Chapter 55
"Your Majesty, someone has come out of the city. Are we..."
The men under Azam Tulansha Sultan had no ability, but were very loyal to their king. That is, with the skills of Azam Tulansha Sultan, there should not be so many loyal people. But he is the leader of "Glory of Imam". Once someone is declared a heresy, all religious believers will think that killing such a guy can go to heaven.
Just like the doctrine of the Mutsky Sect, it only exists in the "Glory of Imam" in the entire religious system of the Arab Empire. At this moment in Baghdad, the power of Azam Tulansha Sultan has vaguely surpassed the meaning of Baghdad caliph Mustasin. But he dare not really surpass it. After all, if Princess Alfaf, who escaped from his family, really married the "Emperor Aladdin", he was afraid that he would kill the "Emperor Aladdin" and would be killed by "Emperor Aladdin" like that time, and wanted to become a marriage with his junior sister - he was scolded!
Although the caliph looked very good, in comparison, Azam Tulansha Sultan believed that his head was better. At this moment, he had already made a woman who looked like Princess Afaf and put her home as a princess. Of course, this could not be hidden from the caliph Mustasin of Baghdad, but Azam Tulansha Sultan did not intend to hide it from him.
Because I know that the matter between "Emperor Aladdin" and Princess Aladdin cannot be controlled by others. It would be unhappy for others to force the "Emperor Aladdin" to be forced, but if others insist on stopping him, then he will definitely kill people!
"Those people... look carefully, are they the emperor's subordinates? If it causes misunderstandings..."
Azam Tulansha Sultan did not think that Zhao Xu's subordinates had the ability to deal with the subordinates of "Emperor Aladdin". He had seen those guys do things in Baghdad with his own eyes. Therefore, he would rather not fight, rather than defeat the war than fight with the subordinates of "Emperor Aladdin".
"Your Majesty, that is the enemy, Bershall's defender!"
"Yes, your Majesty, not ours!"
After several repeated observations, the Sultan of Azam Tulansha was confirmed by the liaison officer sent by the Chinese army and issued an order to open fire. Before that, the opponent's cavalry had already shot the first wave of bows and arrows at his musketeers.
"Note, enemy arrows...!"
The officers of the musket team under Azam Tulansha Sultan shouted loudly, and they were a little depressed. Should they be attacked by bows and arrows with firearms? At this moment, the muskets, because of the vertebral bullets, have a better aerodynamic shape, and the gunpowder gas is sealed much better. Therefore, the maximum range of the musket has exceeded 400 meters, but in fact, when intensive shooting, the effective killing will not exceed 250 meters. Even so, it is still much further than the range of the bows and arrows.
The musketeers had to squat down at this moment and try to reduce their targets. The helmet-shaped hat on their heads gave the soldiers a very safe sense, but they only had so much sense of security. The armor on their bodies did not necessarily prevent the attacks of the arrows. The soldiers cursed the officers who did not allow them to fire. As for the officers, they had to sigh quietly.
"Ah, this Majesty was so wise and powerful when he was in Baghdad. But once it was related to Princess Afaf and the Emperor Aladdin, then your Majesty was always a little confused!"
"Puff puff puff..."
The sound of the arrow pinning on the yellow soil is chilling. All the soldiers are praying in their hearts that bad luck will not come to their heads. Fortunately, when they are worried, the order to fire can arrive.
"stand up……!"
The officers actually had some joy in their voices, and the muskets who were also attacked by a rain of arrows were also a little happy.
"But it's our turn. You bastards, wait and see!"
The soldiers stood up and lined up two rows of horizontal lines. The two rows of queens were staggered, and there were several other rows of infantry near them. Just like the infantry formations that Zhao Fubo once set off at the hem of Granada City. They did not rely on the strikes of one row of infantry, but the continuous strikes of several infantry teams. Only in this way can the musket array of rifles form an effective range of cross-fire killing.
Five teams of 250-man rifles formed a crescent-shaped rifle array. They can fire one team after another to form cross fire. Because the formation is different in the directions below, the depth of all battlefields is increased, but the formation becomes more three-dimensional.
The 10,000 ordinary cavalry under Zhao Xu rushed out of the city. They first had a round of arrows when charging, and then raised their long swords to launch a charge. Originally, this was the only way for the Arab Empire cavalry to fight at this moment. Because of the rapidity of pulley bows, they often shot two rounds of arrows during the charge. These two rounds of arrows can often disrupt the right formation and reduce the resistance during the charge.
Unfortunately, they were facing up to 10,000 musketeers. When the mission to open fire was issued, they shot in groups. First, there was a horizontal line in the middle, then the horizontal line in the side, and finally the horizontal line in the two wings.
The accuracy of musket shooting is quite poor. Although now there are frame-shaped rulers and sights, the shooting of a single musket does not have much power under night combat conditions. However, under the lighting of searchlights, when shooting at cluster targets, the power of musket soldiers is fully exerted. After all, facing the dense cavalry, the bullets will hardly fall out.
Although the musket is unlikely to penetrate a person because of gunpowder. In fact, the stopping effect of the musket bullet is quite good. It is precisely because it does not have the ability to penetrate, all the energy carried on the bullet will be absorbed by the person who was shot. For example, during World War II, the bullets of Fuso's Type 38 rifle were too stable, and often had one or two holes in one shot. The person who was shot could even continue to fight, and its stopping effect was worse.
The rifles were shot in the dark night, and the light columns of searchlights shot over their heads, and the fire of muskets formed like red crescent moons. Rows of bullets "cut into" the cavalry teams that were charging, and teams of cavalry fell down and were stepped into pieces of meat by the iron tellurium of the subsequent war horses.
This is the battlefield, and this is the sad scene when the cavalry charged with no artillery fire protection against the musket array. However, although the musket array is powerful, it can only defeat and cannot wipe out the enemy completely.
But no matter what, they have blocked Zhao Xu's way at this moment!
Chapter completed!