Chapter 248: Pride
"Which general's family is this?" Yu Shiqian was really berserk this time, the military array in front of him was as majestic as a mountain, he didn't have the slightest confidence that he could win, although it seemed that there were only more than 1,000 people in the military array, and he had 2,000 people here, but people from the border army knew that this matter was not calculated from the number of people at all...... The army array in front of him is the top, Yu Shiqian doesn't say that there are 2,000 people, even if there are 20,000, he doesn't dare to guarantee that he will be able to win.
"Big cabinet, this is the moment, if you don't fight, you won't be able to do it." Someone said in a loud voice: "There are more than 100 old brothers over there to answer, and there are dozens of people on the mountain, these people have lost more than half of our strength, and those who have been coerced are all right, how much can the old brothers rescue!" ”
"That's right!" Yu Shiqian was ruthless at this time, and ordered: "The whole army is ready to fight, and the gongs and drums will be beaten for me!" ”
In the midst of the panic, the formation of thieves can only be described as miserable, they barely set up the center and the two wings, more than 2,000 people barely lined up in the spacious terrain, some of them trampled on the farmland, the Chinese army was on a narrow road, and some of them lined up in the sparse woods and bushes, and began to advance in the fierce sound of gongs and drums.
There was a look of panic on everyone's faces, the old man among the thieves began to draw his knife to intimidate those who were stunned, several people were dragged out and cut on the spot, blood was splashed, and every old pawn had a fierce look on his face, under this intimidation, everyone began to crowd forward, and after they walked more than half a mile, the whole queue was front and back, dogs and teeth were staggered, and the chaos was not in shape.
Yu Shiqian gathered more than 200 veteran elites together, he also saw Zhou Daniu and others moving to the opposite side on the mountain, he guessed that Zhou Daniu was planning to suppress the other party with bows and arrows in a high place, Zhou Daniu's archers were all good hands, and they also used foot bows, even if they were shoddy, they were much more powerful than riding a bow, Yu Shiqian planned to cooperate with Zhou Daniu to advance, break the opposite formation, at least cause chaos, and began to retreat and flee after rescuing the old cavalry brothers, those cannon fodder can be ignored, they are mostly coerced peasants, and they are not distressed when they lose everything.
Yu Shiqian said to a big leader: "I have a hundred old brothers here, including 30 old border soldiers, you bring 200 new brothers, give Lao Tzu a hard fight to the left flank of the officers and soldiers, break his formation, and rescue the cavalry." ”
"Don't worry, there are not many officers and soldiers, and the bird gun is useless, so I will definitely break his formation."
The big leader who spoke was originally a firearms soldier in the border army, and he saw that there were many birds on the opposite side but no archers, although he was shocked by the neatness and murderous spirit of the military formation, he still felt that this battle could still be fought.
The big boss received the order and was not verbose, picked up the people, and rushed forward with great momentum.
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"All firearms flag teams line up in front of them!"
After Zhang Han found that the formation of the thieves was very chaotic, he immediately decided to change the array, there was no need to put the firearms flag team in the four corners, because it was to rely on the pikemen phalanx to fight.
At the same time, he sent two banner teams to intercept the rogue cavalry that had just run over, the horse was very fast, although the speed of the infantry was far less than that of the cavalry, but the rogue cavalry ran very deep, and if they wanted to turn back, they had to rush through, and if they did not flee without a fight, to the east was a large iron field area, there was almost no place for the cavalry to gallop, unless the horse was abandoned to climb the mountain, there was almost nowhere to escape.
Zhu Dayong is also very experienced, he judged that the thieves wanted to save those cavalry, and many of his subordinates were gathered from various departments, and he just saw that the ability to fight immediately was not skilled, he was not greedy, but ordered all his subordinates to gather in one place and gallop in the direction of his own right flank.
"The firearms team is in a flag team!"
Zhang Han ordered Wang Changfu and Liang Xing, the two divisions personally led the team to the front, two hundred and fifty-seven bird guns were divided into seven flag teams, all the flag teams canceled the original interval, almost all of them were lined up in one place, each bird gun hand was separated by three feet from each other, this distance was also determined after a long time of experience in bird guns, there will be fire and smoke when they are released, sometimes the bird guns made by Xinpingbao craftsmen may also be blown up, in order to affect each other and form a dense fire output, a distance of three feet is also necessary.
At this time, there are several squads of Lumi gunners walking in front, their Lumi guns have a longer range, but the loading procedures are more complicated and difficult, when loading the projectile, they must be tamped with a wooden hammer, otherwise they can not guarantee the air tightness, and the firing range is not so far, they are far ahead, covering the horizontal formation composed of bird gunners forward, at this time the thieves on the opposite side also came up dozens of archers, most of them are holding foot bows, their foot bows have an effective range slightly farther than bird guns, if it is a good foot bow held by the Houjin soldiers, The effective range is about twenty paces farther than the Ming army's arquebus, although it is not far away, it is an invisible damage output in the battle array, and the counterattack of the other side is ineffective.
At this time, Wang Changfu found the thief archers on the mountainside, and also heard the sound of the bowstring sounding from the collapse, those thieves were condescending, the range was very long, the arrows flew quickly, the first arrow hit the chest of an archer, the person next to him heard the sound of "Du", the bird hand "ah", leaned down, grabbed most of the arrows in one hand, and held his bird gun in the other hand, and his body slowly fell down.
Wang Changfu knew that he had been shot in the ribs in the chest, and the bones must have been broken by the iron arrow, which could easily cause a high fever, and finally died because of the high fever.
More arrows fell, and the bird-bearers were only wearing gray military robes, without armor, their body protection was weak, and the arrows that kept falling down made the whole queue a little confused.
Zhang Han saw that there were birds and guns who wanted to retreat, and some pikemen also seemed to be about to stop, no matter how strict the training and drills were after all, the real battlefield was a little different, the theoretical "fear of the military stick is more than the enemy's sword and gun" is simple to say, but after all, the real death is more terrible, in Li Zhuang training the military stick used a lot, but also the order prohibition, military discipline is very strict, just the whole team and formation conversion shows the success of daily training, but after all, training is training, the recruit's fear of the battlefield will overwhelm the daily training.
Zhang Han hardened his heart and ordered: "Send military judges to line up after the front, and anyone who hesitates or retreats will be immediately killed!" ”
Under the military order, a whole squad of military judges rushed forward with swords in hand.
These military judges are all from the dart division, and they have ruthless roles that have a lot of life at hand, but because of the problem of experience or pattern and talent, they are not suitable to be officers who lead the army, but it is very suitable for them to do such a thing as enforcing military law, they pulled out the waist knife in their hands, stood behind the queue, and loudly proclaimed Zhang Han's military order, under their threat, the array that had just loosened was calm and neat.
"You don't have to worry about the front." Zhang Han ordered again: "Hurry up and deal with the enemy on the mountainside." ”
The Lu Mi Gunners, who had just been in front of the formation, hurried to the foot of the mountain, and at a height of more than a hundred paces above their heads, dozens of archers were still shooting arrows.
Seeing the gunner coming, Zhou Daniu shouted while shooting arrows: "Don't be afraid, the range of the bird's gun can only hurt and kill people within 100 steps, and it can't hit people at all 100 steps away, and the projectile will float when it hits ......."
"Check the arquebus!"
The commander of the Rumpy squad gave the order, and all the Rumpy Hammers began to check the fire rope clamped on the dragon's head, and if it was extinguished, they quickly re-lit it, and then put the lit end against the fire door.
"Open the fire door!"
"Aim!"
"Shoot!"
At the same time as the order, the officer of the Lu Mi Gong team took the lead in pulling the trigger, and the heavy trigger sent the burning end of the fire rope into the fire door pool, and the primer was ignited, and then quickly ignited the projectile, and then he felt the gun body vibrate violently, and then a large amount of fire burst out from the fire door and the caliber of the gun, and the lead bullet burst out violently, and then hit the human body heavily from a hundred steps away, and the deformed projectile smashed heavily on the human body like a heavy hammer, and the projectile easily tore apart the skin tissue of the human body, At the same time as the blood burst out, the projectile continued to penetrate into the muscles, and after being blocked, it rolled and jumped in the muscles and internal organs, releasing kinetic energy, and finally formed a small wound on the human body, these thieves did not wear armor, if they were wearing cotton armor at a distance of about 100 steps, it was very likely to block the most lethal injuries, but unfortunately they didn't, and in order to increase the lethality of the bow and arrow, they dropped a little, so that the distance was less than 100 steps, and the damage of the Lu Mi Gong could have reached 150 steps, It can't go any further just because it's hard to aim, and within a hundred paces, this gun is extremely powerful, as long as it is hit and not wearing cotton armor, it is almost always fatal or seriously injured on the spot.
After the hammer sounded, he began to retreat from the place full of smoke, and then neatly pulled out the battle and began to clear the chamber, and then reloaded the charge, reloading, and in the process the smoke gradually dissipated, and they saw that several thieves had been knocked over on the hillside, and the rest did not continue to shoot arrows, they were climbing up the hillside, apparently scattered and fled.
This scene made all the gunners feel extremely proud, although more than half of them were empty and did not hit the enemy, but this round alone destroyed the enemy's resistance, these people turned around, abandoned the seriously wounded companion or the corpse of the comrade and fled, this scene made all the Lumi gunners feel extremely proud.
Wang Changfu has been paying attention to this side, at this time he ordered the soldiers to take off their armor, holding knives and cards to climb the mountain to pursue, he also saw that some people with bird guns on the miners began to climb the mountain to this side, obviously chasing these fleeing thieves, Wang Changfu put his mind at ease, of course, at this time he had no way to take care of other places.
The two generals are always in front of the battlefield, they are more experienced and prestigious, seeing them riding in front of the formation, this is much more useful than the military judge, of course, Zhang Han's Chinese military flag is not far away, and there is not too much protection of soldiers and horses, the whole phalanx is constantly pressing forward, but the birds and guns are walking faster.