Chapter seven hundred and eighty-seven, go, long live the Tang Dynasty!
"Cavalry!" The artillery lieutenant colonel's face immediately became a little darker, and then he said loudly: "Stop shooting, stop, quick!"
"Move the muzzle, everyone move, speed!"
After the Ming cavalry on the opposite side appeared, they began to slowly increase their speed. Everyone knows that once the cavalry charges, their speed is very fast. The cavalry can rush over in the blink of an eye from a distance of only a few hundred meters.
Although the artillery positions are deployed on the top of the hill, which theoretically can weaken the intensity of the cavalry charge, but if the cavalry really wants to launch a fierce attack, they can still charge up this gentle slope.
At the same time, on the left and right sides of the artillery position, the commanders of an infantry regiment responsible for covering the artillery position also discovered this change. The soldiers were running in small steps, and then began to face the Ming army on the halfway slope.
Cavalry in formation.
"Quick, get in formation!"
This infantry regiment has never been on the front line. The purpose is to protect the artillery position nearby. After all, the artillery position on the left wing has concentrated more than fifty field artillery pieces of the Second Army, and on the other side, there is another large
There are also more than 60 artillery positions in the artillery position, so in addition to the defensive array composed of the artillery unit's own musketeers, transport troops and other auxiliary forces, Li Chunjing also specially arranged an infantry regiment from the 7th Infantry Division to assist in the defense.
And now, it's time for them to come in handy!
In an instant, the artillery position that was originally rumbling with cannons fell silent.
Some of the artillerymen were confused and some were nervous, looking at the approaching Ming cavalry.
At this time, the artillery lieutenant colonel began to give orders again: "Prepare shotguns!!"
At the same time, the infantry regiment on one side also completed its formation, and then the infantry began to load and light the match ropes. The spearmen formed a dense square formation, but the formation of this infantry regiment did not simply face the front.
Instead, an infantry battalion was deployed in front and on the left and right.
The mobility of the cavalry is very high. If you line up directly in front, they will not attack the front stupidly, but will go around and attack the flanks.
In other places on the battlefield, there was still the roar of artillery, and in some places the infantry phalanxes of both sides even engaged in melee combat, but here, there was silence.
On the mountainous terrain, the gunners of the artillery unit had already finished loading in advance, and had already transported all the subsequent ammunition in advance, ready to load the second round at any time.
Facing a charge by cavalry or infantry, the artillery troops will no longer worry about the service life of the barrel as usual, but will fire as fast as they can, otherwise, they themselves will die.
Seeing that the enemy's cavalry was less than 300 meters away and had begun to circle to the left, the commanders of the infantry regiment urgently sent an infantry battalion as a reserve to the left, and also temporarily
A temporary phalanx formed by transport troops who took over the artillery unit.
The soldiers in the two infantry battalions and the subsequent artillery transport phalanx immediately formed a dense phalanx on the left and right sides of the artillery position and at the rear.
And in the middle are a large number of artillery pieces with temporary muzzle switches!
Three hundred meters away, the cavalry of the Ming Army began to speed up significantly. Countless iron hooves stepped on the ground, making a loud rumbling sound, like thunder falling from the sky, which made people tremble physically and mentally!
Two hundred meters away, at this time, the artillery lieutenant colonel finally commanded the command knife: "Shoot!"
Dozens of artillery roared suddenly, and the countless shotguns fired rushed towards the Ming cavalry rushing forward like a giant net!
Then these Ming cavalry fell down row after row. However, this could not stop the charge of the Ming cavalry!
They rode on high-speed horses and began to attack upwards through the gentle hillside. However, if they wanted to charge directly to the artillery position, they also needed to pass through the infantry square in front of the artillery position.
While the artillerymen were rapidly firing shotguns, the Ming cavalry at the forefront was already less than fifty meters away from the infantry array!
"Shoot!" The musketeers also fired the first and last round of musket fire. After the shooting, these musketeers raised their muskets and turned into shields with the spearmen on the side to provide protection for the artillerymen.
Block the charge from the cavalry!
At this time, there were also a large number of casualties in the infantry array. After the Ming army cavalry rushed close, they had already begun to bend their bows and shoot arrows. And they were worthy of being the elite of the frontier army. Most of them were skilled in bows and horses and could fly at full speed.
The warhorses bent their bows and shot arrows.
After shooting arrows, they quickly ran into the seemingly thin infantry phalanx in front of them.
An instant later, countless cavalry and infantry were entangled. At that moment, countless Tang infantry were collided by the horses and flew directly away, but there were also many cavalry with spears, muskets and bayonets, and they were overturned and dismounted.
At this time, the artillerymen in the rear were still firing. Naturally, it was impossible for the enemy's cavalry to charge only those in front. There were many cavalry coming up behind!
Under the rumble of artillery, the artillery lieutenant colonel looked at the battle line in front and frequently looked to the right!
In front, although the enemy's cavalry suffered heavy casualties, they had completely overwhelmed the three infantry phalanxes of our own. Several infantry battalions on the flanks were rushing over to try to entangle them.
But the artillery lieutenant colonel knew that facing these three thousand Ming army cavalry, the infantry in front of him and his own artillery transport troops could not stop them.
After all, the Ming army had too many cavalry. Even if the infantry and transport troops could block part of the cavalry, they could still use a lot of cavalry to destroy their artillery positions.
It didn't take much, if hundreds of Ming cavalry broke through the infantry's defensive line and came over, his artillery position would be completely destroyed.
Whether they can survive depends not on their own resistance, but on the source of their own cavalry!
On the right, a cavalry unit is coming at high speed. They are the second cavalry detachment of the Second Army. They have gathered two cavalry battalions of the Second Army. The two cavalry units have a total of more than 800 cavalry!
The changes in the artillery position also instantly attracted the attention of most generals and soldiers on both sides. Even if they were hundreds of meters or even further away, they could still see the tragedy here.
Countless Ming army cavalry almost used their horses and their own bodies to forcefully knock out a passage from the infantry square!
They tried to break through the interception of the rebel infantry before the cavalry reinforcements of the puppet Tang rebel army arrived, and then razed the artillery position to the ground.
However, they tried their best to break through, but the infantry of the Tang Army also resisted desperately. For a time, although the infantry of the Tang Army suffered heavy casualties, the cavalry of the Ming Army was unable to make a breakthrough in a short time.
At this time, the 800 Tang Army cavalry who came for emergency reinforcements from the right had already raised their sabers high and blew the horn of charge. Guided by the urgent horn sound of the messenger, the cavalry moved in dense formation. The shape begins its final acceleration!
In an instant, these cavalrymen formed dense cavalry walls, and then attacked the Ming army's cavalry array from the right!
As a result, the scene on the entire mountain became even more chaotic!
However, after Li Chunjing in the distance looked at the chaos on the top of the mountain with a telescope, he did not look again, but ordered: "Send the order to the entire army to launch a general attack!"
Immediately, the flag carriers behind him began to wave a unified flag language. At the same time, in order to ensure that the order was transmitted correctly, the messengers also rode their best horses and began to rush to various places on the battlefield.
At the same time, Chen Keqiao was sitting on a Taishi chair that was moved from somewhere. He squinted his eyes and raised one foot to stand on an ammunition box. The soldiers beside him were making tea for him.
The expressions of the several staff officers on the side were mostly nervous.
No one else looked at Chen Keqiao next to him, but Chen Keqiao seemed to be on vacation instead of fighting. With his eyes narrowed, he was completely unaware of other changes on the battlefield.
Immediately, someone couldn't help but said to him: "Sir, the artillery position on the left wing was attacked by enemy cavalry. The situation is not good!"
Chen Keqiao did not open his eyes, but said: "Has the artillery position been destroyed?"
The staff officer on the side said: "That's not the case yet!"
"That's it, don't worry about things we shouldn't worry about!" After Chen Keqiao finished speaking, he stopped talking again.
Not long after, a staff officer suddenly trotted over and said loudly: "The commander of the army has an order: the entire army will attack!"
At this time, Chen Keqiao opened his eyes, and then looked forward with half-squinted eyes: "It is indeed time for a general attack. If we don't carry out a general attack, others will think we are here for vacation!"
Standing up from the chair, Chen Keqiao waved and asked his soldiers to lead the horse over. Then he got on the horse. After getting on the horse, he found that the group of people behind him were still staying where they were. He immediately said: "Why, still?" I really want to go on vacation, let’s go!”
At this time, other people got on their horses one after another, and someone walked up to Chen Keqiao and said: "How will we attack next?"
Chen Keqiao glanced at him: "How else can we attack? Just rush over!"
After that, Chen Keqiao ignored him and said loudly: "Send the order, the whole army charges!"
After giving the order, he slowly stepped forward with his troops. At the same time, the soldiers of his Fifth Infantry Division also began to stride forward!
Also beginning to make strides are the Chinese Army's 7th Infantry Division and the two mixed regiments on the left!
Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Second Army, taking advantage of the Ming Army's cavalry to attack their artillery positions, directly launched an army-wide charge!
Seeing this scene, the Ming army generals on the opposite side also realized that the final decisive battle had finally arrived!
The Ming army began to bombard with artillery and fired with muskets to intercept. However, the soldiers of the Second Army in front of them did not seem to see the shells and bullets, and did not fire back. Instead, they walked forward with their heads down and minding their own business!
And when they rushed to only more than thirty meters, they fired directly, then dropped bombs, and then!
Amidst countless shouts, they rushed forward!
Tens of thousands of people suddenly fought together!
At this time, the cavalry of the Second Cavalry Detachment had already penetrated through the Ming Army's cavalry array, leaving behind countless corpses of both the enemy and ourselves wherever they passed.
However, the formation of the Ming army's cavalry was directly cut off!
After the cavalrymen of the Second Cavalry Detachment penetrated the Ming Army cavalry, they continued to turn at high speed, then waved their sabers again, shouting the slogan "Long Live the Tang Dynasty" and launched a second charge towards the Ming Army Cavalry!