Chapter 240 Offensive and Defensive Battle (12)
Fan Li's face turned aside: "It's not a solution for the enemy and us to confront each other like this."
Zhao Shougang nodded and said, "This confrontation is extremely unfavorable to our side. Although the rebel cavalry has lost the confidence to impact our camp, our soldiers cannot remain mentally nervous for a long time."
As he said that, he pointed his hand at the rebel artillery camp position not far ahead, and looked at Fan Li and continued: "In my judgment, the rebel cavalry confronted us on the one hand to protect the rebel infantry and artillery battalion and retreat. You see, the rebel artillery battalion is clear; on the other hand, he must seek opportunities to retaliate, which is the main reason why the rebel cavalry cannot stay."
Fan Li has experienced the battle just now and knows that the soldiers' long-term nervousness is most likely to cause physical and mental fatigue. It is rare for the soldiers of Zhenshan Camp to continue to maintain a strict military appearance after the previous oppression of the rebel cavalry!
The weather is hot now, and soldiers are most likely to be caught by the enemy when exposed to sunlight for a long time, so long confrontation is extremely unfavorable to the soldiers in Zhenshan Camp.
He nodded and asked, "How did Mr. Zhao Qian plan to solve this problem."
Zhao Shougang turned his eyes to the rebel artillery camp position and said, "If you want to end the confrontation between the two sides, the best way is to attack the rebel artillery camp position and disrupt the deployment of the rebel cavalry."
Fan Li's eyes lit up and said, "You mean..."
Zhao Shougang nodded calmly and said, "Yes, it is just to find a way to approach the rebel artillery camp position, use gunpowder packs to bomb it, and force the rebel cavalry to take action to stop it. Doing so will make our soldiers in Zhenshan Camp avoid their own shortcomings and use their strengths and put the rebel cavalry into a passive position."
Fan Li pondered: "Although the rebel cavalry has suffered from our arms, they will definitely not let us attack the rebel artillery battalion. You have also seen the power of the rebel arrows before. Our army really wants to act rashly. I am afraid the consequences will be very serious."
Zhao Shougang frowned and said, "Yes, our army is far from the other party in terms of mobility and combat effectiveness. The rebel cavalry fears our army's firearms. If the rebel cavalry uses bows and arrows to shoot as soon as they come up instead of directly attacking our camp, it may cause greater damage to our army. But there is one thing that our army's bird gun is a bit higher than the rebel's bows and arrows in terms of firing distance and firing intensity. Now our two armies have more than 600 bird gun soldiers together. Once the rebel cavalry takes bows and arrows to shoot, we should be able to suppress the rebel's archers."
Fan Li thought for a while and nodded, "Please give the order. I am willing to obey the order."
Because according to the establishment of Zhenshan Camp, Zhao Shougang and Fan Li are both Qian Zong, and their positions are the same, but Fan Li is the newly promoted Qian Zong, the teaching group Qian Zong, while Zhao Shougang is the powerful Qian Zong, the Zhenshan Camp.
Fan Li cannot compare with Zhao Shougang in terms of combat experience and personal qualifications, and Zhao Shougang is also the commander of defending the city this time. Therefore, in Fan Li's view, it is natural to hand over the command to Zhao Shougang, and he is willing to obey Zhao Shougang's command.
Zhao Shougang nodded slightly, pointed his hand at the unowned war horse on the battlefield and said, "I came up with an idea. These war horse rebels were not able to take back, and they could use it."
Seeing that Fan Li was a little confused, he simply said, "Send someone to catch these war horses first." He waved his hand and ordered a team of soldiers to gather the unowned war horses on the battlefield.
Then he explained his thoughts to Fan Li: "Tie the captured war horses on the backs, ignite them and drive them to the rebel artillery camp positions. The rebel artillery camp is only a hundred steps away from us. The war horses carrying gunpowder bags rushed into the rebel artillery camp. If the rebels do not block it in time, they will definitely blow up the rebel artillery camp directly. I think the rebel cavalry will definitely not stand by. At that time, whether to choose to attack or retreat, the initiative will be in our hands."
"It's amazing! This is really a way to kill two birds with one stone. It can not only relieve the threat of the rebel cavalry, but also cause the rebel artillery battalion to be severely damaged." Fan Li waved his fist excitedly.
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Cao Shaozhong looked at the neatly lined up Zhenshan camp array on the opposite side. He felt that the other party was like a hedgehog covered with thorns. He bit it in one bite, and not only did he not eat the meat but was stabbed instead.
Although he suffered a great loss under the opponent's hands, he could only stare at him helplessly. Cao Shaozhong hadn't felt this kind of affliction for a long time. He felt that these warriors were even more elite than a few veterans in the rebels.
Their firearm tactics are extremely skillful. It is reasonable that their cavalry are caught off guard and are attacked by the opponent's firearms and are defeated and fled back.
The cavalry under his command suffered the opponent's firearms and had lost their spirits. Even if they ordered to attack the opponent again, they would definitely return in a defeat, so they simply held on to the other side to wait for a chance to counterattack.
I irritated my sweat off my face. The weather in June is hot and dry. I will soon sweat profusely when exposed to the sun in the sun, and it is hard to be hot.
Humph, let's see how long you can stand in the sun, don't let me seize the opportunity... Cao Shaozhong was secretly ruthless. Once the opponent couldn't hold on or was ready to withdraw from the battlefield, it was the moment when his cavalrymen thunder attacked. He wanted the opposite defender to fight for his casualties.
Looking up at the "heedgehog" five hundred steps away, I saw that the "heedgehog" queue was still neat and orderly, and a team of "heedgehog" soldiers were gathering the dead cavalry horses on the battlefield.
There was spark in Cao Shaozhong's eyes. His cavalry were all good at fighting on the battlefield. Unexpectedly, they were killed by the explosives thrown by the opponent. They died injustice. Even the war horses on the battlefield became the opponent's spoils, and they made these "heedgehogs" free of charge.
Hey, what did the other party tie up on the horse's back? Cao Shaozhong suddenly opened his pig's eyes wide and looked at the other party's actions in surprise. His sweaty hand stopped in the air and forgot to put it down.
Yes, it was the explosion produced by this package that caused huge damage to the cavalry! Cao Shaozhong felt cold all over his body. He was smart enough to think that the other party must have planned to lead the explosives to the cavalry queue through war horses and explode...
Cao Shaozhong immediately ordered: "Everyone prepares bows and arrows and shoots me to death anything close to me."
"Swish swish swish swish" The rebel cavalry, who were still in shock, drew their bows and arrows to stare at the team opposite that made them suffer a great loss.
Fan Li looked at the more than 40 tall and majestic war horses and felt very reluctant to leave. Such a good war horse had to act as cannon fodder. You must know that Zhenshan Camp urgently needs war horses to expand its cavalry troops now!
His eyes turned to Zhao Shougang and found that the other party also had a reluctance in his eyes.
"Oh, it's such a pity for these war horses! Isn't it too many to release more than 40 war horses at once?" Fan Li said reluctantly.
Zhao Shougang shook his head, "There is only one chance. If we cannot destroy the rebel artillery camp because we are stingy with a few war horses, we will only be beaten up in the end. It will be difficult for our army to escape calmly."
Fan Li naturally knew the situation facing Zhenshan Camp now. Although the rebel cavalry on the opposite side was watching from a distance, as long as one side showed his intention to retreat, the rebel cavalry would definitely be killed mercilessly.
He looked reluctantly away from the war horses, stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his head, looked up at the movements of the rebel cavalry, and suddenly said with a smile in his words: "The rebel cavalry must think that these war horses are going to deal with them, look at them as if they are facing a great enemy."
"It is better to make the rebel cavalry feel dangerous, so that the success rate of war horses attacking the rebel artillery battalion is greater." Zhao Shougang said with a smile.
As the two talked, there were three gunpowder bags tied together on all the horses, and only one of them was placed on a long gunpowder line. Needless to say, the rest of the gunpowder bags would explode if they ignited this gunpowder line.
Soon, the leads of the gunpowder packs on the backs of all captured war horses began to burn, and Zhao Shougang, Fan Li and others waved their daggers to stab the war horses on the butt.
"Herod's body was stinging with his horse, scattered his four hooves and ran towards the rebel artillery battalion. More than a hundred steps were gone in a blink of an eye.
Because the rebels' artillery battalion wanted to defend against the attack of artillery fire in Pingdu City, there were neatly tidy earth and stone walls in front of each Western artillery. Each artillery was ten to fifteen steps apart, and fifty artillery were distributed within a radius of 500 steps.
At this time, the rebel artillery battalion was in chaos. The gunners were busy dismantling the fixtures of the artillery while worrying that the Zhenshan camp would suddenly come over a hundred steps away. The scene of the rebel cavalry defeat was vivid in my mind. The elite cavalry were all repelled, and these gunners who lack defense were even worse than other people's opponents.
The gunners were not as tough as the rebel cavalry. They saw dozens of shocked horses coming straight to the cannon camp positions from afar. Most of the gunners immediately gave up dismantling the cannons and began to find a place to hide. For a moment, the entire rebel artillery battalion was in a mess.
With a "boom", the gunpowder bag carried by the first war horse exploded among the gunmen in the artillery camp. The sound of gun bombs resounded in the sky. In an instant, the rebel artillery camp turned into a sea of fire. The explosion of air waves brought countless broken limbs and broken arms...
Fan Li turned his face and couldn't bear to see the tragic scene of the explosion, but Zhao Shougang stared at the rebel cavalry.
Amid the earth-shaking sound of cannon bombings, the first thing is that the rebel cavalry's horses began to jump uncontrollably due to violent fright. The rebel cavalry held bows and arrows in their hands, and the cavalry on the frightened horses were uncontrolled. In panic, they abandoned the bows and arrows to concentrate on controlling the frightened horses.
The gunpowder pack may be the stored gunpowder that ignited the rebel artillery battalion, and the earth-shaking sound of cannon explosions resounded through the sky one after another.
Cao Shaozhong was panicked and controlled the war horses. The continuous explosions caused the war horses to fall into chaos. At this time, not to mention launching an attack on the other side, it was very difficult for the cavalry under his command to even control the war horses. The army on the other side was really doing everything. With such a group of people in Pingdu City, who else could take it down!
In an instant, Cao Shaozhong felt discouraged and raised his head to see another team of about a thousand people coming from Pingdu City. The idea of destroying the other party was completely extinguished.
He shouted loudly: "All the cavalry and I retreated to the camp." He no longer cared about the rebels who were waiting for the fleeing, so he rode his horse and ran towards the rebel camp first!
Chapter completed!