Chapter 589: Ignorance of life and death

For the results of the sudden shelling, Li Gufeng, the general soldier of Liaozhen, was very satisfied, and began to strangle the two teams of light cavalry in front of the big array, which made him really a little frightened, he was a veteran officer for many years, and the fight with various Mongolian tribes was not once or twice.

I have seen the power of the elite barbarian cavalry on the grassland, the disappearance of the Tatars and the thorns, the disappearance of the Jurchen tribes, and the enemies encountered in Liaozhen have become those horse bandits and rogues who can't be put on the table at all, but I didn't expect to see such a strong soldier today.

However, he was also a little happy in his heart, because the thirty red-clothed general cannons he brought had played a huge role just now, and the light cavalry that the other party came to pursue was beaten on his back, and the opponent's military formation, which was originally full of color, had fallen silent, for a veteran like him, he naturally knew the impact of morale on the battle, and thought that this time he had taken the lead.

Li Gufeng had already begun to order the horses of the people below, preparing to attack when he stepped forward, and at this time, a long horn sounded on the opposite side, and hundreds of light horsemen galloped towards this side.

Looking at the clothes of this cavalry, it was the cavalry that had been shelled just now, and they were rushing over at this time, and the general soldier of Liaozhen frowned, obviously not knowing what the other party wanted to do, and a general on the side muttered in a low voice:

"Could it be that these people are also dead."

As soon as he said this, Li Gufeng suddenly remembered, Li Liang, who returned with the defeat of the horse team, had already been punished by him, and led the cavalry of the day to act as the vanguard, if he survived after the battle, it would be the crime of bypassing the defeat, if he died on the battlefield, it would be a double merit, could it be that these cavalry of the other party are also this way, Li Gufeng, the chief soldier of Liaozhen, thought that he had got the answer, but he was not worried in his heart, anyway, he got close and bombarded it back.

However, these light cavalry did not approach, to the middle of the two armies, just the place where the artillery could not hit, where they shouted and did not listen, showing off their might, they naturally did not know what the scolding array was, so it was just some foul language that stirred up emotions, if the professional scolding officers and soldiers of the Ming army stepped forward, it would be really wonderful.

There is no role in allocation, but the noise there is also angry, if you ignore it, the morale that has finally risen will be so decaying, Li Gufeng ordered it repeatedly, and the light cavalry that had just returned to the formation after a short time was scattered again, and galloped to meet the enemy.

At this time, these Ming cavalry were quite confident in their hearts, and if they couldn't beat them, they could retreat into the range of their artillery, and they had no worries at all.

This time, the cavalry of the Huazhou army was very scattered, almost two rows of loose cavalry opened the formation, where they shouted loudly and provoked, the horses were stationary, the cavalry of the Ming army rushed to the front with full momentum, and was about to raise the sword and gun in his hand, but he saw the Huazhou cavalry sitting on the horse raised their bows and arrows and firearms, and the Ming cavalry who ran over was a target.

There is no way to hide, the Ming army screamed and planted one after another, and there were a lot of horses without knights on the battlefield in an instant, some horses were still wailing around their fallen masters, and some horses were frightened and dragged their master's corpse around and ran around, leaving the knights panicked, there was still any ambition, desperately running towards the back.

These cavalry in Huazhou, that is, the cavalry led by Tian Guangsan, as if they did not have a long memory, chased after them with shouts, and the Ming army over there also knew how to deal with it, and the red-clothed general artillery inside was calibrated and prepared, and the large and small artillery pieces were also on standby.

However, if you look closely, you will find that although the cavalry of Huazhou is pursuing, the speed is not galloping, but hanging there.

Sure enough, after a certain range from the Ming army's large array, a rumbling sound appeared again, and a whistling sounded in mid-air, but this time because the speed of the Huazhou Northern Army was controlled very slowly, and it did not go too deep into the range of the artillery.

The flight time of the cannonball in mid-air was very short, but the cavalry of Huazhou caught enough time difference, except for the cavalry that fell at the back and was hit squarely, the rest of the people all escaped, one died, and two were broken by the ricocheting bullet and fell from above.

Fortunately, this time it was at the edge of the range, and the formation was quite scattered, so the casualties were not large.

But what happened next surprised Liaozhen soldiers even more, after the cavalry of Huazhou was shelled, they did not leave the dangerous area, but still made all kinds of horse playful actions, and still provoked there, I don't know whether it was brave or reckless, it really made the cavalry of the Ming army shameless.

Hand-to-hand combat can't beat the other party, just now out of the formation, and was hit by the opponent's fire and bow and arrow, where is there any courage to go out, the officers of the Ming army are jumping to their feet and scolding, but they are helpless, and no matter whether the other party is in the range of the artillery, they are urging the artillery to fire.

The place where the Huazhou cavalry was located was far away from the Ming army's large array, and the only place that could hit this place was their red-clothed general cannon, and the level of the red-clothed general's cannon was actually the eight-pounder and nine-pounder field artillery in Europe, that is, the distance between 800 and 1,000 paces.

However, counting the distance of the ricochet, it can be extended for a while, but this is actually always a disadvantage, at present, the cavalry of the Ming army does not dare to fight, can only hope that the artillery can hit, in the order of officers at all levels of the continuous four or five cannons, those artillery and officers found that the artillery has been a little overheated, this is to stop the shelling.

At this time, the Ming army did not have any morale, and the four or five hundred light cavalry over there provoked back and forth in front of their formation, even if more than a dozen cavalry were killed by artillery, but they did not have the slightest intention of retreating.

Liaozhen General Li Gufeng's face was gloomy and terrible, the morale at this time was already the meaning of the host and the guest, and he also admired the opposite coach in his heart, he was willing to throw such a brave man out to death, and he didn't know how to think about it.

After Tian Guangsan laughed for a while, he saw that the opponent's artillery was no longer firing, and sneered a few times at the Ming army's large array, asked for a short spear, and inserted it in front of him, and then led the horse to the side for a few steps, and inserted a spear again.

The soldiers of the Huazhou army saw that their colleagues were so brave, although they could not be as unruly as the Ming army, but they were also emotionally agitated, and they struck the shield with their weapons one after another, shouting loudly "Huazhou Wansheng", and the battlefield was a tsunami on the mountain.

Li Gufeng over there waved his hand and ordered his guards to go down, so that the decisive cavalry led by Li Liang was ready to fight and charge, and it seemed that they would have to rely on each other's real swords and guns.

At this time, I suddenly saw more than 30 carriages running out on the side of the Huazhou military formation, all of which were gun carriages dragged by eight horses, and each artillery carriage was surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers, and some soldiers were sitting on the artillery carriages, and the carriages were marching in front of the formation.

When they were about to reach the center of the formation, the carriage stopped, and the soldiers got busy like crazy, disassembling the gun carriages and carrying the shells.

Soon the thirty cannons were already completely lined up in front of the formation, and after someone made some tuning movements, someone shouted, and the thirty cannons had already been fired.

From beginning to end, the officers of the Ming army's large array were completely watching, and they didn't even know what the other party was going to do, these artillery bought in the West were heavy and abnormal, whether it was dragging or transporting, it would take a lot of manpower and horsepower, who would have thought that the other party would transport the cannon to the front so easily, and start igniting the cannon at such a fast speed.

Although it was thirty cannons, the whistling sound far exceeded the momentum of the Ming army's artillery just now, and the reason was that the artillery moved in unison.

On the artillery position of the Ming army, the officer who was directing the artillery saw Huazhou deploy the artillery so quickly, but he knew the real thing, he never thought that this matter could be done so quickly, and when he saw that someone on the other side gave the order, the artillery officer of the Ming army suddenly ran out in the opposite direction with a shout, shouting:

"Spread out, spread out ......"

Then his voice was drowned out by the loud sound of falling shells behind him, Huazhou's artillery was cast with great care, and the ammunition was fixed in quantity, not fired by experience, and all the artillery repeated those mechanical movements day after day.

Therefore, once applied to the battlefield, the speed is much faster than that of the Ming army, and the circling teasing of those cavalry is to figure out the approximate range of the Ming army's artillery positions, and the Ming army's method of covering the artillery is the same as that of the Huazhou army, with a row of people with flags standing in front.

Judging the position, the artillery of this era is not accurate, but the approximate direction coverage is always effective, and the artillery in Huazhou can not support how many cannons can be used by their artillery, and they fire without scruples, and the soldiers around the Ming artillery array no longer care about what formation, just run to other places, the farther away from the artillery array, the better, I can't wait for my father and mother to give themselves a few more legs.

Huazhou's artillery was bounded by the line marked by the two short spears, and it was fired......