Chapter 920: Annihilating the Russian army, chasing the dead and chasing the north
For a moment, Androv's gray-blue eyes were full of gloom.
What is the outcome of this battle, perhaps, can only depend on the will of God......
It should be said that the Russian troops under the Andelov Division, from the beginning of the assault to the distance closer and closer to the Don Army, everything is still very smooth.
When the Russian army rushed to the Tang Army's battle formation about 1,000 paces away from the south gate, the entire Tang Army's position was still quiet.
Nine hundred steps, the Tang army still did not move.
Eight hundred steps, when the entire Tang Army's battle formation was already clearly visible, the Tang Army's main formation still did not move.
The enemy who had been shouting and running wildly all the way finally reached a distance of seven hundred paces.
The behemoth, which had been silent for a long time, finally showed its sharp and cruel fangs.
The red flag in the hand of Cao Bianjiao, the commander of the Tang Army, was held high and waved down again.
"Ready, fire!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
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The 90 doors were all heavy dragon guns that fired 32 pounds of cannonballs, and immediately spewed out crimson afterburners and dazzling golden firelight, like countless golden flowers blooming in the bright sun, and in the dense billowing white smoke, 90 black and red-hot iron bullets pierced through the smoke and rain curtains, and rushed towards the enemy soldiers on the opposite side.
The iron bullet roared through the crowd that was running hard, and with absolutely strong and terrifying force, it ploughed out a straight path of flesh and blood. Wherever the iron bullet reached, there were screams and screams, and the broken limbs and human internal organs were splashed everywhere, causing absolutely terrifying death and injury to the running enemy troops.
Because the enemy is already very close, the range of fire and penetration is very wide and deep. Although this kind of parallel shooting did not have any accuracy, and the charging personnel were relatively scattered, the damage caused to the enemy on the opposite side by these 90 iron bullets was still very considerable.
The first round of artillery salvo killed more than 300 Russian troops and wounded more than 400 enemy soldiers in an instant. Although it seems that the damage is limited, it is not an exaggeration to say that such a dense artillery salvo, such an absolutely powerful and terrible death, can almost be called devastating to the morale of the enemy.
The Russian army, which was suddenly attacked by heavy artillery fire, immediately began to appear in great confusion and panic, and the battle formation, which was originally rushing forward in unison, instantly became chaotic, and even many routs turned around and fled, and the speed of the impact of the entire army formation began to slow down greatly.
And just when the Russian army showed signs of chaos, the second round of shelling began ferociously.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
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Ninety jet-black 32-pound iron bullets were like heavy punches from death, roaring in an extremely terrifying manner.
This second round of fire also caused terrible damage and an increasingly great panic, and hundreds of enemy soldiers were killed or wounded, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere, killing them on the spot.
The entire enemy army, already terrified, was deeply afraid of such an almost absolute death and terror, and after this round of shelling, they began to retreat almost instinctively. The entire charging enemy army began to show a strange scene of half of them still charging and the other half fleeing.
Speaking of which, under such a powerful two-round artillery bombardment, there were still enough people to die and rush forward with shouts, which still shows that the soldiers and horses of Andelov's troops are all elite Russian troops with considerable combat experience.
You must know that in the fourth year of Chongzhen, the dozens of artillery pieces bombarded by Huang Taiji, whether in power or quantity, are far from being comparable with the heavy dragon bombardment of the Tang Army, and can defeat the 40,000 Ming troops of Zhang Chun, the supervising army, and the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Andreov Department are thousands of miles away, and they are exhausted, but they can hold on until now, and half of them can continue to rush into battle, which can be regarded as a rare force.
It's just that such a rout is quite contagious.
The other half of the enemy army who were still desperately rushing forward regardless of life and death, saw that many soldiers in the formation had been routed and fled by the artillery of the Tang army, and for a time the morale of the army was also depressed, and everyone was in danger.
At this moment, the third round of shelling of the Don army began.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
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The rumbling of cannons, the flying of iron bullets, the violent violence and the swift death quickly left hundreds of enemy soldiers, whose corpses were incomplete and flesh blurred.
In the face of such fierce violence and complete death, the struggle and resistance of human beings is almost a joke.
The remaining half of the Russian soldiers charged into battle, and their morale finally completely zeroed, and now they no longer need anyone to mobilize, I don't know who shouted, these guys immediately turned around and ran back, and they were only more than two hundred steps away from the Tang Army's formation, howling and hugging their heads and running away.
Their flight was so resolute, so unstoppable, that it was like a horde of mad beasts that seemed to knock anything in their way to the ground.
For a time, the enemy army was in chaos, and the entire battle array was out of order.
And the commander of the Russian army, seeing that the entire army formation was so chaotic, and a large number of soldiers fled and withdrew from both sides of him, he couldn't help but be angry.
It is an unspeakable shame that the soldiers under his command, known as the elite of the Russian army, were beaten by the Tang army's three rounds of artillery salvos at a distance of only more than 200 steps from the Tang army's battle array.
You must know that no matter how powerful the Tang army's artillery is, its killing scale is limited, and it has 50,000 soldiers and horses, and if it is defeated by three rounds of artillery fire, it will be a complete joke.
Therefore, the chief general of the rear guard, Androv, was furious.
"Don't run away! Don't run away! You bastards, all the army retreats, and line up on the spot! Fight to the death with the Tang Army again! ”
Screaming and furious, Androv rushed forward, and together with his own convoy, slaughtered the routs in an attempt to prevent them from fleeing further.
Of course, in the case of the collapse of the whole army, his actions have little effect.
It's just that Andelov is so desperate to slash and kill the rout, in fact, there are unspeakable hardships.
Because the situation is so urgent now, if these routs cannot be stopped in time, they will be like an avalanche and will not be cleaned up.
Androv drew his sword and shouted angrily, urged the formation again and again, and personally rushed forward with the escort cavalry, and slashed more than a dozen soldiers who fled from the rout.
Andelov shouted hoarsely, his face splattered with blood, making his angry and distorted face even more terrifying.
It's just that the rout troops are retreating from the front like a tide, and it is useless to let Androv and others slash and shout.
The enemy began to retreat in a comprehensive way, and it was impossible to form a formation on the spot, and while the enemy army was in chaos, the Tang army's battle formation immediately began to act synchronously.
The cavalry of the Tang Army, including the servant cavalry of various countries, totaling about 8,000 cavalry, lurking in the woods on the right and right, rushed towards the chaotic Androv Russian army from both sides.
Their aim was to completely cut off the back route of the Androv department and strive to eliminate it all.
Tang Jun's hand is ruthless.
If it can be successfully outflanked, the remaining 40,000 troops and horses of Andelov's army should be completely wiped out in the open space north of the city of Dorbenlut.
Looking down from the sky, like the clamps of two giant pincers, the two suddenly attacking Tang cavalry, rolled up billowing smoke and dust, and roared towards the bread behind Androv.
As soon as the cavalry moved, the infantry was not willing to lag behind.
Seeing that the soldiers and horses of the Androv army, who were overwhelmed by the black, finally completely collapsed under the heavy blow of their own dragon bombardment, the whole army began to flee in a hurry, and there were continuous and loud cheers in the position of the Tang army.
Hmph, if you want to run, it's not that easy!
At the same time, a large number of Tang Army spearmen in full armor and armed with sharp steel spears jumped out from behind the shield soldiers, hurriedly walked quickly, and followed the Russian soldiers who fled in rout.
They were energetic and fast, and as soon as they got closer, the 4-meter-long steel spear and the terrifying three-edged blood trough head stabbed at the fleeing Andelov soldiers as if they had eyes.
Being stabbed by the three-edged stainless steel spear head engraved with a deep blood groove is like being kissed by a poisonous snake, which can be said to be dead when touched, and dead when touched. Under the ferocious stabbing of the Tang army's spearmen, the enemy soldiers screamed again and again, constantly struggled and fell to their deaths.
Under the pursuit of the Tang army, the Russian rout soldiers were even more frightened, they threw their weapons one after another, howling and speeding up the rout even more desperately, like a group of pigs who don't care about their stomachs, no longer talk about any organization and discipline, everyone is desperately retreating and running, lest they fall behind, they will become the ghost of the Tang army.
It's just that the infantry of the Tang army can hide, but the cavalry of the Tang army is difficult to dodge.
Under the bright spring sun, the more than 8,000 armored and murderous cavalry of the Tang Army, like a god of death, roared horses, pointed guns and knives, and slashed and killed the enemy troops on both sides of the horse formation who could not escape.
Such a one-sided and merciless slaughter, don't be too cool.
For a time, the Tang army's spearmen and cavalry formed a benign interaction on the battlefield, the spearmen chased the routed soldiers, the cavalry outflanked them, and the two arms attacked together, destroying the fleeing enemy troops in large groups, and inflicting a devastating blow to them who fled for their lives.
At a glance, the entire empty outskirts of Dolben Rut were like a human slaughterhouse, and the ground was covered with the corpses of enemy soldiers, all over the ground, shocking, and overflowing blood, winding across the meadow, and merging into a crimson river of blood.
This long river of blood, meandering and long, Yin Hong is dazzling, making people's hearts palpitate and chill, which shows how cruel this killing is.
In the enemy's formation, Adjutant General Andelov, who had been delayed and supervised, saw that the 50,000 elite Russian troops did not even touch the Tang army formation opposite, and was first defeated head-on by the Tang army, and then completely defeated on both sides and then difficult to clean up, the anger and frustration in his heart are simply difficult to describe in words.
Fuck, this fucking fight is so damn that it can suffocate people to death!
At this time, he saw that the spearmen and cavalry of the Tang Army, like chasing death, were still chasing and killing these poor deserters, and his heart was even more like a knife.
It's hateful, 50,000 elites, once a big rout, this is simply the biggest shame and defeat since he joined the army! Perhaps, too, the biggest defeat of the Russian Empire since its inception!
Even the defeat of Yakutsk and the loss of Eastern Siberia on that day were much stronger than the current defeat by the Don Army in one fell swoop.
What's even more odious is that these Tang troops are extremely ambitious, not only defeated themselves, but also thought of completely cutting off their own back road, swallowing all these 50,000 soldiers into their stomachs and annihilating them in one fell swoop, which is really hateful!
At this time, the Dzungar envoy, who was covered in blood and embarrassed, also hurried to his side, and said in a trembling voice: "General Andreov, now that the whole army has been completely collapsed, it is impossible to control it, but what should we do now?" ”
Androv looked at his pale face, his heart ached like a knife, and the expression of shame and anger on his face was mixed, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Now that the battle has collapsed, even though I am the main general, what can I do to save the situation.
The current plan is to retreat the whole army, and one can be saved.
Andelov is worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield, and in the face of such an unfavorable situation, he gritted his teeth and remained silent, trying to control the ups and downs in his heart, and gave the order to retreat in a deep voice.
"General Chuanben ordered that the whole army retreat, and we must highlight the Tang army as soon as possible, retreat to the other side of the Lusu River as soon as possible, and preserve our strength as much as possible!"
"Order!"
As soon as the order was given, the 3,000 cavalry of Androv's army immediately went out of battle and closely guarded Androv, and the group of people swept past the top of the Tang army's encirclement and fled northward.
At the same time, the enemy soldiers who were fleeing in all directions on the battlefield were all like hearing of the amnesty, and everyone's face was full of desire to live, and they all used their strength to eat, spread their feet and ran backwards as best they could, hoping to keep up with the pace of the commander's escape.
And behind them, the spearmen and cavalry of the Tang Army are still following them, chasing and killing.
Such a one-sided battle to hunt down the remnants of the enemy is simply the happiest thing in the world.
As far as the eye can see, the entire place north of Dorben Lut City has become a Shura field for the Tang army to practice killing, countless enemy soldiers were either stabbed to death by spears or hacked to death by sabers, and the entire battlefield was blurred with blood and flesh, screaming again and again.
The two cavalry divisions, which were the assault arrows of the Tang Army, kept all the way, like two large and sharp black arrows, and pursued the cavalry team of the Androv Department that was the first to retreat.
Of course, along the way, for the enemy infantry who fled on both sides, those Tang cavalry with complete armor and sharp knives and guns, of course, would not give them a chance to escape. They were like the Grim Reaper chasing their lives, slashing and slaying down the routs who fled in wailing along the way.
With the horses' hooves rumbling and the guns pointing at the swords, the cavalry of the Don Army rushed all the way to catch up, and soon rushed to the north behind the 3,000 cavalry of the Androv Division, which was very scattered in formation.
The arrival of the Tang army so quickly made this group of enemy cavalry suddenly very passive, and they accelerated the speed of retreat while responding to the battle in a hurry.
At this time, seeing that the cavalry of the Don Army had caught up with his own cavalry, Andelov's face was dwelling in a cold sweat.