543 gophers
The Yan army began a great march on all fronts. On the battlefields on all fronts, the Yan army kept advancing, and the cavalry rushed back and forth to kill the Qi army. The Qi army was simply unable to resist the rampage of the Yan cavalry, and many people were hacked to death by sabers.
The infantry and artillery of the Yan Kingdom, who were slowly advancing behind, saw that the roads along the way were littered with the corpses of Qi soldiers, and their corpses were rarely intact. After the cavalry hacked these men to death, the iron palms of the horses trampled the corpses to pieces. The corpses on the side of the road were almost a pile of rotten meat.
"Send an order down and collect some people to clean up these corpses." The major of the Yan army asked his men to clean up the corpses. These corpses are piled up on the side of the road, which makes people disgusting to look at. The most feared thing is that if you get a disease, it will be troublesome. So, the major still let people deal with it.
The army of Yan continued to advance. They shouted their slogan of victory: "Fight to Linzi." "Cavalry, infantry, artillery. Mighty march towards Linzi.
The cavalry, as the vanguard, could be separated from the brigade by a certain distance. Their maneuvering superiority began to show. They are moving as fast as they can. An attempt to rely on a surprise attack to break the opponent's defenses.
"Sir. You see. A lieutenant said, pointing to an unnamed piece of heights in the distance.
A cavalry major with a telescope examines the situation on the heights in the distance.
"How can there be barbed wire on it?" The Major asked curiously.
"Yes. It's hard to believe. The lieutenant replied.
"We've got to try to charge." The major said.
"Sir, the left flank of the heights cannot be broken through, there is a protruding heights there, and the cavalry cannot rush up." The lieutenant said with a telescope.
"Then order the cavalry to dismount and fight on foot." The Major said, looking at the situation on the opposite peak.
"How to solve the barbed wire fence. We don't have artillery. The lieutenant said.
"A feint on the front. We attacked from that protruding high ground on the left. Then attack from that high ground to open a gap. We're going to tear down the damn barbed wire from there. The major spoke out his plan.
The lieutenant felt that something was wrong. But the major had already waved his hand to attack. This is an outpost of the Yan army, and their number is only a few hundred. But it was a high-speed cavalry unit, and they gained a lot along the way. Many of the fleeing Qi troops died at their hands. It was difficult for the Qi army, which was pursued by them, to escape from their clutches. The defeat of the Qi army made them feel full of confidence.
Nearly two platoons of cavalry temporarily played the role of infantry. They delivered a fatal blow to the left flank. On the front, the Yan cavalry began to line up in a neat formation and leaned towards the opposite position.
"It's not good, the swallow dog is up." The doorman standing in the trench shouted.
"Quick, go get the archer to equip." The doorman nervously called for the archers. The number of rebels organized by Tian Heng was not very large, only a little more than a thousand. The armament was also relatively poor, and the number of muskets was small. The men sent to buy muskets have not yet returned. They can only fight each other with cold weapons. They pinned all their hopes on trenches and barbed wire.
The Yan cavalry knew very well how powerful the barbed wire was. The cavalry only charged on the periphery, but did not approach the opposing barbed wire.
"Shoot the arrows. Fast. Shoot arrows. The doorman shouted. The fear of the cavalry charging was chilling. Standing in the trench, they could clearly see the earth trembling. There were only a few hundred cavalry, and if a few thousand cavalry charged together. Fear makes their arrows shoot very badly.
They weren't archers in the first place. It's all temporary cameos. All they know is that they shoot indiscriminately into the sky without a purpose. Relying on the parabola, the arrow falls at will. Hopefully, these arrows will kill the opposing cavalry.
But the actual situation is that these arrows did not fall in the Yan cavalry. Instead, it landed in the barbed wire twenty paces ahead, or a little farther away. The reason is that these untrained archers raise the angle too high. They were shot from the trench standing in the trench. The angle is naturally much higher. Coupled with the lack of strength and psychological tension. It's good to be able to shoot arrows.
Soon, Tian Heng sent someone to stop them from continuing to shoot arrows. It won't be long before the already small number of arrows will be shot. At that time, it would not be possible to deal with cavalry. The Yan cavalry only roamed around the periphery and did not attack. This made Tian Heng very nervous. Because, these cavalry randomly chose a few points to attack. He couldn't even resist it.
Just when Tian Heng was worried. Gunshots rang out on the high ground on the left. The Yan army's sneak attack was successful.
However, what they didn't expect was that after they climbed the high ground, the ground was full of trenches. There were even Qi people in the trenches. The two quickly fought.
"Die." Qi Ren shouted and brandished the sword in his hand and stabbed at it. And the Yan people stood on the trench and shot the Qi people.
"Bang." Shotshots shoot out. On the spot, he killed the Qi people who tried to kill him.
"Ahhh A Qi man shouted and took a sharp axe to cut off the leg of the Yan army who was standing. Seeing this, the Yan army shot and killed one after another, and then jumped into the trench to engage the other party. Reloading muskets is very cumbersome. And melee combat is impossible to give you a second chance to reload.
The Yan army that entered the trenches did not know where these trenches were communicating.
"Are these Qi people gophers? No matter how you dig it, it's a ditch. Yan Jun complained. They walked through a labyrinthine of trenches and were overwhelmed.
"Kill." A Qi man suddenly came out and slashed a Yan soldier to death with a sword. The sword of the Qi people is a more old-fashioned bronze sword. Because of the relationship between the bronze sword, his sword body is relatively short, and in a combat environment like a trench, this bronze sword has a dexterous play.
The Yan people are miserable on this side. They are armed with sabers. The saber is made of steel. These are all made by the Qin State. The length of the saber is no longer longer than the sword of the Qin State. It is not easy to turn around in the trench.
But they had another weapon, a pistol. This is a magic weapon for cavalry to save lives.
"Bang." The Yan army began to use guns to deal with the enemy who rushed in front of them. Although the shots were fired. But the opponent's unafraid of death style of play gave Yan Ren a headache. The bullet of the pistol is a conical bullet, at most it is a hole, and if it is no longer harmful, it is difficult to kill the opponent in an extreme time. And the Qi people were already desperate with the Yan people at this time.
"Yikes." Qi people sprinted in a hurry. "Poof." The bronze sword stabbed directly into the chest of a Yan soldier.
"Bang bang." The others reacted and hurriedly opened fire. Both died at the same time. In trench battles, the Yan army's musket superiority began to be lost. The Qi State has a great advantage in competition, and the Qi people are very high in individual combat. Everybody gets double-hit. Now, Yan Jun was unlucky.