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

Chapter 265 Melee Combat
"put!"

The firecrackers in the front row quickly dispersed from both sides, and the second row of firecrackers stood still and pulled the trigger on the rushing Qing soldiers.

This wave of shooting broke more leather shields of the Qing army, and several heavy armored soldiers with white flags were broken and fell backwards.

The second row retreated, and the third row of firecrackers continued to shoot. At this time, the Qing army had rushed within ten steps.This distance is the iron shield of the Qing army, and big holes are also opened by the firecrackers of the Shunxiang army's soldiers.More than a dozen Qing soldiers screamed and fell to the ground.

The firecrackers of the third row of the supply team quickly retreated. At this time, the heavy armored white flags had rushed up. Suddenly, there was a sound, and a large wave of something was thrown from behind the shield soldiers, including iron bones, throwing axes, and javelins. things.

Like them, the sword and shield soldiers in General Yang Tong at the gap in the earth wall, and the spearmen in the second and third rows also threw large pieces of javelins.There was a scream, and the soldiers on both sides were shot by javelins and other objects.

The sharp javelins nailed the Qing army or the Shunxiang army to the ground.General Yang Tong, who was standing behind the three rows of pikemen, saw a javelin coming towards him, so he dodged quickly.A guard beside him was knocked off his helmet by a sudden iron bone, which made him break out in a cold sweat.

The formations of both sides were a little sparser, and without thinking too much, Yang Tong shouted: "Raise the gun!"

"kill!"

Immediately, the three platoons of surviving spearmen reflexively stood sideways holding their guns, and shouted loudly.

The spearmen of the Shun Township Army practice one move every day, stab!Two steps, the first step is to raise the gun, the second step is to stab.They practiced these two movements repeatedly every day. From becoming an army to now, they have raised their guns countless times and stabbed them tens of thousands of times. They are so familiar that they can do it subconsciously even in sleep extreme.

Their spears can pierce armor in close combat. They are not the red-tasseled spears in the impression, but the spears are very long, like a very sharp awl.Rows of strict sergeants stood with their guns raised, which was very shocking.

"prick!"

"kill!"

In the blink of an eye, the Qing army rushed to the front of the formation, and the Shunxiang army was red-eyed. Dozens of long spears in the front row stabbed out forcefully, and there were loud noises and screams of stabbing everyone.

Facing the shields and knives waved by the Qing soldiers, these pikemen did not dodge. Their usual training is to outwit anyone with better eyesight and speed. Whoever is slow dies first.

In terms of sharp eyesight and quick hands, many of the sergeants trained in Shun Township Fort can hit the target's upper eyes, throat, heart and other vital positions by sprinting dozens of steps away. divided.

As for the sword and shield soldiers of the Qing army, they either jumped the cards, rolled to the ground, or flashed the cards. The Shunxiang army's spear soldiers ignored them. , Seeing the Qing army's lack of gear, they raised their guns and stabbed them.

An inch is long and an inch is dangerous. The advantage of long spears over shields and broadswords is here. Except for some spears blocked by shields, the rest of the Qing saber shieldmen, their broadswords have not yet hit the Ming army on the opposite side.Several long spears pierced their hearts, waists, eyes, throats and other vital parts with a sharp sound of wind.

Heart-piercing screams sounded, and the spears of the Shunxiang army broke through the armor of the Qing army and pierced deeply into their bodies.In this midwinter weather, every one of them would twitch violently as soon as they were stabbed.After the opponent's long spear was withdrawn like a ghost, the people who were stabbed felt that all their strength suddenly disappeared, and they fell to their knees trembling.

Dozens of blood-dripping spears pierced out like poisonous snakes again, and many of the Qing army's heavily armored shield soldiers who survived in front and came after were pierced by the spears, and they fell down with inconceivable expressions.

According to the regulations of the Shunxiang Army, if there is only one person in front of several long spears, in addition to the frontal long spears attacking frontally, the rest of the long spears will attack sideways.The shield soldiers of the Qing army almost all fought alone, how could they prevent several long spears from stabbing in different directions?

Shield soldiers of the Qing army kept rushing forward and were stabbed to death. In the end, they were all frightened and danced their shields so vigorously that no water dripped in.

The spearmen of the Shun Township Army ignored them. They cooperated with their footwork, sometimes advancing neatly, sometimes retreating neatly, paying attention not to overwhelm their spears, and always keeping the Qing army in front of them under the threat of spears from everyone.

Seeing that they maintain a majestic formation, they have no interest in fighting alone, which makes these heavy armored Qing soldiers feel extremely aggrieved, and feel that they can't fully display their superb martial arts skills.

That's right, in terms of fighting alone, except for the Yebushoumen in the Shunxiang Army, all of these heavy armored Qing troops are better than the Shunxiang Army.However, there are no brave men or cowards in the formation of the Shun Township Army. What can they do?
At this time, the White Banner Heavy Armors had been pouring in continuously, and those who could fight were the two rows in front.They couldn't squeeze in ahead, so they rushed to both sides of the gap in the earth wall, and fought fiercely with the sword and shield soldiers of Shun Township.

In the blink of an eye, the heavy armored shield soldiers of the Qing army who rushed to the front had suffered more than 20 casualties. They realized that the shield soldiers were not the opponents of the Ming army's spearmen.These spearmen of the Qing army raised their spears and halberds, row by row, gnashing their teeth and slowly approaching.

At the same time, the three rows of spearmen of the Shun Township Army were slowly pushing forward. Both sides stared fiercely, and the spearmen approached each other closer and closer.

Suddenly they uttered a cry, holding up their long spears and stabbing desperately.The screams of both sides sounded one after another, and the sound of spears piercing the flesh continued.This kind of battle in formation, with long spears stabbing each other, there is no room for dodge at all, and there is no other way out except to stab the opponent down desperately.

Both sides are heavily armored and well-protected. However, when the spears stab each other, there is no armor that can block the armor-piercing spears on the other side from piercing into their bodies.

Such an exchange was very cruel. After the two sides stabbed each other desperately for a while, in the blink of an eye, a large number of spearmen in the front row of both sides fell down.

The blood of these corpses or wounded gurgled out, emitting steam on the cold winter ground.Seeing such a cruel situation, many people in the Qing army showed a look of hesitation and fear, so many casualties all at once, this is really...

And fighting in such an array, one's martial arts cannot be developed, except for stabbing, one can only stab, and even death is extremely dull and unknown.Even a gun flower can't be played.Also, why is the Ming army on the opposite side so unafraid of death?It stands to reason that in such a brutal fight, the Ming army should collapse on the spot. Why did they... come up to fight again?

Seeing the silent and cruel battle scene in front of him, the muscles on Yang Tong's face couldn't help shaking. The first wave of spearmen fighting, he always suffered too many casualties from the spearmen.There were more than 40 people in the front layer, and more than 20 people were killed in battle at once, and the rest were all wounded, and most of them were lost.

He bit his lower lip, waved his hand, and the drumbeat sounded again. Immediately, the spearmen in the front line retreated, replaced by those in the second line.Looking at the spearmen of the Qing army on the opposite side, they also retreated from the front row and replaced them with the new force of the second row.

Gritting their teeth, the two sides slowly approached again holding their spears.

(End of this chapter)