Chapter 257: Rider Showdown
When the Cavalry Camp killed and set fire in Fangcheng, Liu Zhe and Wang Guangen led more than 12,000 elite cavalry to bite the Tiger Roar Army and the Tianwu Army.
After the Cavalry Camp was ordered to go north, the important task of reconnaissance and purity fell on the two cavalry posts. The cavalry posts faithfully carried out their missions, patrolling twenty miles apart every day, striving to provide enough time for the army to prepare for the excitement.
Each knight in the cavalry whistle carries three large long-singing rockets. This long-singing rocket is the product of Xingzhishutang. Once ignited, it can not only quickly rise to a height of fifty or sixty feet, but also make a sharp whistle sound. After reaching the headspace, it will also make a thunderous explosion, which can be clearly heard within ten miles.
On this day, Lin Chunhong led more than 10,000 soldiers along the Baihe River, maintaining the formation of the essence ring and moving slowly.
Lin Chunhong, Lin Chunyi, Li Guangzu, and Lu Shiming walked together, looking at Baihe on the roadside, discussing how to deal with it if it is attacked. After all, according to the itinerary, Liu Zhe and Wang Guangen should also arrive.
The four of them discussed for a long time and made a plan. Lin Chunyi and Li Guangzu returned to their own formation.
Suddenly, the long-singing rockets in the distance rose into the sky one after another, and the blast sounded across the sky.
Lin Chunhong frowned and shouted: "Carry against the cavalry and set up a formation along the river!"
The three sets of command systems were quickly running, and the flag bearer stood on a high place, constantly waving the command flag; the drummer held a giant hammer in both hands, and beat the cowhide drum in front of him with a certain rhythm; the command soldiers jumped on horses, like sharp arrows, and quickly watched the army run around...
Lin Chunhong's orders were not casual. Since its establishment, the Jingzhou Army has attached great importance to the construction of military orders. The general's command words are simple and clear, and correspond to the corresponding flags and special drum rhymes. Whether it is a general or a soldier, as long as he sees the flag or hears the drum sound, he can quickly understand the intentions of the general.
Therefore, no matter how elite the soldiers are, it is impossible to join the Jingzhou Army immediately and turn to meet the enemy. Similarly, if the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army leave this group, he will almost immediately lose more than half of his combat effectiveness. The Jingzhou Army is like a semi-closed group. Without strict training, both soldiers and generals will definitely not be able to integrate into this group.
As the order was issued, the warriors in armor quickly turned into a formation state. They quickly installed the shield car on the baffle, and then installed sharp protrusions on the baffle, turning the shield car into a steel hedgehog. After all this, they pushed the shield car into an accurate position and connected it with other shield cars.
Immediately, they transported a large number of caltrops and antlers from the baggage truck, placed them in front of the shield truck, turning the shield truck within one or two meters of the shield truck into a formidable place of death.
Immediately afterwards, they took off their weapons from the shield cart and stood in a set array under the command of the chief.
Among them, the busiest one is the tiger squat gunner. Each shield car is equipped with two tiger squat gunners and four gunners. The gunners not only have to transport shells and bags of gunpowder and place them in a safe position, but also drag and drop the tiger squat gunners into place and adjust the elevation angle. They are so busy that they strive to prepare for the war in the shortest time.
Compared with tiger squat gunners, thunderbolt gunners are much easier. Each thunderbolt carries nine sub-guns and twenty auxiliary soldiers. They are specialized in wiping sub-guns and transporting shells and ammunition. When marching, they are also responsible for transporting baggage trucks. Artillery is a technical group of troops. Without a unique skill, it is impossible to gain a foothold in the artillery battalion. They are qualified to enjoy relaxed treatment.
The Tiger Roar Army and the Tianwu Army are worthy of being the elite. In less than a quarter of an hour, all the soldiers were ready and quietly waited for the arrival of the cavalry.
Speaking of which, when Liu Zhe heard the explosion of the flying rocket, his heart sank, he cursed with hatred: "Nainai, Jing Manzi is indeed cunning, and he can even think of setting off firecrackers!"
Liu Zheqing knew that he had lost the opportunity to raid, but with the idea of inadvertent, he rushed two hundred feet away from the Jingzhou army with the footsteps of the reconnaissance cavalry.
Liu Zhe narrowed his eyes and looked into the Jingzhou army. He found that the Jingzhou army was like a hedgehog, hiding behind a shield cart, and the formation was neat and he could never be humiliated easily.
After looking closely, Liu Zhe was shocked and couldn't help but curse: "Nainai, what kind of formation is this?"
The Jingzhou army formed a semicircular formation along the river, and the semicircular formation was only 150 steps away from the river. Generally speaking, when fighting against cavalry, infantry always tried their best to reduce the attack surface, concentrate their forces, and give full play to the advantage of long-range strikes. The ultimate in reducing the attack surface is the circular formation, which is a simple mathematical problem and an experience that the ancestors condensed with blood.
If a cavalry wants to attack the infantry, they must choose a key strike. As long as they break through a little and enter the formation, no matter how the infantry struggles, they will never escape the end of defeat.
However, now the Jingzhou army has formed an inexplicable semicircular formation, why?
Liu Zhe frowned and thought, if he attacked along the river, wouldn’t it be easy to break into the formation? Is Jing Manzi really that stupid?
Liu Zhe was pondering there, and the Jingzhou Army had no obligation to give him time to fully understand. Lin Chunyi and Li Guangzu ordered: "Pi Li cannon, aim and shoot!"
When Liu Zhe's cavalry stopped, the gunners had already adjusted their elevation angle, loaded their guns, and waited for the cannon command. With the commander's order, fire lights came out of the gun guns of more than 80 thunderbolt guns of the Tiger Roar Army and the Tianwu Army at the same time, followed by a shocking thunder. Smoke of gunfire immediately floated on the thunderbolt position, covering the artillery soldiers.
More than eighty iron lumps drew a perfect ballistic curve and rushed to the cavalry group. About half of the iron lumps were still more than meter above the ground and suddenly exploded. As a result, countless shrapnel flew in all directions, killing all the creatures in the three meter range.
Flowering bullet!
Liu Zhe's cavalry was neither a marching formation nor an attack formation, but was in a resting state, and the knights were very close to each other. In a very rustic word, it was gathered into a lump! This piece of flesh and blood was simply an excellent target for flowering bullets. I saw hot shrapnel flying everywhere, and wherever I passed, either cut off the horse's thighs, cut off the knight's head, and took away the knight's arms, or simply embedded them into the knight's body, and white smoke was still emitting!
The flesh and blood are flying everywhere, and the world is extremely miserable, so why is this!
The cavalry who were not attacked were completely stunned by the bombardment and forgot to hide. Instead, the horses, out of instinct, digged the soil under their feet with their front hooves in panic.
Some of the horses that were hit were injured and immediately ran around, throwing the uninjured knights off the horse's back and becoming the souls under the horse's hooves. Some of the knights who were lying on the ground were very unfortunate, and were trampled by the running horses, and immediately died, ending their sinful and unfortunate lives.
It was in chaos, completely in chaos! In just one round of artillery attack, more than 6,000 soldiers of Liu Zhe suffered heavy casualties and were completely in chaos.
However, the misfortune continues.
Less than twenty seconds apart, more than eighty iron lumps roared onto the cavalry positions again. As they were about to fall into the formation, the knights finally woke up and immediately turned their horses' heads and tried to run back.
It's late! Although the iron lump was drawing a parabola, its speed was getting faster and faster. It smashed into the formation in an instant. After an explosion and sharp sound, there were a bunch of corpses on the ground, and Liu Zhe instantly lost more than 200 knights...
After the first round of artillery, Liu Zhe was completely stunned and almost lost his ability to think. After the second round of artillery, he woke up and shouted loudly: "Retreat...Retreat..."
The entire army was in chaos, with people stumbled and retreating backwards. After two more rounds of artillery attacks, Liu Zhe's cavalry left a body and retreated completely.
There was still smoke from gunpowder on the position, with a strong smell of sulfur.
Looking at the cavalry retreating in a hurry, Lin Chunhong sighed: "It only takes more than a thousand cavalry to expand the results of the battle... Alas, it's a pity..."
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Liu Zhe was wrapped in a hurry by the knights who fled in panic and retreated until five miles later. He then gathered the team and counted the number of people, Liu Zhe was in tears: Before he could fight, more than 6,000 soldiers lost almost 20%!
Liu Zhe suddenly fell into the valley from his complacent ambition, his whole body seemed to have lost strength, his mind was blank, and he almost forgot to think. After Wang Guangen received the news, he recovered his mind and murmured: "It's so damn cruel... the iron ball will explode..."
After Wang Guangen asked in detail, he understood what was going on. He was very knowledgeable and thought for a while, and said, "It's just a flowering bullet, not to be afraid!"
Liu Zhe was excited and grabbed Wang Guangen's shoulder and shook his sternly: "Not to be afraid... You said not to be afraid... Nainai, go and try it, I see how many people you can survive!"
Wang Guangen pushed Liu Zhe's hands away, Yin looked gloomy and sneered: "The problem is that you rest at two hundred feet! If you rest outside the range of the cannon and then launch an impact, even if the cannon is powerful, what can you do?"
After being reminded by Wang Guangen, Liu Zhe suddenly realized it and said annoyedly: "Damn it, who knows that Jing Manzi has so many artillery! By the way, how long is the range of Jing Manzi's artillery?"
Wang Guangen shook his head and said, "How do I know? But from the fact that the cannon is so fast, it shouldn't be too far away. To be safe, just count on two miles!"
"Twoli? When his mother rushed to the front of the formation, the horse would not have the strength!"
"That's better than being shot while standing!"
Liu Zhe nodded. Wang Guangen thought for a long time and then said, "Jing Manzi is next to the river and is arranged into a semicircular formation. Is there a ghost by the river?"
Liu Zhe said: "There is mud by the river, and the horse cannot run, so it can only become a living target!"
Wang Guangen glanced at Liu Zhe with contempt and said, "It's cold and the earth is frozen harder than iron lumps. Where does the mud come from?"
When Liu Zhe heard this, he said embarrassedly: "Brother Wang is smart, why don't we choose to test it by the river?"
Wang Guangen said resolutely: "No need to test! If Jing Manzi gathers the crossbowman after the test, we will suffer a great loss. Let's fight to destroy Jing Manzi's formation!"
Chapter completed!