A row of muskets fired, and then the second row stepped forward, aimed their guns, and with the sound of a whistle, another round of intensive volleys began.
In order to pour down firepower in the shortest time possible and throw the Jiannu cavalry into chaos, more than a thousand dragoons unconsciously used line tactics.
Three rows of musketeers advanced and retreated on the raised grass, firing three rounds of volleys at the fastest speed, causing the unsuspecting Jiannu cavalry to fall to the ground and become chaotic.
The Mongolian cavalry relied on their skilled riding skills to turn and pass in front of the main formation, then turn again and launch a counterattack against the confused enemy.
"They are indeed a nation on horseback." Man Gui couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, completely forgetting that he was also a "Mongol".
"We're not bad either." Hu Dawei said with a smile, "We just train in different ways. Strength can defeat skill. In a real fight, their tricks won't work."
This made sense, as fighting in battle formations was different from individual combat. In other words, cooperation and coordination reduced the requirements for individual martial arts skills and abilities to a minimum.
No matter how good a person is at fighting, he cannot be the decisive factor in the battle of thousands of troops.
The so-called generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and the so-called courage that can withstand thousands of men, are no longer common after weapons and equipment have developed to a certain stage.
The Mongolian cavalry's riding skills were undoubtedly second to none, but their tactics remained stuck in the past, hundreds of years ago. In terms of weaponry and organization and coordination, they were even inferior to their ancestors.
Sudden blow from the muskets, the Mongol cavalry returned with a powerful counterattack, putting the Jiannu in a disadvantageous position. Using bows and sabers, the Mongol cavalry outnumbered the enemy and used organization to defeat disorder, gaining the upper hand.
The sound of horse hooves roared, and Amin woke up from his shock. He sent out a thousand cavalrymen from the right wing, rushing diagonally towards the enemy on the battlefield.
"It's our turn." Meng Ruhu looked at Man Gui, and after receiving the order, he roared and led the team to charge out.
Although the Ming cavalry was in the center of the battle formation, the cavalry in the front row had changed into Mongolian army clothes, which were not uniform military uniforms. The main purpose was to prevent the Jiannu from being prepared in advance.
Just like the sudden attack of the Ming army's musketeers, the deployment of the Ming army's cavalry really caught the Jiannu army off guard.
In the traditional cavalry charge of ancient times, although it seemed densely packed, there were gaps between the horses and people in a line to avoid being squeezed and falling into chaos.
Therefore, when two traditional cavalry units charged towards each other, in the first encounter, some were killed or wounded, and some fell off their horses, and the number of people fighting at the same time was not large.
Many cavalrymen, if they missed their first attack or were blocked by the enemy, would gallop past the enemy at high speed and start fighting with the enemy behind them again.
However, if you use a dense wall-like formation during the charge, the enemy will rarely be able to penetrate the gaps, and may even end up in a nearly harmless "fingers crossed" battle.
As for the naturalized cavalry led by Man Gui, their riding skills were superior to most of the Ming army, and they mastered and trained the cavalry wall tactics very quickly.
But they are still very different from the Ming cavalry that the Beijing Camp is training and strengthening.
With their excellent horse control skills, they were able to form a relatively neat cavalry wall and maintain a relatively consistent speed while marching. However, the formation during the charge was still somewhat loose.
Besides the short training period, the primary factor at play was psychology. The naturalized cavalry relied on their riding skills and had already formed inherent combat habits. To put it bluntly, they didn't consider cavalry wall tactics very important.
The Ming army in the capital knew that their riding skills could not compare with those of the nomadic peoples. They also knew that victory depended on collective strength, organization and coordination.
Only by understanding and agreeing with it ideologically can we be more serious and implement it more thoroughly in training and actual combat.
Therefore, the cavalry wall tactics used by the naturalized cavalry battalion were just a form, but could not reach the level of realism.
Even so, when a neat line of cavalry advanced towards the Jiannu, the Mongols and generals such as Amin who were watching the battle were still greatly shocked.
It was like a wall, and also like a surging wave. And it wasn't just one wave. Fifty or sixty meters behind it was the second wave, and the third was starting to move.
Although the naturalized cavalry could not reach the level of closeness required by the Beijing Camp's Flying Cavalry, they were at most only a horse's length apart, making it very difficult for the enemy cavalry to pass through accurately.
They ran slowly at first, then gradually accelerated. The gun flags in the cavalry team went from tilted to extended forward, finally completing the final charge guidance.
The gun flag serves as both a guide and a weapon, and those who can use this weapon are the most powerful masters in the army.
Assassination from a horse is undoubtedly the most lethal, as evidenced by the fact that ancient generals used long weapons such as spears and lances.
However, it is quite difficult to perform an accurate assassination on a galloping warhorse. If you are not able to use it flexibly and skillfully, you will easily stab your opponent during a high-speed collision and be pushed off your horse by the reaction force.
It is said that the lances used by foreign knights were made of brittle applewood poles. The reaction force of stabbing the enemy would cause the lance to shatter, thus reducing the damage to the rider.
Zhu Youxiao was not sure and did not want to conduct such an experiment, so he stipulated that the standard weapon of the Ming cavalry was the saber.
Although the attack range of a saber slash is short, its hit rate is much higher than that of a spear slash, and it also requires less martial arts skills from the cavalry.
This is Zhu Youxiao's purpose, to be able to produce a large number of troops and to have an acceptable exchange ratio with the enemy. Whether it is musketeers or cavalry wall tactics, they are essentially the same.
In his memoirs, French General Tavana wrote: "Knights who used to fight in formation were all proficient in various horsemanship tricks, most of which required years of training to master. But modern cavalry can train a qualified cavalryman in just three months."
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