Chapter 175: Defeat
After three rounds of gunning, more than a hundred of the four hundred pikemen who had charged at them lay down, and the rest were stunned by the sudden blow.
With just three rounds of guns, almost a third of their men fell, and such a casualty rate was enough to break the nerves of most people. The pikemen who followed behind without being shot stopped in fright for a while, they didn't know whether to continue to charge or turn around and flee for their lives.
"What are you doing in a daze, those traitors have already used up all the gunpowder, and there is no lead bullet in their firearms, everyone rushes up and kills them all, and the grandfather of the country will be rewarded!"
Under the strict orders of officers at all levels, these pikemen regained their courage and continued to rush forward, but more than ten seconds of delay passed, and when they rushed to a distance of more than 30 meters from the other party, someone in the pikemen suddenly shouted, "Throw spears!" ”
With this order, dozens of javelins flew out of the ranks of pikemen, drawing a large parabola in the air and shooting towards the musketeers.
These javelins are not arrows, but large ones about a meter long that weigh several pounds, and the average person who is shot by this thing is enough to shoot through the body.
"Wow......"
A musketeer was shot in the chest with a javelin and let out a piercing sound, and the musketeer was knocked backwards several steps backwards by the force and fell to the ground, but thankfully his armor made of high-strength steel plates saved his life. Yang Feng had specially instructed Hang Weihu at the beginning of making this plate armor that the thickness of the front breastplate of this plate armor should reach two millimeters, which was enough to resist the attacks of most heavy weapons in this era, except for maces, hammers and other heavy weapons, so after the initial numbness, he struggled to stand up again.
However, some of the musketeers were not as lucky as him, a musketeer who had just loaded the musket with ammunition and was waiting for the order to shoot suddenly screamed and rolled to the ground, a javelin pierced his left eye, the sharp arrow instantly pierced his eyeball, and then pierced deep into the brain, blood and brains splashed, he struggled twice and then died.
"Fire!"
Just then, a loud voice rang out again.
With this voice, the trembling sound of fire was heard again.
"Bang ......"
With the crisp sound of firearms, puffs of smoke rose up, dozens of soldiers who rushed to the front were shot to the end, and some were even hit into the air by the huge impact of the lead bullets, and the heads of the pikemen who were raising their javelins and preparing to throw them burst open like cracked watermelons, and the scarves on their heads flew out, and even the skulls were turned into pieces, and the brains flew everywhere like splashing bean juice.
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
Bursts of white gunpowder smoke shrouded the front of the formation, and the nearly three hundred pikemen who were originally swarming towards the phalanx of firecrackers cut down a large area like cutting wheat, and after three rounds of guns, there were less than a hundred people left in front of the entire phalanx who could still stand on the ground. At this point in the battle, the pikemen finally couldn't bear it anymore, one of the spearmen was stunned for a while, and suddenly let out a heart-rending scream, threw away the spear in his hand, and ran behind without hesitation, and then the second and third soldiers also turned around and ran towards the back like crazy, and the rest of the chatting officers also ran away after the soldiers.
Yang Feng, who was commanding in the back, saw that the phalanx of the opposing pikemen behind the Shenji battalion was also defeated, and he did not hesitate to order: "Order, all troops come forward, keep suppressing the enemy army, and be sure to cripple them!" ”
"Yes!"
With Yang Feng's order, a high-pitched horn began to sound again, and the original large phalanx immediately transformed into three phalanxes, and then they showed the shape of arrows and quickly pressed towards the enemy, Yang Daniu led the cavalry to guard both sides of the phalanx, as long as Xu Hongji and their last eight hundred sword and shield soldiers were defeated, this battle would be won.
As Yang Feng expected, when he saw that the pikemen phalanx had been defeated in just a short period of time, the military heart of the camp to which Xu Hongji belonged began to waver, especially the sword and shield soldiers who had originally followed the pikemen phalanx were frightened at once. A full 400 people, plus the Shenji Battalion, a total of 700 people were almost lost in less than half an hour.
Seven hundred people were defeated, could it be that these people were more powerful than the brothers of the Shenji Battalion and the Spear Phalanx in front?
Liao Yongquan swallowed a breath of cool air, and said to Xu Hongji with a trembling voice: "Grandpa Xu, the traitor is too cruel, let's withdraw to Nanjing first, right?" ”
At this time, Lu Jianshen did not have his earlier arrogance, and the resentment on his face had long disappeared cleanly, and he also grabbed Xu Hongji's arm in a panic and echoed, "Yes, Grandpa Xu, the traitor is too ferocious, let's withdraw first, keep the useful body and wait until the future to mobilize troops and horses to fight this traitor!" ”
"Brother Xu, Yang has pressed them over!" At this moment, Zhang Weixian also rode his horse and ran over, originally he was supposed to take his personal guards to supervise the battle in front, but the spear phalanx and the Shenji battalion were defeated one after another, and he couldn't care so much anymore, and ran back with his personal guards.
"I can't go!" Xu Hongji laughed sadly, he was the most proficient in military affairs among the people, he pointed to the Jiang Ningwei sergeant who was constantly pressing in front and said: "If our people escape a little, they will inevitably rush straight over, and their cavalry will definitely copy our back road, and then we will only have a dead end." ”
"Are we all going to die here today?" Lu Jianshen's whole body was about to collapse, and the whole person was shaking on the horse and almost fell off.
At this time, Zhang Weixian was also ruthless, "No matter what he is, Brother Xu, since he escapes, he will die, and if he doesn't escape, he will die, let's fight with them!" ”
"Good...... Fight with them! ”
Xu Hongji also had a ruthless spirit, "Brother Zhang Xian, let's fight with them!" The two of you and I stepped forward to supervise the battle together, and led everyone to charge together, even if they died, they would bite off a piece of Yang Feng's meat! ”
"Good!"
Zhang Weixian nodded heavily, the two glanced at each other, and soon launched the final charge with their respective guards and the remaining cavalry with the sword and shield soldiers.
The air was filled with the choking smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, under the instigation of Xu Hongji, the last remaining more than 1,000 soldiers were ready for the final charge in the face of the constantly pressing Jiang Ningwei army, just when the final decisive battle was about to be carried out, more than a dozen war horses suddenly broke into the battlefield, and one of the leaders waved a command flag in his hand and shouted loudly.
"Stop...... Stop it all...... The Divine Decree to ......"