Boom boom boom, the dull firing sound of the heartless cannons sounded, and the five conscienceless cannons threw explosive packets into the crowd of Annan Army. The Tiger Crouching Cannon also fired at the same time, and a large amount of gravel spewed out like raindrops from the hills. It poured down from above, and Annan's army fell to the ground in batches like wheat.
The cavalry in the middle never expected that they would not die in a group charge on the magnificent battlefield, but would be slaughtered like captured livestock. The cavalry had a large target, which also meant that in a relatively narrow space, they They were more susceptible to blows, and the gravel flew, beating the Annan cavalry company into a sieve.
They wailed and screamed, and fell to the ground one by one. Zheng Fu was desperately protected by the guards, but this large-scale sudden attack made everyone panic.
"Firegun company, prepare! First row!" Bang bang bang, Wang Qi ordered loudly. The fifty gunmen in the first row half-knelt on the top of the hill and pulled the trigger of the matchlock. A total of one hundred people on the left and right fired at the same time. A hundred rounds of projectiles spurted out. There was almost no need to aim. The valley was densely packed. Annan soldiers.
Puff puff puff, the sound of projectiles hitting the human body was heard. The soldiers could clearly see the bloody arrows sprayed from the bodies of the Annan soldiers. Many Annan soldiers had just been blown to pieces by explosive packs. At this moment, they were like lonely ghosts on the battlefield. Walking upstream, he was hit again by a matchlock gun.
The deputy general shouted: "Above! They are above! General, what should we do?"
Zheng Fu forced himself to calm down. In just a short moment, his Chinese army lost at least one-third of its troops. If it continued to drag on, the entire army was likely to be annihilated. After all, their formation could not be deployed in the valley. , the feeling of being beaten passively is too uncomfortable. There are only two ways to go now, either rush out, or immediately attack both sides and capture the top of the mountain.
As the leading general of the frontier army, Zheng Fu knew that he must not retreat now. The rear troops were still squeezing in, and included slow-moving, bulky units such as artillery and war elephants. Zheng Fu looked back and saw that the artillery troops were already entering the valley one after another. If he retreated at this time, the front team and the rear team would collide, which would only cause greater chaos, and the entire army would become a living target for the enemy.
Zheng Fu gritted his teeth and said, "Charge! The whole army rushes out. Those who don't want to die can rush out!"
"Kill!" The remaining cavalry around them burst out with shocking shouts. They suddenly launched into action and rushed forward. They didn't even care about their injured companions who were rolling on the ground. The horses stepped directly over them and killed them. Turned into minced meat.
The soldiers who received Zheng Fu's order immediately organized themselves. Now looking at the Annan Army, the fighting power of the Beijing soldiers and the border troops was very different. The Beijing soldiers were in chaos, but the border troops quickly organized themselves under Zheng Fu's orders. The gunners began to fight back at the hills on both sides, and the archers did the same. The cavalry rushed forward, and the infantry spread out towards the hilly areas to attract the opponent's firepower.
"No, there's an ambush!" The earth-shattering explosion certainly attracted the attention of the four forward soldiers who had passed through the valley. They came to their senses and immediately turned around and headed towards the valley. Not that they suddenly had the courage to fight. However, the battalion generals knew that if they refused to save them, even more severe punishment would be waiting for them after they returned.
The soldiers of the Four Towns had just gone two or three miles. When they turned around, they saw thick smoke billowing in the valley, and the fire that reached the sky turned the sky above the valley into red. In the panic, the formations of the four town soldiers were scattered, and they rushed back with their heads down.
"Cavalry! Attack! Scatter them!" Just as the soldiers from the four towns rushed back in panic, the leading soldier suddenly discovered that a cavalry team of more than a hundred people lined up, and charged straight towards them with their spears raised. come over.
The cavalry training of the Survival Brigade is still short, and their fighting skills on horseback are not good, but it does not mean that they have no combat effectiveness at all. Gao Heng asked the craftsmen to make a batch of extra-long spears, just like the heavy cavalry of Europe in the Middle Ages. Soldiers are not required to have fancy slashing skills on horseback. As long as they can hold up their spears and charge forward during battle, that's enough.
When infantry versus cavalry, the most powerful weapon is the impact, not the skill of fighting on horseback. The weight of a fully armed cavalry plus a war horse is close to one ton, which is about the same weight as a mini car. The feeling of the cavalry rushing over is the same as the feeling of driving a mini car through the crowd. In addition, the survival brigade cavalry is equipped with front armor. Unless it is blocked by fire cannons, infantry teams like the Four Town Soldiers There is absolutely no way to deal with them.
"Cavalry! Sprint!" Amu, who was still injured, roared, leading the cavalry into the wall. The front armor of the war horses and the armor of the soldiers reflected cold light in the sun. During this period of time, they only trained in one formation, which was to line up all the war horses and push them forward uniformly.
"Steady the spear, attack at full speed, kill!" Amu clamped the tail end of the spear tightly with his arms to ensure that the spear would not fall away while killing the enemy, and the same was true for the soldiers.
With a roar, it was impossible for the two legs of the infantry to outrun the four legs of the cavalry. When the four soldiers tried to dodge, the cavalry did not give them a chance and ran headlong into the ranks of the four soldiers. In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the powerful impact of the armored cavalry knocked the four soldiers in the front row directly to the ground and flew backwards.
The spears in the hands of more than a hundred cavalry pierced their chests. With a pop, I saw the spear in the hand of a cavalry pierce the chest of an Annan soldier and pass out from the back very smoothly. This was not over yet. The tip of the spear also pierced a soldier behind the man, and then Like skewers of candied haws, the cavalry impaled four people one after another.
With a click, the spear shaft was unable to support the weight of the four men and the impact of the horses, and it broke. The four Annan soldiers knelt down neatly and died in this posture.
Amu was even more powerful. After stabbing several people to death with the spear in his hand, he threw them aside. He pulled out his sword with his backhand and ignored the danger of the wound bursting. He slashed left and right on his horse, knocking down several nearby Annan soldiers. land. More than a hundred cavalrymen killed three to four hundred infantrymen in just one attack.
Someone in Annan's army shouted, and the soldiers from the four towns dispersed in an instant. It was impossible for them to withstand the impact of the cavalry. They were originally just following the regular army to pick up corn, so they were left alone to fight the enemy head-on. Unless there were too many people. , otherwise they would not have the courage at all. Everyone is not stupid, and they can all see clearly that there are hundreds of enemy troops arrayed behind these more than a hundred cavalry, and their numbers are no less than them. In this case, why bother fighting, just run away.
The remaining hundreds of soldiers from the Four Towns abandoned their armor and fled towards the jungle lifelessly. Amu chased them for a while and then immediately withdrew his troops. Gao Heng told him before setting off that the main target was not these Four Town soldiers. As long as the opponent's main force can be annihilated, the four town soldiers will not pose a threat.
"Kill!" The shouts of Annan's frontier cavalry were getting closer and closer. The infantry near the valley entrance dodged towards the mountains on both sides, leaving the road open for the cavalry to charge. However, the valley was so narrow that the cavalry could only be arranged in a row. , hundreds of cavalry were unable to form a formation at all, and could only rush out desperately before making any calculations, but Gao Heng would not give them this chance.
"Folangji! Release!" Boom boom, Wu Rong's Folangji had just been set up, and he saw the enemy cavalry charging desperately. Wu Rong was not polite, and several Folangji were facing the narrow valley entrance. Just fired a round of volley. Wu Rong understood that in such a narrow valley, although the cannons looked powerful, the actual killing effect was limited. The penetrating power of the cannons was not strong. Even if the cavalry in the front rows were smashed, they would not have any impact on the people behind. The impact is not big.
If the enemy's front is wide, you can use this trick, but the width of the valley mouth is limited. If you use solid bullets, the penetration will be stronger. Several solid bullets were driven out of the barrel at high speed by gunpowder, and with blazing tail flames, they plunged into the charging cavalry team.
There was a crackling sound, and the sound of broken bones and tendons was heard. The solid bullet tore the human body into several segments together with the bones. The permeating sound it made made people's teeth ache.
The war horse fell forward with the knight on its back, and the broken limbs were thrown high into the sky. Faced with such a tight formation, several rounds of solid bullets were fired in one round, and the cavalry team was completely penetrated. A bloody alley where human blood and horse blood intertwined appeared in the valley.
Seeing the tragic situation of the companions in front, the knights at the back instinctively wanted to rein in their horses and make an emergency stop. However, once they charged, the huge inertia of the cavalry could not be stopped by human power. The cavalry at the back bumped into the companions in front of them who had stopped suddenly, causing them to flip over. Instant chaos.
Gao Heng's Hengqiang immediately stood in front of the Fire Gun Team and the Pike Team, "The Pike Soldiers are covering in front! The Fire Gun Soldiers advance!"
"Roar!" the soldiers roared, strode forward, and blocked the entrance of the valley. The pikeman squatted half on the ground, with the end of the gun barrel firmly pressed against the ground. For a moment, the spears were like a forest, pointing directly at the enemy. It can be imagined that if the cavalry charged into the battle, they would be sieved.
"Fire gun! Release!" Bang bang bang, a sound like exploding beans sounded. Facing the chaotic enemy cavalry, the fire gun soldiers showed no mercy and beat them in a burst. The Annan cavalrymen were shot and fell off their horses, wailing and screaming.
"Don't mess up! Don't mess up! Keep moving forward! Keep moving forward!" Zheng Fu behind him couldn't see clearly what was going on in front of him. He could only see the cavalry advancing forward, and the musketry team behind also exchanged fire with the enemies on the mountains on both sides. , from time to time someone screamed and fell down.
"Ah! I've been shot!" On the top of the mountain, a gunman from the Survival Brigade was hit in the abdomen by a bullet that flew from nowhere. The lead bullet shattered in his body, and he was in severe pain. Unable to stand still, he fell to the ground, and the firecracker was thrown aside. He covered his abdomen and rolled on the ground.
The two soldiers on the side immediately squatted down and wanted to rescue them, but when they saw the wound, they both looked at each other. Such a big wound hit a vital part, and it was basically difficult to treat. The soldier was vomiting black blood. This is true for many people with internal injuries.
"Save me! Please, save me, I don't want to die, I don't want to, I don't." His breath became weaker and weaker. Life is so fragile on the battlefield. After being shot, a good person will die. One cup of tea is enough to pronounce death.
Seeing the tragic death of his companion, the soldier next to him picked up his musket and fired it downwards. "You bitch, die!" he yelled.
The Annan army did not sit still and wait for death. The spearmen and sword and shield soldiers of the frontier army began to move towards the top of the hill in an organized manner and began to counterattack.
"Quick, quick, has the Tiger Crouching Cannon been loaded?" Song Zhi, Lu Tao and others from the tops of the mountains on both sides urged.
"Crossbowman, shoot!" Swish, the crossbowman filled the gap for the fire gunman to load in time. Rows of crossbow arrows knocked the enemies to the ground one by one. The power of the crossbow arrows was no worse than that of the matchlock muskets. Qiu Survival Brigade The crossbow arrowheads carried by the soldiers were soaked in gold juice. Basically, it can be said that the enemy who was shot will not survive. Even if he survives for a while, he will die of wound infection after returning. In the absence of penicillin, infection is fatal. of.
"Damn it, artillery! Where are our artillery, pull over and fire on both sides!" Zheng Fu ordered, waving his sword. The artillery of the Annan Army fell on the rear army. Although some of it was in the valley, the firing angle of the Fo Lang machine at that time could not cover the enemy troops on the mountain. They could only use the Crouching Tiger Artillery to fight back, but the Crouching Tiger Artillery's The lethality is limited, so scattered cannons are mostly used.
The power of the scattered cannons from top to bottom is completely different from that from bottom to top. Moreover, their formation cannot be spread out, and they cannot line up on the top of the mountain to fire a salvo like the survival brigade.
Soldiers who were hit by bullets and arrows kept rolling down the hillsides on both sides. Gao Heng, who was on the front battlefield, rode his horse to Wu Rong, "Wu Rong, I leave this to you, find a way to block them. If the Annan people attack at all costs, don't fight hard. It's important to preserve our strength. We have few people and can't fight with them." Fight to death."
Wu Rong said: "General, what about you?"
Gao Heng said: "I will lead the cavalry around and attack his rear team. The Annan people's artillery is behind. If we take advantage of the chaos and attack, we will definitely achieve great results."
Wu Rong said: "General, it's too dangerous."
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. When we fight, we must beat them so hard that they will not dare to invade again!" Gao Heng raised his spear and shouted: "You cavalry men!"
"Here!" Amu responded loudly with more than a hundred cavalry.
"Follow me!" Gao Heng waved his hand, and more than a hundred cavalry followed him and rolled away, heading straight for the rear of Annan's army from the outside of the hills.
"Come up and get involved with them!" Zheng Fu in the valley was covered by his lieutenant and retreated. He understood that it would not be possible to be beaten passively like this. The enemy had the advantage of being at a commanding height. To offset this advantage, the final step was to The best thing is to have a melee with them.
There are not many enemy troops on the hills on both sides, only about a thousand people. As long as you engage in close combat, you can use your numerical advantage and pile them up to death.
