Chapter 63: The Battle for Fame
The surrounding atmosphere was solemn, there was a kind of tension and depression before the coming of the war, Jia Jue stared at the northeast, he had a premonition, the sea of flowers would definitely leave behind the looting people and go straight to Xiangshuipu to kill.
"Third master, look!"
Suddenly, Jia Fu pointed to the distance and shouted excitedly, Jia Jue looked up, only to see that a beacon fire was burning on the Harrier Ridge, which was clearly visible within a radius of several miles, this was the alarm, and this was also the bell for the opening of the prelude to a big war.
After a while, there was a thunderous sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and then a group of small black dots appeared, getting closer and closer, and gradually turned into a black line, the main force of Warat finally came, Jia Jue couldn't help but sneer, he was sure of winning this battle, this battle would be his famous battle, it would become a classic battle for the infantry army to meet the cavalry, or face twice the Wara cavalry, his heart was full of expectations.
"Beat the drums!"
"Boom! Boom! ”
The drums of war rang out.
Jia Jue rode out of his horse, raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, the time has come for us to make meritorious contributions, let us use the war knife in our hands to tell the Warat people who are the real warriors and who is the master of this land, kill one Wara people, reward three taels of silver, kill an officer fifty taels, kill the sea of flowers, reward ten thousand taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to three levels." ”
Jia Jue's high-pitched voice reached the ears of every soldier with the wind, and the morale of the soldiers of the Ming army was boosted again, and the desire to kill the enemy boiled in his heart.
Three miles away, the sea of flowers found the situation here, immediately stationed no troops, the vast field of the cold wind howling, the black flag with the wind hunting and hunting, the sea of flowers on horseback stood under the banner of the Chinese army, he held a scimitar, looked at the direction of Xiangshuipu, patiently waiting for the news of the scout, behind him, 20,000 Vara cavalry eyes coldly looked ahead, waiting for the order to attack, a battle for the passage of Harrier Ridge is about to begin.
After a while, a team of scouts returned to the Chinese army, and told the news of the discovery to the sea of flowers, within a radius of three miles, only the Ming army was paved in Xiangshui, and there was no figure of the Ming army on the Harrier Ridge Mountain, which made the sea of flowers completely let go of the guard in his heart, listening to the sound of war drums in the distance, he waved his hand coldly, and the low horn suddenly sounded.
"Kill!"
He roared, waved his sword, and rushed out first, and the 20,000 Warat cavalry also launched, they brandished the scimitars in their hands, and launched a fierce charge at the Ming army with a shout.
The Ming army was on standby, and Jia Jue ordered in a hoarse voice: "Gunners prepare." ”
In the blink of an eye, the Warat cavalry rushed into a two-mile range, looking at the Warat cavalry rushing forward, Jia Jue silently muttered in his heart, "Quick! Speed up again! ”
In an instant, the Wara cavalry rushed into the field that was dug a trap in advance by Jia Jue, the war horse galloped, rolled up the rolling yellow sand, just when Jia Jue wondered, the yellow sand suddenly screamed, and the war horses continued to fall, the cavalry rolled out, and the strong force directly threw the cavalry out a few meters away, and there was no sound when he saw it.
The first round of cavalry fell one after another in the screams, and the cavalry behind couldn't stop and collided together, and the Warat cavalry was in chaos.
By the time the cavalry behind reacted, the entire army had already gathered together, and it was less than five hundred steps away from the artillery position of the Xiangshui Puming Army.
Jia Jue put down the clairvoyance in his hand and ordered loudly: "All artillery, all fire!" ”
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
In the roar, more than two dozen Franc cannons were fired round by round, and in an instant, the Warat cavalry was shrouded in thick smoke.
The cannon roared, and the heavy solid iron ball drew a long arc in the air, smashing fiercely into the crowd of Warat cavalry, Jia Jue clearly saw through the clairvoyance that the blood mist in the crowd exploded from time to time, and even saw that the banner of the sea of flowers had fallen, although it was soon erected again.
"Boom!"
A cannonball roared past, and the sea of flowers was stunned for a moment, the arm of the guard next to him had been knocked away, looking at the constantly flying cannonballs, his teeth were bitten, and he roared violently and shouted: "Rush over!" ”
The shelling in the direction of Xiangshuipu was non-stop, and waves of shells whistled over.
After three rounds, the artillery directly replaced it with shotguns in accordance with Jia Jue's previous military order, which carried three or four hundred rounds of ammunition per shot, which could block the front ten steps wide in front of it, and the power was amazing.
The tragic situation on the battlefield made the newly recruited soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion tremble, and many of them couldn't help but vomit.
Jia Jue stared at the battle situation in front of him expressionlessly, unmoved, these five rounds of artillery bombardment caused at least three or five thousand casualties to the Warat people, looking at the Warat cavalry who rushed into three hundred steps, he ordered: "Firecrackers fire!" ”
"Fire!"
Amid the shouts of the officers, a dense firecrackle sounded, and the Warats two hundred paces away on the opposite side let out a series of screams, and hundreds of Warats fell to the ground and struggled in pain.
"The second team..."
"Third Team Ready!"
"Aim and shoot!"
The Warat people were blinded by such a dense firecracker, and the effect of a salvo of thousands of people was too shocking, these were all Lumi guns with a range of three hundred steps, powerful, two hundred steps can break through heavy armor, even if they don't die, they will be seriously injured and lose their combat power, not to mention these Warat people in leather jackets.
It was also the first time that Jia Jue saw the firecrackers lining up to shoot, and the dense bullets gushed out, and the Warats threw down a large area, and the Warat cavalry blocking the front was almost swept away.
Soon, the Warat cavalry, which rushed forward with huge casualties, rushed to within a distance of two hundred paces, and Jia Jue ordered again: "Do it!" ”
In order to inflict maximum damage on the Warats, Jia Jue ordered a number of simple small trebuchets to be built, and used them to launch the Skyquake Thunder and the improvised gunpowder packs above the Warats' heads.
One hundred and twenty paces, this has reached the distance that many Varat cavalry can shoot, and Dehuahai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and shouted: "Release the arrows!" ”
At this moment, the earth-shattering thunder and gunpowder packets that fell from the sky exploded violently, and the earth-shattering explosion almost deafened everyone's ears, the earth shook, and the sky collapsed!
Poor many of the Warats were blown to pieces before they could shoot their arrows, and their severed limbs flew all over the sky, and a rain of flesh and blood fell in the air, and the strong smell of blood was almost suffocating.
Countless earth-shattering thunderbolts and gunpowder packets were thrown one after another, one after another exploded in the chaotic crowd of Warat, deafening explosions, terrible screams, sparks from gunpowder fell on the leather jackets, the fire borrowed the wind, countless Warats were covered in fire, the fire burned into a piece, the Warats were completely insane, and the horror shrouded the hearts of every Warat, shouting hysterically, rushing to the rear, trying to escape from here.
However, just as they were running backwards, the sound of fire rang out, followed by the twenty or so Franc cannons, and at this time the Warats were completely gathered, and they fell to the ground in large numbers.
Dehuahai's eyes were red in a hurry, he could see that it was not possible to retreat, he could only rush forward, he desperately shouted loudly, "Don't be in a hurry, rush forward, rush into the Ming army's position and we will win." ”
Encouraged by him, he finally gathered thousands of Warat cavalry and followed him towards Xiangshuipu.
Jia Jue's face was expressionless, these were all in his expectation, with the military order of the sea of flowers, more and more people rushed up, and when they reached a hundred steps, they suddenly found those criss-crossing ravines, they were all stunned, the sea of flowers was the first to react, he shouted that it was not good, but unfortunately it was too late, the face of the front of the Varat cavalry changed in an instant, but they could not stop, they could only close their eyes in despair.
"Boom!"
In the midst of a loud noise, many of the Warat cavalry and horses fell into the trench, and the screams spread throughout the Xiangshuipu in the blink of an eye.
Dehuahai has been dripping blood in his heart, although some cavalry have begun to use the bows and arrows in their hands to counterattack the Ming army, but the distance is too far to cause them too many casualties, on the contrary, every time the fire gun sounds, hundreds of Warats will fall off their horses.
"No, we can't be used as a live target by the Ming army like this anymore, we have to find a way!"
Thinking of this, Dehuahai immediately ordered: "Quick, throw the corpse into the trench and pile up a road, quickly!" ”
Jia Jue, who had been riding on a horse, watched the movements of the Warats, and the corners of his mouth flashed with a hint of mockery, at this time, the retreating trebuchet had already readjusted the distance, and with the officer's order, dozens of gunpowder packets that ignited the fuse were fired at the same time....
The eyes of the sea of flowers immediately turned red, and despite the obstruction of the guards, he brandished a scimitar and rushed towards Xiangshuipu....
Jia Jue took out his bow and arrows, and while aiming at the sea of flowers, he asked Jia Fu, "You say, this arrow may kill him?" ”
Jia Fu smiled, "It's just a hundred steps, I definitely can." ”
"Then I will lend you good words!"
Before he could say a word, Jia Jue's hand with the bow was released, and the arrow flashed away like lightning, this arrow was too fast, and the sea of flowers was also a veteran of the battlefield for many years, and he thought that his reaction speed was still okay, but it was still a little slower, and his knife only cut off the wings of the arrow, and the arrow sank into his chest, leaving only half of the shaft of the arrow outside.
"Lord Wanhu!"
"Lord Wanhu!"
At the shouts of a group of guards, the sea of flowers fell from her horse.
If it weren't for Jia Jue's preparations in advance and delaying the advantage of cavalry charge, this battle would definitely end with a complete victory for the Warats, but unfortunately, they not only lost the advantage in speed, but also fell into the Ming army's successive firepower blows, and they had no ability to fight back at all.
When the news came out that Dehuahai had been shot, the Warats completely collapsed, could no longer support it, and fled one after another.
Looking at the scattered and fleeing Varat routs, Jia Jue ordered: "Pass the order to the cavalry, let them block the retreat of the Warat people, and completely annihilate the remnants of thousands of routs!" ”
"Whew-"
The low sound of a horn echoed in the wind.
The firearms battalion officer pulled out his waist knife and said in a loud voice: "First team, come forward." ”
"Aim at the target!"
"Fire!"
The firecrackers slowly advanced and fired, and as the guns sounded, the Ming army rushed towards the Warat rout like a wave.
Despite the best efforts of the Ming cavalry to intercept them, hundreds of Varat people who were desperate for survival rushed out and fled towards Baozhou.