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"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

Just as these Wu soldiers were grinning and laughing, the "iron bumps" under their feet exploded with a bang, and a large number of Wu soldiers who had not had time to close their mouths were pushed into the sky by a huge wave of qi, and everyone within a radius of five steps with him as the center was killed. This explosion seemed to be like a primer, and suddenly, the formation of the Wu army surrounded by layers of heavy shields seemed to be punched hard by an invisible huge fist, and countless explosions came and went, and the huge air wave blasted the Wu soldiers in the general formation into the sky, and the originally seemingly indestructible heavy shield defense formation was blown to pieces in an instant.

The loud explosion attracted the attention of the entire battlefield, and the place was now even livelier than the Mawei Army's artillery position more than two hundred meters away. Seeing this situation, everyone was stunned, especially Wu Yingqi, who couldn't believe his eyes. In the round of explosions just now, the Wu army's formation, which formed a heavy shield defense formation, was densely packed from the outside to the inside like a big cake that had been gnawed by a mouse, and suddenly became particularly ugly.

Compared to the people who had not yet come from this round of explosions, Jiang Yuanxun ran away with the cavalry team, but when he turned his head to look. I saw that Wu Jun's heavy shield was almost destroyed by a grenade. The archers and auxiliaries behind him who were still at a loss were revealed. Without the protection of the heavy shield soldiers, these Wu troops were like prying open the hard shell, revealing their fragile internal organs. But this shell has not been completely destroyed, so Jiang Yuanxun took the horsetail cavalry soldiers to make a big turn and approached again. The momentum of the galloping of the two thousand war horses was also quite terrifying, and some of the Wu troops were directly frightened and dropped their weapons and wanted to escape. It's just that the generals of the Wu army around him were stern and decisively stabbed these fleeing soldiers.

The small number of bows and arrows of the Wu army had a limited effect on the horsetail cavalry, and the horsetail army did not fall fifty men in the two approaches. The large army approached again, this time directly to about five meters, and the grenades thrown out also turned into a series of three in a row, and in this way, the soldiers waved their arms and threw them towards the Wu army's military formation.

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

The grenades that exploded again were much more powerful because of their larger numbers, and more than 5,000 grenades exploded continuously, which was even more powerful than the artillery battalion in front of them, and the entire Wu army formation no longer had any shape. Meantime. This series of explosions also blew up the morale of the Wu soldiers. Even the courage to resist has been lost.

At this time, Jiang Yuanxun, who had made a big circle again, shouted at the top of his voice: "All of them, the cavalry division is attacking"

After speaking, Jiang Yuanxun took the lead in taking out the short fire gun on his waist and began to lead the assault.

"Brothers, give me a surprise!"

The two thousand cavalry officially began to attack and assault, attacking the Wu army formation, and this time the horsetail cavalry formed a sharp arrow formation, and began to penetrate the entire Wu army formation like an arrow. Seeing Jiang Yuanxun start shooting, the other Mawei soldiers also screamed and pulled the trigger in their hands, and one by one lead bullets flew quickly forward, knocking the Wu soldiers who were still helpless in front to the ground. Since the horsetail cavalry is only less than thirty meters away from the Wu army's military formation at this moment, this short fire gun just happens to be fully powerful, it can be said that the power of the short fire gun at this time is amazing, and there is almost no need to aim at such a distance, as long as the accuracy is not bad to the point of anger and resentment, it can generally hit the target.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Countless dull gunshots rang out almost at the same time, and the densely lined up Wu soldiers on the opposite side suddenly fell in large numbers.

The speed of the cavalry impact is so fast, in this place of Ma Pingchuan, there are no mountains and rivers to block it, and there is no need to climb the slope, but with a little dive taste, two thousand horsetail cavalry with huge kinetic energy rushed close to the Wu army formation, and the dull gunfire continued to sound, but it was already the cavalry soldiers in the back, and the front had already knocked out three short firearms, holding the saber tightly in his hand, waving and chopping in all directions, taking away the lives of Wu soldiers one by one.

Although there were still more than 5,000 soldiers in the rear army of the Wu army, it was a one-sided slaughter of the 2,000 cavalry at this time. Although Wu Jun was also resisting at this time, this weak resistance was like a piece of rotten wood that was pushed and fell.

Some people will be puzzled, whether it is the current era of cold weapons or the era of hot weapons in the nineteenth century, the infantry army is always no match for cavalry. I often feel that in addition to the speed advantage of cavalry when marching, there is no advantage in facing the enemy on the battlefield, but it is easy to suffer. Because of the poor mobility in a short distance, the control and dodge are not as flexible as the infantry, and it is easy to become a fixed target, but why can't the infantry still beat the cavalry?

If Geng Jingzhong was here, he would have smiled when he saw the scene in front of him, and this battle would have been won. Such a pursuit scene only appeared a few times in his horsetail army, and it was the first time that the cavalry had faced a large group of infantry formations. People in later generations will not have the opportunity to see the scene of the cavalry charging again, and can only find a little feeling in the movie. Once when Geng Jingzhong watched the training of his cavalry on the infantry army, he thought of a movie he had watched in his previous life.

It was the third part of the Lord of the Rings, when the 8,000 cavalry of the Rohan Kingdom attacked the infantry array composed of an army of 50,000 or 60,000 orcs. Although it is a magic movie, some of the characteristics of the Cold Weapon era are still obvious, and after watching that part, you can understand the helplessness of the infantry group in the face of the collective charge of the hoplites. Anyway, Geng Jingzhong himself was shocked when he saw that part, the special effects of the movie are on the one hand, and more because he feels that the advantage of cavalry in the cold weapon era against infantry is too obvious. Later generations often had films that misled people into feeling that infantry could dodge and attack from behind when faced with a cavalry charge. This situation cannot be said to be non-existent. But that's only a small possibility. In the era of cold weapons, it is a group battle at every turn. When the phalanx was assembled, it was just a joke to dodge the cavalry assault.

It is not that there is nothing that can restrain the cavalry, the hoplites are a way, and the hook and sickle mentioned in the Water Margin is also a way, and the most famous in history is the morale of the Tang Dynasty Hoplites equipped with Mo knives. The Mo knife is extremely lethal, and when it is chopped down, everyone and horses are shattered. It was developed from the Western Han Dynasty sword sword, and absorbed the shape and smelting technology of the Han Lumo knife and the long knife of the Six Dynasties. The Tang Dynasty had specific departments responsible for casting and storage. Manage. The Mo knife is extremely sharp, the slashing effect is excellent, it is mainly used to slash the enemy cavalry in the war, its tactical role is equivalent to today's anti-tank weapons, and because of its great deterrent power, it is also used for civil and military high-ranking officials and the honor guard of the feudal town. It was not until the Song Dynasty that Modao began to decline.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Mo knife was also used by the reloaded infantry army, and some major generals used the Mo knife as the main battle weapon, such as the famous Tang Dynasty general Li Siye, who killed the enemy with a Mo knife. According to the Tang Dynasty's "Law of the Guards and Soldiers", the main combat methods of the Tang army were recorded: among them, the armies were divided into archers, crossbowmen, garrisons, battle strikers, horse troops, jumpers, surprise soldiers and so on. Whenever the battle unfolds, the enemy is at one hundred and fifty paces. The crossbowmen began to shoot; When the enemy was at sixty paces, the archers began to shoot arrows; When the enemy is twenty paces away. After the crossbowmen send arrows, they hold the Mo sword and the front team to fight together, and after the hoplites of their own side and the enemy's infantry cavalry are short-handed, the odd soldiers, horse troops, and jumping troops are not allowed to act rashly, if the battle situation of the infantry in front is not smooth, the jumping, the odd soldiers, and the horse army can meet the front enemy attack, and the heavy infantry will retreat and reorganize and prepare to help again.

If the Jumping, Surprise Soldiers, and Ma Army attacked unfavorably, all infantry troops (in addition to the heavy infantry armed with Modao, the army in the Tang Dynasty military system also included shield bearers who defended against long-range weapons such as bows and arrows, and light infantry armed with short weapons) had to fight with the Ma army at the same time. When the enemy retreats, the horse army must not pursue lightly, and must confirm that the enemy is truly defeated before they can cover up and kill one after another. The Tang army is a combination of infantry and horses, offensive and defensive, infantry is the frontal vanguard is the most important frontal attack force, cavalry is the side auxiliary, usually used to outflank the enemy or quickly impact the enemy position with an unstable foothold, the infantry is equipped with bows, crossbows, and Mo knives, and the cavalry is responsible for the assault and pursuit of the infantry after the battle.

The enemy cavalry is often broken under the strangulation of the Modao heavy infantry, which is the main force of the vanguard infantry group, and constitutes the main feature of the Tang Dynasty's operations together with the horse army and the odd soldiers. Therefore, from the history books, Tang Taizong's combat is very personal characteristics, the most like to choose the weak part of the enemy's formation, personally lead the cavalry charge, "the enemy is all defeated", a horse galloping in front, tens of thousands of cavalry followed closely behind the scene, today to think about, especially fascinating. In the early Tang Dynasty, a large number of cavalry was an important guarantee for the victory of the battle, and the Mo knife like a wall advance tactics of the infantry army in the middle period created the glorious war history of the Tang Dynasty and the myth of the Mo knife.

From Tang Wude to Tang Tianbao, the Tang Dynasty was able to achieve victory in the War for the Founding of the State and the war with the nomads who were good at cavalry and archery, and the use of the offensive weapon of the infantry Modao cannot be said to have constituted one of the main reasons. The emergence and popularization of the Mo knife is not an isolated phenomenon, it is related to the internal policy of the Tang Dynasty and the changes in the entire military situation. It can also be said that the history of the use and promotion of the Mo knife is an aspect of the history of Tang Liguo, foreign wars, and Kaitian martial arts.

Up to now, except for forming a dense spear phalanx, the infantry army basically had no way to resist the onslaught of the cavalry. The spears equipped by the Wu army were only more than two meters long, which had no effect on the charging of the horsetail cavalry. What's more, the Wu army has no morale now, and it has been blown up by thousands of grenades. If this Wu army is like Yue Fei's Yuejia army in the Song Dynasty, the enemy cavalry regrets not moving, then the unlucky one is the cavalry, but this Wu army is far from being comparable to the Yuejia army even when its morale is at its strongest, let alone at this time.

The pikemen were originally classified as hoplites, mainly used to deal with the charge of heavy cavalry, they were armed with spears, short swords, and the armor on their bodies was mostly chain mail. When fighting cavalry, the spears in the hands of the lancers were a mortal threat to the cavalry, and the pikemen generally fought in phalanxes, most notably the Macedonian phalanx infantry and the Roman pikemen. These defensive formations can effectively control the threat posed by the charge of the heavy cavalry of the opposing side to our infantry. All said that if the Wu army, especially the former army, was equipped with spears like Macedonian spears, then it would be a great threat to the cavalry.

The sky was already bright, and the sun was smiling, but at this time, the battlefield was full of corpses, and the scene of rivers of blood covered up the beauty of the morning sun. "Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, and the rear of the Wu army has been in chaos, kill it!"

On the front battlefield, the Mawei Army had only one battalion of men and horses left in three months, more than 2,000 people were killed in battle, and the rest were all wounded. On the side of the artillery position, the 1,200 cavalry of the Wu army finally failed to cross the trench, and after more than half of the cavalry fell under the repeated shooting of 300 horsetail soldiers, the remaining Wu cavalry all retreated, without dragging the mud and water at all. These cavalrymen are really frightened, and they are afraid that they will never dare to fight against the Mawei Army in the future, especially when they see firearms, they will have fear from the bottom of their bones.

Wu Yingqi was already sluggish, he brought more than 13,000 soldiers and horses, and the total number of soldiers and horses on the entire battlefield at this moment was less than 5,000. Six or seven hundred cavalry retreated, and I don't know where they went, and the rest became corpses. There are only more than 1,000 soldiers left in the 5,000 soldiers who fought with the 1st Division of the Mawei Army at this moment, and the soldiers of the Mawei Army are basically fighting two or three in a posture, and in the area between the front army and the rear army, the corpses of more than 3,000 Wu soldiers are lying here, which is the masterpiece of the gunners of the Mawei Artillery Battalion.

On his own side, nearly 5,000 rear army infantry army formations were also slaughtered by the horsetail army cavalry, many collapsed Wu soldiers began to throw away their weapons and surrender on their knees, with the first one, there began to be a second, just like dominoes, a series of chain reactions, a large number of Wu soldiers began to surrender. On the battlefield in front, the remaining more than 1,000 Wu soldiers who were fighting with the Mawei Army were even more defeated in the face of the Mawei Army, whose morale had greatly increased, and after being damaged again, they also began to surrender. A few of the Ponytail soldiers who didn't stop their hands and killed red-eyed still swung their knives and slashed down.

"Dashuai, let's escape, it's too late to leave!" Wu Mengda and several other guards beside Wu Yingqi shouted loudly to the somewhat sluggish Wu Yingqi. But Wu Yingzhi seemed to have lost his soul, and he didn't hear a few people shouting at all.

"Dashuai, offended!" Wu Mengda saw that Wu Yingqi still didn't react at all after being called a few times, so he slashed his neck with a hand knife, and then put Wu Yingqi on his horse and fled to the north with a few people. (The novel "I Am Geng Jingzhong" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)