When the generals heard that Pei Yun was going to take the initiative to attack, they were a little confused. The strength of the Northern Hu cavalry had long been deeply rooted in people's minds. Even if they had cavalry on their side, they were no match.
However, thinking about the fact that the Military Equipment Bureau has continuously produced new weapons in the past three years, it seems that it is indeed possible to fight Beiliang head-on.
Mu Xiong smiled and said, "Three years ago, I defended Anding City to the death, and it was Your Majesty who came to help save Anding City. Now Your Majesty wants to take the initiative to attack, so let's take the initiative to attack."
Pei Yun also laughed, remembering what happened three years ago when he held on to his death. He would not hold on to his death again this time.
He stood up in front of the sand table, looked at the flat land outside the Anding City Gate, and said, "Open the city to meet the enemy tomorrow!"
…
The next day.
Pei Yun stood on a high slope and looked far to the north. At the end of the grassland, smoke and dust were rolling.
On the distant horizon, wisps of smoke and dust slowly rose, like countless gray snakes wandering between heaven and earth.
Soon, a large mass of cavalry appeared in sight. Three hundred thousand cavalrymen indeed gave people an extremely strong visual impact.
It's like an endless sea with no end in sight.
The team separated, and Huyan Shun came out riding a tall horse. This time he went south, he was the commander. At this moment, he looked at Anding City from afar. Originally, he wanted to let the catapult go first, but he saw a large black mass of enemy troops outside Anding City.
This made him stunned. What was going on?
Shouldn't we stay in the city and wait for them to attack?
This has always been the case in Northern Liang's battles against Jing Dynasty. They took the initiative and fought when they wanted to and left when they wanted to. But why did the other side leave the city this time?
But this is better. If you dare to go out of the city to fight, I will make you die faster. Three years ago, Hu Yanshun fled here. Now he has returned as a king and he will never run away again.
Since the enemy has left the city, there is no need for siege vehicles. We can just rush over and do it.
He suddenly waved the command flag, and immediately the cavalry began to drive forward.
"Boom boom boom—"
The dull sound of horse hooves came closer and closer, and finally turned into a deafening roar.
Three hundred thousand cavalrymen came in overwhelming force, the dust raised by their horses' hooves covered the sky and the sun, as if the entire grassland was trembling under their iron hooves.
The cavalry in the front row were already clearly visible. They were wearing leather armor and iron helmets, and the scimitars in their hands shone coldly in the morning light.
"Woo!"
A long horn sounded in the enemy camp, and the front cavalry suddenly accelerated.
In an instant, tens of thousands of war horses galloped at the same time, as if raising a huge black wave, pressing towards the Han army's position with overwhelming force.
"kill!"
The Beiliang cavalry shouted loudly and rushed forward waving their scimitars.
The charge of hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen was truly shocking. The soldiers in the Han army's positions felt tense and their palms were covered with sweat.
Mu Xiong calculated the distance and waved his hand suddenly, and hundreds of artillery pieces behind the army formation opened fire at once.
Boom boom boom!
The deafening roar of the cannons almost tore the eardrums apart, and hundreds of cannons spewed out blazing flames at the same time. The shells streaked across the sky, exploding into flowers of death in the charging formation of the Beiliang cavalry.
In the first round of volleys, hundreds of cavalrymen and their horses were blown to pieces.
The gunners began to clean the barrels and reload. Three years of training had made these gunners extremely skilled.
However, these gunners were a little nervous at this time, with sweat dripping from their foreheads. Fortunately, their muscle memory had been formed and they made no mistakes in their movements.
The second round of shelling began immediately afterwards.
The artillery's range reached more than 1,200 meters. According to the improved firing rate, it could fire four rounds before the cavalry approached.
Hu Yanshun was stunned. What the hell was this? He still remembered the thunder and fire that the other party had used three years ago, but he didn't expect that there would be a new weapon this time.
It was able to penetrate into the cavalry team from such a distance, and the explosion it produced was even more terrifying than the thunder from the sky three years ago.
Hundreds of shells fell, and before they could even reach the enemy's formation, people and horses were already thrown to the ground.
However, these cavalrymen of Beiliang were indeed brave. They reorganized their formation amid the roar of their generals and continued to charge. As long as they could get to the front, they would win.
"Three hundred steps!" the observer shouted out the distance.
"The Fire Gun Battalion is ready!" Mu Xiong shouted.
Suddenly, fifty thousand musketeers formed five rows of battle, with the black muzzles of their guns pointed at the approaching cavalry stream.
"put!"
As the command flag was waved, the first row of tens of thousands of muskets spewed out flames, and lead bullets poured out like a rainstorm, and the Northern Liang cavalry in the front were immediately thrown to the ground.
Followed by the second row, the third row...
Every firing would take the lives of tens of thousands of Beiliang cavalry.
Many war horses were frightened and collided with each other, throwing the knights on their backs off and trampling them to death. The Northern Liang cavalry was in chaos.
But there were too many Northern Liang cavalrymen, charging forward one after another, and the Fire Gun Battalion quickly retreated to both sides, revealing the Long Spear Battalion behind them.
"drink!"
The spearmen who had been ready for battle shouted in unison and thrust the ends of their 18-foot-long spears deep into the ground, with their sharp tips pointing diagonally forward, forming a steel jungle.
This is a long gun made of steel pipe that Pei Yun bought online. The entire gun is made of steel pipe and is specially used to deal with charging cavalry.
The Beiliang cavalry finally rushed to the front, but had to face this deadly gun formation.
Phew!
The first warhorse collided with the tip of the spear, and the sharp spear head easily pierced the horse's chest. It was followed by the second, the third...the sound of tragic collisions continued.
The throwing battalion behind the rifle battalion began dropping bombs.
After repeated bombardments, the Beiliang cavalry was completely confused. They had never encountered such a fighting style. The cavalry charge, which they were proud of, had no advantage at all in the face of these firearms.
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