Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 218 The Shock of the Rebel

Seeing the enemy troops all over the mountains and plains, Ming army general Huang Fei felt a great crisis at this time.

He was not afraid of death, but worried that he would not be able to keep this batch of military supplies and food.

Although the weapons are more advanced, but the opponent has too many troops, and they are still cavalry. As long as they break through any place, the Ming army will be completely defeated.

The strength of the Eastern captive cavalry is far from being able to compete with these soldiers under Huang Fei's command. As long as they get close to them, for these navy soldiers, it means being slaughtered.

Looking at the soldiers under his command and more than 300 vehicles of military supplies, Huang Fei's eyes became resolute:

"Soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, are you afraid of the Tartars and the slaves who are several times our size?"

Three thousand Ming troops screamed in unison:

"Don't be afraid, general, don't worry, even if we fight to the last person, we will never take half a step back. There are people and food, and we only hope that the court will treat our families well."

Some unarmed coachmen and handymen also shouted:

"General, send us firearms, we will fight with you, we will kill these inhuman dog tartars, and avenge the relatives who were killed by them..."

Huang Fei's eyes couldn't help being foggy, he was moved by the bravery of his subordinates, there is no one who is not afraid of death, and there are all young and old in their families.

"Well done, you are good citizens of my Daming, don't worry, the current Holy Majesty is Youdao Mingjun, and he will definitely not let us shed blood and tears.

Drivers and handymen, you have never used firearms. If you are given guns, you may accidentally injure your own people. Now I give you a task, pick a sword at will, and prepare a torch for each of you.

If we all die in battle before the reinforcements arrive, you will immediately set fire to all the military supplies and food, and you will never get a handful of firearms or a grain of food from the captives. "

The coachman and the handymen shouted in unison:

"Yes, general, don't worry, we will resolutely carry out the order."

Huang Fei nodded and ordered:
"The generals of the Ming army listened to the order and immediately divided up the troops. 200 people formed a team to fight each other. Two of the teams were support teams. If there was a problem in that direction, they would quickly provide assistance and prepare for battle."

"Yes"

Huang Fei gave the order, and the Ming army immediately divided its troops and quickly formed thirteen teams of 200 people, each of whom was ready for battle. Two backup teams looked around and were ready to support at any time.

The coachmen and handymen all took up their swords and stood behind the grain carts. As long as an enemy broke through the firearms blockade and approached the grain carts, they would not hesitate to stab their swords and guns into the opponent's body.

As for burning food, grass and military supplies, that was the last step, and they couldn't do this kind of thing until it was absolutely necessary.

Huang Fei had no choice but to do so. More than 300 carriages formed a large circle with a diameter of more than 200 steps.

If the cavalry of Dongyao were to attack in all directions by relying on their superior numbers, Huang Fei would be in a hurry, and he would not be able to look after each other. He could only divide his troops to fight, and hoped that reinforcements would arrive in time.

Sun Dingliao led 5000 rebels, Meng Qiaofang led [-] rebels, and [-] troops were divided into several divisions to attack the Ming army.

Under normal circumstances, there would be a wave of arrows before they charged, but these two Ming rebel generals thought they knew the Ming army well, and bullied the Ming army's numerical disadvantage, so they directly crushed them.

When entering a distance of three hundred steps, the rebel cavalry raised their scimitars and began to speed up, rushing into the front of the Ming army 200 meters like lightning.

The camp of the Ming army was quiet, there was no sound, and no one could be seen, only the muzzles of black holes.

The commander-in-chief of the rebel army couldn't help laughing wildly:
"Hahaha, the Ming army is frightened by us. The red flag is so useless, it can't win the Ming army."

Hundreds of households under his command followed suit and began to flatter:

"That's right, seeing our 1-strong army, they were so scared that they didn't dare to show their heads. This battle is over before it even started..."

When they were proud, they didn't know that the Ming army's flintlock had quietly aimed at these national scum.

180 steps

160 steps

……

120 steps

When the rebel cavalry charged 120 steps away from the Ming army's chariot, Huang Fei waved the order flag:
"shot"

"Bang bang..."

The Ming army immediately pulled the trigger of the flintlock gun, and the flintlock gun in his hand spewed out streams of anger. Suddenly, there was a loud gunshot, and the bullets from the flintlock gun rained down on the rebel cavalry.

Facing such a dense rebel army, the fusiliers of the Ming army did not need to aim at all. As long as the direction did not deviate greatly, they could shoot blindly at the rebel army, and there would always be bullets hitting the rebel army.

In this way, the speed of shooting is much faster than usual, and the number of rebels killed will of course be more.

Without much resistance, the bullets quickly broke through the simple armor of the rebels and penetrated into their bodies.

"Pfft..."

"Plop plop..."

The fastest runners and those who rushed to the front were often the bravest soldiers in the army, but they ran fast, and death was closest to him. In an instant, nearly a hundred people were killed by flintlock guns.

None of the commander and hundred households who were still arrogant just now escaped to Shengtian, and they were hit in the head by two stray bullets, and died on the spot.

As soon as the two died, their team began to be in chaos, and many rebels began to retreat. During the retreat, dozens of people were killed by flintlock guns.

"Rush forward, and those who retreat will face the Fa on the spot."

The Tartars with the red flags didn't watch the scene. They had already rushed behind the rebel army and became the rebel army's supervisor team. The Tartars swung their knives and killed more than a dozen retreating rebels.

The other rebels had no choice but to turn their horses and charge up again.

"Bang bang..."

As soon as he rushed up, he was knocked down by the flintlock gun again, because the rebel cavalry was too dense, and the horses that fell in front blocked the speed of the cavalry who rushed up behind, and many horses were knocked down.

Under the high-speed impact of the horses, the rebels who fell off the horses were either killed or injured, and some unlucky ones were trampled into flesh by the horses behind.

Looking at the fallen rebels one by one, Meng Qiaofang and Sun Dingliao couldn't believe their eyes. Based on what they knew about the Ming army, how could this be the Ming army?
They were not only surprised by the current combat effectiveness of the Ming army, but even more shocked by the firearms of the Ming army.

The speed at which the Ming army fired and reloaded bullets was far beyond the two's expectations. The gunfire did not stop at all, posing a huge threat to the rebels.

Fortunately, there are a large number of them, and hundreds of casualties will not affect the combat effectiveness, nor will it cause panic to the soldiers.

They knew very well that once the number of casualties exceeded the mental capacity of the rebel army, they would flee in defeat. Even if there was a supervisory team, it would be useless. The supervisory team could not kill everyone.

Meng Qiaofang and Sun Dingliao immediately ordered:
"Hurry up, the cavalry with shields charge up, such a short distance will soon overwhelm them."

"Yes"

The rebel cavalry behind took off their shields and rushed to the front of the team, trying to use their shields to block bullets.

But their shields are okay against shotguns, but against flintlocks, they hardly have much effect.

Soon the shield was turned into a hornet's nest by the bullets, and the cavalry holding the shield were shot and fell off their horses one after another.

"Quick, the archers release arrows to cover the cavalry's charge."

Sun Dingliao thought of covering with bows and arrows only after seeing a large number of casualties among the rebels who charged several times.

The rebels rushing to the back stretched their bows and set up arrows one after another, and began to shoot arrows at the Ming army. In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, and the arrows rained down.

Some Ming soldiers who were shooting with their bodies exposed were shot by arrows one after another. Without Huang Fei's order, the coachman and handymen immediately grabbed their shields and stepped forward to block the arrows of the Ming army.

(End of this chapter)