Chapter 232: Crash Rate
Qin Yiming had a whim, and asked the soldiers to make a lot of simple skateboards, so that people could move quickly on the snow, but the time was too urgent, and the entire army could master the sliding technique on the snow in four or five days, and there were only about three thousand, and these people were all young adults, among which Ma Fengyi and Zuo Mengeng were also among them.
In the end, Qin Yiming organized a special team, which can be regarded as a special force, these people can use about a thousand people with electric switches, and the others are used as auxiliaries, just like that, they set off quickly to the west, and in just one day, they came to Wadian, after the spies found traces of a large number of troops marching in the upper reaches of the White River, Qin Yiming also made a quick decision and went straight with the army.
The spies reported that there was a Ming army besieged by thieves in the upper Baihe River valley, the specific situation is unknown, it is difficult for the Ming army to break through on this snowy day, and if it goes on like this, this Ming army may be very dangerous.
When Qin Yiming appeared, Zhang Xianzhong had already realized the encirclement of Zuo Liangyu, and there were more than 10,000 people in front of Sun Kewang blocking the exit to the north, and now Zhang Xianzhong himself brought tens of thousands of troops to block in the south, and Zuo Liangyu seemed to be unable to escape.
"Heavenly Soldiers! Heavenly Soldiers! Many thieves pointed to the distant sky, looking at the people who were running fast on the snow, although there were not many people, but these people could run on the snow like this, which made them wonder how these people did it.
After the snow, the whole world is silvery white. In the harsh winter, the old man laid a white carpet on the road and covered the fields with a thick quilt. Occasionally, there are two willow trees of Sheila beside the White River, and the willow trees are full of silver flowers, and thousands of branches have become silver bars, becoming silver coral in the white sea, which is particularly conspicuous and does not match this desolate world.
Zhang Xianzhong's eyes and expression were very strange, and he could even be said to be sad. He stared cautiously and hesitantly into the distance, a gaze that was not only unfamiliar, but also seemed hostile and wary.
"Strategist, you're well-informed, do you know what's going on? How can these people have the speed of horses, this is snow! ”
Pan Duao had snowflakes hanging on his eyelashes, his face was emaciated and dull by the wind knife, and there were some ice slags under his beard, he was very worried, could there really be a heavenly soldier?
"The king, I am ignorant and ugly, I have never seen it!"
Pan Duao looked at it, and suddenly saw clearly, the flag fluttering in the wind was clearly a clear word!
"The king, it's the army of the imperial court, it's not good!"
Zhang Xianzhong's vigilant eyes immediately turned into worry, followed by anger, and shouted: "Hmph, just such a person, do you scratch your boots?" It's just here to send them to death, come on, take 5,000 people to intercept them! ”
Qin Yiming came to a small hill at a slightly higher point, overlooking from the top of the mountain, covered in plain water, dancing silver snakes on the mountain, and seeing thousands of miles of ice. From the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, there is a vast ice and snow stretch, and the ice crystals of thousands of trees are like brilliant ice flowers, blooming on the snow ridges of thousands of mountains, spreading out a vast pure land of ice and jade.
On this beautiful land, not far in front of them, there was really a team of thousands of people groping for themselves, but when they were halfway there, they stopped, their purpose was very obvious, that is, to prevent themselves from sneaking up on the rear of the army.
"Cousin, let's fight the thieves in the north first, there are few people there, it's relatively easy!" Ma Fengyi was standing beside Qin Yiming, carrying a bow and arrow and a quiver on her back.
"Miss Ma is right, first easy and then difficult, let's hit the north first!" Zuo Mengeng nodded, with a long sword pinned to his waist, and a lot of quivers behind him, looking like there were hundreds of arrows.
Qin Yiming looked at the valley of the White River, the north and south ends of the valley had begun to launch an offensive, and the offensive in the south was obviously much stronger.
"No, let's harass the Zhang thief headquarters in the south first, so that we can relieve some pressure on the Ming army in the White River Valley, let the spies find a way to touch the White River Valley, and tell the Ming army inside that our vanguard has arrived, and the large army will arrive soon, so that they can support it!" Qin Yiming ordered.
"Yes, Chief Soldier!"
Qin Yiming glanced at the battlefield, smiled contemptuously, and said: "Hehe, the thief Zhang thinks that we are few people, and thinks that these five thousand thieves can stop us, brothers, let's let them know that we are powerful, and the army will slide to a hundred steps of the thieves to form a gun formation!" ”
Qin Yiming quickly led a group of people and swooped down like wolves, and they quickly slid near the thieves, who could only hold knives and guns and look around uneasily because they were difficult to walk.
"Brothers, rush, kill all these damn bandits!" A small leader shouted, and the people in front began to run towards Qin Yiming's people, splashing snowflakes flying all over the sky, and many people accidentally fell on the snow, such a thick snow, it was very difficult to walk steadily, let alone run.
Qin Yiming looked coldly at those who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and they were running towards his gun array with difficulty, and the speed was very slow.
"Platoon gun preparation!"
The musketeers in the front row began to take off the sub-guns strung on their chests, the letter guns are separated from the sub-guns and the mothers, each musketeer is equipped with six sub-guns, strung together and hung on the chest, there is a big gourd around the waist, all of which are **, the operation of the sub-guns is also very simple, put in the sub-guns, and then pour a little ** into the medicine pot, and then aim and fire, behind the musketeers are auxiliaries, these auxiliaries carry barrels containing **, and are responsible for filling the ** and lead bullets in the sub-guns.
Everyone started to get busy, everything was ready, just waiting for Qin Yiming's order.
Qin Yiming calmly looked at the people in twos and threes, staggering towards the muzzle of his gun.
"Eighty steps!"
"Seventy!"
"Sixty!"
"Fifty steps, drums, fire!" Qin Yiming shouted, and the war drums behind him were beaten.
Bang bang bang.
The sound of the explosion resounded in the sky, wisps of black smoke filled the air, and the dense rows of lead bullets shot out quickly, some into the snow, and some into the body of the thief.
Fifty paces away, the accuracy of the son and mother gun is still okay, this row of buckshots, instantly knocked over hundreds of people in front, some people's eyeballs were knocked out, the entire head was instantly red blood, some people were shot in the chest, blood flowed straight down, and then fell.
A white earth instantly added some different colors.
Bang bang bang
After six rounds, there were no more thieves who could stand up within a hundred paces, and the thieves outside a hundred paces also collapsed, and they began to run towards Zhang Xianzhong's rear army.
"Free Shooting, Expand Your Results!" Qin Yiming ordered.
"Kill!" The musketeers slid under their feet and reloaded their guns at the same time, and when they sensed the distance, they would stop and recharge and fire.
The speed of the musketeers was not very fast, but the speed of the thieves was even slower, it was only a one-sided pursuit, and those who ran for their lives could only fall in a pool of blood stained red by the snow.
"There aren't many of these thieves who died, only about a thousand, but when they escaped, they died faster!" Zuo Mengeng looked at the battlefield and said with emotion.
Qin Yiming suddenly turned his head and smiled: "Zuo Gongzi, you know that no matter what kind of troops, there is a collapse rate!" ”
"Crash...... Rate? What is it? Ma Fengyi said curiously.
"The collapse rate is not a thing, it refers to how many casualties in an army will make this army irrational movement, the lower the collapse rate of the army, the weaker the combat effectiveness, this thief army in front of you, they died thousands of people before they collapsed and fled, in fact, it is already very powerful, I'm afraid many teams of my Daming can't compare to them!" Qin Yiming said with emotion.
The collapse rate is a rough assessment of the combat effectiveness of an army, especially in the era of cold weapons, because war is ultimately a contest between people and a contest of wills. If an army of 10,000 people collapses after 500 deaths, then the combat effectiveness of this army is too weak.
This kind of army with weak combat effectiveness is not absent, and the collapse rate of many Ming armies in the late Ming Dynasty and late Ming Dynasty has not reached this value, and it is simply surrendered as soon as they see people.
Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and other thieves were able to defeat the Ming army in the end, in fact, it had a lot to do with the collapse rate, of course, it was also because of the thieves' own violent ability, so that they could fight a war of attrition, but the court could not afford it.
Qin Yiming looked at the one-sided slaughter in front of him, thinking of this, he was also worried, although as a descendant, did he have the ability to change everything? If you make a mistake, the old money that has accumulated for many years may of course be gone, but those thieves are different, they raise their arms and shout, and all the shadows follow!
"Cousin, the main force of the thief has come out, let's retreat!" Ma Fengyi shouted anxiously, this shout pulled Qin Yiming's thoughts back.
At the exit of the White River Valley in the distance, Zhang Xianzhong's department really had a large group of men and horses coming out, it seemed that there were as many as 20,000 people, they were not in one place, but divided into three groups, approaching Qin Yiming's side.
"Beat the drums and let the musketeers come back!" Qin Yiming ordered, and then the war drums sounded, and the musketeers who chased out heard the drums and quickly returned to Qin Yiming's side to assemble.
"What are they doing here? Are you going to come and die again? Zuo Mengeng was surprised.
After all, Ma Fengyi is a person who has been on the battlefield, and she can see it at a glance, "It's not that simple, you look at their middle lane, the front row is a sword and shield hand holding a rattan card, the middle is a bow and arrow, and the back is a knife and gun, they are prepared." ”
Qin Yiming nodded and said, "Hehe, they want to use the middle lane to drag us down, and then the two wings are encircled, this is a very traditional combat method, and it is also very effective!" ”
Zuo Mengeng looked at it, and sure enough, those people approached slowly, and the rattan card was in front, this thief was able to put together such a team in a short period of time, which surprised him, which was enough to face the strength of Zhang Xianzhong's combat effectiveness!
"So what are we going to do? Do you want to let them join in? ”
Qin Yiming looked at those rattan players with a cold gaze and said with a smile: "Hehe, speed is the key to everything!" Let's withdraw! ”