Lady forced to seek prince

Chapter 662 Too Fast

Xiao Yu did not give the Grand Master a chance to breathe before he ordered the attack. The Grand Master's eyes jumped because something even more unexpected happened to him.

At this time, Xiao Yu pressed forward and led a cavalry group to crash into their formation.

The spear penetrated from under the shield and stabbed the horse, and the archer also shot the first batch of feather arrows.

This is a tactic that the Grand Master's soldiers and horses have been trained for a long time. There are axemen beside the archers. If any cavalry breaks in, the axes in their hands will hit the horse's legs.

In short, no matter how powerful the armed guards are, they will not be able to rush in for a while.

The Grand Master tightened his grip on the reins, and he was concentrating on waiting for the opportunity. Xiao Yu was injured, or the Wuwei Army was unable to attack for a long time and the morale of the army was weakened, that is when they would counterattack.

That's also the best chance to break out.

The first collision came quickly. The Grand Master could feel the military formation in front of him trembling, and the shield soldiers in front seemed to be holding on.

The Grand Master breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Yu was nothing more than that. From this point of view, Xiao Yu's strong attack would cause heavy losses to the Wuwei Army.

Just as the Grand Master was thinking of this, there seemed to be movement above his head, and he subconsciously raised his head.

"Master, be careful."

The guards yelled, and before the Grand Master could recover, the two guards held the Grand Master's horses between them and stepped back abruptly. Then huge rocks hit the place where the Grand Master was standing just now.

"boom."

More than a dozen stones fell to the ground almost at the same time, and the unsuspecting soldiers were knocked down.

"It's a trebuchet."

"They're using trebuchets."

The grand master frowned. He clearly saw Xiao Yu charging with his cavalry, why did he suddenly turn into a trebuchet? The constant attacks of stones almost destroyed the military formation.

The generals struggled to turn around and asked the soldiers to raise their shields and fire arrows intermittently to fight back. Only then did the trebuchets gradually lose their effectiveness, but even so, they still suffered heavy losses.

The general in front retreated and reported to the Grand Master: "Xiao Yu came with his cavalry to charge. We thought he would try to open a gap head on, but unexpectedly they retreated at the first touch. Before our people could react, they used them again. trebuchet.”

He was completely unprepared and had so many rocks thrown on his head. You can imagine what the result would be.

When they were training soldiers, they never thought it would be like this.

No matter how steady the Grand Master was, he would still have palpitations after what he had just experienced. If the guard had reacted slower, he might have been knocked off his horse.

The Grand Master asked: "What are the casualties?"

The general said: "The archers and swordsmen behind were more injured. Fortunately, the military formation can still hold up. With the lessons learned this time, we will be prepared in the future."

It was dark and the visibility was not good. Until now, they had not seen clearly how many armed guards were coming and what Xiao Yu was planning.

The grand master decided not to wait any longer: "Xiao Yu will do his old trick again. This time he will lead the troops to attack, and when he evacuates, he will throw out the firearms."

Both sides have firearms, it depends on when they are used.

In fact, when the opponent's cavalry is overwhelming, it is difficult to gain the upper hand with firearms, but the grand master feels that it is crucial to disrupt Xiao Yu's plan. If he is lucky, he can still hit Xiao Yu.

Unfortunately, Daqi's firearms were not very powerful, and the distance they could be thrown by human hands was limited.

Without giving them a chance to breathe, Xiao Yu led the armed guards and indeed launched a second offensive. The generals prepared firearms under the instructions of the Grand Master and were only waiting for the moment when Xiao Yu's troops evacuated. As for why they didn't throw the firearm at the moment Xiao Yu attacked, it was because the firearm was too cumbersome to operate. The soldier holding the firearm had to concentrate on lighting it and throwing it out in time.

The armed guards were suddenly attacked by firearms, and they were likely to run into them regardless. Not to mention that the soldiers who threw the firearms had no time to defend themselves, and some of them might not have thrown the firearms yet.

If the firearm explodes in one's own military formation, it will destroy the Great Wall.

So they had to take action when Xiao Yu's back was turned to them.

Even if they take the risk, they have to give it a try, because the current situation is really not good for them.

The grand master led his men to retreat some distance again. He stared closely at the cavalry that was speeding towards him. At this moment, he hoped that Xiao Yu would still make a false shot.

Even if Xiao Yu had no such plan, the grand master was prepared to sacrifice some soldiers and use firearms to drown Xiao Yu.

That's right, no matter whether Xiao Yu fights or retreats, he will be damaged by firearms, and he is also prepared. If Xiao Yu is trapped in the military formation, he will evacuate with his rear troops.

The shield bearers at the front of the military formation were nervously waiting for the collision. The soldiers behind the shield bearers were holding firearms in their hands. They were also well-trained in the military formation with firearms. Today was the moment of testing. They were going to severely injure Xiao Yu and Wu Weijun. .

The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer. The shieldman took a deep breath. I wonder if he was too nervous. The sound of horse hooves falling from far to near seemed to change at a different speed.

The extremely subtle change only aroused some people's suspicion for a moment, but no one spoke up to warn.

The next moment, they lost their lives.

The sound of breaking through the night sky was similar to the catapult just now, but it was so different after falling.

The porcelain bottle shattered, and the gunpowder inside was ignited.

The military formation was in chaos almost instantly. The generals tried hard to stabilize the soldiers, but this time it was different. The lethality of iron pieces, broken porcelain, and kerosene was incomparable to that of stones.

What's even more frightening is that the soldiers in the military formation are still holding firearms that have not been thrown away, so when the soldiers fall down and the firearms in their hands fall to the ground, the firearms burn and shatter, causing the entire military formation to be plunged into flames and explosions.

Kou Wei, who was standing in the distance, watched all this in amazement. He knew that the grand master was no match for King Yu, but he did not expect that the grand master's side would fall into chaos so quickly.

"The Grand Master is panicking."

Qin Gao, who was next to him, explained to Kou Wei that he had been with King Yu for a long time, and his military skills and tactics had also improved.

"The Grand Master did not run away like King Xiang when he saw King Yu, but he was still panicked. He stayed here because he felt that there was no chance of winning by running away."

"The same goes for the military formation. On the surface, it appears to be well-defended, but in fact, it is at the end of a strong crossbow. It was attacked once by King Yu, and then was attacked by a trebuchet, and everything was in disarray. At this time, the Grand Master would be eager to regain the game, and they still have something in their hands. You know what it is."

Kou Wei said: "Firearms."

Qin Gao nodded: "They closely guard firearms and regard them as a major killing weapon. They will naturally take them out at critical moments."

Kou Wei finally understood that King Yu had guessed this, so he threw the firearm at this time, thus getting twice the result with half the effort.

The so-called art of war is not simple. If you train according to the book, you will look very powerful on the field, but in a real war, you will definitely fail miserably.

This is the situation now.

The King of Yu and the Wuwei Army trained troops during the war, while the Taishi's training remained in books and imagination.

Just as he was thinking of this, Kou Wei heard Qin Gao say: "The gap should have been opened, and King Yu led his troops and rushed in."