Chapter 44: The Massacre
A sharp pain came through his chest, and the huge force knocked his body off the horse's back and fell heavily to the ground.
What does it mean to fall from a horse in the midst of a cavalry charge?
Dadu's soul was scattered, and he was about to turn over and turn over, when the war horses that came from behind were already galloping and trampling past him. The horse's hooves stomped on his chest, and he could hear the sound of his internal organs shattering and bones breaking.
Holding his breath in his chest, before the blood in his abdomen spurted out of his mouth, another horse's hoof stomped heavily on his head.
Bang......
There was a dull sound, and Dadu's head shattered and burst like a rotten melon, and the red and white burst out, and he was killed.
The soldiers around him were dumbfounded......
Why did the second prince die?
They wanted to go down to the rescue, but where could they stop in the crowd of thousands of horses, countless war horses behind them charged, enveloping them involuntarily forward, and finally stabilized the war horses under their crotches, and when they turned back, the figure of Dadushi had already been trampled by countless horses' hooves, and became a pile of meat sauce.
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The Tang army was able to kill and its morale was greatly boosted.
The "three-stage attack" tactic can make up for the shortcomings of the low firing efficiency of the flintlock pistol to the greatest extent, firing in a row, preparing in a row, loading in a row, repeating the cycle over and over again, always maintaining dense firepower, the frontal charging Xue Yantuo cavalry is all shrouded in the barrage, the smoke rises one by one, and gradually converges into a thick cloud of smoke, even the north wind blowing out of Baidaokou can not be blown away for a while, and countless lead bullets carry a huge kinetic energy under the impetus of gunpowder to destroy the leather armor of Xue Yantuo's cavalry, Piercing their bodies.
Thirty zhang, which is only a few vertical leaps away when the cavalry charges, has now become an insurmountable moat!
Countless cavalry went forward one after another, charging with a decisive heart, but they all fell under the barrage of the Tang army.
The indestructible power and ultra-long range of hot weapons are destined to crush cold weapons from the moment they are born.
Fang Jun stood in the back formation, sitting on his horse, looking at the battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke from afar, Xue Yantuo's cavalry was not afraid of death, but it was like a fierce tide hitting a reef, except for a few waves, it could not shake the Tang army's military formation at all.
This scene couldn't help but remind him of the Eight Banners cavalry who charged in the face of the invaders wielding broadswords and spears......
In the face of hot weapons, no matter how brave and invincible the cavalry is, it will inevitably be torn to pieces.
The era of cold weapons will eventually come to an end.
The battle was very fierce, but for the Tang army, it was exciting but also a little boring.
Reload, shoot, retreat.
Reload, shoot, and back......
Just so numbly executing the actions learned during the ordinary exercises, and even the action of aiming after holding the musket does not need to be done, anyway, the dense Xue Yantuo cavalry in front of him is like a tide, and after each shot, there is no need to release an empty gun, and the essence of the "three-stage strike" tactic is to suppress the fire, and the barrage formed by the lead bullet achieves full coverage, which shot hits the enemy, which shot puts the empty gun, it doesn't matter at all.
As long as you shoot, the enemy in front of you has nothing to dodge.
It's a bit boring, but who has ever experienced a battle in which such a strong enemy can slaughter to their heart's content, but there is not even a single wounded?
Tang Jun shouted out almost excitedly from top to bottom!
The original dazed fear had already flown out of the clouds at this moment, and it was only now that the soldiers realized that the musket in their hands looked like an iron rod, but it was powerful enough to destroy the world!
Xue Rengui, who commanded the battle, was even more excited and his face was bloody!
The "three-stage strike" has been practiced countless times, but who would have thought that this tactic would exert such a jaw-dropping power when applied to actual combat?
In front of him is the Xue Yantuo cavalry that crisscrosses the desert north!
When these Hu people are on horses and armed with scimitars, they are the most fierce warriors in the world, and when they come together to charge, they are enough to tear apart any army in this world.
But now, in front of the muskets, they are slaughtered like a pack of guinea dogs, powerless to resist......
Xue Rengui bit his lip and looked at the Xue Yantuo cavalry charging in the distance, as if they had hit an invisible wall, they fell from their horses and died tragically.
At the moment, it is the Tang army that is fighting, but for a weapon like a musket, what difference does it make if it is a Tang soldier or a common man who uses it?
With a musket in hand, with a little practice, you can kill people if you know how to reload and aim.
If everyone has a gun, all the people are soldiers, and the tens of thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty, what kind of Hu people are afraid?
But then I thought about it, everyone has a gun in their hands, everyone can kill people, so why not cause chaos in the world?
Not to mention that the private strife among the people will inevitably lead to chaos in public order, if there are those who aspire to the throne of the emperor to incite the people to rebel, even if they are surrounded by a group of ordinary people, they can attack the city and plunder the land, and fight against the regular army without falling behind......
Xue Rengui couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the tragic situation of the chaos in the world.
No wonder Fang Jun wanted to say something like that just now, I'm afraid that any emperor would hate firearms, right?
Of course, you can not be afraid of the invasion of the Hu clan from now on, but the throne of the Ninety-Five Supreme will also be taken away anytime and anywhere!
Which emperor was not afraid?
Therefore, restricting or even eliminating firearms is almost a inevitable outcome.
If it's just a restriction, it's just a restriction, and if it's a complete eradication......
Xue Rengui's face was worried.
How much suffering did the Han people suffer from the Hu people for generations?
Whenever natural disasters raged on the grasslands, the Hu people would go south on horseback, plundering the food wealth of the Han people, and even treating the Han people as "two-legged sheep......
Throughout the ages, how many Han sons and daughters have died in the territory of resisting the invasion of the Hu people?
For the sake of the country and the Hu people, how many harsh taxes do the people have to bear?
Seeing that the natural enemies of cavalry such as firearms were to be forbidden because the emperor wanted to secure his throne for thousands of years......
That's the saddest thing in the world.
Just as Fang Jun just said, "national interests are above all else", no one can base their selfish desires on the crisis of the country.
If the emperor is allowed to ban firearms in order to consolidate the throne, then these soldiers are also the sinners of the Han people!
On the battlefield, the gunfire rumbled, and the smoke of gunpowder bursted, Xue Rengui pursed his lips tightly, and his expression gradually became resolute.
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A heart of Tumidu fell to the bottom of despair.
He knew that the Tang army was good at defending, and since the Sui and Tang dynasties, no Hu iron cavalry had been able to break through the entire column of the regular Han army.
In the battle under the Evil Yang Ridge, the fear brought to him by the Tang Army's Mo Dao Array had not completely dissipated, and then he suffered a blow that was even more terrifying than the Mo Dao Array!
There was a smoke explosion, and then the brave Xue Yantuo cavalry fell from their horses one after another......
What's going on?
Tumidu looked up at the gray sky, wanting to confirm if there was a god standing above the clouds to protect the Tang army and punish the people of Xue Yantuo.
Even when he saw a corpse that had been carried back by his own soldiers, almost as hollow and bleeding as a honeycomb, he couldn't figure out what was going on.
The brave and fierce Xue Yantuo cavalry couldn't even touch the position of the Tang army?
The fear brought about by ignorance makes the confusion like falling into an ice cellar and suspicious.
It's not that he's timid, it's not that he's incompetent, tens of thousands of Xue Yantuo's cavalry are scared, what can he do? Even Dadu set up himself fell on the way to the charge, he was only able to command more than a thousand iron horsemen under his command, how could he turn the tide and turn defeat into victory?
The defeat is decided, and continuing to charge is no different from sending him to death.
Tu Midu, who has always been sinister, made a quick decision, and led the Hui Iron Cavalry under his command to quickly break away from the battlefield, and ran all the way west along the foot of Yin Mountain.
As soon as he left, the cavalry of Xue Yantuo, who was holding his last breath, was leaderless, and his morale suddenly collapsed, and he fled in all directions crying for his father and mother.
Xue Rengui rode on a horse and ordered Xi Junmai and Gao Kan: "Don't pay attention to these scattered Xue Yantuo people, they can't make it to the climate, and it's a question of whether they can return to Mobei alive!" Immediately lead the army to pursue the Hui people, don't try to intercept it, the combat effectiveness of the Hui Iron Cavalry is extremely strong, and it is the battle of the trapped beasts, as long as they are far away, shoot them with muskets and crossbows, after more than three hundred miles, no matter how many Hui people are left, don't chase again, come back immediately! ”
"Whoa!"
Xi Junmai and Gao Kan got the order, immediately ordered the soldiers and horses, chased the butts of the Hui people and killed them.
Fang Jun rode his horse to Xue Rengui's side, looked at the sky, and said, "It's snowing soon, hurry up and clean up the battlefield." ”
Xue Rengui bowed his head, hesitated, and asked, "Next, do you go straight out of Mobei, or go back to Mayi?" ”
Fang Jun was silent.
At this moment, a scout rode his horse and said loudly: "Report to the marshal, catch a spy who tried to cross the Daqing Mountains to Mobei, but this person claims to be the long history of the Shan Yu Protectorate, called Xiao Siye......"
Fang Jun was slightly stunned: "Xiao Siye? ”
This guy set off to leave Chang'an after himself, and was tasked with stabilizing the Turks, but at this time, he would either appease Ashina Simo at Yanmen Pass, or gather the Turks in Dingxiang City, and go to Daqingshan to do something?
Heading to Mobei?