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

Chapter 414 Where did the officers and soldiers come from?
At this time, a few bandits rushed to the vicinity of "Linhan Gate" and were showing off their power, when suddenly they heard rumbling noises, and a group of cavalry appeared strangely from the gate of the city.As soon as they appeared, an icy chill immediately spread around the city gate.
"what is this?"
"Officer...Officer and soldier?"
This group of cavalry rushed closer and closer, and quickly formed a formation of five cavalry. At this time, the bandit cavalry also saw the appearance of those cavalry clearly.
All the horses were tall and healthy, and all the knights were dressed in fiery red cotton armor. The sharp feeling of the armor must be the dark armor inlaid with iron leaves.They wore iron helmets with red tassels floating high on them, and the red cotton armor was covered with thick copper nails, shining with a penetrating metallic light.
Where did this army come from, which makes people feel so palpitating?
Before the thieves could react, they accelerated, and their heavy horseshoes knocked against the bluestone streets, making a dull sound.Their icy lances were pointed at the frightened rogues, rushing towards them like a tidal wave.
"It's officers and soldiers!"
The thieves let out shrill screams.
"Hurry up to meet the enemy..."
Many people shouted in despair, but they gathered in a group without any team strength to speak of, and the horsepower did not let go, how to fight?
Before they could figure out how to deal with it, those cavalrymen rushed over mercilessly.
People screamed and horses neighed, and there was a sound of miserable howls, and those thieves and horse soldiers were knocked off their backs.
The heavy lances of those cavalrymen pierced their chests, and continued to stab them mercilessly.The soldiers of the Shun Township Army in the front row even pierced the bodies of several thieves with their lances, stringing them together.
All of a sudden, in the north of the city near the "Linhanmen" North Street, a strong smell of blood spread, as well as the sound of weapons, and the mournful howls before death, one after another.
The battle was short and fierce. After the cavalry of the Shun Township Army in the front row rushed past the bandits, they didn't stop, and continued to charge forward with knives and guns.
The thieves who survived by luck will be dealt with by their later comrades in arms.
"Kill all the thieves!"
More and more Shunxiang army cavalry rushed into the North Street from the "Linhan Gate". They maintained a five-column charge and rolled on the street.
The main avenues in Xiangyang are flat and wide, especially the East-West avenues and the North-South avenues, each of which is three or four miles long and seven or eight feet wide. It is not difficult to maintain the momentum of five riders and one column.
All the bandits and cavalry encountered along the way never met once.In the eyes of the thieves, these officers and soldiers are all heavily armored and heavy horses, and they are like overwhelming mountains and seas when they march. How can they resist the rolling power?They all fled back in a panic.
Not to mention these thieves fleeing in a panic, even the people of Xiangyang fleeing on the street, when they saw the cavalry rolling over, they also ran away in a panic.
They recalled the reading just now, saying that General Dingguo from the East Road of Xuanfu Town came to help, and the people who had heard of Wang Dou's reputation were more at ease.
They either hid in the streets and alleys so as not to be attacked by the cavalry, or they hid in the alleys and went home directly from the familiar alleys, waiting for the chaos to subside.
All of Wang Dou's army entered the city, except for sending a cavalry commander to the west gate and a cavalry commander to the east gate, the rest followed him to Prince Xiang's mansion in the south of the city.
Mercedes-Benz on the wide North Street of Xiangyang City, in front of him is rolling and riding, Wang Dou is in a good mood, Xiangyang, the general trend has been determined.
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At this time, Zhang Xianzhong entered the city from the west gate. He had just led the army to Wangfu Street near the Prince Xiang's Mansion, which is later called Luyingbi Lane, when he heard the roar of the Shunxiang Army, followed by a reading with a Beidi accent. The voice said that General Dingguo came to help.
He roared angrily: "What's going on, where did this officer and soldier come from, and who is Wang Dou?"
Li Dingguo was thoughtful: "Wang Dou, I seem to have heard of this person's name."
Sun Kewang was tall and tall, wearing a heavy armor that was rarely seen in the rebel army, and his face was full of ferocity. He shouted: "Father, let me bring some brothers from the old camp. No matter what officers and soldiers come to help, I will kill them all!" A does not stay."
Zhang Xianzhong was about to speak, but he heard the sound of hoofbeats from Beicheng, followed by bursts of cries, and soon, he saw his subordinates rushing towards him.At first they were in twos and threes, and then in groups, all of them looked terrified, crying for their father and mother, just saying that they were very powerful when they met officers and soldiers.
Some rout soldiers even rode their horses out of the city screaming wildly, even the coach Zhang Xianzhong ignored them, they were all fine riders, but now they became like this, obviously seeing the panic brought to them by the officers and soldiers.
Zhang Xianzhong was even more angry, and ordered to cut down several defeated soldiers, but it didn't have any effect.
But at this time, the sound of rumbling horseshoes got closer, and it was obvious that the official cavalry of the brigade had already charged.
Seeing some commotion in the people around him, Zhang Xianzhong gritted his teeth: "I have worked so hard to take down Xiangyang City, who dares to pick peaches from my hands? What are officers and soldiers? It's not like I haven't fought before. That fierce tiger is called a fierce general, isn't it?" Was Laozi beheaded his son and nephew?"
He waved his hand violently: "Children, come with me, I don't believe it, those officers and soldiers have three heads and six arms, I will beat them!"
Zhang Xianzhong had a lot of experience in combat, he knew that in the interior of the city, the fine cavalry was not easy to use, so he had better dismount and fight on foot, and use a strong bow and crossbow to shoot and kill those officers and soldiers.As long as they resisted a wave of shock, the officers, soldiers and cavalry behind lost their speed and let themselves be slaughtered.
Under the leadership of Zhang Xianzhong, all the old battalion thieves turned back to the South Street, and with the adoption son Ainengqi leading hundreds of people back from Wangfu Square, more than 1000 Jingqi gathered beside Zhang Xianzhong .Most of these people can shoot strong bows and arrows.
They lined up several layers of archers on the street. Behind the archers, there were dense melee fighters holding shields and broadswords.Originally Zhang Xianzhong wanted to lead the army to fight at Nanjiekou, where the terrain is wider, but the officers and soldiers had already rushed over, fearing that it was too late to line up, so he waited here.
After waiting for a long time, the sound of rumbling horseshoes came from the street, from North Street to South Street.
Finally, the rolling fine cavalry figures of those officers and soldiers came into the eyes of Zhang Xianzhong and others.
Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help taking a deep breath: "Where are the officers and soldiers so elite?"
The cavalry of Ming Dynasty all had armor, although those officers and soldiers were all wearing cotton armor, and they all rode high-headed war horses, although Zhang Xianzhong was a little surprised, but he was not overly surprised by the well-informed him.
I don't know how many embroidered pillow soldiers have been seen in Zhang Xianzhong's military career.What shocked Zhang Xianzhong was that the aura and murderous aura on this army were not those of an army that had experienced hundreds of battles and climbed out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood.
As a general, especially a bandit leader who has fought in old battles, observing one's spirit is the first skill of each person, that is, one can judge the combat capability of an army from the appearance and morale of the army.
Zhang Xianzhong's expression became solemn, no wonder the brothers on the North Street were defeated so quickly, no wonder they faced this kind of officers and soldiers.
Looks like there's going to be a tough fight.
However, he was confident that under the strong bows and crossbows of his old battalion soldiers, the cavalry would not be able to rush over. After all, the streets were narrow and the advantages of the cavalry could not be used in the wild.
But to Zhang Xianzhong's disappointment, the cavalry slowly stopped two hundred paces away.Then, some military orders came out from there, and soon, the cavalry retreated, and some blunderbuss soldiers appeared in front of Zhang Xianzhong and others.
These blunderbuss soldiers seemed to be more well-equipped, they were not the cotton armor worn by the cavalry seen before, but iron helmets and iron armor of the same color, with the leaves of the armor exposed, all in the style of clear armor.The bird gun held in the hand is also a bit weird, it seems to be longer than what everyone has seen.
Seeing these blunderbuss soldiers come out, there was some commotion on the rogue side. After all, at that time, if they were high-quality blunderbusses, they were still a great threat to officers and soldiers as well as to rogue bandits.
Qi Jiguang once said: "Bird blunderbusses are different from all kinds of firearms. They can sharpen the armor and hit the target, and the bow and arrow can't reach it!"
At that time when Qi's army was fighting, the bird guns fired after a hundred paces, and the bows and arrows fired after sixty paces.
The blunderbuss of Qi's army can penetrate heavy armor within seventy or eighty steps. At that time, one step was about [-] meters, which shows the power of an excellent blunderbuss.
Seeing the fear on his brother's face, Zhang Xianzhong encouraged him: "Don't worry, the officers and soldiers' blunderbuss are not good, not to mention exploding, and the speed of firing is still slow, at most one round, we can rush over. As long as we fight with them hand-to-hand , the officers and soldiers will soon be defeated."
He issued an order: "The officers and soldiers killed will be rewarded with their armor and horses."
The old battalion officers also tried their best to encourage Zhang Xianzhong to make a quick decision and ordered the hand-to-hand soldiers to come forward, each holding a shield. Since the officers and soldiers sent out the blunderbuss and their armor was outstanding, if he used archers to fight, he would inevitably be defeated.He had a hunch that the guns used by those officers and soldiers must be excellent.
Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son, Ai Nengqi, the hero of the battalion, took the lead and personally led some old battalion soldiers to attack.
Holding swords and shields, they gritted their teeth and shouted wildly: "Kill the officers and soldiers."
"Kill!"
The thieves roared wildly and rushed towards the Shun Township Army with all their might.
At this time, they are facing the two teams of Lumi guns in the third team of Wang Dou's guards. As the existence of guarding Wang Dou, they are the most elite fighters in the whole army. And ruthless, not to mention that the gunpowder formula of the Shunxiang Army has been improved and is even more powerful.
There were 20 of them in a row, and the two teams of gunners lined up in five rows, just looking indifferently at the thieves rushing across.
Soon, the thieves rushed into the hundred paces, ninety paces, eighty paces, and their ferocious expressions became more and more clear.
Just as they rushed eighty steps, a death-like voice sounded: "Shoot!"
Crack, clap, the sound of firing guns, a large puff of gunpowder smoke came out, and a large number of charging thieves fell down immediately.
After the Lumi musketeers in the first row finished shooting, they quickly retreated from both sides of the street to the end.
The Lumi musketeers in the second row fired another volley, causing the bandits on the opposite side to scream again, and the people who were shot fell to the ground in pain, making heart-piercing howls.
But at this moment, the charging thieves came back to their senses, what kind of guns are the officers and soldiers, and the shields held by each of them don't work at all?
Not allowing them to think too much, there was another sound of volleying guns on the opposite side, like the urging of death, harvesting dozens of lives.
The rogues were knocked to the ground one by one, howling. The power of the Shunxiang army's guns was unimaginable for these rogues.The Qing soldiers who invaded the bandits were beaten and howled, not to mention these weaker bandits.
In the eyes of the charging thieves, gunpowder smoke rose from the opposite side at this time, and some people could not be seen clearly, but fires shot out from the smoke, and with each burst of fire, one more person from their side fell down. The big hole, many people's internal organs, liver and intestines were punched out, kneeling on the ground would be worse than death.
All the thieves have heavy shields, even iron shields, but what's the use?Not to mention that most of the shields used by the thieves are light wooden or leather shields. If they are hit by a gun, they will have a big hole, or they will be broken into several pieces, which cannot provide protection at all.
I haven't rushed to the opposite side, and I have already suffered heavy casualties. Can this battle still be fought?

(End of this chapter)