Chapter 627: Squad Battle (I)
In fact, no matter whether Luo Ming revealed information to the enemy army on the opposite side in the secret letter, they would definitely be able to find that many people went out of the mountain to connect in tandem, which was nothing more than a matter of time.
After all, after a few lessons, they were still worried about whether the "scheming" Viscount Meiquan would come out of a secret passage and sneak attack.
If Vytautas hadn't done a good job, they might have already started to fight and even mistook friendly forces for enemy internecine.
In short, there were still quite a few cavalry of the Belans, and just in case, a large number of light cavalry were sent to wander around, about one or two hundred people at a time, and it seemed that they would change shifts in batches.
Of course, not all of them are professional scouts, but at least they can spot and warn of enemies, and it's almost impossible to avoid them entirely.
In addition, once a nobleman in their rear refused to provide food, they would naturally be able to guess what was going on.
And Luo Ming certainly has to make some countermeasures to this.
On the one hand, dealing with these scouts can reduce the risk of the noble messengers, and can clear Luo Ming's suspicion of "trapping the nobles", and on the other hand, it will give his soldiers more opportunities to make meritorious contributions.
To be honest, Luo Ming awarded so many people medals in one go, some people still felt that he was a little indiscriminate, and some people were dissatisfied or aroused to be competitive and competitive.
The best way to solve this problem is to create more opportunities for them to make meritorious contributions.
Those who have won the honor will make persistent efforts to show that they have real materials, and those who are not convinced will work hard to perform and compete with them.
Of course, the Berans were skilled in arching and horses, and it was not enough for ordinary soldiers to deal with them one-on-one, so Luo Ming also prepared some special tactics for them......
The three Belans were trotting on their horses, and the three looked around, grasping the reins in one hand and the bow in the other—but they were more interested in escaping at any time than shooting at any moment.
According to their original intentions, they absolutely did not want to come out to investigate. Although once the enemy army is discovered and comes to sneak attack, it must be a great achievement, but the great achievement must also be enjoyed.
Far and near, they had seen firsthand the power of muskets and artillery.
Exuding the smell of sulfur, spitting out tongues of fire, and then easily tearing apart the human body with its hideous fangs (lead bullets will transform into a mess on the human body, further expanding the wound), it is almost like a demonic weapon.
They can pierce armor and kill people from a distance of hundreds of meters, how dare they compete with their poor riding bows?
Even the priests have been killed, and now they have fled with the army, how dare they provoke each other?
Now they and their nearest companion are more than a hundred meters away, there is no one nearby at all, and there is always a little uneasiness in their hearts, and it didn't take long for them to start talking, which can be regarded as relieving the pressure and spitting out bitterness by the way.
"Why don't the people of Lothar get rid of this damn demon viscount? This kind of person should have been killed in the infighting!
"I heard from those soldiers that this Viscount Meiquan personally killed a big demon, and led the troops to pacify a large number of cultists and monsters, and was also regarded as a demon extermination hero by the Inquisition!"
"Shhh...... Isn't this fighting poison with poison?" The Belan cavalry led by him gasped, and then pinched his chin, "I heard that the big horse thief Goyle's territory only needs to pay a protection fee once, and who dares to rob besides him will be thrown at the mayor's door the next day, and as a result, he has recently been made an official by the king." ”
"Such a big demon can suppress other little demons, in exchange for me, I will also treat him as a hero, anyway, I haven't heard of him swallowing children alive or bathing in blood or anything, he is better than other demons to ask for money. The other Beran immediately responded.
The Meiquan soldiers, who were hiding nearby, laughed hard and did not reveal their whereabouts - in fact, they were biting something in their mouths to prevent accidental noise, but they were almost defeated by the joke.
When they had taken a few more steps, the grass in front of them suddenly shook and made a rustling sound.
"Phew!" The Belan led by the leader immediately stopped their horses, and the two people behind them also hurriedly raised their bows and arrows.
"Squeak-squeak!" However, there was only one response to them.
The three of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Could it be a vole?"
However, they still did not put down their bows and arrows, and some even shot an arrow in that direction.
But at least for this moment, all three of them stared in the direction of the grass, revealing a big flaw.
At this moment, a total of six arquebuses were aimed at them from behind.
"One!"
With this slogan, three arquebuses opened fire at once.
These are Luo Ming's further lightweight arquebuses, such as a truncated barrel, which enhances concealment, and completely reaches the level that individual can easily cross mountains and mountains.
But even after lightweighting, it still has good accuracy at a distance of almost 20 meters.
Luo Ming specially tested that this arquebus can shoot at a humanoid target at a distance of forty meters, and the hit rate can reach 90%.
The three arquebuses were each aimed at one person, and when the shot went down, two of them immediately fell to the ground, unconscious, and the remaining one was also wounded in the arm, lost his bow and arrow, and screamed in pain as he prepared to flee.
There were three more arquebuses that had not been fired, all loaded with shotguns, and one of them was shot at the man of Nabelan, which added several more bloody holes to his body, and then he fell off his horse.
Then, out of the bushes, three soldiers jumped out of the grass, two of them with swords and shields, and one with a halberd, so that the halberd took advantage of the length of his weapon to mend the knife to the three Berans one by one, and then the sword and shield hand stepped forward and chopped off their fingers, and then hastily picked up their weapons, armor, etc., and then took the horse and left.
It wasn't long before four more Beran cavalrymen arrived, and when they came nearby, they hesitated to go any further.
It seems that the number of people on the other side is relatively small, maybe you can chase it and try it?
However, at this moment, the sound of gunfire rang out again from the grass not far away, and in order to ensure the accuracy of hits, this time all shotguns were used.
Since it is not a cannonball-fired shotgun, the armor-piercing ability has naturally become much worse, but it also depends on what armor it is compared to.
Whether it's plate armor or a good quality scale armor, the probability of breaking the defense will be very low if you hit it with a shotgun.
But the patrolmen who were sent out at this moment were all concerned about speed, and they would rather flee quickly to report the situation when they encountered the enemy, and now that the weather was very hot, no one had to put a full set of armor on their bodies.
Two muskets fired crosswise from two directions, and the shotgun swept through, knocking one off his horse and wounding one and the other by the way.