Chapter 574: "Fire!"
"The smoke is everywhere, I'm afraid that the Tartars have succeeded in breaking through, and the Yue Fei brothers are in danger. Brother Lin, we only brought the firearms team here, because the mountain road is inconvenient and easy to walk, so we only travel lightly, is it really safe? Near the mountain road, Guan Sheng looked at Lin Chong with some concern.
"General Guan just rest assured, you also have an eye on the combat effectiveness of the firearms team from the Second Prince's Street Division. It is inconvenient to charge here, so we can only arrange for the sentry to go over first, if it is really the enemy army that has entered the pass, as long as it is not a large group of people, these hundreds of nearly a thousand firearms troops will definitely stop them. Let them understand, what is called a branch, well, what is a branch, anyway, the prince said it is very powerful! Lin Chong replied.
Lin Chong was able to lead the team, in addition to Zhu Zilong's reassurance, another reason was that he had also been in the firearms team, and he was also a familiar person. The firearms team is up and down, willing to listen to him.
These people always have to go to some big scenes, and Lin Chong and them just need to use it.
After speaking, Lin Chong looked at the hundreds of nearly thousands of firearms team members behind him, shook his fists violently, and asked majestically: "Everyone, are you ready?" ”
The crowd shouted in unison: "Ready." ”
When I was young, I arranged for some sentry to go over, and on the slopes of the boundless loess wilderness, there was nothing but a few trees shaking in the cold wind. In fact, it is easy to find out that this location is not on the side of the Great Wall, and the grass is dense in order to facilitate the arrival of the defenders.
Soon, a sentinel reported that it was indeed this checkpoint that the Jurchens had occupied, and they also struck while the iron was hot, gathered a large army, and prepared to rush down. Go straight to the Central Plains Pass!
Lin Chong said with a smile: "Brothers, cheer up, don't be merciless, just let Le Zibing quietly touch it." ”
The sergeants laughed: "General Lin, we are only afraid that the Lezi soldiers will not come, and we have been waiting for them for a long time." This is a necessary intersection, and it is inconvenient for people and horses to pass through other places. If they want to enter the Central Plains, they will definitely come on horseback. Let their cavalry see how powerful our firearms team is! ”
In a laugh, the firearms team took shape.
When I was young, I saw a large cloud of smoke and dust rolling in the wilderness at the end of the wilderness. This large cloud of smoke and dust, a group of strange armies of fierce horses, directly snatched over.
Lin Chong said sharply: "Be on guard, prepare for battle!" ”
The sound of the Jurchen's horse's hooves grew louder and louder, as if the earth shook under the blow of the iron hooves.
Later generations have discussed it. Mongolian Iron Cavalry, Liaodong Iron Cavalry, Japanese Cavalry, Eight Banners Cavalry, Jurchen Cavalry, which of them has the strongest combat ability?
In ancient times, the weakest was the Japanese cavalry.
The reason is also relatively simple, because the Japanese cavalry belonged to each lord, and the number of mounted samurai under each lord was very small. Therefore, even when the army is brought together, it cannot be used as a complete force at all. It's just a lot of small groups that belong to different groups, and both the command and the coordination are very uncoordinated.
This is also the reason why the cavalry of the Takeda family is so famous, in the Japanese Warring States Army, his cavalry is relatively large and can be commanded in a unified manner.
As for the Mongol cavalry, it is actually very similar to the Jurchen cavalry in terms of combat style and grouping methods, and it can basically be considered that there is no difference.
The combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry is also very strong, and they are definitely inferior to the Mongols and Jurchens in terms of riding skills and horses, and the advantages and disadvantages of the farming peoples and nomads have always been like this, so there is no need to discuss them.
Purely from the perspective of cavalry, the Mongolian Jurchens were the strongest, the Liaodong iron cavalry was second, and the Japanese cavalry was scum.
If Lin Chong and the others can defeat the Jurchen Iron Cavalry, even if it is the first battle, it will be extremely encouraging, and at the same time, they can break the so-called Jurchen invincible half of the legend. (The full legend is that the Jurchen of 10,000 is invincible!) )
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This is the only area on the inner side of the Great Wall that can be passed by cavalry, as the Jurchen cavalry approaches. The people and horses on Lin Chong's side can see them vaguely clearly.
I saw those Jurchens in strange costumes, all of them stout and steady on their horses, and their faces were faintly full of anger, and they were full of arrogance.
The horses beneath them snorted incessantly, and a thick white breath spewed from their mouths and noses. The speed of the charge did not slow down at all, it stands to reason that he should have seen the men and horses on Lin Chong's side early, but he did not slow down at all, obviously he didn't take the men and horses on Lin Chong's side seriously at all.
In fact, according to the previous habits, the Jurchens and others can indeed think so.
After all, the people on Lin Chong's side do not wear armor (it is convenient to go on the road lightly), there is no shield (what shield does the firearms team want), and there is no spear stabbing team (the firearm gun looks like a short stick and has no lethality).
In front of the more than a thousand galloping Jurchen iron horsemen, all the Jurchens thought that as long as they maintained the speed of the charge, they could take away the enemy defenders in front of them in one wave.
It's so easy to break through the queue, so why slow down? The two sides are not at the same level of opponents at all!
Yes, not a level opponent. But who are you talking about?
The Jurchens approached slowly, and the firearms team took aim with their guns flat. The fire commanders in the first row set up their fire locks firmly on the next sign, of course, on the slightly narrower road on the opposite side. , naturally, there are some roadblocks!
"Wait for Lezi to hit again when he is in range, give them a hard lesson, and forget it for life!" Firearms crew cheer each other on.
More than 100 steps, 90 steps, 80 steps, 70 steps, almost.
Lin Chong shouted violently: "Fire!" ”
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang,!!!
In the next second, a deafening sound of fire sounded, and you could see dozens of the stout Jurchen knights in front, whether they were people or horses, all of them had streams of blood on their bodies, staggering and being knocked to the ground one by one, screaming miserably.
"The second row, keep up, continue to put, the third row prepares, the three-stage attack, just like the usual fight, don't mess up the corners!" The captains of the firearms teams shouted loudly.
After the first platoon of fire commanders retreated, the second platoon stepped forward, the second platoon of fire soldiers retreated, and the third platoon stepped forward. Cycle!
At the same time that a large stream of gunpowder smoke rose into the sky, the Jurchen cavalry rushing more than a hundred meters on the opposite side did not even fire arrows because of contempt. (Because I saw that the opposite side seemed to be very weak, and I underestimated the enemy for a while), this paid a terrible price.
The bullets of the new generation of reinforced plates of firearms and guns pierced their armor and rolled in a hurry, stirring their entrails into a mess.
But where the Jurchens did not die on the spot, the indescribable pain made them roll on the ground and howl miserably. And their horses on the spot! At the same time, when it fell, it would also intercept the advance of the people and horses behind, and the formation was chaotic all of a sudden!
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