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Chapter 49 Casualties
boom!
The blunderbuss was fired on the mountainside, and in Chen Mu's vision, he could only see a figure falling down the mountain road in the distance, and then he was occupied by the diffuse gunpowder smoke. With the sound behind him, Chen Mu, who was leaning on the tree trunk and panting like a cow, saw a flag soldier behind him screaming and staggering with an arrow in his arm.

The slippery palm made him almost unable to grasp the small medicine cartridge on his waist belt. He quickly poured the medicine into the mouth of the muzzle and put the lead pellets in, and tamped it firmly. , Formation!"

The sounds of fighting and shouting filled my ears, and the army formation had basically dispersed, and shouting was useless, and I could barely keep half of the banner troops around.

The horizontal formation that he imagined would be able to defend against the rebels' bows and arrows is actually out of date. The road at the foot of the mountain is wide enough, and there is still room for implementation. Because of this, the horizontal formation brought them great help at the beginning of the most difficult battle at the foot of the mountain. , rushed upwards to a height of more than ten feet without casualties, killing and injuring dozens of enemy troops.

But walking to the mountainside, the road is completely different, which is something Chen Mu never imagined. A section of the mountain road that could accommodate seven or eight people in parallel was bombarded by artillery, and the narrowest part was only for two people to walk in parallel. Five or six archers were stationed in each of the three archery towers, and they intercepted them from all angles. cliff.

Seeing that the army was blocked behind, Chen Mu could only grit his teeth and ordered Shao Tingda to lead the sword team to rush over against the rain of arrows. This was a bad thing.

The knife card flag paid a death or injury from an arrow falling off the cliff in the banner army, and rushed over. The soldiers behind were not protected by the knife card, let alone charging.After the rain of arrows slowed down and the enemy archers on an archery tower were removed by Shao Tingda's banner army, a group of chaotic soldiers from the enemy rushed over and broke their connection with Shao Tingda Banner.

Moreover, the four small banners of Chen Mu's tribe were also driven into the forest due to the chaotic fighting, making it even more difficult to attack the mountain.

"General Banner, we can't attack! There is an archery tower!"

After Shi Qi fired the gun not far away, he leaned sideways and hid behind a tree trunk and shouted loudly at Chen Mu. Fu Yuan ran quickly on the other side, shouting as he ran, "General Banner, the barbarian battalion is blocked behind. No! Let's retreat!"

"Shut up!"

Chen Mu cursed secretly, ignored Fu Yuan at all, and ordered loudly: "Bird gunners and longbowmen, don't stop, let go and shoot! Fu Yuan, Lou Qimai, let the gunners get ready, the enemy army rushes up and shoots!" Stab it back to grandpa!"

boom!Boom!

A few blunderbusses were fired in the forest, and more than 20 enemy soldiers rushed down the mountain, leaving three corpses behind before rushing to the front, and retreated like a tide again.But as long as the crossbowmen in the archery tower erected in the mountains are not killed, it will be difficult for them to rush through here.

The rain of arrows was constantly being thrown, no one dared to charge within thirty steps of the archery tower, just like the enemy soldiers did not dare to charge within thirty steps of Chen Mu and the other musketeers, they were all afraid of death.

boom!
Accompanied by the sound of trees falling apart, a cannonball accurately swept across the tree trunk that Chen Mu used for shelter. The loud sound frightened him so much that he had a conditioned reflex and jumped aside. As soon as the sound was heard, a giant tree was smashed down!
At the critical moment, Long Junxiong, who was in charge of the guard, grabbed Chen Mu's arm and yanked him to the side. The tree crown hit the direction where Chen Mu had fallen before, and a piece of rotten leaves raised dust.

Chen Mu, who was still in shock, sat up on the ground and realized later, he suddenly took a few steps behind him, and then heard Fu Yuan shouting joyfully: "General Banner, the arrow tower is about to collapse!"

The culprit who nearly killed Chen Mu by breaking a tree, the big lead bullet changed direction after breaking the tree trunk, and swept across the wooden piles of the simple archery tower built by the rebels in the mountains. However, the crossbowmen on the archery tower were greatly frightened, and their weight caused the archery tower to fall.

Chen Mu can assure you that the gunmen at the foot of the mountain don't even know what they hit!
"Spearman! Charge now, charge now!"

It was also uncomfortable to be hit by a large number of branches on the canopy. Obviously, he couldn't care about the distressed appearance at the moment. Chen Mu picked up the bird gun and got up and called the spearman to charge forward. Long Junxiong, who had saved him just now, blushed with blood, and quickly asked, "How are you?"

Long Junxiong didn't realize it, he copied the Japanese sword and guarded beside Chen Mu. When Chen Mu asked him, he raised his arm and wiped his face. Seeing the blood on his sleeve, he shook his head and said, "It's okay, the branch was scratched. General flag, let me go with Lao Qi , they can't stop it!"

Chen Mu kept in mind that Long Junxiong had just saved his life, and when he saw him asking for a fight, he untied the Tongbao Japanese knife from his waist and handed it out: "Use my knife, you and Qi Zhengyan will open the way!"

The two Japanese pirates clasped their fists when they heard the words, but they still haven't forgotten the habit of their ancestors. Holding a knife, they rushed out from left to right, chasing the spear flag, rushed to the front and jumped out to fight. Turn over three or four people, tearing the gap for the Spear Banner Army.The enemy army with several casualties scattered away immediately, and the banner army followed and rushed back to the mountain road.

Chen Mu let go of his hanging heart at this moment, and shouted to his subordinates not to pursue him. When he turned his head, he saw Wei Balang jumping up and down holding a Japanese knife. During the voice change period, the little boy's male voice shouted loudly: " Longbow shoot, shoot! Shoot them all, and I will give you all the money!"

This damn child has also learned to lure his subordinates for his benefit!
Unable to release two guns, the enemy left more than a dozen corpses on the mountain road and fled without a trace. Chen Mu couldn't see Shao Tingda's anxiety, not to mention that Bai Yuanjie's barbarian battalion did not follow up, and there was still a long way to go when he looked up. On the top of the mountain, he ordered: "All flags count the casualties, take precautions, and wait for the follow-up reinforcements to take down the fortress in one fell swoop!"

After some counting, there were no casualties in the bird gun team, two people in Wei Balang's longbow team were missing, three died under Fu Yuan's banner, and one was seriously injured. The Japanese pirates are like tigers entering a herd of sheep to fight close to those rebels without their opponents. Chen Mu originally had nearly 60 people under his command, but now only 38 reliable combat forces remain.

After waiting for a stick of incense, a small group of enemy troops came down from the mountain, but they couldn't break through the gunmen's salvo. Bai Yuanjie led the barbarian battalion to arrive late. They fought with Chen Muqi on the way to attack the mountain. Scattered, because of the large number of people and the big target, they were intercepted and attacked by more than [-] enemy troops along the way.

Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Fortunately, he walked fast. If he led the banner army to meet this group of enemy troops, I am afraid that Chen Zongqi's entire army would be wiped out.

"The barbarian battalion suffered dozens of casualties, how about your casualties?"

"Including me, there are still 38 people. Mang Chong and I were dispersed by the enemy." Chen Mu looked stern, and pointed to the top of the mountain: "The enemy should have less than two hundred people defending the stronghold. If they capture them, it will be impossible for them to attack them." The battle will be won... I don't know how the battle in Xinjiang Town under the mountain will be."

"Reckless?" Bai Yuanjie patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Your brother is fine, most of his subordinates have been separated. Tingda and the three of them are staying with Man Liaoying, and they will come up in a while."

(End of this chapter)