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Zhang Guiba stood in the trench, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Looking at the extremely vicious Beihu cavalry, at this moment, it was as if it was involved in the stormy waves of the sea, and it was extremely difficult, and I couldn't help but think of the few limited battles with the Qin army that had been the opponent of the Qin army. Each time, they suffered the same as the Hu people today. No, they were lucky at that time, the Qin army at that time did not have the powerful logistics capabilities it has today, and the Qin army only relied on arrows, crossbows, knives, and guns. And now, the Qin army still has artillery, a very powerful cannon.

He couldn't help but feel a little lucky, glad that he had surrendered to the Qin army after the most defeat in Xuzhou City, otherwise, they would have to experience all the fear and despair faced by these Hu people in front of them sooner or later.

If in the past, in the face of the charge of 10,000 Hu cavalry, they only had 1,000 people in front of the formation, this is unimaginable. If it was the Qi army in the past, it would have been scattered in the roar of iron hooves. But now looking around, there are only a thousand people, but they are standing in the trenches one by one, and no one has taken a step back.

Zhang Guiba, in his early forties, is long and stout, with an ordinary appearance and a slightly dark complexion. Usually silent and rarely spoken, but very brave and able to fight. Although at the beginning of Huangchao's army, he immediately led his brothers Zhang Guihou and Zhang Guimu to abandon their homes and defect to Huangchao and become the general of grass thieves, especially when he and Ge Congzhou and Huo Cun were like-minded and became brothers in life and death. followed Huangchao to fight in the north and south, and made many achievements. However, Zhang Guiba and Huangchao Wang Xianzhi and others have different backgrounds, Zhang Guiba is a native of Qinghe, Hebei. His grandfather, Zhang Jinyan, once served as the commander of Yanggu County. His father, Zhang Shi. He also served as an official. Although the Zhang family is not as good as a wealthy family like the Cui family in Qinghe, they are also a local tyrant in Qinghe.

It is better for Zhang Guiba to be chic and unrestrained since he was a child, because Yizong is mediocre and unreasonable, and natural and man-made disasters continue, and after Huangchao Wang Xianzhi raised troops, Zhang Guiba went directly to Huangchao. After Huang Chao became the emperor, he immediately gave him the title of Zuofan Meritorious Hero. He was also awarded the position of general and the post of assassin. After rescuing Xuzhou, he was trapped for more than half a year, if it weren't for Huangchao's refusal to send troops to rescue, he would not abandon the thief and surrender to Qin. After surrendering to Qin with Huo Cun and Zhang Guihou, they also sat on the cold bench for a while, and this time it was Li Jing who competed to recruit soldiers and horses, so that he had the opportunity to put on his armor again.

In the previous assignment of combat missions, he even took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as the cover of the artillery battalion. Li Jing also trusted them, and agreed that Zhang Guiba and the three of them would each lead 1,000 people to guard the three fronts.

Looking at the two battalions behind him, which were composed of cavalry, township soldiers, unity soldiers, and student soldiers, he looked at their tenacious and brave momentum. The corners of Zhang Guiba's eyes narrowed slightly, and this army of soldiers and horses seemed to be scattered. However, there is a breath of anger that twists them, and he can believe that he led this army.

There were two battalions of 1,000 men and horses, and before them, there were three anti-cavalry trenches, as well as horse traps, thistles, deer feet, and sharp stakes hidden in front of the formation. In the trenches, there is also a long barbed wire fence, which can be quickly stopped in front of the trench at a critical time.

But as a last resort, you can't expose all of this at once. A little bit of it will attract Hu Qi to rush up, drag them down, and make this a real meat grinder.

In addition to those fortifications, they are the most rear-end guards of the artillery battalion.

These two battalions are the new cavalry of the Iron Cavalry Regiment, although the sources are a little miscellaneous, but half of them are Fan soldiers, and some are student soldiers and village soldiers, and each of them has a good ability to shoot arrows. At this time, they gathered in the trenches in groups, and instead of looking up at the salvo, they took free aim and fire, taking a group as a unit, and then divided into three squads, three people and one squad, with the gang commander as the commander. Three aim and shoot one, and kill with all your might.

The sound of sighing sounded, and the Hu people approaching the position had already begun to mount their horses.

Zhang Guiba held an iron tire bow and stepped on the earthen platform on the outside of the trench, revealing half of his head, Zhang Bow aimed at a Hu Ren flag bearer who rushed in front, the three-hundred-pound iron tire strong bow was easily pulled away by him, the bow was like a full moon, a string sounded, the three-edged armor-piercing cone roared through the air, eighty steps away, the tribal warrior who was running the flag was pierced by a strong arrow through the throat, bringing up a puddle of blood, with the fall off the horse, the battle flag fell.

A burst of cheers rang out, and all the soldiers praised and cheered for Zhang Guiba's amazing arrow.

"Shoot the flag first, then the officer, then the horse!" Zhang Guiba also had a slight smile on his face, and then shouted loudly while continuing to take arrows.

Capture the thief and capture the king, shoot people and horses.

Flags are very important when cavalry charges, and shooting them off will not only demoralize the enemy, but also cause the cavalry behind to lose command. And to shoot out the officer, it is also to make the enemy lose command and confusion, as for shooting horses, a charge of such a scale, the cavalry is nothing without horses. Especially if the war horse is shot, it can also bring great obstacles to the cavalry behind, as for the cavalry on the horse, without the war horse, it is almost only the result of being trampled to death by the war horse behind.

These are all Zhang Guiba's experiences on the battlefield.

The arrows of the two sides were staggered, and they continued to shoot at each other.

However, it is obvious that although the Hu people are very strong in riding skills, they can ride and shoot when charging, and their accuracy is significantly reduced. What's more, at this time, Zhang Guiba and the others were hiding in the trenches, only revealing half of their heads, and they were wearing a hard and shiny wolf head helmet on their heads! The target was too small, and most of the shots were blocked by the steel helmet.

On the contrary, the Qin army was lying in the trench, and he could release arrows with peace of mind, three people in a small team, three people shot one target at a time, and if he was not careful, he would be hit by three arrows. I dodged one, but I couldn't dodge two, let alone three.

However, at this time, the Hu people were madly excited, and although the cavalry fell from time to time, they were still approaching with that momentum.

Many Hu people also found that ordinary arrows could not deal with the steel helmets of the Qin army, and began to replace them with heavy armor-piercing arrows weighing five coins, and the cone arrows with armor-piercing effects also began to cause damage to the defenders in the front. There were casualties on both sides, but it was clear that the Hu suffered more casualties.

The Hu people rushed fifty paces ahead and were about to break through the Qin army's position and destroy the artillery array in one fell swoop. The cavalry in the front row suddenly screamed in unison. I saw a loud bang. The cavalry in the front row was suddenly shrouded in a cloud of smoke, countless screams rang out, and then severed limbs and flesh continued to fly out.

"It's a landmine!" Barra had already thought of something when the explosion sounded. The mines of the Qin army have also been seen under the city of Yunzhou. This thing is as dead as the thistle, but it is extremely useful in such a positional battle. Just bury them outside the formation, and they will inevitably step on them.

Damn it!

The minefield began to threaten. Within a distance of thirty paces, one mine after another began to explode, and the cavalrymen who could not stop their horses rushed forward one after another, and then they were blown to pieces.

Barra gritted his teeth and waved his wolf tooth knife: "Rush, there are only fifty steps left!" ”

The Qin people planted mines, which is indeed insidious, but this mine is only a one-time one. Hundreds of horsemen were lost, but they couldn't hurt their bones.

And with the outbreak of the mine array, the fire coverage of the flying thunder cannon has finally arrived.

Five hundred flying thunder cannons were fired at the same time. The sound of cannons shook the heavens and the earth, and one by one the discs of gunpowder came roaring. The whole sky was dark, and the clouds covered the sun, and then smashed on the road of Hu Cai's charge like a meteor and a rain of fire, and quickly built a fire net barrage!

It's like a landslide, like a crack in the ground!

After a full half an hour, the ten rapid fires stopped, and the smoke of gunpowder had already enveloped the entire battlefield, as if a heavy fog had suddenly descended, enveloping the heavens and the earth.

A full 5,000 rounds of flying thunder, on three battlefields, consumed 15,000 rounds of flying thunder at once, a full 300,000 catties of gunpowder, and the gunpowder that the Gunpowder Bureau has vigorously produced in recent years, except for half of it sent to the Northeast Battlefield, just this time, the remaining half brought this time was knocked out of the small half.

300,000 catties of ammunition, what a stroke.

When the other feudal towns were still beginning to realize the power of gunpowder, and they had spent a lot of money to buy those primary formulas, which could only be produced in small batches, the Qin army had already fired 15,000 flying thunderbolts at a time in half an hour, using up 300,000 catties of gunpowder.

All the noise on the battlefield suddenly stopped, and it became very quiet.

Heaven and earth seemed to be shaken.

Barra shook her head, struggling out of the pile of dirt, disgraced. He only felt that the world was spinning, but he could not hear anything.

As if the heavens and the earth had fallen into silence, he felt sick to his stomach, and struggled to kneel there and vomit, but nothing could be vomited. And, to his horror, he found that he couldn't even hear his own voice. He opened his mouth wide in horror and shouted loudly, but there was still no sound.

Stumbling to his feet, the ground under his feet had been completely plowed by artillery fire, one after another large pits were all over the place, and the black dirt was stained red with blood, turning purple and black. The smoke was thick and the smell was pungent, and he saw a war horse scurrying beside him, dragging his already dead master around. He saw the wounded warrior's mouth open and shouting something, but he could not hear anything.

He turned his head and looked around, and all he saw was a hell on earth!

Airplanes!

His ears finally heard a voice, but it gave him a splitting headache. He knelt down with his ears covered, and it took a while for the pain to lessen somewhat, and then all kinds of voices suddenly came to him like a tide.

The neighing of the horses, the screams of the warriors, the screams of fear and despair, the wails of unbearable pain

Barra's eyes were red with blood, and he didn't know how many cannons they had been bombarded just now, and how long they had been bombarded, but there were not many soldiers standing around him.

10,000 people, his 10,000 horses, were blown up by this cannon when they were charging just now, and they were already out of shape. He didn't expect that there were so many flying thunder cannons of the Qin army, so fierce, and the most terrifying thing was the continuous shelling.

This feeling of depression and fear made him almost crazy, the war is not fought like this, there is no such way to fight. They're not fighting people, they're fighting a bunch of hellish demons.

He made a rough estimate, just that round of artillery just now, his 10,000 people were estimated to have died at least 1,000, at least 2,000 were seriously injured and disabled, and lightly injured, it is estimated that everyone was injured. The rest of them were all wounded, and the morale of the army was completely crushed, and it was impossible to believe in the charge again in a short time.

At this time, the front row of the Qin army on the opposite side began to release arrows again, and the arrows were whistling, and some of the former tribal warriors who were still in a sluggish state were shot like chickens and dogs at this time.

The ground shook slightly, and Barra subconsciously reacted, this is the cavalry galloping.

Did Jerusherus send troops to answer?

No! His complexion changed suddenly, for he felt that the voice was not coming from behind, but from the front.

That's the cavalry of the Qin army!

How is it possible, the Qin army still dares to take the initiative? He looked up, but just saw that in the smoke of gunpowder that was slowly dissipating, a cavalry of the Qin army was stepping on the wooden plank passage that the soldiers in the trench had quickly erected, fast as the wind, and under the guidance of the high flying eagle flag, they stepped on the passage, rushing towards them in the chaos and panic and despair at this time.

In a hundred steps, the cavalry of the Qin army raised the crossbow machine, and under the cold wolf-headed iron helmet, he could feel the cold gaze.

Eighty paces, an iron whistle began to sound among the cavalry of the Qin army, and the cavalry were ready to release arrows.

In the artillery position, the flag bearers were waving the order flag, and the flag bearers of each capital team immediately conveyed the order to the commander of the capital team.

"Artillery fire preparation, target a hundred steps, artillery fire extends forward!"

"Artillery fire extended!"

Zhao Zhang's face was flushed, and he was still a little immersed in the barrage created by the earth-shattering cluster artillery fire just now.

With the order of the commanders of each team, the flying thunder cannon, which had just stopped shelling, let out a loud roar again after a short period of cleaning and adjustment. This time, however, they were not as violent. This time, it was the artillery fire that was extended, and the shells seemed to be directing the way for the attacking cavalry, exploding a short distance in front of them, and then extending all the way to the front.

The opening of the road made Liu Zhijun kick the horse's belly with both legs, took the lead, the prancing horse held a gun, and led a thousand horsemen like a sharp arrow straight into the battlefield that was ploughed by artillery fire again.

The shelling just now was indeed terrifying, but it could not kill tens of thousands of people at once. The real killing and wounding was only a few thousand men and horses, but at this time, tens of thousands of Hu soldiers were frightened by this artillery bombardment, and at this time the cavalry attacked, it was the time to take the opportunity to vigorously kill and injure them.

"Rush, rush, rush!"

Barra stared at the cavalry that rushed like a storm, and though it was only a thousand men, it made his heart palpitate. He gritted his teeth, then turned his head and ran, grabbed one of the surviving battlefields, turned on his horse, and fled south without looking back.

"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!"

As he fled, Barra yelled at the stunned tribal warriors on the battlefield.

Many tribal warriors finally woke up at this time, and they got up from the ground one after another, followed after Bara, and fled in embarrassment, only hating their father and mother for having two legs! (To be continued......)