There is no regret medicine in the world. Mr. Jie Shigong knew that this battle was inevitable no matter what.
Once the troops are forced to retreat, the army will be in chaos without the bandits taking action. Therefore, it is impossible to retreat and the only way to do this is to start this battle.
"General Xie, should we retreat first? Avoid his attack. When other armies arrive, we can deal with these bandits in one fell swoop." Vice General Li had plans to retreat.
Facing the army of bandits on the opposite side and the hundreds of cannons in front of him, he felt guilty.
Having experienced the Battle of Datong City, he was very aware of the power of the bandits' cannons. The reason why Datong City fell so quickly was directly related to the bandits preparing hundreds of cannons to bombard Datong City.
There are at least hundreds of cannons in front of the bandit army in front of them now. Although they are not as many as when they attacked Datong City, the official army does not have a strong city like Datong City to rely on.
Mr. Jie Shigong said with an ugly face: "We can't retreat. Once we retreat, even if the army barely remains in chaos, if the bandits attack, the army will definitely be in chaos."
"General, do you mean to fight?" Lieutenant General Li asked cautiously.
The judge said fairly: "If we fight, we can only fight. I want to see if these bandits are silver-gun wax-headed and flag-bearing officers!"
He shouted.
"Young man is here." The flag officer came closer to listen to the order.
Mr. Jie Shigong said: "This is my general's command to order the firearms battalion to push the cannon up so that I can bombard the bandits in front."
When Lord Jie Shigong, who was sitting in command of the central army and giving orders, regained his authority as the commander of the army, he no longer had the surprise and panic when he first saw the bandit army.
The flag officer ran to deliver the order.
When setting off from Taiyuan, the army brought dozens of cannons, of which there were only a dozen general cannons and more than half of them were squatting tiger cannons.
Don't look at the short range of the Tiger Crouching Cannon, but its power is not small.
However, all the artillery pushed to the front of the formation by the government and army were general artillery. Because of the range, the Tiger Crouching Artillery was temporarily left in the firearms camp at the rear.
The other side of the battlefield.
Jia Liu held a monocular in his hand and was always paying attention to the movements of the officers and soldiers.
Seeing the officers and soldiers pushing up cannons from behind, he sneered and ordered: "Send the order to the artillery team and order the artillery team to fire."
The messenger standing at a high place waved the two flags in his hands to convey Jia Liu's order to the artillery team.
"Captain, the division is sending us a signal over there." A messenger from the artillery team noticed the signal coming from the rear and hurriedly reminded Wu Qiao, the captain of the opposing artillery team.
Wu Qiao turned around and looked behind him, and saw the flag message repeated over and over again, and immediately said to the ordering soldier: "Go down the order and fire at the officer gunners and cannons in front."
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Three rapid brass whistles sounded in the middle of the artillery team.
The gun crew leader next to each cannon began to order the gunners in the same group to adjust the muzzle angle.
"Ready."
After adjusting the angle of the cannon, the gunner stood next to the cannon and reported to the gun crew leader.
Prepared words came out from the mouths of different gunners. The gunners with experience in operating cannons were all finished in almost the same time.
"Fire!" the artillery crew leader waved his command flag down.
The gunner holding a torch in his hand stretched the torch towards the gun body and lit the match rope on the gun body.
After lighting the match the gunner covered his ears with his hands.
boom! boom! boom!
Almost at the same time, dozens of cannons were fired, and a few breaths later, dozens more cannons were fired.
Cannonballs were shot out from the barrel and fell towards the cannon and gunners in front of the official army's formation.
There were hundreds of cannons, many of which missed their intended positions, but there were still thirty or forty cannons that accurately landed between the cannons and gunners on the official side.
The artillery carriages were smashed to pieces by the cannons, and the cannon bodies fell to the ground.
Many gunners were killed on the spot, with broken arms and limbs scattered all over the ground, and blood flowing all over the ground. Some gunners who were seriously injured but not dead were wailing in pain on the ground.
The few gunners who were lucky enough to survive ran towards the army behind them without looking back.
The dozen or so cannons of the government army were all destroyed in just one round of bombardment by hundreds of cannons on the Tiger Flag, and dozens of gunners were also injured.
Mr. Jie Shigong in the rear noticed the situation in front of the formation, and his face became extremely ugly.
He had long heard what Lieutenant General Li who had escaped from Datong City said about the bandit cannons, but after seeing it with his own eyes, he was still shocked by the scene before him.
Even as the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan, this was the first time he had seen the shock of hundreds of cannons shelling at the same time.
However, there were only about a hundred cannons. Considering that Datong City was hit by hundreds of cannons, it is not surprising that it fell into the hands of the bandits.
"General, it seems that the cannon is no longer useful. If we want to deal with the bandits in front of us, we may have to think of other ways." Lieutenant General Li said tentatively.
More than a dozen general cannons had lost their effectiveness before they could be put to use.
"Send the order and let the cavalry attack the bandits' artillery array." Mr. Jie Shigong gave the order expressionlessly.
Hundreds of cannons have become an insurmountable gap. It's not that he doesn't want to send infantry up, but he knows that with the speed of the infantry, he will be defeated due to too many casualties before he gets close to the bandit's artillery formation. Collapse.
He is very familiar with military affairs and knows very well that once the infantry retreats, it will directly cause the defeat of the entire army, and the battle will be truly lost.
All that can be counted on now is the cavalry.
As long as the cavalry rushes into the rebels' artillery array and prevents the rebels' cannons from firing, the battle will be at least half won.
Several hundred cavalrymen slowly appeared in front of the official army formation.
These cavalry mainly work at night and cooperate with some ordinary cavalry in the camp, but the personal servants around the general are not among them.
The movement of hundreds of cavalrymen was so great that it naturally could not be concealed from Jia Liu and others in the tiger-shaped banner army on the opposite side.
"Should we send a cavalry battalion to take action?" Staff Feng Changcai asked Jia Liu.
Jia Liu shook his head and said: "It's not yet time for the cavalry battalion to take action. We also have to have confidence in the artillery team."
"If the official cavalry rushes to the artillery team, the artillery team will be in danger." Feng Changcai said worriedly.
After hearing this, Jia Liu hesitated for a moment, and then said immediately: "Order the first battle camp to advance a hundred steps and be prepared to support the artillery team."
The ordering soldier ran to convey the order to the first battle barracks.
boom! boom! boom!
The official cavalry began to attack, and the artillery team of the Tiger Banner fired cannons again.
When facing cavalry, hundreds of cannons no longer fire at the same time, but are divided into several shots to ensure that the interval between each round of shelling is shortened.
Everyone in the Ye Bu Shui army is very good at equestrian skills. They are no worse than the soldiers and servants around the generals. In addition, the open space in front of the two armies is relatively large, so the Ye Bu Shui people are spread out widely, making the tiger-shaped flag one side. It is difficult for the cannon to achieve maximum results.
The scattered casualties caused by the shelling did not make these Ye Bushou panic and retreat, but instead aroused their fierce side.
