Chapter 203: Soldiers Descend on the City
readx;? The logistics officer did not find the armor suitable for Zhu Lin to wear, either too big or too small. The pen and fun pavilion www.biquge.info had no choice but to change into a militia soldier's training uniform. This training uniform jacket is made of thick cotton cloth modeled after the 'two and a half feet' of later generations. The bottom is wide stall big underwear. Two thin pieces of steel were sewn on each chest of the blouse. As some simple protection. It doesn't do much, mainly to prevent injuries during training. In the absence of a choice, Zhu Lin had no choice but to replace it. Put on your helmet and pick up a spear. Go out and hop on your horse. took Liu Fubei out of the camp and went straight to Jinling Gate.
The cavalry, which was a mobile force in the city, received the order and immediately rushed to the Jinling Gate with the squadron as the formation. A squadron was the first to arrive. But they were blocked two miles from the city gates. Jinling Gate is already in critical condition. The militia guards were resisting at the doorway, protecting the evacuation of all the coolies and merchants of the docks who had fled from outside. But the coolies and merchants of the docks who had fled in were undirected, and were scattered like headless flies, screaming and swearing. The sound of falling to the ground came and went. A street full of people. The cavalry squadron leader couldn't help but turn his head three times when he saw this situation, what should I do. The squadron leader picked up the binoculars and looked at the city gate. The militia soldiers lined up in several rows, stuck in the doorway, one row died, and the next row continued to go up. There aren't many rows left. The corpses of both sides were piled up at the city gate, and the city gate was almost blocked. The soldiers fighting on both sides were trampling on the corpses, and the guns were fighting desperately. Seeing this situation, the cavalry squadron leader could not care about the scattered crowds on the streets and cared for the horsepower. He commanded a few of his pawns: "You go and report to the captain, and say that the situation is critical. But this is not suitable for our cavalry assault. Let the captain go around from outside the city. Signal soldiers, point guns. Rest of the brethren, charge!"
Here, the signalman lit the cannon and shot it into the sky. Three bright fireworks exploded into the sky in an instant. This one-to-three flare cannon is an emergency signal. It is equivalent to the wolf smoke of the day. The three fireworks were not only seen by Zhu Lin on the road. Even Zheng Jiu, who was in the palace, saw it. Seeing this kind of fireworks, Zheng Jiu panicked. This is typed out from the direction of the outer city. Could it be that something is going on in the outer city? Beckoned two soldiers to come over and asked one to go to the camp and the other to the place where the fireworks were going off to find out what was going on. The emperor asked Zheng Jiu what made Qing so panicked. "This is an emergency signal, and it is only given when the militia is under attack and the situation is critical. As soon as this signal came out, it proved that the war had reached a very critical point. ”
When the emperor heard this, he panicked and hurriedly asked, "Do you need reinforcements!"
Zheng Jiu said: "Reinforcements are definitely needed." Let's wait to find out the situation! The minister estimated that after seeing the signal, the camp would make proper arrangements. Zheng Jiu said that, but still sent a team to reinforce it. I had no choice but to send a team. I can't draw any more. And Zheng Jiu is also afraid of falling for other people's schemes. Don't you say that there is a trick called turning the tiger away from the mountain?
At the Jinling Gate, the cavalrymen heard the order and drew their sabers. Ignoring the scattered pedestrians on the street, they rushed over. The moment when the cavalry charged. Looking at the sailor soldiers who pushed away the mountains of corpses and rushed in, the squadron leader who lost an arm, understood that the last moment had come for himself and the last dozen wounded brothers. The fireworks behind are so brilliant, and the horn of the charge is so bright. The squadron leader understood that it was reinforcements that had arrived. I can now retreat and survive. But even if he survives, he is sorry for his brother who died here. If it weren't for his own kindness, he opened the gates of the city and let the merchants and coolies in. His own brothers will not all die in battle. He turned to the remaining brothers in the row and said, "Brothers, it's our turn now! Fear or not! Reinforcements have come up." If you're afraid, take a step back. Wait for reinforcements to arrive. No one blames you!" said a soldier wrapped in gauze, "I'm afraid of Mao, none of the brothers crawled out of the pile of dead people." If it hadn't been for the young marshal to take us in, we would have become dry bones a long time ago. I've lived so long, and I'm very content! It's better to die on the battlefield than to starve to death!"
The squadron leader choked up and said: "We are all good brothers! Only death! We will still be good men after 18 years! I believe that the young marshal will avenge us! Since the establishment of our militia group, there has been no one who has died with his back to the enemy! If he wants to die, he will face the enemy!" After speaking, he watched more and more sailors and soldiers walking towards this side. With one hand raising his sword, he shouted, "Militia, charge!" A dozen wounded soldiers rushed over with their respective weapons, and were soon drowned in the swarming sailor soldiers. As soon as the sailors dispersed, they saw a troop of cavalry knocking the coolies and merchants who could not dodge to the ground and rushing towards them. The captain of the cavalry brigade took the lead, raised the spear in his hand and stabbed it. After stabbing down a soldier. The unabated spear carried the soldier and continued to rush forward. The other hand drew his saber with a 'click' and slashed down. The cavalry next to him also followed suit and rushed forward brandishing their swords. The sailors and soldiers who had just come over couldn't dodge, and some of them were knocked over. There are those who have been cut with knives. Although because of the restrictions of the streets, only seven horses rushed over. But the streets are flat, in this kind of place. The cavalry slaughtered the infantry! What's more, the streets restricted not only the militias, but also the sailors and soldiers. The hole in the city gate was already relatively narrow, and a lot of corpses were piled up. The sailors and soldiers rushed in so many people at once. If the front run dispersed quickly, there would not be much of a problem, the key to the problem is that it did not disperse, and it was blocked by those wounded soldiers just now. Missed time. The vanguard sailor had just passed the doorway, and before he had run a few steps, the cavalry of the militia rushed over. Now it's a mess, the front wants to run to the back, and the back rushes forward, all crowded in the city gate hole. But fortunately, after the cavalry killed the sailors who came out of the city gate, they stopped the horses and went around. There was no further onslaught. The cavalry squadron leader understood very well that if he continued to attack, when he arrived at the city gate, there would be too many people, and the horse would not be able to pick up, so it was estimated that he would have to fall in. Came back with a circle. "See? You can't attack in such a situation. Stand in line, a team of seven, and if the enemy crosses the doorway, charge me! Those who are in the back of the line should not be idle, pick up the cavalry crossbows and shoot them on their backs. The cavalry squadron leader shouted loudly as he ran back. However, the cavalry behind was ready to charge. The cavalrymen in the back picked up the cavalry crossbows from behind and began to shoot on their backs. Since it was fired from the back, the enemies were all in the gate hole, and the arrows did not hit many enemies. But it still caused a wave of confusion for the enemy.
There was chaos in the city gate cave. At this moment, a gong sounded. On the other side, Mingjin withdrew his troops. The soldiers in the doorway hurried out of the city without a head or a brain. As soon as the cavalry squadron leader saw that there was an advantage to be taken advantage of, he immediately ordered: "Brothers in the first row, rush! Don't fight!" the seven knights at the front of the line shouted, urging their horses to rush forward. The sailor's soldiers saw that the cavalry began to charge again. Frightened, his soul flew away, and he ran out even more desperately. The cavalry rushed into the hole in the city gate and killed a few slow runners, and did not obey the order, and chased the rout to the outside. As soon as he rushed outside, he heard a loud shout: "Let go of the arrows!" Seven cavalry companies with men and horses fell on the spot. A cavalryman looked forward unwillingly, only to see one army formation after another neatly lined up there. Where did the rout go! That was the last thought of the cavalryman.
The commander of the cavalry squadron saw several cavalrymen rushing out, and muttered, "Those who do not obey orders, behead!" Before he could finish his words, he heard the horn blowing outside the city wall. Immediately after that, the sound of neat footsteps came from afar. When the cavalry squadron leader heard this, his face changed greatly. This is when the army is lined up to attack. Pick up the binoculars on your chest and look out. But since the militia soldiers were killed and wounded, the torches in the doorway were extinguished! Nothing is to be seen at all. At this time, several cavalry have not returned, I am afraid that they have already encountered a flank!
"A small group of people will go up the wall along the horse road!The rest of the men will wait for the rear team to turn to the front line!," the cavalry squadron leader yelled sweaty. This cavalry squadron was more than 100 meters away from the horse roads on both sides of the city gate. But the streets are too narrow to spread. In the end, only fourteen cavalrymen went up. And the retreat of the cavalry is not the retreat of the infantry. Turning the horse's head around is not as easy as turning backwards.
The cavalry in the rear was ordered to retreat. The cavalry squadron leader led the six cavalry around him to rush in the direction of the city gate. Let's see what's going on. But before he could reach the gate of the city, he ran back with his horse. "Stand back!" shouted the cavalry squadron leader. What did the squadron leader see that made him so alarmed! The squadron leader had just run back and slowly walked over a phalanx from the hole in the city gate. When the squadron leader was training, he knew that this was the famous "horse rejection array". It was specifically against cavalry. In the front row are the sword and shield men, in the back row are the pikemen, then the knife and axe men, and finally the archers. The shield of this sword and shield bearer is almost a man tall. The spear is also a spear, and it can be lifted to the top of the door. If such a phalanx were to be laid out on the plains, the cavalry squadron would not be afraid at all. Harass the flanks of the phalanx with mounted fire. As long as the enemy phalanx is disrupted, it is a massacre. But now there are houses on both sides, and there is no such thing as a flank. Don't let your cavalry charge directly into battle, don't be kidding. Encounter this phalanx like a hedgehog. To rush through such narrow streets is to seek death. The cavalry squadron leader is now surprisingly hated the bustling capital. Why are you building so many houses? It's good now, but if you can't make meritorious contributions, you will have to retreat. The cavalry in the back had almost retreated. The cavalry squadron leader watched the phalanx walk forward step by step. With a whistle, he retreated nearly two hundred meters, and was about to retreat beyond the range of the opponent's bow and arrow anyway.
After retreating to the range of the bow and arrows, the squadron leader was there to monitor the slowly advancing phalanx. I thought to myself that as long as they dispersed, I would have a chance. Watching the phalanx come step by step, it didn't disperse. I was a little anxious. Muttering: It's almost dawn. Why haven't these reinforcements arrived? Counting on this squadron will not be successful! Even if the desperate work is over, it is estimated that it will not even be able to turn over a wave.
Following the road to the city wall, several horsemen who had climbed the gatehouse stretched out their heads to look out. In the mist, above the ruins of Jinling Wharf were a phalanx of soldiers. One after the other, all the way to the riverbank. The spears are like a forest, and the flags cover the sky. The figure of the trebuchet looms. A large silk with the word Li written on it fluttered in the wind. An old man with excellent eyesight sighed and said, "It depends on the situation, our brothers are going to explain here today." That's 30,000 men! It's still a well-trained soldier!"