The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 308 Fierce battle at Red Rock Beach ([-])

At the end of the Yin hour on the nineteenth day of the eighth month of Ding Chou's year, the sky was just dawning.Maikaimen, the leader of the Mailai tribe, led four thousand tribal warriors to the Red Rock Beach.

These [-] tribal armed soldiers are all the strength McKayman can mobilize.

The 800 members of the Morudawa tribe were originally an elite part of this group. However, because Morudawa was unwilling to fight Bukui, his tribe did not join the team.

McKayman had to temporarily select 1000 people from the tribe who didn't usually take part in the battle, making up the total number of 4000.

These 1000 people, McKayman believes that there is not much combat effectiveness.However, this did not affect his determination to fight Bu Kui.As long as there are those 3000 people, he is enough.

Morudawa's words were reasonable, but no matter how powerful Bu Kui's firearms were, he didn't think that 800 people would be his opponent with 3000 people.

Moreover, he had already written to Lameihua overnight, asking Lameihua to send 3000 people to support him.Even if I couldn't defeat the Bukui people for a while, as soon as Lameihua's men arrived and attacked back and forth, no matter how strong the Bukui people were, they would be dead.

Hongshitan is a small alluvial plain at the turn of Sidaojiang River, named for the ocher-red gravel here.

It is said to be a small plain, but it is actually part of the South Vendura Grassland.Including the entire Sidaojiang River, it is also part of the South Wendula Grassland.

The Sidao River passes through the middle of the Red Rock Beach, dividing the Red Rock Beach into east and west parts.The river is about 20 feet wide, and the deepest part of the river is about two feet.

Now, the two armies are facing each other across the river, with Mailai people on the east and Bukui people on the west.

By the time Kadel, Feng Ziying and a group of people arrived, the two sides had already prepared to attack.

Kadel understood Feng Ziying's intention to call all the centurions and thousand commanders up to watch the battle.

If these centurions and thousand commanders see the Pukui people win with their own eyes, they will realize that they are not the opponents of the Pukui people, so that when they surrender to the Pukui people in the future, these people will not object .

Otherwise, if you surrender without fighting, these people will think that you are a coward, and even if you surrender, they will not be convinced.

Such intentions are well-planned, but can the Bukui people do it?
Kadel is still clear about the strength of the Mailai people.Among the four tribes, individual combat ability is considered the strongest.Among the leaders, McCaman was also the best at fighting.

The Bukui people want to defeat the Mailai people, Kadel believes that it is not an easy task.

Not to mention the small number of people, the Bukui people do not have an advantage in terms of terrain.

Since you Bukui people have come early, why didn't you cross the river earlier.It will be too late for you to cross the river when the Mailai people arrive.Everyone knows that under such circumstances, whoever crosses the river first will suffer.

The Mailai people are not in a hurry to cross the river, this is their territory.On the other side of the river is the territory of the Iron Buddha people.If the Tiefo people attack from behind, the Bukui people will be finished.

Kadel, Feng Ziying and others stood on a high slope about a mile away from the two armies. The situation of the two armies facing each other can be seen clearly here.

"Chief of Staff Feng, you really only have 800 people here?"

Kadel still couldn't believe it.

"Aren't all the people there? I believe it can be seen from the experience of the head of Kadeer."

In fact, Kadel has already seen that there are indeed only 800 people in Bu Kui's side.

"Who do you think will cross the river first?"

"Let's cross the river first."

You cross the river first?are you crazy?Originally, the troops were small, and instead of crossing the river before the people from Mailai came, you only crossed the river after they came. Isn't this courting death?
While speaking, the Bukui people really took action and began to move towards the river.

If you cross the river, you may be attacked by the Mailai people when you reach the middle of the river.At that time, thousands of people will shoot with bows and arrows, and the Bukui people will die in the river.

Unless all of them cross the river together and rush across the river to land in the shortest possible time, the passive situation can be somewhat reversed.

However, their number is too small, except for those who died in the river, at that time, few people will go ashore.Even if they landed, they would be strangled by the Mailai people soon.

Therefore, the wisest choice for the Bukui people at this time was to devote all their troops to cross the river in the shortest time.In this way, the loss will be smaller.

However, even so, after landing, the outcome of defeat is unavoidable.

Kadel really couldn't see that the Bukui people had any chance of winning.

Now, he began to suspect that Feng Ziying was bluffing to trick him into surrendering.

Hmph, it's not that easy to lie to me.When the battle is over, I will take you down. At that time, let's see what you have to say.You have lost 800 people in this battle, which is nearly half of your troops, and there are 800 people left. How can you fight against the four major tribes?

Something that surprised Kader even more happened.

The Pukui people crossed the river when they came, but only a small part of them started to cross the river. They were fully occupied, and there were only about three hundred people. The rest of them stood still, as if they were watching the excitement.

"Chief of Staff Feng, there are only a few people crossing the river. If the Mailai people start to attack in the middle of the river, you will only be beaten."

Kadel originally wanted to say that he had to wait for death, but he didn't want to put it so harshly, so he said it more tactfully.

"It doesn't matter, their arrows can't hit ours."

"Can't shoot you?"

"That's right, before we got to the middle of the river, our Frangler opened fire."

Sure enough, Bu Kui's Ma Tuo Flang machine started to fire, right in the river, firing while crossing the river.

The Mailai people wanted to get close to the river bank, but they were intercepted by Frangji's artillery fire.

The shells of the Franc machine in this era are generally projectiles, but the shells of the Fubingtuan are flowering shells.

The so-called blooming bombs are similar to modern artillery shells.There are explosives in the shell, which explode after landing, killing the enemy with shrapnel and iron sand contained in the projectile.

This is many times more efficient than just firing a projectile and killing the enemy solely by the kinetic energy of the projectile.

The first group of people to cross the river were ten Frangji.Continuous firing, just three rounds of shooting, disrupted the charge formation of the Mailai people.

Cannonballs continued to explode among the horses, many riders fell off their horses, and many horses were frightened and strayed around.

Although some people started to shoot arrows, but because the distance was too far, they couldn't shoot the Bukui people at all.

The first batch of Pukui people landed, but the formation of the Mailai people also stabilized.Although the Bukui people have the opportunity to attack, if the Mailai people attack aggressively at this time, the Bukui people will not be able to withstand it.

Their number is too small, after all, they cannot withstand the large-scale charge of the cavalry.

"Chief of Staff Feng, if I were McCain, I would launch a charge at this time."

"He'll charge, but it's no use. Look, our second group is starting to cross."

Sure enough, the second wave of Pukui people crossing the river began.It also started firing as soon as it got off the river.However, the Mailai people also began to fight back.This time, they changed their formation, from the original group formation to columns, each column was about three feet apart.Even if the Frangler's explosive bullets hit the past, only a few people fell off their horses.The rest of the cavalry rushed closer and closer to the river.

"Chief of Staff Feng, the situation seems to be not good this time, and the Francophone doesn't seem to be working."

"It's okay, we still have firecrackers."

"We also have firecrackers, but they are not as effective as bows and arrows."

"Our firecrackers are different from your firecrackers. Ours has a long range, a fast rate of fire, and high shooting accuracy."

Kadel was also a little confused when he heard it, and didn't quite understand what it meant.

However, he saw clearly the situation on the east bank.All the Bukui people on the shore fell to the ground and started firing with long guns.

The Mailai people fell to their horses one by one.Occasionally there are a few fast ones who rush forward and shoot arrows, but because the distance is too far, they do not pose any threat to the Bukui people.

There were not many Mailai people charging this time, there were only four columns, and there were only two hundred people in total, and the remaining one hundred people withdrew back.

Bu Kui's second group of crossing personnel landed, but they did not attack further.

If it was Kader, who had already occupied the beachhead at this time, he would ask the rest of the people to cross the river quickly, and after the three waves converged, they would find a way to move forward.

But, a strange thing happened again.

Bu Kui's first wave of troops actually began to retreat.

Kadel could hardly believe his eyes.

That's right, it's starting to retreat.After crossing the river so hard, now they are starting to withdraw.

Now that you are back, why did you cross the river at the beginning?
After thinking about it for a while, Kadel understood.There must be something wrong with those people's firearms, either out of ammunition packs or out of bullets.Or the medicine bag was soaked by water when crossing the river, and it was useless.

Although they still have bows and arrows on their bodies, because of the small number of people, they are destined to suffer when shooting against the bows and arrows of the Mailai people.Therefore, they can only withdraw to the West Bank.

"Chief of Staff Feng, your situation doesn't seem to be good? Although there were some casualties in the beginning of Mailai, it's not time to hurt your bones yet."

"We are not in a hurry and fight slowly. If we fight hard at the beginning, McKayman will run away. We will not be able to achieve the goal of destroying the enemy's vitality."

"Life force?"

"It is to destroy as many enemies as possible."

As before, the Mailai people launched two charges, both of which were repelled by the Pukui people.However, the Bukui people had no strength to attack, so the second group of people who crossed the river also withdrew to the west bank.

In this way, two groups of Bukui people crossed the river, and two groups retreated back.The Mailai cavalry also came up.However, there was no rush to attack.

After a round of fighting, the two sides returned to the original situation and faced off across the river again.

If it weren't for the hundreds of corpses on the ground on the east bank, no one would even think that a fierce battle had just taken place here.

Apparently, more than a hundred people from Mailai had died, but no one from Bukui has been killed or injured so far.It seems that Bu Kui took advantage of it.

However, a hundred people is completely affordable for the Mailai people.Therefore, so far, the Mailai people have not hurt their vitality at all.

However, this situation is completely different for the Bukui people.

Two groups of people crossed the river one after another, and finally withdrew back.This proves that their crossing operation actually failed.

If they continue to take advantage of their firearms, even if they cannot defeat the Mailai people for a while, they can still cause a lot of damage to the Mailai people.However, now that they are short on ammunition packs and projectiles, the advantage of firearms is gone.

If the two sides fought again, the Bukui people could only compete with the Mailai people with bows and sabers.

Since Bu Kui was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, there was no suspense about the outcome.

(End of this chapter)