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

Chapter 376

In the blink of an eye, the 25 armored pikemen on Zhao Rongsheng's floor had already killed and wounded opponents several times their size. They were so fierce and fierce that all the rogues in front of them were pale and shuddered.

They were too ruthless. Although they all used spears and spears, the rogues stabbed them, but found that they could not gain the upper hand at all.They are ruthless and accurate, even if both sides fire their guns at the same time, they can take the first step and stab into their own vital parts.

And these officers and soldiers are wearing iron armor, even if they stab their bodies sometimes, it is difficult to penetrate their fine armor. How can their ordinary spears compare to the opponent's armor-piercing spears with long cones?Not to mention that such cases are extremely rare.

Because the rogues suddenly discovered that under the opponent's strict formation, although their own side has a large number of people, but when they really fight, they are often weak, and often one spear is besieged by the opponent's multiple spears from multiple angles.

The reason for this is that when fighting at this time, the only people who can participate in the battle are usually one or two rows in front. No matter how anxious the people behind are, they can only stand and stare blankly.In addition, the rogues didn't have much training, and when they charged, they often swarmed, and usually the bravest few rushed to the front of the team.

So when fighting, only these few people in the first team are fighting, and the rest are just the roles of booing and watching from behind.This is the reason why the ancient times especially emphasized the military formation and battle formation. If the formation is strict, one team and one team can be mobilized to fight, instead of just relying on a few brave men to fight.

But how do the rogues understand this?A group of people rushed together, but they were in a mess. When these armored spearmen formed a formation, Ruo Xuehua met the scorching sun, and the group was killed immediately, and the bravest in the group died first. .

Just when these rogue bandits were trembling with fear, the drumbeats of the officers and soldiers stopped, and the armored soldiers retreated like a tide.Only when they breathed a sigh of relief, the officers and soldiers suddenly beat up, and another layer of armored pikemen rushed forward with spears held out, roaring ferociously.

After the officers and soldiers fought against the armored soldiers on the fourth floor, those rogues could no longer restrain the fear in their hearts. It was too scary. These officers and soldiers were not human.The [-] death squads attacking the northern hillside were already defeated by the opponent's guns, leaving behind a large number of wounded and dead bodies.

Fighting face to face requires greater courage, because this kind of killing is more cruel, and the weapon pierces one's body, bringing out blood and internal organs.Or hear the familiar brothers fall in front of and beside you, they uttered screams before they died, and the blood they shed radiated steam on the cold winter ground.

There are countless people who have endured such huge psychological pressure, not to mention these rogues who rush up when they win and disperse when they lose.Therefore, when Zhao Rongsheng's layer of armored pikemen charged again after resting enough, the bandits collapsed, screaming and running towards their own position, causing panic in the entire infantry formation.

In the binoculars, Gao Shiyin saw the situation of the rogues. Looking east, the corpses of the rogues and the wounded were everywhere in front of the slopes on the north side. Gao Shiyin estimated that in today's battle, more than 500 opponents were killed and injured. , It's almost time to collapse, and the battle situation is just as Gao Shiyin estimated.

At this time, Gao Shiyin laughed when he saw the fleeing bandits all over the field, and then shouted: "Pursue, let those bandits take a good look at what will happen if they become enemies with our Shun Township army."

Sergeants B, C, and D of the Renbu Army defended the east, west, and north sides of the slope. Although there was no fighting in the defense line of C, Gao Shiyin still asked them to stand still, which was also stipulated by military regulations.

The rest of the sergeants of Chief Jia who were idle, under the order of the Central Military Department, all shouted and got on their horses, shouted and rushed out from the line of defense that President Ding let go, brandishing their own waist knives, and headed towards the rout. The rogues chased after them and drove them to attack the main formation.

Seeing officers, soldiers and cavalry chasing after them, the rogues fleeing back became even more flustered, and the large formation of rogue infantry was also in a commotion, threatening to blow up the camp.

Looking at the enemy situation in Pingchuan on the slope, the Central Military Department burst into laughter, and the consolation officer saluted Gao Shiyin and said: "This victory, our division defeated more than ten thousand bandits with less than one thousand people, and Zhongzhou will definitely be shaken, and people will be enthusiastic. This victory You can imagine how happy the general is when he hears the sound of Ruo Konggu's voice."

Gao Shi Yinzhi smiled smugly, and rubbed his face: "You can't attribute all the credit to my old Gao, it's the credit of all the soldiers of my Renbu."

Then he held his saber, raised his chest and protruded his belly, and said regretfully: "Looking at the world today, it is too difficult to find a capable opponent on the battlefield. A hero is lonely."

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Liu Fangliang and Li Guo also saw the situation on the battlefield. Liu Fangliang was fine, but Li Guo's face was ashen.I thought that the officers and soldiers of this department were only powerful in firearms, but they didn't expect their hand-to-hand combat to be more outstanding.If the soldiers of one's own side did not care about their lives, they could indeed rush through their gun formations, but they were defeated under the fierce attack of their armored pikemen. What a miscalculation.

Although Li Guo is young, he has experienced many battles. How could he have seen such a strong officer?I heard that this group of officers and soldiers is only the vanguard of the officers and soldiers of Jia County, and their main force gathered there is nearly [-] people.If they all go to Ruzhou, how will this battle be fought?
This is something to worry about in the future. In the current battle situation, the pawns have collapsed.Under the impact of the officers, soldiers and cavalry driving away the rout, the rest of the infantry began to flee in panic, planning an ambush for many days, which ended in a crushing defeat.

He said softly, "Brother Liu, what should we do?"

Liu Fangliang let out a long sigh, he looked at the sky, the sun was gradually setting, it was time to go back to Ruzhou, he didn't care about those pawns.I am in Ruzhou, and there are nearly [-] such "soldiers". Fortunately, the old battalion and the cavalry did not participate in the battle, and those elites kept them.

He said: "Let's go, let's withdraw our troops and ask all the brothers in the cavalry to follow up. Let those troops go back to Ruzhou by themselves."

"Brother Liu, Brother Li, my army and horses are broken, Lao Hao leads the cavalry brothers to charge, there is still a chance of winning, Liu..."

At this time, Hao Yaoqi rushed over with some confidants, but Liu Fangliang and Li Guo were left behind as they turned around.

Hao Yaoqi was stunned for a moment, and his face immediately became extremely ugly.

Liu Fangliang and Li Guo led nearly 3000 people from Chuangjun's old camp and horse team, and they just rolled away to the west.Liu Fangliang, who was far away, left a sentence: "Brother Dayong, it's getting late, let's go back to Ruzhou to protect the camp first, and you gather the brothers who are in the army and come back, and we will discuss military affairs in detail."

Hao Yaoqi gritted his teeth for a while, and looked back at the pawns running all over the mountains and plains, how to gather them together?

After a long time, he cursed: "These donkeys."

In the end, thousands of people gathered around him, mainly his confidantes, some on horses, some without horses, and they didn't dare to look back. They just followed Liu Fangliang and others and fled desperately towards Ruzhou.

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After the great victory that day, all the Renbu soldiers rejoiced. They killed a lot of enemies in this battle, which strengthened their confidence in themselves.After defeating the enemy, Sergeant Jia came back quickly and did not chase very far.Renbu soldiers also captured many things, but the gains from the rogues are not worth mentioning.

It is true that some gold and silver treasures were captured, but in this era when money is useless, the Shun Township Army also took it lightly.Even when entering the camp, Li Zicheng also stipulated that horses and mules must be handed over to all parties who captured the city, followed by bows, lead and guns, cloth, satin and silk, and gold, silver, pearls and jade last.

One can imagine how useless gold, silver and treasures are in this era.

However, it is always a good thing to win a big victory and capture a lot. After the whole army celebrated, they camped near this slope that night.

Before going to bed, the soldiers brought a lot of water from Hanoi to boil, so that the soldiers who participated in the battle could wash themselves well.After fierce battles, especially the pikemen of Mr. Yi and Mr. Ding, their bodies were covered with sweat and blood. After drying and solidifying, they stuck to their bodies and armor. They felt unspeakably uncomfortable.

That night, Gao Shiyin and the generals celebrated in the tent, held a bonfire party, finalized the meritorious personnel, how to report victory to General Dingguo, and so on.This matter was jointly carried out by Gao Shiyin, the general officers, and the town governor, and they were busy until very late.

Early the next morning, Gao Shiyin sent someone to report the victory to Wang Dou, and sent a fast horse to inform Qian Zuozheng, the magistrate of Ruzhou, that his rescue army had arrived.Of course, he will not forget to explain his glorious record of defeating more than ten thousand ambushing thieves with thousands of people.

At the same time, his army continued to advance towards Ruzhou, and at the beginning of the same day, it arrived in Ruzhou.

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Ruzhou soldiers and civilians have already heard the news of the big defeat of the bandits. In the city yesterday, they saw the scene of the fleeing bandits running wild.

That night they also heard the news that the thieves had pulled out their camp overnight.This morning, the sentinels reported that a group of rogues who had gathered outside the east gate had crossed the temple water to the west, broke out their camp and joined the bandit camp near Lushui, a few miles away from the west gate.The traffic between Ruzhou and Jia County has been opened.

Then they received the fast horses sent by Gao Shiyin, and when they heard that the rescue officers and soldiers had arrived, they were still so brave that a thousand people defeated tens of thousands of rebels.The soldiers and civilians in Ruzhou City were extremely surprised, and at the same time very happy that the reinforcements finally arrived.However, in their perception, officers and soldiers with strong combat power often have poor military discipline, especially when the opponent is a guest soldier.

So after Gao Shiyin led the army to Ruzhou, although he found that the soldiers and civilians of Ruzhou were in awe of him, Qian Zuozheng, the governor of the state, personally led the gentry out of the city for five miles to meet him, and brought a lot of rewards.But then Gao Shiyin was furious because Zhizhou Qian Zuozheng politely refused his army to enter the city.

Zhizhou made it clear that he would try his best to satisfy this officer's army with food and grass, and with gold and silver rewards, but the matter of entering the city...

Although Gao Shiyin was angry, but Wang Dou had explained the relevant situation in advance, so he held back his anger and camped a few miles away from the east gate, at a place called Shizhuang by the Rushui River.This resident of Zhuangzi fled into the state long before the army of Liu Fangliang, Li Guo and others came.

Moreover, Zhuangzi was robbed by the army of rogues who besieged Ruzhou, and the inside was already empty. It happened that Gao Shiyin and others lived in the village, so as not to be exposed to the cold in the wild.

On November 13, [-]th year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou and Chen Yongfu led the main force to Ruzhou.

(End of this chapter)