Kai Fu Han

Chapter 505 Battle in Cangzhou 10
The simple cavalry can only be regarded as cannon fodder in the face of shotguns, and there is nothing to be afraid of. Now the biggest threat is the cart array on the opposite side.

"Put up the lookout pole." Liu Xinqi ordered.

A four-foot-long (12-meter) long log was carried over, and three shorter logs were connected to the middle of the giant log. Several warriors worked together, and the four-foot-long log was erected, and the three short and long logs were erected. It was scattered in three directions and fixed by six warriors to ensure the stability of the main long wood.

Liu Xinqi walked to the observation pole, used his hands and feet together, and stood on the top of the pole in more than a breath.

Climbing high and looking into the distance, Liu Xinqi could see the enemy's formation clearly.

Looking at the cart array from the ground, I thought it only had two floors. In fact, there were a large number of carts at the rear, enough to cover more than ten floors. As long as the carts in front were destroyed, the Jurchen Tatars interspersed in the middle of the cart array would The peasants were driven to push the backup carts to fill the gap.

As the entire cart formation advanced, it was constantly bombarded and destroyed by the artillery of the Xinghan League. Each shell would take away the lives of dozens or dozens of civilians and Jurchen Tatars.

These corpses were pulled by the following civilian workers and quickly piled together, clearing the way for the carts to move forward, ensuring the overall effective operation of the cart array.

Behind the two outermost carts were a large number of main forces of the Jin Army. These main forces suffered a large number of casualties under the fire of artillery.However, these Jin troops were very tenacious and still insisted on completing their duties of supervising the war.

This is also the reason why the cart array was about to collapse just now but stabilized.

Liu Xinqi's eyes searched the entire Jin Army formation, looking for the real command center.

During the period of the enemy's command, the messenger cavalry rushed back and forth in all four directions, east, west, north and south. It was not clear which messenger cavalry was delivering orders to the "true commander" and the "commander flag".

Maybe God is really handsome under the flag.

Liu Xinqi raised his thumb to measure the distance and position between the commander's flag and himself, then brought in the distance and position between himself and the "Jingyan Three-Year Type Heavy Artillery" artillery array, put the number into the announcement, and used his super brain to make it in one breath. The firing azimuth and elevation of the artillery were calculated.

"14 degrees due north, 32 degrees elevation, standard charge, first shot."

Liu Xinqi ordered.

While Liu Xinqi was observing, another observation pole had been erected next to it, with a flagman standing on it.After receiving Liu Xinqi's order, the flag bearer quickly used the flag language to pass the order to the "Jingyan Three-Year Type Heavy Artillery" artillery position.

The artillery of the Xinghan League has developed so far that there are already very practical scales on the gun mounts.The promotion and implementation of advanced mathematics has effectively improved the accuracy of artillery shooting and made artillery command more professional and unified.

boom!boom! …

The three-year-old heavy artillery fired a salvo, and twenty towering plumes of smoke were splashed around the flag of the Jin army. Since the firing elements of the twenty artillery were all the same, the fired shells also formed an almost rectangular impact surface. .

The flag of the Jin Army commander was just at the corner of the impact surface, and was hit by a shell. It shook but did not fall.

"Change to the shells! North facing west 13.5 degrees, elevation angle 31.5 degrees, standard charge, second shot."

boom!boom! …

In this round of shooting, Jin Junshuai's flag was circled in the center of the bullet surface. The shrapnel after the explosion of the bomb directly wiped out all the living creatures in this area.

The flagpole of the handsome flag was also swept off, and the golden army flag fell to the ground.

Liu Xinqi concentrated on checking the changes in Jin Jun's communication system.

After discovering a messenger coming out of the camp, the communication cavalry on the battlefield, which had turned into headless flies because of the fallen flag, gradually became more orderly. A little to the west of the center of the rear of the Jin Army's formation, a commander's flag was again stood up.

[Let me see how many flags you have! ] "Open the bomb! Directly north to west at 15.5 degrees, elevation angle 32 degrees, standard charge, third shot." Liu Xinqi ordered again.

The commander-in-chief flag of the Jin army, which had not been erected for ten seconds, was knocked down again. Hundreds of people around the flag were also killed by shelling. Hundreds more Jin soldiers were injured by shrapnel and fell to the ground.

An orderly soldier came out of the Jin Army's camp again. Half a quarter of an hour later, a commanding flag was erected again at a position slightly east of the center behind the Jin Army's formation.

"Flower bomb! North facing west 12.5 degrees, elevation angle 31 degrees, standard charge, fourth shot." Liu Xinqi ordered again.

After four rounds of shooting, the Jin Army's handsome flag was knocked down for the third time.

The cart array of the Jin Army on the front line has become difficult to move forward. It stopped about half a mile in front of the artillery array, making it difficult to move forward.In addition, without further orders, the commander's flag fell to the ground again and again, and the morale of the Jin soldiers who were "attacking" in front of the formation dropped sharply.

After a long time, no more ordering soldiers came out from the Jin Army camp.

Just when Liu Xinqi thought he had restrained the Jin army, he suddenly saw a large dust cloud rising in the distance on the west side of the battlefield. In front of the dust cloud were several rows of Jin cavalry, and behind the cavalry there were more cavalry in the dust cloud. Looming behind, there is an endless dust cloud.

From a distance, it looks like these columns of cavalry are coming from the clouds and mist.

"Alliance leader! The cavalry from Qingchi County is coming. There are [-] cavalry in the vanguard." Under the lookout pole, Xu Zhong shouted towards Liu Xinqi.

Liu Xinqi quickly got off the observation pole and replaced him with a deputy brigade commander.

"Zhao Yinghao!"

"To!"

"Lead the Sixth Brigade to fight against the Jin Army's cavalry!"

"Yes!" Zhao Yinghao saluted and turned around to direct the battle.

Currently, only Liu Zhijie's [-]th Brigade and all the artillery of the two brigades are on the battlefield. The [-]th Brigade and an infantry regiment of the [-]th Brigade are still in reserve.

"Where is the main force of the Jin Army in Qingchi County?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"According to the battlefield, there are still twenty miles." Xu Zhong replied.

There are too many enemy troops. If they are allowed to join forces, their own soldiers will be exhausted to death.

"The main force of the enemy army is on the march, and there will definitely be an opportunity to take advantage of it. Send an order to Jiao Rui, and ask him to lead the special battalion to hold back the main force of the Jin Army in Qingchi County. The main force of the Jin Army must be allowed to escape before dark today. Can’t reach Salt Mountain.”

"Yes!" A signal soldier next to him took the order and ran away.

Half of the Tiger Crouching Cannons on the north side of the Xinghan Allied Forces' formation were taken away by Zhao Yinghao, resulting in a significant reduction in frontal firepower.

After blowing down the commander's flag three times in a row, the cart formation had become a little unstable, but due to the reduction of the Xinghan League's frontal firepower, it stabilized again.

All of the Jin Army's cavalry that now deliver orders come in and out from the Jin Army's camp. Although the speed of delivering orders has slowed down, the heavy artillery of the Xinghan League cannot continue to wreak havoc due to the cover of the camp.

"How can Zhao Yinghao with more than 8000 infantry resist the Jin Army's [-] elite cavalry?" Xu Zhong asked worriedly.

(End of this chapter)