Chapter 207: The Fifth Army

"Good time!" Wu Liangmou, the commander of the Fifth Army, gritted his teeth and shouted, turning his gaze to Huang Laoer, who had just been ordered to rush over to help in the battle, "The two artillery regiments are all handed over to you, pay attention, the archers and crossbowmen of the enemy army are hidden in the center of the phalanx a little ahead!" ”

"Yes!" Huang Lao Er responded without hesitation, and then raised a dark red corner flag high, "One Army, One Brigade and Three Regiments, the muzzle of the gun is lowered by half a finger, sixty steps in front of the right, and three groups are fired in turn!" The artillery regiment of the Fourth Army is ready, fifty steps in front of the right, relay shooting! ”

"Boom!" Thirty four-pound cannons spewed out anger at the phalanx of spears rushing towards the right side of the battlefield. A third of them fell into the clearing, smashing huge deep pits. The other two-thirds smashed into the advancing ranks of the enemy, smashing out more than a dozen bloody gaps from the center. Nearly half of the cannonballs were castrated, jumped up from the pool of blood, swirled and rushed towards the nearest Yuan army, pulled out a bloody hole in the chest of several "volunteers" who could not dodge, and then rolled and smashed into the thighs and soles of the surrounding people, leaving stumps and flesh all over the ground.

"Boom! Rumble! "The second and third rounds of bombardment followed, smashing into the enemy's ranks, causing a wave of ghosts to cry wolf. Immediately after, three more rounds of shells volleyed into the air, filling the gaps left by the first three rounds, and hitting the corpses of the Yuan army.

"Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-" The Yuan army's phalanx sounded its horn and began to organize archers and crossbowmen to counterattack. The archers, who were already so nervous that their faces turned pale, gritted their teeth and stood still fifty paces away, bent their bows and arrows, and shot thousands of feathered arrows into the air as quickly as possible.

"Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh——!" A white drizzle immediately fell over the heads of the Red Turbans, however, the results were very small. Most of the feathered arrows were blocked by the sword and shield soldiers standing in the front row, and a few leaped over the shield wall, but they could not help the iron helmet on the spearman's head and the half of the plate armor on the musketeer's chest. Splashed a few sparks and fell to the ground in vain.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Immediately after, another burst of white and bright hail rushed towards him. The crossbow in the Yuan army also began to agitate, and a round of flat fire was launched at a distance of fifty paces. The effect of this round is slightly better than that of feather arrows, but it is also very limited. The nature of the crossbow arrows can only be fired horizontally, and they have almost no chance of breaking through the shield wall of the Red Turban Army. And the few that pass through the gap in the shield wall are blocked by the plate armor, and it is difficult to inflict fatal damage on the target.

"Change the armor-piercing cone, change the armor-piercing cone! Shoot him with an armor-piercing cone for me! The volunteer Wanhu Liao tycoon was furious, and he gave orders in a hoarse voice.

"Yes!" The archers and crossbowmen in the phalanx agreed, and they scrambled forward as they scrambled to change the armor-piercing cones. The latter is a special type of arrow that can deal with most armor in the world. But the effective firing range was only about thirty steps. They had to push a little further before they had a chance to use the full power of the object.

How could the Red Turbans give them a second chance? Soon, the cannonballs smashed over, "Boom, boom!" "Smash the ranks of crossbowmen and archers to pieces.

As the first person in the entire Huai'an Army to come into contact with artillery, Huang Lao Er was far superior to other artillery officers in terms of experience and eyesight. Under his command, at least one-half of the projectiles in each round of bombardment can land in the area near the target, and one-third can form ricochets. After seven or eight rounds of firing in a row, the spear phalanx on the left side of the character had been torn apart, and it had to slow down the progress and reorganize the formation.

The other two spear phalanxes, under the leadership of Zhu Liangzu and Xie Guoxi, increased the degree faster. Regardless of the crossbowmen and the left flank, Liao Daheng rushed with all his strength to the Huai'an Fifth Army and Xuzhou Fu Youde's department, which were already close at hand. The bright spear blade painted at the heart of the red scarf soldier.

"Shieldmen and pikemen hold their ground!" The commander of the Fifth Army made Wu Liangmou not moved by the enemy's momentum in the slightest, took a deep breath, and ordered loudly. Although he knew that the effective range of the arquebus was stronger than that of the bow and arrow, he had not given the order to shoot from the beginning of the fight until now. Instead, he kept bending his fingers on his side, calculating the enemy's advance and the distance between the enemy and his side!

"Stand firm, hold your spears steady, our armor is stronger than theirs!"

"Steady, steady, it's all a nose and two eyes, who is more cowardly than whom!"

Liu Kui and Aslan shouted loudly, walked to the front of their respective battalions with their spears, and pointed their spears at the enemy troops who were rushing over.

The enemy continued to approach in great strides, and the strength of the first wave alone was twice that of the New Fifth Army. However, the two combat regiments of the New Fifth Army were not afraid, and under the leadership of the commanders, commanders, and company commanders in the ranks, they lined up in three dense horizontal columns, like blocking the embankment, blocking the rush of gunfire.

"Musketeers, single line arrangement, take three steps forward, stand beside the pikemen, raise their guns!" The commander of the New Fifth Army made Wu Liangmou take another deep breath, and there was a slight nervousness in his voice. It was the first time for him to fight all the way from Huai'an to this place, and when he encountered an enemy who dared to rush forward against artillery bombardment, he admired it, and there was also a faint pride in his heart, "This is the real elite, defeat them, and the Fifth Army will be able to run rampant in both Huai." Beat them"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" On the nearby side of Fu Youde's department, the grenadiers began to threaten, throwing nearly a hundred grenades at the top of the opponent's head. The spear phalanx of Zhu Liangzu's ancestral department of the Yuan army bloomed in all directions, and the thick smoke and blood mist soared upward. However, the delay from the landing of the grenade to the explosion caused the thousands of Meng Yuan soldiers who rushed to the front to escape safely, and they opened their throats and let out a crazy shout, and pounced on Fu Youde's general flag with red eyes.

"Kill!" Spear Marshal Xie Guoxi also opened his throat and shouted, with dozens of family members around him, taking the lead, and rushing towards Wu Liangmou's flag with all his might. That young descendant is the backbone of the two thousand Huai'an thieves in front of him. Looking at his body as a brave general, if he can take him down with a charge, the Huai'an thief in front of him will collapse without a fight

Twenty steps, fifteen steps, ten steps, seeing the distance between the two sides getting closer and closer, getting closer and closer, "Whew! Wu Liangmou on the opposite side struggled to spit out a white mist forward, and at the same time vigorously waved the dark red corner flag in his hand, "Fire!" ”

"Fire!" "Fire!" "Fire!" The commanders of the three musket battalions waved their command flags one after another, spreading Wu Liangmou's orders throughout the army.

"Phew!" "Phew!" "Phew!" "Phew!" "Phew!" "Phew!" "Phew!" "Phew!" The sound of musket shots like bursting beans rang out, and in less than ten paces, more than six hundred lead bullets were fired at the oncoming Meng Yuan soldiers.

The Mengyuan soldiers, who had already made preparations for the stabbing action, fell down a whole layer in an instant, like crops smashed by hailstones. Those who were lucky enough not to be hit by the lead bullet also stopped in a daze, looking at the billowing white smoke rising from the military formation opposite, the two trembled, and they were at a loss.

It's too terrifying, it's too vicious, that Huai'an thief soldier actually hides so many big guns in the team, and has been enduring until now! At such a close distance, it is difficult for a blind man to miss the target. Once hit by an arquebus, a large hole in the target's torso is drilled from front to back. He died on the spot and couldn't die anymore, and no god could save him!

"Musketeers fire freely!" Wu Liangmou's voice suddenly sounded in the military array in Huai'an, and between the lines, it was full of pride that could not be hidden. "Others, give me ten steps forward, push!"

"One regiment, one battalion, two battalions, ten steps forward, push!" Liu Kui, the leader of the first regiment, leveled the spear vigorously, shouted loudly, and took the lead to walk forward. It seems that the enemy army standing in front of them is a group of clay puppets and wooden terriers.

"Second Regiment, First Battalion, Second Battalion, follow me, ten steps forward, push!" Aslan was not willing to be left behind, and also shouted loudly, leading his soldiers to push forward. The enemy troops encountered along the way will either be stabbed with a single shot, or they will be kicked to the ground by grabbing their weapons and leaving them to fend for themselves.

Resistance was minimal, and the first wave of Meng Yuan soldiers who rushed to the Fifth Army with shells were two thousand men. But in an instant, more than 400 people were killed by a musket directly in the chest, and the rest were scattered. Seeing the officers and men of the New Fifth Army dressed like steel monsters one by one, lining up in a dense formation to counterattack him, he didn't know what to do at all. It wasn't until the steel knife was about to slash his body that he screamed and fled backwards with his head in his hands.

"Stand-set!" Liu Kui, the head of the regiment, slammed the spear in his hand to the ground and shouted loudly. Ten steps were over, and there was no more enemy standing in front of him. The first wave of Mengyuan soldiers who rushed up were either killed or fled, colliding with the second wave of Mengyuan soldiers who rushed up later, and huddled together in the center of the battlefield.

"Stand-set!" The second regiment commander, Aslan, also shouted, and stopped his team and Liu Kui's team shoulder to shoulder. On the opposite side, there were more enemy troops rushing up in the second wave, and a little farther away, it seemed that there was a third, fourth, and fifth wave. But he didn't have the slightest nervousness in his heart, and the whole person seemed calm and relaxed.

At this moment, in the pile of corpses three feet behind him, a figure suddenly jumped up. He still looks like a big official, wearing gold-plated plate armor all over, wielding a half-spear in his hand, crazy and crazy.

"Come, kill me!!" Luzhou volunteer soldier Xie Guoxi spat blood in a big gulp, and waved half of the spear vigorously. "Kill me! Which one will fight with me! Let the horses fight with me. Lao Tzu is the spear marshal Xie Guoxi, and those who dare to fight come to die! ”

All the Red Turban soldiers in the vicinity looked at him with pity, as if they were looking at a corpse. The plate armor on this person's body must have been bought from Huai'an at a great cost, and in order to increase the number of statues, Huang Lao Crooked and others also specially chiseled a lion on the chest of the plate armor, and the surface was gilded.

For such a set of plate armor, the market price is at least one hundred and twenty or thirty pieces. The Huai'an army's own generals were reluctant to wear it, and most of them were given to merchants for sale, and a small number were sent to the generals of their allies as gifts. And when it is transferred to Meng Yuan's side, the price will definitely rise by a few percent, and it is usually impossible to get it without two hundred copper coins.

Thanks to this set of plate armor on the market, which cost more than 200 yuan, Xie Guoxi was not directly hit by the bullets fired from the musket. However, the projectile, along with the collapsed armor, crushed his sternum and internal organs. Even if he dances the broken spear happily now, he won't be able to survive tonight.

Sure enough, in the compassionate eyes of everyone, Xie Guoxi jumped up violently and shouted, "Kill!" ”。 Immediately, like a porked pig urine bag, he paused and died.

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