305 cannon bombarded him, mother

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Thundered......

Zabek led more than 700 elite Tartar cavalry, broke away from the camp of his Tartar team, and left directly in the northwest direction, with smoke and dust billowing out.

"No, the Tartar cavalry is heading in the direction of the cavalry battalion, it looks like they have discovered our intentions."

On the side of the White Dragon Army, Liu Chong saw the cavalry team separated from the Tartar cavalry, and his color suddenly changed, and he spoke.

"General, what shall we do now? There are a lot of people in this group of Tartars, there are more than 700 horsemen, Qi Wei and Luo Chao's two teams of cavalry, but more than 1,200 people, the outcome is unpredictable! ”

Liu Chongke knows the power of the Tartar cavalry, and he is also one of the few people in the White Dragon Army who has fought with the Tartars in life and death outside the pass.

Hearing Liu Chong's eager tone, Li Zixiao's eyes were also slightly narrowed, and his expression was solemn.

After a long time, Li Zixiao spoke: "It seems that we really underestimated this Tartar general, but I didn't expect this person to be so decisive."

In a short period of time, he dared to make such a bold decision, and he threw down more than 1,000 foot soldiers, obviously abandoning the pawns, in order to drag us down.

And these 700 cavalry headed northwest to meet our cavalry battalion, and if they didn't get it, they could not only break through successfully, but also severely damage our cavalry battalion.

There are also talents in the Tartars, hmph, but we should also believe in Luo Chao and Qi Wei at this time.

Lao Tzu spent so much silver and so much effort on their cavalry battalion, if they fought two against one and were not defeated by the Tartar cavalry, then they would not occupy the seat of the cavalry battalion.

Our plan remains the same, converging with Xu Wei and Tianba, and eating more than a thousand Tartar abandoners first.

However, you must also be careful, since these Tartars have become abandoned pawns, I am afraid that they will fight the trapped beasts, so you should not rush forward rashly and consume them with artillery fire first.

Let these wild boar skins outside the gate see the firepower of our White Dragon Army, what have you seen the artillery fire. Da Zhuang, it's up to you to the artillery battalion later. ”

"Yes, General, you just look at it, the brothers have been waiting impatiently for a long time."

Sun Dazhuang said excitedly in the back.

At this time, Li Zixiao immediately took two teams from the artillery battalion, and another team was divided into the hands of Xu Wei and others in the northeast to strengthen their firepower.

"Next, it's up to Luo Chao and Qi Wei."

After Liu Zhong listened to Li Zixiao's order, he knew that there would be no accident on their side, the overall situation had been decided, and the 1,000 Tartar soldiers left behind would not live long.

The only thing that had to endure a huge test was the cavalry battalion led by Luo Chao and Qi Wei in the northwest, and these foot soldiers couldn't rush over to help them at all.

Sure enough, the more than 1,000 Tartar foot soldiers who were left behind, in the shouting and shouting of Le'an, the Tartar Niulu, quickly lined up on the spot to defend.

It's a pity that these Tartars entered the customs this time mainly to loot property and mobile warfare.

So they didn't carry many shields at all, not to mention defensive vehicles like the Thorn Car, and even their Tartar army didn't even carry artillery.

Zabek's southward Tartar army was originally the first to explore the way, and the real main force of the Tartar right wing was behind, and it was still in the Zhuozhou area at this time!

They would never have thought that they would be surrounded by the Ming army one day.

In a short period of time, Lean completed the formation of the Tartar soldiers, and all the armored men were arranged in the outermost part, which was equivalent to a human shield.

The elite infantry armor and horse armor of the Tartar soldiers were hiding behind, and the White Dragon Army that followed closely behind had already pressed up and also stopped advancing.

Thundered......

At this time, a group of men and horses appeared in the northeast direction, and there were quite a few of them, and it was the two White Dragon Army infantry battalions led by Xu Wei and Li Tianba who also arrived at this time.

As soon as Xu Wei arrived here, he saw that the 1,000 Tartar soldiers left behind stopped in formation, and the team led by Li Zixiao was blocked behind.

Xu Wei immediately waved his hand and shouted loudly: "The whole army is arrayed, pressed, and the distance is kept a hundred steps away." ”

Xu Wei deserves to be a veteran, and he can see at a glance that there is not a single cavalry in this Tartar army, and the formation is stubborn, and it is obvious that he has to make the last stubborn resistance.

And the team led by Li Zixiao personally stayed in formation a hundred paces behind them, and the banners of the artillery battalions were placed in front of the two infantry battalions.

Xu Wei immediately understood Li Zixiao's intentions, so he also ordered to press, but kept a distance from the Tartar army and did not attack immediately.

Only Li Tianba, who was in the back, was very dissatisfied with Xu Wei's order, he looked at the more than a thousand Tartars in front of him, and he couldn't wait to immediately lead people to rush up and kill them wildly.

However, in their army, Li Zixiao clearly appointed Xu Wei as the commander-in-chief before leaving.

Even if Li Tianba and Xu Wei were both generals of the same battalion at this time, with equal official positions, they still had to obey Xu Wei's orders at this time.

"Da Zhuang, give Xu Wei a flag and let them start with us!"

Li Zixiao waved his hand and said.

"Yes, General." Sun Dazhuang said excitedly.

Then, a flag bearer waved a small red flag at Xu Wei's side.

"Brothers, push our baby up and serve the Tartar on the other side!"

Sun Dazhuang returned to his artillery camp and shouted at his artillerymen.

"Hahaha!"

Hearing Sun Dazhuang's somewhat meaty shout, the artillerymen laughed one after another, but their subordinates did not delay, and immediately pushed the artillery they brought to the front of the battle.

The White Dragon Army Artillery Battalion is now equipped with mainly three-pounder guns and six-pounder guns cast by Li Ke, as well as the Tiger Squat Cannon and Furlong Machine Cannon that they have been equipped.

Among them, the three-pounder gun belonged to light artillery, the six-pounder gun belonged to medium artillery, and as for the eight-pounder gun, which was equivalent to heavy artillery, the White Dragon Army could not make it at this time.

Moreover, the eight-pounder cannon was too heavy and needed to be pulled by a carriage, while a six-pounder cannon could be pushed by manpower, and a heavier twelve-pounder cannon could only be used to defend the city.

Of course, at this time, the most equipped artillery battalion of the White Dragon Army was three-pounder guns, and as for six-pounder guns, there were very few, only a few, which was too short.

Before Li Zixiao set out on the expedition, Li Ke had just broken through the difficulty of making six-pounder cannons, and hurriedly made a few guns, and was taken away by Li Zixiao, and he really couldn't wait for more six-pounder cannons.

However, at this time, in the arsenal in Baihu Village, all the workshops that produce weapons and ammunition are still working overtime to produce.

Li Zixiao has his back to the canal, and Wei Hong is stationed in the logistics, so there is no problem at all.

As long as he needs it, it only takes one day for the weapons and ammunition sent from Baihu Village to be transported to the northern dock of Xuzhou for loading.

Then he went north along the canal, and soon arrived at his base camp in Linqingzhou, where he could use it for the soldiers of the White Dragon Army on the front line.

It can be said that Li Zixiao began to plan and deploy more than half a year ago for this northern expedition, and the route was also carefully selected by him, and everything was well prepared.

"The general told us to bombard these Tartars with cannons!" Qi Lin saw the flag of the opposite flag bearer and said to Xu Wei on the side.

"Haha, the general really thought of it with me, to deal with these trapped beast fighting Tartars, we must not rashly attack, otherwise even if we destroy this group of Tartars in the end, we ourselves will suffer heavy casualties.

Anyway, we have so many artillery pieces in our hands, so we need them at this time, and we ordered the artillery team to push all the artillery up. ”

Xu Wei showed a calm smile on his old face with vicissitudes, touched his beard, and commanded Qi Lin.

"Understood."

After hearing this, Qi Lin immediately beckoned to the artillery generals behind him and asked them to push all the artillery into the front.

"What? If you don't rush over and kill all these Tartars, what kind of artillery will you use, it's really a waste, let me take my subordinate Tiger Ben to rush up and settle the battle with a stick of incense. ”

After Li Tianba on the side heard Xu Wei's words, his eyes suddenly widened, and he said very dissatisfied.

"Haha, General Li, don't worry, we will kill it later.

The general has always told us that when we can solve the opponent with silver weapons, we must never sacrifice our soldiers in vain.

When we came north this time, the ammunition brought by the artillery battalion alone was enough to load two large ships, and now we can use artillery to solve the opponent, so why let our soldiers rush up and suffer casualties.

When the artillery of the artillery battalion fires a salvo and blows these Tartars half-dead, it will be time for our foot soldiers to go up and harvest. ”

The smile on Xu Wei's face, in Li Tianba's opinion, is that the more he laughs, the more obscene and shameless he becomes, all of this is infected by Li Zixiao!

"Hmph, it's still boring, I don't care, you can fight as much as you like, don't forget to call me when you can charge."

Li Tianba actually knew that what Xu Wei said was right, but he still wasn't interested in such a battle, and waved his hand and said.

Xu Wei smiled slightly, he also knew about Li Tianba's temperament, and he didn't say anything.

Soon, rows of artillery were placed in front of the White Dragon Army, and when Le'an in the Tartar formation on the opposite side looked at it, his rough face full of beards also changed.

"It's not good, these Ming dogs actually brought such artillery, these are terrible."

At this time, Li Zixiao was riding on a war horse, his eyes did not look at the Tartar opposite, but looked to the northwest, he was also worried about Qi Wei and Luo Chao's cavalry battalion.

Although Li Zixiao was unable to support the cavalry battalion this time, he still had great hopes for Luo Chao and Qi Wei, hoping that they could defeat the Tartar cavalry in a dignified manner.

"A real elite cavalry needs to go through the test of blood and fire, this is a tribulation of the cavalry battalion, whether it can achieve nirvana depends on today.

Luo Chao, Qi Wei, don't let me down! Li Zixiao said in a low voice, only the quartz beside him could hear it.

The prestige of the Tatar cavalry, over the years, can be described as thunderous, in the army of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the most courageous Guanning iron cavalry, who else dares to fight with the Tatar cavalry in the field.

However, the Guanning Iron Cavalry was regarded as a treasure, and the imperial court did not dare to lose too much, otherwise the Ningyuan defense line would be broken, and then the Tartars would really be able to go south and drive straight in.

In this way, the Tartar cavalry often galloped unscrupulously on the northern border, and no one could stop them.

This time, even if there were only 700 Tartar elite cavalry in the past, and the two teams of cavalry in the hands of Luo Chao and Qi Wei had more than 1,200 cavalry, Li Zixiao was still worried.

Not only Li Zixiao is worried, but even Liu Chong and Zhou Dazhu are also worried, this victory is really unpredictable.

In fact, there is still a team of cavalry, that is, Han Tong's scout team, which is also full of 300 people.

However, Han Tong had been sent to the north by Li Zixiao to monitor the large army on the right flank of the Tartars, and the scouts of the entire scout team were also scattered and could not participate in this battle.

"General, do you want me to lead the guards battalion and go to the aid of the cavalry battalion." Quartz could see Li Zixiao's worry and whispered to him.

The guard battalion under Li Zixiao, formerly known as the personal guard battalion, is also the only one in the White Dragon Army that is equipped with war horses, except for the cavalry battalion.

Among them, the more than 100 cavalry equipped with war horses in the guard battalion are the elite carefully selected from the cavalry battalion, and they are responsible for protecting Li Zixiao's safety.

"No, don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, I believe the two of them can win."

"General, all artillery is ready and ready to fire."

At this time, Sun Dazhuang also ran to Li Zixiao and reported loudly.

"Okay, let's get started! The cannon bombarded him,. ”

"yes, cannonball, fuck it." Sun Dazhuang responded excitedly, turned around and ran away,

As Li Zixiao's attack order began, Sun Dazhuang immediately returned to the front of the formation and shouted to his artillerymen: "Aim, fire!" Put! ”

Thundered......

As the artilleryman received the order, he directly stabbed the red-hot fire tongs into the back of the artillery, and then a projectile was sprayed from the muzzle of the gun, making a deafening sound.

The distance of 100 meters was the best range of the three-pounder gun, and the iron projectiles that fell down crashed into the armored men in the front line of the Tartar army.

These armored men generally wear a layer of iron armor, and some even only wear a layer of leather armor, they are not Tartar soldiers, most of them are auxiliaries or even followers.

In the face of the projectiles fired by the artillery, the huge force carried directly pulled out bloody passages in the Tartar army formation.

At this time, the solid shells fired by the artillery did not explode like the shells of later generations, and could cause great damage to the enemy.

At this time, the artillery at such a long distance, the solid bullets fired out, the killing and wounding of the enemy mainly by smashing, relying on the projectile to ricochet on the ground, and massively killing and injuring the enemy.

If the enemy rushes to the front of the formation, the White Dragon Army can be reloaded with scattered bullets and fire countless small projectiles with a single shot, which can be used to inflict mass damage on the enemy.

"The general's side has fired." Qi Lin saw that the artillery on Li Zixiao's side was firing, and he also said excitedly.

"Then let's fire the cannon too, order the artillery, fire!" Xu Wei ordered.

Thundered......

The artillery of the White Dragon Army on both sides added up, there were dozens of guns, and the scene of firing together was spectacular, but the Tartar army formation that was bombarded was defeated.

In the face of the cannonballs falling from the sky, those Tartar soldiers couldn't resist at all, what to use to block it!

Those iron bullets can easily smash down carts and break iron-clad shields, not to mention human flesh and blood.

"Ahhh......h

Suddenly, in the Tartar army opposite, there was a scream and wail, it was so miserable, one by one the Tartar soldiers, no matter how many layers of heavy armor they were wearing.

Just a drop of shells is enough to kill him for half a life, if he is directly hit or hit by a ricochet.

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