Chapter 873: The Sunset of the Cavalry

"Bang, bang, bang..."

In the final round of fire, there was only a distance of ten-odd meters between the two sides.

At such close range, the remaining cavalry fell in dense rows, as if wheat being swept away by a gale.

After all, at this distance, even a Flintlock could basically maintain a ninety percent hit rate.

And after firing this bullet, the Wangfu Army soldiers immediately crouched down and held their Bayonets at an angle.

The few hundred remaining cavalry, driven by momentum, continued to charge toward the Wangfu Army soldiers, crashing into the forest of Bayonets.

"Hiss..." The sharp Bayonets easily pierced the bodies of the Warhorses, causing the Warhorses to let out shrill cries.

The pace of the charge also came to a halt.

The Wangfu Army soldiers in the front row did not have it easy either; the webbing between their thumbs and forefingers tore from the impact as they gripped their firearms tightly.

Cavalry that have lost their mobility are extremely vulnerable.

The Wangfu Army soldiers who had checked the cavalry's momentum immediately stood up.

They easily picked the Northern Di cavalry off their Warhorses.

This was the battle occurring on the east side.

The cavalry on the west side met a similarly tragic fate, but at the final moment, the commander leading the cavalry did not choose to charge to the end like the commander on the east side.

When they were two hundred meters away, he led the remaining cavalry to turn their horses around and flee.

However, the Wangfu Army soldiers did not let them go, with Bullets chasing after their backsides.

Leaving behind another thousand corpses, the few hundred cavalry fled back to Miancheng.

"..." In the camp, Chang Wei had been holding a Telescope, watching the contest between the Northern Di cavalry and the Wangfu Army soldiers.

Yan Wang had left three thousand soldiers on both the east and west sides, and he had been quite worried.

But now, the final result had even taken him by surprise.

Three thousand Infantry had won against ten thousand Cavalry just like that, with such ease.

"Have the soldiers clean up the battlefield; one horse is enough to feed thirty soldiers for a day." Zhao Xu smiled; he was not very surprised by this result.

Cavalry became insignificant on the battlefield only after the appearance of the Machine Gun.

But before that, they had already appeared weak in the face of firearms.

Take the Battle of Baliqiao during the Second Opium War of the contemporary era.

The famous Qing Dynasty general Senggelinqin led over ten thousand elite Mongol cavalry and twenty thousand Infantry to launch a charge against eight thousand Coalition troops.

As a result, from beginning to end, this cavalry force did not even charge within fifty meters before being completely annihilated.

The twenty thousand Infantry were also routed, while the casualties they inflicted on the other side were fewer than fifty men.

At that time, the British and French were using nothing more than the Front-loading Rifled Muskets that the Yanzhou Army had already phased out.

It can be said that by this time, the gap in Weaponry between the British and French and the Qing Dynasty could no longer be made up for by the number of soldiers.

For him, the gap in firearms between himself and the powerful clans and the Northern Di was much the same.

Only the Front-loading Rifled Muskets they were equipped with could cause them a little bit of trouble.

It was precisely based on this that he was confident his six thousand soldiers were enough to deal with the Northern Di cavalry.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei acknowledged the order and immediately issued the commands.

Afterwards,

his expression was excited, "Your Highness, we no longer need to worry about the Northern Di cavalry from now on."

"You are right, and yet you are wrong," Zhao Xu laughed. "Stupid charges like this are useless against us, but with proper tactics, cavalry is still very dangerous, such as when formations fall into chaos or during ambushes."

Chang Wei said, "But it won't be easy for them to make us fall into chaos."

Zhao Xu nodded; he was just giving Chang Wei a reminder so that he and the other commanders would not become blindly arrogant because of this.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

While the battle with the cavalry was ongoing, the roar of the Artillery had never ceased.

Zhao Xu added, "It's about time; move the Howitzers up and shell them for three days and three nights."

Chang Wei and the commanders revealed knowing smiles.

After the Battle of Jinling, they had grown increasingly fond of artillery preparation.

The pre-assault bombardment not only inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy soldiers but also severely damaged the enemy's morale.

Miancheng.

At this moment, Ashuer's face was livid.

Standing on the city wall, he had witnessed the tragic plight of the cavalry with his own eyes.

This made his heart feel as if it were being sliced again and again.

"I never imagined that even the cavalry would have no way to deal with them." Dou Wei's brow furrowed even deeper.

He, too, had witnessed the process of the cavalry engaging the Yan Wang Infantry just now.

Ashuer felt hatred, while he felt fear.

In his memory, the Northern Di Iron Cavalry were invincible throughout the world.

Yet, with only a few thousand men, Yan Wang had annihilated two cavalry units as easily as chopping melons and vegetables.

What terrified him most was that the number of Infantry was actually fewer than the cavalry.

It was under these circumstances that the Northern Di cavalry had been defeated completely and utterly.

"This is the power of the new-style firearms." Aersiji's expression was solemn.

During the Battle of Zhongling Pass, he had not yet fully grasped the nature of Yan Wang's new-style firearms.

But through this cavalry charge, he understood it completely.

Because, in order to deal with the cavalry, the Yan Wang soldiers had basically displayed all the advantages of these firearms.

Narrowing his eyes slightly, he added, "Without a certain chance of victory, it is better not to attempt another active offensive; the odds are too slim. For now, we can only follow the strategy we formulated: drag this out until the Yan Wang's provisions are exhausted, and then spare no cost to prevent him from obtaining supplies."

Having said this, he gazed toward the distant camp of the Yan King Army, his eyes flickering.

This enemy was too dangerous; he had to devote himself entirely to fulfilling his duties as a soldier.

Together with the great clans of the Song and the Northern Di, to curb the rise of this Yan Wang.

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