While Xiao Chen yelled for retreat, he turned his horse and ran back desperately under the protection of the guards around him. Fortunately, his mount was powerful enough and ran fast enough. The Russian heavy-armored cavalry really couldn't catch up with him for a while...
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Some brave Yanyun light cavalry organized a counterattack, but they had no power to fight back against the charging heavy armored cavalry, and they basically collapsed at the first touch!
As the saying goes, a military defeat is like a mountain falling. Thousands of people who were showing off their power just now became like birds and beasts and dispersed in an instant.
But fortunately, they were all light cavalry, they could run fast enough, and they were running around like birds and beasts.
The Russian muskets could not be reloaded on horseback, and the accuracy of the bows and arrows was not very good. Therefore, although they pursued the victory and killed all directions, they did not do much damage to the Yanyun army's effective forces, but the discarded armor and weapons were everywhere.
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It seems that these guys are really just a bunch of silver pewter gun-headed rabble-rousers!
After chasing for several miles, they saw a series of camps in the distance. General Ross, who led the troops, decided to take advantage of the situation and directly destroy their camps and completely solve them once and for all.
But was Xiao Chen's camp destroyed so easily?
Suddenly, hundreds of repeating crossbows were fired out of forty or fifty strange-shaped carts lined up at the entrance of the camp. The crossbow arrows were so powerful that they killed all the dozens of Ross cavalry rushing at the front.
Dressed as meat skewers!
But the Ross cavalry was really tough and unafraid, and continued to charge with shouts and howls. This time it was the crossbowmen's turn to be in a hurry. The enemy troops came up so fast that they didn't even have time to reload.
Go to hell, let’s run too!
With a whistle, all the birds and beasts dispersed.
Don't chase the poor enemy, the Ross cavalry also knows the rules of this battlefield.
They just chased around in a symbolic circle, and when they saw that Yan Yun's army had already run out of sight, they gathered their troops and began to search around the camp.
Xiao Chen and the others were defeated so hastily that they left behind all the countless baggage in the military camp. Ten large warehouses were filled with food and grass alone, as well as a lot of silver, gold, silk and satin clothing, and other military supplies such as armor and weapons.
There are simply countless!
In this battle, the Ross cavalry won a great victory almost without a single blow. This was beyond their expectation, but it was also reasonable.
Although the Ross cavalry are brave, they have a big weakness, that is, they are undisciplined and greedy.
When Napoleon attacked Ross, he witnessed with his own eyes the terrifying combat power of Ross's cavalry.
He also made a very pertinent evaluation of them: If I had such brave and capable cavalry under my command, I would take them to sweep the whole world!
They are undoubtedly one of the best cavalry in the world, but they are undisciplined and unwilling to dismount to fight, which greatly limits their performance on the battlefield...
So when they saw the mountains of trophies piled up in the military camp, they immediately forgot that they were fighting. They dismounted and threw away their weapons and armor, and began to collect various valuable items everywhere. Their officers yelled and cursed loudly, but they could not restrain them.
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In the end, it was Ivan who sent his own soldiers to come and finally stopped their crazy looting.
The seizure was a huge sum. It took more than half a day just to transport the loot back. The dozens of ballistas were well preserved, so Ivan happily accepted them.
The remaining items that could not be taken away were all set on fire. Until nightfall, blazing fire and thick smoke could still be seen from the golden beach...
The land battle was so smooth, and the water battle was even more unbelievably smooth.
When the Ross cavalry launched the attack, Ivan ordered all the warships of Jiangshan to go upstream. The heavy ships cooperated with the cannons, and easily defeated Yan Yun's more than 100 small warships, and fled in defeat!
Their wreckage is everywhere on the river, and more than half of them were knocked over or directly smashed into pieces.
Of course, Yanyun Navy also put up fierce resistance, but the damage caused by the small-caliber shells on their ships hitting the Ross heavy ship was almost zero...
If Ivan hadn't issued several orders to withdraw the fleet, the commander of the fleet would have wanted to go directly to Changshan City!
Looking at this situation, it is actually not impossible.
At least except for Ivan, almost all the other generals are so optimistic.
"Is this invented by the Chinese named Xiao Chen?" Ivan was amazed at the precision of the internal structure of the captured ballista.
"I heard that it is like this. When he first entered the pass, the Xianbo cavalry suffered a lot because of these ballistas. Haha, those Xianbo people are really too stupid."
Cavalry Major General Vasilynov was very dissatisfied with the ballistae, because in fact this kind of ballistae was very heavy, and because the internal structure was too sophisticated, the failure rate was very high.
Moreover, the reloading time after one round of shooting is too long, so that the shooting continuity is not enough, so the actual combat effectiveness is not strong, and it is not as exaggerated as the legend.
The reason why the Xianbo people suffered a loss was probably because they panicked as soon as they saw the crossbow arrows. How could they be as commanding as themselves and order their men to continue charging?
"No, the Xianbo people are not that stupid." Ivan disagreed. He had fought against the Xianbo people several times. The fighting power of these guys was not inferior to that of the Ross cavalry.
"That's the commander's problem. The little prince is a woman, isn't he? How can a woman know how to fight?" Vasily said with a smile.
"Vasily, are you drunk? You have forgotten that our queen is also a woman." Ivan said coldly.
"Oh oh oh, that's not what I meant. Our queen is a messenger of God, not an ordinary woman!" Vasily said hurriedly.
"General Ivan, I think the Chinese general attack on Shunfeng City is about to begin, maybe tomorrow, otherwise that Xiao Chen will not attack us rashly..."
A fat, bald, middle-aged man was Major General Olga of the Ross Navy. He always spoke with a strong nasal voice, probably because his nose was too swollen due to rosacea.
"Hahaha, Olga, do you call their reckless move an attack?" Vasily laughed.
"No matter what it is, this is a precursor to the official start of the war. I think we should take the initiative tomorrow. I can lead my fleet to the north of Changshan City, choose a suitable beach to land on, and attack Changshan City directly!" Olga said
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"This is a good idea," Vasily said, "but I think this should be done by my cavalry. I only need one day and night to reach Changshan City and capture it!"
"No, no, no, I think Vasily your cavalry should attack the flanks of Qin Gang's army. This is what they fear most, isn't it?" Olga said.
"Haha, Olga, I didn't even know you were the commander-in-chief of our Sands City now!" Vasily sneered.
"I'm just talking about the matter. If my subordinates were cavalry, I would do that." Olga shrugged indifferently.