Of course the commanders of Susas did not know that Tang Mo's artillerymen divided the salvo into two because they were worried that one salvo would not be accurate.
The first salvo of three artillery shells fell and hit the slope. The subsequent second round of three artillery shellings arrived as scheduled after a period of time to ensure the effectiveness of the attack.
Three more shells landed on the slope, directly blowing the bodies of Tucci and his horse into pieces, and also blew the officer holding him into the sky.
The last words Tucci hoped to bring to the king were naturally wiped out with the horrific explosion. At the same time, the dream of the Kingdom of Susas swallowing up the Kingdom of Wright was also wiped out.
Tang Mo let out a long breath, put down the telescope in his hand, and looked at Weiss who was standing next to him.
Weiss looked at the Susas army that had become a mess and knew that they seemed to have won this battle.
In fact, they did win. The Susas troops, who lost their command, immediately began to retreat backwards after a long period of chaos.
The 3,000 people who attacked North Ridge from the southeast, that is, the two regiments led by Tuqi himself, began to retreat along the road to the southeast after losing nearly 1,000 people.
They abandoned the 40 field guns they had brought with them along the way, abandoned 100 tents and other messy baggage, and fled in a panic.
At the same time, at the other end of the battlefield, Viscount Romel was riding on his horse and got the first good news he heard that day.
"What? Tucci is dead?" He looked at the messenger who sent the letter, and he couldn't hide the smile on his face.
"Yes! Sir! General Tucci has been killed! Now you can only fight alone." The messenger said with some regret.
"This is really regrettable news." Viscount Romel smiled and waved to indicate that the messenger could leave. Before the man could walk away, Viscount Romel grinned.
Twitch is dead! No one will hold him accountable! This is really good news for Viscount Romel.
What's more, Tuqi died in battle so quickly, and the troops led by Tuqi collapsed faster than his troops - at this time, it was impossible for anyone to make excuses for his ugly record.
Although he failed to capture the enemy's position in four charges, his troops were attacking anyway, and Tucci's army had been defeated!
As for the victory or defeat of this war, that is not what Viscount Romel considers at all - whether he loses or wins, he, the great Viscount, won or lost, isn't he the one who wins and loses?
"Sir! Tuqi was defeated and died, and we are now alone... The enemies who defeated Tuqi may come along the road to attack us... We still need to make plans in advance." The knight Romel spoke reminded.
When Romell heard this reminder, his face immediately became ugly. Only then did he remember that his army was already a lone army and was in danger of being destroyed by a flanking attack.
Although he was alone before, in the attack plan, the task of his unit was only to occupy the road and cover the marginal tasks of his own troops. There was no second unit in Beiling to attack him, so Viscount Romel was not afraid. Even though he was attacked, he dared to lead the army to Sanchakou alone.
But it was different now. Now the enemy had a powerful force that stood in front of him and killed the famous general Tucci. Under such circumstances, it would obviously be very dangerous for him to stay here.
A gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall... Translation means, the situation is not good, I must run quickly...
Viscount Romel immediately looked at the knights beside him and shouted loudly: "Order the troops to retreat immediately!"
"Sir! It takes time to close the cannon! We must..." an officer explained.
"Fuck your cannon! Throw down all those heavy things! Damn it! You command the infantry to follow! I'll wait for you in the village where I spent the night the night before!" Viscount Romel interrupted, pointing. Shi Lu shouted.
Then, he got on the horse, clamped the horse's belly, and took the lead in galloping away into the distance. Behind him, several knights and a mess of followers also mounted their horses, drove their horses, and escaped with their noble master.
"Sir, sir... I, we..." An officer looked at his superior and asked at a loss, "What should we do?"
"What else can we do? Let the troops discard their weapons and baggage! Run as fast as you can!" the depressed officer ordered.
He actually had a horse, but he didn't ride it. Now that everyone is married and everyone is taking care of themselves, he feels that there is still a high probability that he can run away.
Soon, the 4,500 Sussus troops who originally attacked Tang Mo from both sides were completely defeated by Tang Mo's new rifles and new artillery attacks.
What was left to Tang Mo on the entire battlefield was a mess and a lot of thorny problems.
His attack directly doubled his losses. In just half an hour after he reached the roadbed, of his nearly 200 soldiers from less than two companies, 6 were killed and 21 were wounded.
These are all the elites he has accumulated with great difficulty, and they will be the seeds and pacesetters he can rely on in the future. Now he has lost 10 of them in one battle and injured 30 others, which makes Tang Mo feel his heart aching. Blood.
Frankly speaking, as far as his personal wishes are concerned, he would not be willing to replace one of his enemies with a thousand men.
But seeing that almost everyone, including Weiss, was looking happy, he really didn't feel comfortable spoiling everyone's interest.
Because except for himself, everyone present thought that this was a great victory, a great victory that would last forever.
"Sir! We have captured this one..." An officer came over with another sword in his hand: "I heard from the prisoners that this is their commander, the famous general of the Kingdom of Susas, General Tucci. The sword..."
Tang Mo looked at the long sword. There were still blood stains on the scabbard of the long sword. Even the entire long sword and scabbard were slightly bent and deformed due to the impact of the cannonball.
In one battle, two enemy commanders' swords were captured in succession. At this moment, Tang Mo's new barracks could definitely be considered a victory in the first battle.
The company commander who came to deliver the sword, after the joy on his face faded, put on a somewhat helpless smile: "Sir, we have captured more than 400 prisoners, squatting in a large area of darkness over there, what should we do with them? ?”
"What else can I do... I'll sell it to the Earl and send him to work in the mines!" Tang Mo said in a bad tone because he felt that these Susas soldiers who had killed 10 of his men were displeased. .
"Now, we still have to find someone to watch them...Basically, we can no longer continue fighting." The company commander looked at Redman standing aside and said with some reluctance.
Tang Mo also knew that with these prisoners suppressed, it would be impossible for his troops to move quickly. Fortunately, Tuqi was killed and Tuqi's troops no longer had the courage to fight back, so they were now no longer in danger of being flanked.
Then the only thing left is to kill the other Susas force trying to capture the village, and the battle will be over.
Thinking of this, Tang Mo also breathed a sigh of relief, because he could be said to have completed the task assigned to him by the Earl ahead of schedule to stick to it for a day and a night.
He did complete it, but he turned the combat mission of holding on to the village into a counterattack to defeat the enemy.
"Did we forget something?" Weiss walked to Tang Mo, licked his dry lips with his tongue, and reminded him.
Tang Mo slapped his forehead and then remembered... Until now, he still has a special force that has not participated in the battle...
"Damn it, Tiger who was ambushing the enemy on the retreat has probably joined the battle..." Tang Mo said in confusion.
After all, this is the first battle he has commanded, so it is inevitable that there will be loopholes and frequent mistakes.
But who would have thought that the battle would go so smoothly, so smoothly that Tang Mo would forget that he had ambushed an army...
"I don't know what's going on over there." Weiss looked into the distance, not sure whether he was worried or envious.
"Here, we still have a lot of things to do, let Tiger handle it by himself!" Tang Mo looked at a Cyric field gun lying not far away, and his tone was full of wanting to be beaten. A taste of Versailles.
The total number of troops Susas killed from the southeast was about 3,000, and they carried 50 artillery pieces. Some of these artillery pieces were captured from the Kingdom of Leyte, and some were from the Susas army's own establishment.
Frankly speaking, Tucci's reinforcements are more vividly described as troops transporting artillery north than combat troops.
This is also the main reason why Tuqi only invested about 1,000 people into the battle in the first time, despite having 3,000 men at his disposal.
Tuqi's troops, which carried a large number of artillery, were unable to take the artillery away when they were defeated, so they were all left on the battlefield.
In addition to a few cannons that were damaged by bombings or deliberately destroyed, Tang Mo captured more than 40 field cannons in one go.
At this moment, he didn't know that the Romell Army, which had 18 field guns on the other side, had also abandoned its artillery and ran away.
Therefore, Tang Mo miraculously captured a full 60 cannons in this battle, which can be said to have completely made him rich.
If coupled with the Cyric flintlocks scattered on the battlefield, Tang Mo roughly estimated that the arms he had captured could almost recover the cost he had invested in preparing for the war.
"War...you are such a good thing." Tang Mo looked to the north at the main battlefield commanded by Fischerot himself, and murmured in a low voice.
