When it comes to cavalry fighting power, the strongest in the past two hundred years is the cavalry of the Xianbei Yuwen tribe when they entered the pass from outside the pass. With only a hundred thousand cavalry, they swept across the entire Jiangbei and became a famous empire in the Central Plains.
Until the end of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, even though the Xianbei nobles had fallen to the point where it was difficult to get on the horse, the standard cavalry of the Northern Zhou Dynasty still had to surpass the Southern Jin Dynasty. However, the cavalry could not defend the city, so Ye Sheng led more than 100,000 infantrymen and forcibly entered Yandu.
By now, the Northern Zhou Dynasty has been in ruins forty or fifty years. Whether it is cavalry and shooting skills or the quality of cavalry, the Great Jin Dynasty has not yet caught up with the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Now, the border troops will save a certain number of cavalry. There are only 5,000 cavalry in the capital, and the quality is worrying.
Although these five thousand cavalrymen can fight horses and most of them can shoot arrows on horses, the accuracy of archery on horses is far less than that of the Yuwen tribe in the north. They can only be used for maneuvering interference, and are far less combat power than the Yuwen tribe at the level of the Yuwen tribe.
But even so, it's enough.
After all, the imperial court sent them out not to let them ride on horseback and use crossbow arrows to kill the enemy, but to let them use the mobility of the cavalry to throw the imperial thunder into the southwest military formation.
Two thousand cavalrymen left the city first, but they did not rush to charge. After the main forces of the four Zhechong Mansions were almost in front, these cavalry were divided into two groups, interspersed from both sides to the two wings of the Southwest Army, preparing to use thunder to break the formation of the Southwest Army.
These people were light and simple, with their own hands, except for bows and arrows, and each brought two to four heavenly thunders. Their task was to successfully throw the heavenly thunders into the Southwest Army's formation and disrupt the formation of the Southwest Army, so that the four Zhechongfu on the front could successfully break through the defense line of the Southwest Army and defeat these Southwest Rebels in one fell swoop!
The cavalry on both sides successfully entered the two wings of the Southwest Army. Due to the high maneuverability of the cavalry, the crossbow arrows on the front of the Southwest Army did not cause a large number of casualties to these cavalry. More than 2,000 cavalrymen were shot down by bows and arrows, and most of the rest advanced to the two wings of the Southwest Army.
The person in charge of commanding this cavalry was Zhong E, the second grandson of Zhong Xuantong. He went to Yunzhou City after he was sixteen. This time he followed his grandfather back to Beijing from Yunzhou City to take care of his grandfather Zhong Xuantong.
There were not many cavalry in the capital, but there were quite a few cavalry in Yunzhou City. Therefore, Zhong E, a family member who had been struggling on horseback for many years, naturally served as the command of this cavalry.
He also carried five or six heavenly thunders with him.
After rushing to the position of the two wings, Zhong E immediately shouted: "Brothers, find the gap and penetrate it. Don't fight after entering. After losing the sky thunder, withdraw immediately, and then stop the next interlude!"
After receiving his order, more than a thousand cavalry on the left wing immediately dispersed and rushed towards the left wing formation of the Southwest Army. The cavalry were very fast, and in just a short while, they were only a few dozen steps away from the Southwest Army formation.
At this time, thousands of people suddenly appeared in the Southwest Army's formation. Some of them held strange iron pipes, while others held longbows. At the command of the Southwest Army general, with the sound of the shaking of bowstrings, the longbow shot out arrows, and another loud noise came, and fire burst out from the strange iron pipe!
Arrows and lead bullets shot towards these imperial guards!
Zhong E's face changed slightly, but he was not panicked. He shouted loudly: "Do you go around and do not rush in straight!"
There is no problem with such simple combat instructions in the cavalry of the Yunzhou Army, but the cavalry of the imperial guards lacked daily training and their quality was obviously inferior to that of the Yunzhou cavalry. After receiving the instructions, although they could also detour left and right, their horse speed suddenly dropped a lot.
Zhong E gritted his teeth when he saw it, and he yelled angrily: "The horse cannot slow down, it cannot slow down!"
The reason why cavalry is expensive is because of its valuable mobility. Once they lose speed on the battlefield, they lose everything.
After the first round of volley shots of the Southwest Army, more than 1,000 cavalry under Zhong E fell down in one go!
Most of them were shot down by lead bullets.
After all, most soldiers of this era are not too panicked when facing bows and arrows, but when facing a musket that they have never seen before, they have no experience and are directly knocked to the ground!
The Southwest Army's musketeers were trained by the system. Each time they shot, they would divide them into three rows, and then the front, middle and back three rows would take turns to offset the filling time. Therefore, not long after the first round of volleys, the sound of the second round of volleys rang out!
"Bang bang bang!"
After the second round of volleys, dozens of other imperial cavalry fell down!
After the three-wheeled volley, at least 300 cavalry led by Zhong Yu died under the crossbows and muskets. However, the speed that the cavalry was most proud of was also reflected at this time!
After three rounds of volleys, these cavalry had successfully rushed into the formation of the two wings of the Southwest Army!
Zhong E entered the Southwest Army formation in the first echelon. He looked angry and took out a thunder from the bag on his waist, ignited it with a fire snatch, and threw it into the Southwest Army's muskets position!
At the same time, other cavalry from the first echelon also successfully entered the formation of the two wings of the Southwest Army, ignited the thunder in their hands, and threw it into the formation of the Southwest Army!
The leads of the sky thunder are igniting rapidly.
However, these musketeers and archers were not panicked, although the sky thunder thrown by the court sometimes only got a few meters or even a few meters away from them!
The generals of the Southwest Army responded quickly, and they shouted loudly: "Everyone is lying down!"
"Everyone fell down!"
This is the huge benefit of experience.
The Southwest Army had been in contact with firearms for a long time than the imperial army. The earliest Hanzhou Army had already used firearms to fight in the eighth year of Taikang. Over the years, they had accumulated rich experience in firearms and had a lot of experience in dealing with firearms.
Of course, Li Xin also made a lot of contributions to this. He personally taught the Southwest Army many ways to deal with firearms.
When dealing with "earth bombs" like Tianlei, lying down as soon as possible is undoubtedly a very practical method. First of all, Tianlei, even if it is a southwest sky thunder, is difficult to be fatal at the first time as long as it is not thrown into the face. Most of it is secondary damage caused by the splash damage of the pottery film.
Therefore, as long as you lie down on the spot, you can avoid the impact of the sky thunder, and the other hand, you can reduce your damage area.
After all, the pottery slices of Tianlei diverge radially and cannot fall from the sky.
As the first round of the imperial court exploded, only a few dozen of these lying Southwest Army soldiers were seriously injured, and most of the rest were slightly injured or even safe. These people continued to raise muskets and crossbows and aimed at these imperial guards.
"Bang bang bang!"
There were three rounds of volleys again, and the imperial cavalry fell down again!
Seeing that the sky thunder was useless, Zhong E's eyes turned red completely. He threw the sky thunder in the bag aside with hatred, pulled out a long knife from his waist, waved his arms, and roared: "Brothers, don't throw the sky thunder, draw the sword with me and kill these thieves!"
Chapter completed!