Steel Dynasty - Chapter 357

[Chapter 357 Decisive Battle]

The north wind was solemn, and Luo Quan on the hot air balloon had a panoramic view of everything on the battlefield.

The flagman kept changing the flags to communicate with the Qingzhou Army in Fencheng. When he learned that Niuben was going to attack Ximen, Luo Quan decided to violently attack the north gate to attract most of the barbarian troops.

“Advance!”

With an order, the entire Jinwu Guard formation began to advance forward, and the rumble of footsteps resounded throughout the battlefield.

According to the arrangement of the barbarian cavalry, Luo Quan chose the corresponding formation.

This time, the barbarians concentrated their heavy troops on the Chinese army, and they must have wanted to break through the Chinese army with their superior strength, and the cavalry on both wings carried out an encirclement tactic of outflanking the Chinese army.

Therefore, he also placed two thousand cavalry formations on both sides to protect the flanks, while the Chinese army was dominated by the Qingzhou Army. However, just in case, he sent another ten thousand cavalry formations to suppress the formation.

On the barbarian side, 60,000 cavalry and 60,000 slave soldiers were assembled at this time.

Because he needed to guard against the Jizhou Army and the Qingzhou Army in Fencheng, Bei Shan had to deploy some troops to be on guard.

As soon as Jin Wuwei moved, the barbarian army also pushed forward in an instant.

The two sides approached step by step on the wide battlefield. Finally, when the distance between the two sides was 300 meters, the barbarian cavalry suddenly moved with the sound of the barbarian horns “woo woo”.

In the middle army, two thousand barbarian cavalry first rushed towards the neatly arranged Qingzhou Musketeers.

These two thousand cavalry were the barbarian cavalry who had returned from defeat in Yunzhou City. Chagatai gave them another opportunity to risk their lives and break the center of the Chongqing army.

When they saw that the Chinese army was Qingzhou soldiers, these two thousand cavalry were already ready to move. For them, they could die, but they could not lose their honor.

“Kill!”

Two thousand cavalrymen urged their horses to rush towards the Qingzhou Army crazily.

The musketeers calmly watched the cavalry coming from the barbarians. They were all veterans on the battlefield. Their strict training allowed them to withstand any test on the battlefield.

“Get ready!”

An order was given from the team, and the musketeers raised their muskets one after another.

Just when the barbarian cavalry rushed into the eighty-step range, the musketeer pulled the trigger.

“Bang bang…”

White smoke and flames spurted out from the muzzles of the guns, and the two thousand charging cavalry were instantly overturned and felled to the ground.

Then the second row of musketeers stepped forward and pulled the trigger again. Another hundred people fell, and then the third row fired.

“Retreat!”

After three rounds of shooting, Zhu Sansi immediately ordered the musketeers to retreat. This time it was he who led the three thousand musketeers.

At the same time, the spearmen of Jinwu Guard came forward. They were half kneeling on the ground, their spears tilted out.

The distance of eighty steps came to an end in an instant, and the musketeers had no time to fire the fourth round, so they could only use the pikemen to stop the cavalry from charging.

Zhan Xingchang observed this group of strange cavalry. At this time, these cavalry were still charging, and then a scene that shocked him appeared.

At this moment, the charging barbarian cavalry suddenly took out a black cloth and blindfolded the horse.

Luo Hong also saw this situation and said with a pale face: “This is a group of dead soldiers!”

Zhan Xingchang looked solemn. The horses would instinctively stop when they saw sharp objects. This is why the infantry formed a tight formation. The cavalry had no choice.

Nowadays, the barbarians blindfold their horses, and if they can’t see what’s in front of them, they will rush over them. This is a completely suicidal attack.

The soldiers in the gun formation were also horrified when they saw this scene. Some soldiers’ bodies were shaking slightly, but they did not retreat, but closed their eyes.

In Jinwu Guard, Luo Quan is their belief, and they will never forget that behind them is their homeland and their relatives.

“Boom…”

The cavalry advancing at full speed slammed into the gun array, and the huge impact directly knocked away the infantry in front.

But the spearman’s spear also pierced the barbarian’s horse.

Suddenly, the screams of war horses and the fighting sounds of soldiers resounded throughout the battlefield. Under the suicidal impact of the barbarian cavalry, no soldier in the front row survived.

“Kill!”

When the soldiers in the back row saw their comrades dying in battle, their eyes suddenly turned red, and they raised their spears and stabbed the barbarian cavalry who fell to the ground.

The barbarian soldiers rolled over and became frightened, showing ferocious eyes. They picked up their swords and slashed at the surrounding spearmen.

The two sides immediately started fighting together.

Just then, after all the barbarian cavalry fell into formation, Zhu Sansi saw the slave soldiers following the barbarian cavalry. They were charging towards this side in a dense manner.

Zhu Sansi was very worried. At this time, the spear formation had been disrupted. If the slave soldiers came forward to engage in a melee, the formation would inevitably be completely disrupted.

And this is exactly the strategy of the barbarians, because then the heavy cavalry behind will appear.

“Bayonet array! Kill!”

Zhu Sansi shouted loudly.

The musketeers immediately picked up their muskets and charged forward. The barbarian soldiers who were trapped turned their heads and saw the musketeers charging towards them in a tight formation.

Some barbarians were stabbed through the heart with bayonets without even reacting.

Quickly clearing away the trapped barbarian cavalry, Zhu Sansi immediately commanded the musketeers to reorganize their formation.

“Ready… to fire!”

“Bang bang…” The muskets sprayed flames, and the slave soldiers charging forward fell down row by row.

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Luo Quan was on the hot air balloon to see the overall situation. At this time, his heart was clenching. Two thousand dead soldiers of the barbarians rushed into the formation, resulting in the tragic death of thousands of spearmen.

At this time, soldiers from other places were also involved in a melee with the barbarian soldiers.

Screams, curses, blood flying everywhere, people neighing and horses hooting, the entire battlefield was like a training hell. The battlefield that stretched for several miles was filled with soldiers from both sides fighting each other.

But the barbarian cavalry was ultimately stronger than the Chongqing state. The barbarian cavalry ran rampant on the battlefield, and many soldiers died tragically under the horses’ hooves.

“Woooo…”

The loud horn sound sounded again. At this time, Luo Quan looked at the barbarian formation and his face changed drastically. The cavalry was rushing towards Jizhou. It was obvious that Beishan had thrown in the cavalry again.

Originally the two armies were evenly matched, but if these cavalry came again they would have no chance of winning. Seeing this, Luo Quan felt a chill in his back.

“Boom…”

Just when he was anxious, the barbarian artillery began to fire at the place where the soldiers of the Chongqing Kingdom were densely packed. Seeing this, he became more and more anxious.

“Boom boom…”

A louder sound of artillery came out. Luo Quan looked towards the direction of Fencheng and was overjoyed. Niu Ben had already begun to attack westward.

“Niu Ben, I’m counting on you next.” Luo Quan’s heart was bleeding, and every time a soldier fell, he felt pain in his heart.

The west gate of Fen City.

When the city gate was opened by the Qingzhou Army, Luo Xin concentrated his artillery and fired fiercely straight ahead.

The barbarian artillery at Ximen immediately prepared to fire upon seeing this scene, but the Qingzhou Army in the city was prepared earlier. Before they could react, a dozen or so shells rushed straight towards them.

“Ah…”

There were screams, and the shells hit the artillery. The barbarian artillery was tilted to the ground. Some soldiers who were hit by the shells flew out directly and were loaded into the row of people behind.

At the moment when the artillery was suppressed, three thousand cavalry, led by Lu Fei, rushed straight towards the barbarian artillery position.

(End of chapter)