Chapter 279: Desperate Resistance
Zilharang tightened the reins of his horse with both hands, and said to Wadada, the county king who served as the lord of the Red Banner of the Barbarian Qing Dynasty: "Wada, the southern barbarians are too cunning, and the formation will be completed in such a short time, it seems that this battle is not easy to fight."
Wada set up the pergola with both hands, looked at it and said: "Uncle, don't be angry with others to destroy your own prestige, you see that although these southern barbarians have formed a military formation and built simple fortifications, although they look good from a distance, it is even more difficult to stop my Manchurian army."
Uncle, the loyal army killed Lek Dehun, and of course the loyal army must double the return of such a deep hatred."
Zilharang is old and serious, and now he sees that the other party is prepared, and he is unwilling to lead his troops to take the risk of charging.
However, Wakda was young and vigorous, and despite the obstruction of Zilharang, he urgently ordered the chief of staff, Yeh Yi Badan, to lead two armored cavalry to attack from the east and the south.
Seeing thousands of cavalry on the other side fighting horses and killing them, Cao Xun showed a strange smile.
Cavalry fast cavalry fast sprint, come and go like the wind, it is impossible to be as good as the infantry, after the formation is fought, the biggest threat to the cavalry is its huge sprint power, and the ability to flank and outflank.
The prince repeatedly warned everyone that in the face of cavalry, they need to be calm and calm.
In the face of the Tartar cavalry, it was necessary to build fortifications and defenses.
In the face of the Tartar cavalry, it is necessary to disrupt its intensive offensive with the help of artillery and bazookas.
In the face of the Tartar cavalry, after blocking the frontal charge, it is necessary to use the terrain to form a hollow phalanx to prevent being outflanked by the opponent.
In the past, the various divisions lacked training, and when they saw the enemy cavalry rushing towards them, they often shot hundreds of paces away in order to stop the enemy cavalry.
As early as the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the national hero Qi Jiguang believed that the biggest problem of the Ming army was long-distance wave shooting, and it was strictly forbidden to shoot at a distance of 100 steps.
Since the prince led the army, he has repeatedly warned the armies that they must be sure that they must be sure of fifty or sixty paces from their muskets, and they will not be able to hit the battlefield beyond this distance.
In the course of training and combat, it was repeatedly forbidden to shoot at long distances, and the target was often pulled to 40 or 50 paces before shooting.
I heard that in the past, although the army repeatedly ordered it, it was not effective, and after the implementation of a new shooting method in the town last year, the phenomenon of wave shooting was put an end to.
Looking at the armies under his command, Cao Xun held the hilt of the knife tightly in his right hand, and repeatedly ordered all departments to strictly prohibit long-distance shooting.
The horses continued to charge forward, and the situation on the entire battlefield became tense again.
If the infantry were to break through head-on by the opposing cavalry group, or to flank it, it would be an extraordinary disaster.
Now in the face of the iron cavalry of the Tartars pouring in, it is necessary to concentrate all the long-range firearms to disrupt their momentum.
As long as the cavalry charge formation is disrupted, even if a small number of cavalry rush in front of them and rush into the formation, they will become a living target in the hands of the hordes of infantry.
The horses continued to charge forward, and the situation on the entire battlefield became tense again.
If the infantry were to break through head-on by the opposing cavalry group, or to flank it, it would be an extraordinary disaster.
Now in the face of the iron cavalry of the Tartars pouring in, it is necessary to concentrate all the long-range firearms to disrupt their momentum.
As long as the cavalry charge formation is disrupted, even if a small number of cavalry rush in front of them and rush into the formation, they will become a living target in the hands of the hordes of infantry.
Cao Xun had already prepared, and concentrated two large Franc cannon brigades in the front, with 20 large Franc cannons, facing the Tartar iron cavalry that had just been assembled and rushed over head-on, and with an order, the entire hill was shrouded in a sea of fire.
Dozens of solid iron balls fell on the ground, and then bounced up, and they fouled irregularly on the ground, and those who were hit by the iron balls would not be ordinary armored soldiers, even war horses with armor would also be injured and fall to the ground.
Although the solid bullet was fierce, the ordinary cavalry was suddenly hit by such a fierce artillery, maybe everyone tightened the reins of the horse and did not move forward, but the Tatar cavalry fought for many years, one by one was brave and fierce, after a shelling, although the formation was a little messy, but one by one the legs clamped the war horse, and rushed to the loyal army.
After luckily rushing out of the shelling area, the Tartar iron cavalry became more ferocious, roaring and rushing over, and when they were about to approach the position of the volunteers, one by one they were about to take out their strong bows and prepare to shoot, but they were again fired at by the No. 3 Fran machine guns and bazookas belonging to each battalion, and were fired by the tiger squatting guns of various brigades.
Each battalion of the Volunteer Army has two squads of firearms units, which are generally equipped with Furlong cannons (a squad of 3 No. 3 Furlong cannons) and rocket launchers (a squad of 5 bazookas), and each battalion has a Tiger Squat cannon, which can shoot at a long distance, and its long-range firing ability is far above that of the armies.
Fired by the standard (regiment) and the town's large Furlong machine guns, the Tartar iron cavalry, which was originally a little messy, was once again fired at close range by the No. 3 Franc machine guns, bazookas, and tiger squat cannons, and was beaten to the point that people turned over on their backs.
Some of them were visibly intimidated by the fire from the front, and they tightened their horses to observe the battle.
Other outlaws rushed desperately with their legs clamped around the horse's belly, but after two rounds of shelling in a row, they were already in disarray, and the momentum was not as fast as before.
After paying heavy casualties, when the Tartar cavalry rushed to 70 paces, everyone picked up arrows from their quivers and prepared to aim and shoot at them.
But at this moment, the front was full of fire, gunfire, gunfire, gunfire, the other team's musket squadrons, musket squads aimed and fired, seven or eight war horses were shot and fell to the ground, so startled that the riders behind tightened the reins of their horses, so as not to crash into the dead horses in front of them and fall to the ground.
The others continued to charge, as those old wild boar skins said in the past, as long as they rushed into the Han people's formation, the Han people would be in chaos, and they could use the sprint of the war horse, using the war horse to condescendingly and wantonly slash and kill the panicked crowd.
But the gunfire in front was quite intensive, with each release, several of the horses that rushed in front fell to the ground, and some of the Tartar cavalry who had just entered the battlefield twitched their faces, and everyone put their bodies on the horseback, mechanically taking the arrows from the quiver and shooting aimlessly.
When they had reached more than 20 paces, the knights lowered their bows and arrows, some threw javelins into the formation, and some drew their sabers and were about to stand up and slash at the hateful Southern Barbarians.
Suddenly, I saw a burning fireball flying over like raindrops, some of the fireballs smashed directly on the war horse, smashed on the knight, just when everyone was ready to dodge, a ball of flames rose, 10 steps away in front of the position shrouded in a sea of smoke and fire, the explosion sound was denser than firecrackers during the New Year's holidays.
Wada watched all this in horror, Rao was a perennial battler, and he had rarely seen such a powerful counterattack.
And now it seems that from 200 meters, the opposing side formed a fire belt and shot the Tartar cavalry as long as they entered the fire belt.
Despite this, Wada still gritted his teeth to cheer up the various staff leaders and assistant leaders, as long as they broke through the positions of these southern barbarians, they would be able to win the victory on the battlefield, and Wada was like a gambler who lost a bet, constantly sending cavalry to the front.
The previous news kept coming, for a while it was this Niu Lu who broke through the position of the Loyal and Righteous Army and killed it, and then it was this Niu Lu who was driven out by a large number of Loyal and Righteous Army, and the two sides were fighting, and the Loyal and Righteous Army relied on their own flesh and blood to block the Tartar cavalry from rushing.
Wada kept insulting that in the past, the Han people often formed a military formation of thousands of people, and as soon as thousands of people were broken through the military formation, the soldiers who had resisted desperately just now immediately became lambs to the slaughter.
Today is really strange, in less than half an hour, there is news of three breakthroughs in the formation in front of you.
Wakda did not know that the Loyal Army was different from other troops, often forming a hollow phalanx with battalions as a unit, and although one or two hollow phalanxes were broken through on the battlefield, due to the proximity to friendly and neighboring troops, the battlefield quickly combined with friendly and neighboring troops to form a new phalanx and continued to resist stubbornly.
Wakda shouted loudly, if the warriors of the Eight Banners were a little braver, the more than ten Tartar cavalry who rushed into the formation would not be driven out by the other party, insulting the shamelessness of the other party, and the dry frame with the ability to know the sword and gun, why were the soldiers with flintlock pistols standing on the slopes behind them, and fired cold guns at the Tartar warriors who rushed in.
But what surprised Wada was that this group of people was very not afraid of death, every time they saw the Tartar cavalry rushing into the position, more loyal and righteous soldiers rushed over, everyone raised the wolf hand, boring handles, spears, broadswords, short knives, rattan cards, crazy to block the Tartar cavalry momentum, relying on the numerical advantage to surround each other, and then wave the weapons in their hands to slash and stab, the war horse was stabbed to the ground, the knight was cut to the ground Although it can be seen, standing hundreds of meters away, you can clearly feel the flesh and blood flying, swords and swords, war horses, The soldiers on both sides slowly fell down with a resonance.
As the battle continued, Wada felt his palms sweat, and on several occasions he almost rushed up to join the fight.
Zilharang next to him hurriedly stopped the thunderous Wada, pointed to the mountains in front of him and said: "Wadada, we have only captured two or three useless dirt hillsides after two hours of attack, and the combat strength of this loyal army is only stronger than the Qi family army that day.
After Emperor Gao (Nurhachi) captured Shenyang, Qi Jiguang's nephew Qi Jin and the white pole soldiers came to help, and were surrounded by our Eight Banners Army next to the Hunhe River, the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers launched a suicidal attack, and more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded in the two flags of the Yellow Flag and the White Banner were not completed, and later Li Yongfang transferred dozens of captured artillery, and only after the artillery bombardment broke through the position of the Qi Army, and completely annihilated these two strong brigades.
Wada, this loyal army is more brave than the Qi army, and its gunners are more accurate, if you want to defeat the loyal army, you still have to wait for Shen Yongzhong's artillery, Shen Yongzhong, the Duke of Xushun, led 20,000 soldiers and horses to kill, so that we can destroy the opponent's position through artillery bombardment. ”
Considering that the reinforcements from both sides were about to arrive, the two sides decided that Zilharang would lead the blue flag to guard against the reinforcements of the loyal army, while Wada would lead the red flag to continue to guard Cao Xun Town.
In the afternoon of the same day, Shen Yongzhong led 20,000 reinforcements to kill, set up the Francophone guns to bombard the two sides, the loyal army launched a counterattack, Cao Xun commanded the artillery counterattack, although the opponent's artillery was very damaged, but after a night of bombardment, the front fortifications have already been shattered.