Just when Tao Dasheng was about to fight to the death, Heiyunlong also encountered a fierce attack from the Jianzhou Army.
Unlike Tao Dasheng's camp that was set up based on the terrain, the only way to fight on the wide flat ground was to form a stronghold and set up a formation.
There was only a mere five miles from Tao Dasheng's camp to the Heiyunlong front. It was almost like a flood overflowing the embankment, sweeping in. The first to arrive were naturally the Jianzhou cavalry all over the mountains and plains. This was also a big test for Heiyunlong who had stretched the front.
Perhaps learning from previous lessons, the entire Jianzhou cavalry no longer gathered in formation, but adopted a loose and free approach to attack. Anyway, the number of defenders was limited, and their huge advantage in cavalry could completely crush the Zhou army's cavalry. , don’t worry about encountering too many challenges.
Looking at the roaring Jianzhou cavalry, Hei Yunlong finally waved his hand and pulled out the long-barreled heavy artillery array behind him.
This is the great weapon that Da Zhou relies on to take control.
Facing the overwhelming Jianzhou cavalry who refused to charge intensively, the traditional long-barreled heavy artillery and tiger crouching artillery had flaws.
The Tiger Crouching Cannon has a short range and high density. It is very lethal to the slow-moving infantry in a dense charge, but it is not effective against the highly mobile cavalry, especially the cavalry that has changed into a loose formation.
The long-barreled gun has a long range, but the shells are single and the lethality is not enough. However, this time the Gyeonggi military-industrial complex improved the chain bombs originally used on the navy in accordance with Feng Ziying's request, lengthening the gap between the two chain bombs. Iron chain, in this way, once this special chain bullet comes out of the barrel and lands on the ground, it will become a special weapon that comes in handy on hard ground.
Forty long-barreled heavy artillery was unimaginable to the Jianzhou Army, but to Da Zhou, it was just a matter of the Gyeonggi Military-Industrial Complex slightly shifting the production order and changing the heavy artillery produced for the Navy to that of the Army. , especially if Governor Xiao Feng needs it, it must be guaranteed by advantages.
Two hundred long-barreled heavy artillery pieces had been equipped one after another less than half a year after Feng Ziying arrived in Liaodong, and this time forty pieces were directly allocated to Heiyunlong for this round of defense.
Everyone, including Hu Erhan, knew that since Heiyunlong chose to fortify here, he must have been prepared, but this area is too wide. No matter how he fortifies it, it will be difficult to cover the entire area. The cavalry can easily penetrate, and according to the current Zhou army's defense Judging from the formation, it also relies on three forts of different sizes and connected infantry defense lines, in order to block the enemy to the maximum extent.
For the Jianzhou cavalry, this is also the most advantageous formation. They only need to select a few points to break through. This can not only avoid the concentrated strikes of firearms, but also select weaknesses and opportunities to break through with ease.
Hu Erhan could also predict the Zhou army's artillery and muskets to block the attack, but at such a distance, the power of long-barreled heavy artillery projectiles was limited. For the highly mobile cavalry, the damage was too limited. He did not take it to heart. It was only after countless dull cannon shots and chain bombs flying in the air appeared and fell to the ground that he realized that poverty limited his imagination.
Following Heiyunlong's order, forty long-barreled heavy artillery roared, and forty strings of chain bullets flew out at different angles and ranges.
Each string of chain bullets consists of two round warheads and a steel hinge in the middle. The length of the steel hinge is about nine feet. It looks like a group of demons dancing in the air, but once it hits the ground, it becomes a blood-devouring demon.
The huge kinetic energy spherical projectile gives this chain bullet a super impact. Once it lands, the two warheads will run wildly according to the different strength and direction of their landing, constantly jumping and rushing on the ground.
The Jianzhou Cavalry, who was caught off guard, was caught off guard by this sudden wild blow.
Needless to say, it goes without saying that being directly hit by a projectile means you will die if you touch it, and you will die if you touch it.
The key is that the hinge between the two warheads is so harmful. Sometimes they are horizontal, sometimes vertical, sometimes diagonally pulled, and sometimes they change directions. They are completely driven around by the different elastic forces generated by the collision of the projectiles on the ground.
Countless cavalrymen could avoid the warheads, but they could not avoid the hinges sweeping across the ground. The horse's legs were broken almost as soon as they touched each other, and they fell to the ground, completely losing their combat effectiveness.
Hei Yunlong couldn't help but smacked his lips.
A chain bullet he chased through his telescope witnessed the miracle happen.
First, a projectile hit a cavalryman, and then the tight hinges knocked down the legs of three cavalrymen in succession, causing the three cavalrymen to fall to the ground. Then, the chain bomb, which had lost its kinetic energy, continued to move forward wildly. , directly bumped into a cavalry who had reined in his horse and tried to dodge, dragged him off his horse, and then rushed further into the middle of two cavalry, forcefully forcing the two cavalry to avoid the flying The two demons collided together. One of the cavalrymen fell off his horse and fell to the ground, and his thigh was crushed by his own horse.
This situation is still happening. On the one hand, the kinetic energy of the chain projectiles fired by the long-barreled heavy artillery is too great. On the other hand, the ground that is too flat and frozen is too conducive to the running of such projectiles, so it is still Thousands of steps away, the chain bombs fired by the long-barreled heavy artillery began to sweep across the sky, directly causing a large number of cavalry battle losses, and even no suitable countermeasures could be found to deal with it.
When the gun barrel was cleaned and the second chain bomb was loaded and fired, the entire battlefield was once again filled with fear.
Because the infantry phalanx that followed these cavalry also suffered such a blow, the flying chain bullets swept across the entire ten-foot area facing them, and the soldiers were rolled down without even a chance to grunt. , broken bones and tendons, bloody flesh and blood. Even if he was only taken a moment, he would be half dead and his internal organs would be damaged.
Hu Erhan was so anxious when he encountered such a blow a thousand steps away and could not find a good emergency response.
He had a bad premonition more and more. He had this bad premonition when he crossed the border wall, and it was the same when he attacked the first fortress.
What to do now, continue to attack, the price paid is unbearable; retreat and find another way? The weakness of the long-barreled heavy artillery is obvious, that is, it can only set up a fixed position and it is difficult to move. As long as you avoid this preset position, you can avoid the attack, but is it too late to find another way now?
Hu Erhan felt that Zhou Jun's targeted preset position was definitely aware of the existence of his group in advance, and he also accurately predicted that his strange army could only launch an attack from this line, so he could deploy his defenses so accurately. , and things like long-barreled heavy artillery are generally placed on city walls, but the Zhou army actually used them directly in field battles, which is too unacceptable.
Just when Hu Erhan was overwhelmed and unable to do anything, Nurhaci found that his own strategies and tactics also encountered unexpected setbacks.
When Wang Yiping sent out a signal to cooperate inside and outside, Nurhachi finally put his own military battalion into the battle.
Three thousand of the most elite armored cavalry launched a charge towards the opponent's phalanx of swords, shields, spears and firecrackers, followed closely by the light cavalry and infantry formations. He wanted to use Wang Yiping's counterattack In order to complete the battle, he used his most elite soldiers to give the opponent a fatal blow, completely break through the opponent's main camp formation, and completely defeat the opponent.
But all hopes were shattered by the roar from the opponent's back line.
Chain bombs roared all over the sky, and hundreds of heavy artillery fired more than a hundred chain bombs at one go. The key is that Nurhachi relied on his heavy armored cavalry, all of which were carefully selected tall horses, both soldiers and horses. Specially wrapped in iron leaf armor, ordinary firecrackers and arrows could not reach them at this distance, or could not cause much damage to them.
Even if the opponent has heavy artillery, the round projectiles have limited lethality. Even if there is a loss, they can still afford it.
But when such chain bullets, each of which could cover a radius of one foot, came overwhelmingly, Nurhachi was dumbfounded.
He didn't know who invented such a highly targeted chain bullet. This was a dimensionality-reducing blow to his heavy armored cavalry. They rolled it all the way and swept it away. Before the three thousand cavalry could really charge, they were covered by this attack. A storm of chain bullets swept through it, tearing it to pieces.
Together with the surrounding light cavalry and infantry phalanx, they were smashed to pieces.
Looking at the extremely miserable scene in front of him, Nurhachi felt that his heart suddenly tightened, his vision went dark subconsciously, and he sat down softly.
He Heli, who was beside him, was so shocked that he quickly supported Nurhaci: "Great Khan, Great Khan, you must not fall down..."
Nurhaci felt like the world was spinning, and his whole body seemed to have been drained of vitality, and he could no longer support his body.
It can be said that this battle took a lot of effort and energy from him to design such a scene. It originally seemed that he finally forced Zhou Jun to fight with them, but now it seems that he took the initiative. Entered into the opponent's trap.
This battle has not really started yet, and he has already been completely defeated, and Nurhachi has a premonition that Wang Yiping's signal is probably already under the control of the Zhou army, and may even be done deliberately to seduce him Take the bait here.
Once this situation happened, Nurhachi simply didn't dare to think about it further. What about the Western Front?
The more I thought about it, the more dizzy I became, and I felt sweating profusely. Countless unimaginable results popped up in my mind. What should I do now?
The only thing that can be determined now is that this battle cannot continue like this. Zhou Jun must have made thorough preparations for the response, and may even have deliberately followed his own path to take advantage of the situation.
If this continues, I'm afraid it will be a complete failure and there will be no chance of recovery.
(End of chapter)
