The confrontation begins.m.x.

The two wings of the Tatars launched a raid first, with six or seven thousand each. Among them, there were many Tatar soldiers attacking along the upper river bank, because the charge from high places to low places was maximized.

But no matter how fierce the Tatars attacked, they had to face the double attacks of Ming army artillery and muskets.

The Tatars had long been familiar with the routines of the Ming army's combat, so when they arrived roaring and as they were mentally prepared for huge losses.

Of course, the result was not unexpected. As soon as the Tatar soldiers entered the range of Ming army artillery, the shells all over the sky fell down, making a loud bang and quickly reaped their lives.

Especially the newly put into use of the Ming army, the flowering bullets not only have strong penetration, but also make deafening explosions after landing. The air waves roll, and the bomb point is covered by shrapnel within a few meters. Not to mention the shocking lethality, the war horses are very likely to be frightened when they are hit by dazzling fire and violent sound waves. They either stand up and throw the knights on their backs off, or drive down the direction by the instinct of seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, and rush around, causing the Tartars to fall into pieces.

When the visibility is high at dawn, and in the wilderness, the Tatars had almost nowhere to hide. Whenever the cavalry in the charge found a fireball falling to their heads, they would naturally avoid it. This would hinder the cavalry next to them and disrupt the charging rhythm of the Tatar cavalry.

The sprint entered the middle and late range, especially after entering the range of the Ming army's muskets, the Tatars became more and more tragic. With the dense rain of bullets, it was difficult for Tatar cavalry to sprint a hundred meters away from the Ming army's position. Not long after, there were already corpses everywhere in front of the two wing positions, blood flowing into a river, and the scene was very miserable.

Just as the Tatars on both wings gritted their teeth and sprinted, the main Tatars' charge against the central defense line of the Ming army had also begun.

The vanguard of the Tatars was Balsborot, who had previously attacked the Ming army's cavalry outside Zhangjiakou Fort and achieved a brilliant victory.

Thanks to Shen Xi's promotion, the Ming army was equipped with muskets. Previously, Balsborot had seen the Ming army's dragon cavalry fighting with muskets outside Zhangjiakou Fort. With the victory of that battle, from Balsborot to the ordinary soldiers under his command, they developed a strong sense of confidence.

This confidence prompted the charge of the Tatar cavalry to wield their sabers and attack with an unyielding momentum.

The other Tatars had no experience in defeating the Ming army, but also had fear of Shen Xi and the army he led, and had serious lack of self-confidence. They often couldn't help but slow down when sprinting.

Balesborot charged forward, listening to the sound of gunfire from both wings, the Ming army's defense line ahead was elegant and quiet, feeling that the Ming army was just like this.

But he did not know that the power of firearms in the hands of the Ming border troops was very different from that of Shen Xi. The problem was that Shen Xi used firearms more flexible and freely, and the training of firearms in Shen Xi's army was higher. In every battle, Shen Xi would design a combat method in advance so that the firearms could be used to the maximum extent.

"Wu Lala!"

When Balsborot led his five thousand cavalry to charge, the officers and soldiers on the Ming army's defense line could clearly feel the strong pressure.

The troops of Balesborot were full of momentum, and their spirit was obviously much higher than the rest of the Tatars. Although they were not as strong as the Chiexue army, Batumonk, they were already considered the absolute elite in the Tatar formation.

"Sir, the Tartars launched an assault from the front, with the number of soldiers and horses being about 30,000!" The person who came to convey the news this time was Jing Yue, who was the most relied on in this battle.

Chen Xi stood on the platform and took a telescope to observe carefully. The Tatar vanguard who was hitting the middle of the defense line was less than two miles away from the third position, and it was very fast. If it weren't for the uneven terrain of the two trenches in the front due to the continuous battle, and there were many trapped horse pits, the caltrop monk had not yet been able to remove the obstacles, the distance of this kilometer would only take one or two minutes for the Tatar cavalry.

Chen Xi nodded to Jing Yue: "You can show off the new weapon!"

Jing Yue's eyes shone brightly and he received the order loudly: "Get the order!"

When he turned around and left, Chen Xi also quickly got off the high platform. Ma Ang hurried over and asked for instructions: "Sir, what are your instructions?"

Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "The decisive battle has arrived. I will take part in person this time!"

Unlike in the past, Chen Xi has been sticking to the battlefield this time, and even now he has to rush to the front line of positions in person... The flag will be moved wherever Chen Xi is. Not long after, the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty floats on the front line of positions.

“Oh oh oh!”

When the Ming army saw Chen Xi personally entering the frontier position and fighting side by side with ordinary soldiers, they couldn't help but cheer loudly, and their morale suddenly burst out.

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"The Ming army has changed its formation!"

The central army where Batumonk is located is also quickly approaching the Ming Dynasty's position, but has not yet launched a final charge.

A team of 10,000 people led by Batumonk was less than a mile away from the forward of Balesborot. For Dayan Khan, his main task was to complete the final assault. When his son led his army to rush out of a bloody path, he personally led the horse team to follow him and break into the Ming army formation...

The idea is good, but the battle situation did not develop downward based on his expectations.

Batumonk was also leading the army and accelerating consciously. He suddenly heard the news of the Ming army changing the formation, which was a little unexpected, but it was too late to change the formation at this time.

The sprint speed of Balsborot's troops has been increased to the limit and cannot be stopped at all. In other words, this part of the troops is like arrows shot out, either piercing the enemy's body or breaking the arrows. In addition, the Tatar Central Army has also launched the entire line, and the sound of horse hooves, shouts, trumpets, and neighing horses on the battlefield are intertwined, one after another, and the large troops that have lasted for several miles cannot stop.

One thing Batumonk knew was that it was that the five thousand soldiers and horses of Balesborot could never break through the Ming army's defense line. This was also what he thought Chenxi was terrible. Even if he relied on the strong and bullied the weak, he had to use his lives to build a victory.

When Batumonk further learned that the Ming army's formation was mainly because Chen Xi went to the battlefield in person. The Ming dragon flag had appeared in the middle of the frontier position of the Ming army, but the Ming army in the middle began to withdraw some musketeers, he felt that this was not an effective response at all. It should be that the Ming army, which had no reinforcements and had already used its own strength to the limit, was struggling in the final effort.

"charge!"

Batumonk's roar was very firm, and this was also the final decision he made.

The Tatar cavalry rushed towards the central position of the Ming army like a tide.

When the two sides were close to one mile, the Ming army artillery began to show its power, and it was still a strike mode of the Flang machine shells and the flowering shells.

Even the cover density of artillery shells in front of the middle of the Ming army's defense line was not as good as the two wings, and it seemed a little sparse, and the main shouts of killing still occurred on the two wings... The Ming army seemed to have insufficient defense of the entire front, and made a fatal mistake in the allocation of troops.

"Wu Lala!"

At this time, Balesborot was completely a reckless man. He had never thought about any conspiracy and tricks of the Ming army. He only knew that even if artillery shells were falling on his head and his subordinates were killed and injured by artillery fire, he did not slacken at all. As the chief general of an army, he was not even in the middle and back section of the team, but was rushing in front.

Five hundred steps, four hundred and fifty steps, four hundred steps, three hundred and fifty steps...

The distance between the two sides was approaching quickly, and the density of artillery in the Ming army still did not tend to increase. Seeing that the Tatar cavalry had entered the range of the Ming army's muskets, the Tatars consciously stepped up the war horses under their crotch. For them, time is life. Only by approaching the Ming Dynasty's position in the shortest time can casualties be minimized. Of course, those who charge forward will inevitably die.

Ballsborot seemed to have no idea that this was going on, and he was still sprinting forward with strong strength.

"Run!"

Balesborot followed several cavalrymen, waving his sabers and shouted loudly. At this time, the men and horses he led were still more than 300 steps away from the Ming army's defense line and just entered the range of the musket. Suddenly, the Ming army's defense line ahead fell into a brief silence.

This quietness is very short, like a rhythmic change, and the short time makes people unable to react.

In a short period of time, even artillery fired in the Ming army's formation, and the musketeers seemed to show no sign of firing. The entire Ming army's defense line experienced a ceasefire state of less than two seconds.

Just when the Tatars thought that the Ming army might have run out of ammunition and food, they suddenly found that something was wrong on the battlefield, that is, there were no longer rows of musketeers on the Ming army's position. The Ming army seemed to be gathering together intentionally. They were originally rows of people, but at this time they turned into groups of three or five. The most important thing was that they actually put down the muskets in their hands and were fiddling with something.

For the Tatars, they had no time to study what this change in the Ming army meant. For them, the best response at this time was to continue charging.

Almost in a blink of an eye, a sudden "da da" sound of rapid shooting came from the Ming army's defense line, dull and low, without the loud noise of the firearm firing, with a sound of tearing apart the cloth.

The Tatars who rushed to the front clearly saw that the recent sound came from the location of the Ming army's dragon flag, which is where Shen Xi was.

This sound was made by an iron rack in front of Shen Xi with a strange look.

Accompanied by this sound, the several cavalrymen who were charging forward fell without exception. The heavy iron armor on their bodies seemed to have no defensive effect at all, and their bodies were almost sieve.

After these armored cavalrymen, it was Ballsborot. When he realized that the danger was coming, he showed great horror in his eyes, because he felt that the attacks encountered by the people in front of him were not single-point launches at all, but seemed to be shooting continuously by some kind of firearm, and this kind of attack was even more terrifying than a crossbow.

"Dadadada"

The sound of tearing the cloth was still coming. At this time, Balesborough no longer continued to rush forward. He deliberately tied the reins to slow down the horse under his crotch. The cavalry beside him did not respond and continued to rush forward. The fate of these people was like the previous ones, and they were directly hit by a powerful force. Blood fell from the horse in the blink of an eye. In front of Balesborough, a row of people fell down in front of him.

An invisible pressure of death spread throughout the Tatar formation.

The Tatars had no idea what was going on before. For them, the Ming army's muskets and cannons were already their nightmare, and the continuous fire lights of the strange black object in front of them made them feel that they were in the Shura hell.

The Tatars' attack was like a storm of waves. The huge waves behind pushed the huge waves ahead forward, and the entire forward impact momentum could no longer turn back. Even if the Tatars at the forefront felt the threat of death, they could only rush forward, trying to approach the Ming army positions in front as much as possible, and scatter the mechanisms in front that kept shooting away a large number of tribe life.

The Tatar cavalry continued, but it was like entering a vicious circle of death. No cavalry could get closer to the Ming army's position.

The cavalry fell off their horses and the horses fell down, forming the initial obstacle. The subsequent Tatar cavalry could not stop and directly hit them. They rushed in front of the war horses. Before the Tatar cavalry had landed on the ground, they had been sieve by the dense rain of bullets. The most terrifying thing was that after the bullet penetrated the body, they continued to fly and knocked down the Tatar cavalry behind them.

As more and more people died, the bodies of the Tatars and war horses piled up higher and higher, and the road ahead was obviously hindered.

"Continue to rush!"

Ballsborot was very alert. When he found that the situation was wrong, he stopped rushing forward. Even if he was reckless, he realized that the result of continuing to be ahead was death. So the only thing he could do at this time was to let the soldiers under his command break through a bloody road, and then followed him into the Ming army formation and gain military merits... It was basically the same as his father's idea.

The Tatar cavalry continued to assault, but every step forward became a disaster. Finally, when the sun rose, under the golden light, Balesborot finally saw clearly the strange weapons that appeared in the Ming army's positions.

It was a deformed weapon that looked like the size of the muzzle of the Folang machine cannon. It was built on a rack and could shoot continuously, making a "da da da" sound. There was no gap in the middle, and there was even no sign of loading ammunition. This greatly subverted Balsborough's understanding of firearms.

In fact, the first thought that all the Tatars who saw the new weapons of the Ming army were at this time: "How did they do it?"

"Dadada..."

The sound became clearer and clearer. The sound made by the Ming munitions was like a death talisman. The Tatar cavalry rushing in front, even though they were wearing thick armor, had several rounds of bullets on one person's body. No matter how strong the armor was, it would be difficult for him to withstand such unreasonable attacks, and then he fell from his horse in blood.

The war horses in leather armor were also difficult to withstand such a blow. Some of the war horses fell to death on the spot, while others did not die immediately. The huge fear drove them to turn their horses' heads and rush around like headless flies, which further disrupted the Tatars' charge rhythm.

"Wu Lala!"

The Tatars' shouts before were still uniform, but now they only had sporadic sounds, and more people just shouted symbolically, and they had to use the bodies of their companions in front as their own defensive shields. Many of them even took the initiative to get off the horse to avoid the continuous attacks of the Ming army.

Balesborot's horse was spinning in place, and soon he had to jump off the horse's back, because there were too many cavalry rushing up later. After suffering from the terrifying blow from the Ming army, his brave and fearless army also changed his previous rebellious nature... This is a fighting method that makes them both depressed and desperate. If they don't dismount, they mean that they can only be shot and killed by Ming munitions.

"Three Prince, we have our cover here, you can withdraw first!"

Balesborot's personal guard stood in front of him and used the body of the war horse as a shield to cover Balesborot's escape.

But with the sound of "dadada" coming, the soldiers in front of Balsborot and their war horses fell in a pool of blood this time.

The huge fear of death was pressing down like a mountain of Tai, which made the once passionate third prince of Tatar, who had no choice but to grab a shield from the ground and block behind him, regardless of the charge of the Tatar cavalry in front of him, and fled in a panic... Such behavior was exactly what he despised in the past, but compared to being shot by Ming munitions, he felt that even if he was trampled on by a war horse, it was no big deal.

The Tatar cavalry were still rushing forward, but Balesborot ran away and fled back. In the chaos, no one could see who was running on the ground.

The Tatar cavalry who followed the attack did not understand the truth, and thought that the front was just an attack of ordinary Ming troops, so they had no idea what the consequences of this charge were.
Chapter completed!