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

Chapter 34 The Power of the First Battle
Wang Dou said to Zhang Gui: "Congratulations, my lord, for the victory in the first battle, the flag has been won."

Zhang Gui laughed loudly, and he said with great joy: "Some little thieves dare to come out and fight me?"

Soon, Zhang Tanggong and the others came back and killed more than a dozen gangsters, and seized weapons, guns and equipment.After the gangsters fled back to the gate of the village desperately, some gangsters who were too late to escape knelt down and begged for mercy, but they were also killed by Zhang Tanggong and the others, and their heads were cut off as military merit.As for the badly injured gangsters in front of the battle, their heads were also chopped off.

After these blows, the bandits were terrified, and all of them hid back in the village and did not dare to move.

Zhang Gui once again ordered the camp to be set up, and each sergeant was given two liters of rice noodles, and there was joy in front of the battle.

In the afternoon, Zhang Gui again confidently ordered to attack the mountain. In front of the stronghold, the bandits set up a pass. This pass wall was low, and there were only more than 20 bandits guarding it. All the bandits knew that they would not be spared after the officers and soldiers broke through the stronghold. , so all of them were fighting to the death. Rolling Stone and Mumu just kept calling, and the bandits in the cottage also came to reinforce from time to time.

The team leader Xiao Daxin led his men to fight for a while, and retreated after several people were killed or injured. He was also hit by a rolling stone on the waist, but the bandits were so ferocious that it was difficult to break through the wall.

Zhang Gui was hesitating whether to put his servants on board, at this time Wang Dou said: "Sir, Captain, let me fight, I will definitely break through the barrier and destroy this bandit for my lord!"

Zhang Gui really believed in the force of Wang Dou and the others, and seeing that his two teams were young and strong, he might as well let them try.

Immediately he said: "Okay, it's up to you, Brother Wang!"

Wang Dou summoned his two teams of soldiers, he drew out his epee, and said sharply: "There is no retreat in this battle, we must break into the pass wall and kill all the bandits!"

Two teams of soldiers from Jingbian Fort shouted with weapons in hand: "Kill all the bandits, kill all the bandits!"

Everyone is fighting with high spirits, training hard for more than a month, just waiting for this day.

Wang Dou was wearing iron armor and rushed forward with his own sword. Han Chao Hanzhong and Gao Shiyin followed closely behind, followed by four sword and shield soldiers wearing iron armor and holding shields, and then four The gunners and the rest of the gunmen followed closely behind.

A burst of rolling stones and wood was thrown from the wall, and a sword and shield soldier and several spearmen were knocked down and injured.

With a wave of Wang Dou's long sword, three sword and shield soldiers protected the top of the shield, followed by four bird musketeers flashed out, with a few crackles, and a scream flashed on the wall. The gangsters did not expect that Ming army firearms could hit So far away, everyone shrank back in fright.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Dou led the army and approached dozens of steps further.

There were shouts and curses from above, and then several long arrows were shot, Wang Dou and others stretched out their hands to push aside, an arrow was stuck obliquely on the top of Wang Dou's nail, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it.The armor on Wang Dou's body was fine and thick, and the arrows he shot did not pose any threat to him.

When the Ming army retreated to join the bandits, they also brought their own weapons and equipment, but it can be seen that their bows and arrows were not maintained properly, and their archery skills were not very good. The limited number of bows and arrows could not stop Wang Dou and others from advancing. .

Already he could clearly see the terrified eyes of the gangsters on the wall, Wang Dou took out his bow and arrow, and with a sound of "Hoo!", a heavy arrow shot into a gangster's eye socket forcefully, throwing him flying. Crying, I don't know where to fall.

Wang Dou shot several heavy arrows again, each arrow was accompanied by a shrill scream.Han Chao, Han Zhong, and Gao Shiyin also shot arrows in the same way. Their archery skills were tricky, and they shot at people's faces, doors and eyes, and they shot the gangsters on the wall out of breath.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the sword and shield soldiers and pike soldiers of Jingbian Fort climbed over the low wall of the village one after another, jumped to the flat ground behind the wall, and started fighting with the bandits.

The three sword and shield soldiers entered first. They lined up in a row, each holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, and they just went straight up and down, slashing with their knives.

Their daily training is only one move, and each of them does not know how many times they cut it. The cruel training made them instinctively play a role. No matter how the gangsters attack, they just chop it down with a knife, even if some gangsters' weapons are chopped on them. , The thick armor on their bodies also effectively protected their safety.

No matter whether they fight alone, none of them are the opponents of these gangsters, but they come in a row, ignoring the tricks and temptations of the gangsters, and regardless of whether they have been shot or not, they just raise the knife neatly and rigidly, and chop!Raise the knife and chop!
After doing this several times, all the gangsters standing in front of them were disappointed, and all of them fled in embarrassment.

After the sword and shield soldiers opened the gap, the spearmen poured in. After they crossed the wall, they naturally gathered together in small groups to form a spear formation.

Wang Dou also rushed in at the same time, commanding them to attack, while the three of Han and Chao protected the flanks.

Just like training in the past, Wang Dou shouted: "Raise the gun!"

"kill."

"Raise the gun!"

"kill!"

Listening to Wang Dou's order, the spears all turned red-eyed. They didn't care whether the gangsters came rushing in crowds or alone, no matter how gorgeous their sword skills and spear skills were, they just listened. Wang Dou ordered to raise his spear and stab them together.

The screams kept coming, "Puchi, puff!" The sound of spears piercing into flesh was frightening. These gangsters who usually kill without blinking an eye met these pikemen who had only been trained for more than a month. Being pierced, he lay down on the ground screaming heart-piercingly.

Seeing that a person's life was easily taken away by himself, most of these Jingbian Fort military households who killed people for the first time all turned pale, and many of them could not restrain the desire to vomit.

However, the usual training worked. Although their faces turned pale, they still followed Wang Dou's order and stabbed mechanically.

And those Jingbian Fort Bird Gunners were nervously reloading from behind, attacking and killing the bandits rushing from a distance from time to time, and in the blink of an eye, most of the bandits in the Guanzhai were killed.

The leader who guarded the village was the bandit who rushed forward. He didn't believe in evil, and rushed forward with a roar and a knife. The only result was that there were a few more blood holes on his body, and he lay down on the ground with his eyes closed.

In the end, only three or four bandits escaped back to the main village, and more than [-] bandits on the closed wall were all killed.

After the battle, the military households of Jingbian Fort all sat on the ground in a state of collapse. Many people's minds were still blank. Looking at the battlefield full of corpses, many people could not believe that these brave bandits were killed by themselves. dead.

More than a month ago, they were just some ordinary and honest refugee military households. When did they have such a powerful force?
The Han and Chao brothers also looked at the battlefield in front of them with emotion. Once upon a time, they were a little doubtful about Wang Dou's military training methods, thinking that each of them only practiced one move to kill the enemy, fearing that they would not be able to cope with the complicated battlefield situation. It was inevitable to avoid heavy casualties on their own side, but it turned out that they were wrong.

Gao Shiyin also stared blankly at the battlefield, the flesh on his face trembling uncontrollably, he didn't know what he was thinking.

In the end, Wang Dou and others counted the battlefield. Even Wang Dou and others shot and killed a total of 22 bandits. Dozens of taels of silver were also found on him.One of our side was killed, one was seriously injured, and five were slightly injured.The military households who were killed and seriously injured were all knocked down by rolling stones and trees when they rushed to the village earlier, and three of them were slightly injured in the fight just now.

After Wang Douduo won the pass, Zhang Gui and others were amazed after inspecting the battlefield. Zhang Gui looked carefully at Wang Dou's military households, and he sighed: "Brother, brother really convinced you, I remember you It hasn’t been long since military households were recruited, right?”

Wang Dou clasped his fists and said: "Master of the management team, I recruited them as military households in September, and trained them for more than a month after setting up the fort!"

Everyone collectively took a deep breath. They have only practiced for more than a month and they are so good. What will it be like if they practice for another year or so?
Xiao Daxin, the officer of the Dongjiazhuang sub-team, was also watching Wang Dou from the sidelines, his eyes uncertain.

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Although the gangsters still have a main stronghold, but seeing the weather getting late, Zhang Gui would not be able to order the soldiers to attack again. Today is considered to be a smooth battle, Zhang Gui was in a good mood, and ordered to kill a sheep to reward the soldiers, Wang Dou The Jingbian Fort military households here also got some meat.

Everyone gathered around the tent and bonfire to celebrate the victory. Wang Dou took several people from Han and North Korea to visit the wounded in Jingbian Fort.The few lightly wounded were fine, and after they were bandaged, they could still continue to fight.

Only the seriously injured man died.

Seeing Wang Dou coming, he shed tears, but said in a low voice, "I don't regret following your lord, but there are old mothers, wives and children at home, so I beg you to take care of me."

Wang Dou felt sore, he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, as long as I, Wang Dou, are here, they will definitely not suffer from hunger, cold and hardship."

The seriously wounded man whispered: "Many...thank you sir..."

His voice became lower and lower, and he slowly passed away. When he was dying, his eyes still had the longing for life.

The surrounding military households wept, Wang Dou sat silently, Han Chao and the others also sat beside Wang Dou for a long time.

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The next day, Zhang Gui commanded soldiers to launch an attack on the main camp of Siqingliang. At this time, there were only more than 30 bandits left in Siqingliang. They were all the core old bandits around the bandit leader Qiu Zimao. None of them were spared, so everyone was crazy, and the rolling stones and wood fell like raindrops.

The mountain in front of the main village is steep and difficult to climb, which caused great difficulties for the attacking side. Zhang Gui commanded his men to attack several times, and even took his servants into custody, and used the remaining flying guns and rockets, but it was still in vain.

Wang Dou was also ordered to attack once. This time, he had already killed two people in battle. He also knew that the mountain was difficult to attack. If he attacked by force, he would suffer heavy casualties. , He threw a burst of rolling stones on the stronghold, and after two of his military households were injured, he took advantage of the situation and withdrew his troops.

At this time, he had thought of the internal response.

(End of this chapter)