Chapter 70: Cheng Hub's Death (Part II)

In order to prevent the artillery from exploding, the outer walls of this cast-iron cannon were made quite thick, which greatly increased the weight of the gun, so that all guns with a large caliber and a long range were not suitable for field maneuvering, and they could only be placed under solid walls for defense.

The cast iron cannons of the accompanying army have a small caliber and a short firing range, and their firing range is basically within 600 meters, which makes the power of this artillery in the field quite limited, but even so, this is the longest-range weapon of the Lanfang Army after all.

With Cheng Hub's order, more than a hundred artillery pieces began to bombard with all their might. Plumes of smoke and dust rose in the distance, greatly disturbing the view of the Monte cavalry, but unfortunately these cannons fired solid iron bullets, and although they seemed to be powerful, their usefulness in field combat was quite limited.

The Monte cavalry had long since adapted to this level of shelling, so they did not seem panicked at all, and the horses that were still pushing in a certain rhythm gradually increased their speed. The speed of the war horse was increasing rapidly, and by the time it was a hundred meters away from Lan Fang's army, the speed of the Monte cavalry had increased to the highest.

The rifle fire and artillery shelling of the Lanfang army did not cause too many casualties to the Monte army, and because the opponent's speed was too fast, the infantry of the Lanfang army only fired two rounds. The glittering saber was raised high, and the Monte cavalry slammed into the line of Lan Fang's army like a torrent of steel.

After all, the rifle with the bayonet could not be compared with the spear, and it could not rely on the ground support to obtain enough force, and the rifle with the bayonet in the hands of the infantry did not achieve much effect, under the fierce impact of the cavalry, the infantry fell to the ground one after another, and the scattered blood stained the ground red, and also stained the hooves of the Monte cavalry, and there was a lot of confusion among the Lanfang infantry.

"Resist cavalry with infantry? Ha Luha, Cheng Hub is really a stupid pig, and the protective infantry without a camp is just a lamb to be slaughtered. Seeing the cavalry breaking into the opposing line, Bayange sat on his horse and laughed. The cavalry on both wings also killed together, and Bayanger played a trick in the arrangement, he concentrated his heavy troops on both wings, and as a result, the troops were obviously at a disadvantage, and the Lanfang cavalry, whose equestrian skills were not as superb as the other party, were caught off guard at the beginning.

The cavalry's battle against the cavalry was completely a hard-fought situation, but in the face of the Monte people who had lived on horseback all their lives, the horse combat power of the Lanfang cavalry was so pale. As soon as the battle began, a large number of Lanfang cavalry were cut off under the horse, and the two wings of the Lanfang army were suddenly overwhelmed.

Dadar commanded the assault in the middle, and he was in the front line with a group of guards who took the lead in the battle. Seeing that the main general was so heroic, the Monte warriors burst out with great combat power. After a frenzied slash, a gap was cut in the formation of Lan Fang's infantry, which was not very thick.

"Chisel through, chisel through." Dadar shouted excitedly, brandishing his blood-soaked saber. Due to Cheng Hub's stupidity, Lan Fang's army's mid-lane front was too weak, and it was actually chiseled through so quickly by the Monte cavalry.

"Sortie." Seeing that Dadar had already cut through the opponent's central formation, Marshal Bayang sent his own reserves, the most elite personal guards. Marshal Bayangar's personal guards were the most elite force in his hands, and they were always there when they were most needed on the battlefield at the most critical moments.

The impact and speed of the cavalry are their greatest advantage, with the absolute high speed, the guards can appear in the direction they should appear at any time, just when the Lanfang infantry was panicked and ready to turn back to attack Dadar, the surprise attack of the guards once again disrupted their formation, making it impossible to estimate the Monte cavalry behind them.

Without the counterattack of Lan Fang's army, the Monte cavalry that cut through the battle line had no threat from behind, and if Dadar led his team to return and charge at this time, he would definitely be able to completely rush the entire line of Lan Fang's infantry. But he knew very well that if he needed to force the opponent's battle line and leave time for the defenders in the camp to set up defenses, it would greatly increase the casualties and battle time of the Monte army.

Dadar, who was sober-minded, did not turn back to kill. The sharp-eyed Dadar quickly discovered the weakness of the opponent's camp, because he knew very well that as long as the opponent's camp was destroyed, Lan Fang's army would lose the most demoralized ones.

Due to the construction of the cang, the camp of the Lan Fang army did not have time to install the horse rejection and dig the trench, which was also one of the reasons why Cheng Hub decided to attack. The weak fence was simply not enough to resist the cavalry attack, and the pale militiamen who hid behind the fence had little real combat strength at all.

Seeing this, Dadar waved his saber and led the Monte cavalry to the camp of the Lanfang army. Seeing that the other party launched an attack on the camp, Cheng Hub's face suddenly turned pale, he knew very well that relying on those militias with weak combat strength could not stop the attack of the Monte cavalry, once the camp was in place, the army would fall into chaos.

Despite Instructor Cheng's own current crisis, it was too late to redeploy. The central front that had been chiseled through had not yet recovered from the chaos, and the cavalry on both wings was firmly stuck by the Monteers, not only could not be separated, but was also in danger of being eaten at any time, and Cheng Hub was really desperate at this moment.

"Kill." With a roar from Dadar, the Monte cavalry, who raised their sabers again, jumped over the fence with their superb horsemanship, and the leaping Monte people swung their deadly sabers at the trembling Lanfang militia. Screams erupted, and the Lanfang militia was routed by the Monte cavalry with almost no resistance.

The panic soon spread to all the camps, and all the militia soon joined the rout. Cheng Hub gritted his teeth, he also secretly hated in his heart that the militia cultivated by his family was too poor and could not play much role on the frontal battlefield, but the situation had been reversed, and the collapse of the army was doomed.

Instead of chasing the scattered militiamen, Dadar's cavalry set fire to tents using bonfires in the camp to make food. The fire in the camp shook the morale of the main force of the Lan Fang Army, which was fighting, and the front began to fluctuate, and the front that had just returned to calm once again showed signs of falling into chaos.

Dadar, who set the camp on fire, led his team back again, and at this time, the Lanfang artillery had already thrown away their artillery and fled in all directions. Passing the already unmanned artillery, Dadar's troops smashed in from the rear of Lan Fang's infantry line.

The Lan Fang army finally collapsed, and the Lan Fang soldiers, who had lost their courage, no longer dared to fight against the fierce Monte cavalry, and they threw away their weapons one after another. It's a pity that they didn't think about how their two legs could outrun the four legs of the Monte cavalry.

Faced with the defeated Lan Fang army, the Monte cavalry dispersed into small units and pursued in all directions. A battle that should have been very fierce turned into a one-sided massacre, and the Lanfang army, which had lost its formation, was hacked to death on the vast grassland without mercy by the Monte cavalry, and less than one percent of the 900,000 Lanfang army could return to the Lanfang Empire.

At this time, Dadar rode on his own warhorse, and pursued a richly dressed knight with a few personal guards. The knight in front was Cheng Hub, the defeat was like a mountain, and the inexperienced Cheng Hub was completely unable to control the situation, and he seemed helpless in the face of the flexible tactics of the Monte army. In the face of the impact of the rout, Cheng Hub's personal guards were scattered, and at this time he ran desperately in the direction of Ulan City alone.

The war horses specially selected by the Cheng family are obviously very miraculous, and even the Monte family like Dadar is slightly inferior to the war horses, if it weren't for Cheng Hub's poor riding skills, I'm afraid he would have jumped out by now.

With his superb riding skills, Dadar has been chasing behind Cheng Hub, even if the guards are gradually left behind due to lack of horsepower, he is unmoved, he is already determined to win the knight's war horse in front.

Cheng Hub never thought that his war horse would have attracted such a strong enemy, if he had known the way, it is estimated that he would rather run away on foot in the infantry than ride this horse. With his superb riding skills, Dadar chased closer and closer, and seeing that the distance between the two sides was less than 100 meters, Dadar smiled and untied the musket on his body.

In order to be able to attack faster in close quarters, the Monte cavalry generally did not use muskets when charging. After all, their front-loading guns were not easy to load, and their accuracy was poor due to the lack of rifling. Muskets with an effective range of just over a hundred meters did not play much role in a cavalry charge at all, and if they entered the effective range of muskets and fired, many would not have had time to switch back to their sabers

The rifles of the Monte cavalry were mostly used in dismounted sieges or pursuits, and they were the best choice at this time. Seeing Cheng Hub in front of him blindly bowing his head and running violently, Dadar decided not to bother anymore and directly solved him with a musket.