"Sir, sir, enemy cavalry, enemy cavalry is coming."

The Ottoman cavalry had just made a move, and was pointing at the retreating soldiers, and the commander of the Fat Roko Kingdom, who was scolding, was frightened into a cold sweat by what the adjutant said.

He turned his head and glanced in the direction pointed by the adjutant, his face changed instantly, and he screamed:

"Hurry, hurry...... Protect the cannons, hollow phalanxes, form hollow phalanxes! ”

Even if this guy has a bit of a brain, he still remembers that when the Ming instructor taught them, they had to form a hollow phalanx in the face of the cavalry.

The fat man reacted, but the problem was that his soldiers didn't.

In addition, his artillery is lined up, and if the infantry array wants to form a hollow phalanx, it must form a large circle.

The cavalry of the Ottoman Empire was very fast, and when the army of the Rocco Kingdom was desperately preparing to form a hollow phalanx, they had already killed in front of the ranks of the Rocco Kingdom.

The number of cavalry brought by Ochibenri this time was not large, only 2,000 cavalry.

Although there are only 2,000 people, the lethality brought by the enemy is also extraordinary when the enemy loses the first opportunity.

"Knights, charge!"

The commander who led the team, looking at the Rocco army who was panicking at them with guns, had a murderous glint in his eyes, and brandished the scimitar in his hand and roared loudly.

"Roar!"

The Ottoman cavalry gave the order to charge at the commander's command, carrying all kinds of soldiers in their hands, and let out an earth-shattering roar.

"Fire, fire, shoot them, kill them!"

The opposite side roared loudly, and in the Roco phalanx, there was a scream.

These officers who relied on their connections to pat themselves on the back of the horse, looking at the cavalry rushing towards them in the face of the black press, were as frightened as ducks caught by the neck, and kept facing the cavalry in the distance, pulling the flintlock pistol that had no bullet in their hands, and screaming for the soldiers to shoot quickly.

"Bang ......"

A burst of intermittent gunfire rang out, and more than a dozen unlucky cavalrymen became the first to die in the cavalry corps.

But the Ottoman cavalry corps did not stop, and the death of their teammates even more stimulated their speed by a few points.

Familiar with flintlock pistols, they knew that in the face of cavalry charges, if there was no line infantry forming a good array, there would only be 1~2 chances to shoot.

They have already dodged the first round of fire, and if they are fast enough, the enemy will not have a chance to shoot the second shot.

Close, close...

"Kill!"

The speed of the cavalry was so fast, a distance of several tens of meters came in the blink of an eye.

The cavalry commander who rushed to the front roared, and rode his horse into several Rocco Kingdom soldiers, and the scimitar in his hand slashed fiercely, and a frightened Roco commander turned around to run away on the neck.

Blood spurted out, and the officer fell to the ground with a scream, then trampled by the hooves of countless horses, and after a few wails, he was silent.

The charge of the Ottoman cavalry was fierce, and the Rocco legionnaires, who had not yet formed a hollow phalanx, were directly rushed out of a large gap.

"Inform everyone except the rear army to attack!"

Ochbenri, who commanded on the dunes, saw that his cavalry had rushed into the enemy's phalanx, disrupted the enemy's formation, and coldly gave the order for a full-scale attack.

"Kill... Roar, roar, roar! ”

The order was delivered, and a wave of Ottoman soldiers who had not been addicted to fighting just now took their rifles with bayonets and roared and started to charge.

On the walls of Jerusalem, Qi Yuan, who saw the Rocco army about to be defeated in the telescope, raised his hand slightly.

"Ready!"

The adjutant next to him picked up the radio transmitter and ordered loudly: "The commander has an order to prepare!" ”

The regiment under the command of Qi Yuan has a new artillery battalion, with a total of 30 new artillery.

In order to better protect Jerusalem, Qi Yuan also borrowed 20 guns from the navy when he rushed over from the canal, so now he has a total of 50 artillery pieces in his hands.

The guns of the Marine Corps are 85mm caliber, which is not only lightweight, but also has a very fast rate of fire.

If it is a skilled artilleryman, it can shoot 10~13 shells in one minute.

After so many years of improvement, coupled with the change of gunpowder, the firing range of the Ming artillery has been greatly improved.

The army is equipped with 105-caliber artillery with a firing range of about 20 miles, while the marines are lightweight, equipped with 85-caliber guns, and the firing range can reach 12 to 15 miles.

Since Ochben did not know the range of the Ming artillery, he camped at the distance with the maximum range of his artillery, less than eight miles from the city of Jerusalem.

Although after the night attack, they retreated 10 miles the next day, but when the army of the Rocco Kingdom launched a provocation, they returned to their original camp.

In other words, now the armies of both sides are all within the range of the Ming artillery.

With Qi Yuan's order, the artillery positions placed in all corners of the city began to load shells and fix the firing angle.

When everything was ready, everyone waited quietly for the order to shoot.

The Ottoman cavalry was completely insane, and no one could stop them in the frenzied rush of the Rocco army.

The fat commander of the Rocco Kingdom didn't think about letting the cavalry drive away these cavalry.

But the front of the other side has been scattered by the other side, and there are soldiers fleeing and retreating everywhere, and the cavalry can't rush up at all when they take care of their own people, so they can only watch the cavalry on the opposite side, fighting everywhere in their own army formation.

Just when the Ottoman cavalry was in full swing, more than 10,000 Ottoman infantrymen, armed with flintlock pistols equipped with bayonets, or carrying various cold weapons, formed a neat array, and roared into the Rocco army.

In an instant, the Roco Kingdom Legion, whose morale had dropped to freezing, collapsed in an instant.

Ignoring the officers' orders and threats, the soldiers wailed and threw their obstructive equipment on the ground and fled to the city of Jerusalem in disarray.

"Fire!"

Seeing that this ally finally collapsed, Qi Yuan gave the order for the artillery to open fire with an expressionless face.

Beside him, Sash'er turned his head to look at Qi Yuan suddenly, and opened his mouth to say that the army of his allies was still there, and he would hurt his own people if he opened fire.

But before he could say his words, he was pressed back by Qi Yuan's cold eyes.

At this moment, he remembered Zheng He's explanation to him.

There are strict regulations in the Ming army, once the commander is determined, no matter what the identity is, others are not allowed to interfere with the commander's combat command without authorization, even if it is the emperor and the crown prince, and cannot interfere with the commander's operation, which is the iron law that everyone must follow from top to bottom in the Ming Dynasty.

"Filth, filth..."

The roar of cannons rang out all over the city of Jerusalem, and the shells that flew out of the barrels swirled in the air with a sharp roar, smashing into the dense ant-colony battlefield in the distance.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Pillars of sand and dust rose into the air, and shrapnel driven by the power attached to the gunpowder explosion frantically harvested human lives one by one.

Whether it was a member of the Rocco Legion or a soldier of the Ottoman Empire, their status was instantly equal at this moment.

"Damn, what are they doing, how are they attacking their own people..."

The first group of fat officers who fled in embarrassment roared loudly in anger as they looked at the overwhelming shells that were smashing in.

It's a pity that his voice was drowned out by the whistling sound of the cannonballs flying, and Qi Yuan couldn't hear what he was shouting at all, let alone listen to what he shouted.

The fat man pointed to the city wall and cursed, cursing the Ming army for not dying well.

One of the flying cannonballs, as if he couldn't stand the fat man's provocative shouting, plunged down and smashed straight into the fat man's body.

With a "boom", the blood mist was filled, and the commander of the Roco Kingdom Legion, who relied on sycophancy, was very honored not to accept the punishment of their king, and left this world cleanly and without leaving a trace.

"Damn, these Ming people don't treat us Westerners as human beings at all!"

Looking at the battlefield shrouded in artillery, Ochibenri angrily threw his hat on the ground.

Although he ordered the army to retreat in an emergency, the cavalry regiment was trapped in it, and he did not know how many people would return alive after this round of shelling.

Even the infantry corps that retreated ahead of schedule was hit by the opponent's artillery, and the retreat was full of corpses along the way, and it was conservatively estimated that the casualties would be at least two or three thousand.

Without killing Da Ming alone, at least six or seven thousand people on his side were killed or injured in the hands of the other party, and Aoqiben's heart was filled with humiliation and anger.

"O Almighty Allah, when will I be free from the oppressive threat of the damned Easterners!"

Not daring to look at the artillery-shrouded battlefield, Ochibenri knelt on the ground and asked Allah the Almighty, which even Allah could not answer.

The shelling lasted for half an hour, and it was not until the Ottoman regiments withdrew from range that Qi Yuan ordered it to stop.

casually picked up the military hat that was put aside and put it on his head, Qi Yuan stretched out his hand and patted the dust on the military uniform, and said to the silent Saxu'er on the side: "I don't understand their words, and then you will receive them, Lord Saxu'er." ”

"We need to dig up defensive lines, and although their soldiers are not capable of combat, I estimate that they are definitely good at work."

After speaking, he didn't look at the battlefield in the distance, Qi Yuan turned around and left the city wall, and went back to take a hot shower and consider the next battle plan.

His Highness has given him trust and power, and he must give the greatest reward.

Defending the canal and the city of Jerusalem was no challenge for him.

He wanted to break the hard bones and see if he could cripple the main army of the Ottoman Empire before the Ming Dynasty launched a war.

If he can do this before the Ming Dynasty launches the war, then he Qi Yuan will become the most famous general in the history of China.

It's not bragging, it's that there's really no one to surpass him.

After all, from ancient times to the present, there has been a Chinese general who can come to this place where the Orientals have never set foot, and with only tens of thousands of local troops and hundreds of thousands of remnants of the defeated generals, he will collapse another powerful empire.

Looking at history carefully, it seems that he is really the only one.

Thinking of going down in history and becoming the most famous person on the list of famous generals in China, Qi Yuan's fiery heart was almost boiling. (Note: is the most famous, not the first!) ）

If Zhu Zhangui knew Qi Yuan's thoughts, he would definitely sigh that Daming does not lack capable generals, but lacks a stage to perform.

If there was no Zhu Zhangui, Qi Yuan might have served in the reserve army for the rest of his life until the day he died of obscurity.

At night, the camp of the Ottoman regiments.

"Your Excellency General, in today's battle, our infantry army lost a total of 6,273 people killed and 7,356 wounded, of which 1/3 may not be saved."

"Also, I would like to tell you the sad news that the cavalry regiment has been wiped out."

"Also, we have communicated with the Ming army, and they promised that we could collect the corpses, but the equipment was not allowed to be taken away."

In the camp tent in Ochibenli, an officer reported today's casualties, and by the way, he talked about the exchange with the Ming army.

In today's battle, the casualties were not large at the beginning, and so many casualties were completely caused by the artillery bombardment of the Ming army from behind.

Hate, anger, that's for sure.

But what's the use of this, the strength is not as good as people, so you can only smash your teeth and swallow it in your stomach.

"I see, tell the Legion to rest for the night, and tomorrow we will turn north!"

Aoqi clasped his hands together on his forehead, and after the officer finished speaking, he took a deep breath and gave the next order.

"Transfer?"

The officer was momentarily stunned, and he looked at Ochbenri in bewilderment.

"Your Excellency, General, didn't His Majesty tell us about the capture of Jerusalem and why we should turn north."

This kind of subordinate questioning the commander's order is a taboo in the army, if it is a strict general, or a hot-tempered general, it is possible to treat this kind of person who doubts his order, and it is possible to whip him at the lightest, and pull him out and behead him at the worst.

But Ochben wasn't angry.

He likes to train low-level generals very much, and has declared more than once that if it is just a few simple answers, he can make the empire have one more capable general, and he does not recommend chatting with the other party for three days and three nights.

It is precisely because of his habit of cultivating subordinates that there are many excellent generals in the legion he leads, and of course, there is no shortage of idiots who can only oppose or ask questions.

But he was not angry at all about this, as long as he could train an excellent general, his saliva and efforts were not in vain.

Rubbing his eyebrows, Och Benri smiled and looked at the officer.

"What do you think of Da Ming's strength?"

Hearing this, the general hesitated for a moment and said, "Although they have not fought against their army, their weapons and artillery are very powerful. ”

Ochbenri nodded slightly, and added to the officer: "In addition to what you said, their soldiers are also very capable of execution, and the general opposite is also very keen. ”

"Do you think, if it were you, you wouldn't hesitate to destroy those equipment, including your own allies, in that situation?"

The officer pondered for a moment and shook his head.

"I don't know, maybe it might be an order like that."

"After all, if such an order is not given, the equipment will fall into the hands of the enemy, and the so-called allies will most likely become accomplices of the enemy."

Ochbenri smiled slightly, and vetoed the officer's words: "You will not give such an order, because you will not give up those equipment, and you dare not face the punishment and accountability that you will receive later if you hurt those allies." ”

"So I can conclude that you will never be so resolute and decisive as the general on the other side."

The officer lowered his head, thought for a moment, looked at Ochbenri and asked in a low voice, "Your Excellency General, if it were you standing opposite you, would you give this order?" ”

Aoqi also fell silent, and it was a long time before he shook his head.

"Perhaps, but I also know that once I give such an order, it will be the last time I command the army to fight."

After speaking, he pressed his hand at the officer, "Okay, although I don't want to admit it, but the reality is that we don't have the confidence to take Jerusalem, and I don't even dare to guarantee whether we can withstand the attack of thousands of people on the other side." ”

"So instead of wasting time here, it is better to go north to help His Majesty the King, defeat the main army of the Rocco Kingdom as soon as possible, and then follow His Majesty to lead the main army here, swallow this city completely, and completely drive those hateful Ming people, those damned invaders, out of our homeland."

(End of chapter)