Chapter 1592: The Disparity

Nashadier hurried back to Cairo.

The matter of the siege came to a temporary halt.

He relayed the news here to Jiang Xuan, and after Jiang Xuan read it, a "chuan" character was written between his brows.

The defensive line formed by the three mining areas occupied by the French was difficult to break through.

Moreover, all four mining areas were located deep in the interior of Africa, backed by French colonies, and were simply too far from Cairo.

If a large army were to be dispatched to attack, they would have to cross the great desert.

In this way, the supply lines would be very unstable, and they would have to overcome the dangers that could appear in the desert at any time.

Not only that, the mining areas were situated among mountain ranges, making mountain warfare inevitable; without familiarity with the terrain, engaging in mountain warfare against the enemy would surely result in heavy losses.

The Longyan Army did not fear any challenge.

But as the commander of the Longyan Army, Jiang Xuan had to be responsible for his soldiers.

A frontal assault was impossible.

To defeat the enemy, Jiang Xuan had to find another way, and Jiang Xuan fell into deep thought.

After thinking for a long time, Jiang Xuan finally looked at Nashadier and said in a deep voice, "Nashadier, perhaps we need..."

At this time, Europe.

Hanover.

The Longyan Army led by Ling Chen went deep into Prussia to suppress bandits.

However, those bandits or whatever remnants of the Franco-Austrian Allied Army there were, in Ling Chen's eyes, were just a bunch of people begging for death.

They had absolutely no combat effectiveness.

For this expedition, Ling Chen only led three thousand light cavalry, and did not even bring the Longyan Cannon.

At the very beginning, these bandit forces believed they had the support of the Franco-Austrian Alliance and possessed a large amount of weaponry, considering themselves well-equipped.

Prussia had also sent troops to subdue them, but the Prussian Army could mobilize very few troops now, and coupled with years of war, these soldiers were exceptionally exhausted.

After one battle, this Prussian Army unit of only one hundred men was forced to retreat due to reasons such as numbers and Weaponry and Equipment!

This caused the bandit forces' confidence to explode; after the victory in this battle, they had always thought that they were just bandits, and compared to the Prussian Army that had experienced countless battles, they were just bandits.

They had a natural fear, but they did not expect that they would actually win, and it was a great victory at that.

When they learned that Ling Chen had launched a campaign to encircle and suppress them, the leaders of these bandit forces gave a disdainful smile.

"Longyan Army? Which is more powerful, the Longyan Army or the Prussian Army?"

"Forget it, it's all the same anyway; they are all souls under my gun!"

These bandit forces smiled disdainfully, having absolutely no fear of the Longyan Army; they had no idea what kind of enemy they were facing.

The bandit forces did not take the Longyan Army's suppression campaign to heart at all.

They believed that there was no big difference between the Longyan Army and the Prussian Army, as both were vulnerable units.

Facing their arrogance, Ling Chen gave a contemptuous smile.

Through his Telescope, he looked at the bandit camp on the mountain peak and directly ordered the charge.

Three thousand Light Cavalry launched an assault on the low hills, and the bandits also saw the rolling dust from the mountain stronghold, and within the dust, they saw an unstoppable Cavalry unit.

Facing such a charge, the bandits' expressions froze.

They knew that War Horses were good things, but they had never seen so many War Horses before.

The bandit advisor, who had read a few books, looked at those War Horses and counted on his fingers: "One, two, three..."

He was shocked to find that even adding his fingers and toes was not enough.

"There are at least twenty-some War Horses here!" the bandit exclaimed!

Those bandits were stunned for a moment, looking at the charging Longyan Light Cavalry with incredulous eyes; twenty-some War Horses was already an unimaginable number to them.

In their camp, there was only one War Horse, and it was a lame horse left behind by the French; one of its legs had been injured, and although the wound had healed, it still walked with a limp.

But even so, the bandit boss regarded it as a treasure.

Now, seeing that the Longyan Army had so many War Horses, their hearts burned with desire.

The bandit leader was even more envious: "Little ones, set up the Cannon, and grab their War Horses!"

The bandits set up the Cannon supported by the French; this weapon had played an unimaginable role in the struggles between the many bandits.

The power of the Cannonball was very great.

This was also one of the things the bandit forces here relied on.

The bandits aimed at Ling Chen's unit and immediately launched a bombardment.

But on the hills, the field of vision was wide and there were no obstacles, and the Light Cavalry was extremely fast, so the bandit forces' Cannonballs did not hit Ling Chen's unit at all.

Seeing this scene, the bandit leader was stunned; the previously invincible Cannon had actually lost its power when facing the Longyan Army's charge.

The bandit leader's expression changed, and then he saw these Longyan Light Cavalry about to kill their way over.

"Bring up the Musket Team!"

The bandit leader roared anxiously.

The Musket was also a great killing weapon left to them by the French; this thing called a Musket had an extremely long range and was much easier to use than any Long Spear or Long Spear.

Moreover, its attack power was extremely strong, and even the Armor worn by heavy-armored soldiers was like paper.

It only took one hit to shatter it.

Thinking of this, the bandit leader revealed a smug smile.

The French had left them quite a few Muskets and Bullets, and with these, he could dominate this place.

"Fire!"

At the bandit commander's order, the bandits pulled the triggers and fired the Bullets.

However, the muskets, which once had an extremely long range, did not instantly shatter their Armor as the bandit commander had expected.

On the contrary, those Longyan soldiers acted as if nothing had happened and continued their charge.

Seeing this scene, the bandit leader was completely stunned.

Ling Chen was slightly taken aback when he saw these bandits simultaneously bring out Cannons and muskets to launch an attack.

He had not expected these bandits to possess so much equipment.

But in Ling Chen's view, this equipment had already been exposed and had lost its value.

The Cannons posed no threat to them at all.

As for the muskets, their attack range was too tight, firing from such a great distance.

Not a single Bullet from the muskets could hit them; Ling Chen could not help but laugh when he saw the bandits' method of attack.

He immediately ordered the Light Cavalry to use bows and arrows.

A wave of Crossbow Bolts fell from the sky like raindrops.

The bandit leader looked at the arrows descending from the sky, his expression stiffening; he had never seen such a scene before.

The arrows fell from the sky like a violent storm.

The panicked bandits did not know where to hide, and a single wave of arrows reaped the lives of many bandits.

After the rain of arrows, Ling Chen's Light Cavalry also charged in.

Under the overwhelming offensive, the bandits were simply unable to resist.

The bandit leader's life was instantly reaped by Ling Chen, and until his death, he could not understand why there was such a huge gap in combat effectiveness between the Longyan Army and the Prussian Army.