stubborn thief

Chapter 145 Fenzhou Wei Zuo Institute
The Fenzhou Guard Banner Army is not a normal army.

Liu Chengzong could see clearly from the mountain, their troops were scattered but their morale was high, even the movements of holding weapons were wrong, but they were not thin.

This is very different from the officers and soldiers they have encountered before, whether it is the banner army or the frontier army.

This world no longer allows ordinary people to be strong.

They are thieves.

The complicated mountain road made Tang Qi run a little slower, and Wang Wenxiu, the rear sentinel, was also a little confused about the order.

The orders from the outposts before and after the battle were to hide on the mountain, and after the Fenzhou Wei Banner Army fought with Feng Ru in the west, they would charge in the middle of the enemy army, try to cut the enemy army in half, and then squeeze the enemy from the center to the end. military.

But now he received Liu Chengzong's order to attack the officers and soldiers before Feng Fu's arrival, so the back post changed from a secondary attack to a main attack. The problem was that their position was very bad.

The front line of the official army has already walked to 200 people, and the attack will make his 500 people face the enemy's large forces directly, forming a semi-encirclement.

It's just that at this time, Wang Wenxiu didn't care about that much, Wang Wenxiu immediately turned his heart, glanced at the mountain where Liu Chengzong was, and led the team to rush out from the hidden mountain, quickly descended from the mountain road, formed a front, and pushed towards the officers and soldiers.

Thousands of flag troops on the march suddenly found the enemy on the flanks, and they were extremely flustered, but immediately after that, the Baihus straightened the team, and then five Baihus faced the enemy in a horizontal formation to cover the battlefield, and led the troops for the two Baihus. Raiding creates opportunities.

In the hereditary guards, the combat effectiveness of the Banner Army may not be very high, but their obedience to hundreds of households is very good.

After all, several generations have obeyed several families, and obeying orders has become an instinct.

All of a sudden, three heavy cannons that once belonged to Li Bei's department were launched on the mountain platform, and flames and smoke were emitted from the muzzle of one of the cannons, pushing the two-wheeled cannon back violently.

On the platform a little higher than the artillery position, Cao Yao lit a pipe with a half matchlock, watched the iron bullet bombard the formation from top to bottom, smashed a head among the crowd, and said to himself: "This is the same as The bombardment in the Hequ was far worse."

He turned his head with a pipe in his hand, puffing out smoke while talking with him: "Quickly reload, aim the three guns at the enemy for a while, and wait until the middle post is sixty steps away from the enemy before firing."

Cao Yao actually doesn't have much experience in artillery command.

He used to be in the Beijing Army Firearms Battalion and learned a lot about the operation of firearms, but as for the specific artillery command, it was actually after fighting side by side with Liu Chengzong.

Before that, the firearms he was most familiar with were the three-eyed blunderbuss and the Buddha wolf cannon.

Artillery is particularly difficult to train, especially Liu Chengzong's artillery posts... They don't have a fixed gunpowder ration like the frontier army, and the ammunition consumption of artillery is too large.

I got these three Yegongshen cannons from Li Bei. They are good cannons, and they consume ammunition well.

One shot of one cannon is enough to fire one shot of two hundred muskets.

Throughout the winter, the live ammunition training of the battalion's artillery post is to fire the gun, and the artillery has always been a simulation of loading, so now the gunners are very familiar with loading, but in terms of specific firing experience, this is the second shooting.

Until now, Cao Yao has not understood the three cannons.

But regarding the timing of commanding the artillery team to fire, Hequ broke through Li Bei's line, coupled with the bombardment from a distance now, Cao Yao had some ideas of his own.

The cannonball was quite accurate, basically it had nothing to do with the gunner's skill, it was just a good shot.

However, the deterrent effect caused by a single solid bullet bombarding the formation is extremely limited, and neither the guards in front of them nor Luo Rucai's beggar team will cause a rout.

However, mobilizing a large number of light artillery, hiding in the front or flank of the enemy's solid formation, hiding in the infantry line of our army, concentrating the artillery at close range, and bombarding one side with a mixture of live ammunition and scattered bullets can cause greater combat results.

Shooting and wounding front-line officers, messengers, and loud noises can temporarily disrupt the enemy's command, and the smoke of artillery fire can further obscure our infantry assault and break the formation.

Glancing at Liu Chengzong who was engrossed in observing the battlefield beside him, he didn't say anything.

I just made up my mind to suggest to Liu Chengzong that in the next battle, the artillery post would carry [-] light cannons mixed with any post and enter the front line to see if the effect of breaking the formation against Li Bei's army could be repeated.

Soon, the two armies in the valley were about to engage in battle.

The formation of the Guards Army has been adjusted, changing from a column facing west to two horizontal formations facing south and back north.

The rear horizontal team is composed of three hundred households, and gathers all the vehicles to form a square formation, protecting the Chinese army, supplies, cattle and donkeys in the middle.

On the left and right flanks in the middle of the two horizontal formations, each of the Hundred Household Divisions moved forward slowly, and at the same time there were cavalry teams from each Hundred Household Division beside them.

The cavalry on the left wing was leaving the battlefield to the east. It must be that the officers and soldiers discovered Liu Chengzong's command position due to shelling, and they were waiting for an opportunity to attack up the mountain.

But this is futile, Liu Chengzong's mountain can only be reached from a long way to the east.

The gunners at the front of the front line began to shoot, the muffled sound of the guns echoed in the valley, and the sparse gunpowder smoke floated in front of the formation.

Someone in the front team of Wang Wenxiu's department was shot and knocked down to the ground. Afterwards, the sergeant opened a gap to avoid it, and then closed it again.

The soldier who was hit didn't wait too long, and struggled to get up from the battlefield again. It seemed that there was something wrong with his left arm, and he couldn't raise his spear anymore. Make up the position at the back of the team.

The officers and soldiers have completed their formation change, Liu Chengzong turned his head and said: "Dance the white flag, from east to west."

Behind him, there were several famous scholars standing on the ground with big flags of various colors. Ding, who held white flags, came out after hearing the words, held up the flags and ran across the edge of the mountain platform from east to west.

Cao Yao bombarded the enemy with two cannons. Amidst the roaring cannons, Yang Yao's outpost rode mules and led horses out of the mountain pass to the left of the army.

Wang Wenxiu's rear sentry was engaged in battle with the officers and soldiers, and the two formations collided with each other. Three-eyed blunderbusses and firecrackers fired smoke before the two formations, and small-caliber field cannons roared from time to time in front of the formation.

The right-wing cavalry of the official army tried to surround Wang Wenxiu's left flank, but was killed by two pearl cannons and injured several horses.

The cavalry rushed ten steps forward, Wang Wenxiu's left team did not move, there were many cracks in the spears and spears, and the three-eyed blunderbuss and the gunmen shot from the front of the slits.

The cavalry of the official army dropped more than ten corpses and retreated back out of range.

The left-wing cavalry of the officers and soldiers was rushing eastward, and suddenly saw a large group of mules approaching in front of them. They panicked for a while.

Halfway back, the officers and soldiers dispatched a cavalry from the central army. They shouted a few words, and the cavalry turned around and rushed towards Yang Yao's mule team again.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was only [-] paces, and many soldiers at Yang Yao's outpost had already switched to war horses during the riding process, and rushed forward to meet the cavalry of the official army. Together, burst into sparks.

Some pursued with spears and slashed with knives, while others rode horses and bows and shot wantonly.

Yang Yao's mule team bypassed the battle area and continued to move forward.

This scene greatly alarmed the officers and soldiers. Even though the front seven Hundred Households fought back and forth with Wang Wenxiu, they still wavered in the formation. The Chinese army's chariot formation dispersed, and the two Hundred Households lined up to the east. .

The last man left behind in the Chinese army had mounted carts for the oxen and donkeys, and was ready to drive west at any time.

Liu Chengzong looked down at the battlefield, and the cavalry, which failed to attack Wang Wenxiu from the right wing of the officers and soldiers, received a new order, gave up continuing the attack, and ran west instead to explore the way for the Chinese army.

I don't know what kind of psychological struggle the officers of the Fenzhou Guard made. Just as the cavalry was just exploring the way to the west, the Chinese army's chariots and horses were untied again, and the chariots formed a square again, and the entire front began to shrink.

Liu Chengzong realized that his intention to drive the officers and soldiers to the west was too obvious. Since the road ahead was blocked, the officers and soldiers had no reason to believe that the road ahead was safe.

Yang Yao should attack later.

But it didn't matter, Feng Fu led his headquarters to mix with Cao Yao's [-] musketeers, and slowly approached from west to east.

The second time the official and army car formations gathered, the distance in the middle spread out a little, making the car formation bigger, and the guards slowly shrank towards the center.

Some people want to escape, those who go east run west, those who go west run east, and see that the enemy is slowly pressing down everywhere, and finally they can only retreat into the car formation one by one.

This is exactly what Liu Chengzong wanted. He didn't want these people to run away, and he didn't intend to defeat the whole plan from the time it was formulated.

He wants to wipe it all out, surrender or die.

But obviously, this group of officers and soldiers did not want to surrender, at least not for the time being.

The five troops outside were still fighting, so the Banner Army in the car formation took off the iron picks and shovels from the cars, and dug soil to fill the gaps in the car formation.

Liu Chengzong frowned and handed the telescope to Cao Yao: "Are you planning to stick to it?"

Down below Wang Wenxiu was still in a stalemate with the enemy, Yang Yao's cavalry had routed the official army's cavalry, captured dozens of cavalry, took off their armor and weapons and left more than a dozen people to guard them, and then marched towards the official army's chariot formation again.

But his mule team got off their mounts with more than a hundred steps outside the chariot formation, lined up as infantry, approached with bows, and hit two rounds with arrow rain, but the effect was not great, and one person was injured by bird guns.

Instead, he retreated and divided his troops to outflank the front line of the official army.

This greatly reduced the pressure on Wang Wenxiu's troops, and then he personally led his troops to respond to Yang Yao's attack in front of the formation, and easily defeated the leftmost one of the five official troops.

Crash, once started it's hard to stop.

In a very short period of time, the five formations of the Fenzhou Weiqian team in Liu Chengzong's eyes were drawn from left to right by Yang Yao and Wang Wenxiu.

On the far left, the army formation was crushed by Wang Wenxiu's personal assault, and immediately Yang Yao raised his sword and fought across the second formation with the footsteps of the defeated army. , and hit the face of Feng Rou who was like a fortified wall.

What greeted them was three dense volleys of guns, and a large cloud of gunpowder smoke rose in front of the formation.

He heard Cao Yao applaud: "My Musketeers!"

There is an army of guns and guns in front, and there are evil spirits in the back.

The Five Banners army was in a dilemma, just about to retreat north into the chariot formation, Yang Yao's cavalry galloped between the chariot formation and the defeated army, leaving a row of trembling feather arrows on the chariot formation .

Like the ebb and flow of the tide, the banner troops who had lost their organization laid down their weapons in groups and became their captives.

Zhang Zhan saw the front line surrender in the car formation, jumped up angrily and cursed his mother.

He swore loudly that he would kill all the family members of these people when he returned to Fenzhouwei, and soon realized that it was not the time to say this, so he turned to boost the morale of his subordinates: "There are still 700 people from Chen Qianhu on the North Road. If you are tired, you will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory!"

The three hundred households in the car formation swallowed their anger and answered in unison, beckoning the flag army to continue digging trenches in the car formation, assuming a defensive posture.

But as if hearing his shout, the white flag on the mountain waved again, this time from west to east, and then from east to west again, pausing for a while and doing it again.

During the battle, Yang Yao and Wang Wenxiu talked briefly, and handed over the task of gathering the prisoners to Pao Ze.

He came and walked quickly, and he led his troops away from the battlefield in a blink of an eye, and once again rode on the little mule and embarked on the journey eastward.

For a moment, the battlefield was extremely quiet, and the sound of gunfire could no longer be heard. Only Wang Wenxiu and Feng Ru divided dozens of people to suppress the captives who had lost their armor, and then slowly surrounded the chariot formation with more than [-] officers and troops within range. outside.

"Go and tell the supply post, let the medical craftsman from the other side of the mountain come over, and then send someone to Yatou Mountain, send some auxiliary soldiers with picks and shovels, and then ask how the ladder is doing."

Half of the officers and soldiers surrendered, which made Liu Chengzong feel more relaxed. He let out a sigh of relief and looked to the north, now to see if Zhong Hu's middle post could stop the [-]-odd officers and soldiers.

Liu Chengzong had an answer to this question in his heart. Although the number of officers and soldiers was slightly larger, their mentality was not as good as that of Zhong Hu's.

The two mountain roads are not far apart, but one is wide and the other is narrow, and they can hear the sound of fighting here.

But Zhong Hu knew why they were fighting, but the official army did not. As long as Zhong Hu made a little resistance, the official army would try to retreat the same way when they saw that they could not break through in a short time.

In case of a sudden attack, it is safest to meet up with a large army.

Of course, the same reason, if there is a battle over there, it can be heard here.

Two troops in the valley, one was encircling and the other was guarding. A moment later, faint shouts were heard from a distance, mixed with the sound of gunfire.

This is obviously bad news for the officers and soldiers in the car formation, because Chen Qianhu's troops did not carry artillery.

And the captives, who were about to move, also settled down in the distance like the sound of thundering guns in the sky.

There is no recovery technique.

They can't see the progress of the battle, but they can make a rough guess in their minds as the sound changes in distance.

The battle sound was originally far away to the west, but after a while it gradually subsided, and turned to a closer position to the north.

Chen Qianhu failed to break through the enemy's blocking, and was pursued during the retreat, and a second battle broke out.

After a while, the battle was far away again, but this time it was to the east, and it didn't last long before it stopped.

Liu Chengzong looked at the mountain and smiled. It seems that Yang Yao, like himself, has learned something in this battle.

Obviously the outpost didn't rush too far west, but just stayed at the mountain pass to wait for work, and let the officers and soldiers who were fighting and retreating run over and back, and then found that the road here was also blocked.

Not long after, several riders came running from far away in the valley, and someone shouted from the foot of the mountain: "General, Qianhu of the North Route Army was shot to death by Chief Yang, and the rest have surrendered!"

Liu Chengzong nodded to indicate that he understood, and ordered Yang Yao to bring the prisoners over.

But before Yang Yao came over, the chariot formation started to strife. A moment later, a hundred households took off their armor and took off their weapons. The commander of Tifenzhou Weizuo Commander came out and surrendered on behalf of the [-] Banner Army.

Liu Chengzong laughed loudly on the mountain, then restrained his smile, and shook his head slightly to Cao Yao: "They are not thin, but when I see that they are not thin, I think of deserted villages."

　good morning friends!
　　
　
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