Chapter 732: Blood Ditch
In front of the first low wall of No. 5, those hungry soldiers were already in a mess, and under the blows of the defenders, such as birds, bows and arrows, throwing stones, and three-eyed guns, they did not know what to do, they scurried around, and then in the whistling of projectile arrows, from time to time someone screamed and fell. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Many people run around like headless flies, just looking for a safe place to hide, because there are some small slopes of earth cliffs of different heights distributed on the slope, which can roughly avoid projectile arrows and stones, so many people lie down under the cliff slope, they hold their heads, and do not dare to move.
In the face of this situation, the old thieves with swords and shields among the hungry soldiers were also powerless, they were still the key targets of the defenders behind the low wall, and they hurriedly found a place to hide, not daring to move a little.
The infantry of the brigade were crowded behind the hungry soldiers, and because of the terrain, some of them even lined up on the slope opposite the ditch, and even if they tried desperately to urge them to drive them in the rear, they would not have the slightest effect on the battle ahead.
As far as the eye can see, the entire Yuanwanggou defense line is like this, and the huge offensive of the thieves has become a farce. The traditional tactics of starving soldiers in front and foot soldiers in this terrain made the bandits' attacks unthreatening to the defenders.
The hungry soldiers are holding spears and clubs, without the slightest long-range attack ability, even if some of them bravely rush to the front, but the ladder cliff in front of them is at least one zhang high, and some are even as high as two or three zhang, plus the low wall on the ladder cliff, the trench under the ladder cliff, what can the stick and spear in the hand do?
Unable to climb or hit, they can only become the target of the defenders on the low wall.
Some of them have swords and shields, and they don't have long-range attack capabilities, and the overseers of the brigade have bows, arrows, firearms, or something, but they are all crowded at the back, and they can't play a role.
Therefore, the thieves' offensive this time was greatly miscalculated, and they were proud of the crowd tactics. Using human lives to fill the opponent's position, but they can't be used in this kind of terrain, no matter how many they are, they can't give full play to the slightest advantage.
The hungry soldiers in front of the various lines of defense were rushing, no one knew what to do, and the defenders were nervous. They aimed at the enemy in front of them, knocking them to the ground as if they were a target.
The slope in front of A-5 was full of enemy corpses, blood flowing from under each corpse, and a disgusting smell of blood in the slowly rising temperature.
Looking at the chaotic situation in front of him, the commander of the Jingbian Army, who supervised the battle, knew that the time had come for the spearmen to fight, and although the firearms were sharp, in order to make the enemy really frightened, they had to fight at a close distance, otherwise the other party would always have a sense of contempt and luck.
Just then he received instructions from the hill. Immediately, he looked at the commander of the new army and shouted, "The spearmen are ready, ready to fight at any time!" ”
The new army saw the situation on the battlefield, and he knew that a great victory was just around the corner, so he breathed quickly, nodded heavily, and shouted: "Spearmen ready!" ”
"Tiger!"
All the pikemen within the low wall shouted loudly, and they paused with their guns. Everyone felt their blood boiling.
They were the most elite spearmen in the department, all armed with iron helmets. arms and hands and iron-inlaid cotton armor, but only watched the birds and soldiers in the department show their powers, and at most he threw some stones at the thieves under the wall, he was not willing to be lonely and eager to fight.
At this time, I finally received the order to attack, and everyone was excited. Nervous and excited, they quickly lined up in units according to the orders of the officers.
"Attack!"
Finally, the commander of the Jingbian Army, who was supervising the battle, waved his hand, and the general of the new army immediately shouted.
"Wan Sheng!"
First a group of spearmen howled and rushed out of the gap in the low wall, followed by the rest.
They live in groups. The use of the small three talent battle formation, in each army, the head of each army is the front, for the regular soldiers. One spearman on each side to protect the commander and attack at the right time. There are also two spearmen at the end, for the strategy, for the preparation, and at any time reinforcements in any direction.
The Shaanxi New Army received training in accordance with the Jingbian Army's drill and training, and there were regulations for both fighting and defending, and the same was true for this kind of mountain warfare. It was the elite veterans of the Jingbian Army who particularly supervised the battle, and he immediately found the most suitable tactic for this time: the small three-talented formation with the army as a unit.
The spearmen rushed out of the low wall, and in front of them were a dense crowd of hungry thieves, they were in chaos, some were running, some were shouting, some were trying to escape, some were lying on the ground motionless, and some of the hungry soldiers in the rear were desperately squeezing under the drive of the thieves' foot soldiers.
A small road, as well as the slope on the side, are full of human figures, as well as corpses on the ground, blood, struggling and moaning wounded, and the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, constituting an absurd and cruel battlefield scene.
The sudden appearance of the spear warriors also caused a panic scream of extreme surprise, although the hungry soldiers outside were panicked, but as long as they dodged the blows of the defenders on the wall, there was some psychological comfort, and they suddenly had to face a bloody fight at close range, and the psychological shock to them was unimaginable.
The spearmen rushed down the path, their faces flushed, they roared, their spears pointed diagonally at the enemy, their mood was far from being as calm as they seemed on the outside, although they had been training for a long time, they had never fought the enemy face to face, and it was impossible not to be nervous.
But looking at the panicked enemy in front of them, they can't help but have some psychological advantages, don't be afraid, because the thieves in front of them are even more afraid.
The situation on the battlefield did not allow them to think too much, and soon the spearmen who rushed out of the first army ran into a group of hungry soldiers who were panicking.
The captain was facing a middle-aged thief and hungry soldier, and he saw that his face was full of fear, and he held a spear in his hand, as if he wanted to run away and meet the battle. Before he could think about it, the captain had already rushed down the path, with smoke and dust under his feet, and the spear in his hand with a cold light, stabbing into his throat.
The heavy force caused the tip of the spear to come out of his throat, and then with a stirring and a pump, a mist of blood came out, and the middle-aged hungry soldier's eyes widened, he clutched his throat, and fell to his knees, blood pouring out of his fingers. He shivered violently, and slowly his eyes turned the gray of death, and he didn't know what he was thinking before he died.
To the right of the captain was a young spearman, and to him was a young hungry soldier with a club, who was very young, perhaps sixteen or seventeen years old, younger than he was. Looking at the frightened eyes of the hungry soldier, the spearman hesitated slightly, perhaps the person in front of him was just a poor man who was coerced, not an active thief.
It's just that there is no room for mercy on the battlefield. He couldn't show mercy in battle, so the spearman hesitated slightly, but the spear in his hand still stabbed out firmly. When he pierced the heart of the hungry soldier, he also pierced some obstacle in his heart, and at this moment, he was no longer a rookie recruit. It's about becoming a veteran who really saw blood.
More and more spearmen rushed out of the low wall, and they instinctively dispersed according to the discipline, forming a horizontal formation in the unit, taking care not to let any of them rush too forward, and then merge into a torrent of spears, along the path, the slope, and rush down.
Their sortie became the straw that broke the camel's back, compared to the bow and arrow firearms. Face-to-face combat is more bloody and brutal, and it also requires more courage. Although there were only a hundred spearmen in the battle, and the thieves outside had an absolute advantage, they were in a panic and unorganized, how could they be the combination of these spearmen?
They stabbed, spears in their hands piercing through the bodies of their enemies, blood rushing wildly, and all they could hear was the sound of spears slapping into flesh. There are also terrible howls such as those who have been stabbed. The feeling of being stabbed with a spear is by no means much better than being hit by a bullet, especially after being punctured in the guts. That kind of pain is really worse than death.
Panic spread, and finally, the hungry soldiers collapsed, and no bullet pressure could stop them from escaping, and they screamed and fled desperately down the hillside.
Fear makes them forget everything. Anyone who dared to stop them from escaping was an enemy, and even the foot veterans who were usually afraid of them did not hesitate to knock them to the ground at this time, and then stepped over them. The footmen who were overseered were powerless to return to the sky, and the clever ones turned around and ran. lest you be dragged into the chaos of the crowd. Those who were half a beat slower were quickly swept into the waves, and a fate awaited them that could not help themselves.
The collapse was only in an instant, there was a wail on the slope, countless people scurrying like headless flies, I don't know how many people killed each other in order to grab the passage to escape, and I don't know how many people stumbled and rolled down when they escaped, and then knocked over the people below, causing even more crowding and chaos.
Under the impact of the spearmen, all the thieves in front of No. 5 were fleeing, and they ran all over the mountains, and some of them escaped from the ditch, and when they saw that the path was full of people, they desperately climbed the mountain, hoping to climb back to the top of the hill from the hill. Others fled from the upper and lower ends of the ditch, hoping to escape.
But most people are still crowded on the mountain road, especially the ditch is densely packed with people, but the road is so narrow, the ditch is not wide, more and more people are crowded together, they push me to catch up, some people escaped, some people were pushed to the ground, in the terrible crying, I don't know how many people were killed on the spot.
The defenders in front of the low wall were dumbfounded, the thieves were defeated like this, and they were so frightened that it is best to describe them as defeated. It was still the commander of the Jingbian Army who supervised the battle that was calm, and he ordered the battalion commander to let the battalion killer team guarding the defense line attack immediately, and expand the results of the battle with him.
Those battalion soldiers looked at the battle situation in front of them and were eager to try, they couldn't hold back, and they had to make the rear howl and rush out, compared to the new army spearmen, they looked unkempt and unorganized, but they were also imposing, and their participation also increased the panic of those hungry soldiers......
Such a rout not only happened on No. 5, but also the frightened cries of the thieves when they fled, and finally the entire Yuanwanggou defense line seemed to be filled with this kind of crying and wailing sound, and the cry even formed a wave, which can be described as thrilling.
There was silence on the opposite hill, and all the campers watched in disbelief at the defeat in front of them, such a situation was unexpected for them, and they didn't even know how to react.
The drums sounded, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and more officers and soldiers rushed down from the hill, and followed the defenders in front of them to pursue and slash the hungry soldiers who fled.
……
The cheers finally fell, and the commander of the Jingbian Army, who was supervising the battle, walked out of the low wall defense line accompanied by the commander of the new army and the battalion commander, and he looked at the opposite hill, where there was a sound of ringing gold, and the thieves were retreating.
Depending on the situation, after this big defeat, at least the thieves will not attack again today.
And in the pursuit battle just now, if it weren't for the archers and firearms who broke into the camp on the top of the hill, the pursuers would even chase to the opposite hill, but the results of the battle were enough for now.
He looked around, some of the recruits were vomiting, but more were cleaning up the battlefield while discussing the war with others. He smiled, after today's battle, it is obvious that many people in the new army will become qualified veterans.
He was about to look down the slope when footsteps sounded, and a group of officers came from the road, but it was the commander Han Kaihui, as well as the new army commander and the battalion guerrillas who were in charge of the defense of No. 5.
He hurriedly saluted, Han Kaihui returned the salute slightly, and asked him to lead everyone to continue cleaning the battlefield, while he continued to walk down the road with Gao Guerrilla and Yang Qianzong.
The slopes and paths were littered with corpses, some of them in hideous shapes, and the wounds on their bodies were evident from the firecrackers or spears, both of which had caused them unimaginable pain before they died. The further down you go, the more corpses there are, the slopes are covered with blood, some of the yellow earth surface is soaked into swampy land, and the dark brown blood smells unpleasantly in the sun.
When he was about to walk to the edge of the ditch, suddenly Han Kaihui's footsteps paused, and there was a high guerrilla voice in his ears: "It's miserable enough." ”
Then I heard Yang Qian always say in a low voice: "Yes......"
I saw that the corpses in front of me were stacked on top of each other, spreading along the path by the ditch to the opposite slope, many corpses were rotten in their stomachs, and their internal organs were all flowing all over the ground, obviously they were trampled to death, and even some of the corpses' heads were trampled into broken watermelons. Some of the deceased's faces that remained relatively intact still had incomparable fear and pain.
And in that ditch, there was originally some ditch water, but there was not much ditch water, after all, the weather was dry. But at this time, there was a red pond and waterhole inside, and many corpses were soaked and floated, and even blood continued to pour in upstream, carrying some corpses down the ditch.
The blood flowing from the deceased has turned the water of Yuanwanggou into a raging blood ditch. (To be continued.) )