1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 450 Attacking Liaodong ([-])
Gaizhou City Commander Meng Kui, Infantry Commander Batuli, and Eight Banners Han Army Commander Wang Lizhong stared blankly at the group of black-clothed thieves outside the city chasing the fleeing Han Banner soldiers. The firecracker with the short sword stabbed them to the ground one by one.

what's going on?The more than 50 soldiers sent out faced more than [-] black-clothed thieves outside the city. They were first shot by a burst of firecrackers, and then stabbed by the opponent's firecrackers equipped with short swords. Crash fled back.The problem is, it doesn't matter if you can't beat them, but you can't even run away from others. After being chased by the opponent, all of them were stabbed to the ground, and no one ran back to Gaizhou City.

Meng Kui looked at Batuli, both of them had serious expressions on their faces. The black-clothed thieves outside had sharper weapons and higher combat power, probably far higher than any team of bright men they had encountered before. military.Moreover, the other party seemed to have no fear at all in the face of hundreds of our Qing defenders at the head of Gaizhou City.

The black-clothed thieves outside the city are cleaning the battlefield in an orderly manner, rescuing the injured companions, and restraining the corpse of a companion who may have been shot by a bow and arrow.There were even more than a dozen black-clothed thieves, holding firecrackers with daggers in their hands, and were searching for the clothes of some dead soldiers.For those Han Eight Banners soldiers who were injured and fell to the ground, they didn't go up to mend their swords, and let them cry out in pain.

"Put on your armor! Prepare your horse!...Get ready to leave the city!" Meng Kui said coldly.

"Hey!" Batu Li bowed and promised.

Although he knew that the opponent sent a small team to lure the enemy, Meng Kui still decided to send troops to test the strength of the enemy army outside the city.The laws of the Qing army were strict. In the Nurhachi era, it was stipulated that all officers and soldiers who feared or avoided war during siege, confrontation, and battles should be beheaded for public display, and their families and property should be deprived. Family members will be reduced to the slavery of others.

The slave chieftain Huang Taiji established rules and regulations. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to following the original Eight Banners military system and laws, the management and control of the army tended to be more regularized and institutionalized.However, for the behavior of not going forward during the war, passively avoiding the war, or even fearing the war, the punishment is even worse than in the past, which guarantees the strong combat effectiveness of the Jiannu army to a certain extent.

Although Meng Kui and Baduli are only bannermen in the Niulu where they are in the Eight Banners, they still have military positions in the Qing military system. Although the Guarding Army Academy in Gaizhou City is two ranks lower than the fourth-rank guerrilla of Wang Lizhong, the commander of the Eight Banners Han Army in Gaizhou City, as the "Imperial Army" of the Qing Dynasty, its status is naturally much higher than that of the "Imperial Association Army".

Therefore, when Meng Kui ordered the whole army to prepare for war and prepare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, Wang Lizhong didn't dare to have the slightest objection, and immediately went down to organize the Han army banner soldiers to gather.

"Platoon leader, did we beat Jiannu a little harder?" Li Shuanzhu said to the platoon leader Wu Shangde worriedly: "There was no movement in Gaizhou City for a long time, did you dare to come out and fight us?" ?”

"Damn it, doesn't Jiannu claim to be tyrannical? Don't you just shy away in Gaizhou City like this?" Wu Shangde didn't know what to do. The company commander asked them to come and lure the enemy. If they beat Jiannu to death If you are afraid and stay in the city and cannot come out, that would be very bad.Although Gaizhou City does not look like a solid and tall city, it is still an acropolis built of rammed earth. If you attack the city, not to mention the time delay, and there will be a tragic battle for the city wall, and the casualties will definitely be inevitable.

"Wait a little longer. If Jiannu still doesn't come out after half an hour, let's go back and report to the company commander." Wu Shangde said patiently, looking at Gaizhou City in the distance.The wounded and a dead companion had already been sent to the temporary camp. He planned to wait until noon. If Jian Nu really didn't dare to come out, he could only return and find another way.

"Jianu is out of the city again!" After waiting for another quarter of an hour, suddenly, a marine soldier shouted: "It's cavalry!"

The moment the gate of Gaizhou City was opened, several cavalry rushed out of the city, and more cavalry continued to pour out from behind.

"Withdraw!" Wu Shangde yelled, turned around and ran back with the marines.

Their position is more than 600 meters away from the city gate. If they don't run, the Jiannu cavalry will rush over at full speed, and they will be able to rush to the front in a few minutes. With thirty muskets, they cannot stop fifty or sixty Jiannu cavalry Charge.

Holding the saber in his right hand and controlling the reins with his left, Meng Kui rushed to the forefront of the team, but the horse's speed was not very fast, and he kept moving at a constant speed.He stared fixedly at the team of black-clothed thieves fleeing in front of him.He had to take a good look at what kind of ambush this bandit army would set up.

As a battle-tested vest, Meng Kui is very confident that even if they encounter an ambush set up by the opponent in advance, they can easily retreat to Gaizhou City with the help of more than 30 Qing warriors who are good at fighting.Unless, the opponent has several times their cavalry and surrounds them.

I have to admit that this group of black-clothed thieves, with sharp guns and skilled fighting skills, even escaped very fast. After chasing for more than a mile, none of them fell behind.Of course, in order to be cautious, our Qing cavalry was afraid of ambushes along the way, and at the same time, in order not to get too out of touch with the Han army banner infantry who followed from the rear, we did not sprint with all our strength.

"Stop!" Meng Kui yelled to stop, and saw that the black-clothed thieves fleeing ahead had left the main road and headed for the forest on the left and right. In the early winter, all the leaves had already fallen off, but the ground and branches were stained with dust. There is a thin layer of snow, and the sparse woods can be seen deep at a glance, and there is no one in ambush.

But at the end of the road, there was a larger group of black-clothed thieves, lined up neatly, just blocking the narrow road, and the shining gun heads (bayonets) reflected the dazzling light.Is this the ambush set up by the black-clothed bandits? !

"I bet these Jian slaves dare not let their horses come directly." Xu Chuanxing turned his head and said to Ji Youliang, the deputy company commander beside him.

"If I were Jiannu, I wouldn't send these 50 cavalry to the opponent's bayonet formation." Ji Youliang said: "They will probably wait for the infantry behind to come over before trying to attack."

"Then we'll wait for them to come together." Xu Chuanxing said: "I don't know if the gang of villagers went around to Gaizhou City, and then rushed in."

"It's hard to say." Ji Youliang shook his head and said, "No matter what, as long as we stay here and leave all the Jian slaves who are chasing us, Gaizhou City will naturally be destroyed without attack."

On Jiannu's side, Meng Kui was standing on horseback, carefully massaging the Qi army ahead.There were not many people, only more than 120, and there was not a single cavalryman. The weapons they held were the same as the previous small group of black-clothed bandits.

Meng Kui jumped off his horse, called Batuli, and discussed with him in a low voice: "The bandit army on the other side only has a hundred or so soldiers. If it is in the wilderness, we only need more than 20 horsemen to destroy them. However, , there are forests on both sides of this place, so it is inconvenient for me to wait for the horse to turn around and charge. It is better to wait for the Han army flag infantry to arrive and let them attack from the forest on both sides. First loosen the opponent's formation, and then we will supervise the Han army cavalry in the front Charge, we will follow up."

"Okay, I will act according to your plan." Baduli pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "However, if these black-clothed thieves are defeated, we need to keep a few more alive and ask them where they came from. No matter how you look at it, you can It's not like the army of the Southern Dynasty!"

"That's right, these black-clothed thieves are very... resistant to battle, their guns are sharp, and they fight fiercely in battle formations. Their combat power far surpasses my Eight Banners Han soldiers." The faces of people from the Southern Dynasties may be their newly reorganized army, which is unknown."

After waiting for nearly two quarters of an hour, more than 130 people from the Eight Banners Han Army came over panting. The commander of the Han Army, Wang Lizhong, carefully led his horse to Meng Kui. Facing his cold gaze, he knelt down on one knee. On the ground, he reported loudly: "Return to the master, bid one hundred... 130 people in the army, all of them have arrived. Please show me the master!"

"Rest for a quarter of an hour, and then lead your men to attack the bandits in black in front from both sides of the woods." Meng Kui ordered in a deep voice, "Don't retreat without my military order. Otherwise, military law will be followed!"

"Hey!" Wang Lizhong promised loudly, then got up, turned his head and walked towards the Han army flag infantry, and began to mobilize before the battle.

A gust of cold north wind blew past, causing many marine soldiers who had been staying in the tropical environment to shudder, but everyone did not dare to move at all, holding muskets and looking at the group of slave soldiers opposite.At this moment, the other party seemed to have finished resting and began to make some moves.The later Jiannu infantry scattered into the sparse forest on both sides, preparing to circle around to the left and right wings of the Marine Corps formation.

"Change! Hollow phalanx!" Xu Chuanxing gave an order while holding up the binoculars to observe the situation of Jiannu in front of him.

Where the marines are located, the trees within a range of more than 50 meters on both sides have been cut down, leaving a sufficient shooting area.At the same time, at a place more than [-] meters away from the surrounding area of ​​the army formation, a circle of simple refusal horses was made by using the cut trees.If the Jiannu on the opposite side attacked to the front of the formation, it would still take some effort to overcome these obstacles.

"Unless there is an order, you are not allowed to shoot at will!" Xu Chuanxing continued to order: "The pawns coming from the woods on both sides should be brought closer to 60 meters before counterattacking."

"All of them, with helmets and visors!"

"The slave cavalry is dispatched!"

"The Jiannu infantry on the two wings are approaching 100 meters! They are removing the horses!"

"The Jiannu cavalry is approaching 200 meters ahead!"

"The Jiannu infantry approached 80 meters! They stopped and began to remove the horses!"

Xu Chuanxing slowly raised the command knife in his hand as reports from the company's tactical staff kept coming from his ears.

"The Jiannu infantry approached 60 meters! Their archers launched!"

"Fire from the left and right wings!" Xu Chuanxing swung down the command saber in his hand.

"The slave cavalry has started charging again!"

"Fire in the first row!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." The guns on the left, right and front of the Qi Marine Corps fired one after another within less than five seconds.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!..." Almost at the same time as the muskets fired, Jiannu who rushed from three directions also shot the feathered arrows in his hand.

"Fucking hell, I didn't even make the most of a test. Jiannu is trying to overwhelm our formation!" Xu Chuanxing murmured while wearing a mask.

(End of this chapter)