Chapter 294: The Lion Fights the Rabbit still needs full strength
"Tick tick tick, tick ......"
Less than ten breaths after the flames caused by the explosion of black powder and the earth-shattering explosion, the familiar sound of the charge horn of the long-tasseled sergeants resounded in the hazy morning.
The moment they heard the trumpet, the strong muscle memory of the soldiers of the Changying Army was awakened.
The confusion, confusion, fear, and astonishment caused by the first sight of the power of gunpowder were dispelled almost instantly.
Even the frightened war horses were greatly relieved of their panic after hearing the charge, and they were regained control by their owners in a very short time.
Of course, the fastest reaction was still the officers, lieutenants, and sergeants of the 1st Infantry Regiment, and in the midst of their orders, the bugle sounded less than 20 breaths, and the 1st Infantry Regiment quickly completed the recovery and assembly of the state.
With the issuance of orders from officers at all levels, the 1st Infantry Regiment, which had recovered its condition, began to charge toward the target according to the original arrangement under the command of military academies at all levels.
The heavy cavalry, which had been ready for a long time, jumped out of their horses and rushed to the Jiaodong Army camp in front of everyone.
Followed by the sturdy heavy infantry, light infantry, archers, and crossbowmen, except for a small number of light cavalry responsible for blocking the perimeter, the entire infantry regiment of nearly 4,000 men began to attack each other from all directions.
Of course, those who participated in the attack also included Guo Rong and the independent battalion of the Changying Army, which was temporarily replenished to the 1st Infantry Regiment.
Although it bears the name of the independent battalion, this independent battalion is essentially equivalent to the guard battalion or garrison battalion of the Changying Army, and Guo Rong himself is also the commander of the independent battalion.
Of course, in reality, Han Xiang is the actual manager of this independent battalion.
The reason why the independent battalion was finally used instead of the guard battalion was purely the name that Guo Rong deliberately set up in order to facilitate the call of this elite.
As the de facto guard battalion of the Changying Army, the independent battalion is second to none in terms of personnel, equipment, and training in the entire Changying Army.
Therefore, after determining that Guo Rong would temporarily transfer the independent battalion to his own use, in line with the principle of not wasting it, Lu Xiaobing directly deployed the independent battalion behind the heavy cavalry as the front of the charging infantry.
It is equivalent to treating the independent battalion directly under him as the core force of the attack, which Guo Rong readily accepts, after all, Guo Rong has not fought for a long time, and it is also good to practice with this kind of downwind battle.
Originally, Guo Rong was in a good mood, but with three rounds of violent roaring in a row, Guo Rong's mood was not good after that.
The three sub-battlefield commanders appointed by himself didn't even discuss it, and directly used all the big killing weapons that he was reluctant to use, and Guo Rong felt that his lungs were about to explode.
After hearing the charge, Guo Rong, who was angry, shouted:
"Follow me!"
The moment the words fell, he snatched the Mo knife that Zhi Muyu was carrying by his own family, and rushed out towards the blazing Jiaodong Army camp.
There was a distance of about seven or eight hundred steps from the position of the attack to the camp of the Jiaodong Army where the target was located, and under full armament, in order to maintain his physical strength, Guo Rong did not accelerate with all his strength.
Rao is like this, in less than half an hour, Guo Rong, who is in the lead, has already rushed to the front of the enemy's camp gate.
As far as Guo Rong could see, several gaps had been blown open in the strong fence of the Jiaodong Army camp, and the traps in the trenches outside the fence had also been swept away.
From far to near, several large pits in zhang units in front of the camp were particularly dazzling, and the defensive facilities such as the horse rejection pile that were originally placed in front of the camp gate were gone.
The mud in front of the camp gate had even been renovated directly, and the air still smelled of the pungent smell left over from the explosion of gunpowder, mixed with the smell of some of the skin and flesh being burned.
Directly in front of Guo Rong, the position of the camp gate that should be the camp of the Jiaodong Army is empty, and the fences on both sides of the camp gate are burning.
Several of the lighted watchtowers were already crumbling, and the sentinels that were supposed to exist on them were gone.
Looking at the traces that had been plowed by black powder and trampled by the heavy cavalry, Guo Rong was shocked by this amazing effect for a moment.
Looking at the Jiaodong Army camp, which had been unrecognizable, Guo Rong found that he seemed to have underestimated the power and effect of the improved black powder.
In fact, after seeing this scene, Guo Rong's anger has dissipated a lot, compared to the three temporary commanders who made him very angry, Guo Rong is more curious about what kind of impact black powder will have on the soldiers of the Jiaodong Army.
With curiosity and doubts, Guo Rong stepped on the burnt black land, crossed the bombed trench, and passed through the billowing smoke, and the heavily armed Guo Rong entered the camp of the Jiaodong Army from the burning fence.
Following in Guo Rong's footsteps, the sergeant of the rear brigade also slowed down and marched forward in formation.
After entering the Jiaodong Army camp, dozens of shapeless wrecks were scattered in front of Guo Rong's eyes, and Guo Rong knew that this was probably the source of the taste he asked just now.
Holding the Mo knife in both hands, he directly cut off a soldier of the Jiaodong Army who was rushing towards him with a howl, and continued to move forward Guo Rong suddenly felt an indescribable strangeness in the enemy camp.
After continuously swinging the knife and slashing the three Jiaodong soldiers who were already in a state of madness in front of him, Guo Rong understood the reason why he felt weird.
First the explosion, then the cavalry rushed, and now the infantry, not to mention at least 3,000 soldiers, even 3,000 pigs should wake up.
The problem was that only a small number of Jiaodong troops were fighting frantically near the camp gate in the entire camp, and in the deeper places, there were only a large number of military tents set fire by the heavy cavalry.
Not to mention the Jiaodong Army, there are not even many scattered lone soldiers.
The first batch of heavy cavalry that rushed into the enemy camp was indeed the elite of the elite, with strong offensive power, defensive power, and mobility, and their purpose was indeed to disintegrate the counterattack ability of the Jiaodong Army.
However, with more than 100 horses, even the elite could not completely suppress at least 3,000 people from the other side in such a large camp to the point that they did not dare to fight back!
As for directly killing the other party's 3,000 people, it is even more impossible, there are not many corpses in the corridor in front of Guo Rong......
However, just a few breaths later, an order came to Guo Rong's ears.
"Shoot!"
With a simple order, the archers who followed the heavy infantry began to shoot at the tents one by one.
After being shot, bursts of screams and wails would immediately come from the target's military tent, and in the brighter and brighter sky, Guo Rong could even see clouds of blood sprayed onto the tent.
Seeing the blood-stained military tent, hearing the screams and wailings, and thinking of the reaction of the explosion in a hurry, Guo Rong deduced a conclusion that surprised him himself - the Jiaodong Army should not be directly frightened stupid!
It stands to reason that it should not be, although the Jiaodong Army is not known for its good fighting, but it is not a waste of firewood, and the more than 30,000 Jiaodong Army in Li Shidao's hands are also left from the more than 100,000 Pinglu Army, Guo Rong does not believe that Li Shidao will cut off the elite and leave a group of wine bags and rice bags.
After the improvement, the battle of black powder does look not small, the fire is a little bigger, and the sound of the explosion is a little louder, but how can it not make these guys so frightened that they lose the ability to resist.
It's just that if all the possibilities are ruled out, this is the biggest possibility, and the location has come here, so Guo Rong can't help but think about it.
After a few simple orders, the archers and crossbowmen put down their bows and crossbows, picked up their blades, and began to prepare to search the tents one by one, under the leadership of the chief.
Although Guo Rong issued an order that he could not leave alive when necessary, in line with the idea that the Tang people would not kill the Tang people as much as possible, and that he would preserve the vitality of the Tang Dynasty as much as possible, Guo Rong still did not want to directly slaughter the other party's 3,000 soldiers.
While giving the order, Guo Rong himself led a squad to advance forward on the road opened by heavy cavalry.
After just a dozen steps, a squad led by Guo Rong approached the front of a military tent.
As Guo Rong signaled, Zhi Muyu put away the light horn bow in his hand, took out the sapper shovel behind him, and then reluctantly used his sapper shovel to open the general tent, a light infantry holding a shield was in front, and Guo Rong was holding a Mo knife in the back, and the two rushed in directly.
After rushing into the military tent of the Jiaodong army, Guo Rong instinctively raised the Mo knife, and the next moment, with the help of the dim light in the military tent, Guo Rong found that the Jiaodong soldiers in the military tent were staring at him one by one.
Only one person in the entire tent was in a standing position, and the rest of the people were lying, lying, or sitting, their eyes blank, as if they were in some kind of state of panic, and many of them still had blood oozing from their ears.
The only guy with a good eye is also dressed in a cicada robe, with no armor or a blade in his hand, and obviously does not have any ability to attack.
There was no threat, after the preliminary judgment, Guo Rong felt a lot more relieved, and the Mo knife that was raised high was slowly put down.
Anyway, these guys don't have much resistance, just right for Guo Rong to ask carefully, however, just as Guo Rong was about to ask, the only guy standing suddenly had a seizure, rolled forward and directly crossed the place where the enemy placed his blades in this military tent, and a horizontal knife directly started.
In this situation, he even wanted to fight back, seeing this Tie Hanhan's reaction, Guo Rong couldn't help but be a little confused.
You must know that although there are many Jiaodong troops in the military tent, they are all clothed, and Guo Rong is a full set of heavy infantry equipment with chain mail + Mingguang armor, even if the only one who can get the blade, what can Guo Rong do?
If you want to, you don't need others, Guo Rong's time with a few breaths of a Mo knife is enough to kill all the dozen or so people in front of him.
Rao was like this, Guo Rong still instinctively rushed over, and swung the Mo knife towards his shoulder.
Under normal circumstances, with Guo Rong's strength, swinging a knife and cracking down would definitely cut this guy without armor protection directly into two.
It's just that the other party suddenly made a gesture of begging for mercy, and after seeing this, Guo Rong, who was not ready to kill everything, turned his wrist slightly, and the blade slashed through the opponent's chest, only lightly cutting through his clothes, leaving a little bloodshot.
However, seeing Guo Rong keep his hand, there was a playful smile in the other party's eyes, and the moment Guo Rong's blade fell, the banter on the face of the Jiao Dongjun turned hideous.
At the same time, the backhand picked up the horizontal knife on the side, the back of the knife was forward, the blade was backward, and it crackled towards Guo Rong's neck.
If the opponent uses the blade, Guo Rong really doesn't care, but this guy chooses the back of the knife, which is equivalent to using the horizontal knife as a heavy soldier or a stick.
If he hits directly this time, Guo Rong will still not be worried about his life, but he is likely to have a short-term coma or shock directly.
Even if there is no coma or shock, a short period of trance is unavoidable.
You must know that the sword and shield soldiers who rushed in with Guo Rong were three steps away, and there was no time to rescue them, and this moment of kung fu was enough for the opponent to take Guo Rong's life.
When he saw the opponent raise the back of the knife with his backhand, Guo Rong knew that the guy in front of him without armor was definitely not a good stubble, and his ruthlessness, stability, and accuracy definitely belonged to the category of veteran oil.
But at this moment, Guo Rong also came back to his senses, it seemed that he was out of the battlefield, and the time was so long that he forgot that the moment of the battlefield fight could not tolerate any mercy at all.
Only the dead enemy is the best enemy, it is always the iron law on the battlefield, and a moment is enough to kill when fighting for your life.
Fortunately, he also got the true inheritance of a large group of white-headed veterans, who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and although he has not been on the battlefield for a long time, Guo Rong has never slackened off on his martial arts, and it is all this that saved Guo Rong.
In this case, it must be too late for the knife, Guo Rong directly used the most convenient weapon according to the teachings of the veterans, and his left hand went directly to it.
"Dang!"
With a loud bang, Jiaodongjun's horizontal knife slashed directly on Guo Rong's outstretched left arm, although it was the back of the knife, but Guo Rong, who was still in pain, was bruised and sweaty.
However, the next moment, the Mo knife held in Guo Rong's right hand immediately went horizontal, and then jumped upward, slashing directly at the opponent's arm.
At this moment, the difference between a person and a person without a nail was vividly displayed, Guo Rong was just grinning in pain, and the other party's arm holding a horizontal knife was directly cut.
An arm holding the knife flew out immediately, and although the arm was directly cut off, the blade continued to move forward, and under Guo Rong's amazing power, it slammed directly into the opponent's throat.
In an instant, the neck of the Jiaodong army was directly cut off by the Mo knife in Guo Rong's hand, and the blood spurted outward like spring water.
Most of the military tents were stained red with blood, and Guo Rong was directly soaked in blood.
After cutting off the opponent's head directly, the Mo knife continued to move forward under the action of inertia, and slashed on the coarse cloth of the military tent, and the sturdy military tent was directly torn open with a big hole.
The first rays of sunlight in the morning shone into the military tent and shone on Guo Rong's blood-soaked face.
Feeling the sunshine, Guo Rong turned around and looked around the military tent.
At this moment, the remaining Jiaodong soldiers were staring at themselves with a devilish look, trembling like chaff.