou shouted.
More than a thousand Jingdong Army cavalry immediately became birds and beasts, and they scattered in a hurry, and they ran away one after another. Zu Dashou and his servants ran the fastest, and no matter how Man Gui and Mao Wenlong shouted, the Jingdong Army ran wildly without looking back. In a blink of an eye, they ran away so that even the dust disappeared, and they were truly gone.
Gao Shixin in the formation saw this scene, rode a horse out of the formation, and came to Man Gui and Mao Wenlong, pointing to Chen Tu away and asked, "Who is that person? He ran so fast? It's really the long-distance running general!"
Mao Wenlong snorted coldly: "Jingdong guerrilla general Zu Dashou is it!"
When I heard that it was Zu Dashou, Gao Shi knew it in his confidence. The so-called Jingdong Army, which is the predecessor of the Guanning Army, had the tradition of fleeing in hope of wind. Later, in the Battle of Ningyuan, more than 200 beheaded was a great victory, but these more than 200 heads were still killed by Man Gui. Why did one cannon fester for dozens of miles? Is this the Red Barbarian Cannon or the TMD atomic bomb?
The Guanning Army's virtue is not surprising at all. It can't be defeated in the field battle. After winning a few battles to defend the city, it took it out and blew for a long time. In the end, the Guanning Army turned into the Eight Banners of Han when the Qing army entered the pass.
"Kill the barbarians!" The Korqin Mongolian cavalry rushed towards Man Gui and Mao Wenlong's Ming cavalry. These Mongolians suffered a great loss in front of the Ming infantry and chariot formations, and wanted to take advantage of the Ming cavalry.
"Go to the car array!" Gao Shixin roared.
The Ming cavalry turned their horses and ran towards the direction of the chariot formation and infantry. While galloping, the cavalry turned around from time to time to shoot arrows at the Korchin cavalry who were chasing behind.
In terms of equestrianism, these Ming cavalry are not inferior to the Mongols. Like the Mongols, they are all light cavalrymen. They have fought with the Mongols for generations, and the tactics they use are the same as those of the Mongols. The tactics of Manguda are used in a superb way.
Seeing the arrows shot back from the front, the Mongolians hid in the pedal, deflected the war horses, and turned quickly, making the horses so well. While avoiding the arrows, they also used their bows to counterattack the Ming army in front. These Ming army knights were also very skilled, and they also hid in the pedal to avoid the arrows, then suddenly turned over and turned around to shoot arrows.
It can be said that both the Ming cavalry and the Korchin cavalry have made their horse skills perfect.
But Gao Shixin scoffed at the tactics of the light cavalry on both sides. The Mongolian riding skills can make flowers on horseback, but what if they make flowers? After encountering the heavy cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty, which is far inferior to theirs, the Mongolian light cavalry was beaten?
Before, every time the Mongolian light cavalry encountered Jurchen heavy cavalry, they always used the Manguda warriors to turn around and shoot arrows during retreat, trying to use continuous archery harassment to consume the power of the Jurchen soldiers. However, the Jurchen heavy cavalry had a way to deal with the Mongolian light cavalry. Didn’t the Mongols use the Manguda tactics? The Later Jin heavy cavalry divided into two groups, chasing the Mongolian cavalry one by one, and intercepting the other halfway. Under the attack of the two lines, no Manguda tactics could be played.
As long as the heavy cavalry of the Later Jin rushed into the formation of the Mongolian light cavalry, whether it was hiding in the pedal or various tricks, there would be clouds in front of the heavy cavalry's collision. The heavy cavalry of the Later Jin hit directly, and the Mongolians who were hiding in the pedal were killed by even the men and horses. No superb horseman could save their lives.
Originally, during the Mongol Empire, the Mongols had light cavalry and heavy cavalry. Light cavalry and heavy cavalry cooperated with each other to sweep across the Eurasian continent. However, when they encountered Mamluk, they were still defeated.
After the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols became weaker and weaker. The Mongols now had no large amount of iron tools to make iron armor, so they lost all the heavy cavalry and became all light cavalry.
The Ming cavalry and Mongolian cavalry had similar tactics, but they suffered repeated defeats after encountering the heavy cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Chapter completed!