Chapter 1175 The Rise of the Republic
The impact of the Khitan military armored cavalry was actually an iron cavalry that was connected to the iron cavalry, with long spears and long spears, and they were advancing like a wall!
The Khitans can also learn and make progress!
The power of wall-type impact has been repeatedly tested on the battlefield. Yelu Yanxi certainly would not turn a blind eye. As early as last year when he was preparing for the Battle of Lushun, he ordered the armored cavalry and imperial tent soldiers of the palace guards to start training wall-type impact.
The Khitans are a nation on horseback, and equestrianism is good enough! As long as you practice with your heart, there is no reason you can't learn. Even if you can't reach the level of armored cavalry of the Republican Army, you can still make do with it. At least it can be used against the light cavalry and artillery of the Republican Army.
The half-armor light cavalry of the eighth general of the Republican Army who was surrounding the chaotic Liao army cavalry and shooting arrows, now they encountered a strong enemy!
Wu Jing, who found something wrong, quickly shouted to withdraw his troops, and a trumpeter who was following him also blew the trumpet of retreat. But how could a unit that was fighting with the enemy retreat be retreated? The real battlefield was messy, not playing computer games, everyone ran away with a click of the mouse. The trumpet of retreat was blown, and many cavalrymen who were slaughtering did not hear it at all.
So Wu Jian couldn't run away after giving the order. He also galloped around the Liao people's dismounted cavalry, shouting to retreat while running. After shouting for a while, many cavalrymen heard his order and began to withdraw from the battle.
Seeing that it was almost done, Wu Jian turned around and wanted to retreat before the enemy's armored cavalry rushed up. There was no need to retreat too far. Just retreat behind the gun array formed by his own spearmen. At this time, there were 12 spear teams and nearly 1,500 spearmen on the battlefield. Even the cavalry of the Republican Army itself dared not attack the square formation composed of 1,500 spearmen.
But Wu Jian never expected that his good luck had come to an end. Just as he was racing and moving closer to his own spearmen who were forming a square formation, the seated horse suddenly turned forward!
It turned out that his war horse slipped on the ice, maybe he tripped something, and he turned over!
Wu Jian was thrown out before he could even react, turned his body backwards, rushed down, and smashed it hard on the ice. The seemingly hard ice layer was a big hole in his head wearing a helmet. In this moment, he couldn't bear it even an iron man, so he immediately lost consciousness.
The cavalry who retreated with him saw that their chief general was caught, rushed up to rescue him. Some cavalry did not escape, but instead tried their best to shoot arrows at the Liao armored cavalry behind him, hoping to gain some time so that their companions could rescue Wu Jian.
After their troubles, Wu Jian, who had been out of breath, snatched it out and ran towards the Republican army's spear formation in front of the saddle of a cavalry. However, the light cavalry behind the palace became victims and were stabbed over in an instant!
The situation on the ice has been reversed again...
...
Wu Jian was actually killed!
When he was taken back to the hollow square formation composed of spearmen, he had already become a corpse and his neck was broken!
Perhaps no one in the Republican military army would have thought that the first battle of the Liaohai Ice Field would be defeated.
The eighth general is about to die on the battlefield...
Ma Zheng, who had just arrived at the battlefield, was a little amused when he heard the report of the eighth general, Zuo Changyu. Can't Wu Jian be careful? The general of the army, the main soldiers under his command, added a small amount of 8,000 people! How could he rush to the formation by himself?
Now, my neck broke and my life was gone. I was exhausted and the Republican Army lost for a while. The situation on the battlefield is that the winner is not decided, and I lost the general, of course I was defeated.
"Order Wu Tian to send a knight to cover the eighth general's troops back to Huangjiagou!"
Ma Zheng had no choice but to withdraw the long spear formation of the eighth general first and then start re-arrangement.
There are now ten generals under the command of the Lushun Bingmasi, including eight infantry generals, two cavalry generals, and two independent artillery departments.
Among the eight infantry generals, one was placed in Daheishan Mountain City, one stayed in Lushun Pass City, and the other guarded Lushun City and Lushunkou Military Port. Five others have now arrived at the battlefield one after another. The two cavalry generals have all arrived at the front line. The two artillery departments have also been pulled on the field with 54 1,500 kilograms of field cannons!
In other words, Ma Zheng has seven generals and two troops in his hands, with a total force of about 60,000! There are more than the detoured Xiao Fengxian's troops.
However, Xiao Fengxian had Yelu Yanxi's main force behind him, and Ma Zheng had no capital behind him.
Oh, it's not that there is no capital. There are still twelve "Truth"-class battleships staying in the Lushunkou Military Port.
Ma Zheng has requested Hu Yanqing, the general manager of the Republican Fleet, to dispatch the fleet to the Liaohai direction and use naval guns to assist in the battle... The 12 battleships have 108 cannons that can fire at the same time. In addition to 54 1,500 kilogram cannons, Ma Zheng can invest up to 162 cannons!
However, the wind direction is not very good now, and the "Truth" class is a sailboat, so I don't know when it will be in place? In addition, the sea is now freezing for ten miles, and the shells fired by the 12 Truth class may not necessarily reach the Liao people.
So what Ma Zheng can count on now is his own military strength.
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"General Manager, the Liao people set up a long snake formation, probably because they were afraid that the ice could not withstand the dense formation." Wu Tian also arrived at the central army set up by Ma Zheng on the slope of Huangjiagou and began to introduce the situation. "In addition, the Liao people's infantry had some combat power and had three battles. They could replace bows and arrows with long spears and swords and shields in front of the formation... So we cannot use crossbow soldiers to shoot arrows at close range.
The Liao people's armored cavalry also learned our fighting style, advancing like a wall and spears like a forest. However, the formation was not strict enough, and the impact speed was relatively slow."
"The Liao people learn quite quickly!" Ma Zheng shook his head, "Fortunately we have another killer weapon that they can't learn. It depends on you to defeat the enemy!"
In fact, it would be useless to learn the tactics of the Republican Army. Even if they fought against the eighth general just now, they were evenly matched. In terms of casualties, there were more Liao soldiers. How many Khitan talents are? How many people are there in Youzhou?
Even if one is changed, Yelu Yanxi will not be able to afford to die! Besides, because Wu Tian was afraid that his cavalry would fall into the ice sea, he did not launch an iron cavalry attack. Otherwise, Xiao Fengxing's long snake formation would have been destroyed!
Luo Gang frowned a little after hearing Ma Zheng's words.
"What? Your cannon is not good?" Ma Zheng asked.
"This... the shells will smash through the ice surface." Luogang said, "The ice surface is not enough to block the shells, so when the shells fall on the ice surface, they will smash through directly and fall into the water, and cannot form a jumper."
The so-called jumping refers to the shells that hit the ground and bounce back, and then fly for a distance to a height of more than one person before falling down. If the shells fly right through the enemy troops forming a dense formation, it will cause huge casualties. During the exercise, it is common for a shell to sweep to more than a dozen grass people.
However, the shells hit the ice and smashed them directly, so naturally there was no jump, and the killing effect of the shelling was greatly reduced.
"Resist the enemy," Wu Tian interrupted, "Can your cannon smash the ice surface?"
"Breaking the ice surface?" Ma Zheng was stunned and immediately smiled, "This way, the Liao people will fall into the water!"
"It should be!" Wu Tiandao. He was always worried that his cavalry would fall into the water, so it was easy to think that people would fall down too...
"It's hard to say." Rogan shook his head, "I haven't tried it."
"Then try it, gather the cannons and place them between Bohai Fort and Huangjiagou." Ma Zheng said, "54 cannons fire together, and they can even smash a big hole in the ice!"
"Okay! I'll try it now."
Luogang nodded, and after receiving the order, he went to arrange artillery soldiers.
At the same time, after winning for a while, Xiao Fengxian was in a good mood, also discovered the terrifying Youzhou Army Datong Team!
Although he already knew that the Great Twin of Youzhou was not a magic trick, but a "truth", he could find a monk to recite scriptures. What should he do if the truth is? There is no the same truth in the Liao Kingdom!
So after thinking about it, I had to send cavalry to rob it... If I could rob a few of the doors, maybe the craftsmen could imitate it.
"No," Xiao Fengxian called his son in front of him, "Did you see their big tube?"
"See, sir, the child is called Feilong Iron Cavalry and Shun Guowo to go and grab it!"
"How can I grab it now? Didn't you see their spear team covering it?"
Of course, the Truth Cannon must be well protected. Before it was laid, there were two soldiers from the troops protecting them, and a spear formation was set up in front of them.
"Then the kid waited for them to fire before they could rush. When they fired, they couldn't let the spearmen block them anymore, right?"
"That's it, let Shunguo's girl Nao and Feilong Iron Cavalry prepare. Then Ye, be careful."
"Sir, children will be careful."
After receiving the order, Xiao Yu immediately went to mobilize Shunguo's Nvzhi and Feilong Iron Cavalry. He did not let them ride a horse, but led the horse and moved forward quietly. He reached the rear of the Liao army's dismounted cavalry front facing the Republican artillery position.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
As soon as Xiao Yu's men were in place, the cannons began to roar.
54 cannons! The momentum is so scary.
The Khitan soldiers and horses facing the Republican artillery position were in chaos. Although these shells smashed through the ice and fell into the water, they did not cause much casualties, many timid Liao soldiers were still in chaos, and some even turned around to run. The officers leading the team immediately started to scold and tried to restore order.
When Xiao Yu saw the opportunity, he immediately called the two kings of Shun Guo’s daughter Zhi and Xiangwen from the Feilong Army, "The Lord of the Privy Council has an order, asking you to take three people and cavalry to steal the large tubes of the Han people! If you grab one, you will be rewarded with millions of dollars! Give them a hundred pieces of silk!"
A million yuan in money and a hundred pieces of silk are not considered a big money in Tianjin, but for the unlucky Liao army soldiers, it can be considered a huge sum of money.
If you are seriously injured, you will naturally have a brave man!
Chapter completed!