Traveler Major League

Chapter 87
The number of cavalry in the Ming army was only about 20. Compared with Chao Zhongchen's platoon of more than [-] cavalry, the technical level seemed to be comparable. At the end of the field of vision, they reached the foot of the mountain where Liu Ze was ambushing, and only a few people were lost to each other.

Fortunately, there were cavalry to check each other, so that the two companies of the People's Army could advance quickly without any scruples, so that the more than 400 officers and soldiers chasing behind could not bite.

As soon as the officers and soldiers passed the foot of the mountain, Liu Ze said to the Suona beside him, "Blow the horn! Fire the cannon!"

The very piercing suona sounded from the top of the hill, and the artillerymen lifted the camouflaged haystacks, launched the Fran machine gun and the tiger squat gun from the middle, and pushed them to the predetermined position along the wooden boards laid in the middle of the trench, aiming at the Ming army under the hill. Army column.

"fire!"

With an order, "Boom boom boom", the soldiers of the Ming army at the foot of the mountain suddenly fell into fear, and their horses were also startled.

Although the range and hit rate of the artillery these years are extremely impressive, and the top of the hill is also a full hundred meters away from the nearest Ming army column, but the artillery is the artillery if it can't stand it, and the weakest artillery cannot be resisted by the armor on the body. of.

The shotguns from the Tiger Crouching Cannon spread from top to bottom at this distance. Although the spread was too large, dozens of unlucky ones were still wounded.

The Fran cannon with sub-cannons that can bombard continuously is even more dangerous. In just over 20 seconds, they fired as many as three times, and the effective range of 300 meters can easily cover all the pursuit queues of the Ming army, no matter your shield or No matter how strong and thick the armor is, as long as it is hit by a Franco shell, it will be seriously injured even if it does not die.

The shell trajectory of the small round Fran cannon can be easily seen, and it bounces around like a ping pong ball, as if the speed is extremely slow, but the frightening thing is that when it hits an obstacle like the human body, it will cut off its limbs without slowing down Open the hole and move on.

On the official road was a Ming army with a total of 460 people. Under the bombardment of the artillery, the originally neat queue instantly turned into a jagged shape like a dog bite.

Those gaps were full of broken limbs, broken arms, and broken armor and weapons. The blood made the thirsty land wet and slippery. The crippled soldiers of the Ming army screamed and struggled, Seeing this situation, the other soldiers of the Ming army in the queue had fear written all over their faces.

Guo Shunwang was at the forefront of the formation of more than 100 Ming troops organized into a round. He was extremely active, and he led the team to run at the forefront when chasing. At this time, he suffered the least damage from the shelling. Less than ten people.

However, the dead and wounded people brought great fear to Guo Shunwang. A cannonball was fired less than two meters away from him. On the chest, cut open the thighs, calves and feet of three Ming soldiers.

The spewed blood and internal organs collapsed all over Guo Shunwang, and suddenly felt a warm foreign object in his mouth. He spat out blood, only to find out that it was a piece of meat.

In an instant, Guo Shunwang's eyes widened, and cold sweat broke out suddenly. At this time, the shield he was holding tightly slipped to the ground, trembling all over, and he couldn't move. Seeing the people around him yelling, he froze. In place, nothing can be heard.

Chief Sun Changxian, who was at the front, was the first to react, and shouted: "End the formation, form the formation!"

But it was too late. Although the Ming army of their division was relatively elite, they were still recruits who had not fought a few battles in essence. What's more, after a round of artillery bombardment, the people's army on the top of the mountain followed the parapet along the parapet. The reserved channel was killed.

And the two companies of the people's army who were chased like rabbits before turned their heads and began to attack from both sides. The cavalry platoon that had been entangled with each other stopped fighting and rushed straight to the Ming army cavalry, showing their true strength. Fight melee with knives and guns.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Sun Chang scolded: "This bastard Liu Ze, retreat quickly!" Yan Mo's description of Liu Ze was also spread to Liu Yingyu's army along with his uncle's letter, and it was widely used as a joke to boost morale To spread.

Especially the untold story between Liu Ze and Goupi.

Before he finished speaking, the Ming army's team had already run away like a girl, Sun Changxian cursed a few more words, and turned his head to follow the rout soldiers to Yijun County.

No one is stupid. Ordinary local thieves have incomplete armor, scattered formations, and no rules. Even if they have some weapons, they basically rely on blood and bravery to fight. officer army.

The soldiers Liu Ze ambushed were all charged down the mountain in a company of hundreds of people. The front were all sword and shield soldiers holding shields, followed by a forest of long spear formations.

In front of these small formations, groups of archers and musketeers were still scattered, followed by a wheeled artillery cart. Four people pushed a small cannon, keeping up with the infantry extremely flexibly. Extremely flexible.

Escaping is one thing, but being unable to escape is another. These Ming soldiers were already panting after chasing them. When they came to this place and encountered ambush soldiers who were waiting for work, they took coal balls and chopped off their heads, but poured out blood coals. up.

"Surrender to avoid death, kneel down and don't kill!"

The retreating Ming army was speeding up and fleeing, throwing away their weapons and armor, while the people's army chasing behind them was faster, and when they met the slow-running Ming army, they would directly kill them with a knife.

Only those who kneeled honestly could escape, and were bound and detained by the militia companies following the main battalion.

Guo Shunwang was closely following the Chief Sun Changxian at this time. He felt that this general had real skills, and only by following him could he escape his life. His team also followed him closely, and the lame man kept muttering behind him: "Shun Brother Wang, slow down, slow down, I can't run anymore."

"Lady, grab my belt and run quickly, that's Liu Ze's team, you can't let him catch it, you'll die if you catch it!" Guo Shunwang grabbed Laizi's hand and hung it on his belt, and continued to run vigorously.

Chang Sun in the front heard the voice first, then turned around to realize that Guo Shunwang and the others were not relaxing behind his buttocks for a moment. He panted and said to Guo Shunwang: "You are so fucking loyal, I will hand over this brother, I want If you don’t die, let’s chop up the rooster and burn yellow paper to make obeisance to brothers with different surnames!”

As he spoke, he saw that the pursuers of the People's Army were getting closer, and he turned his face away with a strange cry of "Ouch", and without speaking, he took off his waist knife, cloth visor, and helmet and threw them away, concentrating on running away.

At this time, Liu Ze, who was standing on the top of the mountain and commanding with a flag, suddenly saw the flags of the Ming army appearing in the distance on both sides of the back mountain pass, and the flag of the Ming army appeared far away in the direction of the retreat of the Ming army. coming!

"Quickly blow the call for withdrawal!" Liu Ze waved his hands to greet the two old men who played the suona.

"Hurry up, the Ming army is coming, there are all sides, hurry back to the top of the slope!"

The shrill and piercing suona sounded again, and all the people's troops in pursuit paused, and then retreated to Liu Ze's position without hesitation.

Chao Zhongchen, who was chasing and killing the rise of the Ming cavalry, spat out his old phlegm. His platoon had just beheaded and killed eighteen Ming cavalry, with only three casualties. However, he heard the sound of the suona representing retreat, and watched as he gradually accelerated. He gave a whistle to the four Ming army cavalry who were leaving, and with the captured horses and weapons, they also retreated towards the hillside where Liu Ze was standing without stopping.

(End of this chapter)