Chapter 222: The First Battle of the Musket Battalion

"What!" Tu Fu heard that the army of the Great Song Dynasty appeared outside the valley, which made him also shocked, and immediately jumped up and asked again, "How many people, do you know what they are going to do?" ”

"About a thousand people, coming straight to the valley, it seems that they are coming for our tribe!" The messenger replied again that most of the people in the tribe were celebrating their victory today, so the patrolling outside were much more relaxed, and by the time they found out that the Song army had arrived, they were only a few miles away from the valley.

"Father, there are only about a thousand people, if this Song army is just passing by, if you really want to deal with us, then you will underestimate our Zhangshan Department!" When Yonggu heard that the Song army was only 1,000 people, he immediately shouted loudly, they have tens of thousands of people in Zhangshan, and even women can pick up arms, and adult men can fight on horseback from fifteen to fifty years old, so thousands of people can still be assembled, and the 1,000 Song army is really not in his eyes.

"Don't be careless, Cao Wei has just been reinstated, maybe he has plans to stand up, and now this Song army suddenly appears here, I'm afraid it's not good!" Tufu said with a frown, and after saying that, he immediately ordered the adult men of the entire tribe to be gathered, and at the same time, the women and children of the tribe were also ready to be on guard.

"Let's go, let's see what the Song people are going to do here?" After the people were summoned, Tu Fu immediately commanded again, and behind him, there were three thousand tribal warriors who had just been gathered, which also made him finally feel a little confident, and the only one thousand Song troops were not so scared that he didn't dare to go out of the valley.

At that moment, he led the tribal warriors to the outside of the valley, and at a glance he saw the Song army galloping towards this side in the distance, although it was only a thousand people, but it was murderous, and he also saw that half of them were cavalry, which made his expression more solemn, because he knew that the Great Song Dynasty lacked horses, and generally rarely dispatched cavalry, but now he sent so many cavalry to his place at once, it was definitely not good.

Seeing that the Song army was getting closer and closer, Tu Fu also sent someone to fly forward and asked loudly, "What are you Song people doing here?" ”

"Kill!" Song Jun's response was very simple, and with an order, more than a dozen long arrows flew out, and the person who came to inquire was shot into a hedgehog, and then the army also accelerated forward and began to charge.

Seeing that the people he sent were killed, this made the sudden ambush behind him furious, and at the same time understood that the Song people were really preparing to use him, which made him roar angrily, and commanded his subordinates to rush forward against the Song army, after all, their tribe was originally nomadic, and the warriors in the clan were all natural cavalry, and only by charging up could they exert their greatest combat power.

Yong Gu led a cavalry of about 1,000 people to take the lead from the left flank, and when he saw the Song army killing the people of his tribe without saying a word, he was also extremely angry, so when he rushed out, he also secretly decided that he must kill all this Song army today in order to calm the anger in his heart.

Although Yong Gu is young, he is a famous warrior in the clan, and he has always taken the lead on the battlefield, which can also drive the morale of his subordinates, this time is of course no exception, and the armor on his body is strong, and the general bow and arrow do not have to worry at all, so he is not worried about his safety, the long knife in his hand has also been raised high, seeing that the Song army is no more than a hundred steps away from him, with his horse speed, but in a blink of an eye, and as long as he rushes into the formation of the Song army, it is the time for him to kill.

The thought of the enemy's neck being swept by his own sharp long knife, and the scorching blood will also be sprayed in the air, this makes Yugu also seem to smell the familiar sweet smell, and the blood on his body also begins to boil, whenever this state appears, only the enemy's blood and women can calm him down.

"Woo Woo Woo~" However, just when Yonggu fantasized that he was rushing into the Song army to harvest the lives of the enemy, he only heard a sudden roar from the opposite side, and at the same time raised a large amount of smoke, and then Yonggu felt a heat in his chest, as if something had penetrated into his chest.

"How is that possible?" At first, Yonggu didn't react, but then he found that his chest was bleeding, and the strength of his whole body seemed to be gushing out with the blood, and his raised arm became weaker and weaker, and he couldn't even hold the knife steadily, and his eyes were black for a while.

"Woo Woo Woo~" Just before Yong Gu could figure out how he was injured, the same sound came from the opposite side again, this time he felt as if he was staring at something on his face, and then his whole body shook and fell from his horse, and there was no more sound, and the cavalry behind stepped on him without stopping, and trampled his corpse into flesh in the blink of an eye.

"Knock ~ Knock ~ Knock ~ Knock ......" With every sound of war drums, there will be a row of musketeers who shoot forward, countless hot bullets fly on the battlefield, and the warriors who are charging forward in the mountains are also falling layer by layer, and these corpses also hinder the charge of the knights in the rear, and buy time for the shooting of muskets.

"This ...... Where is this war, it's simply a one-sided massacre! Cao Mata, who was next to the musket battalion, saw the results on the battlefield, and couldn't help but be stunned and said to himself, although he had seen the scene of musket practice on the school field before, but after all, it was just a target, far less shocking than the real knife and real gun on the battlefield.

Especially when I saw that no matter how brave the cavalry was, even if it was the opponent's full body armor, but still fell off the horse under the shot of the musket, it made Cao Mata, who was a cavalryman, feel cold, the cavalry has always been the ace of the battlefield, and it is also the highest paid soldier, but now it is vulnerable in the hands of the musket battalion, although the opponent's Zhangshan cavalry is poorly equipped, but it is still a cavalry, and according to his estimate, he will replace the cavalry on the opposite side with the well-equipped cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid it will be the same fate.

"Fortunately, the musket belongs to our Great Song, if the enemy gets this weapon...... " Cao Yu muttered to himself again at this time, but when he said this, he couldn't help but shudder.

However, Cao Mata also discovered at this time that the musket was not invincible, and it also had its own shortcomings, such as the speed of reloading was too slow, although the implementation of three teams to shoot in turn could make up for this shortcoming, but when the cavalry on the opposite side was too fast, and regardless of casualties, it was possible to be rushed close by the cavalry, and then these musketeers would face the slaughter of the cavalry, even if their muskets were equipped with bayonets, but it would not have much effect.

Of course, it was not easy for cavalry to break through the musket blockade, and in addition to sufficient speed, it required determination at all costs, and a military spirit that could not be shaken no matter how many casualties.

However, the Zhangshan Department in front of them obviously does not have the above, they are just a group of herdsmen who have been recruited, although they are very ferocious when fighting, but they do not have any discipline, they may be very brave in a good fight, but once they encounter setbacks, they may shake the morale of the army, and the nomads have always fought if they can fight, and they can flee if they can't fight, anyway, they have horses, and most of the Great Song Dynasty are infantry, so they can't catch up with them at all.

So in this case, when the cavalry of the Zhangshan Division that charged in front fell row after row, the cavalry behind also began to waver, and some people even turned their horses' heads and fled to both sides, so as not to step forward to die, especially many of the generals who rushed in front just now have been killed and wounded, and they cannot command the cavalry to reorganize the formation.

"Rush!" Cao Mata saw the chaotic Zhangshan Division, and seized the opportunity at the moment, roared and led the cavalry to kill from both wings, and in the blink of an eye, it was like two sharp knives, killing from both sides of the Zhangshan Division, which was like stabbing a person in the ribs at once, and suddenly cut the cavalry of Zhangshan into two sections, the front one was subjected to the fire of the musket, and the back was scattered and fled by Cao Mata like a sheep.

With Cao Mata's killing, this not large-scale war has also been decided, although some of the cavalry of the Zhangshan Department still killed the musket battalion closely, but the number is not much, and the musket battalion itself also has two hundred cavalry, which can completely deal with this situation, of course, casualties are inevitable, as for Cao Mata, he is even more angry to kill into the valley where the Zhangshan Department is located, and in the blink of an eye, the valley will come out with billowing smoke, and a large tribe of tens of thousands of people will also disappear completely today.

"Great victory, Hu Yan Shouxin and Cao Yu broke the Zhangshan Tribe, killed thousands of enemies, and captured countless prisoners!" In Tuoyuan Village, when Li Zhang just got up in the morning, he saw Qin Huaizhi running all the way and shouted, waving a good news in his hand, looking at his gray face, he should have run back from the battlefield overnight to deliver good news.

Speaking of which, Qin Huaizhi, as a prison army, naturally has to go out with the army, but many eunuchs are timid, so some eunuchs will find reasons to sit in the rear, but Qin Huaizhi is not afraid at all, and he followed Hu Yan Shouxin to go out together, and after the victory, he personally ran back to deliver the good news, and this courage is worthy of Qin Han's teaching to him.

Li Zhang was also overjoyed when he heard Qin Huaizhi's words, and immediately grabbed the good news and read it carefully, this good news was written to him by Huyan Shouxin himself, the front are the results of this battle, in addition to killing thousands of enemies, countless materials and weapons have also been seized, speaking of which Zhangshan has been looting everywhere in recent years, and the family is also very rich, which is all cheap, in addition, they also rescued hundreds of people in the Great Song Dynasty, these were robbed by Zhangshan to be slaves before, it is said that there were thousands of people before, but many of them were tortured to death.

After reading the previous content, Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh, but the latter content made him frown, because the back is a summary of this battle written by Hu Yan Shouxin, many of which are the shortcomings faced by the musket battalion, such as the musketeers who first entered the battlefield, there was an incident of escaping before the battle, fortunately, there were only a few people, and it did not affect the follow-up performance.

In addition, there is the problem of the coordination of musketeers and cavalry, although there have been many drills before, but there are also problems such as accidental injury to their own people in actual combat, of course, there are also situations that make Li Zhang happy, such as although the musket battalion has casualties, but they are mainly long-distance combat, and there are not many enemies who can rush to the front, so the casualties are very small, which is a miracle for an army that has just entered the battlefield.

"The results are good, I personally sent someone to send them to the pacification envoy, and now Brother Huyan are they back?" After Li Zhang read the good news, he also slapped excitedly.

"I'm back, Zhang Shanbu has brought everything that can be taken away, and what can't be taken away will be burned, and after all, it's outside the country, and I'm afraid of any accidents if I stay for a long time." Qin Huaizhi said excitedly again at this time, that day he also personally escorted Huyan Shouxin, when he saw the scene of flesh and blood flying on the battlefield with his own eyes, he first felt frightened, but then he felt very excited, as if the blood in his whole body was boiling, this was also the first time he had such a feeling.

"Great, with the results of this battle, presumably the eldest lady will definitely make a decision to expand the musket camp!" Li Zhang immediately said excitedly again, there are too few musketeers in a battalion, and they can only fight this kind of small-scale war, but if they encounter a big battle of tens of thousands of people, this manpower will not be able to control the battle situation at all.