The war horses are galloping.

More than 300 knights and noble young men gathered from all over the country, under the protection of their respective entourages, rushed into two groups and rushed towards the artillery troops arranged on both wings of the Ming army.

They wore full-body plate armor from Greenwich, rode strong and huge Sharmas, straight with nearly four meters of spears, and usually carried a orbital pistol or two on the horse's back.

The team of horses made of shining armor looked like a sunset at first glance.

Using the heavy knight to use assault tactics was an extremely adventurous and bold breakthrough for Count Robert Dudley.

In the fifth year of the Great Ming Tianshun, England was in the War of the Roses. In the Battle of Taunton, the cavalry of the Lancaster Army ventured to attack the York Army from the front, and the losses were quite useful. From then on, until the eighth Henry saw the German Lancers, the English did not like cavalry assaults.

Especially the old enemy France repeatedly relied on cavalry to win. The Hundred Years War even left the impression that France was pushed into the sea by France four years after Xuande of the Ming Dynasty.

Who can like the real Englishman?

The most important thing is the cost issue. England's finances have always been tight, and it is difficult for aristocrats above the knights to support a large number of cavalry, which greatly limits their chances of using cavalry assault. Until the end of the road, people are more willing to use thousands of untouchables to fight their lives, and no one is willing to pay the price of hundreds of nobles to gamble.

But now, England has reached its most dangerous moment.

In the eyes of Count Robert Dudley, now is indeed the best time to use cavalry assaults - the Ming army is a big shot, walk out of the pre-digging trenches, trying to decide the outcome with a large number of infantry cannons, and the main force of the infantry uses a short spear that can be stabbed or thrown, which is difficult to directly threaten the knights on the horse's back.

There were no disgusting horse-rejecting, fortifications and messy terrain, only the flattest farmlands and pitiful infantry on the farmland west of Winchester.

God-given opportunity!

The whole body of the English knights was protected by plate armor, which were not airtight. These plate armors were not made on a large scale by the Beiyang and South China or Milan. Each set had different patterns, different decorations, and were made of different craftsmanship. The equipment was so well-equipped that it was enviable.

While Ying Ming was full of heart, he was also a bit of a pity. The European aristocrat's concepts had no chance to penetrate his heart. In his eyes, it was like hundreds of general flags, and hundreds of households left their troops and gathered to launch a decisive assault.

From his perspective, he was brave and stupid, and even charged with the smell of being ready to die.

Although the owner of the armor might not feel this way, it was for him, because - they should be shot.

Francis machine, tiger squat cannon.

For the two miles away, even the Sharma was only a short time away. The horses that surrounded the left and right rushed through the battlefield in a blink of an eye. Seeing that the Ming army had mounted the small cannons and prepared to ignite the fire, each of them hooked their legs and kicked the horse's belly, and began the final charge.

The giant beast that was suffering from pain spread its heavy four hooves, carrying nearly 200 kilograms of armor, but was as light as nothing. It caused a swaying earth to shake the mountain.

The First Matsuo Camp, who was not at all panicked in the face of shell bombing, was disorganized when facing hundreds of knights riding Sharmas.

It’s not because they don’t know about war horses, but on the contrary, they know too much about these knight mounts that surround the flanks.

What Ying Ming used to pull the cannon was the seized Sharma, which was hung with a naval gun chariot of more than 4,000 kilograms. One horse could drag it, and two horses could walk without any effort.

They can barely overcome their fear of shells, but they cannot curb human nature to be afraid of things bigger than themselves.

Especially these big guys rushed over at a running speed.

Almost instinct, even though the crossbowmen shot the crossbow arrows at the fastest speed - they had run long ago, and those who could see this scene were really weak and unable to run, and those who could not see behind the front line were naturally not necessary to run.

There were just too many camps in Prie. Sharma, they were very familiar with each other. In the past, they all used to cultivate land for the lord.

Therefore, he also knew more about the power of these lords and masters, without any psychological burden. The Puli camp on both wings of the back formation turned around and ran away without hesitation, leaving Makio camp in place waiting for the iron hooves to trample on.

But as soon as he turned around, his escape had already stopped.

Because behind him, two completely different horse teams were circling a large arc, one left and one right, and the Beiyang horse team led the Ailan cavalry to charge!

At this moment, amid the layers of war drums behind, the suona sounded, and then a huge cannon sound came from the front line, and then a high-pitched response sounded.

The urination medicine in the hole of the gun was ignited, and sparks were sprayed from the tail of the gun in a blink of an eye. Then a loud bang was heard. The tiger squat cannon was huge and sprayed the scattered tube at an extremely fast speed under a firelight, causing a circle of gunpowder.

The tiger claws suddenly raised upwards, and with the cannon body, it hit the claw nailed into the ground. Then countless iron balls hit the paper shell from the barrel, breaking the smoke instantly through the smoke will even make people feel the illusion of the loose spider penetrating the air.

The tiger squat cannon densely arranged in front of the Fran machine cannon is only a small cannon weighing 50 kilograms. The effective killing distance is only about fifty steps, with a maximum range of 500 steps. However, even if it is used to deal with Japanese pirates who lack armor, it will only cause pain or injury to the opponent, so as to delay the fierce offensive or restrain retreat.

But within fifty steps, this little thing has excellent dense shock and power.

Twenty tiger squat cannons on the left wing were ignited within a few seconds after the Central Army issued the order, and they sprayed out twenty sparse tubes containing 500 iron balls, and in an instant, they swept the iron balls like storms on the battlefield with a width of fifty steps, and attacked the rushing knights.

If we use the words of Wang Yue, the shopkeeper of the Jining Firearm Exit Store in the Ming Dynasty, this short-distance artillery bombardment is equivalent to the effect of three thousand three-eyed guns shooting at the head and face in a volley.

It is difficult to kill the knight with a three-eyed gun, especially if you wear plate armor and armed clothes inside. Unless you hit it with your face, this is not a problem that can be solved by the number of projectiles.

But a three-eyed gun can kill a horse.

A horse is essentially a big rabbit, and is at the low end of the food chain.

At the low end of the food chain, they are naturally cowardly.

Tens of thousands of iron balls were so dense that they were coming to the face like a sudden rain. As long as the knight on the horse was not a real unlucky person, most people would first feel scared, then feel pain, and then be happy because of the pain.

But what happened next was not so happy. The cavalry that rushed straight to the two wings of the knights were almost stopped by shells.

Several horses died on each side, and more horses were not dead, but they stood up in pain, completely ignoring the small iron man on their backs, and ran away from the uninhabited place.

There were cans of iron all over the body, leaving behind a can of iron, as if these war horses were transporting the express delivery and leaving.
Chapter completed!