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

Chapter 793 Crash
The torrent of the huge cavalry team spread across the wilderness, with the wide sand river in front of them, but they didn't stop, they rushed straight in with their horses. With a murderous look.

There were about [-] of these rushing cavalry. They used yellow flags in the front, and most of the soldiers wore yellow cotton armor. They used white flags in the rear, and most of the soldiers wore blue cotton armor.

After Li Zicheng established the regime in Xiangyang, he had several prefectures in Henan and Huguang, and most of them were rich in Huguang. The increase in wealth and materials led to the standardization of banner clothing, at least the banner armor of the core five battalions can be guaranteed.

After customization, the flags and armors of each battalion follow the original color, but because of the theory of the Five Movements, Li Zicheng claimed to be the king of water virtue, his clothes were still blue, and the local official uniforms and hats were all blue. White is used, black is used for banners, but blue is used for clothes and armor.

At this time, at the forefront of the torrent, there was a big yellow banner and a big black banner, with the characters "Li" and "Yang" written on the flags, and there was a young and brilliant general under his banner, a general with a dignified appearance and a deep complexion.

Both of them are under 30 years old, but they are Li Guo, the general of the rear battalion system, and Yang Shaofan, who was appointed as the left mighty general of the middle battalion after he joined the camp.

After the defeat of Cao and Wang, and the defeat of the Ming army in Zhuxian Town, the Chuang army surrendered about 5000 new troops from each battalion. On this basis, Li Chuang formed a huge bird battalion with a total of about There were [-] men, and Yishi used the captured sharp Donglu blunderbuss, which belonged to Yang Shaofan and practiced from time to time in Xiangyang.

This bird battalion was directly under the jurisdiction of the standard battalion. Li Chuang had high hopes for this army. The soldiers enjoyed the same enjoyment as the old battalion, and each of them was equipped with horses, so they were quite flexible.

This time in Li Guo, Yang Shaofan came all the way from Xiangyang, but he went to Suizhou to destroy Xiaoyuan's camp, and recruited Yuan Shizhong's subordinates by the way.

Li Zicheng had been dissatisfied with Yuan Shizhong for a long time. After he fought Luo Rucai, Ge, Zuo Wuying and others, he spread the word to Yuan Shizhong and invited him to go south to fight together.However, Yuan Shizhong ignored him, and while his main force was far away in the Huguang area, he flirted with the government, thinking of recruiting peace.

After he sent Fugou Xiangsheng Liu Zongwen to persuade him, he also killed Liu Zongwen, attacked his subordinates several times, and sent the captives to Kaifeng Mansion as captives. He looked so complacent, thinking that he was far away in Huguang, If the whip is too long, why can't he?

At this time, the Chuang army won a great victory in Zhuxian Town, recruited and surrendered many horse infantry officers and soldiers, and gathered soldiers and horses from the Ge and Zuo battalions, and was invincible in Huguang. million strong troops.

With such strength in his hands, how could Li Zicheng tolerate Yuan Shizhong's behavior of flirting?He decided to make a move. He dispatched some soldiers and horses from the rear battalion, intending to smash Xiaoyuan's battalion in one fell swoop, capture Yuan Shizhong's thief and execute him to vent his hatred.

In order to increase the odds of winning, in addition to the [-] fine cavalry, he also sent Yang Shaofan, the general of the Bird Battalion of the Standard Battalion, to lead [-] blunderbuss soldiers to fight with Li Guo.

They came from Xiangyang with five thousand riders and galloped all the way. At this time, they were not very far from Suizhou.

Not long after crossing the Shahe River, Li Guo gave the order to rest for a while. He looked at the sky and said, "There are still two hundred miles away from Suizhou. Let's hurry up and arrive tomorrow... That old thief Yuan didn't take any precautions. Wait for him to be able to catch him by surprise and break him with one blow."

A cold look flashed in his eyes. Although Li Guo was young, he was experienced in many battles. He was nicknamed a tiger, and he was extremely brave. Then he glanced at Yang Shaofan and said with concern: "Brother Yang is all right, right? Can the brothers of Gunying survive this long journey?"

Yang Shaofan looked at him and said with a smile, "It's okay, they all ride good horses, they can't charge, and they can go on their way."

Li Guo excitedly said: "That's good, let's rest for a quarter of an hour, and then continue on our way."

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At [-] o'clock in the morning of the second day, Lao Hu was sleeping soundly, when suddenly Kong San who came in hurriedly pushed him awake: "Get up, the old master is beating the drum, it seems that something serious has happened."

"What is it?"

Old Hu asked with sleepy eyes. He turned over and wanted to continue to sleep. Yuan Shizhong was too enthusiastic last night, and he was also appointed as one of the No. 15 masters of Xiaoyuanying. When he was happy, he drank a few more Cup, I still feel a little groggy right now.

And his soldiers and horses were also arranged on the side of Xiaoyangzhuang outside the east gate, near a river, and drinking water was convenient.This is the second day of defection, what will happen?Where do you want to go and fight with some thieves?Old Hu was still sleepy in a daze.

"It seems that I got some news that a large group of soldiers and horses are coming towards Suizhou. They are aggressive and have malicious intentions. Especially since they have passed the Huiji River and are not far from the Kang River, Yuan Shizhong urgently sent him to follow him and told us to send soldiers and horses. Pull them all to the Cam River..."

"what?"

Old Hu was taken aback, and immediately lost sleep. He didn't expect that there would be soldiers and horses attacking him just after he came to vote... Well, if he made a contribution in this battle, he would be promoted in the ranking of Xiao Yuan's battalion.

Immediately, he got up with a grunt, and shouted: "Call together the soldiers and horses immediately, and follow Master Hu to fight!"

Kong San has always paid close attention to troop training, the mountain patrol army got up early to drill, only the subordinates who have recently joined She Potian are still a little tired, but the overall assembly is still fast.At present, two thousand soldiers and horses, under the leadership of Lao Hu and Kong San, hurried towards the Kang River.

Along the way, soldiers and horses gathered in a mess from all over the river. They were all swearing, and there was no formation. Many of them were still yawning and asking each other what was going on.

Apparently, all the masters were puzzled by the sudden order from the old master, and they didn't know what happened.

When we arrived at Nanguan, there were more converging people and horses coming from all sides. People called Ma hiss, but they just shouted the voice of the whole team. At this time, Lao Hu also saw Yuan Shizhong. Old Hu, he nodded and scolded: "Seventh grandson, come with the price."

More and more big masters had arrived, but the next rough man asked, but it was Seventh Master, one of Yuan Shizhong's confidantes, who said: "Master Yuan, what's the matter, you are so eager to recruit our troops? "

Yuan Shizhong said bitterly: "The intruders have sent troops, and they want to kill the bargainers."

This made everyone's faces change, and even Lao Hu was shocked. Li Zicheng was a huge figure in their hearts. Fortunately, Yuan Shizhong said afterwards: "They didn't come with many people, only four or five thousand. You are not afraid of them." .”

These rogues have always had a keen talent for intelligence. Near the camp, they would spread out around the camp. Yuan Shizhong also suddenly got the reward of the horse detection, so he urgently beat drums to recruit troops and recruited all the masters to fight.

All the masters breathed a sigh of relief, even Lao Hu was relieved, Xiao Yuanying is known as 5000 people, Li Chuang can't get [-] people, really don't be afraid, the big deal is to run farther after this battle, Li Chuangyuan In Huguang, what can we do to them?
At that moment, Old Hu Gao shouted: "The thief who kills thousands of knives dares to come to Suizhou... Yuan Ye, just come down if you have any orders, I, Old Hu, will listen to you, old master."

Yuan Shizhong was very happy: "Okay, we share the blessings and share the hardships, kill and run off the thieves, of course we will not treat the price brothers badly..."

At present, they are mighty and mighty, heading for the Cam River, a group of cavalry soldiers rushing to the front, and more and more "infantry" holding sticks, spears, dung forks and iron rakes in the rear, the crowds The more remittances, the more they are, it is indeed quite powerful.

Before they arrived at Kanghe, they saw smoke and dust on the horizon in front of them, and then saw the tide of cavalry soldiers approaching, and finally the sound of hooves was like thunder. The power of hitting the ground made countless people in Xiaoyuanying change their expressions, and they also It's the cavalry, the difference between the cavalry of the party and the cavalry of the barracks...

Yuan Shizhong's face was cloudy, but he was also a veteran fighter, so he said decisively: "Every family immediately sends its own camp of archers and firearms to the riverside to guard the mouths of the rivers. Why are their horse soldiers so fierce?"

All families are in harmony with each other, the cavalry is fierce in its impact, and they have been blocked by the river with infantry to wear down their strength and vigor, so what if their cavalry is fierce?

At present, various families are dispatching troops and generals, transferring those who are good at shooting under their command to the riverside one after another, especially the area of ​​Laoguan Village, which is the focus of defense.The river here is gentle, the slopes on both sides are gentler, and there is a stone bridge. If the intruders cross the river, they will definitely choose this side.

The fact is exactly as they expected, behind the big cavalry team that broke into the camp, some sentry cavalry rushed forward first, galloping along the other side of the Laoguancun River, it seems that the place they chose to cross the river is also here.

In the eyes of Lao Hu, Kong San and the others, the cavalrymen who entered the camp across the bank were all very skilled in riding. .

Yuan Shizhong rode against each other, and according to the terrain, he was indeed a man who could fight.

In the eyes of everyone waiting, the camp breakers finally galloped to the other side of the Laoguan Village River, and saw a group of people and horses emitting white air, and flags fluttering with a murderous aura, which made people shudder with fear.

Seeing that the defense was deployed here, intending to confront each other across the river, they were not in a hurry. They saw some men in blue armor dismounted and lined up. They were all gunfire soldiers, which surprised Xiao Yuanying. Soldiers, everyone has horses?
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At this time in Laoguan Village, there are more than 2000 archers gathered by the river, including archers, three-eyed musketeers, and bird musketeers. Shield soldiers, intentions, etc. will rush across the river to fight hand-to-hand.

Then there are the cavalry teams of Xiaoyuan Camp, gathered together, and on both sides of the rear, there are a mess of hungry people.

Kong San led the mountain patrol army's blunderbuss team, and the bow and arrow team also gathered in the crowd of archers. Their swords, shields and spearmen were not far behind their own shooters. Kong San frowned and looked at the other bank, and the campfires gathered on the opposite side. Gunners always gave him a strangely familiar feeling, as if he had seen them somewhere before.

Soon, he saw the burglars on the opposite bank lined up in four neat rows, with about 500 people in each row. He heard an order again, and immediately saw them beating drums, holding guns as if they were coming like a wall.

That kind of order and prohibition, that kind of uniformity made people feel horrified, and Kong San was even more surprised. When did the intruders have such elite musketeers?And their guns...

When he realized it, everyone in Xiaoyuanying was dumbfounded, many people swallowed their saliva and only held their own weapons nervously.The Kang River is actually not wide, less than a hundred paces, and the crowd is crowded in this direction, but no one feels safe, and everyone is frightened.

Soon the infantry on the opposite side came to the shore, and seeing them approaching neatly, the people on this side couldn't bear it anymore, and before the Chinese army gave an order, someone couldn't help firing their guns at the sound of a gun .

Amidst Yuan Shizhong's furious curses, he heard the firearms blazing, and the three-eyed gunner on this side shot out all his bullets in one go.

Amidst the white smoke, there was also the whizzing sound of arrows, and the archers on this side couldn't help but shoot their arrows.Infected by them, even the blunderbuss team and the bow and arrow team of the mountain patrol army were also desperately firing blunderbusses and arrows, and even Kong San was unable to stop them.

Finally, when everything stopped on this side, and then the gunpowder smoke cleared, the gunmen who broke into the army were still lined up on the opposite bank, and there were very few people who fell to the ground. The good fight here seemed to have no effect on them.

Then Kong San heard a sharp swan sound from the other side, and he shouted sharply: "Get down!"

He jumped off his horse suddenly, and heard a deafening sound of firing guns from the other side. There were countless dense gun flames on that side, and thick white smoke rose from the other side. Among the crowd on this side, countless bloody flowers Splashing, a wave of archers fell screaming.

"Bah!"

After a very short time, there was another sharp sound of swans on the other side, and the sound of a neat and sudden row of guns. With the sound of guns, a large area fell down on this side, and the cry was earth-shattering. The power of the firearms on the east road made them shot Afterwards, I was in pain.

Even the shooters of the mountain patrol army who were caught off guard rolled over several times, and some of them fell at Kong San's feet, screaming terribly, and the blood they bleed even splashed on Kong San's face.

"Get down!"

There was another sharp swan sound from the other side, and Kong San lay on the ground, screaming hoarsely.

The soldiers of the mountain patrol army in front of him, some lay down, some screamed, and couldn't help but run back. Such a ferocious firepower attack was something they had never heard of before. In a short time, he was beaten to pieces.

There was another deafening sound of volleyball, and the gunmen in the third row pulled the triggers at the chaotic crowd scurrying like headless flies on the opposite bank. A large puff of gunpowder smoke spewed out from their muzzles, and many people were fleeing again. , was knocked down by the firecrackers here.

Then there were loud cries, countless people from Xiao Yuan's battalion fled to the rear like a nest, enveloping the infantry and cavalry in the rear, retreating in confusion.

Looking at the fleeing crowd over there, the intruders who were originally gunners of the new army showed a cold look in their eyes. After they surrendered to the bandits, many people lost their faith and became tyrannical and easy to kill.

Yang Shaofan stood behind four rows of musketball soldiers, watching indifferently. After firing three times, the Xiaoyuan camp on the other side collapsed as he expected, and those heads were also the capital of his meritorious deeds.

Li Guo could clearly see the results of the battle ahead. He smiled at Zuo Guoyi General Zhang Neng beside him and said, "The Gunbattalion is really sharp. With these people joining us, our rebel army will be like a tiger with wings!"

Zhang Neng said with a smile: "That's what I said, but to expand the results of the battle, it will ultimately depend on our cavalry team!"

Li Dao chuckled: "Not bad!"

With a clang, he drew his saber.

(End of this chapter)