Chapter 256: Prologue (2)
A whispered roar converged into a rolling thunderstorm, and a group of Qing soldiers who were drinking and merry-drinking around the campfire in the village all jumped to their feet.
More than a dozen Qing soldiers were wearing cotton armor nailed with copper nails, and iron helmets with lightning rods on their heads, one of them had a black tassel on his head, and a two-foot square back flag behind him, and the weapons in each person's hand were made of fine iron, long-handled knives, round-headed iron hammers, short axes, tiger guns, plus iron bows and quiver bags full of arrows that everyone carried.
As soon as they heard the movement, all the Qing troops jumped up for the first time.
Whether it was holding a woman in his arms before, or drinking with a wine gourd, only between the lightning and flint, all the Qing troops had already rushed to their horses.
When they were having fun, they did not leave their armor, at most they took off their helmets, and their weapons and bows and arrows were also placed by their side. At this time, as soon as he moved, he had quickly entered the state of fighting.
Lu Dalei only felt that the blood in his body was surging, and he couldn't breathe a little, although the cavalry had gone through thousands of trainings, and he was selected to go north, and he was the best among the cavalry of the new army, at this moment, he still felt a little panicked!
"One Bashiku, two vests, and the rest are all infantry armors, and the strength of this Qing army is not strong. Brothers, don't panic! ”
The sentry sentry chief beside Lu Dalei is an old pawn of Sun Chuanting's subordinates, who once fought in the battle of Nanyuan, and was also ordered to go north with Sun Chuanting to Qinwang, Sun Chuanting was arrested and stayed in Xuanda to serve, and later after Sun came back, this sentry leader joined the Qin army to serve, and then all the way from Shaanxi to Xu Zhen, and was transferred to the Pingyu Army as a low-level military attache at the level of the head of the shed.
In the Pingyu Army, a considerable number of low-level military attaches are from this background.
The words of the sentry sentry shack commander immediately calmed the hearts of more than thirty cavalrymen of the new army, and at this moment, Lu Dalei only felt very ashamed.
In normal training, everyone, including the sentry shack chief, listened to his orders, but at this time, as soon as he engaged, he panicked first.
He held his breath as he felt the horses rush forward as fast as they could, and everyone was short of breath, as if there was a small storm forming around him.
At this moment, he no longer seemed to feel whether there were others around him, and he didn't know where his comrades were.
It was only when he reached a distance of less than thirty paces that Lu Dalei shouted: "Throw a gun!" ”
While roaring, he threw out a throwing gun that had been prepared in his hand for a long time and had been holding out sweat.
Around Lu Dalei, all the cavalry has run into a semicircle fan, long-term cavalry training makes their equestrian skills very sophisticated, and they can still maintain a relatively perfect assault queue when galloping, and all of them have experienced throwing training, at the moment of Lu Dalei's order, more than 30 throwing spears and axes were thrown together.
These weapons swept through the air, drawing beautiful arcs, and then landed in the ranks of the Qing army, which had already mounted their horses in a chaotic manner, and was adjusting their positions to meet them.
"Buzz ......"
After the sound of the weapon splitting the air, it was the screams that sounded one after another, and the distance was so close and it was thrown vigorously, although the accuracy was limited, after all, it was the first time that the real knife and gun fought against a strong enemy, everyone panicked, but after all, the distance was very close, the Qing army couldn't dodge, there was an axe that directly slashed the forehead of a step armor, both eyes flew out, and after a muffled snort, the foot armor fell directly to the ground, and after a few convulsions, he died immediately.
Others were pierced through the chest with flying spears, rolling on the ground and screaming.
There were also warhorses wounded by weapons, and despite the pull of their masters, they struggled to run into the darkness in the distance, and as they ran, they made a sharp neighing sound.
In just one moment, nearly half of the Qing army's combat strength was directly destroyed.
Bashiku, who led the group, was furious, and his small eyes turned blood-red. This group of cavalry was ordered to go out on patrol, and it was not a serious battle mission.
Unexpectedly, the Ming army, who had always been as timid as a mouse, and only dared to defend the city and did not dare to fight in the field, actually dared to take the initiative to attack, and as soon as he saw it, he actually destroyed nearly half of his subordinates.
However, this Bashiku firmly believes that victory still belongs to him, even him, there are nine people in the Qing army, and there are about thirty people in the Ming army on the other side, according to the experience of the past ten years of warfare, as long as the close quarters fight, after killing a few people fiercely, or staring at the officers of the Ming army, and killing the family members or personal soldiers who protect the officers of the Ming army, the entire Ming army will collapse!
He shouted in Manchu and ordered everyone to adjust their formation and meet the Ming cavalry.
The two teams together were no more than forty people, but everyone was riding horses, and the sound of horses' hooves, neighing, and people's roars was extremely amazing for a while.
The dozens of village women who were wrapped up by the Qing army were all disheveled, standing by the bonfire, watching the Ming army rushing to kill, one by one as if in a dream, only in a daze.
In the blink of an eye, two small iron streams collided together!
The horses snorted and the hooves of the horses scrambled forward, and the first confrontation was approaching, and both teams were as fast as they could when they were facing the enemy.
Those who are fast can live, and those who are slow will die!
"Kill!"
When facing the enemy, Lu Dalei calmed down, and opposite him, there was a vicious-looking Qing army vest, and in his hand was a heavy tiger tooth knife, which was fierce and slashed at him.
In the Jianzhou tribe, every male will be tested when he becomes an adult, and riding and archery and courage are the contents of the test. Han people or slaves, or Sauron, Oroqen and other ethnic groups may be servants, horses and other tribes, and the banner people are qualified, that is, ordinary guards, and then there are armored people, that is, infantry armor and horse armor.
Among them, the most experienced and bravest in combat, with the best killing skills and age suitable for the peak, will be selected as the Red Tooth Soldier and the White Tooth Soldier.
At this time, the Red Tooth Warrior had been canceled and became an ordinary armor man. And the white swing tooth soldiers still exist, there are only a few or a dozen people in each Niulu, and the white armor soldiers of the whole banner are at most three or four hundred, and the entire eight banners are only about a few thousand people.
This elite is the most terrifying force in the Qing army, but fortunately, there is no white armor soldier on this battlefield today.
It is not surprising that Henan is not the main battlefield now, and there is no plan to fight a decisive battle or a big war before Duoduo goes south. Haoge's task was to guard the Ming army in the Suizhou area, and there was no plan and preparation for the attack.
In this case, there is no white armor in ordinary patrol tasks, which is naturally a blessing for Lu Dalei and others.
"Buzz!"
When the two horses were about to stagger, the Qing army vest was ready to swing the knife, Lu Dalei snorted, and the spear in his hand stabbed forward!
In an instant, the spear stabbed the vest's chest like a poisonous snake, piercing through it.
"Ah......h
The other party was desperately shouting and shouting on the horse, earth-shattering, at this time, a Ming army soldier rushed over, waved the saber in his hand, and in the rain of blood, an ugly human head flew out.
Only the horse was still spinning in place, and the headless corpse of the vest was carried down from the horse after a burst of blood.
"Well done!"
Lu Dalei was pale, as an honest farmer, he had killed chickens and rabbits before, and had seen pigs and cows killed, but he cooperated with others to kill people, this was really the first time.
Although I feel very uncomfortable, it is only uncomfortable.
This group of beasts dressed in human skins has brought disaster to the people of Henan these days.
Although the Qing army has repeatedly emphasized strong law, how can this military discipline suddenly become better when these beasts entered the customs in the past when they did not rob and kill, burn and kill silver and plunder?
After crossing the river, the whole village was slaughtered, and Lu Dalei and others saw a lot!
"This head is still the sentry chief." The Ming army soldier naughtily waved the knife, shook off the blood stains on the knife, this saber is made of stainless steel, the most proud masterpiece of the first battle bureau, the blade line is smooth, the steel mouth is good, the blade is extremely thin and sharp, it is very good in the hand, not light or heavy, swinging and stabbing, everything is appropriate.
Ordinary cavalry soldiers all use these sabers and heavier swords, and only the captain or veteran sergeant can use all kinds of long weapons such as picks and knives or tiger tooth guns.
Lu Dalei learned spearmanship when he was at home, and after a few months of gunnery training in the army, he was able to pierce the opponent with one shot, and the Ming soldiers who assisted him were also very admired.
At this time, the two sides were in a mess, the sound of chopping, stabbing, the muffled sound of people falling off their horses, and the sound of miserable howls came from time to time, and the whole battlefield was soon filled with a strong smell of blood.
Although the battlefield is small, it is tragic to the extreme.
The women who were plundered were all trembling at the sight, and many of them had their teeth chattering and making a trembling sound.
The Qing army's Bashiku was already very anxious, and when the two armies were handed over, he relied on his control of the speed of the horse, and his flexible dodge when the opponent slashed, and then backhanded, and immediately cut down a Ming army.
At that time, he was very proud, and he felt that the Ming army was still vulnerable.
But after killing one person, he fought two more with a Ming army with a spear, and the opponent was also very experienced, so he didn't sell him any flaws.
As the two sides shifted their horses and controlled their breathing, Bashku realized that most of his men had been killed in battle.
The Ming army had formed a combined encirclement formation, surrounding the remaining four Qing troops in a circular formation.
"Kill, get rid of the heads of these dogs!"
At this juncture, this Bashiku did not despair, and the surname Suo gathered the remaining three subordinates together and rushed in the direction of Lu Dalei.
It is worthy of being an elite veteran who has fought for decades, and he suddenly discovered the backbone of this Ming army.
This attitude of desperate impact, with the past experience of these Qing troops, often caused confusion in the Ming army, and involuntarily retreated or protected the main general, thus causing chaos in the queue.
If the general is timid and flees, then he can turn defeat into victory.
But all the Qing troops were desperate, and under the moonlight, they clearly saw the other party's generals shaking their guns and attacking them!
(To be continued)