Chapter 1442: First Round of Artillery Salvo

Although the artillery of the Zhao family army first bombarded the Jianzhou artillery formation, which was the most threatening, and did not directly bombard the main formation, it could not be bombarded before temporarily retreating, then it would be a big chaos, but in this cold and windy weather, when the formation was in formation, the horses did not move much, and they were chilled, and if they galloped rapidly at the beginning, it was easy to cause the mounts to cramp and fall, and in such a strict formation, it would directly make the brigade chaotic, and chaos in such a big battle would be a disaster.

Therefore, it is necessary to start jogging, close the distance and warm up the horses at the same time, increase the speed, and finally charge, the Jurchen and Mongol cavalry in Jianzhou are old in battle formations, and these common senses are naturally mastered from top to bottom.

The rumbling of horses' hooves grew louder and louder, and the birds in the woods on the eastern hill were startled, an unnatural noise that they rarely heard.

The birds were as far away from the battlefield as possible, and only the goshawk hovering high in the air did not react because it was flying too high.

From the perspective of the goshawk overlooking the earth, as if seeing the mudslide caused by a flash flood, as if seeing the flood gushing out of the embankment, the cavalry of the Jianzhou Jurchen brigade was like a huge tide, surging forward, trying to smash everything in front of them.

Compared with such a surging and majestic cavalry trend, the array of the Zhao family's army was extremely thin, and it could not be blocked at all, and it would even become shattered.

The goshawk caught the air flow as much as it could, and avoided it as much as possible below, it had never experienced such a scene, and instinctively felt that it was too dangerous below.

"The division is giving an order, go to the nearest position and open fire, one hundred and fifty steps!"

"Then put it in one hundred and forty steps!"

"At one hundred and forty paces, there must be a Tartar rushing over!"

"Rush over, rush over, there are firearms and spears against them, we can't eat everything!"

On the artillery position of the Zhao family's army, the artillery camp was shouting and communicating with the company below, and the artillery was preparing quickly.

The speed of the Jianzhou Jurchen cavalry began to speed up, in the brigade of hundreds of horsemen and thousands of horsemen, the sound of rumbling hooves sounded in the ears, looking at the strong horses of the people in front and behind, looking at the shining swords and bows, the panic before the battle gradually dissipated, only full of self-confidence, pride and blood gushed out from the bottom of the heart, filling the whole body.

Every cavalryman felt that he was invincible, and it was impossible for any soldier or horse in the world to block such an impact, and the reality was also true, the cavalry had participated in many battles, and many formations had collapsed in the face of such an impact, in fact, when they were about to get closer, they had already collapsed.

The reason why the Jurchens and the Mongol cavalry did not shout any long howls was because they were still a little uneasy in their hearts, and the distance was close to two hundred paces, but the loose infantry army still did not move, and they could not see the people who could not help but lose their weapons and flee in fear, and they could not see the riots caused by the cavalry rushing in.

The leaders and leaders thought of those rumors, the Zhao family's army is like a mountain, standing still, there must be something wrong with this, this is really unreasonable, maybe it is not close enough, and when it gets closer, I don't believe who can stand.

After a few hundred paces of warm-up, the horses began to run, the horsemen loosened their reins, and the horses' instinct to chase after each other began to kick in, and the speed became faster and faster, and there were no shiny spikes in front, no ravines and wooden walls, only loose human walls that could not be hindered, and the horses ran faster and faster.

The queue of musketeers in the front row could not be tightened, and the space required for the firing of the muskets was not small, and the ammunition hanging on each soldier's body could easily be ignited by adjacent companions, and they should be kept away from each other.

Without the formation next to each other, without the confidence to give each other, without relying on and holding hostage, it is difficult for the musketeers to stand like spearmen, but they are confident in their own rounds and the density of firepower that they can achieve in rounds, but when they watch the cavalry wall approaching quickly, they still can't help but be nervous.

The so-called donkey-like tall and short Mongolian horses are just exaggerated, not to mention that many of the horses ridden by the Jianzhou Jurchens and Mongolian allies are relatively tall and strong Liao horses, which is even more terrifying, not to mention that the infantry of the Zhao family army has not experienced such a scale of horse team impact.

When the distance was shortened to within two hundred paces and quickly to one hundred or dozens of steps, the Jianzhou cavalry who rushed in front was excited, and they noticed that the loose queue in front of them began to have commotion and chaos, and the loose queue was going to be chaotic and extremely fast, and the victory was in hand?

At this moment, people were roaring and shouting, horses were neighing, hooves were thundering, and the cavalry of the Jianzhou Jurchens couldn't hear any sounds around them.

Maybe there is thunder, maybe there is a muffled sound, there is indeed a thunder, there is indeed a muffled sound, this roar is no stranger to everyone, this is Zhao Jiajun firing artillery, so many artillery pieces fired at the same time, and the sound of artillery overwhelmed everything.

The artillery groups on the position had long been ready to open fire, from three-pounder guns to sixteen-pounder guns, the firing angle of each gun had been adjusted to the appropriate position, the charge had also been adjusted, and there were soldiers standing next to each gun ready to ignite, and everyone was staring nervously at the front.

The range-measuring artillery company is holding a red flag, and the soldiers around him are holding two wooden rulers, staring at the Jianzhou Cavalry Brigade.

The roar of the cavalry of the Jianzhou Brigade has filled the battlefield, and I can't hear any shouting orders, so I can only stare and watch, the red flag is shaking, the signal to open the cannon is issued, and the artillery of the Zhao family army is fired one after another.

Three-pounder guns, six-pounder guns, nine-pounder guns, twelve-pounder guns, sixteen-pounder guns, the larger the caliber of the artillery, the more in the rear, the greater the elevation angle of the muzzle, and only Zhao Jiajun's artillery can adjust the firing angle so flexibly, or can be raised so conveniently.

The cannonballs flew out with a roar, and the metal spheres weighing several catties, more than a dozen catties, tore and shattered everything in front of them, and then hit the ground and bounced, tearing everything in front of them again.

The artillery position of the Zhao family army was in the upper right corner of the military formation, obliquely covering the Jianzhou horse team that rushed over, the Jurchen and Mongolian cavalry were running, and suddenly part of the body of the people and horses disappeared, some fell to the ground, and some actually had inertia, stumbling forward a few steps, blood and flesh splashed, which was caused by light artillery.

The body was directly broken by the cannonball, and the body of the horse was bent into a strange shape, and the corpse of the man and horse who fell to the ground in front tripped over the cavalry companions who were rushing up behind.

The power of the twelve-pound and sixteen-pounder cannons is even more amazing, in the face of heavy artillery shells, the human body is not an obstacle, and the sturdy torso of the horse has no possibility of blocking, even if the horse is also cut in two, looking at it from a distance, there are even pieces of flesh and blood of people and horses that are directly knocked up, and then fall to the ground heavily.

The cannonball tore apart the bodies of the men and horses, landed, bounced on the hard frozen ground, and then continued to tear apart the flesh and blood on the flight path, and finally landed without moving, at first killing violently, and then the legs of the horses were cut off, the horses neighed and rolled miserably, and the cavalry on their backs completely disrupted the entire formation.

After all, it was one hundred and fifty paces before the cannon was fired, and the artillerymen raised the angle of fire as much as possible, and the Jianzhou cavalry who rushed to the front was not hurt by this earth-shattering bombardment, but they were already frightened by such a collapse, and they just desperately rushed forward, and the infantry array in front was very loose, and it would be okay to rush over.

Looking at the enemy cavalry that suddenly became thin, the Zhao family's military arms queue, which was originally a little commotion, quieted down, a cavalry charge of this scale, everyone has not experienced it, the Ming army horse team is not inferior to the Jianzhou cavalry, the Ming army is really inferior to the Jianzhou women.

"Fire!" This order was just subconsciously shouted, and on such a battlefield, it was no longer clear what was heard.

When the firecrackers saw the flag waving, they immediately pulled the trigger, and the firerope ignited the primer, and the firecrackers were activated, and the firecrackers spewed out white smoke.

No one looked at the effect of his shot, and when he finished firing, he immediately picked up the fire gun and fork and turned around, allowing his companion behind him to move forward.

This kind of rotation and rotation shooting has long been trained extremely skillfully, and the Zhao family's military guns have not stopped since they started, and they stepped forward in rows and retreated in rows.

Spraying a dense rain of metal bullets at a distance of dozens of steps, perhaps not as shocking as artillery, but a finger-sized lead bullet is enough to kill and injure people, and the Jianzhou Jurchen cavalry that rushed up fell one after another in these dozens of steps, and the horses that rushed up fell to the ground, and then slid forward by inertia, stopping dozens of steps in front of the Zhao family's army, twitching and struggling, and it didn't take long for the fire gun to explode, and a low wall composed of human and horse's flesh and blood was formed.

No matter how brave they are, no matter how strong they are, they can't cross this "wall", if it is a cavalry brigade, even if the front falls, the back will not dare to retreat, whoever wants to turn around will definitely be shattered in this cavalry torrent, so a steady stream of rushing over, the Zhao family's military guns may not be able to keep up, or they may be rushed to the front.

But this rolling torrent was interrupted by artillery, and the cavalry and horse team that rushed over were soon "cut off", the people in front suffered heavy casualties, and those behind hesitated, wanting to wait for their companions to come up, they didn't dare to run around now, although the cannon sound stopped, they could see the flesh and blood wreckage all over the ground, and saw the screams and wails, it was really a living Shura hell, no one dared to go in, and the left and right sides did not dare to move, on one side was the snow and the coast, and on the other side was the artillery array of the Zhao family's army, which seemed to be a dead end.

What's more critical is that the Jianzhou Jurchen cavalry still feels that there is something to do, now the artillery of the Zhao family army has all been fired, according to the experience of the artillery of both sides, it will be a long time before the second round will be fired, although the flesh and blood corpses in the border area are like flesh and blood hell, but there is still a large group of cavalry without loss, this shelling area can soon rush through, and when the time comes, risk death to rush through the blocking of this firearm shooting, that is, victory is imminent.