Chapter 808: Iron-Blooded Discipline
After the sound of the muskets died down, Barzan was excited and a little puzzled, why didn't the musket formation shoot anymore? They hadn't rushed to the musket array yet, the musketeers of the Shenji battalion still had time to shoot, and the musketeers didn't break up because they were afraid, and even, the entire musket array was still very tight, without any riots, so Barzan was a little bottomless in his heart, in the face of the charge of the cavalry of 20,000 people, how could the musket array be so calm? The calmer the musket array was, the more uncertain he became, because he didn't know if Li Yong had any other means to hide, but his cavalry had already rushed to the front of the musket array, even if Li Yong was insidious and cunning, what other means could he have? Closer, closer, he suddenly noticed that the musketeer in front of him suddenly stood up diagonally, the cold light flashed, it was the tip of the spear! The musket actually had a point! What does it mean to have a gun tip? This means that muskets can also be melee! And it's also a weapon for melee combat! Firearms have always been famous all over the world, and it is rumored that muskets are more powerful long-range weapons than bows and arrows, but no one has heard that muskets have the tip of a spear, and they can also fight in close combat! Now Barzan understood why the musketeers suddenly stopped firing, and it turned out that they wanted to form a gun formation to resist the onslaught of the cavalry! Although the spear formation may not be able to defeat the cavalry, it can indeed resist the cavalry attack! Barzan suddenly felt particularly aggrieved, which was too unreasonable! Long-range combat is more powerful than bows and arrows, and it can be as close as a spear, is there any heavenly reason? Originally, Barzan thought that as long as he rushed in front of the musket array, the musketeers could only let them slaughter, but he didn't expect that the musketeers would form a spear formation again! The strict formation of the musket formation suddenly gave him a bad premonition, if it was the cavalry in its heyday, then he was naturally confident that he could defeat the pike array, but his 20,000 cavalry first experienced three rounds of artillery bombardment, and then experienced the continuous attack of the musket array, and now he has suffered heavy losses and low morale, so can he still lead the army to defeat the pike array? Even Barzan didn't have confidence in his heart, let alone the other soldiers, originally they mustered up the courage to rush over and slaughter wantonly, but they didn't expect that they would risk their lives to rush over, facing a really neat and cold spear formation, at this moment, they couldn't help but have a strong urge to curse in their hearts! However, they no longer bothered to curse, because they had already rushed to the front of the musket array, and they were about to face the cold spear! The Tubo cavalry rushed over, with an overwhelming momentum, Li Yong's eyes couldn't help narrowing, although theoretically the musket array with bayonets can be fought from afar and in close combat, but after all, it is only theoretical, the musketeer's long-range combat ability has been fully verified, but the musketeer's melee ability has not yet been tested, so this is also the first time that the musket array of the Shenji battalion has experienced the test of close combat, and it is also the test of cavalry, of course, if it is infantry, it is estimated that it has been scattered by the musket array before rushing to the front, The black-pressed cavalry swept in like a huge wave, and slammed into the musket array, as if all the musket arrays were submerged at once, and a group of people were swept away! The screams of people, the neighing of horses, the sound of knives and guns penetrating flesh, the first row of musketeers, the second row of musketeers, and the third row of musketeers were directly rushed to pieces by the huge impact of the cavalry, and some Tibetan cavalry were picked off their horses by bayonets, and the musketeers were also knocked upside down and vomited blood by the horses.
"Steady! Steady! ”
"Top! Top! ”
"Reject the horse! Rejection! ”
"Thorn!"
The musket array quickly stabilized the formation after encountering the huge impact of the Tubo cavalry, Li Yong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then he felt that his heart was dripping blood, during the Eastern Expedition, the Shenji Battalion did not suffer much losses, and held on to Xinghai City, the Tubo people did not attack the city from beginning to end, and the Shenji Battalion had almost no losses, but at this moment, in the face of the impact of the Tubo cavalry, Li Yong saw so many musketeers falling, and he didn't feel distressed! Those are all his soldiers, they are all soldiers trained by him, they are good men of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yong sat on the horse, and glanced at the direction where Xue Wanche was from a distance, it was time for the cavalry battalion to attack! Xue Wanche was a veteran of the battlefield, so he could naturally feel the fighters, and seeing that the musket array had stabilized the formation, he couldn't help but get excited and shouted.
"Brothers, rush with me!"
"Rush!"
The cavalry battalion of the Shenji battalion only had 5,000 cavalry, far less than the Tubo cavalry, but when the 5,000 cavalry was divided into two cavalry to attack the left and right wings of the Tubo cavalry, the two wings of the Tubo cavalry could not support it immediately, because they suffered heavy losses, because they were demoralized, because they found that they could not break the musket formation! Their hearts had begun to crumble, and they were just the last grass that overwhelmed the camels, and how could the cavalry battalion be a piece of grass? Li Yong keenly felt that the two wings of the Tubo cavalry were beginning to disperse, and he couldn't give the Tubo people a chance to adjust!
"Musketeers, step forward!"
With the issuance of Li Yong's order, the horn of the attack sounded, and the hard training day and night had been carved into the bones of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, giving them strict discipline and fearless courage, so when the horn of the attack sounded, there was only one voice in their minds, and that was to step forward! That's offense! The voices of thousands of musketeers converged into one word.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
All the musketeers with bayonets and resolute steps shouted in unison to stab! One-step! Two steps! Three steps! Succession! That's iron-blooded discipline! That's a lot of fighting spirit! Real morale! After three rounds of artillery attacks, the Tubo cavalry charged indomitably because they were sure that as long as they rushed over, they could slaughter as much as they wanted, however, the reality gave them a heavy punch, and the musket formation did not collapse, not only did it not disperse, but the musketeers also maintained a strict formation and began to attack! As a result, the morale of the Tubo cavalry collapsed, and the two Tubo 10,000 troops finally completely dispersed after experiencing heavy casualties, and the soldiers were defeated like a mountain, Barzan's face was desperate, and the casualties were huge, and now there was no hope of defeating the musket array, and the morale had fallen to the bottom, he understood that even if Zampu himself came, he did not have the power to return to heaven, he failed, failed to defeat the musket formation, failed to capture Li Yong alive, and did not even see Li Yong's face. There was a shouting and killing sound under Xinghai City, and when he heard the shouting and killing sound from afar, Songtsen Gampo turned his head very excitedly, but found that the scattered cavalry was galloping towards this side, wasn't that Barzan's cavalry? How are you coming this way? And it's so scattered? Unless it is, Barzan is defeated, but how long has it been, how can Barzan be defeated? Even if Barzan hadn't been able to defeat the musket formation, he wouldn't have been defeated so quickly! However, the defeat in the distance confirmed that Barzan's cavalry had indeed been defeated, but he was in disbelief.
"Zamp, Zamp, Barzan defeated! Defeated by the Shenji Battalion! ”
The herald rushed back to report the news, with the words of the herald, Songtsen Gampo had to believe it even if it was unbelievable, although he didn't know what happened, but he knew that Barzan's ability to lead the troops to fight was not weak, and the cavalry under Barzan's command were all elite soldiers, so the problem must not be with Barzan, but from Li Yong, from the Shenji Battalion, the Shenji Battalion is not as simple as he imagined, since Li Yong dared to take the Shenji Battalion out of the city, he must have been prepared, in the final analysis, he underestimated Li Yong, Li Yong is really amazing! At this moment, it is too late to say anything, it is too late to do anything, and time is pressing, and he is not allowed to do anything more, this expedition to capture Li Yong alive The plan has completely failed, and it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, so Songtsen Gampo ordered very decisively.
"The whole army is attacking to the west, breaking through and going straight to Tuyuhun King City, don't fall in love with the war!"
At the moment of the order, he was still hesitating whether to break through to the west or to the east, the east was the Shenji Battalion, if the Shenji Battalion was defeated, it was possible to capture Li Yong alive, but at the moment of making the decision, he suddenly had some heart palpitations, he was a little unsure whether he could defeat the Shenji Battalion, whether he could break through from the musket array, because he was not familiar with the Shenji Battalion, and the three rounds of artillery bombardment just now had exceeded his understanding of firearms, and he didn't know what Li Yong had left behind, so he finally decided to break through to the west. Completely gave up the plan to capture Li Yong alive, the 100,000 army went on the expedition, experienced a fierce siege and heavy losses, 20,000 troops were defeated, plus the damage of the raid, when they returned to the Tuyuhun King City, could there be 50,000 soldiers and horses left? Thinking of this, Songtsen Gampo's heart couldn't help but be a little heavy, this is not just stealing chickens and rice, but stealing chickens and putting half of the belongings into it, the army has long been ready to break through, so, when the horn sounded, the army began to attack westward, the west is the army led by Xu Shiji, he is ready to find the Tubo army to break through from his side, but there has been no movement, and later he learned that Tubo sent two 10,000 troops to attack the Shenji battalion, Now I saw Tubo rushing towards this side, and I immediately understood, the two 10,000 people in Tubo must have been defeated by the Shenji battalion, otherwise, it is impossible for the Tubo army to break through to the west, during this period, he has been marching to the east, continue to compress the space, if the Tubo people do not break through, I am afraid that there is no chance to break through, surrounded on all sides, the Tubo army can still break through a fart, and now Songtsen Gampo still seized the last opportunity to break through to his side, for a while, Xu Shiji was full of arrogance in his heart, and wanted to break out from this side, It's not that easy! Datang has more than just a magic machine battalion, more than muskets and artillery! Xu Shiji shouted.
"Array of spears! The Modao battalion dismounts and arrays! ”
Datang not only has the Shenji Battalion, but also the Modao Battalion! If the Tubo cavalry can't break the Shenji battalion, can they rush to the Modao battalion? The spear entered the forest, pointing obliquely at the rushing Tubo cavalry, the charging Tubo cavalry rushed into the gun array, and the huge impact instantly tore open the crack in the spear array, but the spear array was still strong, and the pikemen were filling in one after another.
"Mo Dao Camp presses!"
Xu Shiji ordered in a deep voice, the spear array blocked the cavalry's charge, slowed down the speed of the cavalry, and then it was time for the Modao battalion to perform, the Modao battalion pressed up, the people and horses were broken, the real flesh and blood were flying, the Modao battalion was like a huge and terrifying knife plate, all the people and horses were smashed, and no matter how brave the Tubo cavalry was like a weak baby in front of the Modao battalion, Xu Shiji took the cavalry on both sides to block and entangle the Tubo cavalry, and the spear array blocked the way of the Tubo people, and the Modao battalion was constantly slaughtering, at the same time, Wei Chigong and Cheng Yanjin also knew the news, since the Tubo cavalry has chosen to break through from the west, then they can speed up to go to the encirclement and suppression, the Shenji battalion has also been killed, of course, the two 10,000 troops can not all be killed, it is very right that the rout fled westward with the main army of Tubo, Li Yong couldn't help but sigh, Songtsan Gampo luck is really good enough, did not choose the north, did not choose the south, but chose the west, chose the hardest bone to gnaw, when the Tubo cavalry was surrounded, When the Tibetan cavalry has no speed, it can only fall into the melee, the Tibetan cavalry has no formation at all, but the army's musket array, spear array and cavalry are still maintaining a strict array, they still maintain the encirclement on all sides, still slowly encroaching, at this moment, in the chaos of the Songtsen Gampo has completely lost his composure and calm.
"Saamu, order you to take the most elite cavalry under your tent and make sure to break through a gap!"
Songtsen Gampo shouted in a deep voice, and Saamu also knew in his heart that it was now the most dangerous time, and if he couldn't rush out again, it would probably be completely annihilated here.
"Zampu rest assured, the last general will swear to break through a gap!"
After Saamu finished speaking, the leading soldiers rushed to the front with their personal guards, and the shouting and killing around them became closer and clearer, it can be seen that the encirclement of the Tang army is gradually tightening, Songtsan Gampo's face is a little pale, especially when he hears the shouts of the Tang army around him, most of the soldiers may not understand what the Tang army is shouting, but he is proficient in Chinese and can naturally understand it, the Tang army soldiers shouted to take his head, to capture him alive, in fact, he heard the Tang army's shouts at the beginning of the charge, but he didn't care, Because he was sure to be able to rush out, and he was besieged here at the moment, and he was even more upset when he heard the shouts of the Tang army, because he had become frightened in his heart, worried that he would really die in the chaos or be captured alive by the Tang soldiers, even if the army was defeated, even if the whole army was annihilated, he didn't want to be killed or captured alive, because the 100,000 army was not all of Tubo, as long as he returned to Tubo, then he was still a high-ranking Zampu.