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

Chapter 707 Tang Tingji

One after another, the army's gun formations approached the right wing of the Ming army. Although they called it a purge at first, they gradually became scattered after a short time. It started crookedly, and had to stop frequently to form a team. It was not as integrated as the Jingbian army or the Ming army's new army, and it had the momentum of a mountain.

But after all, there are so many of them, and they are densely packed one after another, and the forest of spears is one after another. Looking around, there are densely packed spear stabs, which puts a lot of psychological pressure on people. As the distance approaches, this sense of tension more intense.

There was a deliberate repressed gasp from the Ming army. At this time, the right wing was in charge of the first and second divisions of the new army in Yang Shaofan's battalion. It has become almost the same, there is one division of the four headquarters, one battalion of the four divisions, and 800 soldiers in each division.

Part A and Part B originally had 600 soldiers, but now there are only 300 left. Many of these people are still wounded, mainly because they fled a lot during the time they went south. many.

However, the continuous fighting has also caused the two departments to continuously reduce their personnel. Some of them are too seriously injured and can only live in the position of the central army and cannot fight.

Each of the two departments is responsible for a certain distance, and they are all listed as one piece, and then the gunmen are in front, and the spearmen are behind, and each piece is spliced ​​together.

They rely closely on each other. Although the two divisions are connected, the area is completely integrated. This formation also facilitates the command and responsibility of each officer. After all, everyone is more familiar with the internal affairs of their own headquarters. When fighting as a whole, it is no problem. Jingbian The same is true for the army.

All the more than [-] musketeers have been divided into three rows, because behind the spearmen there are quite a few archers in the regular battalion, and they no longer set up a reserve team of musketeers.

These gunfire soldiers waited quietly for the order from their superiors, all of them gritted their teeth and said nothing, or looked at the matchlock in their hands to prevent the matchlock from burning out or going out. It came, but it was relatively quiet here.

The sun seems to be getting warmer. Seeing that the bandit guns are getting closer, they have already approached two hundred steps. They are in the lineup of gunmen in the first department and the third headquarters on the right, and a slightly broken voice comes out: " Are the thieves going to hit our bullets with guns? Their lives are too worthless..."

The Adam's apple of a firecracker next to him kept rolling, and he couldn't help saying in a low voice, "Yeah, it's too..."

"Don't talk, be careful to calm down."

Standing in the first row, a sturdy musketeer about 23 or [-] years old gave a low snort, squinted at the position behind him, and secretly observed the traces of the patrolling soldiers.

Like the Jingbian Army, the Yutian New Army also has strict military discipline. When marching and fighting, there are a series of strict regulations. In case of battle, those who turn back will be tied up!Those who are good at action are tied up!Those who saw thieves making loud noises, and those who were injured and screamed and frightened away, all retreated in line with the military law to show the public!

At this time, the subordinates of the governor of the camp continued to patrol, and if one was not good, they might be hacked to death on the spot according to the military law before the battle.

The broken gong voice behind him was startled, and quickly squinted a few times to the side. His head didn't move, only his eyeballs rolled, turning left for a while, right for a while. Many of them have practiced without turning. By turning their heads, they can see the movements of the officers around them, and some of them can even look behind them.

Seeing that Zhen Fu was still far away, and the officers didn't pay attention to him, only some comrades turned their heads slightly and squinted at each other. He heaved a sigh of relief, and continued to say enthusiastically: "Look at those thieves, they just eat the life of the blunderbuss, A man who raises a man's wife is so stupid, yet he comes out to be a thief..."

"Still talking!"

The sturdy musketeer in the first row yelled again, this man quickly shut up, watching his appearance, the people around him all chuckled.

Most of them are from the same township of Tangtou Township, Yutian Township. The gunslinger in the first row is named Tang Tinge, but he is a captain. There are also Tang Tingji, Tang Yanfu and other young people who grew up together. partner.

The broken gong voice in the back is Tang Zhengjing, but he was born in coal black. He is black and strong, but he is also very edible, because when Cao Bianjiao recruited soldiers, he promised that everyone would have enough food. He joined the army without hesitation. Because of eating too much, he was often scolded by the captain and team officers.

These people are considered to be good family members. There were many scumbags and villains in the Ming army, who were green-skinned or something, but because of the victory in the Songshan War and the role models of the Jingbian Army, the image of soldiers in the world has changed.

In addition, when joining the Yutian New Army, there is An Jiayin, military pay, and more land can be divided, and the treatment is good, attracting many good families to join the army. Tang Ting'e and others also joined the Yutian New Army at that time, and even in Songshan In the bloody battle with the slaves in Wudaoling, Tang Ting'e was also promoted from a soldier to a chief because of his meritorious service.

Cao Bianjiao worked hard. Although the army could not be like the Jingbian army, there were some disadvantages, such as the military officers would deduct some of the salary, but because of the strict management, most of them could still reach the hands of the soldiers. Army, the soldiers are already satisfied.

Also because of joining the new army and getting back their military pay, the brothers and sisters had enough to eat for the first time in many years, and sometimes they even pulled a few feet of floral cloth for them. The tired mother also had a smile on her face, and there was land to cultivate. What else is there to be dissatisfied with?So Tang Ting'e became more and more determined.

He once heard Mr. Lizhong say: "No matter the position, no matter how big or small, everyone can be loyal, and people also want to serve the country and benefit the people."

He also said: "Life should be a loyal minister and righteous man, with an endless body and an immortal spirit."

He thought it was right, even though he was just an ordinary soldier, he also knew that loyalty should come first, and when he heard Cao Shuai yell Long Live Daming, he felt very excited.

Dashuai Cao also said it well, as long as the Eastern captives are wiped out and the thieves are wiped out, everyone can live a peaceful life.

In his rucksack, there is also an enemy of ten thousand enemies, but it was during the Battle of Songshan. The hero cherished the hero and formed friendship with some Jingbian soldiers. They gave him one. There was a hero named Li Youde in the army. After being trapped in a heavy siege, he used ten thousand enemies to die with the enemy.

There are also heroes in the Yutian army. If this is the case, how can the friendly army be better than the former?

Just thinking about his wife who was pregnant at home, a tender feeling was born at the same time, making him hold the gun in his hand even tighter.

The closer the rogue gun array is, you can see the restless expressions of the thieves in front, as well as their rather stiff behavior. Seeing that their spears cannot be seen from the front, the layers of cold light flicker. The sound of exhaling to relieve tension came from time to time.

Tang Ting'e also let out a breath of turbid air, and Tang Tingfu, who had a big head beside him, exhaled more heavily, as if he wanted to exhale all the tension and fear in his chest. He was two years younger than Tang Ting'e, but he was handsome , as a spearman, Tang Yanji, who lives in the rear, is not yet 20 years old.

Finally, the bandit formation entered a hundred paces, and the commander Qian of the Ministry came to order: "The firecrackers are ready."

"Ready to fire."

The officers shouted orders one after another.

Tang Ting'e roared: "Mighty!"

There was a buzzing sound, just like him, the gun soldiers on the first floor on the right wing held the guns at the waist with one hand, and with one eye, they looked at the back-lighting star to the front-lighting star, and the front-lighting star to the person they were hitting, aiming at themselves The goal.

They aimed intently, waiting for orders.

A high-pitched swan sound.

"put!"

The officers shouted hoarsely.

The battle broke out suddenly.

A series of roars spurted out with the flames of the black powder burning, and then turned into thick white smoke. The front end of the first spearman phalanx that broke into the army was thinned alive, and bloody arrows shot from the spearmen. They sprayed out, and then their bodies fell heavily to the ground, and there was a sound of spears falling to the ground.

There was a scream, and the hit bandit rolled on the ground in pain, moaning in pain.

Most of them didn't wear any armor, at most they wore a crotch and a turban, or some people wore felt hats. How could they guard against firecrackers?In fact, even wearing armor, such as the double-layer heavy armor of the Qing soldiers, cannot defend against sophisticated firearms.

Even if they didn't penetrate their double-layer heavy armor, but the powerful impact of the projectile, as long as it hits the body, the bones and internal organs will still be shattered by the shock injury. Wearing armor, more, it is a kind of Just psychological comfort.

"put!"

There was another violent volley, a large amount of gunpowder smoke sprayed out, and there were endless screams. The thieves in front rolled down again, and the screams and cries were densely heard.

Many of these thieves were seeing the power of East Road firearms for the first time, and the feeling of being shot was really unbearable.

Tang Tinge saw a blood clot in the mouth of a thief in front of him. He covered the wound with one hand, leaned on his body with a spear in the other hand, knelt down on one knee, raised his head and howled vigorously, as if in unspeakable pain. Beside him, There are many people rolling around on the ground.

Tang Tinge wasn't sure if the thief had hit him himself. There was white mist in front of his eyes, and his vision became more and more blurred. Just like before, he didn't care to look too much. Tang Zhengzheng thrust a firecracker from the rear, his movements were quick and flexible.

Although coalspots can be eaten, their combat ability is still good, and because everyone in this area is from the same family, everyone cooperates tacitly with each other, and the firearms are passed in an orderly manner. The empty guns are passed to the end, and the last row of soldiers quickly reloads.

The firearm transfer tactics of the Shenji Camp have many advantages, but of course there are also disadvantages. Poor coordination between the front and rear, or casualties of the firearms soldiers in the front will cause chaos. Moreover, the requirements for the guns and medicines are quite high. , each with its own, how to install it?
Tang Tinge heard that the firearm transfer tactics of the Shenji Camp had been lost for a long time, and it was only after the emergence of the unified standard firearms on the East Route that such tactics reappeared. He also heard that this kind of tactics was also quite popular in the Jingbian Army. But their soldiers were scattered after they were recruited.

Tang Ting'e didn't understand, wouldn't it be better for people from the same village to get together?Not to mention anything else, just speaking is convenient.

Although the dialects in the north are not as complicated and difficult to understand as in the south, there were businessmen from Zhejiang and Fujian in the Republic of China who had to communicate in English. If they are broken up like that, it will be inconvenient for soldiers to train, right?
Or maybe there are some mysteries in it that I can't understand?

As soon as the real blunderbuss was in his hand, Tang Ting'e immediately aimed at the front again and continued to wait for the order.

The thieves in front were already extremely chaotic, some shouted, some were at a loss, some seemed to want to escape, their officers were desperately suppressing them, and the wounded under their feet were all screaming desperately.

Pole!
Another high-pitched swan sound.

"put!"

Without hesitation, Tang Ting'e pulled the trigger again and fired a third volley, covered in smoke, as if to engulf Tang Ting'e and others.

……

Amidst the non-stop bang bang, the army's gun array was overturned layer by layer in front of the array, and each gun array was flattened piece by piece, and then came up again. Mercy, perhaps, the human life in front of him is just the object of his experiment.

Yang Shaofan, who had always been calm, was moved when he saw such a tragic massacre, and Xiao Mingfeng, the conciliator, murmured, "Are they really paying for their lives? In the hearts of the thieves, their lives are only worth one bullet?"

He was talking to himself, but he didn't know when, the coach Cao Bianjiao had already come up, looking at the thief in a daze.

Of course, the Chuangjun soldiers were not fearless robots. After the third phalanx suffered four volleys from the Ming army and collapsed, the pikemen in the last two phalanxes were already terrified and unwilling to come up again.

Even so, the three gun formations were overturned, leaving nearly [-] wounded or corpses of bandit soldiers in front of the formation.

Perhaps, for these wounded, it is better to die on the spot, and it is more painful to live like this. In this era, there are no antibiotics, and the wounds injured by bullets are difficult to wash, and even a little residue is fatal. Even if they do not die temporarily, they will die in the future more painful.

Not to mention, there are very few medicines for knife sores in the army, and even if there are, ordinary soldiers don't have to think about it.

Listening to the heart-piercing yells of those wounded, few people are not afraid, and it is inevitable to throw away the spear in their hands and run as fast as they can.

Yuan Zongdi and others summed up their experience and found that in order to maintain the integrity of the army formation, the main culprit was walking up and getting shot so slowly!
Every time the Ming army fired a volley of 3000 guns, a gun formation was bombarded at least three or four times in a short period of time. There were only [-] people in one burst, and four or five hundred, or even five or six hundred people were killed or injured in a blink of an eye. collapse?
Walking up slowly one after another like that, how can you survive the time of hand-to-hand combat?So he decided that it would be better to launch an attack like a tide, and let the spearmen rush up like a hungry people.

The generals agreed that, under coercion and lure, they organized some more brave spearmen and sword and shield soldiers in front, so that the two phalanxes who had not been shot by the guns followed closely behind, and then the three phalanxes who had been shot by the guns followed closely. The soldiers followed behind, Yuan Zongdi did not believe that the charge of 5000 people would not even be able to charge away from the Ming army.

Blood and madness were staged again. After a big drum, countless intruders rushed towards the right wing. Looking at their black heads and dense spear jungle, Tang Ting'e has become a strong fighter, and his hands and feet are cold. A sentence floated up: "The inexhaustible thief."

These tide-like intruders charged fiercely. They were all crazy. After rushing within a hundred steps, even if they were killed row by row in front of the position, their eyes were still bloodshot and they did not flinch. , only to the gunmen.

Tang Tinge and his comrades around him only had time to shoot two rounds, and they had to retreat after six volleys. Their madness made even Tang Zhengjing, who was a bit of a fool, tremble. Yes, these thieves are crazy..."

Tang Tinge was also terrified, the first time the bullets could not stop the bandits, just like a sentence, when the density of human heads overwhelmed the bullets of machine guns, the crowd tactics were successful.

"Kill the thief!"

The spearmen on the right also shouted wildly, passed the gunmen, and rushed forward. Tang Ting'e only had time to see Tang Yanji's figure flash, and he went up. Among the fellow villagers, there were already casualties one after another. I don't want young Tang Yanji to have trouble.

Tang Tingfu also called out: "Ah Ji, be careful..."

The madness of the bandits on the right wing alarmed even Cao Bianjiao, who was in charge of the overall situation. Although the rest of the bandits attacked together to support the right wing, and even the bandit cavalry on the other side of the sound water also launched a feint attack, he still organized some soldiers from the main battalion to prepare for the attack. support.

"kill!"

The two sides collided in an instant, and countless howls rang out. In this dense crowd of people and guns, there was almost no room for body skills. Except for stabbing forward or stabbing, the comparison was based on each other's willpower and tenacity.

The sound of spears piercing the flesh continued, and the spearmen in the front row of both sides fell down in a blink of an eye. Although the new army paid attention to cooperation, there were too many spearmen intruding into the army, and they were still in a state of madness. Hands, the two sides stabbed each other back and forth, there was no room for dodge at all.

Combat with cold weapons is very cruel. The pain of being stabbed into the body is unimaginable. It is considered lucky to die on the spot. If the internal organs are pierced or something, the pain is not something ordinary people can bear. If you are stabbed in the lungs, let alone no other injuries , unable to expand the lungs to take in fresh air, will also suffocate alive.

Tang Tingji rushed in the first row, and their [-] spearmen were divided into six rows. In a blink of an eye, there was a large space around him. The few thieves he met in person seemed to be novices. The tip of the spear brushed past his ribs and pierced directly, and a spear passed by his cheek, but a piece of skin or a piece of flesh was missing, Tang Tingji didn't even bother to pay attention.

He seized the opportunity and stabbed a thief hard in the heart, because this method can only hold the middle of the gun shaft, the strength is not strong, the spear almost got stuck in the opponent's body and could not be drawn out, and he did not know where to go if he paid attention to the other thief up.

If he is so lucky, there are not many chances. The two sides are densely packed with guns, and densely packed with guns. The comrades around him can only carry it with their bodies. A fellow surnamed Tang was stabbed in the abdomen under his feet. He held it tightly with his hands. The spear that pierced his body coughed up bloody foam from his mouth. Although he was still struggling to breathe, it was obviously hopeless.

There is also a comrade in the team, he was stabbed in the internal organs between the chest and abdomen, rolled on the ground, his whole body bowed into a shrimp, he twitched, his facial features were distorted, he was known as a tough guy in the team, obviously couldn't bear it This excruciating pain.

The vacant seats in the first row were quickly filled. The soldiers of the new army stabbed forward with all their might, killed and wounded, and filled in again. It was the same on the side of the bandits. People on both sides kept falling down, and there was a lot of wailing, and many people who survived Struggling on the ground, the blood is extremely slippery under the feet, and the wounded and corpses will be encountered from time to time.

But after all, there are only so many battle spaces, no matter how many thieves are frantically stabbed, they can only wait anxiously behind, and during this time, their crazy emotions are slowly cooling down, and some people begin to show hesitation and fear .

Even if the pikemen didn't kill as many people as the firecrackers, but the degree of tragedy and shock was even worse. It was too tragic and cruel. Whenever they saw someone being stabbed, they would tremble and kneel on the ground. , is really chilling.

Moreover, because the new army keeps filling the vacancies, the Chuangjun side is relatively chaotic. Many people are training, but it is obviously not so easy to cooperate in front of the battle. Often the front row dies, and the rear is still hesitating. The new army began to use guns Lin dealt with the bravery of the common man, and the ratio of casualties between the two sides expanded rapidly.

This ebb and flow, more and more of the spearmen who woke up from the madness showed panic, intending to push their partners forward, so that their battle lines became more chaotic, and there was less and less fighting Ability.

This is also the disadvantage of swarming. If you go up in groups, you can at least retreat from the front and fight again in the back. In the current situation, it is obviously difficult to do this. No matter how many spearmen there are, they will not be able to exert their manpower advantage.

Finally, a Chuangjun couldn't take it anymore, and fled back screaming. If the plague infected more people, and then caused more people to retreat, the new army began to chase and drive away. He also took the opportunity to chase and kill them, and even caused those intruders to flee.

Tang Ting's fuselage was dripping with blood. I don't know if it was his own or the enemy's. He felt that many places on his body were hot, and he ignored it. He gritted his teeth and only had one thought in his mind: to kill more thieves and avenge his fellow countrymen and comrades-in-arms .

At this time, he had the opportunity to grieve, all kinds of indescribable grief welled up in his heart, many of his brothers and comrades had died, how would their family grieve when they returned?Many of them treat themselves like relatives.

"Aji...Aji..."

Thinking of a fellow countryman reaching out to him before he died, but I could only be careful not to step on him.

His eyes were red and he rushed out.

"kill!"

He stabbed a thief in the throat.

"kill!"

He nailed a thief to the ground from the back.

"kill……"

Tang Tingji hesitated for a moment with his hand holding the spear, and a bandit soldier turned around in front of him, showing a frightened face. He was very childish, and there was only light fluff on his lips, about sixteen or seventeen , younger than myself.

He begged: "Don't kill me, I was also forced, I still have a mother at home..."

"Mother."

Tang Tingji paused even more, thinking of his mother at home, and then the faces of his fellow villagers who died came to his mind, they were also young and had mothers.

He roared viciously: "Die, thief!"

The spear in his hand pierced the bandit's belly, and the young bandit cried loudly, "Mother, mother..."

Tang Tingji pulled out his spear, his blood spurted out instantly, and then he coughed up bloody foam from his mouth.

Seeing him struggling, Tang Tingji suddenly lost the desire to pursue him. Looking at the flesh and blood battlefield in front of him, he felt dazed, and then looked down at the young bandit soldier. He was still twitching, muttering something, Tang Tingji The phone listened for a while, but it was: "Mother... little sister..." A few words.

In the end, the bandit soldier died, and his wide-eyed corpse was mixed in the pile of corpses, unremarkable, because such corpses were everywhere, scattered in all directions, and spread far away.

(End of this chapter)