Become a feudal king from today - #902 - Chapter 916: Hard Attack

“So, there must be a large number of cavalry ambushed in the valleys on both sides.” Pan Chang cast a stern look at the woods on both sides of the valley.

“Yes.” The flag commander in charge of the investigation was sure.

Pan Chang touched his chin, “Japan has always been short of horses. According to our intelligence, Watanabe Case only has more than 20,000 cavalry under his command, commanded by Jiugui. If Watanabe Case set up an ambush here, he expected us to pass by here. “

The scout flag commander nodded, “This valley is so narrow and long, I’m afraid that in addition to the cavalry, there are also a large number of infantry ambushed.”

Pan Chang smiled when he heard this, “That’s for sure. We are the real threat to the Watanabe case. The armies of the Oda clan and the Mori clan are just miscellaneous soldiers. They will definitely mobilize their elites to eat us up.”

After pondering for a while, he said: “Keep going.”

Just as he decided from the beginning.

Regardless of whether there is an ambush in the valley, he will rush towards it.

Because according to the plan, the war in White River City has probably already begun.

If you don’t move forward in fear, if something goes wrong, the overall war will be affected.

The time to eliminate the forces involved in the Watanabe case has to be postponed again.

This is something he absolutely cannot allow to happen.

Furthermore, his forced entry into the valley was by no means a reckless move, but was based on the current strength of the Marine Corps.

The 20,000 troops and horses under his command are enough to deal with any emergency.

The order was passed, and the Marines continued to advance in six columns.

However, Pan Chang had already passed on the news that there was an ambush in the valleys on both sides.

While marching, the columns on the east and west sides each stared in the direction they were responsible for.

And they just followed the center line of the valley.

There were no roads, so they passed directly through the farmland and never went near the mountains and forests.

Not long after, the entire team entered the narrow valley.

At this moment, on the ridge on the east side of the valley, Kukii stared coldly at the Marine Corps soldiers.

When all the Marines entered the valley, a sneer appeared on his lips.

With a wave of his hand, he ordered all the cavalry and infantry to cross the ridge.

When he came to the edge of the mountain forest, he got on his horse, pulled out the Japanese sword from his waist, and said to the soldiers beside him, “The general is in Baihe City. If King Yan’s troops and horses are allowed to pass, the general will be in danger. For the general’s sake, , For the future of Japan, we must fight to the death here today, and annihilate King Yan’s troops at all costs!”

“Onboard! Onboard…”

The cavalry roared, and the opponent had all entered the ambush circle. They no longer cared about being discovered by the opponent.

Jiugui nodded, held the bone flute hanging around his neck and started playing.

The sharp sound of the flute echoed in the mountains and forests. The cavalry rushed out from the mountains and forests, raising their Japanese knives and rushing towards the Yan King’s soldiers in the middle of the valley.

As soon as the cavalry on the east side rushed out, they were immediately discovered by the cavalry on the west side. When they were ambushed, the Japanese cavalry on the west side also rushed out.

While the cavalry charged, the infantry followed the cavalry, also approaching the center of the valley.

They would take advantage of the cavalry to get close to the King of Yan’s army and shorten the distance with the King of Yan’s army, thus weakening the range advantage of the King of Yan’s troops.

“Hollow Phalanx!”

The moment the Beidi cavalry rushed out, the Marines quickly changed their formations in a tacit understanding without the need for Chang Pan to remind them.

Twenty thousand Marines formed six hollow squares in the valley.

Although the hollow phalanx was a tactic used against cavalry during the flintlock period.

But that doesn’t mean that this formation will be useless after replacing the Qin-style rifle.

On the contrary, the Qin-style rifle made the hollow phalanx more powerful.

After all, the Qin-style rifle is better than the flintlock rifle in terms of accuracy and range.

“Fix bayonets!” the generals in Hollow Phalanx City ordered one after another.

The Marine immediately inserted the sharp bayonet into the buckle of the muzzle.

“Shoot!” Another order was issued.

At this time, the first row of the three rows of soldiers who formed the square lay down, the second row knelt on one knee, and the third row stood, all aiming their guns at the cavalry that had passed by.

The flintlock gun needs three stages of shooting due to its insufficient rate of fire.

But the Qin-style rifle, which can shoot ten bullets a minute, is not needed.

“Bang bang bang…” Intensive gunshots rang out in the valley.

The sound of gunshots drifted up the valley and reverberated, making the sound of gunfire appear denser.

When the Marines changed their formation, the Japanese cavalry had already rushed out 500 meters and were only 300 meters away from the Marines.

But as the firing order was given, a barrage of bullets flew towards them.

The Japanese cavalry rushing in front were swept away like fallen leaves by the strong wind, and large tracts fell off their horses.

Even more war horses were hit and fell to the ground along with the people, rolling on the ground.

So many cavalry fell in an instant, and the cavalry behind them could not dodge at all.

The horses’ hooves either trampled the cavalry who landed in front into a pulp and continued to rush forward, or they were knocked down by the fallen cavalry and war horses, rolled to the ground, and were trampled by the cavalry further behind.

“Bang bang bang…” Facing the numerous cavalry, the Marines remained calm.

They were highly focused and used the fastest speed of reloading.

After one shot was fired, they fired a second shot and a third shot.

The interval before each shot was almost five seconds.

In just over fifteen seconds, soldiers on both sides fired 30,000 rounds of ammunition.

But it takes at least twenty seconds for the cavalry to reach the distance of three hundred meters.

This is still a normal and barrier-free charge.

However, due to the large-scale casualties of the front row cavalry, their movements were obviously restricted.

In the hail of bullets, they charged with difficulty for fifty miles, before the cavalry reached fifty meters in front of the hollow square formation.

“Onboard!” In the field of vision, the faces of King Yan’s soldiers became clear.

The surviving cavalry raised their Japanese knives high and roared. They wanted to chop the Yan King soldiers in front of them into pieces.

Instead, they were faced with a barrage of grenades flying towards them.

“Boom, boom, boom…” The grenade exploded among the cavalry.

At a distance of ten meters with the grenade as the center, the cavalry fell in large numbers again.

At the same time, the loud noise frightened the horses. Amidst the bursts of neighing, many Japanese cavalry horses were out of control and fled in all directions.

The charging cavalry fell into brief confusion.

After one chaos and a second chaos, plus a lot of casualties.

The Japanese cavalry had no formation to speak of at the moment.

In one minute, the 10,000 soldiers on both sides of the hollow phalanx fired more than 100,000 bullets safely.

After this round of grenade throwing, there were less than two thousand cavalry left on the battlefield.

As they continued to charge, they came to the hollow phalanx sparsely, facing the bayonets raised by the Marines, and there were no cavalry companions behind them.

Of course, they also had infantry, but apparently because the horses charged too fast, the infantry was far behind them and was chasing them.

Although they realized that something was wrong, they were so frantic that they had no time to think about it.

A part of the crazy Japanese cavalry crashed directly into the bayonet.

Partly out of fear, they could only pass through the gaps in the hollow square array.