Chapter 225 Breaking the Enemy
"It doesn't matter, the army has no intention to fight. In this battle, I'm afraid..." A general beside Wanyan Tuhesu looked at the loose army from a distance, not only his scalp went numb for a while, but he was also frightened.
Wanyan Tuhesu has such a sharp eye that his subordinates can see the problem. How could he not see it? But what can he do if he sees it? He has no choice but to fight to the death.
"The kidnapper horses gather on one wing to assist the infantry. If necessary, they can attack and cross the wall." Wanyan Tuhesu gritted his teeth and said.
The strength of the Jin Army's cavalry lies in this. One moment they were beaten to the point where they were knocked off their backs and fled in all directions, but the next moment they were able to gather together again. Unless the Tianzhu Army's cavalry attacked them, the horsemanship and combat skills of both sides were very strong.
Under such a huge disparity, even if the cavalry attacks,
There would be no obvious results. Perhaps it was due to this consideration that Yang Zaixing did not send his cavalry regiment to fight. The Tianzhu Army's cavalry is most suitable to engage in pursuit battles and annihilate the enemy's infantry, rather than sending precious
The horse power was wasted in an ineffective pursuit with the elite cavalry of the Jin Army.
The gathering and dispersion of cavalry can never be compared to that of infantry. When the leading troops of the Jin Army's infantry have not yet entered the effective range of the muskets, one hundred and fifty Jin Army cavalry have regrouped and stood far away in Checheng.
On a soil slope on the right, waiting for an opportunity.
The First Mixed Brigade in the chariot city is also frequently dispatched. The four hundred musketeers in the chariot are loaded and ready to fire; the heavy armored spearmen and sword soldiers outside the carriage are also ready for battle; they were originally divided into the north and south.
The one hundred musketeers defending the two wings all gathered on the north wing, focusing on defending against the unknown Jin Army cavalry.
After the chariot was changed from a side compartment to a main compartment, the side walls of the compartment that could originally allow four people to fire a volley were replaced by the front entrance of the compartment that could only accommodate two people shooting simultaneously. However, the firepower was not reduced at all, and even
Even worse. Because each tank is still equipped with eight musketeers, but there are only two shooting positions. The remaining six are responsible for loading ammunition and passing muskets. In this way, two-stage shooting becomes four-stage shooting.
, the firepower is more sustained and fierce.
When more than a thousand Jin Army infantry stepped into the fifty-step red line, they soon experienced the ferocious and terrifying explosions of the four-stage musket fire. The flames burned the eyes, and the projectiles whistling all over the sky penetrated the whole side.
The side tags wrapped in cowhide are torn apart from a pair of thin or thick armors, turning the flesh and blood bodies behind them into cold corpses.
In just one minute, the first big arrowhead of the Jin army's infantry was disabled. As soon as the archer behind the gunman fired the first round of arrows, he was shocked to realize that all the people in front were gone!
These archers, who were supposed to be hiding behind the security team and firing cold arrows, were actually exposed at the front and became the most vulnerable targets...
If it weren't for the two triangular formations behind them, these Jin Army archers would have run away long ago. But pushed by waves of people behind them, they had no choice but to charge forward hopelessly, and then despaired
Falling to the ground under the muzzle of the gun with smoke curling up...
When Checheng is in an offensive state, it is inconvenient to deploy defensive horses. This makes the enemy less affected by obstacles. It seems that they can rush directly to Checheng, but the barrage formed by the continuous four-stage firepower will destroy a large number of
The Jin soldiers were firmly blocked thirty steps away and could not advance even an inch.
In a very short period of time, the Jin army's infantry suffered heavy casualties, and their counterattack was so pitiful and weak.
Wanyan Tuhesu couldn't care less about the casualties of his grieving infantry. As a general, he had to pay attention not only to the casualties of his soldiers, but more importantly, to find a breakthrough. Wanyan Tuhesu was worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield, and he was determined to survive from these tragic casualties.
Discovering a front-line fighter, he keenly seized the gap where all the firepower of the iron-walled chariot city was attracted by the infantry, and decisively ordered the cavalry to attack.
The Jin Army cavalry, who were already ready to go, knocked on the belly of their horses and used the spurs on their boots to stimulate the horses under their crotches. In a very short period of time, the horse speed reached the extreme. One hundred and fifty horsemen rushed towards the iron with lightning speed.
On the right side of the Wall Car City, a hundred steps away, it only took a dozen breaths to rush to the foot of the Car City.
It was not just the Jin Army's cavalry who were ready to attack. One hundred musketeers in Checheng were also prepared and were keeping an eye on them. Even so, the musketeers still had some estimate of the equestrian skills of these elite cavalry.
Insufficient. When the musketeers reacted and raised their guns to aim, the Jin Army cavalry had already passed fifty steps; after two rounds of shooting, the Jin Army cavalry
They had rushed to thirty steps; after the four-stage shooting, the Jin Army cavalry had rushed to the foot of the chariot city... Although they paid the price of more than thirty cavalry casualties in order to break through the fifty-step death line, after all, they rushed
So far in the battle, this is the first time that the Jin army has been so close to this cold, iron-walled chariot city that does not look tall but is insurmountable...
Taking advantage of the momentum of the fast horses, the Jin Army cavalry threw off the stirrups with both feet, kicked off the saddles, and jumped onto the roof of the carriage. Many war horses almost brushed against the iron baffles of the carriage city as they galloped past.
The Jin soldiers who jumped on the roof of the car had just pulled out their machetes and hatchets when they were knocked over by four or five spears that suddenly came from the side of the car and fell out of the car city. Some Jin soldiers were almost unlucky and jumped onto the spare fender.
, these baffles are no more than a punch thick
, how could the Jin soldiers stand on it? As a result, they fell directly from the top, landed on the platoon of artillery, and then rolled to the ground. Before they could get up, they were knocked down again by several heavy side boards.
, followed by a flurry of chops and chops...
There are 500 melee soldiers in the First Mixed Brigade: heavy armored spearmen and sword soldiers. They originally had an absolute advantage against the hundreds of gold soldiers who climbed over the wall, but most of the melee soldiers were deployed on the west for defense.
The Jin army's infantry overran the city. Unexpectedly, before the infantry could attack, the cavalry took the lead. At an astonishing speed, they took the lead in breaking through from the north (right side of Checheng). However, the number of close combat soldiers deployed in the north was less than a hundred.
, comparable to Jin Bing...
The thirty or so golden soldiers who were the first to leap over the wall were all killed by the spearmen and sword soldiers who were waiting for them. The golden soldiers who climbed over the wall later gained time to stabilize their position at the cost of the death of their companions.
, on the roof of the carriage, in the carriage city, with the first mixed brigade
The soldiers attacked and defended. Then more and more Jin Army cavalry jumped onto the roof of the car or jumped into the car city. Their actions were a great encouragement to the Jin Army infantry who were charging crazily.
For a time, there was a roar of shouts and shouts from inside and outside the car city.
Nearly a hundred Jin soldiers entered over the wall, putting great pressure on the close combatants of the first mixed brigade of the same number. Just as the pikemen and sword soldiers in the west of the chariot city were reinforcing them, the target in the chariot to the north was lost.
Hundreds of musketeers, holding back their anger, jumped out of the carriage one after another and aimed at the gold on the roof.
The soldiers were like a burst of gunfire. In an instant, they beat these elite golden soldiers, who could fight one against three or even one against five, until they were covered in bloody holes and fell down screaming. It was a pity that the golden soldiers on the roof of the car were hit.
No problem, but the Jin soldiers who jumped into the chariot city and fought with our soldiers couldn't fire for fear of accidental injury.
However, as soon as the musketeers took action, they had killed nearly half of the golden soldiers, and reinforcements had arrived. The forces of the enemy and ourselves began to reverse. And with a loud roar, He Yuanqing came to kill with a nine-foot saber. He cut down two of them at eight.
Under siege by soldiers with spears and swords, the golden soldiers could not be captured after a long battle. After that, they swept across like a tornado. Wherever they swept, the ground was covered with scarlet red and broken limbs.
He Yuanqing, who was like a god of death, swarmed in with melee reinforcements and finally defeated the Jin Army cavalry who had picked up the missing enemy. The survivors all jumped over the wall and fled at a faster speed than when they arrived.
One hundred and twenty elite cavalrymen broke into Checheng, but when they escaped, there were less than twenty of them...
The killing in the car city did not last long, but it caused considerable interference and impact on the shooting of the musketeers who blocked the enemy's infantry. After all, the enemy had already entered the trenches, and the surroundings were filled with shouts and screams.
I don’t know the outcome. It is rare to see someone who can remain calm and calm at this time and shoot above the standard as if nothing happened. This also caused a sparse firepower, allowing the Jin army’s infantry to rush closer than twenty paces.
distance.
He Yuanqing turned his saber over, stretched the blade in front of an injured gunner who fell to the ground, pulled him up, and asked casually: "How? Can we fight again?"
"Nothing, just scratching my head."
"Okay, now it's time for you to show off your power." He Yuanqing raised his knife and signaled to Yang Zaixing on the watchtower. The latter nodded in understanding and ordered the flagman behind him: "Burst the drum and fire the cannon!"
In the city of cars, the sound of military drums kept ringing, with rhythms of three long and one short, long, heavy, short and light.
The gunners took their positions, hooked one end of the long chain to the platoon gun, and nailed the other end into the ground. Then there were auxiliary soldiers inside the sub-wall to bring the red-hot iron basin. There were three gunners for each platoon gun, one to light the fire and two to check.
Tamp the barrel of ammunition.
"The A-1 gun position has been inspected and can be fired."
"The A-2 gun position has been inspected and can be fired."
"...The inspection of gun position B19 has been completed and can be fired."
"All artillery positions obey the order, fire!" As the artillery battalion commander standing on the sub-wall slashed the red flag in his hand, the gunners who had been staring at the battalion general turned around and inserted the red-hot iron skewers one by one.
In the fire door of the gun barrel...
Tom, Tom, Tom...
The sound of artillery was intensive, and the smoke was filled. Countless iron and lead pellets were sprayed out in a fan shape under the strong impact caused by the sealed tube cavity, covering the sky and the earth. The flickering fire illuminated the pictures mixed with gunpowder smoke and dirt.
, sweat and blood, faces full of panic, confusion, helplessness, and despair. These faces became the last expressions of Wanyan Tuhesu's army in the wilderness in front of Tuqiao Canyon...
Under the desperate protection of the remaining ten Jin Army cavalry, Wanyan Tuhe quickly turned around and fled towards Taiyuan. He had no choice but to escape. No army could survive this earth-shattering blow and efficient bloody massacre.
In front of him, in front of the murderous weapon that claimed hundreds of lives in an instant, in front of the iron hooves of nearly a thousand cavalry galloping towards him... it was impossible not to collapse.
As soon as nearly a thousand enemy cavalry came out, Wanyan suddenly realized that his infantry had completely collapsed. His back was handed over to the army with iron hoofs and sharp blades. Is there any chance of survival?
In his military career, when he was at the peak of his military success, he suffered an unprecedented defeat. Wanyan Tuhesu looked up to the sky in grief and anger and spat out a mouthful of blood. As a general in a sand war, the only thing Wanyan Tuhesu wanted to do now was to hold a sword.
He jumped on his horse and fought to the death with the enemy cavalry; as the top military and political officer of Taiyuan Prefecture, he must escape back to Taiyuan City as quickly as possible and build defenses to resist this unprecedented enemy.
Wanyan Tuhesu chose to be a general instead of a warrior.
When Wanyan suddenly fled to the mouth of Tuqiao Canyon with more than ten riders, he was horrified to find that the killing here was no less brutal than the previous battle.
Zhang Rui's eyes are red now. The hundreds of Jin Army cavalry left at the mouth of the valley by Wanyan Tu are really powerful. If it is an infantry battle, Zhang Rui believes that the four hundred elites under him will not be much worse than their opponents, but when it comes to The difference between horse fighting and mounted shooting is more than one or two levels. The most severe losses of the Chasseur Battalion occurred during the stage of desperately closing the distance with the enemy cavalry. Two rounds of arrow rain by the Jin Army cavalry caused nearly fifty casualties. The number of casualties among the hunters was no less than 30 who were killed on the spot...
Four hundred hunters, with an advantage several times that of the enemy, surrounded them on all sides, forcing the enemy cavalry to give up the art of mounted guerrilla shooting and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the hunters. As a result, the hunters fired eagle-billed muskets and thunderbolts full of revenge. Under the violent bomb attack, the Jin Army's cavalry suffered heavy casualties, repaying the blood debt doubled.
When Wanyan suddenly joined forces with more than ten defeated cavalry troops and appeared at the mouth of the valley, the hundreds of elite cavalry troops he had deployed unintentionally had suffered all casualties. However, it was precisely because of the desperate fighting of this lone army that half of Zhang Rui's hunting troops were killed. The barracks failed to completely seal off the valley entrance as planned, but Wanyan Tuhe and his party rushed out through the gap that was about to be closed.
"I want to run! There's no way!" Zhang Rui led more than ten cavalry in hot pursuit. Taking advantage of a corner, the distance between the two sides narrowed, and fired a burst of gunfire at the backs of a group of enemy cavalry. Seven or eight fell behind. The enemy cavalry behind them fell off their horses at the sound, including the strong flag bearer carrying the Chinese army's banner.
Zhang Rui saw with his own eyes that the projectile he shot penetrated into the left thigh of the golden general who was running at the front. However, the golden general only swayed on the horse and rode with his superb riding skills far beyond those of others. Riding Juechen, running faster and faster, unable to reach the top of the mountain...
On the other side, Guo Dashi happily carried the flag of the Chinese general, who was wearing a full face, and rushed to Zhang Rui, who was panting and resentful. He shouted excitedly: "Commander, we have captured the flag of the Chinese general! This is the flag of a general at the level of the Jin Army!"
"I would rather have the head of the governor in exchange for the flag of this useless general." Zhang Rui said angrily, leaving Guo Dashi with a stern look on his face, and rode away. Zhang Rui was in a terrible mood, with such a huge loss. I still don’t know how to explain it to the military leader.
On the watchtower of the Iron Wall Car City, Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing were listening intently to their subordinates' battle reports:
"In this battle, 173 enemy horse troops and 1,200 infantry were wiped out, and 1,020 enemy troops were captured. Eighty-seven horses, 300 mules, horses, cattle and sheep, and 200 stones of grain and fodder were captured. There were forty carts, and the soldiers were useless with their bows and arrows... Seven of our brigade were killed and 39 wounded, 11 of whom were seriously injured, all of which were caused when the enemy's cavalry entered over the wall..."
For the first time, vehicles, cavalry, and infantry cooperated in combat, and there were some mistakes and losses, which were still within the acceptable range. Even so, the two commanders of the first mixed brigade still had regrets. If they could use more troops when dispatching on the battlefield, The strength to guard against the cold arrow of the Jin Army cavalry, such as mobilizing the cavalry of the brigade... may not cause such casualties and achieve a complete victory with zero casualties. Of course, they did not know the losses of the Chasseur Battalion at this time.
Yang Zaixing said solemnly: "We will prepare a detailed report on today's battle and inform all brigades to learn lessons learned."
He Yuanqing was covered in blood, standing with his sword on his back, but his evil gaze was directed towards the west of the wilderness, towards the huge city behind the mountains.
Chapter completed!