Section 199 The whole army charges
One hundred steps!
Yang Chao took a hundred steps.
Yang Chao couldn't remember how many captives his team had killed when they charged forward, but there were more than a dozen anyway.
In the face of the attack, some captives chose to stay and resist, some tried to slip away from the front of the formation, some planned to make a detour to the sides, and some chose to retreat directly.
But the scene was too chaotic, and those who stayed in front of the military formation to resist were obviously too self-conscious, and there was only one result, they were stabbed off their horses and killed, of course, they had the opportunity to cause harm to Yang Chao's people, but Yang Chao's subordinates were wearing iron armor, especially these personal soldiers as long as their backs moved, they would also wear a layer of leather armor or cotton armor under the iron armor, Yang Chao had armor, and these personal soldiers were the most stupid guys in the army, their brains were not small, and their strength was great, and in the end, except for Yang Chao and Zhao Kang, they were all wearing double thick armor.
In the face of such a terrifying defense, even if the opponent uses heavy arrows, it may not be able to penetrate it, unless it hits the vital point before it can cause direct casualties.
If he couldn't hit the point, the arrow was mostly inserted in the armor, and Yang Chao's personal soldiers didn't even pay attention to it, and directly killed the captives who shot the arrows, and then stepped over his corpse and continued to advance.
It was not easy for the captives to detour to the sides or to the rear, the scene was so chaotic that some of them wanted to go to the left, some wanted to the right, some wanted to go backwards, and some were moving forward, but they did not turn around at all, but they were blocked in place, and then they were also assassinated.
Only a few lucky people slipped away, and Yang Chao's army did not chase them, and the army formation was like a giant ship in the waves, pushing the waves to both sides, still rolling forward.
But Yang Chao's assault also caused a result, they lined up in a wall formation. It was indeed like a wave, beating the captives back, but it also indirectly helped the captives. Let the captives all gather together unintentionally, and slowly restore the formation.
So after a hundred steps. Yang Chao found that he encountered more captives, the pressure increased, and the resistance was more intense.
However, the hasty recovery of the formation, and the formation that was passively squeezed together by Yang Chao's army formation, was not a big threat to Yang Chao, and Yang Chao even thought that these captives and cavalry who were about to be squeezed into a line by themselves were not as threatening to themselves when they were scattered just now. Because after huddled together, if you want to stretch your bow and arrow, you may be blocked by your companion in front of you, or you will be worried by your companion next to you.
Therefore, for a while, there were fewer captives shooting arrows, and the distance between the two sides was already very close, and the situation of short-handed encounters became more and more, and in the face of heavy infantry groups wearing heavy armor or even double armor, the light cavalry without speed was really not an opponent, and it seemed weak.
Therefore, although Yang Chao's assault speed was slower, the killing speed was faster, but what made Yang Chao depressed. He hadn't killed a captive soldier with his own hands, and just now there was obviously a captive wandering in front of him, but Zhang Dian and Li Liang on both sides of him rushed out at the same time. directly stabbed the captive to death, and once the three captives in a panic collided together, but Zhao Kang rushed out with a few people and killed the three captives at the same time.
Yang Chao knew very well that his own soldiers were protecting themselves, especially Zhang Dian and Li Liang, who were transfused by themselves, simply regarded their lives as more important than themselves.
At this time, there was no time to be depressed, and the pro-soldiers rolled forward. As a sharp knife, it is constantly moving forward.
Behind Yang Chao, Song Kun and many men also followed. And they were separated on both sides of Yang Chao's personal army, ten steps behind them. The flag teams of Lu Mo, Sun Changfu and Zheng Yongwang also followed closely, although they were not in a straight line, but they were spread out evenly, and the projection of the striking surface was absolutely not overlapping.
The pro-soldier team and the five flag teams, a total of 180 infantry collectively charged, like a tidal wave layer by layer.
At this time, on the city wall, Haizhou Zhizhou was hiding in the yamen, and he also sent someone to investigate, and he wanted to know what was going on with the cannon sound he heard.
As a result, the master hid on the city wall and quietly showed his head, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw such a scene.
After staying for a while, the master trembled, ran down the city wall, and quickly ran to the yamen to reply.
The other soldiers in Haizhou City were dumbfounded, and the Ming army under the city killed the captives like dogs.
They saw a total of six walls, the first of which was in front, and the captives either fell backwards or to the sides, like a stone thrown into the water, squeezing the water to the sides.
Immediately behind this first wall were two walls on both sides, the same thirty or so men, all of whom were wearing iron armor and flat-ended spears, and strangled the captives who had just been pushed to the sides again, and after these two walls were crushed, the captives could only rout further outward.
However, behind these two walls, there were still three other identical walls that crushed them, and the captives had no choice but to flee again, only to be squeezed under the walls and by the river.
Compared with these captives who dodged six walls in a row and three waves of overturning, the number of captives who died in front was more, and they couldn't escape, either they were trapped and fighting, fighting with the Ming army, or they fled back in panic but did not escape, anyway, after the five walls were swept, there was a dead body left on the ground.
The soldiers and civilians in the city were all excited.
Compared with the soldiers and civilians in the city who were just excited, the soldiers and civilians here in the warehouse felt very relieved.
Old man Bian lay in front of the low wall, his hand tightly grasping the salt bags that piled up the low wall.
"Hit, kill these brutes!"
Old man Bian grabbed the salt bag hard, and his arms were trembling when he was too hard.
The guy next to him stared ahead without blinking, and he thought he was one of those charging crowds.
Suddenly, Jia Ding felt a pain in his body, and the wound collapsed, and he was wrapped in a lot of gauze at this time, and the three arrow wounds in the front and back were not yet healed.
Otherwise, I am afraid that the family will not be able to resist rushing out.
In addition to Old Man Bian, behind the low wall and even on the roof, many people gathered at this time, and they all stared at each other, just like Old Man Bian, cheering for Yang Chao's army, hoping that Yang Chao would kill all these captives.
Each of them had brothers and sisters, parents, wives and children, relatives and friends who died at the hands of the captives, and they were driven here by the captives from nearby villages and towns, and those who walked slowly on the road would be killed with a knife, and at that time they did not even dare to disobey the captives in the slightest because of fear. But now, they are hiding behind a low wall, and the hatred in their hearts sprouts and grows like grass seeds in spring. Their hearts were so uncomfortable that they couldn't even go up and kill themselves.
The low wall on the south side was only the people. All the bird soldiers and archers were transferred to the low wall in the north, and these ranged troops needed to resist the attack of the captives in the north under the protection of the low wall.
Fortunately, the captives in the north did not know the situation in the south, so they did not attack desperately, and after attacking a few times, they retreated. For a moment, the north side was quiet.
Only the artillery was still roaring, and the five general guns and the four Qianjin Franc machines were all aimed at the military camp in the north and kept shelling, and the captives in the north, who did not have much strong will, evaded the firing range of the cannons, scattered on both sides, and regrouped two hundred paces away, ready to launch a new attack.
Fierce fighting is raging in the south.
Yang Chao, many men, Song Kun, Lu Mo, Sun Changfu and Zheng Yongwang are assaulting forward.
Wang Pu was still fighting with the last of the captives' resistance to the small elite force.
Wang Pu's men were constantly killed, and the captives were not having a good time. After the hand-to-hand combat, the bow and arrow of the captives lost their power, and the short sword did not take advantage. There were also constant captives who were assassinated by Wang Pu's spearmen.
In terms of the number of captives, Wang Pu has a hundred people, and the other party only has about 20, at least a ratio of four to one, and gradually the captives are killing fewer and fewer.
Yang Chao had already run forty steps, and the captives in front of him did not dare to approach, so they either fled to the sides or ran backwards.
Occasionally, there is an archery that returns to the horse, but it may not cause any damage.
But it wasn't a soldier who was shot to the ground.
But the horizontal push of the wall array did not stop for a moment.
Fifty steps.
Wang Pu was sixty paces away. There is only a distance of ten steps to be able to meet Wang Pu.
Yang Chao had clearly seen the battle between Wang Pu and the captives.
Wang Pu of the inner circle surrounded the captives. Constant assassinations.
But in the outer circle, some of the captives who were scattered and fled back by Yang Chao. Unexpectedly, they also gathered together and surrounded Wang Pu in a circle, forming a strange concentric circle.
Moreover, the captives on the periphery were obviously very anxious, riding horses and trying to rush the defensive wall array arranged by Wang Pu, although there were many casualties, but the casualties caused to Wang Pu's team were also very heavy.
The worst thing is that there are many captives with extremely accurate archery, sitting on horses, calmly shooting arrows, and every arrow can hit the front door, which is the biggest threat to Wang Pu's team.
Outside these captives, there were some other captives running around, but these captives were also restoring order under the shouts of the officers, converging towards Wang Pu, and constantly joining the outer layer of concentric circles.
It was really a chaotic battle, Wang Pu surrounded the small group of captives, and the large group of captives surrounded Wang Pu, and called other captives to surround and kill.
Not far away, Yang Chao's wall array was crushing over.
Yang Chao found that as he got closer to Wang Pu, the greater the resistance he encountered, and the captives were restoring order, and made an attempt to block his charge to meet Wang Pu, organizing a small group of captives to attack Yang Chao's wall formation.
Yang Chao shouted at this time: "The wall array is charging at full speed!" ”
Ten steps away, there is no need to worry about whether the formation will be messed up.
Suddenly, the line of thirty men charged forward, and the soldiers shouted: Kill!!
After speaking, he was the first to run forward, and his own soldiers were encouraged, and they were not afraid of the cavalry in front of him, and they rushed forward.
In front of them were a dozen or so barely organized cavalrymen, who also rushed towards Yang Chao and them.
The Haizhou soldiers on the city wall and behind the low wall were dumbfounded at this time, what was the situation? Did the Ming infantry charge the cavalry? They couldn't believe their eyes, it was common sense for cavalry to charge infantry, when had they ever seen infantry charging at cavalry!!
But in an instant, they felt their blood boiling, and they applauded.
Old man Bian's body was lying on the low wall, and his eyes widened: "The old man wants to work for the army, kill pigs and sheep to reward this group of heroes!" ”
The family next to him was staring like a copper bell at this time, he regretted why he didn't charge with these soldiers just now, he saw clearly that this was a different group of soldiers, different from other Ming troops, this was a group of heroes, real heroes!! (To be continued).