Chapter 840 Ivan the Terrible, Muskets Against Serial Horses!

The chain of iron horses stepped across Mu Guiying's infantry A phalanx, and wherever they went, the corpses on the ground were trampled by iron hooves!

Even Mu Guiying's infantry in the first square formation could not resist the chain of iron horses that came one after another like a city wall.

A chain of iron horses with almost no gaps.

Xia Jun's central phalanx was forced to retreat a hundred meters.

Fan Lihua intends to lead the Xiliang iron cavalry to attack the serial iron horses!

"We join hands together!"

Mu Guiying retreated to where Fan Lihua was, and joined hands with Fan Lihua.

The two powerful female generals also used a long spear, pointing the long spear forward, and swept across the chain of iron horses coming from the opposite side.

"Their defense is higher than we imagined!"

Mu Guiying found that even if Murong Ke's armored cavalry was stabbed to death, the horses connected by iron chains would not stop moving forward.

"Concentrate on attacking one point!"

Fan Lihua shot into the chain of horses, armored cavalry were everywhere, and the high-level heavy cavalry that formed the city wall continued to attack, like black waves hitting the rocks!

The two women in the chain of horses are in great danger.

Any general, in front of this group of hard-to-cut cavalry, also looks vulnerable.

"Watch the flanks!"

When Mu Guiying was about to team up with Fan Lihua to join forces, Ming Chengzu's most powerful general, Zhu Neng, commanded the cavalry to attack the Xiliang iron cavalry and cover the serial iron horses from the flanks.

Holding a spear, Zhu Neng killed dozens of Xiliang cavalry by himself!

Xia Jun wanted to break through the chained iron horse phalanx, and Zhu Neng and Li Wenzhong, two cavalry generals, covered the chained iron horses and advanced in a wall shape!

The cavalry of Zhu Neng and Li Wenzhong are not weak, but equally strong!

"The impact of the Liaodong cavalry is really too strong..."

Seeing Mingguan, Fan Lihua pushed almost all the cavalry to fight against Chutian, and concentrated the elite cavalry to break through from the front. Such a big effort put great pressure on Xia Jun's generals.

Compared with Chutian who left spare energy as a way out, Mingguan almost bet on all his wealth!

When Mu Guiying and Fan Lihua were tired of coping with the Ming army's cavalry assault, a group of 2,000 reinforcements arrived, and the tall soldiers with beards joined the Shenji Battalion.

The appearance of this infantry is not the same as that of the eastern army, but from the western continent!

If it was only the arms of the western continent, then the soldiers of the Xia army would not be surprised.

The real surprise is that this infantry is equipped with matchlock guns and long axes!

The armor-piercing effects of these two weapons are quite amazing.

When this elite army from the Tsarist Russian Empire joined the Shenji Battalion, the number of infantry equipped with firearms increased!

"Array!"

A general of the Grand Duchy of Moscow drew his sword, his beard shaking.

About 2,000 infantry quickly formed a phalanx mixed with muskets and battle axes!

The Shenji Battalion, which was originally lost, was supplemented by Tsarist Russian Musketeers, and the number rose to 5,000 again!

Not just matchlocks.

This group of tall Tsarist Russian soldiers also has the ability to use long axes to fight in close quarters!

The chain of iron horses broke through,

About to trample on the Shenji Battalion, the ground was trembling.

The ones facing the serial iron horse phalanx are the musket phalanx formed from outside the Shenji Battalion and Tsarist Russian reinforcements!

The most awe-inspiring wall-type heavy cavalry charge in the cold weapon era, and the relatively primitive musket line phalanx, fought to the death in an unexpected form in the Battle of Western Liaoning!

Murong Ke also didn't expect that there would be another firearms army other than the Shenji Battalion, which completely made up for the loss of the Shenji Battalion and had the ability to fight hand-to-hand.

The Shenji Battalion reorganized the line of defense, aiming the empty matchlock gun at the serial iron horses that came on the attack, Murong Ke's mood sank.

The armored cavalry's defense is astonishing, but it does not mean that it will not be broken. Firearms, which are rare in various civilizations, have one of the best armor-piercing effects.

"Attack forward, don't retreat!"

The Shenji Battalion has participated in many battles, and Murong Ke knows how powerful the Shenji Battalion is.

Even if there is no general bonus, the power of firearms is amazing.

But as long as a chain of iron horses stick to their faces and the horseshoes of war horses trample over them, the Shenji Battalion will not be afraid at all.

The serial iron horse cavalry clamped the horse's belly, urging the horse to gallop, and the ground shook again!

Fan Lihua and Mu Guiying fought in front, buying time for the two firearms corps to line up!

Li Xiuning, Princess of Pingyang, led the Women's Army to quickly support the Shenji Camp.

From a height, Chu Tian saw that the reinforcements sent by Ekaterina were neat and orderly, obviously a special unit.

Only special firearms can be equipped with matchlock guns.

"This is the shooting army established by Ivan the Terrible. It implements a life-long and hereditary system. There are hundreds and ten-man teams. It is mainly used to deal with the various khanates left over from the Mongol Empire at that time, as well as against the Swedes and Poles."

"Ivan the Terrible..."

Chutian knew this man, the Moscow hero in the 16th century, the first true tsar in history, made the Rus people completely free from the threat of the Mongols.

The relationship between Rus and Mongolia is very complicated.

The principalities of Ross once surrendered to the Golden Horde established by the Mongol Batu. At that time, the Mongolian Empire plus the four major Khanates ruled a territory of 24 million square kilometers. The Arab Empire captured Moscow and defeated Hungary.

Later, the Grand Duke of Moscow, Dmitry of the Don, once defeated the 200,000 army of the Golden Horde, provoking the rule of the Mongols for the first time.

Later, Ivan the Terrible defeated the Crimean Khanate and turned the Grand Duchy of Moscow into the Tsarist Russian Empire, and only then did the Tsarist Russian civilization become more powerful.

The Kazan Khanate and the Astrakhan Khanate in the east were conquered, and the Siberian Khanate was forced to surrender. The Cossack leader Yermak explored Siberia and expanded the territory of the Tsarist Russian Empire to the east. Instigated.

And the Shooting Army, the elite troops fighting for Ivan the Terrible, used matchlock guns, long axes, and sabers as weapons!

The more interesting point is that Ivan the Terrible's mother is a descendant of the Golden Horde, that is to say, Ivan the Terrible has more or less Mongol blood on his body...

"Wait, is it possible that the general in command of this shooting army is Ivan the Terrible himself?"

Chu Tian saw that the shooting army was not commanded by Ekaterina, and the army formation was also neat. He knew that the general of the shooting army was probably a famous general.

It is said that Ivan the Terrible ruled brutally and killed more than 4,000 nobles within 7 years.

If Ekaterina recruits Ivan the Terrible, then the Tsarist Russian Empire is estimated to be in chaos. After all, Ivan the Terrible is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Ekaterina rolled her eyes: "I am the tsar, how could I recruit other tsars... The commander of the shooting army was Grand Duke Vorotsky during the period of Ivan the Terrible, and 25,000 Tsarist Russian soldiers were killed in the Battle of Molodi. , defeated 60,000 Crimean Khanate Tatar cavalry."

"Indeed..."

Chu Tian couldn't help nodding.

The heroes that can be recruited in "The Lord" are from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, that is to say, Ivan the Terrible may appear.

But it's only possible.

Ivan the Terrible, Maimat II, Li Shimin, and Liu Xiu are NPC monarchs who are not from the native period, and generally only exist in the copy.

After all, in the Tsarist Russian Empire, the more legendary Peter the Great belonged to the heroes of the early Qing Dynasty. If these characters could be recruited, then it would be too heaven-defying.

Boom! The dense matchlock guns sounded, the white light flickered, and the smoke filled the air!

Boom! After the arquebus gunners in the first row fired, the arquebus gunners in the second row immediately replaced the arquebus gunners in the first row and fired in turn!

The matchlock gun has a deterrent effect, and at the same time has a powerful lethality!

The front row of equipped cavalry was pierced by matchlock guns, and hundreds of high-ranking heavy cavalry were killed!

The original destructive chain of iron horse phalanxes, the wall-style advance is a stop!

The defensive power that the serial iron horses are proud of is useless in front of the Shenji Battalion and the Tsarist Russian Shooting Army!

The war horses seemed to be frightened by the dense sound of muskets, and the chain of iron horses appeared in chaos.

The horses shot by the arquebus guns became a burden to the companions because of the iron chains, which affected the advancement of the entire iron horse phalanx.

The Shenji Battalion joined hands with the Shooting Army, and the sound of musketry also frightened all the generals of the Ming Army.

In addition to Mingguan's plan, another legion equipped with firearms appeared, and it was a firearms unit from other civilized areas!

The white gunpowder smoke covered the backbone of Xia's army. From time to time, crossbow arrows shot out of the gunpowder smoke, and the smoke along the way was stirred by the crossbow arrows.

Murong Ke's serial iron horses continued to shoot several rounds from the opposite side, killing hundreds of people!

The chain iron horse phalanx is still advancing, and they have no choice but to continue advancing.

The iron chains mean that they lack mobility. They can't retreat except to move forward!

Once the serial horses can't break through the formation, then they have a great possibility of being wiped out!

It is precisely for this reason that the chain iron horse phalanx will fight desperately!

The serial iron horse phalanx approached the Shenji Battalion and the shooting army with iron hoofs at a tragic price!

Li Xiuning's women's army replaced the armor of the heavy infantry, armed with long spears, and formed a line of defense, blocking the front of the two long-range firearms of the Shenji Battalion and the Shooting Army!

The chain of iron horses collided with the Detachment of Women, and the Detachment of Women was on the verge of falling. They clasped the infantry spears tightly with both hands, desperately preventing the chain of iron horses from continuing to advance.

In the rear, thousands of matchlock guns from the Shenji Battalion and the Shooting Army continued to shoot, causing huge casualties to the serial iron horses.

Xia Jun's intention is also very obvious, he wants to completely annihilate this heavy cavalry that is a threat to Xia Jun!

The serial iron horse cavalry noticed that their horses were frightened, so they urged the horses to step up and break the formation!

Li Xiuning pulled out the Tang knife, and the slashing did not do enough damage to the armored cavalry. Therefore, Li Xiuning could only rely on the stabbing of the Tang knife to pierce the armor, and when it was pulled out, blood came out!

The Detachment of Women also paid a heavy price in order to block the phalanx of iron horses!

Rows of muskets fired, and iron horses were installed, and the number of deaths exceeded thousands of people!

Equipped with heavy iron armor and expensive chain horses, they are like nothing, not much different from low-level cavalry.

"My premonition is indeed correct. Is it possible that this time, my serial iron horse will be wiped out?"

Murong Ke could already foresee the consequences of the serial iron horse phalanx continuing to attack the Women's Army.

The Detachment of Women suffered heavy casualties, and the serial iron horse was shot by two firearms corps, and the end would only be worse.

However, there is no way for the chain of iron horses to retreat, and there is no possibility of changing direction at all.

The phalanx of serial horses that shook the battlefield in western Liaoning for a while, finally fell under the muskets of the Shenji Battalion and the Shooting Army!

"My lord, the serial iron horse attack on the Xia army has been frustrated, do you want to launch a second batch of offensive?"

Yao Guangxiao had noticed that Murong Ke's serial horse was defeated by Shenjiying and Shooting Army, so he asked Mingguan whether to continue to attack Xia Army.

The serial horses are only the first batch of offensives set up by Mingguan, and there are two more offensives to follow.

Mingguan's expression was somewhat gloomy.

He needs to make a decision whether to continue to attack, or to give up attacking the Xia army and withdraw to Liaodong.

"We have nowhere to go. Xia's reinforcements have exceeded our expectations, but that doesn't mean we can't defeat Xia's army. Continue to attack Xia's army and forcefully break through!"

Although Mingguan was involved in the battle because of the shooting army, he did not intend to give up the attack.

It is different from Lao Qin's conservative approach of giving up Heluo and retreating to Guanzhong.

Mingguan will not abandon Liaoxi and retreat to Liaodong.

This is not his style. At the same time, there is only Liaodong, and it is difficult to rise at all.

Now that you have put all your eggs in one basket, you must fight until the last soldier is left, otherwise, the power will only become weaker and weaker!

Although Murong Ke in the chain iron horse phalanx has been defeated, the cavalry of Zhu Neng and Li Wenzhong, who are the left and right flanks, have not yet been defeated.

"All officers and men obey orders!"

Chang Yuchun served as the chief commander of the second batch of offensive cavalry.

Murong Ke's chain of iron horse phalanx was a bit tragic, and there was no return. In the smoke of gunpowder, one batch after another fell, and the corpses of horses and cavalry piled up all over the battlefield!

A large number of serial iron horses in the front were killed, but Zhu Neng still held his guns and fought against Fan Lihua and Mu Guiying!

Zhu Neng's strength is not small, the cavalry rushed suddenly, and Fan Lihua and Mu Guiying fell into a hard fight.

Zhu Neng is the number one fierce general under Ming Chengzu Zhu Di's command. Only a few dozen cavalry dare to attack thousands of cavalry on the opposite side!

The chain of iron horses was almost wiped out, and Chang Yuchun's cavalry followed one after another!

"The rest can only be left to you."

Murong Ke fought all five thousand serial iron horses, severely damaged the Huben Army and the Women's Army, and was almost completely wiped out by the firearms.

Chang Yuchun held the tiger-headed Zhan golden gun in his right hand. Behind him, Mingguan handed over 80,000 cavalry to Chang Yuchun to serve as the second batch of main attacking troops!

"Our black powder is almost running out."

The general of the firing corps, Grand Duke Vorotensky, reported the bad news.

Chu Tian could only continue to invest in the army: "Dian Wei, you command the Tiger Guard Army, Tai Shici commands the Qi Xue Army, and 30,000 low-level cavalry, step forward to fight!"

"Haral, you led the Varangian guards to join forces with Dianwei to win this battle."

Ekaterina considered that the next cavalry offensive in Mingguan would be more ferocious, and thought it was time to put the Varangian guards into the battle.

"When the time comes, don't drag me back."

Dian Wei's body shook, not to be outdone in front of Harald.

The Tiger Guards and the Varangian Guards both have 500 men and belong to the heavy armored infantry.

The two fierce generals joined forces, with a total of a thousand people.

Tai Shici's cowardly Xue army has 2500 horses.

Plus 30,000 low-level cavalry.

"More than half of the Women's Legion, Huben Army, and Detachment of Women's Army lost more than half. The Shenji Battalion consumed a staggering amount of black powder and lead bullets in the previous Youzhou battle and the current Liaoxi battle. Other soldiers and horses may also be invested."

Chutian's soldiers and horses also include King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table, Joan of Arc's National Defense Army, and a small number of elites from the Fifth Northern Army School.

Ekaterina also has Boyer cavalry and Polish hussars.

Cao Cao was restrained by Murong Ba, Monk Wanyan Chen was attacking the artillery positions of the Ming army, and Zhou Yafu fought fiercely with Duan's Xianbei and Xianbei three kings.

Wei Qing Army, Xu Rong Army fought with Xu Da Army, Yuwen Xianbei, and Goguryeo general Ulji Wende.