Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1002

[Chapter 995: Twilight of the Cavalry]

“The era of nomads invading the Central Plains is over!”

On the hills, Niu Ben sighed as he looked at the barbarian slave soldiers that were disintegrating like a tide. Now, no matter how the barbarian cavalry drives them away, these slave soldiers refuse to return to the battlefield.

On the contrary, these slave soldiers became crazy because of fear. They began to fight with the barbarian cavalry who prevented them from escaping. The entire barbarian camp was counterattacked by the slave soldiers.

Luo Quan showed a relieved smile. Like Niu Ben, he also understood the significance of the appearance of the machine gun. “It’s time to fight back!” After a long silence, he finally said.

Niu Ben nodded. He signaled to the trumpeter at this time, and the horn of the general attack suddenly sounded throughout the sky.

At the sound of trumpets, the infantry walked out of the camp in an orderly manner, and the Hussite chariots that had appeared in the Battle of Jizhou were once again rushed into the battlefield.

These chariots were drawn by horses and quickly formed hollow formations on the flat grassland.

Soldiers holding Han-style rifles entered the middle of the car formation. As the car formation circled around the barbarian camp from both sides, there were also cavalry in the middle of the car formation. They were ready to attack at any time.

In addition to the infantry and cavalry, the artillery mounted the artillery on the horses and quickly entered the vehicle formation to find their own position. During the month in Raozhou, they had repeatedly practiced this tactic that once defeated the barbarian cavalry, and now they are very skilled in using it on the spot. .

But unlike in the past, there were machine gunners in the middle of these vehicle formations. Soldiers pushed machine guns to follow the vehicle formations and loaded ammunition on Hussite chariots.

A fixed camp instantly turned into ten mobile fortresses. These fortresses took on the shape of a pocket and quickly surrounded the barbarians.

When Dayu launched a counterattack, the barbarians were in trouble. The slave soldiers lost control in despair. The barbarian cavalry fell into fighting with the slave soldiers, and some slave soldiers even rushed into the camp to massacre the barbarian herdsmen.

The anger born of fear made them vent their anger on the people who enslaved them, and the entire barbarian camp was in chaos.

Pondo was already on his horse, raising the saber in his hand and slashing left and right. If the rebellion of the slave soldiers could not be controlled, they would be in great trouble.

But what frightened him even more was that while they were fighting, the Chongqing army was gradually surrounding them. Even if they controlled the barbarian slaves, they would still fall into a deadly battle.

At this moment, Pang Duo’s confidence completely collapsed. They refused to admit defeat after the first failure, and they still refused to admit defeat after the second failure, but he finally felt scared the third time.

“Pang Duo, we must retreat.” Bach shouted urgently. Once the encirclement of Dayu is completed, they will no longer be able to break through.

Wotai scolded: “Bach, you coward, our pasture is here, and our people are here, where else can we escape, I won’t leave, I will kill every person in Chongqing.”

Pang Duo Closing their eyes in despair, the Chongqing army was completing the encirclement network step by step. If they didn’t leave, it would be too late.

Looking at the tribesmen in the camp, and then at the Chongqing army, he said: “Retreat, our tribesmen can’t escape no matter what, we must keep the remaining cavalry for the sake of the Khanate.”

He just finished speaking. Suddenly, the rumble of horse hoofs came from the west. Everyone looked and saw a line of cavalry coming from the west, completely blocking their retreat.

Zach shouted at this time: “That’s Qi Guangyi’s cavalry!”

The hearts of all the flag leaders suddenly sank. This sudden cavalry blocked their only escape route and made them lose their escape path.

And they were all frightened by Zach’s terrifying description of this cavalry. If according to Zach, this cavalry can be fully capable of dealing with 40,000 to 50,000 cavalry, then in their current chaotic state, they will not be able to break through the blockade of this cavalry. .

The arrival of Qi Guangyi seemed to be the last straw that broke the barbarians’ will to resist. At this moment, the leader of the barbarian tribe who came to support chose to flee.

Their tribe is no longer here, and there is no need for them to risk their lives here in the face of a desperate situation. The most important thing is that they have lost their courage. In their hearts, they began to fear the Great Yu Kingdom.

Zach was the first to escape, then the second, and then the third. The more than 100,000 cavalrymen who came to support fled in a chaotic group, without any structure or order.

Now all they want is to survive.

Qi Guangyi looked at the barbarian cavalry rushing to escape with a sneer on his lips. These barbarians thought that he would continue to go deeper into the grassland, but he did the opposite.

In his opinion, harassing those tribes now is far less meaningful than killing the barbarian tribes. Without the protection of the cavalry, those tribes are just fish on the chopping board. If these cavalry are let go, their enemies will come back.

“Line up!”

The generals among the lancers issued orders one after another, sealing the pocket formation like the last side of the pocket. At the same time, the soldiers raised their carbines. His purpose was to prevent the barbarian cavalry from escaping, and finally annihilate the barbarian cavalry to the extreme. It consumes a lot of barbarian troops.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

The fleeing barbarian cavalry entered the shooting range, and the lancers immediately fired. Suddenly, the barbarians in the front row fell to the ground, and the disorganized barbarian team became more and more chaotic.

At the same time, Niu Ben and Luo Quan ordered all the cavalry in the hollow square formation to attack, cooperating with Qi Guangyi to block the gap for the barbarians to escape.

The car formation accelerated the encirclement of the barbarian camp.

More than 50,000 cuirassiers rushed out of the chariot formation, passing by the two wings like two silver torrents. The horses collided, sabers flew, and the retreat of the barbarian cavalry became more and more difficult.

While fighting each other, the vehicle formation gradually completed the encirclement. At this time, the infantry showed its ferocious claws, and at the same time, each vehicle formation launched its own machine gun.

“Click, click, click…” the sound of intensive shooting sounded again.

Under the fire of Han-style rifles and machine guns, the barbarian cavalry and seated horses were sprayed with blood mist by bullets, and large areas of barbarian cavalry fell in a pool of blood.

The artillery was not idle either. The shells smashed into the dense barbarian cavalry one after another. Each explosion would take away dozens of lives.

Because under siege from all sides, more than 100,000 barbarian cavalry were herded together like sheep. There was no room for the cavalry to move in the densely packed area. They could only squeeze people and horses against horses.

The combat effectiveness of the barbarian cavalry in such a state was greatly reduced. On the contrary, the firearms played a greater advantage.

“Da da da…”

The machine gun continued to fire, and box after box of bullets were consumed, from early morning to evening. When the afterglow of the setting sun filled the grassland, Niu Ben could no longer distinguish the red color of the sunset on the grassland. It is still the color of the blood of the barbarian cavalry.

(End of chapter)