Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 898

[Chapter 898]

“So, there must be a large number of cavalry ambushed in the valleys on both sides.” Pan Chang cast a stern look at the woods on both sides of the valley.

“Yes.” The flag leader in charge of investigation was sure.

Pan Chang touched his chin, “Eastern Europe has always been short of horses. According to our information, the Watanabe case has only 20,000 cavalry under the command of Kukijing. If the Watanabe case set up an ambush here, it is expected that we will pass by here. “The

investigative flag chief nodded, “This valley is so narrow and long, I’m afraid that in addition to the cavalry, there are also a large number of infantry ambushing.”

Pan Chang heard this and smiled, “This is for sure. For the Watanabe case, we are the real ones. Threat, the Oda and Maori clan’s armies are nothing more than miscellaneous soldiers, and they will definitely mobilize elites to eat us up.”

After pondering for a while, he said: “Go ahead.”

Just as he had decided at the beginning.

Regardless of whether there is an ambush in the valley, he will rush over.

Because according to the plan, the battle in Baihe City might have already started.

If you are afraid to move forward, if something goes wrong, the overall situation of the war will be affected.

The time to eliminate the participating forces such as the Watanabe case will be delayed again.

This is something he absolutely cannot allow to happen.

Furthermore, it was by no means a reckless move for him to rush into the valley, but based on the current strength of the Marine Corps.

The 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command are enough to deal with any emergencies.

The order was passed down, and the Marines moved on in six columns.

However, Pan Chang had passed on the news that there was an ambush in the valleys on both sides.

When marching, the columns on the east and west sides each stared at the direction they were responsible for.

And they’re just going along the centerline of the valley.

Without roads, they walked directly through the farmland, never approaching the mountains and forests.

Not long after, the entire team entered the narrow valley.

At this moment, on the ridge on the east side of the valley, Kukii stared coldly at the soldiers of the landing army.

When all the marines entered the valley, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

With a wave of his hand, he sent all the cavalry and infantry over the ridge.

When he came to the edge of the mountain forest, he climbed on his horse, pulled out the Dongying knife from his waist, and said to the soldiers beside him, “The general is in Baihe City. If the soldiers and horses of King Yan are allowed to pass through, the general is in danger. For the sake of the general.” , for the future of Dongpu, today we will fight to the death here, at all costs, to annihilate King Yan’s soldiers and horses!”

“On board! On board…” The

cavalry roared, and the opponents had all entered the ambush circle, and they no longer cared was discovered by the other party.

Jiuguijing nodded, pinched the bone flute hanging around his neck and played it.

The sharp sound of the flute echoed in the forest, and the cavalry rushed out of the forest, raising their Dongying knives, and rushed towards the soldiers of King Yan in the middle of the valley.

As soon as the eastern cavalry rushed out, they were immediately spotted by the western cavalry, and the Japanese cavalry on the west also rushed out in an ambush.

While the cavalry charged, the infantry followed the cavalry and also approached the center of the valley.

They will take advantage of the time when the cavalry is fighting with King Yan’s army and approach, shortening the distance with King Yan’s army, thereby weakening the range advantage of King Yan’s soldiers and horses.

“Hollow phalanx!”

The moment the Beidi cavalry rushed out, without needing to be reminded by Pan Chang, the marines quickly changed their formation tacitly.

Twenty thousand marines formed six hollow squares in the valley.

Although the hollow phalanx is a tactic against cavalry in the flintlock period.

But it doesn’t mean that this formation is useless after changing to Qin-style rifles.

On the contrary, the Qin-style rifle made the hollow phalanx more powerful.

After all, Qin-style rifles are not a little bit better than flintlock guns in terms of accuracy and range.

“Use the bayonet!” The generals in the hollow phalanx city ordered one after another.

The marine soldier immediately inserted the sharp bayonet into the buckle of the muzzle.

“Shoot!” came another order.

At this time, the first row of three rows of soldiers that formed the phalanx lay down, the second row knelt on one knee, and the third row stood. They all aimed their guns at the passing cavalry.

The flintlock requires three shots because of the insufficient rate of fire.

But the Qin-style rifle, which can fire ten rounds a minute, is unnecessary.

“Bang bang bang…” Intensive gunshots rang out in the valley.

The gunshots drifted up the valley and echoed again, making the gunfire appear more intense.

When the marines changed their formation, the Japanese cavalry had already rushed 500 meters, and they were only 300 meters away from the marines.

But as the firing order was issued, dense bullets flew towards them.

The Japanese cavalry rushing forward were swept away by the strong wind like fallen leaves, and large pieces fell off their horses.

Some war horses were also hit, and fell to the ground together with the people, rolling on the ground.

So many cavalry fell in an instant, and the cavalry behind couldn’t dodge at all.

The horseshoes either trampled the fallen cavalry into flesh and continued to charge forward, or were knocked down by the fallen cavalry and horses, and rolled to the ground, and were trampled by the cavalry behind.

“Bang bang bang…” Facing the crowd of cavalry, the marines did not change their expressions.

They were highly concentrated and took out the fastest reloading speed they usually have.

One shot was fired, and they fired a second, and a third.

There was almost five seconds between each shot.

In just over 15 seconds, the soldiers on both sides fired 30,000 rounds of ammunition,

but it took at least 20 seconds for the cavalry to come from a distance of 300 meters.

This is still a normal barrier-free charge.

However, due to the large-scale casualties of the front row cavalry, their actions were obviously restricted.

In the hail of bullets, they charged for fifty minutes with difficulty, before the cavalry arrived fifty meters in front of the hollow phalanx.

“On board!” In the field of vision, the faces of King Yan’s soldiers were very clear.

The surviving cavalry raised the Dongying sword high and roared, they wanted to chop the soldiers of King Yan in front of them into meat.

Instead, they were confronted by a cloud of grenades flying by.

“Boom boom boom…” The grenade exploded among the cavalry.

At a distance of ten meters centered on the grenade, the cavalry fell again in large numbers.

At the same time, the loud noise frightened the war horses. Amidst the bursts of neighing, many Japanese cavalry’s horses ran away uncontrollably.

The charging cavalry fell into a brief chaos again.

After a chaos and a second chaos, plus a lot of casualties.

The Japanese cavalry has no formation at all at this moment.

In one minute, the 10,000 soldiers on both sides of the hollow phalanx fired more than 100,000 bullets safely.

After this round of grenade throwing, there were less than two thousand cavalry left on the battlefield.

When they continued to charge, they came to the hollow phalanx sparsely, facing the bayonets erected by marine soldiers, and there were no cavalry companions behind them.

Of course, they still have infantry, but obviously because the horses charged too fast, the infantry was far behind them and was chasing them.

Although they realized something was wrong, they were so fanatical that they didn’t have time to think about it.

A part of the crazy Japanese cavalry rammed directly into the bayonet.

Part of it can only pass through the gaps in the hollow square due to fear.

(end of this chapter)