Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 133 Fierce Battle

Soon, two Wuzhaibao sergeants from hundreds of households came out of the village. When they were twenty steps away from the gate of the village wall, they quickly lined up under the supervision of the hundred households, the general banner, and the small banner. shape.Along with them, there are some miners who are responsible for moving obstacles such as repelling horses.

The sergeants lined up against the wall behind the village. In front of the Taipingzhuang gate, there was a small open space, and the rest were rolling hills.In this open space, it's time to fight.Among the two hundred households, more than one hundred people from one hundred households are in the front line, lined up with each small flag, and each small flag is separated by several steps.In front of the team, there are some refusal horses, which are regularly distributed in front, which can effectively block or delay the entry of enemy horses.In addition, several sergeants launched a tiger squatting cannon from the village, and placed it in front of the line.

All the more than one hundred cavalry members dismounted and guarded both sides. On one side was a general flag, which was a dozen steps away from the troops. If the opponent wanted to attack the troops from the side, they could immediately mount their horses to meet the enemy.In addition, some servants and bannermen and trumpeters surrounded Huang Laifu as the Chinese army.

Iron armor shone coldly, artillery, blunderbuss, bows and arrows, long spears, long knives, rattan cards, wolf whisks, etc., stood in layers, guarded tightly, and there was no gap to take advantage of.In addition, the soldiers of Wuzhaibao stood against the wall of the village, so they had no worries.

During this time, some scattered horse thieves were wandering around, but none of them dared to go forward to attack. The elite and calm demeanor of Wuzhaibao soldiers oppressed their actions.And in any case, these officers and soldiers have long-range weapons such as bows and arrows, so be careful when you get too close.

The horse thieves all retreated a few hundred steps away from the Wuzhaibao sergeants. They gathered on a small hill, discussing countermeasures, and at the same time, considering the attack later. If the cavalry wants to attack the infantry, an effective distance is necessary. indispensable.

In front of the horse thief, Liu Shaoan, the leader of the horse thief, looked at the calm and tight formation of the opponent, and couldn't help but take a breath. The soldiers of Wuzhai Fort dared to go out to fight, which was beyond his expectations. Looking at the army in front of him, it was quite different from the guard army he had seen before. Although there were only 200 people, they had the momentum of thousands of troops.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Liu Shaoan couldn't help hesitating. He glanced at the two brothers Liu Ke and brother, and saw that the two also had complicated expressions, but there was a vague look of anxiety in their eyes.Although Liu Shaoan has a rough appearance, he is cautious in his heart. Otherwise, he would not be able to get mixed up with the biggest horse thief leader in Kelan Mountain. He thought to himself: "Grandma, will today's matter be kicked on the iron plate? These five The officers and soldiers of the fortress, it seems that they are not easy to provoke. These brothers of mine are all elite soldiers who followed him through life and death, and it would be a pity to leave a few here in Taipingzhuang, so you have to be careful."

At this time, he also thought of his cousin Liu Kedi, who was regarded as the overlord of Taipingzhuang. He had more than 200 domestic slaves in his hands, and there were many miners who could drive him. Where to go?There is a problem here, I'm afraid it's not as simple as what Liu Ke said for them.

He glanced at the horse thieves around him again, seeing these people, from small leaders to common thieves, although everyone looked a little hesitant, not only everyone looked excited, for these horse thieves, all kinds of officers and soldiers also saw There were many, whether it was the guards of the Ming Dynasty or the more elite battalions, they had fought against each other in these years, but all of them ended in a big victory.

Although these Wuzhaibao sergeants now look like elites, who knows if they are smooth on the outside and scum on the inside?In any case, these horse thieves are all fierce men with lives in their hands, and they all live a life of swords and necks, which is not comparable to those officers and soldiers who have never seen blood.

A small leader laughed loudly and said: "The boss, these Wuzhai thieves dare to go out to fight, they really don't know how to live or die, let the brothers lead people up, and kill him clean." Soon several small leaders also responded loudly, mobilizing hundreds of people The horse thieves roared together, looking quite murderous.

Liu Shaoan thought that since he came, he couldn't return empty-handed, otherwise it would be detrimental to the morale of his brothers in the future. Besides, he led these hundreds of brothers and fought against countless officers and soldiers. They are all warriors. Still afraid of the two hundred Wuzhaibao sergeants in this area?I was too careful just now.

He laughed loudly, and said: "Okay, brother Yang, you take four hundred brothers, and with all your strength, rush over those Wuzhai thieves and kill him!"

The little leader surnamed Yang responded loudly, he ordered 100 horse thief cavalry, and the rest of more than [-] people were still guarding Liu Shao'an, and Liu Ke's brother also stood by.

The little leader surnamed Yang looked contemptuously at Liu Ke and Liu Kezhi. When Liu Kezhi's anger rose, he drew out his long knife and howled loudly. Immediately, all the horse thieves screamed wildly and urged the horses one after another. They rushed towards the Wuzhaibao sergeants.

The little leader surnamed Yang certainly saw the formation of Wuzhaibao sergeants, but he didn't believe it. The opponent only had a team of more than 100 people from one hundred households to meet the enemy head-on, and they were able to stop his own [-] strong cavalry. ?
From jogging to accelerating, the final charge, iron hooves churning, rumbling sound, rolling up countless loess dust and mist, coupled with the long howling and strange screams of horse thieves holding their bright sabers, hundreds of horses charging at the same time, the momentum caused is indeed true. It is not trivial.However, the horse thieves are horse thieves after all. When these hundreds of horse thieves charge, they are crowded together, and there is no wave echelon or formation.

Huang Laifu stood at the position of the central army, sneering in his heart, a horse thief is a horse thief, although they are all cavalry, they can be regarded as blood-stained murderers, but they still can't get rid of the actions of the mob.However, seeing the cavalry charging with such momentum, I was a little shocked and nervous.

Looking around again, many of my sergeants looked pale, obviously deterred by the momentum of the horse thieves. Although these Wuzhaibao sergeants usually trained cruelly, they had seen blood a while ago, but those After all, the mob cannot compare with these horse thieves.Since they had never seen a big battle, they were still a little apprehensive when it came to an end, but the usual training was still effective. No matter how aggressive the opponent was, how frightened they were, they still firmly held their positions.

When the horse thieves began to jog their horses, they gave an order, and the blunderbuss soldiers of each small flag in the group of hundreds of households had already come out and lined up in three rows in front of the group.There are 14 people in the first row, and 13 people in the second and third rows. Among the hundreds of households in Wuzhaibao, each small banner has 12 sergeants, and each small banner has four blunderbuss soldiers. Among the ten small banners, there are forty bird gunners.They had proficiently filled the gunpowder and lead, and the match had already been lit.

In addition, in each small flag, there are three archers who also came out at this time, standing beside the bird gun, ready to fight.

The little leader surnamed Yang brandished a saber, screamed wildly, and led a group of horse thieves roaring in. Of course he saw those blunderbuss soldiers, but he had fought with officers and soldiers before, so he had some experience in dealing with blunderbusses.

In his impression, the guns of the officers and soldiers are small because of their small aim, mainly because the quality of the guns of the officers and soldiers is not good, and things often explode, so the officers and soldiers are frightened and dare not hold hands tightly when fighting Aiming, even many people still aim with one hand, so naturally they will not be accurate.The second is that the officers and soldiers have poor combat psychology. They often fire in advance before the cavalry enters the range. Their reloading is slow, so naturally it cannot be combined into power.

It's getting closer, it's getting closer, but the strange thing is that the guns of the Wuzhai Fort officers and soldiers have not fired for a long time, which made the little leader surnamed Yang feel bad.

The horse thieves had entered a hundred paces, and Baihu gave an order, and the muskets in the hands of the gunmen were aimed at the horse thieves rushing ahead, each of the gunmen was holding the waist of the gun , aiming at the front with the star.This way of aiming is accurate, and because the quality of the birdcracks made by Wuzhaibao is good, you don't have to worry about the performance of the bomb, and you can shoot with peace of mind.When shooting people, they shoot horses first, so their guns were naturally aimed at the horses of the horse thieves.

The bird gunner Wang Guixiu aimed at a horse thief who seemed to be the leader. Unlike the bird gunners next to him who aimed at the opponent's horse, he was confident that he could kill the little leader with one shot.

Su Dongan, a hundred households in the troop, stood aside, and he also aimed at a horse thief with a bird gun. He estimated that it was eighty steps away, and he heard the sound of the gun, and there was a "pop", and a puff of white smoke came out of the gun barrel. Then, a pungent smell of gunpowder came out.The fire rope burning on the launching device fell down at the sound, igniting the gunpowder in the gun barrel, and pushing the lead bullet out of the gun barrel.

All of a sudden, the flames from each gun barrel kept coming out, the deafening sound rang out, and the white mist of gunpowder smoke shrouded the front of the position.

The people turned on their backs, screaming continuously, and the four horse thieves in the front were beaten with blood holes all over their bodies, and fell down from the horse's back screaming.In addition, several wounded and killed horses, either lying on the ground or neighing miserably, ran about, causing a moment of confusion.

As expected, Wang Guixiu, the bird gunner, hit the little leader, and the lead bullet hit his head, and a cloud of blood exploded, and blood and brains flew all over the place, and some brains were still glued to the person walking beside him. On the face of the little leader surnamed Yang.The little leader surnamed Yang screamed loudly to vent his fear.

The Wuzhaibao sergeant's accurate use of the bird's gun and the power of the bird's gun made these horse thieves all terrified, especially the tragic situation of some dead and injured companions made them even more terrified.To tell the truth, although the blunderbusses of Wuzhai Fort are not very powerful against sergeants in iron armor or brocade armor, they are more than powerful against horse thieves who only wear cloth robes.

A round of blunderbusses with 14 strikes, although only five horse thieves were killed and injured, and five horses were killed and injured, but the spirit of these horse thieves was depressed, leaving only fear in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)