My Red Mansion Career

152 cavalry charge
Following Jia Yu's order, the gunpowder was ignited, and a powerful and deafening roar began to resound throughout the wilderness.

Solid projectiles weighing either six pounds or twelve pounds roared out of the barrel, drawing a black trajectory in the air, like arrows of death, rushing towards the Mongolian cavalry under the power of huge gunpowder.

The drone in the sky clearly recorded this scene. All the Napoleon cannons on the ground were at a very low angle, so almost all the projectiles in this salvo were fired directly at the Mongolian cavalry.

The projectiles ejected at a speed of more than 300 meters per second hit several Mongolian cavalry who were staying in place.

The body of the hit Mongolian cavalry was instantly torn apart like an exploding watermelon. Then, the projectiles that had not exhausted their kinetic energy hit several Mongolian cavalry in succession, and then rolled for dozens of meters. After exhausting their kinetic energy, they slowly slowed down. stopped.

The smell of gunpowder mixed with the unique smell of metal condensed into thick and rich white smoke.

From time to time, projectiles shot out from the muzzle rapidly, making a roaring and sharp sound through the air.

Under the attack of artillery, the Mongolian formation was already in chaos, with people on their backs and horses on their backs. Scenes of bloody flesh could be seen everywhere, forming a cruel and terrifying picture.

"No...those southern barbarians have artillery...they are firing!"

"The Daxia Army has artillery!"

"Hurry up!"

Facing the sudden bombardment, the Mongols were not prepared at all, and their formation fell into chaos when they were caught off guard.

"Don't panic...don't run around..."

Qinggeltai in the rear saw that the formation in front was beaten like this by a round of artillery fire from the Daxia army. He was shocked and angry and rushed forward on his horse, waving his whip and mercilessly attacking. The fleeing cavalrymen were slapped heavily on their bodies and faces.

This riding crop, which is a mixture of ponytail and steel wire, is particularly vicious. .

It's okay if it hits the body, but if it hits the face, the face will immediately swell like fermented steamed buns, not to mention how sour and refreshing the taste is.

However, the effect was very obvious. Under the combined efforts of Qingertai and dozens of guards, the panicked Mongolian cavalry were calmed down.

Qinggeltai called over several of his captains.

"Battle... you lead your people to attack the right wing. You must be the first to take out the artillery of the Daxia people. You must not let them fire on us again!"

"Batu, Alatan, you lead your own troops to attack from the left wing and the front respectively. You must use the fastest speed to defeat the Daxia people's formation and make them chaotic.

As long as they cause chaos, we will definitely win! "

It must be said that Qinggeltai was a very thoughtful general, and he could see through the weaknesses of the Daxia army at a glance.

Although the Daxia Army has captured a large number of horses these days, in the final analysis they are just infantry. If they want to mount war horses and fight head-on with these Mongolians who have grown up on horseback... that is overthinking.

Jia Yu knew very well that the advantage of his army lies in firearms. Only by making good use of the advantages of firearms can we better kill the enemy.

It was still going on, and projectiles continued to fall into the Mongolian formation.

Once it touches a war horse or cavalry, it will tear the target it touches into pieces.

The commander of the artillery camp was named Qu Lang, who was originally a member of the Wucheng Army and Horses Division.

During a drill, Jia Yu accidentally discovered that this guy was quite talented with artillery, so he promoted him to the sentry officer of the artillery camp.

At this time, Qu Lang was holding the telescope distributed to him to observe the effects of the bombardment, but because the position was filled with gunpowder smoke, his vision was very poor.When he saw the Mongolian cavalry on the left starting to move in his direction, the Mongolian cavalry had already begun to charge, and his heart immediately shuddered.

"No... the Tatars are coming towards us!"

Without thinking, he grabbed a swan whistle hanging around his neck and blew it.

A high-pitched and loud voice rang out instantly.

Two long and two short sounds represent the approach of an enemy.

Almost at the same time, two musketeer phalanxes moved quickly towards them, protecting the artillery battalion in the middle in just a few minutes.

It turned out that Jia Yu, who had been using a drone to observe the battlefield situation, discovered the situation first and ordered a phalanx of musketeers to come over for reinforcements in advance.

When the thousand-man team led by Battle rushed over, they found that there were already two square formations standing on the left and right sides of the target.

Balter was a little confused when he saw this kind of phalanx for the first time. The Daxia people in front of him didn't even have armor, and everyone was wearing red and white clothes.

To be honest, such clothes have no protective power at all. If you take a knife casually, you will be hacked to death, right?

Those soldiers should be holding Daxia's fire cannons, although Qinggeltai had just told them that the range of these Daxia's fire cannons has reached more than 100 steps.

But Qinggeltai still sneered at this. What is a distance of more than 100 steps to the cavalry?
The charging cavalry only needs six breaths to rush in front of the opponent, and then the warriors only need to wave the scimitars in their hands to cut off the heads of the Daxia soldiers.

He really couldn't understand why the Daxia people were so stupid to put up such a battle.

Of course, even though he couldn't understand it, it didn't stop him from giving the order to charge.

Seeing the cavalry rushing toward them like an overwhelming mountain, the musketeers in the two phalanxes all became solemn.

Many people began to look pale.

To be honest, being able to withstand this kind of pressure without escaping was also thanks to Jia Yu's harsh military training.

Jia Yu's first requirement during military training is to strictly abide by orders. Even if he disobeys the slightest order, the military sticks in the hands of the officers will be knocked down mercilessly.

Jia Yu also explained in advance that once on the battlefield, the consequences for deserting would not be to be beaten with a military stick, but to be shot or even beheaded.

In the first square formation, a sentry looked at the approaching cavalry, estimated the distance, and shouted: "Get ready to shoot!"

As the order was given, there was immediately the sound of moving muskets. The musketeers in the two rows at the front and rear raised their muskets to aim at the cavalry running forward.

Relying on the sights on their muskets, they each found their targets.The sun was shining down, and every musketeer's face was flushed, but everyone ignored it and just pursed their lips tightly and concentrated on aiming.

As the cavalry approached, the entire earth trembled, and everyone's faces looked particularly ugly.

When the Mongolian cavalry rushed to the firing range of 300 meters, suddenly accompanied by a loud noise, the artillery battalion opened fire again.

But this time they were not shooting solid bullets, but shotgun shells that had a shorter range but were more lethal.

(End of this chapter)