Chastity Layman

  Chapter 1212 Qin Family Army

   Luzon does not have four seasons, only rainy and dry seasons.

It's the rainy season right now, but luckily these few days have been a rare sunny day. After Shilong Town's Southern Expedition Army landed at the mouth of the Heisha River, they did not encounter any decent resistance. The young and strong in the native villages at the mouth of the river had already left. , went to the northeast to assemble a coalition, leaving only some women, children, old and weak, and when the big ship came, they scattered and fled in panic, but they were intercepted by Qingqi before they escaped far, and finally they all became prisoners.

  Hundreds of Barangay captives were escorted back to Hekou camp and joined the team building the fortress.

  After some discussions, Cun En and Cun Xian suggested to Qin Jun that Qin Jun should continue to sit in the Heisha Camp, be responsible for continuing to build the Heisha Fortress, and command the Zuoyuhou Army.

  Cunen and Cunxian divided the Youyuhou army into two, and marched towards the upper reaches of the Heisha River.

  They plan to sweep up the native villages and choose a place to establish an upstream stronghold.

  After the final discussion, they were actually divided into three groups and headed north. The road was a waterway, and the sailors went up the river in warships, and were responsible for supporting and sweeping both sides of the river.

   Cun En and Cun Xian set out from left to right.

  Qin Cun'en led the left battalion, and his troops consisted of three teams of archers with one hundred and fifty, three teams of crossbowmen with one hundred and fifty, five teams of cavalry with two hundred and fifty, four teams of assault spear heavy infantry with two hundred, and four teams of reserve heavy infantry with two hundred. A total of nineteen teams of soldiers, a total of nine hundred and fifty people.

   With two hundred auxiliary soldiers.

  They were driving fifty ox carts, five hundred oxen, and hundreds of horses, and the cavalry had two horses.

Cun'en marched about 20 miles away from the Heisha River on the left. He was very cautious. Every day he marched, he would send out light cavalry to reconnaissance, find out the enemy's situation within 20 miles around him, check the surrounding situation and terrain, and find a suitable camping place, etc. .

They came out this time not only to sweep up the native villages, but also to choose a suitable place to establish a stronghold, and to deploy military settlements, so this time they brought so many cattle and carts. The cattle can not only be used as logistics transportation, It can also be cultivated at that time.

Their marching speed was not considered fast. Although the Heisha Plain is a flat plain, the road is not smooth. Nearly 1,200 people led by Cun En moved forward slowly. The soldiers worked hard to set up the ox cart formation.

  Use bullock carts connected end to end to form a large circle, and then arrange soldiers to guard between the bullock carts.

  He requested that the camp be set up before sunset, and he was not afraid of hard work and asked the soldiers to conduct a defense drill for half an hour.

Among his 950 soldiers, there are 400 students from the Shilong Island Lecture Hall. Cun En attaches great importance to their training. Zhuang went to the north to gather outside their lair, and the more important thing was to train these students in actual combat.

Qin Lang attached great importance to the apprentices in the martial arts hall, and poured a lot of effort into them, but Qin Lang never said that he held them in the palm of his hand. Qin Lang said more than once in the martial arts hall that the real elite soldiers, It was not trained in the camp, but fought in actual combat.

  The tenth day of the march.

  The cavalry reconnaissance in front discovered the troops gathered by the natives and rushed back to report.

"We haven't encountered native people for several days. The villages we passed were all empty. I thought they were afraid of us, and they all abandoned the village and fled. Now it seems that these people are not reconciled. They are ready to unite and fight against us."

   After receiving the report, Cun En immediately looked at the map. After looking at the simple map temporarily compiled by the scout cavalry for a while, he finally chose to camp by an unnamed river.

   "Why not kill them directly?"

  According to the report of the cavalry, the natives gathered about a few thousand people, but most of them were old and weak women and children, and there were few young and strong. They were purely a mob.

  But Cun En refused to kill directly.

   "We've also made our way, let's choose a place to set up our camp."

   With 950 soldiers and 200 auxiliary soldiers, Cun En is definitely far stronger than the thousands of mob natives, but he is not in a hurry to attack.

   Winning is inevitable, the important thing is how to win, and ensure the greatest results with the least casualties. Every knight and every student under his command is very precious.

  The team traveled not far to the east and arrived at the predetermined location.

  There is a hill to the west, a small river to the south, and a ditch to the east. This location is better than expected.

   Cun En nodded in satisfaction, and after observing it on horseback, he decided to set up an ox cart formation here.

  He asked his subordinates to pull fifty ox carts to the river bank, and set up an array of ox carts with the mountain behind and the river facing the river, and the fifty ox carts were connected.

  After these ten days of marching, the students have long been very proficient in cloth ox carts. They skillfully took out the barbed wire from the ox carts, and scattered these ferocious things in front of and under the ox carts.

  Someone took out the cowhide belt and tied the wheels of the bullock cart together to avoid being rushed away during the battle.

  Someone took out the horse-rejection gun from the bullock cart, and quickly erected a row of horse-rejection walls outside the bullock cart formation.

  In order to deal with possible night attacks.

  The trainees also placed torches between each bullock cart to avoid unclear sight.

  Everything is in order and well trained.

  The 200 auxiliary soldiers of the supply battalion brought the cattle to the woods on the mountain behind the chariot formation, so as not to scare the cattle away or be captured when the fight broke out.

Two hundred and fifty cavalry were also deployed outside the chariot formation. They were specially arranged in the open space between the chariot formation and the river, with the river on one side and the chariot formation on the other. It is also good for attacking when the time comes.

  In the ox cart formation, there are 750 soldiers.

  There is a sunset glow on the horizon, very beautiful.

  The camps were set up, and the food camps were prepared. Buckets of rice and vegetables were brought over, and the soldiers took out their rice buckets and lined up to prepare the meals. They sat in the bullock carts, enjoying the dinner while admiring the beautiful sunset.

  After being busy, this meal is extraordinarily delicious.

  When the sun was about to set, the natives came.

  A large group of Wu Yangyang, across the river that is not too deep and wide, the natives looked at the camp here for a long time, but in the end, they did not choose to attack immediately.

  Maybe because they felt that it was getting late and the car formation was heavily defended, they finally chose to camp for the night.

   This night, the two armies faced each other across the river.

  In the Stone Dragon Army, Cun En arranged for the soldiers on duty, and then asked the others to rest and recharge their batteries.

  In the middle of the night, Ranger Lieutenant Liu Hui led fifty Qingqi riders with their horses bound and set off quietly, crossed the river from the lower reaches, sneaked outside the native camp, suddenly blew horns and drums, shouted and shot rockets into the native camp.

  The natives were in a state of panic, but fortunately Liu Hui was only ordered to harass them. He led a troop of cavalry to harass the camp outside, but did not really enter the camp.

  After some harassment and shooting more than ten natives, Liu Hui led his troops back.

   More than half an hour later, Xiaoqi Captain Zhang Bin led another team of Qingqi to attack.

  Afterwards, Brigade Cavalry Captain Zhang Zhou, Xiao Cavalry Captain Ren Yue, and Flying Cavalry Captain Liu Yi attacked three more times.

  One night, five teams of cavalry took turns to harass them. The natives were frightened all night long, and finally stayed until dawn. They shot and killed dozens of people without even seeing Tang Qi's face all night.

   Early morning.

  The natives took advantage of the morning fog to cross the river downstream, and the vanguard composed of the youngest brave warriors took the lead in attacking.

  They were harassed all night, and now they desperately want to vent their anger.

  The young warrior charged forward with a shield and a spear.

  Tang Ying has been quiet.

   When they rushed within a hundred steps, there was still no movement.

   Eighty steps.

   Sixty steps.

  Fifty steps.

  The morning mist was vast, and the figure of the native warrior was completely hidden in it.

   Cun En was already fully armed, but in fact he never took off his cotton armor every night.

  Although the white mist concealed the figures of the natives, the experienced officers still accurately judged the enemy's distance by listening to the ground.

  A series of screams suddenly broke the tranquility of the morning.

   The corners of Cun En's mouth raised.

   This must be because the natives have stepped on the barbed wire they sowed outside the bullock carts yesterday. Although these things are small, they have a great effect.

  Barbed caltrops several inches long each have four spikes. If you throw them casually on the ground, one of the spikes must face upwards, and there are holes in the middle. They can be thrown in clusters or individually.

  Things are small, but their blocking and lethality is not small.

When training soldiers in the lecture hall, they attach great importance to barbed caltrops. When setting up camps and formations, they usually use barbed caltrops and horse-repelling horses. Ground astringents on wooden boards, hooves used to stop horses, ghost arrows coated with poison on thorns, etc.

  There are a lot of these things installed on their ox carts. Yesterday, they have already sprinkled these things dozens of steps away from the front of the ox carts, and even sprinkled the bottom of the ox carts to prevent them from climbing in from under the carts.

   At this time, Tribulus finally took effect.

  The fog provided the natives with concealment, but it also prevented them from discovering the barbed wire on the ground in time. Many of the barefoot natives went down, and the entire sole of their foot was pierced. The severe pain made them scream, and more natives were hit one after another, screaming again and again.

  Some lucky guys finally rushed to the front of the car.

  The next moment, they were blocked from the horse-rejecting wall and the bullock cart formation.

   "Beep!"

   Iron whistles sounded everywhere.

  The crossbowmen deployed behind the car array began to shoot at the natives who were blocked twenty steps away. The distance of twenty steps is an excellent range for the crossbowmen.

  Because of the sluggishness of barbed wire and repelling horses, the natives crowded there densely, and the crossbowmen almost didn't need to aim, and they could shoot without fail.

   Cun En divided the crossbowmen into two rounds, one for attack and one for rest. The offensive round is also divided into three formations, one round of firing, one round of winding, and one round of preparation, to ensure uninterrupted continuous firepower.

   The natives who rushed to the front were kept out of the carbine-repelling array, but the natives behind had no idea what was happening in front of them, and their eyes were blinded by the fog.

  (end of this chapter)