Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 216 The Whole Army Charges
One hundred steps!

Yang Chao advanced a hundred steps.

Yang Chao no longer remembered how many captive soldiers his own soldiers charged forward and killed, anyway, there were more than a dozen.

In the face of the attack, some captive soldiers chose to stay and resist, some tried to slip away from the front of the formation, some planned to detour to both sides, and some directly chose to retreat.

But the scene was too chaotic, and those who stayed in front of the army to resist were obviously too overwhelmed. In the end, only one was stabbed off the horse and killed. Of course, they had the opportunity to cause harm to Yang Chao's people, but Yang Chao's men were all wearing Iron armor, especially these soldiers, as long as they move their backs, they will wear a layer of leather armor or cotton armor under the iron armor. Yang Chao has a lot of armor, and these soldiers are all the most stupid guys in the army. Small, but very strong, in the end, except for Yang Chao and Zhao Kang, they were all wearing double-layer thick armor.

Faced with such a terrifying defense, even if the opponent uses a heavy arrow, it may not be able to shoot through it, unless it hits a vital point, it may cause direct casualties.

If they couldn't hit the vital point, the arrows would be stuck in the armor at most. Yang Chao's personal soldiers didn't even care about it, and directly killed the archer, and then stepped over his body and continued to move forward.

It was not easy for the captive soldiers to turn around or escape to the sides or the rear. The scene was too chaotic. Some of them wanted to go left, some wanted to go right, some wanted to go backward, and some were going forward. For a while, he couldn't turn around smoothly, but was blocked in place, and then he was also assassinated.

Only a few were lucky enough to slip away, and Yang Chao's army did not chase them down. The army was like a giant ship in the waves, pushing the waves to the sides and still rolling forward.

But Yang Chao's assault also had a result. They lined up in a wall formation, and they beat the captive soldiers back like waves, but they also indirectly helped the captive soldiers, causing them to gather together inadvertently. Together, the formation was slowly restored.

Therefore, after a hundred steps, Yang Chao found that he encountered more captive soldiers, the pressure he received became greater, and the resistance he encountered became more intense.

However, the formation hastily resumed, and it was still passively squeezed together by Yang Chao's army formation. The threat to Yang Chao was not great. Yang Chao even thought that these captive cavalry who were about to be squeezed into a line by himself were not as good as they were when they were scattered just now. The threat to oneself is great, because after being crowded together, if you want to draw a bow and shoot an arrow, you may be blocked by the companions in front of you, or you may be worried by the companions next to you.

Therefore, for a while, there were fewer soldiers shooting arrows. In addition, the distance between the two sides was very close, and the situation of hand-to-hand combat became more and more. Facing the heavy infantry group wearing heavy armor or even double armor, the light cavalry without speed was really good. He is not an opponent, and looks weak.

Therefore, although Yang Chao's assault speed was slower, the killing speed was faster, but what made Yang Chao depressed was that he had not killed a captive soldier with his own hands. Just now there was a captive soldier hovering in front of him, but he Zhang Dun and Li Liang on both sides rushed out at the same time, and directly stabbed the captive soldier to death. There was another time when three captive soldiers collided in a panic, but Zhao Kang led a few people, rushed out first, and killed the three captive soldiers. The captive soldiers beheaded at the same time.

Yang Chao knew very well that his own soldiers were protecting him, especially Zhang Dun and Li Liang, who had been transfused by him, put their lives more important than themselves.

There was no time to be depressed at this time, the guards rolled forward, moving forward as sharp knives.

Behind Yang Chao, Song Kun and many men also followed, and they separated on both sides of Yang Chao's personal army. Ten steps behind them, the flag team of Lu Mo, Sun Changfu and Zheng Yongwang also followed closely, although they were not in the same direction. On a straight line, but spread out flat, the projections of the striking surfaces are absolutely non-overlapping.

The bodyguard team plus five banner teams, a total of 180 infantrymen charged collectively, rolling over like layers of waves.

At this time, on the city wall, Haizhou Zhizhou was hiding in the yamen, and he also sent someone to inquire about it. He wanted to know what was going on with the gunfire he heard.

As a result, the master hid on the city wall and quietly showed his head. Seeing such a scene, he couldn't help being stunned.

After staying for a while, the master ran down the city wall with trembling legs, and quickly ran to the yamen to reply.

The other soldiers on Haizhou City were dumbfounded, and the Ming army below the city slaughtered soldiers like slaughtering dogs.

They saw a total of six walls, the first one was in front, and the captive soldiers were beaten back or retreated to the sides, just like a stone thrown into the water squeezes the water to the sides.

Immediately behind this first wall are two walls on both sides, the same about 30 people, also wearing iron armor, with flat-end long spears, strangling the captive soldiers who had just pushed to the two sides again. After the wall was crushed, the captive soldiers could only be routed further outside.

But behind these two walls, there were still three similar walls crushing them, and the captive soldiers had no choice but to flee, but they were squeezed under the city wall and by the river.

Compared with the captive soldiers who escaped the six walls and three waves in a row, the number of captive soldiers who died in front was more. After sweeping, a dead body was left on the ground.

The soldiers and civilians in the city were all excited.

Compared with the soldiers and civilians in the city who were only excited, the soldiers and civilians here in the warehouse felt very relieved.

Old man Bian was lying on his knees in front of the low wall, tightly holding the salt bags that piled up the low wall.

"Hit, kill these bastards!"

Old man Bian grabbed the salt bag so hard that his arms were shaking.

The servant next to him stared forward without blinking his eyes at this moment, he really thought he was one of the charging crowd.

Suddenly, the servant felt a pain in his body, and the wound burst open. He was wrapped in a lot of gauze at this time, and the three arrow wounds in the front and back were still not healed.

Otherwise, the servant might not be able to help but rush out.

Except for old man Bian, many people gathered behind the low wall and even on the roof at this time, all of them were staring at each other, just like old man Bian, cheering for Yang Chao's army, hoping that Yang Chao would kill all these captive soldiers.

Each of them has a sworn hatred against these captive soldiers. Each of them has brothers and sisters, parents, wives and children, or relatives and friends who died at the hands of captive soldiers. They were driven from nearby villages and towns by captive soldiers. Those who came here, those who walked slowly on the road, would be killed with a knife. At that time, they did not even dare to disobey the captive soldiers because of fear, but now, when they hide behind the low wall, the hatred in their hearts is like They germinated and grew like grass seeds in spring, and their hearts were very uncomfortable when they scratched, and they even wished they could go forward and kill themselves.

On the low wall in the south there are only civilians, while all the blunderbuss and archers have been transferred to the low wall in the north. These long-range troops need to be protected by the low wall to resist the attack of the captive soldiers in the north.

Fortunately, the captive soldiers in the north did not know the situation in the south, so they did not attack desperately. After attacking a few times, they retreated, and the north became quiet for a while.

Only the cannons were still roaring. Five general cannons and four thousand-gold Francophones were all aiming at the barracks in the north and bombarding them continuously. There were no strong-willed captive soldiers in the north. They avoided the shooting range of the cannons and scattered on both sides. , regrouped two hundred steps away, always ready to launch a new attack.

The battle is raging in the south.

Yang Chao, Duo Nan, Song Kun, Lu Mo, Sun Changfu and Zheng Yongwang are rushing forward.

Wang Pu was still fighting with the last elite group of captive soldiers who had resistance.

Wang Pu's subordinates were constantly being killed, and the captive soldiers were also having a hard time. After the close combat, the captive soldiers' bows and arrows lost their power, and the short knives did not take advantage.

The captive soldiers did not take advantage of the number of soldiers. Wang Pu had a hundred men, and the opponent had only twenty or so, at least a ratio of four to one. Gradually, the captive soldiers killed less and less.

Yang Chao had already run forty steps, none of the captive soldiers in front dared to approach, they either fled to the sides or ran back.

Occasionally, there are those who return to the horse and shoot arrows, but it may not be able to cause any harm.

But no soldiers were shot to the ground either.

But the flat push of the wall array didn't stop.

Fifty paces away.

Wang Pu was sixty steps away, only ten steps away, and he could meet Wang Pu.

Yang Chao had clearly seen the battle between Wang Pu and the captive soldiers.

In the inner circle, Wang Pu surrounded the captive soldiers and continued to assassinate them.

But in the outer circle, some captive soldiers who were scattered by Yang Chao also gathered together, forming a circle to surround Wang Pu, forming a strange concentric circle.

Moreover, the captive soldiers on the periphery were obviously very anxious. They rode their horses and wanted to forcefully charge towards the defensive wall array arranged by Wang Pu. Although there were many casualties, the casualties caused to Wang Pu's team were also very heavy.

The worst thing is that there are quite a few captive soldiers with excellent archery skills. They sit on the horses and shoot arrows calmly. Every arrow can hit the front door. This is the greatest threat to Wang Pu's team.

Outside these captive soldiers, there were other captive soldiers running around indiscriminately, but these captive soldiers were also restoring order under the call of the officer, and gathered towards Wang Pu, continuously joining the outer layer of the concentric circle.

What a chaotic battle, Wang Pu surrounded the small group of captive soldiers, and the large group of captive soldiers surrounded Wang Pu again, and called other captive soldiers to surround and kill.

Not far away, Yang Chao's wall array was rolling over.

Yang Chao found that the closer he got to Wang Pu, the greater the resistance he encountered. The captive soldiers were restoring order, and he made an attempt to stop him from charging to meet Wang Pu, and organized a small group of captive soldiers to move towards Yang Chao. The tidal wall array came to impact.

Yang Chao shouted at this time: "The wall array charges at full speed!"

Ten steps away, there is no need to worry about whether the formation will be messed up.

Suddenly, a line of 30 soldiers charged forward, and the soldiers shouted: kill! ! !

After finishing speaking, he was the first to rush forward, and his own soldiers were encouraged, and they were not afraid of the cavalry in front, and charged forward quickly.

In front were a dozen or so barely organized cavalrymen who also rushed towards Yang Chao and the others.

The Haizhou soldiers on the city wall and behind the low wall were all dumbfounded at this moment. What's going on?Did the Ming infantry charge the cavalry?They couldn't believe their eyes. It was common sense for cavalry to charge infantry. When had they ever seen infantry charge cavalry? ! !

But in an instant, their blood was boiling, and they all applauded.

Old man Bian leaned all over the low wall, his eyes widened: "This old man wants to work hard, so kill pigs and goats to reward these good guys!"

The servant next to him stared like a copper bell at this moment. He regretted why he didn't charge with these soldiers just now. He saw clearly that this is a group of different soldiers, different from other Ming soldiers. They are a group of heroes. , a real hero! ! !
(End of this chapter)