Chapter 89: Burning the Bandits
When the convoy appeared in the field of vision, the pursuit was secretly happy, more than 300 two- and four-wheeled carriages, basically did not see many brocade guards, it seems that this batch of military salaries is almost in his bag.
But soon the chase was stunned, those four-wheeled carriages put down countless soldiers wearing full-body plate armor and began to form in front of the hill, this plate armor chase was unprecedented, some soldiers with halberd plate armor lined up in the front, they half squatted on the ground, the tail end of the long halberd in their hands was stuck on the ground, and the halberd pointed upward.
Behind the infantry were three rows of musketeers, and the muskets in their hands had never been seen before, and they felt very smooth and beautiful.
Behind the musketeers were thirty-six Franc cannons with carriages, and some soldiers were constantly carrying ammunition from the wagons.
Behind the artillery team was a two-story four-wheeled carriage, on which there was a man in black armor, operating a little far away, and Chaser couldn't see the man's face clearly, but Chaser was sure that this person was the commander of the Jinyi Guard.
There were also several phalanx reserves around the command vehicle. Behind them and on both sides of the entire phalanx were all four-wheeled carriages for defense, and some soldiers stood guard on the inside of the carriages.
After chasing after watching the phalanx of Jinyiwei, he hit the ground with a fist, and then cursed fiercely:
"Wang Er Mazi, you wait for Lao Tzu, this is what you called the local chicken tile dog Jinyiwei, this is the elite of the elite, fooled...... Tell the brothers not to move, the idea is pricked, we can't move, and tell the brothers to quietly retreat to the back mountain. ”
Chasing for life is not stupid, this group of Jinyi guards with full body armor, and countless muskets and artillery, is not something that their group of rabble can take, if it is not good, it is to deliver food to others, fortunately, there is no cavalry in this group of Jinyi guards, and they are not familiar with the terrain of this generation, so they will never dare to chase rashly, because they still have to protect millions of military salaries.
The pursuit analysis is good, if Yang Tingjian didn't have cavalry in his hands, he really wouldn't pursue these bandits who were familiar with the terrain, but Yang Tingjian really had a lot of cavalry in his hands.
Yang Tingjian carefully observed the situation inside the small mountain bag with a telescope, and the figures of those bandits were already looming in the half-meter-high dead grass.
"Signaling ......"
Yang Tingjian gave an order, and the soldiers under the command car immediately took out a cupola cannon and lit it with a fire fold, and with a "whoosh" sound, the cupola cannon dragged the green smoke into the sky, and then exploded with a "boom", and a red firework was particularly eye-catching, even if it was ten miles away, it could be seen clearly.
Soon a cupola cannon was raised behind the mountain pack, but they exploded in the sky with a cloud of green fireworks.
It seems that Le Yichuan and they have reached the designated position, and the wind direction at this time just happened to come from the phalanx from Shanbao to Yang Tingjian, which happened to be a good time to set fire.
"The 10th Infantry Phalanx immediately set up a fire ditch."
"Quick, grab the sapper shovel......"
A phalanx is a hundred households, because the infantry only defend against the enemy's cavalry charge in the first row, so there are more remaining forces, and the task of setting up fire ditches falls on them.
The 10th phalanx of infantry immediately stuck the halberd in his hand on the ground, and then quickly ran to the side of the logistics carriage to get the sapper shovel, each with a hand.
The dead grass at the bottom of the mountain is not luxuriant, only about 10 centimeters high, but it is also dry grass! This does not set fire ditches, it is to set fire to yourself.
The fire ditch is also very simple, all the soldiers have gone through several such training, everyone only needs to dig a shallow ditch with a width of one meter and a depth of five centimeters, and the excavated soil is spread on the dry grass next to it, so that the width of the fire strip is basically about two meters.
The firebreak was quickly set up, and the smoke behind the hill also rose, not one, but a dozen, this fire borrowed the wind, the fire spread very quickly, and the bandits who were crawling back were panicked.
"It's on fire,...... Run......"
In an instant, these thieves exploded under the nose of the chaser, and when the chaser saw the bandits scurrying around, he hurriedly slashed and killed a few people with a knife, and shouted loudly after the meal:
"Brothers, follow me to the officers and soldiers in front of me, otherwise everyone will die."
Originally, there were more than 100 cavalry under the chaser, but in order not to be exposed, the chaser left all the horses in the cottage, and now he didn't even have a chance to escape, so he could only charge from the front, because there was no fire only in the front.
With the help of the wind, the fire burned very violently, and the flames had already risen as high as they could be felt, and the scorching heat could be felt from afar, and now those panicked bandits were even more desperate to charge towards Yang Tingjian's phalanx.
"Kill the dogs! …… Kill...... Ahh!!hhhhh ”
The bandits rushed towards the phalanx below the mountain, without any organization at all, let alone any formation to speak of. The weapons in their hands are also varied, some with waist knives, some with forks, some with large knives, and some bandits even hold hoes. They also wore their own distinctive clothes, some wore patched coarse cloth clothes, some wore silk clothes that obviously did not fit, only a few of them had leather armor or armor, and some bandits were even poorly clothed.
Yang Tingjian looked at these undisciplined bandits with a telescope, and his eyes were moist at that time, these are all our compatriots! As long as you have a bite to eat, you won't go to the bandits.
If the country is strong, those Mongol Tartars dare to enter and harm them, as long as they are not harmed, with their hard work, there will be no food to grow, but the court is really hollowed out by those gentry class.
Shen Lian and Lu Jianxing were both wearing full-body plate armor and fighting with the soldiers in front, they had already drawn out their embroidered spring knives, and the rangefinder squinted one eye, stretched out his right hand, gave a thumbs up, and kept reporting the distance of the bandits:
"Eight hundred meters...... Seven hundred and fifty meters ......"
Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian turned their heads to look at the command vehicle suspiciously. According to the combat drill code, Chief Yang should order an artillery bombardment at this time! Why not shell now?
In fact, Yang Tingjian is entangled, these are all his comrades, so he doesn't want to shell, but this is the battlefield, this is the first battle of the Jinyi Wei New Army, the first battle will be won, and it must be won cleanly and completely, otherwise this army will have no military soul.
The army is a monster, a monster that must be fed with victory at all times, if the army has been defeated again and again, even if it is well armed and equipped, it is also discouraged, such an army is a show, unbearable:
"Shoot ......"
Yang Tingjian gritted his teeth, pulled out the sword he carried with him, and shouted with all his might, and the cavalry under the command car also followed Yang Tingjian's order to repeat the order "fire the cannon ......".
[Ask the brothers to collect and recommend, this is too important for the new book, please leave it to the brothers.] 】