Volume 1 Mountain Town Chapter 23 The Taiping Army's First Arrival in Quzhou City (2)

Wu Neng actually led the Volunteers to attack a team of longhair transporting grain and grass, and it didn't take much effort.

The dense combat formation unique to the era of cold weapons precisely provided an opportunity for total annihilation in musket combat. Knife and gun combat, the common is to form a group, forming a hedgehog formation, the cavalry also has no way to take this trick, the more nervous, the closer together, this has become a conscious or unconscious habit of thinking and behavior. Entering the era of muskets, this habit will give you life, get together and must recruit guns, the era of muskets talks about unfolding, talking about individual defense, talking about linear attack, many traditional soldiers have not yet understood the essence, often defeated inexplicably.

Since the beginning of the training of the volunteers, they have been using muskets, and there are no traditional habits.

Yesterday morning, it was detected that about 200 long-haired guards of the grain and grass supply team, will pass this intersection, Wu Neng actually divided the team into 25 people on the left and right, and spread out a formation to wait, the escort team also seemed to find that something was wrong there, all gathered together to guard against the unexpected, when the escort team reached within 150 steps from the ambush, the gunfire sounded like fried beans, crackling, not surprisingly, in less than a quarter of an hour, the long-haired did not even reflect, the whole army was wiped out, no one thought that this was a classic of war, and the volunteers felt like training in peacetime.

According to the confession of the injured Changmao, a team of grain transport teams passed through every day in the next few days, and each team was escorted by 200 people, walking the same road. Wu Neng actually thought about it and decided! Don't go, rest on the spot, and continue to do another vote in the same place tomorrow. Don't be afraid! No one would have thought that the Vigilante would do two same things in the same place; No one would have thought that Long Hair would fall two of the same heels in the same place.

In the early morning, the members of the volunteers ate the dry food sent by the long-haired grain transport team, scattered the formation and waited for the rabbits, suddenly the sound of horses' hooves, a cavalry team of 100 horses rushed to the intersection, they did not find, and could not find it, there were volunteers ambushed at the intersection.

Wu Neng secretly applauded, gesturing to inform the members in the ambush to prepare for the attack.

When the long-haired cavalry entered the distance of 100 paces, Wu Neng actually shouted: "Shoot people, keep horses, bang!" ”

He raised the short gun and fired the first shot, a hundred paces away, although it was only half the length of the long spear, the same accuracy, this short gun has a shallow rifling, the gun is short, the gunpowder can not give full play to the effect, the long distance is not good, but it is still accurate within a hundred steps, it is more convenient to change bullets, he even thinks that this is a cavalry musket designed for cavalry.

"Bang bang bang ......!"

Through yesterday's combat practice as if training, the members of the volunteer regiment became more calm, calm, and confident, although they were facing the cavalry, they were not afraid! They are all well trained in individual defense, and you are helpless to do anything about your cavalry, making full use of the cover of nature, generally hiding behind trees or stones, and with foreign guns in hand, who is afraid of whom?

"Bang bang bang ......!" After the third round of shooting, there were no horses in sight, except for a few horses who fled, and it was another total annihilation.

On the battlefield, the war horse lost its owner, neighed, and ran wildly.

"Rush! Pick up the remnants of the enemy and gather the horses. ”

After the counting, there were 70 sturdy and intact war horses, 95 people were killed in the battle with long hair, and only one member of the volunteer group was kicked and injured by the war horse, which was caused by his cheap hands and slapping the horse's buttocks, not war damage, not an accident, and a deserved category.

Wu Neng actually took a fancy to the stumbling war horse, took it out, stepped on the horse's back, and shouted loudly: "Whoever can ride a horse, choose one, come with me." ”

There are really many volunteers who can ride horses, and they have found their favorite horses, patted the horses on their backs and said, "Man! Changed owners. ”

Gear up and move closer.

"Watch out! Let's go! With a wave of his hand, he took the lead in rushing to the northwest, followed by a team of twenty horsemen, and the personnel left behind him had their own designated squad leader to organize the vigilance and clean up the battlefield.

The twenty-first horsemen had gone not far when they found the long-haired grain caravan, which had stopped at the sound of gunfire and was inquiring.

Wu Neng actually rode on a horse and raised his gun with one hand, led the steps, and when he approached sixty or seventy paces, he aimed and fired.

"Bang!"

Twenty horsemen followed closely behind, and they did the same, but their spear commanders were unsteady with one hand, and they saw the volunteers on the horse, holding the reins in their left hands, and raising their left arms as support, setting up their guns and keeping up.

"Bang bang!"

Wu Neng actually took the horse's head, parallel to the grain transport team, and rode on horseback to load, in fact, the breech gun, as long as the operation is skillful, no matter what posture it is not a problem to load, let alone a short gun suitable for cavalry.

"Bang bang!"

Long-haired couldn't reflect at all, and more than a dozen people fell in an instant, panicked, you know, the other party is a cavalry, or a musket cavalry, the long-haired leader is helpless, I don't know what to do? Haven't you seen this battle? There is a way to deal with musketeers, and it can be dealt with cavalry, but against the musketeers, who can tell me, what to do? Tell me first, who has seen it?

"Bang bang bang ......!"

"Run!" The long-haired soldiers collapsed, and ran together with the leader, and the speed was not slow, and they disappeared in an instant, maybe they saw the musketeers and cavalry, but this is the only trick that is good, didn't Sun Tzu's Art of War say 'go for the best'?

There were only two battles in half a day, one was more exciting than the other, and the other was more enjoyable, and he was unscathed, and the morale of the volunteer members was high.

This batch of grain, grass, mules and horses, can be taken away, in the principle of light equipment, can not take away on the spot burned, now there are seventy war horses in hand, all eat grain concentrate feed, but also to ensure that they eat well, full, right?

In the afternoon, Wu Neng actually pulled all the personnel to an open place where no one was around, arranged a guard, and the members of the regiment who could not ride horses gathered together to temporarily train them to ride horses. ’。

Let's not talk about riding a horse to charge and shoot, as long as you can ride, or temporarily train to become a mounted infantry, at least the mobility ability has been improved, and the members of the regiment are excited, "Whew! Oh! After an afternoon, in the evening, the volunteers who had had beaten enough came back on horseback, grinning, and exclaimed: "Enjoyable! ”

The Volunteer Regiment almost didn't care about the offensive and defensive situation of Quzhou City, because so many people couldn't defend Quzhou City, what use could their own 'mosquito meat' do?

They didn't know that when the Volunteers attacked the cavalry this morning, Quzhou City was almost lost.

Fan Rujie fought in the south and the north, and he was also the No. 1 wise general in the Taiping army, he planned a siege strategy yesterday, there is a section of the city wall in the southeast direction, which is in disrepair for a long time, a little inward, easy to climb with the help of cloud ladders, and the external terrain is also convenient for covering and approaching, I don't know what the demons have done, this kind of wall is not repaired? They deserve to perish!

Although Quzhou City is not as large and solid as Jinling City and Hangzhou Mansion, it is not a small city, geographically it is the city of four wars, and it is also a place where soldiers must fight in history, and the city wall is of course not small, and it is the green camp that guards the southeast section of the city wall, and they all know that this section of the wall is a little unreliable, and they specially send more people, and the city wall is full of thousands of people in just a hundred steps, you think! With an average of ten people in one step, even the meat wall can block it for a while.

The morning fog will disperse, a horn hisses, suddenly found that under the thick fog, the black pressure on the head, the long-haired soldiers have quietly approached, there are thousands of people, it is the strategy of 'five attacks', unscrupulously attack this section of the wall, four or five ladders to the root of the wall, strong bows throw, arrows rain, the wall is caught off guard, dead and wounded.

When the Quzhou counselor heard the horn sounded, he was surprised that Changmao attacked so quickly, and hurriedly climbed the city tower, and found that the situation was not good.

The archers of the Green Battalion of the 1,000 General Organization fought back, and when the soldiers straightened up from under the wall, the top of the ladder had already protruded the half-cut shape of the long hair, and they ...... at a moment's notice.

For a while, there were not many people who came up, left and right, in a hurry, looking down, almost desperate, this battle was not fought, victory or defeat has become a fixed formula, this number, this momentum, the Qing army sighed to themselves. A few more raids of this type would be a must-lose.

The first wave of attacks almost succeeded, exposing the weakness of the Qing troops defending the city, which greatly boosted the morale of the Taiping army, and the surprise attack failed, and the regular attack was changed, and the soldiers put shields on their heads and formed a formation to approach the .......

How long has it been? Storytellers describe the defensive tension and often say, 'Surprise a day!' In less than two hours, I don't know how much I was surprised! If this falls into the mouth of the storyteller, I don't know what it will say? Joining the army closed his eyes helplessly, it was going to rain on this day, it was not human, it was just that! If the court wants to kill or chop, it is also the fate of the general!

Fan Rujie is very sorry that the first round of attacks did not succeed, if you launch a sneak attack half an hour in advance, you may have entered the city now, now change the strategy, surround three missing one, increase the pressure, it is reported that there have been deserters and displaced people pouring out of the gap, and the city has shown signs of rout, first maintain the attack posture, it is a matter of time before the city is broken, and it is not cost-effective to fight hard at this time.

"Report, the cavalry team was attacked when they went out to receive grain and grass, and only more than ten horsemen survived! It was done by the Qing Demon Musket Battalion. ”

"Huh? How many enemies are there? ”

Bu Tong knelt down a small colonel, obviously just escaped with his life: "The gunfire continued, and it was dense, it seemed that there were about 200 people, and I didn't see anyone, nor did I see smoke." ”

"Huh? Just know how to run? In what location? ”

"That's where it was attacked yesterday."

"Ahh It's too bold, isn't it? …… Not good! Has today's grain and grass arrived? ”

"Nope! I'll send someone to answer it. ”

"There's no hurry!"

Sure enough, an hour later, another elementary school came to report.

"Report! The grain and grass team was attacked, and the supplies were destroyed! ”

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Fan Rujie is characterized by being calm and good at reasoning and judging.

A very elite musketeer cavalry? The number of people should be more than 100, according to the grain transport team, there are dozens of horses, if the 100 people are eliminated in an instant, it should be about 100 people, the Qing court does not have this kind of establishment of musket cavalry at all, it must be the local self-organized and trained village brave, Qu, Hangzhou is rich, buy new foreign guns, configure war horses, train elites, it is not impossible, our cavalry team is invincible, it is also reasonable. The question is? If such an elite musketeer is used to defend the city, it really can't be shaken, but it is used to cut off my supplies? What is the intention?

Send a large team of men and horses to exterminate it? No cavalry, brigade of infantry to attack? People are cavalry, fists to hit fleas, laissez-faire? Since then, there is no supply, how can it be good to live?

The top priority is to stabilize the position, solve the supply problem tomorrow, if you can't capture Quzhou City today, tomorrow will become a hungry soldier, the consequences are ......, thinking of this Fan Rujie is in a cold sweat, since the incident in Guangxi, with the king of heaven to fight so far, the momentum of the kingdom of heaven has been achieved, but he has fallen into a dilemma.

"Herald! Stop the siege, retreat to the camp, and discuss matters in the tents of the leaders. ”

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