Chapter 152 - 6
"Here, get ready--" Wang Tongdeng said in a long voice.
He took off the horse spear from the Desheng hook with itchy hands, and inserted the handle of the gun into the snow with a "puff".
The Roma Turks suddenly launched a decisive battle in the Great Wall, and they were obviously prepared.
Xu Wenhu set off six artillery battalions and more than one hundred and fifty iron barrel cannons on the zhongyāng cannon.
Among the infantrymen arranged in front of the artillery fortress, the Xiliu Army was a powerful brigade stationed in the north of Tianshan Road. The Xia Kingdom had dozens of troops west of Kunlun Mountain in the Pamir Mountains. In addition to the imperial guards, there were only one elite infantry that was transferred to Hezhong to participate in the battle. Before setting off, the Xiliu Army specially selected elite soldiers from north to south of the Tianshan Mountain to enrich the Xiliu Army. General Liu Yu was in his prime and was cautious and meticulous. He had served in the Chengying Camp west of Hezhong for many years and was very familiar with the tactics of the Dashi Turkic army. Although the Xiliu Army was not under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Army, Liu Yu was deeply trusted by Xu Wenhu and appointed him to rule the four infantry on the defense line of the zhongyiāng artillery fortress.
Although the Xia army lined up to fight in a very short time, but because the Turkic army launched a raid too quickly, the formation of the Xia army was inevitably a little loose. The Turkic cavalry seemed to come from the front, but in fact they were hidden in the left wing, trying to bypass the hasty infantry formation. One was to copy and defeat the right wing of the Xia army's formation, and the other was to rush to the central artillery base of the Xia army. The Turkic cavalry was extremely in power.
So fast that a cavalry of the Flower Hats wandering between the two large army camps was almost cut off by the Turks. The cavalry scouts turned around and shot arrows while fleeing back. They were about to be caught by the Turkic cavalry. At the critical moment, two thousand archers on the right wing of the Xia army suddenly shot arrows, and the arrows crossed the sky, barely avoiding the cavalry scouts who were fleeing back in front and landed among the Turkic cavalry team chasing behind.
"Boom--" "Boom--" "Boom--" cannons kept ringing.
More than a dozen artillery guns on the Xia army's artillery base also fired a round in this direction.
Heavy shells roared through the battlefield, and screams sounded from time to time among the Turkic horses.
However, because the incident was rushed, except for these dozen artillery guns, most of the artillery in the Xia army artillery battalion were not ready to fire shells. After this round of volleys, the Turkic cavalry not only did not retreat, but more cavalry rushed up from behind. They made a big circle, trying to bypass the bombardment of the artillery and tried to attack the Xia army's infantry formation and artillery basement from the flanks. The Turkic cavalry bent their bows and arrows, and whenever they flew past the Xia army formation, they shot arrows at people. The Xia army archers did not show any weakness. The arrows in the sky came and went back like birds returning to their nests. The cold weather had an impact on both sides and made the battle even more cruel. The Turkic cavalry shot arrows around the Xia army's infantry formation while constantly trying to rush into the Xia army formation. However, the spearmen with forested edges stopped them.
The spearman was wearing heavy armor and squatted shoulder to shoulder on the ground, leaning against the spear more than ten feet long.
Even if the cavalry forcibly drives the horses to rush in, it will be difficult to knock the spear formation out of the spear formation at once. These Turkic cavalry patrolling outside the infantry formation have become the most easiest targets for Xia army archers and gunners to aim at. The muddy snow field of horses trampled on the horses, and the cavalry fell from time to time. Some struggled on the snow, and some were still stuck in stirrups, screaming and being dragged by the frightened horse, drawing a long mark on the snow. In contrast, the Xia army's infantry formation is much quieter, although there are bows and arrows from time to time.
The hand or spearman fell down, but the sergeants behind quickly filled the gap left by the dead and injured. The cavalry around kept running, but most of the sergeants were not panicked at all. Their eyes were staring at the figures on the horse through the masks of the helmets, shooting arrows, spears, and retracting spears. Some soldiers had arrows inserted in their bodies. Even if they were shot by Turkic cavalry arrows, they would endure the pain as long as they were not injured in the vital points. They fought as usual according to military orders, and even the arrow shaft was not broken, at most they would just groan.
Although the soldiers on the right wing gritted their teeth and fought hard, Turkic cavalry rushed into the battalion and the battalion's square formation, and the arrows shot towards the Xia army's infantry formation became increasingly dense, and more and more soldiers were injured and retreating. At this time, in other places around the formation, the brigade of Turkic cavalry was just bluffing, fighting horses and rushing to the formation, which was completely contrary to the situation where the enemy on the left wing went one after another regardless of casualties.
The brigade of Turkic cavalry ignored the impact of casualties, which put most of the pressure on the infantry and barracks on the left wing of the Xia army.
However, it was difficult to change the formation in a hurry. Although the infantry battalions tried hard to fight, they could not stop more and more Turkic cavalry from breaking through the gap between the infantry barracks and rushing towards the center of the artillery. Seeing that the enemy cavalry was about to rush into the range of dozens of steps, the cannon leader shouted, "Shock, put on the shotgun!" The gunners rushed to push the round iron shells that had just been brought up to the side and reloaded the cannons with shotguns. The Kanto Battlefield
After the great rise of firearms, although the General's Mansion of Xia Kingdom attached great importance to firearms and even set up a special firearm department, firearms were not the protagonists on the battlefield in the river. Most of these artillery battalions' gunners were from city firearms, and their proficiency in aiming artillery cāo was far less than that of the artillery under Zhao Xingde. It was difficult to bombard the city walls that could not be moved. If different types of shells were replaced, it would inevitably be in a hurry to bombard the fast-moving cavalry.
"Quick, hurry!" "Prepare to fire!"
"Boom--" "Boom--" "Boom--" Several cannons sounded, and flying marbles poured out.
The Turkic cavalry rushed in front suddenly fell down several cavalry, and two war horses rang to the sides of the artillery, dragging their bodies to escape to both sides of the artillery. However, because the artillery fire was not concentrated enough, the density and power of the shotgun was not enough to prevent the Turkic cavalry from behind from continuing to rush towards the artillery. "Damn!" "Shoot, shoot!" After the heavy rain of the shotgun, Zhou Qi, the chief of the bow and crossbow camp, seemed to be insulted, while muttering words, quickly pulled up the arrows that had been inserted around him, and shot them like lightning at the rushing cavalry. In Zhou Qi's view, bending the bow and archery is a lifelong art, and even scholars respect it as one of the six arts. It is not like these gunners who have been huddling in the city for many years, relying on the power of medicine and stone to fire. The court attaches too much importance to firearms, and some even say that firearms must replace crossbows, which is simply ridiculous.
"In order to lead the artillery together, the army delayed a lot of itinerary. When it comes to the end, it still requires the protection of the crossbowman."
"Draw the sword!" "Draw the sword!"
There were more and more Turkic cavalry before rushing to the central artillery through the infantry formation, and the captain who protected the artillery issued a sword drawing order.
While shooting arrows, the crossbowmen pulled out the horizontal sword and inserted it beside them, preparing to fight with the cavalry that rushed up.
The spearmen of the Xiliu Army stood behind the archers. Sima, the marcher, looked nervously at the cavalry that was rushing to the artillery tower, and looked back at the general from time to time, waiting for his military orders. The infantry fought against the cavalry all by the formation. However, in order to protect the artillery tower, the crossbowmen and spearmen of the Xiliu Army were scattered around the artillery tower. In a hurry, whether to continue to defend the artillery tower or let the enemy up, the infantry formed a square formation to protect themselves and protect the gunners in the square formation, the general's battlefield decision was required.
"Damn it," General Xiliu Liu Yu raised Mo Dao and shouted loudly, "Mo Dao Camp is preparing to attack the hand-to-hand attack!"
With a tiny "ding ding" sound, the five hundred Modao hands resting cross-legged in the cannon stand up and put down the iron mask, with awesome momentum like a mountain. Modao Camp is the elite of the Xia infantry, and he is not afraid of the cavalry rushing forward. In the decisive battle, the commander of the Xia army has always liked to concentrate the Modao camps of each army as the elite. When fighting, the vanguard will lead the vanguard, and when retreating, he will break the rear. The same is true for Xu Wenhu. After the army gathered, he concentrated the three thousand Modao soldiers. Commander Yu Boyan, the general known as the Modao General, left his Modao Camp for another Modao General, that is, General Xiaoliu, who is responsible for protecting the center's cannon, left his Modao Camp.
In the direction of the infantry formation, a cavalry rushed towards him, and the flag-plaque officer waved the order flag in the direction of the Flower Hat Second Army from afar.
"Transfer our military orders, get on the horse, and rush forward!"
Wang Tongdeng shouted proudly. As a cavalry general, Wang Tongdeng has been fighting with the two Modao generals in the infantry. He had long seen that the Turkic cavalry was planning to raid the central artillery. At the last moment, Xu Wenhu still pressed Liu Yu on the central artillery base, looked far away, and pointed him at Wang Tongdeng's general. "Admiral Xu is his own family, and it depends on our cavalry to deal with the barbarian cavalry." Wang Tongdeng proudly said to Yu Decheng beside him.
The marching chief Yu Decheng nodded with a wry smile. At this time, of course, he could not have let General Wang go.
"This is also to boost morale." Yu Decheng thought of it, took a long breath, pulled out the horse spear and spread it in his hand.
"The Turkic people were so vigilant that they did not know how to live or die. They forced their way through our army's infantry formation. They were already half-baked. They just waited for our army to cut their swords and rushed over to explain." Yu Decheng said in a deep voice. "Cut the swords," Wang Tongdeng laughed, "Good words!" At this time, all the cavalry of the Flower Hat Second Army had been on their horses. Wang Tongdeng pointed forward with a long spear and rushed out first, "Crash with me! Let these barbarians see the power of my Daxia cavalry!"
The cavalry followed closely behind him, a team of ten, a team of hundred, and a team of thousands rushed towards the Turkic cavalry like wind and clouds. The cavalry of the Xia army advocated melee combat, and cavalry kung fu skills were not as good as those of the nomadic tribes. However, the strength of the war horses and the armor of the cavalry were far superior to the Turkic cavalry. Although there were 20,000 Turkic cavalry rushing against the Xia army artillery base on the left wing battlefield, the front and rear teams were separated by the Xia army formation, and the formation was even more scattered. Wang Tongdeng led the Huahu Army's thousands of cavalry to rush into it. Although the number was still not as high as the other side, it was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. Wherever he passed, he was defeated at once. The situation on the battlefield instantly reversed, and the battlefield was full of Xia army cavalry driving away Turkic people with spears.
Chapter completed!