Chapter 13: The First Face-to-Face Rush
The charging pro-soldiers did not reduce the speed of their horses, and the pro-soldiers and horses were all heavily armoured, and there was no problem in ramming the thieves' formation, and the momentum of a dozen horses running up would frighten the thieves, and maybe the thieves would turn around and flee.
The speed of the horse has reached the limit, and it is about to rush into the circle formation of the thieves, at this time there is the sound of horses' hooves from the side of the thief formation, the thieves also have cavalry, and then they see more than a dozen horsemen rushing out of the thief formation, then they remembered to attack with cavalry, the horse has not completely run, and it is equivalent to death when rushing to kill, and the soldiers are not afraid, waiting for them to come and intercept. But these cavalrymen did not seem to have the courage to fight, and they clinged to the edge of the formation and then avoided the pro-soldiers, trying to run past the ranks of the pro-soldiers. They kept the horse thieves in the same way, and instead of forming a horizontal line to hedge with the soldiers, they formed a line, and ran past the right side of the line of the soldiers, which looked more like an escape. The soldiers could only control the speed of their horses and guard carefully, ready to adjust and then charge and kill them. When the two teams staggered, the short muskets in the hands of the cavalry of the security team rang out, and each person had two muskets, and in an instant more than 20 explosions rang out, and more than 20 lead bullets flew by, and immediately seven or eight of his own soldiers fell off their horses, some of them were hit, and some of them were thrown off by the wounded startled horses. The thief infantry took advantage of the momentum and rushed up, and the spears pierced, and those who fell off their horses were not physical. The rest of the soldiers had no choice but to flee back to their own camp. There were no seven or eight pro-soldiers all of a sudden, and Wu Baihu was heartbroken. Urgently order to strictly guard the formation to prevent the thieves from coming up with any tricks. Li Yi and the other cavalry turned back to the line, loaded their muskets and waited for the next attack.
Wu Baihu immediately ordered the pikes to guard against the cavalry of the thief army, and the archers stepped forward to shoot the thief. At this time, more than 100 thieves suddenly came out of the official army, and the thieves pushed ten carts in front, and the door panels on the cars were erected to make shield carts, and the thieves holding spears behind them lined up in three rows and moved quickly towards the officers and soldiers, and it was Zhang Chu who led the troops.
Wu Baihu immediately ordered the archers to enter the formation and turn to guard against the thief army behind, but at this time, the cavalry of the thief army turned back, and the pikemen and sword and shield men immediately approached each other to guard against the cavalry's charge, but the thief cavalry did not charge directly into the formation but just swept past the side of the formation, and the musket in his hand ran away after firing lead bullets into the formation. The infantry in a dense formation became the best target, and the shields could not block the lead bullets at all, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers were immediately wounded. And the thief cavalry was in the whole team, and it seemed that they were preparing to come again, and Wu Baihu could only transfer some of the archers to guard against the cavalry.
Zhang Chu did not ride a horse, and walked in the first row of the pikemen with a spear in his hand like ordinary soldiers. The only privilege is that Zhang Chu wears a set of cotton armor. He Jin, who was beside Zhang Chu, kept shouting: "Forward!" Advance! "Commanding the team.
The shield car blocked the direct shot of the bow and arrow, the archer could only throw, the dense bow and arrow flew into the sky, and then accelerated downward towards Zhang Chu and the others in the advance, more than a hundred spears of the security team shook up, hoping to remove the feather arrows, and people kept falling down from the arrows, and the people behind did not hesitate to step over the injured people to fill the gap.
Wu Baihu saw that the thief army was approaching, and immediately ordered the officers and soldiers to step forward to meet the attack, the two armies collided together, shouting and killing were everywhere, the shield car was overturned to the ground, and the two sides fought face to face, which was completely compared to the level of training and courage.
Zhang Chu did not flinch at all in the formation, shouting loudly to keep the team in order, and the spear in his hand continued to pierce, no matter what kind of enemy was in front of him.
Zhang Chu's cotton armor still attracted the attention of the officials and soldiers, and it was determined that this must be the leader of the thieves, and a general banner with a sword and shield with four or five officers and soldiers rushed towards Zhang Chu. Zhang Chu did not hesitate to stab out the spear in his hand, the general flag with the shield in his hand blocked, the steel knife in his hand cut straight at Zhang Chu, Zhang Chu did not dodge, still maintained the position in the queue, withdrew the spear in his hand, when the knife of the general flag was about to cut Zhang Chu, a spear stabbed out from behind Zhang Chu went straight to the door of the general flag, the general flag was frightened and could only draw the knife to retreat to dodge, and at this time Zhang Chu's spear stabbed again, and it was firmly rooted in the stomach of the general flag. Zhang Chu and the others did not stop, trying their best to maintain the formation and constantly moving forward, and someone in front fell and immediately made up for it in the rear. People on both sides kept falling, constantly wielding knives and guns to harvest lives, and the soldiers acted completely on the instinct cultivated in training, and the blood stained the soldiers' armor red, and the two sides competed with the will to fight.
The sound of Li Yi's cavalry's hooves sounded like a shower, and instantly attacked in front of the official army's formation, fifteen war knives tore a gap in the official army's formation, and the foot soldiers who followed behind swarmed and struck through the gap, disrupting the formation of the official army, and the official army finally collapsed, and the officers and soldiers who had lost their fighting spirit scattered and fled for their lives. The battle turned into a one-sided chase. "Kneel and don't kill!" The remaining officers and soldiers became prisoners, including Wu Baihu.
Zhang Chu urgently ordered people to treat the wounded, clean up the battlefield, and put them on strict guard to prevent accidents.
Wu Baihu was brought in front of Zhang Chu, and the battle just now had already frightened him. Now when he saw the leader of the thieves alone, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Zhang Chu stood with a gun, and the blood on the cotton armor and the cut that was cut at some point only increased his majesty.
However, Zhang Chu did not despise Wu Baihu when he saw that he was afraid of death, and the soldiers in the guard station were trained to this extent. There are not many troops in the entire Ming Dynasty that really have the will to fight. This Wu Baihu is still somewhat useful, but after he is completely tamed. Thinking of this, Zhang Chu shouted: "Do you want to die or want to live." ”
"I want to live, I want to live." Wu Baihu pleaded while kowtowing.
"What's the use of keeping you for me, it's better to kill me with a knife." Zhang Chu threatened.
"I'm useful, I'm useful!" Wu Baihu's head was already bleeding from the ground.
"Escort them down and lock them up, and use them to sacrifice the flag when they attack the county seat." Zhang Chu ordered.
Wu Baihu cried and begged and was still taken down.
He Jin came to report the results of the battle, and most of the more than 150 officers and soldiers who left the city were annihilated, of which more than 80 were killed and more than 60 were captured. Due to the presence of cavalry, several did not escape. Even the remaining 100 families did not escape, many weapons and armor were captured, and dozens of bows and arrows were also captured, and the security team finally had a usable long-range weapon.
More than 30 people were killed and more than 40 were injured in the security team.
The battle of cold weapons is really cruel, a victory also caused more than half of the casualties of his side, looking at his own dead and wounded soldiers Zhang Chu heartache, we must find a way to improve the weapon, make more use of firearms, can not always use human life to fight.
Looking at the direction of the county seat, Zhang Chu thought indignantly in his heart: It's time to face this Mazhi County in Mazi Prefecture.