Next, Chechen carefully selected two people. One is Fatima and the other is Viscount Hesse. Chechen let Fatima ride the fastest horse to find Muhammad gley''s army, and only brought him a word: he had found Yishi LAN gley; The tactful Viscount Hesse was sent to Kafa to find Mehmed Pasha for help.
Viscount Hesse certainly wanted to be out of danger. But the nobleman''s reserve made him pinch anyway. Of course, Chechen gave him his name.
Chechen said, "Viscount, it''s up to you to go to Kafa. Yelishei and others are too straightforward, and what you need to deal with Mehmed Pasha is your tact and exquisite."
Sir hessenzi''s deference is better than obedience. Fatima was sincere and unwilling to go.
Chechen adjusted Fatima''s collar. He said softly, "Fatima, of all the people, it is most appropriate for you to go. Because the road to Kursk must be difficult and dangerous, the Kalmyk people can''t avoid ambush and patrol during the period. Therefore, this person must be good at sneaking and anti investigation."
Chechen''s reason was so sufficient that Fatima no longer resisted to leave. She asked Chechen, "Captain, you must insist until I come back."
Looking at his Fatima with a deep face, Cherchen hugged her.
He said to her, "I will. I will wait for you to come back. After the war, we will get married."
On the shore, Cherchen and all the officers of the mercenary regiment bid farewell to Viscount Hesse and Fatima.
When they were gone, they could no longer see the figure. Che Chen wiped the tears from his eyes. When he turned around again, there was only perseverance in his eyes.
"Father sparsokukotsky, fedot," said Cherchen.
"Here!"
"Yes, Captain!"
"Father sparsokukotsky took over the post of deputy head of Pedro and led the two squadrons. Fedot, you help father," Chechen said.
They accepted with emotion.
"Yelishei." Chechen called again.
Elishea stood up.
"Hessian mercenaries are under your command."
"Yes!"
"Pedro."
"Yes!"
"You command the Hessian infantry as a reserve for the whole army and protect the artillery."
"Yes!"
After reassigning everyone''s responsibilities, Cherchen set the defensive position on the side of the Don river near the Azov fort. Because the combat power of Crimean Tatars is not as good as that of kalmec cavalry led by Ayuki. When they confront the enemy from Yasu fort, the pressure on the mercenary regiment will be less than that of Ayuki.
However, despite this arrangement, Chechen did not order the destruction of the floating bridge on the river. Moreover, he led yelishei across the river and joined the Hessen cavalry left on the other side and the Tatar cavalry of the Isak patriarch. Because he was going to give the Kalmyk cavalry a head-on blow to dispel the soldiers'' fear of him.
When Chechen led Hessen cavalry to cross the shore again, he saw that the leader of Isak was still on the shore, but behind him, there were only more than 150 cavalry of the original 300 Tatar tribes, which was suddenly reduced by half.
Just now, Chechen crossed the river to discuss countermeasures. He didn''t call the head of Isak, so he had the idea to let him leave at ease. But he didn''t expect the patriarch to stay.
Chechen came forward and said, "Isaac, I didn''t expect you to stay."
Isaac saw that Chechen had come again, and a simple and honest smile appeared on his face.
"Cherchen bey, I know you didn''t call me just now because you wanted to drive me away," said the head of Isak.
"Then why didn''t you go?" Chechen asked strangely.
Isaac replied: "Because my tribe is too small. I know that even if LAN gley wins at the beginning of today, Muhammad gley Khan will not give up. There will be many wars on the Azov grassland. At that time, my tribe will certainly become the target of Khan''s Crusade because of betraying you. Instead, I''d better fight here with you. Even if I die, I can fight Khan thought of my hard work and would look up to my tribe. "
Chechen didn''t expect that the head of asak had such a mind.
"Then aren''t you afraid of the trouble that LAN gley and the Kalmyks have brought to your tribe at the beginning?"
"I''m not afraid," said the Isak patriarch, pointing back. His smile was still simple and honest: "I asked others to take refuge in the Kalmyk people."
At 14 noon, the Kalmyk cavalry took the lead in the battlefield.
Although ah Yu has the intention to preserve her strength, kardan Zeling is a man who is addicted to war. Under his own leadership, his thousand man team surpassed all the others and caught up with the front.
The Kalmyk cavalry lined up in the formation that Cherchen had seen in his camp and ran wildly.
Although there were only a thousand people, the momentum of running was sounded like thousands of war drums.
As it was a pursuit, all the horses had run out of the fastest speed, and the horse body protruded to the front. All the Knights leaned close to the horse''s neck, shouting and beating the mount with whip.
The momentum was like a mountain toppling the sea.
Seeing this, Chechen calmly asked the Hessian cavalry led by yelishei to set up a wall charging formation, while the Tatar tribe cavalry of the head of the Isak clan was arranged to cross the river to replace the Hessian infantry. Moreover, Chechen also sent a herald to inform the artillery of the mercenary regiment to aim the muzzle at the other side.
The Hessian cavalry, led by yelishei, advanced slowly towards the kalmec cavalry. At first, the horse team was jogging, followed by a trot, but the speed was not fast. When the karmec cavalry were twenty steps away from them, yelishei gave the first order: "fire!"
Hundreds of arms with pistols stretched forward.
At this time, the karmec cavalry also began to shoot feather arrows at the Hessian cavalry.
The line of Hessian cavalry rose in a ribbon of gunsmoke. The smoke of gunpowder seemed to erect a wall on the flat ground, which made the kalmec cavalry hit his head and blood.
Dozens of Kalmyk cavalry fell, and the remaining Kalmyk cavalry slowed down. They tightened the reins to stop the horse, and then retreated towards the wings amid the horse''s neighing and the pain of the injured.
They are both ready to regroup and make way for their comrades in arms.
But elishea would not let it retreat so easily. He pulled out the leaf hammer around his waist, and the Hessian cavalry threw away their pistols and pulled out their sabres.
"Hessian cavalry, rush forward!" yelishei shouted.
The Hessian cavalry who had trotted at this time also increased the horse speed to the maximum, but their formation was not disordered. The running horse and the knight on the horse were shoulder to shoulder and leg to leg, so they couldn''t even insert a piece of paper.
At this time, the first row of kalmec cavalry retreating towards both sides only made way for half, and their comrades behind them were ready to pour out like wine from an open narrow mouthed wine bottle.
At this moment, the Hessian cavalry ran into two teams of karmec cavalry.
The front several karmec cavalry and their mounts were knocked to the ground in an instant. They were trampled by the iron hooves of Hessian cavalry, just like a reef smashed by a huge wave.
The situation of their companions behind them was not much better than them. Almost every Kalmyk cavalry had more than two sabres cut at them in the front. At this time, no matter how strong they were, they couldn''t do it, because there was no gap between the Hessian cavalry, and the karmec cavalry couldn''t pass through each other. Instead, they were compressed together and huddled together.
A Kalmyk cavalry confronted his saber and raised his Oriental broadsword to block it. The swords intersected, and he successfully blocked the blow. Next, if it is a single fight, the Kalmyk cavalry has four sword techniques and eight moves, which can swing away or even shoot down the opponent''s saber and kill him under the sword. But at this time, before his brain could react, a Hessian cavalry''s saber on his right had removed his left arm.
The Hessian cavalry who was blocked by him also cut a deep hole in his chest while the middle door opened wide under his pain.
The same story is constantly staged on the battlefield.
For the first time, the cavalry from the East used to fast horse and light knife tasted the power of wall charging.
This is not the sitting and talking of Che Chen and ah Yuqi, but the real battlefield fight.
The Kalmyk cavalry who were cut down to the ground died in peace, because they died and couldn''t understand. Shouldn''t the cavalry break up when charging, so that the cavalry can give full play to their martial arts as much as possible?
They did not know that the Western cavalry had changed from a knight who emphasized individual martial arts in the Middle Ages to a civilian cavalry who emphasized discipline and collective combat.
So the Hessian cavalry never fight one-on-one. In fact, if they did, they would die miserably under the kalmec cavalry.
But now, when two hundred Hessian cavalry crashed into the oncoming karmec cavalry like a dense wall, they were the winners.
With just one charge, the Hessian cavalry broke through the two fronts of the kalmec cavalry. And their offensive continued unabated and rushed towards the third kalmec cavalry.
At this time, if you look down from a high altitude, the scene you see is completely opposite to the reality. The mighty Kalmyk cavalry, more than five times in number, are completely drowning the Hessian cavalry with a cavalry sea. The two wings of the Kalmyk cavalry had even wrapped the Hessian cavalry.
But in fact, on the whole, the Kalmyk cavalry submerged or even surrounded the Hessian cavalry. However, in the actual battle, it was the Hessian cavalry side with a small number who kept smashing all the Kalmyk cavalry along the way.
When the third front also began to crack, kardan Zeling finally reacted. He knew that if this continued, his fourth and fifth fronts would repeat the mistakes of the first three fronts.
So, kardan Zeling quickly issued a new order.
The flag bearer around gardanzeling issued a flag, and the kalmec cavalry of the fourth and fifth squadrons began to change their formation.
The two hundred Kalmyk cavalry of the fourth unit turned left and the two hundred Kalmyk cavalry of the fifth unit turned right. Like the huge wings of a white crane, they tried to surround the Hessian cavalry in charge with a big detour, and then gathered and annihilated them with dense arrows.
Ah Yuqi is the most outstanding descendant of Genghis Khan. After hearing about the wall charge from Chechen, he came up with a method suitable for his own restraint and gave advice to kardan Zeling - that is, get out of the middle and surround with both wings.
This strategy is simple to say, but it also has high requirements for the quality of cavalry. Because when a cavalry attack, it is impossible to flank the enemy or perform any formation change.
For this problem, ah Yuqi''s solution is to use two or three cavalry columns to resist the enemy who is charging against the wall, while the other two cavalry teams wait for the opportunity to encircle.
And this strategy worked. When the Hessian cavalry led by yelisi broke through the three-tier karmec cavalry line, he suddenly found that there were no enemies in front of him.
At this time, the powerful wall charge of frontal assault was like hitting the air. On both sides of him appeared Kalmyk cavalry as thick as dark clouds. They galloped and hit the flanks of Hessian mercenaries with feather arrows.
"Damn it!" yelishei cursed.
Now, whether he wanted it or not, he could only choose a way to go forward or backward and reorganize the direction of attack after a scuffle with the Kalmyk cavalry and braved the rain of arrows.
No matter which choice, it is unfavorable to him.
As soon as yelishei gritted his teeth, he waved a leaf hammer and led the cavalry towards the left wing, trying to kill a path of blood.
The two cavalry collided. Under the shadow of the sword, cavalry rolled their saddle and fell off their horses all the time. Although the armor of Hessian cavalry is harder and the design is more reasonable, the individual combat ability of Kalmyk cavalry is better, and the design defense of cotton armor and lock sub armor is not as strong as plate armor, but it is also very strong.
The karmec cavalry were finally shamed by the two sides catching and killing each other. The Hessian cavalry who had been covering next to Yeltsin had fallen off their horses. Yeltsin was also stabbed in the chest and survived only under the protection of mirror armor.
At this time, the defeated karmec cavalry gathered together again under the call of their remaining centurions and centurions. They were like a new force and threw themselves into the siege of Hessian mercenaries.
Gale danzeling also led a team of Pro guards to rush towards the encirclement. Because yelishei was different in wearing a mirror frame, kardan Zeling killed him directly.
"Kill!"
With horsepower, kardan Zeling, who suddenly shot out of the thorn slope, slashed at yelishei.
Yelishei quickly blocked the blow with a steel shield, but he was not aware that a kalmec cavalry on his left passed by with a cross knife and cut a big hole in his arm.
Yelishei''s page fell to the ground. He endured the pain and swung away the broad Oriental sword of kardan Zeling, then pulled out the saber at his waist and returned a knife to kardan Zeling.
Kardan Zeling easily hid, but he couldn''t beat yelishei for a moment and a half, and the two fell into a stalemate.
But the other Hessian cavalry were not so lucky. More and more Hessian cavalry fell or were injured under the advance of the dominant opponents.
Seeing that the encirclement became smaller and smaller, the Hessian cavalry were slowly crowded together. At this most critical moment, Cherchen finally sent the most powerful support for them.
Several columns of smoke rose from the formation of the left-wing Kalmyk cavalry. It was the mercenary regiment on the other side. The artillery finally built an artillery position and was supporting the cavalry with flowering shells.
The shell hit the karmec cavalry near the center, and the bombed people turned upside down, and the undead and slightly injured scattered quickly.
For the Kalmyks who had only seen the power of skin artillery, the six pound artillery brought by the mercenary regiment from Poland was more powerful than they had ever seen before.
Then the three pound gun and small gun also fired. Loose and solid shells poured into the formation of the kalmec cavalry.
"Yelishei, retreat quickly!"
The cry of viscount Hesse came from behind elishey. It turned out that at the same time of shelling, the Hessian mercenaries led by Pedro lined up in a neat queue and dispersed the karmec cavalry in front with spears and muskets, opening a retreat gap for yelisheys.
Seeing the hope of breaking through, yelishei whistled and led the cavalry to break through in the direction of Hessen mercenary phalanx.
"Fortunately, fortunately!" Chechen was relieved to see yelishei and Hessen cavalry finally break out of the siege.
Ah Yuqi knows how to crack the wall charge. Of course, Che Chen will think about how to counter it. And compared with ah Yuqi, Chechen has a very powerful teacher who can give him guidance, instead of making cars behind closed doors like ah Yuqi.
This teacher is Gustav.
After Gustav once thought that the invincible Swedish pistol heavy armor cavalry was beaten down and suffered heavy losses by the Polish wing cavalry wall charging tactics, Gustav, who learned from the pain, also began to reform the Swedish army''s cavalry tactics following the wing cavalry tactics. Although he allowed the cavalry to continue to be equipped with pistols, he ordered the cavalry to fight with the enemy cavalry, Instead of using semi rotary shooting tactics, they can only use cold weapons such as sabers to quickly impact the enemy.
In the thirty year war, the Swedish cavalry after Gustav''s reform finally beat the semi rotary shooting cavalry of the German princes.
But soon after, Gustav found that the wall charge strategy was not a panacea for trying everything. When faced with a large number of well disciplined traditional cavalry and cavalry who also use wall charging, it is very easy to encounter the following three situations:
First, the cavalry with significantly more than one side will set up an extremely broad front and charge with a drag wall, while the remaining cavalry will encircle the two wings and attack the unprotected flanks of the charging cavalry.
Second, in order not to collide with each other''s kind, the horses of both sides will consciously open the formation to allow the other''s horses to pass, and then the cavalry of both sides can only fight when they are wrong.
Third, the cavalry of both sides scuffle together, the neat formation disappears, and then after 5 to 15 minutes of fighting, both sides are exhausted, unwilling to fight again and break away from contact.
Facing the situation that the three wall charges could not defeat the opponent, Gustav gave his own solution, that is, let the cavalry, infantry and artillery go together for the task that the cavalry could not complete.