19. The iron cavalry gathers like a cloud
On the hillside of the west of Tang, Gao Yue pointed his fingers: "If the enemy moves forward with barbarian cards, our army will face it with long horns; if the enemy takes the front with long horns, our army will disrupt it with cannons and guns; then use heavy armored soldiers to fight again and again, consuming the enemy's fighting spirit and physical strength."
At this moment, the sun slowly rose, and the entire battlefield of the Shantang was more than ten miles away, surrounded by mountains and streams like city walls, with ten thousand Tang troops divided into left, center and right, and horns to resist battle; 40,000 Huangdong barbarians were divided into three formations, front, middle and back, each formation was half a mile away, and the scouts were used to convey the message of the commander.
The soldiers of the Wuyi Army were wearing chain armor and black cotton burqa in Outer Mongolia, looking like dark clouds.
The first formation of the Huangdong Man was full of elite soldiers in a hundred battles, holding dense and hard barbarian cards (Vine shields), followed by countless long horns and darts, unified in the ochre-red kosher battle robe, short and flexible, with a hideous face, looking like a red flame rolling ground.
Behind the Dongman formation, Huang Shaoqing ordered the children, wives and daughters of the kings to shout and hang the exquisite bronze drums, and then slammed the drumsticks made of gold and silver. The majestic and thick drum sound immediately shocked the entire battlefield of the pond.
"Du You's pursuers are afraid that they will be behind me. In this battle, there will be advances and no retreats, and there will be enemies without self-killing. Kill all the Tang soldiers in front of you, re-capture Kunlun Pass, and re-capture Yongguan City!"
Then Huang Shaoqing's roar was covered up by the roar of tiger cannons at the front of the Tang army's position.
The Divine Thunder Gunners of the Wuyi Army, in a group of four people, formed a "ultimate rapid fire" team: one and a half knelt in front to set up a short bore, held the gun and fired, one delivered a new gun later, and one used a stick to clean the fired musket chamber. One also loaded medicine and stuffed bullets. The four people had three muskets in total, two loaded and fired in turn, and one was on the side for backup.
On the confrontation line, Wuyi's army had hundreds of fire guns in turn. The fireworks at the muzzle were first little by little, and then the thunder sound became stronger and stronger. The fireworks were connected to smoke and surging.
The Dongman soldiers walking forward in densely with long horns were hit by the water-splashed tiger cannon and the projectiles of the divine thunder gun. The sharp head was knocked away, the long pole was broken, the body was hit and leaned back, rolling, the casualties splashed blood, and the blue smoke from the lead ball fell down. The rest gritted their teeth and continued to advance forward with difficulty.
Within twenty or thirty steps, the barbarians behind shouted and threw the darts in their hands. Instantly, the darts covered the air. The tail made of Cuiyu was made with countless afterimages. Accompanied by countless poisonous copper clusters, they drilled into the mist of gunpowder. On the Shenlei Gunman wearing leather armor, flowers of blood bloomed: most of them were injured, but after they were defeated, they automatically abandoned the musket, climbed to the grass behind and fell, and used antidotes to save themselves: the darts and arrow clusters of Li Liaoren were all highly poisonous, but Gao Yue had obtained the antidote from Liu Yan, who was the Guiguan Administration at the time, and before going to war, he concentrated on Weiyang's doctors to make a lot of money, which is now useful.
Other gunners took over and kept shooting fast.
But this was just one round. The gunman quickly retreated, and the long gangs in the Wuyi Army's rear formation were settled and moved forward.
The long horns of the barbarian soldiers and the long horns of the Tang soldiers were biting and twisting on the front line with a cross-section of several miles, and they were stabbed together.
Gao Yue, who was supervising the battle in the back, saw that the heads of the team shaking small flags on the front line, were many of them young martial arts students, who performed very bravely, but had very large casualties.
Half an hour later, the front line of the two armies was slightly loosened, like a sea of ebbing tide on both sides, revealing long and narrow land.
At this moment, nearly half of the head of the Tang army had suffered casualties, and many teams were replaced by the team.
But it is precisely because of this that the Tang army's front line was like an iron wall, with no sign of loosening.
Moreover, the barbarians without armor or light armor suffered more casualties when fighting for the stabbing, and the ground was covered with withered red and red, which was the color of the corpse battle robe.
Then, Wu Yi's army and Huangdongman fought for five or six rounds, but the formation showed no sign of slackness.
The team leader died in battle, the team leader took over, the team leader died in battle, and the side flag leader took over...
Under the big drum, Huang Shaoqing heard it with his own ears that the drum sound had been ringing for five rounds, and the men's strength began to lose weight.
The first barbarians were killed and injured, but they were still unable to break through the Tang army's front line.
As they were far away, the Tang army fired muskets and tiger cannons.
When approaching, the Tang army held a long scepter and responded to the battle.
Slowly, Huang Shaoqing began to become impatient. He thought that he could use the second set to replace the first set. Because the first set was too much casualties, he lost the ability to continue to attack. He also said to the personal soldiers who were sending the order: "Change the rattan card first, and the rest follow in one go, crushing the Tang Bing."
On the hillside on the west side of the pond, Gao Yue tied the reins of Dalixue and said calmly to Zhou Ziping beside him:
"Zi Ping, it seems that the barbarians are exhausted in front of each other. They are likely to have to replace them. When the barbarians are in chaos, it is the time for our general attack. Don't hesitate."
So Zhou Ziping hurriedly clasped his fists and took the order.
Gao Yue immediately arranged and said, "Let all the tiger-crawlers on the front line be blocked with a jackpot. When the first gun of the left army saw that the cloak of this road was swung as a letter, he took the lead in firing the cannon, and the other gun positions immediately fired in a row. In addition, Ming Huaiyi, Mi Yuan, and Fu Yuhuai led the cavalry of the three armies and formed a group under the hills. They also used the cloak of this road as a letter, and rushed out together!"
Sure enough, as Huang Changjin expected, Gao Yue entered the "trump card" of cavalry charge at a critical moment.
The sound of orders and whistles, and then accompanied by the sound of horse hooves, the cavalrymen who were originally on standby on the back of the hill began to trot to the hill in groups, gathering into a long horizontal formation, and the cavalry of the three armies on the left, center and right were all here: the cavalry's war horses were covered with door curtain armor, chicken neck armor and breast armor, horse hooves were wrapped in hooves, some of the horses were erected with single snow-white feathers, and some were decorated with various pheasant feathers, as dazzling as small bird screens. The soldiers were also covered with armor, holding various sharp or heavy murderous weapons, all silent, and their eyes were staring at the Duke of Wei on the hill.
All the cavalry knew that once they received the order to fight on standby, it would indicate that the entire battle situation had reached the point of decisive victory.
So everyone has the mentality that this battle is the last battle in their lives, gathered under the banner of Duke of Defense, and then launched a charge.
The Duke of Wei didn't say anything, took off his pure white fur coat and tied it to Zhou Ziping's long spear hook and ring.
The tiger cannons in front of them have also received orders to prepare for scattered shots.
Especially on the far left side of the Left Army, the so-called "first gun" gunners were even more nervous. One gun was heavy with one stone. Three gunners, one was killed in battle, and one was injured, but they were unable to get off the line of fire now.
The two of them immediately put a sub-gun that was pre-filled with gunpowder into the belly of the tiger-jue cannon mother gun, twisted the beads at the tail of the cannon with all their strength, then stuffed twenty-six hoppers into the muzzle, and finally stuffed a cannon ball to plug it in, blew the ignition rope on the pole in their hand.
And after the Huangdong Man's formation over there, the sound of bronze drums sounded again...
Chapter completed!