Chapter 199: Counter-Charge

Gao Changgong is really powerful, through Zhang Dabao's fur knowledge, he figured out the characteristics of artillery, that is, it needs to aim and shoot range, so he sent fast-moving light cavalry, and then rushed into the range of the large sub-mother cannon, but did not enter the range of the type sub-mother cannon, so that Li Nong could only fire large sub-mother solid shells, but not shotguns!

The light cavalry moves fast, making it difficult for the gunner to aim, and it is not easy to aim, just ignite and fire, but the cavalry dodges again, and the solid cannonball can only fire one at a time, or a straight line attack, so these cavalry can easily dodge the solid cannonball fired!

And Wei Xiangyuan, who was mixed into the artillery battalion, took advantage of Li Nong's attention to be attracted by these cavalry, and then under the leadership of Zhang Dabao, he successfully came to the place where the ammunition and materials were stacked.

"Company commander, just now the battalion commander ordered me to come over and give an order, and now the enemy is suddenly attacking us, he ordered you to immediately bring someone to move a batch of ammunition over, and I will take over your guard here!" Zhang Dabao said to the company commander in charge of guarding.

"Is this an order from the battalion commander himself? Why didn't the herald come? The company commander asked strangely.

"The cavalry of the other side has already rushed over, everyone is busy attacking the people, and the battalion commander can't find the herald for a while! Just let me come over! Company commander, go quickly, listen, the front is already firing! Zhang Dabao pretended to be very anxious.

"Okay, I'll move in right away! I'll leave it to you guards! We must be careful, this gunpowder is related to whether we can support the commander and them to come back to the rescue! The company commander instructed that he was a newly promoted company commander, and his qualifications were not as old as Zhang Dabao, so he still trusted Zhang Dabao very much.

As soon as the company commander had already left with his men, Wei Xiangyuan immediately shouted: "Quick, act according to the plan!" Let's all put these cars together, and then light a fire and burn all this gunpowder! ”

"Battalion commander, I've brought you all the ammunition you want!" The company commander soon came to Li Nong.

"What ammunition? When did I ask you to bring ammo? Li Nong wondered.

"Didn't you ask Zhang Dabao to give the order, the enemy launched an attack, and the gunner urgently needed ammunition, so I immediately brought the ammunition, and he took over to guard the ammunition and materials for me?" The company commander also wondered.

"Zhang Dabao? I haven't seen him yet! Why did he falsely pass on orders? Worst! Li Nong reacted immediately, but it was too late!

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Suddenly there were several loud bangs in the place where the ammunition and supplies were stacked, and then several thick, black and large mushroom clouds rose!

Gao Changgong, who was nearly two kilometers away from the starting point, first saw a few rushing black clouds suddenly appear, and then heard a few deafening loud noises, and immediately jumped up excitedly and laughed: "Haha! Yu Xiangyuan: They succeeded! The smoke could be seen from so far away, and it looked like their gunpowder had been burned! Without gunpowder, your artillery is a useless pillar! ”

"Pass my orders! The army is ready to attack! Gao Changgong also immediately turned over and prepared to attack.

Li Nong, who was nearly two hundred meters away from the place where the ammunition was stacked, was buzzed in his ears by the loud noise caused by the violent explosion, he shook his head vigorously to calm himself, and then shouted loudly: "Quick! Let's go see what's going on! Others, all stop attacking the opposing cavalry! As long as they don't get into a distance of fifty meters, no one can open fire, be sure to save ammunition! All artillery immediately retreated, shrinking the line! Shieldmen, pikemen, ready to defend! ”

Seeing that the artillery battalion began to retreat, Gao Changgong knew that the time had come to attack, and immediately ordered the whole army to attack! So, the infantry, led by the cavalry, launched a charge against the artillery battalion with an army of 20,000!

At this time, the artillery battalion had already shrunk the defensive line, and the shield men had erected a shield wall around the artillery, and the spearmen also stuck their spears diagonally into the ground, and the sharp tips of their spears shone with cold light!

"All artillery switched to shotguns! The enemy must be within thirty meters of the range to launch! If someone bursts in, the spearmen will immediately assassinate him! "In order to increase the lethality and reduce the use of gunpowder, Li Nong asked the artillery to fire at close range, although such a short distance may allow the opponent's cavalry to break in, but now the situation is critical, and it is no longer possible to take care of these!

Although batch after batch of Qi soldiers were bombarded by the artillery at close range, they did not frighten the soldiers who followed behind, they still rushed up continuously, because they were fighting under the command of the god of war in their hearts Gao Changgong this time, so they became extremely fierce, and they all held the heart of death with jade and stone, and charged the artillery battalion selflessly!

Gao Changgong's all-army charge had an effect, and the soldiers carried out a heroic and fearless charge under his orders! So, some lucky cavalry began to take advantage of the gap in the artillery loading, quickly rushed to the shield wall, and then slammed into the shield wall and sharp spears with their own flesh and blood, knocking into a gap for his comrades behind him!

The impact generated by the rapid running of the war horse was not something that could be stopped by manpower, and finally, some of the soldiers successfully broke through to the position of the artillery battalion and engaged in a fierce white-knuckle battle with the soldiers of the artillery battalion!

Even as the commander of the artillery battalion, Li Nong has already drawn his saber and joined the white-knuckle battle, the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to the artillery battalion, and the defense of the shield and spearmen is about to be broken by the sea tactics of the Qi army!

At this critical moment, a cavalry suddenly rushed out from the flank of the Qi army, killing the Qi soldiers who were concentrating on blindly attacking by surprise, and Xiao Yao finally arrived with the musket battalion!

When Xiao Yao heard those few huge explosions, he knew that the situation was critical, because without gunpowder, the artillery of the artillery battalion was useless, even if he usually conducted some infantry training for this group of artillery, but they were still a lot worse than ordinary infantry!

So Xiao Yao took the musket battalion, accelerated his speed and rushed in the direction of those black clouds, and when they arrived, they saw that the 20,000 Qi army had already launched a whole charge towards the artillery battalion, and immediately rushed up from the flank, and forcefully broke out a gap for the artillery battalion that was surrounded by heavy encirclement!

"Li Nong! Get out of here! The musket battalion is in charge of covering you! Xiao Yao held a revolver in his left hand and a saber in his right hand, shouting at Li Nong.

Seeing Xiao Yao suddenly appear, Li Nong shouted excitedly: "Brothers, the commander is here to save us!" The commander has already made a gap for us, the shield soldiers cooperate with the brothers of the musket battalion to cover, the others, retreat! ”

Suddenly, the morale of the officers and men of the artillery battalion who saw that the commander had arrived in time to rescue suddenly rose to the peak, and they all bravely fought back against the Qi army, and then quickly retreated to that gap under the cover of the musket battalion and shield soldiers.

When Li Nong and the people of the artillery battalion rushed out of the encirclement of the Qi army through that gap, and was about to withdraw from the turbulence, he found that another group of cavalry appeared behind Xiao Yao, and it was the 10,000 cavalry who were closely following Xiao Yao!

"Don't be afraid of them! They are just ordinary cavalrymen, Li Nong, open the way with shotguns, and we will make a counter-charge against them! Xiao Yao ordered.

"Commander, we don't have much ammunition, and the artillery is too heavy for us to run!" Li Nong said anxiously.

"Just bring the sub-cannon and all the ammunition, and don't want anything else! Everyone must make it out alive! Xiao Yao decisively ordered, although he was also distressed, you must know that these large sub-mother cannons took a lot of time and silver to build, but now they can't manage so much!

Li Nong immediately asked people to quickly push the sub-mother cannon, which was less than 100 catties, like a wheelbarrow, to the front, and then set it on the ground and fired at the 10,000 cavalry who had already caught up.

The 10,000 cavalry who were chasing Xiao Yao were about to catch up with Xiao Yao, but they were shot by these dozen or so artillery pieces that suddenly appeared, and the hundreds of cavalry who rushed to the front, even with men and horses, were beaten into a hornet's nest on the spot, including the general who was responsible for leading the ambush!

"After the musket battalion was broken, the other brothers followed me to kill them! Come on! Xiao Yao took the lead and rushed towards this cavalry team with only more than 9,000 left!

"Kill!" Under the leadership of Xiao Yao, the soldiers of the artillery battalion who had already lost heavy objects, some picked up spears, some picked up broadswords, some rode horses, and some ran, and they also pounced on this group of cavalry!

And these more than 9,000 cavalrymen were already frightened when they saw that the commander who was still imposing just now was beaten to a bloody blur on the spot, and now they saw a group of murderous people rushing towards them, and they immediately became panicked and scattered in all directions to dodge!

In this way, Xiao Yao and the soldiers of the artillery battalion stubbornly dispersed the more than 9,000 cavalry and broke out of the encirclement! And the musket battalion in charge of the broken rear also fought and retreated, and after repelling several waves of Qi troops who had caught up, they also immediately withdrew from the battle and fled the battlefield on horseback!