Chapter 320 Jinshang Vehicle Array
Gan Zhuzabu ran out alone, but the Korqin Light Cavalry who was thrown out as bait was not so lucky. The Korqin Light Cavalry, whose formation was dispersed by the heavy cavalry of the Chahar Jin Tent, could not resist at all, and could only escape. However, the Chahar Light Cavalry chased after him, and the arrow rain fell into the Korqin Light Cavalry crowd.
It seemed as if a white feather suddenly grew on the grassland. The Korqin light cavalrymen were lying on their horses, screaming and neighing from war horses one after another. The Korqin people who were fleeing in panic were like dumplings falling one after another.
The remaining Korqin light cavalry were blocked by the Chahar people. They could not fight and could not escape, so they could only dismount and surrender obediently. Waiting for the fate of those surrendered soldiers, they would become slaves of the Chahar people.
From the time the Chahar people started attacking to annihilation of two thousand Korqin light cavalry, more than half of the two thousand Korqin light cavalry were killed or injured, and less than a thousand remaining people were all captured, and from then on they would become Lin Danhan's herd slaves.
The sacrifice of two thousand Korqin light cavalry brought the safety of Fei Yanggu and the Shanxi merchant caravan. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the Chahar cavalry was attracted by Zhuzabu, Fei Yanggu ordered the Shanxi merchant caravan to be stationed on the spot, forming a caravan formation with caravan vehicles. In the middle of the caravan were 500 Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers and 1,000 caravan guards, and around the caravan were the mobile four thousand Korqin light cavalry.
The Shanxi merchant caravan has more than a thousand large cars.
The five hundred Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers were all heavy infantry riding horses. At this time, they all dismounted and fought with the formation of chariots to form formations. The Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers were all wearing heavy armor, carrying a recurved bow and a tiger spear, with a shining knife hanging around their waists, and three layers of heavy armor. The bows and arrows of the Chahar Light Cavalry could not do anything to the Jurchen soldiers, and the Chahar heavy cavalry could not rush into the Jurchen formation with the heavily guarded chariots of the Jurchens.
"Sir, look over there, the Chahar people are here again!" A slave called Qianxiang Fei Yanggu to report.
"Well, let them see how powerful we Jurchen warriors are!" Fei Yanggu sneered.
In the chariot formation, Shanxi merchant musketeers and Jurchen heavy armored soldiers were ready to fight. Five hundred Jurchen heavy armored infantry held their bows in their hands, pulled the bowstrings, put light arrows on the bowstrings, aiming at the direction of the Chahar soldiers' attack. When the Chahar light cavalry approached about a hundred steps away from the chariot formation, Fei Yanggu ordered: "Let go!"
"Swoosh swish swish" an arrow covered the sky and flew into the sky, falling on the head of the Chahar Light Cavalry under the action of gravity.
The Chahar light cavalry did not have heavy armor, at most only a thin layer of leather armor, which had poor defense against bows and arrows. The long arrow pierced the thin leather armor at once, and countless Chahar Mongols screamed and fell off the horse.
Fortunately, it was protected by leather armor, and the light arrows were not very deep into the flesh. Most of the Chahar light cavalry who were shot were only injured and very few died in battle. Falling from the galloping war horses, the Chahar Mongols, who had grown up on horseback since childhood, used their unique skills. After falling from the horseback, they rolled on the spot and avoided the trampling of the war horses behind them. After being shot, some Mongolians pulled the reins, slowed down the speed of the war horses. They rolled up again at the moment when they were about to fall and returned to the horseback.
The Chahar light cavalry took off the cavalry bow from their backs and hid in the pedal to avoid the Jurchen arrows. They approached the range of the cavalry bow, and took the arrows to counterattack the Jurchens in the chariot formation.
The arrows fell into the car array like rainstorms. Countless reeds grew in the car array of Shanxi merchants. The caravans without any armor protection were all caught in the caravan array and fell down screaming.
However, whether it is power or range, the simultaneous bow is far from being synchronized, the Mongols' riding bow is obviously a big loss when shooting against the Jurchens' stair bow. What's more, whether it is Jurchen soldiers or caravan guards, they have armor protection on their bodies, and the Mongols' riding bows cause very little damage to them.
As the Mongols approached, the Jurchen soldiers replaced the heavy arrows and shot them directly, and the caravan guards also shot at the Mongols with bird guns. Arrows and projectiles pierced into the Mongols' horses, screaming one after another, and the Chahars fell one after another. As the distance was closer, even hiding in the kick could not save their lives, because under the attack of heavy arrows and projectiles, many people were shot to death, even with their horses.
The two sides shot each other for several rounds, which was obviously a loss. The Mongolians would not do it. They received the information provided by Gao Shixin and came to rob the Shanxi merchant caravan in order to make a fortune. The caravan's goods, iron, grain, silk, and tea are all valuable items on the grassland, and they can get rich if they can get it. However, although it is good to make a fortune, they have to spend their lives.
So the Chahars, who could not attack for two rounds, left the Jurchen range and stared at the Shanxi merchant convoy from afar. However, the Chahars did not go far, but wandered back and forth outside the range of the Jurchen bow and arrow shot.
"Sir, when can we leave here?" asked a slave.
Fei Yanggu said: "We can't leave now! The Chahar people didn't run far. As long as we don't have a car array, we will be chased by them!"
A Jurchen soldier beside him said, "We can ride a horse and leave quickly. The Chahar cavalry runs no faster than us! As long as we keep a distance from them, we can defeat them with tiger spears and strong bows! When they retreat, we will get on the horse and evacuate."
"Silly slave! If we leave, what should we do if this Han caravan?" Fei Yanggu said.
The Jurchen soldier said, "For these lowly Han people, let us Jin warriors stay here, are they worth our doing this?"
Fei Yanggu angrily rebuked: "Although the lives of these Han people are worthless, the goods of their caravans are urgently needed by our Great Jin Kingdom! Food, iron tools, gunpowder, and the latest muskets of Minggou! Helping the Shanxi merchants and Han people deliver the goods to Shengjing is a great achievement! If these goods are lost, the Four Beile will definitely spare you dog slaves!"
Under Xiong Tingbi's Liaodong strategy, life in the Later Jin Dynasty became increasingly difficult, and the food was seriously insufficient, and it was all due to the grain sent to them by the Shanxi merchants. If these goods were lost, Huang Taiji would really kill people in anger!
In order to save these foods that saved the Later Jin Dynasty's life, Fei Yanggu could only order the Later Jin army to hold on to the formation.
The Chahars were afraid of Jurchen bows and arrows, and they did not dare to attack the chariots rashly. Both sides could only stand stalemate on the grassland like this. Soon, one day and one night passed, and the Chahars did not carry much food. If the two sides consumed food in comparison, the Chahars would definitely not be able to consume the Shanxi merchant caravans. Although the Jurchens and the Shanxi merchant caravans were camping close to the water source, the Chahars had the advantage of cavalry maneuvers. On the one hand, they used riding to harass and kill Shanxi merchants who went to fetch water by riding and shooting. On the other hand, they rode horses to the upper reaches of the river to pollute the water source with horse manure and other dirty objects, and sent maid slaves to cut off the stream, trying to make the Later Jin army and the Shanxi merchant caravans die of thirst on the grassland.
Looking at the water source that was about to be cut off not far away, an Later Jin soldier said worriedly: "Sir, the Mongols cut off our water source. If we continue to fight, we may not be able to hold on for a few days."
Chapter completed!