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

Chapter 682 Gun Sword, Stab
The trumpeter of the military department was still there, and immediately he blew the trumpet. According to the syllables, the feathered cavalry quickly formed a formation, forming a round formation along the hills.

Feather cavalry is a first-class sergeant, in fact, they are best at foot combat, especially defense.

This time, they took the horses and horses behind the Tatars. The dry food, tents, and some weapons they carried were all placed on these horses and mules. Without the dry food with them, how will these thousands of Tatar soldiers be harassed in the future?

At this time, the Mongols in the newly attached battalion, led by Zeng Yiyi, rushed into the hills one after another. Some of them carried some feathered cavalry soldiers, corpses, or wounded on their horses.

The feathered cavalry rode the wall and rushed into the formation. There were also losses along the way. About a hundred people were missing. Most of them were soldiers in the first three rows and soldiers on the two wings. Some of them died on the spot, or suffered minor or serious injuries.

Some of them were rescued by the new attached battalion, while some fallen soldiers were surrounded by a large group of enemy cavalry and died fighting hard.

The feathered cavalry broke through the formation and arrived at the destination without losing their main force. After the formation order was issued, immediately the gunmen were in front and the spearmen were behind, forming an array on the grass. Their formation was four rows of gunmen and four rows of spearmen. , the sword on the gun is sharp and cold, which is shocking to watch.

As a first-class army, they have excellent training, so they will use two-layer two-layer salvo tactics, and every two rows will be dislocated before and after salvos, which will definitely give the strongest firepower to the Tartars.

All the soldiers held their beloved bird guns, and they were close together. That's why the flintlock guns are good. Without the obstructing matchlocks, the soldiers can be arranged more closely, and the fierceness of the firepower can be enhanced.

Many fighters regretted that it would have been better if they had used self-generating firecrackers earlier, but the technology was immature at that time, and it was impossible.

The Mongols of the newly attached battalion, the strong archers among them, were also singled out and ranked behind the spearmen to increase their firepower. as a mobile support team.

Their main force is also there, and there are more than a hundred casualties in the whole battalion. It seemed that the fight was fierce before, but in fact, this kind of cavalry battle will not cause great losses. When the casualties are the largest, they will be hunted down when they collapse time, if the horsepower is insufficient.

Han Chao stood on the hill, behind him was a maple tree, many of the leaves were already red, some were even as delicate as a fire, and seemed to be soaked in blood. He held up the binoculars and looked towards the position. Mengqi has come galloping.

It seems that the baggage and horses have been seized, and the rear has been taken away. The Tartars have gone crazy and vowed to take back their property.

However, their number was a little smaller than at the beginning. The feather cavalry came all the way, knocking down hundreds of them along the way, plus shooting with two-winged pistols, fighting with the Mongols in the new attached camp, and other losses. The strength of the Mongolian cavalry is already far inferior. early.

However, because the Tatars, big and small, who had fled earlier on the confluence hill were also very powerful, densely packed cavalry, like a flood that burst a bank, finally surrounded the entire hill.

They even couldn't wait, just rested for a while, recuperated their horsepower, and then used the cavalry encirclement technique, one team after another, forming an array of fish scales, and at the last desolate horn, the cavalry rolled towards the Jingbian army, slamming Come rushing.

The sound of hooves was loud, dense grass clippings were constantly thrown into the air, and the ground in front of the grassland seemed to be trembling under the impact of iron hooves. Seeing this kind of power, the faces of the Mongols behind the spearmen changed. It seems that these barbarians As long as you are willing to spend your money, you are still very powerful.

But looking at the Jingbian army in front, their gunners are still waiting in full force, they have pulled off their masks, and the expressions on their faces cannot be seen, but each of them is holding the guns in their hands, still motionless.

The gunmen in the first two rows of them squatted quietly on the ground, while the gunmen in the back two rows raised their guns to aim at the rolling Mengqi. Big problem.

In addition to the musketeers who were on the enemy's horse, there were also the musketeers on the two wings of the circle, who also held the muskets with the gun swords obliquely to aim at the muskets, intending to shoot from the side.

Hundreds of Mongolian cavalry came straight forward, mostly armored soldiers of these Mongols, holding spears, heavy axes and other weapons, and there were waves of Mongolian cavalry behind, and some scattered cavalry protected the wings to prevent possible Ming Qi flanked the attack.

These vanguards knew that the Jingbian army was determined to fight, and they no longer used any cavalry and shooting techniques to lure them. They only used cavalry to clash. In their view, the Ming army did not reject horses, nor did they have chariots, but only a few thin layers. The strength of the troops, if you have concentrated your strength and rushed straight to a point one after another, there is still a great chance of breaking through.

The hoofbeats became more and more intense, and the sound of beating the ground seemed to make people's hearts beat violently. Tabunang's face was already flushed. Standing in the bow formation, he almost shouted, facing the cavalry charge at close range. , to feel the pressure.

He looked at the barbarians coming on horseback. Many of them looked ferocious. They danced their weapons, opened their mouths wide, and showed their yellow teeth. Those who were a little weak-willed might have been defeated in the face of this cavalry attack. Even he himself was afraid. Can't help but want to shoot an arrow.

Seeing that the barbarian cavalry had already charged a hundred paces, the gunmen in front were still motionless, and the officer did not give an order. He had mixed emotions, and he couldn't tell whether it was admiration or something else.

An officer had already issued an order, and Tabu Nang didn't have time to think about it, and Gale, who seemed calm but actually nervous, opened his bow and arrow beside him.

Fifty steps.

Tabu Nang seemed to hear an order from an officer of the Jingbian Army, followed by the deafening sound of firing guns.

Tabu Nang swears in the name of Buddha or Changshengtian, he has never felt such loud and dense gunshots at close range, crackling like popping beans, and the flames in front of him seem to be connected into a single flame.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see that there was a burst of red flames from the left and right, and then thick white smoke billowed up.

There was a lot of inhuman screams, and there were many horses neighing. Mongolian knights screamed and fell off their horses, and the horses that had been shot were running wildly.

Even those who can shoot from this side and the two wings, this wave of firecracker salvo has about 300 shots, a distance of [-] steps, and many of them are fired from the flanks. The horse was shot, and their cavalry was only three or four hundred.

Even if these people have armor on their bodies, how can they stop the firearms of the Jingbian army?For those who were hit by lead bullets, bloody arrows spewed out from the men and horses, and all of them howled horribly.

Hearing their cries, even with Tabu Nang's bravery, he felt terrified. Fortunately, he belonged to the Jingbian army.

At the same time, he didn't think much about it, because the officer had already issued an order, and with a whoosh, he shot his arrows. At the same time, the sound of the bowstring ringing around him continued, and the arrows shot forward like locusts. The archers all use diffuse tactics, the first wave after wave, just shoot forward.

In front of Mengqi, there was another group of people turning their backs on their backs. For ordinary step archers, the first three or four arrows are extremely fast and powerful. There are hundreds of archers on this side, and the arrows are densely packed. Arm shield, but it can't cover it enough, and many people are still shot.

Those arrows were so powerful that some people were shot off their horses just like that. Although the horses hit by the arrows would not fall down all at once, the pain and outburst of anger also knocked some knights off their horses.

The front was already quite chaotic, but with the inertia of the horses, the remaining Mongolian cavalry rushed forward.

The gunmen in the first and second rows had already stood up. They were staggered forward and backward, and the two rows of gunfire with swords protruded densely, aiming at the Mongolian cavalry soldiers who were getting closer. Loading your own custom-loaded paper tube ammunition, there is a sound of clearing the chamber and cleaning rod.

The speed of the war horses was extremely fast, and soon, they would rush to the front of the Jingbian army's blunderbuss array. Some Mongolian knights in front of them were already screaming and raised their spears, preparing for the final charge.

These cavalry also saw that the gunmen of the Jingbian Army in front seemed to have gun swords stuffed into their gun barrels, making their long guns look like two rows of spears.

Some Mongolian soldiers have memories. In some border towns of the Ming army, there is something called Sizi Gun Yi Jian Jian, which can turn fire guns into spears, but their gun swords are just stuffed on the gun barrels. Can you shoot while stuffing?

But it doesn't matter, even if their firecrackers can be used as spears, they still have to run over and break through their army formation, even if they have a horse on their lap, fear and hesitation flashed in their eyes, they still have to run into them.

The rest of the meng cavalry came rolling in, their ferocious and bloodthirsty expressions became clearer, fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps, twenty steps, Tabu Nang had forgotten to shoot arrows, thinking blankly, those Why didn't the Jingbian army fire their guns? Are they really not afraid of death?

Ten steps.

There was another deafening explosion of firecrackers, a flame rose in front of it, and billows of smoke rose into the air, and two flames also rose from the two wing circles, choking the smell of smoke and gunpowder, coming again.

The blunderbuss soldiers in the first and second rows of the blunderbuss array almost fired at the Mongolian cavalry under their noses. They fired in two rows, and dense flames spewed out from under the blunderbuss swords.

With such a large target and such a short distance, two rows of musketeers fired at the same time. These Mongolian cavalry suffered heavy casualties. Almost half of them fell off their horses, or their horses were shot, especially the rows of people in front were wiped out.

Because the distance was too close, some horses even stumbled after being shot, and rolled over.

The blunderbuss warriors yelled at them, and they all stabbed out. The sound of the fierce four-edged blunderbuss sword piercing into the flesh continued. , I was knocked so that I vomited blood and retreated.

With such a powerful firepower strike, the remaining Mongolian cavalrymen were all blank-minded by luck, and they were too shocked to be further shocked.

And in front of them, there is a forest of blunderbuss swords erected. Even if their horses rushed up again by inertia, they were still stopped in shock, and they flew into the air with their front hooves neighing, and some stunned knights were thrown away. Get off your horse.

"Battle sword, stab!"

Seeing some tartars get up in a daze, wanting to draw out their weapons to fight, a majestic voice shouted decisively before the last two rows of musketeers were finished.

"kill!"

Strict, dense forest of guns and swords, stab the Tartars who are unsteady in front of them, and those who are riding horses, stab the horse, and stab people up, just listen to the miserable howling, and the iron pierces the flesh. The voices sounded one after another, and puffs of blood sprayed out, shooting many musketeers all over their bodies and faces.

The blood was soaring, mixed with the gunpowder smoke, forming an indescribable smell. The stabbing technique of the gun sword soldiers was similar to that of the pike soldiers. Of course, there were slight differences, but the left and right pincers and the back row's coordination tactics were the same.

One fell to the feet of a few blunderbuss soldiers. The thick Tazi soldier struggled to get up and brandished his big knife, but he couldn't block the left, right, and back three blunderbuss swords.

He checked a few times, and suddenly fell like a dog eating shit. Just when he was about to get up, he was stabbed by three gun swords at the same time. Piercing the body with the blunderbuss sword, the taste will definitely not be better than the armor-piercing long cone spear.

There were desolate howls one after another, and the Tartars in front of them were stabbed to death one by one. At this moment, the gunmen in the third and third platoons had already quickly loaded their ammunition, and pulled at the rest of the Turtars who were running around, losing their horse speed, and panicked. Trigger...

In front of the blunderbuss array here, there are corpses of Mengqi men and horses scattered all over the place, and the cries of the dying wounded are earth-shattering. The fresh blood moistens the grassland. It is conceivable that next year the wild flowers and weeds here will grow more lush.

(End of this chapter)