Chapter 310: A River of Blood

"What is that!"

In the Xiliang army. Read

Ji Li watched the Iron Harriers fall one by one, and his heart was bleeding.

The Iron Harriers are the most elite cavalry in Xiliang.

Since the founding emperor of Xiliang, Murong Hun, founded them, they have always been the nightmare of Xiliang's enemies.

Although their number is small, they can destroy the enemy's infantry in every war.

And these Iron Harriers are like nobles in Xiliang.

The heavy armor on their bodies is passed down from father to son, from generation to generation.

It can be said that they are destined to be cavalry since birth, and they have received extremely strict training since childhood.

Because of this, although they found that the weapons in the hands of the Yan Wang soldiers were strange, most of the Iron Harriers continued to choose to charge.

But now, they are all dead.

Only the remaining fifty or so Iron Harriers were frightened and retreated in a panic.

No one in the army could answer his question.

Not only him, but also the generals and soldiers in the Xiliang army were all in fear.

Originally, they were ready to charge.

In previous battles, the bows and arrows of the Iron Harrier Cavalry could hardly hurt them at all.

They would definitely be able to charge into the enemy's formation.

But now, most of them died on the way to charge.

The few remaining Iron Harrier Cavalry could not cause great damage to the Yan Wang's formation.

"Charge! Charge..." Looking at the approaching Yan Wang's soldiers, Ji Li shouted.

The army was cut off in the middle and could not support each other.

Now the Yan Wang's soldiers were about to complete the encirclement.

If they could not rush out, they would definitely be defeated here.

"The Yan Wang's army is here, and Jincheng must not be surrounded by a large army. If we rush out, we can return to Jincheng!" Ji Li kept cheering up the Xiliang soldiers.

His order was issued, and the messenger quickly passed it down.

At this time, the Xiliang cavalry general immediately organized 6,000 cavalry to form a long horizontal line in front of the army.

The horn sounded, and 6,000 cavalry rushed towards the formation of the Wangfu soldiers like a tide.

When the Western Liang cavalry was found to be gathering.

The flag bearers in the royal army issued orders one after another.

The flintlock muskets that were marching changed immediately.

Because the Armory was very busy, the flintlock muskets produced were not equipped with bayonets in time, and they could only rely on the spearmen for protection.

So the spearmen immediately formed a square formation with four sides and an empty space in the middle.

This square formation is the famous hollow square formation in the flintlock tactics.

At the same time, the three rows of flintlock muskets were still behind the spearmen.

However, the difference is that at this time, the soldiers are not all facing the Western Liang cavalry that is rushing over.

Instead, the soldiers on each side face the corresponding side.

For example, the soldiers standing on the east side face east, and the soldiers on the west side face west.

In this way, this formation becomes an array with firepower on all sides.

In the modern era of mixed cold and hot weapons, this formation has been tested on the battlefield and can effectively restrain cavalry.

While the royal soldiers were changing their formation, Zhao Xu immediately ordered the artillery to bombard the Western Liang cavalry.

This place is suitable for large-scale military battles, and it can wipe out the Xiliang reinforcements in one fell swoop, but it is undoubtedly beneficial to the Xiliang cavalry.

"Boom boom boom..." After the flag signal passed the order to shoot the cavalry.

Thirty-six cannons spit out flames and shoot solid bullets into the galloping Xiliang cavalry.

The galloping Xiliang cavalry and horses kept falling down.

These fallen horses tripped the horses following closely behind, causing a small chaos.

In the Xiliang army, Jili looked at the backs of the cavalry nervously.

At the moment, he could only use the cavalry.

The Xiliang cavalry had three horses per person. With such a high-intensity march, only they were energetic.

The infantry were exhausted to the extreme and would be at a disadvantage in the fierce battle.

...

The battle in front has reached a critical moment.

The second half of the Xiliang army fell into a situation of fighting on their own because they completely lost contact with Jili.

Led by their respective generals, they rushed towards the palace soldiers who were walking towards them.

The palace soldiers here were under the command of Guan Tong.

Seeing this, he was secretly delighted.

At this moment, neither the Xiliang infantry nor the Xiliang cavalry could organize a large-scale charge.

"Fire!" The distance between the two sides quickly shortened to 100 meters, and Guan Tong ordered to shoot.

"Bang bang bang..." The flintlocks spewed flames and disgust, and lead bullets flew towards the Xiliang soldiers who were crowded together and rushed towards the army.

For the flintlocks, the dense crowding of the enemy will undoubtedly play the greatest effect.

"Ah ah ah..."

In a scream, the Xiliang soldiers in the front fell down with a scream.

A wound the size of a baby's fist appeared on their bodies, and blood gushed out of it.

Because lead is soft, high-speed lead bullets hitting the human body will release the greatest kinetic energy.

This is like throwing plasticine on the wall and expanding it.

Therefore, the wounds of people hit by lead bullets are often several times the size of the lead bullets.

At the same time, the lead bullet fragments will remain in the human body, causing lead poisoning.

Therefore, the death rate of enemies hit by flintlock rifles is very high.

The Xiliang soldiers who were charging suddenly heard a sound, saw a fire, and then saw the people in front of them fall down with a scream.

Looking at the horrible wounds on their bodies, they were immediately frightened and their legs went weak.

They were already very tired, and their fighting will was extremely weak, but they were forced to charge by their generals.

At this moment, facing the strange firearms in the hands of the soldiers of the King of Yan, they no longer dared to charge.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Just when they were stunned.

The soldiers of the King of Yan changed a group of people, and the weapons in their hands also made loud noises and flames.

Before they could react, the Xiliang soldiers in front fell down like wheat ears swept by the wind.

Blood splattered on the confused Xiliang soldiers.

At this moment, the Xiliang soldiers who were lucky enough not to be hit in the front finally collapsed.

They took a few steps back, turned around and ran away madly.

"Witchcraft!"

"Witchcraft!"

"Yanzhou soldiers know witchcraft."

"..."

The Xiliang soldiers shouted while running away, with hysterical fear in their eyes.

"Bang, bang, bang..." The flintlock rifles in the hands of the soldiers of the palace continued to shoot, constantly causing heavy casualties to the Xiliang soldiers.

Under the continuous attack, the small rout gradually expanded and finally turned into a big chaos.

The Xiliang soldiers no longer cared about the orders of the generals and became a mess.

Some Xiliang soldiers even dropped their weapons, knelt on the ground, and raised their hands.

"Surrender or die!" Guan Tong followed the team closely.

Seeing that the time had come, he immediately ordered someone to shout.

At the same time, he asked the messenger to raise the flag.

The artillerymen tied the cannons to the horses, pulled them over, and stopped them on both wings of the flintlock formation.

If the Xiliang soldiers continued to resist, they would taste the double attack of cannons and muskets.

Of course, there were two thousand light cavalrymen following behind the team.

He didn't mind a massacre.