But who would have thought that after just a little while, the 50,000 people sent out would probably not have reached the king's tent yet. The king's tent was actually destroyed. What's more terrible is that their king still doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.
"General Shoot, could this be a conspiracy by the Jizhou Army? The king is protected by 50,000 elite cavalry. Even if all the Jizhou cavalry appeared, they would not be able to break into the king's tent so quickly." Gongsun.
·Wen Xin said doubtfully.
"It is a fact that the king's tent was destroyed. I am afraid that Brother Wang's situation will not be much better. Even so, we must rescue him. In this way, the rear army is ordered to turn around, and the front army also retreats to break away from the Jizhou Army.
They are all infantry, there is nothing they can do against us." Yi Qushe said as he shook his head.
He doesn't care whether this matter is a conspiracy of the Jizhou Army. He only knows that if something happens to Brother Wang, it will be a big deal. This is something he will never allow. Even if there is only a slight chance, he will kill it.
Lose.
Besides, he did not send all the cavalry back. There will be at least 30,000 Beidi cavalry left on the battlefield to frighten the Jizhou infantry. Then when he returns with the main force, if nothing happens to the king,
At that time, after returning from the counterattack, the Jizhou Army only had infantry left, could they still escape?
After listening to Yiqushe's decision, Gongsun Wen was a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't say anything. If he tried to stop it forcibly, it might arouse Yiqushe's dissatisfaction, and he would say that he refused to save him.
It is said that he has the intention to usurp the throne.
If this is really the case, once the Beidi Army gets into internal strife, it will be tantamount to helping the Jizhou Army, and then he will be Dadi's sinner.
"Okay." For the sake of the overall situation, Gongsun Wen could only suppress his doubts in his heart.
Yiqushe also quickly issued the order, and the main force of the Beidi Army, more than 100,000 men, turned around and ran towards the king's tent.
Just when the Beidi cavalry turned their heads and the vanguard army moved, and before the Chinese army started taking action, there was a loud rumbling sound above their heads, and the Jizhou Army's artillery began to hit their guns.
Above the head.
Our cavalry and infantry had been fighting together before. If we fired at that time, we would inevitably be injured. When there was no counterattack, Jiang Fenghua, the commander of the Second Firearms Regiment, although he was very anxious, he still did not give the order to attack.
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Now that it was better, the armies of both sides separated, and the temporary commander-in-chief Shen Yunyi issued an order for a general counterattack by artillery. He stopped waiting and shouted loudly to his three battalion commanders Kong Xi, Qin De and Chen Wei: "Let's launch a general counterattack."
Cannon, fire out the most shells in the shortest time to let the Beidi cavalry know how powerful we are."
At that moment, the artillery of the three battalions flew straight ahead, blasting past where the Beidi cavalry was. This artillery that had been forgotten by the Beidi army once again began to show its power.
Considering that the terrain is open and the opponents are all cavalry, and the speed is too fast, the second firearms regiment has limited space. Often you just fire a cannonball, and the enemy cavalry will rush in front of them. In that case, the wounded
If you don't tell the enemy, you will suffer heavy losses, so the powerful firepower of the Jizhou Army has to be hidden and gradually forgotten.
But now, the two sides have just broken away from contact, the distance is only about three miles, and they are within the artillery range of the Jizhou Army. Now is the moment to show off their power.
The artillery of the Jizhou Army suddenly exploded, which really caught the Beidi cavalry by surprise. In the dark night, an unknown number of Beidi cavalry were hit by the artillery fire and became a mess.
"Steady, steady, the cavalry charges, their artillery is there, rush over and destroy them." By the light of the torch, General Mu Qiu, who was in charge of holding down the formation of the Beidi Army, saw where the Jizhou Army's artillery was, and took it with him personally.
More than two thousand cavalry rushed over.
These two thousand cavalrymen were the most elite Beidi warriors. Mu Qiu had the confidence to lead them to the Jizhou Army Artillery Regiment and then destroy it. After all, he had just led these cavalrymen to kill an unknown number of Jizhou soldiers.
Infantry, I haven't seen the other party hurt me or anything.
Mu Qiu, who looked confident, believed that the combat power of the Jizhou Army was nothing more than this and was far less exaggerated than what people said. However, he did not know that it was not that the Jizhou Army was not powerful, it was just that the main force was not fully equipped.
It seemed that right now, opposite him, there was a second regiment of firearms, but right in front of the artillery was a team of 2,000 gunmen waiting there.
The duty of the fire gunners is to protect the safety of the artillery and prevent anyone from trying to attack them. Therefore, when the Jizhou Army was already in danger, they did not take action. After all, that was not their duty.
But now, someone actually wants to attack the Firearms Regiment, which they cannot tolerate. At this moment, all the Firearms Soldiers are waiting quietly, waiting for the Beidi Cavalry to rush in front of them.
Mu Qiu is one of those people who does not know death.
He had no idea about the equipment of the Jizhou Arms Regiment. He just habitually thought that wherever the cavalry went, the Jizhou infantry could not stop it, and he would definitely win a new victory.
Without knowing anything, Mu Qiu led the army to within a hundred steps in front of the artillery regiment. The speed of the cavalry still did not slow down, and Mu Qiu took the lead and rushed to the front, looking like a pioneer.
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At this moment, intensive gunshots suddenly came out.
When the nearby torches shone and saw the Beidi cavalry approaching, the gunmen moved, and iron bullets flew out from the muzzle, like a dense swarm of locusts, hitting the enemy who were only a few meters away.
On the fifty or sixty-step Beidi cavalry.
Mu Qiu, who was at the front, was shot first. He rushed the fastest, and naturally became the first target of the fire gun soldiers.
With the sound of gunshots, at least a dozen iron bullets fell on Mu Qiu and penetrated into his body.
Even though Mu Qiu was wearing armor, there were still a lot of iron bullets that penetrated from other parts. After he felt a burst of pain, his whole body lost his breath and he fell on the horse with a thump.
Come down.
Mu Qiu, one of the fierce generals of Beidi and even considered by General Yiqushe to be his successor, died like this.
Even when he died, he didn’t know who the real murderer was, which person shot him? Or which people were all the murderers.
After the gunshots were fired, Mu Qiu was the first to fall off his horse, but he would definitely not be the last. As the gunshots became more intense, more and more Beidi cavalry fell off their horses. What happened here also attracted the attention of those who followed.
The following Beidi cavalrymen reined in their horses one by one out of instinct.
They didn't know what happened. They just saw that hundreds of cavalrymen, including General Mu Qiu, were dead.
Those who didn't struggle fell down and died happily. And if they rushed up, it would probably be the same result, right?
Of course, some people are afraid, and some are not afraid. There are always some brave people in this world who don’t know what death means before they die. So there were still hundreds of cavalry who rushed out without stopping, and then...
Then they followed in Mu Qiu's footsteps, falling to the ground and dying under the heavy gunfire. Some of the war horses were also hit by bullets and howled loudly.
"Quickly change the firecrackers." Battalion Commander Sun Biyu, who was in charge of the command, said loudly, and each firecracker soldier held a new firecracker in his right hand.
In this era, the power of firecrackers is still too small. Not only is the attack range limited, but it is also very difficult to load gunpowder. On the battlefield, they will never be given a second chance to reload iron bullets, so every soldier
So he got two more fire guns.
But even if each soldier has three muskets, two thousand people can only fire six thousand iron bullets at best. If the Beidi cavalry rushes over desperately, it is not bad that they can hurt a thousand people, but it is absolutely impossible.
Defeat a large number of cavalry.
Otherwise, just send them to the battlefield. Why would Tang Ao take the risk?
Fortunately, the sudden sound of gunfire startled the Beidi cavalry. After hundreds of cavalry were killed, especially the generals, the remaining Beidi cavalry lost their command system and did not dare to attack for a while.
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But the Beidi cavalry stopped attacking, and there were still sounds of iron hoofs stamping on the ground like raindrops. The Jizhou Army cavalry, which had been silent, finally began to counterattack.
Seeing the infantry fighting to the death, or even suffering heavy losses, the cavalry brothers were all anxious. But without orders from above, they, the last-ditch cavalry, could not launch a charge.
The feeling of waiting was very uncomfortable. After suffering like this for most of the night, the order was finally issued. At this moment, all the Jizhou cavalry could not wait to use all their strength to perform well. So when they could launch a charge, a
All of them had red eyes and a murderous look.
After a night of recuperating, the Jizhou Army cavalry came in an invincible posture as soon as they appeared. And their first opponent was the stunned Beidi cavalry of less than 30,000 who stayed behind.
First, they were subjected to a burst of artillery fire, some people were killed, some were injured, and most importantly, their morale was severely damaged.
In the subsequent counterattack, even his own generals died on the battlefield, leaving nearly 30,000 Beidi cavalry without a unified command system, and it was unknown how many people felt fear in their hearts.
In such an environment, the cavalry of the Jizhou Army suddenly rushed out, completely disrupting the position of Beidi's 30,000 cavalry.
Didn't it mean that the Jizhou Army cavalry had already attacked the king's tent? So what happened to these people who appeared now?
While this thought was still passing through many people's minds, the Jizhou Army cavalry had already arrived in front of them. Then the bright silver spears and sabers fell rapidly, killing each of the Beidi cavalry who were still stunned on the spot on their horses.
