Chapter 732 The remnants of the army are defeated
With the leading Tang Army Musket Captain shouting, two rows of Tang Army Musketmen arranged in a shooting mode of kneeling in front and standing behind, and quickly opened fire.
The bright red flames in succession floated together, like a long bright red ribbon, as beautiful as a fire of hell, with a unique beauty like a ritual of death.
Large clusters of choking white smoke surged, and more than 2,500 small three-cent heavy lead bullets were like death bees flying away, making a slight and cheerful cry, and pounced towards the Left Army opposite.
The maximum accurate range of the Shuitou Lumi gun used by the Tang army is 150 steps, but now the Tang army and the opponent's Left Army have only 120 steps, and their accuracy and lethality have increased greatly, causing extremely terrible killing effects to the enemy army on the opposite side.
Under the dark sky, the whistling swarm of death bees whizzed with a grim smile and quickly penetrated into the body of Zuo Jun opposite him.
A small lead bullet weighing three cents into the human body, breaks bones, tears the muscles, and the surging bullet stirs the internal organs into a ball of paste, forming a terrible cavity effect. In addition, lead poisoning that is almost curable in this era, the injured will be killed immediately, and the injured will be helpless.
In the front row, many people immediately had blood flowers blooming like magic tricks. The person who was hit was like a sudden hit by a heavy hammer and fell backwards.
The impact of the lead bullet is so great that the left army holding shields that happened to block the lead bullet could not withstand the huge impact, and they staggered backwards. However, as soon as they fell down, they were immediately injured by the extremely enthusiastic left army soldiers who were still rushing straight from behind. The scene was in a mess.
In the first round of volleys, more than 2,500 muskets were fired, and more than 400 left-ranking soldiers were shot and injured in one fell swoop.
Under this dizzy night, the musket soldiers could not aim accurately. It was already very impressive that this first round of shooting and killing effect could have such a shooting effect.
After the first volley, the left army's formation suddenly fell into chaos again.
The cavalry guarding both wings immediately dispatched to fight and kill the soldiers who left their posts without permission and even abandoned their weapons, and ordered them to return to their positions to defend.
As for the young and strong people in the city who quietly fled behind the formation, these fierce cavalrymen ruthlessly slashed and killed each other. Amid the wailing sounds, the formation of the left army finally returned to peace.
Speaking of which, fortunately, when the Tang army was bombarded in the first period, the left army was already prepared, so the formation had already scattered greatly. Most of the soldiers standing in the front were equipped with shields, which made the Tang army's shooting effect significantly weakened to a certain extent.
When the left army was in a mess and its speed was slightly slow, the Tang army seized the time and reloaded the gunpowder. Soon, when the sky turned completely dark, the Tang army's second round of musket fire began again.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"
The gunshots were loud, and the remaining flames flew away. More than 2,500 muskets fired. The more than 2,500 lead bullets that whistled out were getting closer. Although the sky became darker and darker, the killing effect was more fierce. This volley shot caused more casualties to more than 500 left army soldiers.
The flesh and blood of the human body is simply a joke in front of such a powerful firearm.
The formation of the left army suddenly became more and more chaotic, and many people showed extremely frightened expressions because they didn't know when such a bad luck would come to them.
Someone shouted, and suddenly many soldiers threw their weapons and howled backwards. No one could stop them from escaping.
The cavalrymen who were the supervising teams were cursing and killing behind them, asking them to return to their positions immediately. Even so, they could not stop them from escaping. The defeated soldiers were like a flock of sheep lost in the darkness, completely ignoring the direction, and quickly disappeared into the darkness.
Wang Deren's remaining military formation was in no order in this dark night, and there was chaos. Everyone who stayed in the formation was filled with fear and didn't know what fate would be waiting for him next.
At this time, the Tang army's musket was fired and the entire battle formation fell into a brief silence.
The Tang army's gun shield battle formation, as the main force of the escort formation, finally rushed forward to the chaotic left army formation opposite under Qi Ru's drum beat.
The remaining left army could not see the actions of the Tang army opposite in the dark. They stood up hunched until the rows of sharp and long thorny Tang army shields rushed to the front.
It was not until this time that the soldiers of the Left Army who had just come back from the chaos realized the arrival of the Tang army. A scream was loud. Many Left Army soldiers had not had time to wave their weapons. The large number of Tang army spearmen with complete armor and sharp steel spears could no longer be suppressed. They used all their strength to stab the 4-meter steel spears that had been prepared for a long time to stab the Left Army soldiers with chaotic formations and low morale.
A 4-meter-long steel spear with a sharp and terrifying triangular blood-trough gun head was stabbed at the unexpected Left Army soldiers as if they had eyes.
In the darkness, the three-edged steel spear head with a deep blood groove had a terrible kiss from a poisonous snake, causing the Zuo Army to die when touched and die when touched. Under the fierce stabbing of the Tang army's spearmen, the Zuo Army screamed repeatedly, struggled and wailed, falling down and dying.
No one would wait for the massacre. After experiencing the initial panic, the left army soldiers began to gradually stabilize and began to organize counterattacks to fight with the Tang army's spearmen and shield soldiers.
A cruel and bloody hand-to-hand combat officially began.
Above the shield wall, a long spear flew up and down, like a poisonous dragon whistling out, constantly piercing towards the head, neck and chest of the left army soldiers. The sharp and sharp three-edged fine steel spear head, like the claws of the god of death, constantly grabbing the lives of one left army after another.
At this point, the soldiers of the Left Army fought, and in order to survive on this cruel battlefield, everyone was forced to fight to the death. They let out a roar like a wild beast and rushed forward and fought wildly. The spikes of each large shield of the Tang Army were like barbecue frogs, covered with the bodies of the Left Army that kept coming. In order to survive, they were not afraid of death, and rushed forward to the tips of the guns and the thorns, crazily chopping the Tang Army spikes and the shields behind them.
Since the left army had nearly 10,000 troops, and it was difficult to distinguish the real situation of our enemy in the dark, in the face of the dense and powerful impact of the enemy, the Tang army's shield wall finally began to loosen. There were increasingly larger gaps, and the shield soldiers and spearmen who fought to the death against the Tang army continued to fall. However, as soon as someone died or fell, new troops immediately added to their positions and continued to fight, thus ensuring the integrity of the entire battle formation.
In such a purely cold weapon battle, the army's courage, courage, organization, discipline and other key factors were extremely tested, and in these cases, the Tang army was much stronger than the Zuo Army.
What's more, the Tang army had a large shield for solid protection. It was actually quite difficult for the Left Army to cross the large shield to attack the shield soldiers and spearmen behind them, because this important factor exacerbated the Left Army's damage and death.
After a bloody battle, the war loss exchange ratio between the Tang army and the Left Army was basically maintained at around 1 to 4. For the Tang army, after the initial impact, they began to gradually gain the upper hand from a stalemate.
Seeing the war stalemate, the Tang army commander Zu Dabi was very impatient. He turned his head and shouted to the army soldiers next to him.
Zu Dabi ordered the rampant generals who had been staying on both wings to let the most elite heavy-armored infantry in the Tang army attack and protect the two wings. At the same time, the Tang cavalry who had been staying in the back were divided into two parts and surrounded the enemy behind them.
"Grandma! Come on me, fight for it, and you must destroy all these damn guys!"
"Get orders!"
After the military order was issued, the rampant team members covered with thick armor from head to toe and armed their teeth were like tigers coming out of the mountain and dragons going into the sea, roaring loudly, waving heavy weapons such as tiger swords, tiger spears, long-handled swords, and the North Army sickle, jumping into the wings of the left army, slashing and killing.
These most elite heavy-armored infantry in the Tang army were like miniature tanks, rushing around in the unexpected left army formation, as if they were entering a no-man. They ruthlessly chopped and killed, and wherever the swords and guns passed, flesh and blood splattered and screamed.
The left army was double-teamed by both sides, and the resistance was instantly restrained. Under the fierce attacks of the Tang army's rampant team members, the left army in front kept screaming and falling down, and the entire formation also began to retreat continuously.
Seeing that the army was getting worse, the left cavalry, as the reserve force, immediately roared out from the formation. They quickly divided into two parts and advanced towards the flanks on both sides, preparing to use the strong impact of the cavalry to destroy the rampant Tang army, who was fighting with all their might.
As soon as the left cavalry moved, the Tang cavalry that was constantly advancing in the vast night had arrived quickly and immediately roared against the left cavalry.
The horse's hooves rumbled, the gun pointed at the sword, and the cavalry from both sides quickly strangled together.
The close forces were connected, and the fight was ruthless. One by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, fell off his horse.
Compared with the poorly equipped Left Army cavalry, the well-equipped and well-trained Tang Army cavalry gained the upper hand in an instant.
At the forefront were the Tang army's heavy armored cavalry, Xuanhu and heavy cavalry. These elite Tang army cavalry with heavy armor were unable to successfully charge because of the short distance, but in such a close combat, their combat capabilities and defense capabilities were much stronger than those of the Left Army. They were like tanks that advanced fiercely and daring to block the road and killed the Left Army cavalry with one blow.
At this moment, the formation of the Tang army began to change rapidly in its formation.
Originally, behind the gun and shield battle formation, more than a thousand gunmen who were waiting for the reserve team quickly divided into two teams. They quickly ran out of the formation, preparing to go behind the left cavalry to completely surround them and eliminate them.
Nearly a thousand left-wing cavalry quickly fell into an extremely dangerous situation of being double-teamed from front and back. Many people realized that the current situation was extremely dangerous and wanted to withdraw immediately, but they could not fulfill their wish.
Because at this time of the battle, the two armies had become completely stalemate, and the Tang army cavalry wedged into a very deep state, in a staggered manner, and fought very fiercely, so they could not escape.
At this time, as the flags in the Tang army waved high again and a strange swan sounded, another elite Tang army cavalry with about hundreds of people rushed out.
This team was led by Zu Dabi, the chief general of the Tang army, and a mixed cavalry of more than 500 people, composed of his own guard cavalry and the remaining Xuanhu heavy armored cavalry. As the last killer weapon, it was thrown at the most critical moment of this battle situation.
The elite cavalry of more than 500 people, led by Zu Dabi, quickly circled around and rushed towards the weakest back of the left army, shouting and rushing towards the young and strong in the panicked city.
The heavy armored cavalry of the Xuanhu, which weighed as much as half a ton, rushed to the front of the cavalry battle formation. They were like terrifying steel giant beasts, and rushed into the left army that was unprepared and chaotic with a sharp and high-speed attitude. Their impact force reached an almost terrifying level.
Countless Left Army soldiers and young and strong people in the city were attacked by heavy iron horses and cavalry and were flying all over the sky like paper. After passing long or short arcs in the air, they fell to the ground, and they were not dead or dead.
More left and young soldiers were knocked over to the ground by the iron armored heavy cavalry, and then trampled on their heads or stomachs by the thick iron hooves coming in succession. A terrible explosion sounded on the ground.
These extremely powerful Tang army's Xuanhu heavy cavalry were like the god of death in the dark night. As the left army screamed, they used unparalleled violence and death to plow out a bloody road covered with broken limbs and wreckage from the chaotic left army formation.
The entire Left Army formation immediately collapsed completely.
Under the dark sky, countless soldiers of the left army and young and strong in the city fled like headless flies, fleeing without any target. They abandoned their weapons one after another and ran away desperately. Many people took off their armor while running, in order to die as much as possible in this escape competition, so that they could escape from heaven.
The cavalry of the Tang army, along with the thousands of Tang army spearmen and shield soldiers, were like wild beasts that kept chasing their prey, and continued to bite and hunt them mercilessly.
At this point, the entire outskirts of Macheng have become a place for the Tang army to slaughter. The left army fled all over the slopes and fields were like cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs that fled wildly. They appointed the Tang army to chase and kill, and there was no possibility of saving their lives.
What's even more terrifying is that in such a scattered escape, even if there were sporadic Left Army soldiers and young and strong people in the city who wanted to surrender, they were immediately killed by the Tang soldiers who were red-eyed, either chopped or stabbed, and killed immediately without any mercy.
Chapter completed!