Chapter 171: Mounted Amphibious Operations
The cavalry of the Brave Guard Battalion dismounted and armed with guns, and became musketeers, and they were divided into three rows of ten, and they were methodically loaded with medicine, and they did not even look at the thieves, let alone be afraid.
The sergeants of the Brave Guard Battalion quickly refilled the medicine, and they looked coldly at the rogue thieves who were rushing at the opposite side, in their eyes, these rogue thieves were nothing more than the cry of struggle before death.
Within a hundred steps of the thieves, Li Shaoyou said coldly: "Fire!" ”
"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Pop ......" The sound of popping beans sounded, a large stream of gunpowder smoke rose out, and a large number of charging thieves immediately fell.
After the first platoon of musketeers finished firing, they quickly retreated from both sides of the street to the last row and continued to reload the sub-charge.
The second row of musketeers fired another round of fire, then the third, and then the first row, and so on, and so on, and so on, and the guns continued and the fire continued.
The thieves on the opposite side let out a scream, and some of the people hit by the lead bullet were killed by a single shot, and some rolled to the ground, rolling in pain, they didn't even have a layer of armor on their bodies, and they were directly pierced within a hundred steps.
The thieves had not yet rushed within fifty steps and fired arrows, and some of the shields in front of them were useless at all, and even the human shields were pierced, and the eyes of the thieves were full of fear, and the rest of the people were so frightened that they quickly turned around and ran.
The sound of the fire gun was not heard, it sounded one after another, and with every volley of fire, people would continue to fall, and there was blood all over the ground, and the other thieves hiding around the houses on both sides felt a chill behind them, and they all turned around and ran, where did they dare to ambush those killing gods on the opposite side.
Tuo Xianling was a little panicked, if this group of fools dispersed in a hurry, the cavalry of the officers and soldiers would get on their horses and continue the pursuit, then he would be completely finished, he roared and shouted: "Don't run!" Rush up to Lao Tzu and them! You will share the war horses and heavy armor you have obtained! ”
"Divide your mother, Lao Tzu is almost dead!" A rogue ran past him and muttered.
There was another burst of shooting, once again harvesting the lives of the thieves, and even some of the elite soldiers of the old battalion who were running slowly were killed.
The men in front of him ran less and less, and Tuo Xianling, who was on horseback, was finally exposed to the musketeers' field of vision, and this time, a row of ten musketeers all pointed their guns at him, and then pulled the trigger.
A few streams of blood appeared on Tuo Xianling's body, he was stunned for a moment, and then fell off the horse's back in a highly difficult posture, stirring up a puff of dust.
Similar scenes took place in several other streets into the town, where gunshots rang out, smoke rose and screams were heard.
Every time the sound of the Yongwei battalion sounded, the thieves would be even more confused, and even the elite old battalion soldiers were stunned.
As soon as Tuo Xianling died, the thieves without the main general were even more chaotic, and immediately fled completely, and the old battalion soldiers were even more desperately waving their horsewhips and galloping wildly.
Seeing that the old battalion soldiers had run away, how could the others be willing to wait for death here, the nearly 10,000 thieves who had been gathered in the town waiting for a surprise attack collapsed in an instant, and they ran away in panic.
In fact, many people don't know what's going on in front of them at all, and according to past experience, they will run away only if they are defeated in front or when they encounter strong officers and soldiers.
Seeing that the thieves were scattered, Sun Yingyuan did not immediately pursue, there were many houses in the town, which was not conducive to the cavalry to rush and kill, if the thieves ran out of the town by themselves, and then in the area of Pingchuan.......
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Sun Yingyuan finally shouted: "Get on the horse, kill the thief!" ”
The thieves who were running wildly to the south just wanted to stop and rest, only to hear the sound of rumbling horses' hooves behind them, and when everyone looked at it, they saw that the cavalry of the officers and soldiers rushed over again, and they rushed into formation hundreds of meters wide, each with a spear, and I don't know how many cavalry were rolling behind.
"Kill the thief!"
The galloping cavalry and the dancing cold weapons rolled over, and the thieves were terrified, and they panicked and ran away one by one, lest they would be caught up and slaughtered by the officers and soldiers.
Not long after, the cavalry of the Yongwei Battalion had already ridden their horses and vomited blood and flew away, some tumbling to the ground, and some were trampled into pulp by the rolling iron horses.
The thieves had no ability to resist at all, and were picked up by the spears of the cavalry of the Yongwei Battalion, hacked to death with sabers, and screamed one by one, and blood was constantly sprinkled on the land of northern Anhui.
Some of the old battalion soldiers were the happiest runners, all of them were elite cavalry, but there were very few people, less than a thousand, and most of the rest followed the leaders of the Liukou.
Sun Yingyuan said to Li Shaoyou beside him: "Li Shaoyou, you lead a thousand cavalry to pursue the old battalion soldiers of the thieves, be sure to cripple them and kill them!" ”
"Humble command!" After Li Shaoyou cheered, he immediately led the men and horses of his headquarters to pursue the old battalion soldiers.
Li Shaoyou was born into a military family, not only excellent equestrianism, brave in battle, the most important thing is that his brain turns fast, although he is only in his early twenties, he has repeatedly made military exploits, this time he killed Tuo Xianling, Sun Yingyuan is very relieved of him.
After many raids and pursuits against the Qing army, the cavalry of the Yongwei Battalion underwent very strict training, and now their riding skills are very impressive, and their combat ability has also been greatly improved.
Zhu Cihong let the cavalry fight alone this time in order to exercise the cavalry's mobility and organizational ability, and make the cavalry more powerful.
The Brave Guard Battalion is an army with firearms as its main combat force, and the cavalry can only rank second compared to the musketeers, so everyone in the cavalry is holding their breath and wants to perform well in this battle to the south.
The cavalry was in high spirits, and everyone urged their horses to pursue with all their might, only to kill the thieves, and they fell to their deaths, and many of them chose to kneel and surrender.
In this battle, the cavalry battalion killed more than 10,000 enemies and captured more than 6,000 people.
Sun Yingyuan was arranging for the captives to clean up the battlefield and deal with the aftermath, when there was no Pegasus newspaper at night, and the crown prince and the army of the Yongwei Battalion were still half a day away from arriving in Fengyang, the central capital.
Sun Yingyuan nodded, it seemed that the battle on this side had to be tightened, and he ordered to start gathering the cavalry that was chasing the defeated army around, and pacify the fleeing people nearby.
It wasn't until it was getting late that the people who had fled slowly walked out of the distant chaigou and returned to the town.
The surrounding officers and soldiers and thieves were killed for a day, and they were also frightened for a whole day, in order to prevent being hit by the cavalry, they hid far away in the dry firewood ditch, waiting for the officers and soldiers to quell the chaos.
Some people saw the power of Wang Shi from a distance, and they were a little happy in their hearts, these thieves were in trouble, but they were also a little worried in their hearts, would Wang Shi rob their property after driving away the thieves?
Some of the dragons galloped around at night, and found the people hiding around, and they shouted loudly: "Wang Shi put down the rebellion, the autumn has not committed any crimes, everyone does not need to panic, go home with peace of mind!" ”
When the voice came, all the people were overjoyed, and one of them, a respected old man, asked in a loud voice: "Master Jun, where are you in the army?" Who will be the Lord? ”
"On the orders of the crown prince, the Yongwei battalion sent troops to quell the rebellion!" A dragon drove by without reluctance at night, leaving behind a sonorous and powerful voice.
"It's really Wang Shi!"
"Wang Shi went south to quell the rebellion!"
The people were excited, hoping that the imperial court could exterminate these thieves who killed a thousand knives as soon as possible, so that they could live a peaceful life.
As the saying goes, if you don't suffer from poverty, you will suffer from anxiety, even if you are an official, you still have a way to live, and the rogue will not only kill people, but also rob you of everything.