A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 114 Follow Me

Bows and arrows were fired at once, and the first wave of archers from Qing soldiers with light armor and good at shooting came over. Their arrows were accurate and ruthless, and immediately caused eight or nine people to die in the Shunxiang Army's right sentry team. casualties.

These archers shot arrows from both sides of the charging dead soldiers. Due to the problem of viewing angle, most of the arrow shooters were the gunners at the two corners on both sides. The gunner on the right corner was wearing a pair of captured Qing soldiers inlaid with iron wool A, an arrow hit his heart, but it was blocked by a breastplate. Although the arrow shattered the steel mirror, it did not enter his body.

The fatal thing was the sharp arrow that hit the right cheek. The arrow was so powerful that he yelled and was shot backwards and fell to the ground.Many of the arrows of the Qing army were soaked in horse manure, which contained toxins. The arrows shot into the face, and it was difficult to rescue. He was afraid that his life would be in danger.

Standing on his right, there was also a sergeant screaming and fell backwards. He was shot in the left eye by a sharp arrow, and four arrows were hit by the iron armor on his body. A part of the iron leaf was broken, or pierced through the iron armor, and shot into his body, but it didn't penetrate deep into the flesh, and there was still room for rescue. Unfortunately, his left eye was seriously injured, and it was also difficult to rescue.

On the left side of the gunner who was shot in the right cheek, there was also a gunner who was shot several times. Fortunately, he was wearing a chain mail captured from the Qing army. The chain mail was finely woven and made of Composed of countless fine small iron rings, although the arrows of these arrows are very fierce, making him stagger a few times, but with the protection of the chain mail, the arrows shot are all piercing. Deep, although he looks like he is bleeding profusely, which is quite scary, but in fact the injury is not very serious.

Most of the casualties were the gunfire soldiers at these two corners. There were ten gunfire soldiers at the two corners, and five or six people were injured or died on the spot.Many of the fifteen gunfire soldiers in the front row were also shot, causing three or four casualties.

A gunner on the right side of the front row, when he fired the gun, several sharp arrows flew towards him, two sharp arrows flew past him, but four heavy arrows hit him He was hit by three sharp arrows on his body, especially on the right side of his face, and one arrow was still stuck in his right forehead.He was shot to the left, and the firecracker in his hand was thrown into the sky.

There was another gunner on the left side of the front row. He was about to leave quickly after shooting the gunfire. At this time, the Qing soldiers fired bows and arrows. He was hit by several arrows in the back and on both sides of the neck. An arrow, although blocked by the armored iron leaf collar, was still shot by the sharp arrow, and he staggered forward and fell to the ground.

Many arrows from the Qing soldiers also shot at the spear and shield soldiers behind the firecracker soldiers, but they were covered by shields, and they lowered their heads and dodged quickly, so most of them were fine.Only one spear and shield soldier was shot in the helmet, and the sharp arrow hit his scalp and flew through the iron helmet, causing his bun to tangle, and this lucky brother was still in shock.

The bows and arrows of the Qing soldiers were still vicious and accurate, full of force, and they always shot people in the face. Nine casualties.

Lei Xianbin yelled: "The musketeers, step back. Spear and shield soldiers, cover!"

Han Zhong's left whistle and Sun Sanjie's rear whistle also heard the same voice.When the Qing soldiers approached forty paces, all the sergeants in the circle were standing guard, ready to fight.Hearing the officers' voices, the gunfire soldiers in front of the circle retreated into the formation one after another, or hid behind the gun shield soldiers.

Connected to the front, a part of Han Zhong's left-handed firecrackers at the two corners of the circle, and a part of Sun Sanjie's rear-posted firecrackers also hid behind their spear and shield soldiers.Although the Qing soldiers hadn't attacked their position yet, their archers could already threaten the safety of these gunfire soldiers.

The spear and shield soldiers in the second row of the circle stepped forward a few steps, and together with the first row, they covered the entire formation tightly. Several waves of sharp arrows from the Qing soldiers flew over and shot at the shields of the Shunxiang army. There was a crackling sound, and occasionally some sergeants were shot by sharp arrows, making painful muffled sounds.

And at this time, those musketeers who loaded the ammunition in the fixed paper tubes also came to the back of the spear and shield soldiers, and shot from the gap in the shield. .

The deafening sound of the firecrackers made the ears of the spear and shield soldiers ring non-stop, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke from the firecrackers also made them fight and puff. tremble with fear.Fortunately, the firearms in Shunxiang Fort are excellent, and there is no danger of explosion, which is somewhat comforting.

In this shooting, the two sides hurt each other. The firecrackers of Shunxiang Fort were covered by shields, and after yesterday's battle of defending the city, they also learned how to retreat. The damage to them was small, only five or six people were shot, mostly in the body.They had iron armor, armored cotton armor, or chain mail protection. The injuries were not serious. Only one unlucky ghost was shot in the face and fell to the ground screaming. He was immediately carried down by the doctors to see if he could treat.

On the other hand, those archers of the Qing soldiers stood swaggeringly in the open space and shot arrows. They were such a big target. After the firecrackers from Shunxiang Fort rushed up to shoot for two rounds, more than a dozen of them screamed and were knocked down to the ground. Withdrawing behind the charging dead soldiers and white armored soldiers, the arrow rain offensive of the Qing soldiers was greatly weakened.

At this time, the Qing soldiers in the center rushed forward with shouts, and the drums of the central army in the circle sounded passionately, and the spear and shield soldiers directly in front of the circle stepped out of the way.

Huang Yujin, the team officer of Team B on the right post, drew out his long knife and shouted: "Soldiers, follow me to kill the thief!"

He rushed out first, the flag bearer beside him waved the flag, and two guards followed closely.The pikemen of Team B of the Right Whistle, including the commander of the armor, had 30 soldiers, including Huang Yujin and others, a total of 35 soldiers. They shouted loudly, but just waved their weapons and rushed out of the circle.

Huang Yujin and the others rushed to the front, and behind them was a group of pikemen.After the circle formation was split up, they consisted of a team of spearmen connected to the team leader, plus the armor commander who commanded the battle, there were six of them, and they were divided into five waves, front, back, left, and right.

The sergeants of Team B on the right sentry were the first to confront the rest of them, who rushed to the front, wearing two layers of heavy armor, and most of them held heavy shields and broadswords in their dead soldier vests.

"kill!"

The two sides collided and immediately became a mass.

From the beginning of the battle, it was extremely cruel, and screams from both sides resounded from time to time on the battlefield.

A captain held a flag gun, and commanded his sergeants to confront a vest soldier holding a half-moon hatchet.

The vest soldier's skill is outstanding, he danced a heavy shield like a tiger, and the water did not get in, and the few long spears could not get close to his body. He only heard the loud sound of waves, and the iron spears pierced by this group of long spearmen All of them were blocked by his shield, he took an empty space, took a step forward, and slammed the half-moon hatchet in his hand on the shoulder and chest of a Shun Township soldier, and the heavy ax almost cut off half of his body. .

With the miserable sound of heavy weapons cutting into bones, the Shunxiang army let out a heart-piercing cry of pain, and fell to the ground trembling.Seeing the blood and rain flying in front of him, the vest soldier showed a complacent expression on his face. Unfortunately, he forgot how many other opponents he had. The door of Buddhism on his body was already exposed, and then he heard a few shouts in Chinese. Although he couldn't understand the Chinese, he could guess the meaning, which was: "Kill!"

There were as many as three long spears piercing through the empty door on his right side, and the sharp points of the spears pierced through several layers of armor on his body, piercing deeply into his body.The severe pain made his whole body twitch, and he roared loudly, about to split the hatchet in his hand.

There was another loud shout, and another long spear came, and with a sudden sound, it pierced his throat. The spear was so fierce that it directly stabbed him to the ground.

There was also a vest soldier wielding a birch-wood iron sickle. The sharp and curved tip of his sickle was hooked on the neck of a Shunxiang soldier. When the sickle was pulled, the blood on the sergeant's neck immediately gushed out like a fountain.The sergeant was in so much pain that he grabbed the sharp blade of the sickle vigorously, even though blood was gushing out from his hands, he didn't care.

The armored soldier looked at the eyes of the Ming army, and he couldn't help but feel fear in his heart. He tried his best to pull the sickle, but he couldn't pull it out. In the end, he was stabbed to the ground by the remaining soldiers of the Shunxiang Army.

The clash of gold and iron was only a brief and cruel contact, and the vest soldiers and the Shunxiang army had a few casualties on both sides.Seeing such a cruel situation, and seeing those Ming soldiers rushing forward frantically, many of the Qing soldiers backed away in fear, even the remaining vest soldiers were no exception.

There were originally 40 dead soldiers in Niu Lu's armor, but as early as they charged into the battle, more than [-] people were killed or injured by three rows of firecrackers.In addition, the two divisions of the vest soldiers, Pashiku, were all shot to death by firecrackers, and then killed, and there were several Shi Changzhuanda among the vest soldiers,
It can be said that they have been terrified of this casualty rate, and if it weren't for the encouragement and encouragement of Niu Luzhangjing, they would have collapsed a long time ago.Moreover, due to the large number of casualties among low-level officers, they have lost their organization, and most of them fight independently.

Moreover, they were confident in their courage in hand-to-hand combat in the field. In the battle with the Shunxiang Army, they found that they had no advantage at all. They, this made their only remaining courage disappear in smoke.

Although the discipline of the Qing army was stricter than that of the Ming army, in this era, in fact, more emphasis was placed on personal bravery, and the same was true for the Qing army.In terms of personal combat experience, all of them are better than the sergeants of Shunxiang Fort, but they do not have the same emphasis on group and discipline as the Shunxiang Army.

Usually, the formation training of the Shunxiang army is cruel. In the battle, the tacit cooperation of the soldiers of Shunxiang Fort went deep into the bone marrow. They never fought alone, at least they all fought against different enemies.They stabbed in a group, marching forward, ignoring their own life and death. It seems that they are going to die together, so that the opponent can't show any bravery. The former Du Zhen suffered a lot under Wang Dou's hands. Now it's the turn of these Qing soldiers .

Against the Shangshun Township Army, unless you hold on to the idea of ​​exchanging lives with the opponent, it is difficult to crack the opponent's attack.But this kind of approach is not what the Qing soldiers are willing to do. They are just robbers. They are willing to bully the weak and fear the strong, grab some money and go back to their hometown to enjoy themselves, but they are unwilling to stay here with their lives.

The tactics of the Shunxiang Army, the more large-scale the battle, the more advantageous it is.Wang Dou reckoned that five ordinary sergeants of the Shunxiang army, who were not skilled individually but had outstanding group discipline, might not be able to defeat three ordinary Qing soldiers, but three hundred soldiers from Shunxiangbao could match [-] Qing soldiers evenly. With [-] or [-] Shunxiang troops, it is estimated that they can defeat the same number of Qing soldiers.The two days of fighting had strengthened Wang Dou's confidence.

Under the impact of the Shunxiang army, the dozen or so armored soldiers in front were quickly killed and scattered, revealing some dodging light armored archers behind them, as well as those unarmored Qing soldiers following them.

Looking at the screaming Shunxiang soldiers, their eyes showed fear. Even the elite dead soldiers in vests in Niulu couldn't stop them, let alone yourself?Soon they screamed again and again, and several people fell under the sprinting guns of the Shunxiang army, but at this time Niu Luzhangjing had already led the white armored soldiers to rush.

(End of this chapter)