From Chief to Ball

What Su Yue on the chariot saw was the flames that suddenly appeared from Xia Jun's formation, and then he felt his body fly forward and fell heavily to the ground.

When he raised his head, the flames had dissipated, and as far as he could see, there were dead horses and broken chariots everywhere.

Of the eighty chariots, only two rushed into the Xia army's spear formation, but they did not break through the defense. Instead, they knocked down three rows of Xia army soldiers and were surrounded by Xia army infantry rushing up from all sides.

More than 70 chariots were hit by nearly [-] muskets and more than a dozen small cannons at close range. This was a power that Su Yue had never imagined, and it was far better than the force of a salvo of bows and arrows.

On his left, a horse was obviously hit directly by a cannon. A pound of iron balls directly smashed the horse's skull, and the chariot was also affected by the iron balls and scattered on the ground.

A few surviving horses ran away indiscriminately pulling the deserted chariot. They didn't want to smell the gunpowder coming from Xia Jun's side, and they didn't want to face the shining spears.

Those warriors of various races wearing iron armor were either dead or injured, and occasionally a few got up and turned around and ran. The firepower output at this moment was too shocking and too bloody, not at the level shown by the left-wing Xia Army muskets.

It was like a sudden natural disaster, the wailing of the wounded, the blood of the dead, the thunder and lightning.

Su Yue wanted to get up, but found that his ribs were broken, and his left arm was also hit by a lead bullet, bloody and bloody.

There was also a relative from a nearby city lying beside him. The expensive iron armor he bought from Xia Kingdom could not withstand the cheap lead pellets at all. His body was completely torn apart, and he was hit by six lead bullets and one iron pellet. The upper body is basically not intact.

Su Yue struggled, feeling that he shouldn't die like this, at least he should be like the two cavalry of the Xia Army who were brave enough to charge forward. After all, he is the leader and has his own glory.

His whole body was in severe pain, and every breath he took after the ribs were broken felt like he was dying. Only one thought flashed through his mind: "It's over...it's over!"

Everything in front of him became blood-red and dim, and the wound on his left arm seemed to be painless, or too painful to feel.

It doesn't matter, the only thing he wants to do is to stand up, at least not to die so useless, at least to stagger into Xia Jun's army formation, be recognized by Xia Jun's soldiers, and then shout and capture a leader , at least you can see Jixia's contorted and excited face after discovering that he was caught.

But no.

He only heard the officers of the Xia army in front shouting: "Infantry attack!"

Then I heard the sound of neat footsteps, and then I was stepped on by a few pairs of unrecognizable feet. The soldier didn't stop when he stepped on it, but he disliked him for blocking the way, and kicked him hard...

The moment he was stepped on by that unknown foot, Su Yue felt that the Xia soldier who stepped on him didn't feel that his feet were a person of noble blood, it was more like he was numb to a disgusting pile of shit, just stepped on it. , not even cheers, only the depressing sound of footsteps.

At the last moment of his life, he hoped that he could turn over, even if he couldn't die standing up, at least he didn't want the feet of these people who might be slaves to step on his face, but halfway through turning over, he couldn't hold it anymore.

He thought, at least I died on the way to the charge, and I was only thirty steps away from becoming the true leader of the Great River Tribes.

Then just died.

Yes, there are only thirty steps, only thirty steps, but these thirty steps cannot be surpassed at all.

This time the salvo of about thirty paces was terrifying, and it was something they had never experienced before.

More than 600 young men with no noble bloodlines killed Awayake, the leaders of five cities, the next leaders of fourteen cities, and noble warriors of more than 20 cities with a single volley.

The foot soldiers who followed behind them had never imagined such a terrifying scene like God's punishment. The sound of shouting and fighting stopped abruptly, and there was a brief silence on the entire battlefield after that salvo.

When the smoke cleared, Chen Jian looked at the results of this volley, jumped on the horse excitedly, and called out for the infantry to charge.

Under the yell of the company captain, the extremely excited infantry took up their spears, no longer followed the drums and flute, and used the fastest and most orderly steps they could walk across the wreckage of chariots and dead bodies, toward Impact forward.

Chen Jian rode his horse and circled behind his own line a few times, shouting: "The musketeers continue to reload! The Leihuowei pulled up the copper cannon and supported the left flank! Quick! Quick! Let all the messengers catch up with the attacking infantry and attack Don't stop! Tell them that the leader on the opposite side is gone, and they can't hold on anymore!"

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Xia Jun's right wing also won the victory in a completely different way when the chariot attacked.

When Chen Jian ordered the right-wing infantry to advance forward, Su Yue's left wing also launched an impact, in order to hold down Xia's right wing from supporting the central army that might be caught in a melee.

Xia Jun's musketeers also chose to fire a volley from a slightly longer distance. After completing the instant firepower output, the dense formation of the Suyue coalition forces on the opposite side was no longer in order.

The moment the musketeers fired, the spearmen charged towards the gap shot by the musketeers, and scattered the enemies who were just making up for it without any suspense. They can't support thousands of people.

According to the order issued before, they did not choose to pursue the enemy after they dispersed the enemy, but quickly changed into a four-column formation, and after turning around, they quickly moved towards the rear of the battlefield. After leaving the musketeers, they have no armor, throw away their muskets and only have a copper sword, so they can't charge, but there are no cavalry in Suyue's army, and there are no enemies on the flanks, so they are not afraid.

Xia Jun's left wing, before the chariot hit, had already started the brutal battle that Xia Jun experienced on the entire battlefield.

Because the left wing was attacking, and because Xiacheng's Musketeers were too slow to reload, they couldn't suppress the bows and arrows on the opposite side.

Ji Bo led the black-clothed guards and leaned on their shields to approach [-] steps in front of Suyue's army formation. After the black-clothed guards lit the cast iron mines and threw them out, the black-clothed guards took the lead in attacking.

The position they chose was the center of Suyue's right wing, and they rushed in through the gap after the explosion of the cast iron mine, disrupting the enemy's formation, but the three hundred elite were also surrounded by several times the number of enemies.

After enduring the shooting of feathered arrows for a long time, the Spearmen behind took advantage of the brief confusion caused by the black guards and launched an attack.

Musketeers no longer fire salvos, but shoot randomly, subject to the end of loading.

The entire left wing of the Xia army was completely in chaos. The cruelest hand-to-hand combat and melee were much more tragic than the gorgeous victories of the central army and the right wing.

After the Chinese army's chariot raid was defeated, although the left-wing battlefield was still fighting anxiously, the victory and defeat had actually been divided.

Habayashi's two previous attacks controlled the right wing of Awatake's army, forcing Awatake's right wing to shrink and become narrower.It is impossible to deploy a large number of troops in a small space, and in order to guard against the impact of Habayashi guards, they can only be arranged densely.

It seems that there are many people, but there are not many soldiers fighting on the front line.If Habayashi Weiyi failed to attack at first, Awayue's army could completely control the right wing, continue to expand to the right and expand the front, threatening Xia's flank.At that time, Xia Jun will either shrink the defense or continue to widen the front line to push across the already weak front line - it can only be said that Chen Jian's cavalry is very poorly used now, and he regards the Habayashi guards who can charge into the battle as harassment Use it from the side and back to force the Qingqi who has changed into formation.

The tragedy of the left wing was also because Chen Jian did not intend to fight a rout, but wanted to use an astonishing annihilation battle to announce the coming of the era of civilian infantry.

After the musketeers of the Chinese army finished loading, Chen Jian led the musketeers and Lei Huowei to quickly press down to the side of the left wing in the melee by marching in a column.

After the spear infantry on the right wing of the Xia army defeated the enemy in front, they followed the order and marched quickly to the rear of the entire Suyue remnant army.

So far, the front of the left wing is still fighting, but the rear and flanks have been cut off. The infantry has dominated the battlefield with the mobility they have trained for seven years, and completed the mobile encirclement of the battlefield belonging to the infantry.

When Lei Huowei and the Musketeers who had finished loading arrived at the left flank, they fired another volley and instantly disintegrated the momentum of the remnants of the Awayake coalition army.

Lei Huowei didn't deploy the cannon, time was running out.

Chen Jian ordered them to use the cannons as chariots without deploying them. After the salvo of musketry, the imperial horses dragged the cannons into the chaotic enemy army at full speed...

Chapter 139 After the War

In the afternoon, the last resistance on the battlefield disappeared, and bursts of cheers came from the blood-stained battlefield.

In this battle, Xia Guo's infantry, relying on good mobility, defeated the Awayake army's middle army and left wing, abandoned the defeated enemy army on the left wing, and quickly detoured to the back of the Awayake army's right wing by marching in a column.

Xia Jun's left wing attacked head-on, and Chen Jian led the Chinese army to the right flank of Su Yue's army, encircled them on three sides, and fought a field battle of annihilation with the infantry.

Eighty chariots of the Suyue coalition army were completely destroyed, and the leaders, priests, and relatives of the core alliance cities of Suyue were all wiped out and killed.Among them are twelve young people who once called Chen Jian Mr. Chen in Yucheng.

Of the 1-strong army, 3000 were killed, 5000 were captured, and the remaining 3000 or so were completely dispersed and fled without organization.

The Xia army also lost more than 800 people, most of whom were caused by the melee on the left.The Black Clothes Guards lost one-third, a spear company on the left was completely disintegrated, and the Habayashi Guards lost 120 men.

The number of casualties did not seem to be many, but most of them were the most elite group of Xia Guo. Chen Jian did not use the elite two guards as the main force to break through, but used them as bait, and completed the outflank with the infantry.

More than 20 people who followed Chen Jian in the battle for more than ten years died. These 20 people can be regarded as Chen Jian's partners. Half of the right wing of Yu Suyue's army made Suyue determined to attack Chen Jian's army in the end.