Xiao Xuan had also hesitated in the past, and he didn't know whether it was better to attack at the time of night, or when it was close to the early hours of the morning, for such a crucial battle. But after weighing it, a battle plan was finally issued to launch the operation just after nightfall.

The reason, of course, is that the French army, which has received a certain amount of reinforcements at this time, seems to be a little too much. With the current total strength of the volunteer army of only about 20,000 people, it is simply difficult to do it if you want to eat the other side in the pursuit. Moreover, the time of the whole night is too variable, and he can only choose to give the other party a decisive blow when the night has just fallen.

The volunteers were prepared at the end of the daytime battle, so they skilfully and accurately went back to the sunset, and soon after the curtain had fallen from the back of the enemy column, and it seemed difficult to see the gray lead thrown out in the sky, the artillery of the tenacious blasting attack mission put the copper box into the triangular pit that had been prepared as quickly as possible and lit the fuse.

The sound of continuous explosions rang out in a short time during the night, and the light curtain that had been refined into one was like a fire dragon violently erupting along the periphery of the position led by Xiao Xuan.

In contrast, Richelieu and many French officers and generals reacted much better, at least they did not subconsciously associate this strange phenomenon with the enemy's gunpowder explosion. Because in Europe, mortars are also a kind of artillery that is often used, but the enemy's firepower is still terrifying. Because the French army, which was also equipped with a lot of binoculars during the day, did not fail to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, it was impossible for the enemy's cavalry, which entered the country with light troops, to have such a large number of artillery.

The hesitation was only a moment later, and the French officers and soldiers who were preparing to take cover in panic were attacked like a torrential rain, with 200,000 catties of gunpowder and 300,000 catties of about 1 hundred thousand buckshots of lead bullets spewing out from more than 1,000 explosion points, and launching a delicate blasting attack in the direction of ingenious oblique or side fire. Because of the good reconnaissance and preparation during the previous day, coupled with the relatively good quality of the artillery and demoman of the volunteer army, this series of attacks allowed the barrage of bullets to cover most of the area where the French army was located. Almost two-thirds of the French horses were hit hard by this level of bullets. At least half or so of the officers and men were also covered by bullets.

Compared with the main force of Jianzhou that Xiao Xuan encountered back then, because the development of firearms was more mature, in this era when armor was gradually eliminated, the Western army did not attach great importance to the protection of the army, although there was also an era of reloading in the sixteenth or fifteenth century.

Therefore, under the blow of this fierce night bullet rain, although more troops were concentrated, they suffered a more serious blow. Moreover, the European armies of this era did not seem to be much stronger in terms of will and morale than the enemy forces encountered from the river to the area of Russia and Poland. Therefore, just one blasting attack allowed most of the enemy forces in the direction of encirclement.

When the rain of bullets in the night had just ended, the main cavalry force led by Xiao Xuan, who had been prepared for a long time, stepped on the war horse as fast as possible, and did not care about the formation, but launched a fierce attack towards the place where the enemy troops had gathered. According to the calculations of the volunteer troops, the risk of casualties and losses between the cavalry and infantry in this case is much higher than that of the former in the case of night fighting. And if the enemy's defensive preparations are likely to have been broken down or weakened, then the efficiency of the cavalry in this night pursuit is not comparable to that of the infantry. Of course, this kind of night scattered cavalry assault also poses a great challenge to mutual recognition and even equestrianism at night, and not everyone in the expeditionary force can do it, even for the volunteer left army as a fist force at this time, it can only be said that most people can do this.

After the heavy rain of bullets, the continuous sound of archery, the light reflected by sporadic black powder grenades, and even the sound of hand-to-hand combat and even dismounting and foot shooting came and went. Riding and archery is a very time-consuming thing to train, and it is not possible to become proficient in archery in one or two years. However, if you don't consider the formation and only "replenish the gun" for the target a few meters away, you don't need much training time to invest, and you can do it very well.

The speed of this battlefield clearance was much faster than Xiao Xuan's original expectation, it was only about half an hour, and the sound of guns on the entire battlefield gradually stopped, about an hour or so, each cavalry team began to light torches and gradually retract the team after confirming that the enemy suffered serious casualties and losses and was completely defeated, and completed the assembly in the new battle position in about an hour after the battle was launched, and the cavalry holding torches was maneuvering around the periphery, Prevent the escape of the remnants of the enemy who have been completely defeated.

Subsequently, the infantry team carried out a lot of time to clean up the battlefield, and the cavalry who went out to reconnoiter gradually discovered the sporadic light of several miles.

In winter, the night in Western Europe is much earlier than in northern China, and when midnight comes, the basic situation of this assault operation is gradually summed up. Although it is difficult to make precise and detailed statistics, it is possible to roughly determine a range.

"This time the enemy's casualties were at least 100,000, and the horses were about the same size. After being captured, there were more than 30,000 horses that could be used in front of them, and it was estimated that the scale of the four-wheeled carriage was about 10,000, and the scale could reach about 15,600. The condition of the vehicle was not inspected in detail... ”

"The blast attack used almost most of the ammunition that the team carried and had in reserve, but the seizures were quite abundant. The seizure of gunpowder of outstanding quality was as much as more than 300,000 catties, as well as lead bullets of similar scale. Most of the ammunition that our army sent out before can be recovered... ”

"The French also have at least 3,000 decent craftsmen in their ranks, and it seems that the hostility towards us, though there is some hostility towards us, may have been due to the fear of the previous blasting attack, but it seems to be much better than expected."

"The size of the flint spears seized this time is about 27,000, of which at least 10,000 are equipped with spears...

Hearing the officers and soldiers in the pro-military camp say this, Xiao Xuan gradually began to realize how great the significance of this victory was.

(End of chapter)