Chapter 63: Dead
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Chapter 63: Dead
The cavalry galloped to the wall like a tide, threw the hammer, and then fled from the left side of the formation like a tide, wave after wave, endlessly.
Every time the waves rose, more than 20 chain hammers smashed into the car wall with a whistling sound, splashing strings of terrible blood.
Every time the waves fell, it was the opportunity for the archers to take advantage of their might, only to see them divided into small groups, one in the east and one in the west, and smashed the carving feathers along the chain hammer into the gap in the front of the car wall more than 60 steps away, and kept shooting into the car formation. The Red Turban soldiers were shot defenseless and exhausted.
The Rakshasa people's large-leaf iron armor and Zhu Bayi's plate armor forged with a water hammer both have very good defense. But no matter how good the armor is, it is impossible to cover the whole body without gaps. As time went by, many of the spearmen wearing Rakshasa armor had five or six carved feathers tied to their chests, and they swayed like hedgehogs when they walked. It's not enough to kill right away, but it's still dizzy when the blood flows too much and for too long.
The soldiers in plate armor were more likely to die under the hammer. Because of the strong defensive power of the plate armor, they were all pushed to the front line by Zhu Bayi to fill the gap. Therefore, whether it is the archers in the Afghan army or the cavalry who risk being blown up in their hands, they all regard them as the first target, as long as they see it, they will work together to kill them.
The pro-soldier Shi Chang Goudan tore off an arrow from the junction of the face armor and neck armor, threw it on the ground, and then picked up a spear from the corpse of the robe on the ground, threw it at a cavalryman outside the car wall, pushed the latter off his horse, and firmly nailed him to the ground.
In the next moment, a volley of chain balls hit him in the face. Zhang Goudan let out a painful scream and fell to the ground.
"Dog!" Qi Erbald, who came out of the same village as Zhang Goudan, ran forward to help, but only picked up a corpse with a broken head. He cried out loudly, picked up another spear from the pool of blood, and threw it with all his might. Then, without hesitation, he ran to the corpse of another robe, snatched another spear from the latter's hand, raised it, leaned back, and threw it again at the enemy's horse as a javelin.
Several chain balls slammed into his body at the same time, and the new plate armor, known for its defensive power, blocked the spikes of the chain hammer, but could not remove the force on the chain hammer. Qi Er's bald man opened his mouth and squirted out several pieces of broken internal organs. Then he waved his short blade and rushed out of the car wall, blocking in front of a group of high-ranking war horses, like a god in silver armor, standing up to the sky.
At this moment, his figure is forever frozen in history.
"Second brother-!" Seeing that Qi Er's bald man had not fought, all the spearmen were blinded. He raised his spear and threw it at the cavalry outside the wall of the car.
Six Afghan cavalrymen were shot with spears and fell off their horses screaming. More balls flew out of the hands of the next wave of cavalry and smashed into the spearmen of the Red Turbans behind the wall of the car, inflicting the same number of casualties.
The battle has reached this point and has completely become a contest of willpower. On the one hand, with the pride of the ancestors and the father's generation as robbers, they refused to give up lightly. The other side relied on the instinct to survive and seven months of rigorous training.
The casualties of the two hundred sword and shield men standing close to the wall of the car were approaching one-third, and the previous neat formation had already been riddled with holes.
The casualty rate of the three hundred spearmen who were close behind the sword and shield hand was also more than two percent. The vast majority of them are dead or seriously injured, and even minor injuries have affected internal organs and bones, and the chances of returning to the battlefield in the future are infinitely close to zero.
However, they did not retreat in panic as they did last year outside Xuzhou.
The sign in the team did not retreat, the centurion did not retreat, the commander did not retreat, and the governor always stood on the front line. As soldiers, what reason do they have to retreat.
Besides, two legs can't outrun four legs anyway, even if you surrender, there is a precedent for Pei County in front of you, the same death, why don't you die like a man like Qi Bald?!
Another wave of Afghan cavalry galloped in, raising their arms high.
"Throw!" Ivanov personally led ten soldiers with outstanding arms and threw their spears at them.
A spear four feet long pierced the air, making a sharp whistling sound. pierced through the iron armor like tofu and nailed the four Asarsmen firmly to the back of the war horse.
The wounded horses jumped up and down, scattering the formation of the cavalry squad. Even so, three Argentine cavalrymen threw their chain balls behind the wall of the cart, smashing one of the pikemen who could not dodge on the spot.
"Boom!" The artillery controlled by Huang Ergou shot iron projectiles again, sweeping down several galloping war horses one by one. Another ricocheting bullet, and the follow-up Meng Yuan cavalry looked at the blood ball that continued to spin on the ground in horror, and hesitated to slow down the mount.
Another wave of cavalry rushed from farther away, pushing them and continuing to approach the wall. "Looking for death? Balbo's head still hangs there! On horseback, the centurion scolded. At the same time, he drew his knife and slashed at the soldiers who were being chased by him.
The cavalry, who was already frightened, "buzzed" and sprinted again like flies. Forward, you can be killed by shells, blown up by grenades, killed by bows and arrows. But there is still hope of survival. If they retreat, even the right-wing deputy Qianhu Balbo was cut down by Lord Daru Huachi without hesitation, who would have mercy on these little soldiers?
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" Several grenades exploded in the air, pushing four horsemen off their horses. But the other cavalry desperately slammed into the stirrups and continued to press on the wall, close, close.
A row of feathered arrows flew in, turning the other five cavalrymen into hedgehogs, and the remaining cavalry still desperately slammed the stirrups to squeeze the mount's body to the maximum.
Another wave of grenades flew and landed under the horse's hooves, "snort-sss The cavalry was either killed, or jumped off the grenade, raised his arms, and threw the hammer of sin.
The spears thrown from behind the wall of the cart knocked several cavalrymen over before the hammer could be released.
There were still more than a dozen hammers that fell into the wall of the car, and a splash of blood was sprayed.
The enemy and the enemy have been completely caught in a bitter struggle, and the exchange ratio of 2 to 1 or even 1 to 1 has continuously increased the casualties on both sides. Only the occasional iron ball from the three bronze cannons in the position could quickly raise the ratio to three to one or even four to one. However, the firing of the three bronze cannons was so slow that the enemy had already rushed over five or six waves before they could suddenly threaten once. And in most cases, it can't ricochet and can't defeat the enemy with one shot.
"Peng!" The horned bow in the hand of the archer centurion Xu Da broke the string and pulled back, splashing a cloud of blood in his face.
"Quack, Dang!" An elaborate grenadier also had a broken bracket and slowly collapsed like a warrior who had died of exhaustion.
The two shieldmen turned their heads and tried to escape from behind the car wall, but Wu Twenty-two chased them from behind, stabbed one by one, and cut off their heads.
Several spearmen huddled together, neither having the strength to throw their spears at the enemy, nor having the courage to flee, their faces covered with tears, their bodies shaking like chaff.
"Governor, send auxiliaries to build a pontoon bridge behind the mountain!" When another wave of cavalry was repulsed, Old Ivan dragged him to Zhu Eighty-one and said in a very low voice.
Collapse after more than a third of casualties is a lesson he has learned from dozens of battles. And the casualty rate of the soldiers behind the car wall has far exceeded this number. In the event of a sudden rout, none of the grenadiers and auxiliaries in the position will be spared.
The gold he had just earned hadn't had time to spend yet, he didn't want to die, and he didn't want such a good customer as Zhu Eighty-one to die now. A strong man broke his wrist, which is the best choice now. Leaving a loyal general, such as Wu 22, led the remaining soldiers to continue to resist, and the others quickly withdrew from the back mountain. If the Agarians were reluctant to give up the belongings on the chicken bus, they might not send too many forces to follow and kill.
"Go back!" Since the start of the war, Zhu Eighty-one, who had been obedient to him, suddenly turned his face. Pulling out a special pig-killing knife, he commanded loudly with the tip of the knife to his nose, "Go back and command the spearmen to continue firing back!" Either die here today, or fight off this group of Afghans, there is no third way to choose! ”
"You're crazy!" The veteran ruffian shouted loudly while retreating quickly, "There is still a thousand-man squad of the Afghan people who have not moved, and until now, all the cavalry who have come up have come up. Look at your feet, how many people have died? Even if one is exchanged for two others, after the cavalry retreats, how many will you have left in your hands that can stand? ”
The auxiliaries who ran forward to deliver spare spears to the soldiers stopped one after another and looked at old Ivan in a daze. The latter was telling the truth, the enemy had twice as many troops on his side, and even if the casualties were twice as many as on this side, it would be enough to replace the men in the position. Moreover, the facts in front of him also prove that the combat effectiveness of the grenadiers on their side is not as strong as they imagined. As long as the grenade does not explode on the spot, it can basically be quickly dodged by the enemy cavalry. And in the event that the array of soldiers is broken through by the enemy, at close range, the grenadiers will not only be unable to attack the enemy, but will not even have the power to defend themselves.
Zhu Bayian also knew that the veteran ruffian Ivanov was telling the truth, and as the chief general of the Left Army, he could clearly see the casualties of every soldier under his command. He knew that the two Sword and Shield Hands Hundred were on the verge of collapse. He also knew that if it weren't for the brand leader in the soldiers, the centurions were all brave men who had been promoted according to their expressions in battle, and no one had taken the lead in escaping so far. The remaining 300 or so brothers have long since fallen apart.
He even knew that if he didn't evacuate the battlefield with some of his brothers, maybe in a quarter of an hour, the left army would be buried here. No one escaped the slaughter of the Afghan cavalry. But he was unwilling to admit defeat now, unwilling to accept the result in front of him, and even more unwilling, he spent countless efforts on the three cannons that he had spent countless efforts and almost piled up with gold, all of which were handed over to the Ah people and handed over to the Mengyuan court!
The Xuzhou army is still immersed in the miracle created by itself in the previous battle. The favor of the opponent Lei is simply to the point of no return. To this day, no one knows that grenadiers on the battlefield, the advantages are as obvious as the disadvantages, and the survivability is also very difficult to guarantee. No one has yet been able to accept the creation of artillery, just as they had rejected the new gunpowder and scoffed at such expensive and slow-firing things.
No one believes that artillery and muskets will be the direction of future war exhibitions. Except for him, a time-traveler who fused the souls of two lives. However, if these three cannons fell into the hands of the Mengyuan Imperial Court, with the vast territory and rich material reserves, with the fact that the original muskets had been loaded, and with the hundreds of carts of copper ingots that they had just snatched from Wujiazhuang. A unit armed with a large number of artillery pieces will emerge.
In case the Yuan army pushed the artillery under the city of Xuzhou, he would become the culprit of the disappearance of Zhima Li, Mao Gui and others in the torrent of history. And Zhu Yuanzhang, Chang Yuchun, Xu Da, these heroes who reshaped China, will become victims under the gun, it is unknown!
After a strange crossing and fusion, Zhu Eighty-one didn't care about being the butterfly that instigated the hurricane. But he couldn't care less because of his arrival, and the entire Chinese civilization completely sank.
After the Yashan War, there were 100,000 soldiers and civilians who went to the sea, so the Japanese said that there was no China after Yashan.
The courtiers of the Song Dynasty stood in front of the emperor to discuss politics, and they could fight for red faces. After arriving at Meng Yuan, he could only kneel on the ground, like a kowtow worm without bones.
When Boyan was in power, he wanted to kill all the four surnames of Zhang, Wang, Li, and Zhao, just because these four surnames had the largest population among the Han people.
The Han people killed the Mongols in the conflict to punish the nine tribes, and the Mongols killed the Han people but only needed to pay the Han master a donkey!
These do not require much in-depth historical knowledge, and in the 21st century, as long as people who are literate can see clearly!
Originally, in the eyes of Zhu Dapeng in the 21st century, these words were only used as a basis for debate with others on the forum, which was cold and unfamiliar. But after witnessing a massacre on the city wall of Xuzhou, Zhu Bayi clearly realized that it was not a story, not a historical material, but a bloody reality that he was experiencing.
Even if he Zhu Eighty-one can't end this humiliating history with his own hands, at least he can't let this history continue indefinitely because of his arrival.
"Go to the front, go and organize a counterattack for me!" Like madness, he put the tip of his knife on Ivanov's nose and slowly pushed forward inch by inch, "Either fight off the Afghan people, or let me kill you with my own hands." The choice is yours! ”
"You, you're crazy!" The old ruffian's eyes widened and he looked at him in despair, wondering what was wrong with his head.
"I'm crazy, I'm crazy!" Zhu Bayi continued to push the tip of the knife forward, and at the same time turned his head and shouted at the auxiliaries, "Pick up all the weapons for me, and pick them up for me if you find something you can use." Here today, there is no distinction between soldiers and auxiliaries! ”
"Yes!" The auxiliaries habitually agreed, but did not know how to carry it out. Unlike the soldiers at the front, they usually spend most of their time farming, building houses, and doing odd jobs. On average, they only gather for a drill once every five days, and most of them are not proficient in the use of weapons at all. Asking them to go up is tantamount to asking them to commit suicide en masse.
"Here are three artillery pieces, twenty grenades, and five mine-throwers!" Regardless of the sound of horses' hooves and grenade explosions coming from the front of the position, Zhu Eighty-one raised his pig-killing knife and shouted at everyone, "Whether to use them to defeat the enemy, or let the enemy take them to attack Xuzhou and kill your wives and children, you choose for yourself!" ”
"There are 30,000 catties of copper here, which can cast sixty cannons. When the Tartars set up sixty cannons under the city of Xuzhou, how long can the brothers in the city support it, and after the city is broken, how many living people will be left inside?! ”
"Today, either die here in battle, or go back and say to your wife and children, I personally gave the artillery to the Tartars, so that they can kill you all!"
"You choose both paths!"
He was so crazy that he could even say such a thing! No longer being placed under the tip of the sword, the veteran ruffian's body shook rapidly, dodged a feathered arrow, picked up a chain hammer, and smashed it into the galloping warhorse. "If what he said came true, even if he was killed by the Afghans today, he would have to be dug out of his grave and torn to pieces."
However, the surrounding situation was completely unexpected, and when he heard that his wife and children were about to die under the grenade, almost all the auxiliaries were red-eyed. The spear in his hand was no longer handed to the soldiers in front of him, but was raised high, dancing vigorously with Zhu Bayi's voice.
"The Argentines are not iron-beaten, they have repeatedly thrown several rounds of iron hammers at our heads, and they are already exhausted!" Zhu Eighty-one took a deep breath and continued to shout at the auxiliaries: "Raise your spear and prepare to attack!" Since we can't hold it, let's kill it. Even if everyone dies here today, at least they will die like a man! ”
"Attack!" "Attack!"
"Die, die like a man!" Xu Hongsan dropped the big lifting gun with complicated operations and could hardly aim at any target, brandished a sharp blade, and squeezed towards Zhu Bayi.
"Die, die like a person!" Wang Da Fat put down the stretcher, untied the Pu knife from the waist of the wounded soldier, and walked quickly to the front of the auxiliary team.
"Die, die like a man!" The auxiliaries came out of the safety place one by one, held the spears that should have been sent to the soldiers tightly in their hands, and slowly walked behind Zhu Bayi.
"Liu Laosi stayed with the armor team, and Xu Da left with the archers. If the war is unfavorable, blow up all the artillery for me, and by the way, light all the grenades together, so that not a single one falls into the hands of the Tartars! Others, get ready to strike! Commander Liu Ziyun also took a breath, pulled out the short sword captured from the Rakshasa soldiers, and took the lead to follow behind the auxiliaries.
"Die, die like a person!" The four full-fledged auxiliary grenadier hundred-man teams pressed on the moxa, drew their blades from their waists, and joined the team ready to attack.
"Boom!" Huang Lao Crooked fired the last live ammunition, pushed the hot cannon to the apprentice, and picked up a hammer from under his feet. Laughing and following at the end of the line.
I have lived most of my life, just the last seven or eight months, and I have lived like a person. It is better to die as a human being than to continue to be a slave to the Tartars!