Chapter 65: Gathering Momentum
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Chapter 65 Gathering Momentum
"Your name is Xu Da?!" Zhu Eighty-one's body shook, and he almost fell to the ground.
The sturdy centurion in front of him was one of the warriors who followed him that day to blow up the Vultures, herding cattle for a living before joining the Red Turban Army. I don't talk much, and my training table is only above average. He has been shouting with his brothers, Da Xu, Xu Dadi, who expected that the other party was surnamed Xu, not Xu! And it is very likely that he is one of the few heroes of the late Yuan Dynasty who can remember the name of Zhu Dapeng in history textbooks!
"It's the general's fault!" Xu Da, who was standing opposite him, couldn't figure out what was going on, so he grinned wryly and continued to add: "It's the general's fault." The last general spoke unclearly, and when Su Changshi registered his name, he probably heard it. Later, when the waist card was played, it became a fool! The last general didn't think it was a big deal, so he didn't rush to ask him to correct it! ”
It's not a big deal, in this era, people regard their ancestors as more important than their lives, how can it not be a big deal. It's just that he is a centurion who was born as a cattle herder, but Mr. Su is the long history of the Left Army, and he has every opportunity. So after saying that, I didn't bother to change it back for him, so it was three or four months to make a mistake!
"I remember, no matter whether the sneak attack is successful or not, you must give me back alive!" Zhu Eighty-one himself was much easier than the stubborn Su Changshi under his command, and he actually took the waist card with both hands and solemnly advised.
Whether this Xu Da is another Xu Da or not, he doesn't have time to figure it out right now. For Xu Da, the famous anti-Yuan general in history, apart from the name and the rumors of the death of the steamed goose, Zhu Dapeng has nothing in his memory! If you want to verify, you can't afford it! However, just because the other party dared to risk his life to blow up the main general of the Tartars, and because this person could clearly remember how many waves of chain hammers and arrows the Yuan army threw and how many waves of arrows were shot in the fierce battle, it was worth treating this person as a famous future.
He Zhu Chongjiu is not Zhu Chongba, and the tiger body is broken, and it may not make those heroes in history worship. But he can cultivate by himself, dig by himself, and build a civil and military team that is different from the times. Heroes don't ask where they come from! Over time, this Xu Da may not be lower than another Xu Da!
"So, the last general is gone!!" Centurion Xu Da nodded movingly, saluted Zhu Eighty again, turned around and strode towards the soldiers who had just been ordered to assemble, "Brothers, Xu Mou was ordered by the Governor of the Metropolitan to lead Er and the others to bomb the Tartar Commander." There are the cowardly, just stay on their own! Xu will never"
"Huang Lao, Huang Da, Huang Er, you guys have pushed the artillery here!" With an appreciative expression, he glanced at Xu Da, who was doing a job of boosting morale, and Zhu Bayi also turned around and walked quickly to the top of the temporary camp. "The archers all came to help push the artillery carts, Li Ziyu took fifty grenadiers to protect the artillery and grenadiers, and the other grenadiers pulled out on the spot, according to their hundred-man team, in three rows, five steps apart from each other. Spearmen, auxiliaries with spears in their hands, went to the front of the grenadiers. The sword and shield bearers merge into a team of 100 and stand by in the front row of the team! Even Lao Hei, take care of your big gun, even if you can't use it later, don't let him fall into the hands of the Tartars."
"Yes!" Knowing that the time of the final battle was approaching, all the brothers quickly formed their formations as he commanded. Along the hillside, in a neat rectangle inside the makeshift camp.
More than 100 sword and shield men, more than 200 spearmen, more than 370 grenadiers, and more than 400 auxiliaries who had just taken out their spears from the chicken cart, plus archers who were responsible for protecting the artillery and loading ammunition for the Huang family father and son, the red turban soldiers in their early 1,000s slowly raised their weapons in the face of the enemy army twice their size at the foot of the mountain. Like a wounded phoenix, in the sun, it slowly opens its proud flame wings.
The A-people are coming up again, after all, they are professional bandits, and they are familiar with this kind of thing as tactical adjustment before the game. After the Red Turbans voluntarily abandoned the car wall, they quickly stopped throwing chain balls into the open space meaninglessly. Regrouped two hundred paces in front of the left side of the wall, and then pressed forward with a very slow pace.
"The Red Turban Thief is finished!" Seeing the shadow of the spear shaking behind the car wall three hundred steps away, the left army of Heguo Azuo Daru Hua Chi Heguo quietly breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and shook his head.
This battle is really difficult to win.
In order to continue to put pressure on the Red Turban soldiers in the car wall, he had already sent three of the five hundred people around him. If the Red Turban Army's defenses are not smashed within a quarter of an hour, they will face an embarrassing situation where they have no spare forces to send.
Fortunately, the gang of red turban thieves couldn't hold it first, after all, it was a group of farmers who had just put down their hoes not long ago, although there were rare brave generals in the Red Turban Army, they finally lost due to lack of resilience. Unconsciously, in the heart of Daru Hua Chiheguo of the Azuo Army, Zhu Eighty-one has risen from a thief who has read several military books and a Han army general to a rare brave general. And over time, there is a tendency to continue to soar upwards.
Dealing with a rare brave general, of course, you can't take it lightly at any time. Thinking of this, Daru Huachi of the Azuo Army took a deep breath and issued an order that would make him regret it for the rest of his life, "Inform Balu Lu and let him park his team a hundred steps away from the enemy army to maintain the deterrent effect inside the car wall." Give the deputy commander Do'er Hei an order, let him take the five hundred-man team under his command, as well as the three archers on the right flank, immediately rush up and open the car wall!! He is a new force under his command, and there is no reason to be behind others! ”
"Yes!" The soldiers promised loudly, using war drums and colored flags, to spread the latest orders throughout the army, "Knock knock, knock knock"
Zuo Qianhu, who was worried about which team to send next to accept the red turban thief's dying fight, heard it and immediately pulled the horse's head. Turning around, he shouted at everyone under his command: "Stop, straighten out the formation, and sweep the formation for Lord Duo'er Hei within a hundred steps from the car wall!" ”
"Stop, stop, Zuo Qianhu has an order, I'll stop here and sweep the battle for Lord Duo'er Hei!" When the soldiers heard this, a smile immediately appeared on Tie Qing's face. Instigated the mount and passed this wise and considerate order as quickly as possible.
In the previous battle, the cavalry on the left and right flanks commanded by Bald and the three reinforcement teams of 100 men sent in the follow-up also suffered nearly 700 casualties, equivalent to one-third of the total number. It is completely dependent on strict military law and the pride of being a professional robber in his bones. At this moment, when they heard that the final blow was handed over to someone else to do it first, the soldiers were not only frustrated, but put the hearts hanging in their throats back into their stomachs one by one. Sit up straight on horseback and watch nervously as you wipe your scimitar with the soles of your boots!
I saw that about a hundred paces in front of the car wall, all the soldiers turned over and jumped to the ground under the order of the deputy commander Duo Erhei. One hand pulled out the scimitar, and the other hand pulled the reins of the war horse.
This is a standard cavalry foot combat move, and the mount held in the hand can be carried for the cavalry with weapons such as spears, shields, and bows and arrows, so that they can be replaced at any time. In addition, the body of the war horse can also be used as a meat shield to block the opponent's feathered arrows from scattering, creating a chance for his master to dodge.
The archers, who had previously scattered in clusters, slowly gathered in rows. Having learned the lesson of the last time they were targeted by a strange weapon in the car wall, they didn't dare to get too close to each other. Fifty paces from the wall, it was re-dispersed into two parts, the left and right, to make way for the cavalry behind to make way for the most central passage. Then, with the order of the centurion, he raised his horned bow and shot the last few feathered arrows he carried with him at the top of the Red Turban Army's head without landing.
"Lift—shield!" "Pendulum—spear!" "Low-head!" For the ordinary feather arrows shot from a long distance, the centurions of the Red Turban Army have summed up a very complete set of experience in dealing with them after more than an hour of blows. They all opened their throats and shouted out different orders to different classes before the feather arrows arrived.
The sword and shield men who stood in front of him immediately leaned sideways and raised their shields above their heads. Immediately after, the spearman raised his spear straight and swung it back and forth at an angle of forty-five degrees to the left and right. The grenadiers, who were slightly further back, lowered their heads and aimed the tops of their iron helmets diagonally in front of them.
"Jingle bell" feathered arrows more than seventy paces away, collided with shields, spears and armor, and the sound of rain hitting plantains sounded. Before that, each of the archers had fired at least fourteen or five bows, and his arms had no strength to pull the bow to full again. The feathered arrows collided with the shield, spear shaft, or armor, and immediately fell limply to the ground. Occasionally, one or two of them hit the gap in the armor like a big hit, and they didn't have the strength to pierce too deeply. The wounded Red Turban soldier gritted his teeth and stood motionless in the ranks......
"Tartar has no strength!" "The tartar is soft!" "This kind of arrow, it's almost the same as tickling Lao Tzu!" What soldiers will be brought, Zhu Eighty-one is a big man, and most of the soldiers under his command are heartless. Sensing that the feather arrows shooting towards him were not as powerful as before, they all opened their throats and cheered themselves up!
"Haas, take your hundred-man team and go up and move the car wall away!" His eyes were so angry that his eyes were on fire, and the deputy commander made Duo Erhei swing his broad-bladed short sword and ordered loudly.
"Brothers, follow me!!" Haas, the centurion, immediately loosened the reins of his horse, took a round shield from behind his saddle, grasped it in his left hand, bent down, and rushed towards the wall.
"Rush! Rush up and kill them all! A hundred men followed the example of Centurion Haas, holding a shield in one hand and a short sword in the other, and rushed to the wall in a scattered formation.
There were archers in the Red Turbans, and there were those copper pipes that sprayed projectiles, so the soldiers kept enough distance from each other and used shields to protect their faces without armor. However, these actions turned out to be purely redundant. The Red Turban Soldiers, who were concentrating on the feathered arrows, had no time to pay attention to their charge. Just stood where he was, letting the hundred-man team swoop down the wall of the car completely.
"The red turban thief is stupid, every tithe, immediately push away!" Centurion Haas, overjoyed, raised his shield and greeted his men.
"Phew!" Not far away, there was a sudden loud noise, and even the gun in Lao Hei's hand spewed out a puff of black smoke. Immediately after, Centurion Haas's head exploded like a rotten watermelon, and the red and white fell all over the ground!
Note 1: About Xu Da. Xu Da in the official history was originally a commander who grew up in the war. In his early years, he was just a cattle herding baby, and fellow villager Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his hometown to recruit soldiers before joining the Red Turban Army. And then gradually emerge from the battle.
Note 2: Spoiler alert, Chongjiu and Chongba are definitely not alone. But the two are not entirely unrelated.