Chapter 656: Circle Formation
After a round of shooting, the remaining northern captives finally entered the firing range, and in the shouts of the Mongolian language, all the riding bows were opened, and dozens of arrows shot towards Li Mingli and the others. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Be careful, keep your head down."
Niu Lu Zhangjing shouted at the same time, lowered his petal helmet, this iron helmet is one of the standard iron helmets of the Ming army, built very solid, the helmet is divided into six petals, decorated with patterns, after he bowed his head, several arrows fell on the top of the helmet, sliding out of a long firelight.
Arrows fall on the top of people's heads, shoulders, chests, legs, almost everywhere arrows, Beiyu's arrows shoot too accurately, almost no one is wasted, a large number of arrows fall on Li Mingli and others or very close to the side, Beiyu's arrows shoot extremely fast, soon several rounds of arrows have been shot, Li Mingli was hit by a few arrows in the chest, both on the back and on the sides, and the soles of his feet are surrounded by dense arrows, like weeds that suddenly grow.
The Han army under the command of Niu Lu Zhangjing steadily returned the shot, but because of the non-stop galloping and archery of the Beilu, the effect of the counterattack was not as good as the first round, but the Beilu still kept someone being shot and fell off the horse, the scene seemed to be the Han army was pressed and beaten by the Beilu, in fact, the Beilu did not dare to impact over, their riding bow was weak and weak, and the effectiveness of archery was far inferior to the Han army.
"The North Captives are going to attack."
A Han army shouted, Li Mingli's eyes were sharp, and sure enough, he saw that only a few people were left in the Beiyu to gallop and continue to shoot arrows, most of the cavalry gathered together, the red tassels on the Beiyu's unique round hat jumped, and a group of people gathered together, like a small flame beating, at this time Li Mingli wondered that he was not nervous, in the time of Salhu, although tens of thousands of Ming troops fought together, but everyone was terrified, in the Houjin army, it may be that there is always a threat of death in peacetime, and the military law on the battlefield is more harsh, For example, now everyone abandons Zhang Jing and flees, and Zhang Jing dies in battle, the whole team is beheaded, no one is an exception, and if Zhang Jing takes the lead in fleeing first, then Zhang Jing will be killed, the military order just now is to order them to search and move forward, and when they encounter the enemy, they will fight and wait for help, if Zhang Jing violates the order and does not dare to go forward to fight, after being known from above, he will either be beheaded, or he will be deprived of his official position, and it is likely to be whipped and turned to death, so it is better to fight honestly and bravely.
Under heavy pressure, Li Mingli and others were clear-minded, and on the battlefield at the moment of life and death, they stimulated the spirit of blood and bravery, and everyone kept exhaling and opening their voices, and shot back with their bows in the roar, because the northern captives were assembling the cavalry array, and a small number of cavalry could not form a suppressive rain of arrows, and the distance was close, and the number of people who were shot off the horse gradually increased.
"Circle the Formation!"
Niu Lu Zhangjing was sweating profusely, his face was full of sweat and dust traces, at this time he didn't care about drinking water, of course, the soldiers didn't have the opportunity to make a slight adjustment, the people in front of the yellow flag were still surrounded, but the pressure was much less, as long as this side resisted, this group of northern captives could not be taken advantage of at all, and at the moment Niu Lu Zhangjing gave an order, all the soldiers began to follow the daily training method, and immediately formed a small circle formation.
Li Mingli is a spearman, and he stands to the left of a long knife hand.
On the right side is also a spearman, on the left hand side of Li Mingli is still a gunner, but on the right hand side of the pikeman on the right side is a knife player who hurriedly picks up a shield.
On the left side of the pikeman on the left hand side of Li Mingli is another circle of sword players, so that the two sword tiles are connected, and the right hand side of the knife player is flanked by another circle of sword players.
The sound of people breathing suddenly, people were sweating profusely, their faces were covered with dust and turf debris, their braided hair was soaked, and the lining of their bodies was already wet, and if it weren't for the battle formation, it would make people feel cold, and at this moment, no one could care about these details.
Li Mingli holds the front with his left hand, and the back with his right hand, this is the standard posture of the soldier holding the gun, whether it is the Houjin or the Ming army, the posture of holding the gun is almost the same, the difference is that the spear of the Ming army battalion lacks training, from top to bottom the pikemen are regarded as consumables and cannon fodder, from the Ming army's formation map can also be seen, whether it is a phalanx or a round formation, the pikemen are placed in the first few layers, because of the lack of training, even the spears are shoddy, often crossed by the Houjin soldiers, the spear in Li Mingli's hand is made according to the style of the Zhenyi spear, It is longer than the Ming army's spear, and the quality is several streets away from the Ming army's spear.
If it is a serious Houjin armor, they should be faster when forming an array, cooperate and react better with each other, the weapons in their hands are more sophisticated, they will wear stronger iron armor, and they will have more experience in fighting.
The Han army in front of him had done the best it could, and the Mongols, who were at least ready to rush into battle, felt that there was no chance.
The cavalry of the brigade gave up when it was less than twenty paces, Niu Lu Zhangjing and the two leaders stood in the middle and on both sides of the team, if there were many teams, such as a circle formation of hundreds or more than a thousand people, from Bashiku to Zhangjing, to Niu Lu Ezhen, and then to Mel Zhangjing, or to Nuerhachi with the Han rules of the thousand generals, third-class guerrillas to first-class guerrillas, and then from third-class generals to deputy generals, general soldiers, they would stand in a line in a small circle formation to command, in the battle, The formation of the front row of the circle formation are experienced and brave veterans elite, breaking the formation of the long gun halberd swooped forward, the knife card cover followed, in the last moment of the charge throwing axe throwing spear broadsword and other things, or there is a good shooting of the white armor elite with a bow flat shot, to cover, in such a ferocious assault under the Ming army or the Mongols can hardly resist, in the battle of Salhu and the battle of Liaoyang Shenyang, the Ming army field battle has still a battle power, because the Ming army at that time was also Liaozhen soldiers, the battle formation method is the same as the Houjin, The Ming army also has a considerable number of veterans, plus Jun Song and others are brave, and they have the power to fight, but the Ming army because of the sluggishness of government affairs in the later years of Wanli, regardless of local military and political affairs, the generals are corrupt and annex acres, Li Chengliang and other Liaozhen generals have no enterprising spirit, and they do not care about the military camp affairs, whether it is the armor and weapons of the Ming army are very crude, plus negligent training, so every battle is north, and finally the elite of Liaozhen is lost, and after the loss of Xuanda and Jizhen elite in Guangning, For a considerable period of time, the Ming army lost the ability to fight with Houjin Field.
Just looking at the performance of Li Mingli and other original Ming troops in the Later Jin Army is remarkable, most of these Han troops were later reduced to coats, but there were also a small number of brave and good fighters who became the backbone of the Han army banner, and continued to fight in the south and north after entering the customs.
Only a small number of Houjin Han troops were slightly wounded, and no one was seriously injured or killed in battle, and at least nearly ten people were shot off their horses on the Beilu side, the battle damage ratio was amazing, the Mongolian nobles who led the team felt that they could not take advantage, and they had to choose to give up, and the cavalry of the brigade of the Beilu cavalry gathered to the north, and their horse speed was fast and slow, after converging the cavalry besieging the Yellow Banner, the Beilu of the brigade showed superb horse skills, and almost in a short time, they disappeared without a trace.
Li Mingli's right arm was hit by two arrows, one arrow was blocked by the iron plate of the cotton armor, and he was not injured, the other arrow was stronger, the tip of the arrow cut through the skin, and a lot of blood flowed, wetting the lining and robe, through the armor leaves of the cotton armor, oozing out, the blue cotton armor had a clear dark red, he first pulled out the first arrow, then gritted his teeth, and pulled out the other one in pain, the original blood stopped, and when the arrow was drawn, the skin and a little muscle tissue were hooked, and the blood flowed out a lot.
This injury did not need to be treated urgently, Li Mingli threw away the arrow, took out the water hyacinth on his waist, and drank it in a big gulp.
Just on the battlefield, people were too nervous, consumed a lot of physical strength, and at the same time sweated non-stop, the water was lost quickly, almost everyone had a dry mouth, Li Mingli felt that his tongue and the upper and lower jaws were going to stick together, and so the cool cold water poured into his mouth, straight into the abdomen, and kept moistening the dry mouth, making him feel extremely comfortable, and after most of the gourd's clear water went down, Li Mingli began to take off his armor in a hurry.
At this time, Lao Ding and other auxiliary soldiers rushed over, and the Han troops on the battlefield were taking off their armor, and almost everyone was injured in this battle, and everyone began to treat their wounds.
Li Mingli's wound is like a child's mouth, the opening is very large, fortunately it is not deep, such an injury can only be regarded as a minor injury, and it is not even qualified to rest, only if he is shot and his ribs are broken or his hands and feet are broken, he will be sent to the rear by Niu Lu Zhangjing, but if he can't take care of the injury, he will be reduced to the same situation as Baoyi, he can't pay the food specified in the public school, he can't do miscellaneous labor, and he won't be able to survive this winter, so in the final analysis, it's better not to be seriously injured.
Lao Ding is still very thin, the Liao people are generally taller than Guannei, Lao Ding's figure is very tall, but the weight may be just over 100 catties, and the robe looks very empty on the body, if it were not for Li Mingli to take care of, I am afraid that this sick body would have died of starvation last winter.
When he set out on the expedition, Li Mingli scraped together enough food for himself and Lao Ding, so that he was exempt from being punished, and there was still a shortage of food to be paid, this time on the expedition, Li Mingli's burden was also very heavy, he had to prepare more silver, who knows what the situation would be in the winter of the third year of the Apocalypse, if the price of grain rose to 221 stones, this winter would be very difficult, and I don't know if Lao Ding could survive it.
It's himself, a lonely person, who used to think about Zhou Daniu and Cheng Fang Yang Yi and others, but now he knows that these former partners are doing well, because of the friendship that happened back then, Li Mingli also hopes that they can survive, now that he knows that they have survived, he doesn't think much about other things.
Because there are a lot of involvements here in Houjin, Li Mingli can't make up his mind to escape, but the thought of escaping comes to his mind from time to time, but when he thinks that he is gone, Lao Ding's family, and the rest of the five households of the United Guarantee will end miserably, Li Mingli can only temporarily extinguish this thought.