Chapter seven hundred and seventy third decisive battle
The order was given to Zhou Qian, and the third regiment, led by its commander Luo Moran, plus 10,000 Korean prisoners, rushed towards the battlefield where the chariot camp was located.
This is just a corner of the battlefield. On the frontal battlefield, more and more coalition infantry and cavalry rushed in front of the Jizhou Army and began to exert their fighting power.
Tian Sangong, the elder of the Tian clan, led the first batch of Tian clan cavalry to rush in front of the firearms camp. With a loud shout of "kill", hundreds of cavalry rushed in. They wanted to take advantage of the Jizhou Army infantry before they could block them. Before going forward, destroy these cannons and catapults one by one.
The distance was too close, and the catapults of the Hongtian Cannon could no longer exert their attack power. Seeing the enemy cavalry getting closer and closer, the regiment leader Shen Ping'an shouted to his fourth battalion commander Shao Ding with a solemn look on his face. Said: "The Musket Battalion is ready, and the enemy will launch a counterattack when they are thirty steps away."
"No!" Battalion Commander Shaoding, who had been impatient for a long time, saluted and agreed, and then trotted to the front of the sky-blasting cannon and the thunder catapult with his battalion's thousand musketeers.
The musketeers were specially equipped by Tang Ao for the firearms battalion. They were designed to prevent the enemy from attacking in case they rushed in front of them.
The first batch of firecrackers that Tang Ao participated in building finally had the opportunity to make their first appearance in this era.
Fireguns use gunpowder to fire stone bullets, lead bullets and iron bullets. They are structurally composed of a front chamber, a medicine chamber and a tailpiece. Compared with the earliest muskets of later generations, fireguns have a longer service life and greater firing power.
The single-shot fireguns of the Jizhou Army use iron bullets to ensure that they can bring huge lethality after penetrating into the human body. They can ensure that within thirty steps, even if the opponent is wearing armor, they can penetrate into the human body, forming harm.
One thousand musketeers, each holding three muskets, ensured the continuity of the attack. The first round of attack began when Tian's cavalry entered about twenty steps.
Bang bang bang~ bang bang bang...
A stream of black smoke appeared in front of the gun, and then thousands of bullets were fired, falling on the rushing Tian's cavalry. At that moment, hundreds of cavalry were hit by bullets and fell under their horses. There were hundreds more. The war horse was hit by an iron bullet and stood up with a painful neigh, throwing the cavalryman on its back to the ground.
The first wave of attacks was very effective.
Soon, a thousand musketeers picked up the second musket and began another round of attacks.
After another burst of banging sounds, all the Tian cavalry in front of them were slaughtered. Hundreds of cavalrymen appeared in front of the firearms camp, and a vacuum was formed in a short period of time.
Tian Sangong was lucky enough not to enter the first attacking echelon, so he survived. But when he saw hundreds of Tian's sons dying inexplicably, no one could rush ten steps in front of the firearms camp. When he was inside, he was afraid.
While his whole body couldn't help but tremble, he immediately gave the order to attack in other directions. In his eyes, those fire blunderbuss were sharp weapons for harvesting lives. With them, maybe the cavalry could slowly withdraw from the stage of war in the future.
After firing two shots, there was no enemy in front of them. The thousand musketeers breathed a sigh of relief. Then they were busy, taking advantage of the short gap period to fill the other two muskets with gunpowder. However, on the battlefield, it is inevitable to attack and be attacked. This is the life of a soldier.
"Okay! Well done!" Seeing that the wave of threats was repelled so easily, Shen Ping'an shouted loudly, and then looked back involuntarily, looking at the royal flag with the five-clawed golden dragon. All of this was done by Tang Ao, and he was excited to have such a commander-in-chief.
The Firearms Camp was temporarily saved. But on other battlefields, more and more strange knights rushed in front of the Jizhou Army. The six regiments of the field army and the 50,000 Korean captives inevitably faced them. , started a life and death battle where you come and go.
The cavalry has a natural advantage over the infantry. Although the 50,000 Korean field troops have high morale and try their best to stabilize the front, people will still die every moment. In a short time, the battlefield is full of people. Full of gunpowder and blood.
At this moment, human life has become the least valuable thing. Life is passing by with every breath, and people die wailing every moment. Among them are soldiers from the coalition forces and soldiers from the Jizhou Army.
This was also the most brutal battle since the establishment of the Jizhou Army. In just half an hour, at least tens of thousands of soldiers fell to the ground and would never wake up.
On the battlefield, everything was in chaos. The only one with a complete formation was the tiger soldiers in front of the royal flag where Tang Ao was.
There were six thousand tiger warriors, each holding a three-foot-long iron halberd in their hands. They kept waving them with the command and strangled the approaching enemy infantry or cavalry under their halberds.
Wearing steel armor can ensure that even if the enemy cuts their weapons on their bodies or is hit by arrows, they can protect them from being hurt. With this invulnerable ability, six thousand people are strong He successfully blocked several waves of enemy attacks.
Waves of corpses soon formed at the feet of the tiger soldiers, and the number of people they killed had already exceeded twice their own strength.
An hour later, the battle became more intense, and Hu Ben began to suffer casualties.
Although everyone who can join the Tiger Bend is a person with infinite strength, they train very hard every day. But as the battle lasts for a long time, it is inevitable that they will feel tired, and the speed of swinging the halberd in their hands will decrease. It was not as good as before. At this time, the bows and arrows of the Yiqi were shot at them one after another, and they focused on the eyes, mouth, and nose. When they came, they might be shot accidentally, and they fell to the ground as a thick corpse and could not sleep forever. .
The tiger soldiers also began to suffer casualties, and when the number continued to expand, under the king's flag, Xue Fei, Ao Wu and others who watched all this couldn't help but become anxious.
They were people Tang Ao could trust, so they knew that they still had a trump card that they had not yet used, which was the 20,000 cavalry.
Now that the battle was so fierce, the Jizhou Army's losses were getting heavier and heavier. They couldn't understand why Tang Ao didn't order the 20,000 cavalry to rush out.
Facing the anxious eyes of everyone, Tang Ao did not even move. He was still riding on the snow-stepping jade white dragon with peace of mind, watching everything that happened in front of him calmly.
Of course he knew that the current situation was becoming more and more unfavorable for the Jizhou Army. Even if it continued like this, it was possible that the Jizhou Army would be defeated. After all, the enemy had too many cavalry, and they were more numerous than what he had brought. The number of regular troops who came.
There was a stalemate on the battlefield, and the 80,000 Xuanjia troops behind the coalition forces were slowly moving forward.
"Special Envoy Wei, can we launch an attack?" Le Ming and Tai Lei stood beside Wei Qian'er and asked urgently.
Naturally, Le Ming and Tai Lei couldn't call Wei Qian'er "Her Royal Highness". After all, she was the princess of Qian Di, not the princess of Da Qian. As the special envoy designated by Emperor Qian Ying, they addressed her as a special envoy. It can be clearly seen that There was not much respect in the words between the two.
From what Wei Qian'er meant, she wanted to wait for a while. She didn't know why she had a feeling that King Ji seemed to have a back-up plan. She wanted to wait for the other party to show a back-up plan before attacking, and she also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get more It will consume the strength of the Jizhou Army and the Allied Forces.
But it's obvious that Le Ming and the others don't want to do this. The coalition's cavalry has promised them to return to Qian Ying Emperor in the future, which means they are their own people.
Why are they not helping others when they see their own people fighting on the battlefield?
Will this chill everyone’s hearts?
Also, if the Yiqi was seriously injured, I'm afraid this would not be what Emperor Qian Ying wanted to see.
Seeing that Wei Qian'er still did not give the order to attack the army, Le Ming said unhappily: "Special Envoy Wei, I don't know what you are waiting for. If you miss the opportunity, I will definitely impeach you in front of His Majesty after you return. .”
Le Ming was an old man who followed Emperor Qian Ying. If the matter came to the court, it was obvious who the emperor would turn to. Wei Qian'er didn't want to create a rift with Emperor Qian Ying because of this matter, so she had to give up her thoughts of continuing to wait and said : "Okay, that's it, the army attacks. Taylor leads 20,000 people as the vanguard, General Leming follows closely behind with the main force of the army, and launches the attack half an hour later."
Hearing that he would have to wait for half an hour, Le Ming grimaced, but didn't say anything else. Maybe he also knew that this was the bottom line for Wei Qian'er to give in. He knew that this woman was very scheming and had people around her. There is a master master accompanying me, and if I really offend him, I won't feel too good about it.
Zuo was just waiting for half an hour. Thinking that such a big battle would not be over in a short while, he had no choice but to nod and approve the decision.
On the other hand, Tai Lei, when he heard that he could attack immediately, he excitedly agreed, ordered 20,000 infantry as the vanguard, flew Emperor Qian Ying's golden dragon flag, and launched a charge towards the battlefield.
Twenty thousand people were dispatched together. Although there were not many war horses to help them, the momentum was still strong under the shouts. As soon as they appeared five miles away from the battlefield, they were noticed by both warring parties.
"Haha, warriors, our reinforcements are here, everyone kill!" Seeing that Wei Qian'er finally made a move, Origi breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, he thought that the other party would take this opportunity to weaken his own strength. Now it seems, This girl is quite interesting.
Tang Ao, who was sitting under the five-clawed golden dragon flag, also saw this scene and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. "Are you finally here? I have been waiting for you for a long time. Come on, send a signal to the Shanshan Guards. , tell them to attack after a stick of incense!"