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In the seventh year of Xuanwu, on the first day of the sixth lunar month, Wang Zongsi led the army to directly attack Lun Qinling camp.
However, standing in front of him was Bohe's most elite cavalry unit, Multe.
This army was composed entirely of domestic slaves of the Bohe nobles, and was trained into an army by Lun Qinling himself.
The biggest difference between the Multe cavalry and the ordinary Bohe cavalry is that all members are armored, and the sergeants of the army enjoy almost aristocratic treatment.
These 10,000 cavalry cost one-third of Bohe's finances every year, which shows how precious they are.
Lun Qinling relied on this cavalry to sweep across Southeast Asian countries such as Nepal, Tianzhu, Sankejin, and more than ten years ago. He also defeated the Dashi army more than ten years ago, and his fierce reputation is invincible.
This time, they had to face the Han cavalry, which had a prosperous farming civilization in the Central Plains. It was destined to be a fierce competition.
"Stop!"
When Wang Zongsi was halfway through the march and saw the formation of Bohe's cavalry lying in front of him, he decisively ordered his troops to prepare for war.
Even though he knew that his opponent was the strongest cavalry on the plateau, in front of the Han army, which had grown up through constant external victories, that kind of psychological fear had long been eliminated from his blood.
Before the two armies faced each other, no one took the initiative to launch an offensive.
The cold wind is howling, the sun is shining...
In the suffocating confrontation, a battle that tests the abilities of the generals on both sides has already intertwined in the anxious air.
However, Wang Zongsi ignored one point.
Because this time he has to face not only Multe, but also...
"Your Majesty!"
Lun Qinling rode out from the Chinese army and looked at the Han army in the distance.
"The army is in good order and the troops are ordered to stop. The Han army is worthy of being our biggest threat to Bohe."
After Lun Qinling sighed, his eyes suddenly became extremely sinister.
"Chiren!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"You lead a thousand cavalry out into battle first, promising defeat but not victory, to lure the enemy to attack!"
"yes!"
Lieutenant General Chiren took the order and immediately ordered a thousand troops to launch an offensive against the Han army.
"The enemy is out, General Wang, what should we do? Let the cavalry brothers charge forward!"
"Don't worry, pass on my military order. The infantry will form a formation, with the shield bearers in front, the spearmen behind, and the musketeers crossing to cover and shoot!"
Wang Zongsi put down the looking glass and said fiercely.
"You want to lure my army to attack with just a thousand cavalry? You are talking nonsense, even Multe is nothing!"
Wang Zongsi, who saw through the enemy's intentions, did not order the cavalry to eat the thousand soldiers and horses, but chose to stick to the situation and wait for the work.
Click click click~~
The roaring sound of iron hooves was deafening, hitting the ground like a mountain torrent, which made people extremely depressed.
Fifteen hundred gunmen were arranged in three rows, aiming their dark gun holes at the galloping waves.
Seeing this scene, Lun Qinling curled his lips slightly, and then said to Zamba, the other deputy general: "Zamba, lead your troops to outflank Chiren from the left and right wings. Remember not to expose Chiren's whereabouts before he is in danger. .”
Zamba was puzzled: "My lord, are you saying that Chiren will be defeated?"
On Qinling: "I have learned about the Han army. They are all brave and skilled warriors. Their personal martial arts may not be as good as ours, but when fighting in formation, they can often be hundreds or ten times more powerful than our opponents.
Have you seen the formation of the Han army? Facing the approaching cavalry, he remained firm as a rock. If he had been an opponent he had encountered before, he would have collapsed long ago.
If you want to defeat such an opponent, you cannot follow common sense. Only by sacrificing the minimum price can you eat them all! "
"My subordinate understands!"
"Go quickly, Chiren can't hold on for long."
"As you command!"
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"Xu~~"
"Da da da~"
Chiren's cavalry troops have entered the 300-step range of the Han army's battle formation.
Wang Zongsi stared at them with cold eyes, his expression extremely ferocious.
"General Wang, can you let the artillery fire volley to weaken the enemy first?" Lieutenant General Song Wei suggested.
Wang Zongsi shook his head: "The soil here is soft and artillery cannot do its job. We should use firecrackers to defend against the enemy."
As soon as he finished speaking, the enemy army had already approached to a distance of 200 steps.
The maximum range of the fire gun is 220 meters, and the effective range is 100 meters. One meter per step is equivalent to a hundred steps.
Wang Zongsi led an army independently for the first time and was eager to achieve great military exploits.
However, he has not been dazzled by his military exploits, and has remained calm so far, just waiting for the enemy to enter the range of the cannon.
Chiren's side was also shocked by the momentum of the Han army.
I never expected that these infantrymen could be so calm in the face of such surging cavalry.
These troops are enough to be considered elite.
But so what?
Multe is a heavy cavalry unit. No matter how rigorous your military formation is, it is destined to collapse when faced with the charge of heavy cavalry.
"My lord, you are worrying too much. This army is as strong as it gets, but it doesn't want me to fake defeat, right?"
While thinking, the cavalry had already rushed within a hundred steps of the Han army's front line.
"put!"
Bang bang bang bang bang bang——
The next moment, the sound of bronze whistles echoed, and the front of the Han army's formation was filled with fire and smoke.
Immediately afterwards, Lun Qinling saw with his own eyes that his cavalry troops fell to the ground under the volley of fire cannons.
His cheeks kept twitching and he clenched his fists.
These are all soldiers he trained with his own hands. How much it cost!
Now he is whining and hissing under the volley of fire cannons.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang——
There was another burst of gunfire, and the speeding projectiles tore horrific bloody holes in the bodies of the Bohe cavalry. The 14mm projectiles easily penetrated their armor, causing clouds of blood mist to rise.
After three rounds of volleys, the second wave of firecrackers reset again, and they pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Of the 1,500 muskets, nearly 300 misfired, but even so, they still caused hundreds of casualties to the Bohe cavalry.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"
It was also Chiren's first time to face a firearm attack. Unexpectedly, it would be so fierce. The heavy armor of the cavalry was as defenseless as paper in front of the projectiles, so he immediately ordered a retreat.
"Call Chi Ren, don't retreat, continue the attack, even if everyone dies, we must force out the Han army!"
When Lun Qinling saw that Chiren was beginning to retreat, he gave an order to blow the attack horn.
"What's the meaning?"
When Chiren heard the call to continue the attack, he couldn't help but be shocked. This was different from what he had promised.
But the military order was difficult. Although he was very puzzled, he turned his horse around and continued to rush towards the insurmountable fire network.
Lun Qinling, on the other hand, looked calm and said in his heart: "Chiren, your death will not be in vain. For this victory, someone must make sacrifices. For the sake of Bohe's future, I can only feel sorry for you!"
Obviously, Chiren has been regarded as an abandoned son by him.
As long as he can win, Lu Qinling will never care about the life or death of his generals, even his own people.
Wang Zongsi thought he had defeated the enemy's temptation, but before he could be happy, he saw Chiren sweeping in with his remaining cavalry again, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"What do they want to do? Haven't they seen the power of my weapons?"
But Wang Zongsi didn't care and immediately ordered to continue to fight back with firecrackers.
Suddenly, on the Bohe Plain, a lone army braved a hail of bullets and continued to approach the fire net.
During this period, people kept falling down, but there was no sign of retreating.
Finally entering the fifty-step range, the cavalry team around Chiren was reduced to less than 400 people.
Another burst of gunfire came oncoming, and in an instant, nearly a hundred cavalrymen fell on their backs amidst the gunfire.
"Spear formation!"
"Drink~"
"Yu!"
Seeing that the volley of guns could not stop the approaching enemy cavalry, Wang Zongsi immediately ordered the infantry to form a formation for hand-to-hand combat.
When the two sides were separated by more than twenty steps, Chiren shouted: "Block the horse's eyes!"
In an instant, hundreds of black cloths filled the air, covering the eyes of the war horse.
"Ah~"
The Bohe cavalry roared and charged towards the infantry battle formation as dense as a rain forest.
At the same time, Lun Qinling ordered again: "The cavalry on the left and right wings cover the enemy, defeat the enemy in one go, and kill them for me!"
