Chapter 360: River of Blood
The scattered and plundering troops of the Qi army took away all the light magic cannons, and at the same time left all the field cannons for the comrades besieging the city.
The field guns of the artillery companies of the four field brigades plus the independent artillery battalions of the naval landing operations, the Qi army north of the Qinghe River had a total of 24 bronze field guns that fired 4 to 10 kg shells.
These cannons are probably the strongest firepower in the world at the moment, but they are still not enough to destroy an army of more than 5,000 soldiers at the peak of the feudal army.
However, Wanyan Lou made too many mistakes under the artillery of the Qi army:
First of all, he pretended to be like a hundred guards cavalry at the crossing place to observe the position of the Qi army, if Xu Shiyang still couldn't see that this was an important target, then Xu Shiyang would be a fool.
Secondly, the estimate of the firing range of the artillery of the Alignment Army in the Wanyan Lou Room was wrong.
Because the Jin army had captured some experimental equipment manufactured by the Qingzhou Arsenal in the Battle of the Yellow River \ Canal, most of the cannons thrown to the militia were "shotguns" with large calibers but thin barrel walls.
In order to deal with the irritating Mughal riders, the Jurchens appreciated this large-area strike weapon, so they mostly imitated similar things.
The biggest problem with this type of artillery is also its range.
In addition, the proportion of gunpowder made by the Jurchens was incorrect, and the efficacy was much worse than that of the gunpowder made by Qi, which also caused the range of the Jin army's artillery to be seriously insufficient compared to that of the Qi army.
Finally, the Qi artillery had previously been particularly fond of firing at close range to improve accuracy, which also exacerbated the miscalculation of the Tartar alignment artillery.
For the above reasons, Wanyan Lou Room actually exposed his whereabouts directly within the range of the Qi army's field artillery, so that he was hit on the head by Xu Shiyang's concentrated firepower.
Perhaps humans can hold out for a long time under the enemy's superior firepower after being familiar with such things as cannons, but animals like horses certainly cannot.
The troops brought by Wanyan Lou this time were all cavalry, and all of them were elites with one man and two horses, and as a result, these important equipment became the main culprits that aggravated the chaos of the Jin army.
During the shelling, the rider could not even control his panicked mount, let alone another spare horse.
So many horses went crazy and trampled indiscriminately, and the losses inflicted on the Tartars could be a little greater than the direct damage of the artillery.
Moreover, the collapse of the army in Wanyan Lou's room caused other Tartars who had suffered small losses to not receive the right orders at the first time, so that long after the shelling, the battlefield became a ...... for Wanyan Huonu, who had already begun to cross the river, with 1,000 foot armor soldiers to attack the immediate positions of close to 3,000 enemies.
In fact, the Wanyan living girl who was wielding a broadsword and walking at the back of the attacking team naturally saw the sight of her father's handsome flag being torn to pieces by cannonballs.
He didn't even know if Wanyan Lou was still alive now.
If it were usual, in the event of the collapse of the Chinese army and the fact that the commander was looking for life and death, the battle would not be able to continue.
Qualified front-line generals of the feudal army should now think about how to withdraw from the battle with dignity and bring as many of their own soldiers back to safety as possible.
However, the living girl does not have this qualification.
Although he is the eldest son of Wanyan Lou's room, he is just a Meng'an on the surface.
The last general order given to him by Lou Mu was to attack, so he could only attack until he received the order to change.
This is the minimum military discipline of a strong army, and it is impossible not to maintain it.
What's more, Wanyan Lou's room is not a clan, this time he was sent by the three princes to assist in the defense of Fuzhou, which was originally used to deal with the Qi army in southern Liaoning, if he was beaten by those Han people, and lost the important Gaizhou, the three murderous princes of the Jurchen will definitely not let go of Wanyan Lou's father and son.
Therefore, no matter what happens later, for the living girl, the only way to survive next is to attack, break the defense line of the Qi army, eliminate the main force of the Qi army, and rescue Gaizhou.
In nothing else.
"Don't worry about the back!"
Wanyan Huonu roared angrily and slashed to death a soldier who looked at the Chinese army behind her and hesitated.
The young Jurchen general shouted with red eyes:
"Move forward! Step forward and kill all the Han dogs in front of you and avenge your relatives! Come on! ”
The voice was terrible like that of a wounded wolf.
The attacking Jurchen armor soldiers howled in unison, and they still maintained a minimum of confidence in victory.
As long as they can enter the white-knuckle battle, all the armor soldiers are confident that they can defeat three times the Han army.
Just enter the ...... of white-knuckle combat.
However, the surface of the river, which was only a few dozen paces wide, seemed so wide that no matter how confident the Jurchen soldiers were, in the water, their movements became very slow, and in the eyes of the Qi soldiers, the Tartars in the water were stiff like a group of puppets.
It's simply the best target.
"Are the Tartars crazy?"
Xu Shiyang said to himself in surprise:
"So they dare to attack too?"
His otherworldly mind couldn't understand why the Tartar was running headfirst in such a situation.
But since the head has been sent, it won't be accepted for nothing, right?
"Fire!"
As soon as the front-line officer gave the order, a pleasant military horn sounded on the Qi army front deployed along the river, and the sound of this new type of copper military horn was extremely penetrating, much better than the bamboo whistle used before.
And it can emit more tones than a whistle, and it can convey more information than a bamboo whistle - and this thing can slightly satisfy the feelings of the invincible army in Xu Shiyang's previous life.
With the sound of military trumpets, heavy white smoke suddenly erupted on the Qi army front, and with the sound of gunshots like popping beans, 1,000 flintlock pistols of the Dingyuan battalion and 200 flintlock pistols and 400 arquebuses of the Zhenyuan battalion were fired at the same time, and 1,600 rounds of lead bullets flew over a short distance of 30 steps in an instant, and the head was poured on the head of the tartar.
The dense rain of bullets splashed countless splashes in the river, and in a terrible scream, more than a hundred Tartars who were wading and attacking disappeared from the river, leaving only small whirlpools and large red blood stains.
At this distance, no shield armor could withstand the attack of a 15mm musket, and once hit, a little blood could pass the life of a strong warrior with a little blood.
Under the command of the officer, the soldiers of the Qi army calmly reloaded, and then poured a deadly rain of bullets on the enemy who could not advance or retreat in the river again and again.
While the Blade Musketeer is reloading, the Drafters and Trappers with pistols or bows will also make up a few rounds for fun.
Wanyan Huonu had no power to fight back, and he would be knocked down dozens of people with each round of shooting from the opposite side, and every armored soldier who was shot would quickly disappear.
He raised his head and looked forward, the entire opposite bank had been completely obscured by the thick smoke of gunpowder, and the shadows could not see the situation clearly at all, only when the Qi army was shooting, he could see the dense fire that suddenly flashed.
Then a wave of lead bullets came over, and a group of armored soldiers struggled to sink into the water.
Under the rain of bullets and the washing of the river, the crowd of the Jin army's attack has become more and more sparse.