Bang! Bang! Bang!
The drums sounded, and after a day's rest, the tiger-shaped flag army assembled and lined up amidst the sound of the war drums.
The Mongolian armored cavalry on the other side of the river naturally heard the drums and noticed the movement of the Tiger Flag camp. Many Mongolian armored cavalry began to go back to report the news.
Although the Tiger Banner army has not officially attacked yet, the Mongols on the river bank also feel the imminent war.
"Report!" A cavalryman wearing a cuirassier came to the temporary high platform of the camp, "Your Majesty, the cuirassier battalion has been assembled."
"Report! The first combat division has assembled."
"Report! All participating camps of the Second War Division have been assembled."
The main task of the Second Battle Division is to garrison the forts across the grassland, so except for a small number of personnel stationed at the forts, the remaining soldiers and horses have all gathered outside the camp.
"Report! The third combat division has assembled."
The Third War Soldiers Division currently only has one War Soldiers Camp, which was the former Third War Soldiers Camp, and served as Liu Heng's temporary personal soldiers division.
Three combat divisions and one cuirassier battalion totaled nearly 35,000 troops.
"Give me the flag." Li Shuheng stood on the wooden platform and shouted.
A large banner with gold characters on a black background was lifted up by the soldiers below the high platform and delivered to the cuirassier's hands.
A large tiger character was written in gold letters on the flag, followed by the words Armored Cavalry Battalion in slightly smaller fonts.
The cuirassiers who took over the banner returned to the queue of the cataphract battalion holding a big flag.
"Ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories!"
As the armored cavalry battalion's banner returned to the front of the queue, a chorus of shouts broke out from the armored cavalry array.
The second banner with the First Battle Division written on it was delivered to the flag bearer of the First Battle Division.
"Ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories."
When the flag bearer returned to the formation of the First Battle Division, there was also a roar.
Then the third flag was sent to the queue of the Second War Division... The fourth flag was sent to the queue of the Third War Division.
"Ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories."
As the last large banner with the name "Third War Division" written on it entered the queue, the entire camp burst into roars.
In addition to the large banners sent from the high platform to several combat divisions and armored cavalry battalions, each combat division's respective camp has its own flag.
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It also has the word "Tiger" at the top, but there is an additional line at the end that indicates the number of battle divisions.
"Reporting to your lord, the flag presentation has been completed."
After the last big banner was sent out, a soldier came down from the high platform and shouted loudly.
"Let's go." Liu Heng on the high platform raised his hand and turned it into a fist.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The sound of drums sounded in the camp again.
tower! tower! tread!
Along with the sound of drums, a series of neat footsteps came into the mouth, and groups of soldiers began to file out of the camp.
Liu Heng and Li Shuheng came to the war horses on the side, each led a war horse, and climbed on the horse's back.
As a bodyguard, Zhao Wu led the escort team to guard Liu Heng and Li Shuheng.
Although Liu Heng was on the battlefield in person, there was no need for him to charge personally. He only had to sit in the Third War Division and watch the upcoming attacks of the First and Second War Divisions.
There are over 10,000 people, and there are no boundaries.
Tens of thousands of troops appeared on the river bank, even if they were infantry, they were so densely packed that you couldn't see their heads or tails.
The Mongols also received news that the Tiger Banner army was about to attack.
Su Nang, Kankantada, Temulun and others came to the earth bag a little further away from the river bank. Although they did not appear on the river bank, they could still see the movement of the Tiger Flag army on the other side of the river from a high place.
Some Mongolian cavalrymen with bows on their backs were guarding the river bank, waiting for the tiger banner army to approach the river bank, ready to draw their bows and shoot arrows at any time.
The Mongols had about six thousand cavalry. In addition to the two thousand cavalry guarding the river bank, there were also thousands of cavalry farther away to charge and intercept the tiger-character flag soldiers and horses crossing the river.
"Commander, the shallowest part of the river is in front of you. It is waist deep at most? You can cross the river by swimming." A scout came to Chen Xunping and reported.
Chen Xunping nodded.
They have already understood the big river in front of them and know where the water flow is the gentlest and where the water flow is the shallowest, which is suitable for large armies to cross the river.
"Send the order, push the artillery team up? Drive away all the Mongolian cavalry guarding the river bank." Chen Xunping ordered.
There are messengers to convey orders.
A team of running teams, led by their respective captains, appeared a few hundred steps away from the river bank? They spread out their formation and formed a long line.
The gunners of the artillery team are not like those from the Ming Dynasty who can only fire cannons. The gunners of the Tiger Flag have undergone certain training. They can not only fire cannons skillfully, but also calculate the angle and distance to ensure that they can hit the target as much as possible.
And the gunners of the Tiger Flag belong to the technical arms? Their monthly salary is more than that of ordinary soldiers.
"First round of test guns, load live ammunition." Following the order of the artillery team captain.
Each running team began to adjust the angle of their cannon, aiming the muzzle at the other side of the river, and wooden wedges were used to fix the designed angle.
Soon? The artillery crews were ready one by one.
Every gunner guarding the cannon had his ears stuffed with cotton.
"Let go!" The captain of the artillery team waved the command flag in his hand.
boom! boom! boom!
Dozens of four-pounders were fired close to the river bank.
The cannonballs were like raindrops falling from the sky, hitting the other side of the river.
Dozens of cannonballs at a time? More than half of them landed accurately on the other side of the river. Only a few fell into the river, splashing white waves.
Some solid bullets fell on the Mongolian armored cavalry guarding the river bank, taking away lives, not only the lives of the Mongols, but also the lives of the horses.
However, in the end, only some of the artillery shells fell on the Mongolian team. In addition, the Mongolians guarding the river bank were somewhat scattered and the land was softer. Therefore, in this round, only a few dozen Mongolians were killed or injured.
Among the two thousand Mongolian armored cavalry, the game was insignificant.
"Prepare for the second round, change to shells." The artillery team captain waved the flag in his hand again and directed the gunner to continue loading.
After the previous shelling, the artillery team leader saw that the soil on the river bank was too soft and could not exert the maximum power of solid bullets, so he asked the gunner to use blooming bullets.
The power of the explosive bomb is also not small, and it explodes within the local area.
The gunner's movements were very skillful. It didn't take long to re-adjust the angle, replace the explosive ammunition, and prepare for the second round of shooting.
As the captain of the artillery team waved the flag again, the gunners fired the cannons at hand again.
Cannonballs flew over the river bank one after another, landed on about two thousand Mongolian armored cavalry, and exploded directly on the mountains above their heads.
