Chapter 93: Treatment of Captives

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and Gao Wenjin stared closely at the enemy in the distance.

The crossbowmen of the first row of the enemy began to crouch, and the crossbowmen of the first two rows aimed at the enemy at the same time.

Seeing this, Gao Wenjin couldn't help but be surprised.

Now that the tactics of muskets in the West have developed again, King Augusta of Sweden has once again revolutionized military tactics.

In order to increase the density of fire, Augusta developed the tactic of three rows of musketeers firing at the same time, with nine rows of musketeers firing in three stages.

Lu Yan felt that Dongfang's tactics could not be stopped, and he had already raised this point to Qi Jiguang.

And the crossbowmen of the god arm were trained to fire in two rows of volleys, and found that the effect was not bad.

So it was used for the first time in this battle.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows came from the enemy's array.

Seeing this, Gao Wenjin couldn't help but be surprised.

Now they are at least two hundred paces away from the enemy, is it useful for them to fire arrows at such a distance?

But reality quickly taught him a firm lesson, and that was to be useful!

Due to the dense Dutch phalanx, you can't shoot your own target, but you can shoot the target next to him, or even the target behind him.

So when 100 arrows rained down, more than 30 Dutchmen were soon hit.

The rain of arrows easily pierced through the iron armor and stabbed into the bodies of the Dutch soldiers, and a scream immediately rang out from the Dutch phalanx.

The arrows didn't penetrate their bodies too far away, but they were enough to make the Dutch people feel horrified.

"How can this be?"

Gao Wenjin looked at the Dutch soldiers who were a little panicked and said.

How could there be such a terrible bow and crossbow in this world?

But no one would answer his question, and the soldiers who had released the arrows immediately retreated, and then the soldiers of the third and fourth rows immediately stepped up and fired the arrows again after aiming at the target.

Those Dutchmen were shot again!

Many had more than one arrow on their bodies, and a large amount of blood seeped out of their armor.

Gao Wenjin was a little lost for a while.

He had never encountered such a situation, and those crossbows were more powerful than muskets.

What should I do?

Looking at the eager cavalry not far away, Gao Wenjin knew that he had no way back.

His only way out is to defeat the enemy in front of him and then emerge victorious.

Otherwise, they will definitely die with no place to bury.

"Run forward! All run forward for me! Remember! You have no way back! If you retreat, you'll only be killed by those cavalry! If you want to live, follow me! Only by defeating the enemy in front of us, we can only move forward! ”

Gao Wenjin shouted hoarsely like a gambler who had lost everything.

The Dutch soldiers also knew that they were in a desperate situation, and although some of them were hit by arrows, they struggled to run forward.

But wearing heavy iron armor and holding a heavy musket, it is absolutely impossible to run fast.

Watching the Dutch soldiers start running forward, the cavalry suddenly moved.

They began to speed up slowly, and Gao Wenjin, who had been paying attention to those cavalry, couldn't help but be surprised.

"The soldiers on the right and in the rear stop, and the rest of the soldiers continue to advance!"

Gao Wenjin shouted loudly.

Hearing this, the 200 Dutch soldiers immediately stopped and stared nervously at the cavalry in the distance.

Allowing soldiers to quickly stop from running to form a squad was simple in later generations, but at the time it required extremely high quality.

Fortunately, the Dutch soldiers were not bad, and they reluctantly stopped, and then hurriedly began to form a team.

The soldiers on the left flank and the soldiers in the front continued to run forward.

Seeing this, Lu Yan couldn't help frowning.

If you can divide the cavalry into two teams, you will be able to leave more enemies behind if you can encircle the enemy's two wings separately.

But these are all afterthoughts, and it's a little late to tell.

200 Dutch soldiers marched forward at a rapid pace, with occasional soldiers falling or falling behind from arrows.

Now there are only about 100 people who can continue to keep up.

A dense rain of arrows continued to shoot into their phalanx like flying locusts, and they were now less than a hundred and fifty paces away.

The penetration and hit rate of the Divine Arm Crossbow have been greatly improved, and it can even completely penetrate the soldier's body.

The musketeers in the front row were covered with a large number of arrows, and they had to endure great pain with every step.

Soon they either fell or were replaced by musketeers in the back.

But these still couldn't satisfy Lu Yan and Jia Xu.

"Bows and arrows are still weak compared to muskets."

Jia Xu said.

Lu Yan nodded, if it was a musket, it would only take one shot to kill an enemy.

But arrows can't, and many people can still fight hard even if they have several arrows in their bodies.

It can only be said that each has its own advantages.

"Do you want to use artillery?"

Jia Xu asked.

In this battle, Lu Yan wanted to use it as a tactical testing ground.

Lu Yan thought about it and nodded.

Soon a soldier climbed into a few inconspicuous carts next to the military formation, and the soldiers put the baffle on, and soon the black hole in the cannon muzzle was revealed.

This is the vehicle-mounted Franc cannon and the vehicle-mounted general cannon, which are very famous weapons of the Qi family's army.

The gunpowder and shells on the car were fully loaded, and they were just waiting for the ignition to fire.

In addition, more than two dozen firewood piles were also removed, revealing the Hongyi cannon below.

Although Lu Yan scolded fiercely, how could he underestimate these Westerners.

The lion and the rabbit also need to go all out, let alone the Dutch.

But Gao Wenjin hadn't noticed the change here, and his eyes were fixed on the cavalry in the distance.

What he wanted to say most at the moment was that the feeling of being attacked in the back was really terrible.

To his surprise, the cavalry did not attack.

They divided 50 cavalry men and began to maneuver from the perimeter to their left flank.

Seeing this, Gao Wenjin's gloomy face could drip water.

This battle is really unfought!

His team is simply under siege!

At this time, some of the cavalry dismounted from their horses and took out arrows from their horses, while the rest of the cavalry were still on their horses ready to attack.

Seeing this, Gao Wenjin felt a burst of doubt.

What is the enemy trying to do?

Soon the cavalry ignited the arrows, and the arrows screamed and dragged their long tail flames towards the infantry phalanx.

Clusters of sharp arrows pierced the armor of some of the soldiers and then pierced their bodies.

The Dutch soldiers screamed.

What is this?

Gao Wenjin couldn't help but be surprised.

What he didn't know was that this was the rocket in the Qi family's army, which could be launched with a hand-held ignition, and of course, the Ming Dynasty sailors were also heavily equipped and had a rather amazing range.

Since the cavalry lacked the means to deal with the musketeers, LΓΌ Yan specially equipped the cavalry with some rockets to see if he could disturb the formation of the enemy musketeers, and then let the cavalry charge.

After these rockets hit the Dutch soldiers, some of the pine resin on them began to burn, and some of them emitted poisonous smoke, which made the Dutch soldiers panic.

At this moment, there was a commotion from the soldiers in front.

"What's going on?"

Gao Wenjin hurriedly looked over.

By this time, the musketeers were almost 100 paces away from the Divine Arm Crossbowmen.

The crossbowmen were still firing arrows.

At this time, the power of the Divine Arm Crossbow was also close to its peak.

Each arrow completely pierces the enemy's body, piercing two holes in the enemy's body.

After a rain of arrows, there were 10 more holes in the body, and a few more people could withstand this kind of attack.

Soon the Dutch soldiers fell one by one.

But what terrified them even more was the artillery, and when the black hole artillery was aimed at them, they knew they were finished.

They can not be afraid of bows, but certainly of artillery.

No one could hold off the artillery attack.

Gao Wenjin felt a complete chill.

He kind of understood, this was a complete trap.

"Damn Akito! I swear to you! ”

Gao Wenjin felt a pang of despair.

But at this time, no one cared about what he said.

The musketeers were killed by the crossbows in rows, and soon it was the pikemen's turn.

The pikemen threw down their spears and turned around and ran, and it would be foolish not to run away at this time.

But in a hurry, how can you escape the range of the bow and crossbow.

The crossbows still hit the pikemen, and then shot them to the ground.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

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The artillery was finally in full swing.

A dense stream of shotguns shot at the fleeing pikemen, and then a burst of blood mist shot out between them.

A large number of pikemen fell in pieces, and after a round of shelling, there were few who could stand.

The Red Cannons targeted the Dutch soldiers in the distance.

Of course, it's not too far, only about 200 steps.

More than two dozen shells hit the dense queue, and then smashed into the queue and smashed into the bloody rain.

All the Dutch soldiers who were hit by the cannonballs were smashed into a puddle of flesh, and then rolled all the way over, killing all the Dutch soldiers they encountered.

The morale of the Dutch was completely broken.

Facing the flanking attacks of both sides, but also facing the threat of 50 cavalry on the other side.

Coupled with the enemy's more than two dozen cannons, this kind of battle could not be fought.

They threw down their muskets and began to flee.

Gao Wenjin's face was full of sadness, he knew that the infantry could not escape the cavalry.

So he threw down his musket, threw up his hands in surrender, and said, "I surrender, please don't kill me." ”

Gao Wenjin's surrender caused some cavalry to be surprised, since he had already thrown down his musket, then they ignored him, Lu Yan's troops were definitely not a team that liked to kill prisoners.

The cavalry rushed behind Gauwenjin, where nearly 200 Dutch soldiers were waiting to be pursued.

As the saying goes, after the defeat of the Dutch soldiers, no one wanted to resist the slashing of those cavalry.

They all hated that their parents had two legs less, and they threw away all their burdens and fled to Hongmucheng.

But there were also some smart people who immediately dropped their muskets and surrendered on their knees.

After a period of slashing, the Dutch were officially wiped out, and the corpses of the cavalry were killed along the way.

In addition to this, there were 35 captives.

After seeing Lu Yan again, Gao Wenjin hung his head and said, "I admit my defeat, but I ask to be treated as a prisoner." ”

After hearing his words, a strange smile appeared on Lu Yan's face.

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Thank you very much for the ruins of the relics, the words of opposition and Ami's tip, I was really depressed yesterday, and I was going to set the previous chapter to be released on time, but the previous chapter was written dizzily, and it was released at the time.

Makes me faint.