Chapter 459 0454 [Musket, Artillery and Escort Army]
In the Gyeonggi region, the confrontation is still ongoing.
But instead of doing nothing all day long, the Jin soldiers always took the initiative because they had more cavalry.
Wanyan Zongwang spread his cavalry all over the place to scout for news, cover the battlefield, and cut off traffic. This not only made it difficult for Ju Ming to contact Tokyo, but also made it impossible to figure out where the real Jinbing camp was.
Deng Chun and Chen Ziyi were always fighting with the Jin cavalry.
The intensity was not high, and they were all small-scale battles. The daily casualties on both sides were only in the double digits.
"Why does the Marshal need to take action personally?"
"Yeah, just let us go."
"Marshal cannot take personal risks!"
"..."
Hearing that Ju Ming wanted to personally reconnoiter the battlefield, his generals tried to dissuade him.
This is by no means some stupid act. All famous generals must personally conduct reconnaissance, such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, as well as Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan.
When Li Shimin led troops to fight, he also personally conducted reconnaissance many times.
Because seeing things with your own eyes is far more intuitive than listening to others retell it, and is more conducive to making correct judgments and decisions.
"I'm just taking a casual look, I won't go too in-depth." Zhu Ming actually wanted to personally experience the combat effectiveness of the Jin cavalry.
The Generalissimo insisted on going his own way, and it was difficult for the generals to dissuade him, so Zhang Guangdao was left to take charge of the camp.
Ju Ming rode a cornucopia across the river, and Heavenly King Jia was carried by a bad horse.
There are more than 800 musketeers behind them. With the current production speed of muskets, it is estimated that there will be a thousand by the end of the year. The musketeers also rode horses, and put on good horses, which were captured from Guo Yaoshi a few days ago.
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Hua Rong's musketeers were there, and Deng Xia's artillery team was naturally not left behind either.
More than 500 mules and horses carried dozens of squatting tiger cannons, as well as the gunners and ammunition of the squatting tiger cannons.
Ju Ming was speechless about this. Although the generals agreed to go out to fight in person, they also packed in all the troops they could, except for the infantry.
The village ahead was empty, and most of the villagers had fled.
Because the Jin people were robbing new wheat nearby, the people would be killed if they resisted at all.
"Marshal, why don't you wait in the village? I will go and lure the enemy first." Deng Chun was worried that Ju Ming was in danger.
Seeing the expressions of the cavalrymen, Ju Ming knew that he was too far forward and would tie their hands, so he could only nod helplessly: "Okay, be careful."
Deng Chun led 3,000 light cavalry ahead and dispersed into three groups to investigate. (In fact, it was less than 3,000, and some of them died in the battle with Guo Yaoshi.)
Not long after, they encountered a small group of enemy cavalry.
The Jin cavalry were smaller in number and retreated while shooting, leaving a few corpses to flee. At the same time, they blew their horns and called for more companions, trying to retain the cavalry under Deng Chun's command.
"Fifth Prince, there are thieves riding over there!"
"Chase!"
The horns sounded one after another, and the surrounding Jin cavalry heard the sound and came closer one after another. Wanyan Zongjun even led a thousand troops to attack.
Wanyan Zongjun is the eldest son of Aguda. According to the Han patriarchal system, he should succeed to the throne.
In another time and space, Wanyan Zongjun died last year. He was injured while fighting with the heavy cavalry of the Liao State, and died after returning to the court. It is estimated that he died of wound infection.
But somehow, Wanyan Zongjun in this time and space did not go to Xijing of the Liao Kingdom with Wanyan Xie, so naturally he would not die from his injuries.
Guo Yaoshi, who commanded a thousand cavalry at this time, came from nearby to join them and said: "Fifth prince, be careful. The thieves often use light cavalry to lure the enemy, and then use heavy cavalry to set up ambushes. I have suffered a big loss. I have been very cautious these days. Don't do anything."
Going too deep!"
"This kind of fighting method has long been exhausted by the Jin Kingdom," Wanyan Zongjun said. "I have an escort army under my command, so I am not afraid even if I am ambushed."
This guy was so reckless that the reason for his death in history was that he took the initiative to attack the heavy cavalry of the Liao Kingdom with a small number of escort troops. He actually killed the heavy cavalry of the Liao Kingdom, and then he himself was injured and died...
Wanyan Zongjun rushed forward without stopping, and more and more cavalry gathered around him.
Yang Yun and Yu Dian also brought their cavalry together and kept firing arrows to lure the enemy. Their horses' legs could not sprint quickly. When encountering a large group of enemy cavalry, they did not dare to get too close, so their arrows had little effect.
After chasing for a while, Deng Chun also came, and the three thousand light cavalry completely dispersed. Behind them, in the three directions of the north, northeast, and east, were all the Jin cavalry chasing them. There were about three to four thousand cavalry - Jin Guo
There were more cavalry scattered in the surrounding areas and it was too late to arrive.
As he gradually approached the village, Wanyan Zongjun stopped.
When he was chasing the enemy, he only wore armor himself and his horse was not armored, but now he had to wear the vest as well.
"Fifth Prince, there must be an ambush in the village ahead!" Pharmacist Guo suffered a loss and is now very afraid of Ju Ming.
"Are you afraid?"
Wanyan Zongjun thought that Wanyan Zongwang was too cowardly and kept quarreling without daring to fight, but he would have started fighting long ago.
The Jin cavalry has scouted this nearby area today, and it is impossible to hide too many enemies. And the village is so big, can it hide tens of thousands of troops?
Even if there are 10,000 enemy troops, Wanyan Zongjun is not afraid because he has a thousand escort troops.
With just these one thousand escort troops, he dared to charge against twenty to thirty thousand enemy troops!
Because it was not too far from our own camp, the escorting army was just one person and two horses, and they did not even bring any followers. They armored their horses themselves, then got on their horses in heavy armor, and rode in formation in a calm manner, waiting for military orders.
Ju Ming no longer hid. While the enemy was armoring their war horses, sixty tiger squatting cannons were pushed out of the village entrance to assemble and load ammunition.
More than 800 musketeers rode out of the village, then dismounted and stood in front of the crouching tiger cannon.
Bai Sheng also put on his vest for the cornucopia, and Ju Ming himself put on the armor of the Heavenly King and rode towards the front of the formation.
This set of Heavenly King armor is so eye-catching, it sparkles like gold under the sunlight, and it will be blinding if you get even closer.
Ju Ming shouted: "Put up the flag!"
First, a large banner was erected at the entrance of the village, and then a Zhuzi flag was erected.
The moment the big banner fluttered in the wind, Wanyan Zongjun became excited: "That's the enemy commander. After cruising for more than ten days, he finally found a decent prey!"
But Pharmacist Guo still had lingering fears: "Fifth Prince, the enemy commander is here, there may be an ambush."
Wanyan Zongjun said: "How many times have Liao soldiers ambushed me, but have they succeeded once? The escort army is invincible in the world and is not afraid of any enemy!"
This guy is courageous and careful at the same time, and he also needs to be tactical in his recklessness.
He asked Yaoshi Guo and another golden general to lead the ordinary cavalry to shoot arrows and even fight in close combat to disrupt the enemy as much as possible. He divided a thousand escort troops into three groups and looked for opportunities to carry out echelon charges. If the battle was unfavorable, he would return.
Can alternately cover retreat.
Strict military orders, sophisticated equipment, and brave soldiers can ensure that the army will be defeated without collapse and will not suffer too much damage.
Often, after taking turns to cover the retreat, they would reorganize the battle and defeat the pursuing enemies with great counter-attacks!
Wu Lin recalled in his later years that he said that he fought with the Jin people for a whole day, which refers to this kind of super elite. Relying on the excellent armor and war horses, he was defeated but not defeated. He fought and retreated, rested for a while, formed a formation and came again.
Repeated fighting is disgusting and scary.
"Raise the gun!"
Hua Rong shouted and the whistle blew.
Guo Yaoshi and another Jin general were ordered to lead the charge.
But he saw the enemy commander retreating to the side to join the cavalry there. The enemy in front was very strange. He clearly had war horses, but he dismounted and stood on the ground, holding a strange stick in his hand.
When these more than 800 musketeers usually dress up, they wear chain mail on the inside and silk on the outside.
When actually fighting, he wore silk on the inside and chain mail on the outside.
When they were about a hundred meters away, they fired one after another, then immediately mounted their horses and retreated.
"Bang bang bang bang..."
After a burst of gunfire, about fifty or sixty of the enemy's horsemen who were running at high speed were hit, and some of their horses were directly shot.
This time I used iron bullets, which have more armor-piercing capabilities than lead bullets.
what sound?
Wanyan Zongjun only heard a burst of noise, and then some smoke came out of the enemy formation.
Pharmacist Guo was charging, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, ready to shoot after running a little further.
The strange sound made him alert, and he quickly reined in his horse and slowed down.
The golden general named Bu Gulu on the other side was still leading his troops to accelerate the charge.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Deng Xia waved his command flag, sixty squatting tiger cannons, each loaded with twenty-five shotgun shells, and one thousand five hundred small iron bullets flew out like flowers.
The nearest Jin cavalry was only fifty or sixty meters away.
They were preparing to shoot arrows when a hail of shotguns flew in, and a large number of cavalrymen fell to death without warning.
The golden general named Bu Gulu was hit twice by bullets and his horse was hit by one bullet. He died mysteriously on the spot.
Pharmacist Guo was very lucky, and nothing happened. But he was frightened out of his wits, because many cavalrymen around him fell down, and this guy had already slowed down his horse, turned around and fled away.
After the shelling, Deng Chun, Yang Yun, and Yu Dian immediately led their light cavalry to shoot arrows and charge towards the enemy cavalry that had been disrupted by the shells.
Zhu Ming led Chen Ziyi's more than 280 cavalry, and Geng Zhongnian led more than a thousand Hebei cavalry, still standing still, ready to fight Wanyan Zongjun's escort army at any time.
Hua Rong's musketeers are reloading their ammunition.
"What a terrifying squatting tiger cannon!" Chen Ziyi's scalp was numb when he saw it. It was also the first time for him to witness the scene of sixty squatting tiger cannons firing in volley.
What should you do if you encounter it yourself?
Chen Ziyi felt that there were only two ways, one was to stay away from the battlefield as much as possible, and the other was to rush over with the shells in hand.
The enemy cavalry, who had been continuously hit by musketry and artillery fire, had been beaten to pieces, and now they were charged to death by Deng Chun with three thousand cavalry. They suddenly chose to run away in fear.
Wanyan Zongjun has a visor covering his face, so no one can see his expression clearly.
The face under the visor is actually stunned!
This guy is also fearless of death. When encountering weapons and tactics that he cannot understand, his first reaction is not to run away, but to rush forward to meet the defeated friendly forces. He has brains. At this moment, the enemy and we are fighting together.
It is impossible to activate that terrifying weapon again.
Ju Ming put down the telescope, pulled down his visor and said: "Blow the trumpet, raise the flag, let Deng Chun withdraw, and Hua Rong go and shoot."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The Han and Qiang light cavalry who were chasing the enemy cavalry reined in their horses and stopped when they heard the sound of the horn.
The effects of long-term training are showing, and these three thousand cavalry are able to execute orders and prohibitions.
While the Han and Qiang light cavalry were retreating, Hua Rong's more than 800 musketeers had loaded their ammunition and mounted their horses and were waiting. After receiving the order, they immediately rode towards the flank.
Wanyan Zongjun successfully protected the friendly troops from danger. He was about to withdraw his troops and go back to study the enemy's tactics, but he saw more than 800 "cavalry" wearing chain armor rushing towards him.
After rushing within a few dozen steps, they all turned over and dismounted - sitting on the horse's back was undulating, and the accuracy of the musket would only be worse.
At the same time, Geng Zhongnian led more than a thousand Hebei cavalry and circled Wanyan Zongjun's side.
Zhu Ming and Chen Ziyi advanced slowly with their uniformed cavalry.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Hua Rong's more than 800 musketeers immediately mounted their horses after firing, rode away from each other and dismounted again to reload.
Wanyan Zongjun no longer knew how to fight. Under normal circumstances, he would just rush in and the trouble would be over. The Jin Kingdom elites he led dared to charge when they encountered a large number of Wu Jie's crossbows, and they were shot to the point of being knocked over and still defeated without collapsing. But.
The two strange weapons in front of me are more difficult to deal with than the bed crossbow, which requires a large number of people to operate and is slow to load.
Moreover, the thousands of escort troops were all wearing armor, and the horses could not run fast under the weight of the force. They could only fight and retreat, and there was no way to escape by running away.
To retreat while fighting is to be shot repeatedly!