Chapter 183: Self-Respect?
Before the commander of the artillery battalion next to him could react, Wei Zheng had already ordered loudly.
"It is only when the rebels have figured out the pattern of our artillery bombardment that they dare to attack us so brazenly. As long as our next shelling is no longer regular, the rebel attacking forces will not be able to dodge the scattered bullets we fire. β
"Order all the artillery gunners in the position, there is no need to wait for the order to open the cannon...... All guns were free-fired...... Kill the rebels by surprise and see if their flesh and blood are powerful, or if we shoot the lead bullets. β
The fourth round of artillery on the battlefield sounded, and the rebels lying on the ground subconsciously got up from the ground and were about to rush forward a few steps when an accident happened.
Just two or three seconds later, the rebels with shields in hand had just stood up from the ground, and more than a dozen cannon sounds that frightened them were like a thunderclap, which suddenly reached their ears.
After a dense stream of lead bullets swept through the middle of the rebel attacking troops, Wang Feng saw with his own eyes that at least thirty rebels had fallen under this round of lead bullet attacks.
More importantly, the rebels could not advance their own front without any losses.
"Okay, that's it...... All the artillery is fired freely, so that the rebels have no irregularity, no loopholes to drill, and there is no way to avoid the rain of lead bullets we fired......" Wang Feng ordered loudly with excitement on his face.
By the time a steady stream of rebels rushed into musket range, they had already left almost 400 bodies in their path.
Seeing that the musketeers around him quickly shot out a series of scorching gazes, Wang Feng didn't let them wait too long, and decisively ordered: "All musketeers obey the order. Shoot right away. Take your own fastest rate of fire. Shoot freely at the rebel attacking forces and block their attack......"
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
After the sound of intensive gunfire, the casualties of the rebels increased rapidly. Even if they carry shields, every step forward has to pay very heavy casualties.
Of course, the disadvantages of firing a thousand muskets at the same time are also reflected on the battlefield.
The musket regiment had just fired two rounds of lead bullets, and the white smoke from the musket shots. The position of the Haw Par Army on the front line of the earthen wall has been completely enveloped. Including Wei Zheng, it was impossible to see the situation in front of the position with the naked eye, not even through a monocular, let alone the situation and changes in the rebel position hundreds of paces away.
As the sound of gunfire continued to sound on the battlefield, the rebels were responsible for the two elite armies in a roundabout, quickly broke away from the battlefield and penetrated directly into the two flanks of the Tiger and Par Army's position.
Just when Wei Zheng and Wang Feng were leaning against the earthen wall, quietly listening to the movements of the rebels in front of the position. A herald suddenly rushed along the earthen wall towards his position.
Before Wei Zheng could speak, the panting herald had already taken the lead in reporting:
"Your Excellency. Something went wrong......"
"Large rebel offensive forces were found on both flanks of the position, numbering at least a thousand. Our captain asks your adults to prepare early. β
"Thousands of rebels, attack our two wings......" Wang Feng asked with a shocked face and a look of disbelief.
Before the panicked herald could answer, Wei Zheng, who had not spoken, spoke.
Facing Wang Feng, he suddenly said: "I didn't expect that there are such excellent generals among the rebels. β
"Attacking us without remembering losses, it was only to cover the detour of our troops, interspersed with detours to our flanks, and to deliver a surprise blow to us...... High...... That's a high enough ......."
Perhaps for the news of the enlistment, as soon as Wei Zheng's emotion was finished, the sound of gunshots like bursting beans began to sound on both flanks of the position.
Hearing this, Wang Feng's face turned over, and he said with a worried face: "My lord, the rebels are too cunning, and we only have a musket team on both wings, and the rebels have a thousand people, and the disparity in strength is too great, I am worried that they will not be able to hold it." β
Wei Zheng waved his hand with a relieved face and said, "Don't worry about holding the position at all." β
"There is no doubt that a hundred musketeers would not be able to hold their positions if they had only fired muskets. But don't forget that in addition to the new musketers that have just been equipped with their brothers, there is also the secret weapon of the grenade. With a couple of hundred grenades in hand, holding the position for a short time without any problems. β
"Just ......"
When Wang Feng had just breathed a sigh of relief, after hearing the last two words spoken by Wei Zheng, his relaxed heart became nervous again. β
Facing Wei Zheng, he asked nervously, "My lord, what's it?" β
A trace of murderous aura flashed from Wei Zheng's face, and he replied to Wang Feng: "We all know one sentence, that is, to raise self-respect. Originally, I thought that if I didn't completely annihilate the elite of the 7,000 rebels in front of me, the rebels outside Datong Mansion would be able to recover from this defeat and form an attack posture against my Datong Mansion. β
"Because, only in this way, the imperial court, which is constantly under threat, will let our tiger and leopard army stay in Datong Mansion all the time. And after we have been stationed in Datong Mansion for a long enough time, we can build Datong Mansion into the real rear base of our Haw Par Army, which is the base area I often tell you. β
"However, the way the rebels are fighting in front of me has changed my mind."
"According to the form of the battlefield, when the enemy is strong and I am weak, I can come up with such a favorable dispatch for myself. It is certain that the rebel leader is a rare general. β
"If we put such a person back, the rebels will not only be able to recover in a short period of time, but even grow stronger."
"Therefore, in order to create a form that is more conducive to our Tiger and Leopard Army, to truly achieve the purpose of raising self-respect, and to avoid the emergence of enemies around Datong Mansion who can pose a threat to us, we must take down the rebel commander in front of us. If I can't make him work for me, then kill him. He must not be allowed to become an enemy that threatens our Haw Par Army on the battlefield in the future. β
Speaking of this, Wei Zheng's face had already recovered unconsciously. Under Wang Feng's gaze, he said: "Didn't Lao Zhao of the cavalry regiment keep shouting that the cavalry regiment did not fight? This time, he Zhao Yun's opportunity came. β
"Order Commander Zhao that from now on, all the cavalry under the Haw Par Army will be handed over to him for command, and quickly assemble and prepare to participate in the attack on the rebels."
"After more than 1,000 cavalry were assembled, they immediately divided the cavalry into two, quickly reinforced the two flanks of the battlefield, and launched a counterattack against the rebel attacking forces on both flanks to destroy them."
"After the two cavalry have completed their mission, continue to attack forward."
"In the ensuing battle, the two cavalry will be like two sharp knives, fiercely plunging into the rear of the rebels, encircling the rebels and blocking their way out of Datong Mansion. After the encirclement was formed, it attacked the rebels directly from behind. With the cooperation of the frontal musket regiment, all the rebels were annihilated. β
"Sue sΓΉ Zhao Yun, for the commander of the rebel army in front of me, I want to see people in life and corpses in death, and I must not let him escape."
On the small hills on both flanks of the position, which had been completely covered in white smoke, although the gunfire of beans had not stopped, the density of lead bullets fired by a hundred flintlock muskets was limited after all.
Although the rebels who attacked the hill continued to be shot and fell to the ground, these casualties did not stop the rebels from attacking.
After losing hundreds of men in a row, the rebels finally advanced the front thirty paces in front of the position of the Tiger and Panther Army on the hills.
Facing the rebels who were close at hand, the gunfire like bursting beans actually stopped under the gaze of the rebels with puzzled eyes.
"Could it be that the Tiger and Par Army defending the hill is afraid of close combat, and has abandoned its position and fled..." This was the first thought of the rebel attacking troops after the gunfire stopped.
As a result, the remaining 900 rebels did not miss this opportunity.
Like a pack of wolves that have been hungry for a long time and have found their prey, they rush to the hill as fast as they can.
Thirty steps, twenty steps......
Just when the rebels could see through the thinner and thinner white smoke in the air. Hundreds of black iron balls, with a faint whistling sound, suddenly flew away from the silent hill position.
Under the complicated gaze of a pair of puzzled, shocked, and worried eyes, the black iron ball quickly crossed the twenty paces distance between the two armies, and smashed down among everyone like rain.
Just when everyone looked at the iron balls under their feet and was at a loss, these iron balls suddenly exploded, and an orange-red fireball also rose from the explosion point. Not only that, but the scorching heat generated by the explosion of the iron ball also quickly spread to the surrounding area.
As hundreds of fireballs rose into the air in the middle of the dense rebels, the rebels closest to the grenades were like kites with broken strings, directly thrown high by the air waves.
The rebel soldiers who were a little farther away were pushed by the air waves and threw themselves directly to the ground. Of course, along with the air wave, there were also iron fragments of grenades that burst open.
Therefore, the moment he fell to the ground, his entire body had been pierced into a hornet's nest by the fragments of the grenades that flew in one after another.
In just one round of grenades, more than 200 rebels, killed or wounded, fell in front of the position.
The grenade is not a lead bullet, and it can not only kill enemies with fragments, but also tear enemies to shreds through the huge air wave generated by the guΓ² explosion.
Therefore, the battlefield baptized by the rain of grenades in front of him not only left the corpses of the rebels everywhere, but also left the bloody stumps and broken arms everywhere. That's right, it's the smell of blood, mixed with the smell of blood with a strong smell of gunsmoke.
Looking at the hellish battlefield in front of them, they were not attacked, but the follow-up rebels who witnessed the great power of the grenade and witnessed the tragic scene of their comrades being torn to pieces by the grenade, they hesitated and subconsciously stopped their steps forward.
Although these people are soldiers, they still have very traditional ideas in their hearts. Even if you die on the battlefield, you must leave a complete corpse.
But the weapon in front of them that they had never seen before could not only kill themselves, but also dissect their bodies, which had to make them feel an unprecedented fear of the battlefield from the bottom of their hearts. (To be continued......)