Chapter 482: Cavalry Charge (I)
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In front of the battle, dozens of elite soldiers of the Qing army wearing heavy armor jumped out from behind the shield cart or heavy shield under the leadership of the officer, and rushed frantically towards the front with their weapons. At this moment, they had only one thought in their hearts, and that was to kill all the horsetails who had killed their companions in the most brutal way.
These sergeants were the most powerful in the Qing army, and although each of them wore more than two layers of heavy armor, they still walked like flying, and they subconsciously looked for obstacles to avoid while running. Soon, in about ten seconds, it approached the Mawei Army array fifty or sixty meters, which can be said to be the lead.
At this time, the eyes of almost everyone on both sides were on these dozens of elites of the Qing army wearing heavy armor. And Le Erjin, who was far behind, also looked nervously at the elite under his command, and he had always been very calm, and his hands were also tightly grasping the reins of the horse at the moment, to see if these most elite warriors under his command could surprise him. At this time, the artillery and trebuchets of the Mawei Army did not stop firing, and Luo Cheng, the commander in front of the formation, looked at these Qing troops who seemed to have lost their minds, and a sneering smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
At a distance of only 100 meters, with the tremendous power of the Minnie rifle, it was still easy to tear through their armor and punch one or several huge blood holes in their bodies. These elite Qing soldiers seemed to be a little stunned by the dense rain of bullets, although no one ever told them how to face the attack of firearms, but out of the soldier's intuition on the battlefield, the remaining people were either lying on the ground or hiding behind vehicles or dead bodies.
An officer who led the charge had better luck than several soldiers around him. I don't know if it's intentional or not. In the first two rounds of platoon guns. Miraculously, the junior officer was only hit in the leg, and his two calves were neatly broken in two by Mini's bullets. As the saying goes, ten fingers are connected to the heart, but how can two legs not be the same, he lay next to a corpse with two broken legs and wailed loudly, the voice was extremely poignant, and even the back knife that was originally held in his hand was still on his side.
"Come and save me, who's going to pull me!" He almost fainted in pain, and stretched out his hand to his companion beside him. Seeing this, the two Qing soldiers glanced at each other. The two of them quickly ran out of their respective bunkers and came to the junior officer's side, taking his hand and running to the side.
"Bang Bang Bang"
"Bang Bang Bang"
"Bang Bang Bang"
A series of muffled gunshots rang out not far away, and the two Qing soldiers who wanted to save people suddenly had several huge blood holes on their bodies, and the two layers of heavy armor they were wearing were also beaten to pieces, and the two fell to the ground spitting black blood clots, their eyes widened and they soon lost their breath.
"Bastards, these vile rebel bastards!" Now everyone can see that the horsetail soldiers on the opposite side obviously deliberately did not kill this officer, but used him as a bait to lure them to save him. Many Qing soldiers were furious. They shouted and rushed forward. "Kill them all!"
"Rush!"
Thousands of enraged Qing soldiers rushed up from behind. Azza, who was under the protection of more than a dozen heavy soldiers, also followed behind the team, and at this time he was the same as the Qing soldiers around him. There was only one thought in his head, and that was to rush up and kill the horsetails who were hiding behind the wall.
"Change the grape bomb!" Indeed, it was time to change the grapeball, Zhang Wenliang saw that most of the Qing soldiers rushed out from behind the shield cart and the giant shield, and decisively gave the order, at this time, the damage to the enemy with grapevine bullets is the greatest.
"Tom Tom"
"Tom Tom"
"Tom Tom"
Fifty general cannons were changed to fire grapeshot shells, although the caliber of this general cannon is not large, but each launch can also have forty small marbles, fifty guns at one time is two thousand marbles overwhelmingly shot over, and in such a short distance, the Qing army that rushed to the forefront all suffered, and suddenly more than 100 people fell to the ground, most of them died on the spot, and those who did not die also wailed loudly.
"The preparation in the morning is still insufficient, the two armies met too early, otherwise all the cannons would have been unloaded, and there would have been fewer soldiers killed in the morning!" Luo Cheng, the front-line commander, looked at the scene in front of him and thought to himself.
The horsetail army of the "bang bang bang" front army array was still firing in an orderly manner, and one after another Mini bullets flew towards the Qing army with a piercing sound, and each salvo would take away the lives of a large number of Qing troops. In this short period of more than a minute, in the volley of grape bullets and rifles, there were not a few elite soldiers of the Qing army who rushed out from behind the shield cart and the giant shield.
"We can't go on like this, give the order and let the cavalry attack! Wait, let's get Asza back first! Le Erjin put down the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and yelled hatefully.
"Woo woo woo"
Soon, the roaring horn sound of the Qing cavalry continued to echo in the air, and on the empty battlefield, a group of knights dressed in bright red with sharp helmets like lightning rods on their heads began to run non-stop. It hasn't rained these days, and the sun has been exposed to the sun for half a month, so that there is a lot of dust on the ground.
Behind these knights, a large group of knights followed like a black press, surging in the direction of the horsetail army like a dark cloud. This is a huge number of cavalry army, stretching for several miles, looking at the past from the side to describe it as overwhelming, looking at this army There are more than ten banners of generals. This is obviously not only the two thousand cavalry led by Bhaktan and Guni Yinbu, but it seems that the number will be doubled.
At this time, Leerjin was riding a white horse, surrounded by a large group of generals and guards, and stood on a higher hill to look at the Mawei army array in the distance. Everyone had already seen that at this time, when the Mawei army camp found that their cavalry had begun to move, there was already a crowd of people there. Countless sergeants are being assembled. They all held their rifles to their chests. Be ready to attack approaching enemies at any time.
In fact, Leer Jin, who is only 30 years old this year, is in the prime of life, with a short beard under his chin, and unlike most of the Manchurians with a big cake face, Leer Jin has a Chinese face, a towering nose, a dark complexion, and a beard on both cheeks. The gaze is quite aggressive and slight, and people know that their personal force value is very high as soon as they see it.
I saw Le Erjin pointing to the Mawei Army array in the distance and said to the people behind him: "Look, the rebellious handsome flag is there, which means that Geng Jingzhong, the commander of the Mawei Army, is on the opposite side." As long as we can defeat or even kill him, Jiangnan can be decided in one go, and even we can take advantage of the situation to recover Zhejiang Province, you must know that Taiwan's Zheng family should be exhausted now, but this qiē still depends on the efforts of the cheers! ”
As soon as Le Erjin's words were finished, a big grinning voice sounded beside him, "Why should the general worry. The soldiers and horses of the Han people were all vulnerable. Almost all the soldiers and horses under Prince Jian's command were Han troops, and they couldn't take a city in Jiaxing for so long. If you had led us to fight, General, you would have wiped out Na Shi Lang a long time ago! ”
When everyone looked at it, the person who spoke turned out to be the general of Zhenghongqi, Akta, although this guy has a good force value, but he is very good at slapping horses.
"Then General A will lead the army as the vanguard! Presumably, General Ah Shen will definitely be able to break through the enemy formation in one fell swoop! Another general beside him, Erjiku, who had been at odds with him, followed suit.
"Hmph, just go, general, the last general will fight!" He looked at each other, then at the crowd, and then said to Le Erjin. He also has a plan, although the artillery fire of the Mawei Army is very sharp, but the cavalry team is very small, although their more than 4,000 cavalry ranks are limited by the terrain and cannot be expanded too much, but they still have a great confidence to break through the enemy formation, as long as they break through the enemy formation, then the rest of the matter is simple.
At this time, everyone turned their eyes to Le Erjin, who was the commander-in-chief, and saw that Le Erjin pondered for a while, then turned his head and said: "Akta, Erjiku, although the Mawei Army looks extremely powerful at the moment, you should also know that firearms will be hot and unusable after being used for a period of time, and if you continue to use them, it will be very easy to explode, so this is our opportunity." The two of you go and cooperate with Bhaktan and Guni Imbu, and each of the four of you will lead their men to meet them at once, as long as you can rush them away, the rest will be easy, can you do it? ”
Looking at the horsetail army on the opposite side with the banner waving, the two gritted their teeth, arched their hands towards Leerjin, and then rode their horses and ran towards their own side, and soon more than 4,000 cavalry of the Qing army began to break away from their own large array and slowly move towards the direction of the battlefield in the sound of the horn.
At this time, more than half of the 5,000 Qing soldiers and horses of the Chinese army had lost more than half of the original Qing army, and the remaining Qing troops could not get close to 60 meters. The continuous firing of 50 generals' cannons, coupled with the continuous firing of rifles from the two arrays of nearly 2,000 horsetail troops of the front army, saw only a large number of losses, and did not see how far they could get close.
"Ding Ding Ding"
"My lord, the general has ordered the troops to retreat!" The guards beside Asza said loudly to him. "Brother Cavalry is coming up!"
Asza looked at the corpses of the soldiers under his command in front of him, and his heart was constantly dripping blood. Previously, he had bravely rushed forward, but after several of the guards around him were killed and fell, he also came to his senses and honestly hid behind a shield cart. Hearing the words of the guards beside him, he glanced into the distance with his red eyes open, and shouted, "Withdraw!" ”
In fact, there was no need for him to order, the Qing soldiers were already taking the initiative to retreat when they heard Mingjin's voice. At this time, the Mawei Army was not prepared to pursue, after all, behind this batch of Qing troops was a larger Qing army, and the opposing cavalry had already moved! But the Mawei Army is not doing nothing, just as Le Erjin said just now, the Mawei Army's rifle has been shooting for so long, it is indeed very hot, and it is not good to continue to use it for a long time, so the follow-up troops began to replace again.
"All of them, turn back!"
"Let's go!"
At the same time, the array in the rear repeated a similar order: "Queue, march, go!" ”
The staggered speed of the whole column is also very fast, the phalanx in front and rear has been lined up a long time ago, and the distance between the two is not far away, and the distance of fifty meters is only half a minute to complete.
Seeing the retreat of the Qing army, and observing that the cavalry of the Qing army began to move towards this side, this side had just been completed alternately, Luo Cheng also rode his horse and galloped to the front of the array and shouted: "Brothers, on the opposite side is the authentic Tartar, with more than 4,000 cavalry, are you afraid?" ”
"Don't be afraid!"
"Don't be afraid!"
"At this moment, the Metropolitan Governor is standing behind and watching everyone, we should all fight to the death and kill the enemy to serve the Metropolitan Governor! Brothers, do you have faith? ”
The soldiers raised their weapons one after another and shouted: "Yes, yes, yes"
"Good!"
Luo Cheng shouted loudly while riding his horse: "My horsetail army! ”
"Mighty!"
"I'm a ponytail!"
"Mighty!"
The dense number of rifles was raised, and the sharp bayonets on them were like a forest of sharp guns, and the morale of the horsetail soldiers had risen to the extreme.
Luo Cheng shouted loudly again with all his strength: "Brothers, prepare to kill the enemy!" ”
"Wansheng"
Wan Sheng (To be continued......