Chapter 197: Iron Horse
After an afternoon and a night of hard fighting, the train had a lot of ammunition and men, and now the ammunition had to be spared, and most of the time, the battle had to be solved by bayonets. The boxers have courage and martial arts, but they have no experience in battle battles, and although they have weapons such as pitchforks and spears, they are not as good as the new army when it comes to white-knuckle combat. Often, as soon as they enter the white-knuckle battle, they will quickly retreat.
But boxers are better than there are many people and can attack repeatedly, and the new soldiers are sleepy and tired, and their physical strength is almost on the edge. Those ladies and ladies, although they may not understand military affairs, can also see that their own side seems to be about to be unable to hold on. Seeing so many fierce men outside, the crying sounded uncontrollably in the carriage. Several ladies took scissors, cut the gold rings into gold dust and put them in the tea, and each of them gave a cup, just waiting for the whole festival to kill himself.
In the fierce attack and defense, the car window was more than half shattered, and the cold wind poured inside, and the frozen people shivered. Fortunately, there are still some braziers that can be used for heating, but the temperature is higher than outside.
Shen Jinying and Su Hanzhi sat together, which can be regarded as raising her value. When she saw a woman handing a tea bowl with gold dust in front of her, she poured the tea, "This water is cold, how can you drink it?" I've never drunk such a cold tea. You all give me a starting spirit, our soldiers are still fighting with the strongman, what are you crying and crying like this! Mrs. Ben is here, and there will be no strongmen to kill her, so she straightens my waist and waits, our reinforcements will arrive soon. ”
Although she was only in the side room, she was the one with the highest status in the group, and seeing her so calm, those ladies and young ladies were somewhat relieved. Shen Jinying called Li Xiushan again, "Tell the brothers, fight hard, after passing this level, those who have sold their strength here today will be promoted by two levels, and each person will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver!" ”
Under her instigation, although the troops suffered heavy casualties and physical exertion, their morale could still be maintained. It's just that Li Xiushan knows that this kind of battle is too serious for physical attrition, no matter how strong the morale is, there is no way to exhaust the physical strength, no matter how hard he fights, he can't support it for too long.
Su Hanzhi's face was as usual, not shocked or angry, and when she saw Feng Xi coming, she smiled at her, "You have worked hard, go and rest for a while." I don't want you to miss anything, if...... It's up to you to take care of the crown for me. ”
"Madam, I'll kill you behind your back!" Feng Xi gritted his teeth and said, "There are too many of them, I'm afraid I won't be able to support them for too long." ”
"No, I'm not going anywhere. I trust that my crown will come to my rescue. Su Hanzhi showed a smile on his face, "Since I was a child, every time I met a bad person, he would come to save me." You don't know, when I was a child, the bad boys in the alley bullied me, so he went to fight with others, one person against several people. So I know that he will always guard me and will not let people bully me. It's just that this time, I'm afraid he doesn't know, if he really misses it like that, it means that our fate has come to an end, and there's nothing strange about it. If fate doesn't come to an end, he will definitely come. ”
The platoon guns rang out again in the distance, and Shen Jinying knew that there was always a team of his own to contain the enemy's rear. It's just that the scale of the quantity is too small, and it is difficult to play a role, so it can only pull the hind legs.
But in any case, with such a team, it is better than nothing, and I just hope that some of them can send news to the comfort pavilion, and the reinforcements can also come in time. Otherwise, I'm afraid the two of them really won't see each other. She will not be captured, and become a bargaining chip for these people to negotiate with Yuan Weiting, and when it is really time to die, she will only be faster than everyone else.
She didn't understand the military, and she didn't hear it, this time the gunfire was denser and louder than every previous time.
On the high slope, Liu Dadao, whose arm was simply bandaged, scolded angrily: "I don't believe it, we can't take this little train." I'm going to fight again, and this time it's going to work. ”
"Brother Dadao, don't worry, we will definitely win this time, now it's time to control the casualties." Zhao Laozhu's heart was also very distressed, this time it was a problem in his calculations, the cold weather restricted the movement of the officers and soldiers, but the damage to himself was even greater.
Although many churches have been opened, many parishioners have been attacked, and there are also large households to help. But there are too many boxers, and the vast majority of them are poor.
This kind of weather, for the poor, can be fatal. If you don't have warm clothes on your body, if you stay in the snow for a long time, you will get stiff and you won't be able to tear people apart. There was even an archer's finger, which was strangled by the bowstring, and the flesh and blood were blurred and he didn't feel pain.
Frostbite and freezing to death, and the fact that the combat effectiveness of the troops was greatly reduced because of the cold seriously constrained the offensive of the troops. Although those boxers who were born as bandits, although they had some guns, most of them were old and could not suppress the firepower on the cars, and their purpose was to capture them alive and prevent the main owner from being killed, which was even more restricted in this regard.
Although the number of officers and troops who came across the border was small, they were always able to pull their elbows around behind them, which was really tiresome. It's not easy to knock them out. These regular armies occupy a favorable terrain, can attack, retreat and defend, and can go around in circles with themselves, and they can never eat.
In the official army, there are many colleagues who have practiced boxing, but these old armies are not opponents of the new army, and they have no temper with this train. Fortunately, the time to rush to the car is getting longer and longer, and the duration of the white-knuckle battle is gradually increasing, which shows that the strength of the car has also been weakened. It only takes one or two attacks to dismantle them.
Zhao Laozhu took off his cloak and drew his sword, "This time, I'll go up in person to see what means they have." ”
Seeing the red flag of their own leader shaving, those boxers who were shivering in the cold wind cheered in unison. At this moment, hunger, cold, and pain are no longer felt. Everyone seemed to be hypnotized, shouting in unison, "Lao Zhu!" Old wishes! The low morale reached its peak in an instant, and many people did not wait for the red flag to arrive, so they puffed up their chests and rushed forward with bullets.
Just when Zhao Laozhu's banner was about to come to the front line, a dense platoon of guns suddenly rang out. The direction of the platoon guns was the flank and rear of the army, and just listening to the dense sound, you knew that it was not your own side. Zhao Laozhu stopped his figure and looked at the place where the gun was fired, wondering if it was the official army that had come to meet the people in the car. Although there are few of them, they can't let the two soldiers join forces, otherwise, the car will be even more difficult to fight.
At this time, the red sun rose in the sky, and the sunlight sprinkled onto the earth, and what came into Zhao Laozhu's eyes was first the golden light reflected from a piece of armor, followed by a tall horse, and a spear like the fangs of a beast. The cuirassiers, having broken through the flanks of the unsuspecting boxers, swept towards the train.
The boxers are not a military army, and even if there are some soldiers who have practiced boxing, their own military literacy is not much better. After being interspersed by Cao Zhongkun's men and horses once, they only sent some people to guard the rear defense, and added a group of men and horses to attack Cao Zhongkun's subordinates.
When Zhao Guanhou arrived, there were still more than 60 people left in the team of 100 people, and they didn't even drop the number of injuries, they were still under the leadership of the sentinel, and they were trying their best to deal with the boxers, firmly attracting this partial division.
Although the army marched overnight, the men were sleepy and the horses were lacking, but relying on Yu Yong, coupled with the change of infantry and cavalry, only one charge repelled this partial division, and then realized the rendezvous with the infantry army. The sentry officer who led the team came to Zhao Guanhou and saluted in front of the horse: "The lowly dragon raises his sword, and greets the lord." ”
Zhao Guanhou saw that less than half of the damage of this infantry post was damaged, and although there were a large number of wounded among the remaining personnel, they could still hold on to the battle, and this dragon sword was also dry. nodded, took off his big fur coat, and handed it to Long Yangjian, "Your team has a lot of credit for containing the boxers, and this leather coat will reward you." Your men will retreat, and when our reinforcements arrive, you will be responsible for guiding the way, and the rest will be left to the cavalry. ”
He glanced back at everyone, "Everyone, you have both my subordinates and Xiangyan's subordinates, and I can't order you. Now I can only say that there are more than 10,000 villains, attacking the chariot of the handsome lady, and I will take you to rush over, trample their positions with war horses, and end their lives with swords and guns. The enemy is outnumbered, and the people are sleepy and lacking, so if you rush into battle with this lineup, your life may not be saved. And among the thieves, there are both three-foot children and old men, those who are afraid of death, and those who can't kill people can stay. If you are willing to charge me, you have to remember two. First, not afraid of death, and second, dare to kill. Who wants to go with me? ”
As soon as the words fell, Sun Meiyao had already lifted the horse forward, stood with him, stretched out her hand and drew her saber, waved it in the air, and shouted: "Are there any cowards in the sons and daughters of Shandong Green Forest Road?" ”
"Shandong Green Forest is full of heroes, and there is no one who is a bad seed!"
"Cannon Biao Erlang, share glory and disgrace with the standard!"
There was a sound of swords, accompanied by the sound of a saber unsheathed, and more than 20 cuirassier sentries in the lead took off their coats, revealing the cuirass inside, which was extremely dazzling under the sun. When Duan Xiangyan heard that with the strength of less than 300 people, he was going to rush to the formation of tens of thousands of people, and his heart beat a little drum. But Li Zongyun, who came with him, had already drawn his knife and shouted: "I wish to share the glory and disgrace with the adults!" "It was actually riding a horse and joining Zhao Guanhou's side.
Seeing that the whole team was wanting, Duan Xiangyan had no choice but to grit his teeth and say, "Everyone rush together and kill all these boxers!" ”
Zhao Guanhou nodded, and pointed with a saber into the distance, "Brothers, that is where the boxers are, kill them, and leave no one behind!" ”
"None of them will be left!"
Amidst a loud shout, all the cavalry desperately urged their mounts regardless of their horsepower, and the whole army entered the ranks of the boxers in a charging formation, like a tiger descending from the mountain. The thieves-turned-boxers saw the attacking team and tried to raise their guns to stop it.
But they stand too scattered, can not form the advantage of the platoon of guns, can not stop the cavalry at all, often the gun just raised, is hit by the bullet, or the war horse has already rushed to the front, before the reaction, the saber has already cut the neck, the cavalry has pierced the body.
The boxers did not have the cavalry as a troop, nor did they have the strength of the infantry to block the cavalry. The sparse guns and bullets and bows and arrows did not hinder the cavalry much, especially when they saw the iron cavalry advancing like a wall, most of them subconsciously abandoned their weapons and fled in all directions.
Liu Erzhu entered the fist in Liujiatai, and his family originally had more than 20 acres of land, but in Zhili Province, such a field could not support a family. But thanks to hard work, fewer people were able to starve to death. Since his grandfather, he is a hard-working farmer, never willing to be lazy, he still remembers what his father said to himself, people to the land, land to people, you are attentive to it, it is attentive to you.
But I don't know why, from grandpa to dad to myself, everyone is very attentive to serving the crops, but the days are getting poorer and poorer, and the land is getting less and less. When the harvest fails, life is even worse. Grandpa and father died early, and he didn't even have the money to bury them, all this was wrong, but what was wrong, he couldn't tell.
It wasn't until Zhao Laozhu came that he understood that the culprit who caused his family's hardship was a foreigner. It was the church that covered the sky and made the wind and rain unbalanced, and it was the poles and railways that destroyed the feng shui that made his life more and more difficult. Killing all the foreigners and killing all the Ermaozi is a good world in the world!
When it came time to take the train, although he had never learned any martial arts, and he was not like his senior brothers, he could invite Yang Zongbao, Meng Liang and other Shinto upper bodies, but he still held a knife and bravely rushed forward. He is not afraid of death, or rather, he is poor like him, and there is nothing to be afraid of.
Although the weather was very cold, his limbs were stiff from the cold, and his hands and feet did not obey the call, but he didn't care. Since he was a child, he has suffered too much, and it doesn't matter if he has more. As long as you can get rid of Ermaozi, everything will be fine.
Luckily, he was not shot, and most of the dozen or so companions who practiced boxing with the village fell in the snow and bled a lot. According to the old man, they were asleep and would wake up in three days, but it was too cold, and I really hoped that they would not freeze when they woke up.
He wanted to find something and cover his companions, even if he slept, he had to cover something. But the waves of attack came one after another, and there was no time to look for something, he was pushed forward, pushed backward, and as for whether he won or lost, he couldn't figure it out.
Pouring a mouthful of cold water into his throat, the whole person seemed to become a lump of ice, and after a few shivers, he still grabbed the knife. Since his hand was unconscious, he couldn't hold the knife, so he tied the knife to his hand with a piece of cloth so that it wouldn't fall off.
Hearing the sound of the drums, he knew that it was time to charge again, and when he saw the red flag of Lao Zhu, he knew that he would definitely win this time. He originally wanted to run first, but it was too cold, his single pants couldn't stop the cold wind, his legs were frozen and unconscious, he couldn't take a step, and gradually fell to the end. It was for this reason that when the horse team rushed over, he became the first line.
With no experience in guarding against cavalry, not even in battle, he didn't even know what to run or do. Just turned around blankly, and saw countless high-headed horses, rushing towards him.
This is an animal that only the great men can ride, and a horse is worth more than all his possessions. Are these big men here to help themselves? I heard that I have been canonized by some prince here, and I am from the government, so these people are here to help. But why should their knives cut at their own people?
He waved his hand, trying to tell these old men that the wrong person was cut and that the person who should be cut was in the train. But a horse had already run towards him, and the tall cattle were on a rampage, with no intention of slowing down. He tried to dodge to the side, but his body was out of control. He only felt a huge force coming, pushing himself back heavily, his chest was cold, he lowered his head, only to see that a spear pierced his chest, revealing from behind.
He tried to stand and failed. I could only lie there quietly, watching those big horses and big men rush and kill in their own ranks. Swords and guns fell, and corpses fell like crops in harvest time. Aren't they supposed to help us, aren't we canonized? With this kind of question, Liu Erzhu's thoughts gradually became confused, and finally dissipated. (To be continued.) )