Chen Jin is not lacking in reaction ability, but he and his direct Han Banner Army have major defects in response speed.

No wonder, in the cold weapon era, military training paid more attention to personal force and formation, and almost nothing was involved in the response of soldiers.

The so-called elites are more about reaching the predetermined position according to the general's flag or horn sound, but they lack subjective and flexible nature.

The coverage area of ​​the tiger squat cannon is actually not large, just a radius of dozens of feet. This is a very small proportion of the range involved in the Thousand Cavalry.

Even if the thousand cavalry charges in parallel, the distance from the beginning to the end is still one or two miles away. This is when the enemy cavalry wants to annihilate the artillery positions of the Northern Expedition Army in one fell swoop, which means that the cross-section is very wide.

The real distance between the two sides is only about one and a half miles. In fact, when the middle of the enemy cavalry was covered by artillery fire, the tail of the enemy cavalry had just rushed out of the smoke and dust in front of the city gate.

In other words, if the response is quick and Chen Jin can save at least 30% of the cavalry, then Wu Zheng would have to think of other ways to break Pei County.

The Northern Expedition Army's ability is not about attacking, especially in the absence of crossbows and artillery suppression on the city walls, musketeers without armor cannot fight against armored enemies at all.

From a certain perspective, musketeers are actually a kind of musketeers' mutation, but crossbowmen have light armor, leather armor or chain armor, and at least they must have a heart protection mirror or something.

But the Northern Expedition Army did not. The military uniforms were a little handsome, because the dress was uniform. On the other hand, the enemy had all kinds of outfits, and some even had a fur hanging obliquely as a protective object. God knew it was used to resist swords or arrows, or perhaps to reduce friction when preparing to fall.

Therefore, Chen Jin's response at this time showed a huge omission. He did not stop the cavalry from continuing to charge as soon as possible. Instead, Chen Jin ordered the shield and spearmen on both sides to press forward after a brief shock.

Perhaps Chen Jin believes that in such a short distance, the Northern Expedition Army would not be able to annihilate Qianqi without a single hour. It would be right to think about it. Even if you kill Qianhai crazy pigs, it would take time.

Pressing the shield and spearmen is enough to deter the Northern Expedition Army and thus resolve the threat to the cavalry.

In this regard, Chen Jin's response is not wrong.

But Chen Jin didn't seem to have forgotten that every soldier in the Northern Expedition Army was equipped with grenades on his waist. Although it was not very powerful, he could be used as a smoke bomb at most when used scatteredly. Only in cluster use is a magical tool, but it would be OK to detonate nearby, kill and injure one or two people.

Wu Zheng was also shocked at this time. With such strict deployment, more than 30 light cavalry rushing into the position caused more than twice the casualties. He couldn't help but feel worried about his "recklessness". You must know that Wu Zheng was too far ahead, and finally stopped and was pulled off his horse by several Northern Expedition soldiers. They all stabbed the enemy cavalry to death with bayonets, which was only two or three feet away from Wu Zheng.

If the enemy cavalry leaped up at this distance, it would be afraid that Wu Zheng would at least escape in a panic. Perhaps the cavalry would come to rewrite history.

Perhaps the cavalry did not know Wu Zheng, but who made the military uniforms of the Northern Expedition Army roughly the same, but the decorations were a little different.

But Wu Zheng reacted quickly and immediately organized artillery troops to load up the rapid fire again.

Not only did Wu Zheng react quickly, the artillery actually subconsciously loaded the artillery before Wu Zheng issued an order.

This is an instinct and very important.

Wu Zheng's original deployment was that after completing a salvo, the artillery quickly retreated to 600 soldiers fighting with bayonets before loading and firing, because once the enemy cavalry rushed through the artillery covered area, the artillery did not have time to load.

In fact, the enemy cavalry did rush over, but the number was not large, and they were shot by six hundred soldiers in a row of muskets, knocking down two-thirds.

Then the soldiers rushing forward with bayonets dealt with the remaining thirty cavalry, so the artillery no longer had to retreat.

Agility is important, sometimes more important than orders.

It takes time to convey the general's orders, especially when this kind of artillery fire is permeated and the fighter jets are fleeting.

The artillery soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army took the initiative to load on the spot without waiting for the order to be issued. When Wu Zheng's order arrived, only firing was left.

Then, just came to his senses and adjusted the enemy cavalry who had been frightened by artillery fire. The charge of the rear team again was equivalent to stepping into the gates of hell.

Without any accident, the splashing shrapnel harvested any creatures passing through this area, including war horses.

In just one incense stick, two rounds of artillery fired and one round of muskets fired over thousands of enemy cavalry. This was in front of the enemy's main formation, which was shocking, including the initiator Wu Zheng.

It was so incredible. It only cost less than a hundred casualties to annihilate thousands of enemy cavalry, which made Wu Zheng involuntarily shout out loudly - Long live the artillery battalion!

The King of Wu shouted loudly, which attracted the followers of the soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army. They thought that this was an alternative way of celebrating the prince.

As a result, the momentum outside Pei County was shocking.

At this time, Chen Qicai, the commander of the artillery battalion, was the son of Chen Shoujie, the then supervisor of the military workshop, and the grandson of Chen Yujie, the artillery expert of the Ming Dynasty artillery, four years ago, the shy boy, unknown young man, had become the commander of the artillery battalion.

He was shocked by the huge shouts and his face was pale and trembled all over. What is the King of Wu going to do?

However, this is not the time for the battle to end, and it is possible to celebrate because the battle continues.

Chen Jin's inner fear at this time was beyond words, and the same was true for his troops.

Within a short distance, I watched Qianqi be swallowed by artillery fire and dust, but it was still twice, with less than a stick of incense between the front and back.

It can be said that one step is to die.

But on the battlefield, once the battle starts, it will be like a bow and no turning back.

All fools know that retreating at this time is equivalent to suicide.

Chen Jin originally thought that if the battle situation was unfavorable, he could quickly withdraw to the city and defend it according to the city, but the premise was that cavalry would cut off the rear.

Well, the cavalry used to cut off the rear has been annihilated, who will cut off the rear?

Both sides were both legs and feet, not to mention that the soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army were far faster than those of the Qing army. If they retreated in a hurry and were chased into the city by the Northern Expedition Army, then a river of spring water would flow eastward. Maybe, the defeat would be light and if they were captured alive, the widow would die his son and he would have no hope.

Therefore, Chen Jin's second order was to put the entire army in the attack and take the initiative.

Not only did the crossbowman in the back team who had not yet moved, Chen Jin also transferred the crossbowman on the city wall to the city to join the general attack.

This is just taking a gamble.

Chen Jin had no choice. If this cavalry was lost, the Pei County defenders lost their mobility. When they saw a large number of artillery in the Northern Expedition Army, Chen Jinxin was so cold. The reinforced city walls would probably be hard to resist the bombardment of so many artillery.
Chapter completed!