Chapter 512: Battle to the Death (Part II)

"The three lines are on full alert." Tie Liang's mournful roar spread far away, and all the soldiers in the first three trenches focused all their attention on the battlefield in front of them in an instant. At this time, the forward forces of the Safarid people had basically been defeated, except for the few remaining people who had fled back on the battlefield, and what Qin Air said before the war was verified. And the front-line soldiers who won the first battle also raised their spirit to the extreme at this time. After all, being able to kill a cavalry unit about the same number as oneself under the cover of artillery with only two battalions of troops has proved that the weapons in his hands can withstand the test of war.

It was still the artillery units that took the first action, and this time it was not only the artillery in the central position, but also the forty guns on the other two flanks who chose to fire at the same time. After all, at this time, the Safarid people had almost the whole army dispatched, and the vibration brought by the front-line horses' hooves stepping on the ground was even louder than the sound of artillery shells exploding, if it weren't for the position chosen by the Tiance army was a hillside, and the entire position was arranged in an arc, I was afraid that the opponent's cavalry charge queue would stretch for several miles, even if Tie Liang had considered this when he dug the trench to arrange the position, but it was almost the same as just visually inspecting the opponent's charging line for three or four miles, so Gauss ordered the artillery to go all out at the first time, In the early stage, it is necessary to use artillery to suppress the opponent's speed, and only in this way can the opponent be killed and wounded as much as possible within the range of artillery and rifles, so as to control the battlefield as much as possible outside the position.

Tie Liang held the clairvoyant mirror with both hands at this time and looked intently ahead, under the combined attack of a total of seventy artillery pieces, the front was almost a column of smoke and gravel scattered by the shells, countless cavalry were blown apart in the dense shell explosion, and in order to pursue the maximum killing effect, the artillery units invariably bombarded in accordance with the tactics of the barrage Xu Jin, rows of dense bullet impact points layer upon layer from far and near, Although the cavalry speed was very fast, the barrage Xu Jin's tactics could not follow the speed of the cavalry to bombard, but fortunately, the opponent's charge was continuous, and almost endless cavalry swarmed up, and this tactic did have the purpose of killing the opponent to the maximum.

"Fire." Tie Liang put down the clairvoyant scope, picked up the rifle and pulled the trigger, and suddenly more than 30,000 rifles in the first three trenches were also shooting at the same time, and after 10,000 more rifles, the bullets shuttling on the battlefield were more dense than before. Countless Saffar cavalry who had just rushed through the artillery blockade were thrown to the ground for the first time, and the neighing horses and the wails of the wounded soldiers were extremely poignant, but then they were directly rushed by the cavalry swarming up from behind, and were trampled into flesh by countless horses' hooves. But the density of the fire delivery of the medium rifles caused the cavalrymen who had just stepped on the corpses of their comrades to be lowered to the ground again, and the blood flowed on the hot sand of the July day, making the dry land instantly infected and wet.

"The mortar detachment was immediately prepared." Tie Liang took care of the mortar detachment while shooting while immediately preparing, the Safar cavalry who had rushed forward even brandished a scimitar and screamed, but they were greeted by more intensive artillery fire that they had never expected, although the mortar shells were not as powerful as the field artillery, but the speed was extremely fast, the two corps combined more than a hundred mortars kept pouring shells towards the front position, and those who had just rushed forward to prepare for the assault of the Safar cavalry were caught off guard and were directly bombed on their backs, Those who narrowly escaped were also sieveed by the bullets that followed. At this time, because the pressure was too great, Tie Liang had already thrown all 50,000 of his men into the battlefield, and under the suppression of 50,000 rifles, he gradually wiped out all the Safar cavalry that had advanced to a distance of less than 30 zhang in the early stage.

"Inform the reserves to prepare." After Tie Liang invested all his troops, Gauss followed this side and quietly issued preparations for the reserves to go to the battlefield. Although Tie Liang suppressed the battle situation in front, the number of the opponent was increasing, and this situation would sooner or later be broken through the position, so the reserve at this time could play a role in the first time to avoid using the advantage of cavalry to slaughter the field infantry in the trenches and disrupt the attack order of the front line after the local breakthrough into the position.

"Lieutenant Marshal, they're rushing in." It was the first time for Qin Kong to observe such a fierce battle, so he was a little uncomfortable with the opposing cavalry breaking into the position, so he shouted a little uneasily. But then I saw that Zhang Sheng had already led the army to block it, and although the crackling gunfire was a little chaotic and not even obvious on the battlefield at this time, it really killed all the Safar cavalry who had not yet started to move on the spot as soon as possible. Moreover, some of the troops even crossed into the fourth line of trenches and began to be specifically responsible for dealing with the more and more cavalry that broke into the position.

"That's how the reserves are used? I'll just say, why did you keep a reserve of 30,000 people, deputy marshal, and it turned out to be here. Qin Kong saw that Gao Siji's face was calm, as if he had expected this, and suddenly laughed a little. After the reserves blocked the Safarid cavalry that had broken into the position, the troops under Tieliang's command were able to crouch in the trenches without changing their faces and continue to fire at the dense cavalry brigade ahead, and the grenades that were thrown out non-stop were also harvesting life in waves. Human life has become the cheapest thing on the battlefield at this time, whether it is the bullets and shells of the Tiance army, or the bows and arrows and scimitars of the Safar cavalry, they have become the best weapons for killing. However, after Zhang Sheng's 30,000 people joined the battlefield with all their might, the entire Tiance Army had more than 80,000 troops participating in the battle, which means that even if the bullets fired at the same time only had a one-tenth hit rate, they could take the lives of more than 5,000 Safar cavalry in a wave of attacks. Under such a powerful blow, although the Safarid had a strength of 200,000 men before the battle, they had lost nearly one-third of their strength after more than two hours of non-stop fighting, and the corpses on the battlefield were even covered with a full layer, and those Safarid cavalry who participated in the attack would even step on the corpses of their own people with every step. This tragic situation also gradually weakened the morale of the young and middle-aged army of the Safarid tribe who had been temporarily transferred, and the huge casualties made these recruits who had not participated in the war any longer bearable, and the entire Safarid army began to gradually collapse under the shock of this fear and the constant explosion of shells.

"Deputy marshal, the impact momentum of the Safarid people has weakened, and you can see that there are more and more people crowded in the middle." Qin Kong jumped to his feet and looked at the situation that was gradually emerging in front of him, and suddenly laughed. At this time, the Tiance Army, which had already played a real fire, no longer needed to command, and the captains of those artillery positions also discovered this abnormality in an instant, and almost without thinking, they began to let the artillery immediately adjust the firing distance and then open artillery bombardment, so that the Safarid cavalry who were crowded in the middle of the battlefield and hesitated was directly blown away in an instant, and the messy gravel and broken arm stumps were blown away and instantly turned into sharp weapons to sweep the periphery, sweeping more people off their horses, and the casualties of the Safarid people increased sharply in a short period of time. Moreover, the huge casualties in the rear also weakened the momentum of the first-line cavalry offensive, making this sharp tactic lose its resilience, and it also gave Tie Liang a more favorable opportunity.

"Order Zhang Sheng to immediately lead the army into a counterattack and call me back." After Gauss roared, several guards behind him jumped directly off the high platform and rushed towards the fourth trench where Zhang Sheng was, and after a while, the original reserve team attacked almost all lines and began to counter the charge. This time is equivalent to facing the momentum of the opponent's charge, but Gauss did not worry that Zhang Sheng could not rush up or be beaten back by the other party, the mortar detachment arranged on the front line behind the front-line position opened fire with all its strength when Zhang Sheng rushed up, and the rapid shells crossed the sky and landed after the cavalry that rushed up and was ready to continue to break into the formation, and Zhang Sheng opened a passage for them.

Seeing that Zhang Sheng rushed into the crowd and became entangled with the opponent's cavalry, grenades continued to explode in the crowd, Tie Liang's side also led the army to charge, pressing all the troops under his command, which was a typical victory or defeat in one fell swoop. Nearly 80,000 troops were thrown into the battlefield in an instant, and then directly beat back the opponent's attack.

"Deputy Marshal, our counteroffensive has begun." Qin Kong grinned, but found that the artillery positions that were originally firing together suddenly began to adjust at this moment, and the forty guns originally arranged on the two wings stopped, and all the gunners began to push the artillery forward in a hurry, apparently preparing to move the position, and with the transfer of the army, he suddenly understood that this battle had been frozen at this moment. Qin Kong, who had put down his thoughts, curiously did it to Gossi's side and said with a smile: "The situation on the frontal battlefield has stabilized, and the arrangement of the deputy marshal in Xiliuzhou should also come to an end at this time, right?" ”

"See for yourself." Gauss Ji turned his head to look at Xiliuzhou in the distance and said with a smile. Xiliuzhou is twenty miles away from here, and there is no sound at all here, but relying on the clairvoyant mirror, Qin Kong only has a rough look, but at least he sees that the front-line position of the logistics team is still in his hands.

"There are nearly 20,000 people in the logistics team, okay? It was still possible to shoot at the gates of the city to stop them from leaving the city. Gauss Ji didn't need any protection at this time, so he asked the two thousand guards around him to immediately go out to join the reserves, and said with a smile: "But although it is the royal court guard, if you go out of the city from other city gates at this time, it is actually still a lot of pressure on the logistics team, at least they have not been on the battlefield and have no experience in dealing with complex battlefields." It's just that I'm overestimating them a little, it's almost over, they haven't left the city yet, and we only need to fight another siege after the war. ”

"Siege is not a matter for Tie Liang?" Qin Kong pursed his lips and smiled: "We have heavy weapons and invincible blasters, even if the city walls are strong and blast a few more times, I haven't seen any city walls that can stop the blasters." But lieutenant marshal, aren't you worried that their caliph will lead his army to break through desperately when Tieliang and them lead an army to counterattack into their Chinese army? Tie Liang didn't bring a war horse, so they couldn't catch up at all. ”

"That's a matter between Tieliang and you. Since you Xuanyingwei have the ability to lengthen the distance between the main Safarid army and the forward troops, is there still no way to install capable men around the Safarid Caliphate? Gauss glanced at Qin Kong with a smile, turned around and walked off the high platform, and took Qin Kong with him and walked quickly towards Xiliuzhou.

At this time, on the battlefield in front, Tie Liang and Zhang Sheng plunged headlong into the Safar middle lane troops who had been bombed by artillery shells after strongly repelling the Safar cavalry who continued to charge, and the formation was chaotic and suffered heavy casualties. The soldiers of the Tiance Army who were easy to fight were basically as long as they saw a few or more cavalry gathered together, basically they didn't want to throw a grenade directly, and after the explosion, they held their guns and saw that they were not dead or escaped and made up another shot. This kind of almost violent means of advancement made the Safarids, who had already completely collapsed, directly collapse into scattering and fleeing, and when they fled, they almost disrupted all the formations of the Safarid army, and even wrapped those troops directly under the royal court, forcing them to have no way to enter the battle and were directly dispersed. After countless chaotic soldiers rushed into the Chinese army from the front, the Safarid high-level officials, who did not have many troops to defend the Chinese army, could not suppress the situation at all, and the Safarid caliphate, in desperation, could only take the few personal guards around him to take the lead and flee westward. His escape can be regarded as completely making the collapse of the entire situation irreversible. Faced with such a situation, Zhang Sheng and Tie Liang immediately divided their troops into the capital, and each commander summoned troops and horses nearby to pursue the rebels in all directions. After the two glanced at each other, Tie Liang was responsible for staying behind to command, while Zhang Sheng took the two thousand people around him to chase the Saffar Caliphate, and even in pursuit of speed, Zhang Sheng directly gathered up the unkilled war horses on the battlefield and hurried away. In fact, Tie Liang didn't expect Zhang Sheng to catch up with the other party, after all, this is a ground snake to find a place to get in, but I'm afraid that Zhang Sheng may not be able to find it. It's just that the purpose of Zhang Sheng's move is to tell all the Safarids on the battlefield that they have gone after your caliphate, and the Safarid dynasty can now announce its retirement from the stage of history. This battle, which lasted for a day and a night, on the morning of the third day, Tie Liangcai successively received the news of the return of soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and after the prisoners of the brigade were escorted back by the soldiers of the Tiance Army, the entire battlefield was overcrowded again, but the battlefield at this time was completely different from before. The victorious Tiance army even drove these prisoners of war directly to clean up the corpses on the battlefield, and then burned them on the spot.

"Go and escort all the prisoners outside the city of Xiliuzhou, and then command the army and we will also go outside the city." Gao Siji didn't care about the results of Zhang Sheng's side, but smiled at the city wall of Xiliuzhou.