Chapter 190: Famous General of Jianyu
Mi Tinggui, the general of the assault battalion, saw the captives running in his direction, and his heart suddenly blossomed.
Just now, he asked the soldiers to collect the point, so as not to let the captives dare not approach because of the fierce firepower.
Now that his strategy has succeeded, the captives think he is a soft persimmon, and actually use his own position as a breakthrough!
When the captives were about to break into range, the fire dragon sergeant immediately raised his rifle and aimed through the snow and dust raised by the Jiantu's war horse. The muzzle of the gun moved with the movement of the captive, silently waiting for the trigger whistle to be pulled.
250 steps, 200 steps, 180 steps......
Backbite...... The whistle blows!
Bang bang bang......
The 2,000 Fire Dragons immediately pulled the trigger, and the bullets whistled towards the wedge-shaped array of Jianyu.
In an instant, the captives in the front row fell off their horses intensively, but the soldiers in the back quickly made up for it and continued to rush.
At the same time, thousands of Ming troops in several other directions began to rush towards Jianyu.
Bang bang bang......
The Ming army quickly pulled the bolt and quickly fired a second shot.
Jianyu lost nearly 1,000 men and horses.
The middle platoon soldiers immediately became the vanguard, one by one trembling, the firearms of the Ming army were too powerful, this is a lot of effort, the forward cavalry ...... Dead?
Many people retreated, but under the strict military discipline, no one stopped and still rushed.
At this moment, the Ming troops on both sides gradually entered the firing range and began to shoot sparsely, and the Liaoyang soldiers were suddenly attacked on three sides, and the number of dead continued to increase.
"80 steps to go! Charging while shooting arrows, Lao Tzu didn't believe that the Ming army was iron! As soon as we rushed in, they would immediately disperse! Li Shutai shouted, invigorating the morale of the army.
In fact, he also had the intention of retreating, and the two rounds of gunfire just now took away the lives of so many soldiers, which made his heart tremble.
Whoosh ......
Jianyu began to rain arrows, and thousands of sharp arrows rained down on the fire dragon army's array, smashing the Ming army's dragon scale armor with a loud bang.
Some of the soldiers wore cotton armor on the outside, but the inside was inlaid with iron sheets, and although sharp arrows pierced into the clothes, they could not hurt the flesh.
Except for a few unlucky Ming soldiers who were shot in the face or in the gaps of iron, most of them were unharmed.
"Grenade ready!"
"A team! Cast! ”
At the sound of an order, more than five or six hundred grenades flew out far away, which was the best part of the soldiers, who could throw the grenades more than 50 steps.
"Second team! Cast! ”
Without waiting for a group of grenades to explode, the order was raised again, and more than a thousand grenades flew out of the Ming formation and flew towards the galloping Jianyu.
Boom Boom Boom ......
A team of grenades landed in the snow, buried in the snow, but still emitting white smoke, and after a few seconds, it exploded, kicking up endless snow and severed limbs.
Boom Boom Boom ......
A second wave of explosions followed, bringing with it another bloody storm.
The Jianyu war horses were frightened, and they raised their front hooves one after another, and the momentum of the charge was suddenly stopped.
"There are cannons! The Ming army has artillery! A captive exclaimed.
"Withdraw!"
I don't know who shouted, and a large number of captives turned their horses and fled back.
Li Shutai was also frightened, he knew that he couldn't stop the momentum of retreat at this time, and he also retreated.
Bang bang bang......
Seeing that the captives had fled, the Fire Dragon Army calmly picked up their rifles and poured out the last bullet in the chamber, and the Ming troops surrounded on both sides also released a wave of flintlock muskets.
Li Shutai sat down and ran very fast, and after a while, he ran to the front, and after galloping for a while, he raised his right hand and signaled to regroup.
Although the captives were frightened, they had not yet reached the point of breaking and fleeing, and they quickly formed a formation again and turned back.
"Kill to the left!" Li Shutai could hear it just now, and the gunfire in front of the left was the thinnest, and he ordered to rush to that side.
The army received the order and charged again, but Li Shutai himself did not charge again, he took 300 personal guards, stayed in place, ready to wait for the opportunity to move.
"This is definitely the number one general in the Jianyu platoon!" Wu Sangui saw that the captives in front of him were quickly assembled, and immediately charged, and his heart was shocked, if it wasn't for an ambush, he would have led the former Guanning army to fight against it, and he would definitely be defeated miserably!
Thousands of captives rushed through the snow, and kept releasing arrows, and the Ming army returned the guns and cannons, killing as they had just now.
Only this time the Ming army carried out a quick encirclement, throwing grenades from three directions. In the dense gunfire, thousands of grenades exploded one after another, once again slowing down the captives.
Li Shutai frowned and didn't say a word, he could see that his men and horses were not the opponents of the Ming army, and besides, the Ming army would be able to close the siege immediately, and if he didn't leave, Bacheng would fold here.
"Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, blow the trumpet, and withdraw!"
Whining...... Whining...... Whining......
Three cornets sounded, and Li led Tai to take the lead and fled along the road from which he came, where the Ming army was the least, and the road was already solid, which hardly affected the speed of the horse.
Wu Sangui saw Da Anxious, "This general is talented, cool-headed, and decisive, I can't let him run away!" ”
"Sanfu, take the reserve team and chase south! The others, quickly surround the captives who rushed to the front, and be sure to annihilate them all! ”
Bell Bell ...... The gong sounded.
The encircled Ming soldiers increased their speed.
After Wu Sanfu got the order, he rushed south with 2,000 reserves.
It's a pity that it was late, Li Shuotai gave the order in time, and the captives reacted quickly, and a considerable number of captives chased their masters and retreated south.
Wu Sangui saw that there were a lot of captives who had fled, and he was afraid that they would kill Wu Sanfu, so he hurriedly sent someone to meet them.
The Ming army finally surrounded less than a thousand people and killed them all in a roar.
On the other side, Wu Sanfu chased out for more than ten miles, his physical strength was extremely exhausted, and he was already panting, and suddenly saw 300 captives in front of him jumping their horses' heads and coming back.
"Humph! Dare to underestimate me! Wu Sanfu was furious, "Shoot!" ”
At this time, the Ming army was loosely arranged, all panting, and stopped in a hurry, but they could not organize a three-stage attack line, and they shot a round of sparse pulling, and the captives had already rushed into front of them.
"Get on the bayonet!"
Wu Sanfu shouted, and the Ming army reacted quickly, and immediately got on the bayonet, and formed a team to meet the captives.
2000 infantry against less than 300 cavalry, originally not a disadvantage, but unfortunately the Ming soldiers were tied to skis and snowboards, inconvenient to move, unable to toss and turn, up to be hit by heavy losses, the hit people on their backs turned over.
Da Da Da ......
The subsequent retreating captives also arrived, and there was a faint tendency to encircle.
"Oh no......" Wu Sanfu shouted that it was not good, and he underestimated the enemy!
"Brothers, a six-man combination, five on defense, one off the board!"
Hearing this, the Ming army changed formations, formed a small circle, and took off their skis that were in the way while defending and fighting.
More than 200 captives and cavalry fell into a melee, and the charge advantage was gone, and the battle between the two sides reached a stalemate when the Ming army was superior in numbers.
"Quick, the follow-up enemy army is here!" Wu Sanfu was anxious.
Rumble......
A group of six people was surrounded by captives, unable to fight back, and pulled the grenade without fear of death.
The other captives were shocked when they saw it, when did the Ming army become so fierce!
Da Da Da ......
The follow-up captives are getting closer and closer, and some of those with superb archery skills have begun to build bows and shoot the Ming army accurately.
"Hey...... I, Wu Sanfu, probably can't see that Shenyang City is broken! ”