The rise of the prince

Chapter 630
"Steady the outer ring, don't move!"

"Pay attention to the inner circle, shoot the horses first, shoot their horses first! Artillery attack the periphery, don't accidentally injure!" The commander of the phalanx kept shouting loudly, the sound resounded across the battlefield, mixed with the sound of guns, and the blue smoke filled the battlefield. Almost all of the line of sight is blocked.

Di Zhi rode a horse and stood on the high slope in the middle of the phalanx to observe the battlefield. A group of people outside were shot by bows and arrows by mistake, but they were not serious. They were quickly pulled to the middle of the phalanx to bandage them, and then returned to On the battlefield, the enemy was defeated by the frontal firepower, and began to diverge to the two wings, most of them ran to the river bank.

"Commander, do you want General Yan to fire?" asked the messenger next to him.

Di Zhi shook his head: "Not yet, just wait."

The Liao people thought that guarding the river bank would prevent them from getting on the boat, but they never thought about getting on the boat, and they didn't even know that there were more than 120 artillery pieces aimed at them behind them.

Di Zhi calmly looked at the situation in the distance. It was not the right time. These were just the vanguard of the Liao Kingdom, and the real main cavalry was still behind.

The main cavalry does not mean how thick the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom is. The cavalry of the Liao Kingdom is far less armored than the Jingjun, and it is also inferior to Xixia and Jin. Most cavalry attacked by the forwards do not wear armor. Most of them are leather armors, not many iron armors, only Khan Suwei is well equipped with heavy iron armors.

General Jing Guo’s evaluation of the Liao army is undoubtedly the most appropriate evaluation in Wei Chaoren’s "Guanbei Frontier Garrison": "The Liao army is better than the bandits, but weaker than the defense. , clumsy than a sword and halberd."

Therefore, the Liao army "had many ambush troops, cut off food and roads, raised fire at night, dragged firewood with the wind, paid their own money, retreated without shame, scattered and reunited, cold but strengthened."

This is how the Liao army fought. The strikers kept attacking with bows and cavalry, and when they were scattered, they immediately gathered and harassed again.

The reason is that the Jing army with few horses can't catch up with them. The lethality of the bow and crossbow is very limited after more than [-] steps. Run, as long as you don't get approached, the killing effect of Jing Jun's bow and crossbow is very limited.
But these are just vanguards. After the harassment of these light cavalry makes the enemy exhausted and their morale is low, the cavalry with spears, sabers, and axes will rush up to kill people, and then there will be a large number of infantry behind them, as the main force, and finally used to defeat the enemy .

Liao Kingdom and Jing Kingdom have been fighting this method for hundreds of years, and they are very familiar with it.

It is a pity that in front of the new army, the Liao army has no chance of "dispersing and reuniting" at all
"Part B listens to the order, the first row, let it go!"

"Snapped!"

"Second row, let it go!"

"Snapped!"

"Third Row"

In the middle of each phalanx, there is a commanding battalion commander who personally commands. The phalanx is divided into four sides: A, B, C, and D. The battalion commander stands on a high ground and is responsible for observing the overall situation of the battlefield, the direction of the enemy, and then directing which side to shoot. .

As soon as the gun fired, the cavalrymen of the Liao army raided and fell in response. When the cannon fired, even the men and horses were torn apart. The absolute lethality, the speed of the bullet was so fast that there was no reaction time, and the Liao army had no "scatter and reunion" at all. chance, a hit equals a loss of combat effectiveness
For the armor-piercing effect, the bullets of the new army have been changed from the original iron bullets to the bullets mixed with lead, which are heavier and denser. Within fifty steps, the small steel armor of the Wangfu can't stop it. The thickest iron armor can be easily penetrated, not to mention the Liao army with such a low armor rate.

The Liao army who ran to the river quickly realized that something was wrong, because their phalanx, which had been drilled countless times, had firepower on all four sides, and the side fires of the three phalanxes crossed fire.

A large number of Liao troops were killed on the bank of the river before they could react.

After several rounds of firepower, a large number of Liao people on the side also began to flee. Some people jumped into the river in panic, and some desperately rushed to their side positions and fired arrows, causing a small number of casualties on the south side.

But no matter what, so far, the situation has been as Di Zhi expected. The vanguard cavalry who were diverted were then defeated by side firepower and completely lost their combat effectiveness. It was the same as what would happen when the prince faced the cavalry with this phalanx for him. Almost identical.

The commanders of the various formations of the new army are directing their men to continue firing, shooting at the scattered Liao army, and destroying the living forces. They have far fewer people than the Liao army, and they cannot give the enemy a chance to disperse and reunite.

At this moment, Di Zhi felt the ground tremble under his feet, the dust was flying in the west, and the flags were flying.
Di Zhi quickly rode his horse and began to run between the squares, shouting loudly: "Stop firing, stop shooting!"

Soon, all the phalanxes stopped attacking the defeated army.

"All phalanxes, reload, prepare for battle, hurry up!" Di Zhi shouted, and then called the messenger, "Order, signal the flag, let General Yan get ready to shoot."

"Yes!" The messenger got the order, ran to the high slope, took out a bright flag, and began to signal to the big boat in the river.

The shaking of the ground became more and more obvious. Many people swallowed silently. Because of the slope of the position, they soon saw a long straight line in the distance. A large number of cavalry covered the sky and covered the sun, rushing towards them like a tide. Come.

"Hold on! Hold on, don't be afraid! Think about your usual training, these people are no better than the heavy cavalry of our new army!" Di Zhi rode through the phalanx, loudly, constantly calming people's hearts, behind him More than 50 black shirt cavalry followed him closely.

"Don't be afraid! Don't worry, let them approach. Think about the Liao people you fought before. They are completely vulnerable and have no power to fight back."

"Hold on!"

The ground shaking became more and more obvious, the sound of horseshoes came rumbling, and the main cavalry of the Liao army was getting closer.
"Get ready, raise your gun!

Artillery ready! "

A long black line appeared on the western horizon, sweeping across the land.

Di Zhi held his breath and brought them closer. These are not harassing vanguard cavalry. It would be better to let them get closer. Get close and shoot!He always remembered the thoughts he had when he and the prince were talking about how to defeat the Liao Kingdom.

Pointing to the orderly next to him, the orderly nodded to show his understanding.
It was so quiet that only the sound of his own heartbeat could be heard, and the horse pawed the ground restlessly, smelling the pungent gunpowder smoke.

150 meter
120 meter
100 meter
80 meter.
60 meter.
"Fire freely!" Di Zhigao ordered loudly, and the command flag in the hands of the messenger waved down.

In an instant, the day was dark, and the sky and the earth changed color!
In front of the new army, a large array of blue smoke floated up, covering the sky and covering the ground to cover the sight. The roar of the artillery on the high ground in the phalanx shook the earth, and the ten large ships on the south bank of the river, which had been silent for a long time, finally released their destructive power at this moment .
120 Two cannons fired in salvo, the flames shot into the sky, the smoke shot straight into the sky, the huge sound converged at one place, the water surface in the river rippled, the head buzzed, and I couldn't hear anything clearly, the pungent sulfur smell filled the air
Finally, the beast that had been dormant on the shore and had been silent since the beginning of the battle jumped up and became the most ferocious dragon, uttering its terrifying roar!

And what it was biting was the unsuspecting flank of the Liao army.

The Liao people never imagined that the harmless boats docked on the shore were actually the biggest killer of Di Zhijun. The defenseless flanks are completely exposed to the dragon.
(End of this chapter)