Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1077 Refugees

The squad leader of the cavalry corporal put the short-barreled Minie rifle on his back, threw the reins to one of his soldiers, walked up to a corpse, and turned over a corpse with the toe of his boot.

The face of the deceased was dark and rough, weather-beaten, and his age could not be seen.The corpse was wearing rough iron armor, and a helmet had rolled far away. The corporal carefully looked at the dirty and worn uniform and equipment on his body, and found it very familiar—the corporal served as a cavalry soldier in Guyuan Town three years ago, When the Tartars entered the customs for the first time, they were scattered to the Central Plains because of a lack of payment and mutiny when they entered the capital with the army.

The vicissitudes of his life eventually caused him to travel thousands of miles and become a cavalry corporal of the Fubo Army wearing a cavalry cloak.The other party only brought a long knife, not a bow and arrow, obviously not preparing for an armed conflict—they just came out to rob.

The corporal looked around. His soldiers were gathering together the horses left behind by the rebels.The chiefs value horses very much, and the credit for bringing these horses back is enough.

The corporal took off the long knife next to the corpse and threw it on the horse—this long knife is still of some value. They are short of cavalry weapons now. Lingao has not yet manufactured cavalry sabers, so the cavalry is equipped with standard machetes. Yes, after all, it is not very suitable for cavalry horse warfare.Therefore, Zhu Mingxia ordered to pay attention to collecting Ming cavalry long swords suitable for cavalry.

After rescuing the first batch of refugees, the cavalry squad continued to search for the large group of refugees in intelligence.It was not difficult to find them. In clear weather, the snow and dust raised by the marching procession of the large group of horses can be seen from a long distance.

Soon they found these people, and their positions were not much different from the previous investigation.The huge and disorderly team moved slowly, less than two kilometers per hour.

The scout cavalry stopped carefully not far away, observing the refugee team.

The refugee team is huge and mixed. Although it looks like a large group of gray people, there is actually a certain organization among them.Generally, the village and the clan are the core, forming a state of groups within groups.Young and middle-aged people walked on the periphery, and the old and weak, women and children were in the middle, mixed with wheelbarrows filled with tattered household items and food.Sometimes people who can't walk or who are weak can sit in the car for a while.

There are also some people who are marginalized, completely pushed out to the periphery of the crowd, deprived of rest and help, except for those who are particularly strong, they gradually fall behind and become captives of the rebels or a corpse on the snow.

The corporal was not in a hurry to go immediately—a dozen or so people could not control so many refugees, and it would be even more difficult if the crowd dispersed.

However, at this moment, he suddenly noticed that there was snow smoke rising from horses galloping past beside the team.He unconsciously shouted: "There is a situation! Watch carefully!"

All the soldiers straightened up and looked around.Through the gaps in the crowd, one can vaguely see some cavalry passing quickly around the crowd from time to time. Every time they pass the edge of the crowd at close range, there will always be a burst of shouts and exclamations.

The corporal knew that these refugees had been entangled by the rebel cavalry—there were few rebels, and they dared not go forward to drive them when thousands of people gathered together. The speed of action consumes their physical strength.After the other large groups of rebels arrive, slowly divide this big fish.

The two sides stalemate like this.The refugees knew very well that the longer the time dragged on, the more rebels there would be, and the harder it would be for them to escape.Some villages used to run township bravery, armed with weapons in their own hands, and organized actions to expel the rebel cavalry. However, this loose attack did not have much effect except for the rebels to kill a few people. After leaving the rebels, the rebels will soon follow.The team couldn't move at all.However, a small number of people can't guarantee safety if they break away from the brigade and advance quickly-no clan or village group can remain unbroken under the assault of fifty or sixty cavalry-even if they have hundreds of people.

In such a slow progress, where small conflicts broke out from time to time, many people have exhausted their physical strength, and many exhausted people just sat on the ground, closed their eyes and waited for death.

The scouting cavalry immediately looked back to find the main force and reported the exact location of the team.Zhu Mingxia immediately ordered the whole army to seize a favorable position and intercept the refugee group head-on.

When the large army arrived, the group of refugees had completely stopped moving. There were already hundreds of rebel cavalry wandering around the refugees. From time to time, some people shot arrows into the crowd, like a wolf looking at a flock of sheep. very dangerous.

"Yellow bears! Formation!" Zhu Mingxia shouted.

"Yes!" The yellow bear ran out immediately, "Two lines!"

Following his password, non-commissioned officers at all levels quickly conveyed the order in place. An infantry company launched a 1m-wide second row front on the slope in front of the hill.Two typewriters were placed on the flanks—although the 75-pound mountain howitzer was very light, the ammunition was inconvenient to carry by manpower, so Zhu Mingxia didn't bring it.

The Xiangyong company and the supply company are behind the team, and the guard team and the refugees along the road are taken in.

This formation was very novel at the time, especially the strange thin front—it was not enough to support such a thin front with the level of firearms at the time. The rebels who were gathering to fight wondered what kind of shit formation it was. At that time, Zhu Mingxia picked up his SKS-D and fired the first shot-one hit a rebel, and the 7.26mm M43 bullet passed through his body and hit another rebel.This kind of rifle is very comfortable to shoot after modern modification, and some veterans who don't understand the military once mistook it for an AK-47.The firepower of the semi-automatic shooting mode is also fierce enough. In this time and space, automatic firepower is more of a waste of ammunition.

After the first shot was fired.The yellow bear immediately ordered a volley.The battle line fired two consecutive volleys in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Practice, and the cavalry gathered together suddenly became confused. Although the distance of more than 200 meters greatly reduced the accuracy of shooting, the gathering of the rebels just made the Mini rifles able to exert the group's target firepower The advantages.

Two waves of lead bullets swept across the ranks of the rebels. The screams and neighing of the horses suddenly became chaotic.

"Free fire!" Following Zhu Mingxia's order, more than 100 rifles rushed to fire.Then the two typewriters also spit out flames, and the rebels were shot and fell off their horses one after another. Some rebels who were not shot ran away when they saw that the situation was not good.

Zhu Mingxia fired half-clip bullets in a row and only left one more person behind. Hitting a moving target at a distance of more than 200 meters depends on luck, so he didn't waste bullets.

"Stop shooting!" he ordered, "Cavalry to take in the horses! Move quickly, the task force and the township brave company control the refugees!"

He noticed that the refugees were agitated during the battle just now, and seemed to be moving again.The situation must be brought under control immediately, otherwise the crowd will not be able to achieve their goals once they collapse.

On the one hand, he used a luxurious lineup and huge ostentation to expel dozens of rebels. On the one hand, he quickly stabilized the situation;

After dispelling the rebels, the refugee team took advantage of the situation to control the refugees. Zhu Mingxia ordered the soldiers to guard the refugees with weapons, and the huge typewriter was fiercely directed at these poor people.He didn't think that these thousands of people would follow him honestly—these people were able to come here, but they were already a large-scale armed refugee group. He noticed that many young and middle-aged people had sticks and sharpened wooden guns in their hands. , and some carried farm implements used as weapons.There are too many changes along the way, and the most important thing is that there are still rebels who are eyeing him. He has to use some tricks to complete the task.

It is less than twenty miles away from Huangxian County. The infantry of Huangxian's rebel brigade is dispatched. If there is no delay, they can arrive here in two hours, and the cavalry will be even faster.

However, judging from the report of the scouts, the main force of the rebel army in Huang County is still busy raping and looting in the city and enjoying their spoils. The size of the pursuers.

"Yellow bear, ask someone to tie up these refugees with a rope, and you can see how I can turn beans into soldiers."

After the cavalry shot and killed several refugees trying to escape in the chaos, the entire refugee team came to a standstill.The work team and the township braves yelled with loudspeakers: "All kneel down! Put your heads in your hands!"

Zhu Mingxia's plan to form an army is very simple. First select the stronger refugees from among them. According to Zhu Mingxia's request, as long as they are physically strong and energetic, they will be divided into groups of [-] people. Among them, men and women are mixed. They are tied to a rope at ten centimeter intervals, so that they can only walk one column, and then let a Xiangyong lead the rope to walk, and the pace and speed are controlled by Xiangyong.These township braves are all selected. They are physically strong and have good training results. They already have a sense of formation. Let them lead the refugees away. It really has the effect of a neat formation. With order, the team will go faster. .

Everything on the wheelbarrow, except the food and cotton clothes, is discarded, and the old and weak, women and children are allowed to ride.In the middle of the team.Because unicycles are limited, some children are carried by some stronger men and women.

The task force does not need to persuade or lure—there are soldiers with bayonet rifles behind them, and any refusal or delay will be exchanged for a merciless butt and a shining bayonet.As a result, the huge and complex refugee group was quickly sorted out.

According to Zhu Mingxia's estimation, there is no problem in walking to the transit point before dark, and it will be warmer for these refugees to huddle together to rest.After dawn, even if a large group of enemies came after him, relying on the village, he would be able to fight back the enemies without any difficulty.

(End of this chapter)