PDLP Chapter 738 Shooting in the Face
Chapter 738 Shooting in the Face
The helmet could not withstand the impact of dozens of steel balls. With just one shot, he fell off his horse and died.
Those who had run out of bullets put their shotguns on their backs, took off the crossbows on their saddles, and started shooting with the crossbows.
The three thousand light cavalry could no longer hold back, and their leader shouted loudly and charged forward on horseback.
If they don't charge now, the enemy cavalry will be wiped out by the heavy armored battalion.
The long-range attack battalion had stopped firing, abandoned their foot crossbows, switched to rapid-fire hand crossbows, and quickly rushed towards the battlefield.
They used infantry to fight against heavily armored cavalry, and they also saw that the enemy army was in disarray and was running around in all directions.
Even though Luo Yunfei added 5,000 more cavalry, he was still no match for Chu Jiao's heavy armored battalion. Whether in terms of equipment, momentum, skills or tactics, he was far behind the large group of imperial guards.
Although this team was considered to be tenacious and strong-willed among the Taisho Imperial Army.
But they still couldn't hold out for half an hour. The 15,000 heavily armored cavalry of the Taisho Imperial Army began to give up resistance and disperse outside the battlefield.
Luo Yunfei stood on the city wall with a look of despair on his face. He felt a sense of depression in his chest that he couldn't release.
He didn't understand. They were both heavily armored cavalry, so why was his team so much worse than the others?
No matter how badly you fail at the beginning, the battle should last for an hour or two, or even half a day.
How come you can't hold on in less than half an hour?
He didn't know that without going to the battlefield in person, he would not be able to experience the sharp attacks of the large heavy armored battalion, and there was an irresistible huge pressure.
The heavy armored knights of the Taisho Imperial Army were one level lower than the knights of the Daizong Heavy Armored Battalion and were unable to resist the pressure at all.
Although they all look similar, wearing heavy armor and looking majestic, the internal quality is very different.
So, in less than half an hour, they began to disintegrate.
They began to flee all over the mountains and plains.
The Taisho Imperial Army led by Luo Yunfei was different from the Black Turban Army. They had no stickiness. As soon as there were signs of defeat, the entire team would melt quickly like ice and snow meeting hot water.
Seeing his carefully equipped heavy cavalry being chased and fleeing everywhere, Luo Yunfei felt extremely distressed.
"General, shall we send troops to support them?"
Luo Yunfei shook his head sadly.
"Order all troops to assemble at the military training grounds and prepare to evacuate Lindu City."
It’s not that Luo Yunfei abides by the bet, but he doesn’t dare to stay any longer.
Just as he said before, 15,000 cavalrymen were no match for the enemy's 10,000 troops. If they continued to defend the city, they would probably not be able to escape.
A careful general came up to Luo Yunfei and whispered.
"General, have you noticed the second wave of attacks from the main force?"
"what?"
Luo Yunfei was extremely confused at the moment and didn't care about anything else.
The general frowned and said, "General, the Imperial Guards have new weapons. We need to find out."
Another general also heard their conversation and quickly turned around and spoke.
"Our heavy armored battalion was disrupted by their second round of attacks, causing it to collapse too quickly."
Luo Yunfei then concentrated and thought about the battle scene just now.
Indeed, after the crossbows were fired, there were bursts of roaring sounds. At that time, I saw wisps of green smoke rising from the battle formation, and I thought it was another thunderbolt, but I didn't see the strong flash of light when the thunder exploded.
Only then did I feel something strange.
"Who knows what that is?"
The generals all shook their heads in confusion.
Seeing that no one knew, Luo Yunfei no longer cared about anything else and just urged.
"Let's go. We'll retreat to Luolin County first and make plans later."
The generals hurriedly followed him down the city wall.
He was afraid that if he left too late, he would be surrounded by Lin Feng in the city.
To the east of Lindu Prefecture is a tributary of the Jinjiang River, and there is a stone bridge on the river connecting the two banks.
After Luo Yunfei and his troops had all crossed the river, they ordered the stone bridge to be destroyed.
In this battle, Lin Feng defeated the 15,000 cavalrymen of the Taisho Imperial Army in one fell swoop, leaving behind nearly 4,000 corpses as they fled.
During the pursuit by the Taisho Imperial Guards, more than 3,000 Taisho Imperial Guards were captured.
Of the 10,000 Imperial Guards, only 1,600 were injured and 521 were killed.
Lin Feng was still satisfied with the performance of the shotgun. It could be said that the successive firing of 300 shotguns was an accelerator in quickly defeating the enemy and played a decisive role.
The heavy armor that could not be penetrated by bows and crossbows was knocked over by a volley of bullets.
It took Lin Feng only three days to capture Lindu Prefecture, which was known as the third largest city in Dazong.
What surprised everyone was that they thought it would be a brutal battle with heavy casualties on both sides and a bloody war scene, but they won the city with just a bet of ten thousand cavalry.
Before this, even Lin Feng himself had not expected that taking over Lindu City would be so easy.
There were still many residents in Lindu City who did not flee with the Taisho Imperial Army. Many of them had heard of Lin Feng's name a long time ago.
In all the prefectures and counties occupied by Lin Feng, the people lived a very rich and comfortable life.
Many people decided to take a gamble. After all, the Zhao family's world belonged to them, so it didn't matter who they lived with. Their lives could only get worse.
At this point, Jinjiang separated two countries. The east bank of the river was the Taisho court, and the emperor was Zhao Zheng.
On the west bank of the river was the imperial court of Dazong, whose emperor was Zhao Zhen.
Of course, there is another prefectural city, Jingdong Prefecture City, which is still under the control of Emperor Taisho and garrisoned by General Jing Zhaoheng.
Lin Feng didn't want to touch this city for the time being.
Because the city of Jingdong was located to the west, it faced the two acropolises of Kyoto, Zhencheng and Licheng, and the distance between the two sides was less than 300 miles, so no one dared to move.
All the prefectures directly north of Kyoto City have come under the jurisdiction of Lin Feng.
On the north bank of Jinjiang River are four prefectures: Zhenxi, Dingyuan, Sanjiang and Tongsheng.
On the south bank are the four prefecture cities of Shanglin, Tianzhi, Lindu and Jingxi.
At the same time, Lin Feng's imperial guards also controlled the eight citadels outside Kyoto, causing the entire imperial court to tremble in fear.
Some officials in the imperial court were afraid that Lin Feng's control over so many prefectures and counties would create a kind of momentum and invisible pressure.
However, most of the imperial court generals were horrified by Lin Feng's war capabilities.
Especially the senior generals of the Dazong court headed by Grand Tutor Wan, they believed that the Fu Wang rebels were an extremely strong military force that they could not defeat.
But such a powerful military force had no power to resist in front of Lin Feng. Lin Feng led his army to victory and in just a few days, he easily captured Lindu City, an ancient city that was hundreds of years old.
Is this justified?
Could it be that all the battles he had experienced in the military for most of his life were fights with dogs?
The ones who were most panicked were Emperor Zhao Zhen and Prince Rui Zhao Xun.
The two brothers were staring at each other in Chengde Hall, holding the battle reports from the front line in their hands, and they had been speechless for a long time.
Lin Feng's methods of warfare are so terrifying that if he shows even a little disloyalty, the entire imperial court will belong to him.
There is no suspense at all.