Chapter 218: The Shock of the Traitor
Seeing the enemy troops all over the mountains, Huang Fei, the general of the Ming army, felt a huge crisis at this time. gereay
He was not afraid of death, but worried that he would not be able to keep this batch of military supplies, grain and grass.
Although the weapons are more advanced, the opponent's troops are too many, and they are still cavalry, as long as they break through any place, the Ming army will be completely defeated.
The strength of the Eastern Cavalry is far from being able to compete with these soldiers under Huang Fei's command, as long as they are close to them, it means being slaughtered for these sailor soldiers.
Looking at the soldiers under his command and more than 300 truckloads of military grain and grass, Huang Fei's gaze became resolute:
"Ming soldiers, in the face of the Tartars and clothed slaves who are several times our size, are you afraid?"
The three thousand Ming troops shouted in unison:
"Don't be afraid, don't worry, general, even if we fight to the last person, we will never take half a step back, people are in food, I only hope that the court will treat our family well."
Some of the unarmed coachmen and handymen also shouted:
"General, give us firearms, we will fight with you, we will kill these inhuman dogs and tartars, and avenge the relatives who were mutilated by them"
Huang Fei's eyes couldn't help but be covered with a layer of fog, he was moved by the bravery of his command, how can there be people who are not afraid of death, they have to be old and young in their families.
"Okay, you are my good people, don't worry, there is a Taoist monarch in the Holy Heaven today, and we will never shed blood and tears.
You have not used firearms, chauffeurs and handymen, and if you are given a gun, you may injure your own people by mistake, so now I will give you a task, choose your sword at will, and prepare a torch for each of you.
If we are all killed before the reinforcements arrive, you will immediately set fire to all the military supplies and food, and you must not take the Tartars to get a single firearm or a grain of grain. ”
The coachmen and handymen shouted in unison:
"Yes, general, rest assured, we will resolutely carry out the order."
Huang Fei nodded and ordered:
"The officers and men of the Ming army listened to the order and immediately divided the troops, 200 people were a team to fight separately, two of which were support teams, and if there was a problem in that direction, they quickly assisted and prepared for battle."
"Yes"
Huang Fei gave an order, and the Ming army immediately divided its troops and quickly formed thirteen teams of 200 people, each ready for battle, and the two backup teams observed in all directions, ready to support at any time.
The coachmen and servants all took up their swords and stood behind the grain carts, and whenever an enemy broke through the firearms blockade and approached the grain carts, they would not hesitate to stab their swords and guns into the opponent's body.
As for igniting fires to burn grain, grass and military supplies, that was the last step, and they couldn't do this kind of thing until the last resort.
Huang Fei also had no choice but to do this, and more than 300 carriages formed a large circle, with a diameter of more than 200 steps.
If the Eastern Cavalry relied on the numerical advantage to besiege in all directions, it would make Huang Fei busy, and he could not take care of each other, so he could only divide his troops to fight, hoping that reinforcements would arrive in time.
Sun Dingliao commanded 10,000 rebels, Meng Qiaofang commanded 5,000 rebels, and 15,000 men and horses were divided into several detachments to kill the Ming army.
Under normal circumstances, before they attacked, there would be a rain of arrows covering, but these two Ming Dynasty rebel generals, thinking that they knew the Ming army very well, bullied the Ming army's numerical inferiority, and directly crushed it.
When entering the distance of 300 paces, the rebel cavalry raised their scimitars and began to speed up, rushing into the front of the Ming army two hundred meters in front of the Ming army.
The Ming camp was quiet, there was no sound, and there was no figure in sight, only the muzzles of black holes.
The rebel commander couldn't help but laugh wildly:
"Hahaha, the Ming army was frightened by us, the red flag was too useless, and it was impossible to take down the Ming army."
He led hundreds of households and began to pat on the back:
"That's right, when they saw our more than 10,000 troops, they didn't dare to show their heads in fright, and this battle was over before it began."
When they were proud, they didn't know that the Ming army's flintlock pistol had quietly aimed at these national scum.
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When the rebel cavalry charged 120 paces in front of the Ming army's vehicle, Huang Fei waved the command flag in his hand:
"Shoot"
"Bang Bang"
The Ming army immediately pulled the trigger of the flintlock pistol, and the flintlock pistol in his hand erupted one after another rage, and suddenly the gunfire rang out, and the bullets of the flintlock pistol shot at the rebel cavalry like rain.
In the face of such a dense rebel army, the Ming flintlock musketeers did not need to aim at all, as long as the direction did not deviate too much, and they could shoot blindly at the rebels, and there would always be bullets hitting the rebels.
As a result, the guns were fired much faster than usual, and the number of rebels killed was of course higher.
Without much resistance, the bullets quickly broke through the simple armor of the rebels and burrowed into their bodies.
"Puff"
"Plop Plop"
The fastest runners, the ones who rushed to the front, were often the bravest soldiers of the army, but they ran fast, and he was the closest to death, and nearly 100 people were killed by flintlock pistols in an instant.
None of the commanders and the hundred households, who were still arrogant just now, escaped from the ascension to heaven, and were hit in the head by two stray bullets respectively, and died on the spot.
As soon as the two men died, their team began to be in disarray, and many of the rebels began to retreat, and in the process of retreating, dozens more were killed by flintlock guns.
"Rush forward, and those who retreat will correct the Fa on the spot."
The Tartars with red flags did not see the excitement, they had already rushed behind the rebels and became the rebels' warlords, and the Tartars slashed and killed a dozen retreating rebels with their swords.
The other rebels had no choice but to turn their horses and charge forward again.
"Bang Bang"
As soon as he rushed up, he was put down by a flintlock pistol, because the rebel cavalry was too dense, and the horses that fell in front blocked the speed of the cavalry that rushed behind, and many horses were knocked down.
Under the high-speed impact of the war horses, the rebels who fell off their horses were either killed or injured, and some unlucky eggs were trampled into meat by the war horses behind.
Looking at the fallen rebels one by one, Meng Qiaofang and Sun Dingliao almost didn't believe their eyes, with their understanding of the Ming army, where is this Ming army
They were not only surprised by the current combat effectiveness of the Ming army, but also shocked by the firearms of the Ming army.
The speed at which the Ming army opened fire and loaded the bullets greatly surprised the two, and the gunfire did not stop at all, posing a huge threat to the rebels. x
Fortunately, they are numerous, and hundreds of casualties will not affect combat effectiveness, nor will they cause panic in the psychology of the soldiers.
They knew very well that if the number of casualties exceeded the psychological capacity of the rebels, they would rout and flee, and even if there were Warlords, it would be useless, and it would be impossible for Warlords to kill everyone.
Meng Qiaofang and Sun Dingliao immediately ordered:
"Quick, the cavalry with shields will rush forward, and such a close distance will soon overwhelm them."
"Yes"
The rebel cavalry in the back took off their shields and quickly rushed to the front of the group, trying to use their shields to block the bullets.
However, their shields were fine against shotguns, but against flintlock pistols, they were of little use.
Soon the shield was smashed into a hornet's nest by bullets, and the cavalrymen holding the shields were shot and fell off their horses.
"Quick, the archers let go of their arrows to cover the cavalry charge."
Seeing that the rebels who were charging from several directions had suffered a large number of casualties, Sun Dingliao remembered to cover with bows and arrows.
The rebels who rushed behind opened their bows and arrows one after another, and began to release arrows at the Ming army, and in an instant, thousands of arrows were fired together, and the arrows rained down. x
Some of the Ming soldiers who were shooting with their bodies exposed were hit by arrows one after another, and without Huang Fei's order, the coachmen and the battlemen immediately grabbed their shields and stepped forward to block the arrows for the Ming army. i