Sobodo knew in his heart that this was a containment of him or a sudden attack. The enemy had the advantage in strength and wanted to take the opportunity to defeat him.
It can be seen that the enemy who landed is also fighting fiercely with Azig's troops, and his reinforcements may be crucial. But the enemy will not let him separate, and will insist on entanglement and delay.
The defenders in the city were also restrained by the enemy's fierce attack and had no energy to go out of the city to assist in the battle. It can be seen that the enemy was well prepared and had been planning for a long time.
Sobodo had to divide his troops to fight, sending Lan Tai and Hong Ke each with more than 2,000 cavalry to resist, while he led the remaining 5,000 troops to move closer to Azig's troops.
The battle was fierce and cruel. The two flying cavalry groups showed no reservations and launched an attack with all their strength.
Rocket bombardment, frontal attack, flanking detours, relying on the superiority of troops, besieged the two groups of soldiers responsible for containing the rear.
"Fire!" Hundreds of lancers emerged from Jianlu's flanks, quickly jumped off their horses, raised their muskets, and fired at Jianlu.
The lead bullets fired, spraying blood on the bodies of people and horses, causing a burst of screams and neighing, causing a chaos.
Before Jianlu had time to counterattack the sudden appearance of the enemy, the flying cavalry from the front had already rumbled over to kill him.
"Kill, kill!" Chen Zhongyu roared loudly, and he rode and charged with his comrades, like an iron wall, crashing into the Jianlu cavalry in front.
The Jianlu cavalry also howled, waved their weapons, increased their horse speed, and were about to collide with the flying cavalry.
The flying cavalry took the lead and fired a hand crossbow. The range of the crossbow was 20 to 30 meters, but Jianlu was caught off guard, and those who took the lead fell off their horses one after another.
The enemy and we finally came to a standstill. The Jianlu in front of him originally wanted to slash with his sword, but the two opponents refused to dodge and slashed at him with their swords.
He hesitated, hesitated, and his instinctive action of returning the knife to parry also doomed his life as a dog.
Chen Zhongyu's saber hit Jianlu's shoulder and neck, and blood and flesh spurted out. Jianlu's dog's head tilted in a strange posture, and then he suddenly fell off his horse.
The neighing of war horses, the clash of weapons, and the screams and roars of men immediately rang out. When the men were thrown onto their backs, the survivors paused for a moment, then raised their weapons and charged forward to kill.
There was a gap in the cavalry wall, and it was too late for the whole team to replace the cavalry. At this time, the progress of the flying cavalry was revealed.
The cavalry in twos and threes quickly moved closer and continued to move forward. When facing Jianlu again, they were still able to form an advantage with more troops fighting fewer troops.
The distance between the cavalry and the cavalry is not close, and can allow a war horse to pass easily. This distance avoids the collision between the cavalry to the greatest extent, and when facing the enemy, it is still possible to defeat the enemy with more troops.
Moreover, after the cavalry wall collides with the enemy, it will change direction, run diagonally, and leave the battlefield while fighting.
Behind them, another cavalry wall rumbled towards them, charging towards the scattered Jianlu. Wave after wave of impact was like the waves of the sea, mercilessly beating against them.
The cavalry wall is still tight, but the prisoners are sparse. After three waves of attacks, the power of the cavalry wall is more obvious, and the effect of attacking with more and less is more and more obvious.
The Lancers also joined the battle group, forming a team of a hundred people. They found a gap and entered. A small high ground, a small mound, and a small ditch became the positions they could rely on, and they sprayed lead bullets towards Jianlu.
Facing the overcoming captives, the lancers either fired their guns or raised their bayonets to block them. The sparsely populated captives and the lack of dense arrows did not pose much of a threat to them.
The original intention of the design of the cavalry wall was to replace people with people. The Dongjiang Army also adhered to the tactics of fighting against the Jianlu.
The cost of muskets, bows and arrows, and cavalry fighting may be one to one. Even so, it is not a casualty that Jianlu can bear.
Coupled with the Dongjiang Army's artillery bombardment, the ratio of casualties between the enemy and ourselves was tilted towards the Dongjiang Army. This was also the most critical reason for the Dongjiang Army's victory.
Forward charging, diagonal charging, and flying cavalry will show all the results of training. With the advantage of strong troops, they will attack wantonly and charge vertically and horizontally.
The battlefield seemed chaotic, but in the melee, Jianlu continued to suffer casualties, ranging from whole to zero, and showed signs of collapse.
The first thing that couldn't be supported was Lan Tai's headquarters. Under the bombardment of rockets, there was almost no safe rear area.
Moreover, the enemy's cavalry was still coming, but he had no troops left to send. The enemy's lancers had already dismounted and started fighting, surrounding them in a small battle formation of several hundred people.
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Gunshots continued, and the enemy was moving very fast, and they exchanged fire with Lantai's soldiers who were coming up. The soldiers fell one by one, causing casualties to the enemy, and at the same time, the situation became more and more critical.
"Sir, you go first." The two soldiers took the horse, pulled Lan Tai and supported him on the horse, urging him to leave the dangerous area quickly, which was actually an escape.
Lan Tai's heart was full of sadness. His horse was whipped by the soldiers and started galloping. He couldn't help but look back.
Although the battle was still going on, Jianlu's cavalry had been beaten to pieces and was besieged and killed by flying cavalry several times their size.
The sound of gunfire was like exploding beans. The Jianlu cavalry had been scattered in all directions and posed no threat. The lance cavalry became more and more brave, assisting Baoze and killing the stubborn enemies.
Panic can be contagious, and the spirit of bravery can inspire each other. In victorious battles, there are many examples of recruits being too excited and chasing too much.
The situation is the same now. Under the influence of Pao Ze, inspired by victory, and relying on the overwhelming momentum of their numbers, the flying cavalry and the lance cavalry fought more and more bravely, killing the once fierce Jianlu.
"Kill, kill, kill!" As an officer, Chen Zhongyu had obvious marks on his body. He gathered dozens of scattered flying cavalry and chased the fleeing Jianlu.
The blood is boiling and the blood is splashing, which arouses the fierce desire for killing and the desire for revenge in the heart. Every time a prisoner is killed, one can feel the incomparable excitement and excitement as the flesh and blood fly everywhere.
The enemy, Jianlu, was once invincible and fearsome. Now, he has become a coward who runs away in panic, not even daring to look back.
Bang, bang, bang... The string of the hand crossbow was ringing, and a dozen crossbow arrows were fired with hatred in an instant.
Amidst the shouts of men and horses, the captives screamed and fell off their horses, and the injured horses neighed and jumped around.
Several sabers were raised high, Jianlu's face was deformed with fear, and he screamed with a changed voice. He raised his sword to parry in panic, without the courage and will to take the initiative to swing the sword.
"Kill, kill, kill!" The roars continued, as the saber slashed with force, venting out of his chest.
The sense of resistance coming from the blade, the splash of blood, and the screams of the enemy made people's adrenaline levels reach a high point, which was extremely enjoyable.
Killing makes people fearful, and it can also make people feel happy. This is scientifically proven. Justice and evil killing are completely different in nature.
For more than ten years, the Jianlu invaders have ravaged Liaodong and massacred countless Liao people. In such a short period of time, none of the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army had any relatives or friends who died in the war.
When you have no ability, you can only cry in the dark night, feeling angry and sad in your heart. When revenge is right in front of you, hatred will turn into a huge force, making people forget fear and fear.
Moreover, the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army no longer have any worries. Not only will they be able to die and be recuperated, but their families will also be able to live a peaceful life.
The fight now is not only to seek revenge, but also to build a more peaceful and long-lasting life for one's relatives and for one's descendants.
Why we fight and what we can get after the war may not be a simple question. But Dongjiang Town has allowed the soldiers to see a bright future, filling them with fighting strength.
The retreat horn sounded, and Chen Zhongyu waited for the flying cavalry before he stopped his galloping horses and continued to gather towards the place where the military flag was fluttering.
The sound of hoofbeats roared, and thousands of flying cavalry troops who had not participated in the battle flew past, chasing Jianlu in the direction in which they fled.
The enemy was not given a chance to breathe, let alone time to rendezvous and attack the landing troops. Liu Xingzuo was riding on a war horse, with the cool wind blowing in his face, and within his field of vision was the messy battlefield after a fierce battle.
"At this point in the war, victory in the Liaoyang battle is basically certain, but it's just a matter of time." Liu Xingzuo left the troops participating in the war to rest and recover quickly, and personally led a new force to hunt down the Jianlu.
The Flying Leopard Regiment also gained the upper hand in the fight with Jianlu led by Hong Ke.
Liu Qishi did not wait for the battle to end or the enemy to be defeated, so he detached thousands of troops and followed Liu Xingzuo's Flying Tiger Regiment to join the pursuit.
The failure of Hongke's troops was just a matter of time, and the remaining troops were enough to deal with their stubborn resistance.
The top priority now is to seize the Jianlu Brigade so that it cannot easily participate in attacking and landing friendly forces.
We are not far from the Taizi River anymore, and the hope of joint operations with the landing force is growing.
On the contrary, Jianlu's space for movement was greatly reduced, and the tactics he could adopt were also limited. Apart from being tough or retreating, there didn't seem to be many options.
The battle is still going on, and the Jianlu led by Hongke only has five or six hundred riders left, but they are being fiercely besieged by the Dongjiang Army that is several times larger.
Dozens of rockets crashed into the small high ground where Jianlu was guarding. The smoke from the explosion obscured Hongke's sight, but he still saw thousands of enemies surrounding him from all directions.
They were all lancers, and the horses were guarded by special "horse stakes". They were armed with light and heavy muskets, and started the attack in a small battle formation of a hundred people in an orderly manner.
There was a considerable distance between the battle formations, but if Jianlu tried to break out of it, he could only be hit by fire from both sides. However, this distance gave the battle formation flexibility and buffering.
"The enemy no longer wants to waste the strength of the real cavalry." Hongke looked at the enemy cavalry waiting in formation outside and sighed secretly, despair taking over his heart.
He has already seen the difference between the enemy's cavalry. Those equipped with muskets cannot rush and kill, while those who can slash and kill are the most effective elites.
The enemy's mixed formation is quite effective, with rockets for distance, muskets for mid-range, and hand crossbows and sabers for cavalry fighting.
The key is the superiority in military strength, which allows the enemy to use a variety of tactics more flexibly. For example, the coordinated combat of infantry, cavalry and artillery gives full play to the advantage of firepower, putting the Jianlu at a disadvantage.
Escape is no longer possible. The enemy's brigade has already pursued them. Should Hongke lead these hundreds of captives to break out of the encirclement and follow the enemy's brigade to seek death?
"Rush over, fight with the enemy, and let the enemy know the bravery and fearlessness of the Jianzhou warriors." Hongke slowly raised his scimitar and pointed forward. His voice was exciting and cheerful, but he could not hide his sadness.
"Kill, kill all the enemies."
"There are only Manchus who died in battle, and there are no cowards who kneel down and beg for mercy."
The remaining Jianlu also knew that death was imminent, so they burst out with desperate energy, shouted and waved their weapons to increase their momentum.
Hongke stopped talking nonsense, roared "kill", and charged towards the approaching enemy.
Several hundred mounted soldiers braved another wave of rockets and followed closely behind them, howling like wolves.
The sound of muskets rang out like exploding beans, and three small battle formations spewed flames and white smoke, forming three-sided firepower on the front and two wings, shooting dense rain of bullets at the desperate charging Jianlu.
The other lancers in the battle formation, under the command of the officers, accelerated forward to outflank them. There was no need to maintain the formation. The musketeers spread out, forming a wider shooting surface.
The flying knights on the periphery were quickly approaching, preparing to join the battle group, leaving Jianlu with no chance of escape.
In Hongke's sight, there were bright spots of musket fire and rising white smoke. People around him screamed, and cavalry or horses were constantly being hit and fell.
Round after round of musket fire seemed to go on without stopping, and Hongke's good luck ran out.
The slave chief, who just now looked at death as if he were dead, and fantasized about being able to kill his enemies with his bare hands and die heroically in a bloody fight, was hit by a cheap lead bullet and fell to the base of his horse with a rotten watermelon-like head.
And he was only a little over twenty meters away from the enemy, and for almost a second or two, he didn't have a chance to show off.
The enemy and our troops finally collided with each other. Under several rounds of musket fire, the Jianlu who rushed towards them were already exhausted.
Although a cavalry battle formation was defeated, the number of people was getting smaller and smaller under the lead bullets fired from all directions, and they would all be wiped out soon.
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"Open artillery to bombard the city!" Under Liaoyang City, Guo Dajing looked at the sky and gave the order calmly.
The two flying cavalry regiments all attacked and attacked Jianlu, leaving behind the elite cavalry to support the city's defense. With more troops and fewer troops, Guo Dajing was not too worried about victory or defeat.
The decisive battle should be to cross the Taizi River and completely cut off the retreat route of the Liaoyang defenders. Even the mobile corps that could build the captives would be left behind.
Although he still has 5,000 cavalry available to prevent the Liaoyang defenders from leaving the city to meet the mobile corps, it would be easier if they could be tightly restrained.
Jianlu's active retreat caused most of the ground positions in the south of the city to be occupied.
Although there is a moat and old artillery on the city, and the artillery is deployed more than a mile away from the city wall, it no longer affects the ability of mortars to penetrate the city or bombard the city wall.
Hundreds of mortars have been deployed, their elevations adjusted, and just waiting for an order, they roar and fire dense shells at the ancient city of Liaoyang.
Only with full power can the Liaoyang defenders be restrained, making them frightened and afraid to leave the city easily.