Chapter 487: The Siege of Majiakou (Part II)

As soon as the order of the Zheng Shen Ling was issued, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the scout Pegasus who had just gone out came to the front of the Zheng Shen Ling: "My lord, the Yulin Army was found ahead, and they killed it." ”

Without this scout's report, the billowing smoke and dust raised by the cavalry regiment already said it all.

"The musketeers shoot in formation." The leader didn't panic, "The archers prepare." ”

The new army of 5,000 Koreans had only 3,000 flintlock muskets, the rest were spearmen and archers.

The 3,000 musketeers quickly lined up several three-stage firing phalanxes behind the low wall, but Majiakou was too small, and there were only more than 400 guns in the first row, and most of the people were crowded behind.

"First row ready!" The commanders of the various phalanxes raised their flags one after another.

Andreas rode on his horse and rushed to the first, charging while calculating the distance in his mind, 200 meters, 180 meters, 150 meters, and Andreas was a little dizzy when the muzzle of the gun on the opposite side reflected in the sunlight.

At 120 meters, Andreas suddenly raised the handcuff in his hand and fired a shot into the sky.

The horses of the cavalry regiment did not attack the Koreans from the front, but divided into two teams with the sound of Andreas's gunfire and ran towards the sides of the fire squad in Majiakou.

The soldiers of the cavalry regiment hung up their rifles one after another, took out their fire folds and lit the thunderbolts or canisters of fire oil in their hands.

Andreas was the first to throw the canister at the roof of a thatched house, then blew out the fire and took off his rifle again.

More than 2,000 canisters of fire oil and thunderbolts were thrown into it.

"Fire, fire, fire, arrows, arrows." North Korean officers shouted.

However, most of the flintlock pistols and bows were directed forward, and only a few were turned around and fired at the cavalry regiment.

The cavalry regiment bypassed Majiakou and gathered together, and Andreas pulled the war horse 200 meters away from the Koreans, and the small Majiakou was already on fire.

"Commander." The sergeant major of the cavalry regiment shouted excitedly, "The Tartars are already in chaos, let's rush again." ”

Andreas didn't expect the effect of this blow to be so unexpected, and the method that Chief Lin came up with was to work.

"Charge the formation, kill the Tartars."

Andreas had just finished giving the order but shouted: "Stop, stop, don't charge." ”

"Commander, why don't you charge." The sergeant major asked.

Andreas pointed ahead: "Look. ”

About 2,000 Koreans poured out from Majiakou and soon formed a large hollow phalanx, with two rows of muskeoners behind three rows of spears.

The hollow phalanx slowly pressed towards the cavalry regiment. Andreas knew that the range of the cavalry rifles of the cavalry regiment could not catch up with the flintlock pistols of the Koreans, but the Koreans did not have horses, and their mobility was inferior to that of the cavalry regiments. The order of the division headquarters was that the cavalry regiment only had to entangle the Tartars, and Andreas decided to make full use of the cavalry's mobility.

"Come here." Andreas called the sergeant major over and gave a few commands, and the sergeant chief nodded understandingly, "Your subordinates understand, sir." ”

The order was conveyed one by one, and Andreas raised his rifle: "Cavalry regiment, charge!" ”

The 2,500 horses pounced on the hollow phalanx again, the hollow phalanx stopped, and the three rows of spears pointed forward in a staggered manner.

There was another sound of handcuffs, and the cavalry regiment divided into two teams at a distance of more than 130 meters from the hollow phalanx, and bypassed the phalanx 100 meters apart.

After bypassing the phalanx, the two groups of cavalry quickly approached the low wall of Majiakou. The North Korean chief was not a wine bag and rice bag, and a row of musketeers suddenly appeared from behind the low walls on both sides, and hundreds of flintlock muskets were pointed at the cavalry regiment outside the wall.

Andreas flicked his horse's head, and before the flintlock could be fired, the cavalry regiment pulled away from the low wall.

But the two groups of cavalry did not stop, and after rushing through Majiakou about 100 meters from the low wall, they turned their horses' heads around in a circle and rushed towards the low wall in front.

There were not many North Koreans on the low wall in front of it, and the cracking of oil tanks, the explosion of thunder, and the sound of rifle fire were all over the place.

The cavalry regiment did not rush into Majiakou, and after beating the cavalry rifle in its hand and throwing the oil canister, the cavalry regiment retreated more than 200 meters.

"Hurry up and put out the fire, cannons, cannons, set up cannons." The commander understands that with such a style of fighting, your own people will be tired to death if they are not burned to death, and the enemy's cavalry can attack you in any direction at will, except for artillery, there is no good way to deal with this cavalry.

"Someone." Zheng Shen Commander called over a few cavalrymen, "You immediately return to Tianjin Wei to report to Lord Beile, we were ambushed by the Yulin Army in Majiakou, please send reinforcements as soon as possible." ”

After two rounds of charges, the horses of the cavalry regiment were also a little tired, and Andreas temporarily gave up the attack and took out his binoculars to look for the location of the North Korean artillery.

The North Korean artillery was scrambling to set up the artillery, and Andreas saw through the binoculars that the muzzles of the North Korean artillery were pointed in his direction.

"Order, defensive formation retreat." The scattering of the 6-pounder gun could reach more than 500 meters, and the solid shell could hit 14500 meters, and Andreas gave the order to retreat. The task of dragging the North Koreans by himself is basically completed, and the next thing should be the artillery battle between the Yulin Army and the North Korea, and the Yulin Army brought a 12-pounder gun, and this time it brought a flowering shell.

After the Industrial Bureau developed the flowering bomb, it was only used once in actual combat, that is, the last time it blocked Azig, but the effect was not very good. The Bureau of Industry has made certain improvements, and this artillery battle is to test the power of the flowering bombs.

The cavalry regiment withdrew all the way to a distance of one and a half thousand meters, which was completely safe.

"Herald, go and report to the deputy division commander that the Tartars have been successfully entangled in Majiakou by the cavalry regiment."

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Lin Zhaolong and the herald came back together.

"Report to the deputy division commander that the cavalry regiment managed to entangle the enemy." Andreas reported loudly, "It's just that it will be dark in one more hour, and my subordinates are worried that the Tartars will take advantage of the darkness to break through." ”

"Don't worry." Lin Zhaolong was not nervous at all, "Chief of Staff Xu will block them in the back, our 12-pounder gun will hit farther than their 6-pounder gun." ”

At a distance of ten miles, three infantry regiments marched all the way, and it took less than half an hour to arrive.

At a distance of more than 1,000 meters from Majiakou, the soldiers of the two regiments brandished their sapper shovels and began to dig trenches, and Xu Tianbin's fifth regiment stood in front of the trenches with rifled guns in hand, and the encirclement was successful.