Chapter 171: Cangzhou Relief (Part II)
Zhu Youcheng let go of his slap and knocked down the last rebel who rushed about a hundred steps in front of him.
The soldiers of the brocade guard shook their heads, it was really not challenging at all, the chaotic people rushed in a mess, almost did not aim, and could knock down one with one shot.
Xu Ruzhi and Lu Ping on the city wall were stunned, and there were no less than 5,000 corpses lying in front of the cavalry, more than the chaotic people they had killed when they defended the city for half a month.
Xu Ruzhi asked: "I, I'm not mistaken, Jinyi Wei killed 5,000 rebels in less than a quarter of an hour?" Am I dreaming? β
Lu Ping said: "If you want to know if it's a dream, you can bite your finger." β
Xu Ruzhi raised his finger and put it in his mouth and bit it hard, Lu Ping let out an "oops" and hurriedly pulled his finger back. It turned out that Xu Ruzhi took advantage of Lu Ping's stunned time to secretly put his finger into his mouth.
Xu Ruzhi nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's okay, it's not a dream." β
"Why don't you bite your finger?"
"I'm afraid it hurts." Xu Ruzhi's straightforward answer left Lu Ping speechless.
Lu Ping muttered in his mouth: "Little white face, black heart and liver, drink cold water, break the tank, cut your mouth." β
Xu Ruzhi shook his head and pointed to his face. In the past half a month, he has been sticking to the city wall, and he is tanned darker than Lu Ping.
Don't be shocked by the mud, this is the last time he tries to attack the city, and he sent his descendant troops, both the will to fight and the combat effectiveness are outstanding, although they can't be compared with the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, but two to one, will not fall behind. There were less than two thousand people on the other side. But within a quarter of an hour, he annihilated all his 5,000 elite soldiers.
The person who looked like the master squeezed over again and said, "King, the weapon of these cavalry is a fire gun. When the villain was a border army. Ever seen. The firebolt is powerful, but it also has many shortcomings. β
"What are the disadvantages?"
"Slow reloading, and more importantly, a lot of logistics. Gunpowder burns easily, and soldiers did not dare to carry too much gunpowder with them so as not to set themselves on fire. The group of cavalry was not followed by supply wagons. So the villain judged that their camp was nearby. This time, we will go all out to rescue Cangzhou. The main force is exhausted, and the camp must be empty of guards. Let's attack their camp now. It's bound to be a big win. If they burn their gunpowder, the fire guns in their hands are not as good as the burning sticks. I heard that the cavalry was coming from the north of Cangzhou. Their camp must have been in the north of Cangzhou. β
"Alright, we'll move all our forces now to attack their camp."
"No, my lord. If we attack the camp with all our might, these cavalry will inevitably come back. When the cavalry joins up with the supply wagons, then their combat effectiveness will increase dramatically, and we will surely be defeated. β
"What do you mean......"
"The king, the amount is small, not a gentleman, no poison and no husband. Send 10,000 ragtag troops to entangle the cavalry and make them think that our main force is fighting him. If the ragtag army defeats the cavalry. Sure, it's the best. Even if it fails, it doesn't matter, the king responds to the call and can pull up a new army. Meanwhile. We sent 10,000 main forces to attack their camp. In this way, their camp will inevitably be lost. We can burn their gunpowder, destroy their weapons, and if we're lucky, get their guns, just the right way. Give back to the other person', so that they can taste the feeling of self-destruction. β
There are no siege soldiers under the city of Cangzhou. A horse galloped to the city and gave a loud order: "Daming Longtuge University Scholar, Daming School of Administration, Daming Military Academy, Jinyi Weixi Town Fu Si Fu Zhu has an order, Cangzhou defenders withdraw from this battle." If there are no rebels and ants to attack the city, they are not allowed to attack under the city walls. β
Xu Ruzhi and Lu Ping knew that Zhu Youcheng was worried that the attack on the city would not distinguish between the enemy and me, and accidentally injured the Jinyi guard, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, and said secretly: "Then you have to have a weapon." In yesterday's battle, the rolling wood and stones were exhausted, the '10,000 enemies' were exhausted, the crossbow arrows were exhausted, the gunpowder was exhausted, and the oil was exhausted. β
When the cavalry under the walls saw that there was no one on the walls to answer, they thought that they had not heard clearly, and they spoke loudly again.
Xu Ruzhi and Lu Ping responded in unison: "Obey your lord's orders." β
10,000 people came from the muddy camp towards Zhu Youcheng's cavalry. The men were ready, with shields in their hands, and ran towards them as fast as they could.
The shield still brought some trouble to Zhu Youcheng, not that the bullet of the rear-loading rifled fire gun could not pass through the shield, nor that the bullet was exhausted after passing through the shield, but that the shield blocked the cavalry's line of sight, so that the cavalry could not aim at the vital points of the chaotic people. Of course, there are also some shields of better quality, made of pure iron, which can block bullets, but this also requires a strong man to be able to move. And those wooden shields wrapped in iron sheets are far less effective.
With the help of shields, the 10,000 men, after dropping 3,000 corpses, finally approached the cavalry at a distance of 150 paces, and some bold rebels took advantage of the shield to throw arrows at the cavalry. Some of the bows of the rebels were homemade, and some were taken from the arsenal of Nanpi County, and the range varied, but none of the bows had a range of more than 15o steps, so the bow and arrow were not a big threat to the Jinyi Guard.
But something that surprised everyone happened, Zhu Youcheng actually ordered the withdrawal of troops - he fled.
Lu Ping hammered the city wall on the city wall, and scolded loudly: "One soldier will be a nest of bears." This Lord Zhu was so afraid of death that he didn't dare to fight hand-to-hand with the rebellious people. You are tall, they are short, and when you go down, their heads fly, and at most you will be slashed in the foot, and if you are fast, you will not even be able to take this sword. Coward, coward! β
The rioters want to cry without tears, why don't they wait for us there? Is it easy for us, we finally rushed to the front at the risk of death, and before we could start fighting, you ran away again, bullying us without horses, right? Actually, we don't want to chase you, but there are hundreds of Overseers behind us, and if you take a step slow, you will be beheaded.
Zhu Youcheng's team did not control the horse to retreat, but turned the horse's head and fled. The rebels were overjoyed when they saw it, this was the rhythm of the rout, and they strode after it.
Who knew that the brocade guards were too black-hearted, and while retreating, they actually turned around and shot, and the accuracy of shooting was quite high. A round of bangs resulted in hundreds of corpses.
"It's too much," the homeless people scolded in their hearts, "and there is no heavenly reason, just run away, and let go while fleeing, I have never seen such a shameless army." β
Xu Ruzhi had read a lot of books and knew this tactic, so he exclaimed: "Man...... Mangugu! β
LΓΌ Ping was a military general, but he was not very clear about the tactics of the Mongols two hundred years ago, and asked, "What is Man?" β
"It's a tactic of Mangu, the former Yuan cavalry. Fake defeat, lure the enemy into pursuit, and then use your riding advantage to destroy the enemy. β
Lu Ping carefully observed the battle under the city wall, and sure enough, in this round of pursuit, the distance between Zhu Youcheng and the ranks of the rebels was re-stretched to five hundred paces, and the rebels fell nearly a thousand people.
Knowing that the biggest threat at the moment was the cavalry's firearms, the rebels raised their shields again.
The shield can't stop the bullets, but the black-hearted Zhu Youcheng saw that the enemy that could be eliminated with just one gun in the past now needs four or five guns to be defeated, and he shouted to the extreme: "Shoot where their shields are exposed, such as hands, feet, and other parts, and then shoot their vital parts after the shield is out of the body." β
Wu Huping and Chen Guoqi hurriedly conveyed the order to the hundred households, and the hundred households in turn conveyed the order to the general banner, and so on until every soldier heard the order clearly.
Now the chaos team will have a lot of fun. First there was a pain in the leg, and the person fell to the ground, and then immediately it stopped hurting. Because whoever is hit on the head will also be completely sick and become a healthy - dead person.
"It's a big bully. You have enough horses to take advantage of us, and now we are not allowed to walk or hit us in the foot. It's really only allowed to ride horses, and the people are not allowed to walk. The rioters thought indignantly.
Of course, they didn't know that the cavalry on the opposite side was a brocade guard, but they just felt that the cavalry had golden helmets and gold armor, which was unspeakably expensive. But what is more expensive is the firearm in their hands, the power is simply terrifying, not only the range is long, there is no need to use the firerope, and the most important thing is that the reload is extremely fast. The tactics that used to rely on human lives to hold back the Musketeers and then rush to the front to fight the Musketeers are no longer useful at all. Faced with such a terrifying weapon, the remaining 5,000 rebels finally made a decision - to escape.
Although the steel knives in the hands of the overseers were terrifying, Zhu Youcheng's firecrackers were even more terrifying. The lesser of two evils. The rioters turned around and rushed towards the way they came.
Beating the water dog is Zhu Youcheng's favorite thing to do, he led his subordinates to chase and fight, and now the chaotic people ran more happily.
The Overseer team even cut down hundreds of people to prevent the rout of the rebels, and at the moment of life and death, the rebels suddenly became much bolder, and some directly picked up knives and guns to cut the Raiders, anyway, they were going to die, and it would be good to pull a mattress. In the end, even the Overseers fled.
Five thousand men and horses rushed towards the formation, their faces frightened, their steps were fast, and the whole team that did not get wet with mud was fighting in two groups, and all began to flee.
The non-muddy ranks collapsed, and the remaining 20,000 or so were crushed and scattered. (To be continued)
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