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However, because the enemy's oars were densely arranged, long-range shooting actually destroyed many oars and killed and injured many enemy soldiers. However, as the enemy pushed the oars closer and closer,

This provided Yu Jiajun's gunners with an excellent aiming target, and they began to switch from the rough aiming to precise aiming.

The artillerymen were very aware of the threat that the oars posed to the Yu's army. Once Jiannu was allowed to push a large number of oars close to the front of the Yu's army, it would cause heavy losses to the Yu's army. Jiannu could rely on these

Using the cover of the oar car, throwing rockets towards the Yu Jia army's line from behind, or simply using the oar car as a cover to launch a cavalry charge, all of which would cause losses or even danger to the Jia army.

Therefore, when Jiannu's oars were getting closer and closer to the home army's line, the artillery began to consciously focus their attacks on these remaining oars.

The gunners threw off their cotton-padded clothes, pulled aside the gunners responsible for aiming, and went into battle to take aim themselves. At this time, the artillery of each battalion began to concentrate their firepower on these oars.

When the Yu Jiajun's artillery really began to accurately aim and hit these oars, Jiannu knew what precise aiming meant.

Cannonballs roared out one after another. Although the hit rate was less than 20%, or even only about 10%, they still smashed many oars to pieces on the spot.

Even though the soldiers of Jiannu were not afraid of death and continued to push the oars forward, under such intensive artillery fire, their oars were still smashed to pieces one by one by the Yu family's army. The entire frontal battlefield

At this time, the ground was covered with broken pieces of oars, and messy wood was scattered everywhere.

When Jiannu finally managed to push a small number of oars to within 200 steps in front of the Yu Jiajun line, less than a quarter of the oars they pushed out when they set off were left, and the rest were either captured by the enemy.

The Yu's army was destroyed by artillery fire, either with their axles broken or lying down, and a small number of oars were abandoned on the battlefield by the people and the soldiers. The remaining oars could no longer form a complete line of defense.

But even so, under the Yu's army's more precise bombardment, these oars were still being destroyed, and the people pushing the carts suffered extremely heavy casualties.

Those Jiannu slaves who could no longer bear to fight had no choice but to join the battle themselves and joined the push carts, pushing the oars to continue moving forward.

But at this time, the Yu Jiajun infantry also began to be allowed to fire, and they all raised their rifles and pointed the black muzzles in the direction of the enemy.

As a row of shocking gunshots rang out, some Jiannu who had no time to hide behind the oar were thrown to the ground on the spot.

But even so, these Jiannu still showed a very tenacious style. Many Jiannu soldiers who were not afraid of death were still pushing the oars forward, but now they reached this distance.

Such an approach, in front of the Yu Jiajun's cannons with high accuracy, is almost equivalent to actively committing suicide.

If we say that these twelve-pound howitzers cannot accurately hit the oars at 1,000 meters, it is understandable. They cannot hit at 500 meters. It can also be said that the accuracy of smoothbore guns is low, but if they cannot hit the oars at 200 meters, it will be like this

If the target was the target, then Yu Xiaozhen should go down and strip off the pants of those artillerymen one by one and beat them up.

So at this moment, the artillerymen are simply playing target. Even if they can't shoot one with one shot, they can knock off one with two or three shots.

In many cases, there is no need to hit directly at all. You only need to hit the cannonball in front of the oar. Relying on the ricochet effect, the cannonball can destroy the oar. So at this point, Jiannu's oar can't really move.

Dorgon watched as the oars he had managed to piece together were being smashed one by one in front of the formation as if they were being shot at. The number of oars was getting smaller and smaller, and they were about to be knocked out by others.

, I no longer dare to hesitate at this time.

He immediately ordered more than 10,000 of the most elite cavalry of the Jiannu who had been arranged for the follow-up, including nearly half of the Mongolian cavalry. At this time, he took advantage of the chaos and immediately launched an assault, taking advantage of the fact that their oars had not yet arrived.

The chance of being knocked out by Yu Jiajun's artillery can be broken up by the Yu Jiajun's line with the help of some cover from some oars.

As a veteran on the battlefield, Dorgon certainly saw that the Yu Jiajun's combat effectiveness relied heavily on their array. As long as their front was broken, the Yu Jiajun would lose their organization.

If the family army loses its organization, then they will have the opportunity to build an army of slaves and massacre them all.

If he misses this only opportunity and waits until all their oars are knocked out before he launches a general cavalry attack, then under the intensive artillery fire of the Yu family army, his cavalry will really be slaughtered like chickens and dogs.

The slaughter took place in front of the two armies.

These Jiannu cavalry, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately roared in unison after hearing the order, like a group of wild beasts, each one yelling wildly, and began to urge their horses to rush into the battlefield.

Both the Jiannu cavalry and the Mongolian cavalry were very experienced. When they first urged the horses to advance, they were not eager to increase the speed of the horses to the highest speed. Instead, they first advanced slowly, accelerated to a fast pace, and then switched to small steps.

Canter and gradually increase the speed of the war horse.

Doing this can ensure that the horses have enough physical strength to reach their maximum speed during the final sprint. You can also warm up the horses first to increase their excitement and make them easier to control.

This battlefield cavalry charge is not a speed race. Whoever starts faster will take advantage. The Mongolian horses themselves are not tall. Their main advantage is not speed, but their endurance. If these horses are allowed to run at full speed, it will not take a while.

The war horse's physical strength will be severely exhausted and its speed will be slowed down. When it reaches the enemy's formation, it will lose its strongest impact.

The biggest advantage of cavalry is their impact. A horse plus an armored cavalry weighs about 700 kilograms. Even a thinner horse weighs 500 kilograms, plus the weight of the cavalry itself.

The weight of the horse and armor is at least more than 600 kilograms, and even some strong and good horses can weigh up to 700 kilograms.

Even if an infantryman is wearing heavy armor, he only weighs less than 200 kilograms at best. What's more, the cavalry has the advantage of speed. Once a charge is launched, the kinetic energy carried by running at high speed is so large that even the strongest

The infantry cannot withstand it. Even if the cavalry does not use swords and guns to kill the enemy, it can still knock the heavy infantry wearing heavy armor to death by simply charging with their horses.

Therefore, what the cavalry relies on is their impact speed, so that they can give full play to their strongest advantage. Therefore, the Jiannu cavalry and Mongolian cavalry, who are well versed in this, certainly know how to make their war horses play their strongest role.

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So more than 10,000 cavalry roared and urged their horses to rush into the battlefield. Following the infantry in front, they began to charge towards the Yu Jiajun's line.

The scene of thousands of horses galloping produced a shock that many people who had never seen such a scene could not imagine. But today, Dorgon can be said to have spent a lot of money and suppressed almost all of the most elite cavalry soldiers.

When they go to the battlefield, they can be said to have used all their elites, hoping to achieve great success in one battle and destroy the Yu family army's formation.

The over 10,000 cavalrymen were drawn into the battlefield like a dark cloud. The over 10,000 Jiannu cavalrymen and Mongolian cavalrymen mustered up all their courage at this time, with red eyes, holding up various weapons in their hands, like

A group of beasts screamed, urging the horses to gradually accelerate.

The soldiers of the Yu family army watched from a distance as a large number of Jiannu cavalry rushed into the battlefield. At this time, the ground under their feet began to tremble slightly. Tens of thousands of iron hooves hit the ground, causing a huge vibration.

The fine dust on the ground trembled slightly. Before the Jiannu cavalry could rush forward, the dust on the battlefield had already risen slightly, as if the ground was covered with a layer of mist.

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The faces of all the Yu Jiajun became solemn. There were very few successful battles between infantry and cavalry in history. Especially when the strength of the two armies was about the same, there were almost very few battles in which the infantry won.

But today, the number of Yu Jiajun's infantry is not far different from the number of cavalry thrown into the battlefield by the opponent Jiannu at one time. Can they still stop Jiannu from doing this without any obstruction or defense facilities?

The impact of a large number of cavalry made many Yu family soldiers begin to feel uncertain.

Many soldiers involuntarily clenched the weapons in their hands, as if their bodies were uncontrollable, and moved their center of gravity slightly forward, as if they were ready to withstand the huge force of the enemy's cavalry impact.

Meng Fei left Yu Xiaotian at this moment, and with a sentry guard, he rode back and forth in front of the formation, shouting at all the Yu family soldiers who were lined up in front of the formation: "Brothers, we win or lose.

Let's fight here! Don't panic! Our Yu family's infantry formation has always been invincible in the world, so what does the Jiannu cavalry mean? Hold on! Hold on for me! Pikemen come forward! Standard hollow square formation! Get ready!...

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After the commanders of each battalion received the order, they immediately ordered without hesitation and began to adjust the units under their command. The limited swordsmen and pikemen in the battalion were immediately transferred to the front line. At the same time, they ordered the musketeers to start preparing their bayonets.

Everyone was prepared with their eyes wide open, just waiting for the Jiannu cavalry to come over.

The pikemen all took deep breaths and squatted in front of the formation. They stepped on the gun shaft with their feet and held the gun shaft with one hand. They pointed the sharp spear diagonally forward and pointed the sharp spear tip diagonally forward.

It pointed exactly in the direction of the Jiannu cavalry's attack, and was right at the chest and neck of the enemy's horse. On the outermost layer of the infantry array, a dense two- to three-layer forest of guns was formed.

(Today, special thanks go to gzg1972, Brother Yingzhiwu for the reward!)