The horns were blaring, and the war drums were clanging. It was almost noon, and the temperature was scorching hot. But all the cavalry were wrapped in thick armor, with oily sweat dripping from their faces, and their whole bodies were hot and uneasy. The war horses were panting heavily, and their mouths were full of heat.
The foam was ticking and the nose was snoring, making it difficult to settle down.
On the long street, the heat was steaming like a huge oven. The hot wind blew through, and the rubble and dust from the recently demolished houses filled the entire street. The air was even more mixed with the smell of blood and corruption. The cavalry who died in the charge in the early morning
Although the corpses of men and horses have been cleaned and piled up, the flesh and blood have begun to decay and the smell has already arisen.
In this kind of weather, there is no time to delay. Zhao Degang understands that in this scorching weather, his own cavalry cannot last long. He must fight quickly and defeat the opponent in one fell swoop. Although there are still many hidden worries in his heart, he
Still he shouted loudly and gave the order to attack.
The cavalry began to charge, and the horses neighed with their mouths open. The horses' hooves were hard to stand on the hot ground, but this made the horses run faster so that the horses' hooves could leave the ground. Almost in the blink of an eye, it was originally just a slow speed increase.
The cavalry had already formed a raging torrent of iron hooves, charging forward headlong towards Lin Jue and others on the street ahead.
The other party didn't seem to make any big moves, but the men and horses made some adjustments to their positions. Five to six hundred people were standing in the middle of the street, some riding horses, some standing on the ground, some standing on carts, and some
Squatting on the ground, everyone formed a three-dimensional shooting formation without interfering with each other. The crossbows and bows and arrows were ready in their hands, and the firearms were filled with medicine bags and ready for shooting.
The Forbidden Army cavalry quickly arrived a hundred steps away. For the cavalry that had already accelerated, the distance of a hundred steps was only about ten breaths. It can be said that in the eyes of the cavalry, the distance of a hundred steps is just a short distance. But this distance is also
The distance at which a bow and arrow will hit you.
"Fire the arrows!" Lin Jue commanded in a deep voice. The crossbow made a buzzing sound when its shaft was beating. Crossbow arrows about the size of chopsticks jumped out of the quiver and were shot out by the strong bowstring. Although every time
It is necessary to pull the bow string, but after omitting the link of loading the crossbow arrow, the firing speed has been increased several times. The crossbow arrows like a shower, with whistling and buzzing sounds, are like bloodthirsty flies, aiming at the living creatures of the opponent's cavalry.
The flesh and blood rushed away.
"Put up your shield!" The command sounded almost simultaneously in the cavalry formation. The cavalrymen in the front team raised their shields in unison, hunched over and hid behind the shields.
The crossbow arrows were like the coming of a violent storm, and the cavalry were densely covered with crossbow arrows in an instant. The crossbow arrows carried a powerful howling sound through the air. The sound alone made people shudder. People who have never experienced a real battle will
Hearing such a sound, I was afraid that I would have peed my pants.
Although the cavalry has a shield, it is a one-handed shield borrowed from the infantry, rather than a real standing shield. The Great Zhou Dynasty did not yet have the kind of heavy cavalry unit that could hold a spear in one hand and a standing shield in the other. The Great Zhou cavalry only had
It can be regarded as a light armored cavalry, mainly charging and harassing. Therefore, with a shield in hand, it cannot guarantee safety under such a dense crossbow attack. Although the vital parts of the body can be covered by the small buckler, other parts and the crotch
The war horse cannot be covered.
Flesh and blood began to fly, men and horses began to roll, screams and the neighing of horses began to resound across the battlefield. And everything
The same scene faced by the cavalry charging is the same. Before approaching the enemy's position, this is the time when the cavalry is most frightened and frightened. It is also the time when the cavalry have nightmares in their dreams.
The front cavalry suffered heavy casualties under the violent rain of arrows. In other words, most of them were caused by the arrows and the chaos and death caused by trampling and collision. The number of people killed by the actual crossbow arrows was not too many. It was dense.
Formation charges will encounter such problems. Sometimes the most terrifying thing is not the opponent's attack, but the trampling and collision of one's own cavalry.
Under the rain of arrows, the charging cavalry suffered hundreds of casualties. These were only casualties caused in a very short period of time. But this did not stop the cavalry from charging. Zhao Degang's mobilization before the war made it very clear that this time it would never be allowed.
Retreat, retreat without mercy. No matter who it is or how many people there are, anyone who dares to take even half a step back will be dealt with immediately by military law. This is a death order, that is to say, either die on the battlefield or die under military law.
, or charge bravely, defeat the opponent, win victory and generous rewards. Otherwise, there is no other way.
Therefore, although the opponent's arrows rained fiercely and our own cavalry suffered heavy casualties, the cavalry team still surged forward and did not stop charging because of the chaotic situation.
Countless horse hooves trampled on the bodies of the fallen men and horses and rushed over. Some of those people had a chance to escape and be rescued, because many of them fell off their horses because their horses were hit by arrows and did not suffer fatal injuries. However, they
They were able to avoid the arrows, but they could not avoid the iron hoofs of their own horses. Amid the screams and despair, they were knocked to the ground by the horses and trampled by the iron hoofs. Amidst the screams, the flesh and blood trampled by the horseshoes flew everywhere,
Until it is trampled into a ball of flesh and blood.
Fifty steps! The Forbidden Army cavalry began to shout in unison, raising their swords high, like a golden forest. In just a few more breaths, that is, just a few breaths, they can slash their swords in the air.
The heads and faces of the opponents who were close to Chi Chi vented the shame of being ambushed and teased by them from early morning to noon.
However, the distance between us is as far away as the end of the world. Although it only takes a few breaths to reach it, many people want to take even a breath at the next moment, which becomes an unattainable goal.
Luxurious wishes.
Firearms began to roar, black smoke began to rise, and the roar resounded throughout the world. There was another smell in the air, the pungent smell of burning gunpowder. The wooden round shields filled with crossbows in the hands of the Forbidden Army cavalry began to burst into pieces.
, countless iron and steel balls came overwhelmingly, forming a barrage of iron bullets in the air. Countless small blood flowers began to erupt from the bodies of the Forbidden Army cavalry, and the bursting and splashing flesh formed a pink blood mist in the air. The entire charge
The soldiers and horses at the front of the formation were instantly enveloped in the blood mist.
It was like someone wielding a huge scythe to cut the delicate long grass. The horses and riders rolled to the ground one by one, rolling in a pool of blood and wailing. Hot weapons versus cold weapons, this is simply an unfair battle. Master the firearms.
The secretive Lin Jue once again let his stupid opponents understand the power of crushing.
In fact, it is no secret that Lin Jue holds firearms in his hands. Lu Zhongtian, Zhao Degang and others have experienced the battle at the Beijing Martial Arts School to attack the fortress. They witnessed the ferocity of the opponent's firearms in that battle, so they should be alert. However, they were overconfident.
One's own strength, or rather
They always think with inertial thinking. In their minds, they always regard the number of troops as the criterion for victory in battle. They always think that their own troops and horses have an overwhelming advantage, while the opponent's weapons, no matter how powerful they are, are always only a small number.
They don't know how powerful a firearm is. If they do a little homework, they will know that a firearm can easily kill a dozen heavily armed soldiers with swords at a proper distance. Hot weapons are more effective than cold ones.
Weapons are a kind of dimensionality reduction attack. It's like two people fighting each other. One side has its hands and feet restrained, while the other side has a sharp weapon in hand. There is no possibility of victory at all.
If they were willing to think more, they should learn from the bloody battle on Xingguo Temple Street that night. They should understand that Yang Jun's failure that day was similar to the situation in front of him. Before Lin Jue made the suggestion of facing the enemy head-on
From the beginning, they should think more about why Lin Jue is willing to do this. Could it be that Lin Jue, who is so resourceful and cunning, is willing to agree to a stupid head-on confrontation knowing that he will suffer a loss? They don't understand each other too well, and they don't understand each other too well.
I don’t understand myself, and I don’t understand the situation in front of me very well.
Therefore, the situation before them is the price they have to pay for their arrogance, stupidity and unwiseness.
Amidst the roar of firearms, twenty or thirty steps away from the front of the formation guarded by Lin Jue and others, there was a death zone. No matter how many people charged, no one could break through the blockade of the barrage. Still the same sentence
Although the number of firearms was small, Lin Jue and others did not need to worry about the opponent's numerical advantage, and did not need to be distracted from dealing with other directions. They only needed to concentrate all their firepower to kill the cavalry rushing forward.
Lin Jue was not a bloodthirsty person, not to mention that these were the forbidden troops of the imperial court. But at this moment, Lin Jue had to order to shoot all the charging cavalry mercilessly. He had to make his opponents understand how stupid it was to pursue him.
He wanted to completely frighten his opponent, so that the road into the mountain would be safer in the next few days. A large number of family members were still not far ahead. Lin Jue could not let the officers and soldiers catch up with the large group of people. He could not
Let them treat themselves as lambs to be slaughtered and attack at will. Therefore, he wants to make his opponents feel in awe and not attack easily before they are absolutely sure. Because Lin Jue understands that once the opponent attacks regardless of everything,
You can't resist it at all. To make the other party fearful and cautious, you must give them a fierce blow to make them feel afraid.
Everyone was shocked by the brutality on the battlefield. In the past two days, the military's description of the firearms in the hands of Lin Jue and others was full of rumors. People who had experienced the Battle of Long Street were still frightened by the situation that day. They and others
When the soldiers talked about the battle that day, they were full of awe and panic. However, the vast majority of the soldiers and horses did not participate in the battle of Long Street that day. The Ma Army Division had more than 60,000 people and participated in the encirclement and suppression of the young prince that day.
The cavalry was only 8,000. The cavalry on the day of the Battle of Long Street also belonged to the defense system of the North Inner City. This cavalry was stationed in the outer city and had never experienced this battle that day. Therefore, for these remarks in the army,
, many cavalrymen did not believe it.
No one would believe that under the attack of thousands of cavalry, only a few hundred people could survive and wipe out the two thousand charging troops. This is also a big joke based on experience and common sense. Those are the elites of the Great Zhou Dynasty
The cavalry imperial army, unless the other party has the power of ghosts and gods, how could such a thing happen?
