On the grassland, the Mongolian cavalry began to change their formation.
The previous horizontal formation changed to a semicircular formation, with the Mongolian cavalry on the arc of the semicircle and the Ming cavalry in the center of the semicircle.
Before the Ming army could react, the Mongolian cavalry moved.
They rode around the Ming army as the center of the circle and kept shooting arrows.
This is one of the most commonly used formations by Mongolian cavalry.
Li Xingzhong's personal soldiers came up to him and said, "General, are the Mongols crazy? The wrapping formation tactics are for infantry, and have little effect on cavalry..."
Li Xingzhong nodded without comment.
Cavalry has many tactics to deal with infantry formations, and the wrapping tactic is one of them.
The cavalry surrounded the infantry and shot arrows continuously, forcing the infantry to counterattack or change formation.
At this time, the infantry formation must not move. Once it moves, flaws will appear in the formation, giving the Mongolian cavalry a chance to break through.
The saying "a hundred cavalrymen can lead ten thousand people" comes from this.
"Order all units to fire back with guns and arrows." Li Xingzhong gave the order with a frown.
The Mongols did not intend to use the tactics of wrapping up the formation to break the enemy's formation, but wanted to disrupt the situation on the battlefield.
The more chaotic the situation is, the more advantageous it is for the Mongolian cavalry.
The advantages of the Ming cavalry were their complete armor and powerful firearms.
Especially the bird-gun cavalry armed with Rumi guns, each volley of theirs could kill or injure dozens or even scores of Mongolian cavalry.
The advantages of Mongolian cavalry are their proficiency in archery and horsemanship and their good teamwork.
They are good at gaining advantages through personal skills in melee.
The clearer the situation on the battlefield, the more advantageous it is for the Ming army.
on the contrary.
Once the situation on the battlefield became chaotic, the Ming army would restrict the use of firearms to prevent accidental injuries to their own people.
The ones who benefited from this were the Mongolian cavalry.
Woo!
A sad horn sounded suddenly, and the heaven and earth seemed to sense the breath of death. As the horn sounded, a gust of cold wind blew up.
The Mongolian cavalry surrounded the periphery and shot arrows, using armor-piercing arrows to shoot people, shovel arrows to shoot horses, and some arrows dipped in kerosene to shoot at the baggage carts carrying food and fodder.
After the grain cart caught fire, the mules and horses pulling the cart were frightened and ran around in panic.
This quickly became a vicious cycle.
The running away carriage set fire to other carriages, and the other mules and horses pulling the carriages were also frightened and started running away.
Tang Tong and Li Xingzhong organized their troops to surround the baggage wagons and counterattack the Mongolian cavalry, while shooting the frightened mules and horses to prevent other wagons from being affected.
As the speed of the cavalry on both sides increased, the arrows shot at each other became more and more frequent.
Amid the sound of breaking air, cavalrymen kept falling off their horses.
"Save me..." Before the Ming soldier could finish his words, the iron hoof of the warhorse behind him stepped on his chest.
With a "puff", the chest shattered and blood splattered everywhere.
"Don't worry, go. I will avenge you!" A Ming army soldier saw everything. He drew his bow and aimed his arrow at a Mongolian cavalryman.
Whoosh——
The arrow shot out with endless anger and pierced the face of the Mongolian cavalryman. Driven by the powerful kinetic energy, the arrow pierced his left cheek and came out of the right cheek.
The moment he was shot, his mind went blank, and by the time he reacted, he had already fallen off the horse.
He died under the horses' hoofs with a scream.
Seeing that his own casualties began to increase, Li Xingzhong could not bear it any longer.
These cavalrymen were trained by him with great effort to deal with the Jiannu cavalry, and they must not be wasted by the Chahar tribe.
After thinking these things through, he slowed down a little and quickly scanned the battlefield.
Soon, he saw the flag of the Chahar army's central army.
Looking down along the flagpole, a Mongolian with a full beard appeared in sight.
He held the bow in his left hand and the arrow in his right hand and kept shooting arrows.
Every time the bowstring sounded, a Ming cavalryman was hit by an arrow.
Although the armor took most of the damage, some arrows were shot at too tricky angles, causing serious injuries to the Ming cavalry.
"If nothing unexpected happens, this man is the leader of this group of Mongolian cavalry." Li Xingzhong narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself.
At the same time, Li Xingzhong was also discovered by Zhang Jingtutai, the governor of the Chahar tribe of Mongolia.
Under the flag of the Ming Dynasty, Li Xingzhong immediately drew his sword with a deep look in his eyes.
The Ming flag behind him was like a flying dragon, fluttering freely in the strong wind.
"Aim at that man, he is the general of this group of Ming army! As long as we shoot him to death, the Ming army will collapse without a fight! Shoot! Shoot!" Tu Tai drew his bow and arrow and gave orders to the soldiers around him.
whoosh.
The arrows shot at Li Xingzhong suddenly became more dense.
Li Xingzhong quickly lowered his head and used the armor on his body to block the arrows.
Arrows kept flying past him, and the sounds of arrows breaking through the air and hitting the target were endless.
"drive!"
Taking advantage of the second opportunity when the Mongolian cavalry took aim, Li Xingzhong urged his horse to leap out of the army formation.
Seeing this, the flag bearer behind him quickly followed.
Along with the flag bearers, there were two hundred personal soldiers.
Some of them held three-barreled guns, some held bows and arrows, and some held magpie swords.
After rushing out of the army formation, the group headed straight for the central army flag of the Chahar tribe.
When the rest of the Liaodong cavalry saw the central army's flag suddenly move, they immediately understood what had happened. They immediately changed direction and charged behind Li Xingzhong.
This is one of the tactics commonly used by the Liaodong Army: capture the leader of the thief.
You cannot use conventional tactics against the Mongols, otherwise you will be exhausted to death by the Mongolian light cavalry.
The Liaodong infantry's approach was to hide behind chariots and use muskets to snipe Mongolian generals. Once the main general was killed, the rest would collapse without a fight.
It is recorded in "Zhi Fang Shu Cao": Use bird guns to shoot at the enemy chiefs. If one enemy is killed, all the other enemies will be defeated. In previous years, Liaozhen won the battle by using this method.
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