Text Chapter 234 A wave disappears, a wave rises
The Xining infantry slowly approached the Ganzhou cart array, Li Zicheng's meaning was to let the soldiers advance to a distance of 100 steps from the Ganzhou cart array, such a distance is still the world of Xining rifles, I can shoot you, but you can only stare dryly.
But Yang Zhaoji would be wrong, in fact, he was stupid by the Xining Army, these firearms against the sky, he was unheard of, but they were real, and they were also in the hands of the enemies in Ganzhou, he wanted to die, but for the sake of the remaining brothers, in order to stay in Beijing, in fact, as a hostage, and for his own future, he could not die for the time being.
Seeing that the Xining infantry pressed up, Yang Zhaoji thought that the Xining infantry was going to attack, since the cart could not stop the Xining infantry, his only way was to withdraw the army, as for the Xining cavalry around the sides like a dog, he ignored it wishfully, who let the Xining cavalry not play any role until now?
The cart formation began to move in a neat formation, slowly moving in the direction of the south city gate.
Liu Yunshui and Li Guo's two-step cavalry were so anxious that they turned around, but the Ganzhou army had a steel frame structure of carts on the periphery, and the cavalry could not cut into the formation at all, unless the head of the war horse was harder than steel.
In fact, from the beginning of coming to the vicinity of the Ganzhou cart array, Liu Yunshui found that Li Zicheng was right not to let him attack, these carts are specially designed to deal with cavalry, although the Ganzhou army is infantry, but relying on the protection of the cart, the cavalry cannot raid at all, once it is close, it will also be attacked by long-range strikes by cold and hot # weapons such as bows and arrows, bird guns, etc.
The cavalry can also rely on bows and arrows to attack the infantry, but the Ganzhou army has erased the speed advantage of the cavalry, and completely fights with the cavalry on an equal basis, and even the Ganzhou army is still in a certain advantageous position, at least the cart can carry more grain, grass and arrows, and fight a war of attrition, and the Ganzhou army is definitely not afraid.
In Liu Yunshui's eyes, the cart array is like a moving city wall, as long as the Ganzhou army does not come out, the cavalry will not be able to attack the city at all.
Seeing Ganzhou's cart array slowly approaching the south city gate, Liu Yunshui knew that they were about to retreat, but his soldiers did not have bows and arrows, even if they were issued bows and arrows, the range would be similar to that of Ganzhou soldiers, so they could only fight a war of attrition, and wipe out all the soldiers in Ganzhou like infantry, without even thinking about it.
Let the cavalry and the opponent's infantry consume one-on-one, even if the adults agree, he Liu Yunshui is also reluctant, these are the seeds of the Xining cavalry.
What to do? Could it be that he just watched the Ganzhou army retreat back into the city?
Li Guo, like Liu Yunshui, could only patrol a hundred steps away from the Ganzhou army, and if he got closer, he would be greeted by bows and arrows, bird guns, and three-eyed guns.
Li Zicheng also found out that the Ganzhou army was retreating, and he smiled contemptuously, "Since you are out of the city, you still want to go back?" With a wave of his hand, Ma Youshui immediately summoned the soldiers to speed up their pace.
Watching the Xining infantry catch up, Yang Zhaoji's heart became even more nervous, the firearms of the Xining army were too terrifying, once the Ganzhou army was suppressed, although the casualties would not be too large, it would definitely affect the actions of the soldiers.
Spend more time outside the city and there will be more danger.
Fortunately, Xining's infantry did not directly move up to the cart formation, and when they were still about 100 paces away from the cart formation, they automatically dispersed to both sides, still maintaining a distance of about 100 paces.
The soldiers in the first row of horizontal pushing, when they were about 100 paces away from the cart formation, divided into two, outflanked the left and right sides, and waited until the soldiers in the second and third rows reached a similar position, and they were also concocted in the same way.
"It's not good, they're going to surround the big cart array!" Yang Zhaoji finally discovered the intention of the Xining army, once the Xining infantry surrounded the cart formation, no matter which direction the Ganzhou army retreated, it would get into the encirclement, although the cart formation had no loopholes in defense, but the movement speed was slow, and it could not outrun the Xining infantry at all.
"Bang, bang, bang......"
The Xining infantry has cut into the cart formation and the Xining cavalry, at the closest distance of 100 steps, from all directions to the cart formation, although the bullets will not turn, the Ganzhou soldiers hide behind the cart, it is the safest area, the bullets from the front can be blocked by the steel baffle of the cart, but there are bullets from behind.
The Ganzhou soldiers found that it was not safe behind the baffle, and they scurried around in the cart formation for a while, like a group of voles that could not find a home, but the more this was the case, the greater the possibility of being exposed to the muzzle, and the position in the center of the cart formation was even more facing the enemy on all sides.
Yang Zhaoji felt that the world was spinning, and if it continued like this, his soldiers would be killed sooner or later, so he was so anxious that he shouted: "Squat, close to the baffle, the bullet will not turn, it is the safest there!" ”
His words do make sense, as long as the soldiers bow their heads and bend down, not exceeding the height of the cart, it is indeed difficult for the bullet to effectively hit them, but in this way, the Ganzhou soldiers can no longer turn the cart, and the cart array, like a wounded monster, is firmly controlled in the center of the open battlefield.
Because the shooting did not go well, most of the soldiers stopped shooting, and only sporadic gunshots, like firecrackers at a funeral, continued to deter the Ganzhou soldiers inside the cart.
Li Zicheng is not in a hurry, since the old turtle has been put into the urn, how can it be released into the sea again?
His eyes were firmly fixed on the cart, if there was a batch of grenades at this time, as long as the soldiers with great strength were selected to throw the grenades into the cart array, even if they could not kill all the Ganzhou soldiers, they could be forced to surrender.
Now what?
The night is long and there are many dreams, if the stalemate lasts for a long time, not only the Ganzhou soldiers in the formation may be relieved, they may also have reinforcements, and the Xining army is so much, it is almost a lone army, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the Xining army.
After thinking for a moment, Li Zicheng asked the herald to give orders to more than 200 infantry under Li Guo, in this battle, their identity was quite embarrassing, as infantry, they could not strike remotely without rifles, as cavalry, they did not have war horses, nor did they have mobility, so far, they have only cleaned the battlefield once.
In a moment, the four chief flag officers appeared in front of Li Zicheng respectfully, "My lord! ”
Li Zicheng whispered a few words to them, and the four of them were immediately overjoyed, and finally found a sense of belonging to the battlefield, "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will guarantee to complete the task!" ”
The four chief flag officers returned to their respective teams and immediately conveyed Li Zicheng's military order to their subordinates, and within a moment, four neat long columns forced over the Ganzhou cart formation.
Yang Zhaoji didn't see it well, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to pick up bows and arrows, bird guns, etc. to stop the Xining army from approaching, and Li Zicheng had already prepared there, and ordered: "Intensify shooting, press down the Ganzhou army, and cover the brothers' assault!" ”
"Bang, bang, bang......"
The Xining rifle rang out again, and this time the soldiers who shot were all close to the direction of the assault, achieving the goal with the least number of bullets, and at the same time, allowing most of the rifles to rest and dissipate heat in time.
The Ganzhou soldiers were immediately suppressed by the firepower, and in front of the whistling sound of bullets, all the soldiers hid behind the baffle of the cart, lest they be drilled into a bloody hole.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Xining infantry quickly pressed on, and one by one they raised their swords and guns in their hands and pounced on the nearest steel carts.
Blocked from sight and fearful of injuring their own people by mistake, the gunners stopped firing, and soldiers on both sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat, which they were not good at, across the carts.
The Ganzhou soldiers want to save their lives, once the Xining army breaks through the cart formation, the gunners and cavalry will continue to kill, without the protection of the cart, they can only wait for death; And the soldiers of Xining are to make meritorious contributions, for these people who are both infantry and cavalry, this may be the only chance to prove themselves, the adults trust so much, give them the opportunity, they have to prove themselves to the adults, even if there are no rifles, no horses, they can still complete the tasks assigned by the adults.
The two sides were killed for a while, and they became the protagonists of the battlefield, but both sides had no backup, and everything could only rely on themselves.
Yang Zhaoji only said that the Xining army was going to attack and occupy the cart array, but he never thought that soon after the fierce battle between the two sides, the Xining army would rely on the local numerical superiority and fight desperately in the front, while the soldiers in the back, in groups of four, grabbed the vans on both sides of the cart and dragged them away.
The cart is almost all made of steel, weighing hundreds of pounds, but there are axles under the cart that can be rotated, and the soldiers are using all their strength to drag the cart away from the battlefield of hand-to-hand combat between the two sides.
Yang Zhaoji was shocked, it turned out that the hand-to-hand combat of the Xining army was just a pretense, and the purpose was to remove the cart he relied on to defend, "It's not good, the cart, the Xining army...... Protect the cart! ”
But just as he was shouting, one or two large carts were dragged away by the Xining army, and a gap of five or six feet wide appeared in the cart formation.
If Yang Zhaoji arranged the formation, he could completely close the carts on both sides, connect them together, and rearrange a slightly smaller cart array.
But how could Liu Yunshui give him enough time? The opportunity cannot be lost, the time will not come, in today's battle, the cavalry has not been able to become the main force on the battlefield, he has long been anxious, and now there is a gap in the cart formation, although the gap is only five or six feet, but for Liu Yunshui, it is enough.
Liu Yunshui shouted on the horse: "Brothers, the cart formation is broken, rush, kill!" Before he could finish speaking, he was already the first to rush towards the gap.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Hundreds of cavalry roared with joy, and at this moment, they finally became the center of attention on the battlefield, and the soldiers urged their war horses to follow closely behind Liu Yunshui and seize this slightly inferior fighter plane.
The Xining infantry was fighting with the Ganzhou army through the gap, they had to withstand the counterattack of the Ganzhou army, and they also had to expand the width of the gap, but they were concentrated on attacking a little, the number was relatively dense, and in several tug-of-wars, they dragged away a large cart, and the gap expanded to about one zhang.
Yang Zhaoji was dumbfounded, the soldiers on both sides had fallen into a melee hand-to-hand combat, and all the Xining rifles were extinguished, in this situation, the Ganzhou soldiers still did not gain an advantage!
Despite the fact that his voice was already hoarse, he shouted with all his strength, and drew his waist knife as he prepared to join the warband himself.
"Da Da Da ......"
Liu Yunshui's cavalry was already approaching the gap, and the Xining infantry bought a flaw and quickly retreated, like a tide, a wave of tide disappeared, and another wave of tide rose.