Chapter 110: Two Volleys
Wang Hanxin did not have the same insight into Abiciel's intentions as Liu Xianzhi, and before the raid on Yanzhou, Wang Hanxin's most work for this raid was actually to scold the streets. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After getting the news that Youzhou and Taiyuan were attacked by Tuqi respectively, Wang Hanxin scolded deeply that he had no chance to get the opportunity to establish meritorious service, especially after learning the news that his righteous brother Gao Dingbian was besieged, he even tried all the foul language in his life to scold the eighteenth generation of Abicheril's ancestors.
The news of the attack on Yanzhou also surprised Wang Hanxin, but he recovered faster than everyone else, so that everyone didn't even notice that Wang Hanxin had lost his mind for nearly a minute after coming back to his senses.
After carefully checking the map, Wang Hanxin found officers who were familiar with the local terrain to inquire carefully, and finally judged the ins and outs of this Turkic army.
Knowing the movements of the Turbid Army, a plan came into being in Wang Hanxin's brain. He immediately wrote a secret letter to Emperor Liu Yan, and handed it to Chen Shijie to send him to Chang'an in the starry night, and then handed over the defense work to his second brother Zhou Siyi and eldest brother Chen Shihua, and he led all the cavalry troops that could be used in his hands and the two thousand muskeons he asked for from Liu Yan, plus the ten thunderbolts to start the operation.
Wang Hanxin's first step was to find out the advance route of the Tuqi reinforcements, although he had already judged the general route of the opponent's march from the map, but there was no definite information. A large number of scout cavalry searched along the west bank of the Yellow River, while Wang Hanxin advanced slowly with firecrackers and heavy thunderbolts.
According to Wang Hanxin's calculations, it would take him at most ten days to reach Yanzhou, and it was absolutely impossible for the Turkic army to cross the Yellow River from the south of Yanzhou, so he promised Liu Yan that the reinforcements of the Turkic army would be cut off within ten days. The fact was indeed as he expected, only on the fourth day of the attack, Wang Hanxin had already received a report from the scouts that he had discovered the location of the Tuqi army's crossing of the river. Wang Hanxin immediately ordered his subordinates to speed up their pace and rush to the place.
To say that Wang Hanxin's luck is definitely among the lucky generals of the Silk Country, when his brigade rushed to the bank of the Yellow River, he happened to encounter a sudden reinforcement army and began to cross the river. At this time, the Yellow River has completely formed a glacial river, and the Turkic army can safely and boldly gallop across the horses, so Abicheril can get more than 2,000 soldiers to support him every day, if it were not for the fact that the Lan Fengji trail is too narrow, and there is the cavalry team sent by Liu Xianzhi Ge Boling to constantly put pressure on it, his subordinates in the past ten days will not be the current 20,000 people.
When Wang Hanxin saw this scene, he immediately ordered his Thunderbolt artillery to line up on a high ground on the shore and fire at the Turk army. The musketeers lined up in an array to protect the slope in front of the thunderbolts, and the cavalry team protected the two wings.
So far, the Silk Country has developed this new weapon, and finally has the first chance to fight, the thunderbolt cannon shoots out a ball of fire, and the huge explosion and fire light shoot the projectile at the Tuqi cavalry who are crossing the river. The first salvo alone caused hundreds of casualties, and the Turks who were hit by the artillery were instantly smashed to pieces.
The Turks were in a big mess, they were panicked in the face of this sudden attack, what scared them more than the enemy attack was that the enemy army didn't know what demon method was used, and it could tear people to pieces like rags, and the loud noise on the opposite hillside was even more terrifying, especially the war horse under the crotch was also frightened and roared by this never-before-seen scene.
In fact, not only the Turkic army, but even the soldiers of the Silk Country were taken aback by the tremendous power of this new weapon. Except for the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who operated the thunderbolt cannon, only Wang Hanxin himself knew how terrifying the power of this weapon was.
Mi Yiguo, the uncle who followed Wang Hanxin, was frightened by the huge sound of cannons, and his legs went limp, and when he saw its power, he almost sat on the ground.
Wang Hanxin glanced at him with a stealing eye, and couldn't help but gloat a little in his heart: now he knew that the reason why Mi Yiguo had to follow him was because of his reverence for himself, but he was still a little dissatisfied with this kraft candy who always followed him, so scaring Mi Yiguo became a means to adjust Wang Hanxin's mood.
"Uncle Guo, have you seen the power of the weapon given by the emperor?"
Mi Yiguo barely stood on the ground with his sword, and hurriedly replied: "It is really extraordinary, and I am deeply glad that I did not become the target of this weapon." ”
"I feel the same way," Wang Hanxin smiled, and suddenly his attitude changed: "Yo, these Turks are very courageous, and they actually dare to attack us, it's really good." ”
When Mi Yiguo heard this, he looked towards the Tukchi army, only to see that after the first round of artillery bombardment, the Tukchi army quickly formed a queue and began to attack the small hill where Wang Hanxin was. This kind of quick judgment and ability to act is enough to prove that the other party is also a brave man who has experienced a hundred battles.
"Gunners prepare!" Wang Hanxin immediately ordered: "The thunderbolt cannon is aimed at the dense array of Tuqi cavalry!" Beat! ”
The volley of the firecrackers swept down more than 200 Turkic cavalry in one shot, and the second salvo of the thunderbolt cannon smashed the formation of the Turkic cavalry. Before they could recover their senses, the second volley of the Gunners came, followed by a third.
The Tukchi cavalry was by no means brave enough, but under the attack of this alternating firepower, no amount of training, experience, and courage could change the tide of battle, and the Tukchi cavalry, which had once terrified all the countries on the mainland, had now become the target of slaughter, and before they could get close to the small hill, more than half of the Tukchi cavalry had fallen to the ground.
The third salvo of the Thunderbolt completely destroyed the will of the Turks, and the brave Turks began to understand that the dense formation was completely seeking death, and that they would all be killed before they could rush to the bottom of the hill to meet the enemy, and that they had already seen that the opponent was far outnumbered by themselves, and even if they could rush into the enemy's formation, they would not be able to win. So the Turks began to turn their horses and retreat.
"Outflanked by the cavalry! Don't aim the Thunderbolt Command Army, concentrate your fire on the ice on the Yellow River! Wang Hanxin immediately issued a new order.
The order was carried out to the letter, and when the Tuqi cavalry tried to escape across the Yellow River again, the ice in front of them was suddenly smashed open a big hole! Immediately, more large holes were created, cracks began to appear on the ice, and in an instant, the east coast became an unreachable world, and the cavalry of the Silk Country had already covered up from both sides at this time.
This time, the volley lasted less than an hour, and the result of the battle was that more than 2,100 Turks were wiped out, and only fifteen cavalrymen from the Silk Country side were slightly wounded, which was the most disparity in casualties between the Turks and the Silk Country so far. (To be continued.) )