Chapter 1102: A battle of life and death
Li Qinzai never expected that he would fall into a sudden battle to the death.
The situation is very bad, and Li Qinjae has no chance of winning.
Regarding the power of firearms, Li Qinzai has a clearer understanding than everyone else.
The Three-Eyed Gun is not invincible in the world, and its firing frequency and accuracy all restrict the performance of this firearm on the battlefield.
The world's martial arts, only fast is not broken.
If the enemy's cavalry is fast enough, once they break into the front fifty paces, the role of the three-eyed gun is very limited, and the next can only be a white-knuckle battle between the two armies with cold weapons.
So, in the case of an overwhelming superiority in the number of enemy troops, how much is the victory of the 5,000 Tang Army against the enemy?
This is the problem that Li Qinzai has been worried about, helpless and in a desperate situation.
However, at this moment, he had no time to think of a way, and nearly 20,000 enemy troops launched a charge towards the front of the Tang army.
The formation of the enemy's charge was very exquisite, they did not swarm up in one go, but spread out on the way to the charge with great tactics, and one gradually divided into three strands, divided into three directions, left, right and middle.
The Chinese army advanced head-on, outflanked on the left and right flanks, and the attack was a three-sided encirclement.
In the center of the array, there is a handsome flag, and under the banner waving in the wind, the only general wearing iron armor in the enemy army can be vaguely seen sitting quietly on horseback.
Obviously, that general was the commander of the enemy army.
Li Qinzai couldn't help but feel his heart move.
If you secretly send a few sharpshooters in the army to touch the vicinity of that phalanx, aim at the general's dog head, and decapitate it......
But Li Qinzai quickly sighed again.
It's too unrealistic, now the opposite side is the charge of the army, and it is difficult for the soldiers under his command to touch the vicinity of the opposite phalanx.
If Liu Asi's special operations team is still there, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope for this plan, but Liu Asi's team has been recruited and transferred to the main force by Qibi He Li.
The time and place are favorable, and none of them are on his side this time.
If you want to turn the tables against the wind, it is really difficult to climb to the sky.
At this time, the enemy army in the middle was getting closer and closer, and when it was speeding to two hundred steps away from the Tang army, there was another loud bang.
The last remaining batch of mines was finally detonated again.
The enemy troops in the middle turned on their backs, many of the horses had never heard such a huge and terrifying movement, and suddenly became restless, some of the horses stopped on the spot, and some of the horses turned their heads and ran, although the masters on horseback beat them desperately, the horses still pulled their legs and galloped.
There was a brief period of confusion among the enemy forces in the center, but Lee did not take it as an opportunity.
This level of confusion will certainly be resolved quickly by the officers and men of the enemy army, and it will not help the overall situation.
Sure enough, after a while, the enemy troops in the middle finally stopped their horses, and after leaning over to appease them, the general shouted loudly, and the enemy once again charged the Tang army's front.
At the same time, Liu Renyuan also raised a small flag in his hand and waved it down.
"Front row, put!"
Two hundred paces is within the effective range of the Three-Eyed Gun.
The enemy troops in the middle who had just launched the charge were again on their backs, but they still rushed towards the front of the Tang army as if they were unaware of it and went crazy.
Li Qinzai frowned, he had a clearer understanding of the bravery of this enemy army at this moment.
Even if the mines exploded, even if the projectiles of the three-eyed guns poured down like a storm, this enemy army was still fearless, they knew very well that these two hundred steps were their own ghost gates, but once they rushed through these two hundred steps, they would be the Tang army's ghost gates.
Life for life, that's all.
Isn't that what war is all about? Outnumbered, defeated by less, or more, after all, is only a very small minority, and most wars in history are when there are more people crushing fewer people, which is normal and reasonable.
The enemy troops in the middle fell one by one like wheat waves, and the Tang soldiers had already fired three volleys, but the enemy still pounced on them like a tide.
The worries are not only there, the enemy troops on the left and right flanks have also completed the encirclement of the Tang army at this moment, and are cruising on the two flanks of the Tang army, waiting for an opportunity to move.
Li Qinzai looked around left and right, his brows furrowed even deeper.
Liu Renyuan, as the commanding general, of course, will not forget the enemy troops on the left and right flanks.
Of the 5,000 Tang Army, he only divided 2,000 soldiers and horses to deal with the enemy in the middle of the front, and the other 3,000 soldiers and horses were divided into half each, facing the left and right flanks.
Li Qinzai was still frowning, the difference in the number of officers and men between the two armies was too great, even if the Tang army had firearms, it might not be able to block the impact of the enemy troops on the left and right flanks.
"Feng Su!" Li Qinzai raised his voice.
Feng Su immediately turned around: "What do you have to say about the fifth young man?" ”
"Allocate some gunpowder from the soldiers' bags, and then let the ordnance warden get the ropes, fuses and oiled paper, quick!"
Soon, Feng Su brought gunpowder, fuses and oiled paper.
Li Qinzai then said: "Your troops are temporarily safe in the Chinese army, use the method I told Liu Asi, you hurry up and make explosives packs, more than 200 parts, how many can be made in batches." ”
Feng Su didn't dare to slack off, leaving about 30 people to protect Li Qinzai, and the rest of the troops sat in the Chinese army formation and began to make explosive bags.
This thing is not small, and the manufacturing process is not difficult, the main thing is to make sure that the gunpowder is sealed in oiled paper, and when it is detonated, it will produce a violent explosion in the absence of air.
While the troops were making explosives packs, the enemy troops on the left and right flanks did not attack, but rode around the Tang army unhurriedly.
At the same time, the enemy troops in the middle finally broke through the death zone of two hundred paces, and they were only twenty steps away from the Tang army.
Liu Ren was dumbfounded and shouted: "The shield array is ready to defend!" Change the long halberd in the back row! ”
Within twenty steps, the three-eyed gun has basically lost its effect, and replacing it with a cold weapon is the wisest choice.
The shield soldiers in the front row gritted their teeth, and the soldiers shrank behind the shields, pressed one side of their shoulders against the shields, and watched the hideous-looking enemy troops get closer and closer through the gaps between the shields, and finally ......
With a loud bang, the two armies collided fiercely, and many of the enemy cavalry fell off their horses, and the shield array could not withstand such a fierce impact of the cavalry, and most of them were knocked out sideways, spitting blood from their mouths.
While the shield array was scattered, the long halberds of the Tang army in the rear row followed closely, taking advantage of the long weapons to poke at the enemy fiercely, and at the same time, the Tang troops on both sides of the front were also outflanked under the orders of the generals.
"Encircle, attack the enemy!" Liu Ren was willing to draw his sword and shout, and at the same time quickly ran towards the front, swinging his knife as he ran, and killed several enemy soldiers who were crushed under him by the war horse.
The formation of the Tang army remained motionless, and the rhythm of the war drums in the formation suddenly changed.
In a different drum sound, the Tang army on both sides of the front line held the halberd, desperately towards the enemy in the middle of the encirclement, every time the halberd stabbed out was the same action, without panic.
Li Qinzai watched from afar, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Tang Jun, who was pampered by firearms, picked up cold weapons again, and he could still have such an outstanding performance, perhaps...... In today's battle, he and the soldiers still have a glimmer of life.
(End of chapter)