Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 970 A Rare Victory

When the enemy general saw a black line, Liu Shuochuan could already see the general appearance of the enemy clearly.

These people ran for nearly two days, and they were exhausted from running.

He knew from the look of weakness when they turned the cannon cart that the hands and feet of these enemies were a little weak.

At this moment, they were still more than ten miles away from the enemy, and they were still on their way at a normal speed.

If you approach the enemy at this speed, it will take at least a quarter of an hour to rush to them.

However, it would be different if they charged at the fastest horse speed. They only needed a cup of tea at most to rush to the front of others.

Originally, he didn't intend to rush directly.

Because the enemy has muskets and artillery, and there are a lot of them, if they rush directly, it is tantamount to being a target.

They had muskets, too, but they were muzzle-loading matchlocks, and they certainly couldn't be fired while galloping, or even reloaded.

Under normal circumstances, when encountering this kind of enemy army with muskets and artillery, he should dismount the [-] musketeers, disperse them, launch a frontal attack, and advance while firing to attract the enemy's firepower, while the remaining [-] cavalry will hold Swords and guns outflanked the past from both wings.

This way casualties are the least.

Because artillery is the most lethal to dense formations, if you launch a dense formation charge in front of the artillery, one shell can kill and injure several people or even a dozen people. If it is scattered, one shell may not be able to smash to a person.

They all know this common sense, and they also taught it the same way when they taught the Black God Army.

If it is not a special case, you must not launch a dense formation charge in front of the enemy's artillery.

Now it is a special situation, because the enemy is running so weak that it is difficult to move the cannon in any direction, and the speed of loading ammunition will definitely not be fast.

Under normal circumstances, a cannon loaded with ammunition in the front of a cup of tea can fire at least two rounds of salvo, but in this case, it is not bad if someone can fire one salvo.

As for muskets, they were also musket-loaded matchlock guns, and their power and rate of fire were simply incomparable to those of Daming.

And the Black God Army is wearing armored vests, as long as they are not particularly unlucky and happen to be hit in the face and neck, they will be injured at most if they are shot once or twice, and they will not die at all.

In this case, if they rush over, they will be able to bear a round of artillery bombardment and a round of musket salvo at most.

And the enemy's artillery can only be two thousand at most, and it is not bad if a round of salvo can cause tens of thousands of casualties to them. If the musket can't kill a few people, it can be ignored.

If they take this opportunity to rush into the enemy army, they will win.

At that time, they will at least cause hundreds of thousands of casualties to the enemy.

Thinking of this, Liu Shuochuan put away the binoculars and stuffed them into the rucksack behind the saddle, then raised his hand and shouted: "Everyone, speed up, follow me!"

Shuai Qi pointed forward, and the 20 soldiers of the Black God Army suddenly burst into a sky-shattering roar.

"Come on!"

"Booming", the sound of the horse's hooves became rapid in an instant, and the whole earth also changed from a light tremor to a violent tremor.

40 horses and 20 people charged together, this power is too scary.

Seeing this, the enemy general couldn't help showing a look of horror on his face.

Can they block such a crazy cavalry charge?
If they had built simple fortifications, and all of them were energetic and energetic, they might still be able to withstand the charge of so many cavalry.

The problem is that they are on the way to march in a hurry, and they haven't had time to build simple fortifications at all. As for the state of their subordinates, it is even worse.

He looked at the weak artilleryman and the musketeer, and his heart was already exhausted.

This time they will lose, and the enemy's cavalry will definitely rush up.

The problem is that they can't run without turning around. Two legs can't run with four legs, let alone they have been running for nearly two days, and they can't run at all.

If you turn around and run, you will die faster!
How to do it?

If he doesn't think of a way, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out.

He looked at the sky, then looked at the surrounding terrain, then gritted his teeth and raised his hand and said, "Hurry up, send the order, the carriage that Destiny will send the food and supplies hurry to the intersection, and wait in line behind the intersection after unloading.

Order all the cavalry to help, push down all the food, grass and luggage, and block the intersection, starting from both sides, leaving a small opening in the middle. "

There is no way, if you can't do it, then you have to prepare to escape. If you don't run, is it really annihilated?
If the enemy's cavalry rushed over, it would definitely be chopping melons and vegetables. He had less than [-] cavalry under his command, so how could he fight against the hundreds of thousands of cavalry in the dark?
Soon, the carriages transporting food, grass and supplies gathered at that intersection, and more than 1 cavalry also rushed over on horseback.

Immediately afterwards, they rolled over and pushed the contents of the carriage to the ground.

Tents, food, fodder, pots and pans, gunpowder, shells, etc., were all pushed down without hesitation.

They all knew that this was running for their lives, and carrying these things could only affect their speed of running for their lives.

These cavalry and thousands of coachmen were also the only ones among the 20 horses who maintained their strength, because they were either riding on horses or sitting in carts, and they didn't bother to run at all.

Their speed was also quite fast. After a while, a material belt more than [-] meters long was piled up on both sides of the intersection, and there was only a passage in the middle, which could barely be passed by a horse.

At this time, the artilleryman finally loaded the ammunition.

The leading general looked at the general position of the enemy cavalry, estimated the range, and then raised his hand and shouted: "Get ready to light the fire."

All the cannons quickly lit up in front of them.

He held up the binoculars to scan again, and then shouted loudly: "Light it up, fire it up."

At this time, there is no more control. If the enemy cavalry is fully within range, the artillerymen will not be able to run away.

"Boom boom boom", there was a roar of artillery, and the thunderous sound of horseshoes was instantly suppressed.

Liu Shuochuan only felt a shell whizzing past his head, and all the people behind him turned upside down.

It is not known how many people were hit.

He didn't even look back now, for they would soon be within range of the muskets, and with a round of musketry they would be able to charge into the crowd of the enemy.

The enemy's leading general saw that the volley did not block the cavalry's charge, and immediately ordered without hesitation: "Command, all artillerymen, get on their horses and hurry to the back of the intersection. Leave the artillery and ammunition alone."

At this time, the vanguard of the enemy cavalry had rushed into the range of the muskets, and he could even see the iron armor on his body clearly.

It is estimated that muskets can't kill many enemies, so run quickly!
He said loudly without hesitation: "Order, all musketeers light up, shoot, retreat immediately after firing a salvo."

After that, he took a few guards and galloped towards the intersection.

These one hundred thousand musketeers were actually staying to block the footsteps of the enemy cavalry, and he couldn't control whether they could escape.

"Papa papa", a burst of gunfire sounded, Liu Shuochuan didn't even bat an eye, he pulled out the saber directly, raised it up and shouted: "Kill!"

"Clang clang clang clang", there was a dense sound of drawing swords, and all the soldiers of the Black God Army raised their sabers and shouted in unison: "Kill!"

What the hell are these people?

One hundred thousand rounds of bullets were fired, but few people were knocked down.

Some people were obviously already donating blood, but they still drew their knives and roared like crazy.

The musketeers of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire were taken aback.

They didn't have the strength to run away, how could they run away in front of the cavalry rushing towards them?
"Puff puff puff", there was a splash of blood donation, and I don't know how many musketeers were cut down to the ground.

Seeing this, the leading general silently put down the binoculars, and ordered loudly: "Light on the fire, we retreat."

At this time, the only opening was blocked by a few carriages, and the food and supplies on both sides were already sprinkled with gunpowder and kerosene. Hundreds of torches were thrown upwards, and the entire intersection was swallowed by the sky-high fire in an instant.

Seeing this, Liu Shuochuan couldn't help squinting his eyes.

Here is already a hilly terrain, there are small hills everywhere, the cavalry can't go directly to the mountains, they can only choose the valleys or basins between the mountains.

And the hole they chose happened to be a valley less than a hundred feet wide.

They want to rush over from the current basin, which is the only way to go.

People have set up walls of fire tens to hundreds of feet long, how do they rush over?
It was getting late, and it was too late for them to make a detour.

Although there is a valley nearby, there are still mountains behind the valley, and there is no road at all. If they rush in rashly, they may huddle together, injuring or even killing their own people.

Liu Shuochuan took out the binoculars and scanned the surroundings, then looked up at the sky, and then ordered helplessly: "Send orders, clean the battlefield, count the battle damage, collect the prisoners, and prepare to rest on the spot."

In fact, this battle is not too tragic, mainly because they came at the right time.

Not to mention that the enemy was marching on a large basin, and their hands and feet were weak from running. They were like encountering a group of soft-legged shrimps.

However, muskets and artillery still caused them a lot of casualties.

When a round of artillery came down, nearly two thousand soldiers of the Black God Army were directly smashed to death, and as many as tens of thousands were injured by the swept shells.

There was also that round of musketry, and more people were injured. After all, they all suffered more than thirty thousand casualties.

However, injuries are nothing to them.

Because they all have small medicine boxes provided by the Ming Empire, which contain everything. As long as they are not missing arms or legs, they can almost take care of themselves after emergency treatment.

Those who just got shot in the arm had no problem even continuing to fight.

This time their results were more brilliant. The [-] musketeers in Spain and the Holy Roman Empire couldn't run anymore. They were either cut down by them or captured by them.

Just in the first round of slashing, they chopped down 7 to [-] people, and the remaining [-] to [-] people basically surrendered on their knees in fright.

More importantly, they seized all their muskets and artillery.

The equipment of their 20 people instantly became better than when they were fully equipped and set off.

At this moment, each of them had a musket, so there were more, and the cannon was equal to the number they left behind.

It can be said that they have won a rare victory.

The only regret is that, except for the Musketeer, everyone else ran away.

Liu Shuochuan took out a simple map and looked at it, and instantly understood that his destination was a temporary supply point more than a hundred miles away.

They had discovered that temporary supply point a long time ago, but they immediately sent ten iron-clad warships to station there. The navy of the West African Kingdom basically had no way to deal with him. If Da Ming didn't take action, the temporary supply point would be very difficult to pull out. dropped.

What to do now?

Liu Shuochuan looked at the burning wall of fire, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

With so many materials, they will definitely burn until late at night. They don't even think about chasing people today.

Cavalry can't run around at night in this hilly terrain, otherwise, I don't know how many people will be killed.

The problem, if you don't go after it today, they will definitely rush to the temporary supply point tomorrow.

He could clearly see that they had nearly [-] cavalry and thousands of grain and grass carts. If they added the horses pulling the cannon carts, they would directly become a mixed team of cavalry and chariot soldiers. They must run faster very.

Coupled with the distance they fled crazily before dark today, they will most likely not be able to catch up.

Is that how people run away?
Can not be done!
When they arrive at the temporary supply point, they probably won't run away immediately.

The enemy's rear army obviously wanted to defend the temporary supply point, and at the same time called the fleet of the European Union to come to support it. In this way, the cavalry of the central army and even the front army might run to the temporary supply point to escape.

If the Chinese army also throws away all the food, grass and supplies, and travels lightly, it is estimated that they will be able to rush here in two days at the earliest.

What will they do then?
Can he completely block the Chinese army in this hilly terrain?

Obviously, this is not possible.

It is impossible for them to hold all the valleys and basins, as long as they make a detour, it will be too late for them to chase them.

It seemed that they had to grab that temporary supply point, otherwise, they would still be able to escape more than [-] horses, or even more.

Looking at the artillery and ammunition dropped by the enemy, Liu Shuochuan couldn't help showing a hint of cruelty in his eyes.

No matter what, the wharf of the temporary supply point must be destroyed, and all the people left on the shore should be killed.

In this way, even if the enemy's Chinese army rushed over, they could only look at the ocean and sigh.

As for the ten iron-clad warships docked at the temporary supply point, they are counterfeit goods. Pulling these two thousand cannons over and bombarding them will at least scare them away from the coastline.

(End of this chapter)