The rise of the prince

Chapter 632 Hand-to-hand combat

"First row, shoot!"

"Second row, shoot!"

"Third row, shoot!"

"go ahead!"

Numerous new troops lined up neatly, pressing forward step by step, without any fear on their faces. Everyone has rearranged into a three-stage shooting array and kept moving forward. They have all mounted bayonets and are ready for hand-to-hand combat at any time. The remaining cavalry of the Liao army have already Retreating steadily, facing the approaching shooting of the new army, there is no way to fight back except to run away.

The new army has always remembered Di Zhi's tactic of attacking the horse first. After the horse fell, the Liao army could not escape even if they wanted to, and a large number of viable forces were wiped out.

For the sake of vision and to prevent the possibility of the Liao army's sudden counterattack, Di Zhi has been riding in front of the command to ensure that he can observe the changes in the overall battlefield in time. This also makes him a dangerous position on the battlefield. He was attacked by cold arrows several times. The most dangerous time was when someone Desperately throwing his spear, he stabbed Di Zhi's horse to death, almost killing him.

Di Zhi changed his horse and continued to command, but the Liao army did not counterattack again. The new army stepped on the corpses all over the ground and kept advancing from the east to the west.

Singing all the way to the west, the new army encountered the last main force of the Liao people, the pawns who could not see the side at a glance, Di Zhi raised his hand, and ordered everyone to stop and regroup.

The two armies were about a hundred paces apart, and the opposite side also stopped. The opponent was several times their number, and the long battle line surpassed them by a lot. At this time, the new army had just experienced two major victories. Their morale was high, and they showed no signs of fear. Orders and regulations prohibit, many people have been wounded, covered in blood, including their own and enemies, but they still quickly completed the reorganization of the team.

At this time, they had already heard the sound of guns and cannons sounding from the direction outside the city of Nanjing, and the prince's army across the river had already started to attack!
Yan Shen's fleet also accompanied them slowly westward in the river. Because sandbags were added, and the guns were all installed on the starboard side, the hull was unbalanced. The river was no better than the sea. There was no sea breeze. The new army charging on the shore was not much faster, but at this time they had already entered the fire support position.

They are few in number, but they never fight alone. The rear firepower, the fleet on the river, they have fire support from everywhere.

Everyone kept taking deep breaths to adjust their postures, quickly reloaded the ammunition, and the two armies faced each other with a distance of a hundred steps, and the final battle was imminent.

All new troops have bayonets on.

"First row, squat down!

Everyone, raise your guns! "Di Zhi rode his horse through the front line and ordered loudly, and the two hundred black-shirted knights around him also gathered around Di Zhi at this time.

A hundred paces away, the army of the Liao Kingdom was still looking around, hesitating, letting the commander yell curses in an incomprehensible Khitan language, but still no one dared to take the lead. After all, after an hour of fierce fighting, they had already defeated the The huge Liao army cavalry unit, the Liao army has been frightened.

The commander of the Liao army was so angry that he chopped off several people, and then the Liao army brigade slowly rushed towards them.

"Fire!" Di Zhi gave an order. Thousands of new troops and two hundred black-shirted cavalry shot together. In an instant, the front row of the Liao army fell like felled wheat. They also fired one after another during the march, and more than 100 artillery pieces set off a bloody storm in the back row of the dense Liao army array.

Under successive blows, until now, the morale of the Liao army has been reduced.

"Kill! Hand-to-hand combat!" Di Zhi gave an order.

"Kill, kill, kill!" All the soldiers of the new army shouted loudly, rushing towards the Liao army with bayonet-mounted guns, like a ferocious bloodthirsty beast, instantly biting the Liao army who was still hesitating at the front, and started a hand-to-hand battle hand-to-hand combat.

Di Zhi also led the black-shirted cavalry and charged straight up with their sabers drawn. The River Fleet advanced slowly to the west while firing from the side.

The entire battlefield is like oil in a hot pan, which has completely exploded, shouts of killing are everywhere, and the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood is everywhere.

To the east of the Liao army was the Di Zhi army that charged directly into the formation. To the west, the camp was hit by the firepower of King Pingnan across the river. On the south bank of the river was the fierce fleet-level firepower. Compressed in a small river bank.

Less than a quarter of an hour after the strikers fought hand-to-hand, the Liao people began to flee one after another, fleeing to the west. The Liao frontier commander cursed angrily in an incomprehensible Khitan language, and even killed several Liao soldiers who fled back. stabilize the situation.

Di Zhi saw the timing, and while the commander of the Liao army was still roaring, he rode his horse quickly approached among the rebellious army, and chopped him off with one blow.

The morale of the new army was even stronger, and they chased the Liao army all the way to the west, but at this point, the Liao army had no intention of fighting at all.

The fleet in the river was close to the south bank of Lugou, and kept firing with the Liao army. This desperate blow caused the morale of the Liao army to collapse. They could not hurt the fleet in the river at all, so they could only passively chase all the way without fighting beaten.

The loud sound and flames of every shot of the fleet in the river are like the ruthless roar of a dragon, shattering the fragile hearts of the soldiers of the Liao Army. With no way to fight back, the Liao army was heartbroken.

On the west bank of the river, Di Zhi led the black-shirted cavalry to charge. Every time he rushed up to kill a round, he retreated to reload his pistols, let the horses breathe, and prepared for the next charge, while not pulling too far away from the main force of the army.

It was not until seeing that the Liao army had completely given up resistance, that the people all over the mountains and plains had thrown away their helmets and armor, dropped their weapons and flags and ran westward, did they order to pursue them with all their strength.

Di Zhi beckoned to his deputy: "You are responsible for stopping the pursuit, pay attention to the firepower of the fleet, and don't accidentally injure yourself."

"Yes, Commander!" The deputy accepted the order.

"All the cavalry, come with me." Di Zhi immediately led many black-shirted cavalry, copied the road from the north flank, and ran straight to the west regardless of the defeated army on the road, because he suddenly thought that although the Liao army was defeated here , but if they are allowed to enter the city, they will become defenders in the future!

The ultimate goal of this battle is to take down Nanjing City. If they are allowed to enter the city, the future battles will be difficult. If they break through the city gates, they will have to fight in the streets. They will fight hand-to-hand in the streets and alleys. The advantages of the new army will not be brought into play. Multiplayer must never let them into the city.

Relying on a fast horse, he led more than 190 cavalry to quickly take a shortcut from the flanks, and rushed to the foot of Nanjing City before most of the rout. Take their own people into the city to escape.

When they saw Di Zhi and the others riding their horses, they thought it was one of their own who had come back, so they went up to greet them, but they were chopped down and killed one after another, and none of the thirty or so people fled back to the city.

(End of this chapter)