Chapter 67: Sums are not accepted
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As soon as the troops of Huangsha City entered Linsha Town, they were subjected to heavy shelling, and the city wall, which was not very strong, collapsed with a bang.
The cannonballs fell directly into the crowd, smashing the soldiers inside into a blur of flesh and blood, greatly frustrating the sharpness of the soldiers in the middle of the earth.
Before they could gain a foothold, a barrage of gunfire rang out, and the soldiers of the Middle Earth fell in response.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! β
The soldiers of Middle-earth hurriedly hid behind the house, which could avoid the muskets, but had no effect on the artillery.
Several six-pounder smoothbore guns were pushed up, the gunners took aim, and then lit the fuses, only to hear a few loud bangs, and the black iron bullets flew out, knocking a large hole directly into the house.
The soldiers in Zhongdi who were hiding inside were stoned to death on the spot, and this was not over, the houses with many holes collapsed directly, and the soldiers who were too late nearby were directly buried alive.
"Damn, it's ......" An officer just came out of his head and wanted to say something, but before he could finish speaking, a bloody hole appeared in his forehead and he fell to the ground and died.
The musketeer, armed with a rifled gun a hundred meters away, ignored his results and hurriedly cleaned the barrel of his gun, preparing for the next shot.
The officers of the Middle-earth soldiers were all taken care of, and as long as they dared to go into range, they basically did not survive for a minute.
This was a very big blow to the officers of the Central Plains, and after they had suffered losses, they did not dare to approach at all.
The officers on the front line could only hide behind cover, and none of them dared to come forward again, which was a very bad blow to the morale of the soldiers in the Middle Earth.
After suffering considerable losses, the troops of Huangsha City gained a foothold, organized the archers, and began to counterattack.
Against bows and arrows, musketeers do not have much advantage at the moment, and sometimes they are even at a disadvantage, but artillery can solve this problem.
As long as the opponent dared to gather the archers, the gunners would directly bombard, smashing their formation to pieces.
Unless these archers are not afraid of death and continue to shoot.
But apparently these archers did not have such courage, and they would be afraid, especially when the horrific weapon of muskets was specifically aimed at them.
After a few rounds of shelling, the archers suffered heavy losses, and no matter how brave they were, they would still be afraid in the face of such huge casualties.
After seeing the power of the artillery, the officers finally understood that as long as the artillery was still there, it was impossible for them to gather the archers.
The archers had to be withdrawn, otherwise the few archers would be killed and wounded, knowing that it takes several years to train an archer, and it is difficult to train a group in a short time after death.
The casualties of the Huangsha City troops soared with time, and the heavily armored soldiers they sent out maintained an invincible posture in the face of cold weapons.
But under the flintlock pistols of the line infantry regiments, like papier-mΓ’chΓ©, the heavy armor can be knocked down with a single shot.
Coupled with the standard three-stage attack, nearly a thousand heavily armored soldiers in Zhongdi finally fell down in pieces from the top.
You must know that Lin Xiaoke sent out two line regiments, nearly 2,000 people, and if each person fired a shot, these heavily armored soldiers would be wiped out.
What's more, there are a large number of artillery on the side to support, because their formation is so dense, any shell can kill many people.
If this continues, the elite soldiers in Huangsha City are estimated to be exhausted, and those officers have no choice but to replace the recruits who have arrived late.
It is said that it is a new recruit, but in fact, as cannon fodder soldiers, their courage cannot be compared with that of elite soldiers, and now they can only consume the ammunition of musketeers.
Of course, it was not all cannon fodder, and a small number of cavalry, more than 400 people, were sent out to attack from the flanks in an attempt to destroy the artillery.
Their morale was not too high, and they were still a little afraid of the fierce muskets, and they did not dare to crash into them like death.
But the cavalry is still very threatening at present, and if they are allowed to rush up, the line infantry regiment will be attacked on both sides, and it is very dangerous to be in such an unfavorable situation.
Lin Xiao also has cavalry here, there are not many of them, only more than 100 people, but they are all elite!
Taking advantage of the other party's cavalry to charge, these hundreds of ironclad cavalry, who had been in ambush for a long time, charged towards their flanks.
The two sides directly started fighting, and it is not clear how the battle is going for the time being.
With the passage of time, the cannon fodder sent by Huangsha City collapsed, and they were not dead soldiers who regarded death as home.
These cannon fodder soldiers, who were civilians farming the land for a short time ago, give them weapons, which does not mean that they can become real soldiers.
Moreover, the line infantry regiments were so ferocious that even if they rushed forward at the risk of death, these enemy soldiers directly brandished their bayonets and stabbed them to death.
This kind of soldier who can attack from a distance and can fight in close combat is simply terrifying.
In the slaughter of the musketeers, the opposing regiments gradually lost their formation, and after the officers were named one by one, they were finally defeated.
The clone soldiers didn't care whether the other party collapsed or not, and the opponent's cavalry was also defeated afterwards, and they killed it step by step.
Nearly 10,000 troops were directly chased by troops of less than 2,000 people, leaving thousands of corpses behind.
After such a defeat, the feudal nobles of Huangsha City couldn't believe it, and they were angry and ready to dismiss the generals this time and hang them directly.
However, the generals who commanded the troops had been killed in battle, and the survivors were some officers who were not very high-ranking officers.
"What to do this time!"
"Summation, yes, sum!"
The feudal nobles of Huangsha City realized that the enemy was too strong, and suing for peace was the only way at present.
In this way, they sent an envoy to Linsha Town.
"You want to ask for peace?" Lin Xiao asked expressionlessly.
The messenger nodded cautiously, for fear of angering the person in front of him.
"Huh." Lin Xiao played with a dagger in his hand, and then said: "I don't have many troops at the moment, and peace is indeed very much in line with the current situation." β
"So, did you agree?" The envoy breathed a sigh of relief, but when he looked at Lin Xiao, he suddenly had an ominous premonition.
"Quite the opposite."
Lin Xiao looked down at the dagger in his hand.
"You're not kidding, are you?"
"I finally understand now that the army of Huangsha City is just a rabble, and he can be used as a stepping stone for me......"
Speaking of this, Lin Xiao paused, glanced at the messenger, and said, "I have long seen that you are unhappy, come on, drag it down and behead." β
"My lord! My lord! β
Ignoring the messenger, several guards dragged him down.
"Divine Envoy, those soldiers outside?" The adjutant walked over and asked respectfully.
Lin Xiao didn't speak, made a throat-cutting motion, and the adjutant understood and walked out of the tent with the soldiers.