Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Life-and-Death Crisis
On November 15, at the appointed time, Wang Dayu escorted the grain and grass to the camp in Zhangjiakou, and when he was about to successfully hand over the grain and grass to the Jin people, a sudden change occurred.
Suddenly there was a cannon fire ahead, and a cannonball fell from the sky and landed beside Jin Ren. Everyone was taken aback, they didn't expect Da Ming's movements to be so fast, not only did someone come to intercept him, but even the artillery was ready.
Zhangjiakou camp is the junction of Zhangjiakou and Mongolia, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. Liu Chengye happened to lead people to ambush here the day before, just waiting for Wang Dayu to trade with Jinren, and wipe everyone out.
The red-coated cannons on the "boom boom" mountain fired a salvo, and dozens of iron bullets weighing several pounds had been smashed down overwhelmingly.
Because there is no defense at all, when the gold people are trading, everyone stands together, only standing together, guarding against someone sneak attack.
When these dozens of iron bullets landed, blood-colored ceremonial flowers bloomed in the Jin array, and the Jin people suffered heavy losses in an instant, and these dozens of shells actually led the horses to knock down more than 100 people.
Wang Dayu saw the person next to him, a person who was alive just now, but in the next second, he was blown into a mess of meat by a cannonball. Then he turned around in a panic and ran.
Aixin Jueluo Lianying was also taken aback when he saw this. He originally thought that the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was just something to scare people, but he didn't expect that the dozens of shells in front of him would have such terrifying lethality.
After all, Aixin Jueluo Lianying can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, and it is not unheard of a scene that is more cruel than the casualties in front of him, so he will naturally not be easily intimidated. He judged very clearly that although the Ming army had fierce firepower, its strength was limited, and more importantly, there was no cavalry.
"Hold on and don't panic, these despicable Han people will only sneak attack, as the most heroic warriors of Dajin, rush up with me and tear these treacherous Han people to pieces. Those who take a step forward will be rewarded, and those who dare to escape will be killed! ”
After speaking, Aixin Jueluo Lian Ying pulled out a scimitar and slashed to death a soldier who was fleeing. Seeing that someone had escaped and been killed, the Jin people finally stabilized their position.
"They don't have cavalry, the most heroic warriors of Dajin, the time has come to make a contribution, kill the group of Han people in front of us, and we can transport these life-saving food back to Dajin. For the sake of our people, rush! Aixin Jueluo Lian Ying pointed out the weakness of the Ming army.
"Follow Prince Ying to kill, kill all these despicable Han people!" Seeing that someone was leading, the rest of the Jin people got on their horses one after another and rushed towards Liu Chengye. The infantry in the back row, under the cover of the cavalry, killed Liu Chengye.
Liu Chengye did not panic when he saw the Mongolian cavalry rushing towards him, and commanded the artillery in the rear row to fire a salvo, and the red-clothed cannons in the back row roared angrily, throwing the burning red iron bullets on the head of the golden man.
Because the Jinren Rush Killing formation was scattered this time, the lethality caused by the artillery was limited. Even this made it tricky for the Kim people.
As a cannonball fell from the sky, it landed next to Aixin Jueluo Lianying, overturning Aixin Jueluo Lianying's personal guards and horses to the ground. Aixin Jueluo Lian Ying finally lost the last shred of his senses, and roared: "The whole army rushes and breaks these treacherous Han people into thousands of pieces. ”
With the order of Aixin Jueluo Lianying, thousands of cavalry began to charge collectively, eager to break the Ming army on the opposite side into thousands of pieces.
Liu Chengye saw the enemy rushing towards him like crazy, and he was also panicked, and then forced the panic and changed the red-coated cannon iron bullet into an incendiary bomb. With a salvo, a sea of fire spread among the crowd, and in an instant, the golden cavalry was burned and cried for the mother.
Seeing that the incendiary bomb blocked the attack of the Jin people, the gunners didn't care about waiting for the gun body to cool down, so they pushed the shells into the hot gun body one after another, quickly adjusted the muzzle, aimed at the Jin people, and shot the incendiary bombs again.
So at the same time, the heavily armored warriors in the front row, covering hundreds of bird-gunners and pikemen, attacked the golden man head-on.
The archers in the back row all put on three sharp arrows at one time, pointing at the sky, and then shot three sharp arrows at one time, forming a more dense rain of arrows, overwhelmingly shooting towards the golden cavalry.
This way of attack, is the anti-Japanese hero Qi Jiguang's original tactics, when the enemy desperately charged, the formation is very dense, the archer's aiming does not have much effect, but the frequency and number of arrows are more important, one shot three arrows, although there is no accuracy, but the killing area of the enemy is indeed greatly increased.
A round of arrows rained down, and the forward of Houjin's cavalry was overturned by the shooter, but the one behind didn't even blink, bypassed the corpse of his companion, and rushed to Liu Chengye in an instant.
The red-coated cannon with forward muzzle quality sprayed tongues of fire, firing shells at the enemy line one after another. The Jin cavalry is no matter how flexible it is, because of the front, it is difficult to adjust the direction for a while, and in a moment, more than 100 people have fallen off their horses.
When the cavalry of the Jin people was about to rush to the front of the battle, Aixin Jueluo Lianying brandished his scimitar and roared angrily as he charged: "Rush up and crush these Han people." ”
In fact, there is no need to love Xinjueluo Lianying to say, the Jin cavalry also knows that only by quickly rushing into the crowd and disrupting the formation of the Han people can they have a chance of survival, otherwise those companions who were just killed by artillery will be their own fate.
So one by one, they braved the rain of arrows and rushed towards the Ming army.
Despite the presence of birdmen and musketeers in the front row, they could not stop the Golden Man from rushing through the crowd. The heavy infantry in the front row hurriedly rushed forward, drew their knives and slashed at the horses' hooves, and in an instant, many horses were cut to the ground. But there were also many hoplites who were trampled to death by the cavalry of the Jin.
After paying a heavy price, Jin finally rushed into the crowd. Seeing this, Liu Chengye hurriedly stood up and shouted: "Brothers, the time has come to be loyal to the country, rush with me, defeat the enemy army, and don't let the grain and grass here fall into the hands of the Jin people." ”
Then he pulled out the embroidered spring knife at his waist, jumped in shape, kicked a golden cavalry to the ground, rode the golden man's war horse, and rushed towards the golden man.
Although Liu Chengye led the people to resist desperately, but in the era of cold weapons, the cavalry was always the natural enemy of the infantry. Immediately, Liu Chengye led people to start a white-knuckle battle with the Jin people.
As soon as Liu Chengye cut down a Jin cavalryman to the ground, he was tripped to the ground by the Jin man with a tripping horse and a horse with a tripping horse.
Aixin Jueluo Lianying saw Liu Chengye stumbling on the ground with his horse, and hurriedly commanded: "Kill that Han general." ”
After saying that, he drove a horse and killed Liu Chengye, and the Jin people on the side saw this and came over to Liu Chengye.