Chapter 46: Inexplicable
The bandits' brief chaos gave the 15th Tun militia a golden opportunity.
The moment they stormed the camp, Xie Zhen and Xie Bao led the scouts to dodge on both sides, revealing that half of the militia had been assembled directly in front of the bandits.
"Assault!"
With a wave of Xu Shiyang's long knife, the militia's phalanx began to move forward slowly.
The old bandits woke up a little from the chaos, and their former regular army life and human instincts told them that the large array that was slowly pressing down on them in front of them was not easy to deal with.
Although every 5 steps, the militia need to stop and sort out the formation, although the militia's equipment is very funny, and it is mainly based on axes, sickles and even sharpened wooden guns, but the momentum of hundreds of people united still gives the bandits the illusion that they are like wheat grains, fighting against a plate of stone grinding!
"Array! Array! Hurry up! ”
Liu Gao commanded loudly behind the bandits:
"It's just a bunch of peasants! You're afraid of birds! Kill the past! ”
Before the words fell, on the left side of the militia, a loud bang suddenly sounded:
Rumble!!!
Xu Er commanded several personal soldiers, and according to Xu Shiyang's pre-arrangement, he used a wooden cannon to shoot the enemy obliquely from the side.
Three catties of gravel roared out of the cannon chamber, and in an instant, the crowded crowd of bandits fell like wheat cut down by a sickle!
The morale of the bandits began to waver, they were all shocked by a thunderstorm on this sunny day, and before the two sides could make contact, nearly 20 people fell here in an instant, and many unlucky people still had a face of sand and gravel embedded in their faces, screaming and rolling on the ground .......
The old bandits, who usually like to boast that they are "full of guts", began to retreat slowly unconsciously, and even Liu Gao, who had always been full of confidence, was stunned at this time.
Wooden cannons, the most primitive firearms, have a deterrent effect far greater than their actual lethality in the eyes of those who first see them.
Having said that, the wooden cannon fired sideways at close range, and the results achieved have exceeded the imagination of the world.
At this time, the bandits had already suffered more than 10% casualties, and when their morale was shaken, they were actually bound to lose.
"One, two, one! One, two, one! The whole team! ”
Xu Shiyang roared angrily urging his militia to get back on their feet as soon as possible, and after a while, he began to shout again in a voice that had become hoarse:
"One, two, one! One, two, one! The whole team! ”
His militia had been training for so short and had almost no discipline before, and it was difficult to carry out the march in formation, something that modern people would seem to be able to do with ease even schoolchildren.
Xu Shiyang had to stand in the middle of the front row of the array, holding the big knife high in his right hand, so that the militia behind him could see him, and then shouted the password loudly, while using his own pace as the standard, to organize the formation as much as possible.
It's just clumsy.
In the rear, and the militia who had only arrived in a hurry at this time, tried to join the queue, causing chaos in the rear of the small phalanx.
The first half of the barely disciplined section actually had only three thin rows: there were about 20 "sword and shield soldiers" in the first row that had been squinting at Xu Shiyang, less than 30 wooden spearmen in the second row at the back of his head, and 15 pro-soldiers standing in the third row.
If Xu Shiyang was facing a prepared Tartar, they only needed to concentrate the most elite armor soldiers and concentrate a little attack under the cover of the archers, and they could easily tear apart this so-called "phalanx".
However, the bandits obviously did not have this kind of combat effectiveness, and they were instead pressed back step by step by this clumsy phalanx.
Liu Gao, who finally reacted, still tried to reorganize the formation, and some old bandits loyal to him used the back of their knives to beat them with a knife, trying to organize the others as soon as possible.
But the bandits who were shot in front of them were not new bandits who were bullied, some tried to resist, some just wanted to flee for their lives, and soon, the position of the fence breakthrough where Liu Gao was located began to become crowded, and nearly a hundred bandits huddled here, in a dilemma.
Rumble!
On the right side of the phalanx, Xu Da commanded several other people to operate a wooden cannon and gave the crowded bandit team a second blow.
After a burst of flying sand and rocks, the bandits fell down again.
Subsequently, Xu Da kicked the wooden cannon that was already smoking everywhere to the side in accordance with the pro-soldier regulations compiled by Xu Shiyang, drew a waist knife, and prepared to participate in melee combat.
The expected white-knuckle battle did not come, and the bandits, who were already on the verge of collapse, were completely finished after taking a second shot at close range.
"There are five thunderstorms in the sky! Run for your life! ”
I don't know who suddenly let out such a strange scream, and then all the bandits turned around and fled outside the camp, and the fastest escape was Liu Gao and his cronies .......
Xu Shiyang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that these so-called old bandits who blew the earth-shattering sound would be so unsupportive, originally he thought that the "sword and shield soldiers" in the front row needed to support the other party with the support of the wooden spearmen to support a counterattack, and let the pro-soldiers in the back use the fire door to shine a round on the front door, so that it was possible to win.
Unexpectedly, the two wooden cannons directly laid the ...... victory, didn't it mean that Liu Gao's subordinates were mainly the former Great Zhou officials and soldiers, and their combat power was strong?
"Castle Master, it's time to rush!" Someone reminded Xu Shiyang.
Only then did he realize that there was no need to continue to maintain the slow-moving phalanx, everyone just had to chase and kill happily.
"Assault each!"
Xu Shiyang felt that his IQ seemed to be insulted, but he calculated these old bandits according to half of the combat power of the Tartars, and now it seems that he is probably only a little stronger than the outcasts.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill the bandits!"
The militiamen, who had been enduring discipline and felt uncomfortable, were like wild dogs that had been let out to have fun, and they shouted together, directly disbanded the formation, and each pursued the bandits who had retreated.
"The pro-soldiers are all left!" Xu Shiyang shouted, pinching the most elite card in his hand.
If it is just a pursuit, those usually honest peasants are no worse than any bandits, but if the other side has a reserve and launches a counterattack at this time, they will definitely be defeated and retreat faster.
Xu Shiyang shook his head, feeling a little helpless.
Today's battle was a little inexplicable, and he still didn't know why the bandits suddenly rushed out, and why the scouts gathered together to shoot at the bandits.
As the forward commander of the Xu Jiajun, it is a joke that his ears and eyes are so closed.
Fortunately, the enemy made more mistakes, and the battle between the two sides was simply a standard rookie pecking at each other, and the technical and tactical level was probably not much better than that of high school students in another world.
"Go and bring my warhorse!" Xu Shiyang turned his head and instructed Xu Da: "Also, bring my armor." ”
The summary can be said after the war, since the bandits have collapsed now, the most important thing at this stage is to continue to pursue and expand the results of the battle.
"You follow slowly, send someone to the camp behind to inform my father, just say that I have defeated Liu Gao, suggest that he fight Liu Gao's cottage first, and also, call the Lord of Luan Fort and the Lord of Sun Fort, and let them ride fast horses to come over!"
There are only three of them in the second room of the Xu family's army, and Xu Shiyang hopes that they can form a real fast squad with him.