Chapter 277: Fierce Battle (Part 2)

Under the command of Derge, 3,000 Eight Banner soldiers attacked the right flank of the Ming army.

At a distance of one hundred paces, the archers of the Eight Banners stood one after another, bent their bows and arrows and threw them into the sky, and thousands of feathered arrows crossed the sky and landed in the Dongjiang Army array.

"Raise your shield!" Gao Yuanwu, a guerrilla general of the Dongjiang Army who was in charge of commanding the right flank, shouted loudly. With his words, the Dongjiang Army soldiers in the front row raised their shields one after another.

Feathered arrows fell from the sky, most of them were blocked by shields, and a few fell in the middle of the formation, and dozens of soldiers were shot by feathered arrows. Some soldiers were shot and killed on the spot, while others screamed in pain because they were injured.

"Those who disturb the morale of the army will be killed!" Gao Yuanwu shouted loudly, and as soon as the words fell, the soldiers in charge of supervising the battle rushed into the queue, the steel knife flashed, and the screams stopped abruptly.

"Gunners prepare!" Gao Yuanlong ordered again, and more than 200 firecrackers blew the fire and lit the fire rope one after another, and clamped the fire rope on the fire rope clamp.

Arquebuses must be detonated with a firerope, and it is easy to run out if the arquebus is lit early, so it is only ignited at the time of battle. It takes too long to train a qualified archer, and there are basically no archers in the Dongjiang army, and there are only firecrackers in the long-range combat class. It's just that in the entire Hiroshima Island, there are only four or five hundred firearms that can be used, and only more than two hundred are placed on the right flank.

"The firecrackers will fire again after listening to the order, and those who violate the order will be killed!" Gao Yuanwu shouted again.

The Dongjiang Army was mostly equipped with ordinary firearms, with an effective firing range of only more than 30 steps, and many times, the soldiers of the Ming army opened fire indiscriminately because they panicked before the enemy entered the firing range, and they could not give full play to the power of firearms at all. Gao Yuanwu was originally from a military household in the Liao Army, so he naturally understood this situation, so he specially warned him in advance.

And with the precedent of being killed by the Overseer team, the firecrackers did not dare to fire indiscriminately anymore, and they were all waiting for Gao Yuanwu's order.

A round of feather arrows fell from the sky, from time to time there were soldiers who fell down with arrows, under the deterrence of the warlords, the Dongjiang soldiers endured the rain of arrows and did not dare to move.

This was unthinkable in Mao Wenlong's time, when the Dongjiang Army suffered a slightly larger casualty and would have been immediately defeated. That is, after Lu Xiangsheng took control of the Dongjiang River, he transferred Mao Wenlong's adopted sons and grandsons, reorganized the army, promoted and appointed capable officers, and distributed several months' money and food in full, which had such an effect.

Under the cover of a rain of arrows, hundreds of Jiannu infantry quickly ran towards the trench.

"Launch!" Seeing that Jiannu finally rushed to within thirty steps, Gao Yuanwu ordered in a deep voice.

"Bang bang bang", the sound of fire guns almost rang out.

More than 200 firebolts opened fire almost at the same time, and the barrage went towards the running Jiannu cover, when even twenty or thirty Jiannu fell to the ground. The other slaves threw their bags into the ditch and ran back quickly.

Another group of soil-burdened slaves rushed towards the trench, but the Dongjiang gunners had already shot out of the guns and were nervously loading. The number of musketeers is too small to form a three-stage non-stop fire.

A large section of the trench was quickly filled in at a speed visible to the naked eye, and at the command of the Derge class, three thousand eight banner soldiers rushed towards the trench. The Eight Banners jumped over the trench with dirt bags and rushed into the Dongjiang Army array, and the two sides fought together.

Although the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army have eaten a full meal for more than half a month and are much stronger than in the past, they are far inferior to the soldiers of the Eight Banners in terms of combat power and combat will. Not to mention that most of the Jiannu had at least one piece of leather armor, while most of them were just wearing shabby military uniforms.

In just a lot of time, more than 100 soldiers died tragically under the swords and guns of Jiannu, and the other soldiers suddenly flinched, and the army formation faintly collapsed.

Zhao Yuanwu's eyes were split, and he didn't care about commanding anymore, so he rushed over with an iron gun.

"Brothers, do you still think about the days when you didn't have enough food and clothing? Do you still want to huddle on the island and survive? If you don't want to, just let me kill Jiannu! Gao Yuanwu shouted loudly as he rushed.

Among the officers of Guangludao, Gao Yuanwu is a special existence, he is the only senior officer who is not Mao Wenlong's adopted son and grandson, because of his good character and strong martial arts, he has always been respected by the soldiers of Guangludao, but because he is unwilling to recognize Mao Wenlong as his adoptive father and change his surname, he has been excluded. Zhou Yuji rectified Guangludao and promoted him from Qianhu to a guerrilla general, responsible for commanding the first army.

Gao Yuanwu was familiar with the battle formation, and he knew that if his right flank was defeated by Jiannu, Jiannu would inevitably take the opportunity to attack the Chinese army.

Now, whether it is to repay Zhou Yuji's kindness, or for the future of himself and his soldiers, Gao Yuanwu has to fight to the death, even if he dies here.

And listening to Gao Yuanwu's words, many Dongjiang soldiers couldn't help but think of the miserable life of not having enough food and clothing in the past, it was General Zhou who brought the Praetorian Guards to the island, and everyone lived a good life for a few days.

Instead of dying, it is better to fight hard, even if you die on the spot, it is better than living and suffering! At this moment, many soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were courageously summoned up by Gao Yuanwu, followed behind Gao Yuanwu, and rushed towards Jiannu.

For the first time in many years, they were so heroic!

"Kill Jiannu!" Gao Yuanwu raised the iron spear violently and stabbed it hard in the chest of a Jiannu, and the tip of the spear pierced the armor deep into the ribs.

"Kill Jiannu!" A thin Dongjiang soldier rushed over and smashed away from a Jiannu who slashed at Gao Yuanwu with a knife.

"Kill Jiannu!" More soldiers rushed past Gao Yuanwu and rushed towards the fierce Jiannu.

Almost instantly, thousands of Dongjiang troops broke out, and they actually resisted the same number of Eight Banner troops, and the combat effectiveness of their outburst was so strong that Zhou Yuji, who was in the middle army, was also shocked.

It is said that the Dongjiang Army is weak, and they all say that the Dongjiang Army is a rabble, who can believe that the Dongjiang Army in front of them is no less powerful than any strong army!

However, Zhou Yuji also knew that this kind of outbreak would inevitably not last, after all, the Dongjiang Army was still far inferior to Jiannu in terms of combat power, and once this bloody and brave spirit dissipated, it would be the time to collapse.

Now, it's time for the Praetorian Guard!

However, the Jiannu on the opposite side did not come to attack for a long time, but only shot at his own side from a distance, which made Zhou Yuji feel quite tricky.

Three thousand Jiannu, a hundred paces on the opposite side of the trench, were only thrown with bows and arrows from a distance. For the Praetorian Guards, where everyone wore mandarin duck jackets and a large number of shield soldiers, the damage caused by arrows at this distance was really limited. But the problem is that the distance of 100 paces is already beyond the optimal range of the Lumi Gun, and it is difficult for your own side to inflict a lot of damage on the opponent.

The tiger squat cannon can shoot a hundred paces away, but for Jiannu, who is wearing armor, the damage caused by this distance is also pitiful, and it can't inflict a large number of casualties on the opposite Jiannu at all.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Yuji decisively ordered people to erect planks on the trench, divided five hundred troops across the trench, and followed the trench towards the back road of the Dongjiang army Jiannu.

If the Jiannu on the opposite side still does not move, these 500 Praetorian Guards will go straight to the rear of the Jiannu attacking the right flank and deal a severe blow to it from the rear!

Of course, the Jiannu on the opposite side must be able to see this and will inevitably react.

Sure enough, as the five hundred Praetorian Guards had just crossed the trench, the Jiannu on the opposite side immediately attacked, wanting to annihilate the five hundred Praetorian Guards directly.

The two sides quickly approached, a distance of 100 paces, and it would only be a moment if they walked quickly, and before the five hundred Praetorian Guards could complete the team, Jiannu was already about to kill in front of them.

At this time, the Janissaries had no time to retreat to the south side of the trench, and if they fought with Jiannu, how could 500 people be the opponent of 3,000 Jiannu?

Seeing this situation, Babutai, who led the army, sneered, perhaps, taking this opportunity to drive the rout into the Ming army array, killing the Ming army in the middle by surprise.

Sure enough, as the warriors of the Eight Banners approached, the Ming soldiers who came out of the trench panicked, and most of them did not have time to retreat to the south of the ditch, so they chose to jump into the trench.

"Fill the pit!" Babutai calmly issued an order, since he had already attacked, then attack, first bury these Ming soldiers who jumped into the ditch alive with earthen bags, and then step on their corpses to kill the trench. What a feint attack, at this time, Babutai is already unwilling to pay attention!

"Bang bang bang..."

The sound of fire suddenly sounded, and Jiannu, who was charging, fell in large pieces.

The distance of thirty paces has already entered the best range of Lu Mi Gong. For the sake of accuracy, Zhou Yuji has been holding back and not giving the order to fire. Now, more than a thousand firebolts opened fire at the same time, and at least three or four hundred Jiannu were shot in an instant. At such a close distance, even if Jiannu was wearing two layers of armor, he couldn't resist it!

Seeing a large number of bannermen being shot, Babutai's eyes were red, and he roared angrily: "Fill in the trench! ”

At this time, anger filled Babutai's mind, where did he remember that his mission was a feint, and his mind was to enter the Ming army array, kill all the Ming troops in front of him, and avenge the dead bannermen!

Following Babutai's order, three or four hundred bannermen carrying dirt bags ran to the trench and were about to throw out the dirt bags they were carrying, but at this moment, hundreds of fire guns suddenly protruded from under the trench and opened fire almost against their chests.

At such a close distance, there was no reason to miss it, and there was a sound of guns, and most of the trench-filling bannermen were shot before the trench, and the dirt bags they were carrying fell to the ground, only one step away from the trench.

"Fill in the trenches!" Babutai roared angrily, rushed to the front of the trench, and kicked the corpse of a flag soldier into the trench with all his might.

The other bannermen followed suit and kicked their comrades who died in front of the trench into the ditch along with the dirt bags, while the other bannermen poked their spears into the trench to assassinate the Ming troops hiding in the trench.

The Ming troops in the trench gathered together, threw down the fired firearms, raised their spears, and stabbed the Jiannu on the top of the trench.

A moment later, a large section of the trench was filled by Jiannu with corpses, and Babutai personally led Jiannu to attack the trench and attack the Praetorian Guard array.

The Praetorian Guards set up a shield array to block the attacks of the Kennu with their shields, the spearmen in the back stabbed the Jiannu through their shields, and the gunners loaded with projectiles and gunpowder fired freely at the Jiannu who were close at hand.

Inside and outside the trench, the shouts of killing resounded, and the Praetorian Guards and the Eight Banners fought fiercely together, and the battle suddenly entered a white-hot state.