2054: The last large-scale cavalry battle
A shrill sound of horns suddenly came from the high whistle tower. After a moment, in the huge camp that stretched for more than ten miles, all the sound of horns on the whistle towers rang out. Guo Xiancheng, who was signing a report, shook his body slightly, stood up, and strode out of his tent.
The scout did not send back any information. It was impossible for the Ming army to attack on a large scale. What's more, the large forces of the Ming army were still gathering in the area of Xiaoshicheng and did not have the strength to challenge him. He was preparing to launch another attack before Zhou Jiyun's troops were fully allocated.
At this time, what does the horn warning mean?
After walking out of the tent, he immediately understood, because not only him, but also all the officers and soldiers of the battalion could see clearly. In the distant sky, dense black dots were flying towards them.
airship!
Earlier, he had seen ten airships flying over Luzhou, and then he created an air strike on Chang'an that shocked Qi. A few days ago, he failed in Xiaoshi City because the Ming army's airships bombed Xiaoshi City indiscriminately, almost burning Xiaoshi City to white ground. His general Gan Ming is still lying on the hospital bed.
But there were always numbers of those airships. Now, he could not count how many enemy airships were flying towards them at first glance.
The sky-sky fire in Little Rock City suddenly flew across his mind, and his face suddenly changed.
"Tell me the order, pass me the order!" he shouted sternly.
A soldier quickly turned over and ran towards the camp one by one with Guo Xiancheng's order.
After a while, two cavalrymen rushed out of the camp and headed towards the Little Rock City. However, the airships in the sky seemed to have not seen them. They ignored the thousands of cavalrymen who were speeding past them and still flew towards the camp.
Guo Xiancheng gritted his teeth and said that the war model was no longer in line with his previous experience. For them, there was no place that was safe.
"Tell the generals of each department to lead their own troops and horses to retreat on their own, remember to retreat in a scattered manner." This is the order he issued to all the generals, and the two cavalry heading towards Little Rock City were the troops he covered the retreat of the entire large army.
Seeing the back camp full of local supplies, Guo Xiancheng felt a pain in his heart. These things could not be saved.
Under Guo Xiancheng's gaze, the airships finally arrived, and a bunch of bombs fell like hens laying eggs under their belly.
With the bang of explosions, fires spread out, and the entire camp immediately fell into a sea of fire, and the fire fiercely swallowed everything in the range.
"General, let's go!" A personal guard led his war horse and walked to him and whispered.
"Let's go!" Guo Xiancheng turned over and galloped towards the distance.
In the sky, more than forty airships were scattered above the camp, bombing and bombing.
"Form 1, Form 2, please note that most of the enemy troops have left the camp and are scattered and fled. Form 1, Form 2, pursued the enemy, and Form 3, Form 3, continue to bomb the camp." In the air, the airships kept contacting each other through banners. Even though Guo Xiancheng reacted quickly, it took time for the army to withdraw. The quickly-moving army had all escaped from the camp at this time, but some of the troops who were slightly slow to move have not left in the camp at this moment. As for the logistics and supplies troops, at first, they were reluctant to leave the pile of materials that were as crowded as mountains, and they also wanted to take some of them away. But the result was that not only might not be able to rob the materials, but even their people could not escape from the sea of fire.
The Ming army used a fire bomb that was exactly the same as the bombing of Little Rock City. This was not comparable to the fierce tincture oil they used.
A violent explosion sounded, and the orange flames and black smoke formed a huge mushroom cloud and went straight to the sky. The fierce tincture oil collected by Qi Rentun was detonated by the Ming army's bomb. The fierce tincture oil transported from the Liaodong wasteland thousands of miles away had not yet played any role, and it turned out to be gone in the fire.
Little Rock Camp.
Although the Xiaoshi City was in ruins, the Ming army still built one camp after another with him as the center. The first ones to arrive here were all cavalry. The current Xiaoshi City has gathered 10,000 cavalry from Jiangshangyan, 3,000 cavalry from Mahou, 3,000 cavalry from Xu Sanmei, and 5,000 cavalry from Huanglong and Huanghu brothers. Most of the cavalry from Daming in Kunling County were already under Jiangshangyan. Under Zhou Jiyun from Kunling County, the only one remaining is the Fengfeng Camp.
After receiving the news that the Qi cavalry was attacking, but there was no news of infantry following him, Yang Zhi, who arrived in Xiaoshi City, couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Where is the general laughing?" Yang Zhi laughed a long time, and Lei Feng and Xu Sanmei, the two personal soldiers in front and back, immediately spoke up for the show.
"Guo Xiancheng is about to run away." Yang Zhi stood up, "These cavalry were used by him to throw away the pawns and protect the carriages, but they were a big deal. How many cavalry were there?" He looked at the scout.
"Report to the general, judging by the size, it's no less than ten thousand cavalry."
Yang Zhi blinked, "It's a feast. Jiang Shangyan, do you want to be so anxious? Look at you, you're almost drooling."
Jiang Shangyan smiled and said, "General, in the eyes of the last general, such a large-scale cavalry battle may only be the case. In the future, if you want to see tens of thousands of cavalry confrontation, you will probably not even see it."
Yang Zhishen felt the same and nodded, "Yes, our soldiers' gunpowder weapons are getting more and more powerful. There are airships throwing bombs in the sky, and rapid-fire cannons were made on the ground. Coupled with the cluster firepower of the Ming Dynasty Type 1, the role of cavalry in large-scale battles has become lower and lower. Not to mention rapid-fire cannons, as long as I have thousands of Ming Dynasty Type 1 in my hand, the cavalry will not be able to break through the firepower net they formed." He raised his head, thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Thinking about the corpses of those cavalry were stacked on the positions, I felt a little chilling."
The Ming Dynasty's military equipment was to place most of the cavalry in the Kunling War Zone. In the Wuling War Zone commanded by Wuling, there was only one mobile cavalry battalion of Li Xiaoya in the huge corps. In Wuling, the Ming Dynasty's court mainly replaced them with hot weapons, and since a long time ago, they began training gunpowder weapons.
As a cavalry general, Jiang Shangyan is even more regretful, "In the future, our cavalry will only play a role in interspersed cutting. General, so I am salivating now. As a cavalry general, I am afraid that such an opportunity will be only once."
"Okay, the matter of blocking these cavalry head-on will be left to you to complete. Thunderstorm, your thousand heavy cavalry will also be commanded by Jiang Shangyan. Yellow tiger and yellow leopard, your five thousand cavalry are also included in Jiang Shangyan's command. Horse Monkey, you take your three thousand men to bypass the enemy and pursue the retreating Guo Xiancheng's main force. I took Xu Sanmei and went from the other direction. Ma Hou, remember it for me, it is harassment, not to fight hard. Guo Xiancheng's retreating personnel is 200,000. If you accidentally step into his trap, even if Jiang Shangyan's main cavalry rushed over, it will be difficult to save you!"
Ma Hou grinned: "General, I remember, I just bit their tails anyway, and I'll go up and bite them when I get the chance. If there is really a big fat meat suddenly placed in front of me, I will definitely avoid it. There will be no pie falling from the sky, and I won't be greedy!"
"That's good." Yang Zhi stood up with a smile and looked at Han Huafeng on the side again, "Han Huafeng, you are a short general now. You will take the five thousand people I brought with you to the camp guarding Xiaoshi City. Maybe Guo Xiancheng has some surprise soldiers and sneaks over here again!"
"It's the general!" Han Huafeng, who was still wrapped in a bandage, knew that only cavalry could do such a pursuit. As for him, he would definitely not have a chance.
Half a day later, Jiang Shangyan commanded 16,000 cavalry and intercepted 10,000 cavalry from Guo Xiancheng's troops on the front. The two huge cavalry were separated by miles and looked at each other from a distance.
"General Lei, are you going to the first wave?" Jiang Shangyan looked at the thunderstorm beside her and smiled.
"Of course, rushing forward is what our Lei Rider is best at." Lei Shao nodded.
"Yellow tiger and yellow leopard, you two lead their troops to follow the Lei cavalry closely, and the Lei cavalry will rush forward. You will follow them to clean the battlefield. Remember Luo, don't leave behind the Lei cavalry. The Lei cavalry is full of heavy armor. It is not easy to turn around and has insufficient maneuverability and flexibility. After a wave of collision, they need time to turn around and reorganize the team. If they are bitten by the enemy's cavalry at this time, they will be in trouble. Your mission is to protect them to re-array after they complete the rush forward. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" The two of them clasped their fists to take the order.
"Leave the center to you, and I will complete the two wings. We will complete the last large-scale cavalry collision on this continent by ourselves!" Jiang Shangyan glanced at the cavalry that had already trotted across the street, raised his big hand, and fell heavily.
"Thunder Cavalry, attack!" Leistorm roared, pulled down his mask, rode his horse slowly forward, and behind him, a thousand heavy cavalry followed closely. Behind them, the five thousand cavalry of the Huang brothers trotted up, while the cavalry of Jiang Shangyan split into two and ran towards the two wings.
The thunder cavalry rushed forward and was unstoppable. No matter whether they were cavalry or infantry opposite them, the result would not be different. Wherever the thunder cavalry passed, people were leaning on their backs, and the cavalry of the Huang brothers who followed them only felt that they had never fought such an easy battle in their lifetime. What they had to do was to harvest the lives of the enemy who had been defeated by the thunder cavalry. Because in front of them, except for the back of the thunder cavalry, there were no other cavalry still running.
Chapter completed!