The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 134
"Bang! Bang! Bang bang bang!!!"

The deafening sound of firing guns spread across the entire battlefield in an instant, and a large amount of white gunpowder smoke suddenly rose from the front of the Ming army's formation.

The [-]th step of the Ming army's large formation became a restricted area for life. Countless hungry soldiers who swarmed in were knocked down before the [-]th step in front of the formation, but they were still unable to cross the red line.

After Chen Wang left the camp with the troops of his headquarters, he marched directly to the south, assuming that he was going to rescue.

After traveling all the way south for a mile, the bandits finally appeared. Tens of thousands of rangers who had been waiting for a long time roared from all directions and surrounded them in the center.

There was unavoidable commotion in the army formation. Chen Wang held the reins in one hand to control the restless horses sitting under him, and held the whip in the other hand to look around the situation.

As he had expected before, what the rogues used was the simplest tactic.

Attack the weak Hanzhong Guards, and then urge yourself to lead the troops out of the camp to help, and then send a large number of rangers to surround them with the advantage of their strength when they are halfway to the rescue.

The rogues sealed off the four sides with cavalry, and then sent troops and hungry soldiers to form a mixed siege and attack.

Strategies such as showing the enemy to be weak and attacking the west are often used by bandits. Although these methods are simple, they are often extremely effective.

It was not a mistake in the command to send Chen Gong to lead almost all the cavalry to help the Hanzhong Guards.

It's just that what you have to face now is the rogues without armor. The three-eyed gun is more reliable and effective than the bird gun.

The steel knives in the hands of those old bandits were all stained with blood, and there were several bloody corpses lying beside them, and the people at their feet were hungry soldiers who wanted to escape.

If you want to stay in Hanzhong, you must not win this battle.

"Kill!!!"

After the casualties reached a certain level, the hungry soldiers would be afraid and retreat involuntarily.

"Raise the gun!!!"

Zhou Changshou couldn't help but tremble in his heart. Even though he stood in front of the army formation and went through countless times, he still couldn't fire the firecracker in his hand without any psychological burden.

But because of the poor reload speed of the three-eyed gun, there is still a gap in the firepower.

But this battle must not be lost.

Many people stopped in their tracks, but there were still some people who ran backwards crazily. They were completely frightened by the sound of gunfire.

Except for these dozens of armored cavalry, there are only more than [-] commanding cavalry in the army to deliver information. The total number of cavalry is no more than a hundred, and the rest are infantry.

Three-eyed guns were raised one after the other.

The army is defeated like a mountain, and those who are old enough to fight know that if the defeat cannot be stopped, everyone will die...

But in essence, they are still farmers and villagers in their bones.

The bright swords and soldiers confused people's eyes, the vibration sound of horseshoes hitting the ground made people frightened, and the endless crowd of people was even more frightening.

The fear of death once again overwhelmed everything, and the courage that those hungry soldiers finally mustered disappeared in an instant.

But when you are about to fight, you will still feel fear in your heart.

It is not a person with a deep background. The result of suddenly ascending to a high position is to pay more than ordinary people.

Most of them are peasants from the countryside, and they have spent their entire lives digging for food and living in the world. They have never seen such a bloody scene.

He knew that those starving soldiers were actually the same as him before, they were people who had no way to survive.

Behind those hungry soldiers were the infantry running back and forth, as well as the cavalry and fine cavalry of the brigade among the rogues, they were the supervisors of this battle.

They are all ordinary people, the same people, struggling desperately just to survive.

And more importantly, for officers and soldiers, seeing friendly troops not going to rescue can be a reason for impeachment.

The surviving people were lying in a pool of blood struggling, or crawling on the ground, crying and begging loudly, desperately reaching out to the crowd for help, but no one looked at them.

Chen Gong led the Liao cavalry to help the Hanzhong Guards first, and now there were only dozens of armored cavalry guards by Chen Wang's side.

Hu Zhiyi and Hu Zhili were not at Chen Wang's side at this time, and they all returned to their respective departments to command the army to stabilize the morale of the army.

It is precisely because of this that the army formation is not easy to maintain, and infantry surrounded by cavalry regiments can often only defend in formation.

If it is light, the salary will be demoted, and if it is serious, it will be dismissed.

They don't want to die...

Those fleeing hungry soldiers were spared, and they were the ones who were guilty.

A large number of black spots suddenly appeared on the low sky, and Zhou Changshou's heart shuddered. He couldn't understand what those black spots represented.

The sound of shouting and killing resounded deafeningly through the sky, Zhou Changshou was in a trance, suddenly had an illusion, he only felt that the enemy troops in all directions seemed to have surrounded them.

Chen Wang is very clear about the tactics of the bandits, and he has not dared to slack off in the past six months.

Every time the hungry soldiers were defeated, the infantry behind would turn into a supervising troop and kill the deserters. Even those who escaped by chance would fall to the supervising cavalry behind the troop.

The face of the enemy in front of him is gradually becoming clearer, and all living beings are different from each other.

"What is the consequence of the escape robe, you all know!!"

With hundreds of cavalry, it is impossible to complete the rescue of one's own infantry.

Zhou Changshou held the three-eyed blunderbuss and the fire zip tightly in his hands, and the crowd kept enlarging before his eyes.

How did this guerrilla position come about now? Chen Wang himself knows best.

The old bandit of the army behind the hungry soldiers waved the steel knife in his hand and roared viciously.

The gunpowder smoke of the officers and soldiers in front continued to rise, and the continuous explosion sounded like a signal for death.

The three-eyed blunderbuss is not a reliable firearm against Manchurian flag soldiers wearing heavy armor.

Zhou Changshou looked ahead, and the fear of death lingered in his mind again.

"Bang! Bang! Bang bang bang!!!"

"Come on!!"

Banner Chief Huang Hu's broken gong-like voice made Zhou Changshou feel a sharp pain in his eardrums, but at this moment, no one would care about these minor details.

From the very beginning, Chen Wang was very clear about what the rogues wanted to do, and the biggest reason for sending out most of the cavalry under his command was not to actually rescue the Hanzhong Guards, but to let the rogues relax their vigilance and hit them head-on. Come……

Because it is often difficult for people to maintain a clear mind at the juncture of crisis.

Zhou Changshou half-kneeled on the ground, holding a fire starter in one hand and a thick three-eyed gun in the other.

Even if there are soldiers supervising the battle behind them, it is not easy to stop their retreat.

The supervisor in the army told them that those hungry soldiers were poor people who were threatened by bandits, and they were all the same people.

The battle of Lueyang was the most dangerous battle that Zhou Changshou experienced...

The sound of the swan sounded again, the gunfire sounded again, and more thieves fell to the ground.

"Rush over!"

The military trumpet was blown again by the golden hand, and the sharp swan sound suddenly spread throughout the entire formation.

The shrill cries were mixed with pleadings, but none of them made the old bandit who supervised the battle feel much turmoil.

Blood mist shot out from the rogues and hungry soldiers who swarmed in, and hundreds of rogues fell to the ground. The front of the crowd was instantly empty, and the crowd stagnated.

The sound of shouting and killing like a tsunami came from the front again, and the hungry soldiers of the rogues swept in like raging waves.

The smell of gunpowder smoke and blood mixed with each other, and the smell in the air made people want to vomit.

Fear is like a poisonous mist, spreading along the wind among the crowd, and it has spread in an instant.

"Rush over, you are dead, and your family leaders will help you take care of them!"

"Kill!!!"

Their morale is low, their morale is low, their heads are always down.

The deafening shouts of killing echoed in Zhou Changshou's ears, and Zhou Changshou's pupils shrank suddenly.

In fact, the fighting will of these hungry soldiers has already collapsed, but they have no way to escape.

Fifty steps away, you can only hit enemies with poor armor. Once you are a hundred steps away, the projectiles of the three-eyed gun will not have any lethality.

Now these soldiers under his command are far from comparable to the Qi family army that once belonged to Qi Jiguang.

Along with the sound of the swan, there was also the unique popping sound of the three-eyed gun.

A few months ago, many of them were just farmers and villagers planing food in the fields.

"Kill the officers and soldiers!!"

If you sit back and watch the defeat of the Hanzhong Guards, you will definitely be held accountable.

Because less than thirty steps away in front of them, there are wandering bandits and hungry soldiers pouring in like a tide.

"Don't retreat, the officers and soldiers rush over or die!"

……

"Go up! Go up!"

But rogues are rogues after all, they can't launch wave after wave of attacks like Houjin soldiers.

The shooting distance of the three-eyed gun is relatively limited, and within a range of thirty steps, it can cause damage to enemies in armor.

If Hong Chengchou wins, he will inevitably send an order to let him pursue the victory, and the power of the bandits in Hanzhong will weaken.

However, no one gave them a way to survive...

But the steel knife behind him and the situation of his family made many people stop.

If you are defeated, you can stay in Hanzhong, but you will inevitably lose the possibility of going further.

It's just that they hid on the mountain and escaped the bandits, but those people couldn't escape.

He has traveled many places, and he is no longer the farmer who only knows the fields of crops.

Right now, it is hard to dispel Hong Chengchou's vigilance and divert Hong Chengchou's attention, how can Hong Chengchou turn his attention back again.

The reason why the wars along the way can be won is not because they are strong, but because the rogues are more unbearable.

The biggest defect of the three-eyed gun is actually the problem of loading. A skilled shooter can complete the loading of the bird gun within 1 minute, and it will be faster if there are fixed ammunition.

That army has now disappeared in the long river of history and has become a legend among storytellers. They are none other than the Qi family army.

Some people strode forward madly, some screamed wildly, and some waved weapons with ferocious faces.

Chen Wang divided the musketeers into five platoons to shoot in bursts, shooting and charging in turn, with tiger squatting guns in the middle, and the Frang machine as supplementary firepower.

Along the way, they passed countless counties, crossed countless mountains, and crossed countless rivers.

In the era of cold weapons, there is no fast and convenient communication and command system. You can only watch flags and listen to drums, and slightly more complicated instructions can only be conveyed by messengers.

Officers and soldiers often have to do things they know they can't do because of some political issues.

The old bandit who was supervising the battle roared and slashed frantically at the hungry soldiers who wanted to retreat.

But the reloading speed of the three-eyed blunderbuss is horribly slow. In essence, the three-eyed blunderbuss is actually a collection of three fire-door guns. To fire the blunderbuss, you need to ignite the fire door with a fire pocket to fire, instead of buckling like a bird blunderbuss. Pull the trigger.

Just a little bit, just a little bit, he died there.

If you step back, you will die, if you go forward, you will die, if you die in front, your wife, children, and children may still have a way out...

The former is nothing to Chen Wang, he is not short of money now, but the price of the latter is really unacceptable to Chen Wang.

With the crisis in Hanzhong lifted, he has no reason to stay in Hanzhong.

"Raise the gun!!"

The Hanzhong Guards were attacked on the near side, and Chen Wang had to lead troops to help.

In this era, there is only one army that can complete a stable march under the threat of cavalry and complete a rapid shift when the cavalry is harassing.

Their morale is not high, and their military equipment is backward, not to mention armor, but they don't even have winter clothes.

The cavalry soldiers in the Rogue Army were nothing more than infantry on horseback, but even infantry on horseback could pose a much greater threat than ordinary infantry.

From Fenzhou to Chunhua, then to Pingliang, Gongchang, and finally to Hanzhong, he has experienced dozens of battles in a few months.

The defeated hungry soldiers began to gather again. They all knew what would happen if they escaped. Once they were regarded as deserters, none of their wives, children, and children could survive...

The hoarse cry of killing came again, and the hungry soldiers of the rogues swept in like a tide again.

The range and power of the three-eyed blunderbuss are far inferior to those of the bird blunderbuss, but the instant firepower density far exceeds that of the bird blunderbuss.

After the tide of hungry soldiers, the rogues arranged a lot of archers each time. They relied on the hungry people in front as shields, and then fired arrows to harass them.

These rules do not have much constraints on the Guan Ning army, but at this time these unspoken rules still have a lot of constraints on the troops in the interior.

Although he has always won more victories than he lost against rogues, Chen Wang is well aware of the capabilities of his soldiers.

From Fenzhou to Hanzhong, he traveled thousands of miles.

But among the hungry soldiers who came, more people were tearful and terrified. They were driven by the crowd and couldn't help themselves.

No matter why he lost, whether it was intentional or careless, Hong Chengchou's attention will be diverted again.

The gurgling blood merged into a stream, and formed pools of blood in the low-lying places, and then gradually solidified, turned purple, and turned black.

Although he received training, saw blood, went to battle, experienced the flames of war, and began to transform into a soldier.

Although the bows and crossbows in the hands of the rogues are all soft bows with low lethality, there is still the possibility of death or injury if they are accidentally shot at a vital point.

The coming rain of arrows didn't make him move at all, Zhou Changshou just lowered his head so that the helmet could cover his face.

He knew that the only thing he could trust now was his own armor.

Military law - facing the enemy in front of the battle, the army formation is established, and those who leave the formation without authorization will be killed immediately!

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(End of this chapter)