The six thousand cavalry were like wind and clouds, their iron hoofs crushed the ice on the ground and swept through the wind and snow, like rolling thunder coming from the sky and covering the ground.
Seeing the soldiers in front of the Youtunwei camp busy setting up their resistance horses, Changsun Wen loudly ordered: "Charge up! Charge up!"
The enemy of the cavalry is indeed the enemy of the cavalry. It can force the cavalry to slow down the front speed and reduce the impact. However, once the cavalry loses its mobility, it may not be able to bring more damage to the infantry. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the cavalry simply ignores the resistance when charging into the battle.
Horses forcefully use the bodies of soldiers and war horses to knock the horses away, and even fill this section of the road with corpses. As long as they jump over the horses and the cavalry breaks into the infantry formation, the powerful impact is unmatched. Generally speaking, in battle
It will be over.
Needless to say, the battlefield of cold weapons is so cruel. Not only will the generals not consider the losses that such an attack on the horse will cause to the soldiers when issuing orders, even the soldiers themselves have such awareness and will not hesitate to hit them.
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War is not a child's play, it is a fight of life and death. Everything is just for the final victory. Human life is like a piece of cake in this process. The life of others is like that, and so is your own life.
It's just that although the soldiers of Guanlong's army were determined to die and kept urging their horses to speed up with red eyes, the enemy on the opposite side kept letting them crash into the horses.
"Tongtongtong"
A dull roar was heard in the Youtunwei camp, and then a cloud of smoke rose up, and countless artillery shells penetrated the wind and snow and flew towards them.
"Artillery! Artillery!"
"Attention, spread out the formation! The speed does not decrease!"
Changsun Wen gave a series of orders. He first bent his waist and pressed his body tightly against the horse's back, minimizing the cross-section of his body to avoid possible incoming shell fragments.
However, the cavalry behind him couldn't break up the formation at all. These cavalry belonged to different families and had never trained with each other. When they received the order to break up the formation, they collided with each other in panic, running slightly at high speed.
The collision caused a piece of him to fall down. The soldier who fell to the ground had no time to get up and was reduced to a pulp by the hooves of the horse behind him.
In panic, these cavalrymen did not dare to spread to both sides and could only charge bravely.
After all, the probability of a cannonball hitting you is still very small, and it is hard to say whether you will die or not. If it spreads slightly outward, it will collide with the robe next to you, and you will definitely die...
"Boom boom boom!"
Cannonballs fell from the sky one after another, dragging long fireworks-like tails, and rammed diagonally into the cavalry charge formation. They exploded immediately after landing, sending shrapnel flying and harvesting everything around them.
There were screams and screams, and people fell on their backs.
Before the Guanlong cavalry could feel the pain of shrapnel breaking through their armor and piercing their bodies, the second round of salvo fire in the Youtunwei camp had been completed. Countless shells fell into the cavalry position again. Changsun Wen, who was running, looked back.
, the tragic situation like blood and fire hell made him feel chilly in his heart, and all the excitement and pride disappeared.
He looked forward again. The cavalry running at the front was still hundreds of feet away from the Youtunwei camp. When the group reached the camp, wouldn't they have to suffer two or three rounds of artillery bombardment?
Even if not all of them are killed, the formation will definitely be scattered and it will be difficult to take advantage of the charge.
But how could he be allowed to look back at this time?
He had wrested the military power from Hou Mo and Chen Lin, and he couldn't tell how angry he was. If he returned home with a defeated army and lost all his face, he would definitely accuse him harshly in front of his father after he returned.
, thinking about his father's possible punishment and his still completely hopeless position as the head of the family, he became extremely cruel.
"Charge, rush, rush! Rush forward and the enemy's artillery will become a display!"
He could only bite the bullet and rush forward, hoping that these rounds of artillery bombardment were just an attempt by the Right Guards to cover up the nature of being strong on the outside and hard on the inside. As long as he broke through the artillery fire and broke into the enemy's formation, his empty troops would not be able to stop the impact of his cavalry.
The six thousand cavalrymen accelerated again, charging forward with all their might to avoid the cannonballs falling from the sky.
When they reached a few dozen feet in front of the camp, Changsun Wen, who was charging ahead, secretly slowed down his horse, but he waved the horizontal knife in his hand fiercely and shouted: "Charge up and trample them to death!"
The soldiers around them rushed towards the tall and sturdy Juma with red eyes. "Boom!" The tall Juma was staggered by the powerful impact of the cavalry, while the charging cavalry was smashed into a pulp with both men and horses behind.
The soldiers did not bother to step forward to rescue them, but rushed in like a gust of wind through the gap between the horses.
"Bang bang bang"
The muskets of the Youtun Guards had already been arranged in a dense array, with countless gun muzzles spitting out gunpowder smoke, going round and round. Soon the gunpowder smoke condensed into a huge ball and dispersed with the rising north wind.
The Guanlong cavalry who rushed at the front had clearly seen the faces of the Youtun guards, but they were knocked down by the rounds of muskets. The bullets hitting their bodies felt like being hit hard by a heavy hammer, and their whole body was covered with pain.
The energy and blood disappeared in an instant, and all the men and horses were beaten into sieves and fell heavily to the ground.
Countless projectiles formed a steel city wall. The cavalry in front seemed to have been severely whipped by an invisible whip, and they fell to the ground covered in blood. This gave the cavalry behind great psychological pressure and panic, and they could not help but slow down.
The charging speed was reduced, and even the timid ones shouted, turned their horses' heads and tried to run back.
Changsun Wen was furious. He rode up and chopped off a cavalryman who turned to run away with a knife. He ordered the soldiers behind him to act as supervisors: "Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy! Come on, come on, I will charge forward.
As long as you rush into their position, you can kill them at will!"
The soldiers behind them stepped forward and dispersed one after another. If anyone retreated from the battle or was afraid of the enemy, they would rush forward and strike with a knife, fierce and violent.
The cavalry had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to charge forward, knowing that the son of the eldest grandson had become fierce.
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Inside the Youtunwei camp, Princess Gaoyang, Wu Meiniang, and Jin Shengman stood in front of the barracks window. Not far away was the Youtunwei artillery position.
The soldiers took out the cannonballs from the wooden box and fired the powder package. They first used a long brush to clean the barrel of the cannon, then stuffed the propellant powder and then the cannonballs. Someone else lit the fuse and heard a "tong" sound.
When the gun went off, a ball of flames and thick smoke were ejected from the muzzle, and then it began to repeat the operation, and the shells were shot out one after another.
Dozens of artillery were lined up in a line, and the earth-shattering power of the salvo made the three women's pretty faces turn pale and their hearts were shocked.
Covered by such artillery fire, it is impossible to imagine what kind of devastating blow the enemy will encounter...
Gao Kan wore a helmet and strode from a distance. He first stood outside the door, and after being summoned, he pushed the door open and entered. When he saw the three women watching in front of the window, he took two steps forward, bowed and saluted.
: "Your Highness, two ladies, the rebels have sent another army to attack the camp. According to the scouts, the number is about 30,000, including more than 6,000 cavalry, who have already arrived to engage in the battle.
Our army fired back with artillery, and the noise was too loud, so as not to disturb the three of us, I have come here to explain, so I ask you to feel at ease."
Wu Meiniang said with a smile: "General, do you really think that the three of us are ladies who never leave the house? You know, His Highness has ever shot an enemy off his horse with one arrow, and Princess Zhende even captured him alive. Lian Ying
The Duke also wants to praise women for not being inferior to men!"
Gao Kan naturally knew that he had captured Changsun Wen alive before. He laughed and said with admiration: "Your Highness can cross the Yangtze River at a hundred steps. Madam Jin is very skilled. Madam Wu is also skilled in many strategies. I will admire you greatly. By the way, this time the Guanlong rebels are in front of me."
Come, the main generals are Chang Sun Wen and Hou Mo Chen Lin. Perhaps Chang Sun Wulang knew that he had lost his face, so he wanted to make up for it. Unfortunately, his subordinates were all rabble. Not only would he not be able to lose face, but he might even be buried in front of the battle.
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Jin Shengman didn't care about Changsun Wen and his defeated general, but he was more interested in artillery. He asked enthusiastically: "How powerful is artillery? Why don't you just keep firing when the enemy shows signs and enters the range? If that's the case,
Even if there are one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand enemy troops, they are nothing more than chickens and dogs, and they will be defeated in one blow."
Gao Kan respectfully explained: "Ms. Jin, you don't know. The power of artillery is enough to crack mountains and crack rocks. It cannot be resisted by the human body. It is the most powerful weapon in the world. However, it also has its own shortcomings. That is, after the cannon chamber fires another shell,
, the temperature is extremely high. Therefore, the barrel of each artillery has a endurance limit. Once this limit is exceeded, the endurance of the barrel will drop sharply. If it continues to fire, it is likely to cause the barrel to explode. Therefore, the barrel needs to be constantly replaced.
However, the cost of making a cannon barrel is extremely high, and only the foundry bureau in the world can cast it. It can be said that every cannonball fired is yellow-orange gold. The commander-in-chief once described it very aptly, 'When the cannon fires
,Ten thousand taels of gold;,it can be seen from this.”
Firearms are indeed very powerful, far more powerful than the previous swords, guns, swords and halberds. However, the disadvantages are equally obvious, that is, they are too expensive. Regardless of the configuration of gunpowder, the research and development and casting of guns and artillery require a huge amount of money to support them. I am afraid that even a small country can only
Today, these rounds of artillery battles will destroy everything, so the navy will race all over the world to enclose territory, and even support smuggling, in order to obtain huge wealth to support the firearms system of the Tang Dynasty.