Chapter 521: Cavalry Battlefield

While the Xia army was doing its best to deal with the herd, the Persian musketeers were pleasantly surprised to see the results of the herd, and then, at the urging of the officer, they raised the arquebus that had already been loaded, blew the fire rope, pulled the trigger, and fired a counterfire salvo at the Xia army. Rage

After firing the projectile, the new soldiers in the front row hurriedly put away their muskets, turned around and retreated along the left passage to the last row of the line, and reloaded the muskets in their hands, while the soldiers in the second row stepped forward to take over their positions and also shot at the enemy.

The Xia army was immediately shot and killed, and the officers at all levels shouted the order to reorganize the formation at the top of their voices, and the soldiers could only brave the dense rain of bullets fired from the opposite side, regardless of the casualties to reorganize the formation.

"Line up! Line up!"

The officers shouted loudly, the soldiers stepped on the corpses of their comrades and re-lined up, a row of projectiles flying from the front shot several people in an instant, and a soldier was just in position when he was shot in the head by the projectile, his skull was pierced by the projectile, and the back of his head was also punched out of a bloody hole, and the viscous brain mixed with blood sprayed on the face of the soldier standing behind him.

The soldier felt nothing but a splash of liquid on his face, and he numbly reached out to wipe the fishy brain tissue from his face, stepped forward and stood in the place of the fallen robe, raised his rifle under the roar of the officer, and aimed at the Persian musketeers who were shooting in rotation on the opposite side.

"Put-"

Bang bang bang - rake

The riflemen of the Xia Army in the first row pulled the trigger one after another, and the volley immediately made the Persian soldiers on the opposite side fall down, and a Persian soldier who had just been in position and was about to raise his gun to shoot only felt a tingling pain in his chest, and a cloud of blood mist erupted from the wound on his chest, and his body immediately collapsed weakly to the ground.

The two sides launched a salvo, but the Persians soon found out in despair that even though the Xia army had been trampled by the fire bull array and suffered heavy losses, their shooting efficiency and accuracy were still far inferior to the Xia army on the opposite side.

On the other side, the local army, which was generally equipped with cold weapons, also engaged the two flanks of the Xia army, under the cover of their own archers and arquebusiers, the Persian infantry armed with swords, swords and shields shouted and charged the Xia army's line, but they were soon hit by the dense volley of the Xia army, the shields in the hands of the infantry and the armor on their bodies could not stop the penetration of the bullets and bullets, they fell one after another, and a large number of corpses soon lay on the yellow earth.

"Shoot! Shoot!"

Even with the occasional danger of a dense rain of arrows from Persian archers overhead, the line infantry still numbly performed the reload-shoot-load-shoot step of reloading.

From time to time, some of them were hit by falling arrows and fell to the ground, but this did not disrupt their shooting rhythm.

Under the fierce firepower of the Xia army, the Persian local infantry still did not have such high morale to support them to rush to the front of the line and engage in hand-to-hand combat, or rather, the number of casualties in a straight line made their morale and fighting spirit quickly shake. Rage

Seeing that the infantry was wavering and began to retreat, the Persian commander Nadr Aziz no longer hesitated, and decisively ordered the cavalry deployed on both flanks to enter the battle, and charged the flanks of the Xia army to save the decline.

The cavalry deployed on both flanks was mainly Persian cavalry, which was also mixed with the Turkmen cavalry driven out of Khiva and the brave Kurdish cavalry.

The action of the Persian cavalry was instantly discovered by the Xia army, and some of the Xia artillery immediately turned the muzzle and fired at the galloping Persian cavalry, only to hear the deafening sound of cannons, and the cannonballs whistled and smashed into the galloping cavalry formation, and immediately blew up the Persian cavalry to the back of their horses, and some people flew out screaming, and flew out for several meters before falling heavily to the ground.

Seeing the might of the Xia army's artillery, Adler Darvand, the Persian general who personally led the army to charge and kill, did not dare to take it lightly, and he immediately ordered a part of the cavalry to attack the artillery positions of the Xia army, and he continued to lead the cavalry to attack the flank of the Xia army.

With his order, the Persian cavalry quickly divided some of their troops and horses, and rushed towards the artillery position of the Xia army, responsible for guarding the artillery position

Seeing this, the infantry battalion led the team and hurriedly wanted the artillerymen to transfer their positions, but was vetoed by the artillery officer.

Faced with the puzzled Duji, the artillery officer explained: "We can't outrun the four-legged cavalry, and instead of running halfway to catch up and be killed, we should fight them to the death right here, and when the enemy cavalry approaches, we will bombard them with shotguns to repel them."

Listening to him, although he did not agree, he agreed with the artillery officer's idea, and led his soldiers to line up the slope with a slope, while the artillerymen continued to reload and shelled the rushing enemy cavalry. Rage

Rumble –

Looking at the cannonballs whistling over his head, Xia Jundusi swallowed his saliva, and under his gaze, the cannonballs accurately smashed into the cavalry formation, killing and injuring another cavalryman.

After the Persian cavalry was bombarded, some of the horses were frightened and uncontrollable, and no matter how the cavalry whipped and scolded, they neighed and stopped, and the queue fell into confusion for a while.

But soon, the cavalry resumed their formation and continued to charge towards the artillery position, and in order to reduce the losses from the shelling, they advanced in a loose formation, and even if the shells fell into the crowd, they could only kill and wound a few people at most.

In the face of the artillery bombardment of the Xia army, the Persian cavalry finally came within the range of the line infantry, and the infantry facing the cavalry raised their guns one after another, and under a row of thunderous volleys, dozens of people in the running cavalry were shot and fell from their horses.

After firing a volley, the soldiers of the first platoon quickly turned and retreated, and the soldiers of the second platoon, which was slightly higher behind them, immediately raised their guns and fired a second volley at the enemy.

After three consecutive volleys, the Xia army quickly ran behind their own infantry guns, and the Persian cavalry also rushed up the slope, seeing that they were about to enter the artillery position head-on, but in the next second, the muzzles of the dozens of black holes suddenly burst into dazzling firelight, and countless small iron beads swept towards the Persian cavalry in a fan-shape. Rage

The power of the shotgun is unstoppable!

In an instant, the Persian cavalry who entered the state of charge were all killed by the shotguns, and both the war horses and the heavily armed knights were beaten into a puddle of rotten meat by small iron balls, and within a range of nearly 100 meters in front of the infantry guns, under this round of shelling, almost a no-man's land was cleared!

Although the shotgun bombardment did not kill all the invading Persian cavalry, the massive number of casualties inflicted in that moment, as well as the tragic death of the cavalry facing the muzzle, made the other survivors tremble and tear their hearts and minds.

Without the slightest hesitation, almost driven by instinct, the remaining cavalry screamed and turned their horses and fled backwards, or the frightened horses scattered in all directions.

How quickly this cavalry was defeated, the Persian cavalry general did not notice, because he had already led the cavalry to the flank of the Xia army, and was about to charge the flank of the Xia army, but at this time, the cavalry brigade attached to the sixth town took the initiative to meet the Persian cavalry under the leadership of its brigade commander Feng Zhengguang!

"Kill! Kill me! Let the Persian barbarians see what a real cavalryman is!"

Feng Zhengguang took the lead in galloping his horse, and in his roar, the Cossack cavalry rushed towards the Persian cavalry like a red torrent. Rage

Seeing that the Xia cavalry took the initiative to meet them, Adler Darvand's face was excited, and he shouted loudly: "For Allah, for the seventy-two little raisins in heaven, for the glory of Persia, crush them!"

"For Allah! For seventy-two little raisins!"

The cavalry shouted religious slogans loudly, raised their spears or sabers to kill the Xia cavalry, and when the two sides were about to collide head-on, the Xia cavalry suddenly raised the carbine in their hands and pulled the trigger at the Persian cavalry who held their weapons high!

Bang bang bang –

A series of deafening gunfire exploded in front of the Persian cavalry, and the cavalry in the front row were instantly shot and killed, screaming and falling off their horses, or falling forward with men and horses, and their charging momentum was chaotic.

Before the Persian cavalry could come to their senses in this sudden close-to-face volley, the Cossack cavalry in the front row had already put their whole bodies against the neck of the war horse, giving up the shooting vision, and the rear cavalry behind them also raised their carbines one after another

The enemy fired a second volley.

With two consecutive rounds of face-to-face volleys, the Persian cavalry suffered heavy losses, and they were still enthusiastic as if they had been poured a basin of cold water, and fell into chaos because of a large number of casualties. Rage

Immediately afterwards, the Cossack cavalry replaced their carbines, raised their sharp sabers, and roared at the Persian cavalry, like a red torrent crashing into a green, and the two sides crashed together.

In the next second, the people turned over on their backs, the shields were destroyed and the people died, the sound of swords chopping, the sound of cavalry guns breaking, the sound of sharp weapons entering the flesh and the terrible screams of people echoed between the battle lines, the "embankment" composed of the Persian cavalry was obviously not solid, and under the charge of the Xia army, the battle line of the Persian cavalry was quickly torn apart!

Although the Persian cavalry was well-trained, the Xia army's serial moves were too sharp, and in just a few face-to-face efforts, the morale of the Persian cavalry plummeted and fell to the bottom in an instant.

Under the fierce offensive of the Xia cavalry, the Persian cavalry soon fell to the upper hand, and began to show signs of rout, the Persian general Adler Darvand, in order to maintain morale, did not care about personal comfort, stepped forward, led the guards into the battle group, and directly killed a Xia cavalry who tried to attack him with a sword.

Adler Darvand's actions of slashing the enemy undoubtedly boosted the morale of the surrounding Persian cavalry, but it did nothing to effect on the entire declining battlefield, on the contrary, he was quickly targeted by the Xia cavalry because he was dressed differently from other ordinary cavalry.

Several cavalrymen stared at this guy who was different, constantly raising his weapons and shouting to encourage the surrounding soldiers, and the Xia cavalry surrounded it very tacitly and provoked a siege on Adler Darvand.

The brave Persian general soon discovered the reality of his targeting, not only to inspire his men, but also to protect his own safety, bravely raising his sword to meet the enemy and fight the onrushing enemy. Rage

"You also want to kill the noble Darvand?" He mocked, swung his knife to block the scimitar of a Cossack cavalryman, and stabbed it with his backhand, stabbing the sharp tip into the opponent's chest.

Then, under the disbelief of the other party's round gaze, Adler Darvand smirked and shook the scimitar with a fierce blow, stirring up the internal organs of the Cossack cavalry, and then pulled it out with all his might, blood spurting out of the wound like a spring.

However, the Cossack cavalry did not fall because of this, and at the last moment of his life, he roared and pounced on the Persian generals, holding them with all his strength, trying to make it impossible for Adler to get out.

Adler Darvand was deeply frightened by the actions of the Cossack cavalry, and he shouted angrily and tried to push the Xia people who were holding him away, but for a moment he could not break free, and the surrounding Xia cavalry also roared and pounced, and although the Persian guards tried their best to stop them, one of them still killed them.

The rushing Xia cavalry swung their swords and slashed at Adler Darvand, and the Persian generals who were hugged tried their best to break free, and finally broke free with his right hand holding the knife at the last moment, but before he could raise his knife to block, he watched in despair as the blade fell, cutting off the wrist of his right hand that he was about to raise!

Poof-

Blood gushed out from the broken wrist in an instant, and the severe pain made Adler's face pale, and he couldn't help but let out a heart-rending scream, and the Xia cavalry who had succeeded in the blow raised his hand and slashed again, and the sharp saber cut off Adler Darvand's head with a vengeful rage. Rage

With a flash of the sword, the dead head of the Persian general flew into the air with the gushing blood, and this scene was also witnessed by many Persian cavalry around.

They were stunned for a few seconds, and after a few seconds, someone who tore their throats first shouted, "Adler Darvand is dead!"

Immediately, all the Persian cavalry present instantly fell into a panic, the main general died, their backbone was gone, some of the fastest reacting cavalry did not hesitate to turn around and flee, and the others saw this, and quickly followed to join the fleeing army.

The rout was like a plague, quickly sweeping through the entire cavalry warband, the Persian cavalry screamed and rode away from the battlefield, fleeing towards the edge of the battlefield, only a few Kurdish cavalry still tried to fight to the end, but they did not last long, and finally fell under the sword of the Xia army, or the warehouse

The emperor joined the wave of escape.

After defeating the Persian cavalry, Feng Zhengguang did not lead the cavalry to continue the pursuit, but set his eyes on the crumbling Persian infantry on the battle line, he only thought for a few seconds before making a decision, raising his saber and shouting:

"Sons, our infantry brothers are still fighting, should we help them?!"

"Yes!" Rage

The cavalry of the Xia army responded in a loud voice.

"Then I'll kill you!"

Feng Zhengguang's words fell, and he took the lead in riding his horse and rushed out, this time, their target was directly at the Persian flank infantry!