Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 859

[Chapter 859 Showdown]

Showdown “Boom boom boom…” In the

early morning of the next day, just after the smoke in the camp was extinguished, the roar of artillery resounded throughout the battlefield.

Rifled guns were concentrated and distributed over a battlefield wide enough for three miles.

The artillerymen held binoculars to observe the position of the opponent’s artillery, adjusted the muzzle, and aimed at the enemy’s field artillery.

Pour one shell after another onto the opponent’s trench position.

Suddenly, huge fireballs erupted on the entire battlefield, and the strong smell of gunpowder filled the air.

Around the artillery positions were soldiers arranged in a tight formation.

The soldiers on the east side face east, and the soldiers on the west face west. Everyone has a Qin-style rifle with a bayonet loaded.

They are to protect the artillery from the surprise attack of the opposing cavalry.

Although the range and accuracy of the Qin-style rifle is sufficient.

But when dealing with cavalry, the tight formation is still effective.

The same space can accommodate enough soldiers.

Then use the Qin-style rifle’s reloading speed of ten rounds per minute.

In Zhao Xu’s view, each densely packed squad of hundreds of people is equivalent to a machine gun.

Thousands of bullets can be fired every minute.

There are sixty teams in such a dense formation on the flanks of the battlefield, which is equivalent to sixty machine guns.

It was not easy for the cavalry to break through their lines of defense.

Of course, the enemy’s artillery loves such dense squads.

One shell can basically destroy a squad.

But what he is currently using is the overall advantage of his own muskets and artillery over the enemy.

Be it range, accuracy or power.

Under the suppression of his rifled guns, it is impossible for the Shizu, Beidi, and even the Ross’s artillery to attack these densely formed squads.

Therefore, after the battle started, Zhao Xu was not worried about the safety of the two wings.

Just waiting for the artillerymen to solve the field artillery in the other side’s fortifications.

at the same time.

Ashur and Olsky once again felt the powerlessness they felt at Zhongling Pass.

Their best field guns of the day were supplied by Britain, and by the country of Rus.

The number is not many, a total of thirty-eight.

These artillery have an effective range of 1,500 meters, and the shells are solid shells.

But King Yan actually placed the rifled cannon two thousand meters away, beyond the range of their field cannon, and fired at them.

They couldn’t imagine how the opponent could identify the position of their field guns at such a long distance.

What’s even worse are those shells that will explode one after another.

The artillery that was hit was basically destroyed.

Seeing this scene, Ashur’s face flushed with anger.

Olsky fell silent.

Dou Wei and Fan Xinglun were dripping with sweat and kept wiping.

When he was in Xiangcheng, Dou Wei only saw the rifled gun of King Yan.

I have never experienced being bombarded by artillery.

Fan Xinglun was in a peaceful corner, and the army under his command had never experienced any major battles.

Such a terrifying scene naturally made their hearts beat faster and their breathing difficult.

“Instructor Olsky, this does not seem to be the solution. If this continues, all our field artillery will be destroyed, and we must withdraw the field artillery.” Dou Wei said.

“Withdraw the field artillery, King Yan’s army launched a charge, can you withstand it?” Olsky said.

Doesn’t he feel sorry for these field artillery?

But they have no other means except field artillery that can cause a lot of casualties to the soldiers of King Yan.

It is easy to remove the artillery, but it takes time to redeploy it.

Therefore, it is embarrassing to withdraw or not to withdraw.

Dou Wei opened his mouth when he heard the words, and finally sighed.

Before the war, he was full of confidence.

But now, he suddenly fell into deep worry.

King Yan’s army went deep into Yizhou, and they really came prepared.

“Let the cavalry raid their artillery positions,” Ashur said.

Zhongling Pass is not suitable for large-scale cavalry operations.

But Yizhou is suitable.

There is also Yimapingchuan near Miancheng, and he thinks that only cavalry has an advantage over King Yan.

If they can destroy their artillery in one fell swoop, their chances of winning will be increased.

Olsky nodded, “That’s the only way to go.”

Now they are being beaten passively, and the only ones who can take the initiative are the cavalry.

Dou Wei and Fan Xinglun breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words.

Not long after, the two wolves each led 10,000 cavalry out of Miancheng.

Going around to both sides of the battlefield, they approached the King Yan artillerymen step by step and launched a charge.

The appearance of the Beidi cavalry immediately aroused the vigilance of the generals of the flanking palace.

Chang Wei wanted to send troops to support him, but was pushed down by Zhao Xu.

“Three thousand people on each side is enough to deal with them.” Zhao Xu said.

He just wants to frustrate the opponent’s spirit.

If they win by numbers, they will not be able to deeply appreciate the gap with Yanzhou’s army.

“Woooo…”

Beidi cavalry wandered on both sides for a while, seeing that the Yanzhou army camp had not climbed out of the soldiers’ reinforcement artillery, they blew their horns.

They lined up in a tight cavalry wall eight hundred meters away.

He had neither armor nor leather armor.

Each cavalry is just a single suit and a saber.

This is how the Rus taught them.

The purpose of not wearing armor is to allow the horse to reach the fastest speed, and the cavalry wall can kill the enemy the most.

After queuing up, they first walked briskly for a while, then jogged. At a distance of 500 meters, they charged.

But at this moment, they heard a “whoosh whoosh” sound.

Accompanied by the continuous screams, cavalrymen continued to fall from their horses and were trampled into the mud by the horses behind them.

Some war horses suddenly let out a mournful cry, then rolled to the ground, throwing the cavalry on their backs flying about ten meters away.

In an instant, confusion appeared in the charging cavalry.

It’s just that the charge has already been initiated, and there is no turning back.

Otherwise the huddled cavalry will only become targets.

“Crazy, crazy, all crazy.” Lang Lu, the leader of the army, muttered to himself.

He was under Ashur’s command. In the battle of Zhongling Pass, he had no chance to fight against King Yan’s army.

But the first time they fought, he was beaten at a loss.

But with Ashur’s order, he had to continue to bite the bullet and charge.

“Swish, swish…” When they charged, the sound of the air being pierced could be heard endlessly.

He faced the wind, and the cavalry around him kept disappearing.

Five hundred meters, four hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, the closer the distance, the fewer cavalry around him.

When he led the cavalry into 200 meters, he suddenly turned around, only to find that there were less than 2,000 cavalry still following him.

At this moment, the opponent’s soldiers were 200 meters away. If they rushed through this distance, they might defeat King Yan’s soldiers, or the entire army might be wiped out.

The thought flashed through his mind.

But the war horse won’t give him time to think.

For a war horse, 200 meters is only more than ten breaths.

In an instant, he could see the faces of King Yan’s soldiers clearly.

But in this short period of time, after King Yan’s army shot at them once, they reloaded quickly and raised their muskets at them again.

(end of this chapter)