The rise of the prince

Chapter 633 Trust in the Power of Training

"Quickly, close the city gate!" Di Zhi ordered.Several people hurriedly got off their horses and closed the heavy gate from the outside. From here, one can see that the Liao army camp on the far bank is being bombarded by the prince with artillery and muskets across the river. Many people who stayed behind have already fled to this side. There are at least a few hundred people.

"Get on your horse, get ready to fight! Don't let them go back to the city." Di Zhi gave an order, and led the cavalry of the new army to get on their horses, charged, shot at close range, and killed a large number of the rout soldiers who were fleeing here. He had long been frightened by the firepower of the words across the river, and was afraid when he heard the sound of guns. At this time, he was hit head-on by a wave, causing a lot of casualties. He was so frightened that he continued to run west along the river.

Di Zhi didn't continue to pursue, and led his men back to defend the city of Nanjing. On the other side, although the prince's army smashed the Liao army's camp across the river, and the defenders fled, they still couldn't fly across the river to support them.

The rout in the west is full of routs, crowds of people, and a black mass has already rushed to this side.

Di Zhi took a deep breath, looked at the cavalry in black who was also taking a deep breath, and said with a smile, "Are you afraid?"

A young cavalryman shook his head, seeing that he was only eighteen or nineteen years old.

"I'm really scared." Di Zhi arrived, his tone obviously nervous, "No matter how afraid we are, we can't let the Liao people enter the city. If these bastards enter the city, many brothers will die when we attack the city in the future." He said seriously After speaking, he looked at the crowd.

Compared with all armies, the new army is most different, not only in weapons and equipment, tactics and tactics, but most importantly, what the prince calls "trust training".

It is their most training except tactical training, even as much as physical training. These various trainings are all taught by the prince and must be carried out at the request of the prince. Di Zhi can clearly feel that the prince is teaching Soldiers, on the battlefield, what you can trust is not Shuai Qi, but your comrades around you.

Therefore, the coordination of the team and the love of comrades-in-arms are the most different parts of this army. When Di Zhi said this, the fear on the soldiers' faces almost disappeared, and they became more determined.

"Commander, don't worry, unless they step over a certain corpse, they won't be able to enter the city." Someone replied.

"Killing one is enough, killing two makes money, but for our new army, we need to kill at least ten!"

"Hahaha" everyone laughed, and their hands were shaking slightly in the heroic laughter.

Soon, the defeated army of the brigade rushed towards them.

"Get ready!" Di Zhi gave an order, and everyone stopped laughing, their eyes were full of murderous intent, and they took a deep breath and looked forward.

"I don't need to tell you any battle tactics. They are all my brothers, and they have a tacit understanding in their hearts. It's true not to say too much. It's enough for our new army to kill ten. Don't die too early." Di Zhi snapped. Said: "Kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

With roars in unison, more than 190 cavalrymen in black rushed towards the large army of routs that were rushing towards the city gate, with no end in sight. They didn't know how many there were, but they might be dozens of times their number.

After a round of pistol shooting while marching at high speed, everyone drew out their sabers one after another and rushed into the Liao army without hesitation.

The dark Liao army was instantly killed and a big gap was opened. Many people ran around with their heads in their arms, and Di Zhi led his people back to the city again to reload.

The defeated Liao army was caught off guard. Some people only dared to flee westward, but many people, driven by the instinct of survival, rushed to the city gate. As long as they rushed into Nanjing City, they could survive!
Di Zhi and the others fired a volley at the gate of the city, knocking down a large group of people rushing in front. The people behind hesitated for a moment and continued to charge forward. The instinct of survival drove them to be desperate
It was too late to reload for the second time. Di Zhi took the lead and pulled out his saber, and started a tragic hand-to-hand battle with the defeated army who could not see the end of the city. The defeated army became more and more desperate.

Under the leadership of Di Zhi, the black-shirted cavalry of the new army were brave and fearless, and they were desperate for the Liao people to survive. Even the soldiers who lost their weapons on the battlefield directly held the horses of the new army cavalry with their teeth and bit them, eating the painful horses He threw his master off his horse and was crushed to death by more than a dozen people.

The moment Li Xingzhou opened fire, he also shouted on the bank, telling the prisoners and slaves on the other side to run to the river, lie down on the river and don’t move. Not so much.

Di Zhi's side started to fight, and their side also started to attack the Liao army camp on the opposite bank. The mocking Liao soldiers hiding behind the wooden boards on the bank were instantly beaten into a sieve. Down.

The generals guarding the battalion on the opposite bank were fairly conscientious and had organized the crossbowmen to prepare for a counterattack. However, the new army only lined up on the bank after a round of volleys across the bank. The crossbowmen who were preparing to counterattack fled directly.

The soldiers of the new army were already very angry. Bullets and shells continued to vent to the opposite bank. The blocking board on the bank was smashed into a sieve, and the Liao army camp in the distance was also full of bullet holes.

The shooting continued for more than an hour, and the side of the Liao army camp on the opposite bank by the river had become a sieve.

Compared with crossbowmen, the biggest advantage of musketeers is portability and continuous firepower. Bowmen generally carry 15 to 20 arrows on average, while firearms take firearms in the Ming Dynasty as an example, and each person carries 50 arrows. Send buckshot.

The top-equipped flintlock guns of the new army obviously surpassed the Ming army by several generations. At the same time, they also used Zhao Si’s improved warhead-propellant integrated ammunition, which is easy to fill. There is no need for cumbersome operations such as pouring gunpowder and plugging bullets.

Integrated ammunition is the gunpowder and bullet of the flintlock gun wrapped in paper.

In order to prevent the gunpowder from being wet by rain or water, it is packed in paper coated with lard.

When filling, because the toughness of the paper coated with animal oil will increase, it is difficult to tear it by hand, so it is the fastest way to bite the gunpowder at the back end.

Finally, put the round bullet in and hit it with a cleaning rod.A cleaning rod is a long iron bar with a notched end that hangs from the side of the gun.After being hit with a cleaning rod, the bullet is slightly deformed, and it is tightly combined with the barrel, so that it will not roll or fall out of the barrel.

This kind of gunpowder and ammunition-integrated oil-paper ammunition, each soldier of the new army is equipped with [-] rounds as standard before starting the battle. They are placed in the leather ammunition bag on the side and can continue to shoot for a long time.

After the firepower strike across the bank, the Liao army on the other side was defeated, and most of the prisoners on the other side survived.

At this time, he also noticed the victory of Di Zhi's army on the western battlefield, the main force of the Liao army was routing westward, and the fleet in the river was still chasing the Liao army and firing continuously.

The basic situation is set
Li Xingzhou was excited and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but at this moment, he saw Di Zhi leading a team of cavalry galloping towards the city of Nanjing from a distance across the river.

He frowned, and immediately understood what Di Zhi wanted to do!
He wanted to prepare for the follow-up battle and prevent the Liao army from being defeated and entering the city!

Because once the defeated army enters the city, it will become a defender. A big city like Nanjing is not as stable as Weizhou. The urban area is too large to make sufficient firepower preparations before entering the city. Resistance will then be a hand-to-hand street battle, and the new army's firepower advantage will not be able to be brought into play.

Li Xingzhou was in a hurry, fearing that his eyebrows would be blown, he rushed to the shore and shouted: "Di Zhi! Go back to me! This is an order!"

It's a pity that the guns were roaring, and the distance was too far, so he couldn't hear them at all. Li Xingzhou was very anxious, because if the Liao army couldn't beat them, they would flee, but if they were not allowed to enter the city, they would cut off their lives. Many people would fight desperately!
He doesn't care whether the battles in the future will be difficult or not, but Di Zhi can't die, the new army finally has a general who can take charge of his own!

Li Xingzhou hurriedly called the messenger and ordered: "Quickly, go and send the order, tell the two fireships at the forefront of the fleet not to fight, and come to me immediately! The sooner the better!"

The orderly didn't understand his intention, but still ran along the river to the east bank with the order flag.

On the other side, Li Xingzhou went sideways to the bank and ordered all the new troops to cease fire, then loudly explained the general situation to the prisoners on the other side, and then cupped his hands and said: "Di Zhi is my good brother of King Pingnan, all heroes on the other side, if you If you can help him out of the siege, this king promises to thank you very much in the future!"

The prisoners of war on the other bank came to the river, and a big man with a beard and a hoarse voice bare his upper body and said across the river: "My lord, you saved this life, even if you die today, it will be considered a favor. Not following General Xiao Yang to die, I feel sad every day, and have nightmares every night, I feel sorry for him, and now I have fulfilled my wish!"

As he said that, he rushed to the bank, picked up a long knife from the corpse of the Liao army, and rushed towards the city of Nanjing. Infected by him, hundreds of prisoners of war and slaves rushed to the bank one after another, and took the blood from the corpse of the Liao army. Weapons, hacked to death the remaining Liao people in the camp, and went to the city of Nanjing.

With this power, Li Xingzhou felt a little relieved, but he was still worried.

After about [-] minutes, the brave general Qirui and the female general Qifang arrived. Li Xingzhou quickly ordered the two large ships to be side by side on the river. cross the river!
(End of this chapter)