Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 471 Qing Army's Counterattack

Just when Li Dingguo led the team to attack the Qing army in front, and Liu Guoneng commanded the rear Ming army to catch up with them, a group of Qing troops suddenly broke out in a not-so-spacious alley in the east-west direction.

First, several archers opened their bows and shot down several soldiers of the Ming army in the rear team. Then, several Qing soldiers armed with heavy weapons such as maces and long-handled axes rushed into the Ming army. The spearmen of the Ming army quickly turned to meet the enemy, but when they were intruded by the Qing army, dozens of spearmen fell into chaos before they had time to perform their duties.

Liu Guoneng, who was walking in the middle of the team, was paying close attention to the movement in front of him. At this moment, there was a faint sound of fighting behind him. Liu Guoneng stopped and avoided to the side of the street with two personal soldiers.

Because of the obstructed view, although Liu Guoneng judged that the rear team was attacked, he was unable to observe the specific battle situation and the number of incoming enemies. When he was anxious, the tall and strong soldier Ma Er bowed and shouted: "General Lord! Step on it!"

Without saying a word, Liu Guoneng supported the shoulder of another soldier and stepped on Ma Er's bent thigh to climb up.

Standing on a high place, Liu Guoneng quickly took the situation of the back line into his eyes.

Dozens of paces away, five or six Qing soldiers in heavy armor were beating down the spearmen of the Ming army's rear with their heavy weapons. In an alley, there were Qing soldiers continuously emerging and joining them. Eight archers of the Qing army were standing aside and kept shooting long arrows in their hands, while the spearmen of the Ming army were constantly knocked to the ground.

There are a total of 100 spearmen in two teams, less than half of them are left now. The remaining dozens of people have lost their command due to the death of Shangguan, and they have fallen into a situation of fighting on their own. It won't take long. People will be massacred, and the situation in the back road is already in jeopardy.

"The pistol team is divided into five rows and shoots at the front! The horn is blown, and the pikemen retreat and dodge to the sides!"

Liu Guoneng shouted loudly from a high place. At this time, there were only about [-] pikemen left in the rear.

Because the gunners and grenadiers have already gone to the front, Liu Guoneng's position is only [-] hand guns. In an emergency, the front team can't return from the crowd at all, and now we can only watch the hands Can the gun team show its power?

The pikemen who were terrified by the killing of the Qing army suddenly heard the sharp sound of the trumpet, and stabbed out the pikes in their hands, and then turned around and ran away dragging the pikes. The gunman hurriedly dodged to the sides, revealing the Qing army in the rear.

Seeing that the Ming army was beginning to retreat, the Qing army, which was ready to kill, immediately stepped forward and chased after them. When the Ming army's spearmen avoided the two sides, what the chasing Qing army saw were eight tightly packed The Ming army together pointed at them with a strange object in their hands.

Several Qing troops in the front row were stunned for a moment and then rushed forward, ready to fight in close quarters as before.

When they rushed five or six steps away from this group of weird Ming soldiers, there was a sudden crackling sound of popping beans. Several Qing soldiers in front of them fell to the ground.

After the first row of pistols finished firing, they quickly withdrew their heads from both sides to the rear, and the second row of pistols continued to fire.

At such a short distance, except for the misfired hand guns, it is difficult for the rest of the hand guns to miss the target. With the continuous firing of rows of hand guns, the situation ahead cannot be seen under the sky full of gunpowder smoke. The Qing army rushed forward one by one, but were knocked down by the blunderbuss without any surprise.

The flintlock pistols show their power at critical moments.

Each of these gunmen is equipped with three flintlock pistols. After firing one and retreating, they have already touched the second one in their arms, then put away the fired pistols, and bit the paper shell ammunition Sprinkle a little in the primer pool, and then push the paper shell ammunition into the bottom of the gun barrel with a cleaning rod, and the next firing procedure is completed.

Under this kind of continuous intensive firepower, the Qing army rushed forward to die faster, while the gunmen switched like flowing clouds and flowing water. They only needed to point their handguns at the smoke to maintain the continuous firepower. Sex, even if you have completed your task.

When the fifty pistol soldiers finished the second round, there was a sudden shout of killing from behind the Qing army. Liu Guoneng was overjoyed when he heard it. Needless to say, the Ming army must have come from behind the Qing army.

He raised his knife and shouted: "The musketeers retreat, and the pikemen come in a row of eight!"

Although the firepower of the gunslingers continued, the accuracy of the muskets during this period was really not flattering. Under this kind of intensive firepower, it could only kill and injure the Qing army who rushed to the gunslingers desperately, but it could only play a role. A blocking effect.

In the end, it is up to the spearman to decide the outcome of the battle.

In this kind of street confrontation, when the spearmen form a tight formation and push steadily, in addition to a large number of bows and arrows that can cause effective damage to them, the Qing army, which is only good at large-scale cover after a small assault, is not good at advancing in formation It was a big loss.

In front of the spears that were more than ten feet long, the Qing army, unable to move around, had no time to get close, and was stabbed by the bright spears and fell to the ground.

The more than [-] long gunners who had recovered their strength lined up in three rows, crossed the street filled with gunpowder smoke, and pushed forward with an indomitable momentum. All the Qing troops standing in front of them did not A combined enemy can only watch helplessly as the spear stabs him.

Although some Qing soldiers tried their best to block the piercing spears, the second row of spears piercing down from high places came one after another, and then the sharp spears broke through the armor and penetrated into the body, and there were endless screams for a while. , The Qing army in front of the spearman fell to the ground one after another.

It was Qian Zong Zhao Wu who led the troops to raid the back of the Qing army, and Ye Tianxian, the military discipline officer, entered the city with him.

The two chief generals, Liu Guoneng and Zhang Wenyao, personally led a team into the city to raid the Qing army, and placed several leaders Qian Zong outside the city, and ordered them to lead the team to patrol and respond. Great dissatisfaction.

Because among the military exploits of the Ming army, being the first to arrive and enter first is the top priority, especially for places with symbolic significance like Hetuala.

But once the military order is issued, no one can change or disobey it, otherwise the head will be cut off immediately by the general, and even if the court knows it, it will say that the beheading is good.

In desperation, several people could only take their orders and take their subordinates to disperse to various village gates to see if they could get some bargains. Killing a few Qing soldiers for a little credit is also a point for this battle. compensate.

Zhao Wu was in charge of the east gate of Hetuala, which the Ming army invaded, and Ye Tianxian, a military discipline officer, was with him.

When he heard sporadic gunshots coming from the city, Zhao Wu's heart was itchy like a cat's scratching, and he wished he could lead people in to fight immediately.

Later, the sound of the explosion of the thunder and the shooting of the firecrackers came over. Zhao Wu knew that the army entering the city had already started a fierce battle with the Qing army defending the city.

When he thought that he was a little bit away from the position of guerrilla general, as long as he could make great contributions this time, when he returned to the pass after the battle, his parents could really be honored as old master and old lady, Zhao Wu finally couldn't bear it anymore.

He ran over to talk to Ye Tianxian, saying that Jiannu must have stationed a lot of troops in the city, and the two generals led too few people, and if they encounter setbacks, sending people to mobilize troops will delay the opportunity of the battle, anyway, the city The outer brigade is guarding, and there is nothing unusual about it. Why don't you let him take a small team in to have a look, maybe it can play the role of a surprise soldier.

Because Zhao Wu has a lot of reading and literacy, he is very close to Ye Tianxian on a daily basis. The two get along well, and Ye Tianxian also thinks what Zhao Wu said is reasonable. After that, he decided to personally take 100 people into the city with Zhao Wu to have a look, using the name of picketing and lawlessness.

Unexpectedly, the two of them led the team to the city this time and it happened to be a great help.

　Thanks to the account no longer being used, and Yangski for the reward.

　　
　
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