Chapter 389: The Might of the Cavalry Battalion

The front army of the Taiyuan Army was crushed by the Yejiabao Army for the first time, and they were so defenseless that they were killed crying and crying for their mother, and they had no chance to fight back. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Su Can's musket battalion has become a murderous weapon on this plain, and the Taiyuan army in panic is densely packed together, creating an excellent opportunity for the musket battalion.

The 3,000 musket battalion troops, lined up in three squares, kept advancing, and every bullet was hardly wasted. As soon as the gunshots rang out, you could always see the Taiyuan army on the opposite side falling.

The frontal attack was Su Can's musket battalion, while the two flanks were outflanked by Ye Shaolong and Li Chengke with 10,000 infantry each. As a result, the Taiyuan army was attacked on three sides, and they all rushed to the rear.

The front army of the Taiyuan Army was all Qing people, and the middle army and the rear army were the foreign army. The 30,000 Taiyuan soldiers and foreigners only accounted for about 10,000, which is still the combined strength of the four countries.

Originally, this Wanyang army alone could compete with the Yejiapu army, but unfortunately now it was scattered by the uncontrolled Qing army. For a while, it is impossible to gather together to form an effective counterattack!

The Yejiabao army did not give the Taiyuan army any respite at all, and after the sneak attack was successful, it kept pressing forward.

The front army has been routed and irretrievable, but in an instant, the Chinese army has been implicated, and Jesley's handsome tent is in the middle of the Chinese army, which has already been affected.

Although the foreigners slaughtered the defeated soldiers who did not obey the command, they were never able to beat the attack of the Yejiabao army. The defeated soldiers would rather have a glimmer of hope of escape and be slaughtered by foreigners than face Yejiabao.

Jace was shabby inside, and at this point, he knew that defeat was sealed. Fortunately, the main force of the army, the foreign army, will not have any casualties, that is to say, if he retreats at this time, the loss will not be big for him.

Without any hesitation, Jesley immediately gave the order to retreat, and the whole army, under Jesley's personal command, broke through to the rear.

The Taiyuan army suddenly changed from the rear army to the front army, and as soon as they turned around and did not retreat, the foreign army found that cavalry had appeared in front of them.

The tower with 4,000 cavalry had been waiting for a long time, and this would see the foreigners begin to retreat. He immediately gave the signal to attack, and the four thousand cavalry suddenly rushed straight towards the foreign army like a flood of fierce beasts.

Compared with the Qing soldiers who collapsed in the rear, the foreign army is obviously a difficult bone to gnaw. Unhurriedly, Jesley ordered the Musket Battalion to go up to meet the Yejiabao cavalry.

Out of 10,000 foreign soldiers, 8,000 are musket troops, which is undoubtedly an invincible existence on the unobstructed plain.

With Jesley's order, the musket battalion of 8,000 men immediately formed dozens of small columns, shooting and killing as they advanced.

As soon as the tower saw the foreign army dispatching the musket battalion, he immediately shouted: "Brothers, put on the shield!" ”

"Hula!"

In an instant, all the cavalry raised their shields, which could only protect the people, but not the horses. So when the foreign army shoots, the people may be fine, but the horses will definitely have great casualties.

Fortunately, the distance between the two sides was only more than a hundred paces, which was completely negligible for cavalry.

"Bang bang bang ......."

The gunfire rang out densely when the Yejiabao cavalry was about a hundred paces away, and the shield of the cavalry battalion was indeed useful, and after the first round of gunfire from the foreigners, there were almost no casualties.

But a dozen or so horses were hit, and the horses stumbled, and the cavalry was thrown to the ground, and they were lucky to be unharmed. The unlucky one broke his bones and couldn't move for a while, and then he was trampled into a pulp by the horses that were still rushing forward.

Every war horse or soldier of every cavalry battalion is precious to the iron tower. The foreigner lost more than a dozen horsemen after just one round of gunfire, which was like cutting the flesh of the iron tower, which made him feel so distressed.

In order to minimize the occurrence of casualties, the iron tower can only beat the war horse under the crotch with all his might, and speed up! Hasten! Hasten!

Only the sooner you come into contact with the foreigners, you can kill all sides and reduce your own casualties. But the guns of the foreigners' column were really powerful, and after the first shot, there was no sign of stopping.

Braving the rain of bullets and bullets, although the cavalry battalion was not afraid of death, as the two sides got closer and closer, the firepower of the foreign army became more and more fierce.

The casualties of the cavalry battalion became more and more serious, and the iron tower's eyes were red, and the iron rod in his hand was about to be broken by him. In order not to lose his mind, he didn't dare to look at the cavalry brothers around him anymore when he got to the back.

He had only one thought in his heart, that is, to rush into the foreigner army as soon as possible, kill him without leaving a piece of armor, and avenge his dead brother.

"Forty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters......."

As the two sides got closer and closer, the number of riders around the tower gradually increased from a few hundred to less than a hundred. They were at the forefront, blocking the bullets for the tower and the cavalry battalion brethren behind them.

Although he knew that not all of these people were dead, and that half of them should still be alive, there was nothing to dispute about the fact that all of their war horses were dead.

The cavalry battalion can have today's scale, completely relying on war horses, and even sometimes, in the eyes of the iron tower, war horses are more important than the lives of soldiers.

"Five, four, three......."

In the blink of an eye, the cavalry battalion had approached the front of the foreigner army, and the iron tower suddenly raised the shield in his hand, threw it directly into the foreigner army, and shouted: "Kill ......." ”

The sound shook the entire battlefield, like a muffled thunder!

"Kill!"

Immediately after the tower, all the cavalry soldiers followed the example of the tower, and smashed the shields in their hands directly at the retreating foreign troops in front of them.

The lethality of more than 3,000 shields should not be underestimated, and they roared into the foreign army, directly knocking down a large area of foreign troops.

The iron tower brandished an iron rod and once again rushed into the foreign army, smashing people when they saw them, wailing, blood flowers, and gunshots resounded throughout the plain.

The cavalry battalion ran over this short distance of more than 100 paces and lost several hundred cavalry, including war horses. One by one, they have already held their breath in their hearts, and when they see the opportunity for revenge coming, they all scream and cut people when they see them.

Jesley had a shocked look on his face, watching the cavalry battalion of Yejiabao mercilessly slaughter his own people, but he couldn't do anything.

The bravery of the cavalry battalion was much beyond his imagination, and since he came to the Qing Dynasty, he had never encountered such a fierce cavalry who was not afraid of death.

According to past experience, the cavalry battalion, after a moment of slaughter, was hit hard by muskets, and would have been unable to withstand the pressure and retreat.

But the cavalry of Yejiabao not only did not retreat after suffering serious casualties, but even rushed directly to kill. Under such circumstances, his musket corps was completely a lamb to the slaughter, powerless to fight back. Especially the general who has been rushing to the front makes Jesley feel terrified.