However, the Cossack soldiers successfully used sharp sabers and horse-power collisions to create a small gap in the Ming army's defensive formation.
At this time, the artillery faced the mixed Ming army and Cossacks, and there was no way to fire.
Sun Fumin was very anxious and regretted that he had underestimated the Cossacks' fighting power and ended up like this.
He grabbed the gun from the guard next to him and rushed towards the gap.
The guards were caught off guard and rushed towards the gap.
Sun Fumin made a leap and stabbed a Cossack soldier in the neck with his bayonet.
He then quickly retracted it, dodged the crazy horse head, and rushed towards the Cossack troops behind.
The Ming army was already struggling to hold on, but when they saw the generals personally going into battle, they immediately felt their blood surge up.
Although the Cossacks had war horses, after rushing into the Ming army's formation, the impact of the horses had been greatly reduced.
Therefore, once the Ming army's fear was gone, they could still compete with the Cossacks.
The Cossacks did have the advantage.
In this cold weapon battle, the saber was always easier to use than the bayonet.
But after the Ming army blocked their momentum, the impact of the horses had disappeared, and the Cossack cavalry on the horse became a live target for the Ming army because of their relatively high height.
After the initial defeat, the Ming army quickly changed tactics.
The Ming army behind them began to target the Cossack cavalry on horseback with muskets.
As the muskets sounded, the Cossack cavalry fell off their horses one by one.
After all, the numerical advantage of the Ming army played an extremely important role at this time, and the Ming army quickly calmed down after the initial panic, and the situation began to tilt towards the Ming army.
After the guards pulled Sun Fumin out of the line, Sun Fumin calmed down and began to direct the troops behind him to fill the gap and use fire blunderbuss to harvest the Cossack cavalry.
At this time, another group of Tatar cavalry rushed out from the fortress.
This fortress was guarded by Cossack cavalry and archers.
Because their fighting power was too poor, they generally would not fight in battles.
They would only fight after the Cossacks won.
Clean up the battlefield again.
But now it seems that the Cossacks have not gained a huge advantage, but may be counterattacked by the Ming army, so the commander of the archers in the city ordered the Tatar cavalry to come out of the city to support them.
Sun Fumin ordered a battalion to deal with the Tatar cavalry.
The other Ming troops continued to encircle and suppress the Cossack cavalry.
The Tatar cavalry was quickly wiped out by the Ming army's firecrackers and fled toward the city in embarrassment.
The Ming army did not pursue them. , but in turn attacked from the rear of the Cossacks.
The defeat of the Tatar cavalry announced that the Rakshasa army had no way to support the Cossack cavalry from the fortress.
After experiencing the initial defeat, the Ming army had already relied on its numerical advantage and long-range advantage to engage in a stalemate with the Cossacks.
More and more Cossack cavalry fell, and the balance of victory began to tilt towards the Ming army.
There were constant sounds of firecrackers, Cossacks kept falling off their horses, and screams and curses were heard from time to time on the battlefield.
After the Ming army surrounded the Cossacks from both sides, the impact of the cavalry, which was the Cossack cavalry's greatest reliance, had completely disappeared.
Now they could only rely on their cold weapon combat capabilities, which were slightly higher than the Ming army's, to fight the Ming army to death, but they were gradually showing signs of decline. .
Sun Fumin felt relieved now.
Victory was only a matter of time.
However, the losses suffered by the Guards this time were probably the most severe since the formation of the army.
The main reason for the defeat was his underestimation of the enemy and his recklessness.
It was already certain that he would be punished.
Now he was trying to reduce the casualty ratio of the Guards as much as possible.
Any less than one death would count as one.
The Cossacks also understood that although the Ming army was caught off guard in the early stage, after all, there was a big difference in the combat effectiveness of the two sides.
After the Ming army reacted, they had no way to win again.
Gavrila, the Cossack commander, shouted: "The time has come to be loyal to the Tsar.
Kill me."
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Not all Cossacks were willing to be loyal to the Tsar.
They were free people and they yearned for freedom rather than death.
Therefore, some people in the Cossack team began to move, looking behind them and preparing to retreat at any time.
In fact, Gavrila was not willing to be loyal to the Tsar, but if he retreated now, the Ming army would surround the fortress, and he would die in the end.
And if he wanted to escape from the fort, the Cossacks would still be unable to escape once the Ming army surrounded the city.
However, Sun Fumin saw the clues.
He issued an order and part of the troops surrounding the fortress retreated, making way for a narrow road to facilitate the Cossacks' escape.
The Cossacks were extremely mobile and had keen eyesight, and could easily spot a gap when the Ming army moved.
Gavrila made a sudden whistle, and the Cossacks suddenly stopped attacking and rushed towards the small gap that the Ming army gave way to.
When the Ming army saw the Cossacks starting to run away, they did not pursue them.
Two legs could never outrun four legs, and the pursuit was in vain.
But the speed of bullets can be faster than horses, so the Ming army quickly loaded the bullets and started shooting.
The sound of firecrackers came and went, the fleeing Cossack cavalry kept falling to the ground, and the ownerless horses hesitated and wandered beside their masters, helping them helplessly.
Soon the Cossacks had passed the fortress and disappeared into the distance.
The Ming army began to clean the battlefield, and all the injured Cossacks who were not dead were given two stabs by the Ming army.
Military doctors urgently bandaged the injured Ming soldiers, and soldiers started to light fires to ensure that the wounded and bleeding soldiers would not freeze to death.
A total of 235 people died in the Ming army, more than 100 were seriously injured, and more than 500 were slightly injured.
A total of 403 Cossack cavalry died.
In this way, the exchange ratio between the two sides was close to one to one, which was a battle damage situation that the Ming army rarely encountered.
Sun Fumin listened to the military judge's report with a pale face, and sighed: "Put the bodies of the brothers first, and we will capture the fortress first."
The escape of the Cossack cavalry left only the archers and Tatars in the fortress.
The Buryats stepped forward to persuade them to surrender, but were shot back with two arrows.
Sun Fumin said: "Let's attack the city with artillery.
After the city is broken, no enemy will be left alive."
The Ming army set up artillery and blew up the watchtowers on the fortress with one shot, and a few more shots blew the city wall at the gate to pieces.
Sun Fumin did not let the soldiers rush in, but kept firing.
The people inside couldn't stand it anymore.
An archer came forward to ask for surrender, but Sun Fumin killed him in front of the battle with a blunderbuss.
The Rakshasa people understood that it was impossible for the Ming army to let them go, while the Tatars felt that everyone had yellow faces, and they might still be able to escape, so some Tatars came out and asked to see the general of the Ming army
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