Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 192 Pig Charge

Lu Tiedan didn't even have time to aim the arrow. He pulled out the bowstring based on his feeling and fired an arrow. Unexpectedly, it hit the pirate's throat. It was only then that he felt the pain in his right shoulder again.

At this time, there were only two enemy soldiers left in his field of vision. One of them was still running into the woods in a hurry to get his reward. The other one was the one who penetrated his shield. After seeing his companion's throat blocked by an arrow, The hands that were loading the ammunition suddenly trembled.

Lu Tiedan didn't know that his shoulder injury was caused by this man. He only had one thought in his mind, and that was to make more contributions so that he could be promoted as soon as possible.

He took out another arrow from Ruan Jin's quiver and returned to the gap in the shield formation to see that the man who was loading just now was turning around and running back.

Lu Tiedan put the arrow on the bowstring, but his right shoulder, which had been hit by the lead bullet, felt sore. This was the most critical part of the force when drawing the bow, but he was slightly injured at this time.

Lu Tiedan gritted his teeth and opened the bow. The soreness turned into pain. He unconsciously used his arms to exert force. At the moment when the bow string was fully drawn, Fang Xiu'e and Lundi flashed through his mind for no reason. A scene of a late night tryst...

The pain became even more excruciating. Lu Tiedan released his thumb that was holding the string, and the arrow flew away from the string. It even missed several positions twenty steps away.

The first arrow he shot out of desperation hit his throat, but the second arrow he aimed unexpectedly missed somewhere. Lu Tiedan was speechless.

At this time, Ruan Jin handed him an arrow. After taking it, he raised his hand and shot another arrow. As a result, it hit the pirate in the back of the heart. The man fell to the ground with a thud, already dead.

"Give me another arrow!" Lu Tiedan decided to give an arrow to the person who escaped first. As soon as he finished speaking, Ruan Jin's arrow had already been handed over.

He drew the bow with anger and released the arrow with breath. This arrow was perfect. Lu Tiedan rarely hit the human-shaped target fifty steps away during practice. He never expected that in actual combat, his first long-distance shot would pierce the heart with an arrow.

This time, the shoulder injury did not distract him. Instead, he eliminated all distracting thoughts and focused all his attention on aiming. The feathered arrow shot out of the air, the arrow shaft twisting like a snake in the air, and finally shot the pirate who was about to run into the forest to his core.

"I'm not holding you back!" Lu Tiedan yelled in his heart. He lowered his left shoulder to bend the bow and set the arrow. Then his shoulders and back began to exert force. The moment before the bow was fully drawn, the back was strengthened. After the bow was fully drawn, his thumb flicked put.

At this time, the pirate who was eager to receive his reward was about to run into the woods. The distance between him and Lu Tiedan was about fifty steps, which was almost eighty meters when converted to later generations' weights and measures.

"Don't underestimate yourself..." Lu Tiedan recalled what Lin Hai had said to him when he first arrived in Xiamen, with a naive smile on his face.

At this time, the sound of a big drum came from the forest, and then a large number of pirates rushed out screaming. It turned out that it was Zeng Wulao who finally ordered a hand-to-hand assault after seeing that the shield was penetrated.

"President Bai, the enemy troops are coming!" Lu Tiedan said quickly to Ruan Jin.

Ruan Jin had already stood up when he heard the voice from the other side. Looking over the shield, he saw dozens or hundreds of pirates gathered together, forming groups and charging in disorder. The total number seemed to be six or seven hundred people. .

The weapons in their hands range from long to short, and they have all kinds of weapons, but the highest proportion are short weapons commonly used by sailors such as scimitars and axes. In the regular army, except for sword and shield soldiers, these are used as secondary weapons. After all, even weapons that are seven or eight feet long, such as the Yanyue Sword and the Boring Palladium, are called short soldiers in the army. Zheng Zhilong captured a large amount of Ming army equipment. Zeng Wulao also tried his best to promote long weapons for military use after being ordered to reorganize the Marine Corps. However, the pirates under his command were all accustomed to using short weapons, and their acceptance of long weapons was still limited. It's very low, but just use whatever is comfortable for you.

Zeng Wulao himself took a Miao sword and charged forward. The sword was six feet five inches long, with a five-foot blade and a weight of two kilograms and eight taels. It was mainly used as a secondary weapon for self-defense in the Ming army. But in the pirate equipment, it is already a big killer in hand-to-hand combat.

"Brothers, charge with me!" Ruan Jin saw the pirates approaching with great force. He shouted, picked up two shields and rushed out first.

Lu Tiedan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Ruan Jin to choose to directly confront the enemy. After all, there was no drum beat coming from the Madam Feng. He quickly went to get his shield, only to realize that he was already a little weak. After all, he shot four arrows in a short period of time after hurting his shoulder.

Lu Tiedan simply stopped holding his shield, drew out his waist knife which was only over three feet long, and chased after him, only to find that he could not keep up with Ruan Jin. After standing still for a moment, the other forwards in Queyue's formation also rushed out one after another. Some took shields, while others like Lu Tiedan only took waist knives.

Ruan Jin is the highest-ranking officer in the formation and the temporary commander of the vanguard force. According to the military law of the Army Department, if he dies in battle, all soldiers who do not follow the charge will be beheaded.

At this time, the army structure of Huiyou Company was also disrupted. One hundred and fifty shield-wielding forwards were selected from two bureaus. The follow-up troops only landed two sentry troops, and they were under the cover of Queyue Formation. They formed a formation, and there was a steady stream of soldiers disembarking on the springboard.

Zeng Wulao had quite a bit of military experience and knew that a melee was beneficial to his own side, so he rushed out immediately while the officers and soldiers were still on their feet. He didn't even have time to line up, and continued to disrupt the fight as usual.

However, he did not expect that this group of officers and soldiers would be so brave. They would immediately launch a powerful counterattack even though they were not numerically superior. Especially the strong man in armor carrying two shields was really a head-scratcher. Iron, one person rushed to the front.

"Too arrogant!" Zeng Wulao was furious. He looked to the left and right, only to find that his men had slowed down.

After all, pirates rely on momentum to fight. This group of people had been having troubles while marching two days ago. Later, they heard the news that Zhong Bin died in the battle. In addition, they were hit by artillery in today's battle. Their morale was already very low. , it was all thanks to this wave of passionate charges that they were boosted a little, but in the end they were extinguished by the opponent's counter-charge.

Zeng Wulao was quite proud of his own skills, and immediately decided to kill the armored man to boost his morale, so he quickened his pace and rushed towards Ruan Jin.

Little did he know that Ruan Jin had almost the same idea. Like Zeng Wulao, he had also fought in many chaotic battles at sea. He knew that in such situations, personal bravery was the best way to boost morale, so he was at a numerical disadvantage. The first reaction was also to charge.

The generals of both sides coincided with each other, and the distance was getting closer and closer, and you could even see the whites of each other's eyes.

Among the follow-up landing troops of the Ministry of War, the two sentry troops with basically complete structures were already in formation. The two sentry commanders were waiting for the marching order of the Chinese army, but there was no sound from the Madame Feng.

(End of this chapter)