prosperous age

Chapter 87 87 Wansheng, Wansheng

"boom boom"

The seven-door bowl-mouth guns lined up in front of the formation were fired, and countless gravels were pushed out of the gun barrels by the explosive gunpowder in the medicine room, and flew forward in all directions.

The bowl-mouth gun itself is designed to be mainly used for water combat. Although it can also shoot shotguns, the effect is actually not good.

However, on the battlefield here, the distance between the two sides is only more than ten meters. Even if they are not accurate, the hit rate is not low. What's more, the shotguns are not accurate at all, and they are all smashed by a swarm of bees.

The reason why the elite Japanese pirates who were rushing to the front were rushing forward at this moment was because they saw that the gunners had retreated and had no shooting angle, so they felt safe.

But after rushing forward and seeing a few soldiers squatting alone in front of the formation, they realized that there were actually a few small cannons in front of them, the muzzles of which were facing them.

The Japanese pirates roamed the sea, so they had seen a lot of firearms, whether they were from the Ming Dynasty or Westerners, they all knew how powerful they were.

Instinctively, these Japanese pirates began to dodge, trying to avoid the muzzles of those cannons, although they knew very well that if they fired at this distance, the opponent would probably be shooting shotguns, but there was no other way. .

The opponent's gunner has already started running back, and the opponent must have lit the fuse.

At the moment when the cannon sounded, many people who ran ahead among the Japanese pirates fell down, but it is not known how many fell down after being hit by shotguns or lying on the ground to avoid it. up.

At this time, the Japanese pirates were already very close to the Ming army formation, and the rumbling cannons directly made the ears of the two warring parties roar, and they were a little deaf for a while. Got a little fuzzy.

However, the Ming army obviously had the experience of listening to cannons at ordinary times, and it just returned to normal after a short period of time, while a large number of vicious bandits rushing forward on the Japanese pirates' side failed. Stand up again.

"Duan Da, shoot the first few for me, shoot them to death."

There was another loud shout from behind the Ming army formation, it was Wei Meng giving orders to the hidden archers in the formation.

Obviously, as long as you shoot the fierce Japanese pirates in front, it is equivalent to destroying the courage of the Japanese pirates. For the Japanese pirates who came up behind, if they have no courage and no other advantages, then the battle will be easy.

After the firing of the Qimen bowlkou gun, more than 20 Japanese pirates fell down on the opposite side, but seven or eight of them seemed not to be hit by shotguns, but to lie down actively to avoid the shells, and they had already stood up again at this time.

But just as they got up, they looked up and saw a flash of light in front of them, and then either felt a sweetness in their throats or a sharp pain somewhere in their bodies, and then fell to the ground again. At this time, these Japanese pirates could feel that the vitality was growing drain.

Most of the elite Japanese pirates in the front fell down, and the remaining two or three people were also isolated in front at this time, and the people behind hadn't rushed up yet, and for a while they didn't know whether to continue rushing regardless or wait a little bit behind accomplices.

However, the archers of the Ming army would not give them this chance, and then there were dozens of inaudible bowstring sounds, and dozens of arrows flew out of the Ming army formation and shot at the remaining few. Japanese pirates still standing.

The Japanese pirates who reacted quickly knew that they were attacked by Ming army archers, so they hurriedly dodged left and right and waved their weapons to block. attack.

The army formation of the Ming army is not too wide, but the archers of the Ming army seem to be hiding in every corner of the army formation. Arrows are constantly being shot from the left, middle and right directions. The Japanese pirates who escaped the previous two blows are finally unable to escape. , A few steps before the Ming army's formation, they fell down one after another.

At this time, the Japanese pirate brigade was still about ten steps away from the Ming army formation. Seeing that all the elites in the gang in front were lying down, the impact on them was instantly magnified.

Of course they knew what these people had experienced before. How could they not hear the cannons so loudly?
The few remaining people still had arrows stuck in their bodies, and even the Japanese pirates who were not completely dead were still struggling and howling on the ground, making the arrows on their bodies shake constantly.

"Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng."

I don't know which soldier in the army is very shrewd. After seeing the momentary loss of consciousness of the Japanese pirate brigade, he decisively raised the weapon in his hand and shouted loudly.

With the shouts of victory, the soldiers of the Ming army around the soldiers were also quickly infected. With the shouts of the soldiers, the entire army formation was soon infected, except for the soldiers in the first two rows holding shields and holding spears to guard against Japanese pirates. The impact of the entire army formation gave out a neat shout.

"Victory, victorious"

The Ming army suddenly rose with an astonishing momentum, which made the Japanese pirates who had already rushed forward start to hesitate, and they all slowed down, feeling a little at a loss.

The Ming army's formation at this time was very tight, and the soldiers were close together without the slightest gap.

With such a formation, these pirates could not find a loophole for a while, and did not know which target to attack.

Wu Zhankui noticed the change in the soldiers' momentum when the soldiers shouted in unison, and he quickly understood the slow performance of the Japanese pirates before and after they rushed close.

The soldiers beside him only had horns and a snare drum, but they didn't care too much at this time.

It is said that when the two armies are facing each other, the louder the drum, the better the morale boosting effect, but if you don't have a big drum in hand, you can only let it go.

Wu Zhankui knew that there were actually two war drums in the warehouse of Qianhusuo, but he didn't bring it out this time, because usually only the commander of the guard would carry that thing, and for Qianhusuo like him, there was no need to bring it out.

But at this moment, he realized that it seemed that he had made a mistake.

"Beat the drums and go forward."

Wu Zhankui didn't regret that he didn't bring the war drum out, and gave orders loudly with full of air.

This army has been practicing for more than a year, and the marching ranks are very proficient. Whether it is setting up, attacking or retreating, it can guarantee the tight fit of the army.

It was also because he had seen the effect of the military formation during the drill in Zhenjiang. Wu Zhankui felt that as long as the soldiers under his command could bring out the level they had at the time of the drill and move directly towards the current Japanese pirates, it might be the last one to crush the camel. straw.

The Japanese pirates are gone.

Wu Zhankui would not give the Japanese pirates a chance to find their own loopholes, so the big formation would go forward bravely, oppressing them with the momentum of the military formation, and crushing them.

As the "advance" command was passed on among the soldiers, it quickly reached the ears of the small flag officers in the front row. A series of passwords were issued, accompanied by the desperate beating of small drums at the back of the formation. Start to move forward step by step.

The sword and shield hands are in a dense formation, shields next to shields, and a long spear between the shields points straight at the Japanese pirates in front.

The entire army began to advance without hesitation.
(End of this chapter)