Chapter 69: Autumn Dew (Part 2)

"Grenadier, attack forward!" Shi Li Ziyu, the commander of the third army, waved the command flag vigorously, led three hundred carefully selected strong men, and smashed the grenade the size of a melon at the enemy.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!

There was another burst of lightning and thunder, and the four Miao Army hundred-man teams were overturned by a third, and the rest of the souls flew away and turned around to join the fleeing team.

"The 3024th Regiment, form a triangular formation, attack and advance" Li Ziyu continued to wave the order flag, and his bronze face was full of calmness unique to generals, "Grenadier, follow behind the 3024th Regiment, ready to force the way at any time!" ”

"No!" The surrounding soldiers responded in unison, and then used lanterns and suona to translate the command into a signal that everyone could hear and see, and spread it throughout the hills.

"Tick, tick, tick"

The elites of the Huaiyang Third Legion who came out of the darkness quickly formed a huge attack triangle as they ran. The sword and shield men were at the outermost, followed by two rows of musketeers. The triangle was followed by three hundred tall and powerful grenadiers. Everyone wore only a very thin wire vest. On everyone's waist, except for a dagger, there was only a row of melon-sized grenades.

In the past, the Grand Governor's Office rarely intervened in the specific affairs of the various legions, so several main forces of the Huai'an Army were influenced by their commanders and formed their own specific styles in battle. The 1st Regiment had the largest number of artillery and the most complex models, so every battle had to be opened with artillery. The Second Legion, on the other hand, retains the most cold weapons and heavy armor, and is unstoppable when charging into battle. As for the Third Army Corps commanded by Xu Da, the outside world usually only rumors the word "stable". Every battle must be planned and then moved, and it moves like the rising tide of the sea, Lang after Lang, swallowing up any obstacle

These rumors cannot be said to be completely wrong, but almost everyone accidentally ignored two facts, first, in addition to the commander of the three legions, Xu Da, there was also a deputy commander Wang Bi who was comparable in force to Chen De. Second, Li Ziyu, the chief of the Third Army Corps, was originally a grenadier deputy Qianhu, and the Third Army was the only team among the main forces that still maintained the grenadier system, with a scale of one regiment.

It is true that early ignition grenades had several defects, such as a short attack range, a high rate of mute fire, and easy to be avoided by opponents. Therefore, with the advent of the four-pound cannon and the tiger squat cannon, its position was quickly replaced by the latter. However, with the birth of glass, the grenades produced by Huaiyang no longer need external ignition. The granulation of black powder and the continuous improvement of internal fuse technology have also increased the power and stability of the grenade.

In addition, grenades have a much lower range than artillery, but they have a level of flexibility that can't be matched by artillery. And there is no need for expensive barrels yet. 1,000 four-pound cannons are enough to make the finances of the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion unable to make ends meet for several months. However, the cost of training a thousand grenadiers is basically the same as that of ordinary soldiers, and even much lower than that of heavy armor.

Therefore, after receiving the close cooperation of the Military Intelligence Department, the Second Army Corps commanded Xu Da and immediately sacrificed the killer weapon of the grenadiers. Led by Changshi Li Ziyu personally, he led an infantry regiment and a grenadier battalion, and under the leadership of the informants within the Miao army, he quietly sneaked to Yang Wanzhi's Chinese army station, near Ziyun Hill in Baiqiling. Then take advantage of the opportunity when the mountain people will inevitably put down everything at hand to worship the moon every time the moon is full, and climb directly to the top of the hill from the cliff on the side of Ziyun Hill.

Assemble, array, grope forward. When it was determined that the enemy troops who came to patrol had already been bribed by the Military Intelligence Bureau, the dawn of victory was already in sight.

And the bell dwarf, after leading the plum fish to the correct position, decisively led his mountain people and took the initiative to get out of the way of the attack. His mission has basically been completed at this point, and if he continues to rush and kill, he will hurt his own muscles and bones. And the relocation of the entire tribe is not an overnight thing. There are not enough men to rely on, and the more money you have, the more vulnerable you are to the prying eyes of other hill tribes around you

As they took the initiative to evacuate, the ranks of the enemy and the enemy on the hill gradually became distinct. The formation was neat, and the people who were advancing towards the hilltop handsome banner in an orderly manner were more than 1,300 Huai'an elites. And the east cluster, the west group, like a frightened grasshopper, scurrying around, is Yang Wanzhi hurriedly transferred back to the relatives of the family who escorted him.

The latter was either born in Yang Wanzhi's own village, or the leader of the village, and had a long-term intermarriage with his Yang family and had mutual in-laws.

is the so-called brother in battle, father and son soldier in battle. In the era of cold weapons, blood ties are often stronger than political or interest alliances. Although the mountaineers who stood in the direction of the Huai'an army's soldiers were hacked to death by steel knives in groups, rows and rows were shot into sieves by muskets, and clusters of grenades were sent into the sky. But there are still twine and small gongs, and the servants and servants have successively brought their own descendants to the front card position, fighting to the death, and also to buy time for the coach Yang Wanzhi.

And Yang Wanzhi at this moment, he also showed the proper quality of a veteran of a hundred battles. Knowing his own safety was the key to deciding the outcome of the whole battle, so he didn't care about any shame or shame, and with the remaining 400 personal soldiers, he resolutely retreated to the other side of the hill and decisively moved closer to other nearby tribes.

As long as it can converge with the tribal soldiers under the command of several generals, the entire battle plan of the Huai'an army will be frustrated; As long as he can escape to a safe place, with a hundred times the enemy's mountain people, even if he spits at the mouthful, he can drown the thousand Huaiyang elites who climbed from the cliff to Ziyun Hill!

"If you want to go, it's not that easy!" Long before Li Ziyu went to war, he had repeatedly calculated Yang Wanzhi's response measures on the sand table. Finding that this person was really ready to abandon the army and abscond, he immediately pulled out a golden battle flag from his own soldiers and held it high in the air.

"Hulala!" The flag made of silk was blown by the night wind and rolled back and forth. Clusters of golden streamers were reflected, illuminating the eyes of every Huai'an soldier.

"Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock!" The sound of the copper suona was heartbreaking, and the triangular attack array suddenly cracked through it, turning into two long dragons. One continued to drive straight in, and the other suddenly came with a big swing tail on the slope of the mountain, swept away the surrounding obstacles, and circled in front of Yang Wanzhi.

"Bah, Bah, Bah, Bah!" The musketeer kept pulling the trigger as he went, and shot hot buckshot into the enemy's chest. The more than ten sword and shield soldiers who walked at the dragon's head were silent, and quickly pounced, stepping on the body of the person who was shot, and dividing the rest of the enemy troops blocking the way into two from the center. The sword and shield soldiers in other positions, as they advanced, turned into protective golden scales, protecting the entire team from being harassed by the remnants of the enemy. The grenadiers, who were protected by the sword and shield men, saw the opportunity and threw grenades one after another towards the enemy's dense area. Every time it explodes, flesh and blood fly.

They were grenadiers, the earliest firearms units in the old Xuzhou Left Army. The oldest firearms unit in the New Huaiyang Army. They have been forgotten for too long and for too long. They will be nirvana in the sea of corpses and blood of the enemy army tonight, like a phoenix reborn from the fire, proudly displaying their wings!