Chapter 124: The War Dragon is in the Wild

"Shit, this broken map, there is no Shimen Town." Chen Xie was annoyed, according to Ba Shandu's latest confession, Houjin had a team in Shimen Town, which robbed more than 200 trucks of property and food, and more than 3,000 young men and women.

"The scout reported that there was a village called Mashenqiao about a mile ahead, about ten miles away from Shimen Town. It was in the village that they were killed. Unfortunately, none of the other five were not in the village. Wang Qinian added in time, Chen Xie glared at him in annoyance and said, "He Xian, this guy, an old scout, how could he make such a low-level mistake." ”

Wang Qinian was frightened, and when Chen Xie stared, it meant that he was going to be angry, and the next moment when the old man was angry, it meant that he was going to use an armed belt to draw people. If you don't have a good attitude, you will suffer. Fortunately, Chen Xie didn't continue to be angry this time, staring at the map and continuing to talk to himself: "No, you can't let go of these grandsons, but it's only ten miles, and a rapid march is a matter of half an hour." ”

Qin Yiming thought he was in time to reach out and press Chen Xie's shoulder and said, "Sihua, be cautious." Houjin has more than 1,500 combatants, and your department is only more than 1,500 combatants. "The words are not clear, but the meaning is very clear, the strength is equivalent to your egg? It's not that he looks down on you, Daming doesn't have an army that dares to weld one-on-one with Houjin.

Chen Xie smiled slightly, pinched Qin Yiming's hand, and the huge force made this fierce general's mouth unable to close in surprise, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't reverse the result of being easily moved on his shoulder.

"Wang Qinian, pass on my orders, one to five teams, engineer teams, artillery teams, and grenadier teams. Emergency gathering. Ten minutes later the march began, and it was now two o'clock in the afternoon. Before half past three, we must rush to Shimen Town. "Chen Xie's order is simple and risky. But Wang Qinian executed it without any discount.

Qin Yiming, who was pinched and couldn't move, smiled bitterly: "Sihua, wait another half an hour." Chen Xie said: "There is no time, it is dark and our army's firearms advantage is not obvious." You don't have to worry, I know what you mean. In this way, you can go and see, open your eyes, and know what pure firearms combat is. ”

The speed of the troop assembly once again exceeded Qin Yiming's thoughts, and in just five minutes, Wang Qinian came to report that the preparations were completed. The pride on Chen Xie's face was obvious. After more than a year of hard work, the armament built according to the model of the modern army, without this Su zhì, it would be really embarrassing to throw it to my grandmother's house.

Five infantry regiments were in front, followed by twenty four-wheeled wagons and an engineering corps following them, and finally an artillery and grenadier corps of more than fifty wagons. Chen Xie followed the artillery team to act, and Qin Yiming had no choice but to follow along.

After passing the Mashen Bridge, only five miles ahead, the scout in front of him galloped back: "Discover the Houjin Brigade!" The hoarse shouting alarmed Chen Xie, who was in the back team. The topography of the North Naoli Horse Flat River. It was not difficult to find the telescope in Chen Xie's hand that the brigade that was coming ahead was no more than two kilometers away.

"Line up, put up obstacles. Get ready to meet the enemy! "The young staff officer waved the red flag, and the first to move were the sappers and artillerymen, who immediately observed the nearby terrain on the spot. A higher ground was soon identified as an artillery position. As soon as the artillery team had chosen a position, the infantry began to line up on its left side. Sapper shovels fly, and a shallow trench is rapidly emerging. Sacks filled the soil and built a low wall. The busiest were the sappers, more than 100 people quickly unfolding the artificial deer (wooden), the sharp wooden stakes on the carriage were removed, and the wooden hammers were pounded with a bang.

Yiqiē looked busy, but the opposite side came quickly, dozens of carriages were connected in front and back, quickly building a defensive barrier wall for the artillery position. Hou Jin's brigade stopped when it appeared a thousand meters away, and any commander with a little military common sense would not lightly give the order to attack immediately when he saw a well-organized enemy army.

Sitku can be said to have experienced a hundred battles, so naturally he will not make the mistake of attacking lightly. In fact, when he heard that the Ming army was discovered, he felt that it was not a normal phenomenon, after the first battle of Yongdingmen, no Ming army dared to fight, and they all shrank in the city. Siege has always been Houjin's weakness, at this time can find a Ming army in the field, and there is a distance of twenty miles from Jizhou, of course, he will not miss it. So the leader came, and he saw a well-organized army.

Any carelessness on the battlefield will lead to the consequences of zhì strict zhòng. Sitku ordered the whole team to ride forward with a few men, the distance was too far to see the opponent's situation clearly. The horse rushed up a slope, about a mile away, and at this time it was possible to see the opponent's situation clearly. On closer inspection, Sitku thought he had mistaken and ran forward for about a hundred meters.

Now he could see clearly that this army was really so strange, dressed in green clothing, with a black hat on its head, sending out a line of battle formations, a water of birds, and no armor and spears. Such an army can fight, even if there is an artillery team, how many cannons can you fire? A single charge can defeat the opponent's formation without any level, right?

This is to send you to death! Sitku made a decision he would regret for the rest of his life. After turning around and riding his horse back, he ordered: "A strange team, not the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Signal, set up in battle formation, trotting close to three hundred paces. ”

The Houjin army put on a common charging formation, slowly approaching forward. At this time, Qin Yiming's face turned white, and he wanted to persuade Chen Xie, but he didn't let him move at all, and dropped a sentence: "Follow me obediently, don't talk, don't move, otherwise the military law will be ruthless." ”

One, two, three, four, a total of four horizontal teams, the two horizontal teams in front, about ten meters away from the two horizontal teams behind, the whole formation is loose like the belt of Qing and Sister Lou'er's trousers, this Nima can also fight? Oh, there was also an infantry team five meters in front of Qin Yiming, all of them sitting down and resting. How can you be so calm? Drinking from that weird kettle and laughing. The Houjin army is about to be killed, and the total number of infantry is less than a thousand.

Got rid of two battlefield medical soldiers, a team of 223 people in the regimental training battalion, a total of four teams into 4 teams, and the total combat strength was less than 900, you said that Qin Yiming was in a hurry. Oh, and the artillery team is 200 people, serving six iron cannons and two bronze cannons.

The two 12-pounder bronze cannons, Chen Xie was intended to be used to attack the city, and he usually did not fight, but this time he also invested.

The brazier with tung oil was lit, and the dry wood was soon burned, and the long iron pole was burned red, and the tail was fitted with a wooden handle.

"Ranging! Reload, aim. Weng Zhengqing's commands continued, and this time he was much calmer than the first battle.

"The artillery team is ready!" With a roar of all his might, this time Chen Xie did not stand in the front, but rode on horseback, calmly looking at the enemy with a telescope. Hearing this, he said lightly: "Test shooting!" ”

One thousand meters, boom, the first test launch was a little off, fifty meters away from the Houjin army, the projectile had already landed, rolled forward for a while, and no one was injured, but it caused a little commotion.

"Adjusted!" The roar sounded again, and Chen Xie decisively ordered: "Fire!" ”

Boom Boom Boom! Six shells in a row, accurately landing in a dense formation, this time the damage caused can be described as huge.

"The Houjin Army has accelerated!" On an artificial platform, an observer shouted loudly.

Qin Yiming saw something strange again, a group of people called grenadiers, they were all busy at this time, they kept unloading some things from the carriage and fiddling, watching some shelves like ladders lined up in a row, in groups of two, this is a hundred groups.

At this time, Qin Yiming heard a new term: "Chen's rocket is ready!" "Well, someone shamelessly plagiarized the Congreev rocket, and even ate the infringement of Guoguo and usurped the naming rights of others.

More than 20 people were wounded in a single round of shelling, and Sitku decisively ordered the three Niulu who went out to speed up and trot. If you are bombarded like this again, the formation will definitely be chaotic, and there will be a fart battle. There is a cannon on the other side, and if you are slow, you can't find it comfortable. At this time, Sitku hadn't realized who the opponent he was facing, how could he fire the cannon so quickly, and he didn't expect that this kind of cannon was not a stupid guy like a red-coated cannon in the traditional sense.

Sitku brought all five of the oxen, all of them with one man and two horses, and not a single foot soldier. This decision was made in order to completely eliminate the Ming army that dared to attack, but it was also because of this decision that the "Chen's Rocket" was given a chance to appear. And it was a wonderful debut.

Five hundred meters, it was shelled for two more rounds, although the casualties were not very large, but after the war horse was frightened, it began to rush forward, and it was impossible to control it at all, and the formation was a little disrupted. After entering the distance of the cavalry to increase speed up three hundred paces, just as they were about to speed up, a dark cloud flew in the sky, not a dark cloud, but a strange giant arrow.

Qin Yiming was also startled by the strange scream of the rocket, which was a small trick deliberately by Chen Xie, a muddy whistle tied with wire on the head of the rocket, making a strange whining sound. The rockets flying with the flames were enough to make the turtles on the opposite side scatter, although there were only a hundred rockets, but the effect was surprisingly good.

The total number of the three Niu Lu's Houjin troops was only 900 people, and the consequence of the collective charge was that they were pierced by a rocket with a very poor accuracy and rode for more than 20 horses, and the fireworks sprayed from the tail of the rocket frightened more than 100 war horses, and the whole formation was a mess. The frightened war horse rushed out of formation, not to mention, but also rushed forward desperately, not controlled at all, and then led the cavalry of the entire formation, and began to sprint in advance.

"War dragons are in the wild!" Qin Yiming blurted out that he had been educated since then, and he still knew some dragging. At this moment, the fourth round of field artillery began to bombard, this time with a salvo of eight guns. (To be continued......)