A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 66
People say that the Double Ninth Festival on September [-]th is a high and refreshing autumn, with high sky and wide clouds.

But yesterday was sweltering, and today, the morning is fine, but near noon, the sun is fierce, and the day is getting hot quickly.

Wang Dou and others stood on the wall of the fort and watched. Under the sunlight, they saw hundreds of bandits rushing towards the southwest. Except for dozens of people on horseback, the rest were armed with spears and broadswords. Infantry, there are old and young among these people, and they wear all kinds of clothes, and few of them wear armor.

These people shouted and came towards the gate of the outer village of Jingbian Fort. In front of them, the bandits on horseback rode over. They galloped around, yelling and cursing loudly at the fort, demanding that the military households in Jingbian Fort surrender immediately, otherwise, after they broke through the fort, there would be no dog or dog left behind.

At this time, the fort was strictly guarded, except for a few teams of soldiers in the fort, the rest of the men were all young and strong, and all the women in the fort were also issued wooden sticks.These bandits didn't have siege equipment, and the only way they could enter Jingbian Fort was the low wall gate in front of the barracks of the outer military households, especially the gate.

After seeing the situation clearly, Wang Dou led Han Chao, Han Zhong, Zhong Tiaoyang and other officers to the gate of the village to prepare for battle.

Wang Dou now has seven teams of warriors, each with four blunderbusses, for a total of 28 blunderbusses.At this time, all the blunderbuss soldiers in the fort had been drawn out, and they were all standing behind the wall next to the gate of the village. Wang Dou also specially selected ten sword and shield soldiers and ten pike soldiers to stand quietly beside the blunderbuss soldiers in two rows. Behind him, he just waited for the bandits to rush up and fight hand-to-hand.

In addition, there is a team led by Han and North Korea leading the horses at night, waiting to be used for pursuit after the battle.

As for Gao Shiyin, he is still the bridegroom's official now, Wang Dou asked him, Yang Tong, Qi Tianliang and the others to stay on the fort wall with the rest of the soldiers and supplies, although he was full of reluctance.

Beside Gao Shiyin, his new wife Zheng Xiaoyun, and Wan Shenghe's Mrs. Zheng and Zheng Jinglun are all pale. The bandits are fierce and powerful. Can this Jingbian Fort be held?Gao Shiyin naturally dismissed their worries.

The sergeants in front of the gate of the Jingbian Fortress all stood in silence, not only were they not afraid, on the contrary, there was a hint of excitement on their faces.The rewards for food and salaries in Jingbian Fort are mainly captured. For these sergeants who have undergone brutal training and honed in the battle against bandits, the bandits in front of them are not only a threat, but their best source of wealth.

For the upcoming battle, Wang Dou divided these blunderbuss soldiers into two groups, one group assembled bombs, and the other group fired. This would greatly improve the efficiency of shooting operations.At this time, the 28 blunderbuss soldiers stood in two rows. They held the black and thick blunderbusses in their hands, which had already been filled with fixed paper tube ammunition and matchlocks.

After the leader of the bandits over there asked the sentry to shout for a while, seeing that there was no movement in the fort, they slowly gathered a few hundred steps away from Jingbian Fort, and then began to form a team.

After a while, more than a hundred people were separated there, all of them were armed with swords, guns and shields. In addition, some people carried earth bags. Obviously they saw the trenches dug around the barracks outside the fort wall, and they needed to use these earth bags Fill the trench.

These more than a hundred people held weapons in their hands, and they all seemed to be young and strong, similar to death squads.While shouting and cursing loudly, they slowly approached.

Wang Dou saw that there were not many of them, and they didn't even have shields in their hands. Obviously, in the eyes of these bandits, how much young and strong force can a fortress have?In particular, there is not even a fort wall outside this fortress, so it is even more vulnerable.How can you use a bull's knife to kill a chicken?These people are enough.

Seeing these people approaching slowly, Wang Dou shouted an order, and immediately the blunderbuss soldiers in the front row lit the matchlocks in their hands, and fourteen blunderbusses were thrown in front of them in a row with dirt, stones, wooden boards, etc. In front of the built low wall.

This group of bandits was messy, and there was no battle formation, just a crowd of people.

Some gangsters in front also saw the blunderbuss soldiers in front of the low wall, and they didn't take it seriously. They saw a lot of firearms from officers and soldiers, and they didn't work very well for killing people.

When they approached a hundred paces, they suddenly uttered a cry, brandishing their weapons together, and rushed forward screaming.

"preparation!"

Wang Dou drew out the epee, pointed forward, and shouted orders in his mouth.

Immediately, the fourteen blunderbuss soldiers in the front row leaned forward, aiming intently at the bandits rushing forward.

Soon the gangsters charged sixty paces, and Wang Dou shouted, "Shoot!"

"Clap clap clap!"

Fourteen blunderbusses fired in unison, ejecting projectiles and smoke.

In the roar of the bird guns, the bandits in the front row were knocked to the ground, rolling on the ground and screaming loudly, even some bandits with shields in their hands were the same.

Jingbianbao's bird guns are excellent, with a distance of sixty steps, the bird guns are extremely lethal, easily breaking through the shields in their hands.

"shooting!"

The blunderbuss soldiers in the back row had already passed the blunderbuss in their hands to the brothers in the front row. They took the blunderbusses that the brothers in the front row had just fired, took out the fixed paper tube ammunition in the oil bag, and quickly reloaded them. .

Another row of bird guns sprayed out a large amount of fire and smoke, and the screams came again.

"shooting!"

"shooting!"

"shooting!"

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In front of the wall of the village, gunfire sounded row after row, and the advantage of fixed-loading ammunition in paper tubes made the two teams of blunderbuss reload and fire extremely fast.

After several rounds of shooting, the front of the village wall was covered by thick white smoke. Wang Dou ordered a ceasefire, and waited until the smoke cleared to observe the results of the battle.

The two rows of blunderbuss soldiers were just cooling down the smoking blunderbusses in their hands. After several rounds of shooting, the blunderbusses in everyone's hands were already hot and had to be cooled down.Otherwise, under the high temperature inside the gun, the poured gunpowder may burn immediately.

The gunpowder smoke finally dissipated. Wang Dou and the others saw dozens of bandits rolling and screaming on the ground within a range of ten to sixty paces. Bloody and bloody on the ground, screaming loudly.

When the gunpowder smoke cleared, Wang Dou and the others also saw dozens of bandits standing in front of their brother's corpse in a daze. They all opened their mouths wide open. In the blink of an eye, dozens of brothers were injured and died.

The wall in front of me is not high, and the trench trap is not very deep.Then within a few dozen steps of the shooting range of the blunderbuss, it was like a death zone, filled with the lives of many of their brothers.

Looking at the terrifying scene in front of them, the faces of the gangsters changed from dazed to terrified. Suddenly they yelled hoarsely, turned around and ran back, throwing away their helmets and armor, throwing away all the weapons in their hands, just begging to run by themselves be quicker.

Seeing them fleeing with shouts, Han Chao and Han Zhong brothers were also very surprised. The two of them have been in the border barracks for a long time. How have they ever seen such a powerful and fast-firing bird gun?They just murmured: "What a sharp firearm..."

For the first time, the Jingbianbao blunderbuss showed its outstanding power in a large-scale battle!
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Seeing the results of the battle in front of the fort, Mrs. Zheng, Zheng Jinglun and others on the wall of the fort were also quite surprised. Zheng Xiaoyun just clapped her hands and laughed, while Zheng Jinglun murmured: "Are these still officers and soldiers?"

After the group of bandits fled back, there was a commotion among the bandits. Some people who looked like leaders seemed to be shouting and cursing, but no matter what they said, no one was willing to lead the army. It was a mob, bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, seeing that Jingbian Fort was so tough, it was beyond their expectation, after a long time of cursing, they had to withdraw their troops and retreat.

The news came out that in the next few days, none of the gangsters dared to attack Jingbian Fort, but at this time the banditry in Baoanzhou became more and more serious. According to the news from various parties, as many as 3000 thieves entered Baoanzhou this time. Its backbone core is a cavalry of more than [-] people, and the rest are some old and weak or a group of threatened refugees.

On the twelfth, most of the thieves harassed the city of Baoanzhou, and Xu Zucheng, the integrity officer, was furious.

There was also news that the young wife of the Zhizhou Mansion encountered bandits on the way to the Acropolis. If the subordinates had not loyally protected the lord and fled to the death, the consequences would have been disastrous.

It is imperative to exterminate the bandits in Bao'an Prefecture, especially under the strict order of the garrison, Xu Zucheng decided to order all the forts to gather troops to exterminate these bandits.

(End of this chapter)