Chapter 350: Ashes and Ashes Between Talking and Laughing
Just as the Xixia war horses were preparing to charge, and a flag was waving from Zhao Xi's command post, the advancing chariot stopped, and the following wheel cannons quickly interspersed between the chariots.
The new troops following behind them accelerated their march, and they boarded the chariots in an orderly manner. They quickly pulled the chariots onto the chariots. Facing the Xixia people, there was a half-man-high baffle on the side of the chariots.
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The tank was very large, but only three gunpowder launchers were installed, which was to reserve space for the new army.
The New Army mainly relied on muskets, and even flintlock muskets were still unable to fire continuously. This meant that the New Army had to be built to fight.
On each chariot, there was at least one new army under command, still arranged in five rows.
"Elevation 25, launch!"
When they shouted this, the Xixia people's war horses had already charged up. That is to say, in the space of the chariot, if they were outside, no one could hear it at all, and all the ears could hear was the sound of horse hooves.
The war horses raised dust and brought the Xixia people's cries and cries... To be honest, Zhao Xi had to admit at this time that the momentum of the cavalry was really quite ferocious in this era.
At this moment, Zhao Xi's heartbeat almost reached the beat of the horse's hooves.
Tens of thousands of war horses galloped forward, but nothing could be seen behind the horse team, and the Xixia people's central camp was also covered by the dust.
The entire area, with a radius of more than ten miles, was covered by the dust of the war horses... This is the power of the war horses.
Zhao Xi looked at Di Qing under the podium... He shouldn't be calm at this time. Although Zhao Xi didn't see Di Qing's trembling hand holding Ma Shan and his face was covered by his mask, Zhao Xi knew
, Di Qing was excited at this moment.
Di Qing is a man who belongs on the battlefield.
"Bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang...~"
The Xixia people charged from three sides, and similarly, the gunpowder launchers forming a circle of three and one missing were also fired at the same time.
As expected, the Xixia war horses were somewhat adapted to the gunpowder bombs, but only somewhat. When the gunpowder bombs exploded among the war horses, the war horses were still confused...
However, as soon as the gunpowder bombs stopped, the Xixia people could quickly control the horses... Unfortunately, this required another charge.
At the same time, as long as there are war horses around the explosion of each gunpowder bomb, they will definitely be injured or even killed.
Seeing this, Zhao Xi already knew that this battle was won, at least the main battlefield was won.
The next step is to see how many Xixia people can be annihilated and how many Xixia people can be left behind.
Speaking of which, with such a dense concentration of chariots and dense firing of gunpowder shells, it should be possible to annihilate the Xixia people in just a few rounds.
It's just that... this is a black powder gunpowder bomb, and the shock wave is not big. The key is that when the Xixia cavalry charges, the distance between the war horses is very large, even big enough for a gunpowder bomb to explode without being injured.
The level of any war horse.
The reason why Zhao Xi was sure of the win in this battle was because he saw that the gunpowder bombs hindered the cavalry's charge, which also weakened the power and speed of the horse's charge. This bought time for the wheel cannon and the next round of gunpowder bombs to be fired.
"Wheel Cannon Free Fire!"
The reason why Zhao Xi did not issue an order to shoot horizontally was because at this time, the Xixia people's horse team was in chaos and no longer charged in an orderly manner.
The one at the front of the test is still maintaining the speed of the last charge, while the one at the back has just gained control of his horse.
Wheel cannons in different positions faced different groups of Xixia war horses. It was no longer time to fire uniformly at this time.
"At the same time, give the free fire order directly to the musketeers!"
In the war at this time, it was really not possible to issue unified combat orders.
Just one round of gunpowder bombs had already disrupted the entire attack formation of the Xixia people, and at the same time, it also caused the entire encirclement to no longer be able to unify their fighting behavior.
Forget it, Zhao Xi was speechless when he saw this situation.
Therefore, they simply gave the order to shoot freely.
Fortunately, he had considered this possibility before the war... The basis was that Xixia war horses would be frightened by gunpowder shells.
Although the war horse was not frightened, it was still the same situation as after the horse was frightened.
No matter what, in this situation, as long as the Xixia people are not allowed to rush through the chariot defense line, the battle can basically be won.
After issuing these two orders, Zhao Xi suddenly felt free and had a sudden feeling of having nothing to do.
In the past two months, his mind has not been idle for a moment, constantly rehearsing this war on the sand table, and even put himself in the Xixia people's shoes and considered countermeasures.
It seems that I really think about it a bit too much.
Zhao Xi had already seen the results of this war. After all, he had deduced too many possibilities, but the result was the smoothest start... It was quite boring, and he was nervous for nothing.
At this moment, he almost wanted to laugh at the cold sweat on his back...
"Zhongzheng, make tea!"
At this time, on this command podium, watching a large battle involving tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, if I make a pot of tea...do I feel like my conversation and laughter have been wiped out?
In fact, Zhao Xi really felt that his throat was dry. His mind was on the battlefield just now, and he didn't feel it yet. Now that he knew the result, his throat felt a little uncomfortable.
Wang Zhongzheng and Li Xian quickly set up a few short stools, then brought out a small red clay stove, put a few pine cones on it, and slowly started the fire...
Who has such courage as His Highness the Crown Prince? He still calmly reviews tea on the battlefield.
The tea has been brewed, the gunpowder shells below have fired three rounds, the wheel cannon has fired two rounds, and even the muskets of the new army have fired.
It has to be said that the Xixia people are tough. Even so, there are still cavalry rushing to a place twenty or thirty meters away from the chariot.
But Zhao Xi was not worried. Even if the Xixia people rushed to the chariot, he would feel despair.
Not to mention the bayonet in front of the musket, even if the Xixia people cut it, it would not cause any damage to the chariot. Even if it was hit with a mace, it would only dent a certain part of the chariot.
Seeing a certain victory, Zhao Xi's assessment of the war became increasingly clear.
It’s a sure win, no surprises.
"What?"
Zhao Xi saw that Wang Zhong was smiling at him with his face turned away, and even Li Xian had the same look, so he couldn't help but ask.
"Your Highness...little...little..."
"Want to join the war?"
"Um!"
Nod hard.
They are responsible for the safety of His Royal Highness, and there are 500 veterans of the guard battalion guarding the command platform.
Looking at His Highness the Prince's behavior, he knew that it was impossible for the Xixia people to break away from the chariot's release line, so their thoughts were a little wild.
"Go ahead..."
After letting these two fools go, Zhao Xi called Han Jiang, Lu Gongbi and others to come over and they all drank tea together.
They had nothing to do. The reason why they came to the battlefield was just to feel the same as His Royal Highness. Unlike the instructions in the escort camp, they had to record the battle situation at all times and prepare for the final report of this battle.
Perhaps due to Zhao Xi's influence, the originally tense atmosphere on the command platform relaxed for a moment. These civil servants, who were stunned by the war horses, seemed to have turned a deaf ear to the various sounds on the battlefield.