Kai Fu Han

Chapter 421 Lien Chan Lianjie 4
The saber has a wide back and thin blade, and the blade is relatively heavy, which is very helpful for increasing the power of chopping. The handle is slightly curved towards the blade, which is easier for the rider to control and makes it difficult to lose the grip.

There are two biggest differences between the sabers of the Xinghan League and the sabers of today's era:
One is the difference in materials.Xinghanmeng's knife-making raw materials use steel with relatively strong toughness and rigidity, which is not a bit stronger than the iron knives, Bailian steel and other materials of this era.

The second is that the saber of the Xinghan League has a hand guard.There is a steel ring on the outside of the grip. This steel ring can not only greatly reduce the possibility of the sword falling out of the hand, but also prevent the enemy's sword from sliding along the saber blade and injuring the cavalry's fingers holding the sword.

In terms of overall weight, Xinghanmeng's saber is lighter than the step knife, so the rider can use the strong impact caused by the speed of the horse to drive the saber to complete tactical actions such as chopping.

On the battlefield, sabers were flying. Any Zizhou cavalryman who was hit by the sabers had their armor made of paper, and their skin and flesh were torn apart by the slashes.

As for the Xinghan League, because of their excellent medium-sized armor protection, few were killed in the first round, except for a few unlucky ones who were hit by heavy weapons.

The two armies passed by each other, the Xinghan League cavalry reined in their horses and turned around, and the Zizhou cavalry also turned around and formed a team.

There was still a battalion of cavalry in the rear of the Xinghan Alliance, and the Zizhou cavalry did not dare to charge directly at the central army.

Liu Xinqi, who was watching the battle from a distance, probably counted. In this round of charge, the Xinghan League cavalry lost about [-] cavalry, while the Zizhou cavalry had less than half left.

"Kill the enemy!"

"Come on!!"

The Xinghan League cavalry started again, and the Zizhou cavalry also began to charge.

"Hold the throwing gun!!"

The Xinghan League cavalry drew a short-throwing gun a little over one meter from their backs.As for the Zizhou cavalry, their bows and arrows had been thrown away in the last round of charge, leaving only melee weapons.

"shoot!!"

The spears flew out, and the Zizhou cavalry was hit by a wave of spears. Dozens more cavalrymen were shot off their horses.

"kill!!"

"kill!!"

The remaining cavalrymen on both sides were furious, shouting and charging into each other.

This time, the Zizhou cavalry failed to break through the Yanxiang Formation of the Xinghan League Cavalry Battalion again. Officers led by the battalion commander dug in at the bottom of the Yanxiang Formation, and all the Zizhou cavalry were left behind.

"The city is broken!!"

At this time, loud shouts came from the distant city wall. The west gate of Zizhou City was blasted by artillery, and the Xinghan League infantry battalion was charging into the city.

Liu Xinqi turned his attention from the battlefield of cavalry confrontation back to the siege battle.

I saw two battalions of Musketeers suppressing the defenders on the top of the city, and the artillery was still shooting uninterruptedly at the defenders on the walls on both sides of the city gate, preventing defenders at other positions on the city wall from coming to support the defenders at the city gate.

Two battalions of infantry were rushing into the city along the open city gate, and the roar of grenades could be heard from time to time.

"You also enter the city and quickly raid the west gate." Liu Xinqi ordered the commander of the cavalry battalion of the Sixth Field Regiment beside him.

The cavalry battalion of the Fifth Field Regiment remaining outside the city is enough to deal with emergencies.

"Yes!"

The battalion commander directed his cavalry to mount their horses.

During non-combat times, cavalry are not allowed to ride horses in order to avoid wasting horse power.

"Enter the city!!"

Because there was a street fight after entering the city, the cavalrymen all drew their sabers.

"kill!!"

The signal soldiers began to change the rhythm of the drums to notify the infantry in front that friendly cavalry in the rear was charging.

The infantry in front gave way to a gap, and the cavalry quickly rushed into the city along the gap.

It is obvious that after the cavalry entered the city, the infantry began to enter the city faster.

With the help of horses, the cavalry can cut down the infantry. It is too advantageous.

Soon, an hour later, Liu Xinhui came out of the city and waved to Liu Xinqi.

Liu Xinqi mounted his horse and ran over.

"We have all the city gates in all directions under our control, and only the magistrate's capital and some puppet elites are still stubbornly resisting." Liu Xinhui reported.

"Go into the city and have a look!" Liu Xinqi followed behind the Cavalry Battalion of the Fifth Field Regiment.

When I came to Zhizhou Mansion, I found that the courtyard wall of Zhizhou Mansion was very high, more than one foot.

There was only one platoon of troops attacking Zhizhou Mansion, while the other soldiers were in the city to eliminate the remaining enemies and maintain order.

The soldiers of this platoon were storming the main gate of Zhizhou Mansion. Ten soldiers were holding a thick piece of wood found somewhere and working together to hit the gate of Zhizhou Mansion.

"Why not use explosive packs?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"The battle situation has been decided. Using explosive packs is a waste of explosives and a waste of such a good door." Liu Xinhui replied.

...

Liu Xinqi was speechless, there was a war!elder brother!
Why are you planning so carefully?

"Then why don't you climb over the wall?"

"There are archers in the yard, and if you show up, you'll be shot."

Liu Xinqi raised his hand to cover his eyes: "Then we don't use grenades, is it also to save grenades?"

"Yes, there are still so many cities to attack later, and we don't know how much stubborn resistance there will be. It's better to save some." Liu Xinhui replied, with a serious look on his face. He was not joking.

The reasons are very sufficient and reasonable, and Liu Xinqi cannot refute them.

"You didn't also ask the soldiers in street fighting to save grenades, right?"

"That's not true. You said it's people-oriented." Liu Xin'ang quickly waved his hand to deny it.

Liu Xinqi breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to use his life to fill it in order to save ammunition.

"Let me come."

The soldiers who were banging on the door obeyed the order and got out of the way, put down the rough wood and took advantage of the gap to rest.

Liu Xinqi stepped forward to the door. Looking through the crack in the door, he could vaguely see that the courtyard inside was crowded with people. They should all be elites and servants gathered together by Zhizhou.

Looking from the top of the door crack to the bottom, I found that the position a little more than four feet in the middle and the positions six and eight feet above were not transparent to light. They should be the location of the door bolt.

There are three door bolts, and I don’t know if there are fixed points on the top and bottom of the door leaf. No wonder it couldn’t be opened with a thick piece of wood just now.

Taking a few steps back, Liu Xinqi charged forward fiercely, then raised his foot and kicked hard at the four-foot door bolt.

Strength that is fourteen times stronger than that of an ordinary person is concentrated in a place as big as the sole of a foot, and is transmitted to the bolt behind the door. Even a steel pipe cannot hold it.

There was a crisp click, the lower part of the door tilted inward, the door gap widened, and you could see that the door bolt had been kicked off.

Without stopping, Liu Xinqi gathered his strength and turned around to kick sideways.

The door on the left was kicked and flew into the yard. The servant guarding behind the door was hit by the door and screamed.

"Be careful!" Liu Xinhui's warning shout came.

Liu Xinqi didn't look back at the yard, and hid behind the right door.

"Whizzing!"

Arrows flew past.

It was the archers in the yard who shot arrows at Liu Xinqi who broke the door.

“Bang!”, “Bang!”…

The musketeers outside the door began to fight back.

The grenade was also thrown into the yard through the open gate. The leader was already in front and did not care about saving.

"boom!"

Shooting arrows out of the yard immediately stopped.

"Stop fighting! Surrender! We surrender!"

(End of this chapter)