The army led by Xu Zaiyuan soon met the vanguard of the Liaodong army in Lu County. The one who led the Liaodong side was Jing Xiu. Speaking of which, Xu Zaiyuan and Jing Xiu were not unfamiliar with him. Jing Xiu often traveled between Jinzhou and Youzhou, and even bought a mansion in Jinyang Prefecture, and had friendship with many Jinzhou merchants.

After the encounter between the two sides, they immediately set up their formation.

People in the world say that the Liaodong Iron Cavalry is like this. In many people's impression, the Liaodong army and the Jin Tent army are mainly cavalry. So when this war is fought, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry charges and the imperial government forces form formations to defend.

But the fact is just the opposite. The firearms of the imperial government's official army were of poor quality and often exploded, which made soldiers afraid of firearms like tigers. Most of the firearms that were once used to defeat the Jinguan people were lost. On the contrary, the more than 10,000 cavalry in Xu Zaiyuan's hands were quite powerful.

On the contrary, although Jing Xiu did not carry heavy cannons, it was mainly firearms, and the firearms were mainly bird guns. The so-called "bird gun" is a coblin gun, which has no technical excellence. The Shenji Camp had already started to equip bird guns on a large scale as early as the Ming Yong period.

The key is that the barrel of the bird gun needs to be made of fine iron. This kind of fine iron can be made of ten kilograms of thick iron. Only the barrel made of such fine iron can be strong and durable and will not explode when shooting. When making it, it is usually first rolled into two iron pipes, one large and one small, with a large bag and a small one, so that the two are tightly fitted, and then drilled into a smooth and straight gun pipe with a steel drill. The drilling process is very sophisticated, and each person can only drill about one inch per day, and it takes about a month to drill into one.

The word "bird" in the word "bird gun" does not mean to be used specifically to kill birds, but the muzzle is as big as a bird beak, so it is called a bird beak, also known as a bird beak gun. After improvement, even if it is windy or humid weather, it will not affect the use.

In addition, Liaodong also imitated some Lumi guns and Thunder guns. The prototype of the Lumi gun is the tribute musket of the Lumi country. It has a longer range than the bird gun, faster firing rate and greater power. The Thunder gun has five gun barrels, which can turn the gun plate, fire five gun barrels in turn, and fire eighteen bullets in one go. It is just because of its inexperienced technology that these two types of firearms have not been equipped in the army on a large scale and are only used on a small scale.

On the other hand, the imperial court, the military battle situation and the weapons are severely deducted from top to bottom, and the craftsmen are treated poorly. Although they have skills, the materials are not up to standard and are good. The bird guns produced are often exploded. Many soldiers of the Great Wei army would rather use bows and arrows than fire guns. Instead, the fire weapons of the Great Wei army retreated in a large scale, which is even worse than those in the early years of the founding of the country. Not to mention the Lumi gun and Thunder gun.

So the situation when the two sides fought became that the Wei official army quickly assembled cavalry and prepared to charge forward, while the Liaodong army formed a chariot formation, placed a stern resisting horses, arranged three sections of gun soldiers, and the cavalry were on standby on both wings.

The brigade of cavalry wearing red armor gathered in one place, with about 5,000 people. The flags were waving, like a sea of ​​fire. The horses were long and short weapons, and the horns were all equipped with stairs and bows. Compared with the Golden Tent Cavalry, the armor and weapons of the Great Wei cavalry were more excellent, but they were not as good as the number of horses. They could not drive the horses to charge first to consume the ammunition of the Liaodong army and shorten the charge distance.

Xu Zaiyuan planned to disrupt the formation of the Liaodong army with cavalry and shoot, and then break through the formation, so the cavalry were quickly sorting out the arrows in their pots, in sharp contrast with the Liaodong army that checked for lead bullets and gunpowder. In addition to the regular armored cavalry, Xu Zaiyuan also sent thousands of armored infantry, holding swords and shields, and following behind the cavalry, which was both a coordinated battle and a strong momentum.

On the other hand, there is a silent black in Liaodong, like a sea of ​​blackness. Most people are silent, and only the sounds of generals at all levels are coming and going.

Amid the sound of the horn, the cavalry slowly rode their horses. Because they had not yet entered the range of muskets and cannons, they just controlled their horses and walked slowly, and did not charge.

When the chariot formation was about one mile away, the Great Wei cavalry began to gradually accelerate. At the same time, in order to avoid the killing of firearms, the distance between the front, back, left and right was constantly widening, and the smoke and dust raised on the horse's hooves gave people a great feeling of oppression. As the saying goes, over 10,000 people, boundless and unbordered. A horse occupies as many as a few people when rushing to the formation, and thousands of cavalry rushing to the formation are even more scary than tens of thousands of infantry. At first glance, it seems that there are large troops all over the mountains and fields, with their hooves sounding like thunder and flooding. Many new recruits who have not experienced war will be frightened when they see this scene and collapse.

However, the vanguard army led by Jing Xiu was no longer a recruit, but an old soldier who fought bloody battles with the Golden Tent cavalry many times. The five thousand cavalry could not let them shake their fear.

Under the full force of the cavalry, the distance of just one mile will not pass in a flash, nor will it take much time.

Under the rolling horse's hooves, it seemed that the earth was trembling endlessly.

Although Jing Xiu did not carry too heavy artillery this time, he carried a large number of light artillery, mainly tiger squat artillery, with a short range. Almost as soon as the cavalry began to charge, large groups of white smoke rose from the chariot camp in Liaodong, with flames flashing.

This light cannon is not as good as the new cannon, and it uses solid bullets. It is about the size of an adult man's fist. It is like a large musket, and it is even more powerful. Wherever the iron ball passes, the iron armor will tear out a huge blood hole like paper, and it will not make it alive. After landing, it will also form a "jump" effect. The shells jump and roll on the hard ground and are hit by it. Most of them will not die, but the injuries are terrible.

More than twenty light artillery fired at the same time. Although the cavalry had deliberately opened the distance, casualties could not be avoided. A cavalry was shot in the chest with an iron bullet, and no heart protection mirror was useful. It was immediately a hole, and the scene behind it could even be seen through the hole. After the shell passed through the cavalry, it continued to cast out and smashed a horse's head. The cavalry on the horse's back was thrown out. Before he could get up from the ground, the cavalry following him would submerge him. In this case, once he was dismounted, ninety percent of them would be trampled to death.

At the same time, the horse corpse and the fallen cavalry also indirectly played the role of a tripping rope, causing the rear cavalry to be unable to close their power and to be directly tripped to the ground, forming a certain amount of chaos, forcing the rear cavalry to slow down and circumnavigate around.

As for the cavalry that was "piercing the heart" by the shells, they leaned back, but their feet were still hanging in stirrups, and they saw the galloping war horse dragging a bloody corpse, which was particularly terrifying.

At such a close distance, facing the high-speed rotating shell with flesh and blood, it almost hurts when it is rubbed and dies when it is touched. Wherever the shell passes, whether it is limbs, heads, or torso, it seems to have been wiped out of thin air.

It takes more than ten years or even decades to train a gunner, which can be trained as a gunner, as long as a year or as short as a few months. In terms of power, the two are not much different. In terms of flexibility, the cost is absolutely incomparable. The silver cost of recruiting and supporting an innate master is enough to cast several cannons. The large-scale use of firearms has caused the military master to gradually withdraw from the front battlefield, and the night is not collected or inns are the places where such masters are used.

One round of artillery fire reduced the number of cavalry of the Great Wei army by nearly 100, but the cavalry of the Great Wei army was less than half a mile away from the chariot formation.

In the chariot camp, the second round of artillery was ready, but it was no longer a tiger squat cannon, but was replaced by a small cannon loaded with a shotgun. It was almost flat and had a closer range. However, it was in a fan-shaped killing, and could be used to make a sieve with people and horses.

At the same time, there were also shouts in the camp: "Milt gun soldiers are ready!"

After the cavalry, which was like mercury pouring into the ground, entered the range of range, the cavalry began to prepare to bend their bows and take arrows. The sentry officers in the chariot camp also waved their hands and shouted at the top of their lungs: "Let go!"

More than thirty small cannons sprayed out large waves of gunpowder and fire.

These cannons are filled with lead balls and thick iron sand. Thirty cannons fired volleys, just like the storm of iron balls that instantly covered the entire front of the vehicle array. They were swept by these iron rains, and they were dense and thick blood holes on their bodies.
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