I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 340 Rushing into the formation
"The Datong army has more than 20,000 people. If we can break their formation and drive their fleeing soldiers to attack the Ming army, which has more than 30,000 civilians, they will be more easily frightened and flee."

"I see that the Ming emperor's personal army has no more than 1 soldiers, and the central army has no more than 5 soldiers. They will be helpless in the face of more than defeated soldiers. We can take the opportunity to trample the allied camp and directly attack the Ming emperor," said King Altudai. He has noticed the difference between the new army and the ordinary Ming army. In order to distinguish it from the ordinary Ming army, he called the new army the emperor's personal army.

The Mongolian tribal leaders were all excited by this suggestion. They did not want to fight against the Ming emperor's personal army. They were helpless about their fighting will, firepower density and defensive equipment. However, they still had contempt for their old rival, the Datong Army.

"The old soldiers of Datong Army are tired. We harassed their army today. Many of their soldiers are wavering. We can try King Altodai's method." Barsborot, the third son of Dayan Khan, also said.

After these two people expressed their opinions, other Mongolian tribal leaders also began to express their ideas, most of which were in favor.

Dayan Khan thought for a while and said, "This is indeed a good idea, but you all have to think about it carefully. The Datong Army's formation is not so easy to break through."

"Khan, the Datong army was able to hold out under our siege for so many days because we were concerned about casualties. If we can gather a large number of troops and launch the most resolute charge, regardless of any casualties, we can break through the Datong army's formation," said Barsbrot.

The others nodded in agreement.

"Great Khan! I would like to lead the warriors of the Khorchin tribe to charge in the front!" King Altudai said firmly. He knew that the tribesmen who charged in the front would suffer heavy casualties, but he also knew that with Dayan Khan's character, he would be compensated with more things later.

Dayan Khan looked at his third son and his most courageous general, and suddenly burst into laughter, "Okay! Let's do it!"

The Ming army was also aware of the problem with the Datong army. After all, today's battle results were there. The Datong army, which had the largest number of troops, suffered the heaviest casualties and the least results.

This made Wang Xun, the general of Datong, lose face, but he still firmly stated that the Datong army would definitely defend the line.

In fact, Wang Xun could also see that all this was because the new army was much more elite than his border troops, and its weapons and equipment were also better than those of the Datong Army. He also wanted to ask the new army to support the Datong Army, but in his opinion, the military strength of the other three sides was already relatively weak, and they were unable to support his Datong Army.

The 10,000-man central army where the emperor was located was the general reserve force, which was also related to the emperor's safety and could not be moved lightly. Moreover, his Datong Army was the most powerful among the four surrounding armies, and he could not bring himself to ask for support, so he could only hold on.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao was not unaware of the problems of the Datong Army, but he had no choice.

He also thought about mixing the Datong Army and the New Army so that there would be no weaknesses on all sides. However, the tactics and methods of the New Army were quite different from those of the Datong Army, and the two sides were not very familiar with each other. So if they were hastily mixed together, it would likely weaken each other's combat effectiveness. That's why he used the current configuration.

He also considered making the Datong Army the central army and the new army into four formations, but he was even more hesitant to do so. To put it bluntly, he was not confident in the combat effectiveness of the Datong Army, and he always felt uneasy about making it the general reserve.

After the meeting, Zhu Houzhao still felt uneasy, so he called Jiang Jiangong and Jiang Bin over and expressed his concerns.

Jiang Jiangong pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, I am also worried about this problem, and have been thinking about how to solve it. We think we can..." The next day, the sky was still gloomy.

The Mongolian army was still harassing from all sides, but today its formation was more scattered. Although it was not at an advantage in shooting, it still persisted.

The fighting continued until almost noon, when everyone felt a little tired and the Mongolian offensive had weakened a little. Just when the Ming army relaxed their vigilance, the Mongolian army launched a fierce attack from all four sides at the same time. However, the other three sides were just feints to attract the Ming army's attention. Only the rear army launched a real fierce attack.

"kill!"

The most powerful general of Mongolia, King Altudai, with his son Burhai, led 50,000 Mongolian cavalry and suddenly appeared in the direction of the rear army. After being harassed by friendly forces, they took advantage of the gap when the Datong army was reloading its firearms and suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the rear of the Ming army.

The first wave of Mongolian cavalry showed no fear of life or death. They endured the close-range direct fire from the Ming army's firearms and fired heavy arrows. They tried to cut the chains connecting the carts with axes, then used ropes to noose the carts in the formation and dragged them to the side with several horses.

Before the Ming army could recover from the shock, a huge hole appeared in the chariot formation, and the hole continued to expand.

The first wave of cavalry suffered heavy casualties in the face of the Ming army's various long-range weapons.
The second wave of Mongolian cavalry launched a charge, and this time the Mongolian's most powerful general, King Altudai, and his son Burhai were among them.

The Mongolian formation this time was extremely tight, with people and horses almost next to each other. King Altudai knew very well that the Ming army's formation was solid, and if the formation was not tight, they would not be able to charge at all.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" When the second wave of Mongolian cavalry rushed to twenty steps, hundreds of tiger squat cannons were pushed out. Although the chariot formation was broken, the organization of the Datong army had not been destroyed, and they were able to fight back. Moreover, their tiger squat cannons were not fired all at once, but were fired in a very layered manner.

This small cannon loaded with shotgun shells was simple to cast and was very popular in the Ming army. The Datong army was also equipped with a lot of them.

This tiger squat cannon was the most hated firearm by the Mongols, and it was also one of the reasons why the Mongols did not want to charge into the Ming army's formation.

Although this type of firearm has a short range, it can sweep a large area. Cavalry can only charge in dense formations. If they are not dense, they cannot charge at all, so they can only take the damage from the tiger squat cannon.

Tens of thousands of lead bullets, iron sand, iron pieces and other messy things were fired by the Tiger Crouching Cannon, sweeping across the Mongolian charging column like a violent storm, and the Mongolian cavalry in the front row fell down in unison like wheat being cut.
Just this wave of tiger squat cannon fire, more than a thousand Mongolian cavalry fell. Those who could obey orders and rush to the front to carry out such a life-or-death mission were not ordinary cavalry.
This is the consequence of charging the Ming army. Before they even charge in, they will have to pay the loss of two to three thousand cavalrymen. Moreover, these thousands of cavalrymen must be relatively elite cavalrymen, otherwise they simply cannot endure such casualties and cannot perform such a mission. If this wave of charge is not carried out well, it is very likely to bring down the morale of the entire charging team.
Under normal circumstances, no Mongolian tribe could endure such a loss.
I got up early in the morning to write again today. I didn’t plan my time well. The second chapter is not finished yet, so I will post one chapter first.

Finally, I have to complain: I have to work overtime for two days during the three-day holiday...

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