Text Chapter 306 Fierce Battle
When the second phalanx of firecrackers withdrew from the battle, the third phalanx of firecrackers joined the battle with the Houjin dead soldiers, and the Houjin dead soldiers had already suffered about 50 casualties, and the dead soldiers had been embedded in the 'mountain' shaped array of the Jingbianbao Army and fell into the blow of firepower from three sides.
The sharpshooters who had been ambushed on the chariot in advance, under the leadership of Fan Xiongxin, shot the dead soldiers after shooting with arrows.
This Fan Zhixin was the marksman who was originally recruited by Liu Renyu when he suppressed the thieves, and because he was really good at archery, he was exceptionally promoted to the general manager.
Now he is leading his men, and an arrow is as tight as an arrow, either hitting the eye socket of the Houjin dead soldier or the neck.
The sharpshooters shot the golden soldiers, and the sharpshooters were not idle.
Compared with bows and arrows, under the condition of shooting at close range, the fire gun is extremely powerful, and there is no need to consider the matter of armor protection at all, so the fire gun soldier specially aimed at the heart of the Houjin soldier to shoot.
As soon as the shot fell, the armor flew sideways, and blood splattered on the spot.
After the third firecracker phalanx finished firing, the Houjin dead soldiers had lost nearly 90 people under the blow of all-round three-dimensional crossfire, and the dead soldiers had lost nearly 30%.
"Lord Belle, these Southern Barbarians are really violent, and they would have collapsed long ago. Moreover, their chariots stood on both sides of the formation, and the deeper our army went, the more it would be attacked on three sides. Aibali looked at the battle situation in front of him and said depressedly.
"The soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty in front of me are elite soldiers, and it is not surprising that they are fighting like this." Mang Gurtai said in a deep voice.
"Lord Belle, our dead soldiers have suffered a lot of losses, why don't we let them withdraw now, let's retreat, right? This Lu Ming army is so equipped, it is not something that we can defeat alone, we obviously have superior forces, why should we fight to the death with them. The blood of the blue flag has been drained, what do you feel like as a flag bearer? Tunbulu also exhorted.
"Don't say more, we've only been fighting for a long time, so it's timid, you haven't seen that our army has broken through their firearms array in a row. The combat strength of the Southern Dynasties was all maintained by the formation, and now the phalanx of the firearms has been forced to retreat, and its advantage in firearms no longer exists, and our army will soon be able to engage them in short combat, and the victory or defeat is especially unknown.
Tell the light horse, scatter, and shoot rockets at their chariots, remembering, a few arrows on each chariot. There were cannons in his chariots, and there must have been gunpowder. As long as one burns and explodes, the rest will be affected. If they don't open fire, they can only attack. In this way, our army will not have to attack it, they will naturally come out.
Even if they don't come out, they must always allocate men to fight the fire, and there are so many soldiers on the other side, and if they want to fight the fire, they will inevitably divide some soldiers, so that they will have fewer soldiers to fight. When the time comes, our army will concentrate sharp soldiers and dead soldiers again, and defeat the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty in one fell swoop.
If they open fire decisively, our army will quickly retreat. With the Great Khan, Benbel took care of it. Mang Gurtai ordered.
"Pierce." When Tunbulu received the order, he went to the light cavalry to give the order.
The light horsemen, who had been waiting on the side and had nothing to do, were ordered to send their men back and fetch fire from the camp.
Then the light cavalry dispersed, running in circles around the Jingbianbao military vehicle camp, and firing rockets to shoot at the Jingbianbao military chariots.
'Take, take, take, take. ’
The fiery arrows were fired at the chariot, and in a short time the surrounding wood was scorched black.
"Report, general, Jiannu attacked our army's chariots with rockets." A herald hurriedly reported the news to Liu Renyu.
Liu Renyu was extremely surprised when he heard this soldier.
"I thought Mang Gurtai was just a rough man, but I didn't think that there was a lot of fineness. He really has a set, this battle is a bit interesting, the order, the cavalry does not move, the artillery does not move, the air force does not move, the fire gun corps is divided, 64 combat vehicles correspond to 64 squads, and the squad is responsible for extinguishing the fire. Zhang Tieniu's troops gave up shooting, and several archers were distributed on each chariot to shoot at the Jiannu archers. Liu Renyu ordered.
"Yes, General."
The heralds received the order and quickly went to various places to convey the order.
Wang Zuo got the order and quickly divided 64 teams, took tree branches, and put out the fire with soil.
Zhang Tieniu's archers went up to the tops of different chariots and shot at Houjin light cavalry.
After several years of uninterrupted practice, the archery skills of the Jingbian Fort Army are not necessarily worse than those of the Houjin soldiers, and the Houjin soldiers only wear leather armor in order to pursue speed, and the protection is far inferior to the Jingbian Fort Army archers wearing three layers of heavy armor. It was shot down in several rounds, and there were constantly Houjin light horsemen falling off their horses, and the Jingbianbao army suffered few casualties.
The firecrackers took advantage of the opportunity of their own archers and Houjin light cavalry to calmly put out the fire.
Liu Renyu sent archers and some firecrackers to fight the fire, as well as to shoot at the Houjin light cavalry, and on the frontal battlefield, the pressure on the Houjin dead soldiers and sharp soldiers was greatly reduced.
At present, on the chariots on both sides of the Jingbianbao army array, only the firecrackers are still pumping cold shots at the Houjin soldiers below.
At this time, the third firearm phalanx of Jingbian Fort finished firing and retreated. Under the blow of crossfire, the dead soldiers of Houjin had already lost half, but they had already penetrated 30 steps into the formation of the Jingbianbao army.
All the musketeers of Jingbian Fort retreated, except for some of the sharpshooters who continued to shoot at the top of the chariot and continued to shoot at the Houjin soldiers who were trapped in their own military formation, the rest pulled out the three-edged blood thorns, inserted them into the chamber of the guns and tightened them, ready for hand-to-hand combat at any time.
The phalanx of the third musketeers retreated, the sword and shield men stepped forward, and the pikemen followed.
The Houjin Dead Soldier wanted to engage the Jingbian Fort Army with his teeth and claws, but because the Jingbian Fort Army always used firearms to shoot from a distance, and ran away after shooting, he never had the opportunity to engage the enemy in close combat.
Moreover, in the process of advancing, they have been shot and harassed by the enemy troops on the chariot, and they have already held back the fire in their bellies, and now they have easily seized the opportunity to fight in close quarters, and immediately plan to sprinkle their evil fire on the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen of the Jingbian Fort Army.
I saw the Houjin dead soldiers shouting, indomitable, and running quickly, intending to take advantage of their own weight advantage and the momentum of impact to crash through the sword and shield array of the Jingbian Fort Army.
However, this is delusional.
The Houjin soldiers had a great momentum, and the chassis of the Jingbian Fort Army was also firmly rooted.
Hou Jin Bing hit hard, as if he had hit the iron plate, he was dizzy and in pain, but the Jingbian Fort army on the opposite side had nothing to do.
And just when the Houjin dead soldiers were still stunned, there were already pikemen who pierced through the gaps left by the sword and shield soldiers, and stabbed out like a shot.
The spear of the Jingbian Fort Army was improved by Liu Renyu, it was long and sharp, and it was also a thick three-edged blood thorn, with strong armor-piercing ability and outstanding bloodletting ability.
However, if there are people who are stabbed, even if they are not fatally injured, they are bleeding non-stop, and they can't stop it in a natural state.
The Houjin dead soldiers can no longer rush, holding a shield is like a moving city wall, relying on these dead soldiers who have been running for a long time in heavy armor, and are already a little tired, they can't rush anymore.
The soldiers of Jingbian Fort on the top of the chariots around them are still firing cold guns, and the dead soldiers of Houjin are still suffering casualties, and their morale has dropped to freezing point.
The reason why these Houjin dead soldiers have not retreated is because of the constraints of military discipline, dying in battle is death, and fleeing back is also death, it is better to die on the battlefield, so that the family can still get pensions.
"Lord Belle, our dead soldiers can't rush, isn't it time to send reinforcements?" Seeing that the situation was not good, Aibali hurriedly suggested.
"The Bayala guards rushed with all their might, and the sharp soldiers followed behind Bayara, and if the opportunity was not good, they would raise fire and burn their chariots." Mang Gurtai ordered.
"Pierce."
When he received the order, he ordered the Bayala Protector, who had been preparing for a long time, to rush straight into the enemy's position.
Others had at least two torches and were going to set them on fire.
"These Jiannu are addicted to arson, if it weren't for Lao Tzu wanting your head, he would have shot you to death in the morning. The order was given to the artillery to send out the power soldiers, throw 10,000 enemies, blow up those who wanted to throw torches, and by the way, also blow up the Jiannu soldiers. ”
"Yes, General." When the herald received the order, he went straight to give the order.
"Fortunately, Jiannu is brainless, and he is determined not to relax in riding and shooting, otherwise he will give Lao Tzu a few shots of 10,000 enemies, and Lao Tzu will be finished. This battle can't be fought like this again. Liu Renyu said to himself.
Besides, those Jiannu soldiers who were holding torches and planning to set fire to them had not yet run to the distance where they could throw and set fire, when they first saw a thing with green smoke being thrown in front of their eyes.
As Houjin soldiers who have been entangled with the Ming army for many years, of course they recognize this thing, but what is it if it is not ten thousand enemies!
The 10,000 enemies that were thrown in front of the Houjin soldiers were weapons that were specially designed to increase the killing radius with iron nails and small spherical iron bullets.
As soon as this thing exploded, the iron nails that flew out, and the spherical iron bullets suddenly hit the Houjin soldiers within 10 meters of the surrounding area, crying and shouting for their mothers, so they were not miserable.