The little flag officer: "Ah! He screamed and threw himself on the ground, gasping for air in pain. According to the unwritten rules of the army, you must save your teammates if they fall in front of you, otherwise you will be despised for the rest of your life, don't want to mix in the army, you don't save others, and when you fall to the ground, no one will save you.

But this is also the time to score, at this critical juncture of the whole army's charge, the soldiers of the forward battalion have a thought in their minds, rush up, tear apart the enemy's military formation, as for one or two teammates fell beside them, sorry, ask for more blessings, since you have entered the forward battalion, you should be clear about the rules here, charging into battle is a matter of moments, a little delay may fall into a hard battle or even defeat and return, who still cares about you at this time.

As if they didn't see the little flag officer injured, the rest of the officers and men of the forward battalion stepped over him one after another, brandished their weapons and continued to attack, and some careless soldiers didn't see a person lying on the ground at all, and even thought he was dead when they saw it, so they stepped on it directly and charged forward without distractions.

In order not to lie here and affect everyone's charge, and in order not to be trampled to death by his teammates, the little flag officer struggled to roll twice, rolled into the trench, and was thrown when he boarded, waiting for the rescue of his teammates.

"Brethren! Kill! Didn't you come to the Forward Battalion through layers of selection for what you are today? The time has come to prove yourselves, to prove that you are the bravest warriors of the country! He was Wang Huchen's right-hand man, named Zhang Guodong, and this time he also took the initiative to ask Wang Huchen to serve as the pioneer in the pioneer camp, vowing to win the first credit for this broken camp.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Guodong had already led hundreds of his subordinates to rush to the stone wall, because they didn't expect the enemy to come to such a hand, they had no equipment to climb the wall. The stone wall was more than a foot high, and the outside of the wall was smooth, with no place to put your hands or feet.

There are no ladders, so you can only stack human ladders. Fortunately, this stone wall was built in a hurry by the enemy, and it can't be stacked too high, so two people should be able to reach it if they are stacked together.

"Quick! Squat down for me in the first row! Zhang Guodong commanded impatiently while shielding the arrows fired by the enemy with his shield. At this distance, the enemy should be considered to shoot at close range, although there is an iron shield to block, but the dense arrows shot at such a close distance still shocked people's arms numb.

The Ming soldiers of the first row of the forward battalion did not have time to think about it, and immediately squatted in front of the stone wall, propping their hands on the wall, so that the teammates behind could climb up on their shoulders.

At this time, there was no way to take a shield, and the soldiers of the Uighur army were not fools, and they saw the intentions of the Ming army at a glance, and they took out strong bows and crossbows and shot at the Ming soldiers in the first row. The Ming army was in a circle surrounded by a semicircular stone wall, and it could be said that there were three enemies, whether it was frontal or on both flanks, the enemy could cross fire at them, so it was very uncomfortable.

Under such a close attack, the Uighur army's row of arrows fell, and the soldiers in the first row were almost unbeatable.

"Shoot the arrows! Hurry up and release the arrows! Shoot all the arrows in your hand to Lao Tzu! When Zhang Guodong saw such a scene, he was so angry that his eyes were split, this Uighur army, when Lao Tzu crossed this stone wall, he had to kill you.

Taking advantage of the Uighur soldiers' exchange of arrows, the archers of Su and Hami ripped off their hard bows and shot them at the stone wall. Although they were protected by stone walls, at such a close distance, these sharpshooters still caused very serious damage to the enemy army.

A Uighur archer had just leaned down and killed a Ming soldier, but before he could pull back, he was shot by a Ming archer and fell headlong. But his position was instantly replaced by someone else, and he continued to fire a sharp arrow at the Ming army.

"Over there! Shoot the archers over there! The Uighur commander who was in charge of defending the stone wall shouted anxiously. Are these cowards all blind? Don't you see that the archers over there are more threatening?

The Uighur archers immediately began firing at the Ming archers, and for a moment the arrows rained down and there were casualties.

"Big brother, I'm out of arrows in my quiver!" A Ming archer shouted at his little flag officer. This soldier and this little flag officer are not actually related by blood, but everyone in the army is called brothers, so as to enhance their relationship.

"Why don't you save some money?" The little flag officer glanced at him with hatred, and scolded with a tiger face, how old is this, you kid used up all the arrows, and you are too loser. With that, he pulled out a few sharp arrows and handed them to him.

"Didn't Senho-sama let us all shoot all the arrows?" The soldier stretched out his right hand to take the arrow and asked with a puzzled expression. He couldn't figure out why he had overfulfilled the tasks assigned by his superiors, so why did he fall behind?

That's when the "whoosh! With a thud, a sharp arrow struck and pierced the neck of the Ming soldier, who fell to the ground with a thud before he could put the arrow he had just received from the commander into the quiver, staring at him with big eyes and an expression of diswillingness and disbelief that froze there forever.

"Erlei!" Although the little flag officer has been on the battlefield many times and is used to seeing this kind of bloody scene, he still can't help but feel a stir in his heart when he sees his good brother who was just fine falling there. Last night, we were still barbecuing and drinking together, and today we will be separated forever.

Seeing that his Erlei brother was still lying there twitching with the sharp arrow that pierced his neck tightly in his hand, blood kept coming out of his mouth and neck, and his eyes were so frightened, helpless and unwilling, just like a person drowning in the vast sea looking at a lifeboat not far away, this little flag officer of the Ming army couldn't help but "Teng!" The ground burst into flames, scolded your grandfather, pulled out the sharp arrows in his quiver, and fired three arrows at the enemy in a row.

The Uighur archer, who had shot the Ming soldier to death, was very proud when he saw that his arrow had hit the bull's-eye, and was thinking about striking while the iron was hot and killing the Ming soldier dressed as an officer next to him, but he did not want to see the sharp arrow flying towards his forehead. The Uighur archer was taken aback and subconsciously wanted to tilt his head to dodge, but it was too late, and he was pierced through the center of his brow by the arrow and fell straight down!

The battle in front is stalemate, and there are casualties among the Ming soldiers every minute and every second, which makes Zhu Ao, who is standing in the rear and sees all this in his eyes, is very angry, these soldiers are also warriors who he has worked hard and spent a lot of money to cultivate, how can he die here in vain, with a wave of his hand, he called over a herald, and shouted with a tiger face: "Go and tell Li Mian that if his firearms battalion can't suppress the enemy's firepower anymore, this king will skin him!" ”

The herald was startled by Zhu Ao's angry appearance, trembled all over, then came back to his senses, gave a military salute to Zhu Ao, and immediately turned around and ran away.

Li Mian, the right general in charge of commanding the firearms battalion, was also very anxious at this time, in fact, from his point of view, Zhu Ao gave the order to attack a little early, the artillery preparations on his side had not been fully completed, and the stone wall had not been seriously damaged. At this time, the forward battalion must have been in trouble when it rushed over, but now that Wang Huchen and the Uighurs were so close that the artillery in his hand could no longer distinguish between friend and foe, he did not dare to open fire rashly at this time, in case he accidentally injured the friendly troops, it was a very demoralizing act.

But he didn't dare to say anything, after all, this was an order given by the prince, maybe he had a deeper consideration, after all, this prince was also a thoughtful person.

After receiving the order of this herald, the murderous aura in Li Mian's heart was stimulated by a bang, and a face that could be said to be ugly was flushed by the blood in his body, and he shouted at the herald: "You go and tell Your Highness, if I can't suppress the fire of the Tartars, I don't need him to clean me up, I will twist my head off and go to see him!" ”

The herald was taken aback again, thinking that I was recruiting someone to provoke someone, and he was scolded twice in a row, but on this battlefield where flesh and blood were flying, everyone in it couldn't help but have a sense of anger in their hearts, and they gave a standard military salute to Li Mian, and said loudly: "Please rest assured, General Zuo!" The villain must bring General Zuo's words, and at the same time wish General Zuo success! After speaking, he turned around and ran away, and went to return to Zhu Ao.

Li Mian didn't have time to be polite with the herald, he raised his eyes and looked at the situation ahead, very not optimistic, not to mention how much trouble the stone wall caused to the Ming army, just to say that there were still many arrow towers and enemy platforms near the stone wall that had not been cleaned up, and the Uighur archers could stand on it very comfortably and fire one sharp arrow after another at the Ming army and the Hami army.

The artillery in the early years of the Ming Dynasty was not so sharp, and the shells carried by Zhu Ao were not particularly sufficient, so he could not cover the bombing, and all the obstacles were blown up before attacking, so he could only use artillery fire as a cover to blow up while fighting.

Li Mian took one last look at the situation on the battlefield, then took a deep breath, his face instantly turned blue, and he saw that he had made a lot of determination just now, and turned his face to his deputy Ma Deming and shouted: "You command the general's artillery to continue to bombard the enemy's enemy platform and arrow tower, and I will go to the front with the iron mortar cannon and the gun!" ”

Of course, the front is very dangerous, Li Mian's deputy Ma Deming was taken aback when he heard his immediate boss say this, and immediately vetoed it categorically: "No!" You are the commander of the firearms battalion, a dignified and upright general, if there is any mistake, it is to destroy your own prestige with other people's ambition, and I will go if you want to go! ”

Li Mian's face was pulled down suddenly, staring at Ma Deming with a pair of bull's eyes, as if someone owed him money, and shouted with a tiger face: "You don't talk nonsense!" If I can't suppress the fire of the Tartars, Your Highness will cut off my head, and I would rather die on the battlefield than die under the charge of ineffective combat! ”

In the end, it was General Zhengyipinzuo who was killed step by step on the battlefield, and the sense of honor of the soldiers was stronger than anyone else.

Ma Deming was stunned for a while, to be honest, he still thought that it was dangerous for Li Mian, who was a first-class general, to go to the front line in person, but he could quite understand Li Mian's mood, and he would do the same if it were him, so he immediately stopped refutating, pursed his lips, and said with a serious face: "Then you be careful." ”

Li Mian knew that his old brother, who had known each other for many years, was still for him, so he also pursed his lips, patted him on the shoulder with great emotion, and said, "Don't worry, you can't help me even if you don't have a Tartar." I'll leave it to you. ”

Immediately stopped being polite to Ma Deming, because he didn't have time, he turned around and shouted at the soldiers of the firearms battalion: "Small iron mortar gunner, carry the gunner with me, and the rest stay here to listen to the command of Adjutant General Ma!" ”

The Ming army deserved to be a well-trained army, and after hearing the commander's order, no one had nonsense, and no one had any extra movements, so they packed up the guys in their hands and followed Li Mian to the front line in a neat and orderly manner.

Small mortars could pass over the stone wall in front of the Uighur army and fire shells into the Uighur positions, causing damage to the Uighurs behind the stone wall, making it difficult for them to defend the stone wall, and indirectly helping the forward battalion to break through the wall. The effect of raising the gun was even more obvious, and it could be aimed directly at the Uighur army above the stone wall. Since the Uighurs stood on a stone wall more than a foot high, it was still easy to distinguish them from the friendly troops below the wall with their guns, and they only had to shoot at the top, at most they would be blown away by the smell of hands, and there would be no accidental injury to the friendly troops.

However, the small iron mortar cannon has a very short range, only a few dozen paces, and this distance can also be reached by a bow and arrow, so Ma Deming will think that it is dangerous to have so much.

But at this time, Li Mian couldn't care about it so much, so he could only be stunned, in order to ensure safety, he also brought some chariots and shield soldiers for protection, and directly pressed the small iron mortar cannon and the position of the gun to the enemy's firing range.

In fact, the range of lifting the gun is very long, at least a hundred paces, much farther than the bow and arrow, but at such a distance, the accuracy is really difficult to say, it is possible to hit anywhere, so it is still closer and more reliable, within a distance of dozens of steps, the lethality of the gun is still very large, and it is useless to wear armor.

"Quick! That's it! Set up cannons and guns! Li Mian saw the distance, pointed to a small forest and said loudly. Using the grove as a cover can withstand many Uighur arrows, and as long as the angle is adjusted, the shooting range on your side will not be affected.

These firearms men of the Ming army are also some old artillerymen, and when they see the place Li Mian chooses, they know that they are with the right person, if they follow a commander who can only charge brainlessly, then they are afraid that they will immediately become the heroes of the country, and they immediately enter the position one by one, and find their own positions.

Most of them choose to build their positions against a tree, so that this small tree can shield them from attacks from the flanks, and it will also make people feel safe and reassured.

The shield soldiers and charioteers immediately pushed to the front, covering the firearms that were basically not armored in their hard shells, in fact, most of the chariots were requisitioned to the front line to resist the Uighur army's sharp arrows like rain, Li Mian found only a few chariots here, and they were all concentrated around him, a first-class general. The protection of the minions is basically solved by the shield soldiers.

The shield soldiers and firearms of the Ming army are very organized, the two shield soldiers are responsible for protecting a group of firearms soldiers, and the barrels of the guns or small iron mortars are stretched out from the gaps between the two shields to hit the enemy, and the rest of the people are hiding behind the shields, much like the pillboxes of later generations, people hide inside, leaving only a small opening to fight the enemy, and the threat to the infantry is quite large.

A soldier pointed to the Ming army, who was setting up guns and cannons in the grove, and said to a thousand-man beside him: "Look, my lord! ”

The commander of the Uighur army looked in the direction pointed by the soldier's finger, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, I dripped, if they let them do it, their side will suffer a big loss, and immediately pointed in the direction of the grove with his sword, shouting: "Over there, shoot that way, there is a threat over there!" Captain! ”

With his shout, the attention of many Uighur archers was attracted there, especially the commander of the Ten Thousand Commanders, who was also shocked when he looked at the gesture of such a commander, and immediately shouted at the top of his throat: "What the hell are you doing in a daze? Shoot the arrows! Hurry up there and fire the arrows! ”

The Uighur archers reacted at this time, and many of them pulled up their strong bows and crossbows, and greeted the Ming army who were still setting up guns and cannons in the grove, and some heralds waved the conspicuous red flag in their hands and instructed the archers on the arrow tower to give priority to attacking the Ming army in the grove.

"Dangdang, dang!" A few crisp sounds came from the ground, it was the sound of a row of sharp arrows hitting the iron shield of the Ming army, which was very pleasant to the ear, and the battle-hardened Ming army was already familiar with it, and no longer felt afraid, but enjoyed it to the fullest.

"Hurry up! The enemy has discovered us! A thousand households of the firearms battalion pulled out the sharp arrow that had fallen in the dirt at his feet, and with his hand still on the side, he stood up and urged his men to go down the road in a hurry.

At this moment, only a "click" was heard, followed by "whoosh!" With a thud, the arrow came down diagonally upwards and plunged straight into his shoulder.

Although this Qianhu has experienced a hundred battles, Rao is like this, and when he inadvertently deals with the god of death, he is still taken aback, and he wants to instinctively "Ah! He screamed miserably, but suddenly found that he didn't feel any pain, and when he stared at it, he realized that the sharp arrow had not pierced the armor on his shoulder, otherwise his arm would not have been done.

This Qianhu looked at a small broken branch that had just fallen, and then remembered the "click" sound just now, and finally understood that it was this branch brother who blocked it for him.

Qianhu raised his eyes to look at an arrow tower not far away, turned around and pointed to the arrow tower and shouted to Li Mian, "General, they have found us." ”

"Then hurry up." Li Mian said unhurriedly, as if he didn't care about this matter, or maybe something like this would have happened a long time ago.

The Ming troops hiding in the grove heard the commander's order and stepped up their actions, and at the same time signaled the firearms battalion behind with a red flag, asking them to knock down the arrow tower that threatened them.

"Iron mortar artillery, target the Tartar positions behind the stone walls; Raise your gun and target the Tartar archers on the stone wall. Put! Seeing that his men were almost ready, Li Mian swept the enemy's position, and calmly and resolutely gave the order to attack.

"Knock knock!" There were a few muffled sounds, and the mortar cannons and guns in the grove opened fire in unison. The iron mortar shells bypassed the stone wall one after another, and hit the hinterland of the Uighur position, as for the effect, the Ming army could not see it, and their task was to send the shells out, and who was to hit whom?

The roar of the guns posed a great threat to the Uighur army on the stone wall, and they had an advantage in the confrontation with the Ming army, but this platoon of guns came over, and many soldiers were suddenly beaten into a big bloody hole, and they were planted from the stone wall one after another, and they could not be saved.

"Quick! Iron Shield! Block the Ming army in that direction! Seeing that two of his men were instantly knocked down by the Ming army's guns, and that one of them had half of his neck knocked off, a centurion of the Uighur army immediately ordered in a hurry. The power of the gun was too great, and no matter what, he didn't dare to face this threat head-on.

Several Uighur soldiers with iron shields rushed to cover the direction of their guns. At this moment, just listen to "Boom! With a thud, a mortar shot struck the head of one of the Uighur shieldmen, shattering the brains of the shieldmen so that he could no longer die.

The remaining shield soldiers didn't bother to mourn for him, didn't even look at the fallen teammate, and rushed to the direction of the stone wall with their shields.

"Here, block this direction!" The Uighur centurion shouted in the direction of the grove. As soon as he finished speaking, sharp arrows pierced through his neck. The Uighur centurion twitched all over, and with an expression of disbelief, as if he had never imagined that he would die like this, he stared at a pair of large unwilling eyes, and fell straight down.

The Uighur shield soldiers ignored him, and rushed to the stone wall with their shields to block the bombardment of the Ming army's guns, but the power of the guns was too great, and only iron shields could block them, and other shields would drill a hole when they were touched by guns.

As a large number of shield men rushed to the front, the number of archers attacking the Ming army was reduced, and the Uighur firepower was temporarily suppressed.

Zhang Guodong, who rushed to the front, was very moved when he saw this scene, thinking that the opportunity to break through the stone wall had finally come, and ordered his men with a knife: "Quick! Then pile up the human wall and rush up! ”