Chapter 1200: The Iron Array is Like a Mountain
The cavalry continued to advance, the archers fired their bows and arrows, compared to the fire guns that kept firing to kill the enemy, the bows and arrows made the officers and cavalry more frightened, they either bowed their heads, or turned their horses to dodge, lest they be splashed by the rain of arrows, and in this dodge there were constantly people who were shot by the guns, but the casualties were ignored, or they were regarded as the credit of the archers.
When the third row of firecrackers was just about to start shooting the second round, the official cavalry had rushed to a distance of more than 30 paces, and the firecracker company was holding the red flag above their heads and dancing non-stop, seeing this signal, as long as it was the loaded firecrackers and the archers, no matter where they were in that row, they all fired forward in unison and shot arrows, and the sudden burst of reinforced firepower finally forced the momentum of the officer cavalry to stop, and even the cavalry in the back row consciously slowed down.
However, after this volley, the firecrackers and the archers all turned and ran, and with their skillful loading, they could shoot again, but after this time, the cavalry rushed to cut and killed, and in order to survive, they had to flee.
But several firecrackers were a little panicked, this distance was too close, and there were at least forty steps away from the spearman's team, just afraid that they would be caught up and slashed halfway, that would be a disaster, this time the four regiments concentrated nearly 700 firearms and 200 bows and arrows to shoot, I thought it would kill the enemy heavily, but I didn't expect that the formation of the official cavalry was too loose, and the effect was not satisfactory, and as a result, Lian Zheng wanted to take the risk and insist, but then it was dangerous.
The company leaders of the Fire Gun Company were ready to rush back brandishing their swords and halberds, taking responsibility with their lives, but as soon as everyone turned around, they saw that the queue of spearmen was moving forward, and the rhythmic sound of drums and trumpets was clear in the sound of thunderous hooves. Why did it come up like this!
Although they did not know the arrangement of the main general, this response still brought tears to the eyes of the firecrackers and the archers, and by this time, the firecrackers and the archers were shouting hoarsely orders not to stop the spearmen's ranks, and let the archers jog, and the firecrackers ran first, because the archers should immediately turn around and shoot arrows after entering the queue to kill and injure the enemies who rushed over.
"The thieves don't know whether they are alive or dead, and the credit of our brothers is here!" "Rush!" Seeing the spear queue of the Zhao Ziying coming up, the cavalry of the official army was excited to go crazy, and the howling and shouting even reached the Zhao Ziying side. ,
There are still more than 20 steps away, and you can see the spears of each regiment of the first brigade of the Zhao Zi battalion being put down layer by layer, and the speed of the march has begun to become a step by step rubbing forward, such a march is for the convenience of being able to stop at any time, but at this time, the six artillery pieces were being pushed out from the right side of the array, and even higher than the front of the array.
These six guns turned the muzzle obliquely in front of the formation, and then lit the fuse, after seeing the artillery pushed out, the officers and cavalry scolded these thieves and gunners for being crazy, and at the same time subconsciously reined in the horse, but could not get to this artillery.
The artillery roared, and the six shells fired horizontally, swept diagonally across the battlefield, and flew rapidly at such a close distance that the men and horses blocking the flight trajectory of the shells had only a dead end. I even saw the upper body of the centaur suddenly break and shatter, turning into a blur of flesh and blood, of course, in such a loose formation, the six shells caused far more fright than damage.
The officers and cavalry who had rushed to the front were already furious, and they saw that the thief gunners did not run, but were there crazy to reload ammunition, and the sharp-eyed people even noticed that the thief gunners did not have time to put in the shells, but stuffed a bag into them, and now they must not have time to fire the second shot, so they will die!
The front of the officers and cavalry that was originally scattered was far larger than the front of the first brigade of the Zhao Zi battalion, and at this time, they actually began to gather towards the position of the six guns, and everyone wanted to chop these damn thief gunners into mud! And bypassing the front of the array, which doesn't look very easy to touch, and picking up a bargain from the artillery team, it's a win-win!
In just a few dozen paces, more than 100 officers and cavalry came over, only to see most of the gunners of the Zhao Zi battalion pick up the tools around the artillery, except for the shells that were not taken, everything was taken away, and they just dodged towards the spear formation of the Zhao Zi battalion, but there was still a person left next to each artillery, is this to be finished with the artillery? The officers and soldiers scolded angrily in their mouths, each brandishing their swords, ready to break this gunner into pieces!
The gunner who stayed next to the artillery lit the fuse, and the cavalry in the front subconsciously covered his face with his arms, but the cavalry in the back row was ready to kill, anyway, there was no shell in this artillery, even if it could hit something, there were people in the front row in the way, and even the people in the front two rows were blocking, and the back could always rush over.
The six cannons rang out, the family members turned around and ran towards the spear array, no official cavalry caught up, the six cannons were almost salvo, each bag was loaded with dozens or hundreds of lead bullets, in this instant, in the fan area of dozens of steps around the muzzle, nearly a thousand lead pellets shot out rapidly intertwined into a storm of death, and every person and every horse in this area was beaten into a sieve.
Onlookers can even see a blood mist erupting from the bodies of the more than 100 cavalrymen, lead bullets can often penetrate several people, the power and speed given by the artillery are too great, at this moment, the battlefield seems to be quiet, every officer and cavalry who want to rush over is desperately turning to avoid, although they see that there are no more families around the artillery, but everyone is afraid of what happens, for fear of leaning on it and being washed in blood.
The officers and cavalry who rushed over, although they were spread out and rushed over, but the centaurs would always subconsciously move forward according to a goal, especially in the current situation, the biggest target in the field of vision was the square array of the first brigade of the Zhao Zi battalion, a distance of several hundred steps, the cavalry gathered towards this phalanx intentionally or unintentionally in the process of running, and there were still sixty percent of the cavalry that rushed to the phalanx of the first brigade of the Zhao Zi battalion, counting the parts that were killed and wounded.
And after the shelling just now, many officers and cavalry are afraid that they will feel that the spear phalanx is safer, maybe they ride their horses and rush over, the other party will stand uncertain, lose their weapons and run away, when the time comes, this side will cover up and kill, you can win a big victory, in fact, to the current situation, many cavalry have felt that this thief is too difficult, but to run to this position, not to mention that the mount has run out of character, it is impossible to turn around.
Under the impact of such a horse team, even the officers and even the Tartars could not stand, how could the thieves in Xuzhou be able to withstand it, this is the natural truth, but the array of the first brigade of the Zhao Zi battalion in front of them stood still, the spears pointed straight ahead, the officers and cavalry saw the thieves with spears in their hands, and the faces of those young people were also nervous and panicked, but they did not retreat and disperse, and never moved.
The officers and cavalry shouted, not knowing whether it was to cheer or to frighten the other party or to scream in terror, and the Zhao Ziying family members were also shouting, not knowing whether they were afraid of being frightened or cheering themselves up.
The bow and arrows kept shooting, and the facial features of the archers of Zhao Ziying had been distorted, and the continuous shooting of the bow and arrows would make the muscles ache and twitch, but at this time they could only endure it, because the fire guns behind the horse were about to come to the front to fire, and the fire guns didn't talk about any salvo at this time, after the loading, they were so crowded to the front and fired in front of them, anyway, they could always hit something.
Desperately reining in the horse, desperately twisting, but the inertia still led the centaur forward, just hit the spear jungle, and after a few blood holes were pierced out of the body, he screamed to the end, and the centaurs who rushed in front of him had a huge force, and some spears were broken by this power, and even the family with the spear was going to fall, but a spear was broken, and there was a spear that was not broken, and you were crowded with companions in front and back, how could you fall to the ground.
What's more, the official cavalry is scattered and rushed, if it is really a team that hits it so hard, the spear array of the Zhao Zi battalion will definitely be shaken, but there is no such fearless officer cavalry, and the queue of the Zhao Zi battalion is so majestic, not to mention the fire guns and bows and arrows that are constantly firing in turn.
Pierced by a spear, it can't be hung on it for a long time, it will be pushed down by the spear behind it, and then many cavalry can't rush forward, and when they are dozens of steps away, they are shot and rolled, and they slide to the array by inertia, and it didn't take long for the corpses of people and horses to form a nearly continuous "low wall" in front of the spear queue of the Zhao Zi battalion, and the cavalry that came from behind could only ride their horses and leap over, rushing too quickly, and even tripping over the corpses, and before they were killed, they fell half to death.
However, after paying more than 200 casualties, the official cavalry did not continue to rush forward, the distance between them was widened, and the unlucky end of the front team could be seen, and the rear team naturally would not be stupid to go up again to die, and the people turned their horses halfway, and there was no way to turn back, so they ran to both sides of the formation of the Zhao battalion.
This front is indestructible, the flanks may not be so tight, and the flanks will not have any damage, everyone can't pick up the cheap, you can always run farther, don't die here.
There seemed to be some invisible obstacle more than a hundred paces away from the front of the first brigade array, and after encountering this obstacle, the cavalry separated to both sides and ran towards both sides of the large horizontal formation.
Most of the officers and cavalry who can avoid the frontal collision with the Zhao Ziying array want to take advantage of this opportunity to escape, and some people are still not giving up, thinking that your Xuzhou thieves can withstand it head-on, but the spear or something is pointing forward, and there is not so strict protection on both sides.
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