Chapter 39 I don't know what I did

Zhu Gaoxu led his troops to the east and saw that Zhu Neng's troops had broken through the fences in many places, and a large number of infantry were bravely rushing forward. Many people jumped into the trenches and climbed up; some people threw overturned wooden stakes and dead bodies into the trenches and were using shovels to fill the soil.

The sound of killing and the roar of gunfire were deafening. Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse and watched. When he looked around again, the captain and deputy captain of the left guard army he led had all disappeared. Only Wang Bin and Wei Da were left following him.

The roar of the artillery and the bonfires made the scene flicker, and the sight was not clear at ten steps away in the moonlight. There were only soldiers and horses surging, swords and knives flashing, and Zhu Gaoxu had no idea where his men were.

But Zhu Neng's friendly troops had already entered, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to trick him, so he raised his bow and shouted, "Kill!" Then he shouted to the soldiers on the left and right, kicked his horse and rushed into the fence from the hole filled place.

The cavalry rushed into the military camp, and Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt his head buzzing because it was a mess inside. The rebel soldiers were fighting continuously, splashing like boiling water.

"Bang bang bang..." Fireguns were flashing around. The air was filled with the mixed smell of burnt charcoal, gunpowder smoke, and the aroma of wine, as well as the accompaniment of crackling like firecrackers. For a moment, Zhu Gaoxu thought of the excitement of New Year's Eve. If the screams of ghosts and gods hadn't reminded him, he would have had the illusion of New Year's Eve.

The scene was so chaotic, and he didn't even know where his subordinates' organizations were. Zhu Gaoxu really didn't know how to direct the battle at this time, and it seemed to be of no use! But Zhu Gaoxu still has some common sense: after finally rushing in, if he blocks the gap and refuses to leave, it will affect the passage of people behind him.

"Gee!" Zhu Gaoxu kicked his horse's belly and rushed deep into the military camp to a place with fewer people. Fortunately, the guards around him followed closely.

At this moment, he suddenly saw groups of infantrymen in the distance running into the open space next to several bonfires, with the sound of "click, click, click...", and the chaotic footsteps gradually became orderly. Zhu Gaoxu watched for a moment and realized that the enemy soldiers were temporarily forming a battle array!

Infantry can only be powerful if they are in formation. The Southern Army was suddenly attacked on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but they did not flee in panic. How could they organize themselves into an army after their fortifications were breached?

In a desperate situation, Zhu Gaoxu had an idea: Don't give them the chance to form a formation!

He turned around and pointed at two of his personal cavalrymen and said, "You, you, go back immediately and shout at the gap in the east. No matter whose troops they are, the horses that just came in should not stop, and all should come to the west. The enemy infantry is about to form a battle formation, kill them!"

"Yes, sir!"

As Zhu Gaoxu rode closer, he heard the enemy general shout, "Brothers, the time has come to serve the country!"

The troops shouted in unison, and in the light of the fire, soldiers wearing wide-brimmed iron hats tightly grasped their long spears and wooden poles, gathered shoulder to shoulder in a dense formation, and the scene was very shocking.

Zhu Gaoxu led more than 200 cavalrymen, divided into several groups and ran forward and backward within a hundred steps. He saw that the enemy army in front had formed a queue, and there were teams running into the battle formation from behind.

At this moment, a boxcar suddenly pushed in front of the battle. Zhu Gaoxu took a closer look, was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized: that thing was a swarm of bees!

That swarm of bees was a chariot that fired a large number of gunpowder arrows at once, and it could fire hundreds of arrows at a time! Zhu Gaoxu had heard of it, but the Yan army did not have that kind of equipment because it was too heavy and not suitable for fighting nomadic cavalry.

He hurriedly reined in his horse, and suddenly, he felt a chill all over his body! Especially when he saw a soldier holding a torch and lighting it, Zhu Gaoxu's heart "snapped" and his mind went blank. What else could he do at this time? Unless he could fly, he could run away in an instant!

"Bang bang bang bang, puff puff..." The sound of explosions and airflow from the burning of large amounts of gunpowder has been heard. Bright flames are reflected in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes. Thick smoke is rising around the carriage...The shining light track is circling in the air.

After a moment, Zhu Gaoxu felt nothing. He lowered his head and looked around, then reached out to touch, but did not find that he was hit by a rocket.

"Damn it..." Zhu Gaoxu cursed. He was shocked just now! What the hell are these weapons?

The soldiers around him also cursed at her by using various terms referring to female family members and organs.

At first glance, Zhu Gaoxu thought we had entered the era of machine guns, but in reality, it was just a bluff... That thing had no accuracy at all, but if you fired it at close range, it was still lethal due to its dense number; the key was not to panic, not to fire too early, and it was important to be able to withstand the pressure of the cavalry rushing quickly!

Zhu Gaoxu led a group of cavalrymen around him and continued to charge forward. Behind the bonfire, there were musketeers; in front, there were dense spearmen. The spears in the second row were also put down and stretched out from the gaps in the front row. The front of the spear formation was like a hedgehog! Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: I must have been crazy to charge here!

He immediately grabbed the reins, adjusted the direction, and ran sideways, while drawing the bow and shooting arrows at random targets.

The enemy soldiers holding muskets in the pike team also started to fire back. The enemy soldiers held the muskets in a very strange way. They tucked the muskets under their arms and used one hand to light the fuse with a torch. They didn't aim at all... But it didn't seem necessary, since the killing range was only a few steps away! Do you need to aim when shooting at a target a few steps away?

"Bang, bang, bang..." The fire muskets fired at night were particularly bright, illuminating the breastplates of the soldiers who fired them. Zhu Gaoxu shot arrows very quickly, and shot at the bright spots easily, because the places that flashed the eyes attracted the most attention. He finally understood why the generals and soldiers always wanted to shoot the fire musket soldiers!

Zhu Gaoxu and other cavalrymen were more than twenty steps away from the front of the formation, and just as he had observed and concluded, the muskets had no effect at all!

Although twenty steps is not far, it seems like quite a distance at night.

More arrows were thrown out from the enemy camp. The range of infantry bows was longer than that of cavalry bows, and they fell into the herd of horses. However, the cavalry was originally sparse, and most of the arrows that fell hit the helmets and shoulder armor with a "ding-dang-dang" sound.

The cavalry rushed back and forth in front of and to the sides of the enemy's formation, and arrows flew in the night sky.

There was a drum sound in the enemy formation, and the frontal spear column slowly stepped forward. The infantry behind them actually split into two groups, running from both wings to the front to encircle ... Zhu Gaoxu recognized this formation, but he had only seen it in a book, the way Taizu used infantry. The leader of this group of infantry in front of him was definitely an academic! This formation looks simple, but the awesome thing is the military discipline and organization. Ordinary ancient infantry can't play it at all, and they will run away.

"Get out of here!" Zhu Gaoxu shouted without thinking, turned his horse around, and asked everyone to retreat.

After retreating a few dozen steps, Zhu Gaoxu saw the big-mouthed Zhu Neng. Zhu Neng was accompanied by a group of cavalry and a large group of disorderly infantry. He also noticed Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Prince Gaoyang, go around the side and I'll go in front!"

"Take care, brother!" Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists on his horse as a response. He then raised his hand and called on all the soldiers to turn around. The cavalry made a half circle and went around the enemy's side and rear.

When he looked back, he saw that Zhu Neng's troops had already engaged the Southern Army. The Yan Army's chaotic sword and shield soldiers were in front, and they immediately huddled together with the Southern Army's spearmen, and the sound of killing shook the sky!

Zhu Gaoxu saw the soldiers howling and fighting with swords and guns in the crowd, and he concluded that regardless of victory or defeat, the infantry on both sides were quite combat-capable. In his judgment rule, infantry without combat effectiveness generally only wanted to use long-range attacks. Those who would fight hand-to-hand in a bloody environment and not run away were all ruthless people!

Zhu Gaoxu also put away his bow, took up his spear, and led his men to charge towards the side and rear of the enemy formation.

Although this southern army was united, they had not yet formed a complete formation in a hurry, and the sides and rear were in chaos. Zhu Gaoxu had the best horse, and he ran to the front unknowingly during the charge. He was immediately hit by three arrows on his armor. Although his skin felt painful, he felt no pain when he exerted his muscles, so he was probably not injured!

Zhu Gaoxu rushed into the crowd and stabbed one man to death with his spear. Seeing his bravery, the other soldiers were greatly encouraged and shouted to charge in from all directions.

Zhu Gaoxu charged left and right, unstoppable. He quickly learned the tricks of cavalry warfare... In fact, it is the same as fighting in a group. You can't stand in one place and wait to be besieged at the same time, but you have to move and fight! Breaking through from one direction can create a time difference during the movement, making it difficult for the enemy to attack at the same time.

His muscle strength and speed were much faster than those of ordinary soldiers, and he was almost invincible in a one-on-one fight, not to mention that he was on horseback against infantry from a high position! Soldiers were also human beings, and they went into battle to kill people, not to die. When they saw the tall iron horses charging at them, most of them would run. Zhu Gaoxu chased them, so he kept moving and avoided the risk of being attacked and killed at the same time.

After several rounds of charging back and forth, Zhu Neng fought desperately in the frontal area. Soon, the Southern Army could not hold on and collapsed and fled.

The entire camp was in chaos again, with more and more Yan army infantry and cavalry pouring in from various gaps. Tents and baggage were on fire everywhere, with flames shooting up into the sky, and screams of terror mixed with shouts of killing.

Zhu Gaoxu paused for a moment, the blood rushing back and forth constantly hitting his eardrums, causing him to feel as if he had lost his voice.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Neng rode over, turned his head to look at the devastated battlefield, and said, "Thanks to King Gaoyang's bravery, we have won a great victory!"

Zhu Gaoxu stood there in a daze, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

His hands were sticky, covered in sweat and blood. He spread his hands out and took a look. He suddenly remembered a line from a movie that seemed to describe his feeling of fighting for the first time: It was very exciting, but he didn't know what he had done, and it was over.

"King Gaoyang, are you injured?" Zhu Neng asked.

Zhu Gaoxu looked down at the broken arrows on his chest and said, "I'm wearing three layers of armor."

Not knowing what was so funny about this sentence, Zhu Neng opened his bloody mouth and laughed.

At this moment, Wang Bin came over, grabbing a man and saying, "Your Majesty, this guy led the troops to fight us head-on before!"

The man raised his head, his face covered in blood, and said, "Kill me if you want!"

Zhu Gaoxu blurted out, "Take this academic away."

At this time, a rider holding a command flag ran into the military camp, dismounted and bowed, "Your Majesty, General! The King of Yan said that Zhang Yu blocked the return route of the Luzhou army at Yueyang Bridge, and the King of Yan has led most of his troops from the north to the south. He ordered you to attack Xiong County and then immediately attack the Luzhou army from the west!"