Traveling through the divine eagle: the first sword of Quanzhen

Chapter 554 The land of Guanzhong, the first battle is won

Tang Lan walked to the edge of the city wall. With the help of a soldier, she lifted a large rocket and placed it on the launch bracket. Eyes, head tilted, and then aimed at the flag of the main general opposite, as well as the guard of Chang'an under the flag and a thousand commanders.

After determining the target, Tang Lan adjusted the angle of the launch bracket.

At this time Tang Lan took the torch from the side and handed it to Duan Yunxian.

"You light this up! Give my sister Yunxian a chance to make great contributions!" Tang Lan said.

Duan Yunxian accepted the torch Tang Lan handed over with a smile, and she said, "Alright then! I'll try!"

After saying that, she ignited the fuse of the "rocket".

After that, the two girls turned their backs and blocked their ears.

The giant rocket, with its long tail of fire, mixed with an accordion-like buzzing sound, headed towards Chang'an guard general and others, and their "general flag".

They want to escape, but the commander can conduct an orderly cover retreat to defend against the enemy, but if they escape in an orderly manner, it will inevitably lead to the confusion of the army.

In a large-scale battle of tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands of people are mixed together. It is impossible for the soldiers to know where they are. They have to look at their respective flags and follow the flags and the generals.

If the military flag falls and the general flees in an orderly manner, the organization of the army will collapse instantly, and the soldiers will lose their restraint like headless chickens and run around everywhere.

That is "the army is defeated like a mountain".

And the chief general is the most closely protected existence, even if he wants to escape, he will be surrounded by soldiers guarding him.

And now it was too late.

Tang Lan's giant rocket slammed down, and after a burst of shock, a big crater appeared there.The entire "handsome platform" was directly razed to the ground.

The surrounding soldiers were either directly killed by the blast, or were swept into the sky by the air waves, fell to their deaths, and died from the shock.

Seeing the death of the commander, the morale of the Mongolian army was instantly dispirited. If it was an elite army, it might retreat in an orderly manner, but they are just ordinary security forces, and their organization is not that high.

Without a command, they suddenly became headless flies, they only knew to flee backwards in a panic.

Quite a few people died under the stampede of their own people.

Naturally, Tang Lan "pursued the victory" and immediately started a new round of rocket fire.

Although the entire battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour, the Mongolian army lost tens of thousands of people, and countless people were injured because of the impact.

And what awaits them is death.

After all, in ancient times, the "phalanx" cooperated in combat. Even in the early days of World War I when the weapons were more advanced, the French army still used the phalanx attack tactics when fighting against the German army.Commonly known as "queue to shoot".

However, the scattered combat system of the "Scattered Line" and the large-scale and deep combat were formed only in the late period of World War I and World War II.

This is still the case in the era of modern firearms, let alone the ancient times of cold weapons.

What's more, the era of cold weapons simply does not have the combat conditions for "skirmish line" assaults.

Only the "phalanx" combat can maximize the comprehensive strength of the soldiers.

Not to mention infantry, even cavalry must form a corresponding "charge formation" to cooperate with each other when charging.

And it just depends on the front line, let some charge.Then, depending on the situation, send a reserve team to replace and respond.

If in the ancient cold weapon battle, it was really like the "straggler line" in the film and television drama, the brainless whole army charged, then this general would definitely be given the "Nine Clans Gift Package" by the emperor.

Because if the whole army charges together, first of all, they must be physically strong. In ancient times, infantry fought in armor, and the lightest set of armor weighed twenty or thirty catties, and they had to hold weapons in their hands.The people behind rushed to the front and probably hadn't fought yet, so they were tired and lay down first.

And if the whole army charges together and stirs up together, it is easy to cause stampedes and collisions.

The cavalry or other infantry on the opposite side rounded up from the two wings and outflanked them. If there were no corresponding troops outside, they would be dumped directly.

Therefore, in ancient cold weapon warfare, only "phalanx" charge operations can be carried out.

The large-scale army assault phalanx formed by them is simply a "live target" for rockets.

But if they don't form, they can't attack the city.After all, the stragglers can't be allowed to "take a ladder" to the city wall.

Moreover, if the skirmish line is fought, the commander has no way to command. In this era, there are no radio stations, no telephones, and communication depends on shouting or pigeons.

Once the straggler line of tens of thousands of people is spread out, unless they have Li Qingwei's "modern guerrilla warfare" consciousness and small groups fight independently without interfering with each other, no one will command the organization to collapse immediately.

After this battle, the Mongolian soldiers who participated in the war lost the arrogance of the past.

The "Longevity Heaven" they were proud of did not protect them this time.

They were invincible, and their belief in invincibility collapsed at this time. They who were "protected" by the "Longevity Heaven" were just mortals, and they would die easily.

This time, what Li Qingwei destroyed was not their bodies, but their spirits.

Li Qingwei's design made the arrogant and domineering Mongols feel the shadow of the enemy's invincibility for the first time.

This battle can no longer be regarded as a defeat, but a disastrous defeat.

The Mongolian Chang'an garrison was almost wiped out, while Tang Lan's side lost five people and more than 30 people were injured to varying degrees.

The injured people were basically accidentally hit by the arrows during the charge.

Among the five people who died in battle, one was too excited and fell off the city wall and fell to his death.

One fell to his death when he stepped on the air and fell down the stone steps while transporting shells.

The remaining three people died because of improper operation of the artillery and excessive gunpowder filling caused the chamber to explode.

And these remnant soldiers fled back to their respective camps, but what greeted them was death, and their forts and camps were no longer theirs.

After these people went back, their sacrificial flags were directly chopped off.They were exhausted after fleeing back, and they had no ability to resist at all.

The same is true for Chang'an City. A team of hundreds of people with a relatively complete organization fled back under the leadership of a centurion.

And the gate of Chang'an City was also opened for them. Just as they felt lucky for "escaping from birth", and thought that they could have a good meal and take a good rest, arrows rained from above the Urn City and shot at them.

They were wiped out before they could react.

As for Hanzhong, there has been no news that Chang'an City has fallen. After all, Zhuge Qingyun's external troops have completely occupied the fortresses and blocked the road to Hanzhong.

There was no way for these Mongolian soldiers to escape to Hanzhong.

That afternoon, Lu Wushuang came to Tongguan as Zhuge Qingyun's messenger, and informed Tang Lan and everyone that Chang'an City had been completely controlled.

This news made everyone in Tongguan cheer.

This is undoubtedly the biggest boost to everyone's overall morale.

But the excitement was temporary, and Tang Lan immediately started the next stage of deployment as planned.

(End of this chapter)