776. Soldiers

The artillery had been fired more than six rounds in a row, each of which brought nearly a hundred dead and wounded, and the cavalry position in the middle was in chaos, the ground was full of potholes and open turf, and there were a large number of dead and wounded, both men and horses. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The cavalry was already in disarray, and quite a few of them were dazed, so they could only follow the people who were moving forward and continued to run into the phalanx.

At this time, everyone heard the sharp sound of brass trumpets.

The cavalry that had penetrated deep into the phalanx and the periphery were still running dizzily, and the horses were also in disarray, and these horses had experienced such a bombardment for the first time.

Behind the battle, the Mongol Taiji were terrified, they did not know what the Ming army on the opposite side was going to do, and the continuous and fierce shelling had already frightened them.

The civil and military officials and guards at the head of the city saw a complete spectacle.

The afternoon sun was still blazing, the sky was blue, cloudless, green turf and yellow sand were met by a large number of gray-robed soldiers, their silver and iron armor exuded a metallic luster, swords and spears were like a forest, and when the cavalry approached and began to shoot arrows, the knife players in the front row raised their shields or inserted cards to block the arrows in front of them.

A handful of arrows flew towards the array of musketeers and pikemen, who lowered their heads and let the weak arrows land on their helmets or bodies, and the arrows swept across the iron helmets and chainmail, sparking and causing no real damage to the soldiers.

At that moment, the sound of the brass horn sounded.

The poignant and high-pitched brass trumpets were much sharper than the trumpets and drums, attracting everyone's attention.

Then Zhao Jiude, Ma Chengen and the others at the head of the city saw countless red fires in front of them, each firelight was like a small red flower blooming, first dozens of red flowers blooming, then hundreds, hundreds, in an instant, the firecrackers deployed in the four corners of the phalanx and the front of the side were counting and firing.

Because the enemy cavalry was too close, the first round of firing was like a storm sweeping through the cavalry, and hundreds of northern captives were knocked to the ground by firearms, or fell to the ground after being hit by the war horses.

When the first team retreated, the second team stepped forward to play, and it was a normal situation, people could only see the fire bursting out, the smoke rising, and then the sound of popping beans.

A firebolt will have a loud reverberation when it is fired in an open field, not to mention the fact that there are thousands of firearms that are constantly casting ammunition.

Whether it was the civil and military officials and border soldiers at the head of the city, or the people in Yulin City, or the Mongolian soldiers and nobles far behind the battle, all the sounds were now covered, and they could only hear the sound of continuous fire strikes, and then see the cavalry in front of them being swept off their horses like autumn wind sweeping leaves!

It was as if a giant hand had brushed over the cavalry, and it was also like a common scene in the bleak autumn scenery...... A strong wind swept by, countless fallen leaves fell in unison, the difference is that people are not fallen leaves, accompanied by countless miserable howls and heavy objects falling to the ground when the knights fell, coupled with the sound of moaning one after another, the neighing of horses, almost in an instant, the battlefield became a miserable Shura field, blood splattered, howling again and again, people and horses rolling on the ground, some people cried for mercy or called for help, and then the sound of this person was quickly drowned out by the sound of shelling and banging.

Zhao Jiude's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but lie on the battlements and said: "I never thought that with the power of a gun, it would be like this!" ”

All the generals of the Ming army also have the same perception, there are firearms troops of the Ming army in the city, and there is an artillery team at the head of the city that manipulates and makes the Franc machine, but from top to bottom, few people look at the musketeers in their eyes, and the artillery team also has the role of deterring the enemy army and killing and injuring the enemy cavalry...... Pure consumables, cannon fodder sent to death above the battle array.

The Ming army's firecrackers, slow speed, short range, small power, poor quality of firearms, gunners never trained, whenever the enemy cavalry approached the danger came, the gunners were free, and when the enemy really entered the range, those stupid people were busy loading, and the result was that they were cut into tofu like tofu for nothing, and they would also disrupt their own side of the formation when they fled, in short, it was useless, that is, it was better than nothing.

And the firecrackers in front of them have completely refreshed everyone's cognition, and it turns out that firecrackers can still be used like this!

"Their soldiers have moved!"

At this time, someone shouted, and Zhang Jiude, Chen Hongfan and others stared out of the city again.

Zhang Xianzhong and other border soldiers were no longer restrained, and everyone was lying on the head of the city looking at the battlefield.

"You always say that you keep running, and you don't fight big battles. Damn, the battle of Xiaohekou is not fished, today we seize the opportunity to fight Lao Tzu to the end! ”

If Bai Yin was here, he could see that the one who was holding an iron rod and shouting loudly was the soldier officer who killed the old herdsman, judging from the clothes of this person, he was a company-level deputy commander, who could command a squadron or more of the jumping soldiers, and at least a brigade deputy commander in other troops.

The officer who spoke was named Zhang Jiantong, and he shouted with red eyes: "The eldest husband should think of today when he joined the army, and even if he dies a horse leather shroud, it is better than dying on the bed of old age!" ”

"Kill!"

More soldiers roared.

"Let's kill it!" Zhang Jiantong was trembling all over, every cell was shouting, he was born to like to kill, he liked to take risks, he was an outlier before joining and Yusheng, an outlier that people couldn't understand. In fact, people don't quite understand that some people are born with a love of killing, that is, they are born to kill.

When he saw many cavalry rushing in a hurry, Zhang Jiantong's excited beard stood up, and if his hair was exposed outside the helmet, it must have risen to the sky.

Zhang Jiantong held a big stick and did not hold a shield, and under his leadership, the soldiers were divided into small teams and attacked the cavalry of the northern captives.

"Jingle ......" In an instant, several riding spears pierced the front end of Zhang Jiantong's breastplate, but it only delayed his movement slightly, the tip of the spear may pierce the breastplate, but there is still a layer of chain mail and cotton armor inside, plus the strength is not great, Zhang Jiantong didn't even feel the sting.

After a roar, Zhang Jiantong smashed a stick on the head of a war horse under a cavalryman, and everyone heard a loud "Tong"!

The war horse neighed and fell to the ground, the northern cavalry was caught off guard, the whole person was pressed on the horse, the weight of the horse and inertia smashed the person's thigh, and the northern captives lay on the ground and screamed.

"Die!" Zhang Jiantong's eyes were blood-red, and his body exuded boundless violence, and after roaring, the iron rod smashed, and the head of the Northern Cavalry who was still shouting was smashed like a watermelon.

"Circle the Formation!" Zhang Jiantong did not forget to command, so that the soldiers formed a small circle formation, and the small circle arrays were connected to each other, and a large circle formation was formed.

All the jumping soldiers took turns to fight, they were wearing more than 50 catties of iron armor, and their whole bodies were carrying more than 70 catties, but everyone was athletic, and their killing movements were crisp and neat.

Zhang Jiantong's iron rod kept waving, he seemed to have inexhaustible strength, every time the stick smashed over was to smash people or smash the war horse to death, under his leadership, the soldiers quickly cleared a large open space, the ground was full of dead people and dead horses, and many northern cavalry began to run around the road.

When the cavalry was running, they were afraid and hated these soldiers, and the arrows kept coming, and the arrows were very accurate, and there were constantly soldiers with arrows in the middle of the arrows, and there was a tinkling sound from the plate armor or piercing armor, and occasionally someone would shout, and there would always be arrows to find a suitable gap and hurt the samurai in the heavy armor.

Driven by the commanders of the soldiers, hundreds of soldiers on the entire front began to continue to move forward with the small three-talent formation, pressing a large number of cavalry to scurry around in the array, and on the front, more cavalry were forced to disperse, from the original large front to a small chaotic cavalry.

From the air, east, west, north and south, everywhere there were cavalry running indiscriminately, and everywhere there was a lot of commotion.

There were still too many cavalry, and the counterattacking soldiers soon felt surrounded. Everywhere there were northern captives wearing black and gray jackets, but they did not wear red tasseled hats, but ordinary herdsmen's hats or iron helmets, and everywhere there were cavalry running back and forth, they kept shooting arrows, stabbing these infantry targets with spears, and the clanging sound kept ringing, like a rough and cruel music in the world.

The soldiers continue to fight back, they will definitely hurt people, this is the iron law set during training, the weight of the soldiers is too heavy, to contain the enemy's impact on the gun array or the array of gunners at the first time, they must firmly counterattack, to the enemy serious damage, their actions to pursue the most efficient way to kill, whether it is infantry or cavalry, must be ruthless and efficient.

Every soldier is like an iron beast, they keep moving forward, with straight knives, long knives, spears, iron halberds, with iron rods to smash, every shot, there will be a northern captives from the horse to be chopped or stabbed down, blood rain swayed, the corpses on the ground soon stacked layer by layer, a large number of more than 10,000 cavalry continue to run on the battlefield, and there are constantly cavalry killed, almost every soldier shot is to stab the body of the cavalry, the sharp long knife cuts through the human body, opening a huge wound, flesh and blood bloom, blood is thrown out immediatelyThe people who were slashed still had hope in their hearts, screaming and trying to escape, and then they lost consciousness in a short time and fell from their horses.

The most effective way is to stab, there are many soldiers with halberds and spears to stab, the front row of each squad of soldiers with shields to block the impact, the back row is constantly stabbed with halberds and spears, cavalry arrives, or stab horses, or stabbing people, each soldier is very familiar with the weapons in their hands, they and the weapons in their hands when they are integrated is a flawless killing machine.