Chapter 831: And the Light Cavalry
Delhi Sultan Giasuddin. Paleban would love to go to the front and take command. Although there were 60,000 new troops there, the heart of the Delhi Sultan was still in his throat.
There won't be a problem...... The warriors of the 60,000 true gods could not have been defeated so quickly, and they still held on to the camp.
Giastin. Balban tightened the reins in his hand, and then touched the scimitar hanging from his belt, the sharp blade that had followed him for half his life seemed to have a strange power that could stabilize his mind, and even his confidence gradually filled his whole body.
"Speed up! We went to copy the back road of Kafir! ”
Giastin. Balban drew his scimitar sharply and shouted loudly: "Warriors of Ghulam, knights of Iqtar, speed up, the sound of guns on the battlefield drowns out the sound of our horses' hooves, and now is not the time to save horsepower, as long as we succeed in a roundabout and burn Kafir's warships and grain and grass, India will always belong to the Heavenly Sect!" ”
"For the sake of the Heavenly Sect!"
"For the sake of God!"
"God is great!"
The knights of Iqtar and the warriors of Ghulam were all in high spirits, waving their whips and whipping their horses, and speeding forward. These heavy cavalry, together with their servants, a horse team of more than 60,000 men galloped, and suddenly the dust flew up, and the ground was gently trembling under the trampling of horses' hooves.
However, no one on the battlefield will pay attention to the situation on the other side of the Yamuna River at this time, because the total of the coalition forces has begun!
Lai Toad and his men, by this time had stopped shooting, their mission was complete, and all the muskets were hit until the barrels were hot. And their opponents, too, could only fire a few shots sporadically, which was not enough to threaten anything.
On the battlefield, nine musket battalions had formed a boxy phalanx at this time. The sword and shield were in front, the muskets were in the back, and they all sat cross-legged. The musketeers took the hot musket in their hands, rushed the muzzle of the gun, rested the butt on the ground, and waited on the spot for the temperature of the barrel to drop.
Then. A group of shirtless soldiers carrying long ladders rushed past the musket battalion commanded by Lai Toad, and an officer shouted: "Rush rush! The glory and wealth of the children and grandchildren are fighting here! ”
Oh, yes! Delhi is in front of you, lay down Delhi, Tianzhu is ours! The eyes of Lai Toad and his warriors all warmed up. After these days, who among them doesn't know that Tianzhu is no less rich than Jiangnan? On both sides of the Ganges, large and small towns are lined up, and the plains are full of cultivated land and rice fields! The area of this field is probably wider than the entire Central Plains.
And. The untouchables of Tianzhu are all people who are used to being slaves, who have been fooled and stupidized by Brahmanism, and they do not know how to resist when they are oppressed, so they only think that they are reincarnated in the wrong place.
Here, there is no reason for the prince to have Xiangning.
If you can conquer it, won't your children and grandchildren be happy?
Thinking of this, Lai Toad looked forward to when the order to attack would come down again, so that his musket battalion could charge again.
Wait until the city of Derry is laid. I'm afraid that the horse will be put in Nanshan, and the knives and guns will be put into storage. It will be difficult to make meritorious service again.
I'm just a captain now, and my title is only a sergeant, which is a bit small. Why do you have to find a school officer and the title of baron and viscount, right? When the time comes, I will take my father and mother (Lai Bao is in tears below) and the two brothers and the wife of the dregs in their hometown to Tianzhu to enjoy the blessings......
The first wave of attack was carried by the death squads, shirtless and carrying ladders, shouting forward. Their starting position was only two or three hundred paces away from the trench of the Delhi army. The first wave of shock teams did not retain their physical strength, and they attacked with all their might at the beginning. 12 8-inch mortars that had not been fired before. At this time, it also began to exert its power. Huge shells swept over their heads and landed on the positions of the Delhi army and exploded into a huge fireball. The soldiers behind the breastwork of the Delhi army also began to fight back, and of course their arquebuses could not be fired, and some of them had even been blown up before! Now it was the bow and arrow that were used to fight back, but under the suppression of the flowering bullets that fell from time to time. It doesn't seem so dense.
But many of the shirtless men who charged were still hit by arrows and fell to the ground! Fortunately, the smoke on the battlefield had not yet cleared, and the archers of the Delhi army were only shooting indiscriminately, not aiming at anything. So the casualties are still within the tolerable range. The officers and men carrying the equipment finally rushed to the front of the trench. An officer who led the charge was the first to jump into the muddy ditch and waved vigorously: "Build a bridge!" Before the roar could stop, he had already been hit by several feather arrows, and he screamed and rolled over and fell into the muddy water, making a big splash. But the officers and men behind jumped into the water, put the rattan shield on their heads, and carried the wooden ladder on their shoulders, and some people carried inflated sheepskin bags on their backs, and also jumped into the water, tied the bags and the wooden ladder together with ropes, and then laid them up one by one. In the blink of an eye, dozens of improvised pontoon bridges have been built.
At this time, the Delhi army was desperately throwing feather arrows at these bridge-building warriors, and the forces of other places were also moving towards the center of the battle line where the coalition forces concentrated on breaking through. The daredevils who built the bridge were killed and wounded, but they still completed their mission, and these surviving warriors can be regarded as accumulating great virtue for future generations......
The second wave of allied officers and soldiers who charged also shouted loudly, they were all stubborn armorers, whether they were pikemen or sword and shield bearers, everyone now held the shield of the long sword. Under the leadership of the officer, all the way forward. The brothers in front have opened the way forward with their lives. All they need to do is rush into the enemy's trenches and engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Twenty-seven battalions, more than 10,000 armor soldiers lined up in a shining column, as if it was twenty-seven torrents of steel, rolling forward. These samurai from the Central Plains, their best skills are actually hand-to-hand combat in the horizontal sword! The steel armor and vine shield gave them the best protection, and the horizontal knife in their hands was extremely sharp. What kind of enemies can't be killed? Whether it is the Ming army or the vassal army, although these Chinese warriors have the strongest firepower in this era, they still regard the white-knuckle assault as a means of victory!
"These Han ......"
Boyan stood on a high place and could see clearly, and his face was naturally difficult to see. The opponent played too crisply! There is no clever scheme, not even a great advantage in firepower, which is to cover the infantry charge with firepower, with flesh and blood. Defeat your opponent with a white blade.
This shows that the opposing coach is extremely confident in his fighters. Moreover, Boyan now also thinks that the British prince has the ability to be confident. Just look at those shiny, silver-shining steel-armored soldiers, the knife can't slash, the sword can't pierce. You can only smash it with a mace and a mace......
The twenty-seven iron streams had begun to accelerate by this time, but the formation was still good. The Delhi army on the opposite side was shooting arrows as if they were crazy, not at the coalition death squads in the trenches who were still desperately reinforcing the pontoon bridge. Instead, he wanted to use random arrows to resist these twenty-seven iron streams. But what effect can an arrow made of wrought iron have on the steel armor of the coalition soldiers, except for splashing a few sparks?
"It's all messed up!" Boyan, who was overlooking from a high place, shook his head slightly. The new army in Delhi was completely panicked, they were no match for those steelclad soldiers at all...... If the Ghulam Guards were still there, they might be able to resist a thing or two. But with these recruits, the camp is going to fall tonight. If the pontoon bridge on the river cannot be burned in time. I'm afraid I won't even be able to keep the city of Delhi!
The defenders of Delhi are less than 3,000 people, but they are very empty!
"Someone!" Boyan called his entourage in a low voice, "All the people who called us will retreat to the city of Delhi." ”
The relatives were stunned, "Dutong, are we leaving?" ”
It seems that this pro-entourage also has a vision, whether this battle can be fought, just see!
"Go back to Delhi first. Get ready...... "Boyan smiled bitterly, "now it's up to the Sultan to succeed." His Ghulam Guards are still good. All the heavy cavalry are the best warriors. ”
The entourage was a Mongolian veteran, and when he heard this, he just sighed: "We have seen a lot of such heavy armored cavalry in Europa, as long as the bow and horse are strong, it is not difficult to deal with." ”
"Bow horse ......" Boyan's brows suddenly twisted. As if something had come to mind. Isn't the Mongols' housekeeping skill a horse archery? Cavalry shoots can break through this kind of heavy cavalry! The heavy cavalry ran slowly, could not catch up with the light cavalry, and was easily picked up by the light cavalry with a return shot (historically, the Mongol cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at Bali Bridge happened to meet the lancers who ran faster than them, so it was a tragedy, but the war horses of the 13th century did not have the physical strength and speed of later generations).
Now I don't know if these Han people who invaded Tianzhu have good light cavalry. If they had a team of thousands of horses, the Sultan of Delhi would have stolen chickens and rice.
"Leave it to fate!" Boyan shook his head, "The true gods will bless them." We Mongolians can't manage so much. You cross the river with the people first, and I'll watch here for a while. It's a rare opportunity to see others fight like this......"
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"Rush up!"
"Rushed through the trench!"
"It's starting hand-to-hand combat, and it seems to be going well......"
"Why? It's not smooth, it's too smooth, Delhi Sultan won't be able to do this, right? ”
"No way, that's not the Ghulam Guards, Ghulam is an ironclad soldier, and most of the people he encounters now are unarmoured."
"What about the Ghulam Guards? Where did they go? ”
Chen Defang was a little depressed at this time, riding on the horse, listening to a general standing on horseback discussing. Chen Huaiqing and Chen Dexing have the ability to stand on horseback, but Chen Defang can't, he feels that his butt hurts after riding a horse all the way.
"His Royal Highness the Prince," Shi Tianze was already sitting firmly on horseback at this time, the old man was already a lot old, his beard was white, but his legs and feet were still neat. "Something is wrong!"
"What's wrong?"
"The Ghlam Guards of the Delhi Sultan did not appear!"
"Aren't the Ghulam Guards Iron Cavalry?" Chen Defang asked noncommittally.
"The Iron Cavalry can also fight on foot," Shi Tianze said, "It's all about fighting at this point, and the Delhi Sultan shouldn't be able to preserve his strength anymore." He thought for a moment, "Your Highness the Prince, the old man guesses that the Sultan of Delhi may have attacked with the Ghulam Guards...... Maybe it's trying to get back behind us. ”
"Roundabout?" Chen Defang smiled, "I'm afraid that if we can't wait for them to return to their positions, we will already defeat Delhi!" ”
Lay down Delhi? Where is it so easy? Shi Tianze shook his head in his heart, this prince didn't understand anything at all, and he was still blindly commanding, almost confused with the original civil officials of the Song Dynasty. It's just that I'm lucky, all the people I get in my hands are elite soldiers, and the enemy is too weak.
"The Delhi Sultan must have left a general to sit here," Shi Tianze said, "This Ci is not in charge of the army, if they are defeated, they will definitely burn the pontoon bridge, even if there are 10,000 or 20,000 people left in the east of the river, it doesn't matter." ”
"Oh? That's okay," Chen Defang shook his head, "How can a small river stop my 150,000 army?" ”
Shi Tianze frowned, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I'm afraid that the Delhi Sultan's Gulam Guards will return to their positions when we are in the middle of a fierce battle......"
"So what to do?" Chen Defang frowned, "Why don't you transfer a few infantry brigades to guard behind us?" ”
How many infantry brigades are on guard? So what do you need cavalry for? Shi Tianze couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, but he still had to take into account the face of Chen Dajun's family, and said with a smile on his white beard: "The old man has 8,000 light cavalry, and he is the son of the old man who has been trained for many years. ”
"Covering the back with cavalry?" Chen Defang shook his head, as if he was not very relieved, "Isn't the Gulam Guards heavy armored cavalry?" Old lord, your horse team is all unarmored light horses, how can you resist it? ”
Obstruct? Shi Tianze shook his head with a smile, "Why resist?" As long as they are constantly harassed by cavalry, their sharpness is frustrated, their movements are mastered, their march is obstructed, and the infantry can be calmly arranged, it will not be difficult to defeat them. ”
"That's fine," Chen Defang nodded with a smile, "Then there will be Old Prince Lao." ”
Shi Tianze arched his hand, "The old man will go and arrange it." He looked at Chen Defang and said with a smile: "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still not at ease, you can send two brigades of infantry to set up three phalanxes on the left and right sides of the battlefield, each one hundred steps apart, and you can be safe." ”
"Okay, good, just according to what the old prince said." Chen Defang nodded repeatedly.
"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Victory ......"
At this moment, the sound of cheers suddenly sounded on the battlefield. Chen Defang stood up on the stirrup and raised the binoculars to look ahead. It turned out that the first line of defense of the Delhi army camp had already been occupied. Several flags of various colors were waving on the breastwork.
"Good!" Chen Defang clapped his hands and applauded loudly, "Order, the whole army will move forward, and the Chinese army will also press on!" The army rested for two hours, and tonight, let's attack again for a while, and we will take the Dazhai of the Delhi army! (To be continued.) )