Chapter 528: Head to head
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The drums of war in the enemy camp were beating, and more than 100,000 troops left the camp in an orderly manner to prepare for battle.
This time, the four marshals gave up the difference between the gates, reasonably arranged all the soldiers, and prepared to cripple the Yejiabao army in one go.
In the face of more than 100,000 enemy troops, Su Can, who was in charge of defense by the Yejiabao army, changed his face slightly. He was currently defended only by three men of the musket battalion.
And the other party has more than 100,000 people, not to mention that they want to fight, that is, the enemy army is standing and letting the 30,000 Yejiabao troops kill, and it is estimated that the Yejiabao army will not be able to kill them.
Under the pressure of the mountain peak, the Yejiabao army began to become calm. Su Can also had a gloomy face, and at this moment he finally understood why Ye Shaolong didn't dare to underestimate the enemy army.
I haven't really seen the scene when the army of more than 100,000 people is assembled, and I really can't feel the invisible pressure.
Two hundred cannons were pushed to the front of the battle for the first time, and all 1,000 artillery pieces were in place. At present, Su Can relies on these two hundred small copper cannons.
This is the most deterrent weapon against the enemy, once the defense line is breached, the soldiers of the 30,000 musket battalion behind him alone will not be able to resist the enemy's advance in any way.
An hour is not long, but it is also short, and when facing an army of more than 100,000 people, Su Can felt that it was very long. Maybe within this hour, the 30,000 Yejiabao soldiers behind him will pay a terrible price, and even the entire army may be wiped out.
"Woo......"
The enemy finally sounded the horn of the attack!
"Kill! Kill! Kill ......"
With a firm and orderly stride, the enemy was the first to dispatch 50,000 musketeers.
The sound of neat footsteps overlapped with the rhythm of the war drums behind them, sending out a shocking rhythm, and it struck the heart of the Yejiabao army one by one.
"Artillery ready!" Su Can reacted immediately in the face of the enemy's advance.
The enemy's all-army dispatch this time caused great psychological pressure on the soldiers of Yejiabao. Even Su Can himself was shocked, not to mention the subordinates below.
Don't look at those men with tense faces, who seem to be fearless of the enemy, in fact, how are they in their hearts? Su Can couldn't be clearer.
The two armies are facing each other, and they have not started fighting, but they have already chilled, which is definitely not a good sign. Su Can had to regain his morale with a small victory, and the two hundred artillery pieces in front of him were his reliance.
Three hundred steps, two hundred steps......
The enemy was slowly but surely approaching, and unlike the Yejiapu army, the enemy's musket battalion was arranged in three rows.
When they were shooting, they knelt directly on one leg in the front row, half-squatted in the second row, and stood directly in the last row. This ensures the coverage of the musket when firing, which allows it to inflict maximum damage on the enemy.
The Yejiabao army has always been in the same formation as when fighting with foreigners, with every ten people as a column, except for one captain, it is a small column of three times three.
After the first row of people finished fighting, the people behind immediately stepped forward to shoot in their place, and so on. Once the gunfire is fired, it doesn't stop at all!
"Woo......"
The enemy finally stopped at a distance of 100 paces, and 50,000 soldiers began to prepare to shoot at the command of their general.
Su Can did not give the enemy any chance to fire, although this would not be the best time for the artillery to fire, but Su Can still resolutely ordered to fire.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Almost at the same time, the two hundred bronze cannons erupted in rage, and the black shells roared and smashed into the enemy positions a hundred meters away.
An earth-shattering explosion followed, and billowing black smoke rose from the enemy's position into the sky.
Such a dense artillery fire, completely unexpected by the enemy, exploded. In the entire enemy position, where the artillery fire had hit, there was no longer a single person who could stand.
The screams and wails made people chill to hear. Nearly 1,000 men at the front of the enemy army were almost completely killed and wounded in an unguarded situation.
After a short period of stunned, the four commanders of the enemy army finally understood why the 20,000 cavalry who attacked the Yejiabao camp last night were killed and wounded in just one hour.
Zhang Zuosheng scolded angrily: "His grandmother's, when did the Yejiabao army have so many artillery?" ”
A wry smile flashed on Elder Yan Xisan's face: "No wonder the 20,000 cavalry were killed and wounded last night, it is not surprising that there are so many artillery pieces in the enemy army." ”
Feng Guozhang frowned, hesitated for a moment and said, "We must pause to let the men of the musket battalion advance, and let the siege battalion push the shield car on top first." ”
"Yes, that's it!" Zhang Zuosheng didn't dare to hesitate at all, and immediately gave an order.
The musket battalion came violently, killing and wounding more than 1,000 people as soon as it came into contact, and then reluctantly withdrew and replaced it with siege soldiers pushing shield chariots on top.
With unexpectedly sharp artillery fire, the Yejiabao army once again won a small victory. Junxin was suddenly greatly encouraged!
Seeing that the soldiers finally regained their self-confidence, Su Can was also relieved in his heart, and it turned out that his choice was still correct.
But then seeing that the enemy army actually pushed out the shield chariot used during the siege, Su Can tightened his eyebrows again.
The front of the chariot was a solid wooden plank nearly ten inches back, and the plank was covered with a thick iron sheet. Unless it is those red-coated cannons, which are accurately hit with solid bullets, they can be destroyed with power.
As for the small bronze cannon that Su Can currently has on hand, there is nothing he can do about these chariots. Faced with a predicament again, Su Can fell directly into distress.
The enemy army had the cover of the chariot, and this time it was very smooth to advance again to a hundred meters in front of the Yejiabao army. Subsequently, the enemy's musket battalion regrouped and, under the cover of chariots, began to shoot at the Yejiapu army.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
Although the movement of muskets is not as earth-shattering as that of artillery, it can add more guns to the enemy. Although there was no formation of firing in a row, the chaotic gunfire was continuous.
Under the order of the iron tower, the Yejiabao army erected a huge wooden shield array, and all the bullets fired by the enemy were blocked by the wooden shield array, dense like a hailstorm.
Both sides began to shoot at each other from their respective covers, and the casualties were almost negligible.
Although the Yejiabao army is temporarily safe, it is not a good thing to continue like this, once the two sides begin to fight closely, even if the Yejiabao army is brave, it will not be able to resist the enemy's hundreds of thousands of troops.
Su Can showed an anxious look on his face, he had no way to think about it, in the face of the enemy's shield chariot, without a powerful cannon to break through, he would not be able to hit the enemy hiding behind at all.
Just when Su Can was at a loss, an extremely arrogant voice suddenly came out of the iron tower behind him: "Hahaha, Brother Su, I'm here to help you." ”
"Boom ......"