Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 317
This is the advantage of having a favorable location. Before marching to Mitianao, there was a reservoir marked on the map. The two divisions of Gezuo did not march from the river which is easier to walk, but along the relatively high and steep banks on both sides of the river. Ya, although the flood came suddenly, the Second and Third Divisions of Gezuo, who fled to both sides with howls, hardly suffered any losses.

Except for a few unlucky ones who got their shoes wet.

But obviously this sudden flood was just the beginning of the attack. Following the evasive action of Ge Zuo's second and third divisions, God knows how to hide in the rice fields and woods on both sides, and countless mountain people shouted and began to kill. come out.

"Kill! Kill the thief!"

"Paste it, don't let the thieves fire their guns again!"

Although the last time the Gezuo Fifth Battalion killed almost 2000 people with real knives and guns in hand-to-hand combat, and defeated more than 3 defenders of Hejiazhai's eighteen villages, what really impressed the mountain people was still It was the row of firecrackers before the battle, and the sharp firearms attack directly broke their fighting spirit.

If it was the four divisions of the Qihuo Army, such an attack might have really caught them off guard. However, it is a coincidence that this attack is the original main core force of the Fifth Gezuo Battalion. It has been five or six years since the rebellion. It's not a daily encounter, it's a common occurrence.

It was too late to fire the guns. Although it was unexpected and a little flustered, the Gezuo soldiers on the outermost edge still used their deep-rooted military skills to stab the small mountain people who rushed up with their bayonets.

He Jin was also within the scope of the attack, shouting, a rather thick-looking village soldier who looked like the type of village master thugs jumped out shouting, holding a mace high up like About to open He Jin's head, He Jin didn't even have time to think about it, He Jin also directly picked up the firecracker beside the horse, and raised the bayonet.

With a puff, the leader of the Zhaibing who was handsome and jumping to kill was stabbed to the core, hanging in the air and screaming pitifully, and then he was thrown back by He Jin, knocking down two or three of his own side people.

A large swath of gleaming black bayonets stabbed fiercely forward. Few of them missed the bayonet array. Most of the soldiers rushing over were knocked down the first time they saw each other. Pick the fiercest one to death. Hehe Jin continued to step forward again, and assassinated three soldiers in a row, killing all before his eyes, and then he woke up from the killing.

"Damn it, this beggar works really well!"

Shaking the blood on the gun, Zuo Jinwang, who was excited to kill, had red eyes again, pointed at the flag bearer beside him and shouted loudly: "Shoot Lao Tzu's banner, it will be like Lao Tzu's approach!"

In the past three months, the fifth battalion of Gezuo, which was incorporated by Song Qingshu, practiced less than half of firecrackers and the use of bayonets, and more than half of it was formation and obedience. The Third Zuo Division quickly began to gather, and the torrent behind them almost receded. The sergeants retreated to the bank of the river full of mud and began to gather together for defense.

I guess he was also in a hurry. Looking at the bamboo poles and flags that Yone Tianao was holding up wildly on both sides, the number of people may be more than that of the last war, but He Jin, who fought smoothly, still seemed full of fighting spirit. After the first wave of attack was repelled, facing the bamboo arrows shot from both sides, He Jin raised his bayonet and yelled wildly again. Following his yelling, the soldiers with muskets shot indiscriminately at both sides of the river bank.

The large-caliber musket made a heavy bang, and the bullets whized, and the mature wheat on the field was cut off in pieces like a lawn mower, and the village soldier hiding behind seemed to be punched out of thin air. Like that, he trembled violently, and immediately a stream of blood gushed out from the bullet hole, and he collapsed on the ground slumped.

"The bayonets in the back row are ready, if you dare to come up and stab his mother, I will beat you hard in the front! He Laowangba, go tell Baye, watch out, once these bastards can't breathe, we, just..., Mom~ bastard!"

Turning around abruptly, He Jin's eyeballs almost popped out. He was playing lively here. The Second Begging Master, who was originally in front, had withdrawn at some point, and came from the back of his position. The soles of the road are oiled and slipped away.

Feelings can be played happily, and his mother's running is also quick!This effort is almost gone.

This matter is a bit beyond imagination, after all, two days ago He Yilong was still patted his chest to pledge his allegiance to Song Qingshu, so it's too quick to run away now, right?After turning his head a few times, the dazed He Jin came back to his senses, and cursed again.

"You bastard, leave me as cannon fodder? That's a good idea! Hey old bastard, bring some brothers to the rear, and we will retreat too!"

After yelling and leading the horse, He Jin fled back in embarrassment.

The formation that had been fighting well just now disintegrated, and then retreated backwards. The sergeants of the Gezuo Third Division fired their guns backwards in embarrassment. Then he threw the crude hunting bow in his hand towards the head of the third division of Ge Zuo, and then rushed up again like an overwhelming mountain.

It was really a defeat like a mountain, and the mountains and plains behind him were full of screaming and rushing mountain people. He Laowang, who was in charge of breaking the rear, could not hold on for a long time. Hearing the screams behind him, he was inexplicably going The officers and soldiers of the two retreating divisions became even more hopeless.

No one shot back at all, for fear that they would not be able to run away. Many people even threw away the heavy firecrackers, let alone the tiger crouching cannons. It dragged on to a big rout like last time, and soldiers from the fifth battalion who were lagging behind were chased up and killed one after another, and the screams made people panic even more.

Stepping on the corpse, he also recalled how many good things he got from the corpse of Gezuo Fifth Battalion last time, and the soldiers from various villages chased him red-eyed.

However, the Gezuo Division at this time is somewhat different from the Gezuo Fifth Battalion more than three months ago. For the past three months when it was recruited by the Qihuo Army, every morning it ran for twenty miles with full armor and holding firecrackers. , they also run on the mountain roads in the Dabie Mountains, and after Song Qingshu took over, the food of the Wuying Camp has improved a lot. Eggs from several chicken mountains are used every day to fry persimmons and melon slices for them, and there are still a lot of pigs left over after slaughtering. The supply of lean meat and the intake of a lot of protein made the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion much stronger than before.

In contrast, what is the situation of Zhaibing?
Long-term malnutrition and severe labor exploitation by the village owner every day, it is really difficult to eat well, and no one can sleep well. The average height is only 1.4 meters, about 1.5 meters, and 1.6 meters are rare. First, the fierce fighting , Then it was a long-distance pursuit, running for more than ten miles in a row on the mountain road, most of the people were already out of breath.

Coming out of Mitianao, the road is full of winding and rugged mountain roads of Dalong Mountain, biting the two divisions of Gezuo. Thirty to forty thousand cottage soldiers chased and killed them for less than half an hour. Before they knew it, they killed them again. Back to the Dalongzhai they lost just now.

Like other cottages, Dalongzhai is also built in a valley close to the river, so that it can survive in the harsh mountains, and the reason why Dalongzhai is called Dalongzhai is because Dalongzhai has two more big turns than other valleys. , like a dragon wagging its head and tail.

Originally, the sloping valleys on both sides of the valley were full of crop fields, but at this time, most of them were snatched away by Ge Zuo's two divisions, exposing a bare area, and many of the soldiers chasing after them were locals of Dalongzhai People, seeing that there was nothing left of the food they had worked so hard to grow, these people became more and more red-eyed, chasing the second and third divisions of Gezuo who had already pulled tens of meters away, even more desperately.

After turning the first big bend, not far ahead is the Dalongzhai Valley, the most dangerous place, the large team can hardly run away, it can be regarded as a desperate situation, and I know where the camp was yesterday, so I ran along, He Jin couldn't stop scolding He Yilong's eighteenth generation ancestors, completely forgetting that his ancestors were his own ancestors, gritted his teeth, he had to think about how to organize another line of defense among the defeated soldiers.

Thinking about it, he ran through the second big bend, raised his head, Zuo Jinwang wanted to yell to make his own people go all out, but before he yelled, the next second, he was I couldn't help being stunned.

Those who were also stunned were the soldiers of the Tiantangzhai coalition army who rushed into the bend, running out of breath, full of joy of looting and massacre, they all froze on their faces, it was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon , Under the slanting sun, an extremely neat large square array was arranged on the rice fields that had been harvested. The dark firecrackers and the smooth paper armor seemed to reflect a cold light.

The Qihuo [-]st, [-]rd, and [-]th divisions that were supposed to stick to Yingshan County are all here.

Already knowing the trick, the soldiers in front of the village were terrified and yearned to retreat, but the soldiers were temporarily drawn from the men in the various cottages, and they ran away and then dispersed. This is mountain warfare again, and the battlefield is extremely narrow. Is it so easy to return?Amidst the fierce roaring, the crowd squeezed the team tighter and tighter. Looking at the more than 5000 people running fast ahead like bees huddling together, Sun Chuanting, who personally designed the battle, had a cold poker face. There was also a cruel smile on his face.

"Master, it's almost there!"

Also staring intently through the binoculars, Song Qingshu's face also showed some excitement, but also some regret. After waiting for a while, he nodded to Zhou Yuji, who was eager to try.

"attack!"

"First division, attack!"

More than 3000 people formed six long phalanxes, and they were at the front. Following Zhou Yuji's excited roar, there was a sound of swiping, and more than 1000 flintlock guns in the front row were put down very neatly. The sound suddenly exploded, and the crowd of soldiers below immediately felt like a layer of butter was scraped by a hot knife, and a layer was thinned.

This is just the beginning. After everyone in the second row and the third row let go of a firecracker, the beggar army didn't reload at all. yes.

"Go on the bayonet!"

The gleaming bayonet was hung into the Kasun, excited by this special order, tens of thousands of sharp bayonets were straightened in front of them, shouting, tens of thousands of begging soldiers were like The flood that opened the gates swept away towards the already frightened soldiers in the village.

Blood, also like a spurting flood, began to spread in the narrow valley of Dalongzhai, turning it into a blood dragon with teeth and claws...

(End of this chapter)