Text Volume 3 The Road to Empire_Chapter 671 Fleeing
Later Marx once said: When the profit reaches 10%, some people are stupid; When the profit reaches 50%, some people dare to take risks; When the profit reaches 100%, they dare to trample on all the laws of the world; And when the profit reaches 300%, there is no fear of even going to the gallows.
In order to ensure that the deer hunting gun could exert its power in this battle, so as to reverse the military's prejudice against the weapons produced by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Wei Chenxi was desperate in the next battle.
Even the soldiers of the Ming army stationed at the top of the eighteen-kick peak greatly admired the fearless spirit shown by this southern merchant in the battle, which greatly boosted the morale of these soldiers. In order to show that the deer hunting spear could hit them outside the bow range of the Qing army, Wei Chenxi stood directly in front of the wall and commanded the sergeants to take turns.
Although the mountain road on the eighteen-pedal ridge is much wider than the two-line sky, it can only accommodate seven or eight people in parallel, and in a few places it will be reduced to the width of four or five people in parallel. For more than 20 deer hunting guns, it is not very difficult to block such a mountain path. After all, when the people walking in front fall, the Qing army in the rear will inevitably be disturbed.
Therefore, Wei Chenxi commanded these more than 20 deer hunting guns to attack in turn, but they just sealed the mountain road tightly, so that the menacing Qing army did not perform as well as the results of the first tentative attack. The lieutenant of the Ming army, who was in charge of garrisoning the eighteen feet, watched Wei Chenxi running around in front of the formation, not bending down to dodge the stray arrows at all, and finally believed that the other party was also a soldier who had been on the battlefield.
On the side of the Qing army at the foot of the mountain, the failure of the charge was not attributed to the new weapons of the Ming army, and the Qing soldiers who retreated reported to the Qing generals: "The Han people on the mountain are very cunning, and invited a Satsuma to jump the god, this Satsuma has a very high mana, and after jumping, the bullet suddenly opened its eyes, and suddenly flew over and killed the warriors in front, much farther than our bow and arrow, this battle can't be fought..."
Not to mention that these new Sauron people who joined the Eight Banners are the old Eight Banners who led them, and they are also extremely devout to the belief in Satsuma and the gods and Buddhas. Under the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army, some people of these Qing troops were already panicking, and when these defeated soldiers said some strange remarks, everyone began to doubt the faith.
In order to adapt to the action in the mountains and forests, these Qing army squads almost only carried light armor, and under the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army, they did not have time to cut wood to make shields, and it was difficult for soldiers to carry heavy wooden cards forward on such a steep mountain road. In such a situation, in order to drive the soldiers to attack again, even the skeptical Qing generals had to take some measures to appease these soldiers at this time.
Finally, a Qing army general with a more active brain came up with a good way, he told everyone that boy urine and black dog blood can break the evil magic of the Han people, and the black dog blood can't be found here now, but there are still a few children in so many people. How should the boy pee be used, his suggestion was to gather all the light armor on everyone, and then let a few boy men pee on the armor.
Next, he personally selected more than 30 candidates, asked them to wear as much light armor as possible, and then made the remaining light armor into simple shields, so that the courage of the Qing soldiers finally recovered a little.
It should be said that these Qing army's practices have achieved some results, after all, these deer hunting guns are developed for civilian hunting of deer, although the accuracy and range are much higher than ordinary breech smoothbore guns, but the power of more than 100 meters away is also attenuated a lot.
After the Qing army concentrated the armor and used it, the Ming army used the deer hunting gun, and it was no longer possible to directly knock down these soldiers who rushed in front as before. Although the bullet was embedded in the armor, it still caused great pain to those who were hit, but it saved their lives.
So the Ming army on the peak of the eighteen kicks saw a strange sight, seven or eight Qing soldiers holding hands and holding a row of armor in front of them, and then slowly moved upward like turtles, behind them were a group of cat-waisted Qing soldiers, obviously preparing to launch a fierce attack after approaching the bow range.
Wei Chenxi saw that although the bullets hit the soldiers in the front row of the Qing army continuously, these soldiers only shook slightly, so he stabilized his body and continued to move forward with the support of his companions on the side, and he immediately shouted to the soldiers on the side.
"Shoot at their exposed limbs, don't keep hitting their protected torsos, your guns are more accurate than you think, and if you aim at them, you won't fly a leaf at this distance. Aimed at their heads and thighs to hit..."
In Wei Chenxi's roar, the attack of the Ming soldiers finally changed slightly, but at this time, the Qing army was almost within 100 meters, and the Qing soldiers at the front could barely cover the attack.
Because the Qing soldiers regarded Wei Chenxi as a shaman invited by the Ming army, they regarded him as the first target from the beginning. The stray arrows kept passing him, but he was so focused on directing the soldiers to strike that he didn't care about the threats that could kill him.
Later generations of generals famously said that bullets bypass the real brave on the battlefield, and the brave people mentioned here are not hysterical madmen on the battlefield, but fighters who are really focused on combat and forget everything. When a person is focused on something, he does not act like a madman, but becomes extraordinarily calm.
In this state of concentration and calmness, even an ordinary person can occasionally perform extraordinary miracles. If there's anything on the battlefield that boosts the morale of a soldier, it's a role model who is undoubtedly the best example. Wei Chenxi's focused command finally brought the Ming soldiers back to their composure, aiming at the Qing army's unprotected limbs and heads.
In the past, the training of the Ming army mainly focused on discipline and concentrated fire, and did not pay much attention to precision shots, after all, after a distance of more than 45 meters, the hit rate of smoothbore guns was only related to mathematical probability. Therefore, even if the Ming soldiers aimed at the human body, they would only aim at the largest torso.
This is not the case with the Deer Hunting Gun, which was originally built to be able to kill as many elk as possible without harming the fur in order to obtain a higher value. Therefore, when the soldier is familiar with the method of aiming and shooting, he can easily hit the limbs of the human body that are smaller than the body.
If it shows that the soldiers used this deer hunting gun to shoot accurately, then the several entourages carried by Wei Chenxi aimed at the legs of the Qing army at such a distance, and it was really nine out of ten shots. After a few bullets on the body, because of the blockage of the armor, it was not possible to teach these Qing soldiers to lose the ability to move, but when the bullet hit the unprotected calf, the turtle formation in the front row of the Qing army was suddenly broken.
When a person falls, he often brings down his companions on the side, thus exposing the unprotected Qing army in the rear. In just this round of attacks, one-third of the Qing army's selection of fronts fell, and the defensive front in the front row was even more dismantled. At this time, the Qing army was only 80 meters away from the Ming army's position, so the Qing army generals who led the team desperately called on the surviving soldiers on the side to rush forward and start a confrontation with these Ming troops within the bow range.
However, at this time, the lieutenant of the Ming army finally commanded his subordinates to rush out, took the long-prepared smoothbore gun and carried out two rounds of gathering, and forcibly drove the remaining Qing army back with the draft. When the lieutenant withdrew with his subordinates, Wei Chenxi had already commanded his subordinates to reload the deer hunting gun again.
At this time, the Qing army, which had been thwarted by three consecutive rounds of attacks, had lost the opportunity to regroup, because the forward of the Ming army had already arrived at their rear and was doing the final offensive work. The scene of the Qing army's squad being refused surrendered by the Ming army in the morning is still engraved in the minds of the Qing army, and at this time, they naturally will not repeat the mistakes of the past and hand over their lives to the Ming army.
As a result, the Qing army soon launched a fourth attack, but it looked more like a desperate run than an attack. The Qing soldiers discarded everything that slowed down their speed, and only carried a short knife and ran wildly on the mountain road. These Qing troops had no formation, and they had no intention of attacking the Ming army at the peak, they just wanted to rely on their luck to break through in front of the stronghold of the Ming army's peak.
It's like when a herd of antelopes is surrounded by lions, the group runs desperately, not to avoid the lions, but to win over their thin companions. These Qing soldiers gambled that the Ming army's bullet reload speed would not exceed the speed at which they could flee.
For these Qing troops, this was a real disaster. From this moment on, their enemies were no longer intercepting the Ming army chasing them, but those companions on their side. Everyone did their best to hide behind their companions, hoping to borrow the opponent's body to resist the Ming army's blows, so that they could run a few more steps.
The eighteen-kick mountain road is only about 200 meters in total, and the average person runs 200 meters on flat ground in about 45-60 seconds. On such a steep mountain road, it is more than 2 minutes. After these Qing soldiers took off all the restraints, their running speed naturally exceeded that of ordinary people, and they reached the peak in only about 2 minutes.
After bypassing the stronghold at the peak, the survivors fell directly to the ground and rolled down the northern slope with their heads in their hands, as long as they were not unlucky enough to hit the rocks, the earth was their best cover, and the Ming army could not hit the human body rolling on the ground at all. Therefore, although the Qing soldiers who rolled to the mountainside were scraped all over their bodies by stone chips, they still saved their lives after all.
After these survivors fled, they rushed into the mountains and forests without hesitation, without the slightest intention of stopping to help their companions. Of course, the cost of such an escape is also extremely staggering. During the entire process of fleeing, these Qing soldiers were completely powerless to fight back, like a group of moving targets that could be shot at all. In the end, one-tenth of the Qing army will be able to escape, which is already a very optimistic estimate.
Looking at the corpses everywhere in front of the stronghold, Wei Chenxi finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he heard the lieutenant on the side ask him with some concern: "... Are your shoulders okay? ”
"Shoulder?" Wei Chenxi looked at his left and right shoulders with some confusion, only then did he find that he had been hit by an arrow in his left shoulder, and he sat on the ground in pain, and figured out why his left hand had been weak just now. The chapter content is being restored, so please visit it later.
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