Daming kill

Chapter 132

The sound of blunderbusses and cannons had stopped for a while, and the entire Yangpitan river surface became calm again.

Large swathes of blood have been taken away by the continuously flowing river water, only some corpses soaked in the water are still releasing a small amount of blood.

Li Ping has been standing on the high ground like that, watching the officers and soldiers of the various companies on the beach below happily step out of the wooden wall to check the results of the battle, to communicate with each other, to clean up the corpses or rafts that floated to the shore, and to fish for the few. A few enemy soldiers who came over crying and wanted to surrender.

Watching the remaining enemies in the river retreat to the north bank dejectedly, and seeing a group of enemy cavalry in bright armor gathered on the opposite bank looking towards this side, Li Ping was muttering "fortunately" in his heart.

Li Ping is very clear that the current level of firearms is far from being able to determine the outcome of a battle. The current victory is only created by the extremely special battlefield environment.

If it is on land, the enemy army uses denser formations, faster speed, more means of support, and wears multiple layers of armor. The current level of bird guns and artillery will never become a big problem for the enemy army.

They will also be unable to stop this powerful enemy army at all.

Looking at the government personnel around him who were also talking happily, Li Ping was a little worried that his troops would imagine the war too simply, and would be too superstitious about the power of current firearms.

The sound of cannons in the west has stopped for a long time, and I don't know what's going on in Fancheng?
As a small earthen city, Fancheng's defense conditions are really not ideal, and the peasant army is likely to attack by force.

"Sir, will the enemy attack again?"

Duan Qiang's voice rang in Li Ping's ear.

Li Ping turned his head, looked at Duan Qiang, who was obviously much more relaxed, and said affirmatively: "It won't happen, it probably won't happen today. There are prisoners below, let your people take over."

Then, Li Ping called a staff officer to find Hu Zhongshan, the director of logistics, and told Hu Zhongshan to organize and prepare lunch immediately for everyone to eat warm.

Hu Zhongshan was at the health team behind the soil bag at this time, learning about the situation of the wounded soldiers.

In the battle just now, Li Ping's troops also suffered many wounded soldiers.However, none of these wounded soldiers were injured by the enemy, and all of them were caused by the explosion of the bird gun.

A total of 7 bird guns exploded, one of which was of 2nd company, and the rest were of [-]th company.

The wounded were pulled back by the health soldiers to deal with them, which not only facilitated the full treatment, but also effectively reduced the negative impact on other soldiers.

In fact, in order to ensure that the eighth company can quickly use the bird gun, the second company sent many backbones to assist in the battle, and did not require their rate of fire at all. medicine.

But there are still so many bombing problems. One is that the time for the eight-connection to touch the bird guns is too short, and nervous mistakes cannot be avoided. The other is that the quality of the newly received bird guns is too uneven, and the quality is poor. .

Just as Li Ping finished his orders, two cavalrymen from Huideng's department came to salute Li Ping with fists cupped and they were going back to report the situation to their general.

The two cavalrymen of Lieutenant General Huideng's Department have been waiting for orders on this soil bag since this morning, obviously in order to grasp the first-hand military situation and communicate the relevant situation in time.

They didn't move during the previous battle, but now they are leaving.

Li Ping looked across the river again, and sure enough, he found that the enemy soldiers on the bank were beginning to move backwards, and those cavalrymen in bright armor had already walked into the retreating crowd.

The enemy retreated from the shore.

After standing for a while, Li Ping stepped down from the soil bag and went to the riverside to check the situation on the battlefield.

At this time, on the shore, Han Jiu, the commander of the fourth company, and Zhou Wen, the commander of the fifth company, got together again. They stood on the edge of the river with their swords in hand and watched the enemy troops leave.

Han Jiu turned his head and glanced at the appearance of the three company commanders of the first company, the second company and the eighth company talking loudly there, and said sourly: "Old Zhou, this bird gun is too sharp! A newly built eighth company We have earned so many credits, except for the third company (which should be in charge of the bow and arrow platoon) and the sixth company who are in the general reserve team, we two brothers are idlers. You say! From now on, we two brothers will not return to each other. Let's do it!"

Zhou Wen glanced at Han Jiu and said, "Are you not worried about our situation at all? You are even afraid that there will be no battle. There are 40 rebels and only 20 of us. This is just the beginning, and you have a big heart."

"Our chief is not a mortal at first glance. I think it's right to follow him. Anyway, I believe in him. If you follow him, you will have a good life in the future. I don't think this matter is a problem with our general. He There must be a way." Han Jiu said heartlessly, as if he really didn't care.

But Zhou Wen was not affected by Han Jiu's self-confidence.

He said worriedly: "Today, we are retreating from the enemy because of the favorable location, not because of how powerful our blunderbusses and artillery are. If we are on flat ground, the enemy's army hides and kills, and the cavalry rushes in, our bludgeons can also hit the enemy." One round, and then it is no different from a firestick. Think about it, I am afraid that even if you use the five-stage strike method, you will not be able to block the enemy's full blow. Otherwise, if the bird gun and artillery are so sharp, then the left Isn't the general soldier already invincible?"

"That's right, hehe."

Han Jiu was also not disturbed by Zhou Wen. He smiled happily, and then said with a big grin: "It seems that we still have to rely on our swords and spears. Let me just say, how reliable it is to have a sword and spear in hand! "

Zhou Wen rolled his eyes helplessly, he was completely defeated by Han Jiu's thick lines.

"Ma Dazu, what good things did you get? Don't stay too fucking long underwater. You'll come up to warm up with me. If you get sick from the cold, I'll beat you hard." Han Jiu Suddenly, he yelled loudly at Jiangzhong.

Following Han Jiu's voice, a man in the river more than 50 meters away from the shore raised his head, grinned at the shore, and shouted loudly: "Understood, company commander. I'll go back right away."

As he said that, the man also raised two picked up knives and shook them in the air showing off.

Li Ping, who had already walked to the riverside, was also attracted by Han Jiu's yelling. He looked at the middle of the river, and then at several soldiers who were warming up by the newly raised fire by the riverside, and only smiled.

He didn't intend to interfere with the fact that some soldiers were so anxious to go into the water to salvage the spoils, as long as they were well organized.The morale of the soldiers is very good, and this is also a good spiritual motivation for the soldiers.

Although the principle of seized and returned to the OUHK will not change, the principle of giving priority to activists in distribution is also very important.

After walking around the entire south bank of Yangpitan, Li Ping came to the tent area of ​​the health team in the woodland behind the soil bag (there are a few unpacked tents here, mainly for the convenience of receiving and treating the wounded). Look at the wounded soldiers.

But as soon as he got close, Li Ping frowned at the scolding.

At the door of a tent, Ma Yong was scolding Wang Huqiang, the reconnaissance platoon leader. At this time, Wang Huqiang, who was a big and three rough, was like a little daughter-in-law who had made a mistake, and he was wronged and didn't dare to answer a word.

Seeing Li Ping coming over, Ma Yong had no choice but to calm down and explain to Li Ping.

It turned out that in the battle just now, a small team of cavalry from the reconnaissance company led by Wang Huqiang was ordered to deal with the enemy soldiers who were rushed downstream.In order to ensure that they can return to the defense and support other places in time, as soon as they find the enemy, they will directly rush to hack and kill, and strive for a quick victory.

The few rafts, bamboo rafts and the like that were originally scattered were washed downstream one by one.

Being able to drift so far away from the sheepskin beach also shows that either the enemy's ability to maneuver the boat is too bad, or they deliberately don't want to die.Moreover, they are also very far away from each other, and there are not many people on a raft.

It would have been guaranteed that a small team of cavalry would clean up the rafts one by one.

Whoever imagined it, Wang Huqiang was careless.

At a bamboo raft, five or six poorly equipped enemy soldiers pecked at the eyes, not only severely wounding a brother, but even the horse.

How could Ma Yong not be angry?

The loss is too low-level!

Especially scouts and war horses are still baby lumps!Such a loss is quite worthless.

This was also their first combat loss by the enemy in this battle.

Li Ping was also speechless after hearing this.

But war is like this, full of variables and unpredictability, and there will be no formulas such as equivalent exchange.

Li Ping had no choice but to pat the shoulder of Wang Huqiang, the platoon leader, and walked into the tent.

At this time, a young man in white wearing a mask in the tent was treating the wound of the seriously injured scout.

The young man in white is very skillful in his techniques, debridement, repair, suture and disinfection are all done in a decent manner.

Li Ping watched from the sidelines, then walked out of the tent and asked the health captain who followed him about the conditions of the wounded who were injured by the blast.

After learning about the situation, Li Ping asked the health captain curiously: "This doctor looks unfamiliar, why is his technique better than yours?" Li Ping was also surprised that the health captain who should have the best medical skills didn't go to do it himself.

"Oh, he's new here, and he used to be a doctor. When the bandits attacked Kaifeng, he was there to diagnose and treat the officers and soldiers. He was well-informed, and he was very good at what he was doing." The health captain said a little embarrassingly.

"What's his name?" Li Ping asked habitually.

"Jia Youliang," the health captain replied.

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While eating lunch, a scout cavalry came over to report in a hurry: "We found a large group of our army coming out of Xiangyang City and heading west. The specific situation is unknown. A group of cavalry came from the city and joined General Hui's cavalry. They have crossed us and are heading west. Galloping. General Hui's infantry is also forming and marching west."

When Li Ping heard this, he became a little dazed.

After reacting, he immediately put down the bowl and chopsticks and ran to the dirt bag to look.

Far away, it seems that some dust appeared in the southeast direction, indicating that there should be a large number of people and horses moving, but these people and horses are still a little far away and cannot be confirmed.But further inland to the west of him, there was indeed the shadow of a large number of cavalry and very obvious smoke and dust.

Prime Minister Huideng's troops were deployed near the official road near Wanshan, and Yangpitan was only about 4 kilometers away from Wanshan. Li Ping could still observe the movements of Xiangxiang Huideng's troops very well.

Apparently something happened to the west.

Confused, Li Ping asked Ma Yong to send someone to the infantry where Prime Minister Hui Deng hadn't left to see if he could learn something about it, but he didn't send another person to Xiangyang to check.

He needs to be more cautious.

Prime Minister Huideng's infantry also moved, indicating that Prime Minister Huideng had an order, that Prime Minister Huideng and his generals knew something about the situation, and that the situation was very critical.

In anxiety, the person sent out hadn't returned yet, but saw Zhao Jin's personal soldier Zhao Liang rushing over on horseback.

He brought a message from Zhao Jin: The rebel army stopped attacking Fancheng, and retreated to the west. Looking from the top of the city, its main force is moving westward; West to deal with changes, our department is among them.

"Chief of Staff, quickly get the map." Li Ping immediately shouted with a solemn expression.

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At this time, on a bank about 2 kilometers downstream of Yangpitan, Luo Xiaoliu struggled to climb down from the bamboo raft that was already leaning on the bank, lay on the bank only 1 meter away from the water, trembling and looked up at the sky. .

He is too cold.

The high sun didn't seem to provide him with warmth, and Luo Xiaoliu felt like he was about to die.

In a daze, he heard the sound of horseshoes, but he didn't bother to care about it, he had no strength left.

Finally, a horse's head and a young and dark face appeared in his eyes, which he had been struggling to open.

Zhao Dongdong, the leader of the reconnaissance platoon, looked at the dying enemy soldier on the ground, and he really had no urge to attack, so he asked casually, "Do you want to live?"

(End of this chapter)