Chapter 165: A Roundabout
Nguyen Minh Fang, who was waiting for news, was now very excited, and from what he knew now, the richest people in Champa Port should be this group of senators, and the reason why he mobilized the army was to sweep away the Dongfang Port warehouse. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info Anyway, it's too easy to fabricate charges now, just fabricate a rebellion, this Dongfang Port is just a fortress built by pirates, at best, it's just a sharp firearm, but how many people can there be in the next warehouse? More than 2,000 people are enough. As for Dongfang Port, it is in the territory of the Wu Dynasty, if he invades the Wu Dynasty, he is likely to anger the Wu Dynasty, in case the Wu Dynasty helps Thang Long An Nan to fight Hue Annam, it will be a big trouble, you must know that the An Nan Dynasty in Thang Long has a lot of soldiers, but the armament has been insufficient. If the Wu Dynasty directly stated its position in support of the Northern Dynasty and provided military equipment, the Northern Dynasty would sweep south, and the Southern Dynasty would definitely be in trouble at that time.
However, his fantasies did not last long, as a rout soon came to report.
"What? The rebels have already reached the south of the city? Still in town? How many people are there? "He's feeling like he's been struck by lightning now, what's going on? The defectors of the New Army entered the city through the south gate together with the armed men of the Oriental Harbor Warehouse, and the fire was rapid. The two hundred Xiang troops and dozens of forbidden troops captured by the City Lord's Mansion were all dispersed after a few rows of guns on the avenue, and now they are running like mercury pouring all over the city full of Annan soldiers.
The soldier who inquired about the news ran back, saying that the rebel army had hundreds of carts stretching for several miles, and that the head of the convoy had gone out of the north gate, but that most of the convoy was still in the city.
"Quick!" Although Ruan Mingfang is not a military attaché, he has read a lot of military books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and often boasts that his attainments in the art of war are unmatched in the first three hundred years and the next three hundred years. Now that the rebels are leaving, they should have traveled lightly, but with so many vehicles, they simply can't move quickly. Moreover, it was in the city, and more than 2,000 people rushed up, even if these rebels were three-headed and six-armed, they were in vain. "Gather your troops! We're going to intercept them! ”
So more than 2,000 people rushed out of the new army barracks, which had been demolished and scattered, and there was not even a single guard left. Finding that there was no one to guard, the imprisoned New Army soldiers hurriedly smashed the door of the detained room, knocked down the walls and fled, even the two New Army officers who had declared to Nguyen Minh Phuong that they were anyway fled. In just a quarter of an hour, there was not even a single person left in the barracks of the new army.
Since the new army camp was outside the city, when Nguyen Minh Fang led people to chase into the city from the south gate, he found that the butt of the convoy was already in the middle of the city. From a distance, he saw the rebel convoy swaggering in the middle of the road, two by two, and the two carts at the end of the line had even their sheds removed, and one row of rebels was lying on their stomachs, while the other was half-kneeling behind them, their guns pointing to the rear.
You can also vaguely see some horseback riders moving quickly in front of the convoy with some strange firearms in their hands that are different from those in the hands of the rebels, and their movements are skillful. Ruan Mingfang couldn't help but snort coldly, "These rebels really have a rebellion, and this cavalry has already been prepared, so this move will come out directly." However, he thought it was very strange why these rebels did not occupy this good port of Champong, but left through the north gate, and it stands to reason that there were more than 1,000 of them, not counting the old and weak women and children, there were still more than 400 people, and if they were to rely on the city wall to defend it, they might still be able to occupy the city.
At this time, the convoy was already passing by his Champa governor's mansion, and he suddenly found that the plaque at the gate was missing. I couldn't help but feel a burst of indignation in my heart, this plaque was made by a craftsman from Hue, and the gilded characters on the yellow rosewood plaque cost him four hundred taels of silver, and now I am afraid that it has been taken down and smashed by these rebels.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shout, "Quick! Fast! Catch up and kill the rebels! ”
As a result, several small leaders of the forbidden army hurriedly drove the box army forward in pursuit. At this time, Ruan Mingfang realized that something was wrong, this street was only five zhang wide, at most six or seven people could be discharged in a row, and if he wielded a weapon, he would not be able to use it at all, so more than 100 people were divided into more than 20 rows, and the number of people was scattered. But he was not too anxious, there were two thousand people behind him, and immediately shouted, telling his men to rush forward.
The Xiang army knew that the new arms were powerful, so they didn't dare to rush too fast, and slowly rushed forward for more than 30 steps, and it became a situation where the forbidden army was in front and the Xiang army was behind. Because the forbidden army that had been beaten by the musket was either dead or fled, at the moment these forbidden troops were rushing forward without knowing whether they were alive or dead, and even a kind of idea came out of their hearts to let the soldiers know how elite the forbidden army was.
"You command!" Qian Longzhou patted Ruan Wenyu on the shoulder, this is the oldest person in the new army, and it is still very reassuring to hand over to him to command Qian Longzhou.
Ruan Wenyu raised his right thumb and glanced at the left and right eyes, and shouted loudly: "Enter a hundred meters!" Aim! ”
Hearing this aiming, the chasing Xiang army immediately flashed to both sides of the road, and immediately hung the forbidden army in the middle of the road. Put! ”
A burst of gunpowder smoke quickly erupted, covering the rear of the convoy like a fog, and at the same time a deadly metal projectile was sprayed out. The forbidden soldiers in the middle of the road suddenly fell to the ground as if they had been cut by a sickle. Then I heard a shout from the front, "Volley!" Put! ”
There was another explosion, and then another puff of gunpowder smoke erupted, and before they could understand what was going on, the forbidden army fell more than a dozen again.
The New Army soldiers did not stop firing from the cars, and their carts were train-like carts connected by connectors from the port of Vostochny, each with wooden planks, on which the soldiers stood and ran as freely as if they were on the ground. Their fired rifles were handed back to the cart in front of them to be loaded, and the loaded rifles were handed back to them for the next shot, which more than doubled the firing speed.
Only then did the forbidden army know what had happened, and they didn't care that their own people were still lying crookedly on the street, and they also learned that the previous soldiers who were afraid of death hid on the side of the road. In front of them, due to the thick smoke emitted from the propellant when firing the rifle, the soldiers of the new army could not see the firing at this time, so they did not fire again, waiting for the smoke to dissipate. However, during this time period, if the pursuers rushed up, there was still a threat, so they used the method of double shooting, shooting from the left side of the array to the right side in turn, which could save ammunition, and at the same time warn the enemy who had the intention to pursue behind, and also create an illusion of continuous shooting.
At this time, the forbidden army and the box army were either hiding behind the obstacles on both sides of the road or lying behind their comrades who had been killed, listening to the sound of new arms in front of them, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads, as embarrassed as they wanted. Ruan Mingfang was also speechless at this time, he also saw the soldiers of the new army just now before they were covered by the smoke of gunpowder, and it was only more than ten new troops, so he beat the more than 100 pursuers behind him and did not dare to rush forward.
He also saw the power of the rifle, and sure enough, as described by those officers of the New Army, it was like taking people's lives from a hundred paces away, and the firing speed was much faster than the eliminated muskets they bought from Wu Guowei.
"Could it be that someone from the Ministry of Engineering made a mistake?" Ruan Mingfang couldn't help but muttered in his heart, these weapons were really powerful, and his own soldiers who were dancing with knives and guns were beaten by the other party, but only more than ten people, and they didn't dare to raise their heads, let alone rush up. He has also seen wars in peacetime, and he has read more in the books of war, isn't it all the generals who lead the troops to line up in front of the battle, and then the soldiers come to block the water and cover the earth? But these new troops in front of you are also fighting, people don't let you get close at all, they will consume you to death from afar, even if you have martial arts, it will be a dead end if you are beaten.
He couldn't help but start complaining about the colleagues in the Ministry of Industry, if the Ministry of Industry could tell the New Army in advance how powerful the weapons were, how could he be beaten by the New Army and couldn't even lift his head? Looking around, the soldiers behind him, whether they were the box army or the forbidden army, were full of horror in their eyes at this time, and no one dared to rush forward anymore, and even shrank back when they heard the other party's gunshots.
However, a small leader of the forbidden army saw the signs and shouted loudly: "These thieves have been blocked by the smoke at this time, and they can't see this side, everyone hurry up!" With a wave of the waist knife in his hand, he rushed forward with more than a dozen of his own soldiers. His demonstration effect was very effective, and he immediately led the soldiers who were still cowering to the side before, and at this time they all secretly carried their weapons and followed forward, but after all, the street was only so wide, and these people still couldn't use it.
The little leader looked back and found that almost all the people were cat-waisted, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, if the smoke was blown away by the wind, those new troops could see themselves, and they would still fart? Hurriedly shouted: "They can't see now!" Rush! Even if there is an elephant here, they won't be able to hit! With that, he rushed forward.
Ruan Mingfang was very satisfied with the performance of this little leader, and secretly praised it in his heart, and was determined to give him credit after the Champa Port matter was understood.
The power of example is endless, seeing the little leader bravely and fearlessly rushing towards the smoke of gunpowder, although the soldiers behind are uneasy, they are no longer bent over, and their pace has become slightly faster. At this moment, suddenly the little leader's body shook, and he fell straight to the ground, and hung up with a few convulsions of his hands and feet. This took the lead, and the one behind immediately returned to the way it was before, Ruan Mingfang was speechless, such a pursuit is purely like being a kite, if you can't catch up, you can't beat it, and you have to be beaten in turn, which is too embarrassing.
He looked carefully at the street and called a small leader who was waiting next to him, "The thieves can't see this side at this time, you take a hundred people to copy from the side path to the front, and cut them off from the middle!" The little leader looked over there with trepidation, and led the order to go along the side of the path with more than a hundred van troops.