Chapter 240: Trampling all the glory of the Huns under your feet!
"Order everyone to shoot freely!" After the Hun cavalry gradually charged within 800 meters of the Jin army's sniper position, the Jin army's musketeers, who had been waiting for a long time, opened fire one after another. Four rows of musketeers took turns, and the bullets rained down on the charging Hun cavalry.
"Bang bang bang!" The rows of flintlock muskets fired hot bullets were like a wall, and after many war horses and Hun cavalry were shot, they let out a tragic neighing and screaming, and they fell to the ground one after another, and even the Hun cavalry on their backs also fell to the ground. 10,000 flintlock muskets, four combos, and 100 artillery pieces formed a continuous firepower, forming a solid blockade line, so that these Hun cavalry, like the wind and waves hitting an impenetrable wall, hit their heads and broke the blood.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Hundreds of artillery, under the operation of artillery, poured shells at the fastest rate of fire on those Hun cavalrymen, harvesting the lives of the Huns. The cruel truth told the proud Hun cavalry that their tactics had fallen behind, and it was time for the Huns, who had led cavalry tactics, to withdraw from the stage of history.
In the future, the world will be dominated by the Great Jin dragoons, mainly firearms, and after the Hun cavalry paid a heavy price, they rushed to a place less than 300 meters away from the Jin army's position. However, at a distance of several hundred meters, no matter how hard the Hun cavalry tried, they could not get close to the position of the Jin army, and their proud cavalry and archery skills could not play any role at all under the blows of the Jin army.
The distance of three hundred meters is not more than a dozen breaths for the well-trained Huns. The Hun cavalry was able to rush in front of the Jin army. But the distance of 300 meters has become an insurmountable moat, more and more Hun cavalry were killed, and the wounded war horses fell to the ground neighing and struggling, the scene was very tragic. This is war, the cruelty of war, in this scene, vividly expressed.
"Major General, the firepower of the Jin army is too strong, how can they equip a cavalry of 10,000 people with so many muskets and cannons?" The Hun cavalry generals were frightened. Don't talk about tens of thousands of Hun cavalry under Liu Cong. Even the entire Han Kingdom is only a few hundred cannons. And they are all stupid and stupid, these Huns can't imagine how the Jin cavalry brought artillery to the battlefield.
Liu Cong's face was gloomy as if he could drip water, watching one after another Xiongnu warriors being killed by the Jin army, his heart seemed to be dripping blood. These are his descendants. In the future, he can count on these people to help him ascend to the throne of the Han Kingdom. Now it is slaughtered by the Jin people here.
In Liu Cong's eyes. The Jin army was a bunch of cowards, they did not dare to confront the Xiongnu warriors head-on, but hid behind and shot the Xiongnu warriors from afar with firearms. These warriors of the Huns. has not yet rushed in front of the Jin army. was shot, and it was too worthless to die.
"Order the cavalry to continue to charge, don't be afraid of the powerful firepower of the Jin people, if you want to survive, you must rush over, otherwise we will all have to finish the game!" Although Liu Cong's heart was dripping blood, he still ordered with a cold face. Now, he has no other way, and now that the attack has begun, he can't give up halfway. Now the Hun cavalry is breathing a sigh of relief, once withdrawn, the Huns will never have the courage to attack the Jin army again. Otherwise, it is very likely that the demoralized Huns will completely collapse.
"Rush, kill, ho-ho!" The Hun cavalry, who had no way to retreat, charged forward with red eyes under the urging of Liu Cong. They were not frightened by the powerful firepower of the Jin cavalry, nor did they have time to lament the death of their brothers around them. They were bent on rushing through the defensive line of the Jin cavalry and killing all those cowards.
The Huns were born knights, and most of the skilled Hun cavalry either leaned down on their horses to avoid being shot by the Jin musketeers. Some even simply bend down and hang on the side of the horse's belly to protect themselves.
It's a pity that these methods of theirs, in the face of intensive firepower, did not play a role. Seeing that the Jin army could not shoot those Hun cavalry, they simply poured towards the Huns' war horses. The high-speed galloping war horse still can't resist the dense firepower. After the war horse was shot, the Hun cavalry on horseback naturally had no chance of surviving.
Fierce fighting is still going on, and perhaps, this cannot be called a battle at all, but more accurately with a massacre. This is the collision of cold weapons and hot weapons. The cavalry, which represented the strongest attack power in the Cold Weapon period, had completely lost its usefulness before the dense firepower. In the future, they are no longer the protagonists of the battlefield, but have become lambs to the slaughter.
The situation of being passively beaten made every Hun cavalry unbearable, and what they were once proud of and were once crazy and proud of, was trampled under the feet of the Han people at this moment, which made the Huns who were born to think that they were strong seem to have an evil fire in their hearts, but they couldn't get out.
"It's shocking, the glorious era of traditional cavalry has passed, and it will be the era of our dragoons in the future!" The commander of the Jin army looked at the Huns struggling in the rain of bullets and couldn't help but sigh. The Hun cavalry showed no fear of death, which made him very shocked.
Under normal circumstances, if he was allowed to use 10,000 cavalry in his hands to fight with the same number of Hun cavalry, it would be really difficult to say the outcome of the battle. However, now these Hun cavalry, in the face of the strong firepower of the Jin army, seem so vulnerable, which makes Zu Yue feel very shocked and proud.
Ten years ago, the Guanzhong Hu rebellion occurred, and that was the first appearance of the dragoons. After nearly a decade of development, dragoons have become an indispensable member of the Jin army system.
The Hun cavalry, who were anxious to flee for their lives, although they were not afraid of death, but as more and more Huns were killed, they were unable to inflict any damage on their opponents. The charging Huns gradually calmed down, and after the frenzy, fear spread in their hearts. Immediately after that, morale was even lower, and at this moment, the Hun cavalry was on the verge of collapse.
"My lord, it's time for the brethren to prepare to charge! The Huns are going to collapse. Joining the army, he looked at the gradually collapsing Huns through the telescope and smiled at the main general Zu You.
"Haha! That's right, the herald army is ready to attack! Strive to defeat the Huns in one fell swoop, and catch Liu Cong and reward thousands of dollars! Zuyo laughed and laughed, he also thought that the time had come to attack, and immediately went to organize the troops.
In the face of huge casualties, the Hun cavalry could no longer hold on. In the face of the Jin army's one-sided slaughter of them, when the frenzy of their hearts quickly subsided. Many Hun cavalry no longer rode their horses forward, but retreated. If it weren't for the fact that Liu Cong was supervising the battle behind them, they would have turned around and fled long ago. Even so, it's not much better than before.
"Major General, we are finished, from today the glory of the Huns no longer exists! Let the brothers withdraw! If we continue to fight, the whole army will be finished! A Xiongnu aristocratic general grabbed Liu Cong's shirt and begged bitterly.
Liu Cong's face was pale, so far, the cavalry troops under his command have lost at least 10,000 people, the Jin army has not suffered a single loss, the entire defense line is still extremely strong, and the firepower is still very strong. is still the current situation, even if he fills in all the 60,000 Hun cavalry in his hand, it is estimated that he will not be able to break through the defense line of the Jin army.
"Herald: Retreat!" Liu Cong endured the pain in his heart and finally gave the order to retreat.
The Hun cavalry who received the order breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone turned their horses' heads and fled quickly to the south, almost using all their strength to eat milk, and wishing that the speed of the war horse under the crotch would be faster. And at this time, the cavalry of the Jin army was also ready to charge.
"The warriors of the Great Jin Dragoons, for the glory of the empire, rush! Kill all the Huns," Zu Yue commanded loudly on a tall horse and waved his saber.
"Rush! Kill all the Huns! Nearly 10,000 heroic dragoons crossed the defense line of the Jin army and quickly pursued the Hun deserters. This kind of opportunity to beat the water dog cannot be missed.
Liu Cong was maddened by the shameless behavior of the Jin army, but now he has nothing to do, in the face of the collapsed Hun cavalry, it is obviously impossible to compete with the morale of the Great Jin cavalry.
In the previous battle, the Hun cavalry had already paid a heavy price, and the soldiers who survived were also sleepy and frightened, and they could not muster up the courage to face the surging Jin cavalry troops.
The war horse gallops, the saber is like snow, and under the charge of the high-speed war horse, it is easy to bring up the enemy's head. The cavalry of the Jin army chased the tail of the Huns, only for dozens of miles, and in the middle of which they cut down thousands of Huns. After this battle, the 60,000 Hun cavalry who set out from Luxian County are now less than 40,000.
Most of the rest were killed, and the rest became prisoners of the Great Jin. Although the Xiongnu were very brave, there was no shame in surrendering to the Han Chinese because they had been attached to them. In this battle, there were more than 5,000 captured Hun cavalry.
When Liu Cong led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Xiangyuan County between Wuxiang and Luxian, the living Huns were even more desperate. The previous defeat will completely cut off their hope of returning north, and in the face of the Great Jin Xiang army that is gradually pressing from the north and south, they have no way out except to sit in the lonely city and wait for death.
Unlike the Huns, the Great Jin side was ecstatic, and when Zu Ti learned that Liu Cong had retreated to Xiangyuan, he immediately commanded the army to cross the Zhanghe River and go straight to Xiangyuan. This time, Liu Cong can't run away no matter what, he is a war criminal handpicked by Emperor Sima Shu, arresting him is equivalent to making a great contribution, and Liu Cong will enjoy a thousand cuts in the future. (To be continued......)