Chapter 470 Hunting Game(1/2)
Li Xiao stared at the whistleman who was kneeling on his knees and shouted in a low voice: "Have you ever visited the woods outside Lushun City?"
"Reported to Duke Tang, because the sky is drowsy and time is limited, we have not had time to go to the forest to explore."
Li Xiao said oh, and after a moment of consideration, he quickly said to Tian Wei, the mayor of Xingzhong Town and battalion commander of Battalion A: "Tian Wei, please pay attention to the entire army. Now it is dusk and when you get off the ship, you need to strictly guard against enemy troops' attacks!"
"Yes, please don't worry, sir."
Li Xiao's order had just been issued less than ten minutes, and suddenly he heard a continuous stream of people shouting and neighing in the woods outside the east gate of Lushun.
Immediately afterwards, under the bloody twilight, a large number of Qing cavalry, like the devil flashing out of the afterglow, they whistled loudly and rushed towards the Tang soldiers who were getting off the ship at the Lushunkou Wharf.
"No, there will be an enemy attack!"
With the shout of the guard beside him, Li Xiao, who was standing at the bow of the Shenglong ship and was silently watching a group of soldiers get off the ship, instantly widened his eyes.
Okay, with a hundred secrets, these Qing thrones were actually hiding in the woods outside the city, looking for an opportunity to attack him, but they were careless for a moment.
However, Li Xiao believed that his troops' reaction ability could be keen enough to deal with it. What's more, he had ordered just now to be alert.
A cold smile appeared on the corner of Li Xiao's mouth.
A bloody game of hunting and anti-hunting has officially begun.
The horse's hooves rumbled, and the dust covered the sky. When he led four thousand fully armed elite Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, like arrows away from the string, rushed towards the Tang army who were disembarking, Ai Xing's heart was filled with the pleasure of revenge.
Li Xiao, who was in the dog, you used to kill me, Mafa and Ama. Now, I will do my best to slaughter you, the generals, and use their dog's lives to commemorate my Mafa and Ama's spirit in heaven!
Ai Xing'a calculated clearly that the number of soldiers on the Tang army on the ship and on the shore is almost the same, which is the most chaotic moment. If he can lead 4,000 cavalry to launch a raid at this time, the best results should be achieved.
As for the impact distance, Ai Xinga also estimated in his mind that from this small woods to the beach, it was only about 800 steps away. If the cavalry accelerated fully and rushed to the Tang army position on the shore, it would be possible to reach it in just a few breaths.
Ai Xing'a saw from afar that a large number of Tang soldiers who were busy organizing defense on the beach were extremely relieved.
"Hmph, you guys! You guys are just trying to organize defense now, but it's too late!"
Ai Xinga shouted loudly: "Brothers! Get faster and put all these damn Nikans into meat sauce!"
Below was a cheer like a wolf howl, and all the Qing cavalry suddenly became more and more fighting. They all let out a roar like a wilderness in their mouths, and they all pounded their horse's belly, speeded up and rushed towards the Tang army on the beach.
In the eyes of all the Qing cavalry rushing forward, the Tang infantry, who were shouting and forming formations like prey, attracted all their attention.
But they did not see that on the docking boats, there were black guns aiming at them.
When they rushed to nearly 300 steps, Ai Xing'a suddenly felt bad by intuition because he found that the Tang army was quickly lined up on the spot, but few soldiers were so scared that they ran back on the boat.
His eyes subconsciously looked on the ground. When he saw the five or six ships parked on the shore, and the guns on the side, almost all aimed at him, Ai Xing's back suddenly burst into a cold chill.
Hold!
I originally thought of hunting while the chaos was in trouble, but I didn't expect that these Tang soldiers could react so quickly, but instead regarded themselves as the prey of being captured!
"Brothers, disperse quickly and beware of the artillery!"
After Ai Xinga shouted this sentence, the speed of the entire team's advance suddenly stopped, and the formation began to become chaotic immediately.
At the same time, nearly 300 top-level guns on the fifty or sixty boats were fired all at once.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"
In the huge sound of cannons that shook the eardrums, the guns of each cannon immediately floated with red flames, flashing with dazzling golden flames. In the thick and pungent white smoke, more than 270 large and small black iron bombs, with the sound of death, attacked the Qing cavalry that was scattering its formation.
At this moment, these hundreds of sharp iron bullets drew straight lines of death, whistling through the Qing cavalry formation, killing and crippling any cavalry that dared to block them. Wherever the iron bullet flew past, there was a blur of blood and blood, and howling and neighing with people and horses.
Ai Xing A clearly saw that three consecutive cavalrymen lined up in a row in front were hit by a huge iron bullet at the same time.
This iron bullet instantly penetrated the chests of two Qing Mongolian cavalrymen. The bodies of the two Mongolian cavalrymen were like watermelons hit by iron hammers, bursting instantly, and blood and internal organs flew everywhere.
Finally, the iron bullet hit the head of the Bai Zhuyala cavalry on the back, flattening his helmet and head, emitting brain mass, and his eyes and teeth were like toy parts, splashing everywhere.
Then, the violently killing iron bullet was thrown down heavily, drawing a long arc from the air, and then broke the legs of a cavalryman's mount and legs before jumping away, not knowing where to fall.
Seeing this extremely terrifying scene and seeing this absolute death that completely transcends the courage and limits of the human body, Ai Xing's face turned pale in an instant.
The Tang army's artillery fire caused nearly 300 Qing cavalry to be killed and injured, and the entire Qing army formation was suddenly in chaos.
However, after this shelling, all the Tang Army Navy gunners, including Li Xiao, still looked regretful on their faces.
At this time, because Ai Xing's emergency response was still very effective, the Qing army dispersed in a timely and dramatically before the shelling.
As the Qing cavalry was urgently dispersed, the actual number of people attacked by these more than 200 iron bombs of all sizes was greatly reduced, and Li Xiao, who had originally expected to defeat all the 4,000 Qing cavalry who rushed forward in one blow, was suddenly lost.
Seeing the team that was originally full of morale, being hit by this sudden violent artillery, a large amount of chaos appeared, and Ai Xing's heart was furious.
Damn it!
I thought everything would go smoothly, but suddenly suffered setbacks. Even a Tang army was not killed, and nearly 300 cavalrymen were damaged. This was simply because I had not hit the prey, but I let the eagle and hawk peck at the eye first. It was really embarrassing and depressing!
When Ai Xinga thought of leaving the city, he patted his chest in front of Luke Dehun to make a contribution, and loudly said a firm statement that he would catch Tang Jun off guard. Now he felt his face burning.
What to do now?
Should we continue the attack? Or should we return to Lushun City?
Ai Xinga quickly felt ashamed of his thoughts.
It’s shameful, I, Mafa, and I, all died tragically by the Tang army. Now that the Tang army has attacked the house, I don’t want to seize the opportunity to take revenge. Instead, I want to escape, and I feel ashamed!
Ai Xing's forehead was full of veins, his face was purple, and his teeth were chewed.
Humph, even if you want to die, you have to pull a few more Tang troops as a cull and use their lives to comfort me, Mafa and Ama's spirit in heaven.
Besides, I only lost less than 300 people, but the number of troops was still enough. I still have a great chance of winning when I continued to attack the Tang army that was chaotic.
"Brothers, don't panic! The Tang army's artillery cannot be continuously fired, and our army's losses are limited. Let's continue to rush forward with this general!"
Ai Xinga stared at her blood-red eyes and shouted loudly.
A sparse shouts of shouts sounded below, and all the Qing cavalry calmed down, gathered again, and continued to rush forward.
When all the Qing cavalry continued to rush forward at an extremely fast speed less than two hundred steps away from the Tang army, nearly 4,000 Lumi gun soldiers on the 50 or 60 boats on the shore had quickly arranged an emergency combat formation along the side of the ship. They stood in rows and stood kneeling, wearing burning fuses, holding the loaded Lumi guns and quickly made a aiming position.
The reason why these Lumi gun soldiers were still on the ship was that Li Xiao, Duke of Tang, deliberately asked them to wait until the infantry and cavalry all got ashore before landing, so as to keep a backup plan.
Originally, there were 9,000 Lumi gun soldiers in the Tang army, but these Lumi gun soldiers were mostly on the ships behind that had not yet stopped on the coast. Now, among the fifty or sixty ships parked on the coast, there were only nearly 4,000 Lumi gun soldiers, all of whom were lined up on the side and ready to shoot.
Out of the corner of his eyes, Ai Xing's eyes suddenly felt a dense red dot on the side of the ship. He looked up and his brown pupils immediately contracted in horror.
Depend on!
After the Tang army's artillery attack, there were even musketeers shooting on the sidelines. Now, wouldn't we, the cavalrymen who rushed forward, become completely targets for being beaten?!
"Retreat, retreat quickly, the Tang army has gunfire soldiers!"
Ai Xinga roared loudly and screamed in horror.
Just as he was calling, the Tang army warships opposite, with the loud sound of the Swan, the red flags on each ship were swaying down almost at the same time. Two rows of musketeers standing or kneeling on each ship, and nearly four thousand musketeers, suddenly started together.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang..."
On each boat, the dense sound of muskets with explosive beans sounded violently. The remaining flames floating from the muzzle formed two bright yellow and dazzling lines of fire. Large patches of choking and heavy white mist surged, instantly hiding the entire Tang army's shore fleet into a fog like a fairyland.
Nearly four thousand muskets, more than 3,600 poles were fired. These more than 3,600 small lead bullets weighing three cents formed a dense rain of death, and roared towards the Qing cavalry that was rushing towards them.
A very small number of Tang troops with good eyesight and not disturbed by the white fog could clearly see that the whistling rain of lead bullets shot the Qing cavalry, people or horses, rushed towards the opposite side.
The intensive shooting of nearly 4,000 Lumi gunners reached an astonishing level of power and lethality. At this moment, at least nearly 800 Qing cavalry were shot. The screams of the cavalry and the sarcasm of the horses were mixed together, and it was filled with continuous streams, which made people feel heartbroken.
From a distance, the Qing cavalrymen were overturned, and the entire Qing cavalry formation was instantly in chaos and collapse.
There were three lead bullets, which hit Ai Xing'a and his mount at the same time. This Qing general, because of his unique exquisite armor and clothing, was like a magnet, and firmly attracted the lead bullets that were shot from the fire.
A lead shot into his arm, making his arm bend backwards to an unimaginable arc as if it was suddenly twisted with force.
The other two lead bombs hit the horse's neck and legs, and Ai Xing'a and his mount fell to the ground as if they were suddenly hit by an invisible sledgehammer.
Ai Xing, who fell to the ground sideways, was covered in sand, and a handful of sand squeezed into his left eye, blinding his left eye on the spot, and the heavy body of the horse completely flattened his thighs, screaming in pain.
He was left with only his right eye to see, and saw more clearly that a horse running wildly rushed over. With a light pop, he stomped on the head of a fallen Manzhou vest soldier next to him, like a watermelon, and blood and brain matter splattered on his face.
In the face of this huge death that was prominent, and the commander was injured and fell to the ground, the entire Qing army battle formation was in chaos, and the remaining Qing cavalry were all broken. They were wailing, running around like headless flies.
Seeing the Qing army collapsed by the Lumi gun scattered, the morale of the Tang army was greatly boosted. As the flags were flying, the Xuanhu heavy cavalry and the Feijiao light cavalry, which had already arrived ashore, roared and rushed to chase and refused to give these Qing cavalry who were fleeing everywhere a chance to survive.
"Quick, open the east gate quickly and yell the gold quickly, so that the cavalry can retreat to the city!"
At the end of the east gate of Lushun City, Luke Dehun, who saw this tragic scene with a thousand-mile mirror, felt aching in his heart as if he was cutting it with a knife. He was so angry that he blushed and shouted at the Bakash soldiers who were sending the orders beside him.
"Well, the servant obeys the order!"
As the suspension bridge was lowered, the city gate opened wide, and a clear sound of gold sounds sounded at the top of the city at the same time. The cavalrymen fled around seemed to wake up suddenly, and they all pulled their horses and fled to the east gate of Lushun.
When they chased outside the area with an arrow from the east gate, the Tang cavalry stopped chasing.
In the end, less than 300 Qing cavalrymen escaped by chance and hid in the city.
The other Qing cavalry were chased by Tang cavalry and died outside the city one after another.
Seeing the bodies of Qing cavalry lying in a slanting place outside the city, Lukede was bleeding all over his heart.
Well, the attack of his cavalry was a Tang army, and it was not even a Tang army that was killed, so they were basically all destroyed outside the city of Lushun. Even the deputy general Ai Xinga was lost in the formation. Damn, this was not a battle at all, but a massacre!
It’s a pity, it’s a pity that I originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Tang army was not yet stable, but I didn’t expect that the final result was that I would lose the rice if I couldn’t steal the chicken, and I lost my wife and my army!
Now that the cavalry is defeated, almost all of them are lost. So, can this Lushun City be defended with the remaining more than 6,000 troops?
To be continued...