Chapter 126: The Battlefield Changes

Just when the Tartar cavalry began to wonder why the muskets of the Tiger and Par Army could hit so far, even more powerful than the muskets equipped by the Ming official army. The 300 musketeers of the 2nd Battalion of the Musket Regiment had already raised their muskets, and after simply aiming through the smoke in front of them, they did not hesitate to pull the trigger of the muskets.

Another string of bean-like gunfire rang out, and three hundred evenly dispersed lead bullets, like the Grim Reaper, swooped down on the Tartar cavalry again.

Heavy Furlong machine, medium Franc machine, 1,000 muskets......

Under the combined blow of these firearms, the hot lead bullets that have been burned by gunpowder are stacked on top of each other...... A steady stream of them rushed towards the Tartar cavalry.

At this moment, the dense Tartar cavalry, almost every step forward, had to pay very heavy casualties.

Soon, their path was stained red with the blood of the dead Tartars and horses. The smell that permeated the air, in addition to the smoke and dust, once again had a strong blood.

At this time, the Tartar general finally judged from the smell of blood in the air and the increasingly muddy flesh on the ground that his troops were under an unprecedented and tragic attack. Although his heart ached, he still did not give the order to retreat.

Because, according to the current shape of the battlefield, as long as the remaining cavalry under his command charges forward thirty steps again, the horse bow equipped by the cavalry can bring death to the tiger and leopard army. When the time comes, as long as the soldiers under his command use horse bows to disrupt the opponent's army formation, the final victory will come to him.

Therefore, the endless stream of Tartar cavalry was like moths to a fire, fearless of death, continuing to attack, using their own corpses to pounce on the follow-up attacking troops to charge forward.

The blood and bravery of the Tartars also invisibly aroused the blood buried in the hearts of a thousand musketeers.

At this time, they did not need the instigation and orders of the officers at all, just to simply survive, and began to repeat the same action at a faster and faster speed......

Clearing, loading, aiming, firing...... Clear the chamber again......

Dense lead bullets round after round, dense Tartar cavalry formation, just cut down by lead bullets, the other cavalry fearlessly made up for it, and continued to attack.

Although the losses of the Tartars were very large, the speed advantage of the cavalry in launching a charge far exceeded his losses.

When thousands of Tartar cavalry lost almost a thousand soldiers at a distance of fifty paces, they had to rush to the range of their own bows and arrows.

What's more, some red-eyed Tartar cavalry had begun to bend their bows and arrows on horseback, preparing to counterattack with arrows, and vent their anger in their hearts, when a picture that made the Tartars feel extremely desperate suddenly appeared in front of the Tartar cavalry.

When the dense Tatar cavalry was about to approach the range of the bow and arrow, a huge trench with a width of more than one zhang suddenly appeared in the attack road in front of the Tatar cavalry.

It turned out that the 10-day looting of the Haw Par Army not only brought back thousands of new recruits to the Haw Par Army, but also brought back thousands of young and strong laborers who were unwilling to join the Haw Par Army. With so many people, of course Wei Zheng couldn't raise them in Mushroom Yu for nothing.

Therefore, when Wei Zheng proposed to fight a field battle with the Tartar cavalry, he thought of these young and strong laborers.

In order to avoid foolproof, and to leave a way back for the thousands of musketeers and hundreds of gunners who gave the shot. Three thousand young and strong laborers spent a day and two nights digging a trench on the battlefield chosen by the Wei Zheng and covering it with wooden planks. At the critical moment, the Tartar cavalry was blocked from rushing into the musket formation, inflicting unnecessary losses on the musket regiment.

Now, in the face of the somewhat unstoppable Tartar cavalry, this trench has invisibly become the last talisman of more than a thousand tiger and leopard troops.

The trench that suddenly appeared, for the Tartars, who had already seen the hope of victory, could definitely be described as 'caught off guard'.

The Tartar cavalry, who were attacking forward at the speed of the extreme charge, did not even have time to react from shock to despair, and even the men and horses fell into the trench like dumplings.

Of course, this is not the final end for these Tartar cavalry. The dense wooden barbs inserted in the trench do not seem to be sharp. However, under the action of the huge inertia of the Tartar cavalry itself, it penetrated the Tartar and the body of the war horse under the crotch very lightly, skewered them into a sugar gourd, and finally whimpered.

After falling hundreds of Tartar cavalry in a row, the Tartars who followed closely behind began to react.

Desperately trying to hold the war horse and stop the war horse from carrying him to death.

However, when the cavalry is charging at high speed, it is not easy to make the war horse stop instantly.

Besides, even if he stopped at the edge of the trench and did not restrain the speed of the horse's charge behind him, he would still mercilessly knock them into the trench, and like his comrades who had already died in battle, they would become a string of gourds.

As a result, such a scene appeared on the battlefield along the line of the trench. The Tartar cavalry in front desperately tried to hold the horses and prevent them from falling into the trench with the horses. The Tartar cavalry, who did not know the danger behind, urged the horses to attack desperately.

The Tartar cavalry, which was still in an attack formation, suddenly became chaotic because of the obstruction of the trench in front of them.

More than a thousand Tartar cavalry, like living targets ready to be sent to death, were densely packed on the line of the trench.

The Haw Par Army, who was constantly leaning forward buckshot, was also taken aback by the changes in front of them. Because, they have been busy training, and they don't know the existence of this trench.

However, shock is shock, and after the shock, a burst of heartfelt surprise quickly wells up in my heart.

Because, having this trench, it means that it is impossible for the Tartar cavalry to rush to the army where everyone is, and the bows and arrows in the hands of the Tartars cannot threaten themselves. To put it more bluntly, in the next battle, you will not have any worries about your life, and you can hit the enemy with the musket in your hand without any scruples.

When everyone has no worries in their hearts, destroying the enemy becomes the first thought in their hearts.

In addition, the Tatar cavalry at this moment is like a live target, lined up on the front line of the trench and waiting for themselves to shoot, such a good opportunity, of course, the long-term sought-after players who are eager to make meritorious contributions will not let go.

One by one, the musketeers, as if they had been beaten in an instant, fired lead bullets forward at their own speed, harvesting the lives of the Tartar cavalry within the range of the muskets.

There is a trench in front of it, and there is a steady stream of buckshot from the Haw Par Army in front......

The Tartar cavalry, who were blocked on the front line of the trench, immediately fell into an unprecedented desperate situation: if they continued to attack, they would become a string of gourds and die like their comrades who fell into the trench. Staying here, the buckshot shot by the Tiger and Leopard Army will also take their lives mercilessly.

In a word, at this moment, they have no chance to survive except to retreat immediately and rush out of the range of the buckshot shot by the Tiger and Par Army.