Chapter 1274 Afterglow of the Cavalry Era

The long history of the Protectorate of Dadu in Xijiang was recommended by the cabinet as Fu Bi, the governor of Hanzhong County in the province of Shu.

Fu Bi was a famous prime minister in the Northern Song Dynasty. When he served as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, he and Fan Zhongyan jointly implemented the Qingli New Deal.

After the failure of the New Deal, Fu Bi went to Yunzhou, Qingzhou and other places to help hundreds of thousands of victims during his tenure.

In the second year of Zhihe, he paid homage to the prime minister.

Historically, Fu Bi had been sent to the Liao Kingdom many times, and he was also very concerned about the situation in Xixia.

The cabinet recommended Fu Bi, a civil servant who is not only talented in internal affairs, but also quite familiar with military affairs, as the governor of the Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate. Obviously, it took a lot of thought, and it was very suitable for Ouyang Shuo.

In addition, Fu Bi has served as the prefect of Hanzhong for a long time and has a good understanding of the situation in Shu. His promotion to the governor of the Western Xinjiang Metropolis will also help promote the construction of the two official roads of the Sichuan-Tibet line and the Qinghai-Tibet line.

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The Battle of Mongolia that broke out in November was regarded as the last battle in the Huaxia region.

The Mongol Empire has a huge army of 1.3 million, although it cannot be on par with the Great Xia, but in the eyes of the outside world, this is bound to be a time-consuming battle.

Even if Da Xia wins, his vitality will be severely damaged.

The progress of the war was beyond everyone's expectations. In this battle, the Great Xia Army was devastated, and basically did not give the Mongolian Army a chance.

Especially the war in the headquarters of the Mongol Empire was even more disparate.

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On November 17, the southeastern border of the Mongolian Empire.

Stationed here is the Borhu Tribe, one of the Four Heroes of Mongolia. They and the Chagatai Tribe stationed on the northeast border echoed from the north to the south and jointly guarded the eastern border of the Mongolian Empire.

The opponents of the two parts are the Great Xia Northern Frontier Army and the Fengxiang Army.

Under the command of the deputy commander Chen Yucheng, the Northern Xinjiang Army advanced from the Northern Xinjiang Province, preparing to compete with the Borhu tribe; the Fengxiang Army, under the command of the famous general Guo Ziyi, marched westward from the Liaojin Province and rushed towards the Cha Hetai Department.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the 20,000 elite cavalry led by Zhang Yun, the head of the First Army of the Northern Xinjiang Army, as the vanguard of the Northern Xinjiang Army, met the main force of the Mongolian Borhu tribe on the vast prairie by chance.

As one of the four Mongolian heroes, Borhu was an expert in cavalry warfare. When he learned that the Daxia Vanguard sent out all cavalry troops, he immediately swung forward without saying a word.

"Kill them all!"

Bor suddenly took the lead and led his troops to charge.

As a hero of the Three Kingdoms, is Zhang He a coward? Without a second word, immediately lead the troops to meet the enemy.

In fact, whether it is war horses, cavalry equipment, or even cavalry tactics, the Great Xia cavalry has long left the Mongolian iron cavalry behind. The poor Mongols don't know it, and they still regard themselves as the best cavalry in the world.

This battle fully proved this point.

Facing 40,000 Mongolian iron cavalry, Zhang He's troops did not lose the slightest bit. They were inseparable from the enemy, and they were evenly divided, which made Boer's face turn red.

This is a bare-naked slap in the face.

The so-called Mongolian iron cavalry has no pride at all in front of the Great Xia cavalry.

Borhu, who had been beaten out of his temper, looked gloomy and at the same time, in order to save a little face, he was completely ready to kill Zhang He's troops. While commanding the main force to kill the enemy, he sent orders to the left and right wings to join the main force and encircle and kill Zhang He's troops together. .

Strictly speaking, this is the first battle between the Mongolian cavalry and the Great Xia cavalry.

The strength of the enemy was completely beyond Borhu's expectations. That's exactly what happened. In order to restore morale, Borhu did not hesitate to fight more and destroy the enemy in front of him, so as to restore a little bit of dignity.

Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous.

Bor suddenly wanted to play big, but Zhang Yun didn't accompany him at all, he had a heavy responsibility.

Seeing the spies report that the enemy's left and right wings were moving towards the battlefield, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Yun's mouth. He did not expect that this mission would be completed so easily.

"withdraw!"

Without hesitation, Zhang He immediately ordered to retreat.

"Follow me!"

Seeing that the enemy was about to withdraw, Borhu quickly guessed that the enemy might detect the movement of the left and right wings. The more so, the more Borhu could not let the enemy escape.

Otherwise, he Boer suddenly lose face.

"Let the left and right wings speed up the march, and come directly to join the main force!"

Boerhu originally planned to make a slight detour to the left and right wings to outflank the enemy's rear. Now that the enemy is retreating, the detour tactic is no longer effective, so it is better to pursue directly.

The two armies chased and fled, galloping on the Mongolian prairie, which was very spectacular.

It was noon in a blink of an eye, and the two armies had already galloped for more than a hundred kilometers, which could be described as fast as lightning. This marching speed was beyond the reach of the infantry.

At this point, the cavalry do have their pride.

Slightly tilted, a hilly area appeared in front of Zhang Yun's troops, one after another, one after another, one after another, like green bubbles emerging from the grassland, it was very spectacular.

Without hesitation, Zhang He's troops rushed into the hilly area and disappeared from the sight of Borhu's troops.

Bor suddenly didn't think about it, and directly commanded the army to chase and kill. On the vast prairie, even hills are only 30 to 50 meters high, and there are no trees, so it is impossible to set up an ambush at a glance.

Therefore, Boer suddenly had no fear.

Leading his troops into the hills, Bor suddenly noticed something different, but saw that on every hill, there were faint shadows, and the Great Xia army was stationed, and simple fortifications were built on the top of the hill.

Obviously, this is the decisive battle carefully arranged by the enemy.

Boer suddenly saw it, not only showed no fear, but laughed loudly: "I didn't expect the Great Xia Army to be so stupid, thinking that with such a small mountain bag, they can block our attack? It's naive."

According to conventional thinking, a small hill with a height of 30 to 50 meters is indeed not an ideal ambush location. Not only can you not ambush, but once you are trapped on the top of the mountain without a source of water, you are simply looking for a dead end.

Without hesitation, Bor suddenly ordered the army to disperse and attack the hills one by one.

The slopes of the hills on the grassland are generally very gentle. With the superb riding skills of the Mongolian cavalry, they can charge up directly without dismounting to fight.

The fear of the enemy in the morning has been thrown out of the blue by Boer.

"kill!"

Borhu personally led his troops and continued to pursue Zhang He's troops in front. At the same time, he ordered the left and right wings to start pulling out the nails on the top of the mountain.

In the entire hilly area, there are no less than a hundred hills, densely packed.

At the foot of one of the hills, a thousand Mongolian cavalry charged brazenly, and the scimitars of the cavalry, reflected by the noon sun, shone with a dazzling cold light.

On the top of the mountain, the commander saw him and calmly ordered: "Fire!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The artillery deployed on the top of the mountain in advance exploded.

The cavalry in front of the charge immediately turned on their backs, delaying the charge of the entire team. The Mongolian cavalry was also fierce, and continued to charge against the artillery fire.

With such a short hillside, they probably rushed to the top of the hill before the second round of enemy artillery bombardment.

The commander at the top of the mountain saw him and calmly ordered: "Musketeers are ready."

"shooting!"

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Intensive and rapid gunshots rang out, and bullets were pouring down unscrupulously.

The ferocious Mongolian iron cavalry was too fragile in front of the hail of bullets from the Great Xia Army. Row after row of cavalry fell down like wheat, without splashing a single wave.

In the face of firearms, the Mongolian cavalry, who were still in the cold weapon era, were doomed to be slaughtered.

Yes, massacres.

The Daxia firearms have evolved from the most primitive firearms to the relatively advanced matchlock guns. Up to now, the third-generation firearms, that is, the new generation of flintlock guns, have been deployed in the entire army.

Compared with the arquebus, which is difficult to load, the flintlock is designed with a rotating arm driven by a spring, with a flint clamped on the head. When the rotating arm rotates downward, the flint rubs against the steel plate on the firing powder tray to generate sparks, and the sparks fall into the powder. The tray ignites the primer.

Because it relies on flint to ignite, it is named flintlock gun.

Compared with the matchlock gun, the flintlock gun is safer and more reliable, with a simple structure and convenient reloading, and a piece of flint can be used for 30 rounds, making continuous shooting possible.

These advantages have made the flintlock popular for three hundred years.

It was not until the birth of more advanced percussion guns that the flintlock guns withdrew from the stage of history. In fact, Daxia's research on percussion guns has also entered the critical stage, and some experimental products have even been born.

The main reason why it was not installed in the army is that the production cost is too high to achieve mass production.

In the final analysis, it is still limited by Daxia's own level of industrialization. With full efforts and calculations, it has been less than two years since Daxia fully promoted industrialization, and naturally it has not yet reached the level of mass-produced percussion guns.

Even so, the power of the flintlock is enough to scare the enemy.

With the cooperation of the artillery and musketeers, and with the advantage of the condescending terrain, the Mongolian cavalry wearing leather armor or even cloth armor are like fragile babies, vulnerable to a single blow.

Even if there are elite cavalry rushing to the top of the mountain, there is still a row of the most elite sword and shield soldiers guarding in front of the musketeers, so that the Mongolian cavalry cannot cross the thunder pool.

The small hill has become a lingering nightmare for the Mongolian cavalry.

At this time, Borhu had already led his troops into the depths of the hills, and when the messenger came to report that the left and right armies had suffered heavy losses in the encirclement and suppression of the hills, the expressions on their faces were more and more complicated.

"How could this be?" Boer was puzzled.

The messenger replied with lingering fear: "General Qi, the enemy has deployed artillery on the top of the mountain, and there are still a large number of musketeers. The lethality is astonishing. We can't charge up at all."

Bor suddenly felt a chill, and then realized that the trap conceived by the enemy army was extraordinary.

"General, retreat!" The lieutenant suggested.

Boer's face was cloudy and uncertain, and he said after a long time: "No, we can't withdraw." For the Mongol Empire, this was a war with no way out.

The lieutenant said urgently: "Let's rush out of this hill first, we can't let the boys die in vain."

"Alright!" Boerhu was not stubborn this time.

It's a pity that this is a bureau carefully set up by Chen Yucheng, how can the enemy troops who entered the hub be easily evacuated, just when Borhu led his troops to rush out of the hilly area, the Great Xia army had already been waiting in full force on the outskirts of the hilly area.