This was the situation the Jiannu faced on the western front.
Seeing the defeat on the flank, the other Jiannu cavalry immediately ended the battle and retreated.
They first fled in the east and west directions, and when they realized that Jinzhou City was in the north, they ran north again.
The Ming army's heavy cavalry had just finished their charge and were slowly marching northward.
The two sides soon met again.
Although the Jiannu cavalry had long lost their will to resist, they still shot arrows at the heavy cavalry while fleeing.
Dense arrows shot at them, making tinkling sounds.
The Ming army's heavy cavalry ignored it and continued to march slowly at the original speed.
at this time...
The cavalry sent by Man Dahai to stop them arrived late.
Without waiting for them to form a battle line, the Ming heavy cavalry launched a second charge.
Man Dahai, who was watching the battle from a distance, was stunned. He pointed at the battlefield and asked a soul-searching question: "Why did the Ming army's heavy cavalry launch a second charge?"
Actually.
In extreme cases, heavy cavalry can complete three charges.
Of course there are many premises here.
For example, shortening the distance of each charge, encountering less resistance during the charge, and deliberately conserving the physical strength of the warhorse.
The Ming army used similar tactics.
They divided the three hundred cavalrymen into two square formations.
In the first charge, the first phalanx takes the lead.
During the second charge, the second phalanx took the lead.
If they were to attack the infantry formation, the Ming army's heavy cavalry would not be able to launch a second charge, and would not even be able to survive until the end of the first charge.
Because the resistance brought by infantry is much greater than that of cavalry.
Because they were attacking the cavalry formation, the physical strength they consumed was not very great.
So.
The reinforcements sent by Man Dahai became the target of the Ming army's heavy cavalry.
Amid the sound of horse hooves, the heavy cavalry launched another charge.
Shouts and screams rang out one after another, and the corpses of Jiannu soldiers piled up and rotted on both sides of the road where the heavy cavalry passed.
The Jiannu soldiers watched all this in horror, and after a brief thought, they fled.
Only blood and debris were left on the ground.
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