Chapter 90: Military Discipline of Military Masters?
The chasing Qing cavalry stopped far away, did not dare to attack, and waited for the brigade to be in place.
After Kong Youde entered Binyang City, he had an extra heart, and did not follow up with the whole army, but sent the general Cao Shaozhong and the deputy general Gou Youxin to take the troops and horses of their headquarters to the east to seize Wuling Town and Gula Wei, and then took his own soldiers to Xinqiao to inspect the terrain.
When Kong Youde was surrounded by his own soldiers, holding a monocular to look at the mountain pass ahead, Zhang Chenfeng, who was lying in a sniper position, was also quietly observing Kong Youde through the white light scope of the Remington sniper rifle.
I saw Kong Youde, who was sitting on horseback, looking like he was in his fifties, with a bear's waist and a tiger's back extremely burly, his eyebrows were tightly locked on his purple face, there were several short beards under his chin, his whole body was brightly armored, and there was a wisp of red tassels poked above a silver helmet on his head, but he was dragging a rat tail braid at an inopportune time.
Zhang Chenfeng measured the distance, Kong Youde was only more than 600 meters away from him, and he could shoot his head with one shot, but he obeyed Lin Xiao's order and did not shoot.
Kong Youde put down the binoculars, calmly ordered the artillery battalion to invite the general's cannon, lined up to bombard the Ming army in the mountain pass ahead, and at the same time ordered a forward staff general to lead the light cavalry of the headquarters to prepare for the charge.
But before the cannon could be fired, the Ming cavalry at the mountain pass in front of them turned their horses' heads and quickly retreated, fled along the mountain path into the mountain pass, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Seeing that the cannonballs were jumping and smashing into the clearing on the edge of the forest, and not even a single Ming army was fighting, Kong Youde jumped to his feet in anger, and ordered the war drums to be beaten, and ordered the front cavalry to charge immediately.
The unlucky general swung his sword forward, howled and led more than 1,000 horses from his headquarters to rush to the mountain pass, because the mountain pass was narrow, the Qing army's charging formation became denser and denser, and it looked like a hedgehog rolling forward from a distance.
When there were still more than 100 meters away from the mountain pass, Zhang Chenfeng opened fire, only to see him pull the trigger steadily, and the sniper rifle with the muzzle muffler removed emitted a crisp gunshot, and a 7.62mm sniper bullet flew towards the leading general at a high speed of more than 700 meters per second.
As Zhang Chenfeng's guns rang out, several machine guns immediately roared happily, and the dense rain of bullets "snorted" and rushed towards the pile, and the carbines next to the machine gun position also made a lot of fun, and the dense cavalry groups were planted one by one like cut down sorghum, and the frightened war horses that had lost their owners screamed and scurried everywhere, trampling some of the wounded soldiers of the Qing army who had not yet lost their breath on the ground into pulp.
In just a few minutes, more than half of the more than 1,000 cavalry were killed and wounded, and the Qing army, who had narrowly escaped their lives, turned around and galloped wildly, and those who ran slowly were still constantly hit and fell to the ground.
According to Zhang Chenfeng's orders, the mortar did not fire, first, he was afraid that Kong Youde would be too frightened and withdrew and fled for his life, and second, Zhang Chenfeng wanted to capture some war horses more or less, so he ordered the mortar to bombard the enemy's infantry group and not to fire at the horse team.
However, Zhang Chenfeng really thought too much, Kong Youde was so shocked that his tongue froze, his teeth squeaked, and his nostrils were full of rough breath.
This, where did this evil come from? How can there be such a powerful serial gun? Isn't this for me to give away someone's head?
At a certain moment, Kong Youde really had the idea of withdrawing the army, but when he caught a glimpse of the generals and personal soldiers beside him, Kong Youde, who had been in battle for a long time, immediately calmed down.
This narrow mountain pass is already easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is Kunlun Pass in the deep mountains behind it is even more difficult to overcome, so many of my soldiers did not intend to climb over the ancient mountain, but now they are lured by these hateful Ming troops to kill here, what is wrong with me? Isn't that obviously trying to lead me to my death?
Thinking of this, Kong Youde's face turned slightly red, and a sense of shame of being deceived arose spontaneously, so he ordered with hatred: "!" Pass my general order that the front team camp here, don't attack, just block the mountain pass with the general's artillery, and the Ming army will bombard his mother when they come out of the mountain pass. ”
"The main force of the rear team immediately turned around and drove to Gu Lawei in turn!"
Fortunately, he has rich experience, and he sent a partial division to the east early to explore the way, although the firepower of the Ming army is fierce, the number must be small, otherwise how can he be willing to be a turtle with a shrunken head? As long as this mountain pass is sealed, and when our main force makes a detour to the south, it will be too late for them to go over the mountain to rescue.
At that moment, Kong Youde left the general soldier Liu Chengzu to lead 3,000 cavalry and ten red-clothed cannons to block outside the mountain pass, and he personally led the army to Gulawei Town.
When he arrived at Gula Wei, it was already the west, and the deputy general Gou Youxin, who had arrived in advance, had already entered the town with his headquarters to take over the defense of the four cities of the walled city, and his subordinates were scurrying around to ask for supplies.
Gulawei is a large town in the southeast of Pennsylvania, and its residents are mainly Zhuang, Yao, Miao and other ethnic minorities.
Because of the low terrain, the land is flat and fertile, and the water conservancy conditions are better, so the agriculture is relatively developed, and it is a traditional agricultural town.
Because of the backing of the mountain, there are bandits all the year round, so the local Tusi big households and the people have formed a village to protect themselves, and built a very large-scale wall, Lin Xiao and others did not come to alarm the people in order to avoid startling the grass and snakes.
When Kong Youde entered the village, his ears were full of scolding, pleading, screaming and crying.
Many families were driven out of their homes by the soldiers, some soldiers simply took the opportunity to rob them, and some entered the houses and raped women, and for a time there was chaos in the village, and the cries of the people were mixed with the scolding and shouting of the officers and soldiers.
The local Tusi was also kicked out of the house and brought to Gou Youxin, Gou Youxin ordered him to hurry up to raise military rations, and the Tusi said:
"The military rations of the small people immediately thought of raising, but the adults, the military discipline of the military masters? It's ......."
"Smack!"
Before the words fell, a ring-headed leopard-eyed general beside him raised his hand with a big-eared scraper.
"The military discipline will naturally be strictly controlled, as long as you offer military rations and give up your residence to supply the army with food and drink, will you make noise for the rest of the round?"
Originally, they heard that the Qing army had surrendered all the way to rebel, and the landlords in many places surrendered anyway to be preserved, and there was no official army stationed in the mountains here, and the mountains were full of bandits, so they did not flee into the mountains like the people of Pennsylvania.
"It's normal to ask for military rations, but you really have to restrain military discipline, don't make too much of a fucking fuss!" Kong Youde scolded Gou Youxin with a calm face.
"Yes, yes, yes! In the end, it will be strictly restricted. ”
Gou Youxin Nuonuo continued to speak, but before he finished his words, suddenly a woman with a cloak screamed and rushed towards him, and her appearance was extremely miserable.