The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 198 How do we fight?
The wave of arrows was basically blocked by the rebel soldiers.

But the Jin Dynasty's light cavalry didn't care. They just blocked it. They could move sideways, make a circle and come back to shoot. This was the advantage of the archers.

However, they did not know that after firing a round, before they had time to move horizontally, they had already entered a distance of ten feet.

"Dry!"

Wu Jialiang roared.

However, before he could shout, the artillerymen had already lit the fuse.

When it comes to judging distance, the artillery is more capable than Wu Jialiang. They don't need to wait for orders at all. As soon as the enemy enters the range of ten feet, Wu Jialiang's previous order has been triggered. This second order is superfluous.

"Boom! Boom!"

The two tiger squat cannons opened fire first.

The 36-jin cannon was filled with solid small iron balls. Each small iron ball was only the size of a small glass bead in later generations. Therefore, the range of the Tiger Crouching Cannon was not far. Unlike the Red Cannon that could "destroy dozens of miles with one shot", it was equivalent to a large-caliber shotgun.

The small iron bullet started flying around as soon as it left the gun, scattering in a fan-shaped area in front of it.

In this fan-shaped area, a large group of Jin Dynasty light cavalry had just shot an arrow and were about to show off their riding skills and make a arrogant move of "circumventing the enemy's formation."

They are only halfway through their cool moves... the little iron bullets are here!
"Puff puff!"

The sounds of small iron bullets hitting people and horses rang out frequently. In an instant, several people and horses rushing in the front fell down like cut wheat.

Someone was shot in the face, leaving a bloody hole in the middle of his face. He died in such a tragic way that he didn't even make a sound.

Someone was shot in the chest and could still scream, making a shrill sound like a pig being slaughtered.

Some horses were shot and fell, but the Jin soldiers on horseback were not shot. They just fell down with their horses, so they were still shouting strange roars: "Ah! What's going on? What happened?"

"What kind of weapon is that?"

Before they could react, twenty musketeers opened fire one after another.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Two puffs of white smoke rose from the back of each light vehicle, and a tongue of fire and a lead bullet spewed out from the muzzle of the gun extending from the firing hole.

Although the smoothbore muskets were useless, the lead bullets, combined with the range of less than ten feet, greatly improved the hit rate. Of the twenty muskets, more than half hit their targets. More than a dozen Jin cavalrymen felt a pain in their chests and fell off their horses.

"Oh yeah, I got it!"

"Hahaha, I got it."

"Hit your mother!" the commander roared. "After firing your first shot, immediately go and reload the next one. What are you doing here? Hit your mother!"

His scolding actually woke up the musketeers. Yes, the bird guns were very slow to load, and now was not the time to be happy. They should quickly load the next round.

They began to load, and then they found that loading in actual combat was really different from loading in training. During training, their breathing was steady and their hands and feet were also steady, but now it was completely different. Their heartbeats were very fast and their hands and feet were shaking with excitement.

Killing a Jin thief just now made everyone extremely excited. At the same time, seeing a large group of Jin light cavalry galloping about 20 meters away, they were panicked.

The loading action really can't be accelerated!
Fortunately, the Jin cavalry will not charge directly towards them...

The light cavalrymen panicked when they saw their comrades in front of them fall down.

The "bang" sound and the fall of several comrades reminded them of the scene of the dilapidated houses that were set on fire when the deserted village was burned, and the explosions that knocked them to the ground, as if it were happening right in front of them.

The fear of the unknown made them panic as well. But despite their panic, they didn't collapse! They weren't some demoralized puppet army that would throw down their weapons and armor after a minor setback. They were still thinking about attacking.

But they were light cavalry and did not have the bad habit of charging directly into the enemy formation.

The wooden planks in the enemy's formation and the soldiers holding spears behind them were reminding the cavalry not to charge head-on. If they did, they would be blocked by the wooden planks and then be stabbed in vain by the spears, and they wouldn't even be able to do anything.

"Make a detour, circle around, and shoot arrows!" The Mouke (captain of a hundred households) in the Jin army, despite his fear of unknown weapons, shouted orders loudly.

The cavalrymen quickly turned their horses' heads and passed in front of the chariot formation.

It was time for another show of archery. The most elite soldiers of the Jin Dynasty could shoot an arrow in just a few seconds. They drew their bows and arrows on horseback and shot indiscriminately at the chariot formation.

Unfortunately, in the past, close-range horizontal shooting could kill and injure the Song soldiers, but this time, close-range horizontal shooting could not break the huge wooden wall at all. Each arrow could only be thrown, but the ability to hurt the enemy depended entirely on the arrow's fall. The speed of the falling arrow was completely different from that of the arrow shot horizontally.

Arrows shot straight down were difficult to detect with the naked eye and extremely difficult to block. However, the trajectory of arrows dropped from a target could be determined with the naked eye, making it much easier for shield-bearing soldiers to block them.

There was another round of thuds, and the light cavalry fired several arrows, most of which were blocked, and only a few rebels were injured.

The Jin cavalry passed by in formation, and in an instant they were about to pull away...

Just as they were about to get further away, the sound of the bird guns behind them started to ring again, "bang bang, bang".

The musketeers have loaded their guns!

This round of shooting was all about hitting the back and the horse's buttocks.

Several Jin cavalrymen fell off their horses in an instant.

When Guwei saw this scene, his face turned black. He suddenly realized that he was not very good at fighting. How could he break the enemy's formation?
I remembered!

"Go around to the flank and hit them on the flank."

Gu Wei roared, and the light cavalry circled to both sides, only to find that the chariot formation also changed. There were several chariots in the rear waiting to fill positions, moving to both sides to fill positions. Whichever direction the Jin cavalry circled to, these chariots responsible for filling positions would face that direction.

The first row of chariots also rotated, and finally, they were connected end to end, with dozens of chariots forming a circle.

Circular door panel array!
Gu Wei: "Fuck you!"

He had just finished cursing when his men shouted, "General, the main enemy force is coming from the northwest, and the troops in the city are coming out and are also slowly approaching."

Gu Wei turned around and saw that the main force led by Zhang Yong was getting closer and closer.

On the Jiaoshui City side, the first four chariots had already emerged from the barricade and stood in a more open area. Several more chariots came out of the city gate behind them, forming a semicircular formation and slowly advancing forward.

Gu Wei: "Damn, these guys. What the hell are they doing?"

Subordinates: "General, now is not the time to curse. How are we going to fight?"

Gu Wei waved his hand. "When the chariot formation changes, there will always be mistakes. I don't believe they will always be a single piece of wood. Spread the word, run, all cavalry, run, find their loopholes and break them."

As soon as he finished speaking...

Zhang Yong, Wu Jialiang, and Wu Zhan, the three frontline commanders, simultaneously gave the order: "Sprinkle the caltrops!"

The rattan shield bearers in the chariot formation took out strings of caltrops from their waists, ten in each string, and threw them hard into the space on both sides of the chariot formation.

(End of this chapter)