Chapter 154: Temptation
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"Woo woo woo ......"
The low and solemn sound of trumpets wafted over the camp, and the heavily armed Houjin sergeants dispersed and followed behind the shield carts.
Today's Houjin soldiers are more cautious, hundreds of wooden shields protect the sergeants hiding behind, and they look like turtles moving forward.
Looking at the slow-moving Houjin Shield car and those sergeants, Yue Yang sneered, "Hehe...... The Tartar learned to be obedient so quickly. So many shield cars were dispatched, and it seems that they were already scared yesterday. But today is different from yesterday. Come on, order the artillery battalion to open fire! ”
"Boom, boom, boom......"
With Yue Yang's order, the twelve tiger squat cannons deployed in front of the camp let out an earth-shattering roar at the same time, and more than a dozen projectiles almost simultaneously fired towards the Houjin camp.
The projectiles weighing eight catties drew a semicircle in the sky and fell into the attack formation of the Houjin army, most of them landed in the clearing, and two projectiles were lucky enough to hit the two shield carts that were slowly advancing.
Wrapped in the impact force from top to bottom and the strong kinetic energy driven by gunpowder, the two iron pellets hit the shield car heavily, with a loud "bang", the sawdust flew, the two shield cars shook a few times, and finally slammed apart, revealing the five or six archers hiding inside, although the projectile did not hit them directly, but the impact of the iron pellet weighing eight catties from high was not idle? In the midst of the tremendous impact and the flying wood chips, the five or six archers fell to the ground with a scream, and many of them had broken wood chips stuck in their faces.
Seeing that twelve guns hit two, this is already a high hit rate. Yue Yang nodded, turned his head and whispered a few words to the herald next to him.
The herald understood, and immediately ran to the back of the nearby camp. After a while, the front door of the camp was wide open, and groups of cavalry began to rush out of the main gate of the camp.
But what is strange is that after leaving the camp, these cavalry did not directly attack the Houjin army, but immediately ran away to the right of the camp. It was only after running for two or three miles that he stopped and looked at the Houjin army coldly.
Looking at the cavalry team in gray-black armor that was full of coldness, Yue Tuo's thick and thick eyebrows immediately wrinkled, and the faces of Luo Luohun and several armor Lazhangjing next to him also became ugly.
Experienced people naturally did not naively think that this cavalry was frightened by themselves and dared to escape. They all knew that cavalry could only show their strengths if they ran, and that they would not be of much use in the camp. When they leave the camp, they are like eagles out of a cage, they will keep a firm eye on them, and if the Houjin army shows a flaw, they will pounce like hungry wolves and bite their necks until they die.
"Bastards, these damn bright dogs. It's like a fly staring at us. After gritting his teeth and scolding a few words, he said to Yue Tuo with some hatred; Amma, the child is willing to lead a thousand cavalry to kill all those bright dogs, please agree! ”
Yue Tuo glanced at Karchu and said lightly; "Karchu, how do I teach you on weekdays, to be calm in case of trouble. Not to mention whether you can eat the opponent's 2,000 men and horses with a thousand cavalry, even if they can't beat you, won't they still run? Will you chase or not chase when the time comes? If you chase after you, won't you fall into someone's strategy, we have few men and horses, you take a thousand cavalry with you, what if the Ming army suddenly comes out of the camp? Lead the pursuit...... You can figure it out. Retire! ”
"Chirp ......"
Karchu, who had been reprimanded by Yue Tuo, took a few steps back and didn't dare to speak out again. In fact, Khalchuxu also knew that the method he had just made was indeed undesirable. The ancients often said that attacking the enemy's city or camp must at least several times the opponent's strength, but now Yue Tuo only has more than 4,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, which is equivalent to the opponent's strength, and it is already somewhat undesirable to attack the enemy's camp. It would be too stupid to divide the troops again, no wonder he was reprimanded.
Just as Yue Tuo was reprimanding his son, his eldest son, Luo Luohun, was commanding two Niu Lu's armies to advance towards the Ming army camp with difficulty.
The artillery fire of the Ming army was very fierce, and the degree of fire was also very fast. Basically, a salvo can be fired in one to two minutes, and each salvo can basically take several lives.
Although on the surface it seems that a few dead and wounded people are nothing, this kind of aggrieved situation has a very great impact on both the morale and morale of the army. Even the proclaimed brave Houjin warriors will gradually become impatient and panicked under such blows.
"Someone, order the warriors to speed up and rush to the camp of Ming Gou!" At this time, Luo Luohun finally realized the mood of Ha Feng'a, who died in battle yesterday, this kind of feeling that he could only be beaten and couldn't fight back was really aggrieved.
As the Houjin army slowly approached the Ming army's camp, the Ming army's artillery accuracy became more accurate, and the casualties of the Houjin army began to increase.
"Quick...... Hurry up and reload! "Behind the partition wall of the Ming army camp, the officers of the artillery battalion were sweating profusely and directing the gunners to speed up the firing.
At this time, four gunners were busy with each gun, and after each shot, one loader began to clean the chamber with a stick wrapped in a strip of cloth to clean the debris inside, while the other gunner poured water on the gun to cool the gun, followed by gunpowder, projectiles and arquebuses, followed by aiming and ignition.
These processes may sound tedious, but skilled gunners can complete them in almost a minute, and before that time they have been ordered to shoot more projectiles in the shortest possible time to give the Tartars maximum damage.
"Boom ......"
An eight-pound projectile with huge kinetic energy and inertia drew a graceful arc in the sky and landed on the ground, hitting a wooden shield and the Houjin auxiliary soldier holding the wooden shield behind. The seemingly heavy wooden shield was suddenly pierced like tissue paper, along with the auxiliaries and several infantry armor behind it
The same was knocked to the ground.
The shield-raising auxiliaries and two infantry soldiers died instantly, while the last infantry soldier was knocked off the lower half of his body by the flying projectile. The sturdy infantry soldier did not die on the spot, he lay on the ground in pain and screamed loudly, the terrible screams almost drowned out the roar of the artillery not far away.
"Damn artillery!"
Luo Luohun, who was about two hundred paces away from this infantry armor, scolded in a low voice, and he also heard the screams of this infantry armor. Luo Luohun recognized the screaming infantry soldier, he was a famous warrior in the red flag, he was twenty-six years old this year, he was extremely strong, known as the Baturu of the red flag, just last year he also married a beautiful wife, but now he was knocked off half of his body by a single shot.
"Damn artillery!"
The person who uttered this scolding with Luo Luohun was none other than his Lao Tzu, Belle Yueto.
Yue Tuo, who was standing at the rear of the battlefield, could see more clearly, although the battle had only started less than two quarters of an hour or so, the experienced Yue Tuo had already seen the difference between the Ming army on the opposite side and the Ming army that had fought with him in the past.
Compared with the previous Ming army, this Ming army was more well-trained and better equipped. This can be seen in the constant sound of artillery fire. If the Ming army had been replaced in the past, it would have taken at least five or six minutes to shoot again after a shot, how could it be so rhythmic as it is now.
Seeing this, Yue Tuo had a bottom in his heart, but he did not jump to a conclusion, but set his sights on the battlefield again, and he had to look and observe again before making a decision.
"My lord, the Tartars are almost in front of the rejection of the horse, can we start?"
Just when Yue Tuo was still observing, the anxious Feng Xiaoming also ran to Yue Yang's side and hurriedly asked.
"What's the hurry!" Yue Yang glanced at Feng Xiaoming with squinted eyes, and said lightly: "I tell you, wait until the Tartar comes to a hundred steps away before you do it, otherwise you won't be able to achieve the expected effect." ”
"Yes!"
Feng Xiaoming scratched his head anxiously, and finally had no choice but to return to his post.
At this time, Feng Xiaoming was standing at a distance of about ten steps from the gate of the camp, and next to him were nearly fifty small stone throws. Next to each of the small trebuchets stood two sergeants.
The trebuchets had a basin-like thing in it, and in it was a black round ball, and an arquebus protruded from it.
In fact, this thing is to put it bluntly, it is an enlarged version of the 10,000 enemies, but the small 10,000 enemies weigh only two pounds, and they are thrown by the soldier's arm strength, while this kind of 10,000 enemies weigh five pounds and are thrown by trebuchets, but they can't go far, and the small trebuchet can only throw it to a distance of about 100 steps.
After another seven or eight minutes, under the command of Luo Luohun, the Houjin army finally rushed to a distance of about a hundred paces from the Ming army camp after paying the price of seventy or eighty people. At this time, a number of Houjin sergeants began to push away the rejecting horses arranged by the Ming army in front of the camp, and some Houjin sergeants began to use brooms to remove the thistles sown in front of the door under the cover of shield bearers.
Feng Xiaoming, who was a little impatient waiting, finally saw the order from the flag bearer on the bucket truck behind him to allow shooting.
He couldn't wait for a long time, and immediately shouted in a sharp voice: "His grandmother's, put it for Lao Tzu!" ”
"Put!"
"Put!"
With the sound of the order, the soldier with the torch lit the arquebus, and as the fiery rope "sizzled", another soldier immediately flipped the switch.
With a "hula" sound, the trebuchet projected the four-pound 10,000-strong enemy out, crossed a beautiful arc in the air, and landed more than a hundred steps away from the camp...... (To be continued......)