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

Chapter 348 Bloody Battle

The Mongols did not let the Ming army wait too long. They quickly sent out a team of 50,000 to 60,000 people. They gave up the cavalry charge because the impact of the cavalry was greatly weakened on such muddy ground, so it would be better not to use the cavalry.

They were all dismounted cavalrymen, and now they were all infantrymen. However, the Mongols also had times when they dismounted and fought on foot, so they had quite a bit of experience in infantry combat. Holding swords and spears, they lined up in ten rows, and slowly unfolded a wide battle formation.

It was impossible for an array of tens of thousands of people to attack at once, so they were divided into two phalanxes, front and back.

Rhythmic drums and horns sounded from the center of the Mongolian army, urging the Mongolian infantry to advance.
The armor that the Mongols were equipped with was mainly cloth armor, with mixed and inconsistent colors. When the cloth on the outer layer of the armor got wet, it turned into a dark color, making the slowly moving Mongolian formation look like a long black dragon.
The Mongolians also know how to conserve their energy. After walking for a while, they will regroup and restore their energy. During this process, there are people who constantly use Mongolian to boost morale.

Garu was in the front phalanx. Although he was eager to fight, he also knew the power of the Ming army's firearms.

When he was eighty steps away from the Ming army's formation, his heart tightened, but the Ming army's formation was still silent and they did not use those terrible muskets, which made him feel relieved.

He had seen too many battle-hardened Mongolian elites who had traveled thousands of miles to get shot by this kind of musket and fell in a pool of blood. They were so vulnerable to cheap lead bullets.
Now, the leaders did not lie to them, and the Ming army's firearms really did not work.
After being hit by firearms at a distance of eighty steps, the morale of the Mongols rose again.

When they were fifty steps away from the Ming army's main formation, they reorganized their troops again. At this time, they could clearly see what was underneath the helmets of the Ming army on the opposite side.

This time the Ming army did not deploy chariots, but the wooden shield wall to protect against arrows remained.

Garu quickly reached a position of fifty steps. Many people in the Mongolian formation were carrying foot bows, but none of them were strung.

Garu pulled out a bowstring from his arms. This was his spare bowstring. He had four or five spare bowstrings. He now kept them in his arms, keeping them dry by his body temperature.

As he walked forward, he hung the bowstring on his bow and took out a heavy arrow. He knew that the bowstring would soon become soft due to the rain and he could only shoot one or two arrows. But he thought that these one or two arrows were worth it. This was his and the Mongols' last stubbornness.

The Ming army also deployed an equally wide formation, with a first-line array of 30,000 people. At this time, the big drums of the Ming army's center slowly sounded.

"Ready!" the officers of the Ming army gave the order. Only the first few rows of soldiers in the new army were equipped with long spears, while the rest were mainly equipped with improved Qi family swords. The cold weapons of the bird gunners, who accounted for 40%, were only Qi family swords and daggers.

"Shua!" The sound of swords being drawn continuously rang out, and the Ming army's formation suddenly turned into a dense jungle made of metal.
The first row of Ming army soldiers began to advance. Together they pushed down the wooden shield wall and crossed their own line. The troops behind them also began to move forward at the same time.

Thirty thousand new army soldiers marched forward in big strides. Their bright silver plate armor stood out in the black environment, like a long silver metal dragon.
The drumbeats of the Mongolian army became more urgent. Officers at all levels shouted loudly, asking the Mongolian armored soldiers to prepare for battle. This move of the Ming army was beyond their expectations. They never thought that the Ming army would dare to take the initiative to fight hand-to-hand. All the soldiers were not prepared for this.
The drumbeats of the Ming army's center army became increasingly intense, and the Ming army's formation began to speed up. They still subconsciously maintained a neat pace as they did during training, and even though they were walking on muddy ground, they still made a rumbling sound.
They soon closed to within thirty steps, and the Mongols shot sporadic arrows from the formation, but they no longer had the opportunity to shoot arrows. They had to prepare for the imminent hand-to-hand combat, which was the last advantage they believed in.

A trumpet sounded and the new army soldiers shouted "Tiger!" in unison.

After three beats, the drum beats became faster and the soldiers of the New Army began to jog across the board, like a rapidly advancing metal wall. The big drum of the Ming Army's center soon reached its highest frequency, and the New Army maintained a straight and complete line and advanced like a wall.

The Mongols shouted just as loudly as the officers howled, and the swords and spears in the back row were laid down and they rushed towards the Ming army. The sudden attack of the Ming army threw their command into chaos. Some of them were advancing, while some remained where they were, and the formation became a sawtooth shape.

Two torrents, one black and one white, were coming towards him. Luo Erhu stared at an armored soldier twenty steps away from him. Both of them were holding spears. After the armored soldier took ten steps, he suddenly accelerated and rushed towards him.

Luo Erhu did not evade at all. He howled like a wild beast and thrust out with the spear in his hand. He and another teammate stabbed the Mongolian spearman in the armored chest at the same time. The spear tip made a harsh steel friction sound, and the middle part of the spear shaft arched upward slightly. The steel-tipped spear head pierced through the armor smoothly with the inertia of the impact and broke into the chest of the armored soldier. The twelve-foot wooden spear in the Mongolian soldier's hand stopped in front of Luo Erhu.

The Mongolian spears were shorter than those of the new army, which gave the new army a lot of advantages.
The armored soldier with a ferocious face was pushed back two steps by the two men. He dropped the spear in his hand, grabbed the two gun barrels with his hands weakly, and spat out large mouthfuls of blood. His face was distorted beyond recognition. Luo Erhu and the other man pulled out their spears together, and the armored soldier immediately fell to the ground.

A scream came from Luo Erhu's side. A spearman in his team was stabbed in the abdomen by a spear. Luo Erhu took a step forward and thrust out his spear quickly, killing the spearman again. He had just put away his spear when two sword and shield soldiers rushed out from behind the spearman. They held round shields to protect their bodies and rushed forward with their bodies bent.

Luo Erhu swiftly raised his right hand and lowered his left hand, with the tip of his spear against a shield. This was the standard defensive sword-shield action of the spear. The armored soldier's attempt to get close failed, and his shield was tilted by the resistance of the spear. He couldn't stop his momentum and actually turned around and fell to the ground. Before he could get up, a spear from the side had pierced his neck. After the spear tip was pulled out, he covered his neck and struggled silently on the ground.

Another sword and shield soldier was not blocked. He lowered his body, and with a ferocious look on his face, he used the upper edge of his left hand to prop up the spear shaft, preparing to push it into the blind spot of the spear. He was an experienced veteran. As long as he entered this distance, he could kill the Ming army at will at close range.
(End of this chapter)