Chapter 878: Cavalry's Sunset
"Bang bang bang..."
In the last round of shooting, there was only more than ten meters between the two sides.
At such a close distance, the remaining cavalrymen fell down like wheat swept by the strong wind.
After all, at this distance, even a flintlock gun can basically maintain a 90% hit rate.
After firing this bullet, the royal soldier immediately squatted down and raised his bayonet at an angle.
Under the inertia, the few hundred remaining cavalry continued to charge towards the royal soldiers, hitting Ru Lin's bayonets.
"Hiss..." The sharp bayonet easily pierced the body of the war horse, causing the war horse to scream shrilly.
The pace of the charge also stopped.
The royal soldiers in the front row also felt uncomfortable. Their hands holding the muskets were torn apart due to the collision.
Cavalry without mobility is extremely vulnerable.
The royal soldiers who had restrained the cavalry's charge immediately started fighting.
Easily pick off the Beidi cavalry from their horses.
This is the battle on the east side.
The cavalry on the west side suffered the same misery, but at the last moment, Lang Lu, who led the cavalry, did not choose to rush to the end unlike Lang Lu on the east side.
When he was two hundred meters away, he led the remaining cavalry to turn their horses and flee.
However, the palace soldiers did not let them go, and bullets chased their butts.
Thousands more corpses were left behind, and hundreds of cavalrymen fled back to Miancheng.
"..." In the camp, Chang Wei kept watching the battle between the Beidi cavalry and the palace soldiers with his binoculars.
King Yan left three thousand soldiers on each side of the east and west sides, and he was still very worried.
But now the final result surprised even him.
Three thousand infantry against ten thousand cavalry won so easily.
"Ask the soldiers to clean the battlefield. One horse can feed thirty soldiers for a day." Zhao Xu smiled. He was not very surprised by the result.
After the emergence of machine guns, cavalry became insignificant on the battlefield.
But before, it was already weak in front of the guns.
The Battle of Baliqiao in the contemporary Second Opium War.
The famous Qing Dynasty general Seng Gelinqin led more than 10,000 elite Mongolian cavalry and 20,000 infantry to charge against the 8,000 British and French allied forces.
As a result, from the beginning to the end, this cavalry was completely wiped out before it could get within fifty meters.
Twenty thousand infantry were also defeated, but the casualties they caused to the opponent were less than fifty.
At that time, the British and French were only using front-loading line guns that had been eliminated by the Yanzhou army.
It can be said that at this time, the weapons gap between Britain and France and the Qing Dynasty at that time could no longer be made up by the number of soldiers.
For him, the firearms gap between him and the Shi clan and Beidi was about the same.
Only the front-loading rifled guns they installed could cause them a little trouble.
Based on this, he was confident that his six thousand soldiers were enough to deal with the Beidi cavalry.
"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei said yes and immediately issued the order.
Afterwards, he looked excited and said, "Your Highness, we don't have to worry about the Beidi cavalry in the future."
"You are right and wrong." Zhao Xu smiled, "A stupid charge like this is useless to us, but with proper tactics, the cavalry is still very dangerous. For example, when the formation is in chaos, it will be ambushed. Wait for the situation.”
Chang Wei said, "But it's not easy for them to beat us into chaos."
Zhao Xu nodded. He was just giving Chang Wei a warning, telling him and the generals not to become blindly arrogant because of this time.
"Boom boom boom..."
While fighting the cavalry, the roar of the artillery never stopped.
Zhao Xu added, "It's almost time to push the howitzer up and bomb them for three days and three nights."
Chang Wei and the generals showed knowing smiles.
After the Battle of Jinling, they became more and more fond of artillery preparations.
The artillery bombardment before the general attack can continuously kill and injure a large number of the opponent's soldiers, and can also severely damage the morale of the opponent's soldiers.
Cotton City.
At this moment, Ashur's face was ashen.
Standing on the city wall, he witnessed with his own eyes the miserable plight of the cavalry.
This made his heart feel like it was being cut again and again.
"I didn't expect that even the cavalry couldn't do anything to them." Dou Wei's frown deepened.
He also witnessed with his own eyes the battle between the cavalry and King Yan's infantry just now.
Ashur was filled with hatred, while he was afraid.
In his memory, the Beidi cavalry were invincible in the world.
But the King of Yan only had thousands of men, and he annihilated two groups of cavalry just like chopping melons and vegetables.
What frightened him most was that there were not as many infantry as there were cavalry.
It was under this circumstance that the Beidi cavalry was completely defeated.
"This is the power of the new musket." Orsky looked serious.
During the Battle of Zhongling Pass, he did not fully understand King Yan's new muskets.
But through this cavalry charge, he fully understood.
Because, in order to deal with cavalry, King Yan's soldiers basically showed all the advantages of this kind of musket.
Narrowing his eyes slightly, he added, "If we are not sure of victory, it is better not to try to take the initiative to attack again. The chance of winning is too small. Now, we can only follow the strategy we formulated to delay King Yan's food and grass until he runs out, and then do whatever it takes." Prevent it from getting supplies.”
After saying that, he looked at the Yan King's army camp in the distance, his eyes flashing.
This enemy is too dangerous, and he must devote himself to fulfilling his duties as a soldier.
Work with the Dasong clan and Beidi people to curb the rise of King Yan.