Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 242

This is one of the elite firearms soldiers of the Imperial Battalion, a light firearms battalion specially trained by Liu Zhaoji for him, with a total of 500 soldiers, all of them are here.

The reason why the artillery battalion was not used this time, of course, Zhu Yousong had his own plans. The gunpowder and shells are limited, and the tough battle is yet to come. It is completely unnecessary to deal with the [-] fooled enemy. Let the light fire battalion fight head-on, and the other battalions will It's almost the same as attacking and encircling.

500 people stood in front of Zhu Yousong and divided them into two rows. More than 200 firecrackers in the front row fired at the same time. Suddenly, the blunderbuss sounded like popping beans, accompanied by lovely blue smoke. After the first row was finished, they squatted down. The charge is loaded, and the next row will continue to fire. Therefore, five hundred firecrackers fire in turn. Although these firecrackers are bulky and primitive, they are too powerful in the cold weapon era. As soon as the firecracker is fired and the cannon is fired, you will fall down without any suspense.The lethality is part, the key is its deterrent power!

Moreover, Liu Zhaoji led the troops rigorously and trained them harshly. The five hundred musketeers all had good aim and the target was not too far away, so whoever makes the musket blows is sure to fall.In the blink of an eye, hundreds of rebels who rushed to the front were shot and fell down. The team was a little chaotic, and those behind were scared and retreated.

But Zu Keyong did not believe in evil, Guan Ning's iron cavalry did not gain their fame, they dared to fight against the brutal and brutal Tartars, the emperor he wanted to catch was close at hand, not to mention the few firecrackers in front of him, even the red cannon Don't be afraid, he can't give up halfway in a word.

Therefore, he clamored and swung his big axe and knocked down several retreaters, and now tens of thousands of rebels rushed up again, howling.

Zu Keyong is also battle-tested and experienced. He knows that although these smoking guys are powerful, their power is limited. Like bows and arrows or more powerful artillery, they have a certain range and can only be brave for a while. If the fire can rush to the front, the guy who took the cannon will be ineffective, and then they will be able to succeed.

He was really right, so he commanded the troops to charge up again.

But Zhu Yousong also changed his style. After the light firearms were released, they withdrew. This time, they were greeted by five hundred archers in ambush. There were horse archers and infantry archers. The infantry archers had been selected long ago. They found a favorable position, while the horse archers rushed over on horseback, shooting arrows at the enemy while rushing. Although there were not many 500 men and horses, they rushed and shot continuously, and arrows rained in the sky. In the next large area, some people and horses were shot into hedgehogs, and the ones behind saw that the firepower was too fierce, and retreated with a bang.

After these two rounds of charging, there were dead bodies everywhere, because the weather was very cold, these organisms that had lost their vitality did not grow into ice corpses in a short time.

Zu Keyong's eyeballs were red, unwilling to reconcile, he gathered his men and horses to launch a third attack on the imperial camp, and this time he rushed up personally with his horse-breaking axe, and at this time another attack came from behind him. People and horses are overwhelming, flags are flying, shouts and killings resound through the sky, and the word "Zuo" is becoming clearer and clearer.

The soldiers who followed Zu Keyong's charge looked back and felt confident, because they knew that it was the young marshal Zuo Menggeng who rushed over with his troops in person. It should be no problem to capture or kill Zhu Yousong, so the morale of the judge army was raised again.

It was indeed Zuo Menggeng who came, because he was very happy to see Zu Keyong leading a team to chase down Zheng Hongkui's remnants and defeated generals. You Hou came to report: "Report to the general, the imperial camp of the emperor was found more than [-] miles ahead. There are not many troops in the camp, and the rest have all fled. General Zu is leading people to storm the camp."

Zuo Menggeng felt a burst of excitement when he heard this. The Hunjun is quite courageous and dared to set up the imperial camp so close to us. They only have 20 horses at best, while our army of [-] troops, and my lord father's [-] horses will arrive shortly thereafter. .General Zu is so brave in front of him, he won a big victory right after he opened the door, defeated Zheng Hongkui, and our army's morale is high. The battle is over, what a credit, from now on our father and son can command the world, how can the father praise himself for his ability when he is here!

When Zuo Menggeng thought of this, his hair was full of strength, and he ordered an army of 3 troops to go up except for the [-] horses that Zu Keyong took away.

Zuo Menggeng rode a big white horse with a spear in his hand, and rushed over with his own supervisor.When he arrived with tens of thousands of main forces, Zu Keyong just organized troops to launch a third charge against Zhu Yousong's imperial camp.

Zuo Menggeng, who was sitting on the horse, saw that there was indeed a large camp in front of him, and the figure of the emperor could still be seen in the camp. Obviously the current emperor.

Therefore, his eyes also glowed blue, and tens of thousands of horses followed Zu Keyong and others, shouting and charging, adding fuel to the flames, with a huge momentum, and really broke into the imperial camp with an invincible momentum.

But at this time, those crossbowmen disappeared again, only Zhu Yousong hid at the tent door with a few armored warriors.

Seeing this situation, the Panjun who rushed into the camp did not dare to pass easily, but formed a semi-encirclement around Zhu Yousong with sharp knives in their hands, blocking the camp gate completely.

"Mr. Hun, let's capture you with your hands free. You see, you are already doomed!" Zu Keyong, who rushed into the camp, yelled at Zhu Yousong proudly.

"Hahaha..." Zhu Yousong looked up and laughed a few times, "Really, I think it is you rebellious officials and thieves who can't escape. I see that you are wearing the military uniform of the Ming Dynasty, eating the salary of the imperial court, and also serving the imperial court. For the sake of having made a lot of military exploits, I would like to advise you to throw away your guns and surrender quickly, and I can still forgive you and let the past go, otherwise, it will be easy for you to come in, but it will be difficult to go out again."

"Mr. Hun, you are eloquent, it seems that you will not give up until you reach the Yellow River! Come on, this general will live!"

Zu Keyong gave an order, these generals will rush forward, each with a sharp knife, rushing to catch Zhu Yousong, facing the barbaric generals, they are only ten feet away from him, but Zhu Yousong's face is calm and indifferent , like watching a play, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

However, when these rebels were still a few feet away from Zhu Yousong, a group of armored warriors rushed out of the big tent behind Zhu Yousong. With a knife in his hand, he rushed into the enemy group with this group of armored warriors.

It was Li Quan and Zheng Damu who led the team. They saw the light of the sword flickering in the cold wind, and the wind of the sword whizzed.

Zu Keyong rushed up with his horse and axe, howling, and at this moment the sound of galloping horses sounded.

(End of this chapter)