A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 375 Killing

Several soldiers who broke into the army with loud voices shouted to the hillside, if the officers and soldiers were willing to retreat, their leaders would present them with money, and the two sides were polite and did not offend each other.Or maybe these officers and soldiers surrendered to King Chuang, and they must be reused to crusade against the unrighteous court together.

He seemed to understand the power of the Shunxiang Army's firearms. When these loud voices shouted, they were all far away from the range of the firecrackers, at least 150 steps away from the hillside.

When they shouted, the densely packed troops lined up less than [-] steps away from the hillside, forming an encirclement circle for the soldiers of Renbu.It can be seen that their encirclement is very level, the east and north sides are tight, but the west side is sparsely armed, which coincides with the meaning of encircling three ques and one in the art of war.

If there is a gap in the encirclement, the besieged will not want to fight to the death, and if the Shunxiang army flees to the west, there is the intruder camp in Ruzhou to the west, which can be said to be a self-inflicted trap.Moreover, in the northwest direction, thousands of cavalry troops were deployed. If they used the cavalry to pursue them, it would be very unfortunate for those who escaped.

In addition, there are groups of cavalry patrolling the wilderness in this area. Although most of the generals who invaded the army have never read military books, their battlefield experience is obtained from countless actual battles. Simple and effective.

When those loud voices were shouted, Liu Fangliang and Li Guo rode on horseback with some personal guards, and looked towards the hillside at a distance of about [-] steps to the northwest. A plant does not move.

Liu Fangliang was a little strange about their arrangement. The officers and soldiers were in front and the pikemen were in the back.There are only one hundred blunderbuss soldiers on each side, divided into four layers, with 25 people in each layer, and the same is true for the hundred spearmen behind them.

With two hundred soldiers on each side, can they stop the continuous attack of their own army?Well, there are still some iron thorns scattered in front of the gap of more than ten steps on each side. In front of the iron thorns, a few shallow trenches were slightly dug, and the excavated soil was piled up on the spot to form a low wall.

Some skirmishers with guns could be seen patrolling the rear area.If one's own army attacks, it can only go straight to the opponent's blunderbuss position, otherwise it will be blocked by trenches and barbed wire.It will also encounter the attack of the opponent's skirmishers.

However, in Liu Fangliang's imagination, under the impact of his crowd tactics, the opponent's arrangement can only be useless.Of course, he didn't dare to underestimate the enemy. The opponent was well-equipped and well-organized, and he didn't panic at all under the siege of his own army. Such a well-organized military appearance was the only opponent he had ever seen in his life.

He silently looked at the flying king-shaped flag on the hillside, thinking: "Where do these officers and soldiers come from?"

Li Guo next to him looked at the iron armor of the Shun army on the hillside, his eyes showed excitement, and he murmured: "If so many armors for horses are taken down, our rebel army can expand by tens of thousands. "

Liu Fangliang looked at the sky, and estimated that it would be dark in another hour. The soldiers who shouted were already thirsty, but there was no movement on the hillside.We can't procrastinate any longer, and things will change if we are late. The war can only end this evening. Chuangjun is not good at fighting at night. If it comes tomorrow, the follow-up army of officers and soldiers may follow.

He looked towards Hao Yaoqi in the north, and he was shouting at the soldiers on that side. Their forwards had already been selected, and twenty troops were thrown into each of the east and north at one go.

This is an initial attack of 50 people in each team and 1000 people on each side, followed by a steady stream of soldiers and horses.Liu Fangliang believes that the officers and soldiers on the hillside are also flesh and blood, and they will bleed and get tired. This wave of offensives continues, and I don't believe they can stop them.

"attack!"

Liu Fangliang passed down the command, and tens of thousands of intruders echoed, and their shouts spread one after another, as if the entire Pingchuan was filled with their shouts.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The drums sounded like thunder, but it was Hao Yaoqi who beat the drums with his own hands.

"Kill officers and soldiers!"

One whistler of the Death Squadron in the north always drew his saber and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"or!"

The densely packed spears were lifted up, and under the spears were all heads wrapped in red scarves. Most of these people were soldiers who broke into the outer camp, and most of them were starving people who were threatened.They were either sallow and emaciated, or dressed in rags, but they all had fanaticism in their eyes at this moment.

In troubled times, what is easier than dying?To die is to die, but if you survive this battle, you can become a soldier in the inner camp of the Chuang army, you can eat enough for yourself, and you can keep your family alive. What is more cost-effective than this deal?
They chanted slogans together, and many of them beat their chests harder, pressing down on the hillside.

……

In the binoculars, I saw the rogues coming from all over the mountains and plains, and there were spears shining with cold light everywhere, and their cheers like a tide kept entering my ears.Gao Shiyin rubbed his face, took a deep breath, and sent an order: "Get ready for battle!"

"Prepare for battle!"

The middle officer took the general order and gave a loud shout, and then the echoes of the general officers came from all sides of the hillside: "Ready to fight!"

"Drumming!"

There was a trembling drumbeat.

"Fire gunners, get ready to shoot!"

"Light the match!"

"Preparation for the first floor!"

Along with the drums of war, the orders of various officers continued to come.

Amidst the clattering sound, the first row of firecrackers of Boss Yi and Boss Ding defending the east and north sides of the hillside all turned down their firecrackers and focused on aiming at the approaching bandits.

In the defensive gap of more than ten steps between the east and the north, Mr. Jia, as the reserve team, has a few groups of firecrackers among them, each occupying a favorable terrain on the hillside, holding flintlock Lumi blunderbuss in their hands. It is used to snipe at enemy officers and leaders, or to intercept enemy troops approaching low walls, ditches, and barbed wire.

"Kill officers and soldiers!"

"Kill!"

When they were about to rush for nearly a hundred steps, the bandits uttered a cry, each of them yelling hoarsely, holding up their spears and rushing forward.

Mr. Ding, on the left of the firecrackers, pulled out his own sword, pointed forward obliquely, paused, and uttered a vicious word: "Let go!"

Then his voice was covered by the deafening sound of firecrackers. Dozens of firecrackers shot out fierce flames, and the rogues in front immediately huddled together shot out blood mist, and they staggered and fell to the ground one by one, bloody. The smell and the shrill howling soon spread.

There was a metallic sound, and after the firecrackers in the front row of Mr. Ding finished releasing their guns, he immediately took the firecrackers with seeds inside from the hands of the firecrackers in the back row with his right hand, and turned the empty guns behind with his left hand.The firecrackers were passed row by row, and when they reached the last row, the row of firecrackers quickly pulled out their sticks and quickly loaded the ammunition in fixed paper tubes.

It is inconvenient to pick up the team back and forth on the hillside, so the firecrackers of Gao Shi Yinrenbu used the tactic of firecracker rounds. In fact, this is also the method of Daming Shenjiying, which was used by Wang Dou to learn and use it.The Shunxiang Army has experienced battles for a long time and is well-trained. Whether it is a few rows of rounds of shooting or a round of firecrackers, they are all very familiar with the tactics, and they can use any tactics at their fingertips.

A dozen of the rogues who were supposed to charge fell down, and the rest came roaring again, looking desperate.

"put!"

Only a moment later, the second volley of guns sounded again, followed by the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh... The sound seemed to never stop. They couldn't get through within forty steps of the line of defense.

The corpses piled up slowly, the wounded were lying all over the ground, blood was flowing everywhere, and the front of Mr. Ding was filled with white smoke.In the cold wind, the choking smell of gunpowder smoke and blood spread everywhere, making people want to vomit.Among the wounded and corpses were ordinary rogue soldiers, wearing turbans and holding spears.

There are also some petty officers, such as chief sentry officers, most of whom are holding waist knives and holding up a pair of shields.God is fair, whether it is a small officer or an ordinary bandit, under the gunfire of the Shunxiang Army, they are treated equally, and they are beaten to death one by one.

Among these corpses and wounded, most of them were in the area in front of the firecrackers, and the postures of the dead and wounded were different.There are barbed wire on both sides of the hillside, blocked by low walls and ditches, those charging rogues can't help but rush towards the fire gun soldiers, they huddle together and become the best targets.

Seeing the dead state of their brothers, and smelling the strong smell of blood, those fanatical death squads woke up.

They are hungry people, they have not received any training, and when they are full of vigor, they are extremely fierce.After the vigor was gone, all kinds of timidity, fear and negative emotions immediately flooded their hearts. Many people turned pale and made up their minds to retreat.

With this kind of thought together, how can there be the original ferocity?These intruders are already hesitant and dare not move forward.The casualties are too great, but they can't even get past dozens of steps before the opponent's formation. How can this battle be fought?And why are the blunderbusses of the officers and soldiers in front of them ringing non-stop, and so powerfully?
……

Mr. Ding estimated that he had disabled more than a dozen of the opponent's assault troops, causing 200 casualties on the opponent. With the combat effectiveness of the rogues, he was probably terrified.As for your own firecrackers, you can usually fire them five times and then stop to dissipate heat. A hundred firecrackers fire five times to dissipate heat, which is [-] rounds of ammunition. The dense queue on the opposite side can cause at least half of their casualties.

Can the rogues bear such heavy casualties?Not to mention, I still have spearmen who have not moved.

Sure enough, after the rogues came back to their senses, they were already cowering a hundred paces away, but no one dared to take a step forward.From time to time they yelled loudly, because at some point, a brother next to him was hit by the cold bullets of the officers and soldiers, and rolled to the ground screaming, especially the leaders of the officers, which added to their panic.

In the gap between Mr. Ding and the east and west, Mr. Jia's firearms armed with flintlock Lumi guns kept sniping at the bandits on all sides.They also shot at the bandits approaching the trench.Their flintlock Lumi guns can break through heavy armor at a hundred steps, and they are also very lethal at a distance of more than 100 steps. Even if those rogues retreat to more than 100 steps, how can they escape their shooting?
There were rogues constantly, and people who looked like leaders were knocked to the ground.

With a sound of "snap!", another rogue was hit by a bullet fired from nowhere. He slapped loudly and fell down clutching his chest. Hot blood spilled from his fingers, which was hot in the cold weather.

Seeing the rogue rolling and crying on the ground, the people around him all stared blankly at him, even the whistle bosses beside him, no one paid any attention to their long shouts and roars.

Suddenly the head of a boss exploded, blood and brains splashed, but a bullet just hit his head.

"what!"

A rogue screamed heart-piercingly, threw away the spear in his hand, and ran away.

Like a frying pan, the remaining rogues could no longer bear the fear in their hearts and fled away one after another.The rogues fleeing from the north affected the rogues who attacked the east side of the hillside, and they also retreated like a tidal wave.

Liu Fangliang and Li Guo, who were watching the battle, looked very ugly, and the difficulties of the officers and soldiers were beyond their expectations.In a short period of time, the striker who attacked the hillside on both sides suffered more than [-]% casualties, while the opponent seemed to have not had a single casualty.

The contrast is so strong that it is really unacceptable. In Liu Fangliang's view, it is very rare for one of his brothers to perform like this.

It's just that the officers and soldiers are too tough. I have fought with King Chuang for many years, but I have never encountered them.In particular, their bird guns are too chilling. Every time the row of guns sounds, one's own fighters fall under their guns in rows. The braver they are, the faster they die.

And I don't know how they shoot the blunderbuss. It is so durable and has constant firepower. I have never seen officers and soldiers have such a blunderbuss.

Li Guo also had a gloomy face, and softly said to Liu Fangliang: "Brother Liu, you can't stop beating for this sake, otherwise the dead will be in vain."

He said: "Officers and soldiers rely on firearms, and there are always times when they can't keep up. Our people pile up one by one, and we can always rush through their formation."

Liu Fangliang nodded. Most of the strikers on both sides were killed or injured by the hungry victims from the outer battalion. The core old battalion they broke into the battalion did not move at all.Even the cavalry on the outskirts still stand still, no matter how many hungry people die, what is it a pity for them, the generals?

At the moment, the two recruited Hao Yaoqi, who was furious. Hao Yaoqi boasted in front of Liu and Li before, and the striker he organized was defeated in a blink of an eye.Now the infantry is in a state of panic, and it is difficult for officers and soldiers to fight. If we withdraw our troops at this point, we will not lose our troops in vain. The ambition we had before the attack just now is gone.

Hao Yaoqi was furious because of this, and even beheaded several pawns who screamed fiercely. Fang Fang stabilized the morale of the army. At this time, after he was recruited, he yelled: "Brother Liu, brother Li, why don't I let my old Hao lead the army personally?" I don't believe it when people rush, those officers and soldiers are so hard to chew."

Liu Fangliang said: "Brother Dayong, we are all able-bodied generals around King Chuang. How can we take risks easily when it is not necessary? You can form a team of [-] people to charge and tell those hungry people that those who break the positions of officers and soldiers The horses and armor belong to them, and they are immediately included in the horse army."

"it is good."

Hao Yaoqi shouted: "It's not so easy to get into my camp, it's time for them to work hard."

……

The sun was slowly setting to the west, and the scenery beside the Rushui River was bleak and chilling. At this moment, on this hillside, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Madness and blood are displayed here to the fullest.

Gao Shi Yinren's defense line on the slopes to the east and north was again flooded with infantry, full of spears and turbans.They were beaten to death row by row on both sides of the defense, yet they roared and charged wildly.

In order to be able to eat their stomachs and become King Chuang's inner camp, these former refugees are desperate.

"It seems that the pikemen are about to join, just in time, let's kill them!"

Mr. Ding thought to himself, every time 25 people fired their guns in unison before the formation, the sound of the platoon had sounded almost [-] times, and those bandits were still scrambling to rush forward, their eyes full of blood red and madness.Putting it on again, the firecrackers of the firecrackers need to cool down to dissipate heat, but the pikemen need to cover this gap.

Moreover, in the eyes of the rogues, the officers and soldiers fight with firearms, and I need to let them see that their Shunxiang Army not only has sharp firearms, but also makes people fearful in hand-to-hand combat!
He shouted: "Pikemen are ready!"

"Protect!"

Sergeant Ding's spear sergeant Zhao Rongsheng yelled along with the crowd, and slammed the barrel of his gun hard.

There was blood red in his eyes, which was the color of madness eager to kill.

Another round of firecrackers sounded, and more than a dozen of the charging rogues fell down, and their charging wave was blocked.

With the sound of "the firecrackers retreating", the several layers of firecrackers in front of the pikemen retreated collectively, until they all retreated behind the pikemen.The soldiers of the Central Military Department also quickly fetched buckets and wiped their fine iron gun barrels with a damp cloth to cool down, and there was a sizzling sound.

"forward!"

The officers of the Long Spears shouted loudly.

"Wan Sheng!"

Answering them was the loud, powerful voice of the soldiers.

"First floor, sprint!"

"Wan Sheng!"

Zhao Rongsheng held out his long spear, roared and rushed along with the line of spearmen.

"kill!"

Borrowing the power of rushing down the slope, Zhao Rongsheng rushed and jumped, and the sharp long awl of the spear in his hand plunged into the throat of a gangster.The spear came out through his throat, and the bandit couldn't make a sound, but his body twitched violently.

"prick!"

"kill!"

A captain at the far left of the queue roared, and Zhao Rongsheng's spear brought out a cloud of blood, and pierced the heart of a bandit behind him.

"prick!"

"kill!"

Dozens of blood-dripping spears pierced out like poisonous snakes again, followed by heart-piercing screams, and Zhao Rongsheng's spear pierced the eye of a bandit behind him again.The rest of the sergeants with long spears almost never failed.

The spearmen of the Shun Township Army practice their spear skills hard on weekdays, and they can hit the target's heart, eyes, throat and other parts with dozens of sprints.Accurate and ruthless, plus they are well-equipped and pay attention to formation footwork when fighting. How can those rogues who hold spears and have almost no training be their opponents?
They thought that the officers and soldiers relied on firearms, but it turned out that they were wrong.

(End of this chapter)