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

Chapter 221 The Battle of Stone Bridge

On the opposite side, the Jia Lazhang Jingyue came out, and he also saw clearly the guarding of Shiqiao Yandun. He was surprised at first, and then his eyes showed contempt and disdain. Just these dozens of Ming soldiers dared to stop him. Hongqi's hundreds of troops?There are so many arrogant people in Ming Dynasty!
Looking at the blunderbuss in the hands of the sergeant on the opposite side, he even laughed out loud. The blunderbusses of the Ming army have little armor-piercing power, and they are easy to explode.Moreover, in this kind of cold windy weather, the priming medicine is easily blown away by the wind, and there are few doors to open.

He only needs to send out some warriors, rush into the opponent within fifty steps, shoot and suppress them with strong bows and sharp arrows, and after clearing the Tribulus Chariot, the next step is a one-sided massacre.

I have important matters to worry about, the Ming garrison at Shiqiao was just an accidental episode during the march, I expected the battle to end in a few quarters of an hour and kill all these bold Ming soldiers.

The stone bridge is only more than ten feet wide, and the official road is also not wide, and it cannot accommodate many people.Najia Lazhangjing didn't talk nonsense, and he made a quick decision. He shouted a while, and immediately two divisions in the army had to send Shiku to lead the order.

They shouted loudly, a group of people from the Qing army got off their horses, and the two assigned Shiku each led a group of soldiers, a whole group in front of the army. Road, go along the wheat field to the river bank on the right.Decided to outflank the two roads and take the stone bridge in one go.

In the cold wind, the Qing soldiers approached slowly. When the Qing soldiers lined up, the top three firecrackers guarding the bridge had already loaded their fixed ammunition in paper tubes and lit the matchlocks.

There were some unicycle chariots blocked on the bridge, and hardwood cards were inserted on the poles. Compared with the other side of the bridge, the official road on this side of the bridge will be relatively wider, which can accommodate a row of 11 people standing side by side. The firecrackers set up their firecrackers firmly on the playing card. Of course, compared to the slightly narrower official road bridge on the opposite side, the few firecrackers on both sides of the row here are equivalent to side-firing firepower.

Seeing the Qing soldiers coming continuously, Tian Qiming felt his whole body was hot and his mouth was dry, but he said in a deep voice: "Brothers, hold on."

"Wait until the Tartars are within range before attacking!"

Looking at the two groups of Qing soldiers approaching from the official road and the river bank on the right, it was just as the veterans in the army said, the Tazi soldiers always fight with two heavy armored soldiers in front, and light armored and good at shooting soldiers in the rear.A group of Tazi soldiers forced in from the official road, the first few people were quite thick, they held a huge shield in their left hand, and a red lacquered long-bladed sword or a half-moon hatchet in their right hand.In the expressions that were revealed, all of them were ferocious.

Judging by the bulging appearance on their bodies, one can tell that they are wearing double-layer heavy armor, the outer layer is inlaid with iron wool armor, and the inner layer is fine chain mail.Equipped with the same armor as these people, there are also some people holding iron long-handled pick knives, tiger-tooth knives or tiger guns, and long guns. Under each gun, there are iron bottles several inches long.

It is expected that these people are the vests of the Tartar soldiers. Tian Qiming also saw a short and sturdy man with a black tassel on his helmet and a high flag behind him. He guessed that this person must be a member of the Tartar soldiers. Shiku.He is the most bulging, expected to wear three layers of heavy armor, and a bright breastplate on his chest.

Beside him were a few house slaves, all of them also wearing double-layer heavy armor, and carrying thick long knives and spears in their hands.

Behind these people, there are dozens of people wearing armor inlaid with iron cotton and holding strong bows ready to go. They must be infantry soldiers among the Tartars.In fact, everyone in this team of Qing soldiers has a bow, and everyone must have a long or short weapon.But at this time, the ones holding the bow are the people behind.

They approached slowly, although there was no sound, but the heavy pressure still made Tian Qiming's body feel hot and cold. He just told the gunners beside him to hold steady and not rush to fire.He kept looking at the river bank again. It seemed that the team of Tazi soldiers was approaching the river. The bridge was defended by one armored sword and shield soldier. On the fire road pier, there were two armored firearms guarding it. It was nothing. It was worrying, but the pressure in his heart still made him hope that the Tazi soldiers would soon come within the range of his firecrackers.

The top three firecrackers at the bridgehead are all new troops trained last year. Although they have fought many bandits and heard a lot of disdain from the veterans in the army, the Tazi soldiers are very famous and they are fighting for the first time. , still unavoidable tension.

Fortunately, Shunxiangbao's usual harsh training played a role. Although the Tatar soldiers approached step by step, everyone still kept silent, just waiting for them to come within their range.From time to time, he looked at the fire rope in his hand, making sure that it did not go out.

The team of Qing soldiers attacking the bridge on the official road had to be led by Shiku from 150 steps away to within a hundred steps. The Ming army on the other side of the bridge was still silent. He was a little puzzled. Why is Jun so calm? According to his experience in fighting the Ming army, often the opponent's firearms can't help but fire indiscriminately before he comes into range. These Ming troops... It's weird.

He couldn't allow him to think too much, he had already reached the hundred paces, he shouted violently, the Qing soldiers of the team shouted in unison, quickened their pace, and rushed towards the bridge.

At this time, Tian Qiming suddenly calmed down, and calmly watched those Tartar soldiers approaching, one hundred steps, ninety steps, eighty steps, seventy steps, and now!
Tian Qiming shouted suddenly: "Fire!"

The deafening sound of gunfire rang out, and one could see the giant shields in the hands of the strongest armored soldiers in front were broken by the projectiles. Blood sprayed out of the heavy armor on their bodies, and they staggered and were knocked to the ground one by one. .

"put!"

There was no time to think about it. After the first row of firecrackers retreated, the second row stepped forward again. Eleven firecrackers pointed at the Qing soldiers on the official road bridge, so there was no need to aim at all.As long as you pull the trigger, there will be Tazi soldiers on the opposite side falling down.

"put!"

The second row of gunfire soldiers retreated, and the third row stepped forward, and another large puff of gunpowder smoke sprayed out. The Qing soldiers who rushed up one by one were knocked to the ground screaming. The ground rolled inside them, churning their internal organs into a mess.

As long as they don't get hit in the head, it is difficult to clear the head and die immediately. The indescribable pain makes them roll on the ground and howl. The level of the vest soldier can't suppress the physical pain.

A vest soldier was clutching his lower abdomen, where a pile of intestines hung down. He staggered into the bridge, but stepped on the sharp barbed wire on the bridge deck. With a loud cry, he rolled and jumped into the bridge below In the river, he fell heavily on the river.

The river water was too dry to submerge his body that fell into the river. The vest soldier was stimulated by the cold river water and came to his senses. Dye this section of the river red.

"put!"

It turned out that the first row of musketeers had finished reloading, and they began to shoot at the bridge again. Amidst the sound of the muskets, there was a large cloud of white smoke on the side of the bridge. Even if the cold wind came and went, the smoke could not be blown away immediately. .The pungent smell of gunpowder made Tian Qiming wake up a little bit, and he smelled the smell of blood coming from the bridge.

Through the smoke, you can see all kinds of beings of the Tazi soldiers over there, and the bridge deck and bridge are full of corpses and wounded Tazi soldiers who survived for a while.The rest of the people were already stupefied. Some ran around with their heads in their arms, trying to find a place to cover up, while others rushed forward screaming and accidentally stepped on the sharp barbed wire on the bridge deck. , and immediately jumped up and howled mournfully, the more he jumped, the more caltrops he stepped on, a vicious circle, and in the end he either jumped into the river or was beaten to death by the firecracker.

Tian Qiming reckoned that the vests of the Tartar soldiers had been wiped out. The vest soldiers holding giant shields in front were killed immediately, and the Tartar vests and infantry who followed were also good. They are all under the powerful blow of their own firecrackers, and the firecrackers on both sides of each row can be said to shoot from the side, and there is no place for them to hide.

Some of the Tartar archers in the team either ran away with their heads in their hands, or screamed wildly behind them and shot arrows desperately. In panic, the arrows they shot were not at all accurate. Let alone the firecrackers on Tian Qiming's side, there are chariots playing cards For cover, everyone still has eight-petal hats, iron pointed helmets, and some flying arrows, so don't pay attention to them at all.

It seems that the Tazi soldiers only have these two brushes, Tian Qiming laughed and said, "Happy, happy!"

The ability of my own firecracker to break the double armor is [-] steps, and the filling of sub-drugs is fast, and it can be used round after round without interruption.There was no suspense in the battle at Shiqiao, the Tazi soldiers would definitely not be able to charge up.Tian Qiming turned his attention to the river bank.

At this time, there was also the sound of gunfire one after another on the Huolu pier, and the group of Tartar soldiers who came up from the river bank on the right were knocked down one by one by the platoon of guns on the pier, like rats scurrying around. Into a pot of porridge.

Shunxiang Fort firecrackers have the advantages of range and power. Standing on the fire road pier for shooting also has geographical advantages, condescending and convenient for cover.And it was very inconvenient for the Qing soldiers who surrounded from the river bank to shoot arrows from the river bank or the river surface.If you are close, there is a danger of firecrackers, but if you are far away, the power of bows and arrows is weak, and they can't even hit the fire pier.

What's more, the terrain in this area is flat, any place is under the watchful eye of Sergeant Huo Ludun, there is no blind spot, and there is no place to find a cover.

The Qing soldiers of the team screamed wildly, but they couldn't get through the firepower net fired by the two armored soldiers on the fire road pier. As long as there was a sound of firecrackers on the pier, the brothers beside them would burst into blood mist and roll over. On the icy river.

No matter how many layers of armor you wear, you can't protect yourself. This kind of huge sense of fear will make anyone collapse. Among the Qing soldiers in the team, more than a dozen people disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the rest of them waited. After turning the mind of fleeing back and evacuating.

……

Team deputy Huang Wei stood calmly on the hanging tower, directing the two armored gunfire soldiers on the Hulu pier to shoot at the Qing soldiers on the river bank. He divided the two armored gunfire soldiers into four groups, shooting five or six shots each time. The firecrackers were fired at the bottom of the pier, and the firepower was continuous. Under his watchful eyes, every Qing soldier was knocked down into the river, no matter whether he was a Tartar vest soldier or an infantry soldier.

On both sides of the river lay the corpses of more than a dozen Qing soldiers. The blood stained the river red, and some people who had been shot and survived for a while lay howling and rolling by the river.Huang Wei also saw a bloody man screaming and running towards the upper source of the river, dragging a bloody large intestine behind him, still unaware.

Huang Wei ran for hundreds of feet, and finally the figure fell to the ground, motionless.

Looking at the Qing soldiers scurrying around like headless chickens by the river, Huang Wei breathed out calmly: "The Tartar soldiers can't rush over."

An arrow was shot towards his face, but it was powerless, confirming a sentence: "At the end of the crossbow, it is impossible to pierce Lu Jin."

Huang Wei waved his knife lazily and knocked down the arrow, and it fell on the slope of Huolu pier. He looked towards the stone bridge, and there were several gunfires over there. The piled up Tartar corpses, as well as the wounded Tartars struggling and jumping.

Obviously, after several rounds of firecracker strikes, the team of Tazi soldiers who attacked the stone bridge, and the rest of the sergeants, had collapsed.

Looking at it from a distance, most of the Qing army behind the stone bridge was obviously in a state of turmoil. It was obvious that the two attacks on the stone bridge were far beyond their expectations.Some of the Qing army horses over there were even startled by the deafening sound of firecrackers, broke away from the crowd, and galloped towards the nearby wheat field.

Huang Wei showed a smile on his face: "The brothers played well."

(End of this chapter)