With the fleeting sharp whistling sound passing by in the air, before the army that hurriedly turned to meet the enemy, the earth and rocks that suddenly exploded the canopy suddenly splashed like rain, and slapped and slapped on, waiting for it. The official army armor, hand cards, and helmets; there was a rustling sound.
At the same time, in the blink of an eye, the flickering, short, miserable howl and the puff of heavy impact also exploded among the officers and soldiers. The originally neat and tight military town seemed to have been rammed by an invisible force, suddenly opening out many messy tracks.
And in these bloody passages that could not be bridged for a while, there are already torn torn apart limbs, broken hands and feet, and the wounded who collapsed in a pool of flowing blood, wriggling and wailing.
Suddenly suffered such a blow, the remaining officers and soldiers looked around in panic at a loss, but they began to instinctively fight to stay away from the deadly and wounded places, despite the yelling and beatings of the team officers and generals. The basic formation can no longer be maintained.
At this moment, the thieves on the opposite side held up the green flag, which was clearly visible in the billowing smoke and dust.
"Where are the Runzhou crossbowmen?"
Ding Congshi yelled loudly in the midst of a crowd of people, but saw that the current Runzhou crossbowmen array had become turbulent; and the rear side of the slightly intact Yangshan archer's horizontal team also hurriedly gave orders. He hurriedly released his arrows for a few rounds, but he didn't know how to kill without being in the dust.
However, the peaceful thief green flags waving in the air continued to come to the wind as if unmoved.
Immediately, there were more large tracts of earth and rocks like rain, splashing among these Danyang archers, and knocking down and overturning the human body standing nearby; and among the faint screams, there seemed to be something in the crowd. Bounced, swept over everything that dared to obstruct, and smashed, torn, and crushed it.
Suddenly suffered such a blow, the array of Yangshan Archers whose morale and lineup were still intact could not help showing signs of collapse and escape; however, they showed even worse performance than those Runzhou crossbowmen.
After all, compared to the Runzhou crossbowmen, who are listed under the official and military names and still have a armor to protect them; Yangshan archers, who are known for their light bows for long-lasting shooting, but most of them only have a commoner or leather chest protector. That's it. Under the splashing earth and rock, he was beaten to the blood without being able to resist, and wailed and screamed and couldn't maintain the array anymore.
Seeing such a situation and tragic situation, Ding Congshi felt a pain in his heart; these Runzhou crossbowmen were all under the command of the Zhenhai Jiedu envoy, and they were successively allocated to his regular army; and Yangshan Archer was even more painful. It took a lot of hard work to recruit a special force from the Tianmu mountain area where the Hangzhou-Huxuan prefectures bordered.
Both of them use strong crossbows and fast bows to win their strengths, and they have complemented each other since they became an army. In addition, he led the Changzhou Unity children as cover and wings; it can be said that they are under the jurisdiction of the 13 states of Zhenhai, and the thief Dingluo has repeatedly built military exploits and has never suffered such damage and vacillation.
At this time, the vibration of the ground sand bouncing became more and more obvious, and a familiar mixed smell and neighing sound was sent in the wind; suddenly Ding had no intention of continuing to care about the outskirts and other arrangements. Why The guilt for not being able to issue a warning message in time; it was like being poured down by a basin of icy water, chilling to the end.
Because there was a horse team among the thieves who came to attack. Ding Congshi suddenly remembered his rumors about the enemy in Jurong City; these peaceful thieves had a varying number of horse teams, almost as soon as they appeared, they basically ended the war offensive and defensive in the city, even a self-help pill that happened to have just entered the city. The officials and soldiers of the disciples couldn't resist them and fled.
However, at this moment, most of the earth masses that were used as wings and outer buffers were fighting in the Guping Town, and they were too late for a while and couldn't be called. He can only count on these thousands of men and horses under his men, and roar loudly at the left and right.
"Unite the children, kill the thief with me... There is no thief with me. Kill..."
The children of Tuan Lian, who had fallen in the end as the key decisive force, greeted the Runzhou crossbowmen, who had climbed up to cover their sway, formed a long wall with five-colored and five-sided big cards, and slanted up a forest-like spear. , Want to force the enemy's horse team to stop in front of the formation.
However, the horse team in the smoke and dust suddenly stopped with a visible deceleration; and between two or three breaths that people did not know, the front of the united children was covered with a burst of rapid and dense arrow rain. The platoon, knocked them down together with the large platoon in his hands, knocked them to the ground.
However, Ding Congshi calmed down a little bit, and tried his best to drive more Unity children to fill up with a license, and use a thicker shield wall to resist these close and shooting hard arrows. But at this moment, as the so-called wave was unsettled, another wave was recurring, and someone in the array called out loudly and sternly.
"Be careful..."
"The horse team rushed in..."
"Hurry up... can't stop it..."
But I don’t know when, the thief army and horse squad rushed out of the smoke and dust, and they were divided into left and right to cover and kill them to the two wings where the officers and the army had no time to take care of but neglected to guard; and the flying drove away the resistance of the officers and soldiers on the border and crashed into these. The weakness of the array was trampled on and slashed.
It's like piercing deeply into the wound and stirring up the sharp blade forcefully. Within a few moments, the feet that have disturbed and moved the whole body are shaken. Those crossbowmen and archers who stopped and forcibly gathered up were even more as if they were being killed and trampled close at hand, frightened and disintegrated again.
Afterwards, the Taiping Army's infantry unit, which stood upwind and launched an attack, carried billowing smoke and dust like a storm on the land, and also drowned the loose and scattered front lines of the officers and soldiers; They were squeezed and torn apart, broken apart, divided and separated at lightning speed.
So in the moment that followed, even if Ding Congshi, as the master general, shouted hoarse with all his might, he could barely gather a small number of people around him amidst the misty smoke and dust.
Even at this moment, he didn't feel angry and gave up, as he desperately shook the big bun and shouted the flag for guidance, and rushed back against the trend toward the enemy. It was like a school of brightly colored fish upstream in the blue-gray surge covered by billowing dust.
In the slow reduction and shrinkage, he pushed back more than two hundred steps in a rush; it was kicked and rolled to the smoking sphere near Ding Congshi with one thrown into it, exploded with a bang. Yan, overturned his banner officer and his horse, who was holding the banner, and since then announced the complete collapse of this group of officers and army's counterattack.
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In the end, before Zhou Huaian's headquarters of the Chinese army arrived, the army of the hedgehog gathered outside the ancient temple had collapsed; then the tutu and the guard soldiers who had assisted in the battle also rushed to flee. And entered the link of follow-up pursuit and expansion of the results; of course, this also somewhat reduced the corresponding gains.
However, this Ma Pingchuan's enemy has a high probability even if the enemy grazes the sheep, and it can be captured in the follow-up pursuit. In this battle, what is remarkable is undoubtedly the application of the horse-drawn artillery in the battlefield.
The horse-drawn artillery enters the preset position to bombard, disrupt, and frighten the enemy; then the riding infantry, which is known for mobility, approach, and use powerful crossbows to further weaken and kill them; finally, the cavalry circled around to the left and right wings. The assault was carried out; the foot of the enemy's formation was shaken and chaotic, and the formation of the mounted infantry struck forward with all its strength.
Therefore, before the main force and the subordinates enter the battlefield, these enemies who seem to have the advantage and advantage in numbers will inevitably usher in the result of a series of combined punches.
Although it was a bit too bullying to directly use artillery and improved cavalry to deal with these traditional cold weapon troops; but obviously Zhou Huaian would not feel uneasy because of this. After all, on the battlefield, any means that can kill the enemy as much as possible while preserving oneself as much as possible is worthy of encouragement and advocacy.
Therefore, the final result was more than three thousand slashes and twice as many captures; the others ran away probably more than this; and the Taiping Army's own damage was only in units of hundreds. One of the more painful is the casualties of nearly a hundred cavalry;
It's impossible to say that the biggest enemy of cavalry in this Jiangnan area is not the various officers, soldiers, and soldiers, but the ubiquitous paddy fields and rivers and ditches with branches;
If there is nothing wrong with marching along the road, but if you want to gallop freely, you may accidentally tip over and stumble in a certain ditch, or just fall into a certain piece of mud.
It can be said that in many cases, if you want to find a solid venue suitable for large-scale cavalry activities and battlefield impact, but also deep enough, you can't find it. The problem exposed this time is also the same. The casualties are not large, but after the corresponding mount is injured, it can no longer be used.
On the contrary, the use of small river boats for maneuvering can get a lot of convenience; but this again involves the problem of obtaining sufficient guidance from the local party.
"It is advisable to chase the brave leftovers to chase the poor, but not to be famous and academic overlord..."
Just chasing the death all the way, Zhubei captured the prisoners all the way, and arrived at Jurong City, which was regained again, Zhou Huaian couldn't help saying these two sentences.
"Where to go next..."
Ge Congzhou and others, who had already stood outside the city gate to greet them, had their expressions brightened and immediately asked for instructions.
"Of course the sword is pointing to the alchemists. By the way, the discipline officer army tastes the end of the road..."
Zhou Huaian smiled slightly
"Since the officials and soldiers wanted to besiege the city and fight for aid, they couldn't easily give up their minds; let's also go around Wei and save Zhao, and see if he is still safe..." (End of this chapter)