Chapter 91: Engagement (2)
The cannon shattered the body of the Iron Harrier and landed on the ground, bouncing several times in the dense Iron Harrier, taking several lives again.
"Musket ready!"
"Reload!"
"Volley!"
“……”
Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! Syllable......
Dozens of flintlock muskets fired in one volley, and the iron harriers in the front row fell like wheat.
One by one, the stone bullets also flew to the top of the head of the Dang Capture Army, and fell to the Swing Army's formation, and the stone bullets smashed on the body of the soldier, and the Swing Soldier immediately shattered his bones and let out a wail.
smashed on the head, blood splattered, and the brain burst and died on the spot!
"Trebuchet! Put! ”
Chen Yan's trebuchet in the city played a role in arranging in advance.
The beggar army operated the trebuchet, and the stone bullets the size of a human head also flew mercilessly towards the top of the head of the popping army.
The stone bullets fell, killing and injuring countless Poxi soldiers, and the polished incomparably round stone bullets rolled on the ground when they landed, killing a lot of Poxi troops.
Even the cavalry of the Western Xia Army behind the Poxi Army was shot, and the war horses in the army formation neighed and wailed.
The Iron Harrier is still charging!
Step on the corpse of your companion and charge forward!
Even though they had suffered heavy losses, they still did not stop the pace of the charge, as if this was the meaning of the appearance of the heavy cavalry.
Charge!
Non-stop charge!
Tear through the enemy's formation!
Slaughter the enemy's soldiers!
Either you die or I die!
Heavy cavalry, there is no retreat to speak of!
"Siege crossbow ready!"
"Put!"
The bolts released from the siege crossbows pierced the air with a sharp sound, and the crossbow bolts as thick as children's arms shot through the proud heavy armor of the iron harrier without hindrance.
Poof! Poof! Poof......
Where the crossbow bolts passed, the iron harriers were swept across a large area, and several iron harriers were shot through by the crossbow arrows, strung together and wailed in pain.
Immediately, he was trampled into a pile of minced meat by his companions who were still charging forward behind him!
Richard covered his face in pain, unable to bear to watch the next scene.
Finished!
Two thousand iron harriers have been smashed!
There will be no survivors, because the follow-up cavalry of the Western Xia army will also attack, stepping on their bones, or stepping on the survivors, and attacking.
Until the enemy is completely destroyed!
"Great Marshal, the last general asks to lead the troops to charge!"
Brother Yeli Rong stood up and said, his face full of solemnity.
"Yes, I hope you can break the enemy and bring me a great victory in Great Xia!"
Richard said.
Ye Li Rongge raised his horse whip and joined the Poxi army and the Western Xia cavalry who were about to charge with his personal guards.
With an order, the Western Xia army continued to kill towards the army formation!
"Kill!"
"Charge!"
“……”
Richard gritted his teeth and sent all the remaining cavalry up in one go, followed by the foot soldiers.
He has no way out, either he will destroy the Han army in Zhehe City, or the army will mutiniate or even rout!
The loss is too great!
Attacking the city for several days in a row, and then fighting with the Dang captives in the city, the casualties have long exceeded 30% or even 40%.
If it hadn't been for the morale boost of the city, it might have been defeated.
And whatever the case may be, the refueling tactic is definitely the most stupid, Richard Geha will press all the army, and he will decide the victory in one battle.
Boom Boom Boom ......
The cannon roared incessantly, and the crisp sound of the musket continued.
Because it was in the city, the advantage of the cavalry was offset to the greatest extent, and the speed advantage could not be brought into play, nor could it be a roundabout assault, so it could only attack the infantry formation from the front.
The losses are mounting!
It's just that although the losses are huge, the Western Xia army still broke through to the front of the Dang Capture Army with a brave blood that is not afraid of death.
The Western Xia cavalry just wanted to rush into the formation of the Dang Captive Army, scatter the Dang Capture Army formation, and then began to slaughter the infantry.
I saw pitch-black iron balls flying in and landing beside the cavalry.
"Earthquake Thunder!"
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble......
The roar of the explosion rang out.
The cavalry that rushed to the front of the Dangling Army was swept away by the shockwave of the earth-shattering thunder, and the wails rang out.
The central avenue of Zhehe City was filled with the corpses of the Western Xia army and war horses, and even piled up into a hill, and the blood gathered into a stream, and the smell of blood was fragrant.
The cavalry is wasted!
Completely ruined!
I can't rush it up at all!
Richard Geha's face was gloomy to the extreme, and he had no choice but to order the cavalry to dismount and rush towards the captives in formation with the infantry.
"Brother Yeli Rong, Ren Dejing!"
Richard said.
"The last general!"
Brother Ye Lirong and Ren Dejing hugged their fists and said.
Brother Ye Lirong fell off his horse in the charge just now and was almost trampled to death by the war horse, but although he didn't lose his life in the end, his arm bones were broken, and now he grinned in pain.
"I order the two of you to evacuate Zhehe City with 3,000 cavalry and 20,000 foot soldiers outside the city and return to the royal capital!"
"Go and tell the king, and say that I, Richard Geha, have failed the king's order, lost 100,000 troops, and met the king without a word, and today I will live and die with the army in the city of Zhehe."
"Handsome ......"
Ren Dejing's face was full of disbelief.
Richard Geha waved his hand and refused to allow Ren to continue.
"Needless to say, I know that I lost today, and I have not been able to give full play to the advantages of the army from beginning to end, but I am using my own disadvantages to meet the enemy's advantages."
"However, I'm afraid that after defeating me, this Han army will attack the royal capital, I can defeat it, but Western Xia can't die!"
"You must bring a large army back to protect the king and guard the king's capital!"
"Dashuai, you can withdraw with us, the king still has tens of thousands of troops, and it will be fine."
Ren Dejing said.
"When the army is defeated, someone always needs to be responsible for it, and as the commander of the army, I have an unshirkable responsibility!"
Richard said resolutely.
Ren Dejing and Ye Li Rongge had to take the order, go out of the city and go outside the city to order the remaining 3,000 cavalry and 20,000 foot soldiers who stayed outside the city to withdraw in the direction of Xingqing Mansion.
Seeing them leave with the few remaining troops, Richard Geha sighed deeply, and personally led the army to the front, killing the army of the Dang Army.
"Kill!"
The two sides finally met in a short battle, and the Western Xia army was not afraid of death to kill the Dang captive army, and the two sides were entangled and fought together.
"Shield!"
"Thorn!"
"Forward!"
However, in the face of the charge of the Western Xia army, instead of retreating, the Danglu army launched a counter-charge.
A bright silver military formation, shining brightly in the sun, like a reef in a storm.
A black "ocean" is coming, but it is immovable!
Countless black waves, wave after wave, rushed towards the reef, but they could not achieve any results, pretending to be a large area of blood.
"Kill!"
"Kill Hulu!"
The beggar army roared out from behind the Danglu army, entangled with the Western Xia army, and the Western Xia army that was besieging the Danglu army's army array changed their faces one after another.