Chapter 732

The two sides met by chance on the plain.

Without the slightest fear, Ma Xianglin immediately ordered his troops to slow down the horse speed.

After the horse slowed down, the cavalry began to eat on the horse's back. On the one hand, they ate themselves and fed into the horse's mouth.

Cavalry is an elite force in any country and army, and even only personal soldiers have the treatment of riding. Therefore, those who can be cavalry are basically veterans and excellent figures of riding and shooting, with rich combat experience.

Although Ma Xianglin only led 2000 cavalry to kill him, in fact, his quality is not worse or even stronger than that of ordinary 10000 soldiers.

These cavalry are very experienced.

Unlike those lengtouqing, they rush up when they see the enemy. They slow down the horse speed, let the war horse accumulate physical strength, and replenish their physical strength. They eat a few mouthfuls of dry food or water. This may be the last time to eat.

This is the steady style of elite veterans.

Both sides were eating and preparing to launch an attack, but the Chinese army was a little more elite. They took the lead in completing these actions. The horn sounded, the hoof sounded like thunder, and thousands of cavalry rushed out like a flash flood.

There is no doubt that the cavalry of the Chinese army is also the elite of their elite. Moreover, they are stronger than the ordinary cavalry of the Ming army, because their cavalry is mainly mercenaries. Most of them are recruited from the frontier fortress to recruit Mongolian and people outside the Great Wall. These people have grown up on horseback and are good at riding, It can be said that he is a natural cavalry and hunter.

Since ancient times, it has been a South boat and a North horse. Northerners can't play with southerners anyway, but when it comes to horse riding, it's far from it.

Burigude, the cavalry commander of the Chinese army, often describes the cavalry of the Ming army in this way. They are just soldiers who can ride horses.

Burigude's cavalry is deeply rooted in the essence of Mongolian iron cavalry. The essence is that these soldiers are good at long-distance attacks and can persist in fighting in extremely harsh environments. Even the cavalry of other countries can't eat and sleep on horseback, but they can do this. As for all kinds of equestrian movements on horseback, There are also left and right bows and so on, which are basic.

The Chinese army can fight so well, which is also related to the formation of an iron cavalry with tens of thousands of people.

You should know that Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong in those years, was a Liaodong iron cavalry with a number of 10000, which made it impossible for all ethnic groups outside the pass to lift their heads for 40 years.

When the iron cavalry across the Northeast was dissolved, the situation in the Northeast began to get out of control. When Daming realized the danger, the iron cavalry outside the pass had broken through and looted the pass.

Liu Jiajun was rich and powerful, so they did not hesitate to form a huge cavalry team, and through their commercial network, they could continuously obtain high-quality war horses from outside the pass. Especially after occupying southern Liaoning, they had their own horse breeding land and could breed a large number of war horses, which further expanded their cavalry force.

The cavalry of the Chinese Army claims to have 10000 people. In fact, this is only a rough estimate. The real personnel are more than that. Except for the military headquarters of the Chinese army, no one knows in detail how many cavalry there are in the Chinese army.

Even Liu Bu, commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, did not know how many cavalry they had (detailed figures) if the factors of auxiliary soldiers and minions were considered.

However, it is an indisputable fact that the overall quality of the Chinese cavalry is very high.

When the two sides met on a narrow road, Ma Xianglin did not dare to take any light heart. He immediately ordered his subordinates to go all out and prepare for the battle.

The cavalry of the Chinese army has maintained a record of total victory. Their iron armor alone has been better than the Ming army. Looking at their tall horses and their iron armor, Ma Xianglin is under great pressure. He said to his subordinates: "brothers, today will be a tough battle."

Ma Xianglin's military use was stable. He did not expand because of the Yiling war, which destroyed Qingzhou division, one of the six main forces of the Chinese army. He knew that they could destroy Qingzhou division. This was the result of favorable weather, place and people. Under normal circumstances, if they wanted to destroy this army, they would probably pay an extremely heavy price, or even impossible.

From the perspective of seizing each other's weapons and equipment, the other party's weapons and equipment are very sophisticated. All soldiers are between the ages of 18 and 40. Unlike the Ming army, there are many good and bad, old and weak, sick and disabled. This shows that the other party maintains an extremely strong strength and momentum.

It is precisely because of this that Ma Xianglin did not dare to take it lightly when he saw that the other party was ready. When he saw the impact of the other party's all-out efforts, he also knew that he could not retreat. Once he retreated and let the other party take advantage of the situation, they would have no way back.

The two cavalry soldiers met on a narrow road and rushed directly to each other without hesitation, ready to disperse the other in one fell swoop.

Who knows, when the cavalry of the Chinese Army rushed 150 steps, they suddenly turned a corner and rushed to the left.

As a chieftain in the southwest, Ma Xianglin has always been active in the southwest, mainly fighting with these chieftains and local forces. The other party doesn't even have many horses, let alone playing this kind of superb riding.

Even Ma Xianglin, who is famous for his excellent riding skills, did not dare to let his war horse turn to the side when charging at high speed. If he was not careful, he would be easily thrown off his horse and fell to a dog to eat shit.

But these Chinese cavalry, like monkeys on horses, are extremely flexible on horses. Once their legs are clamped, they let their horses turn aside.

The cavalry of both sides are about to make a positive impact. Ma Xianglin has ordered the soldiers to raise their shields, pick up javelin and prepare to hit each other violently when they approach each other.

After killing a group of people of the other party, they should dampen their spirit, and then hit each other hard. Using the impact of high-speed charging of horses, they can rush into chaos and disperse the other party's formation. This is the storming array on the battlefield.

Ma Xianglin has never done such things less, and he is not afraid. He has a knife in one hand and a shield in the other. Who knows, when the two sides haven't collided, the other side turned aside and didn't confront them head-on.

But if you think the Chinese cavalry is running away, it's a big mistake. They use their feet to control the horse, and then immediately take out their bows and arrows and shoot them at the Ming cavalry one after another. For a moment, the arrow feathers rained into the Ming cavalry one after another, shooting them upside down.

During the high-speed charge, the iron cavalry can control the horse with both legs, and can also shoot arrows from left to right. Only these Mongols who grew up on horseback can do it, and their archery is very accurate. Even though most of the soldiers of the Ming army are covered with iron armor, they can just go from 100 steps away, Shoot them in the face or in the neck where these armor can't protect them.

These Chinese soldiers are extremely skilled in archery. It is said that their archery was practiced when they rode a horse to shoot mice on the grassland when they were young. What they are best at is shooting at the target of high-speed movement in high-speed movement. This is the really excellent riding and shooting Kung Fu.

The Ming army, which was going all out to charge, was unlucky. They fell one after another. Even if the Chinese soldiers were not very good at shooting, they shot each other's horses instead, causing heavy casualties.

The Ming army wanted to fight back, but they didn't have the ability to shoot at each other with bows and arrows on the horseback of the high-speed charge. At this speed, even if they could barely open the bow, they didn't have a straight line. As a result, the Chinese army suddenly played this hand, which made the Ming army suffer a great loss.

Once the Mongolian cavalry, invincible in the world, traversed the Eurasian continent. Their various tactics were regarded as classics by military strategists all over the world. This is one of the six tactics of the Mongolian army.

This kind of tactics is very exquisite to the cavalry's riding and shooting skills. Without excellent riding and shooting skills, you can't play this skill.

In this way, the cavalry of the Ming army were beaten miserably. These Mongolian cavalry were as flexible as fish and mice. They attacked them outside their range.

The cavalry of the Ming army also fought back one after another, either out of range or out of reach.

Moreover, the Mongolian cavalry are extremely cunning. They don't fight with the cavalry of the Ming army at all, but with excellent horse control technology, they have been shooting the soldiers of the Ming army outside the other party's military array.

If you chase me, I'll run away; If you run away, I'll chase you. When you're tired, I'll fight. They have brought the harassment tactics of Mongolian cavalry to the limit.

Although there were more than half of the cavalry of the Ming army, there was a feeling that a tiger could not bite a hedgehog.

Since the fight, these Ming cavalry from the southwest have known the powerful attack tactics of the world-famous Mongolian cavalry.

The other party doesn't fight you at all. With excellent horse control technology, they harass and shoot the Ming army outside their range.

Don't underestimate this way of fighting. In two hours, they successfully shot and killed more than 400 cavalry of the Ming army, which dealt a great blow to their morale.

Ma Xianglin was a very calm man, but he was also mad by the other party's tactics. He ordered the cavalry to go all out in pursuit.

But the other party was as flexible as a mouse and quickly slipped away. They were all tall horses. They wanted to escape. These short Dian horses couldn't catch up with them.

This battle made Ma Xianglin very oppressed and angry. The two sides fought for a long time. They didn't even touch each other's hair, but they lost more than 400 people.

This is already a huge loss. He has to think about how to explain to the commander-in-chief? In his anger, Ma Xianglin decided to ignore the other party's harassment and rushed directly to Xiangyang City.

Since these people are as cunning as mice and wandering like wolves, they will fight back and sneak attack you at any time. Just attack the city where they won't escape.