Wei Yan ordered the colonel to lead 500 cavalry to attack from the front slope once to feel the situation.

Wei Yan's cavalry equipment was the same as Liu Bei's, and it was also equipped with repeating crossbows, but when they charged, because they were attacking the mountains, they did not have such a wide attack front.

It was also possible to charge about twenty or thirty horsemen side by side, so the five hundred horsemen were squeezed into a long column, which was Wei Yan's negligence.

Lu Bu would not miss such an opportunity, and he ordered the mortars to put all the enemy behind 250 zhang and shell them from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

When the enemy at the end of the line was bombarded, the front was already within a hundred feet, and such a dense formation made it possible for the musketeers to shoot at the crowd without aim.

And the fifty shadow members, all of whom use repeaters, and who fill the gaps in their firepower when reloading.

Wei Yan heard the "bang" of the mortar, and knew that the damn Chen Gong didn't tell him the truth.

Lu Bu was such a team of more than 100 people, and he actually brought the latest weapon "mortar".

When he heard the "ping-pong" sound of the flintlock pistol, he was even more confused, what is this, also a firearm?

However, it seems that the power is not small at all, and the chain mail can't stop it at all.

In densely populated places, it can even penetrate the people in front and hit the people behind, which is more powerful than a repeater.

When they finally rushed to the front of Lu Bu and the others, they were blown up on their backs by a grenade, and in a quarter of an hour, the five hundred cavalry did not even have a single combat horse left, and they all fell in a pool of blood.

The narrow mountain path was blocked by the corpses of people and horses, and the people above could not get down, but the people below could not go up either.

Although Zhuge Liang saw the scene of firearms combat for the third time, he was still shocked by the power of the all-firearms army.

Mortars, flintlock guns, and grenades cover the far, middle and near layers of firepower, covering the battlefield in all directions.

The infantry of more than 100 people against the 500 cavalry, although they had some geographical advantages, but the huge advantage of 0 to 500 was still shocking.

There were only a few people in the Central Army who were grazed by stray arrows, and a few who were injured in the ears by the sound of explosions, and that's it.

Zhuge Liang suddenly realized that the strategies and tactics of the infantry, cavalry, and even the naval army in the previous cold weapon era needed to be changed and innovated, and the old thinking could no longer adapt to the new war model.

For example, if these cavalrymen were faced with an equal number of musketeers, they would only die faster.

The cavalry could only rely on the speed of the horses and the open terrain to spread out the formation of the musketeers, so that they could exchange space for time and engage in hand-to-hand combat, and it was not known how effective the bayonets issued by the flintlock pistols were.

Wei Yan witnessed how his 500 cavalry was completely annihilated by a 100-man infantry squad equipped with firearms from far, medium and near.

The scene was far more bloody and tragic than the hand-to-hand combat between cold weapons, which made a battle-hardened veteran like Wei Yan a little unacceptable.

He viciously looked at Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who were catching up in the direction behind him, knowing Lu Bu's situation but not telling the truth.

Liu Bei also happened to see the process of Wei Yan's five hundred cavalry being annihilated, which was exactly what happened to him.

He also asked hypocritically: "General Wenchang, you are moving too fast, I am in a hurry, I just want to tell you that although Lu Bu has a small number, he seems to have brought a new weapon that appeared in the Battle of Qingzhou - mortar." ”

"I suffered their loss just now, and that black stick-like weapon, it killed my third brother! Patronized and cried with the second brother, but it was a beat slower! ”

After listening to Liu Bei's words, Wei Yan hated it even more, but he still had to do superficial work.

"Thank you Brother Xuande for reminding me, although they are small in number, they occupy a geographical advantage, and they have the new firearms, I decided to wait for my infantry to catch up, and send hoplites to try it."

"I don't believe how much supplies they have brought with them, can they still use their firearms without restrictions? Crossbows are so harmful that they use crossbow arrows! ”

Wei Yan's judgment is extremely accurate, Lu Bu and his party can't carry a lot of ammunition at all, most of the shells and paper shells have been used, if Wei Yan attacks a few more times, I'm afraid he will have to use grenades desperately.

Since Wei Yan was waiting for his infantry to arrive, Lu Bu was even less anxious, and he had four divisions to meet him.

The horses of the special operations division are fast, I'm afraid it's time to arrive? Just wait!

Zhuge Liang was not idle, he discussed with Lu Bu and Xu Shu on the spot the new tactics of using firearms.

Li Su and Wang Quan glanced at each other and smiled bitterly, the nerves of these military advisors are really big enough.

After waiting for about two hours, Wei Yan's infantry and Chen Gong's infantry finally arrived.

Wei Yan and Liu Bei briefly discussed, since Liu Bei also wanted to avenge Zhang Fei, the two sides would attack Lu Bu back and forth together, and the two armies would attack at the same time, and Lu Bu would have more than 100 people, and he would definitely not be able to deal with it.

Wei Yan dispatched 2,000 heavy infantry, and Liu Bei also dispatched 1,000 heavy infantry, flanking the front and back, and was about to start climbing.

Lu Bu frowned, and Li Su fired two red signal flares into the sky, which was to guide his reinforcements.

After fighting once in half an hour, there was no response several times before, and seeing that the enemy was about to launch a final attack, Li Su tried again.

Fortunately, this time there was finally a response, and the sky in the north lit up with three green signal flares, and Li Su shouted excitedly, "Lord, reinforcements have arrived!" ”

Lu Bu's hanging heart was only then put down.

If you risk your life, you can also kill yourself from this encirclement, but Zhuge Liang, who has just arrived, will confess here.

Now that the reinforcements have arrived, then I have won another gamble.

Wei Yan and Liu Bei also saw the green flare, and they also guessed that it was Lu Bu's reinforcements arriving.

The two men looked at each other, and what they saw was a cold murderous intent.

Liu Bei said coldly, "Strive to attack and kill Lu Bu before the reinforcements arrive, and stop the reinforcements at all costs, Lu Bu must die here!" ”

Wei Yan nodded, "I agree, let the others resist the reinforcements, these heavy infantry will kill Lu Bu even if they run out!" ”

The two men sent their men to hold back the reinforcements, while they urged the hoplites to begin the onslaught.

Lu Bu saw that Wei Yan and Liu Bei didn't care about the arrival of reinforcements at all, but were determined to attack, and his expression was solemn.

"TMD, this Wei Yan and Liu Bei just want to kill me? Don't even want your ass? Hold on, everyone, reinforcements will be there soon! ”

"Li Su, send three red signal flares and tell them that our situation is very dangerous!"

Li Su obeyed, and soon, three red signal flares rose into the air, which meant that the situation was extremely urgent!

The troops of the Central Army who came to the aid were a special operations division with one man and three horsemen, and the horses were constantly moving.

(End of chapter)