Chapter 468: Fatal Blow
In the face of the four thousand iron horsemen rushing towards him, if it was someone else, with only a few thousand musketeers around him, and without any defense, he would definitely be frightened and turned white.
However, Wei Zheng, who was surrounded by everyone, did not.
Not only that, but the calm face revealed a sneer full of confidence.
Under the gaze of several regimental commanders around him, he ordered loudly: "Three musket regiments, defending the front and the left and right flanks respectively...... Ben Shuai's reinforced guard battalion, the rear of the defensive army ......"
"Without the order of the commander, anyone, any troops, it is forbidden to retreat a single step ......"
"Staff Officer Wang, immediately send a signal to the Chief of Staff. There are no cavalry on the main position of the Houjin army, as long as they attack, they will definitely be able to rush into the main position of the Houjin army and destroy them......"
Thousands of musketeers, divided into four, began to meet the Tartar Iron Horseman. A large-caliber mortar was mounted directly beside Wei Zheng. At the same time, a special shell was quickly stuffed into the chamber......
The sound of cannonballs sounded, unlike ordinary shells. The sound of this characteristic cannonball is not a whistling sound, but a particularly piercing shriek......
More importantly, the shell did not fly diagonally towards the Tartar, but straight into the sky.
The cannonball, which had a screeching sound, flew up seventy or eighty paces into the air, and it did not crash straight to the ground like an ordinary cannonball, but exploded directly at the highest point of the cannonball's flight......
Although the violent explosion sound was not as good as that of a cannon, this special signal cannonball exploded at the moment. Produces a very dazzling white light. As long as there are no accidents. Standing four or five miles away. can be seen clearly.
Of course, this is only the first signal shell.
As soon as the explosion sounded, the second and third shells flew into the sky and exploded......
In a dense forest less than three miles behind the Houjin army's position, the 10,000 elite border troops personally selected by Sun Chengzong were like hunters ready to attack, lurking here quietly. Wait for the prey to appear.
Faced with the three white lights that suddenly exploded in the sky above the battleground, Sun Chengzong's face, which had always been calm, was quickly covered by the scorching heat. A pair of eyes also shot out two rays of fine light.
Vice General Zhang Yucheng, who felt the change in Sun Chengzong's face, hurriedly asked.
"Chief of Staff, is it time to attack......
Sun Chengzong nodded and replied: "That's right, the three white lights produced by the three explosions just now are the attack signal sent to us by the marshal...... So, the opportunity we have been waiting for has come......"
"The general of the biography order: the whole army has it. Immediately follow the predetermined plan and launch an attack on the Houjin army's military formation......"
10,000 elite Liaoyang defenders. In addition, the more than 1,000 war horses that captured the Tartars, like a wave that could not be seen at a glance, quickly poured out of the woods where they were hiding, and galloped all the way to the battlefield of the Tartar army array, which was less than two miles away from him.
Soon, the huge military array of the Tartars faintly appeared in Sun Chengzong's field of vision.
When he saw that there were no cavalry in the huge army formation of the Tartars. The whole body was immediately covered by a thick murderous aura. At the same time, it finally became clear to him why he had not received the order to attack until now......
After pulling out the sword hanging from his waist, the blade pointed directly at the Tartar army array, which was getting closer and closer to him, and shouted, "Brothers, have you all seen it...... The Tartars' strong cavalry has already fought with the reinforcements of our Tiger and Par Army...... There is only a group of infantry left, which is not our opponent at all......"
"Ben will order you to rush into the Tartar army, kill all these Tartar infantry, and avenge the death of your brothers...... In addition, kill a Tartar and reward twenty taels of silver...... Brothers, kill me and kill all the Tartars......"
Under the encouragement of Sun Chengzong, the 10,000 elites, like 10,000 hungry wolves that smelled blood, immediately let out a howling shout of killing. Then, under the leadership of the officers around him, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, he pounced fiercely on the Tartar army formation.
At the same time, the defending soldiers who drove away more than 1,000 war horses directly used short knives to pierce a big blood hole in the buttocks of the war horses. Then, he slapped the horses violently, driving these horses that were mad because of their injuries, and galloped towards the Tartar army.
The sound of more than 1,000 war horses being mad, and the shouts of 10,000 elite border troops...... As soon as it sounded, it reached the ears of more than 10,000 Tartar infantrymen.
Facing the horses galloping behind him, the pair of enemies who attacked him with high morale. All kinds of exclamations quickly sounded in the middle of the Tartar army formation.
"Enemy attack...... We have enemy attacks behind us......"
"How can there be an enemy behind us, is the enemy a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general......"
"The enemy has war horses charging into the formation, but we don't even have a horse rejection formation, how can we stop these war horses rushing towards us......"
Exclamation, worry, fear...... When all kinds of voices sounded in the military formation, the commander of the Houjin army, who was surrounded by more than 10,000 infantry, also saw this enemy that seemed to fall from the sky.
Just when the face of the commander of the Houjin Army turned pale in an instant, he didn't react from the shock for a long time.
The deputy general who was also shocked next to him, at this moment, couldn't care about any superiority and inferiority. Directly past the commander who still hadn't reacted beside him, he shouted, "What are you still doing?" Waiting to die? The archers, long sought-after, immediately turn around and block the enemy behind them, and must not let them rush into our formation......"
At the critical juncture of life and death, the battle-hardened veteran of the Tartars is still very well reflected.
Most of the Tartar veterans who had experienced the battle on the battlefield had calmed down only after the initial chaos.
Hold your weapon tightly and wait for the enemy to arrive.
However, let them down. The first thing they greeted was not the enemy, but more than a thousand warhorses that had gone berserk......
The dense war horses, with the smoke and dust they rolled up from the ground, were like an unstoppable chariot, coming towards them in a mighty way......
"Musketeers, shoot right away...... Rapid Fire ......"
The horses that rushed towards them had just entered the range of the old muskets. The sound of gunfire like popping beans rang out in the midst of the dense musketeers.
However, only God knows how powerful a buckshot shot like this can be.
After more than a thousand buckshot bullets whistled out, something happened that stunned all the Tartars.
The horses that galloped towards them were all but seven or eight that fell to the ground with a bang. The rest. As if itching skin, he continued to rush towards the Tartar army. (To be continued......)