Chapter 50: The Battle of the Two Great Powers 6

The cavalry of the Guanning Army who rushed into the formation while accelerating, while pressing their bodies as low as possible, making their bodies as small as possible, almost lying on the neck of their horses and accelerating their charges, some of the soldiers had already prepared the three-eyed guns, just waiting to get close and ignite the thieves behind the wooden fence, while the other part of the soldiers took off the coiled rope on the saddle and held it tightly in their hands, their task was not to directly impact the enemy's large array, there was a wooden fence in front of the enemy formation, which was the biggest obstacle to their attack, and they were ordered to go out of the formation, It is to open the passage for the main force behind and pull down this wooden fence, so they prepared a rope, and after rushing close to the wooden fence, they threw a rope to lasso the wooden fence, and then with the help of the power of the war horse, the wooden fence was pulled down, so that they could sweep away the obstacles to their rushing formation, as long as the wooden fence fell, then relying on the huge impact of their iron cavalry, such a thin enemy formation, could not stop their army from stepping into the formation.

Zu Kuan's arrangement in this era is absolutely no problem in terms of tactics, it can be said that it is a standard cavalry against infantry formation, but today they chose the wrong opponent, completely underestimating the strength of the Xingtian Army's bird guns.

As this group of cavalry rushed closer and closer to the Great Array of the Heavenly Army, the Qian Zong who was in charge of leading the team began to become more and more nervous, although they looked down on the power of the bird gun, but it didn't mean that they really didn't know how much of a threat the bird gun would pose to them.

In the past, they have not encountered the thief army using bird guns, but often as long as they first charge into battle, the huge psychological pressure caused by it will make the thief army begin to panic, the thief army will basically be at a long distance to release the gun at them, long-distance bird gun fire, for them the threat is basically very small, even if they hit them, it may not be able to penetrate their iron armor, not to mention that many of them are still wearing a layer of cotton armor in the iron armor, so when they rush to the enemy, The opponent's firecrackers basically emptied the firecrackers, and the bird-fired firecrackers they held became burning sticks, and they could only wait for them to kill and slash.

But today he felt that something seemed to be a little wrong, after they increased their speed, they rushed closer and closer to the thief army's array, but this thief army has always remained quiet, there is no thief army fired at them in a panic, he silently calculated the distance with the thief army in his heart, a hundred steps, eighty steps, seventy steps...... But the thieves did not hesitate until they were close to seventy paces, and did not panic in the slightest, as they had never encountered before, so that he began to feel a little frightened, and as the distance drew closer, the tension became stronger, so he slowed down slightly, and soon let his men rush to the front, covering his figure, and he quietly retreated into the middle of the group.

Just when they were about to rush fifty steps in front of the thief army, then he saw the movement of the thief army through the gap between the men and horses, and the thieves with guns on both wings of the thief army stepped forward neatly and lifted the bird gun, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and just wanted to shout to order the team to disperse, a series of flashes flashed from the wooden fence opposite, and a row of gunpowder smoke was raised.

"It's not good......" This was the thought of the officer who led the team, but before he could react, he saw that the soldiers under him who were rushing to the front suddenly seemed to hit an invisible wall, and the war horses neighed violently, and suddenly the soldiers and horses in the vanguard began to stumble and fell to the ground with huge energy, which made their impact formation immediately chaotic, and some of the soldiers and horses that followed behind couldn't dodge, and immediately crashed into the bodies of those soldiers and horses who had fallen, Then they tripped and fell to the ground, only the two wings reacted a little faster, and quickly turned the horse's head and spread out towards the wings, but the formation they maintained was disrupted in an instant.

This Qian always stared at everything that was happening in front of him, he could hardly believe his eyes, fifty paces away, he couldn't imagine that the thief's bird gun actually had such power, and swept away his forward soldiers and horses, beating them on their backs, what kind of bird gun is this? Could it be that the Lu Mi Gong, which only the Northern Army has, was also obtained by these thieves?

"Spread out! …… Disperse! Spread out in both directions! ......" This Qian Zong was stunned for a moment, and immediately made a decision and roared in the team.

The soldiers of the Guan Ning Army, who had suffered a loss, dared to continue to rush forward at this time! They all began to turn their horses, either to leap up the reins and dodge their fallen colleagues and their horses in front of them, or to quickly spread out in both directions, and the province became the next target.

That is, a volley, this team of officers and cavalry who tried to rush to the formation to pull down the wooden fence immediately became chaotic, these first row of fire Xingtian arms gunners almost unanimously aimed at the war horses of the officers and soldiers, after all, the target of the war horse is much larger than the cavalry above, and these war horses are at most on the chest and both sides of the blanket, used to prevent arrows, can not stop the lead of their bird guns, so after a row of bird guns hit, more than a dozen war horses in front of the rush have been shot, if it is an arrow, These war horses did not fall immediately, but in front of the large-caliber lead, these war horses were also flesh and blood, and they could not withstand such injuries at all, so they overturned a large area, and the knights on their backs also fell heavily on the solid river beach, breaking their tendons and breaking their necks, and the three-eyed guns they held in their hands were also thrown away at the same time, and the wounded horses and wounded soldiers were lying on the ground and made a terrible scream.

"On the second row! …… Aim...... ......When the first row of gunners had just fired, the officers of the second row shouted loudly, and after letting go of the first row and returning to the rear, they raised their legs and raised their birds, and then there was another sound like a burst of beans, forming a cloud of gunpowder in front of the wooden fence.

These officers and soldiers who were about to rush to the front of the wooden fence were now poured blood mold, and the people shouted that the horses neighed everywhere and collided, under the blow of the dense row of guns and lead, suddenly several more war horses were injured and fell to the ground, and some unlucky soldiers were also hit by the lead, and the iron armor on their bodies was almost like paper paste in front of such large-caliber lead, and it was immediately torn apart, and it was deeply penetrated into their bodies, and the huge impact made them scream, and they fell under the horses. was immediately trampled on the ground by the soldiers and horses behind, and the screams stopped abruptly.

The officers and soldiers would never have expected that the power of the Xingtian Army's bird guns would be so huge, and the other party was so calm to face the battle, with the method of arranging guns together, to carry out such a blow to them, the flesh in front of these powerful leads, simply unable to resist, whether it is a person or a horse, as long as they are shot, there is almost no reason to be spared, even if the war horse bears a little more, after being hit by the lead, it hurts so much that it jumps around, and no longer listens to the command of the cavalry on its back, and it is chaotic, and the fire gunners of the Xingtian Army, But as if there was no end, they kept firing guns at them in rows and rows, and each row of lead had to reap the lives of several war horses, and even the cavalry with them were unlucky, falling like a gourd rolling on the ground.

"Withdraw! Hurry up and withdraw! The thieves' firearms are powerful! Quickly retreat......" The Qian Zong, who was wrapped in the team in front of the battle, roared in a frightened tone, and took the lead in turning the horse, turning around and leaving the battlefield that made him frightened, for fear that if he ran slower, he would become the next target to be overturned.

At this time, the front of the wooden fence of the third battalion was already filled with gunsmoke, and it was almost impossible to see the situation on the opposite side, but the musketeers were still under the command of the officers, and they stepped forward in rows, raising their guns and firing. Just turn around and retreat to the back of the array and quickly reload.

In this way, the three hundred firearms on both sides of the phalanx of the three battalions carried out three rounds of salvo fire, and were ordered by Li Xuanzhu to stop firing, and when the smoke of gunpowder was blown away in the breeze, they gradually saw the situation on the battlefield clearly.

Outside the wooden fence of the entire third battalion, there were more than 40 war horses of officers and soldiers, as well as almost the same number of wounded officers and soldiers, or corpses, and the remaining officers and soldiers were already frightened like frightened birds, and they turned their horses' heads one after another, and fled in the direction of their own formation, and they didn't even have time to retrieve the wounded and corpses of their comrades, so they fled from the battlefield in a stream.

After seeing this scene, a burst of thunderous cheers immediately sounded among the Xingtian Army, and even those spearmen and sword players who could not make meritorious contributions raised their swords and guns in their hands and cheered loudly.

"Victory...... Win...... The roar of "Victory ......" resounded on the north bank of the Luo River, and even the people who came with the army to rest after the battle also jumped up one after another.

To say that these people were not worried about the defeat of the Xingtian Army just now is nonsense, many people have already begun to tremble when they saw the official army start to start charging the formation, and even some people are ready to flee immediately when they see that the situation is wrong, but this time they are relieved, so they jumped up one after another, pulled their necks and shouted wildly.