NCCnovel Chapter 179
Chapter 179
Chapter 0179 The appearance of firearms is enough to change the rules of war in the future!!
The 120,000 cavalry of the Daming Dynasty, facing the 250,000 cavalry army of Tatar, was more than double the difference in numbers.
And the total number of cavalry on the left and right was only 80,000, and Zhu Yuanzhang ordered down, and these 80,000 people outflanked the 250,000 army from the left and right wings!
If you look at the number and momentum of the battlefield, then Daming's 80,000 charging cavalry is equivalent to twisting your thighs with your arms!
Especially in this way, the 40,000 horses of the Chinese army on Zhu Yuanzhang's side are directly exposed under the nose of the tartar!
In the Tatar camp, the main chiefs of the Vara and Tatar tribes were all gathered in one place.
Among them, the Vara side is led by the father and son of Haohai Dayu and Mahamu, and the Tatar side is Arutai and Ghost Lichi!
"Is this Daming army deceiving me that the steppe warriors are incompetent?"
Seeing the cavalry of the Ming army who were surrounded by the army from the left and right sides, Arutai snorted coldly with a calm face.
If their 250,000 allied troops were really surrounded by tens of thousands of troops from Daming, it would really be a joke!
"The leader should be Zhu Di the King of Yan, Zhu Di the King of Jin, and Zhu Quan the King of Ning!"
Ghost Lichi looked at the banner raised by the Ming army that rushed over, and couldn't help frowning
"Why didn't you see Han King Zhu Li and his Hanzhong army?"
Haohai Dayu had a solemn look!
"Han King Zhu Li and Zhu Yuanzhang are the Daming Central Army, and the Han Central Army is now estimated to be all by the side of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor!"
"Is this worried that we will go straight to their army and capture Zhu Yuanbao?"
Ma Hamu's gaze stayed on this part of the Daming Central Army who had not yet moved, and he snorted disapprovingly.
"Hamam reminded Ben Khan!"
"It's better that Vara is responsible for containing these 80,000 imperial court troops, and our Tatar troops directly rush into the Daming Central Army and capture Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang!"
Ghost Lichi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he proposed to the remaining three.
"Well, it's not just Zhu Yuanzhang, I'm going to capture that shit King Han alive!"
Arutai won't have any opinion about Ghost Lichi's arrangement, and he is already eager to try!
"Don't underestimate the enemy, the Hanzhong army is fully armoured, and Vara and Hanzhong also fought a few battles a few years ago, and the combat effectiveness shown by the Hanzhong army at that time was by no means comparable to that of the Daming court army!"
"Don't forget, the Hanzhong Army has just defeated the Western Regions not long ago!"
Haohai Dayu reminded the two with a frown.
Compared to the Tatars, they are more familiar with the Hanzhong army!
In fact, he has already said this quite tactfully, Vara has fought with the Hanzhong army several times, and each time he was defeated by the Hanzhong army, but he was embarrassed to say it in front of the two, and he was even more afraid that after saying it, Arutai and Ghost Lichi did not dare to fight!
Tatar took the initiative to ask to confront the Hanzhong army head-on, which was exactly what he wanted!
Anyway, he has already reminded what should have been reminded, and they themselves proposed it!
If he was given the choice, then he would rather deal with the remaining few clan kings and horses!
"Let's do it, Ming Jun Ma rushed forward!"
"You are responsible for dragging down the army of these clan kings, and we will directly attack Zhu Yuanzhang's Chinese army camp!"
Ghost Lichi didn't take Haohai Tatsuyu's warning too seriously!
With more than 100,000 cavalry in Tatars, can't he even take the 20,000 or 30,000 Hanzhong troops?
He really doesn't believe in this evil!
"Father, I'll go to find that Yan King Zhu Di to fight, and the other side will be handed over to you"
Ma Hamu was also eager to try at this time, and led part of the army to rush towards Zhu Di's army!
Zhu Yuanzhang was still in his luxurious carriage at the moment, using the telescope that Zhu Li gave him to check the situation on the battlefield!
Hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides put up a real charge on this wide terrain, the scale is not a small fight, just relying on the naked eye, you may not even know whether it is the enemy or your own people in a distance!
Fortunately, with the telescope given by Zhu Li, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to clearly see the deployment of troops on both sides on the battlefield!
"Hey, hey... This gang of tartars really took the bait! "
"As you guessed, the one named Mahamu should be Vara, right? I really went to contain the old four! "
"There are hundreds of thousands of cavalry rushing in our direction head-on! It looks like it should all be Tatar centaurs! "
Zhu Yuanzhang saw everything clearly in the telescope, and said to Zhu Li next to him with a smile.
It was really visible in the telescope, but in fact, the hundreds of thousands of cavalry were still three or four miles away from Zhu Yuanzhang's side!
"Vara and Erchen have fought more than once, and if they are smart enough, they will definitely let Tatar come to confront the Hanzhong army, and they pick up bargains in the back!"
Zhu Li had a faint smile on his face, although Vara and Tatar had already formed an alliance, in fact, they were just looking at each other and calculating each other!
The Tatars do not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth, and they will definitely think of directly moving Zhu Yuanzhang, and the Watt Thorn knows the strength of the Hanzhong army, and must wish that the Tatars would fight the Hanzhong army head-on, and they could also reduce their casualties!
Both sides have their own minds and play a good calculation!
It's a pity that they were all guessed by Zhu Li in advance!
"How many mortars do we have now?"
Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and asked at this time.
"In recent months, a large number of them have been sent one after another, about a thousand mortars, and 10,000 shells."
"Another 10,000 flintlock guns and 200,000 rounds of ammunition!"
Zhu Li said with a smile.
"Good!"
"Then wait for this group of Tatars to get closer and prepare all the mortars, this Tatar hundreds of thousands of cavalry, in a moment, will fight us to death, how can we annihilate at least more?"
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly burst out laughing.
"Obey the order!"
Zhu Li answered, and then gestured to Zhou Tong, who was looking behind him.
At the same time, thousands of mortars that had long been prepared had been lined up, and the 20,000 Hanzhong troops armed with flintlock guns were also ready, waiting for an order from Zhu Li's side!
In fact, letting the left and right armies attack is just to lure the enemy deeper.
The main thing is that the army on Daming's side is a little smaller, and the number is only seven and a half of the opponent!
Under such circumstances, it is actually not a wise choice to dare to divide the force into three parts and carry out a frontal charge.
If 120,000 people are together, maybe the other side will have a headache!
But as long as these 120,000 people are separated, it will inevitably make these gangs feel that the opportunity has come!
The attraction of capturing Zhu Yuanzhang and his Han King Zhu Li alive is not ordinarily big, and Zhu Li believes that Tatar will definitely take the bait!
This is the general psychological level of analysis, but what Tatar does not know is that the Hanzhong army still has such killer tools as flintlock guns and mortars in their hands!
Now that 20,000 flintlock guns and a thousand mortars are ready, they are bound to give this gang a huge surprise!
On the other side, Arutai and Ghost Lichi respectively led their respective armies and rushed towards Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Li!
"What's going on?"
"Why is Ming Jun indifferent?"
"Doesn't this take us Tatars seriously?"
But soon, both Arutai and Ghost Lichi found that the Ming army on this side did not react at all to their charge, and everyone was still in place, and there was no intention to charge at all!
For some reason, a hint of not very good premonition surged in both of them!
"Is there an ambush?"
Ghost Lichi asked with a frown.
"Probably not, if you ambush them again, you can't have an extra 100,000 army out of thin air, right?"
Arutai shook his head and retorted.
Seeing that the Ming army was getting closer and closer, and still did not see any movement on the Ming army's side, Arutai and Ghost Lichi became more and more cautious.
Even if Arutai is arrogant, he senses that something is wrong!
As the distance between the two armies gradually approached, Arutai and Ghost Lichi also saw the neat and tidy Hanzhong army in the front, all with armor!
"Could it be that their dependence is the nail stomach on their bodies?"
Ghost Lichi guessed with a frown.
The steppe cavalry is good at riding and shooting, bows and arrows for long-range combat, and machetes for close combat!
However, whether it is a bow or an arrow or a machete, what you are most afraid of is the stomach made of pure iron or even pure steel!
Unless they can hit the enemy's vital point, it will be difficult to kill a Hanzhong army!
A stomach has brought a very high error tolerance rate to the Hanzhong Army, but a little mistake on their side may cost their lives, and in terms of equipment alone, their side is already at a disadvantage!
In Ghost Lichi's opinion, the Hanzhong Army can still be unfazed in this situation, and it is likely that it is just the armor that is confident in his body!
"What are they holding in their hands? Fire Clamp? "
Arutai found that these Hanzhong soldiers were holding strange shapes, like burning sticks, which looked similar to the fire bolts used by the Ming army!
"So it is, this group of Hanzhong soldiers have their own armor, and they have fire bolts that can fire salvos, and they plan to wait in place and wait for us to get closer before firing fire bolts!"
Ghost Lichi suddenly showed a sudden look.
He felt that his analysis must be correct!
"Striker, go up with your shield!"
Tatar and the Ming army have not fought once or twice, and naturally they also have their own precautions against the fire hammer, and the best way is definitely to use a shield!
After all, the lethality of the fire bolt is limited, and the killing distance is only tens of meters, and it is not put in the eyes of these tartars at all!
In Ghost Lichi's opinion, if the Hanzhong army wants to rely on the fire bolt to defend, it is completely useless, and he wants to be blind!
"Your Highness, the enemy has already spoken of the best range!"
"The enemy forces in the rear also entered the range of mortars!"
At this moment, Zhou Tong put down the binoculars and reported to Zhu Liyu on the side
"Let the Shenji battalion and artillery battalion carry out fire coverage!"
Zhu Li chuckled and gave the order directly.
As long as it is the Hanzhong army equipped with flintlock guns, it has been integrated into the Shenji Battalion by Zhu Li.
And those armed with mortars are artillery battalions!
"Order!"
Zhou Tong answered with excitement on his face, and then directly relayed Zhu Li's order, ordering the Shenji Battalion and the Artillery Battalion to fire directly!
Bang bang bang!!
Boom!!
Bursts of gunfire and artillery fire suddenly sounded on the battlefield, followed by a wave of shaking, and countless bullets and mortar shells swept towards the Tatar army!
A salvo of a thousand mortars, how spectacular that scene can be imagined!
Flames accompanied by flying sand and stones, burst in the camp of the tartar, but wherever the mortar fell, within a radius of about twenty meters, all the people turned on their backs, and the tartar in the center was directly blown into countless pieces even with the people and horses!
With just one volley, the Tatar side lost nearly 10,000 men and horses, and the scene was even more chaotic!
"What the hell is this?"
"Why does the Ming Army have such powerful weapons?"
Ghost Lichi saw this situation and glared at the country, and his face couldn't help but show fear!
However, not far from him, accompanied by a volley of flintlock guns of the Hanzhong army, one cavalry after another suddenly overturned from their war horses!
Even the shields in their hands could not stop the fire bolt of the Hanzhong Army
"Ammunition shot!"
"No, we are still hundreds of paces away from the Hanzhong Army, how can their fire bolts hit us and break through our shields?"
Arutai had a ghostly expression on his face at this moment, turned his horse's head and ran!
"Bastard, you wait for me!"
"Withdraw, all for me, the Ming army has an ambush!"
Ghost Li watched Arutai flee with his bare eyes, and immediately became anxious, and while directing the retreat of the army, he chased after Arutai at the same time!
"It's too late to run now!"
Looking at the Tatar army that was already in chaos and ready to retreat, Zhu Li's face showed a smile of victory.
Immediately afterwards, the second round of mortar salvos began again!
And then the third round!
Round 4!
Round 5...
The tartar leaders of the various tribes are also panicked at the moment, they have not fought with the Ming army, they also know that the Ming army has cannons and fire bolts, but whether it is cannons or fire bolts to load ammunition, it takes a very long time!
How can there be such a round just finished and the second round immediately connected?
The whole process is seamless!
And the power of this powerful shell explosion is too great, it is simply an indiscriminate attack!
The Hanzhong Army side hardly needs to carry out any aiming, and Sister Zihan chooses to cover with firepower and type all the battlefields within the range!
Dozens of rounds of shells baptism in succession, so that the Tatar hundreds of thousands of cavalry were beaten on their backs, and there were broken arms everywhere, which can be described as rivers of blood!
And Vara naturally heard the movement of the artillery fire a few miles away!
At this moment, the hundreds of thousands of troops of Vara were still fighting with Zhu Di and their army, and they were also taken aback by this sudden change!
No one understands what is really going on over there!
A salvo of thousands of rocket launchers, almost every shell that fell killed and wounded a large area!
When did this gang of tartars see such a scene?
The entire 250,000 grassland combined army, not counting the part that has been killed by guns, the rest of the remaining people and horses have become a pot of porridge!
The situation on the Vara side is much better than the Tatar side, but soon, as the Hanzhong Army Shenji Battalion enters the battlefield, the immediate occupation begins to show a one-sided trend, mainly the strange 'fire bolt' in the hands of the Hanzhong Army, not only has a long range, but also has a huge power, and ordinary shields can not be effectively resisted!
Even an officer wearing armor may be directly shot through the armor on his body and killed!
For a time, the armies of the tribes began to flee in a hurry, and in the face of the wolf-like Ming army, they had completely lost the courage to fight!
The main thing is the crushing of equipment firepower, for them it is the existence of dimensionality reduction strikes in general!
None of the ten of them may be able to replace one of the Ming Army, what is the difference between this battle and giving away people's heads?
"Withdraw! Withdraw quickly! "
"The Ming Army has very powerful firearms, we are not opponents!"
Arutai and Ghost Lichi returned to Haohai Dayu with a gray face at this time, and shouted.
"Sa!"
Haohai Dayu didn't care to ask at this time, and immediately gave the order to retreat!
The Tatar side suffered heavy losses, he naturally saw it in his eyes, how much time did this only take to fight?
He didn't want to die in vain!
However, Mahamu had already been directly surrounded by Zhu Di's troops at this time!
The main thing is that Ma Hamu, this kid, is very contributed, and actually thinks of breaking the wrist with Zhu Di on the battlefield, it is best to capture this famous Yan King!
However, the ideal is plump, and the reality is skinny!
Yan King Zhu Di's strength is still more than enough to clean him up a Mahamu!
When he led people to rush to the camp on Zhu Di's side, he found that it was too late to try to get out!
"You guys go first, mine will save my son back!"
Haohai Dayu saw that his son was under siege, and he couldn't care much immediately, and led the soldiers around him to rush towards Mahamu's side!
On the battlefield, roars and shouts mingle together!
The scene of the melee continued until nightfall, and many tribes were defeated by the Ming army and fled in a hurry!
The entire battlefield was filled with the smell of blood and gunsmoke, and even Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, frowned when he saw it!
"This is the power of firearms! No wonder Lao Jiu said that the appearance of firearms is enough to change future wars! "
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh!