Daming Military Empire

Chapter 399
This wave of siege almost made Dara Shik squirt blood with anger. Fifty thousand heavy armored infantry were beaten back without even climbing the city wall. I didn't figure out what was going on!

Aren't the miners on the walls?They didn't seem to be doing anything, so they poured a pot of hot oil and threw a few sticks of firewood. Anyone can do it!

Just when he was puzzled, the siege army dropped the siege vehicle and started running back.

He secretly said "Oops, these idiots, what are you running for? If they push the siege vehicles, even if they slowly move back, it's fine. Now they have thrown all the siege vehicles away, looking for death!"

Sure enough, as soon as the siege army ran back about [-] steps, the terrible roar of artillery in the city sounded again. Blockbuster.

At this time, all the heavy armored infantry participating in the siege changed their lazy style and ran back desperately. Some even took off their armor and threw it away, just to run faster.

The roar of artillery in the city kept ringing, but after three rounds, there was no standing Mughal Empire soldier within the range of the barrage. They actually ran nearly 3 meters in 1000 minutes and ran out The attack range of the artillery!

One shot of shotgun can cause more than ten casualties, and 8000 rounds of shotgun can cause about 2 casualties. Even if only three rounds are hit, the siege army will lose more than 5 people. Dead, [-] people rushed up, and less than half of them came back in the end.

Perhaps because they ran too fast, all the soldiers who participated in the siege were panting desperately after running back, and some even foamed at the mouth and lay on the ground convulsing.

Looking at the siege army in disarray, Dara Shik almost cried without tears. Is this the main force of the Mughal Empire that he is proud of?Being beaten like this by a group of miners, what the hell is going on with him!
The nightmare of the main force of the Mughal Empire seemed to have just begun, and he hadn't figured out what to do next when he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance. It looks like he has found out very bad information.

Sure enough, as soon as the scout rushed to the central army, he rolled down from his horse, lay on the ground and shouted in panic, "Your Highness, it's too bad, ten miles south of Goa City, we found hundreds of thousands of troops from the Ming Empire, and they were rushing towards us." The army is approaching!"

Dala Shike's expression changed when he heard the words, and he quickly ran forward, picked up the scout, and roared, "Hundreds of thousands are hundreds of thousands?"

The scout took a breath and said with difficulty: "Your Highness, there are too many people to count. Looking at the scale, there are at least 30!"

30!Dara Shkton was about to retire, and he asked with luck: "Do they have cavalry?"

The scout swallowed, nodded bitterly and said: "Yes, the sound of horseshoes is like thunder, there are at least [-] cavalry!"

This time the scout was wrong. In fact, many horses were used to pull field howitzers. The army led by Lu Xiangsheng only had [-] cavalry in total.

Dara Shik looked at the beleaguered siege army in a daze, and then gave an order helplessly: "Order, all the infantry who did not participate in the siege line up in a fish-scale formation in place, and the cavalry is divided into two, hidden behind the infantry on the left and right. Wing five miles away, ready to launch a charge at any time, all soldiers participating in the siege immediately returned to the camp to rest."

It was really a helpless move for him, and it was very difficult to escape. If he stood still, he might be able to defeat the Ming army. After all, he still had [-] armored cavalry in his hand, which was a force that could turn the tide of the battle.

After arranging everything, he rode his horse and stood in the shield formation, waiting for the arrival of the Ming army.

Lu Xiangsheng did not expect that this Dara Shike would be so calm and calm. If he chooses to escape or return to the camp in a hurry, the battle will basically be over, because as long as they turn their backs, their formation will be messed up, and their morale will also be destroyed. Being greatly affected, they would definitely not last long in the face of the imposing Ming army.

It is more troublesome to defend in place. Facing heavy armored infantry with huge shields, muskets are almost useless. Cannons can have a certain effect, but in the face of this criss-cross fish scale formation, the artillery is actually not effective. No big deal, it’s not bad if one round of solid bullets can kill a heavy armored infantryman. As for the shotgun and blooming bullets, they are purely tickling!

This is the first time he has seen this kind of fish-scale defensive formation. In the era of cold weapons, it is impossible to set up such a formation. It is definitely not possible to shoot with solid bullets. It does not mean that the army did not prepare so many solid bullets, mainly because People's shields can be moved, and people can definitely move faster with a shield on their back than you with a cannon.

Moreover, he also knew that the opponent had [-] armored cavalry. If the artillery array was lined up in front and aimed at the shield array and slowly blasted, the opponent would definitely send out iron cavalry. When [-] iron cavalry rushed into the artillery array, the loss would be huge.

Of course, the Ming army also had cavalry, but now the Tianxiong Army and the Dongjiang Army add up to only [-] Qingqi. The Siamese Army has no cavalry. Can cavalry win?
He carefully observed the formation of the Mughal Empire army, and thought calmly.

After thinking for a while, he put down his binoculars and ordered decisively: "Order Mao Wenlong, the general of the Dongjiang Army, to lead the Tianxiong Army and the infantry of the Dongjiang Army to form a defensive formation three miles in front of the enemy's formation, and order all the artillery to line up behind the infantry according to the firing distance. Shilu led the Siam Army to deploy a defensive formation behind the artillery formation. He ordered the Tianxiong Army cavalry to gather on the left flank of the artillery formation, and the Dongjiang Army cavalry to assemble on the right flank of the artillery formation."

The messengers began to spread orders, and after the 30 troops began to deploy, Lu Xiangsheng ordered again: "Let the two generals Hou Shilu and Qin Yiming come out of the city to see you."

Soon the north gate of Goa City opened, Hou Shilu and Qin Yiming galloped out on horseback, and soon came to the Chinese army.

They galloped up to Lu Xiangsheng, immediately reined in their horses, turned over, got off their horses, knelt on one knee and said loudly: "The last generals Hou Shilu and Qin Yiming have a meeting with Marshal Lu."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and said directly: "Blessings, how many cavalry can you organize now?"

Hou Shilu and Qin Yiming stood up and looked at each other. Hou Shilu immediately cupped his hands and said, "I would like to report to Marshal Lu that since horses are not easy to hide, the First Corps of the Expeditionary Army only carried [-] horses and hid them near the landing beach. They were all placed near Mysore and not brought over.”

Another [-] should be enough, Lu Xiangsheng directly ordered: "General Hou, hurry to the right wing of the formation and lead the Dongjiang Army's [-] cavalry to fetch the horses, and then lead the Dongjiang Army and the [-] cavalry of the First Corps of the Expeditionary Army back to the formation. On the right wing, General Qin, go to the left wing of the big formation and lead the Tianxiong Army's [-] cavalry."

Hou Shilu and Qin Yiming obeyed, got on their horses again, and galloped away. Lu Xiangsheng raised his binoculars and continued to observe the enemy's formation.

(End of this chapter)