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A thick white smoke rose from the position, a small iron bullet crossed the sky above the valley road, and the unstoppable plunged into the dense Houjin people, the crackling sound of bones and tendons breaking was connected, several weapons flew into the air, and the surging heads brushed a line along the direction of the cannonball, and the three-catty iron bullet transferred all the energy to the Houjin army.

There was a fluctuation in the formation, and the officers who led the troops, such as Pashku, shouted loudly, and the armored soldiers behind quickly caught up, and the queue turned into a group of people who brushed together, and the second cannon sound immediately sounded, repeating the scene just now.

The long and narrow formation made it almost impossible for the Houjin soldiers to disperse, but they had to maintain a dense formation when approaching, otherwise the attack would become a refueling tactic, and the excellent firing range allowed the four-pounder cannon to only hit the main road to inflict severe casualties on the Houjin army.

The shelling has been concentrated in front of the Houjin queue, and although it is constantly replenished, its front has also become disorganized. After each round of shelling, there was cheering on the positions in Dengzhou Town.

"Morale is high?" On a hill on the north side of the road in the direction of Caohebao, Huang Taiji slowly lowered the telescope, and this Dengzhou army quickly deployed on the road, and even built a breast wall trench in a short period of time.

This brought Huang Taiji's thunderous raid to an abrupt halt, and they fought with Dengzhou Town many times, and the cavalry was obviously unable to break through the strong defensive position in such a narrow terrain, and the fallen horses would block the road to a mess, and the follow-up attack could not be carried out again. So Huang Taiji was forced to stop, and in the future, Jin was best at foot combat to deal with this small group of Dengzhou soldiers.

And the battle on the opponent's position was high, but he was stunned again. In his understanding, faced with such a huge gap in numbers. No other team can maintain such high morale.

Zilharang said beside him: "Great Khan, there are only a few hundred soldiers in this army. Although it is from Dengzhou Town, the minion estimates that the two rounds should also be beaten. ”

Huang Taiji said lightly: "What I am surprised by is that this Dengzhou soldier can choose a favorable place to deploy the formation without panic, if it is a large force of soldiers and horses, there will be strong generals in Dengzhou, such as Zhu Guobin, Zhong Caisheng, Dai Zhenggang and others, they have this ability." But why can this small group of people be so calm and high-spirited, is it true that Dengzhou is really strong and fierce. ”

Zilharang couldn't answer this question, and just as he didn't know how to reply, the big drum in front of him sounded, the rhythm was slow, and there was a shout in the Houjin army, and the impact was about to begin. Huang Taiji's attention was attracted, and Zilharang stepped away.

Huang Taiji suddenly spoke again: "Zierharang! ”

"The minions are here."

"You personally oversee the warband. Even if these armor soldiers are dead, they are not allowed to return one of them. ”……

After the first wave, the Jin army was about 500 people, and from Zhu Feng's point of view, this wave had distanced itself from the following wave. This round of offensive is probably about 1,000 people. Further back, the newly joined Houjin army was regrouping in the vacated place of the front team, and the large number of war horses left behind by the front team caused them trouble. These fleeing Houjin troops did not have enough clothing, and the rear soldiers had to take those horses away by themselves. Otherwise, they would not be able to assemble, and the teams behind would not be able to enter the valley.

Zhu Feng was determined. This combat position is very good, both ends of the road are lower than the position, the front is the easiest place to put troops, and it is also the direction of the strongest firepower in Dengzhou, except for the four-pounder gun in the middle, the two tiger squat guns of the two Mandarin Duck Formation Bureaus are laid on the front flanks.

The mountains and forests on the flanks and rear flanks are dense, and it is not easy for the Houjin soldiers to shoot bows and arrows in them, and the dense woods also make it impossible for the Houjin soldiers to gather heavy troops there, and their impact formations on the two wings must be very scattered, and the speed of backup input is also very slow.

After the Jin army entered the 200 paces, the four-pounder gun stopped firing live ammunition, although the higher position was conducive to defense, but the shooting blind angle of the four-pounder gun increased, several artillerymen took advantage of this time to dissipate heat from the artillery, and washed the gun chamber with a water-dipped chamber cleaning rod, and the gun chamber creaked and burst of white gas. After waiting a little, they began to load the loose ammunition, because the Houjin soldiers were low, the muzzle of the gun must be facing down, after the artillery finished loading the fixed ammunition, a gunner took off his clothes casually, stuffed it into the muzzle, the loader pressed it tightly with the ramming rod, and then several people padded the tail of the gun together.

The Houjin army rolled down the slope, the sound of scales and armor and the sound of footsteps rubbing against the grass.

The soldiers after the fortifications in Dengzhou Town fell silent, and with the orders of the various captains and flag captains, the soldiers checked the ammunition for the last time.

"Keep an eye on their respective firing boundaries and distance markers, only hit their own fronts, the first round of salvo must wait for the password, and the rear will be commanded by the squad leaders themselves, and the tiger squat cannon can only be hit when the military horn sounds." Zhu Feng shouted as he walked along the line, reminding these recruits, "Reload immediately after shooting, Jiannu is not a trench, and no one is allowed to rush out in close combat." ”

Zhao Xuan held the short gun in his hand tightly, and repeatedly said in his mouth, "Fight in crowded places, fight in crowded places......

"Squat down in the first two rows!" The commander of the first company shouted the order.

Two rows of soldiers crouched down in unison.

"Third row ready!"

"Ready!" The soldiers around him heard the soldiers repeating a sentence together, so that the sound could be heard, which was the practice of simplifying the command system in Dengzhou Town, using more passwords and less drums.

More than eighty shiny bayonets were raised, and all the soldiers stood solemnly with their guns, and these young men were flushed with red faces, and there was a kind of exuberant look.

"Aim!"

The flintlock pistol was flattened, and the gunner brought the torch to the fire gate. The black-pressed Houjin soldiers shouted wildly with their shields against them, and countless weapons shook above their heads.

The Houjin strikers were within a hundred paces, and because of the narrow front, they could only keep the road clear, and they could not even stop archery, and the archers, who were supposed to cover behind the formation, were still far behind.

Zhu Feng stared at the crowd, and just entered the distance of seventy steps, the company leader shouted, "Release!" ”

The fire flashed on the position, and the Jin army in the front row was hit by a heavy hammer, and his whole body shook and fell forward.

"Second row stand up!"

Following the company commander's command, the second platoon stood up, and the third platoon began to reload upright. This type of round-fire allows the soldier who shoots first to reload in the most convenient position. Before the second row was fired, the four-pounder gun fired a scatter shot. Seventy-two shotshots rained down on the Houjin crowd, and the artillery stopped the retreating artillery carriage. Start loading right away.

Hou Jin soldiers ran along the slope, not hesitating to shorten the distance into close combat, the second row of flintlock musketeers fired another volley, Hou Jin soldiers brushed down again, the screams on the road shook the sky, the corpses blocked the speed of the follow-up Hou Jin soldiers, and the formation in front began to scatter, but from the perspective of the defense line of Dengzhou Town, it was still a dense crowd of people.

The first row of flintlock musketeers stood up. At this time, the third platoon that started shooting was almost finished loading, and the company commander did not take out his bow and arrow, and his raised hand did not wave.

Zhu Feng stood behind the four-pounder gun, the four-pounder gun tail was raised diagonally against the gentle slope, the gun commander stared at the company commander over there, Zhu Feng grabbed the trumpeter's trumpet, and was ready to give the order to the tiger squat gun.

The Houjin soldiers in front of him were getting closer and closer, and the forward had already entered thirty steps, and the company commander finally waved his hand violently. Eighty flintlock muskets and four-pounder guns roared at the same time, and white smoke rose from the front.

Almost all of the Houjin soldiers who ran in front fell to the ground, and just when the armored soldiers behind them were exposed, a military horn sounded. The tiger squat cannons on both wings fired diagonally in the direction of crossing, and a hundred iron scattershots of one or two swept the front of the Houjin soldiers at an oblique angle, and the entire Houjin forward was suddenly cut short.

In the case of the use of qualified gunpowder. The killing distance of the Tiger Squat Cannon against unarmored targets is more than 100 paces, and the training distance of the Tiger Squat Cannon of the Qi Family Army is 80 steps. The reloading process of Qi's army was very complicated, and now Dengzhou Town has switched to fixed-loading loose ammunition. The pressure iron bullet was canceled, and the loading was very fast, but this iron cannon did not dissipate heat well, and it could fire three rounds in a row at most, but these three rounds could give the enemy a fatal blow at close range, so the melee troops in Dengzhou still retain the old artillery of the Ming army, as a supplement to the firepower of the melee soldiers, and it is the most suitable place for the tiger squat cannon to be used on this narrow road.

"The third row is ready to poop!" The non-commissioned officer of the first company reminded the company commander loudly.

The company commander's eyes were fixed on the forward of the Houjin soldiers, they had not yet recovered from this round of volleys, they had obviously lost their command, and the heavy losses made the Houjin soldiers chaotic, and there were constantly white armor slashing and killing the armor soldiers in the queue. The company commander never gave the order, and the master officer chief stood behind the flanks and observed the reloading of the second platoon.

After seeing most of the second platoon raise their guns, the non-commissioned officer said loudly: "The second platoon is ready!" ”

The company commander shouted: "Squat down in the first row!" ”

"Two or three rows ready!"

The two rows of musketeers lay flat in unison, and the rear row poked the barrels out of the gap in the front row.

"Put!"

One hundred and sixty muskets fired another volley, and the blood mist flew in the crowd of Houjin forwards, and even the white armor of the superintendent was knocked over several people, and the entire mountain road was full of corpses, and the Houjin soldiers were in chaos, and they were completely pushed forward by the rear team.

Several fierce white armor and paishku, holding large swords and heavy axes, howled and led the scattered armor soldiers through the corpse-covered road, and pounced into a distance of twenty paces.

"Free Fire!" The company commander shouted, raised his short gun and shot at one of the Pashku who had rushed to the front of the trench.

Napashi Ku's legs were weak and fell into the trench, the military judge, the trainer and other officers shot at the approaching soldiers in the gap in the queue, Zhao Xuan also came to the gap, and watched a soldier running in this direction with a numb scalp, a flying axe in his hand had been raised, and he hurriedly raised his gun to fight.

The strong back seat made his gun body deviate, and in the white smoke, Zhao Xuan saw that the armored soldier was unscathed, and the flying axe in his hand flew out, spinning violently in the air, and brushed Zhao Xuan's shoulder with a whirring wind, Zhao Xuan screamed on his side, and a musketeer fell down with his chest, and a soldier immediately made up for it.

Zhao Xuan hurriedly retreated to the back row, the gunfire in front of the battle continued, but there was no shocking feeling when the salvo was fired, although the road was full of corpses, but the Houjin soldiers were still driven by the white armor in the rear.

At the edge of the mountains and forests on both wings, the figures of the Houjin Ge Bush Xianchao soldiers also began to appear, and they relied on the cover of the trees at the edge of the woods, constantly flashing out to shoot at the Dengzhou soldiers on both wings with heavy arrows, and the Dengzhou archers who were waiting for the battle immediately began to return fire.

The first Houjin soldier threw himself on the breastwork, he killed a Dengzhou flintlock musketeer with a spear, and then was shot and killed by a soldier next to him, the shouting on the Dengzhou front was deafening, the young soldiers were nervous and excited, they didn't even know what they were shouting, no one could hear the officer's voice. After a rigorous training session, these highly stressed soldiers repeat the action of loading and firing as if they were machines.

More and more Houjin soldiers rushed closer. When there is artillery fire, it is possible to delay their offensive for a moment. Immediately, there were continuous armor soldiers, many armor soldiers were stabbed in the soles of their feet by thistles in front of the formation, they did not pull it out, they raised their weapons and threw themselves on the chest wall, Dengzhou's Mandarin Duck Formation team supported everywhere, and some sections launched white-knuckle battles, and the howls and screams of exhaustion on the battlefield resounded together.

Zhao Xuan finally finished loading, and when he saw that the shape was in danger, he cheered and said, "Defeat Jiannu." Lord Zhong is coming to help us soon! ”

Despite his best efforts, his voice was still drowned out in a scream......

"I'm against the rescue strikers! They should be allowed to retreat on their own, and if they can't do so, let them retreat into the mountains. ”

About forty miles away from Tongyuan Fort, Liu Yue pointed to the map and said: "The Houjin army takes the wolf smoke as a letter, and it must be launched together with the direction of Lianshan Pass and Tianshuijing Station, and the number should be more than 10,000 people, and the elite of the Houjin army gathers here, we only have more than 2,000 people in the second battalion of the guards, and the military households of Lord Shang and Lord Mao are mostly used to transport baggage." There are also some garrisons in Xiuyan, and the total number of combat power is only about 1,500, and the total strength is far less than that of the Houjin army. In case Jiannu divides his troops along the grass river to Phoenix City and returns to attack the Yuanbao, the main force of our army will be in danger. ”

The combat staff officer of the second battalion also raised his hand and said: "There is another problem, Shen Zhixiang's men and horses are probably from Liujialing to Lianshan Pass. The biggest possibility is already under the Sky Ridge, judging from Zhu Feng's return. The wolf smoke was the first to rise from the direction of Lianshan Pass, which means that the Jiannu of Lianshan Pass controlled the time to launch. If I am a Tartar general, I will wait for Shen Zhixiang to arrive at Lianshan Pass City, thousands of people in Dongjiang Town, and the camp will extend to the foot of Motianling, at this time, I will send troops from Tianshuijing Station and Lianshan Pass to attack it, Shen Zhixiang will be difficult to resist, if it is attacked when the wolf smoke rises, Shen Zhixiang is on the way to defeat at this time, Jiannu may drive them to impact our army formation, the army formation is in chaos, my entire east road main force is lost, Jiannu goes straight into Xiuyan, the main flank of the Liaonan Brigade in Gaizhou is shaken, and the entire spring offensive cannot continue. ”

Zhong Laosi looked at the map on the table with a calm face, at this time the shape was critical, he had to make a decision quickly, his choice was two, one was to give up the forward and stick to Tongyuan Fort, which was the most stable, and the other was to guard Tongyuan Fort with a partial division, and the main force would rescue the striker and stop the Houjin army at the mouth of the Caohe River. The second type of risk is very high, and the troops are the most scattered, because the special service team that reconnoiters Caohe has not yet returned, if the first part of the Houjin Army has already moved south along the Caohe, it may attack Tongyuan Fort from the direction of Phoenix City, once Tongyuan Fort is cut off, the second battalion will be killed.

Shang Kexi and Mao Chenglu, who came with the team, didn't dare to come out, both of them wanted to give up Shen Zhixiang, and even felt that they should give up Dengzhou Striker, because there were only a few hundred people, they had fought with Jiannu for more than ten years, and there were tens of thousands of dead, and a few hundred were nothing. It's just that they didn't dare to say it, and at this time, Dengzhou Town's own people said it, and they immediately agreed.

"I think it's ......," Zhou Shao'er said cautiously, "I should save it." ”

A room full of people looked at him, Zhou Shao'er usually talks little, although he is a soldier in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, but now he is a general, many people think that he was promoted because he and Zhong Laosi were comrades-in-arms, and he often didn't say a word in meetings, which usually gave people a feeling of not being responsible.

Zhong Laosi turned his head to look at Zhou Shao'er and said, "Mr. Zhou will talk about it." ”

Zhou Shao'er raised his head and said: "We are all soldiers of Dengzhou Town, Zhu Feng is stubbornly defending in the face of a strong enemy, in order to cover the withdrawal of Shen Zhixiang's troops, my army is only thirty-five miles away from the mouth of the Caohe River, how can we see my comrades fighting alone." Although sticking to Tongyuan Fort is more stable, but it has lost the soul of my Dengzhou army, if I don't save my comrades today, who will save me tomorrow. The subordinates expressed their stance here, and the subordinates were willing to lead the two companies under their headquarters to be the vanguard of the road, and it was worth dying to die. ”

Zhong Laosi looked at Zhou Shao'er, his eyes were full of appreciation, he and Zhou Shao'er have been friends for many years, but he only felt that Zhou Shao'er was righteous, fighting a war could only be regarded as improvised, and his courage was average, today is the first time to see Zhou Shao'er's real brave side.

"The subordinates agree with Zhou Shao'er's opinion." The judge of the 2nd Guards Battalion stood up and said loudly.

Liu Yue still shook his head and said: "I only talk about the war, holding Tongyuan Fort will stabilize the eastern front, no matter what Shen Zhixiang's troops will become, as long as I Dengzhou Town and defend Tongyuan Fort, Liaonan will be stable." The road of Caohe has never been an official road, the road there is difficult to travel, it is difficult to support the Jiannu army to go straight to the Liaodong coast, and my battalion of strong troops is stationed here, the main force of Jiannu will never dare to go south, otherwise it is more likely to be besieged by our army, as long as the main force of Jiannu is dragged, it will buy time for the Liaonan Brigade in Gaizhou, which is what a professional soldier should think. ”

The operational staff officer also insisted: "The duty of the subordinate is to remind the military commander that although the right to make decisions is not under the subordinates, the subordinates insist on the power of three reminders within the authority, and the main force should stick to Tongyuan Fort, not to abandon the overall situation of the spring offensive for the sake of the partial division." Even if they wanted to attack, they would wait for Shen Zhixiang's defeated army to pass through Guò and find out the situation in the Caohe River Valley, and then attack with a solid formation, confront Jiannu head-on in the river, and drag Jiannu's men and horses so that they could not evacuate. ”

Zhou Shao'er said in a low voice: "We have said everything we should say, you decide, Lord Chen said that what is worse than a wrong decision is not to make a decision." ”

The Tang Ma who rushed to herald the order was still waiting outside, and the people in the house were waiting for Zhong Laosi's decision, Zhong Laosi faced such a choice for the first time, Zhong Laosi, who had never known what he was wandering about, had dense beads of sweat on his forehead. (To be continued......)