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

Chapter 59 Crowd
Sergeants from Jingbian Fort came in formation. They held weapons and stepped on the ground with an orderly sound. It was really amazing.

The Sanbao military households are retreating steadily, and many people have already made up their minds to escape. Jia Duonan, Lu Xianyang, and Zhang Shutong all have extremely ugly faces. Looking at the panic-stricken people around them, they Only then did I realize that it was a mistake to come here on my own, they have absolutely no ability to fight against Jingbian Fort.

Not to mention that the Jingbian Fort sergeants who were forced to form an formation were all well-trained, as if they had been torn apart by the battle formation. He looked so young and strong, but the rest were old and weak, and he couldn't take advantage of people like Shangjingbianbao, not to mention that there were hundreds of military households in Jingbianbao behind the wall.

Jingbian Fort is mysterious on weekdays and has always concealed its power from the outside world.Jia Duonan and others only know that Jingbian Fort has developed well in recent years, but how many people and soldiers there are in the fort, these Jingbian Forts have always been kept as core secrets and kept from outsiders.

It wasn't until this time that everyone in the Three Forts suddenly realized that the more than 100 soldiers in Jingbian Fort in front of them, even the combined strength of all the forts in Shunxiang Fort, might not be their opponents.When did Jingbian Fort train more than 100 soldiers?

The sergeants of Jingbian Fort were still pressing down neatly. Their faces were calm and serious, but they just moved forward steadily with their weapons. Looking at the weapons in their hands, there was a faint light of blood, as if they had seen blood, which was even more frightening.

The soldiers of Sanbao retreated in a daze, everyone held guns and sticks in their hands, but they didn't know what to do, they really wanted to fight these Jingbianbao soldiers?This connection, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties, throwing your life here, are you really willing?
Jia Duonan and the others also backed away involuntarily, everyone felt very regretful, they shouldn't have come to this muddy water, and if they really wanted to fight, would things get to the point of being irresistible?

Finally, Wang Dou's order came again, and the marching army stopped.

However, following Wang Dou's shout: "Battle formation!"

"kill!"

More than 100 Jingbian Fort sergeants shouted, and saw that they quickly changed formation, and the formation expanded to both sides, and the atmosphere became more serious.

With this change of formation, among the three rows of Jingbian Fort, the six sword and shield soldiers in the front row, who were the corporal leaders, immediately took a step forward. They looked coldly at the Sanbao Army who was only twenty steps away from them. households.

Among their ranks, the three spearmen also lined up, following behind them with their spears.In the rest of the team, the two blunderbussmen were scattered on both sides of the pikemen, and they aimed their blunderbuss at the soldiers of Sanbao who were in front of them.

Three rows of battle lines launched three waves of attacking postures. The six sword and shield soldiers in the forefront have all drawn out their javelins, holding on to them with their right hands, and placing their own waist sabers on the handles in the card, resting their wrists on the waist sabers, and just waited. When going forward to fight hand-to-hand, he would throw a javelin to stab him, no matter whether he hit or miss, he would immediately take the waist knife in his right hand and slash with the cards.

Several sword and shield soldiers held javelins in their hands, watching the three fortress soldiers in front of them each find their targets, and they were calculating in their hearts where the javelins would hit the opponent after they were thrown.After throwing the javelin, how should I go forward and slash it.

The few sword and shield soldiers in their first row were all veterans who joined last year. They practiced javelin on weekdays, and almost everyone could hit the copper coins hanging twenty paces away.Now the opponent is only twenty steps away from him, such a short distance, such a big target, each of them can at least hit the opponent's chest.

The battle formation is already unfolding, and everyone can step forward to attack and fight at any time.

The sergeants of Jingbian Fort were ready for battle. Even though they were ready to attack, everyone still stood still. Strict training on weekdays made them obey the orders of their superiors.However, everyone's muscles were tense, their blood was rushing up, their teeth were gnashing, and they just listened to Wang Dou's battle orders behind them.

Looking at the appearance of the Jingbianbao sergeants in front of him, especially the sword and shield soldiers in front of them were all holding shields and wearing iron armor.Their murderous looks made the Sanbao military households even more fearful. They gathered around Jia Duonan and the others, and said anxiously: "My lords, what should I do? Do you really want to fight? "

"It's really not worth it if you really have to work hard."

"I think everyone should leave. These people in Jingbian Fort are all desperadoes. You should not give your life here."

"That's right, let's go, shame is better than life."

……

Everyone was chattering, and the three of Jia Duonan all had ugly faces. Although they loudly ordered the young and strong military households around them to cheer up, they were still in a mess with guns and clubs, a typical mob , Compared with the sergeant of Jingbian Fort ahead, it is really far away.

These people, if they fight in a chaotic group, it's okay, but they are really timid when facing the real battle formation in front of them, and they are afraid that they will not be the enemy together.

Those young and strong men in the three castles in front are all timid, and the old and weak military households or women in the rear are even more miserable. They are only worried about the lives of their own men or their descendants in front of them. They have long since lost their hoes and poles. Seeing that the broken shoes in the feet are not easy to escape, and they don't care about men and women to avoid suspicion, so they are lost in the same way.

Fortunately, no peasant women had their feet bound, and it was convenient for big feet to escape.

They all screamed, "Stop beating, let's go."

At this time, Wang Dou's cold voice came again:
"Prepare!"

"Get ready, raise your gun!"

"kill!"

With a sound of "Wow!", the gunmen in the battle formation shouted, and they all raised their guns in unison, with uniform movements, stabbing one after another.

They only practice one move on weekdays, and each of them has practiced this move countless times.

"Run!"

Seeing the Jingbian Fort sergeants rushing up in front of them, the military households in Zhouzhuang, Huzhuang, and Chafangbao couldn't restrain their inner fear.

Their run was even more terrible. With a bang, all the military households in those forts exploded, and they all ran back in the same way, a little dizzy, and even fled to both sides. Where did you go.

In the chaos, some people were crushed and trampled, and screams followed.

Jia Duonan, Lu Xianyang, and Zhang Shutong were stunned for a while, and they had to flee behind with the crowd under the cover of their cronies.

They worked hard to draw the military households from Sanbao to come, but the Jingbianbao sergeants just put up a formation and frightened them.

All calculations turned into a cloud of foam in the face of this decisive strength.

……

Seeing the soldiers of Sanbao fleeing in embarrassment, whether it was the sergeants of Jingbianbao in the battle formation or the soldiers of Jingbianbao holding guns and sticks behind the wall, they laughed loudly, even the children were overjoyed clap your hands.

Wang Dou also shook his head, this mob is a mob, even if there are some young and strong among them who can barely fight, but the atmosphere of fear is contagious, everyone flees, and those young and strong have no effect at all.

Wang Dou somewhat understood the rebellion of bandits in ancient times, why when tens of thousands of troops confronted thousands of officers and soldiers, they were always beaten and fled, even if those officers and soldiers were very corrupt.This ancient battle of array formations is really important. Without an army organized in an array, no matter how many troops there are, it is still a mouthful for him.

Han Chao and Gao Shiyin also laughed, and they said: "These bastards ran away before they were hit!"

Gao Shiyin was excited, and he called out to Wang Dou: "My lord, do you want me to bring some people to catch up and kill them for a while?"

Wang Dou said: "No need, it's just that some military households who are making trouble in the fort belong to the same thousand households, and they are not enemies of life and death, let them escape!"

Han Zhong snorted: "These things are cheap!"

They were talking here, and the group of more than 100 soldiers still lined up neatly. Without Wang Dou's order, although they were smiling, they did not dare to move. lessons learned.

At the same time, everyone is also proud of themselves. After this incident, they have greatly realized their own strength, and at the same time, they still have that indescribable sense of collective strength.I always feel that in the battle formation, everyone is very at ease, because there are comrades in the front, back, left, and right protecting themselves, and at the same time, I am also responsible for protecting the safety of the comrades.

They couldn't express the strength of the collective and the feelings of their comrades-in-arms, but they could feel it. They communicated with their eyes and laughed very happily.

Zhong Tiaoyang rode his horse and stood beside Wang Dou all the time, at this moment he gasped and said, "They're back again?"

Everyone looked in amazement, as expected, the military households in Sanbao were scattered in groups of three or four, and came back with guns and sticks.Among them was a group of people who were surrounded by several people who looked like military officers on horseback.

Han Chao, who led several nights and had been scattered around on guard, also rushed over at this time, he cupped his fists on the horse and said, "My lord, a group of officers and soldiers are coming from the southeast. Judging by their appearance, they seem to be from the side of Luanzhuang Castle." people!"

Wang Dou's eyes turned cold, he waved his hand and shouted: "End the formation!"

Immediately there was a sound of rushing, and the teams of Jingbian Fort sergeants quickly assembled and returned to the previous tight square formation. They were all armed with weapons and put on strict guard.At the same time, if they didn't accept them for a few nights, they rode out and sent out the latest information at any time.

Seeing this situation, all the military households in Jingbian Fort behind the wall rushed out one after another. Hundreds of people, whether men, women, old or weak, waved their spears and sticks and shouted loudly. Whoever dares to invade his own fort, everyone will fight with him.

……

Almost at the same time, the military households of Zhouzhuang, Huzhuang, Chafangbao and the three forts of Chafangbao arrived at the same time as the group of officers and soldiers of Luanzhuangbao.

The smoke and dust billowed, and the officers and soldiers from Luanzhuangbao galloped over. There were about a dozen of them. Wang Dou saw that they were all wearing iron armor. characters.

The leader of this group is a tall middle-aged officer, he is not wearing armor, but is wearing an official uniform of hundreds of households, judging from his appearance, he seems to be the team officer of Luan Zhuangbao.

This officer was Wang Liwei, the officer in charge of Luanzhuang Fort. He led a dozen or so riders forward. He was surprised when he saw Wang Dou standing in formation from a distance. He thought that Jingbian Fort was just a fortress. Many well-trained and strong sergeants seem to be comparable to their own servants.Looking at their well-organized battle equipment and the fact that some Jingbian Forts gathered in the distance did not close at night, Wang Liwei was even more surprised, and he couldn't help but take a breath.

He was aggressive at first, but now after thinking about it, he gave an order, and immediately a dozen or so Luanzhuangbao riders dismounted from their horses, and everyone walked to show that they were not hostile.

At the same time, Wang Liwei also saw a large number of Sanbao military households coming over there, he frowned, wondering what happened to Jingbian Fort.While thinking about it, he just led everyone in Luanzhuang to stride forward.

Wang Dou glanced at the officers and soldiers of Luanzhuang Fort, and saw that the soldiers from Zhouzhuang, Huzhuang, and Chafangbao were gathering again with guns and sticks. He looked at the group of people coming in the middle.

Wang Dou looked at Jia Duonan, Lu Xianyang, and Zhang Shutang coldly, thinking that these people really did not know what to do, and at the same time wondered why they gathered here again.

He rode forward, Han Zhong and others followed behind him, Wang Dou shouted: "Jia Duonan, we are fighting for the return of the Tunbao, why do you unite with the people from the Waibao to deal with my Jingbian Fort?"

Jia Duonan was taken aback, he shouted loudly: "Wang Dou, don't talk nonsense, we didn't know that people from Luanzhuang came here, this matter has nothing to do with us."

Although the people from Luanzhuang Castle came to make trouble for Wang Dou and Jia Duonan and others took pleasure in his misfortune, but the crime of uniting the people from the outer castle and the people from the same castle is too big a crime, so Jia Duonan and the others are naturally in a hurry Get rid of the relationship.

Lu Xianyang touched the big tumor on his chin, and he said darkly: "Wang Zongqi, we happened to meet Mr. Lin and Mr. Zhen Fuchi from Shunbao. The two adults are here now. Today's matter, It's better for us to explain clearly, and don't talk about those irrelevant things!"

At this time, Wang Liwei led his group of subordinates and approached everyone, he said: "Wang Zongqi, I am the officer in charge of the Luanzhuang Fort, Wang Liwei is the left hundred households of the thousand households behind the guard, you Jingbian The military households in the fort dug up several villages in Huangtupo, Tangjiawa, and Yangtianzhuang under my jurisdiction. I hope this matter can be explained to me. It’s just in time for your Shangguan to come and explain it clearly!”

Everyone's eyes were on the two Shun Township Fort officers who got off their horses at this time.

(End of this chapter)