Chapter 178: Ambush 11 (Breaking the Enemy)

The situation has reached its most critical juncture.

The first group was reloading, and the second group had just finished shooting the ammunition in the gun.

The enemy musketeers had already rushed up, like a tidal wave, and the bullets crackled everywhere, and dust and turf flew around them, and the stray bullets caused three or four chasseurs who had not been well hidden to scream and fall to the ground.

Zhang Qiang saw it in his eyes, anxious in his heart, and at the critical moment, he shouted violently, "Get on the bayonet,"

"Cavalry Charge." He shouted.

"Hula"

"Boom—"

The chasers drove their horses from behind the hillside not far behind, and they appeared at the top of the hillside at a rapid pace.

"Rush, destroy them."

The new captain of the guard shouted, raised his saber, shouted, and then took the lead and began to charge.

At this time, the Portuguese cavalry, who had been in a panic for a while, also recovered, and they began to retreat in formation, giving way to the arquebusiers and the firing range.

However, in a matter of breaths, the chasseurs rushing down from this hillside crossed the border like locusts, directly slammed into the arquebusiers in front, harvested a few Portuguese and Dutch heads in the middle, and then rushed directly behind the Portuguese cavalry, swinging their sabers a second time.

"Bell"

"Qiang Qiang Qiang Qiang"

The saber sparked a spark in the armor of the Portuguese, and also pulled out streaks of blood in their abdomen, and the uncontrollable chasers rushed up the opposite hill before they began to scatter left and right, ready for the next assault.

Captain Pete, who had just run out of the woods, was about to charge with the arquebusiers with a short musket.

The situation at the bottom is too tragic, there are not many people who were directly hacked to death, but many were killed, and more were injured, they were frightened and broke their guts, and there were too many people who escaped, and they scattered at once, only hating their parents for having two legs less, and they couldn't outrun the cavalry.

"Kill—" Zhang Qiang rushed down the hillside with the remaining chasseurs and crashed into the loose arquebusiers.

The arquebusiers, who had just been charged by the cavalry, had apparently not yet found their rhythm and did not know what to do, so they hurried to meet the battle, but the arquebusiers with bayonets were longer than the ones in their hands, and they were like spears.

The six columns of chasseur musketeers were like tigers descending from the mountain at this moment, crashing headlong, and the bayonets on their guns were made by Zhang Qiang according to the shape of later generations, which was much longer and more professional than the short swords in the hands of the Portuguese.

If you stab it with a knife, it is okay if you have armor, but the enemy without armor will immediately fall to the ground wounded, and you will lose your combat effectiveness without dying, because when the bayonet is pulled out, the blood will not stop.

"Kill—"

The second wave of chasseur arquebusiers then collided, and with a single charge, they crushed the thirty or so Portuguese arquebusiers who were still gathered, and at this moment they were equipped with short swords, but they could not play well.

The cavalry turned around for the second time, and a group of fifteen cavalrymen went directly after the cavalry, and the rest of the men charged the scattered arquebusiers from behind again, and the cavalry captain, he looked at Captain Pete and rushed over, and Captain Pete came to his senses at this time.

"Smack-" He fired a shot, but in his panic missed.

The captain of the cavalry swept at high speed with his saber alof, and the horse's hooves turned up patches of turf on the grass, stirring up clouds of dust, which could be seen in such a night.

"Ahh

"I surrender—"

Pete threw away the short fire gun and knelt on the ground at the moment, but how could the cavalry with high-speed impact say stop, the cavalry captain looked at the flash of the sword, and a head, with the help of the war horse, was easily cut off from Pete's neck.

"Gross-"

Tian Bin watched not far away, and immediately felt uncomfortable, and immediately lay on the ground and vomited, but the pirates who had just been persuaded by her scattered and fled all over the mountains and forests.

"Woo-" A loud horn sounded in the distance.

The cavalry of the brigade rushed over, and Zhang Qiang saw that Zhu Dayou arrived with the cavalry troops of Jinhua Mansion.

He used arquebuses to post the ground and watched as the cavalry roamed the mountains and fields to pursue the remnants of the enemy's defeated generals.

A squad of thirty cavalrymen turned and ran towards him.

Zhu Dayou turned over and dismounted, "My lord." Then he knelt in front of Zhang Qiang and stopped talking.

Zhang Qiang, who was covered in blood, looked at Zhu Dayou's trembling body, and didn't know whether to punish him for being late for the rescue, or to tell him that he was wrong, he should listen to him, bring more people, if he was more siblings, then he wouldn't be so passive today.

Looking around the battlefield, the chassars were still chasing the remnants of the enemy.

And his elite chaser guards suffered heavy losses, and the sudden ambush and his own carelessness made these hot-blooded youths, these most loyal guards to themselves, lose their lives in vain.

According to Zhang Qiang's rough estimate, there are no more than 70 people left in the end.

Most of the seriously injured will definitely die, and it is estimated that those who are lightly injured will not be able to serve as soldiers anymore, and they will suffer heavy physical and mental damage, and even if they are cured, they can only be arranged to serve as militia captains in the counties under Jinhua Prefecture, or some subordinate yamen to do some positions within their capabilities.

They are all elite professional soldiers, and they may be sent to the recruit camp as instructors.

And their own chaser guards will definitely have to be reorganized.

It must be expanded, and it can be expanded to eight hundred men, a battalion, three hundred elite chasseurs, five hundred cavalry, of which more than two hundred real cavalry, cold-armed cavalry units, with spears and sabers; More than 200 musketeers, armed with arquebuses and sabers, short muskets were not very useful on this battlefield.

Although five short firearms can ensure the continuity of the firing point, the range is too close, and fifty meters is almost harassing, and it will not play any role against the enemy at all.

It is necessary to approach the enemy to about 30 parts, about 30 meters, in order to damage the enemy, if it is all arquebuses, then about 50 to 80 meters, it can cause damage and panic to the enemy, if some of them take the opportunity to attack, they can break up the enemy's formation and create an opportunity to defeat the enemy.

"Get up, you're not wrong,"

"It's me who is wrong."

Zhang Qiang looked at the sky and said leisurely.

"My lord, Zhu Dayou is expected to be trusted by the adult, the rescue is late, please punish me." Zhu Dayou still didn't get up.

Zhang Qiang said angrily: "Get up, do you want me to apologize to you solemnly?" ”

"No, no, my lord," Zhu Dayou immediately got up and stood beside Zhang Qiang in a panic.

"What's going on?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"Your Excellency, are you asking why we are late?" Zhu Dayou asked.

Zhang Qiang nodded slightly.

Zhu Dayou wiped the sweat from his forehead, "My lord, these people are too powerful, they blocked many of our troops with ten guns, after hearing the gunshots, the garrison camp in the back a few miles began to mobilize, leaving a hundred households to defend the camp, and a hundred households began to come here."

However, they were blocked on the small river in front of them, and the enemy's muskets were so accurate that they could not get close. ”

"Oh." Zhang Qiang was a little strange, the arquebus at this time was basically a smoothbore gun, and the arquebus had to be ignited, not to mention that the speed was not fast, and it was not accurate.