Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 313 Joy is not over (14)

Zhang Lian has killed people before, and he thinks he is not afraid of death.But this doesn't mean that he won't tremble when thousands of cavalry rush forward.In fact, he was shaking badly.There is only a blank in most gunners' minds, and they mechanically follow the password to clean the barrel, load the ammunition, step forward to set up the gun, light the fire, run back into the formation and so on.Zhang Liandao's tongue was dry, he didn't dare to think too much, he was afraid that if he thought too much, he would immediately turn around and run for his life.When the first team of the Fire Gun Gun Battalion played in the second round, there were only more than 80 people left, and in the third round, there were only more than 50 people left.The Khitan cavalry are not fools, they chase after their lives with arrows and arrows, and mostly aim at the musketeers who are the most threatening to the armored cavalry.

At this time, it was less than a stick of incense before the Li Palace tent army attacked the circular formation, and the infantry had already lost [-]%.The Han army set up their spears in vain, but the Khitan cavalry didn't charge close at all, they only fired arrows at twenty or thirty paces, shooting the spearmen one by one like living targets. It's about to collapse.The Jurchen Raiders not far away remained as still as a mountain, only maintaining their vigilance as if they were facing an enemy.

"I can't hold it any longer." Du Chuijiao scolded, "Jurchen barbarians really deserve to die, they intend to kill us." Standing beside Zhao Xingde, he said in a low voice, "If the formation is broken, we," his eyes fell on the formation. Among them are more than a dozen horses that pull the cannon carts.Because the cavalry of the Liao army had never forced their way into the circular formation, the Swordsmen and Jurchen Tiefutu stood behind the spearmen. These men were wearing heavy armor and were burned in the arrow battle, but if they were needed When he started, the circle formation was almost broken, and Du Chuijiao was prepared to protect Zhao Xingde from killing it.

Zhao Xingde remained silent and did not answer, he bent his bow and set an arrow, a Liao cavalryman fell in response to the bow [-] paces away.Around him, the archers in the circle tried their best to shoot at the Liao army. Some people were shot to death by the cavalry who bullied them. Many archers had blood cut from their tiger's mouth by the bowstring, and they kept firing their bows. arrow.Although the spearmen of the Han army were full of fear, they held on to form a barrier around the periphery of the circle.Most of the gunners' faces were as pale as paper, but they ran out of the formation again and again under the military order, set up the firecrackers and lit them, and many of them never returned to the formation.This formation can be supported, up and down all rely on a breath.If this tone is relaxed, thousands of soldiers will immediately collapse and become a flock that the cavalry of the Liao Army can slaughter at will.

Seeing this, Du Chuijiao wanted to say something more. Zhao Xingde suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance. His eyes lit up, and a Qilin banner appeared on the artillery barracks where the artillery battalion set off just now. Han Ningshuang's flag reined in the horse, The brigade of Han cavalry came out behind her one after another.Although separated by hundreds of steps, Zhao Xingde still nodded with a smile as a greeting.

Han Ningshuang also nodded.Beside her, a cavalryman held high the Qilin flag, and another cavalryman held high the "Han" flag.The appearance of the double flags at the same time indicates that the leader of the Liaodong Han Army is coming to the battle in person.Han'er was bullied in the Liao Dynasty, and was regarded as an abandoned citizen by the Central Plains. The Xia Kingdom was far away, and the Han family had run Liaodong for five generations. Although the Liao Kingdom regarded the Han family as a thorn in their eyes, they wanted to get rid of it quickly. , but repeatedly revived.For nearly a hundred years, each generation of the Han family head raised troops against the Liao Dynasty, and his influence and prestige in the Han army was deeply rooted.Even when there is no hope of restoring the country, many veteran soldiers are proud to die with the marshal.Because of this, as soon as the soldiers and slaves of the Han Dynasty in the Tiebi Camp saw the banner of the commander-in-chief of the Han army, they rebelled and would never be enemies.The protection of the loyal souls of generations of heroes made the banner of the commander-in-chief seem to have a strange magic power. Once it was launched, the morale of the Han army on the battlefield was greatly boosted.

The two thousand cavalry of the Han army adjusted their formation and charged without the slightest hesitation.Gao Bolong, commander of the cavalry army, raised his spear and rushed down the camp at the head of the horse.The vanguard of the cavalry consisted of 500 elite cavalry, all wearing heavy armor, and the cavalry armed with spears, lined up in two neat rows and followed Gao Bolong to charge.The Iron Forest Army was the banner of the elite iron cavalry under Han Chang's account in the past.Behind the five hundred iron cavalry, there are more than [-] light cavalry each holding a bow and arrow and a scimitar.

The whistling wind blew past her ears, and Han Ningshuang was surrounded by Wang Ji and other guards.Although she is good at riding and shooting, and her swordsmanship is extraordinary, but when it comes to the battlefield, her subordinates will never let her rush to the front.Through the gaps between the countless broad shoulders in front, the dust and gunpowder smoke all over the sky, and the palace tent cavalry galloping and clashing, Han Ningshuang saw Zhao Xingde standing on the cart in the middle of the circle, and several Xia Guo bows and arrows The hands kept releasing arrows together, and the shields erected around them had been pierced into hedgehogs.

"Reinforcements are here!"

"The marshal is here to save us!"

"Kill Liaogou!" "Make enough money!"

The spearmen and gunners of the Han army cheered thunderously.Even the Jurchen archers were infected, giving them a little more hope of survival.The outer circle, which was already in danger and on the verge of collapse, suddenly consolidated again.The momentum of the two armies ebbed and flowed.

Seeing that the attack of the palace tent army seemed to have encountered a setback, Yelu Dashi, who was watching the battle with a binoculars, darkened his face, and secretly said: "I didn't expect the rebels of the Han family to have such a high prestige in the Han'er Han army, Han'er The rebellion is my confidant's trouble in Daliao, Han Ni and I have a century-old feud, we must cut it off as soon as possible to avoid future troubles."

If there is spare power, Yelu Dashi will immediately send troops to besiege the cavalry of the Han army that is holding the banner of the commander-in-chief's mansion, and cut off any future troubles.However, the [-] Jin Guo army is violently attacking the third camp of the Liao army.Except for the [-] palace tent cavalry soldiers and horses under the imperial tent who have not moved, all the departments of the Northern Academy Army are extremely exhausted, and all the generals are urging their subordinates to support them hard.But this palace tent army is the last bargaining chip in Yelu Dashi's hands, unless it is a last resort, when the victory or defeat is decided, it cannot be easily thrown into the battlefield.If it weren't for Yeluguan, the superintendent of the superintendent, who led [-] cavalry to wander outside the battlefield in advance, and calculated mentally or unintentionally, the Liao army would not be able to raid the Jin army's artillery battalion at all.

Thinking of the power of the artillery bombardment that shook the defense line just now, Yelu Dashi's eyes became more gloomy. He originally regarded himself as being able to use artillery. Vigorously.However, today, they were taught a lesson by the barbarians of the Kingdom of Jin. The artillery was able to follow behind the cavalry, enter the enemy's line two hundred paces and fire.This kind of tactics of the Jin State, it seems that the balance of power between the two armies has suddenly added a heavy weight to the Jin State. It is an important reason why the Liao army lost two camps in a row and was beaten back step by step by the Jurchen army.

"Is this the artillery that the Kingdom of Jin got from the Kingdom of Song a few years ago?"

"'Grandma', it's the Xia people who made trouble. Even so, we still didn't expect that Xia's artillery is so powerful." Brother Yelu Tie said with emotion, "Yeluguan is brave and resourceful, but he is too petty. , Simply and neatly get rid of Jin Guo’s artillery battalion, what’s the point of having more casualties?” Yeluguan’s troops suddenly rushed into the battlefield and achieved a surprise attack on Jin Guo’s artillery battalion, which he admired quite a bit.Seeing that the palace tent cavalry were reluctant to directly charge their horses into the enemy's formation, and forced the enemy to collapse with circling cavalry, Brother Yelu Tie couldn't help being a little annoyed.

Gao Bolong was proficient in cavalry and had a very vicious vision. He led two thousand cavalrymen of the Han army to rush straight towards the flank of the palace tent army.According to Gao Bolong's plan, the Han army has few cavalry, while the Liao army has more cavalry, so they cannot be dragged into a melee situation. As long as the two thousand cavalry continue to "harass" the Liao soldiers, they will not be able to besiege the infantry circle as they wish. Can.Just when the two armies were about to meet, the speed of the cavalry in the front slowed down, and the light cavalry in the rear began to speed up, surpassing the cavalry in the front, and kept shooting arrows at the cavalry in the palace tent.The palace tent army who was raided on the flank was very uncomfortable. Under the harassment of the Han army's cavalry 'shooting', they could no longer easily organize the army, and used their cavalry 'shooting' to oppress the Han army's circular formation round after round.

"Master Dujian! Allow me to deal with this group of thieves first!" Xiao Su, the superintendent commander, said loudly.The cavalry of the Han army were like a group of cunning mosquitoes, and their constant bites had caused many palace tent warriors to fall and die.What made Xiao Su even more angry was that this tactic was originally what the Khitan cavalry were best at.

"Okay, you go to fight against them." Yeluguan said loudly, his white armor was covered with blood and dust.Xiao Su led nearly a thousand cavalry from his headquarters to separate from the brigade, and charged directly at the cavalry of the Han army.

Yeluguan stared viciously at the artillery battalion in front of him, raised his spear high, and drew a big circle on the tip of the spear, which means "all the whole army", and then pointed hard at the crumbling circle. A military order to ram and trample on the enemy's formation.In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Yeluguan was determined not to hesitate to break the circle, and charged directly into the formation with iron cavalry before the circle collapsed on its own.Hundreds of cavalry around put away their bows and arrows one after another, raised their spears, scimitars and other weapons in unison, circled their horses and rushed straight towards the artillery battalion circle.Seeing this, the palace tent cavalry behind also put away their bows and took out their knives.

"Something's wrong, the enemy is about to charge!" Jian Cheng, who stood at the sound of the artillery cart and acted as an archer, shouted at Zhao Xingde.He was the centurion of the cavalry army, and he immediately noticed the enemy's intentions.Without the slightest hesitation, Zhao Xingde ordered in a deep voice, "The firecracker is stabbed with the spear, and the sword and shield are stepped forward!"

"Forward—go!" Du Chuijiao shouted loudly, the military order was translated into Jurchen language, and more than 400 Tiefutu 'handled' weapons such as long-handled axes and maces, and stepped forward, their armor rattling. With a loud noise, these burly heavy armored infantry filled in among the sparse spearmen, making those spearmen whose feet were weak and almost turned around and fled barely stood in place.

Everyone knows that the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom is playing for real this time. A war horse plus cavalry and armor weighs more than 1000 kilograms. There is no doubt that he will die.Even three or four people he hit would either be killed or injured.The spearmen looked at the front with pale faces, and only hoped that they would not be that unlucky guy.Although the calf was twisted, the palm of the hand held the spear shaft too hard.