Chapter 1429: A Valley Suitable for Ambushes
After this bend, I saw a dozen horses parked on the road a few hundred paces away, wandering aimlessly, using their hooves to cut through the snow and look for some dead grass and the like.
"It's really thoughtful, let's think they ran up the mountain, everyone hurry up, look at so many of us, they must run, don't let them run in advance!"
Not to mention anything else, after seeing the horses parked on the road, everyone can judge where the ambush circle is, and the next thing to do is nothing more than the brigade rushing over, no matter where the cavalry of the Zhao family army is ambushed, they must be eaten by more people.
The hills were a little quieter, and then the hooves exploded and roared, people shouted and neighed, and suddenly boiled, the Jurchen and Mongolian cavalry had to hurry up and rush forward, and even some people pushed and scolded each other, before they saw the prey, everyone also paid attention to cooperation, at this time, who can rush to the front, kill the enemy's head, the greater the grasp of military merit, who will pay attention to cooperation, if it is not for the leaders to keep an eye on, I am afraid that someone will have to use the knife.
This official road, which has not been repaired at all, is already very crowded, and there are even people moving forward on the slopes on both sides of the road, and Hulegen, who is one step behind, is so angry that he yells: "Don't squeeze and don't move, don't scare the Han dog away!" ”
The hills and slopes on both sides of the road are woods, there were not many people here back then, naturally there were not many people cutting trees for firewood, the vegetation is quite dense, riding through such an environment is obviously unrealistic, not to mention that you can't run, can you go over to say both.
Hu Legen's forehead was bruised, there were at least more than 200 riders crowded in front of him, and the people behind him were still rushing forward regardless of it, so tossing and turning, then what head would be in hand, and looking at everyone's fierce look, it was really urgent to fight, it was possible to move a knife and fire on the spot, there was no fucking benefit, and he put his life into it, but it was crowded like this, and he could draw others with a whip and a horse, and it was difficult to get out.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and Hulegan felt the smell of some smoky fire, like the smell of burning cotton thread, and like the smell of sulfur.
How can there be such a taste? This cold wind will not see the open fire, Hu Legen rubbed his nose, and then secretly scolded himself, what is the matter, still care about such a trivial matter.
The sharp whistle sounded, and the noise of people and horses was too loud, so that when the whistle sounded, many people couldn't hear it clearly, and even if they heard it, they thought it was the sound of their own team.
There was a muffled sound of "bang", the sound came from the woods on both sides of the road, and Hu Legen, who has always been sensitive to his ears and eyes, heard this sound, he finally felt that something was wrong, but subconsciously he thought it was an illusion, and turned his head to look over, but found that there were companions on the periphery who fell off the horse, but in the noisy situation, no one noticed it at all.
"That's not right!" As soon as Hulegan uttered the word, he realized that the sound was not a hallucination, for the sharp whistling sound was clear to his ears from the continuous explosions of the trees on both sides.
Hulegan heard the sound, and the others heard it, but none of them reacted to what it was, but then they knew the consequences, and the cavalry on both sides screamed and fell, and some horsemen stood up, neighing and moving, and the explosion continued continuously.
Finally someone reacted and shouted there, "Firecracker, firecracker!" ”
I thought that the ambush circle was in front and the ambush soldiers were in front, but I didn't expect the ambush to be arranged so far ahead, and it was not a bow horse riding shot, but a fire gun.
"Turn around and run!" Hu Legen yelled at a subordinate next to him, and before the subordinate could move, his body on the horse trembled violently, Hu Legen could see clearly, his subordinate's upper body seemed to be pierced and pulled out by a spear, and the blood quickly soaked through his clothes, and the whole person fell softly.
There are many such people, if it is a rain of arrows, everyone still knows how to dodge, at least they can see the trajectory, but the lead bullet of this fire gun can't see clearly, only know that it comes from the woods on both sides, and the middle one dies immediately, and the unlucky one is seriously injured, and it will take a long time to die, which is more terrible than death.
Some people hold their own round shields to cover them, sturdy wooden shields, and they pay attention to covering them with cooked cowhide, and the bow and arrows can't shoot through them at all, but this kind of protection has no effect in front of the firecracker, which directly penetrates the shield, and then shoots into the human body, and the splashing sawdust will scratch the faces of the people hiding behind the shields.
Hulegan was terrified, he reacted faster than the others, and found that after the horse was a target, he turned over and dismounted, and on such a crowded road, it was so chaotic that the horses could not run fast, but they did not have to worry about being trampled into flesh.
After dismounting, Hulegan saw the corpse, his chest seemed to be concentrated by a sledgehammer, the fatal wound was not large, but the surroundings seemed to be smashed, the deceased's expression was extremely painful, and the death was not very painful.
Looking through the gap in the horse's legs, some people urged the horses to rush to the slopes on both sides, but soon fell under the fire gun, the horse was unwilling to enter the woods, so the short time of urging not to move, was set on fire by the fire, directly knocked off the horse, and some people turned over and dismounted, did not go in a straight line, and rushed into the woods with knives, some people were shot without taking a few steps, and some people rushed in, but there was no sound coming.
Hulegan had also seen the shooting of the firecracker, but he didn't expect it to be continuous to this extent, is this still a firecracker? It was really difficult for him to make a judgment, because the enemy was always in the woods, and the dense woods and slope angles made it impossible to see clearly where the enemy was, what weapons he was holding, whether it was a firearm or not, and Hulegan couldn't judge clearly.
Nearly 500 horsemen were blocked on this road, and the fire guns continued to shoot and bombard, and the best fire guns of this era could not talk about any accuracy, but the targets were so dense, and the men and horses were so large together, there was no reason to miss the shot, just keep firing.
And the cavalry sent by the Jianzhou Jurchens is not incompetent, if it is really a field battle on the plains, they can also be bombarded with firearms, gritted their teeth and rushed to the front of the formation, but at this time, they are just crowded, and it is difficult to avoid and move in a hurry, so they passively become targets, and after losing nearly seventy percent, they finally have room to move.
But at this time, the road was still immobile, the fire gun was still roaring, turning around, there were horses that had lost their owners, there were startled horses running around, there were wounded companions crying for help, and there were rear people and horses who had not had time to come, running forward, there was enough open space in front, but no one dared to run forward, was there an ambush in front of them?
"Brothers, dismount, rush forward with bows and arrows, let's fight!"
Someone shouted angrily, at this time, this is the only choice, it is said that to this point, the pursuers behind are blocked and cannot come forward, but the fire gun shooting still does not stop, and there is no shouting to grab the live mouth, this is the momentum of completely killing people, since there is no way to live, then there is only a fight.
Hu Legen didn't think about going out and working hard, he just lay on the road, using the corpses of the people and horses around him as a block, and even reached out and scooped up a few handfuls of blood that had not yet been frozen and wiped it on his face, ready to pretend to be dead.
But not long after pretending to be dead, Hulegan was almost trampled by an ownerless startled horse, and the road was not as safe as he thought, and Hulegan also noticed that the fire bolts fired from the woods were shooting at the road, which really didn't give everyone a way to live, so the fuck had to fight.
Hulegan pulled a companion's shield and drew his saber, he was an ordinary archer, and he didn't want to use a bow and arrows on this battlefield, he always felt that Zhang Bow shot an arrow to die faster, just now he could see clearly, several people opened their bows and arrows, and obviously more firebolts hit him.
There are two sides of the road, and the fire bolts come from both sides, and someone rushes to the other side, but is shot by a lead bullet from behind, what should I do?
But Hulegan had already seen the doorway, and while hiding behind his companions, he yelled, "Let's run quickly, as long as we go three steps, we don't have to worry about being behind us." ”
The fire covers the road, firing from the sloping forests on both sides of the road, and in order to avoid accidentally injuring each other, both sides are fired condescendingly, and at the same time the line is never crossed. Hulegan came to this conclusion that in the current desperate situation, there is no way to live, and the less risky one has become the first choice.
The trapped beasts were still fighting, and the Jurchen and Mongolian cavalry, who were cornered, also broke out with ferocity, and there was no possibility of escaping, so they had to choose to fight to the death.
Hulegan desperately squeezed into the crowd, so that he could avoid the fire shots in front and behind, he could think of it, and the others could naturally think of it, who didn't want his companions to be blocked by meat shields, these forty people were completely crowded together, but fortunately, the speed was not slow, and they stumbled up the slope on the east side.
As soon as the crowd appeared, they were shot by the firecrackers, and the people in front were directly shot, but the people in the back actually grabbed the people in front of them, and directly used the corpse as a shield, and ran forward.
A few steps away from the road, the firing behind him stopped, and by this time, looking from the bottom up, you could see the enemies hiding behind the trees.
I don't know where this Zhao Jiajun figured out the method, everyone is actually dressed in withered grass camouflage, and there is snow on it, now when you look at it like this, it will be confused with the surrounding yellow and snow-white environment, don't say that it is riding a horse to come over, then you can't notice it, and there are more than 100 people, just by looking at it, there are no less than 200, who are there to load the fire gun in an orderly manner, and shoot forward one after another.