Chapter 433: Life and Death

More than three hundred white smoke grenades, with a slight whistling sound, flew past the musketeers standing in front of them, and flew towards the cavalry of the officers and soldiers, who were still approaching the last thirty paces away from them.

When the first round of grenades had not yet landed and exploded, the bombardiers who had their free hands had already picked up the second grenade. Lit the fire rope and threw it forward with all his might......

Round after round, a steady stream of ......

Hundreds of grenades landed at the same time and exploded, and the thick smoke from the explosion, the smoke and dust that were blown up, and the black smoke that rose into the air...... Quickly in front of the officer cavalry, a fire barrier formed by black smoke and grenade fragments was formed.

In the face of the sudden changes in front of them, the officers and cavalry who were ready to reap the results of the battle were directly stunned. However, shock to shock, they still wielded their sabers, and continued to attack without fear of death. Rushing into the fire belt that was in front of him, completely enveloped in gunsmoke, full of murderous power.

Of course, even if they wanted to retreat at this moment and avoid this fireproof belt full of murderous intent, they had no way to suddenly turn the horse's head and change the direction of the charge when the war horse was charging at high speed......

Under the attack of round after round, a steady stream of explosive grenades. Among every 100 officers and cavalry who rushed into the smoke of gunpowder, there were no more than 50 who could finally break out of the smoke.

However, on the next charge, they had to continue to face grenade attacks as well as musketeers.

Coupled with the fact that they experienced the consumption and attack of grenades, their charging speed has slowed down invisibly. In this case. It is even more conducive to the killing of grenades and flintlock muskets.

Soon. More than 500 officers and cavalry were decapitated by the cavalry regiment. It was strangled by grenades and flowering bullets.

At this time, more than 1,000 tiger and leopard army iron cavalry who were responsible for the decapitation had already been strangled with them in order to block the official cavalry. With the iron armor he wears on his body, the protective power of the ironclad cavalry far exceeds that of the opponent's official cavalry. However, in terms of combat effectiveness, these come from the border gates. The cavalry of the official army that fought with the Tartars far exceeded the iron cavalry of the Tiger and Par Army, which had been formed for less than half a year.

Therefore, in the chaotic cavalry battle, almost every two officers and cavalry died. There was a cavalryman of the Tiger and Leopard Army, with a face full of unwillingness, and fell heavily on the battlefield......

Under such circumstances, if this kind of fighting continues, it will not take half an hour, and more than 1,000 ironclad cavalry will be strangled by the officers and soldiers.

The lieutenant general in charge of the blockade. Of course, we will not see this continue to happen.

When he saw more than 500 officers and cavalry who had been cut off by the iron cavalry, all of them fell on the battlefield. Don't say a word. Directly ordered his subordinates: "Immediately sound gold, order the cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield immediately." Return to the starting position and continue the standby ......"

"Musketeers, bombardiers, prepare for the second round of cavalry attacks......"

The Iron Cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army, which lost three or four hundred people, did not stop at any time after hearing the sound of Mingjin, and left the battlefield directly.

After losing the interception of the Haw Par Army's iron cavalry, the remaining 3,000 cavalry of the official army could finally concentrate again and break through in the direction of the Haw Par Army's musketeers.

Although the more than 500 soldiers who were decapitated by the iron cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army were wiped out by the Tiger and Leopard Army, it brought a lot of shock to the remaining officers and cavalry. However, in order to survive and break out, they still mustered up the courage and continued to rush towards the target without fear of death.

And this means that these officers and cavalry need to go through it again, from a hundred and fifty paces to a thirty paces position.

Coupled with the interception of the Tiger and Par Army's iron cavalry, their rushing speed had to start from scratch again.

Under the combined attack of muskets and mortars, their losses were much greater than in the first round of attacks.

With the same attitude as ever, they once again charged to the last thirty paces of the Musketeers' line. There were only more than 3,600 cavalry left, and once again they paid a huge price of more than 600 cavalry. The total strength of the remaining officers and troops was also directly reduced to less than 3,000 people.

At this time, after a short rest, more than 900 tiger and leopard army iron cavalry once again thrust into the mighty charging formation of the official cavalry like two sharp swords, intending to stage a big show of severed heads again......

Whether it is a cavalry charge or an infantry charge, they all pay attention to a 'one drum'.

However, the repeated harassment of the iron cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army in front of him made it impossible for the cavalry commanded by Zhou Haoguang to launch an attack on the defensive line formed by the musketeers of the Tiger and Leopard Army in one go.

In this case, Zhou Haoguang, who was surrounded and protected by a large number of cavalry, knew. If the battle continues like this, the only 5,000 cavalry that he can rely on will be cut clean by the Haw Par Musketeers little by little, like cutting meat, and there will not be even a bit of scum left......

Therefore, when he saw the Tiger and Par Army's iron cavalry set out again, his slightly anxious face was directly replaced by anger.

The clenched fist smashed the crotch of the war horse and hooked the back, and scolded loudly: "The tiger and leopard army is too hateful......

"We must find a way to stop the Tiger and Par Army's iron cavalry, otherwise, we will not be able to rush out today......"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Haoguang, who had a murderous face, pointed to the two cavalry generals beside him and ordered: "You two, each bring five hundred cavalry, and immediately meet the general, and drag the iron cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army." ”

"Ben will lead the rest of the cavalry, after opening a breakthrough in the defense line of the Tiger and Leopard Army, immediately disengage from the Iron Cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and retreat along the breakthrough......"

Although he knew that after receiving this general order, he was likely to die and be directly wiped out on the battlefield by the Tiger and Leopard Army's iron cavalry.

However, when they saw Zhou Haoguang's murderous gaze, they still shouted their orders.

With two cavalrymen of 500 people, he broke away from the brigade and charged towards the iron cavalry of the Tiger and Par Army, which was getting closer and closer to him.

As for the remaining 2,000 iron horsemen around Zhou Haoguang, they continued to charge with the same charging attitude, charging towards the musketeers thirty paces away, opening a breakthrough for themselves to withdraw from the battlefield.

Faced with the sudden changes in the battlefield, the adjutant general's brows wrinkled directly.

Because, with the defensive power of the musketeers around him, he could not stop the continuous assault of the 2,000 officers and cavalry thirty paces away.

If they did not come up with a solution immediately, they had flintlock muskets and grenades, and the officers and cavalry who could kill and wound hundreds of people at most, would have to be strangled together with the remaining cavalry of the officers and troops.

At that time, the cavalry of the officer army with a strong impact only need to pay a small price to kill all the musketeers under their command, rush through the defense line, and break through the encirclement......

The adjutant general saw the danger, and one of the regimental commanders standing beside him also saw this impending danger.

Just when the faces of the two of them were getting more and more gloomy because of the changes in the battlefield, the mortar erected on the artillery position ten steps away behind suddenly met the eyes of the regiment commander.

The head of the regiment's eyes suddenly shot out two rays of light and shouted loudly.

"Mortars, general, we can block the mortars on the official road, and insert a musket with a good bayonet in the mortar barrel, rush to the barb, and slow down the speed of the cavalry of the officer......"

"As long as they lose their speed advantage, our flintlock muskets and grenades, can kill more of them. Even if we are strangled with them, we are not afraid...... Because, our muskets are all equipped with bayonets, and after the bayonets, the power of the bayonets is no less than the broadswords and sabers in the hands of the officers and soldiers......"

"In close combat, you can still rely on the numerical advantage to achieve the final victory."

Hearing this, a smile also appeared on the adjutant general's solemn face.

Without thinking about it, he ordered the regiment commander beside him......

"I commanded the musketeers and bombardiers and continued to hold back the cavalry...... You immediately command the artillery brothers, immediately pile up the mortars on the official road in front of us, and strive to pile up a five-foot-high barrier wall to get out. ”

Hundreds of mortars with longer and thicker barrels were piled up, plus muskets with bayonets already loaded in the barrels. A five-foot-high obstacle area with a thickness of two battles appeared directly between the enemy and our armies.

With this obstacle area, a relaxed smile appeared directly on the adjutant general's face. With a long sigh of relief, he continued to command his musketeers and bombardiers to shoot lead bullets forward and throw grenades......

The faces of the officers and cavalrymen who had already charged less than twenty paces showed expressions full of horror and fear.

However, at this moment, the tense battle situation has no time for them to hesitate.

Even with the interception of the Haw Par Army musketeers, the cavalry of the officers and soldiers who charged at the front only needed a few breaths to rush to the obstacle area where the Haw Par Army mortars were piled up......

Facing obstacles, facing the bayonet array, whether it is a cavalry or a war horse under the crotch of the cavalry, the subconscious idea is to jump over this obstacle area.

However, is the obstacle area as wide as two battles possible for ordinary war horses to jump over?

The answer is obvious.

These jumping horses, without exception, all landed in the obstacle zone piled up with mortars.

Inserted in the barrel of the mortar in the obstacle area, the musket with the bayonet has been loaded, like a barb, easily breaking the belly of the war horse falling from the sky......

The officers and cavalry who were directly overturned by the war horses had not yet had time to react, and several bayonets emitting a cold light had already stabbed at them fiercely with the sound of the wind.

As for the officers and cavalry who wanted to turn their horses' heads and avoid the bayonet array.

The cavalry, who had just pulled the war horse, was located behind them, like a tank, and crashed directly into them.

So, the cavalry who stopped in front of the bayonet array, just like this, with men and horses, fell into the bayonet formation with a bang, and life and death were uncertain...

Soon, the corpses of these horses and cavalry were on the edge of the bayonet array, forming a wall of corpses five or six feet high. (To be continued......)