The sacred fire flying crow dragged its long tail flame into the river valley, crackling explosions sounded in the dark night, and the smell of burning sulfur filled the north bank of the Hun River.
Song Yingxing's improved Shenhuo Feiya increased the range, but did not improve other shortcomings of this rocket.
Due to the lack of spin stabilizers, the problem of poor rocket shooting accuracy remains unsolved.
In the first round of firing, only thirty divine fire flying crows fell into the Jiannu formation. Most of the rockets roared past the heads of the Hou Jin soldiers and plunged into the nearby river. A few flew directly to the other side of the Hun River.
But what pleased Liu Zhaosun was that none of the rockets fell in the cavalry camp, otherwise he would have had a good chat with Song Yingxing.
Due to limited knowledge, Liu Zhaosun knew nothing about the manufacture of nitrate and ammonia explosives, and he couldn't just make picric acid like other time-travelers.
The two gunpowders above are more powerful.
The improved Shenhuo Feiya carries black powder and has less powerful explosion when it hits the ground. In order to make up for this flaw, Song Yingxing added iron caltrops and broken pottery shards to the warhead, which can cause secondary damage to the target.
Despite the many problems, when 360 rockets lit up the night sky with their tail flames and roared down from the sky, they still caused huge panic to the Houjin soldiers who were marching in the dark night.
The rear golden armored soldier in the center of the impact point had his cotton armor ignited by sulfur. The flames ignited the dead grass and shrubs on the river bank, and soon turned the surrounding soldiers into fireballs, rolling around in the array.
The flying iron caltrops and broken pottery fragments poured out like raindrops, penetrating the armor and body at high speed, and smashed the surrounding golden soldiers into gourds of flesh and blood.
The war horses under the Ye He people were frightened by the whistling sound and the sky full of fire. The mad war horses kicked up their hooves and hit the rear formation of golden soldiers, causing a shower of blood. Some horses turned around and jumped directly into the Hun River.
The soft mud by the river was submerged in the horse's belly. The Yehe people on the horse screamed desperately in the darkness, sinking quickly into the endless darkness.
Liu Zhaosun looked at the chaotic Houjin formation and ordered the cavalry battalion to prepare for an attack, asking Lin Danhan's riders to help cover the flanks.
The flag captains of each platoon rode their horses past the formation, loudly reminding the cavalry to pay attention to various details when charging into the formation later.
The environment in which the Kaiyuan cavalry trained was complex and changeable, and sometimes the light was even dimmer than now.
Horses have excellent vision at night, and trained war horses can avoid rugged terrain and overcome roadblocks such as horse pits.
The most important thing to pay attention to in cavalry night battles is to avoid teammates.
The three rounds of rockets were quickly fired, and the four Fran cannons on the flanks also stopped firing. The Houjin soldiers' formation of tens of thousands of troops fell down, and some of them were enveloped in white smoke and fire.
A shrill scream came from the formation, and the Houjin soldiers who were ignited by fire rolled around like fireballs.
Liu Zhaosun smelled the smell of sulfur floating in the distance. He pointed his lance forward, shouted, and led the first row of spearmen into the formation.
The second row of soldiers followed the spearmen, with a distance of about three feet in between. The array was much sparser than when charging during the day.
Five thousand cavalrymen drove their horses and began to charge towards the Hou Jin formation.
Lin Danhan's riders were skilled in riding skills. They clamped the horse's belly with their calves, freed their hands, and shot arrows with their walking bows. They were still a hundred steps away from the phalanx and fired towards the target.
Liu Zhaosun admired the riding skills of these Mongolians. He had been riding on the battlefield with his adoptive father since he was a child, and he thought he was proficient in bow and horse. However, compared with these people, he was still far behind.
If his riding skills were better, he might have been able to save Jin Yuji just now.
Perhaps, he will die here too.
When they were two hundred steps away from Houjin's formation, the first wave of light arrows was fired from the opposite side. The arrow clusters hit the cavalry helmets and made a clanging sound.
Someone was hit in the face by a light arrow, screamed, fell from his horse, and disappeared into the dark night.
Liu Zhaosun estimated that the Hou Jin soldiers' attention was now focused on the Mongols, and they used throwing weapons such as heavy arrows and iron bone flowers to attack the Chahar people.
After entering a hundred steps, the cavalry holding the bow also raised their bows and fired towards the opposite side.
However, this kind of sporadic shooting was of no use. The cavalry quickly approached within fifty steps. The pikemen and the swordsmen pulled out the iron bones and throwing axes from the horseback, and with the speed of the running horses, they tried their best to smash them at the front row of Jiannu. .
There were screams of pain from the opposite side, and soon a wave of throwing axes and javelins were thrown, but they were not accurate and only injured one cavalryman.
The first row of cavalry straightened their spears and struck the horse's belly, causing the horse to accelerate suddenly. In the sound of friction between metal and armor leaves, the Houjin soldiers on the outermost wings were stabbed by spears one after another. Following the spears that penetrated into the body, they flew several steps away and fell heavily to the ground, trampled by tens of thousands of horse hooves. .
The Jiannu armored soldiers who had just been killed were immediately replaced by armored soldiers. Liu Zhaosun picked and killed the two Jiannu soldiers with his lance, and shouted to the fusiliers behind to throw rocks and thunder.
There was a violent explosion, and more than a dozen corpses were dropped in the Houjin formation.
The cavalry charge against the infantry phalanx this time was basically the same as the tactics used against Tong Yangzhen and the others before. The cavalry passed by at high speed and eroded the flanks of the Jin soldiers. The difference was that this time the phalanx faced by Liu Zhaosun and the others was much larger, with about 100 people. Between four and five thousand people.
The spears and palladium plowed through the flanks of the two yellow flags. Lin Danhan's men and horses threw bows and arrows further on the flanks, continuing to harass the latter's Jin soldiers' attack on Liu Zhaosun.
The remaining Lin Dan Khan cavalry had a fierce dogfight with the surrendered Jin's Haisi Yehe cavalry, and the cavalry's night hedging was even more dangerous.
The Yehe people originally had little fighting spirit, but seeing the high morale of the Mongolians in front of them, they were fighting for their lives. After a few rounds of fighting, they all collapsed towards their own main position.
Of course, the Houjin soldiers in the square formation did not know that they had been betrayed by the Yehe people, and they were still trying hard to resist the Ming army cavalry who rushed into the formation.
Without the cover of Yehe's cavalry, the infantry phalanx marched on the dark plain like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
The cavalry that had passed through the phalanx reorganized five hundred paces to the east.
After the first round of charging, Liu Zhaosun ordered each battalion to count the number of people and found that more than 30 people had been lost.
The casualties of the Hou Jin soldiers are unknown, but it is estimated that at least two hundred people died.
Liu Zhaosun didn't have time to feel sad. He turned his horse's head towards the Houjin phalanx, which was full of swords and guns, and said loudly:
"Open a gap and cover the white pole soldiers to charge into the formation!"
There was another sound of spears breaking through armor. The cavalry battalion fought head-on with the rear Jin soldiers on the opposite side, regardless of their own safety.
Under the reckless charge of the pikemen and the soldiers, the golden soldiers in the front row finally felt unprecedented pressure. The long swords and axes in their hands were slightly difficult to deal with the cavalry, and it often took two or three people to deal with one cavalry.
The armored soldiers of the two yellow flags were so powerful that previous opponents either fled or were killed by the warriors. From Mongolia to Yehe, from Sarhu to Shenyang City.
Continuous victories made the Jianzhou Jurchens more courageous, especially the two Jia La E Zhen with yellow flags. They all wanted to fight Liu Zhaosun and kill him with their own hands for Hou Jin.
But now, Hou Jinbing was stunned. He had never seen such a life-threatening style of play.
It's like changing one life for another.
The fear caused by cavalry charges is far greater than that of infantry charges. Even well-trained soldiers like Hou Jin will make people feel an inexplicable fear when facing cavalry charges at close range.
A fire gun soldier followed behind the Palladium hand, roaring on horseback.
The heavy arrow passed over the left shoulder of the gunman and penetrated the neck of the gunman. The gunman grabbed the reins until he died and crashed into the dense bush of knives on the opposite side. Stone thunder exploded and screams were heard from all around.
The two rear Jin soldiers fell to the ground and rolled around, and a small hole was torn open on the left wing.
Two Zhenyi armored soldiers immediately came up from behind to take up their positions. Before they could stand firm, another spear was fired at them, and one of them was knocked away.
Another person threw a throwing ax fiercely. The cavalryman who was throwing the spear couldn't dodge and was knocked off his horse by the flying ax. Then a fire gunman came up and rushed over on horseback. The fire gun made a bang and almost hit the one who threw the axe. Later Jin soldiers beat his head to pieces.
The musketeer didn't stop, he slapped his horse and ran through the square formation. Before leaving, he didn't forget to throw a stone mine into the dense crowd of Houjin people.
The two sides continued to exchange deaths in this small position, and the Ming army attacked more fiercely. After nine rounds of cavalry charges, the gap between the two men was greatly expanded, and there were piles of corpses around them like a hill.
After multiple rounds of cavalry charges, all armored soldiers trying to move forward around the gap were killed. The gap that was enlarged countless times could pass through an army.
Liu Zhaosun asked the messenger to send orders to the rear, summoned the white pole soldiers to attack, and continued to tear apart the Houjin formation along the opened gap.
Mighty war drums resounded on the east side of the river bank. After a while, a low and sad horn sound echoed more than 500 steps to the west.
Liu Zhaosun knew that was the order for the white-pole soldiers to attack, he thought to himself.
As long as the white-pole soldiers can successfully break through the Houjin soldiers' formation, the more than 5,000 people with the two yellow flags will be in chaos, and they will have to accept the fate of defeat.
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