Chapter 966: This Is the Cannon
Obviously, it is their own anticipation of the enemy's aircraft first, and all the main forces are hidden and stationed in Jining City, waiting for the Xuzhou soldiers to come to the door, obviously their own family has made enough momentum, the sensation is amazing, enough to ⊥ the other party panic, obviously the other party has a great advantage, 5,000 Guardian Divine Army and Zhao Ziying Brigade is about the same number, and the rest of the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are young and strong, have experienced the corpse mountain and blood sea, and have basic training, can form an array team, which is to fight more and less, and the odds of victory are in hand.
When you go out of the city to engage in the battle, don't hide your strength, show your own foundation, shock the other party even more, and then press over with a momentum like a mountain and a sea, and completely defeat the other party, and not only these, Wenxiang Sect also has other means
This step was not wrong, and this step was not bad at all, until the distance of two hundred steps, and then, the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou opened fire.
The artillery roared, like a thunderbolt, unstoppable, invincible, as soon as the cannon hit, I saw the comrades standing in front of me screaming dead and wounded, limbs cut off, erected like a forest of long soldiers also collapsed, a cannon passed, there were dozens of lives missing.
Looking at the scattered pieces of flesh and blood on the ground, hearing the screams and cries in their ears, everyone was terrified, even if it wasn't the elite Guardian Army, they all had killed people with their belongings and seen blood, face to face with knives and guns, hard encounters, and death in the battle was nothing to be afraid of.
But at such a distance of hundreds of steps, far away, he was brutally killed and injured like this, and no one could stand it, for fear that it would fall on his own head in the next moment.
The artillerymen of the Zhao battalion were extremely busy, scrubbing the chambers and loading ammunition, they were not worried about their safety, they were only worried that they were not firing fast enough, and what was wrong with the loading ammunition.
The third round of artillery has not yet been fired, but where the muzzle of the cannon is pointed, everyone is frightened, and they all subconsciously want to dodge and dodge, at this time, where are there still people who want to stand in what formation, and the noise flashes to both sides, but the distance between the various teams is not far, a square team is scattered, and there is still room to escape, if several teams are scattered, they will be crowded with each other, and even affect other teams.
The so-called "Guardian Army" was displayed, after it first appeared, the five squares were hidden in the homeless brigade, and it was estimated that they wanted to use the homeless youth to consume and resist the long-range firepower of the Zhao Zi battalion, and advance to the front step by step, and when they got close, they either used the flow of people to crush the Zhao Zi Battalion, or guaranteed to let the elite who could take the shot go to face to face, it can be said that the nearly 5,000 "Guardian Army" is in the heavy protection of the human wall.
However, at this time, the artillery broke down the human wall and courage, and the "Guardian Army" also appeared, compared with the panicked and fleeing square battalions around them, the Su zhì of this "Guardian Army" was much higher, they were still calm, and the phalanx was still tightly organized.
Looking from afar, one could see skirmishers running around the cathars, but the phalanx itself was not moving forward.
Presumably they have already observed that the range of the artillery is limited, and they can't reach their location, so the Guardian Divine Army of the Wenxiang Sect does not move, and the young and strong soldiers around them are fur, and they can be looted and requisitioned to some extent, but the Guardian Divine Army is fundamental, and to maintain this, the old foundation of the Wenxiang Sect is there.
"Just stop?" Zhao Jin laughed on the horse, now the battlefield is very quiet, the momentum of the Wenxiang Sect's rebellious army team slowly moving forward has completely stopped, there is already a rout in some places, and other places are also restless, and the whole thing looks unstable, the gongs and drums cheering at the head of the city and behind are still ringing, the flags are swinging, listening and watching, but they are not as shocked as before, they only feel weak.
The whole Zhao battalion is also calm, this is the first time that the artillery has come out of the battle, in the action with the army, many people have seen it, and they also know the storage of artillery, but no one thinks how powerful this is, the last time the official army also had artillery, but what is the use of that, it was captured after a few shots, and the real decision of the battle was the spear assassination, and perhaps there was also the shooting of firearms and bows and arrows.
When they saw it with their own eyes, everyone knew that they were wrong, the power of the artillery fire was so huge, and they saw that the opponent's aggressive brigade was stopped directly after two rounds of artillery fire.
Even if he is as steady as Chen Huang, a smile will appear when he sees such a scene, and there will be no twists and turns in this battle.
Meng Zhiqi, who was guarding the side of the artillery array, also saw the five teams of Guardian Divine Army, although he couldn't think of why the other party didn't move, it didn't prevent him from doing things according to the discipline.
"How many steps away?" Meng Zhiqi asked with a loud shout.
“。 Between four hundred and seventy steps and five hundred steps," the rangefinder reported the number.
"A wedge, score five points" Meng Zhiqi immediately roared and said, every word he said was roared, because in the shelling just now, he didn't have time to cover his ears, and now it was buzzing, only the louder he spoke.
Immediately after the order was given, some artillerymen took out the inclined wooden wedge from the wooden box behind the artillery, and several people took wooden poles and wooden hammers, and nailed the wooden wedge between the artillery body and the gun mount, and the five points were nailed into the Cheng dù.
After the muzzle of the cannon was raised and re-tamped, Meng Zhiqi probably looked over and shouted again.
The cannon was ignited, smoke came out of the muzzle, a low roar sounded, and the shells flew over with a whistling whistle.
After the second round of shooting, the third round was delayed, which made the restless and flustered Wenxiang Sect rebel army array stabilize a little, and even took a few tentative steps forward.
When the thunderous cannon roared again, the rebel army array shrank back in fright, and the five elite Guardian Divine Army were still standing still, they knew that at this time, they did not dare to act rashly.
The Cathar Army was in the middle of the Smelling Fragrance Sect array, and it was also where the artillery was pointing, and the third round of artillery bombardment was just right off, and the soldiers of the Cathar Army were already frightened, but they didn't dare to move yet.
They are the most loyal members of the Wenxiang Sect, and they are also the young and strong elites who have been selected, otherwise they will not be sent to training, although they can barely eat enough there, but the training is extremely cruel, standing in line, marching in unison, obeying orders, and making a mistake is a stick and whipping, and even the punishment of killing the head, under such training, obeying orders and maintaining the queue is not chaotic, it has also become an instinct of theirs.
What's more, since the beginning of training, those leaders have used beatings, scolding and punishment to sue them, if you go to the battlefield, this phalanx is a city camp, as long as you stand in it, the formation is tight, then you can live, if the formation is scattered, then you will die, training and fear are intertwined, and the formation is still there.
Just now, there are also knowledgeable people there shouting and maintaining, if you move forward at this time, it is to send yourself to the muzzle of the gun to die, if you turn around and retreat, now the big array is a little unsustainable, if you turn around and run, the formation is chaotic, it is likely to collapse, anyway, at this time it is outside the firing range, waiting for changes and then responding
The rumbling "thunder" sounded again, and the Guardian Army, especially the people in the forefront, couldn't help but tremble, and many people were covered in cold sweat on their faces, but everyone couldn't stay still, because they all knew that in such a situation, if they didn't move, they could live, and if they moved, they would die.
According to previous estimates, the shell should have fallen more than a hundred paces in front of it, but this time it was unexpected, and the shell flew farther than expected.
The tighter and denser queues, the casualties after being hit by the shells were greater, and six shells pierced the team of the Guardian Army, and the long-trained Wenxiang Sect Guardian Army was in a strict formation, much stronger than the other outcasts, and it was also the closest team to the Zhao Ziying team.
But such a team, which seems to be a phalanx of a strong city, is just flesh and blood, unable to block the impact and tearing of lead and iron shells, and the two phalanx of the cathar army were directly defeated by six shells.
The companion who was still standing beside him just now suddenly had a big hole in his body, his limbs and body were missing a large piece, and his face was stained with hot flesh and blood crumbs.
It turns out that the artillery of the Zhao battalion can hit so far, can't the artillery only hit a fixed distance?
There were also two cannonballs that didn't hit so far, and they landed more than a dozen steps in front of the Cathar army, and the frightened Cathar sergeant breathed a sigh of relief, but this relaxation only lasted for an instant, and the cannonballs landed and bounced up, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.
"Second Master, the Guardian Divine Army can't hold it anymore," someone hissed beside Xu Hongju.
Xu Hongju and Xia Zhongjin were both in the brigade, surrounded by more than 100 cavalrymen, and there were thousands of young and strong teams around them.
Compared with the casual clothes they wore at that time, Xu Hongju and Xia Zhongjin are now all bright, splendid official robes, and they are wearing a suit of armor on the outside, and everyone else is also dressed in various official uniforms, but if people who know how to see it, they will laugh at it for being dressed on the stage.
But at this moment, their faces are very ugly, they thought that the victory was in hand, but they became the appearance in front of them, their own huge soldiers and horses seemed to be a joke, first beating gongs and drums and waving flags and shouting, and then the brigade rushed out of the city gate, showing their strength outside the city, and then, the opponent's artillery fired, and their own tens of thousands of people could not be maintained
Xu Hongju's face was pale, he had received Xu Hongru's explanation, and now the big trouble of the Wenxiang Sect is not the official army, but the Zhao Ziying camp in Xuzhou, the main force of the Wenxiang Sect is concentrated in Jining City, and the Xuzhou soldiers and horses who rushed over will be defeated, and then Lunan and the surrounding areas will be left to the horizon, in order to achieve this purpose, we must do superficial articles, and even go to Ziyang City to feint, others just know that Ziyang, the capital of Yanzhou, is besieged by the army of displaced people, and there is an emergency everywhere, but I can't think that it is not the real main force.
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