Chapter 461: The Tang Army is Like a Tiger

"Bang 。。。。。。"

With Hu Ben's loud shout, the 1500 Lu Mi gun hit first.

Then, the first row stepped back to the back of the third, followed by the second row's 1,500 Lumi.

Then the second row retreated to the first row, and the third row of gunners came up and fired another 1,500 Lumi guns.

After the third row of gunners was completed, the original first row of gunmen had already loaded gunpowder and bullets, continued to go to the front, and started a new round of firing again, and the three-stage attack process began again.

The sound of gunshots like bursting beans rang out densely, and the muzzle flames formed a row of dark red flying fire curtains, and thick white smoke immediately surged up on the shields lined up in a straight line.

Countless whistling small lead bullets weighing three coins let out a slight scream, and strode towards the opposite side, and the 10,000 elite soldiers of the Rogue Pioneer at the front shot away.

These hot, hot little lead bullets roared away, and immediately pierced into the bodies of those rogue elite soldiers like hot knives piercing butter.

Li Xiao's research and development of the Lumi gun, because it is made of fine steel, and is a standard production, the quality is very stable and reliable, the range is much farther than the Ming Dynasty Ministry of Industry produced Lumi gun, its accurate range, more than 20 steps more, reached more than 170 steps.

This is the reason why Hu Benneng, the chief of the fire gun, gave the order to open fire one hundred and seventy paces away.

At the same time, because the Lumi guns and the lead bullets used are all produced in a standard manner and of excellent quality, as long as the guns operate according to the process, the probability of dead fire and explosive bore is extremely small, and in each round of firing, only 5% of the guns are at most discharged, and they cannot be released.

These lead bullets that screamed and shot away, but the rogues on the opposite side were either wearing thick iron armor or holding shields that happened to block them, then these lead bullets were definitely the terrible scythe used to harvest life in the hands of death.

These soft and fine lead bullets, after hitting the human body, are scattered around the human body, forming a terrible cavity effect, cutting muscles, breaking blood vessels, cracking bones, and even more stirring up human organs.

Even if the lead bullet fails to hit the vital point, the person who is hit by the bullet will not live long if he is not treated in time.

Because even if it is saved, the lead element in the lead bullet dissolves into the blood, which can make people quickly acute lead poisoning, and with the medical level of this era, it is definitely a terminal illness that must die.

Under the continuous blow of the Tang Army's continuous Lumi guns, the elite soldiers who were originally shouting and rushing suddenly appeared in great chaos, and the speed of shouting and rushing forward was delayed a lot.

Because, in their impression, as long as the Ming army's guns withstood the first round of salvos, then, in the next minute, the Ming army was in the most defenseless state because it had to reload the ammunition, and they could take advantage of the situation to attack.

It's just that what has now surpassed the imagination of the vanguard general Liu Zongmin is that the Tang army on the opposite side, the thousands of Lu Mi guns, as if they will never stop, beat the 10,000 rogue elite soldiers for a while.

Such a dense and concentrated shooting, as if it would never stop, was completely different from any Ming army that had been faced before.

This kind of almost endless firepower was a huge blow to the hearts of the rogue soldiers.

For a time, more than 1,000 rogues were killed and wounded. With the rapid increase in the number of casualties, chaos began to appear rapidly everywhere in the Rogue Pioneer Army.

There were even quite a few rogue soldiers, crying and throwing down their weapons, turning around and fleeing backwards.

"Don't run, don't run, continue to rush Lao Tzu!"

Liu Zongmin, who was firmly protected by several large shields, yelled at the soldiers who fled in rout.

However, in the midst of the uproar and confusion, his orders obviously had no effect, and the routs still wailed, and kept fleeing backwards.

"Damn, kill Lao Tzu, kill these deserters! Those who flee from the battle will be killed! Liu Zongmin's face was hideous, he roared loudly, drew his waist knife, and took the lead in slashing at the rout soldiers who turned around and fled.

Seeing that the Lord was so mercilessly slashed, the guards also mercilessly slashed at the deserters.

It's just that under the dense sound of Lumi like firecrackers, which almost doesn't know when it will stop, Liu Zongmin's method of killing and intimidation is obviously not very effective.

"Li Xiao of the dog day, I want to kill you every day! I'll die of your ancestors!! I will die of your ancestors for eighteen generations!! ”

Liu Zongmin's eyes were blood-red, and while slashing and slashing more and more routed soldiers, he scolded sharply with the most vulgar and obscene words.

Seeing the Liukou army array, hit by his own Lu Mi gun in the third stage, was overwhelmed, hundreds of casualties kept happening, so that there was more and more chaos, Li Xiao in the Tang army array, his heart was extremely happy.

Hmph, do you think that in such a dignified duel battle, you can crush our army with the superiority of troops, and now, you have tasted the power of our army's three-stage attack.

And when he saw that his own forward troops were beaten and released by the dense and fierce and almost unbroken Lu Mi Gong in the Tang army's formation, they were caught off guard, so that there were many casualties, and even more and more deserters, Li Zicheng, who was in charge of the Chinese army, suddenly stared at him with round eyes and filled his chest with anger.

"Fuck you cowardly Li Xiao, I really didn't expect wow, you still have such a hand, but you are a thief!" Li Zicheng was annoyed, and shouted loudly: "What are you still doing in a daze, quickly mingle gold, let the vanguard troops withdraw first!" ”

"Order!"

Seeing that the vanguard troops were becoming more and more chaotic, and it was almost difficult to clean up, from the Chinese army's formation, the sound of tinkling gold was heard in time.

Liu Zongmin's vanguard troops, as if they were amnesty, turned around one after another and retreated wildly.

Liu Zongmin, who was drenched in blood from the waist knife, gasped for breath, and looked depressed and speechless. However, he did not dare to stay for a while, but followed his own troops and fled in a hurry.

When they fled behind and were about 200 steps away from the Tang army's formation, the sound of Lu Mi Gong behind them gradually faded and finally stopped.

In fact, up to now, each of the Tang Army's Lu Mi guns has only fired less than three times on average. The officers and men of both armies could see that a large number of dead and wounded thieves were scattered at a distance of more than 100 to 180 steps from the front of the Tang army, and the wounded soldiers who were fortunate to not die were wailing loudly and rolling around on the ground, and their condition was extremely miserable.

At this time, from the Tang army array, there were continuous cheers from afar, which made the Liukou soldiers even more depressed after hearing it from afar.

It's just that although the Tang army was clamoring and cheering, it did not take advantage of the victory to attack, but still maintained a good formation, waiting for the next attack of the Liukou.

"Report to the king, the Tang army has released more than 3,000 casualties in our army, and they are basically the vanguard of General Liu."

After listening to the statistics from the military newspaper, Liu Zongmin looked ashamed, and Li Zicheng frowned.

He hummed and waved his hand to back down.

"King Chuang, I am incompetent, I failed to lead the troops to rush to the front, so that I lost a lot of soldiers and soldiers on the way, and please punish King Chuang!" Liu Zongmin lowered his head and clenched his fists, bowed and bowed.

"Get up, this time is a small loss, and what is it. Fighting on the battlefield, victory and defeat are a common thing. Li Zicheng said coldly: "I didn't expect that wow, Li Xiao has such a powerful firearm army, he is really as powerful as a tiger!" But I didn't expect that I underestimated him for a while, but I, the coach, were also at fault. ”

"King Chuang, what should I do now, but do you want to withdraw from the army?" Gao Yigong, who came from later, asked anxiously.

Li Zicheng stroked his beard and was silent, he muttered for a long time, but a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"It's just a small setback, why should our army withdraw? Our army can still afford this loss. Li Zicheng snorted coldly and said: "Our army has only lost more than 3,000 people, compared to more than 60,000 soldiers and horses in our army, this loss is nothing." Next, it is necessary to continue the attack, defeat Li Xiao, and avenge the dead brothers. ”

"Okay, then please give an order from King Chuang, let me bring my brother to rush over again, this time, I guarantee that the leader will succeed in rushing into battle." Liu Zongmin shouted loudly, a trace of ruthlessness flashed on his face.

Li Zicheng shook his head and said sharply: "No! We must no longer compromise the elite of our infantry. Zong Min, you can re-select the troops, lead our army with 10,000 new troops, and re-attack. These 10,000 new attached troops, all of whom held shields, thought they were carefully covered, and continued to rush towards the Tang army's battle array. Wait for this charge, don't be afraid of death and injury, as long as you can rush to the front of the Tang army and strangle with it, it will be a victory. ”

"Okay, King Chuang Gaojian. Anyway, these new annexes have just landed, and they don't feel distressed when they die. Please rest assured that King Chuang will ensure that the task is completed. A cruel smile flashed on Liu Zongmin's face, and he promised loudly.

"Well, as long as you succeed in charging into battle, then I will lead most of the Chinese army to cover up and kill together, and use the numerical advantage of our army to completely defeat Li Xiao's Tang army and Hou Sui's reinforcements together!"

"Order!"

Half an hour later, in the Liukou array, the war drums rumbled again, and the piercing and loud swan trumpets rang out.

At this time, the Tang army on the opposite side saw that about 200 paces away, the Liukou army formation had re-fractalized, and about 10,000 soldiers of the newly attached army at the front were actually all holding shields, carefully guarding and marching forward in unison.

When they came one hundred and eighty steps away from the Tang army again, Liu Zongmin gave an order, and the thieves vanguard who had been moving slowly and cautiously immediately accelerated their pace, forming a side by side formation, shouting and rushing towards the Tang army's gun and shield battle array opposite.

At the same time, in the Tang army's formation, the rows of Lu Mi guns, which had been waiting for a long time, suddenly restarted.

"Bang 。。。。。。"

The sound of gunfire like bursting beans rang out densely, and the muzzle flames formed a row of flying fire curtains, and thick white smoke immediately surged up at the head of the city.

"Brothers, don't be afraid, use your shield to protect the critical matter, and rush after me!" Liu Zongmin shouted loudly, and took the lead in rushing towards the Tang army under the protection of a group of guards.

Seeing that the Lord was so heroic, the rogue also mustered up their courage and rushed towards the Tang army battle formation in front.

No stray bullets came out, but because the thieves who rushed this time all had shields as protection, although the thieves whose shields were hit were all hit by the huge momentum and planted backwards, but fortunately, there were shields as protection, and the thieves who fell down after being hit were much less.

"Haha, brothers, the Tang Army's firecracker, we can't help it. Let's continue to rush forward, as long as we can fight with the Tang Army Shield Formation, it will be a victory! Liu Zongmin shouted loudly and continued to rush towards the Tang army's spear and shield battle array.

Seeing the thieves rushing in large numbers again, Li Xiao frowned.

He knew that this group of thieves who rushed back in, although their clothes and armor were torn and their swords and guns were not neat, should be the new annex army newly recruited by the thieves from the surrendered troops and the outcasts, and they were the least valuable troops among the thieves, and they were generally used as cannon fodder.

It's just that although these cannon fodder are worthless, if they rush to their own gun and shield battle formation with a shield on their shoulders like this, regardless of the dead and wounded, it will only be enough for two minutes.

In this way, behind the thieves, a large number of follow-up troops who were only a few dozen paces away would also rush fiercely, always taking advantage of the numerical advantage to crush and defeat their own military formation.

Hmph, you think it's beautiful, but I, Li Xiao, how can I let you succeed easily!

Li Xiao, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately raised the flag and ordered the rampant general soldiers on the left and right sides to immediately attack to protect the flanks of the gun and shield battle array.

At the same time, the Xuanhu heavy cavalry and the flying harrier cavalry, which were lined up on the left and right, started together, and rushed towards the left and right flanks of the new army of thieves who were rushing towards Wuyangyang.

Li Xiao's tactical goal was very clear, that is, to take advantage of the rushing enemy soldiers, who were concentrating on guarding against the frontal Lu Mi gun, to send cavalry from both sides to flank these new annexed troops on the left and right, so as to catch them off guard.

Of course, the combat power and stability of these new annexed armies are far from being comparable to the elite soldiers of the old battalion of thieves, and they are very likely to be confused or collapse when they are hit suddenly and violently.

If these new annexes who took the lead in charging into battle could be overwhelmed by their own light and heavy cavalry with a total of 4,000 cavalry, or even crushed, then the elite soldiers behind would fall into an embarrassing situation where they could not advance or retreat.

If he came and pressed the whole army again, and Hou Sui's 20,000 reserve reinforcements also attacked with all their might, Li Zicheng's nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses would most likely collapse from point to surface and finally collapse.

This is a rather bold and aggressive plan.

Of course, such tactics, the grasp of timing, and the control of battle formation skills must be very precise and accurate, so as to achieve Li Xiao's tactical goal as much as possible, to achieve the goal of disrupting and defeating the new army of thieves in the front, and not to fall into the danger of being caught in the front and rear of the new invaders.

Li Xiao is full of confidence in these battle-hardened soldiers under his command, and it is precisely because of the good execution and motivation of his subordinates that Li Xiao can implement his plan so boldly.

So, with Li Xiao's order, the Xuanhu heavy cavalry commander on the left wing, Samushka, the fierce general of the Qing army with the white flag who surrendered to Li Xiao on Ocean Island, was already dressed as a Han general at this time, he gave a long whistle, and ordered in his mouth that 2,000 Xuanhu heavy cavalry with heavy armor on horseback and heavy armor formed a wedge-shaped sharp strike formation with the momentum of shaking the heavens and the earth, starting, trotting, accelerating, like a black lightning, rushing towards the right wing of the new annexed army on the opposite side.

On the right flank, Batu, the commander of the Flying Harrier Light Cavalry, also led his troops to attack with great speed.

Batu, the general from the Mongolian Weng Niu Special Department of the Outer Domain, is said to be the descendant of the Mongolian silver family, since the ninth year of Chongzhen, in the west of the capital town Guancheng, after being captured by Li Xiao with a strategy, first in Jintang City for nearly a year, brainwashed and sinicized, and then served as a cavalry in Li Xiao's army. In the conquest of the Dutch in Taiwan, the Shimazu clan in Japan, and in the conquest of Ezo Island and Sakhalin Island, Batu repeatedly made military exploits and made outstanding achievements.

The Mongols like to obey the strong and worship the strong the most, so after Batu served Li Xiao, he deeply felt the grace of Li Xiao's knowledge, and he tried his best to fight for him, so as to prove that he was trustworthy. And Li Xiao also admired him very much, promoted all the way, and finally promoted him to the chief of the Flying Harrier Light Cavalry of the C Battalion in Xingzhong Town.

Charging into battle with light cavalry is not as effective as a horse with iron armor, and it is as good as a heavy cavalry like a miniature tank, but if you can surprise the rogue with a sharp blow, it will also cause heavy damage and impact.

In this way, the impact of the two phases of the Xuanhu heavy cavalry on the opposite side is superimposed, and the losses caused to the Liukou are still considerable.

Batu whipped his prancing horse, let out a wolf-like long howl from his mouth, led 2,000 flying harriers to ride lightly, and after making a slight big bend, while accelerating, he aimed at the rear of the left wing of the new Liukou army, like a vicious wolf that attacked with agility, and bit his prey fiercely. 2k reading web