Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Narrow Encounter

Chen Yufeng said: "It seems that Liu Yun and they are in trouble, but if there are one hundred and eighty people, Liu Yun and they can still deal with it." Besides, the road is narrow and can't be opened, and no matter how many people there are, it's useless. Zhang Zhimu looked at the situation and said: "We don't need such people here now, let Liu Chenghuang bring ten musketeers and twenty shield players to support Liu Yun." Chen Yufeng called Liu Chenghuang and said, "You take thirty people, only weapons, and quickly rush to the front on horseback to support Liu Yun, and tell Liu Yun, don't worry about us." We just can't stand it, and we can also use the terrain to fight and retreat. Liu Chenghuang pointed out twenty shields and ten musketeers, and without a moment's delay, he rode away.

At this time, Liu Yun in front of them was really in trouble.

Before, when Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng studied this group of Chuang Wang's army together, they were greatly puzzled, the place they occupied, Hangu Pass in the west, and Shaanzhou in the east. They were sandwiched between the ancient roads, and militarily they were a dead land. No matter how much you grab, you can't get it out. Zhang Zhimu thought, there must be a reason here, one is that the Ming army now only has the ability to parry and has no power to fight back, and it would be good to be able to protect itself. They are camping here, which is clearly to humiliate the Ming army. Also, they must have other ways in and out, otherwise they wouldn't have killed themselves. This is called the chicks not peeing, each in its own way.

It really made Zhang Zhimu guess right. The gang of intruders that Liu Yun met were also escorted back with goods. It turned out that there were several rivers around Shaanxi County from this village, and the Chuang army generally transported the looted property to the river, and the Chuang army disguised as merchants transported it to the Yellow River through the river, or to the south. This time, there were two sentinels and more than 100 people who came out to escort the goods, and more than 20 carriages were driven. This is to send the goods and go back. In the distance, I heard the sound of artillery in the direction of the stockade, and thought that the official army was coming to encircle and suppress and attack the stockade. I rushed back desperately. I didn't expect to meet Liu Yun on a narrow road.

Because the caravan on Liu Yun's side was too big, it was discovered by the other party from afar. They preemptively occupied a narrow junction, unloaded the horses of several wagons, and piled them up to form a pile of obstacles at the junction. Although I don't know what happened in the stockade, the perennial conquest has made the leader of the other party know that blocking this caravan is the only choice. When Liu Yun found that there was a roadblock on the road ahead, the sweat on his body came down. Liu Yun knows the stakes very well, the current time, every minute and every second is Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng led people to block and win, if you can't rush over quickly, you will face the dilemma of flanking back and forth, and the situation cannot be delayed. Lu Yun ordered live ammunition, ten musketeers, fired in two rounds, and attacked forward, but the opponent hid behind the carriage and shot arrows, the muskets did not pose much threat to the other party, and he was completely exposed in front of the other party, and two musketeers were still wounded. Lu Yun saw that he couldn't fight so hard, so he asked the crossbowman to fire five bow thunders, and the carriage was blown up a little, but there were too many carriages behind. Li Wei also wanted to fire another bow thunder and continue to blow up. Lu Yun stopped and said, "Don't waste the bow thunder, it will be of great use in the future." Let's have a shot with a crossbow mine! The bed crossbowman lifted the bed crossbow out of the wagon, aimed, ignited, and fired together. The crossbow thunder suddenly pierced into the carriage pile, and then with a bang, the carriage was blown into parts and flew into the sky, Lu Yun took the opportunity to lead people to rush up, and shot up the stunned ones who were not dead. But the other party is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he didn't put everyone here. The army on the mountain pushed a boulder down the mountain. Fortunately, Li Wei found it early in the back, and shouted Liu Yun and them back, and they were almost smashed there, where they were very narrow, there was nowhere to hide, and if they couldn't dodge, they would be smashed into meat paste. The people were out of the way, but the road was blocked. The boulder was stuck in the middle of the road, and the cars and horses couldn't get through. And the defenders occupied behind the boulder. Liu Yun was anxious, but at this time he forced himself to calm down and discussed with Li Wei that this stone must be removed, but the stone was too big, even if there was no one to defend it, it couldn't be moved. You can only tie up a few ballistas and stuff them under the rocks to blow him up. Li Wei said: "First fire the crossbow mine, clear the enemy behind the stone, suppress the archers on both sides with muskets, and then I will blow up the stone." Liu Yun said: "It's just like this, you have to be careful." At this time, Liu Chenghuang brought someone over, and Liu Yun was a little anxious. grabbed Liu Chenghuang and said, "Why are you here, Mr. Zhang, they need people more." Liu Chenghuang: "It was Mr. Zhang who ordered us to come over to support, so that you can rest assured that you don't have to worry about them, if not, they can fight and retreat." Liu Yun thought about it, so he had to open the road first. Say: "After a while, after the bow thunder is fired, the shield bearers throw ** together, clearing everything behind the stones, and the musketeers suppress the enemies on both sides." After Li Wei blew the stone away, everyone loaded the shotgun and followed me, attacking with two rounds of shooting. ”

Li Wei took out four crossbow mines, tied them together with strips of cloth, twisted the four fires together, and picked them up. Nodding at Liu Yun, Liu Yun ordered Gong Lei to "release". Five bow mines, booming behind the stones, followed by twenty ** flew over, and at the same time twenty muskets, all raised, as soon as there was an outcrop on both sides, there were several bullets at the same time, rushing to contact his head. Twenty ** sounded, taking advantage of the thick smoke, Li Wei rushed to the boulder, stuffed the bundle of crossbows under the boulder, lit the fire twist, and ran back. Hurry up and lie down with everyone. At this time, the defenders on the opposite side, seeing that there was no movement here, some boldly stretched out their heads to look this way. Suddenly, there was a loud bang. The boulder was blown to pieces, and the stones flew into the sky, and smoke billowed from the sky. When the crackling stone was finished, Liu Yun shouted: "Follow me", and the musketeers rushed up after Liu Yun. This time it was close-range, shotgunfire, and those who were stunned and turned to the intruder, without any power to parry. Maybe it was too much pressure, Liu Yun didn't leave any room alive, because his only idea now was to buy time for the people who were blocking the attack behind. By the time Liu Yun and the others walked back, Yan Boju, Li Mao, and Lu Chengxiang had already begun to lead people to clear those stone carriages and other roadblocks. Liu Yun found Liu Chenghuang and said, "Brother, you have to go back and pick up Mr. Zhang and them." Take ten musketeers with you. Liu Chenghuang led people to ride back again.

After Zhang Zhimu sent away Liu Chenghuang, who had supported Liu Yun, he found that there was some movement in the stockade, obviously the stockade also heard the sound of muskets in the distance, and they themselves probably knew that there were more than 100 of them outside. In order to cooperate with the defenders outside the village, this time another round of onslaught was launched, especially the number of people attacking the corridor on the wall of the wall increased significantly, Li Jing, Fan Song, and Liu Jun were very busy. In the end, I had to change my gun to shoot. Because the guns are too hot to die. Rushing out from the gate of the stockade, this time carrying the ladder for the siege, it was to build a new bridge on the suspension bridge. However, Zhang Zhimu deliberately let the bow laser them, but several ladders fell at the gate of the village, and the defenders dropped a batch of corpses and retreated. At this time, there was a loud noise in the distance, and Zhang Zhimu knew that it must be Liu Yun's side, who encountered an obstacle and had no way to carry out the blasting. Fortunately, the enemy army in the village is now in a hurry to make a mistake and commit the tactics of adding fuel to the taboo of soldiers. It has never posed a substantial threat to Zhang Zhimu and them. Maybe the people in the stockade have been smart, or they are preparing to accumulate strength to think of new methods, and there is no movement for a while. After waiting for a while, Liu Chenghuang led people to run over. Zhang Zhimu was overjoyed when he heard that the passage in front of him had been opened. At this time, after a period of preparation, the stockade began to attack. The preparation in the village this time is obviously sufficient, not only the walled gate, but also the walled wall corridor, some people rush outward, and even the walled walls on both sides of the walled gate are broken by people. Zhang Zhimu looked at it and thought to himself that this is about the same, but I don't want to play with you anymore. The order was to pull the horses and the two empty carriages to go first, and after each of the archers and thunderers fired three shots, they also retreated first, and the rest of the people each had a horse, and after several rounds of fire, after the last salvo, Zhang Zhimu led the musketeers to also mount their horses and retreated. Soon caught up with the carriage that went first. What Zhang Zhimu and the others didn't expect was that when Zhang Zhimu and the others walked to the place where Liu Yun and them were in trouble, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves behind them. It turned out that this group of intruders was a little dazed by the sudden blow, and they wanted to rush out at once and kill all these people. So it's desperately rushing outward. But after nearly 1,000 casualties, the leading generals were sober-minded. I feel that this style of play is in the hands of the other party. I can't take advantage of my large number of people. So it was decided to attack in multiple ways. But the tactics didn't work yet, and they retreated. If you want to pursue, you can only pass some foot troops with a ladder. Not to mention whether these infantry troops can catch up with other caravans, they may not be able to beat others if they catch up. The bridge was built again, and the cavalry had crossed the bridge. Zhang Zhimu: They also ran away. But this breath was really unbearable, and the defending generals ordered to chase to the edge of the sky, and also to the end. Then he struck his horse and chased forward. In fact, Zhang Zhimu deliberately walked slowly, in order to make the caravan safer. Otherwise, they would have gone farther.

Zhang Zhimu saw that the place where Liu Yun and they had just fought, the battlefield had not been cleaned, and the dead bodies were placed on the side of the road, Zhang Zhimu asked to unload a few rejection horses, and put the obstacles such as the broken carriage that had just blocked Liu Yun and them in the middle of the road, and then pulled the carriage away from the barricade for a distance, put the carriage across the road, unloaded the horses, used the carriage as a cover, set up a blocking line and ordered the musketeers to live ammunition and prepare three rounds of shooting, so that the advantages of the number of musketeers can be brought into play, and the continuity of shooting can be guaranteed. Let the bow miners shoot at the rear of the enemy when shooting. Disrupt the continuity of enemy attacks.

Soon, Zhang Zhimu saw the enemy's cavalry, because the road was narrow, in the distance, all he saw on the road were horses, and it was estimated that there were at least a few hundred horses. Zhang Zhimu said to Chen Yufeng: "It seems that we have beaten them up, and they are here to fight hard." Uncle Chen, you take the carriage to retreat, choose a place in the back, put down the rejection horse, and set up another line of defense, our side is almost done, so we will withdraw to that line of defense, which is called layer by layer of fortification to block step by step, until they lose their temper. Chen Yufeng led the carriage backwards.

At this time, the chasing cavalry also saw the obstacles on the road, and when they reached the obstacles, several good horses crossed the obstacles at once, and then Zhang Zhimu ordered: "Fire." ”

Of course, those who crossed the obstacle were knocked down first, and those who did not pass the obstacle were all on horses, and their bodies were exposed on the obstacles, and after a row of gunshots, many people fell off their horses, and at the same time, five bow thunders flew towards the horse team behind, and the horses fell a lot with five explosions. However, because the horses were frightened, they crushed each other, and they hurt a lot. There was a constant row of guns on this side, and each platoon of musketeers came up with two shots, because the enemy was too close and too dense. Basically, you don't need to be accurate. At this moment, after the second round of bow and thunder attacks, the cavalry could not withstand it, left dozens of corpses, and retreated.

Zhang Zhimu said to Li Jing: "The enemy has suffered a big loss, and basically has no power to fight back, next time, I will definitely learn a lesson and let the archers open the way first." So, this time the shield-bearer must protect the musketeer. Mine-archers still attack the enemy's rear. This time, most likely, the enemy formation will not be as dense as last time, but the speed will definitely be fast, and we will definitely use the speed to cross the obstacles in front of us, and we will shoot those who leap first. ”

Sure enough, the enemy cavalry rushed over at a faster speed this time, wanting to break the defensive line set up by Zhang Zhimu and them in one fell swoop.