Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 116 Meeting Teachers ([-])

The [-] advance team was panting and dusty, but under Chen Chen's urging, they could only grit their teeth and run desperately.Finally, it was almost time to reach Anlu City, so the speed slowed down.

At this time, the regiment sent to investigate reported back on horseback. Chen Chen made a move, and the messenger ordered the flag to wave, and the army stopped.

Chen Chen heaved a sigh of relief when he learned that Anlu City was still resisting.But when he knew that there were thousands of Tartars coming to kill him, Chen Chen's heart tightened.He looked back at his subordinates, and saw that they were squatting or sitting, and the team was in chaos.Fighting against the Tartars in such a situation, they must be swallowed up without leaving any scum. The soldiers are too tired to even run.

Of course, you can't wait to be killed, you still have to fight.After all, the follow-up troops are only a few tens of miles away. If there is a forced march, it will take two hours.

First, send someone to notify the large troops in the rear, and then Chen Chen began to organize the troops and set up a defensive line.Although very tired, but this is not the time to rest.The Tartars were less than ten miles away from us, and the battle took less than half an hour.

In order to pursue speed, the advance team did not carry powerful artillery. The only long-range attack weapon was the bow and arrow, but the bow and arrow could only be called a medium-range weapon at best.Fortunately, Chen Chen also brought a batch of wooden shields. During the battle, he put a layer of quilts on the wooden shields, and soaked the quilts with water, which could effectively defend against the muskets of the Tartars.This is what Qiu Tianxing once taught, and in previous battles, Chen Chen found that it was indeed very effective.

At this time, the advance team was entrenched on the official road like a long dragon, with fields on both sides of the road.Because of the war, some rice was discarded in the fields before it was harvested.Because of too long, it has fallen to the ground and rotted.

With an order, thousands of troops dispersed.The fields with a radius of tens of mu were damaged, and tens of thousands of big feet repeatedly trampled on them, turning the fertile fields into solid ground.If this land is not cultivated well in the coming year, there will be no harvest.However, after this fight, the blood may soak the field thoroughly, and the land where the corpses and blood are buried may become more vibrant.Human beings are born in nature and will return to nature in the end. Life is reincarnated in the form of nutrients in everything.

After half an hour, the battle array was finally lined up.The first row is wooden shields, the second row is archers, and the rear is spearmen with spears erected.There are gaps in the spearmen, which are reserved for the archers who retreat after shooting arrows.

Fortunately, the advance team was a full-fledged brigade selected by Chen Chen, and the top and bottom were familiar with and cooperated tacitly, otherwise this small team would be killed.Famous generals in war are important, but those unknown grassroots officers are even more important.The security regiment had no famous generals, so they could only cultivate the abilities of low-level officers. In this regard, Chen Chen's first battalion did a good job.

Under the command of officers at all levels, a crude battle formation was formed.The regiment members lined up their weapons and took a short breath.

Kong Youde personally commanded an army of [-] soldiers, including more than [-] cavalry.

Seeing that the group of bandits had set up their formation, and the bandits did not panic, Kong Youde reined in and watched the enemy's formation.

Although the bandits were well organized, Kong Youde still had confidence in his subordinates.After all, the regiment bandits formed an army not long ago, and my subordinates are warriors who have fought a hundred battles from outside the customs to Hunan, and they have been fighting all the way for thousands of miles.It's okay for the regiment to defend the city, but if you fight in the field, you can fight ten by yourself!What's more, at the moment, he is still the one with the most people?
It's just that the current terrain is not suitable for cavalry to charge. The bandits are lined up in the farmland.For a weak enemy, Kong Youde didn't want to lose his troops in vain.

Therefore, this battle is still supplemented by cavalry harassment and infantry assault.

Soldiers are warriors, and officers are even more battle-tested.Whether it is the Han Eight Banners or the Green Battalion soldiers, they have been licking their blood for many years, and they are old from fighting.After many days of siege, they suppressed a surge of anger in their hearts. The cowardly gangsters would only hide behind the city wall and throw things on their heads, but they dared not come out to face-to-face with swords and guns.Now that the regiment bandit reinforcements are here, it is natural to repair it to calm down the anger in my heart.

Before the military order was issued, they could only stay where they were, but the obscenities were already swearing.

At this moment, the distance between the two armies is less than 200 meters, and with good eyes, you can almost see each other's face clearly.

The two armies made many plans before the battle, considering the strength, weapons, logistics, combat power, physical strength, morale, weather, terrain, availability of reinforcements, etc. of both sides.But once you really fight against each other, it's a battle of strength.Gritting his teeth and chopping people with a knife, whoever can't bear the hacking will lose.

As soon as Kong Youde gave an order, the tartars began to chop people with knives.First, more than a thousand cavalry rushed forward aggressively, followed by a large number of infantry.

Seeing the Tartar cavalry rushing towards them like a flood, the regiment members all turned pale.A horse plus the weight of a person on top, wouldn't it be possible to knock his small body into the air with such a rush?This feeling is really uncomfortable, just like modern people stand on the road and look at the speeding car and cannot avoid it, just watching it crash into themselves.

Before the cavalry charged, Chen Chen felt remorseful.He didn't dig a trench in front of the shield, and he didn't carry a repelling horse when he sent troops. The spear formation alone could not stop so many cavalry.The spear array depends on the life of the spearmen to accumulate the thickness of the array.And even if he wanted to move the spear formation forward, it would be too late, that would disrupt the formation.

Now he could only watch helplessly as the Tartar cavalry charged at his shield-bearing soldiers.The soaked quilt on the wooden shield can block musket bullets, but it cannot stop cavalry. The impact of cavalry is too great.

The cavalry was fast, and 200 meters passed by in a flash.The overwhelming momentum made the Tuan Ding in the front row sweat and tremble.But the military order is like a mountain, and they cannot retreat without an order.

"Fire arrows!"

"Fire arrows!"

"Fire arrows!"

A team leader roared, and an endless rain of arrows flew out from the advance team formation.

Caught off guard, dozens of Tartar cavalry were hit by arrows, and less than [-]% of them fell off their horses.Seeing the arrows being released, the Tartar cavalry took advantage of the situation and swiped across both sides of the advance team formation. Some powerful ones used their legs to control the horses, and shot the bows and arrows in their hands fiercely into the advance team formation.Suddenly, muffled groans came from the advance team array.

(End of this chapter)