My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 154
Not only the musketeer, but also a musketeer standing next to him screamed and fell backwards. Not only was he hit in the left eye by a sharp arrow, but he was also hit by three arrows at the same time. .

The luck of these two musketeers was really bad. They were probably unable to recover after being hit by several arrows.

In this round of ejection, most of the casualties were musketeers on both sides of the square formation. A total of more than ten musketeers were hit by arrows in both places. Five or six of them were injured or died on the spot. The fifty in the front row Many people among the musketeers were shot, causing three or four casualties.

Seeing the sharp arrows of the Mongolian cavalry, the sentry standing in the phalanx shouted loudly: "Sword and shield soldiers step forward to cover!"

Not only this phalanx, but also the officers' shouts rang out from other phalanxes.

When the Mongolian cavalry approached fifty or sixty steps, the perimeter of all the phalanxes was already protected by sword and shield soldiers, and the entire phalanx was tightly protected by huge shields.

Several waves of sharp arrows flew in one after another, and the shots crackled on the shields of the sword and shield soldiers. Occasionally, a few unlucky musketeers were hit by sharp arrows that penetrated through the gaps, making a muffled sound of pain.

However, the musketeers hiding behind the sword and shield soldiers were not idle either.

Although they can't fire as wantonly as they did just now, with the protection of the sword and shield soldiers, the musketeers can hide behind the shields and shoot calmly. Both the sense of security and the shooting accuracy are much improved than before.

It's just that the musketeers are safe, but the sword and shield soldiers suffer.

The deafening sound of gunfire rang in their ears, making the ears of these gun and shield soldiers buzzing, and the acrid smell of gunpowder smoke when the muskets were fired also made them huff and puff.

But the only consolation for them is that the barrels of these guns made by drilling machines are very strong, and there is basically no danger of explosion.

Watching streaks of fire emerge from time to time in front of your eyes is really frightening.

The musketeers who had loaded the fixed paper tube ammunition also came behind the gun and shield soldiers one after another, shooting outward from the gaps in the shields. After one row finished shooting, they quickly retreated, and then the second row quickly stepped forward. shooting.

Ten musketeer phalanxes opened fire at the same time, causing terrible casualties to the Mongolian cavalry.

Qinggertai, who was supervising the battle at the rear, was shocked and angry to see that his cavalry had clearly approached the square formations of the Daxia people, and they could cross over in just a few dozen steps, but it happened that this seemingly The distance of a few steps turned into a chasm.

Several times, many cavalrymen have come to this distance, but then dozens of black objects will fly out of the square. After landing, they will roll for a while and then explode. Whether they are war horses or cavalry, as long as they are in these A radius of more than ten steps from east to west will be affected.

Moreover, Qinggeltai also discovered a serious problem, that is, war horses are actually very delicate livestock.

The war horses under their crotches have never been exposed to fire and explosion training. Now they are in a smoky battlefield with fire, thick smoke and deafening explosions everywhere. Many war horses begin to become uneasy.

At worst, he didn't obey his master's command, and at worst, he went crazy on the battlefield and ran around, causing the battlefield to fall into chaos for a while.

At this time, Jia Yu, who was in the phalanx, also observed through the drone that the Mongolian cavalry's attack was indeed fierce. They were rushing towards them like waves of ferocious waves.

The ten square formations he was in were like solid rocks, standing firmly in place no matter how fierce the wind and waves were, without wavering at all.

After more than 20 minutes of fierce fighting, the Mongolian cavalry did not break into any phalanx. Instead, they left countless corpses in front of the phalanx.

"Sir... we can't fight anymore, our warriors have suffered too many casualties!" A captain grabbed Qinggertai's hand and reminded loudly.

Qinggeltai was suddenly awakened by the captain's shout. He looked around and realized that in less than two quarters of an hour, almost 6000% of his troops were lost.You must know that the more than [-] cavalry he brought this time are the most elite cavalry of the Jungar tribe. If all of them are lost here, the Jungar tribe will definitely be severely damaged.

When the time comes, even if Tuotuo Buhua Khan spares himself, how can he return to the Zhungeer tribe?
Thinking of this, he could only bitterly order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

Accompanied by bursts of desolate horns, the Mongolian cavalry who were beaten dizzy on the battlefield turned their horses and retreated towards the way they came, as if they had been granted amnesty.

The Mongols retreated very quickly. In just five or six minutes, the cavalry retreated to a distance of 6 meters from the phalanx to regroup.

But they forgot that the Daxia Army still had dozens of artillery pieces staring at them eagerly.

After the Mongolian cavalry retreated, the gunners, who were no longer threatened, returned to the gun position, and solid bullets were loaded into the gun barrel.

Following the firing order, projectiles were ejected from the muzzle with powerful kinetic energy and shot forward, catching the gathering Mongolian cavalry by surprise.

"Damn!"

Seeing that one of the cavalrymen who had just withdrawn and had not had time to take a breath was actually stolen by the artillery from the opposite side, Qinggeltai was almost blind.

Just out of anger, he still had to order the retreat again under the threat of death.

The remaining team retreated for more than ten miles before stopping.

Qinggeltai, who was still in shock, counted the number of people again and cried bitterly when he saw that less than [-]% of the remaining soldiers were left.

The Mongolian cavalry also stood blankly. No one expected that just one charge would cause such heavy losses. The mounted archery that the grassland people have always been proud of was completely destroyed by the firearms of the Daxia army on the opposite side. Didn't take any advantage.

A captain shouted angrily: "Lord Qinggeltai, let me lead the warriors to charge forward again, get close, dismount, use the corpses to cover them, and shoot them with bows and arrows. I don't believe those southern barbarians will not break up!"

Qinggeltai shouted: "Adam, are you happy because all the warriors of our Zhungeer tribe are dead? If you get close and shoot with bows and arrows, even if you shoot out all the Han gunmen, our warriors will be killed and wounded again." How many people? The Zhungeer tribe can no longer bear such losses!"

It's no wonder that Qinggeertai was so rude. An excellent cavalryman is not a leek in the field. Once cut, it will grow again soon.

This time the Zhungeer tribe lost so many excellent cavalry, and it would be impossible to replace them without five or six years.

Moreover, those war horses that were injured or killed in battle are not easy to replace. The death of so many war horses is also a heavy loss for the Jungar tribe.

After being scolded by Qing Geertai, all the captains fell silent.

After a long time, Qinggeltai said bitterly: "I saw it clearly just now.

There is a big word "Jia" on the flags of those Daxia troops. You all remember it. From now on, when we see this flag, we try to stay away from them.

The face lost by our Mongolian warriors can be regained by their women, women and children! "

(End of this chapter)