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Chapter 815 Rush!

When a dense formation is hit by dense firepower, the instant loss is heavy, and the blow to morale is devastating.

Human corpses and horse corpses piled up like a mountain.

Whether it is human life or horse life, it is worthless. As long as you are hit by a small projectile, you will either die or be injured.

The charge of the officers, soldiers and cavalry stagnated, but instead aroused their ferocity.

In particular, most of Zu Kuan's subordinates were Yi Ding, and many of them began to curse in Mongolian.

"It's a taoist bandit!" He Renlong and Bai Guangen's Duoyansui frontier army naturally knew how powerful they were.

When they were officers and soldiers, their opponents were "tao bandits" who invaded and plundered; now they have turned into rebels, while his opponents have turned into officers and soldiers.

New enmity adds to old enmity, and enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" The rebels also roared, their morale rising.

After the first wave of officers and soldiers were repelled, the second wave struck again.

Contrary to what most people imagined, neither the Ming army, the Jurchen, nor the Mongols at the end of the Ming Dynasty were idlers, and there was absolutely no possibility of a wave of defeat.

When the two sides fight, they often fight repeatedly until one side really can't stand the rout.

This time Zhang Shun led these battalions out, and he was equipped with a lot of artillery.In addition to the standard eight "field cannons" of about twelve pounds per battalion, he also deliberately carried eight more "golden cannons", which were specially used for firing shotgun and siege.

There are a total of twenty-four "field cannons" and eight "golden cannons" in the Yijun camp. Zhang Shun divided them into two parts, which are specially used for attacking the main force of the cavalry.

The huge artillery sounded again, and the officers and soldiers in pieces fell down again.

Although the officers and soldiers of the second charge were prepared, they still suffered huge losses.

Immediately, the two sides collided and fought together.

The soldiers on both sides had already become numb, and they fought desperately together regardless of the reason or fault.

Vent the hatred in my heart, vent the fear in my heart, and vent my desire to kill.

For a moment, Zu Kuan seemed to have returned to the days when he followed the "ancestral general" and went to battle to kill the enemy.

He couldn't help but led his personal guards, and rushed forward, fighting with the rebels.

Li Chongzhen didn't stop shouting, anyway, he still maintained a trace of clarity.

"I can't go on like this!" Whether it was Li Chongzhen or any sensible general, they would realize that it was an unwise choice to fight recklessly with cavalry and infantry.

But the matter has come to this point, even Zu Kuan, the general of the other battalion, has joined the battle, there is nothing he can do.

"Order those who are inexperienced in riding and unable to go into battle, send out six or seven hundred pack horses and war horses, and I will drive them to break the formation!"

Driving horses to break the formation is a common method used by the Mongols.

When encountering an unbreakable battle formation, in order to avoid more casualties, the nomadic tribes with many horses would use horses instead of riding to forcefully charge into the battle formation of the Ming army.

Now the officers and soldiers can't fight against the rebels for a long time, and they have to resort to the ultimate move of the Mongols.

Soon Li Chongzhen's soldiers prepared more than [-] war horses, and then selected dozens of Yiding who were good at herding horses to drive them away, and prepared about [-] cavalry guards to prevent the rebels from sending cavalry to stop them.

"What are they going to do?" Zhang Shun asked strangely as he saw a group of war horses gathered outside the formation.

Niu Jinxing shook his head to express his ignorance, and Wang Jinyi and Wukong looked at each other in blank dismay.

"No, they are going to drive their horses into battle!" Gao Guiying said in surprise when he saw this.She was from a place around her, but she had seen this kind of method before.

"How to break it?" Zhang Shun was also surprised when he heard it.

In the Ming Dynasty, the price of a war horse was usually around ten taels.With the rise of war in the late Ming Dynasty, the price of horses rose, and each horse was worth more than ten taels of silver.

The six or seven hundred war horses driven by the officers and soldiers are worth about ten thousand taels.

This is not a battle, it is clearly to smash the rebels to death with money.

In fact, according to the military law of the Ming Dynasty, damage to war horses was also subject to a certain amount of fines.It's just that he is being persecuted too much by the rebel army now, so he has to make such a bad move.

"Father, don't panic, just follow the method of dealing with cavalry and shoot them with firecrackers and bows!" Gao Guiying replied after hearing this.

Only then did Zhang Shun understand that, in fact, this was changing from the original blood for blood and life for life to blood for horse and life for horse.

The war is really cruel and ruthless. I don't know how many people have spilled blood on the battlefield as a result of my light order.

But if he didn't give the order, I'm afraid there would be an unknown number of rebels who died here.

Human life is just a number in his hands!
Zhang Shun looked up at the sky, and ordered softly: "Order all the guns, artillery, bows and arrows to prepare, and the horses to approach ten steps, and launch together! Order all the cavalry of the rebel army to prepare, bypass the flanks, and wait for the cavalry, horses and rebels to collide with each other." When the time comes, cut off the retreat of this group of cavalry and horses, and be sure to encircle and annihilate them!"

The rebel army managed to repel the attack of the officers, soldiers and cavalry with great difficulty. Before they could take a breath, they looked up and saw groups of war horses galloping towards them.

A horse without a knight looks "shorter" than a cavalry, but it is much faster.

Seeing this, He Renlong and Bai Guangen couldn't help but spit and cursed.

When they were officers and soldiers, they had the virtue of "playing against bandits"; now that they have become rebels, and officers and soldiers have become this virtue, one can imagine the numbness in their hearts.

"Hold on for me, don't move! Don't shoot casually!" The neat hollow phalanx of the rebel army has already become shapeless after experiencing waves of shocks.

Therefore, the middle and low-level officers are also under great pressure. They can only vent their worries and fears by constantly scolding.

After withstood several waves of attacks from officers and soldiers in a row, the panic in the soldiers of the rebels subsided for a while.

When the horses, which were denser than the cavalry's charge, rushed to the front, the sound of firecrackers sounded like fried beans, and the sound of bows and arrows was faintly mixed with it.

It has to be said that Li Chongzhen's timing was very good. The artillery in the hands of the rebels had not had time to load in the future, so they could only watch the horses rushing forward, knocking down many soldiers and disrupting the formation of the rebels.

"Sword and axe, give me the knife and axe!" The officer in the rebel army shouted loudly, his throat was already hoarse.

Wearing iron armor and drenched in blood, the axemen rushed forward to hack and kill the moment the horses and cavalry lost their speed.

In fact, due to the value of the horses, the soldiers of the rebel army were reluctant to hurt the horses.It's just a last resort, and I have to do it.

In order to prevent someone from being too greedy and ruining a big event.Zhang Shunzao promised his soldiers that "killing horses is as successful as killing an enemy, and all the dead horse meat will be shared with the soldiers."

He Renlong had an idea, and couldn't help shouting loudly: "Kill the horse and eat the meat, kill the horse and get the reward!"

Due to Zhang Shun's attention, although the rebel army's military salary and rations can still be guaranteed on time, but eating meat and drinking should not be considered.

Many soldiers hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and when they heard this, their mouths salivated, as if they could smell the meat.

Many rebels swallowed their saliva and shouted loudly: "Kill horses to eat meat, kill horses to receive rewards, make contributions, today is the day!"

The morale of the rebel army was slightly boosted, and it was unknown how many war horses were cut down for a while.

It's just that the formation of the rebel army has been chaotic due to the rampage of the war horses.

Just as the rebel army was about to straighten out their formation, they could not help but hear the sound of fighting. When everyone looked up, they saw hundreds of infantry rushing up after the horses.

It turned out that these knights who had lost their mounts were gathered by Li Chongzhen to play their last remaining heat.

Seeing that the last few hundred people also entered the battlefield, Li Chongzhen showed a smug smile on his face: Victory is in sight!

(End of this chapter)