Chapter 321: Grassland Sentinel Battle (1)
Fei Yanggu, who was too confident, didn't know that the reinforcements he was looking forward to would be in trouble.
Three days ago, an elite Ming cavalry of about 5,000 people broke out from Xuanhuakou and entered the vast grassland. This Ming cavalry was a new type of dragon cavalry unit, that is, a firearm cavalry unit that rode horses and dismounted horses. The new army of Jinyiwei, which originally had two thousand people, has now expanded to five thousand horses. In addition to the four thousand infantry, there is also a one thousand cavalry artillery unit.
Cavalry artillery is a light artillery that can move quickly with the cavalry, equipped with light four-pound cannons and twelve-pound howitzers. Although the three-pound cannon is lighter, its power is too small. The new four-pound cannon weighs about 500 kilograms, and although it is nearly twice as heavy as the 270 kilograms of the three-pound cannon, the power of the four-pound cannon is much greater than that of the three-pound cannon. Not only is the range much longer, but the accuracy is also improved, and it can also fire shells such as flowering artillery shells and shrapnel shells.
A cavalry artillery group has four war horses, using Mongolian horses with good endurance. Each cannon consists of a cannon carriage and an ammunition carriage. The cannon carriage and ammunition carriage can be connected together using soft connections to form a four-wheeled carriage. When marching, the gunners can sit on the ammunition carriage. The four-pound cannon carriage moves at a speed of only a little slower than the cavalry; while the twelve-pound howitzer weighs lighter than the four-pound cannon, weighing only more than two hundred kilograms, and the movement speed is comparable to that of the cavalry.
The twelve-pound howitzer has a short barrel and a short range. The attack power in a straight line is not as good as a four-pound cannon. The number of people who break through the opponent's formation is naturally not as good as the four-pound cannon. However, the twelve-pound howitzer cannon cannons cannons with great power. It can form a barrage within 100 to 250 steps in front of the muzzle, which can kill and injure the enemy in pieces. In addition, the twelve-pound howitzer has another advantage, which is that the barrel is shorter and the loading speed is much faster.
There is also a 100-strong new army of Jinyi. This 100-strong whistle-received cavalry. The 10-strong whistle-received cavalry is also well-equipped. The horses they ride are all the best Hequma or Wuzhumuqin horses. Each 10-strong whistle-received cavalry is equipped with two double-tube self-generated short guns, which can shoot four bullets at a time. In addition, it is equipped with cold weapons such as bows, arrows, javelins, flying axes, and Miao knives. Some soldiers with greater strength do not use Miao knives, but use armor-breaking maces, maces, page hammers, axes and other weapons.
There are also ten people with very accurate gun skills that are not taken at night. Each person is equipped with a self-generated poison gun, which is a rifled rifle, which is specially used to snipe and kill important enemy targets.
Such an elite force does not collect the troops at night is equivalent to the special forces in later generations.
Although the grassland is large, the way for the reinforcements of the Later Jin army to come is not wide. As long as the Ye Bucheng is spread out, the whereabouts of the Later Jin army will be discovered soon, and then the Jinyi New Army cavalry will be mobilized to intercept them.
"Cai Jiuyi, you bring twenty people with you and follow this road; Gao Mielu, you also bring twenty brothers with you and follow that road! I personally lead a team to spy on the enemy's situation." Gao Shixin arranged a reconnaissance mission.
Cai Jiuyi and Gao Mielu each led a team of twenty people, while Gao Shixin personally led a team of twenty people, and the remaining forty people were not alone.
Gao Shixin himself carried a page hammer with extremely abnormal armor-breaking ability. He was hit by this weapon. No matter how three or even four layers of armor on the Later Jin army could not stop it, the bones could be smashed and internal organs could be broken. The page hammer was hung on the horse's back, and Gao Shixin's main weapon was an expensive horse lance, equipped with a pair of strong bows, fifty heavy arrows and fifty light arrows. He did not carry a musket himself, because with his amazing and tireless archery skills, it was much stronger than the best muskets of that year.
Ye Bu Shuo's sentry came to a relatively high slope. After Gao Shixin got off the horse, he leaned his ears to the ground. With his keen hearing, he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from afar, so he ordered: "Dropping off the horses and hiding in the grass."
The soldiers dismounted and lie in ambush in the grass. The grassland was covered with weeds of more than three feet high. People could lie in the grass, and cavalry could squat down the horses, and also ambush in the grass, so it was difficult to find them outside.
Gao Shixin took off the single-tube crescent mirror and looked towards the grassland in the northeast direction.
Not long after, a team of about thirty cavalry appeared on the horizon of the grassland ahead, galloping towards the location where Gao Shixin and their hiding were. Gao Shixin used the Qianli Mile Mile Mile to observe the target, and the distance was slightly closer. From the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, you can see that although the cavalry were dressed as Mongolian cavalry, their faces and facial features were obviously more like Jurchens. With their keen sense, Gao Shixin knew that these people were not Mongolians, but scouts and whistle cavalry in the Later Jin Dynasty.
"The Jiannu scout is here, prepare for battle!" Gao Shixin put down the Qianli Miles Miles and gave an order.
The soldiers took off their own muskets, pulled out their hammers, and prepared for combat. The self-generated short muskets did not require a fuse, so that their ambush would not be discovered by the enemy.
If the scout cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty came from Gao Shixin and his hiding place, it would be very simple. They could fight a beautiful ambush battle. With Gao Shixin's amazing archery skills, one person could shoot more than ten heavy arrows in a very short time, which was enough to annihilate a small half of the scout cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty. The remaining twenty people could enter the range of the self-generated short musket under the cover of Gao Shixin's bow and arrow. Once they entered the range of the short musket, the firearm could exert great power.
However, when the scout of the Later Jin Dynasty approached the small slope and was about to enter the range, it changed its direction and headed northwest.
The ambush battle is no longer possible, but the scout cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty cannot leave here alive! Gao Shixin suddenly jumped up: "Get on the horse and chase! You can't let a Jiannu go!"
Gao Shixin was the first to ride a horse, and twenty soldiers who were not taken away at night were on their horses.
"Kill!" Gao Shixin took the lead and rushed down from the small slope. The twenty Ye Bushou behind him also rode their horses and followed him closely and killed the thirty scouts of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Although the Later Jin soldiers came from a distance and the speed of the war horses was relatively fast, and Gao Shixin and the others had just gotten on the horse and the horse speed had not been mentioned yet, they rushed down from Xiaopo, and the war horses quickly increased to the maximum speed.
"Minggou is here!" A Later Jin soldier screamed.
"They are not as many as us, kill them all!" said a small officer from the Later Jin who was scoring Shiku.
Thirty Later Jin soldiers did not dare to stop and turn around, but rode their horses around the grassland, preparing to go around and then go back to fight with the Ming army. If they turned around and the speed of the war horses could not increase, they would suffer a lot in cavalry battles, so they chose to go around and turn around to fight the Ming army.
But Gao Shixin would not give the Later Jin soldiers this opportunity. He followed the Later Jin soldiers with the high speed of the Wuzhumuqin horse. When there were only fifty steps left to the Jin soldiers who fell to the end, Gao Shixin took a bow and arrow, loosened his fingers, and a heavy arrow flew out quickly with the sound of the wind, heading straight to the back of the Later Jin soldiers.
"Swoosh" the feather arrow accurately pierced into the back of the scout cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty. The arrowhead penetrated from the front chest. The Later Jin soldiers screamed and fell down from the horse's back.
As a result, a Later Jin soldier was defeated. Gao Shixin pulled out another heavy arrow from the quiver, put it on the bowstring, and aimed at the second Later Jin soldier.
The guy found Ming Jun aiming at him, and quickly leaned down, lying tightly on the horse's back, trying to escape Ming Jun's deadly arrow.
Gao Shixin clamped his legs, and the spurs pierced into the horse's belly. The war horse was in pain and ran wildly. Gao Shixin controlled the reins with one hand to control the horse's jump.
Chapter completed!