Boom, boom!
The sound of horse hooves stepping on the ground is both pleasant and solemn.
The Ming army kept shooting arrows, and except for a few Eight Banner soldiers who were shot off their horses, the vast majority of them were safe and sound.
Forty steps!
The first wave of arrows from the Jiannu arrived. They did not use the projectile method, but flat shooting. They used armor-piercing conical arrows, and kept the angle as low as possible, so that even if they could not hit people, they could still cause damage to horses.
Although shooting a horse will only cause pain and increase its speed, it can also easily cause the warhorse to become uncontrollable due to pain.
As soon as the first wave of arrows was shot, the Eight Banners soldiers drew arrows from their quivers and drew their bows again.
When fighting against cavalry, it was a common practice for the Eight Banners soldiers to shoot the first arrow at forty steps.
Because the cavalry of both sides are charging face to face, the distance between the two sides will be more than twenty steps after the first arrow is shot.
It takes about two to three breaths to reach into the quiver to take the arrow and draw the bow and put the arrow on it.
After two or three breaths, the distance between the two sides will be reduced to more than ten steps.
There are two options at this time. One is to simply aim and release the arrow; the other is to accurately aim at the five-step shooting area.
There were constant sounds of arrows breaking through the air, and cavalrymen from both sides were hit by arrows one after another.
Some were shot in the shoulder, some in the thigh, and some in the chest.
Some cavalrymen were even shot off their horses by arrows.
Since the cavalry's bows were not very powerful and they were protected by armor (the thickness of the armor varied in different parts), most people were not injured or only suffered minor injuries.
Thirty steps!
The second wave of arrows from the Ming army pierced the air and shot towards the Jiannu.
Deputy General Ma Dai looked around as quickly as possible. Except for the flag-bearing soldier next to him who was pierced by many arrows, there were no obvious wounds on the bodies of other people.
Since the flag bearer was wearing hidden armor like him, he was not injured.
After shooting the arrows, the Ming soldiers put their bows into the bow bags, lowered their right hands, and grabbed the handles of their sabers.
This little action was seen clearly by Ebilun. At that time, he was holding a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right hand, aiming at the Ming army next to the flag-bearing soldier.
The Ming army wants hand-to-hand combat!
He shot the arrow quickly and waved left and right at the two flag-bearing soldiers beside him.
What this means is that two people, one going to the left and the other to the right, would create a gap to let the Ming army out and not give them a chance to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Twenty steps!
The Ming soldiers drew their swords at the same time and urged their horses to charge forward at the fastest speed. They raised their left hands holding the reins high and tried to cover their faces with their hands and elbows.
After all, the mortality rate from close-range arrows to the face is extremely high.
"Kill!" The flag-bearing soldier in the lead shouted at the top of his lungs!
Ebilun's original intention was to create a gap to let the Ming army out, and then reorganize the troops and charge at the Ming army again.
But the horses of both sides were so fast that they were in front of them in the blink of an eye.
Most of the war horses would squeeze out through the gaps between the war horses, while a small number of war horses would brake suddenly because they had no way to go, causing the cavalrymen on them to fall off the horses.
The Ming army was divided into two horizontal columns, one in front and one in the back. The front column quickly charged forward to disrupt the Jiannu formation, and relied on their speed advantage to kill and wound the enemy.
The rear team was slower than the front team, and they finished off the wounded Jiannu soldiers on the way after the front team's charge.
In just one charge, the Jiannu cavalry lost twenty or thirty people, and forty or fifty were injured.
The Eight Banners soldiers shot arrows in a hurry, used longbows to resist the Ming army, and drew their swords to fight.
After all, Ebilun was a member of the Bordered Yellow Banner and was accustomed to big scenes.
After shooting the arrow in his hand at the Ming army, he reached out and drew his saber and held it high.
Seeing this, the Eight Banners soldiers behind immediately followed suit and launched a charge behind Ebilun.
"Kill!" The roar was drowned out by the deafening sound of horse hooves, and the two sides engaged in close combat.
A fight between cavalrymen is not a situation where you stand still and I chop you.
Instead, both sides rode on horses, maintained formation, and fought while running.
The formation will only become disorganized when the game reaches the later stages or when the enemy is in a frenzy of fighting.
This was exactly the situation that Ebilun wanted. He wanted to blend in with the Ming army and engage in close combat, rather than fighting while running on horseback.
Because there are more than 10,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry behind him, they will rush in at the right time and annihilate these Ming troops.
The premise is that the formation is scattered and the two sides are fighting.
Ma Dai knew this well.
He let his horse run at a steady speed while he led his soldiers in slashing left and right.
The formations of both sides turned into a column, with the Eight Banners soldiers running in front and the Ming army chasing behind.
suddenly.
The flag bearers of the Eight Banners turned a big circle to the right and charged straight into the middle of the Ming army behind them.
This is the classic cavalry figure 8 tactic.
The cavalry in the middle of the Ming army did not panic at all. Led by a lieutenant general, the rear half of the team turned around and rushed towards the flag-bearing soldiers of the Eight Banners Army.
The horses were fast and the swords were light. The cotton armor that should have been sturdy was like brittle paper in front of the Qi family sword.
A cut by a knife blade is a wound that can hurt someone if it penetrates.
"Go to hell, you Tartar dog!" A Ming soldier held a knife in his right hand and stabbed it into the ribs of the Jiannu through the gap in the armor. Then he pulled out the knife and blood gushed out.
The body of the Jiannu soldier slipped off the horse's back, fell to the ground and was crushed by the horse's hooves.
Just as this Ming soldier was looking for other enemies, a saber attacked from the side and stabbed him to death in a similar way.
"He who kills others will be killed!" The Jiannu soldiers heard this sentence from somewhere and kept muttering to themselves after killing someone.
Boom!
The sound of a bowstring rang out, and an arrow shot through the crowd and hit the right eye of the Eight Banners soldier. The arrow's power remained undiminished until it pierced through his head and hit his helmet, only then it lost its power.
"I'm going to fight you!"
"I'm your father!" The cavalry of both sides chased each other in the wilderness, and soldiers fell off their horses from time to time.
Some were rescued by their companions, some were killed by arrows, and some were trampled to death by war horses, leaving a bloody mess.
The number of casualties on both sides began to rise instantly!
The fallen cavalrymen did not give up the fight. They looked for their horses while fighting on foot with the fallen soldiers of the enemy.
The sound of iron hooves, the collision of weapons, the neighing of war horses, screams, and roars mixed together, making the entire battlefield a mess.
Suddenly.
Ma Dai noticed dust rolling in the distance and a cavalry of more than a thousand men was galloping towards him quickly.
The flag bearers carry three flags on their backs, which are mainly white with black dragons on them!
It’s the Zhengbai Banner among the Eight Banners!
withdraw!
Ma Dai urged his horse to speed up and came to the side of the flag-bearing soldier, then patted him twice on the shoulders.
The flag-bearing soldier understood what he was told, pulled the reins to the left, and quickly retreated towards Miyun County.
Seeing this, the rest of the cavalry gave up fighting and followed.
Seeing the Ming army fleeing, Ebilun's mouth curled up. He put down his saber and raised his bow and arrow high: "Chase!"
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