At first, Tie Niu brought the airship to blow up the Dangxiang Imperial Palace into ruins. Later, Tie Niu left, but left three airships at the Dangxiang Prince's Mausoleum, shocking the Dangxiang royal family.
In order to achieve a better deterrent effect, the airship will hover once or twice over King Dangxiang City every few days, so many Dangxiang people are familiar with airships.
Nowadays, there are almost no Central Plains slaves in Dangxiang territory, and Li Lingrui attaches great importance to the transportation team and is worried that the Central Plains people will cause trouble during the transportation process, so the people responsible for this transportation, from the guards to the civilian husbands, are all Dangxiang people.
And they are all natives who have undergone strict vetting and are loyal to the party.
There are even many people who are members of the declining branch of the royal family.
Most of these people came from Dangxiang Royal City or its surroundings. Many of them even witnessed airships bombing the palace, and the fear of airships has penetrated deep into their hearts.
It was the first time that the cavalry had seen the muskets in the hands of the bodyguards. The dense and loud gunshots and the iron sand that could knock people away also frightened them, but they still dared to draw their swords and charge.
However, upon discovering the airship approaching, the cavalrymen's fighting spirit suddenly disappeared and they all fled in all directions.
Their falcon has been blown up, and they have no means to restrain the airship, so they can only be beaten passively. Bayi Chinese website
This feeling of being unable to resist made the cavalry feel desperate!
The commander of the transport team was killed at the beginning. It was very rare to be able to organize this attack. Now the last bit of morale was completely shattered by the airship.
The already chaotic transport team became even more chaotic!
The company commander took the opportunity to stand up, held up a tin trumpet and shouted: "Surrender without killing!"
"Surrender without killing!"
The other escorts also roared in unison!
The airships and hot air balloons from the north also temporarily stopped attacking. The valley that was filled with gunshots and explosions suddenly became quiet.
Even the party members who were injured and still howling miserably reluctantly closed their mouths in pain.
In fact, there were only more than a hundred escorts, but there was an echo in the valley. The roars of more than a hundred people at the same time echoed in the valley, which actually gave the party members the feeling of being ambushed by thousands of troops.
The people of Dangxiang are fierce and advocate force, but not everyone is like this.
Although the grooms responsible for transportation had many branches of the royal family, they were all declining branches. They were either too timid to go to the battlefield, or they were weak, otherwise they would not be reduced to being grooms.
Many people were originally frightened by the airships and muskets, but now they heard the escorts shouting, and the grooms kept kneeling on the ground to express their surrender.
Most of the grooms were people with no independent opinions. Some took the lead and others followed. In just a few minutes, almost all the grooms knelt down.
The cavalry responsible for the escort mission did not surrender immediately, but continued to wait and see.
The company commander frowned slightly when he saw this, raised his musket and pulled the trigger!
Bang!
With the sound of a gunshot, the two party soldiers closest to him burst into blood mist from their chests and flew straight up!
When they fell to the ground, their chests were almost smashed, and their faces were beaten to a bloody pulp!
The two of them happened to fall in front of a group of grooms, who were so frightened that they jumped up and backed away crazily.
After taking a few steps back, fearing that the bodyguard would shoot them, the grooms quickly knelt down again, and this time they were prostrate on the ground, not even daring to raise their heads!
The company commander took the lead in firing, and the other escorts did not need to ask for instructions. They aimed at the party cavalry who were still standing and shot each!
Previously, the sound of grenade explosions had covered up the sound, so the grooms didn't think the sound of gunfire was scary. Now that the explosions stopped, the sound of gunfire immediately stood out.
Coupled with the wounds caused by the iron sand, more and more grooms were so frightened that they prostrate themselves and did not dare to raise their heads at all.
The last trace of morale of the party's cavalry was scattered by musketry. They threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground like the grooms.
The muskete company commander then breathed a long sigh of relief and sent two platoons down. One platoon was responsible for binding the party soldiers, while the other platoon was on guard with guns at all times.
Anyone found raising his head will be shot on the spot.
The damage range of the muskets was relatively large, and some horsemen were injured by accident, but the bodyguards could no longer take care of them.
There are only over a hundred people in the musket company, and the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves is too great. The party members have only been suppressed by the airship and the muskets they saw for the first time. If they don't take the opportunity to control the situation in time and wait for them to react, the consequences will be catastrophic.
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Not only is the Musketeer Company going to be doomed, this battle of Xizhou may also be lost!
Fortunately, the two platoons that went down moved very quickly. Before the enemy could react, they tied up most of the party's cavalry and collected their weapons.
The rest of the grooms will be easy to handle, just let them tie you up.
Escorts often use this trick when suppressing bandits, and they are already familiar with it.
The fighting broke out in the evening and was over by the time it was completely dark.
Until this moment, the muskete company still did not dare to relax. Under the command of the company commander, some of the horsemen were released and asked to remove the catapults and heavy crossbow components from the oxen and horses and pile them together.
After working until midnight, the work was finally completed.
The bodyguards poured the collected lamp oil on top, and then threw a fire.
The main components of catapults and heavy crossbows are made of wood, so you can install them with just one click!
A raging fire rose up, illuminating the excitement on the face of the escort company commander!
Until now, the most important task of lurking in the party has been completely completed!
Contrary to the bodyguards, many party cavalrymen closed their eyes in pain.
The horsemen may not know the importance of this batch of supplies, but many cavalry leaders know what this batch of supplies means!
Without these catapults and heavy crossbows, even if Party Xiang finally wins the Southern Expedition, he will pay a huge price!
The flames jumped higher and higher, and the firelight not only illuminated the valley, but also illuminated half of the sky.
Even the cavalry captain who was dozens of miles away and was still busy clearing sand and mines saw it!
"It's over!"
The cavalry captain almost sat down on the ground.
This area is full of deserts and rocky mountains, with almost no forests. Even if there are some bushes, it would be difficult to create such a large fire.
The cavalry captain immediately thought of the transport team!
Even ordinary cavalry knows the importance of heavy crossbows and catapults. As the captain of reinforcements, he knows even more!
If something goes wrong with these catapults and heavy crossbows, Li Lingrui will go crazy!
At this moment, the cavalry captain even had the idea of escape.
But his family and tribe are still in the tribe in the north. If he escapes with his people, the whole tribe will be destroyed!
Thinking of this, the cavalry captain was not afraid of being injured by the mines and drove his horse to the front.
At this time, the cavalry responsible for shoveling sand had collected two baskets of mines. Seeing the captain approaching, the little leader was ready to show off. But before he could say anything, he heard the captain roar: "Stop shoveling, let me drive the horse."
There is a way out!"
Although shoveling sand was safe, it was too slow. He couldn't wait any longer and didn't dare to wait any longer!