Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1757, The Battle of Moscow
A few days later, outside Moscow, 20 Ming troops gathered here.

Vasily III of the Principality of Moscow and Ostrogsky of the Principality of Lithuania did not intend to guard the city of Moscow to fight against the Ming army.

Because in their view, it is impossible to defend the city, because the artillery fire of the Ming army is too powerful, and they have to fight the Ming army in the wilderness.

"Dong Dong~"

"woooo~"

The howls of the battlefield and the sound of beating drums continued to sound, and the armies of both sides were like two huge black clouds pressing heavily towards each other.

On the side of the Principality of Moscow, the main force of the Chinese army is the Musketeers of the Principality of Moscow, with [-] Musketeers, which is already the largest number of Musketeers that can be gathered in the Principality of Moscow and the Principality of Poland-Lithuania.

In addition to the [-] musketeers, there are also [-] infantry and pikemen as cover on the two wings.

In the rear of the army, there are [-] noble troops of Yaroskov and Starodub, equipped with a large number of muskets and cannons.

A large number of cavalry were deployed on the two wings, including 1 Novgorod heavy cavalry, 2000 hired Tatar cavalry, 2000 Boyer noble javelin soldiers, and 1 mercenary cavalry.

In addition, there are tens of thousands of elite light cavalry and Bohemian and Silesian artillery, Lithuanian heavy cavalry, and Polish light cavalry supported by the Polish-Lithuanian Principality behind the two wings.

This lineup can be said to be extremely luxurious, almost including the most powerful military force in the entire Eastern European region.

More than [-] troops were mighty and dense, covering a large area in a hurry, like a huge black cloud, with an astonishing momentum.

In contrast, the Ming army's [-] troops are much simpler.

The Chinese army has 1000 riflemen, and behind the riflemen is an artillery position with more than [-] cannons. The cannons have already been aimed at the opponent's extremely dense formation.

The two wings of the army consisted of [-] cavalry respectively. The cavalry of Ming Dynasty was divided into light cavalry, heavy cavalry, etc. differently from Europe, and all of them were unified armored cavalry.

Wearing a steel helmet, wearing scale armor, carrying a musket, a saber at the waist, and bows and arrows on the horse's back, you can shoot and shoot arrows on the horse, or you can pick up the machete to play cavalry hacking.

Even a rifleman can also mount a horse and become a cavalry. These are basic training subjects, and they must be trained almost every day.

"The army of the Ming Dynasty is fortified, well-trained, and well-equipped. No wonder they can sweep the world!"

Ostrogsky looked at the Ming army in front of him. The Ming army's phalanx was as square as bricks. Even when they were moving forward, there was still no disorder.

Even the cavalry on the two wings is the same, even the men and horses are still very neat.

Looking at the equipment of the Ming people, the armor everyone wears makes one wonder if the Ming people have used all their steel to make armor, and the gleaming bayonets are extraordinarily dazzling under the sunlight.

Unified equipment, uniform uniforms, and uniform pace, all of which tell everyone that the Ming army in front of them has extremely sophisticated equipment and rigorous training. The military can be compared.

"But they shouldn't have invaded our country, we must make them pay a heavy price!"

Vasily III's face was gloomy. Only when he really faced the Ming army would he understand how terrifying the rumored Ming army was. Just this momentum had already overwhelmed his side.

Looking at their excellent equipment and the rows of cannons behind them, this battle is destined to be a bloody battle. Facing the powerful Ming people, whether he can win or not, he has no confidence in his heart. No.

"attack!"

Vasily III waved his hand, and soon, howling sounded continuously, one after another.

"Woooo~woooo~"

"Boom! Boom!"

With the roaring sound, the army began to press down on the Ming army.

"I didn't expect them to organize such a huge army, and they even armed a large number of muskets and cannons. That is to say, if they met our Ming Dynasty, if they were replaced by other people, I'm afraid they might not be able to defeat them."

Zhu Houzhao rode on his tall horse and carefully observed the arrangement of the Muscovites with a telescope. It has to be said that their strength is actually quite good.

At this time, more than [-] troops were able to come out, and a large number of muskets and artillery were prepared. It can be said that they have kept up with the development trend of this era.

Such a powerful strength, the average European country really can't show it.

"It's still the old rules, let them grow our flower bombs!"

"Give the order to the artillerymen to attack the cavalry on the flanks first. The cavalry poses the greatest threat to us. As for the musketeers, they don't pose any threat to us at all."

Zhu Houzhao also ordered when he saw that the other party had launched an attack.

"Yes!"

Yang Yun nodded and immediately conveyed the order.

"Boom! Boom!"

Soon, with waves of deafening bangs coming from behind, shells roared in the sky, billowing gunpowder smoke was blown by the strong wind.

"Boom~Boom!"

Soon, accompanied by the whistling sound of shells, shells attacked the cavalry on the two wings one by one.

The moment the shell hit the ground, it exploded again, and the terrifying impact set off waves of air, mixed with countless fragments that spread in all directions, forming circles of death.

The cavalrymen who were charging towards the Ming army turned their backs in an instant, and countless people were knocked to the ground by the bombs. The terrifying bomb fragments were like the scythe of death, constantly harvesting humble lives.

"Boom! Boom!"

Fierce artillery fire came round after round, thousands of cannons fired extremely fast, and the terrifying explosive shells covered a large area, turning these areas into a place of death, and all the cavalry who rushed over were directly smashed It was broken into pieces, and a billowing blood mist was set off, dyeing the earth red in a blink of an eye.

Seeing that the Ming army opened fire, the Slavs' cannons also began to fire symbolically, but before they could launch a few waves of attacks, shells soon bombarded their artillery positions one by one.

After just a few minutes of shelling, their hundreds of cannons were completely misfired in a blink of an eye, and there were even bursts of loud noises that exploded continuously. This was the explosion caused by the ignition of their gunpowder.

"This?"

Vasily III and Ostrogsky were dumbfounded seeing the cavalry on both wings being bombed with heavy casualties, they had never seen such a terrifying artillery.

Thousands of cannons fired in salvo, with terrifying range, terrible rate of fire and accuracy. What's even more frightening is that their cannons would explode. It seemed that they exploded again after landing, forming a terrible impact and killing radius.

This kind of powerful artillery has exceeded their cognition. For a long time, the artillery they have seen is still a solid artillery, unless it is unlucky to be hit or hit while jumping, basically the artillery is useless to the cavalry What a threat.

As long as the cavalry rely on their own speed and rush over quickly, they can easily disperse the artillery positions and kill the artillery completely.

However, this time, the cavalry on the two wings had just started to charge, and the opponent's artillery launched a fierce shelling, and it only took a while.

Looking at the cavalry on the two wings, there were already heavy casualties at this moment. A large number of war horses were frightened by the terrifying artillery fire and scattered in all directions.

Thousands of cannons can pour thousands of shells down every minute, enough to cover the area of ​​​​the cannons.

"What a terrible artillery!"

Vasili III gasped. He had long heard that the firearms of the Ming Empire were invincible and extremely sophisticated. Countries all over the world were looking for them. Today, when he experienced them himself, he truly felt the horror of holding them.

The ground was shaking, and the terrifying air waves could even knock people off their horses. When they saw a cannonball fall, all the cavalry within a few tens of meters around them disappeared, people turned their backs, and the blood fog rose A big hole was left on the ground.

Then, before everyone could react, our artillery positions were attacked again, and the shells flew towards our artillery positions as if they had eyes, blowing up the cannons hundreds of meters away in a blink of an eye. rotten.

"Boom boom~ boom boom!"

The fierce artillery fire continued to bombard, like a heavy hammer, constantly beating the hearts of Vasily III and Ostrogsky.

Any tactics, such as cavalry raids, or detours to attack the opponent's rear, are all bullshit. In the face of such powerful and violent artillery fire, the cavalry is like paper, and it has been torn to pieces before it can reach the opponent.

A few lucky ones rushed over, but what greeted them was the rifles in the hands of the Ming cavalry. With the sound of the guns, someone must have fallen off their horses. In just a short while, the light and heavy cavalry who had high hopes were almost beaten badly. Tens of thousands of cavalry were blown away by the opponent's cannon abruptly.

in their astonishment.

The artillery of the Ming people began to adjust again, aiming at their central army.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Accompanied by the sound of dense artillery fire and violent explosions, the dense array here in the Chinese army instantly turned into hell. Every shell that falls will inevitably harvest countless lives.

After just a few rounds of shelling, the Chinese army completely collapsed, and they could no longer maintain the queue, and each of them started to flee in all directions like headless chickens.

However, the more this was the case, the more chaos there would be, and the more chaos there would be, the more people would die. The fierce artillery fire continued to attack, and the musketeers of the Ming army pressed up again.

(End of this chapter)