One person steadied the cannon's support.
Two people installed the impact fuse.
One person was responsible for loading!
With a speed of one round every two seconds, the enemy soldiers fell like wheat, cut down in swathes on the charge!
The incessant barrage of cannonballs struck Yeon Gaesumun, who had been full of confidence, like a thunderbolt!
This! How could this be possible!
Seeing the enemy soldiers who had charged to within two hundred paces of the Tang army, less than half remained.
Yeon Gaesumun gritted his teeth!
Retreat was impossible!
If they retreated, the enemy soldier who had died earlier would have done so in vain.
Eulji Ritsu, take your thirty thousand men and charge!
A man clad in bronze armor emerged from behind Yeon Gaesumun.
After saluting Yeon Gaesumun, he drove his warhorse towards the left flank of the Goguryeo army.
Soldiers! Charge with me!
He raised a loud cry to the cavalry on the left flank, then raised his sabre, pointing it diagonally towards the Tang army.
Kill!
Thirty thousand elite cavalry, like thunder, like wind!
They surged out of the army ranks, whistling.
These elite cavalry were a force that the enemy soldiers could not compare to!
These were Yeon Gaesumun's main force!
Fang Er's face showed a hint of solemnity as he looked at this well-equipped cavalry.
This was because the previous enemy soldiers were not only unarmored, but even the warhorses they rode were of inferior quality!
Even though they had used every means to stimulate the warhorses' potential.
By the time the enemy soldiers charged to within a hundred paces of the artillery position,
Less than ten thousand remained!
In just a three-hundred-pace distance, twenty thousand enemy soldiers had fallen!
More of them were thrown from their horses by the injured warhorses and then trampled to death by the horses behind them!
The biggest difference between enemy soldiers and regular cavalry was horsemanship!
They could not control these injured warhorses!
The elite cavalry who had just charged up behind them were different!
Although they did not eat and sleep with their warhorses daily,
Their long-term cooperation, the tacit understanding between the warhorses and cavalry, and the cavalry's control over their warhorses were something the enemy soldiers could not compare to!
The enemy had already charged to within a hundred paces, which was why Fang Er's expression was solemn.
The effective range of the mortars developed by Fang Er was from one hundred to four hundred paces.
As mortars were indirect-fire weapons, they could not fire directly, and the distance within a hundred paces was a firing blind spot.
Therefore, whether the firearms could withstand the enemy's charge would be a great test for the Second and Third Battalions!
Young master! Shenyang city is empty!
At that moment, Zhu Zi suddenly came to report.
Fang Er's original plan was to repel one wave of Goguryeo's charge,
Then retreat into Shenyang city and defend it.
After all, the enemy outnumbered them! Read books quickly.
But at this moment, Yeon Gaesumun did not give him this opportunity at all!
He was even about to charge in front of the artillery position.
Even if these enemy soldiers in front of him were cleared out,
The thirty thousand elite cavalry behind them would quickly push forward!
Have your First Battalion support the Second and Third Battalions!
If they charged any closer, they would have to rely on firearms!
Zhu Zi, having received Fang Er's instructions,
Hurry back behind and bring the First Battalion.
At the same time, the artillery battalion also followed.
Shenyang city was already empty!
There was no need to waste more cannonballs there.
The addition of the First Battalion gave the Second and Third Battalions a slight respite.
The three battalions, numbering over seventeen hundred men, formed a three-wave firing formation. kanδん
They began to fire at the enemy soldiers who charged within a hundred paces.
Alternating volleys.
The enemy soldiers did not expect that they would be so close to the Tang army's formation, enduring cannon fire and stepping over the corpses of their comrades.
Those Tang soldiers were holding stick-like objects, pointing them at them.
Then, a sound like popping beans erupted.
Warhorses! Enemy soldiers!
It was as if they had hit a wall!
They fell layer by layer!
But what did cavalry rely on? Speed!
Once a warhorse charged, the momentum it created could not be simply stopped!
The people around them would sweep you along and force you to continue the charge!
The Heavenly Fire Army was like peeling an egg!
Stripping away the charging cavalry layer by layer!
The blood flowing from the corpses of tens of thousands of cavalry and warhorses had made the ground muddy and impassable!
Because Fang Er's focus of attack was on the enemy cavalry,
The artillery fire behind the enemy soldiers weakened slightly.
Eulji Ritsu took advantage of this opportunity and directly pushed forward.
He even charged to within about two hundred paces of the Tang army!
Yeon Gaesumun's lips curved into a smile.
The sacrifice of thirty thousand enemy soldiers had indeed been effective!
But immediately, his smile turned into astonishment!
There was no other reason!
The corpses of the thirty thousand enemy soldiers already covered the ground!
Eulji Ritsu's cavalry could not pick up speed after reaching two hundred paces!
Da Shidong, Wei San, each lead twenty thousand men, attack from the left and right flanks of the Tang army respectively!
If you want to wash away the shame of the Battle of Ping, show your courage!
This general will watch you here!
Yeon Gaesumun issued another order.
Since a frontal assault was not possible, they would attack from both sides simultaneously!
I'd like to see how you few thousand Tang soldiers in the open field can withstand the charge of a hundred thousand troops!
As the opposing Goguryeo army made its movements,
Fang Er's expression became even more solemn!
If they were truly attacked from three sides, the Heavenly Fire Army would be in trouble!