Nanming Yiming

Chapter 78 Zhang Xiaofan narrow escape
Seeing these Ming army elites in iron armor, Jin Li also felt that they were difficult to deal with.

I can only take out the elite that I have at the bottom of the box, Baijiaba Yala, which is what the Han people usually call "white armor soldiers".

Bannermen of the Eight Banners of Manchuria began to be assessed at the age of 15. Those who passed the test were called infantry, and those who were outstanding were called vests.Then, according to the battlefield, those who killed more people were promoted, and those who killed a hundred levels could wear red armor, and then in the red armor, those who were both excellent in riding and shooting were selected as Ba Yala (that is, white armor soldiers).

According to the records in "Manchu Old Documents", when Tianming dispatched troops in eight years, every cow recorded a hundred armors, of which 10 were Baijia Bayala, and 40 were Hongjia Bayala. The white armor soldiers belonged to the elite soldiers. .

The Baijia Ba Yala is equipped with the best equipment. The Manchurian Ba ​​Yala usually wears three layers of armor, with chain mail inside, cotton armor in the middle, and iron armor outside. The defense is amazing.

Moreover, Bayala could use all kinds of weapons proficiently, including using the most advanced firecrackers at that time.

The number of white armor soldiers is not fixed, and it is impossible for everyone to be a warrior who has beheaded more than a hundred.But one thing is certain, Bai Jiabing absolutely refuses to make up for it.

The number of white armor soldiers owned by each of the Eight Banners of Manchuria also varies greatly, ranging from as few as two hundred to as many as five or six hundred.

The Three Thousand Manchurian Zhenghong Banners led by Jin Li had two Jiala and 10 Niulu under their jurisdiction, and there were only 80 Baijia soldiers in total.

Moreover, in the process of attacking the sheep and horse wall before, 20 brave white armored soldiers went to meet Lord Yama in advance.

At this time, Jin Li shouted: "Salmu, hurry up and take your Baijiaba Yala to deal with these Ming troops."

Salmu is the leader of Jinli (the former Jiala Ezhen), commanding 1500 Eight Banners soldiers. He has experienced hundreds of battles and is a famous warrior in Zhenghongqi.

After receiving the order, Salmu immediately led 60 white armored soldiers to join the battle.

I saw the burly Salmu wielding a mace, knocking down two armored soldiers in an instant.

Although protected by iron armor, they were killed on the spot in the face of a heavy blow from a blunt weapon like a mace.

And other white armored soldiers also took the opportunity to join the battle. They made tricky moves, specifically attacking the weak joints of the iron armor.

However, the swords in the hands of the Iron Armored Army of the Jingnan Battalion are not covered. Even if you are a white-armored Ba Yala in 3rd-layer armor, there is absolutely no possibility of surviving if you are chopped down by a knife.

After Zhang Xiaofan dodged the attack of a white armored soldier, he turned around and "Split Huashan with force", directly chopping him down to the ground.

Salmu also noticed Zhang Xiaofan at this time, so he got rid of the entanglement and rushed over quickly, only to see him smash Zhang Xiaofan's back with a stick.

At this time, Zhang Xiaofan was entangled with the Qing army in front, keenly aware that there was a weapon attacking from behind, so he "rolled a lazy donkey" and avoided the attack in time.

Turning around to see, Salmu had already killed him.I thought to myself that this guy is extremely powerful, and getting a stick is no joke.

Zhang Xiaofan stood up in time to face Salmu, the moment the two weapons collided, Zhang Xiaofan felt as if a mountain was crushing him, he was knocked back a few steps.

I only felt that both arms were numb, and there was blood oozing from the tiger's mouth.

Although Zhang Xiaofan's horse-chopping knife is also a heavy weapon, it still looks thinner compared to Salmu's mace.

Zhang Xiaofan thought to himself, this guy has too much brute force, he definitely won't work recklessly.

So he started to attack Salmu's Xiasan Road, trying to use his changeable moves to suppress him.

Unexpectedly, although this big man looks clumsy, his steps are actually very light, and he is not weak at all.

The two of them came and went like this, and after countless rounds of confrontation, they still couldn't do anything to each other.

At this time, the remaining Iron Armored Army has also begun to fight against the White Armored Army of the Qing Army to make up for the lack of personal combat skills.

Facing the formation of the Iron Armored Army, even the experienced white armored soldiers could not quickly defeat it from the front.

Only through constant confrontation, patiently looking for flaws in the Iron Armored Army.

In addition to conventional weapons, white armor soldiers also carry throwing weapons such as javelins and meteor hammers.

Fortunately, at this time, the Iron Armored Army was surrounded by iron armor, and these small tricks of the White Armored Army could not help them.

However, this Iron Armored Army was not equipped with face armor. While fighting the Qing soldiers, the Iron Armored Army also had to avoid the cold arrows that the Qing Army sneaked up from time to time. Several Iron Armored Army soldiers had already been shot by the cold arrows of the Qing Army.

When meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins, and the two heavy armored infantry are more of a head-to-head contest, an exchange of life and life.

I saw a white-armored soldier taking the opportunity to stab the vital point of an iron-armored army, and the iron-armored army next to him took the opportunity to swing down the saber and kill the white-armored soldier.
In this cruel exchange, the side with fewer people must suffer. At this time, there were only 20 armored troops left in the Jingnan Battalion.

Seeing that the battle situation was critical, Zhang Xiaofan got rid of fighting alone and formed a "Mandarin Duck Formation" with the 10 veterans who followed Weng Zhiheng.

Ever since he lost to the Chongming Camp in that martial arts competition, Zhang Xiaofan humbly asked Lu Shanhai for advice on the tactics of "Mandarin Duck Formation".

And specially tailored a set of "Mandarin Duck Formation" for his Iron Armored Army, and the 10 veterans in the battalion cooperated with their comrades for many years,
They seem to work together more easily.

The standard "Mandarin Duck Formation" has 11 people as a team, the first is the captain, and the second two hold a long card and a rattan card.The long card players hold long shields to block the Japanese pirates' arrows and spears, and the rattan players hold light rattan shields with javelins and waist knives. The long card players and rattan players mainly cover the advance of the rear team.The other two hold the wolf whisk for the wolf whisk. The wolf whisk uses the moso bamboo grown in the south, chooses the old and solid one, cuts the end of the bamboo into a pointed shape, and leaves sharp branches around it. Each wolf whisk is 3 meters long. On the left and right, the Wolf Whipman uses the sharp blade at the front of the Wolf Whip to stab the enemy to cover the advance of the Shieldman and the attack of the spearman behind.Then there are four spearmen holding long spears, two on the left and two on the left, taking care of the shieldmen and wolfmen on the left and right in front respectively.Followed up are two soldiers holding "boring palladium" to serve as guards and support.If the enemy attacks in a roundabout way, the short soldier will rush forward with a short knife in his hand to chop and kill the enemy.The division of labor for various weapons is clear. As long as each person is proficient in his own operation, the key to effectively killing the enemy lies in the overall cooperation and prohibition.

However, Zhang Xiaofan's "Mandarin Duck Formation" has been changed to three types of weapons: saber, shield and spear.

Ordinary spears can’t reach the length of 3 meters of the wolf, so a spliced ​​spear is specially designed. Two veterans in the wolf’s position carry a hollow iron pipe on their backs. When the mandarin duck formation is needed, the iron pipe Spliced ​​together with a long spear to replace a wolf's whisk.

Zhang Xiaofan stood at the captain's position with a saber in his hand, behind him were 2 shield players, and then 2 wolf fighters
Salmu held the mace and swung it towards the mandarin duck formation, he saw the shield hand firmly resisting the impact of the mace, the other people instantly moved their positions and stabbed at him, Zhang Xiaofan also saw the timing and slashed down.Salmu tried his best to block Zhang Xiaofan's Saber, but was stabbed by a spear. Fortunately, he was wearing 3 layers of heavy armor, but even so, after a few confluences, he was still full of scars and bleeding, and finally he was in other clear areas. Under the cover of the army, he retreated.

And many white-armored soldiers who came forward were also killed by the "Mandarin Duck Formation", and they sometimes transformed into "Two Talents Formation" and "Three Talents Formation". Such small square formations cooperated with each other and attacked the Qing army from different directions.

Even a white-armored soldier wearing three layers of heavy armor cannot resist such attacks many times.

Although the White Armored Soldiers are battle-hardened veterans and are also very good at cooperating with others, they seldom conduct battle training in large groups, relying more on their outstanding physical fitness and individual combat ability .

Facing the mature and changeable formation of "Mandarin Duck Formation", they seemed powerless.

Although the Qing army had a large number of people, they couldn't do anything to them at all, and dozens of people were hacked and killed by the Ming army in a short while.

Veterans like Zhang Xiaofan paid great attention to protecting their faces, it was difficult for the Qing army's sneak attacking archers to hurt them.

Just like this, Zhang Xiaofan and others fought and retreated, they abruptly retreated into Si'an Town under the heavy siege of the Qing army.

"Bang, bang, bang"

At this time, the sound of firecrackers sounded again, and many of the chasing Qing troops were shot and fell to the ground, and then they had to withdraw from Si'an Town in embarrassment.

At this time, a leader of the Qing army knelt down and said: "Master Commander, we can't fight any more. This Ming army is too cunning, and the warriors suffered too many casualties."

Jin Li directly kicked the co-leader away, then drew his sword and killed him.

Shouted: "The Manchurian warriors who are facing the red flag must annihilate this group of Ming troops today, let me rush in and kill them all!"

So the Qing army, who had been beaten like chicken blood, rushed into the town again.

However, the Qing army entering the town was constantly hit by the Jingnan camp fire gunners hiding in various places with crossfire.

When the Qing army chased into the houses, they withdrew from the roofs, and the chasing Qing army was constantly attacked by the Ming army hiding in the dark.

However, the archers of the Qing army were also tricky with arrows, and many Ming soldiers were shot and killed by the archers of the Qing army.

Many Qing troops even picked up the Lumi blunderbuss of the Ming army and fired at the Ming army.

The Ming army also used each pre-set crossfire point to fight the Qing army one by one.

In this way, after paying the price of more than 100 casualties, the Qing army finally drove the Ming army to a large house in Si'an Town.

This is also the last stronghold that Zhang Xiaofan and the others preset.

This house is located on a relatively independent small high slope in the town, with high courtyard walls and towers, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

At this time, Zhang Xiaofan and the others only had 51 people left.Apart from Zhang Xiaofan, there are 10 armored veterans and 40 gunners.

At this time, Jin Li wanted to die, and his 3000 Manchurian Zhenghongqi had paid more than 3 cattle records, and lost 1/3 of his troops.

As the backbone of the white armor soldiers, they lost seven or eight out of ten, and even Salmu was seriously injured.

But now they still haven't completely captured Si'an Town.

Moreover, the cunning Ming army even withdrew all the people in the town, so he had no choice but to find some meat shields at this time.

At this time, the Jingnan Camp was at the end of its rope. Due to the continuous firing of these Lumi blunderbuss, there was too much gunpowder left in the blunderbuss, many of which could no longer be used, and the remaining gunpowder and lead bullets were not enough.

The Eight Banners soldiers had already surrounded the small courtyard, but Jin Li had no intention of continuing to attack and break through the gate. Faced with huge casualties, he finally gave up the so-called "duel between warriors".

Instead, he ordered people to collect straw, dry firewood, lamp oil and other flammable items in the town, and he planned to set fire to the yard directly.

He, who has been complaining about the cunning and treachery of the Ming army, has also begun to choose the "cunning tactics" that saves effort and reduces casualties.

The so-called "soldiers never tire of deceit" means that they will do everything in order to win the war. The so-called "showdown between warriors" boasted by the Eight Banners of Manchuria is just to achieve the crushing of their individual superiority.

When they were unable to achieve this kind of crushing, this so-called "duel between warriors" would be ruthlessly abandoned by them.

So never underestimate the shamelessness of a savage.

The Qing army's intention to set fire to the yard has been discovered by the Ming army gunners on the tower.

But at this time, apart from shooting each other with the archers of the Qing army, there was nothing they could do.

Zhang Xiaofan led 500 soldiers from the Jingnan Battalion to stand firm in Si'an Town. Apart from the 30 seriously wounded who were sent out overnight yesterday, 420 people have been killed, and everyone else was wounded. Now they don't have the strength to fight again. .

At this time, Zhang Xiaofan was already bleeding from many injuries, and even suffered internal injuries in the previous fight with Salmu, but he only relied on a strong willpower to support him until now, and now leaning against the wall, he feels that he can no longer move Incredible.

He began to recall all kinds of things in the past, from when he joined the army and followed Jingnan Hou Huang Degong to fight the bandits and kill the Tartars; In the end, he became the chief general of Jingnan Battalion, and together with Qian Mo, he defeated Jiaxing, captured Huzhou, conquered cities and lands all the way, and made great achievements.

He believed that Qian Mo would be able to lead them to defeat the Manchurian Tartars and revive Daming.It's a pity that he himself will never see this day again, and then Zhang Xiaofan felt a heavy blow on the back, and suddenly his eyes went dark.
When Zhang Xiaofan woke up again, it was already noon the next day, and the fire burned for a full night, almost turning the entire Si'an Township into ashes.

And beside him are only Cao Hongsheng and Hu Wangcai, Zhang Xiaofan remembers that these two are the two youngest soldiers in the entire Jingnan Battalion, only 15 years old this year.

When Zhang Xiaofan asked where the others were, the two children finally couldn't help crying loudly.

It turned out that the owner of the yard told them before the transfer the day before that there was a small hidden compartment in the well, where people could hide in critical times, which might help them escape.

Hundreds of households in the Jingnan camp knew that Zhang Xiaofan would definitely not abandon his brothers and escape alone, so they beat Zhang Xiaofan unconscious.

It's a pity that this secret compartment is too small, it can only accommodate 3 people at most, and now they are the only surviving people in Si'an Town.

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