Chapter 17: A Narrow Encounter
Shengjing, Imperial Palace.
Scarface hurriedly rushed into the Chongzheng Hall and said to Wang Pu: "General, Jiannu has been fooled!" ”
"Oh?" Wang Pu couldn't help but glance back at Zhen Youcai and asked, "Jiannu was really fooled?" ”
"I was fooled." Scarface nodded and said, "The villain really saw it at the head of the city, there were more than two thousand Jiannu cavalry, and they went out of the camp with torches and chased after the bearded man." ”
"More than 2,000 cavalry?" Wang Pu nodded and said, "At least hundreds of Jiannu cavalry were killed outside the east gate, and this time Jiannu dispatched more than 2,000 cavalry, it seems that the whole army has been dispatched." ”
Scarface licked his lips and proposed, "General, if you take advantage of the Jiannu camp outside the south gate, maybe you can catch a big fish." ”
"Nonsense." Wang Pu scolded, "Daishan and Ji'er Harang have been arrested, what other big fish can Jiannu have outside the south gate?" The most important thing now is to evacuate Shengjing as soon as possible, and we must not lose the big because of the small. ”
"Yes, yes, yes." Scarface repeatedly, "The villain is confused. ”
"Scarface!" Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "Let the brothers hurry up and rest, and set off in an hour!" ”
Scarface said, "Still walking from the east gate?" ”
"Yes." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "The most dangerous place is the safest, we have already failed once at the East Gate, Jiannu would never have thought that we would break through from the East Gate again, then again, this time even if Jiannu knew, there was nothing to be done, two hours later, their main force had already chased out a hundred miles away, hum!" ”
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An hour later, a sky-high fire was ignited in Shengjing City, covering an area of 300 acres of Jiannu Palace, as well as the princes on both sides, and the Baylor Mansion all fell into a sea of fire, the fire started, and there were rumbling explosions on the city towers on all sides, and the sixteen Hongyi cannons on the top flew into the air, and then fell down into a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron.
In the blazing fire, Wang Pu led the remaining more than 900 people to evacuate Shengjing.
Of course, such a fierce fire and huge explosion sound could not hide from Jiannu's ears and eyes, Wang Pu did not think to hide it, now Jiannu's main force has been led by the bearded suspicious soldiers to a hundred miles away, and when Jiannu finds out that he is fooled, he will send someone to chase this cavalry back, not to mention it will take several hours, at this time Wang Pu and his family troops have already escaped from a hundred miles away.
According to the plan, Wang Pu would lead more than 900 people to advance fifty miles to the east, and then extinguish the fire torch before dawn and suddenly turn south and go straight to Korea.
"That's not right!" After advancing about ten miles to the east, Wang Pu suddenly reined in his horse and shook his head and said to himself, "There is something wrong with the situation. ”
Zhen Youcai, who was closely following Wang Pu, rode up and asked, "General, what's wrong?" ”
Wang Pu said: "Zhen Youcai, don't you think there is something wrong with the situation around you?" ”
"Huh?" Zhen Youcai took a closer look at the dark wilderness around him, and said, "Yes, let the general say this, it seems that something is really wrong." ”
"Smooth, so smooth!" Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "It's going a little abnormally!" ”
Zhen Youcai nodded and said, "Well, even if Jiannu's main cavalry is led away by the bearded ones, there will always be a few teams of rangers left, right?" But on the way out of the city, I haven't encountered half of the Jiannu rangers at all, and this thing is indeed a bit evil. ”
Wang Pu Huoran raised his hand and shouted, "Stop advancing!" ”
Wang Pu's mournful roar overwhelmed the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, and clearly reached the ears of every family, and the families who were urging the horses to gallop tightened the reins of their horses, and the cavalry team rolling forward gradually began to slow down, and finally stopped, and Scarface, who was leading the way in front, hurriedly turned back, and asked in amazement: "General, what's wrong?" ”
Wang Pu said: "Don't ask so much, let the brothers form a formation immediately." ”
Seeing that Wang Pu's face was solemn, and Scarface didn't dare to ask more, he turned back to the family members and shouted: "Brothers, quickly form a circular defensive array!" ”
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A few miles ahead, two thousand Jiannu horsemen were already quietly ambushing in the dense artemisia grass.
Finding that the slowly wriggling fire in front of them suddenly stopped, Ta Zhan and Kupilon poked their heads out of the artemisia grass, and Ta Zhan asked suspiciously, "What is going on?" Nanming barbarian doesn't seem to be leaving? ”
Kupilon also shook his head and said, "Who knows what the hell these Nanming barbarians are doing? ”
Ta Zhan said: "Why don't you kill it?" ”
He shook his head and said, "Let's wait, it's too far away." ”
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The well-trained soldiers quickly moved into action, and formed a rigorous circular defensive formation with more than 1,000 war horses head to tail, forming a rigorous circular defensive formation, these horses were all strictly trained war horses, they had long been accustomed to the smoke and noise of the battlefield, even in the fiercest battlefield, they could maintain their composure.
"General, the formation has been concluded." Scarface trotted up to Wang Pu and asked, "But, where is Jiannu?" ”
Wang Pu stretched out his hand and pointed ahead, and said in a deep voice: "If General Ben is not mistaken, Jiannu is waiting for us in front." ”
Scarface said suspiciously: "Jiannu didn't chase the bearded man, why did he run to the front again?" ”
Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "If there is no Jiannu in front, it is the best, but it is always right to be cautious when sailing a ship of ten thousand years." ”
Scarface gasped, "So what now?" ”
Wang Pu said, "Go and gather six hundred brothers." ”
Scarface took the order.
Wang Pu looked back at the dark and gloomy sky in the east, and a trace of murderous intent floated in his eyes.
As a modern person, Wang Pu knows that the advantage of Jiannu lies in cavalry, and the advantage of the Ming army lies in firearms, and an important reason for the repeated defeats of the Ming army in the war with Jiannu in history is that firearms are not used properly, and they have not been able to fully exert the power of firearms! Take the fire guns, bird guns, and three-eyed guns as examples, they should have become the nightmare of the Jiannu cavalry, but the historical facts are just the opposite, the Ming army equipped with advanced firearms could not defeat the Jiannu cavalry at all, and often became the target of slaughter on the battlefield.
Is it because firearms can't beat the cavalry?
Of course not, the main reason for the defeat of the Ming army is that their armaments are deserted, and a large number of firearms equipped with them are actually unusable, and the other reason is that they do not know how to use firearms, because of the rate of fire in the early days, only intensive shooting can pose a fatal threat to the cavalry, and the Ming army uses firearms only to fight separately and shoot freely, so it is difficult to pose a real threat to the Jiannu cavalry, and there is basically no chance to shoot a second shot after shooting a shot.
If he had a choice, Wang Pu was not willing to fight an encounter with the Jiannu cavalry here, because his subordinates had not yet undergone systematic modern shooting training, and whether they could comprehend the essence of three-stage shooting in a hurry, so as to form the effect of intensive shooting, Wang Pu did not know the bottom of his heart, but unfortunately, now Wang Pu has no choice.
Wang Pu was a gangster leader in his previous life, living in the shadow of being assassinated by others all the year round, and this perverted life gave him an unimaginable keen sense of potential danger.
Wang Pu sniffed out the hidden murderous intent ahead! Although he didn't know the specific location of Jiannu, they should be in front.
The hidden Jiannu cavalry in front may be killed at any time, and there is not much time left for Wang Pu, he must teach this group of family members the tactics of three-stage shooting in the shortest possible time, of course, in the actual battle, Wang Pu intends to use six-stage shooting, because he is really uncertain about the rate of fire of the Ming army's firearms.
Six hundred families were quickly gathered and arranged in six rows of 100 people each according to Wang Pu's request.
Time was pressing, Wang Pu went directly to the topic, and shouted: "Everyone must remember clearly what team they belong to, when I call the first team, the first team acts, the other five teams do not move, when I shout all of them, the whole army starts to act, do you understand?" ”
"Understood."
Six hundred Ding responded loudly.
"Okay." Wang Pu nodded, and suddenly shouted, "First team, squat!" ”
The first team quickly crouched down.
"Second team, squat!"
The second team squatted down.
Wang Pu ordered in turn, and all the six teams squatted down one after another, and Wang Pu shouted again: "All of them, stand up!" ”
The six hundred families all stood up again.
"Good, that's it." Wang Pu nodded with satisfaction, and said, "When I shout 'First Team Preparation', the brothers of the first team will raise the firearms in their hands and aim ahead, but they can't fire, and they can only fire together when the general shouts 'Open Fire'. ”
"Understood."
Six hundred Ding responded violently.
"Good." Wang Pu nodded, suddenly raised his saber and shouted, "First team, prepare ......"
The 100 men in the front row quickly raised the firearms in their hands and aimed at the front in unison.
[Introduction: The firearms of the Ming army, such as bird guns, fire guns, and three-eyed guns, belong to the most primitive arquebuses, the arquebus is equipped with a hook, the bottom end of the hook can rotate around the axis, and the top end is clamped with a section of burning arquebus, when shooting, the soldier presses down the hook to press the burning rope into the fire door, thereby igniting the fire in the medicine room Yao shoots out the projectile in the chamber. 】
"Fire!"
Wang Pu shouted, and the hundred family members pressed down the hook almost at the same time, and a deafening huge roar suddenly sounded under the night sky, and the pungent smell of fire soon spread with the night wind, and after the fire, the hundred family members in the front row immediately retreated behind the sixth row of family members and began to nervously load ammunition.
Wang Pu bowed his head slightly, and the performance of this group of family members was quite satisfactory to him.
But then again, this is just a drill, and when the soldiers are faced with a mountain of Jiannu cavalry charges, whether they can still calmly follow the order will have to wait for the test of actual combat.