Traveler Major League

Chapter 181
This stone bridge is not big, and it can only accommodate a hundred people. The willow trees beside the bridge have already sprouted some new shoots, but the new shoots are too small, and you can't see it unless you look carefully. With a little southeast wind, the water under the bridge is slowly surging, and the wind blows the willow branches across the water leisurely, leaving beautiful ripples rippling outward.

Zhang Gou'er held the knife and stared at the ripples fascinatedly, but all the peace was immediately broken by the rushing officers and soldiers.

The turbulent crowd crashed into the wooden fence on the stone bridge. Several rows of officers and soldiers with round shields on their faces stopped suddenly before hitting the spears of the militiamen. Throwing it out, the militiamen holding guns behind the fence were killed at close range, even with the protection of shields, they did not expect this move.

The first to step forward were the soldiers in armor with heavy axes. They were all tall, burly men with fierce faces. Howling, they jumped over the rows of shield soldiers in front and rushed to the wooden fence. They were thrown back and failed to fill the gap in time, and they picked and chopped the weak connection of the fence.

The officers and soldiers in the rear approached at close range and shot the militiamen holding shields at close range with heavy arrows. This kind of arrows are big and heavy, not good at range and speed, but they can directly penetrate the shield with a hard bow at close range. Luckily. Some of them were pierced by arrows in their arms, most of them were pierced in their chests and abdomens, and they immediately lay down and wailed.

In just a moment, the fence in the first row was brought down, and the officers and soldiers behind rushed up one after another. The militiamen in the first few rows had already been killed by this time, and they were chopping with knives and axes, and their stumps were flying around.

Layer upon layer of soldiers on both sides are standing on top of each other. Some of the corpses of the soldiers killed at the front were held up by spears and pushed away before they fell down. The crowd was too dense, and the officers and soldiers standing behind were all Throwing weapons such as axes and iron bones also flew continuously, interrupting the formation of the militiamen, and hitting the iron eight-petal helmet with a crisp sound.

At this time, the army team is like a grinding disc, advancing against the militiamen with almost no loss, grinding them to pieces. This kind of thrilling hand-to-hand combat is something these militiamen have never encountered before. The casualty ratio was quite different. Even though the militiamen at the front had changed into the cotton armor of the official army and fought in formation, they were still far inferior to the regular army. It was still difficult to break through the defenses of the officers and soldiers, and they couldn't even exchange their lives for lives, so they were easily killed.

This group of officers and soldiers killed only a dozen people from the end of the bridge to the middle of the bridge, while the more than 200 militiamen in the front had been completely lost, and the only [-] or so people left in front of the second fence in the middle of the bridge could not support this kind of attack. Under the pressure of death and injury, they dived to both sides of the bridge to escape, but the armor on their bodies was too heavy, and almost no one could hold a few breaths after being submerged in water.

Old Li at the back fence also swallowed his saliva, turned his head and shouted at Zhang Gou'er who was still standing there in a daze, "Gou'er, shoot!"

The shout brought Zhang Gou'er back to his senses. He wiped the stains from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, spat, and then squinted his eyes to look forward.

"Battalion Commander Yang hasn't issued an order yet, wait a minute."

Hearing that there was no fire support, Lao Li's face was full of bitterness. As the company commander, he knew the purpose of their guarding here. The group of people in the front of them specially changed their armor to fight against the army, but they still underestimated the officer's intentions. army's combat effectiveness.

At this time, the group of officers and soldiers did not continue to attack, but retreated one after another, and another group of people from both sides came to attack to save energy. Lao Li's left eye jumped when he saw that these officers and soldiers were too aggressive. If you are sensible, most of them are elites who are older than the army.

"Kill!" The officers and soldiers who had changed their formation almost didn't stop, and once again rushed up like a wolf.

Cao Tong, on the hillside in the distance, turned his head to look at the sun that was gradually deflecting. When there will be a big battle, the light will definitely be favorable, and he thought it was time, "Blow the horn, all attack."

The vast and low-pitched horn sounded, the earth shook and the horseshoes sounded like thunder, and nearly a thousand cavalry cavalry rushed in multiple groups.

Yang Zeming, who was in the rear, also stood up abruptly, and finally came.

Lao Li's militia company on the bridge was also broken through. The two hundred officers and soldiers who broke through two battles in a row suffered few casualties. The spear stood at the end of the bridge, and there was a long hole in the cotton armor on his chest. The inner layer of the armor was deformed and half of it was broken. The severe pain in his chest made him unable to exert force in his hands, and the officer who injured him held a shield in his left arm and hid a waist knife in his right hand behind him.

"Kill." The word was spit out suddenly, and the officers and soldiers who took advantage of this brief confrontation to re-arrange one after another all rushed forward, and Lao Li and others on the opposite side also rushed forward, stabbing their spears randomly, and the sharp tip of the spear slid against the shield. There was a scratch, and the spears of the officers and soldiers behind them also stabbed up, directly piercing the cotton armor of the militiamen on the opposite side, like a dragon entering the water, and the tip of the spear that retreated suddenly brought a splash of blood, and the militiaman threw the spears with all his might before dying He went out, but was blocked by the shields of the officers and soldiers.

Then the figures on both sides stabbed each other again, "Shoot!" Zhang Gou'er, who had received Yang Zeming's order, shouted with all his strength.

"Bang bang bang" a series of gunshots, white gunpowder smoke rose from the earth wall behind the trench, and the officers and soldiers who had already entered the range suddenly fell down under the diffusion of the crescent-shaped infantry formation.

Zhang Gouer, who had already aimed the gun in front of him, lightly pulled the trigger, the butt of the gun transmitted the recoil to his shoulder and shook violently, and the lead gun easily tore apart the officer and soldier who was about to fight Lao Li over a distance of 50 meters. , made a big hole in his shield, and tore through his two layers of armor without stopping. The officer and soldier looked at the hole in the round shield on his left arm in disbelief. With a clang, the waist knife in his right hand fell He touched the small hole on his chest that was bleeding continuously, and made a "cough cough" sound from his mouth, his body tilted to the right and fell into the pile of corpses with a "poof".

Another rush of horns sounded, and the officers and soldiers who had been shot dead and injured immediately moved forward as if they had been slapped with chicken blood. Their task was to rush across the bridge and open the way for the cavalry who came galloping later. .

This group of officers and soldiers are all elites in the army, and nearly half of them are composed of soldiers and servants. Before the battle, they were told that there is no life, and those who retreat will die.

There was a sound of killing on the bridge, and the officers and soldiers no longer cared about the formation. They charged directly against the remaining militiamen on the bridge and charged at the muzzle behind the trench. The length of tens of meters was only enough to reload the ammunition once. The casualties of the officers and soldiers broke out with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

"Old Li!" During the interval between Zhang Gou'er's reloading, Company Commander Li and the remaining 30 militiamen had already run into this group of officers and soldiers, and were cut down almost instantly, "Free fire, free fire! "

Zhang Gou'er yelled, and he couldn't care less about his grief. He reloaded at the fastest speed and kept shooting. There was another "buzzing" sound of bowstrings, and a burst of dark clouds covered the top. The militiamen on the killing bridge are different, this time they are specially dealing with the riflemen behind the earthen wall.

There was a scream, and all the arrows shot this time were three-edged armor-piercing arrows, which were quite lethal even wearing armor, and the riflemen who were standing upright behind the earth wall with no cover fell to the ground.

The artillery who squinted to one side hadn't fired yet, Zhang Gou'er was calm and had to rely on them to carry it.

On both sides of the trench, two other militia companies rushed up from the side, causing the officers and soldiers to be attacked from three sides, and another two militia companies lined up from the gap in front of the trench as a frontal block. To everyone's surprise, even facing With this numerical disadvantage, the officers and soldiers still showed no sign of retreating, fighting to the death with the militiamen.

The sound of "rumbling" horseshoes got closer. The officers and soldiers who were shooting arrows at the rear sent out some people to remove the fence blocking the way. The remaining archers lined up on both sides of the bridge and continuously shot various arrows into the militia team, making the team Even more chaotic, completely mixed with the officers and soldiers fighting hand-to-hand.

"Boom boom boom", the artillerymen on both sides finally opened fire. In a burst of white smoke, the flying shells crossed and hit the rear of the cavalry of the officers and soldiers. The violent explosion smoke and dust accompanied by fragments brought There were huge casualties, and the explosion of the shells drove the originally loose formation from both sides to the middle.

Such a result made the cavalry of the officers and soldiers even denser. Finally, the cavalry in the front rushed to the bridge. The bridge is bound to be a stimulating massacre.

If there were no guns and explosives, the officers and soldiers would be right to think so. The two hundred officers and soldiers on the bridge slaughtered all the defenders just now.

But times have changed, my lord.

Suddenly more than 20 explosive packages were thrown from the militia teams on both sides, most of them were thrown at the stone bridge, and a small part were thrown at the rear of the infantry of the officers and soldiers who were fighting. The small battlefield was covered in an instant, and one could only vaguely see horses and cavalry continuously falling into the water on both sides of the bridge, making a crisp "bang-dang" sound of falling into the water.

The infantrymen of the officers and soldiers who had just fought to the death were startled and backed up a little. When they saw the almost empty scene behind them, they also collapsed in an instant, and fled to the other side without looking back. Congestion is caused, where is it possible to escape smoothly for a while.

The militiamen who had been beaten back by the officers and soldiers just now stepped forward to chase and kill them. Few of the officers and soldiers who had just been so brave just now dared to turn around and resist. They couldn't get away. Some jumped into the river because The armor was too heavy and sank to the bottom of the water in an instant, and some swung knives and guns and slashed forward, and most of the officers and soldiers were killed or injured in an instant.

"Come on, kill them all!" With the sound of killing, more than 500 militiamen who had just joined the battle rushed to the bridge after the officers and soldiers' buttocks, and chased them all the way, facing the surviving soldiers who fell to the ground. The officers and soldiers stabbed wildly.

"Hurry up, form the formation, the official cavalry is here." Someone shouted hastily.

However, the cavalry of the officers and soldiers failed to reach the bridge after all, and were killed and wounded by the riflemen behind. There were human and horse corpses all over the ground, as well as dazzling red blood, and there was no room for the cavalry to charge.

Another low-pitched horn sounded from far away, and the cavalry in the chaotic charge turned around one after another. At this time, Cao Tong's face turned green and then pale. At that time, they were still constantly being harvested by artillery fire. In such a narrow target area, the cavalry is no different from a living target here. Nearly two hundred cavalry were harvested in a short period of time. One-tenth.

But this is not over yet. After the bridge deck was cleared, Wang Youyuan, who had been waiting for a long time, led his cavalry battalion to pursue.

"There are all of them, aim at the official!" The artillery company commander shouted, seeing the cavalry of the officers and soldiers running away and scattered, the lethality of the artillery shells plummeted, and the muzzles of all the artillery were quickly raised, boom boom boom boom boom, six The artillery shells pierced the sky, and the violent explosion submerged the small slope where Cao Tong was located. This scene was almost seen by the retreating cavalry, and the total collapse began.

As soon as Wang Youyuan crossed the bridge, he divided the cavalry battalion into a group of hundreds of cavalry, and chased them down along the road. Even if the accuracy on horseback was not high, none of the officer cavalry dared to resist in this chaotic time. Many, because after rushing over the hillside, it was discovered that the army and the cavalry were responding in the rear. Seeing this, Wang Youyuan did not hesitate, and immediately returned to the other side. Now these cavalry can only fight with the wind, and nearly half of them are just now. It is only the mounted infantry that has been added, and it is difficult to counter the official army.

Du Wenhuan also witnessed the whole battle from the back. He frowned. After all, he had a glimpse of the bandits' firearms. If they occupied this stone bridge, it would be impossible to attack by force. If they made a detour, would there be fewer bandits in Xi'an? up?

He immediately vetoed his original plan, and it seemed that he could only wait for the big troops to face off in a dignified formation. After all, he also saw with his own eyes that the close combat ability of the people's army was really weak.

The army rations are only available for one day, and the only solution is to go to Xianyang, ten miles away, to get the rations. After making up our minds, we immediately ordered: "Send the order, withdraw the troops from Xianyang!"

A hundred miles away to the east of Xi'an, what Hong Chengchou didn't expect was that when he arrived in Fuping County with two hundred cavalry who led troops to disperse Chao Zhongchen two days later, he found that there was no one there. The common people of the thief knew from their mouths that Liu Ze had completely given up here.

"Master Hong, shall we chase?" Wu Guofu was covered in dust. He had been arguing with the cavalry of the people's army for the past two days. He used the advantage of numbers to set up an ambush to win the game, killing and wounding nearly a hundred cavalry of the people's army.

"Chasing, follow the road to Lutai." Hong Chengchou thought about the letters of plea for help from the besieged counties in the nearby counties, and he was much less inclined to fight head-to-head. "

However, as the infantry-based troops of Hong Chengchou and Wu Guofu, their speed was too slow, and they failed to meet the People's Army troops all the way. The cavalry who joined Chao Zhongchen went around in circles. Hong Chengchou was very depressed because they were completely evacuated. He really couldn't figure out why they evacuated so quickly, even all the strongholds were gone.

After these few days of buffering, all Liu Ze's subordinate forces concentrated towards Xi'an like an ebb tide, and finally even the blocking troops withdrew back.

Seeing this abnormal situation, the officers and soldiers on all sides went deep into the sentries, and finally got a piece of news that the people's army had all shrunk to Xi'an City, and the surrounding villages and towns were all scorched!
(End of this chapter)