Chapter 574: Attacked
It's the prairie again, the same scenery, white and green, except for the absence of linear brown. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info However, it's probably coming soon. A group of soldiers, diligently paving the road, with men in front, driving several large horses, each dragging wheels several feet wide, made deep marks on the land.
Later, people used sawdust, rice stalks, reeds and other materials to pave the road that was relatively smooth. In this way, the carriage was less likely to sink into the mud, and they worked very hard with their heads down, and at the end was a carriage with a high platform erected on it.
A soldier was looking intently at it, holding a telescope and looking in all directions. After a while, probably tired, he had to put it down a little, move his body, and look at the hourglass that was used to keep time. The hourglass is not yet revealed, and he can change shifts after the leak.
"Stinky boy, don't be lazy, if you are attacked, you are the only one who asks." "Got it, team, I'm just going to take a break." Looking at this kind of work, it seems easy, but it is actually boring.
When he first came, he was still very excited, and now he has long been numb, no matter which direction he looks, it is a plain, and it is remarkable that it is a little hilly and undulating. Not even a tree.
In fact, it is probably these undulating places that should be noted, there are no high mountains on the grassland, only this kind of little hills, which can play a role in sheltering people and horses and fighting ambushes. However, I am not afraid of 10,000, but I am afraid of what happens, I still can't be careless, and I must always pay attention.
But it's easy to get burnout, and it looks like it's the same scenery, and those steppe barbarians don't mean that they will appear all the time. If that's the case, then it's okay, it's always a little bit of anticipation, but it's hard to endure without it.
So it's time to change shifts, this kind of thing can't be a little sloppy, although there are light riders on the periphery to take care of, but the tigers always have a nap, plus this is their territory, familiar with the terrain and come and go like the wind, so they must also cheer up.
The soldier on the high platform, resting a little, began to look again, he hoped for two things now, one was that the time was up, and he would rather go down to work than come up. Otherwise, it's those light riders, and there are fish that slip through the net for him to catch.
"Sanqing Dao Venerable, Lao Tzu Ancestor, you are my Lao Tzu, come and do something." , the soldier is looking at the side while breaking his thoughts and relieving his loneliness. It was probably Lao Tzu in the Three Qings who heard his prayer, and black dots appeared on the horizon in the distance.
He looked carefully, the black dot gradually widened, looked at the horse, looked at the uniform armor and messy clothing, he determined the identity of the comer, hurriedly sounded the alarm bell, and in a moment the brigade of fifty people moved.
"Boy, you can see clearly, and then treat your own people as barbarians, I will not do anything to you, beware of those breezy brethren and cut you down as a barbarian."
The soldiers were busy and orderly, they formed a circle around the carts, and then arranged all the horses in the middle, and except for those who took care of the horses, everyone got into the carriages and covered their bodies with high baffles. Then help each other to put on their armor.
Then, he began to prepare the gunpowder, pouring it from the small pot at his waist. Then fill the bullet, process
Rigorous, but meticulous. During the operation, the team was still in the mood to watch the soldiers, and then while noticing the movements of others, they reloaded their muskets. He didn't even look at the musket, it was clear that he had already made this action deep into the bone marrow, and he didn't need eye assistance at all.
The hands are busy, and the mouth is not idle, although it is a joke, but this incident really happened, and the lookouts mistakenly took their own light cavalry for the attacking barbarians, and sounded the alarm bell. Although it is just a waste of work, it is impossible to cause accidental injuries because of this, but no one will be happy if it is so busy. The lookout's skin is probably taut.
"Northwest, let's ride about..." Ignoring his team's jokes, the soldier stared in the direction of the enemy, "Three hundred. Note that there are enemies in both the northeast and northwest, totaling about three hundred.
"Three hundred, this is a great achievement." The number of attackers was several times that of them, but the team was not nervous at all, and they were still at ease, saying, "We have great merit, and some people will be in trouble." He was right, although they were at the forefront, paving the way for the follow-up soldiers to camp and move on, and the forward soldiers who continued to move forward could also engage the enemy.
Theoretically, however, this kind of defense should be carried out by the hussars who served as the protector, and now that they have slipped through the net, someone has fallen into the frieze.
Soon, the enemy approached, they stopped their horses in the distance and did not attack immediately. Probably seeing that the group of people was already prepared, or recuperating from horsepower, they stopped. This group of people are very messy, and they wear everything, some wear leather robes, some wear thick cotton jackets made in the Tang Dynasty, and some wear traditional fur furs.
In his hands he also held all kinds of weapons, including long clubs, broadswords, maces, and muskets. Of course, it is not the musket of the Tang Dynasty, the musket Li Chen is strictly managed, and there is no outflow for the time being, which is made by the herdsmen themselves in accordance with the style of the Datang musket.
It is not a problem to build a musket, the key is gunpowder, a musket without gunpowder is not better than a long stick, and it is not difficult in this regard, because Li Chen opened up the use of gunpowder by the people.
After the fireworks officially appeared in Datang, Li Chen let this go. Since the people have it, the control is unlikely to be too strict, although Li Chen has also set strict regulations, but the people, you can't expect anything too much.
It's just that the power of their muskets can't be compared to the Tang Dynasty, first of all, the Tang military gunpowder, but the refining is refining, and the people can't do it. Secondly, the gunpowder formula given by the Royal Academy is not at all that standard ratio.
It's all the Royal Research Institute, and the researchers themselves messed around, similar to the gunpowder of the Song Dynasty, and they stuffed a lot of things into it. Not to mention the power of this gunpowder.
Unqualified rotten gunpowder, coupled with shoddy, poor material, and poorly crafted muskets, this kind of muskets, except for their loud sound and ability to scare people, are useless at all.
The only thing I look at in comparison is their armor, all of which are Datang export armor, more than 300 people, each of whom is wearing. It's almost the military uniform of these nomads.
"What are these barbarians doing, why don't you hurry up, my guns are hungry and thirsty." "Which gun, I'm going to stay away from you, I don't know you're interested in this kind of brute. Maybe one day you'll fall in love with my delicate skin and tender flesh.'" "Go, you're still fine-skinned and tender, so I'm going to stay away from you."
The attacking enemy did not move, as if they were discussing, as if there was a dispute within them, but the Tang army was very boring, they were all joking with each other, no matter what era, which country's army, the masculine army, there was always no shortage of meat jokes.
"Why don't you hurry up and delay the time?" , the team is also quite boring, although it is good to have credit to fish, but they still have tasks to complete. These 300 or so people actually have a little credit.
Datang's current military merit calculation method has changed slightly, in addition to the previous first-level merit, there is also a degree of completion. Soldiers count heads, and officers look at the degree of task completion. If the enemy kills a lot, but the task that should be done is not completed, points will be deducted.
Although there will be some flexibility in it, and you can adjust it according to the situation you encounter, but if you fail to complete the mission, no matter how many enemies you kill, the credit will be reduced.
Eventually, the enemy attacked, and the team breathed a sigh of relief, and one of the two centaurs moved first, and the other side also rode their horses at the same time and launched an attack.
"Launch." After a visual inspection of the distance, about the same time, the team shouted, when the first shot was fired, and then almost at the same time, the others also fired, after firing a shot, without looking at the result, quickly loaded the ammunition, continued to aim, fired.
The attackers, ignoring the dead and wounded, continued to charge, and in vain some raised their bows and arrows to return fire, but...
An arrow was fired, and he smiled in relief, then fell, being shot multiple times, and fell from his horse. Before he died, he still maintained this smile, as if the arrow could help him avenge him. Kill a Tang army. But all this was in vain, the arrow could not be shot in front of the Tang army at all, and it could not even scratch a little bit of the Tang army's skin.
The charge continued, and the musket fire continued, and these herdsmen plucked up their courage and kept charging, enduring the fall of their comrades one by one, and when it was their turn to fall, the people behind continued to charge. Finally, they charged to the range of the poor horned bow in their hands.
Finally fighting for the dead and wounded, they reached the range, of course they had to shoot arrows, but... All the same, in vain. Ten black balls, carrying sparks, flew over their heads, causing a loud bang, and the people and horses in the range fell down.
The man is blown down, and the horse is frightened. In the era of thermal weapons, horses must be trained in this area, otherwise the horse will not be able to stand such a loud noise. Datang's military horses are all strictly trained and have long been accustomed to this kind of sound.
But these nomads, even if they got a lot of gunpowder, were not willing to spend a lot of money to train war horses to adapt to this kind of weapon.
So after ten loud noises, the horse that couldn't bear it anymore and finally accompanied the owner to charge to the present day couldn't stand it. Those who are not dead can still run, and they all turn around and run, so that the attackers lose the last bit of thought to continue attacking, and they have exposed their vests.
In other words, I had to expose my vest and let the Tang sergeant practice shooting. The opportunity was rare, and it was still a moving target, and the soldiers began to compete and compete.
"Hurry, hurry, clean up the battlefield, today's work is not done yet." , the last sporadic dozens of horsemen fled, and the attackers were all lying down. The team is shouting loudly, telling the soldiers to hurry up and clean up the battlefield, and there are still many sections left to be paved today. There's no time to delay.
"Team, look at this." "Go, so many tricks, it's not lying down." The soldiers jumped out of the carriage and began to clean the battlefield, and one of the soldiers found something, took off the enemy's armor, and rushed over to find the team.
It turned out that these attacking nomads still used their experience, everyone in addition to the outermost, Datang export plate armor, also wore several layers inside, under the thick clothes, there was also leather armor, they made their own leather armor, and some people even wore two layers of plate armor, not a layer like the surface.
However, it was useless, and he still lay on the ground. The team didn't even feel anything, thinking that it would be like that when the fight started.
It's no wonder that Datang has fully realized the Mini bomb. The Type 4 rifle was hit before, and it was almost a Mini bullet, just one bullet short. Li Chen has no way to achieve it for the time being, this kind of bullet has to be mass-produced, and it can only be produced in small quantities, exclusively for snipers.
It's just that, after so many years, this problem has long been overcome, and the Mini bullet has finally come out. Li Chen produced this bullet and outsourced it. Some carpenters who bought the Royal Research Institute and researched that they could easily produce a lot of cork stoppers with machine tools that produced cork stoppers, so that the problem of Mini's playing was solved.
Compared with traditional conical warheads, vertebraic Demini bullets not only have a longer range, stronger penetration, but also more accuracy, even if they wear two layers of armor, it is still true.
However, wearing multiple layers of armor has a little effect. The team is loudly reminding you to beware of someone cheating to death, and before packing up the loot, be careful with a bucket to ensure that you die.
After cleaning the booty and not untying the convoy that formed a circle, they began to eat lunch, and already the soldiers had already made a fire and began to prepare lunch. Lunch is simple, everyone pulls out their own bag of dry food, pours out the powder, and starts to eat lunch with hot water.
Dry food bags are a must-have for every soldier. One bag of dry food can supply a soldier with 15 days' rations. It's easy to restock.
It contains powder, which is the traditional dry food and ground after drying, and the dried meat to grind, the two are mixed, which is simple, calorical, and fast to eat.
Minced meat is a traditional nomadic technique, and they will dry the meat and grind it to the flour so that it can be preserved for a long time. When you want to eat, you can eat dry, or you can eat it with water, and you can eat it with water, and you will feel full enough.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty ate hot water, which was already very particular. Paired with some pickled vegetables and salted fish, this meal is actually quite hearty.
However, there was something special about lunch today, and the soldier in charge of cooking shouted, "Save your stomach, it's a little special today." Then, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he turned off the fire and dug up what was buried inside.
"It's hot, be careful." Inside, there are round things, which have been baked black by the charcoal fire, and the cooking has to be carefully peeled off the charred skin. The golden inside is revealed, and the fragrance is tangy.
"What is this?" They took it, peeled it off, and began to taste it, "This is a potato." "This is a good thing from the New World." I've heard that the production is very high.'"
Potatoes have officially entered the list of Datang farming, and after several years of promotion, the output has been a lot, but many people have only heard of its name, and have never seen it, and it tastes very fresh.
They were fresh, but Li Chen was angry about this, "Take him out for me and throw him into the water to sober up." , Li Chen shouted angrily at an official holding potatoes and admonishing him.