Chapter 25 The Battle

On the second day of June, the weather was sunny and windy.Xue Chongxun took the guards to the east from the camp for about five or six miles, and then arrived at the battlefield that he had seen on the map. This place was tall by Cui Qi.

On the battlefield, people were shouting and shouting everywhere, and before the fight started, both sides were mobilizing and preparing.

Xue Chongxun found a small hill nearby and ran up to observe the situation with his cavalry. There was no fog this morning and it was not too strong. His vision was good. He could see everything from the hill.

Yin Ci was in charge of the central army. Xue Chongxun felt that he could see the heights more clearly and did not plan to pass by, so he asked him to command the battle.

The two armies were about one mile apart, and Xue Chongxun didn't know why Cui Qigao placed the front army within the range of the cannon, probably because it was more than one mile away from the range of the crossbow.

Both sides occupied open land, and the terrain opposite was significantly higher. The army camp was placed on a soybean field, and the crops had long been trampled; only the middle was green, but when the cavalry rushed, all the bean seedlings would be scrapped.

The field in the middle, which is about one mile long, is not too wide. There is a canal in the north at the foot of the mountain range; there is a village at the foot of the mountain to the south, but there is probably no one inside.

The flat and easy-to-go territory is like a small word, and the main road of the post road is also in the middle.

Obviously, Cui Qigao's intention was to keep his troops still and wait for the official army to attack upwards from the main road, and then create a local advantage around the people rushing up from three sides.

At first glance, there were many people on the opposite side, at least 50,000. The armor was not neat, but the team still looked like that. It was divided into six parts, with the three square formations in the front being horizontally arranged; there were three parts at the back being separated by a distance.

There was a light cavalry on the north side of the rear army, and the other men and horses were mixed with infantry and cavalry, and a few riders were in front and infantry behind.

The enemy soldiers' clothes and armor were chaotic, but they were covered with white cloth on their heads, which felt like they were wearing mourning clothes.

Xue Chongxun was wondering the meaning of this dress. He vaguely saw the word Tang written on the tallest flagpole. He knew about it. Cui Qigao was under the banner of Li Tang, but the Li Tang royal family had almost been killed by Xue Chongxun, so they wanted to avenge the monarch's mourning...

Maybe that's the case.

The Shence Army lineups arranged nearby are horizontal and vertical, so the system is very clear.

The front army was about one mile wide horizontally, and ten regiments with muskets were divided into three horizontal lines in regiments; behind the muskets, there were ten infantry corps, wearing heavy armor, crossbows and short soldiers, holding long weapons without shields.

Then more than forty cannons were placed in a concentrated manner, and this thing was spectacular.

Behind the cannon is Yin Ci's central army, with thousands of cavalry on both sides.

Looking at the Shence Army's camp from a high place, although the number of people is not as large as the opposite side, the eyes seem to be full of metal.

The armor, weapons and cannons were all iron, and there was a piece of steel on the soybean ground.

The difference between the two is too big, and it seems that they are not from the same world.

After a long stalemate, both sides were probably ready, and the movement became smaller and smaller. There were only horse-riding messengers in the queue, and everyone else stood still.

After a while, a cavalry ran out of the Shence Army, holding a small flag and writing a letter to persuade the surrender. The horses ran quickly and approached the enemy's front army. Unexpectedly, before they could speak, they heard a few thumps of strings, and several arrows flew over. The cavalry turned around and ran away without saying a word. Fortunately, they did not shoot, and there was a burst of laughter and noise in the crowd opposite.

The cavalry ran back to the central army and reported: Report to General, the rebels are unwilling to surrender!

This seems to be a ceremony, indicating that the government and army are benevolent and righteous.

Yin Ci turned around and looked up at Xue Chongxun on the hillside, and Xue Chongxun nodded.

Dongdongdongdongdong... The drum sounded with a special rhythm, and the enemy soldiers on the opposite side also moved, preparing to welcome the first attack of the official army.

Unexpectedly, the infantry of the front army retreated instead of advancing and retreated in an orderly manner to line up after the cannon.

At this time, the red flag shook, and a group of soldiers ran into the gun needle with smoked torches. After a while, they heard the general's shouts, Boom!

A loud noise was shaking the mountains, and thick smoke suddenly rose. Then the former soldiers and horses on the opposite side were in an uproar. Several frightened horses ran out, but the overall camp did not move, as if the shells were not hit.

The Shence Army's artillery formation was busy adjusting its height, but the enemy's soldiers were still not moving.

After a while, the cannon roared again, and it kept ringing like a beaded cannon. You could see the naked eye in the air and the scene was very gorgeous. However, in a short while, the thick smoke covered everything, and the smoke of the black gunpowder was not as big as ordinary.

There were screams and horse neighing in the distance, and there was noisy.

But Xue Chongxun could not see the scene of flesh and blood flying, and there was only black smoke in front of him.

When the wind blew away some of the smoke, the enemy soldiers were already in chaos. From a distance, they looked like frightened ant nests scattered, with many debris and corpses on the ground.

Dozens of cannons were bombarded in one round, and the troops were arranged so densely, it was really unreasonable to not die a thousand people.

The sound of cannons stopped one after another, but Yin Ci still did not order an attack, and the Shence Army's formation remained motionless.

The artillery attack method is obviously very cost-effective. The enemy cannot reach it and can only beat it there; while the casualties are heavy, the other side is unscathed.

If the battle situation continues like this, Cui Qigao will lose a lot.

Cui Qi was elected at the place where he was selected. He probably couldn't tell the pain now. He was just bombarded by the enemy. As soon as the war started, several defeats in the first place appeared.

At this time, Cui Qigao had only two choices: either retreat immediately and withdraw the range of the cannons. In this way, the Shence Army would occupy the high ground through the main road without resistance, and the battlefield would lose its meaning, which was equivalent to Cui Qigao's troops retreating, but they were not annihilated; or he used cavalry as the vanguard, and the infantry behind them pressed the formation to attack actively, and the short-soldiers would connect the cannons without meaning. The two sides were only more than one mile apart, and the attack was very fast.

The roar of a cannon, like the urging of a war drum, immediately accelerated the rhythm of the battle, and the offense and defense were only in an instant.

At this moment, the horse team behind the opposite side took the lead in moving. The situation was clear at a glance, and the enemy soldiers chose to attack.

The drums in the Shence Army were sounding again, the flags were shaking, and the raiders and infantry who had retreated before came forward to line up.

Everything is orderly, and the drums control the speed of the queue, so it seems calm.

The cavalry in the distance had already swept down and stepped on the soybean field. It took three hundred steps to slow down and gather. Although the number of people was not large, the posture of starting the charge in a queue was indeed as good as the cavalry.

They intend to defeat the front infantry ranks of the Shence Army head-on. This kind of combat purpose must maintain a wide distance between the front and rear teams, otherwise they will not have speed or collide together, just like going forward one after another.

Xue Chongxun always believed that the cavalry that launched the charge was the bravest group of troops, because once the charge was extremely difficult to turn, he could only go forward and die if he couldn't rush in.

The general of the Shence Army roared: Those who shoot without hearing the sound of drums will be killed!

The first wave of horse teams rushed over, set off from more than 300 steps away, accelerating at 200 steps, and pounced on like an arrow off the string.

Only two hundred steps, it took a moment for the cavalry to rush in front of him at this distance.

The iron cavalry suddenly sounded, and the sharp blades in the hands of the murderous enemy soldiers reflected cold light. Obviously, the musketeers lined up on the front were under great psychological pressure.

In a flash, the first wave of cavalry in the central city was only more than one hundred steps away.

At this moment, the drums were loudly ringing, and the general shouted at the top of his throat.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang... The fire flashed in the black smoke and the gunshots sounded.

A row of galloping horses seemed to suddenly hit a sieve, and all the people and horses fell down. Only a few horses were still rushing forward, and then a crossbow shot, and the remaining scattered cavalry also turned into hedgehogs and fell down.

The soldiers of the Shence Army also hit people with muskets for the first time, and they also hit cavalry. At this time, Jing all opened his nervous eyes widened.

The generals shouted to change teams one after another, and then they quickly walked backwards. The queue was no longer so neat. The soldiers of the Shence Army were veterans who had been training for several years, but they did not go to the queue well at this time, and they were also a little panicked.

Soon the second wave of charge was approaching a hundred steps away, and their front was a row of black holes that were more than a mile long.

This wave of charge was a little messy. The war horses were frightened. Before they rushed over, some knights were squeezed down and they were screaming.

There were a few more big drums, and all the cavalry in front of them had despair and fear written on their faces. The drum sound seemed to be a joy of dying for them.

Four or five hundred muskets on the front were aimed at their queue of less than one hundred people. Countless lead bullets flew over like raindrops. Some of the people who were shot fell off the horse were not dead. However, the few people who were not shot were even more lucky to greet them immediately. The rebel army was particularly short of armor. There were not many armored people. The crossbow arrows immediately found blood on their bodies, and they were instantly filled with all their bodies, and they died so much that they could not die again.

The horse team only rushed for two waves, and the one who came behind was unwilling to charge, so they turned around and left.

After a while, the infantry sword and shield hands behind also came up, and the team was relatively chaotic, most of them holding wooden shields and short weapons.

In the absence of armor, it is still very effective to use wooden shields to block arrows, which is much better than wearing cloth clothes to carry arrows.

Although the Shence Army infantry is only equipped with long and short weapons, bows and crossbows and no shields, they are all covered with iron armor. The armor is not inseparable from swords and guns, but it is effective in defending against long-range crossbows.

A group of infantry formed a winding and unskilled formation and advanced, with wooden shields as thick as door panels in front.

These people were not angry and were in a mess after pushing forward for more than a hundred steps, and they were greeted by a row of neat long muskets.

The attacking infantry went slower and slower, and in the end they were pushed and bustled, and they were in a mess, as if they were about to collapse at any time. Obviously, they were very scared.

Bang bang bang bang... Another flash of fire flashed, and a wooden shield used to block the lead bullet was as fragile as cardboard, and a large piece fell down instantly.

Screams were everywhere, and ghosts cried and howled.

After fighting for a long time, the rebel army could not even touch a hair from their opponents.