C592 descent of heavenly fire (1/2)
There were many eunuchs leading troops in the history of China, such as the children of the Song Dynasty and the Three Treasures Eunuch Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty.
As the most favoured eunuch Ci Xi sat down, An Dehai naturally wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with the seniors. If he had the qualifications to lead his troops in a battle, then his life would be worth it.
The excited An Dehai immediately gave the order for the entire army to charge. Not caring about the strategy of the formation, the black mass of war horses and soldiers rushed towards the army of the new army, and Maylor who was leading the charge was the one who wanted to atone for his sins.
There were tens of thousands of people, and there was no end to it. Add to that the charge from the three thousand warhorses, the momentum was like the collapse of the heavens and the collapse of the earth. The earth began to shake violently, and people began to cry like ghosts.
This time, the youths within the new army were scared silly. How could they have seen a decisive battle of such scale? Each and every one of them were even pissing their pants.
At this time, they could see the combat strength of the new army, especially the soldiers who had experienced the trials of the European battlefield.
”What are you afraid of!” We have survived a battle with millions of people, what else is there to be afraid of? ”
”All mercenaries, listen carefully. All you have to do is listen to our orders. Later on, we veterans will lead you out and throw away the grenades. Even if you finish your mission, we won't stop you even if you turn around and run for your lives …”
”Don't be afraid, folks, we're paying you to lose your grenades... ”You can escape after you've lost your grenades …”
The new army was shouting, En Yangzhong was urging, and in the end, even Xiao Letian started shouting, ”What are you crying for! I will just double the reward and I will definitely not let you suffer any more … With the blue sky above your heads, if I want to blacken your plans and sell your money, I shall be struck by lightning! ”
Needless to say, the Paleogene swore that under the encouragement of such a large sum of money, those young and robust men would also become a bit more ruthless. Since they had chosen to put their lives on the line, even if they were to kneel, they would still have to finish walking through him.
Maylor who was in charge, had already gone mad, his face was bruised and swollen, he knew that this was his last chance, if he lost this time, the imperial government would definitely not let him get away with it.
”Charge, charge ah …” The war horses charged forward! Rip their formation, and kill Xiao Letian... ” With a ferocious face, he had gone completely berserk.
The Huai Army s blocking three sides also went crazy. At this moment, they were no longer afraid of the threat of the snipers.
As for An Dehai, Li Hongzhang and the others who were standing at the very back of the battlefield, they were already drunk.
Li Hongzhang clapped his hands and laughed, ”Good, good, good, no matter how powerful the four rapid-fire guns are, they will not be able to tear through such a heavy wave of people, especially those war horses, as long as they rush into the formation, we will win for sure …”
An Dehai also laughed, ”What did I say? Fighting still required a lot of people, but how many people could Xiao Letian kill after he used more than 1000 guns and fired all of them? This was what it meant to be ungrateful! ”Hahaha …”
The heavy rain and mud had restricted the cavalry's speed, and now the cavalry soldiers were not even a third of their usual speed, and all of this was in Xiao Letian's eyes.
”Hehe, now that the cavalry has lost their speed, they are just a group of living targets! I, Xiao Letian, will bear the guilt of today's massacre, and this is what you have forced me to do … New Army, go ahead! ”
With Xiao Letian's order, countless of old veterans in the battle formation started to shout out together, ”Follow me and charge out... Don't be afraid. Listen to my orders. After you throw the grenade, we'll leave … ”Don't be afraid, just listen to the orders and you can live...”
”Kill!” These malevolent young brawlers might only be crazy for once in their lives. After being heavily rewarded, they followed the footsteps of the veterans and charged into the group of cavalry soldiers.
After the group of people charged to a distance of 40 meters away from them, the group of young and robust men were so frightened that their legs went limp. At this time, the veterans in the group shouted, ”Throw them out, blast them to death!”
The long flint rope was pulled off, and white smoke was emitted from the shaft of the grenade. The young and strong door used all of its strength to throw out those 'Fatty' one after another, bursting and blooming above the head of the horde of cavalrymen.
Bang Bang Bang... A wave of muffled sounds appeared on the battlefield. This wasn't the kind that would cause a real grenade to explode, but rather a wave of silent explosions. There were even sounds of glass shattering.
”What is this? ”What the hell is this thing …” Countless people asked subconsciously because they realized that the explosion did not produce any shock waves or shards. Instead, the showers of rain caused countless turbid liquid to splash out.
”AHH!” Suddenly, one of the cavalrymen let out a blood-curdling screech. Following that, the warhorse he was riding on started to cry out in a rhythmic manner before overturning the warhorses in the surrounding area.
Everyone focused their eyes and saw that the rider's body was actually burning with orange flames, and even the heavy rain was unable to extinguish those flames.