Steel Dynasty - Chapter 675

[Chapter 674: Defeat Zhao Jun]

The strong wind stirred up the dust on the battlefield, rendering the sky yellow.

The coalition forces composed of Huainan Army, Yong Army and Xi Zheng Army moved towards Zhao Army’s camp step by step.

Deng Yuan gathered 50,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry on both wings. A total of 100,000 troops were deployed in front of the camp.

Suddenly, a rapid charge sounded.

This sound came from Juyongguan, which was the signal to launch an attack on Zhao Jun.

Qi Guangyi and Bai Mu each led 20,000 troops to protect the flanks. The central military formation was composed of musketeers from the Western Expeditionary Army, while the Huainan Army and Yong Army were responsible for hand-to-hand combat during the battle.

With a numerical advantage, the Western Expeditionary Army has high morale. Whether it is the Western Expeditionary Army, the Huainan Army or the Yongjun Army, every soldier is full of belief in victory.

“Dong dong dong…”

Zhao Jun’s war drums beat, and one hundred thousand Zhao Jun soldiers marched towards the West Expeditionary Army in order.

Luo Xin had already dispatched some artillery troops to establish artillery positions outside the city. As the armies of both sides approached, these artillery troops continued to pour artillery shells into the Zhao army’s formation.

“Ah…”

Screams continued to be heard in the Zhao army. The Western Expeditionary Army’s artillery fired solid bullets and explosive shells at the same time, killing and injuring soldiers in the dense Zhao army.

Facing the artillery attack, Deng Yuan had no choice. If he dispersed into a full formation at this time, he would definitely be massacred by the opponent’s dense formation.

Every general understands that the battle formation must not be chaotic on the battlefield.

But for Zhao Jun, this was just the beginning. When the distance between them was 400 meters, the artillery suddenly replaced the artillery shells with grape bullets.

This kind of artillery shell has the ability to destroy enemies on a large scale on the battlefield, but its range is only four to five hundred meters.

“Fire!” an artillery general shouted.

“Boom, boom, boom…” With the sound of artillery fire, the soldiers in the front row of the Zhao army who were covered by artillery fire fell down like wheat.

Finally, faced with the sharp killing power of firearms, Zhao Jun in front was in chaos.

Deng Yuan gritted his teeth and looked at this scene. He had already expected that this war would be hopeless. During the siege, he gradually understood the power of firearms in the hands of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Zhao Jun’s confusion was seen by Niu Ben, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At this time, he pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed it directly at Zhao Jun.

Suddenly, the charge trumpet sounded loudly, and the battle flags roared in the strong wind. The two wings of cavalry led by Qi Guangyi and Bai Mu took the lead in dispatching. The Chinese army composed of the Western Expeditionary Army, the Huainan Army and the Yong Army marched in neat steps. Pushing forward like a giant tree in the mountains.

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

Every time they walked five steps away, the soldiers shouted “kill” with great momentum and calmness.

The two sides were getting closer and closer. At this time, the cavalry on both wings roared to attack, and the Zhao army’s central army composed of matchlocks also moved forward steadily.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

Finally, the two armies met, and relying on their distance advantage, the Western Expeditionary Army fired first.

Zhao Jun’s musketeers suffered heavy casualties before they had time to fire, and the formation suddenly became chaotic.

Although some of the arquebusiers continued to advance, the entire formation could no longer pose a threat to the Western Expeditionary Army.

Moving forward against the Western Expeditionary Army’s shooting, the remaining musketeers reached the shooting range and began to shoot at the Western Expeditionary Army.

Sporadic gunfire rang out, and only dozens of soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army fell.

At this time, the Western Expeditionary Army continued to move forward. At a distance of fifty meters, the Western Expeditionary Army fired another round of shooting, and suddenly another large piece of Zhao Jun fell down.

This blow basically disabled Zhao Jun’s musketeers, and the remaining musketeers immediately collapsed.

“Kill!”

The distance of fifty meters was already the distance for both sides to charge. The Western Expeditionary Army immediately raised their bayonets. At this time, Zhao Jun’s sword and shield bearers were already rushing towards them.

A rumbling and dull sound resounded through the valley, like a roaring wave crashing against a table. The swords collided and made a fierce impact at the moment of contact.

Bayonets and spears struck each other, sabers and scimitars flew past, dense rain of arrows came like locusts, and furious shouts of killing and screams before death filled the battlefield.

“King Zhao is quite capable of training troops.” Niu Ben looked at the entire battlefield and constantly used flags to direct the Western Expeditionary Army in the melee to change their attack direction and formation.

Although he was praising Zhao Jun, a winning smile already appeared on his face.

Zhao Jun had already lost a lot of troops and horses under the bombardment of artillery. Coupled with the shooting of musketeers, Zhao Jun lost one-tenth of his troops before contact.

At this time, the Zhao army was unable to fight.

The Xuanjia cavalry, known as the elite of the Zhao army, were also entangled by Qi Guangyi and Bai Mu. The long war made all the Qingzhou cavalry veterans. At this time, they did not give in to the Xuanjia cavalry, and the two sides fought hard. Evenly divided, no one can take advantage of anyone else.

But as a result, Zhao Jun lost the cooperation of the black armored cavalry and collapsed faster.

The Chinese army was quickly unable to support itself under the overwhelming superiority of the coalition’s offensive, and the soldiers began to break up and flee.

“Wang Shilang, this is what you want to see.” Deng Yuan was riding on his horse. The situation was over and he had no way to turn back.

Wang Xi’s face turned pale. He was shocked and angry, “How can one hundred thousand people be so unbeaten? These are the elites of our Zhao army.”

King Zhao asked Deng Yuan not to withdraw, partly to capture Juyong Pass, and partly because of his confidence in Zhao Jun.

Wang Xi was dumbfounded by the scene of overwhelming defeat before him.

“Zhao’s army is elite, and King Qi’s army is not a vegetarian. I reminded Wang Shilang again and again, but Wang Shilang turned a deaf ear and insisted on fighting them at Juyong Pass. The whole responsibility for this defeat is Wang Shilang’s. “Nonsense, this is all due to your poor command by Deng Yuan!

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Wang Xi was furious, but Deng Yuan no longer paid attention to him, but ordered the retreat horn to be blown.

Wang Xi no longer dared to stop him at this time. He got on his horse and fled towards Yuanzhou with Deng Yuan.

The Xuanjia cavalry immediately retreated upon hearing the sound of the horn, but Qi Guangyi and Bai Mu persisted in pursuing them for five miles before returning to pursue the Zhao army’s infantry. It was not until sunset that they rode back to Juyong Pass.

At this time, the King of Huainan, Chen Xinran, had entered Juyong Pass first. After the great victory, they saw soldiers and horses stationed outside the city. The small Juyong Pass was enough to accommodate the Western Expeditionary Army.

“This great victory makes me very happy. I feel happy when I think of King Zhao being so angry, haha…” King Huainan laughed loudly in Niuben’s camp.

Cui Shangan said: “King Zhao had a lot of contempt for his father when he was in Chang’an, and this time he got his revenge.”

Chen Xinran laughed in agreement, and he said to Niu Ben: “General Niu came here under orders this time. , I wonder what the emperor’s decree is?”

Niu Ben put away his smile, picked up his sword and pointed at Chang’an and said: “Now we should take advantage of the victory to break through Hulao Pass and break into Chang’an City! This is the emperor’s decree for the last general.

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