Looking at the tribal chiefs in front of him who were chattering incessantly about sending other tribes to test the strength of the Southern Dynasty army, he saw them talking incessantly.
Lingdan Batur, the Tatar Khan who was nominally the commander of the army, was also getting impatient.
His own warriors were not good at siege warfare, so he did not send his own warriors to siege the city.
However, in the past twenty years, he has never backed down from the Southern Dynasty's army in open field battles.
Since becoming the Great Khan, he has won many battles against the Southern Dynasty.
Today, let's show these tribesmen the power of our tribe.
To intimidate them and further establish one's prestige.
If we can defeat the Southern Dynasty army in front of us, we can lead them into the pass and plunder.
Let them know that there are benefits to following them.
I believe that in the future, I will definitely be able to command a large following on the grasslands.
He was confident that he could still muster an army of 200,000 if he issued another order.
With his immense prestige, he might truly become the Great Khan of the Tatars.
He then immediately summoned his troops, intending to demonstrate his military might to the other tribal chiefs.
Looking at the formation of the reinforcements led by Li Qin on the opposite side.
I didn't really care that much.
Anyway, he's seen plenty of this kind of thing over the past twenty years.
After his main force was fully recruited.
He immediately ordered his troops to attack.
Over the past twenty years, he and the warriors of his tribe have long since developed sophisticated methods to deal with it.
Each of them rode a horse, pulling a makeshift wooden house attached to a wheel.
He stopped charging as soon as he was close to the range of the arrows.
Then, as usual, some people dismounted and went inside to push Li Qin's army formation closer.
Li Qin unleashed a barrage of arrows, all of which were blocked outside.
They then went to the obstacles in front of the army formation and began to clear them.
Clear a path for their cavalry.
Li Qin frowned as he looked at their simple wooden house.
Because this thing looks so much like the chariots of Wanyan Jian's Jurchen soldiers.
In the original owner's memory, Jurchen heavy infantry would push chariots forward to shield themselves from arrows.
That was also one of their most proficient infantry combat tactics.
However, after he gathered the Jurchen army, he used them as cavalry.
Now the Tatars have actually brought out chariots that are almost identical to those of the Jurchens to shield themselves from the rain of arrows and clear obstacles.
It seems they've learned a lot over the years in their battles against the Great Wu court.
Unfortunately, times have changed.
Li Qin looked at the Tatars clearing away obstacles and said to the people around him:
"Bring over the cannons we brought with us."
"Show these Tatars what their wooden chariots can do; they can withstand a hail of arrows. Let me see if they can stop cannonballs!"
"yes."
After Li Qin finished speaking, orders were immediately given to bring the cannons over.
From afar, the Tatar Khan, Lingdan Batur, watched with a smile as the obstacles were gradually cleared away.
Meanwhile, the cavalry in the distance were already prepared. If the Wu army wanted to come out to stop them, their cavalry could suppress them with a rain of arrows.
These Southern Dynasty armies were indeed no different from the previous ones.
The tribal chiefs standing around him, upon seeing this, also joined Lingdan Batur in smiling obsequiously.
Shortly after they laughed, Li Qin's army formation suddenly opened, and several huge metal pipes were pulled out.
Just as they were wondering what it was.
Suddenly, several loud noises rang out, smashing their wooden chariots, which they were clearing obstacles from, to pieces.
Suddenly, screams filled the air ahead.
Most importantly, several cannonballs landed in the cavalry units behind them. With the loud bangs of the cannons, the warhorses, who had never heard the sound of cannons before on the grasslands, were immediately frightened.
Especially the cavalry sent out by the Tatar Khan Lingdan Batur to charge into Li Qin's army formation.
They were closest to Li Qin's army formation.
They were also the most affected by the loud artillery fire.
Countless horses were immediately terrified.
They threw the Tatar knights off their horses.
The cavalry behind them were immediately thrown into chaos.
Li Qin saw that the Tatar cavalry, preparing to charge behind the wooden chariots, were startled by the loud cannon fire and were thrown into chaos.
They immediately realized this was an opportunity.
He then immediately waved his military flag, signaling the musketeers, archers, and shield bearers in front to get out of the way.
Peng Jiahu led the warhorses they had brought this time, whose ears had been plugged, into battle.
Taking advantage of the confusion among the Tatar cavalry, we launched a preemptive strike and defeated them.
They exited through several passages cleared out by the various Tatars.
As Li Qin waved the military flag, Peng Jiahu, having received his orders, immediately mounted his horse.
He led his cavalry to launch a proactive attack.
As they rushed out through the gaps cleared by the Tatars, they also took the Tatars who had miraculously survived the artillery fire from the chariots with their sabers.
Seeing the approaching Southern Dynasty cavalry, the already chaotic Tatar cavalry wanted to retreat back to the Tatar camp.
However, the horse, already frightened, was difficult to control, and in the end, all that could be seen was the Southern Dynasty cavalry on the other side firing a series of arrows.
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