Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 622 Attacking the Village
"Impossible. We have lived here for hundreds of years. Neither floods nor bandits have been able to shake our village. Even if the Kyushu Army comes, I believe we can hold our village and let them Get out of the way." The young patriarch rejected Zheng Hu's request.

"You are asking for trouble. In Lang Son, when we escaped, several unconvinced tribes had been wiped out by the Kyushu army, and the whole village was slaughtered. Their villages may not necessarily be smaller than yours. Do you think you can stop them?" Zheng Hu said, "If you insist on staying here, I will consider the lives of my soldiers, please forgive us for not being able to stay here."

"You came here as refugees. We took you in and provided you with food and support these days. Now that our village is in trouble, how can you just leave?" Seeing that Zheng Hu wanted to leave, the young patriarch showed his face. unhappy.

"Our Zheng family has always been benevolent and righteous. If you want to try to resist, we can try to help you. If you can't do it, don't blame us for leaving." Zheng Hu obviously didn't feel comfortable with the village resisting the Kyushu army on his own. There is hope, only to be benevolent and righteous.

While the young patriarch was talking with Zheng Hu, the scouts monitoring the Kyushu Army in front kept sending back the news of the Kyushu Army in front: "The Kyushu Army started to abandon the camp and rushed towards our village!"

"The action is so quick!" Zheng Hu and the young patriarch were shocked at the same time.

"They command thousands of people like right-hand men, and they seem to know the location of our village. They are indeed difficult to deal with. People, follow me to the forest to stop the northern barbarians, and don't let them approach our homeland!" The young patriarch raised his hunting knife and led With two or three hundred natives submerged into the dense forest.

Zheng Hu saw that the local people were red-eyed because of the war, and he didn't know whether it was right or wrong to involve this village in the war, so he said to his confidants: "We used to help them, but if the situation is not right, we will retreat to Gaoping City .”

In the dense forest, three infantry battalions plus one artillery battalion, led by the first infantry battalion who had gradually become familiar with the terrain, advanced steadily along the forest path with muskets in hand.

At the forefront of the army are the scouts who have scouted the location and terrain of the village and the soldiers who protect them.

"There are many traps set by the natives in the forest, be careful..." the scout reminded the forward soldiers.

"Ahhh!" A soldier walking on the edge suddenly screamed.

"What happened!" The surrounding soldiers squatted down one after another, holding muskets and looking around vigilantly.

"It's a beast trap!" The two Kyushu Army soldiers who went to check opened the beast trap together, but the right foot of the soldier caught in the trap was dripping with blood, and the severe pain made him grit his teeth.

"Stop the bleeding quickly, and leave two soldiers to take care of him." The captain here ordered to the left and right
The dense forest is full of traps, if you don't pay attention, you will fall into the pit. The soldiers of the First Infantry Battalion lost several soldiers, and some soldiers were injured. It was a test for the herbs brought by Zhao Guirong and the others.

Reports of soldiers being injured continued to reach Zhao Guirong. Zhao Guirong's face sank like water. This village has been challenging his bottom line.

"Let the second battalion divide a unit to detour to the left, and the third battalion divide a unit to detour to the right." The frequent traps made Zhao Guirong suddenly have a premonition that the natives would not stay in the village so obediently waiting for him to attack, so Start adjusting tactics.

From the sky above the dense forest, Zhao Guirong's army was divided into three groups under the leadership of the scouts, like a big open hand.

"Enemy attack!" Not long after the big hand was stretched out, the second battalion detoured to the left and encountered the Tumin and Zheng's troops who had come over.

Soldiers of the Kyushu Army rely on trees as barriers to avoid enemy bows and muskets. They use rear-loading rifles, which can be loaded behind trees calmly.For a moment, there was a lot of shouting and killing on the left side. The soldiers of the second battalion who fought against the Tumin and Zheng's allied forces for the first time regarded them as formidable opponents, and used their bullets as if they didn't want money.

"The left lane becomes the middle lane, the middle lane turns to the left and becomes the left lane, and the right lane turns to the left and forward to outflank." Zhao Guirong stayed calm before the battle and commanded the troops to make adjustments.

The Tumin and Zheng family troops appeared on the left. Obviously they wanted to sneak attack the Kyushu Army from the left, but they did not expect that Zhao Guirong would suddenly divide their troops, so they exchanged fire with the troops on the left in the forest.

"Surround these natives, don't let them go!" Especially the soldiers of the [-]st Infantry Battalion hated the natives to the bone, and moved quickly to the left without the officer's urging.

Both sides were red-eyed. During the battle, the natives and the Zheng family allied forces had trees as resistance, but they avoided a lot of damage. Otherwise, if they fought in an open field, the muskets of the Kyushu army who were two or 300 years ahead of them might teach them how to behave.But even under the lack of accuracy of the Kyushu Army's shooting, the natives and Zheng family soldiers who were shot would basically be deprived of combat effectiveness or even die.

"Young patriarch, we have fewer and fewer people!" The natives fought against the Kyushu army and found that the opponent's firepower was too strong!

Neither the natives nor the Zheng family's troops approached at the back, and the Kyushu Army was facing dense bullets, making it difficult for them to shoot at the Kyushu Army.

"Damn it, if we are given enough time to set up traps, we must make them look good!" The young patriarch gritted his teeth.

Zheng Hu walked over: "Our soldiers also found the Kyushu Army on the right side. They are trying to surround us. They should retreat to the village as soon as possible, and there is still a chance of resistance."

"Let's retreat!" The young patriarch heard that he and others were likely to be surrounded, and decisively gave up his plan to stop the Kyushu army in the forest.

The Tumin and Zheng family allied forces came to attack in a hurry, but were repulsed again, leaving hundreds of corpses in vain.

"Take...take me away..." A native who was shot in the abdomen lay on the ground, helplessly watching his companion leave in a hurry, and no one turned his head.

"You left a squadron from the second battalion to clean the battlefield, count the dead and wounded soldiers, and bury the corpses. The others will follow me to destroy this village and kill chickens to make an example to monkeys." Zhao Guirong was full of hostility.After all, he is also a brigade officer of the Kyushu Army. Apart from more than a dozen corps commanders, he is one of the highest-ranking officers of the Kyushu Army. Delayed his progress in attacking Gaoping City.

The Gaoping area is not just an earthen city in Gaoping City, but also many scattered villages. Those villages that dare to resist still need to seek peace. There is not much time left for him. Fortunately, he still thinks that he can complete the task in a month.

(End of this chapter)