Chapter 209 Stalemate (I)

"The prince has an order, and the two generals Zhu and Liao will reorganize the team and rush again as before!" The royal soldiers on fast horses galloped over, raising the arrows in their hands as they ran.

"What did you say?" Zhu Liangzu was furious, and the green tendons on his forehead were rising. Although the battle just now only lasted a few breaths, it broke off his old friend Lance Marshal Xie Guoxi and nearly half of his "volunteers". The 5,000 "Luzhou volunteers" led by him also suffered at least 700 casualties. Again, I don't know how many brothers will have to hate the battlefield.

Moreover, if you don't make any changes, you may not be able to achieve much results by rushing up with shells as before. The Red Turban Thieves stood in a dense line. If your side is scattered and pushed forward, you are destined to suffer a big loss when you are in close combat. And once you stand in a dense formation, the nasty cannonballs will come in a string. It doesn't take a few clicks to tear the team apart.

"The prince has an order, and the two generals Zhu and Liao reorganize the team and rush again. Create a zào fighter for the Tanma Red Army!" The royal soldiers in charge of the order also frowned quickly, held the arrow high, and repeated it again.

"The last general will take the order!" Liao Daheng gently pushed Zhu Liangzu, and then rushed forward to take the arrow, "Please rest assured, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of you, the two of us will never dare to live up to the prince's kindness!" ”

"Hmm!" The soldiers nodded with satisfaction, "The two generals also rest assured, the prince said." This time, he will make the Tanma Red Army go faster. Please hold on, and don't retreat as quickly as you did before!"

With that, he shook the reins and walked away.

"You damn it" Zhu Liangzu was so angry that his eyes were on fire, and he picked up a spear, and wanted to throw it at the heart of the royal soldiers. Liao Daheng, who was old and serious, grabbed him and shouted in a low voice: "Don't mess around, military orders are like mountains, and right and wrong must be implemented." I will make the way for you, and you will lead your brethren behind slowly. The formation first dispersed and leaned forward, until it reached twenty steps, and then tried to close to the side! ”

"No, no matter how good you and I are, we can't stop that damn firecracker!" Zhu Liangzu was stunned and shook his head vigorously.

"It doesn't have to be that unlucky! Besides, the prince treats the three of us well, isn't it just for this moment? Liao Tycoon slowly let go of him and said with a smile.

It is the so-called cannibalism, the matter of loyalty. Although there were many problems unique to the Mongolian aristocracy, such as arrogance and moodiness, the king of Xuanrang Timur Buhua treated them quite well. Not only did they try their best to be equal to the other generals in terms of positions and rewards, but when they interacted with each other, they rarely cared about the difference between the Mongols and the Han Chinese!

In other words, Liao Daheng, Zhu Liangzu and others can have today's status, completely relying on the trust and promotion of Timur, the king of loyalty. If they are greedy for life and fear of death and refuse to rush forward at the critical moment, they will not only face severe punishment by military law, but also spread the word later, and the world will mercilessly laugh at their ingratitude, so that they can no longer raise their heads in front of everyone.

"Whew!" A solid projectile whistled in the wind and landed in a clearing not far from the two of them, smashing into a huge dirt pit.

"Whew!" Zhu Liangzu instinctively jumped a few steps into the distance, and then scolded. "What the hell, there's a kind of face-to-face heads-up!"

After scolding, he gritted his teeth again and said to Liao Daheng: "Wait a while, Lao Tzu won't follow you!" Lao Tzu is in front, you are behind, the two of us work together to fight the Xuzhou army. On the Huai'an army's side, you can just send some people to shake a shot. It's so hot over there that it's hard to gnaw. Although there is a Fu Youde on the Xuzhou side, there are far less firecrackers than on the Huai'an side. The two of us can break through here, and it's the same! ”

"Okay, then our brothers will join forces to attack again!" Liao Daheng arched his hand without hesitation and responded loudly. Then quickly return to your team and readjust your deployment. "Daren, Dayi, the two of you each lead a thousand-strong team and make a feint in the direction of the Xuzhou army. Remember to spread the people out of the way for me, step by step. The other three thousand-strong teams also scattered the men and horses for me and followed behind the Luzhou army. ”

"Yes!" The generals agreed in a dumb voice, forcibly suppressed the panic in their hearts, and went to carry out the order.

"Straighten my waist for me!" Seeing that everyone's morale was still low, Liao Daheng opened his throat and shouted at the backs of the generals, "It's just more than 20 projectiles at a time, as long as everyone disperses, they may not be able to hit people." What if it hits? It's nothing more than a death, it's better than a nest for a lifetime! ”

"Spread out, spread out, spread out. The head is off, but it's a big scar at the mouth of the bowl! Twenty years later, we are a group of heroes again! Zhu Liangzu also shouted loudly, running back and forth in his own team. Use the whole body solution to boost morale.

Among the "righteous and brave", most of them are clansmen and tenants of the two of them, and they are usually in the same spirit. At this moment, seeing that the two big owners are going to risk their lives to attack another round, how can there be any reason to push back and hinder? They also cheered up, opened the gap between each other, and trotted forward.

"Whew!" "Whew!" "Whew!" The black projectiles continued to fall in the air, splashing clouds of red blood from time to time. But it doesn't seem to be as terrible as before, and all the unlucky ghosts who happen to be hit by the projectile are basically angry on the spot, and it is difficult to scream to disturb the minds of others. And even if there is a ricochet, because the formation is too dense, it is difficult to cause large-scale damage to the team.

Now that the casualties caused by each round of shelling on their side are in single digits, the morale of the two "volunteers" has suddenly risen by a long margin. The man with the spear and the sword and shield began to pay attention to finding the nearest centurion and trying to keep up with the latter. Those with horned bows and crossbows stealthily hook the armor-piercing cones on the bowstring as they march, ready to deliver a fatal blow to their opponents at critical moments.

"Whew!" "Whew!" "Whew!" Rows of shells continued to smash into the air, but they blocked the progress of the "volunteers".

According to the current establishment of the Huai'an Army, each artillery regiment has 90 four-pound guns. Although it sounds like a huge number, neither the lethality nor the accuracy can be compared with the artillery of later generations. The lethality of aiming at the dense targets formed in the array is still considerable, aiming at a single moving target is simply a waste of ammunition, almost every thirty shells are smashed, and the gains are in single digits, far less than the previous blow to the Yuan army.

"Stop shooting, stop shooting! Raise the muzzle and finger three fingers, ready to fight another wave that will follow! Huang Lao Er quickly realized that the shelling was not effective, and decisively adjusted his tactics. He ordered his two artillery regiments to abandon the ravages of the "volunteers" and aim at the Tanma Red Army a little farther away, which was advancing in formation.

"Stop shooting, stop shooting, raise the muzzle three fingers, and aim at the big lump behind!" The gunners crouched down one after another, repeating the orders that had been passed down to them, while helping their brothers to clean the chambers and adjust the muzzles.

The six loaders immediately ran forward, pulling the ropes from their bodies and raising the muzzles of their guns. The first and second gunners quickly picked up the prepared pads and quickly stuffed them into the gap between the gun body and the sandbag barrier, so that the gun reached a defined inclination. The third gunner picked up a wet mop, stuffed it into the chamber of the gun, and dragged it repeatedly to clean up the residue of gunpowder and keep the inner wall of the chamber tidy.

"Whew!" The water left over from the cleaning of the barrel of the cannon was quickly turned into steam by the hot cannon wall, which came out of the muzzle of the cannon, and smoked people's tears and snot together.

The artillerymen of the Huai'an Army did not bother to wipe their eyes, quickly opened the ammunition box, and stuffed the gunpowder wrapped in silk into the chamber. Then he took the pestle and pounded it vigorously, and then stuffed a cork about the thickness of the breech into it, pounded it tightly, and finally quickly filled it with the projectile.

When they finished this qiē, Huang Lao Er finally judged the vital position of the enemy army. Jumped on a hand-piled sandbag and shouted at the top of his voice, "One hundred paces, each battalion shoots in turn." Put! ”

"Boom!" More than 30 bronze cannons spewed out thick smoke, and the power provided by the gunpowder deflagration pushed the four-kilogram solid projectile into the air. After a distance of more than a hundred paces, they all rushed into the ranks of the Tanma Red Army.

The Luzhou Tanma Red Army, who had originally made up his mind to let the "volunteers" block the shells for him, did not expect that the opponent would see through his wishful thinking so quickly and was caught off guard. In the dense ranks, several huge wounds immediately appeared, and near each wound, there were corpse pillows.

"Oops!" Zhu Liangzu shrank his neck in fright, and then opened his throat and shouted loudly. "Brothers, follow me! The fire can't hit the near place! ”

"Kill——!" More than 3,000 Luzhou volunteers under his command opened their throats, shouted hoarsely, and at the same time quickened their pace, and quickly rushed towards Fu Youde's recognition flag, vowing to divide up and down with the other party.

Zhu Liangzu's own left foot "accidentally" tripped over a corpse in the process of rushing forward, and thanks to the support of his own soldiers, he barely fell into a pool of blood. However, his figure, from the front of the line, quickly disappeared behind the crowd, and could not be seen by the enemy.

"Whew!" In the second row of the military formation opposite, Lian Laohei, who was aiming at Zhu Liangzu's chest, spat at disdainfully, and quickly pointed his gun at a new target. "Fire, free fire!!"

"Phew!" "Phew!" "Phew!" "Phew!" "Phew!" "Phew!" More than 140 large guns6 spewed out fiery snakes, knocking the oncoming "volunteers" to the ground. However, the reloading of the gun is too slow, and the accuracy of the moving target is also somewhat unsatisfactory. The "volunteers" who were not hit were only slightly stunned, and then stepped over the corpses of their companions without hesitation.

"Keep up, guys. The firebolt is slow to reload, so you can't play the second round!! Zhu Liangzu's figure quickly reappeared in the center of his team, and his face looked particularly hideous.

Note 1: In the Ming Dynasty, the number of artillery and equipment of the Central Plains army were quite large-scale. Taking the Qi family army as an example, one of his chariot battalions of about 3,000 people is actually equipped with more than 250 artillery pieces, no wonder it can fight all over the neighborhood.

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