Hundreds of Hulu cavalry were killed and injured immediately after being swept by shotguns. The remaining Hulu cavalry were all frightened by the bloody scene in front of them. Some tried desperately to control their restless horses and wanted to escape, while others ran away in panic. The horses were running in confusion, and the team that could have carried out mounted shooting no longer existed, and what was left was just chaos. ⊕eight⊕eight⊕read⊕book,◇o≮
Everything that happened in front of the Qingzhou army formation fell into the eyes of Shi Le and others.
Although Shi Le didn't see clearly how all this happened, he only knew that after a few thunderous noises, the originally powerful cavalry was like a giant snake that was cut in half, losing all its momentum, leaving only There is only random struggling.
"Thief, thief, thief really has magic skills!"
Zheng Wen, the powerful Guangping man next to him, was already stammering in panic.
Shi Le looked around at the generals and vassals around him, and saw panic on all their faces.
Such a courageous look made Shi Le feel strong anger and unwillingness.
Shi Le raised the riding whip in his hand and shouted sternly.
"What are you afraid of! Even if the thieves have magic skills, so what! Our army's strength is several times greater, why should we be afraid of such a small setback!"
Shi Le's face was ashen, the beard on his cheeks was trembling slightly, and his pair of yellow-green eyes glowed fiercely.
"Come here, send the order. The iron-horse army will form a formation and stand by. The infantry will advance immediately and charge forward!"
As soon as Shi Le's order came out, the surrounding barbarian generals and Han powerful men felt awe-inspiring.
The "Iron Horse Army" mentioned by Shi Le was formed after the last attack on Luoyang, and was modeled after the "Liangzhou Horse" sent by Zhang Gui, the governor of Liangzhou.
Although there are only a thousand people, they are all carefully selected soldiers with good horses. The mounts are covered with leather armor or thick felt, and the riders are fully armored. They use spears and swords that can be up to more than two feet long, and basically do not use bows and arrows. .
As soon as these junior version of the impact heavy cavalry formed an army, they defeated the Jin army and powerful armies in several counties in Hebei Province. At this time, most of the powerful troops present had seen the power of Shi Le's "Iron Horse Army".
However, Diao Ying next to him had a hesitant look on his face. He tried hard to hold it back, but in the end he couldn't hold it back. He approached Shi Le and spoke in a low voice.
"Qi Le, the Iron Horse Army is our most trusted elite soldier. If we use it to attack the Qingzhou thieves and armored soldiers, I am afraid there will be heavy casualties. Even if we kill these Qingzhou soldiers in this battle, when we get to the Great Chanyu, we will not have these elite soldiers." , then what weight will my words have in the future?”
Shi Le actually knew what Diao Ying said. After all, in addition to the southern part of Bingzhou, the Xiongnu Han Kingdom also had some slave states, and other vassals, such as Wang Mi, Shi Le, Liu Ling, Tiefu tribe, Bai tribe and other forces , they are all bandit groups who rob and occupy territory based on their own abilities, and the most important thing among bandit groups is force. Diao Ying is afraid that after eating these Qingzhou troops, if Shile's forces also suffer great losses, it will be more than the gain. After all, Their enemies are not only the Qingzhou Army. ⊕eight⊕eight⊕read⊕book,◇o≮
"Furthermore, the magic method used by the Qingzhou thieves today is very terrifying. I'm afraid many people are already timid. If they charge hard, it may not be the best. Why don't we retreat a little? The Qingzhou army comes far away alone, and we can delay it." It wore them down.”
As soon as Diao Ying finished speaking, Zhang Bin, who was standing next to him, immediately objected.
"General, you must not do this. Our infantry has formed a formation. If we retreat without fighting, I am afraid that the morale of the army will be lost immediately. At that time, I am afraid that it will not be a retreat, but a rout."
Zhang Bin's face was full of sorrow.
"Bin feels that at this time, we should follow the general's order and immediately attack the Qingzhou bandit array with thunderous momentum. Wait until the Qingzhou bandits are slightly disordered, and then use the iron horse army to charge into the array."
After hearing Zhang Bin's words, Diao Ying cursed angrily.
"You are a bird, if you do this, you don't know how many men in our Jie tribe will be killed. These athletes are the foundation of our army. What are your intentions!?"
"Diao Youshi, our army has an arrow on the string at this time and has to fire it, otherwise, the bow will be seriously damaged. The general is a man who has achieved great things. How can he give up the opportunity to annihilate the thieves just because he is afraid of losing troops and horses. "
Diao Ying continued to argue, but was suddenly interrupted by Shi Le with a wave of his hand.
"How can we be afraid of death in battle formations? We in the Jie family should have died on battle formations, sick and old, and in bed. That is a woman's way of death."
Shi Le knew that the Qingzhou Army in front of him was a tough nut to crack at first glance, but the Zhao and Wei counties he had been running for several months had now begun to bear fruit and looked like a foundation. If it was because of the 10,000 Qingzhou Army, It scares him so much that he retreats in fear of the enemy. The powerful man who has just conquered will immediately abandon him. At that time, he will have no choice but to return to the road of rogue bandits.
"Our army is several times larger than the enemy's. There is no reason to retreat. If you dare to say more, you will be killed without mercy!"
When Diao Ying saw this, he immediately retreated to the back.
Then, all the drums and horns of Shi Le's infantry and cavalry troops sounded, and the infantry in dense array also accelerated their pace. The hard ground frozen by the cold, under the trampling of thousands of people, There was heavy dust.
At this time, the Hulu cavalry, who had been hit by shelling and arrow rain, had all fled the Qingzhou Army's attack range, leaving corpses of men and horses all over the ground.
The Hulu infantry advancing in this direction actually did not see the terrifying sight of the artillery eruption because their line of sight was blocked just now. They just thought that the Hulu cavalry in front was shot by some kind of gong nu.
The Hu supervisors behind each infantry formation raised their swords and shouted loudly.
"Kill all the Qingzhou thieves on the opposite side!"
"Those who dare to retreat will die!"
"If you kill a Qingzhou thief, you will be rewarded with ten thousand coins!"
At this time, the Qingzhou Army was in the formation.
Liu Yu saw that the Hulu infantry on the opposite side had obviously accelerated their advance.
He looked anxiously at the five artillery pieces being reloaded.
Several Qingzhou soldiers were cleaning the barrel of the cannon, because there was obviously more residue after firing shotgun shells than after firing solid bullets.
"Quick, speed up!"
"Load them all with solid ammunition!"
"Everyone listens to the order and lights a fire. Anyone who dares to disobey the order will light a fire and beheaded immediately!"
Liu Yu estimated that based on the current speed of the Qingzhou Army, they could barely fire two rounds before the rebel infantry on the opposite side came into contact with the Qingzhou soldiers.
The Hulu infantry formation on the opposite side is too dense. At this distance, the power of using solid bullets is the best.
Just when several artillery pieces of the Qingzhou Army were about to complete loading, the Hulu cavalry on the opposite side had also recovered from the previous attack and completed regrouping on the flanks.
However, this time, the attack direction of these Hulu avoided the front of the Qingzhou Army with artillery, but planned to go around the flank of the Qingzhou Army to attack.
"General, look, it's Hulu's iron horse army!"
Ran Long suddenly pointed in a direction and said to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu followed the direction of his finger and looked from a distance, and saw that behind the Hulu infantry and behind a large number of sparse cavalry, some cavalry all wearing armor were gathering in formation.
"It turned out to be armored heavy cavalry!" Liu Jianzhan couldn't help but be a little surprised. He thought that Shi Le's troops were all traditional mounted archers of the Huns. Unexpectedly, there were also armored cavalry, and there seemed to be a lot of them. Why should there be one? More than a thousand.
"General, those are the Hulu's iron horse army. They are the elite of the Hulu. They all use three-foot-long spears and iron spears. Often the men and horses have not arrived, but the sharp blade has already pierced. It is difficult for ordinary soldiers to resist. We The begging army came out of the city twice to counterattack, but they were defeated by these iron horse troops."
Ran Long's face was full of hatred when he talked about these Shi Le's newly formed shock heavy cavalry.
"These iron horse troops seem to be heavily armored. Generally, bows and arrows are difficult to damage them. It seems that they can only rely on armored soldiers to resist." Wu Xin has also seen the enemy's armored cavalry.
"As long as the heavy armored infantry is firm enough, no matter what kind of iron horse army it is."
Although Liu Yu said this, he still had no confidence in his heart.
After all, the infantry of the Qingzhou Army have never really faced the impact of armored cavalry. The spears and iron spears they are equipped with are also of ordinary standard. It is impossible to resist the heavy cavalry without being injured.
"Send the order, mobilize all the infantry archers to shoot the Hu cavalry on both wings."
At this time, thousands of Hu cavalry had launched a new round of cavalry attacks from both wings. A large number of roaring cavalry, like wasps, passed over the two wings of the Qingzhou Army, and then launched a large number of arrows. Although Qingzhou The infantry archers of the army fought back with more powerful infantry bows, causing many horsemen to be killed or wounded and fell off their horses. However, the Qingzhou Army also suffered a lot of losses. Fortunately, most of the soldiers had armor, and not too many were actually killed.
"Report, General, all the artillery has been prepared."
A temporary officer of the Qingzhou Army's temporary artillery unit ran to Liu Yu and reported loudly.
Liu Yu took a look. At this time, the Hulu infantry on the opposite side had marched seventy or eighty steps. Liu Yu could already see the clear outlines of the faces of many enemy soldiers.
"When you're ready, let me open fire!"
The reloading speed of these artillery pieces was much slower than Liu Yu expected.
Soon, with several loud noises, a series of fires and thick smoke emerged from the Qingzhou Army position again.
Five iron balls weighing several kilograms roared towards the marching array of the Hulu infantry.
The distance was only seventy or eighty steps, and the thickness of the array was densely extending for tens of meters. The moment the artillery was ignited and fired, it was destined to cause a horrific bloody storm.
The five iron balls rushed into the dense crowd of infantry at high speed. No flesh, bones, or armor could stop them. Anyone in the path of the solid cannonballs was hit indiscriminately.
In the dense array of Hulu infantry, five corridors of flesh and blood immediately appeared, covered with blood and minced meat, and the wails of injured soldiers.
The infantry that was originally advancing under the orders and under the pressure of the barbarians suddenly fell into great chaos, especially near the areas that were hit by artillery. All the infantry soldiers immediately crowded and pushed the city.
After a round of artillery fire, nearly half of the Hulu infantry array fell into chaos.
"Don't worry about anything, start charging immediately! If anyone dares to retreat, behead them immediately."
This time, Shi Le clearly saw the power of the Qingzhou Army's "artillery". In just the blink of an eye, his infantry suffered more than a hundred casualties. Although the number was small, it triggered thousands of people. mess.
At this time, Shi Le knew that it would be difficult for the chaotic infantry to restore its previous strict formation. It was better to launch a full-scale charge immediately. Although charging from seventy or eighty steps away, it was looking for death. After all, after running for more than a hundred meters, not to mention whether the infantry formation still exists, even physical strength will be greatly depleted.
However, at this time, Shi Le was no longer concerned about the life and death of these Han infantry. As long as these tens of thousands of infantry could rush to the front, even if they had to die standing and let the Qingzhou Army kill them one by one, they could consume some of the Qingzhou Army's strength. Physical strength, even for such an effect, is enough for Shi Le.
It would be enough to use numbers to disrupt the Qingzhou Army's formation and give his Iron Horse Army a chance to charge. 11
