Text Chapter 391 Defend the Battalion
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The periphery of the Ming army's camp, in addition to the horse pile, there are also cone-shaped thistles, all of which are to prevent the enemy from forcibly attacking the camp, once it is dismantled, the cavalry can drive straight in, directly break the camp, drive out the Ming army in the camp, and even kill it directly.
The auxiliaries held a shield in one hand and a short knife in the other, and in the sequence of the Heavenly Mandate Army, there were no shields originally, which were recently captured outside Guguan City.
Hong Chengchou was frightened by the rifle of the Heavenly Mandate Army, but when he retreated to the core of the camp, his heart became sober, and it was not a way to be surrounded by the Heavenly Mandate Army!
While he was pondering a good plan, the guards rushed to report: "Lord Overseer, the Mandate of Heaven...... The auxiliaries of the Mandate of Heaven are demolishing the horse stakes......"
"What?" Hong Chengchou turned his head and screamed urgently, his body almost jumped into the air, the Ming army confronted the Mandate of Heaven Army, and the only thing to rely on was the solid battalion, once the battalion was demolished, it would be completely exposed to the muzzle of the superior range of the Mandate of Heaven Army! "Archers strike, shoot them back!"
"Yes, Lord Overseer!"
The guards went, Hong Chengchou was still not at ease, the range of the Mandate of Heaven # The range of the gun was much stronger than the bow and arrow of the Ming army, and the gunners approached the camp, apparently to provide cover for the auxiliary soldiers who dismantled the horse pile, and the Ming army would suffer a big loss in such a battle.
Sure enough, to the north of his camp, the Ming army has already choked the heavens, as long as the Ming army shoots a bow and arrow, it will reveal its position, and it will immediately attract the bullets of the Mandate of Heaven, but the gunners of the Mandate of Heaven are outside the range of the bow and arrow, although they grit their teeth with hatred, they can't fight back.
"Fool, use a shield, use a shield to guard the sides!" Seeing his own soldiers being hanged and beaten, Hong Chengchou jumped like thunder, thieves are so rampant, if these soldiers are beaten, even his own safety cannot be guaranteed.
The soldiers hurriedly erected a huge shield wall on both sides of the archers, forming a straight corridor, they already knew that the shield wall was the nemesis of the Mandate of Heaven, and the bullets of the Mandate of Heaven could penetrate the armor, but it was difficult to penetrate the shield.
Zhou Bin had to disperse the gunners of the Ming army, shooting the archers of the Ming army from all possible directions, especially in front of the archers, and concentrated most of the gunners.
The Ming army had no choice but to erect a shield wall in front, and the archers hid behind the shield wall and continued to shoot at the auxiliaries of the Mandate of Heaven.
In this way, the gunners of the Mandate of Heaven Army could not shoot the archers of the Ming Army behind the shield wall, but the archers were hiding behind the shield wall and could not see the Mandate of Heaven Army in front, so they could only shoot blindly into the sky, and the effect was greatly reduced.
The auxiliaries of the Mandate of Heaven Army, each with a shield, they were several people in a group, cooperating with each other, resisting the arrows of the Ming army on the one hand, and demolishing the horse pile on the other, in less than half an hour, the horse pile had been demolished a three-or four-step opening, and even the thistles inside and outside the camp were also swept clean.
According to the appearance of such a hole in the horse pile, the cavalry of the Heavenly Mandate Army will not attack the Ming army from the entrance for the time being, and if the road cannot be normal, the speed of the cavalry will be difficult to exert and there will be no great advantage over the infantry.
But time is on the side of the Mandate of Heaven, as time goes by, more and more horse piles are removed, and even the obstacles in the camp will be demolished by the Mandate of Heaven Army one by one, and at that time, the Mandate of Heaven Army can give full play to the advantage of cavalry speed.
Zhou Bin and Liu Yunshui knew this, and Hong Chengchou in the camp knew this, if they couldn't repel the auxiliaries of the Heavenly Mandate Army, the camp would be broken by the Heavenly Mandate Army sooner or later.
Hong Chengchou was anxious, but he couldn't find a countermeasure for a while, so he could only increase his manpower and threaten the Tianming Army with a large number of arrows.
More than 10,000 Ming troops were compressed on the south side of the camp, Zhang Quanchang saw beads of sweat on Hong Chengchou's forehead, knew that the situation was critical, and hurriedly said: "Lord Overseer, the bow and arrow are not a big threat to the Heavenly Mandate Army, if you let the attack go, the Heavenly Destiny will conquer the camp sooner or later......"
"Indulgence?" Hong Chengchou subconsciously wiped the drops of sweat and said angrily: "According to you, if you can suppress the Heavenly Mandate Army? β
Zhang Quanchang is a close confidant of Hong Chengchou, and he is a capable general, and the overseer army is trapped, so he naturally wants to stand up, so he said: "It is better to lead the army to attack, take attack as defense, even if it cannot be completely annihilated, it can drive the Heavenly Mandate Army away." β
"Sortie?" Hong Chengchou was overjoyed, "This is a good way, on the one hand, on the one hand, on the other hand, on the other hand, people are repairing the camp, as long as the camp is there, the Mandate of Heaven Army will not be able to attack the Chinese army." β
"Yes, Lord Overseer, my subordinates are willing to lead 3,000 soldiers to drive the Mandate of Heaven Army away," Zhang Quanchang arched his hand and said: "The Mandate of Heaven Army is powerful, but it is only the gunners, but the number of gunners is small, and they have repeatedly fought and sawed, and their casualties are too large, and they will inevitably retreat." β
"Quanchang has a point!" Now that the situation is critical, Hong Chengchou can't do it for a while, so he had to agree with Zhang Quanchang's opinion, give him 3,000 soldiers, and order him to go out of the camp to attack, at least drive away the hundreds of Heavenly Mandate troops who demolished the horse piles, and if he could kill and injure some of the gunmen of the Heavenly Mandate Army, it would be even better.
When the Ming army attacked Guguan, the gunners of the Heavenly Mandate Army were all on the head of the city, unable to kill on a large scale, and now they were on flat ground, but as long as the two sides could fight at close range, Hong Chengchou believed that there would always be some consumption, and the gunners outside the camp were only hundreds, even if it was a loss of ten to one, the Heavenly Mandate Army could not afford it.
There is no better way than to attack, and we can't wait for the Mandate of Heaven to break through the camp.
Hong Chengchou picked up 3,000 soldiers and handed them to Zhang Quanchang, "Quanchang, there are no more than 10,000 soldiers in the camp now, and I will hand over these 3,000 soldiers to you, and try to save their lives while repelling the Mandate of Heaven Army." β
"Yes, Lord Overseer, your subordinates understand!"
Zhang Quanchang is a fierce general under Hong Chengchou, inherited the mantle of Hong Chengchou, and has always been mainly killing thieves, he firmly believes that there are so many thieves, after killing them, Shaanxi will be safe, but in the battle with the thieves, there will be casualties on both sides, he has never cared about the lives of soldiers, as long as he wins the battle, the court has an army, in case it doesn't work, you can also recruit troops in Shaanxi, as long as there is food, where is there no source of soldiers?
But today, seeing the Overseer's thoughtful appearance, his heart was not good, he finally understood that the soldiers were their protection, and once the more than 10,000 soldiers were gone, it would be difficult for him and the Overseer to leave Guguan.
For the first time, Zhang Quanchang felt that the lives of soldiers were so precious!
He personally led 3,000 precious soldiers to line up in the camp, but he was the first to admonish, "Brothers, the march is outside, the camp is our home, once the home is gone, our lives will be lost!" β
"Yes, the camp is our home, even if we lose the battle, as long as the camp is still there, we will be safe!" A soldier was busy patting Zhang Quanchang's horse.
Zhang Quanchang glared at him fiercely, at such a moment of departure, he actually said "defeat", so disappointing, how can he gather morale? However, the soldier is psychologically oriented towards him, and there is no need to punish, "Now the Mandate of Heaven army wants to demolish our homes, rob us of food and equipment, and kill us all, brothers, what should we do?" Do you sit still? The morale was greatly boosted, the crowd was excited, and the screams were screaming, these scenes that Zhang Quanchang was looking forward to did not come as scheduled, on the contrary, the soldiers were silent, and many soldiers even lowered their heads, lest they touch his sight.
Zhang Quanchang was angry in his heart, with his temperament, he was going to kill people with a knife, however, he especially needed these soldiers now, and he needed these soldiers to fight a way out for him!
He swallowed and foamed, swallowing his anger alive, then swept his gaze around.
But the Ming army seemed to have become dumb, no one dared to speak out, and after a long time, the soldier just now said: "My lord, since the Heavenly Mandate Army does not give us a way to live, we will fight with them, maybe as soon as we attack, the Heavenly Mandate Army will wilt!" β
Zhang Quanchang was secretly happy in his heart, or this soldier could speak, just now fortunately he did not behead him to sacrifice the flag, so he smiled and said: "This brother said well, whoever doesn't let us have a good life, then we will let them live a good life for the rest of their lives - kill them, it's a hundred!" β
He drew his sword, raised it to the sky, and shouted, "Brothers, kill them!" β
"Kill them!"
Finally, a soldier shouted, but his voice was soft and weak, as if he hadn't eaten enough for three days, although he also drew his sword to the sky, but his arm seemed to be hanging a thousand pounds of weight, at most only half of it.
Zhang Quanchang is not worried, since it has already begun, will the morale rise be far away? In the old days, when it came to the slaughter of thieves, the soldiers were crying and shouting that they wanted to rush to the front line!
Under the leadership of the sycophant soldiers, the Ming army finally regained its morale, and the murderous army in the past finally returned, Zhang Quanchang struck while the iron was hot, with three thousand soldiers, through the positions of the archers, ready to attack from the north of the camp, "It's them, only two hundred people, they want to demolish our big camp, brothers, attack, kill them!" β
He pointed at the auxiliary soldiers of the more than 200 Heavenly Mandate Army in front of him with his waist knife, choked his throat, his eyes were bloodshot, as if he had seen an enemy who killed his father, his wife, and his son.
There are only more than 200 people, and they want to demolish our homeland, and with more than 3,000 of them, one charge can wipe out these Mandate of Heaven troops, and these thieves will also have families and wealth, and it would be good if the Overseers distributed their daughters and property to themselves.
Under Zhang Quanchang's instigation, the Ming army rushed forward one by one shouting like duck blood, and in their eyes, these soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven were no different from the thieves they had encountered before.
Zhou Bin, who was watching from the sidelines, suddenly saw thousands of soldiers rushing out of the Ming army, knowing that the Ming army was forced to fight back, he was secretly proud in his heart, he had been looking forward to it for a long time.
If the Ming army lets it go, he doesn't mind taking the Ming army's camp, his purpose is to lure the Ming army to attack, once the Ming army leaves the camp of the camp, it is the target of the Mandate of Heaven!
"Order, auxiliaries retreat!"
Zhang Quanchang was overjoyed when he saw that the auxiliaries of the Heavenly Mandate Army had retreated, and he shouted at the Ming soldiers beside him: "Look, look, as soon as the brothers attack, the Heavenly Mandate Army of the dog day will be scared to the point of urine, thieves are thieves, brothers, kill, kill all these thieves!" β
At the same time as the Ming army attacked, Zhou Bin had already given an order to the gunners of the five hundred households: retreat to two hundred steps away, the whole team! At the same time, the cavalry of Liu Yunshui's department also contracted their formation and prepared to attack.