Preface Chapter 177 The Haze Falls
The weather in June was very hot, and even the wind seemed to be very hot, and a few of them were singing summer songs in the trees by the roadside. The wheat fields on both sides of the road are littered with farmers weeding. They all stopped their farm work and looked at the road curiously. Six teams of soldiers took turns sitting on the road. The team was quiet. Occasionally, only the sound of the lid opening and closing can be heard. At this moment, the horn sounded. Zhou Shaoer, who was sitting on the ground, did not move. The rest of the soldiers were in a commotion. Some stood up, some sat and looked around. After some chaos, Zhou saw Lu Bai shouting on the side of the road with a whip, scolding the soldiers on the ground, beating his own soldiers, and listening to the sound of whip beating, he immediately calmed down. The soldier typed the wrong number and mistook the polo shirt for the horn. When he sat down, there was no command from the trumpet. The soldiers were at a loss. But Zhou Shaoer recited it clearly and did not move. Just like this trumpeter who blew the wrong number, Lu Chuanzong can also cut off his head in wartime.
In order to train more drummers, Chen Xin has 3 miscellaneous soldiers in each bureau. When fighting alone, each game will act as a trumpeter, so that the fighters have more opportunities to practice. However, the drum trumpets of the Ming army were very complex, and many people could not recite them. In addition to the formation, these recruits had another reason to be beaten.
After Lu Chuanzong and the warriors fought well, he gave another order. The soldier was sweating profusely and pulled the polo out of his back. He put it in his mouth and blew it. This time, as everyone knows, the warriors of the whole world stood up together and heard the sound of weapons colliding with the kettle, which was right on your shoulder.
Then the drums sounded, and after three beats, they all walked forward. This time, the marching drums were slow. Each drum has 20 steps, and Zhou Shaoer prefers to take one step at a time and walk more rhythmically.
Most of the peasants around Weihai have seen these warriors who like to walk. The soldiers did not seem to disturb the people. They all walked to the side of the road and looked at the neat army like a crowd. At the end, a few children were playing with the team. Their eyes made Zhou Shaoer proud. His thin red training uniform was very beautiful, with a short face-to-face style tied around his waist with a Ming army ribbon (Note 1), large lapels and white buttons, and everyone was in good spirits.
Zhou Shaoer's No. 1 Killer Team usually accompanies the recruits in the form of a blue team for confrontation training. After the training of the May team, the combat units continued to attack and launched an attack on the bandits in the Weihaiwei area. Six or seven bandit strongholds have been breached. According to today's briefing on the battle in Huangyuan, their target was a gang of bandits in Anshan. The number of bandits was only about 100 people.
In the afternoon, the two sentries in front rode back and muttered to Lu Chuanzong for a while. After that, with each step, the drum becomes a tight drum. The soldiers throughout the territory began to speed up to the beat of the drums. The team quickly entered the mountainous area, and the mountain road was lined with trees. They all think it's cool. Once in the mountains, a squad of killers will leave the brigade and open the way ahead. Zhou Shaoer's first team of killers was arranged to march at the end of the march to meet the ambush.
No robbers were spotted along the way. Half an hour later, a pass appeared in front of him. A stone wall was built at the pass, on which were more than a dozen bandits. As soon as they saw the officers and soldiers, they immediately shouted and threw some stones. Lu Chuanzong gave an order, and the three firearms teams lined up in a slightly flat place under the mountain pass. The three firearms teams had two shotguns and one turtledove foot miss. The first was a volley by three teams. After a loud noise, the mountain road was full of smoke. The robbers all hid behind the wall, but they were not hit, but the cries were even more panicked. After the first volley, the three teams took turns packing their bags, and each time one bandit took the lead, one team opened fire.
When the bandits panicked, the third killer group was split into two groups. The first group, under the cover of long-term soldiers, rushed to the pass, followed by the remaining ranks. The long player in front turned out to be a mountain man. He was covered in iron scales, and he couldn't see if he could keep up. Only one robber pointed to his head, threw a stone, the player blocked it with a long, leather-covered card, and then he rushed to pass the ball.
As soon as the long player rushes into the cross, he turns to the left to give way to the lane. The waist knife in his right hand was raised high and disappeared behind the stone wall. Zhou Shaoer has just arrived at the pass. He watched as the four teammates behind the long player were slightly two steps behind. He couldn't help but whisper anxiously, "Hurry up, hurry up." "Zhou Shaoer has a good memory. This long player is a new weapon. He replaced one of the original two cards. Each team has one person, which is larger than a round card and can cover the whole body. The long card is covered with several layers of raw cowhide and is very strong. When a long player attacks and fights, he just needs to move forward. If he dies, there are no other great achievements for the whole team, and all four will have to pay for his lives. As long as the long card player dies, the lives of the others will be decided by the military judge.
Therefore, long players always choose those who are brave and powerful. Such a person will definitely drag the whole team to death.
Luckily, the four people behind knew this, and they fought hard to catch up. There was a scream of battle from behind the stone wall. The second Wu rushed up. After a while, the captain came out from behind the stone wall and shook the flagpole.
Zhou Shaoer breathed a sigh of relief, and the other teams climbed the pass one after another. He glanced at it as Zhou passed by. Seven or eight bandits were killed on the spot. Only one person from the third team was injured. The firefighters dragged them aside and cut off their heads with a sword. Two heads were cut off, and blood was bleeding everywhere. Some of the recruits looked back, vomiting as they walked.
Spitting along the way, they came to a small cottage of small scale, but it was also a stone wall. The gate is made of tree trunks. Some bandits hurried around the stone walls, listening to the movement and becoming a mess.
Lu Chuanzong ordered the guncorps to continue shooting. The third team of killers went to cut down trees. They quickly had a good effect on wood. This time, the offensive team was replaced by the second killer team, which cooperated with the first killer team.
The second team came to the gate with the blaster wood in their arms, and rushed forward with a shout. Ten steps later, a group of bandits appeared on the wall and smashed them with stones. The captain shouted, and the second team immediately stopped, and a burst of gunfire was heard behind them. Several bandits were hit, others quickly went into hiding. The second team retreated to the same place, shouted and rushed to the scene. The last time, the robbers were killed before the stone hit them.
In the third attack, not a single bandit dared to show his head, and the second team did not stop again. There was a bang, and the wooden door creaked, but it didn't open. The captain of the second team could see through the gap in the trunk of the gate that there were more than a dozen bandits besieging the gate.
The captain pierced the gap with his flag gun, killing one or two people. Two wooden spears were also drawn. The second team had to retreat a little. Several robbers jumped on either side of the wall and quickly threw down some stones. Two soldiers were wounded. The second team had to return again.
Lu Chuanzong cursed two words, called the captain of the killer flag, and asked him to rush into the city wall from another direction with his team and another team of embarrassed people.
After receiving the order, the flag commander came to the first killer team and ordered: "The first team starts wearing armor!"
Zhou Shaoer is a firefighter. He had no armor and had to watch as others took the cotton armor off his back. The cotton armor used by the first soldiers was the equipment that the Ming army transported from Dengzhou. A type of short naila. There is no long-legged skirt like an apron. It's the same face-to-face model. Lighter than iron-inlaid armor, but very poorly protected. The soldiers of the First Killer Squad began to put them on. They put on armor, tied them to their chests, and belts around their waists. After they got dressed, the flag commander brought the two teams to the left.
Zhou Shaoer followed the team at the end of the team. The two teams quietly made their way through the woods. When they came to the west side of the village wall, several bandits were crawling out of the wall. The flag commander did not let the gun fire. When they left, the gunners erected two ladders under the wall. When Zhou saw that Huang Yuan was stepping on people, he raised his head from above, and then jumped into the stockade, followed by two swordsmen and the boring palladium. By the time Zhou finally got on the pitch, the first team had already formed two junior talents.
As soon as Zhou Shaoer landed, he put the knife and stick in his hand, touched the protrusions on the stick, swung the knife in the right direction, and stood behind Zuo Wu of the team. Inside, some scattered bandits and their families saw someone coming in, shouting and running to another place.
When the gunners also climbed over the wall, the flag commander gave an order to kill the entrance of the village and turn around several straw huts. In the gap, Zhou saw thirty or forty bandits gathered at the door.
The spearmen rushed to the front line and opened fire on more than 20 bandits piled up at the door, killing several others. Then there was a cry outside. The robbers were attacked both front and back. The fighting spirit of the robbers was instantly lost, and they fled to both sides.
Zhou Shaoer followed Zuo Wu, opened the gate with everyone, and went to the stockade to kill him. After the goal, there was basically no resistance. The tough bandits were either killed or climbed over the wall, leaving behind some elderly and infirm women.
Zhou Shaoer, like the previous two bandits, did not kill anyone. After clearing the fence, he was scheduled to be decapitated. Lu Chuanzong happened to be by his side. The leader of the Killer Flag came to report that three people in the second team were injured. At this time, he heard Lu Chuanzong complain: "If there is a gun, put it on the boat." If a gun comes, the wooden door is gone. ”
When Huang Yuan heard about it, he came in and said, "I've seen that gun." It's too heavy. Where can I carry it up the mountain? I don't know how many horses it will take to drag it down. Horses are too expensive. Zhu Guobin pestered Mr. Liu for so long, he only bought more than 20 yuan
Lu Chuanzong said that Zhu Guobin had 20 cavalry. Liu Min only counted 20 horses for him. Each horse bought more than 20 taels of silver from Wenden. In addition to eating grass, he also has to eat a few catties of feed every day. Later, he discovered that several horses couldn't go far. Zhu Guobin went to Liu Min many times to buy horses. He eats and bathes every day. Looking at Zhu Guobin, he is not an animal as an ancestor. Every time he sent troops, he would send a few cavalry as sentinels. He had never been in the mountains. Aside from running fast, Lu didn't think they were useful.
He didn't want to talk about the cavalry, but complained: "Master Chen is back, and I want to tell him that if we fight the bandits, we must have a small gun to blow up the gate." ”
Then he looked at the sky and worried: "It's June." I don't know if Mr. Chen is going well this time. Why didn't he come back?"
Note 1: The belts of the Ming army are almost the same as those of the modern army. There are two types: jack type and snap ring type.