The Wenzhou battalion went to the battlefield for the first time, and in the face of more than 10,000 well-prepared enemy troops, the situation was not easy; But it's not bad, it's not complicated to operate.

The generals of the battalions of the Ming army shuttled back and forth, repeatedly emphasizing military discipline, and those who retreated from the battle were beheaded, and those who disobeyed military orders were beheaded!

There was a shout in both camps, ready for war at any moment. At this moment, a loud "boom" was suddenly heard, and the earth trembled, and a moment later, a flowering bomb suddenly fell from behind the Ming army, and the soil soared into the air, and a big crater exploded on the ground.

There was a commotion in the camp of the Ming army, and the other party's flowering bomb actually hit more than a mile directly! Zhang Wen was stunned for a moment, looked back at the big pit behind him, and suddenly came back to his senses: the enemy not only has artillery, but also heavy artillery!

The Wenzhou battalion ran for hundreds of miles, naturally did not carry heavy artillery, only some small vehicle artillery, and it was really difficult for these guns to hit a mile away and maintain accuracy and lethality. Besides, the Wenzhou military did not expect that the rebels would have artillery at all.

The rebels fired a cannon, and after a while, another cannon rang out, and this time the opponent adjusted the firing range and bombarded directly into the middle of the Wenzhou army's camp. Immediately after the loud explosion, people turned on their backs, soldiers screamed, and horses neighed and ran. The team was almost deformed, and the generals shouted loudly to stabilize the formation.

"Boom ......" more than a dozen cannon shots, shells whistled, and exploded everywhere in a place where the Ming army camp was located, the men and horses were blown into a mess, and the phalanx began to collapse.

The situation is critical, and at such times, there are only two options: either move forward immediately; Either retreat immediately and withdraw from the range of the cannon before making a decision.

After the rebels' dozen or so heavy artillery pieces were fired, there was a moment of silence. Zhang Wen knew that the fire of heavy artillery was very low, and it could hit up to six or seven times in a moment.

There was a period of time between the two bombardments, and Zhang Wen realized that he had to make a decision during this time, forward or backward, to choose one, anyway, he couldn't stand here and wait for others to bombard.

At this time, it is very risky to attack rashly, because the camp on the side of the Ming army is a little scattered, and the army is unstable after being bombarded by an inexplicable shelling, and if it rushes over, it is easy to annihilate the whole army if it fails. So Zhang Wen immediately made a decision and shouted: "The generals of each battalion will supervise the troops, maintain the formation, and immediately retreat to the forest behind to set up a formation!" ”

Fortunately, the Ming army camp did not collapse immediately, no matter what, this is an army with strict military discipline. The generals shouted and shouted, and retreated in the basic order according to the usual training method.

At this moment, the rebel cavalry rushed out of the camp and charged this way, and it was clear that attacking was the best opportunity while the opponent retreated.

Zhang Wen usually had a rigorous inductive study of the progress of various arms, and now the rebel cavalry attacked, and the distance between the two sides was more than a mile, Zhang Wen quickly estimated the time for the enemy cavalry to rush over, which was about three points. (One minute is equivalent to one minute now; Eight quarters in one hour, three pillars of incense at one moment, five points for one pillar of incense, six snaps of fingers for one point, and ten moments for one snap of fingers; A moment is about a second now. ）

In three minutes, it was impossible for more than 10,000 troops to get rid of the pursuit of cavalry. Zhang Wen now has less than 1,000 cavalry on the enemy's side, after all, in the southern region, cavalry is not very useful, so the proportion of cavalry in the southern army is generally very low.

"Ye Qingcheng!" Zhang Wen shouted.

Ye Qingcheng rode over and arched his hand: "The end will be." ”

"Immediately lead a cavalry battalion to meet the enemy." Zhang Wen ordered, "Hold off the rebels, and after our army retreats into the forest, you can leave the battlefield on your own." ”

Ye Qingcheng was a veteran of the Liaodong Army, and at this time he received the order very neatly: "The last general's order!" ”

Time was pressing, the cavalry of the rebels was running, Ye Qingcheng immediately ran to the cavalry camp and shouted: "The generals of the cavalry battalion listen to the order and go out with me!" ”

Ye Qingcheng took the lead, and then led more than 1,000 cavalry to move forward, reorganizing his troops and horses to prepare for hedging. Zhang Wen didn't care much, and retreated with the Chinese army.

At this time, Zhang Wen was very depressed and unfavorable. He had a foreboding feeling that these rebels were unexpected, not only well-equipped, but also disciplined and measured, completely different from the starving armies he had encountered before.

The main force of the Wenzhou battalion left the flat open space where the two sides faced each other and retreated to the north, which was a wooded and hilly area to the north. According to Zhang Wen's estimate of the rebels' heavy artillery crisis just now, the weight of those cannons was at least a few thousand catties, and such artillery could not fight in motion. Therefore, Zhang Wen planned to move his army into the jungle to avoid the enemy's artillery superiority.

Zhang Wen led the army to run a few miles away, and then ordered all departments to reorganize their camps and set up formations on the spot. Scouts naturally roam around, keeping an eye out for enemy movements.

After a while, the scout horse galloped back and reported the enemy's tracks, and the rebels had drawn their camp to the north.

Faced with such a form, Zhang Wen was determined to defeat this rebel army, otherwise it would be needless to say that Jianning Mansion would be defeated, and whether he could return it with his whole body was a question, after all, Jianning was hundreds of miles away from Wenzhou.

Zhang Wen immediately ordered the whole army to fight, with the musketeers in front and the archers behind, and the infantry arranged the battalions, waiting for the enemy to approach before attacking.

The birds in the woods were flying wildly, and Zhang Wen looked around, this forest was mostly shrubs, and there were few trees with thick trunks, which had little impact on the lethality of the firecrackers. Seeing this, Zhang Wen calmed down a lot, the Wenzhou battalion was equipped with a large number of birds, and as long as the firepower was supported, the chances of victory were still very great.

In the jungle, the line of sight is definitely not good compared to the clearing, but the soldiers have not practiced accuracy in the first place, and this is the right time to kill in the salvo range.

After a long time, the sentries kept reporting the location of the rebels, getting closer and closer. Zhang Wen rode his horse to the front of the camp, running back and forth, shouting: "Wait for the enemy to approach, and then listen to the order to fire!" ”

Not far away, there was a call from the enemy, and soon the enemy was about to be received, and the Ming soldiers were extremely nervous, and their eyes widened one by one, and some even put their hands together, asking for the blessing of the Bodhisattva. In the face of death, fear is a normal reaction.

The branches of the tree were about to be shaken, and you could see the shaking of the figures in the gaps between the branches and leaves in the distance, and even vaguely heard the rebels shouting, "Turtle King bastard, fuck you old wooden ......" "Thief!" Come out and die......"

Thieves...... Zhang Wen frequently heard the other party scolding this word. The rebels are called officials, soldiers and civilian thieves, and the officials and soldiers are called rebel thieves, in fact, everyone's essence is a thief, right?

At this moment, there was a sudden "bang" of gunshots. Zhang Wen immediately realized that it was the gunfire on his side, and he hurriedly shouted: "Don't fight!" Wait for the order! "But the shouting stopped, only crackling noises were heard, smoke was everywhere, and many people opened fire.

The enemy had not yet reached effective range, and in the jungle, such a shot was clearly ineffective. In the distance, shouts of killing rang out, and it was noisy. Zhang Wen shouted at the top of his voice: "All departments listen to the order, the front team changes the rear team, and immediately reloads!" ”

The Ming army often used to fight in a three-fold formation, the front one was finished, and the rear one was stepped forward to fight, which could increase the rate of fire. Something went wrong just now, the people in the front row fired early, but they could immediately let the people in the back row come forward and prepare.

After all, it was a new army, the training time was too short, and there was no actual combat experience, so some problems arose in the immediate battle. Zhang Wen's heart was very angry, and he couldn't help but scold, "Those who don't listen to orders will be killed!" It's all good for Lao Tzu......"

The rebels were getting closer and closer, less than a hundred paces away, Zhang Wen estimated the distance and shouted, "Prepare for a salvo!" ”

The generals of the Bird Battalion shouted, and a moment later, the gunshots rang out in a dense manner, choking people's throats and eyes. Zhang Wen stood behind the bird gunner, personally supervising the battle. Suddenly, there was a heat on his wrist, and when he looked down, he was startled, and his wrist was covered in blood. Soon he realized that the blood was not his own, and a bird in front of him fell to the ground on his back, his bright red hands around his neck, his eyes widened, and his legs kicked wildly.

In an instant, the surroundings screamed, and they didn't see the arrows flying, they were the other party's firearms! Zhang Wen's heart sank, this rebel army is not just a cannon!

In fact, it was already very difficult for the rebels to raise food, grass, and basic knives, guns, bows and arrows, and Zhang Wen had never heard of a rebel army in any place equipped with a large number of firearms.

Where did this rebel army come from? Zhang Wen didn't think much about it, because the situation in front of him was already very bad.

Gunshots rang out in the woods, shooting at each other on both sides, broken branches and fallen leaves falling in the air, and smoke dispersed like mist. Zhang Wen hurriedly squatted down, although he was wearing armor, he obviously couldn't resist lead bullets, and he was also a little panicked in his heart, not only panicking death, but also panicking defeat.

There were constant casualties around, and the Birdmen suffered the most casualties, and there were originally three rows of Birdmen forming a three-fold formation, but at this time, the attrition was rapid, and it was no longer possible to effectively continue to fire a salvo. The shouts of killing were getting closer and closer, and the crowd in front of them was retreating unobediently.

"On the battlefield, just a brave word! The Retreater Law Enforcement Team Slashes! Not far away, Zhang Zhao's hoarse roar came.

Zhang Wen's mind was buzzing, and for a short time, his mind was basically blank. However, Zhang Wen quickly calmed down, he took a deep breath, and calmly and quickly analyzed the situation in front of him. In this situation, the pressure is very high, and being able to make judgments quickly seems easier said than done, and very people can do it.

It's like in a martial arts competition, thinking too much affects the reflexes. Zhang Wen quickly put some unfavorable emotions behind him, such as shock, frustration, panic, and so on. Judging from the casualties of the gunners in front, he saw that the enemy's combat effectiveness should not be underestimated; The first time their recruits went to the battlefield, their psychological endurance was limited, which can be seen from the fact that they still couldn't help but retreat when faced with the military law of the law enforcement team.

So Zhang Wen made a judgment that the chances of winning this battle were very small. Ordered a retreat? At this time, the two armies are about to engage the enemy in an instant, and retreating means being pursued and annihilated, and the time is too short, and it is impossible to maintain the formation and formation of retreat, and can only be defeated.

Zhang Wen immediately shouted: "Order, all the generals are ready to lead the army to kill the enemy, and retreat to kill the enemy!" ”

"Brothers in each battalion, raise soldiers for a thousand days, use them for a while, let's train every day, just for today. It's time to kill the enemy to serve the country and get promoted! ”

"Who is a bad seed, who is a good man, see on the battlefield!"

Zhang Wen pulled out his sword with a sigh, stabbed it forward, and shouted in a hissed voice: "The time has come to make meritorious contributions!" Brothers, kill me! After saying that, he led his own soldiers to rush out of the line, and the soldiers shouted killing and rushed out. Although a sense of military discipline has been instilled in the army, it is difficult to determine what will happen to a group of recruits. Let's talk about the situation of collapse at the touch of a button, and this is not the first time that the Ming army has ......

Obviously, the overall situation of the Wenzhou battalion has to be said to be relatively good, and the army did not break up, but went up to the battle. The forwards of the two armies soon met each other in short quarters, swords and spears were red, and arrows were flying.

As soon as you kill, the flesh and blood are flying around, very crazy, whether you are crying, shouting, calling grandpa or calling daddy, it is useless, you will stab people when you see them, and the crowd is dense, there is no place to hide, you can't kill others, others will kill you.

Some people have already peed their pants, and their faces are full of tears and snot. This is not an exaggeration, Zhang Wen saw it with his own eyes. The head is rolling on the ground, the timid are small, and the teeth are hard to "cluck".

Zhang Wen walked forward involuntarily, and when he looked around, the pro-soldiers team was crowded, and there were still a few left, Zhang Wen's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but say: "Pro-soldiers protect me!" ”

At this time, someone next to him said, "My subordinates swear to protect the safety of my lord." ”

Zhang Wen sighed that the most important thing in employing people is not talent, but loyalty, and he will definitely realize this when he needs it most. When he turned his head to look, he saw that the person talking next to him was a bearded man, very familiar.

Seeing Zhang Wen's gaze, the beard said, "The subordinate is Huang Sanwa, who competed with adults on July 15." ”

Zhang Wen suddenly remembered, "Oh! The official remembered. ”

Huang Sanwa said: "If you can kill the enemy side by side with the Governor, it is worth a hundred deaths for your subordinates!" ”

Zhang Wen The people in front of him were already dead, the ground was soft and full of corpses, only to see blood dripping from the enemy's weapons, Zhang Wen couldn't help the fear, he said without looking back: "Huang Sanwa, live well, go back to the official and give you a promotion!" ”

Huang Sanwa and a few other personal soldiers rushed to the front of Zhang Wen and fought with the oncoming enemy soldiers. Zhang Wen held the hilt of the sword tightly, and his palms were full of cold sweat.

"Ahh There was a scream in front of him, and Zhang Wen watched as a bloody gun head pierced through the back of the sergeant in front, and soon the gun head retracted. The sergeant was left with a bloody hole in his back, and the blood flowed straight down, and the sergeant fell to the ground with a plop.

"Protect your lordship!" I don't know who shouted on the side, and then a group of people ran to the front of Zhang Wen and protected Zhang Wen in the middle. But this was not a good thing, and soon some enemy soldiers noticed Zhang Wen. Zhang Wen vaguely heard someone shouting: "There is an official over there, extremely valuable!" ”

Zhang Wen's face was pale, panting, he was wearing a heavy helmet, covering his body tightly, the weather was hot, Zhang Wen ran for a while just now, at this time the clothes in the armor were already soaked, and the head in the helmet was also drenched with sweat, as if in a steamer, sweat flowed down his forehead, and his face was full of sweat. There seemed to be sweat in the corners of his eyes, which made his eyes hurt.

The blurred vision made Zhang Wen's spirit also a little trance-like, and his ears were buzzing, mixed with people's shouts. "Dang!" Zhang Wen's helmet seemed to have been knocked on, and he was shocked when he saw an arrow fly out. It turned out that an arrow was shot in the head just now, but fortunately, the iron helmet was strong and did not hurt Zhang Wen.

Zhang Wen, who was originally in a trance, woke up suddenly, he now the Ming army sergeant in front of him has died, and several rebel soldiers with hideous faces are rushing towards him with spears, Zhang Wen roared angrily, carried a long sword to meet him, and swept a sword, this sword is not trivial, a sword actually cut off five or six spears! The rebels had only half a stick left in their hands.

Zhang Wen stretched out his hand and grabbed half of the wooden stick, and took a belt in his arms, the sergeant was originally rushing to this side, the center of gravity of his body was forward, and he was taken along, and a stumbling stumbled into Zhang Wen's arms, Zhang Wen stretched out the sword, "poof", as if there was no resistance, the sword passed through the sergeant as a chest, and the blood splashed Zhang Wen's entire chest red.

"Huh!" Zhang Wen pulled hard to the right, and the long sword cut out of the sergeant's body and swept towards the neck of a rebel next to him. The man couldn't dodge, and there was nothing to block, and his head was cut off in an instant, rolling like a ball from his body to the ground.

"Bang!" Zhang Wen received a stick on his head, and the iron helmet blocked it, and it was not painful, but the shock was very strong, and Zhang Wen felt that his whole head was clanging.

At this moment, the sword flashed in front of Zhang Wen, and a stream of blood rushed towards him, and it turned out that a Ming sergeant next to him slashed at the face of an enemy soldier opposite.

"Be careful, sir!" The sergeant who split the person just now shouted, it turned out to be Huang Sanwa's voice, this guy has really been guarding Zhang Wen's side.

Zhang Wen looked forward when he heard the sound, and another group of enemy soldiers with long weapons were rushing towards him. Zhang Wen brandished his long sword, swept in front of him, and cut off several weapons. At this time, Huang Sanwa roared, pounced, and immediately killed two or three people, the enemy soldiers could not resist, and retreated while holding weapons to parry, Huang Sanwa killed and rose up, and rushed directly into the front line of the enemy soldiers.

"Stupid, come back!" Zhang Wen blurted out.

Veterans know that when they are in close combat, it is best to maintain a line position with the people on their side, so that there is no danger on the left and right flanks, and if it is not for the overwhelming advantage of their own side, rushing out is basically looking for death.