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Chapter 237 Three Arrays
Boom, boom, boom boom boom boom!

The dull sound of war drums sounded on the banks of the Juma River, and all the troops stood still. Seeing the horses galloping in formation on the other side in the thick fog, the gunners on the front line were handed over to Deng Zilong to lead, and the sergeants of his headquarters were waiting by the trenches to fight out. Chen Mu retreated behind. Artillery position, personally commanding the unprecedented infantry brigade in his hands.

He had 24 cannons in his hands, and Deng Zilong had six by the trench. Chen Mu regretted not taking Balang back from Qi Jiguang, and it should be handy for that kid to command the artillery team.

But it doesn't matter, it's the same if he comes to command.

The 24 artillery were divided into three formations, left, middle and right. Each formation had five two-pound cannons and three five-pound cannons. In their preset positions, even the strongest enemy troops would be eaten alive by them.

woohoo-

The low-pitched horn sounded from the opposite bank again, and the positions of the three guards of Yanqing in the distance seemed to be silent. Obviously, the enemy's detection was very effective. They could distinguish where the defenses in the two defense areas were weak, and where the troops were insufficient, so the selection of defenses seemed weak. hitch bridge to break through.

It's just that sometimes the eyes can be deceiving. Those who look weak are actually the strong ones, and those who look like a lot of people are weak and can be bullied.

"The enemy cavalry is attacking!"

Countless flag bearers were densely covered in the short [-]-step defense line. From the moment the cavalry troop stepped onto the Shuanma Bridge, there were shouts and shouts everywhere. Chen Mu could see clearly that hundreds of cavalry were galloping straight towards the bridge. Afterwards, there were at most only two centurions, and the enemy's formation was still far behind.

This is a probing attack.

"Don't fire, listen to my orders."

In Chen Mu's hand, the command flag was placed downwards. In his mind, the first three confrontations were the most important. No matter how many enemy troops there were, his artillery team would never fire before the enemy's third attack.

Before the fight, the morale of his army had been so low that it could not be further improved. Even the most elite banner army in his hands would be crushed by the enemy's guerrilla attacks after leaving the trenches. He needed an easy and beautiful first battle to win. Two beautiful victories to completely reverse the mentality comparison between the enemy and ourselves.

"The left army raises the gun!"

Deng Zilong stood on the left side of the trench, his hysterical shouts and the flag with dragon horns flying high were undoubtedly the most brilliant in the battle formation. Even in the direction where Chen Mu was, he could still hear his roar and see his heroic appearance.

In the binoculars, the enemy cavalry was coming at a gallop, blocked by the barbed wire on the bridge, the charge formation panicked halfway, the Tumed cavalry with bald braids jumped off the painful horse, Deng Zilong also Before the order to fire the guns was issued, there was a sound of guns first, and then in the trench that Chen Mu could not see, a row of guns was released towards the bridge.

Mixed with two small flag arrows, they flew crookedly on the bridge, and then exploded.

"Too nervous."

Chen Mu stepped on a barrel of gunpowder and looked towards the opposite bank. Fortunately, the enemy cavalry behind did not follow closely. The chaos in the front line disturbed the cavalry behind. The enemy's cavalry, relying on barbed wire to tie up the captive cavalry, screamed and screamed.

"Don't panic! Second column, go up!"

Deng Zilong was obviously pissed off, but before he could call out the second shot, the captive riders on the bridge retreated like a tide, and then there were cheers of recruiting soldiers in front of the formation.

In the first confrontation, the barbed caltrops made the enemy cavalry suffer a little. Although the flag army of our own side did not perform well, but gaining the upper hand means gaining the upper hand.

Of course, it was just an upper hand, because neither side died, not even the horse, and was limped back to the bridge.

Deng Zilong looked towards Chen Mu suspiciously, and Chen Mu nodded slowly, although he didn't know if Deng Zilong could see it.But he knew that what Deng Zilong wanted to ask was why he didn't bombard them.

All wars are psychological warfare. Although there is no psychology specialty in this period, psychological tactics have been used in almost all wars since ancient times, just like captives running around in the fog for days, appearing and disappearing, in order to make the flag army go wrong , For example, under the pressure, the banner army fired uncontrollably.

But he has a plan, and I have a wall ladder.

Chen Mu wanted to hinder the morale of the enemy army at multiple levels, completely throwing the fear on the opponent's cavalry, hurting horses in the first round, wounding people in the second round, and the third round-making them feel that they could not win at all!

Not long after, some dismounted infantry marched up the bridge holding their shields to clean up the caltrops on the bridge. Deng Zilong shouted: "Aim the artillery!"

The six artillery pieces next to the trench were aimed at the infantry dismounting and dismounting on the bridge, and then a loud roar was issued, and a large amount of gunpowder smoke rose from the sound of the artillery that sounded for several kilometers. crack.

A two-pound cannon can split a man through a shield, not to mention a five-pound cannon that passed through the formation with a loud whistling sound, blasting the dismounted centurion to pieces, and dozens of uninjured captive soldiers fled back. position.

The trenches cheered again, this time their morale was much higher than before, the artillery was as powerful as the sky and the earth, and the opponent did not have artillery, which allowed them to take advantage of the battle.

Deng Zilong was very smart, he probably figured out what Chen Mu was thinking, and sent someone over to tell him: "General Deng said that if you don't fire a second shot, you won't let the North Prisoners know how long I've been charging."

Chen Mu replied: "The six cannons are deployed separately and fired twice."

In such a narrow place at the head of the bridge, as long as two shells hit it, it can hit from one end to the other. Regardless of whether infantry can't stop a five-pound cannon, a two-pound cannon may be blocked immediately, but this is not the case. Get in the way.

Because it's already the third round.

The third confrontation came later than Chen Mu had imagined. Hu Xingyun also sent flying cavalry from the camp in the middle to report that the Jiangyue Forest Department, which had set up a camp in the northwest, had also fought with the northern captives.

Jiang Yuelin's cannons are tiger crouching and general cannons. In addition, he also has some objects such as a hundred tigers galloping together. Obviously, Commander Jiang moved all his family's resources here to fight this battle. Something is better than nothing.

"The northern captives have gathered their troops!"

Through the binoculars, Chen Mu saw a large number of Beilu cavalry gathered behind the troops, ready to forcefully break through the bridge deck, and his idea was wrong, Beilu also had cannons... He saw the strong Saibei warriors in the enemy's army with shirtless arms Pick up the tiger crouching gun and line up at the front.

Presumably it was the ordnance they captured from the acropolis they attacked earlier.

Fortunately, it's not a Francophone.

woohoo-

In the low sound of horns, Chen Mu saw them marching in formation. He waved his command flag and said to the left and right: "The artillery team aims at the front bridge, the left and right teams aim at the cavalry in the rear, get ready!"

While galloping, a large group of people rushed up the bridge deck, carrying large shields in front, clear iron caltrops in the middle, and cavalry behind them swaying their bones, whistling meaninglessly, as if in all directions.

This kind of sound is terrifying, as if the war in the thirteenth century has been written into human genes. Chen Mu didn't like to hear it, so he waved his hands and covered his ears.

"put!"

boom!Boom boom boom!
24 artillery pieces of different calibers roared on the Jumahe battlefield.

(End of this chapter)