The Ming cavalry divided into two groups and rushed out from the left and right sides of the right wing army respectively.
Ma Dai is on the left and Wang Yongji is on the right.
"wait!"
After entering the battlefield, they did not join the battle immediately, but slowed down their horses and observed the movements of the enemy cavalry.
As for Ba Keyong of the Guanning Army, he continued to be hidden in the formation by Huang Degong.
Buck's impact when he doesn't play is much greater than when he does.
Once Buck Yong was sent to the battlefield, in Dodo's eyes he had lost his last trump card.
By then, the other side will be able to send in its entire army.
At that time, whether winning or losing, it was not the situation he wanted to see.
If he won, he would only repel the Jiannu directly, not defeat them, and would not be able to expand the victory. Because he only had more than 10,000 cavalry, and the Jiannu cavalry was several times his number, and rashly sending cavalry to pursue would not only fail to expand the victory, but even risk destroying the cavalry.
If we fail, all our efforts will be in vain!
All the strategies were in vain, especially the strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. Because the target of the emperor and the court was not Duoduo in front of them, but Dorgon in the Miyun area!
Huang Degong didn't dare to think too much. He collected his thoughts and looked towards the battlefield.
The Jiannu cavalry also split into two groups and rushed to the battlefield from both sides of the left wing army. After they set out, they immediately increased their speed and rushed to both sides of the Ming army's right wing.
Bakeyong took a quick look with his clairvoyance and said with an unpleasant expression, "Sir Huang, the Jiannu army has at least 50,000 soldiers."
"The central army has at least 20,000 men, and the left and right wings have 15,000 men each. 40% of them are infantry and 60% are cavalry. I'm afraid Ma Dai and Wang Yongji are no match for them!"
Huang Degong didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.
He certainly knew that Ma Dai and Wang Yongji were no match for the Jiannu cavalry, and sending them into the field would only interfere with the enemy rather than engage in a fight with them.
Even as they were talking, the Jiannu cavalry had already rushed to both sides of the Ming army's right wing.
Bang!
The infantry on both sides of the Ming army's right wing opened fire first.
Because most of the tanks were concentrated in the front, there were very few tanks on both sides.
They hid behind the sparsely populated chariots, operating their firearms and firing freely at the Jiannu cavalry.
Although the range of muskets and Portuguese guns was longer than that of bows and arrows, the Ming army did not gain much from the first round of shooting.
Apart from knocking off several Jiannu cavalrymen and injuring a dozen people, there was no other gain.
The reason for this is that the number of troops defending the area is relatively small.
Take the deployment of 10,000 troops as an example. If there are 500 people horizontally, then there are only 20 people vertically!
That’s right, twenty people!
If there are a thousand people horizontally, then there are only ten people vertically.
In ancient times, if there were no terrain restrictions, most armies were deployed in horizontal formations, meaning that there were more people in the horizontal direction than in the vertical direction.
There are two reasons for doing this. One is to keep the number of people on the front large while having defense in depth, and the other is to prevent defeat as much as possible.
Why did the rout happen? Who would be the first to flee?
The first question is easy to answer. If you cannot defeat the opponent or are afraid, you will be defeated.
The second question is easier to answer. Most of the time, the first people to run away are those who are watching the fight.
The situation when two armies' infantry confront each other is not quite the same as in movies and TV dramas (except for encounters). They will not rush into the enemy's formation and fight together like a mess.
Only a mob that has not been trained in formations would rush together and engage in a melee.
In fact, the battle between the two sides will continue on a line, with soldiers from both sides on both sides of this winding line.
When the person in front dies, the person behind will take his place.
If no one goes to fill the gap, it means that this point has been breached by the enemy.
As more and more breakthroughs are made, the enemy will be divided and surrounded, and either surrender or be killed.
When two armies are facing each other, the soldiers in the front will basically not run away, helped by their morale and adrenaline generated by exercise.
They will become braver and braver as the battle goes on, and the fear in their hearts will turn into morale because of anger.
But the soldiers behind were different.
Before it was their turn to take action, they were just spectators and observers of the battle on the battlefield.
It’s okay if the teammates in front have the advantage, they will be excited and eager to try.
If the teammates in front of them were injured and killed one after another, under the stimulation of blood and broken limbs, and under the threat of death, these spectators would feel fear.
Those with weak wills will just turn around and run!
People with a little bit of determination are hesitant by nature, and when they see someone taking the lead in running away, they will follow and run away.
A person with a strong will cannot hold on even if he wants to and will run away anyway.
After the spectators run away, those fighting in the front will be affected. Those who react quickly will run away, and those who react slowly will be killed.
This is also the reason why warriors are asked to charge in the front, no doubt about it!
The deployment of the Ming army's right wing was very conventional, with fifty chariots in the front, with every two chariots forming a small formation.
There are three chariots on each side. When attacking, the chariots will be operated to move forward. When encountering enemies from the flanks, the direction of the chariots will be adjusted so that the shield faces outward to defend against the enemy.
The soldiers in the three chariots on the side, plus the supporting soldiers behind them, totaled no more than a hundred people.
And there were thousands of Jiannu cavalry rushing over!
Some people may ask why the chariots are not distributed evenly; or, since there is money, why not build more chariots to ensure that the number in the front and on the left and right wings is equal.
Everyone knows that the flanks are weak, but if the front is broken through, no matter how many tanks there are on the flanks, it will be useless.
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