Wentang

Chapter 513
"Boom boom boom..." The violent sound shook people's ears, and there was a feeling that the earth was shaking.The war horse was also frightened and restless. Fortunately, the soldiers of the Tang army were notified in advance to appease them in time, and did not cause any disturbance.

At the same time, the fifty iron balls collided with the Turkic cavalry almost instantly after a short flight, demonstrating its unparalleled lethality.

To say that the collision is inappropriate should be a unilateral smash.

The high-speed flying iron ball is not something that flesh and blood can stop at all, and if it sticks to each other, the flesh and blood will be shattered.

An iron ball often has to travel tens of meters in the crowd before it falls. Some fall into the ground, and some hit hard objects and bounce off to cause secondary damage.

Moreover, they had not experienced the baptism of hot weapons, and the Turkic people did not know how to deal with the shelling. When they charged, they adopted the intensive battle formation of the cold weapon era, and every shell caused full damage.

Fifty gaps instantly appeared at the front of Turks' neat charge formation, gaps made of flesh and blood.Hundreds of people died in this way, leaving only stumps and pieces of flesh on the ground.

But such casualties could not scare off the brave Turkic soldiers, they were still trying to charge, and their target was directed at the Chinese army of the Tang Dynasty.

"Boom boom boom..." Round after round of cannonballs came to mind, and countless Turkic soldiers died on the way to charge.

This tragic way of death finally shook the hearts of the Turkic soldiers. Many Turkic soldiers became timid, and some people began to slow down their horses.

It is definitely not a wise choice to slow down in a cavalry formation that is charging intensively. The cavalry running fast behind will not be able to avoid it and hit it directly.

And as long as there is a collision, it is enough to cause a chain reaction and hinder the speed of the rear army.

Therefore, cavalry is not something that can be achieved with horses, and it needs to go through a lot of training to cultivate sufficient discipline and tacit understanding.Otherwise, one will kill himself if he fails.

Because some people were timid and some slowed down, there were riots in the Turkic assault formation.Seeing this, Xieli's face was not to mention how ugly, and he shouted:
"Don't be scared by the cannons. They are like bows and arrows. As long as you rush to the front of the Tang army, they are useless. If you run away, you will die faster. Go and go."

"Chong Chong Chong..." A group of guards around Jie Li shouted in unison.

How does a general command an army with noisy voices on the battlefield?Rely on messengers to notify one by one?It's too slow, if the orderly is unlucky and killed halfway, everything will be over.

In the film and television works, the general gives any order, and the soldiers who are fighting miles away can receive it and respond immediately. That is purely a dramatic performance.

Before the advent of the telephone and telegraph, this was simply not possible in reality.

Why did Napoleon's restoration fail?One of the reasons is that the tactical adjustments he made to the actual situation at the decisive moment could not be communicated to his subordinates in time.

And because his subordinates didn't know the specific situation, they were still faithfully executing the initial order, and then there was a problem with the cooperation of the entire army.

Napoleon's main force was defeated, and his men were still fighting the enemy on other fronts.

This situation is the same both at home and abroad.

Because communication is inconvenient, specific tactics must be planned in advance, and it is very difficult to adjust tactics after the battle begins, so whoever has a far-reaching and comprehensive plan has a higher probability of winning.

In order to deal with emergencies, the ancient generals also came up with many ways, such as reserving a mobile force to deal with unexpected situations.

For another example, use drums to convey some simple military orders.

The Turkic method is more direct. A large group of strong men with loud voices are placed beside the general. During the battle, Xieli's orders are repeated in unison.

In fact, some generals of the Central Plains dynasty also adopted similar methods.

Xieli's order spread to every corner of the battlefield through the shouts of these dozens of people, and the Turks continued to charge forward with a boost of morale.

When the Turkic people charged all the way under the artillery fire and could fight back with bows and arrows within a distance of 200 meters, tens of thousands of people had been reduced.There were mutilated corpses everywhere on the charge road, and the ground was stained red with blood.

The Turkic people who finally rushed to the front were shot to the ground by rounds of arrows before they could be happy.

When they can shoot the Tang people with bows and arrows, it means that the Tang army's crossbowmen can shoot them.Riding on horses, they had no way of avoiding the rain of arrows, so they could only resist.

The Tang army in the center of the army, waiting for work, has armor, shields, and silk underwear specially prepared by Yueshan for the Tang army.

Silk underwear can effectively resist the long-range projectile of arrows. Ever since Datang got rich, Yue Shan has resisted the crowd and equipped everyone in the army with one.Although it is only a small waistcoat, it can save lives at critical moments.

At this moment, an unknown number of people were able to survive under the arrows because of this waistcoat.

The Turks didn't know this, and they didn't know how much damage their arrow rain had caused Tang Jun.All they knew was that the army of the Tang people was right in front of them, and they could finally touch them.

The distance of 200 meters is only a distance that can be crossed in the blink of an eye for a horse running at full speed. Most Turkic people only shot two arrows and rushed to the front of the formation.

After rushing to the front of the formation, they only completed the first step, and the next difficulty lay in front of them.The trap and the rejected horse blocked their way forward. If they wanted to rush over, they could only slow down the horse and move the rejected horse away.

However, the Tang soldiers who were waiting for work at ease would naturally not let them do this, so the two sides fought together.

As we all know, once the cavalry slows down, the combat effectiveness will plummet.Their equipment is not as good as that of the Tang army, and it is the Turks who suffer from the hatchback.

But fortunately, the shells and arrow rain finally did not fall on his head.

The near-limit dead zone is a special term for missiles, but it is no problem to use it on ordinary cannons.It means that the shooting range of the cannon has a range. If it is too far away, the range cannot be reached, and if it is too close, the cannon cannot shoot.

When the Turks charged to a distance of several hundred meters, the cannons could no longer shoot them.

But it doesn't matter, the army of tens of thousands of people stretches for several miles, and the cannons only need to keep shooting the enemies behind at a fixed angle.

The cannons raged, and countless lives disappeared like this. All the people who watched the battle were sweating coldly.

"Is this the Shenwei cannon? With this kind of weapon, our generation of soldiers..." Li Ji muttered to himself in a daze, but the next moment he came to his senses:
"No, cannons are very powerful, but they also need to be controlled by humans. As long as they are controlled by humans, the art of war will come into play."

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"Is this the Shenwei Cannon? It's too scary. Fortunately, it's my Tang Dynasty's magical weapon, and fortunately I'm from Tang Dynasty." Zhou Niubao shuddered.

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On the other side, the Turkic generals in the rear looked very frightened. Is this the divine punishment of the Tang people?Can we win with this artifact?
At this moment, the Turkic military spirit began to waver.

(End of this chapter)