Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 62 The Artillery of the Tartars

Under Lin Yi's order, Zu Keyong came out from the back of the forest with three followers. He pulled the horse and walked far before he dared to fly on the horse. The four of them beat the horse and flew away.

Of course they had to go back along the original road and ran for more than twenty miles in one breath. Then they stopped their horses because they didn't know how to make a detour. Zu Keyong and others were not familiar with this area, so they couldn't make a detour too much. Far away, if there is a delay, Lu Xiangsheng and the others will be ambushed, and the consequences will be disastrous.

So they slowed down their horses and left Ji Dong. Zu Keyong felt that this incident stumped him and told him to kill the enemy and charge forward. Now he doesn't know where the road is going. He can't be like a headless fly Hit it.

The four discussed it and decided to find a local fellow to inquire about the road, but they thought well, the road was empty, except for the four of them, they had no one around, so they had to go forward. I met a figure, and as far as I could see on both sides of the road, there was not even a village.

Zu Keyong and the others were really eager to see through, praying that God would send him a commoner who knew the way, but it was an extravagant hope after all.

After leaving Ji Dong for so long, Zu Keyong was so anxious that he couldn't find him, and felt that he was really a loser!
Now Zu Keyong and the four of them know the benefits of the common people. In the past, they would blow their beards and stare at the common people. If they didn’t beat them, they would scold them. Sometimes it is really inseparable from the common people.

In the end, they had no choice but to beat Ma Rufei and go back to Wang Baochang.

It was a bit far away, but there was nothing they could do. In the end, they ran out for more than an hour and came to the mountain forest. The horses were sweating like rain.

The four dismounted regardless of their exhaustion, and led the horse into the forest. After tossing for a long time, they finally found Chief Wang Bao and the villagers.

Wang Baochang was very polite, Zu Keyong treated each other with courtesy, and shared his difficulties.Wang Baochang immediately chose the nearest road, but it is more than 150 miles away from Yuyang City. Even if he intercepted halfway, it would take at least [-] to [-] miles. Hours.

Knowing the urgency of the matter, Wang Baochang didn't dare to keep them any longer, so he immediately found two guides and asked them to lead the three of them on donkeys.

Riding a donkey was too slow, and finally they decided to have two horses straddle, six people and four horses, taking turns to run.

The war horse was fed some food, drank some water, and after a short rest, it came back to life again. Before leaving, Zu Keyong took out a piece of silver from his body, but Chief Wang Bao said nothing.

In this way, six people and four horses set off on the road, impatient and too slow, Zu Keyong and the others whipped their whips tightly along the way.

The four horses took turns to carry six people and ran. The four beasts complained, but they had no choice but to run hard because the whip hurt them.

When the war horse couldn't run anymore, Zu Keyong and the others had to stop and rest for a while, and then hurriedly ran again.

For most of the day, the six people ignored their hunger and thirst, and even urinating was resolved immediately.

In this way, I ran for more than two hours in one breath, and it was evening.

It's not far from Yuyang City, and there are more pedestrians on the road. When I asked someone, Master Lu's brigade had already passed by and pointed out the direction for them.

Zu Keyong was so frightened that he let the two guides find a way to go back. The four of them chased down the official road like flying horses.

After running for another half an hour, when the sun was setting, he finally caught up with Lu Xiangsheng's team, and Zu Keyong let out a sigh of relief.

After seeing Lu Xiangsheng, Zu Keyong was out of breath and revealed his identity. Lu Xiangsheng saw that Zu Keyong was Zu Kuan's old department, a former guerrilla general, and more importantly, he is now Lin Lin. Yi's subordinates.

What's more important is the important information he brought. Abatai and Tan Tai led [-] Tartars to ambush him, and the location is this area.

Lu Xiangsheng immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing and retreat immediately, but it was too late, because almost half of the front of his [-] troops had already entered the ambush circle of the Tartars.

The leaders of the Tartars, Abatai and Tan Tai, could see clearly from a high place that the fish had already been hooked, and felt a sense of accomplishment.

During this period, the spies kept reporting to him. When they first learned that the Ming army had only 1 people, they felt a little disappointed. A mere 1 Ming army.Soon they realized that the coach of the 1 horses was Lu Xiangsheng, and the tartars were excited again, and it was worth it to catch this big fish!

But they have a grasp of the fire, that is, wait until all the Ming army has entered the ambush circle before attacking. Now less than half of the Ming army has entered the ambush circle. Enter the ambush circle.

They decided to hold their breath and do it later.

Suddenly, the Ming army stopped moving forward and began to retreat.

Abatai and Tan Tai were shocked, could it be exposed?But no matter what, we must strike.

"Fire!"

The sound of the cannon was the signal for the action of the [-] Tartars.

Ambushes were everywhere, and the shouts of killing were loud, all over the sky and fields, all the men and horses of the Tartars came out from the ravines on both sides of the road, from the woods, and from the grass.

The archers began to release arrows, and the arrows flowed like rain, covering the sky and the sun.

The Ming army was caught off guard, and countless people were shot and fell off their horses. People shouted and neighed, and there was a bit of chaos. For a while, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties.

With an impact from the Tartars, the team of the Ming army was cut off in the middle, and thousands of troops in front were trapped in the ambush circle.

Lu Xiangsheng's 1 horses walked in front of the [-] cavalry, and the rear was infantry, as well as the supply unit. The supply unit refers to the artillery battalion, as well as food, grass, tents and other military supplies.

The troops in front are Luo Dai's troops, and Luo Dai is Lu Xiangsheng's deputy commander.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were three armies with the strongest combat effectiveness, and Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army was one of them.This army is characterized by a family-style unit, most of the soldiers are brothers, fathers and sons, clansmen, relatives, and friends.If one person sacrifices his life, the others sacrifice their lives, and if one is killed or wounded, all will fight to the end, and everyone's hearts will be moved.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of this team is extremely strong. It was suddenly attacked today. It was a little chaotic at first, but under Luo Dai's command, the situation was quickly reversed.

Those with shields prepared their shields, some danced with weapons in their hands, blocked the arrows, and then began to retreat in an orderly manner to break through.

Abatai and Tan Tai saw it, you still want to run?No way!
The leaders of the two Tartars commanded troops to encircle and wipe out the Ming army, and ordered the artillery battalion to fire...

After receiving the order, the artillerymen on Gaogang were about to fire, but unexpectedly, a Ming army came out from behind the woods shouting and killing.

The tartars in the artillery camp were confused. How could there be so many Ming soldiers in the woods behind?There was no warning in advance, their stall had been found out in advance, and the area was safe and sound, but...

This is called the mantis catching the cicada, the oriole is behind!

Lin Yi's 300 people, like the tigers down the mountain, rushed into the artillery camp in one charge.

Ji Dong swung the steel knife, and in a circle, more than a dozen Tartars fell into a pool of blood.Xiaoying, Zhang Hua, He Tao, Erhu, Wang Qi, Dongsheng and others helped Lin Yi.Wang Jian, and two peasant warriors, Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan, swung their iron poles and big shovels bravely.

These 300 people were killed on sight, and their blood was splashed on the fort.

Although there are only 15 cannons in the Tartars, there are quite a few Tartars in the artillery battalion, because the cannons belong to the luggage, and the artillery is not just for firing the cannons. The transportation and maintenance of the cannons and ammunition all require people.

On average, one cannon requires about the strength of a small flag, so these 15 cannons are seven or eight hundred Tartars, which is exactly two cattle records according to the establishment of the Tartars.The supreme commander of these two Niulu is Jiala Ezhen.

Of course they won't sit still, seeing that there are not many Ming troops behind them, they plan to turn the tide of the battle.

Hundreds of Tartars took up swords and guns and fought stubbornly.But it was in vain after all, because Lin Yi's team was composed of frontier army, Ningyuan army and peasant army, and they were all elites. Combat experience and experience, it is a bit exaggerated to say that one can block one hundred, but the combat power can definitely be called strong.

As time went by, more and more dead Tartars were killed, and fewer and fewer Tartars were able to fight on the battlefield, until the last Tartar, the supreme commander of the artillery battalion, Jia Laerzhen, fell in a pool of blood. During the attack, the Tartars on the artillery battalion were wiped out, and no one slipped through the net.

This intense local battle didn't take long, about the time of a meal.

Because this high hill happened to be blocking it, the Tartars who were hundreds of meters away were not aware of the fighting situation here, and the loud shouts of killing there also covered up the shouts of killing inside.

It's just that Abatai and Tan Tai, the two leaders of the Tartars, wondered, what happened, why did the dozens of cannons go dumb without firing twice?

(End of this chapter)