Two hundred steps...one hundred and fifty steps...one hundred and thirty steps...one hundred steps...
The distance between the two sides was less than eighty steps, and the captain of the Thousand-Man Corps shouted loudly: "Shoot!"
Beep! Beep!
The messenger on the side blew the whistle in his mouth, making a bright and harsh whistle.
boom! Bang...bang!
The gunman behind the car array fired the gunpowder in his hand. The smoke from the burning gunpowder instantly filled the front of the array, and the pungent smell of gunpowder poured into his nose.
After firing the guns in their hands, the gunmen in the first row did not look at the result of the gunfire. Instead, they retreated to the back, leaving room for those behind to hit them.
The gunman who came up from the back row looked through the smoke in front of the formation and could only vaguely see some figures in front.
boom! Bang...bang!
The whistle sounded again, and the gunmen on the top of the back row fired their guns one after another.
The smoke in front of the formation became thicker and thicker, and no one or horse could be seen in the distance, but the sound of horse hooves continued to reach his ears.
When the third row of gunmen came up, they could hardly see anything in front of them. The gunmen had no chance to aim, so they could only flatten the guns in their hands and aim the muzzle straight ahead.
In front of the car array is an official road, with a drainage ditch on both sides, and further on both sides are patches of farmland.
All the cavalry on the official side were crowded on the official road.
For the fire gunners of the Tiger Flag, there is no need to aim at all. They only need to shoot the fire gun in the direction of the official road.
The three-stage shooting method caused the gunfire from the Tiger Flag side to be fired continuously.
The charging cavalry on the official road were blocked by the fire cannons fired by the Tiger Flag. Fortunately, the official road was limited, and the number of cavalry charging at the front was also limited each time, so the number of casualties was not high.
The distance within thirty steps in front of the tiger-shaped flag car formation is like an insurmountable gap. No matter how the official cavalry charges forward, it is always difficult to cross the thunder pool. On the contrary, more and more cavalrymen die on the way to the charge. .
Due to the limited width of the official road, not many official cavalry were killed by fire cannons at first. However, as the fire cannons continued to fire, more and more official cavalry were killed, and the number of corpses left on the official road continued to increase. .
The smell of blood permeated the battlefield.
The generals leading the army quickly reacted and knew that if they continued to rush forward like this, no matter how many cavalrymen there would die on the way to the charge, but at this time they could no longer retreat if they wanted to.
The official cavalry team stretched out a long line on the official road. The cavalry in front suffered constant casualties, but the people behind did not know this at all and kept charging forward.
A steady stream of official cavalry came from behind. The cavalry in front were facing more and more dead companions and the danger of being killed by fire guns at any time. They just wanted to escape the battlefield as soon as possible.
Those in front wanted to retreat, and those behind wanted to rush forward. The cavalry team on the official road began to appear in chaos.
Faced with the threat of death, some people even killed their own people.
The cavalry line on the official road was too long. Even if they killed a few cavalry blocking the retreat, those who were charging forward were still unable to escape, and ended up dying in the hands of their own people.
Some cavalrymen found that they could not retreat and did not dare to continue charging and were killed by the guns of the Tiger Flag, so they fled to the farmland on both sides of the official road.
Many cavalrymen on the official side left the official road, crossed the drainage ditch, and rushed into the farmland.
The green wheat seedlings in the farmland are growing well, and the soil in the field is still very moist after having been poured with thawing water a few days ago. Regardless of whether people or horses enter the wheat field, it feels like they are stuck in a quagmire, and every move requires a lot of effort. It takes a lot of effort.
However, at this moment, the people of the Tiger Flag were still targeting the cavalry on the official road, and no one cared about these officers and soldiers who fled into the wheat fields.
"The official cavalry has been defeated." Liu Heng put down the monocular in his hand, turned to Zhao Wu and said, "Send an order to Wang Lin in the Fifth Soldier Camp and order him to be ready to attack at any time."
Zhao Wu sent a messenger to the Fifth Soldier Camp to deliver the order.
On the battlefield, a squad leader behind the car formation came to the captain of his own thousand-man team and whispered: "Captain, our people can hardly hear the sound of horse hooves. Have the army been repulsed by us?"
The battlefield was surrounded by smoke, making it difficult to see the situation in front of the vehicle array.
The captain of the thousand-man team hesitated for a moment and said: "No matter whether the officers and soldiers retreat or not, we cannot stop here. Everything is based on the orders from above."
The squad leader beside him nodded.
At this moment, the messenger next to Jia Liu ran over and said to the captain of the thousand-man team: "The official cavalry has been defeated and fled, and the battalion is giving orders to stop shooting."
As the order was given, the sound of gunfire quickly disappeared.
However, at this time, no one left the car formation to clean the battlefield. The official army came with nearly 20,000 troops. Only the cavalry was defeated, and there were more than 10,000 infantry in the rear.
The official cavalry retreated about a quarter, and some of the official cavalry fell into the wheat fields and were struggling to come from the wheat fields towards the main army.
Yang Guozhu looked very ugly.
He never expected that the first to be defeated would be the official cavalry.
"Sir, do you want to send infantry into battle?" the deputy general on the side said.
The officers and soldiers lost a lot of cavalry. Although it felt painful, it was far from breaking the muscles and bones. The officers and soldiers were not defeated until the army of more than 10,000 infantry was defeated.
Yang Guozhu looked at the tiger-character flag soldiers and horses in the distance with an expressionless face, and said: "I was careless. I didn't expect that these bandits actually prepared so many firearms."
"There are a lot of gunsmiths in the firearms camp, how about sending gunsmiths?" the deputy general suggested.
Yang Guozhu waved his hand and said: "Our gunners can't move yet. The opponent has a car array as a shield. As the offensive side, we are at a huge disadvantage."
"Otherwise, let Zhang Huai's soldiers and horses charge forward, and our soldiers and horses follow them. As long as we can get close to these bandits, our Xuanfu soldiers and horses will definitely be able to defeat these bandits in one fell swoop." The deputy general suggested to Yang Guozhu.
In his eyes, the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag were able to defeat the official cavalry entirely due to the power of firearms.
Yang Guozhu said: "We can't count on Zhang Huai at this time. It is simply impossible for his men to rush to the front. Unless the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag are defeated at this time, he will not send troops. "
"Our Xuanfu soldiers and horses came to Datong to quell the rebellion to wipe their butts in Datong. If they were not useless themselves, there would be no need for our Xuanfu soldiers and horses to come to Datong." The deputy general said in a bad tone.
He also knew that it was impossible to expect Zhang Huai's troops to fight in the front line, so he could only complain here.
Yang Guozhu snorted coldly and said, "Even without the cavalry, I still have an army of more than 10,000 people. I'm afraid I won't be able to deal with these bandits."
"Your Majesty is absolutely right, these bandits are just relying on the power of firearms." The deputy general agreed, thinking the same thing at the same time.
The bandits of Tiger Character Banner had never been in the eyes of a general like him. Even if his own cavalry suffered a defeat, he still did not take the soldiers and horses of Tiger Character Banner too seriously.
"Sir, the rebels have sent a troop of soldiers and horses, coming in our direction." The person who spoke was a soldier beside Yang Guozhu.
