Chapter 180: Hand-to-hand Combat Begins (1)
In the defense line of the new army in Xiahezhai, the bird soldiers in the front row quickly dispersed from both sides, and the second row of bird soldiers stood in place and immediately pulled the board machine against the Qing soldiers who rushed in.
This wave of shooting broke more Qing army skin shields, and several heavy armored soldiers with white flags were broken and fell backwards, desperating on the spot.
Soon the second row of bird-gunned soldiers retreated, and the third-row bird-gunned soldiers continued to shoot, and by this time the Qing army had rushed within ten paces. At this distance, it was the iron shield of the Qing army, and it was also opened by the bird guns of the new army in Xiahezhai, and dozens of Qing soldiers screamed and fell to the ground.
The third row of bird-fired soldiers retreated rapidly, and by this time the white-flaged heavy armor had already rushed up. Suddenly, there was a loud noise, and a large wave of things were thrown from behind the shield soldiers, including iron bones, throwing axes, and javelins.
Like them, the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers of the new army of Xiahezhai at the gap in the earthen wall also threw large javelins. Screams rang out, and the soldiers on both sides were hit by javelins and other objects, and a large number of people fell on both sides.
The sharp javelin nailed the Qing army or the new army of Xiahezhai to the ground. Zhang Yi, the head of Bai, who was standing behind the three rows of pikemen, suddenly saw a javelin coming towards him, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly flashed to the side. A guard beside him was knocked off his helmet by an iron bone that suddenly came, and he was also shocked into a cold sweat.
At this point, the arrays on both sides are a little sparse. Without thinking too much, Zhang Yi shouted: "Raise the gun!" ”
"Kill!"
Suddenly, the surviving pikemen in the three rows reflexively, all of them stood sideways with their guns in their hands, and shouted loudly.
The pikemen of the new army in Xiahezhai practice a move every day, stab! Two steps, the first step, raise the gun, and the second step, thrust. They practice these two actions repeatedly every day, from the time they formed the army to the present, they don't know how many times they have raised their guns, how many times they have stabbed them thousands of times, and they are so familiar that they can no longer be cooked, even in their sleep, they can subconsciously do the standard to the extreme.
Their spears can pierce armor in melee combat, not the red tassel spear in the impression, but the spearhead is very long. It's like a sharp awl, like an armor-piercing cone. The rows of stern sergeants stood with their guns up, which was very shocking.
"Thorn!"
"Kill!"
In the blink of an eye, a large number of Qing troops had rushed to the front of the formation, the new troops of Xiahezhai were red-eyed, and dozens of spears in the front row stabbed out vigorously, and the loud bangs that hit each other and the screams that stabbed everyone came and went.
In the shields and swords of the Qing soldiers, the pikemen of the new army in Xiahezhai did not dodge at all, and their usual training was to have better eyesight and faster speed. Before the opponent's weapon hits him, he stabs the opponent to death first, and the emphasis is on who is slow and who dies first.
In terms of quick hands and quick eyes, many of the soldiers who have practiced in various places in Xiahe Village can stab the eyes, mouth, heart and other vital positions on the target by sprinting dozens of steps away.
The sword and shield soldiers of the Qing army on the opposite side, they either jumped cards, rolled to the ground, or flashed cards. The spears of the new army in Xiahezhai did not pay attention, their eyesight was excellent, the spears were as fast as lightning, and in a blink of an eye, they saw the lack of the Qing army, and then raised their guns to stab.
As the so-called one inch long and one inch dangerous, the spear is better than the shield broadsword, good here, except for some spears blocked by the shield, the rest of the Qing army sabers and shield hands, their broadswords have not yet cut the opposite Xiahezhai New Army spearmen, a few spears have been with a fierce wind, directly pierced into the hearts of those Qing soldiers, waists, or eyes, throat and other vital parts.
Heart-rending screams rang out, and the spears of the new army in Xiahezhai broke through the armor of those Qing soldiers and pierced deep into their bodies. This kind of midwinter weather, as soon as everyone was stabbed, their whole bodies convulsed violently. After the spears of the soldiers of the new army in Xiahezhai were withdrawn like ghosts, these Qing soldiers who were stabbed felt that their whole body strength suddenly disappeared, and they trembled and knelt on the ground.
Dozens of spears that were still dripping blood pierced out like poisonous snakes, and many of the Qing army's heavy-armored shield soldiers who survived and came later were pierced by spears, and they, like their previous companions, fell to the ground with an incredible look of unwillingness.
According to the regulations of the infantry discipline of the new army of Xiahezhai, if there is only one person in front of several spears, in addition to the frontal spear frontal attack, the rest of the spears will be side-attacked. Those shield soldiers of the Qing army almost fought alone, how could they prevent several spears from stabbing in different directions?
At this time, the shield soldiers of the Qing army rushed forward and were stabbed to death, and finally they were all frightened, and their shields danced vigorously and could not be dropped.
The pikemen of the new army in Xiahezhai ignored them, they cooperated with their footwork, sometimes advancing neatly, sometimes retreating neatly, paying attention to the spears not to be old, and always letting the Qing army in front of them be under the threat of everyone's spears.
Seeing that they maintained a dignified formation, they had no interest in fighting alone at all, which made these Qing army heavy armor extremely aggrieved, and they felt that their superb martial arts could not be brought into play at all.
Also, in terms of fighting alone, except for the night guards in the new army of Xiahezhai, these Qing army heavy armor are all more powerful than the new army of Xiahezhai. However, the new army of Xiahezhai fought in this formation, there were no braves, no cowards, and the guns poked and the guns poked, and those Qing soldiers could only cry out in vain?
At this time, the white flag heavy armor was still pouring in, and the only ones who could fight were the two rows of people in front. They couldn't squeeze in front, so they rushed to both sides of the gap in the earthen wall, and fiercely fought with the new saber and shield soldiers of Xiahezhai.
In the blink of an eye, the Qing army's heavy armored shield soldiers who rushed to the front had suffered more than 100 casualties, and found that the shield soldiers were not the opponents of the Ming army's spearmen. These Qing army spearmen raised their spears and halberds, lined up one by one, gritting their teeth and slowly pressing.
At the same time, the pikemen of the new army of Xiahezhai in various generals and outposts were also slowly pressing, and the two sides glared at each other viciously, and each other's spears were getting closer and closer.
Suddenly, the soldiers on both sides let out a roar of rage almost at the same time, and then stabbed desperately with their spears raised. The screams of both sides rang out one after another, and the sound of spears entering flesh continued. This kind of battle in formation, spears stabbing each other, there is no room to dodge at all, except to desperately stab the other party, there is no other way out.
Both sides were heavily armoured, and the soldiers on both sides were all well-protected, but the spears stabbed each other, and there was no armor at all to prevent the armor-piercing spears from the opposite side from piercing into their bodies.
Such a head-to-head battle was very brutal, and after the two sides desperately stabbed each other for a while, in the blink of an eye, the spearmen in the front rows of both sides fell a large piece.
The blood of these corpses or wounded came together to emit a steaming heat on the cold winter ground. Seeing such a cruel situation, many people on the side of the Qing army showed hesitation and fear, and there were so many casualties at once, which was really tragic!
And fighting in such a formation, those Qing soldiers with heavy armor can't show their martial arts, except for thorns, they can only stab, even if they die, they are extremely dull and obscure. You can't even play with a gun.
Also, why is the Ming army on the opposite side so not afraid of death? It stands to reason that in such a brutal fight, those Ming troops should have collapsed on the spot a long time ago, why did they come up to fight again?
Seeing the silent and cruel battle scene in front of them, Wang Bo and Zhang Yi and other hundred presidents and generals also looked solemn, especially Zhang Yi, who rushed to the front, the muscles on his face couldn't stop shaking, the first wave of spearmen fought against each other, and there were too many casualties among his own spearmen. Of the more than 200 people on the front floor, more than 80 were killed at once, and the rest were all wounded.
Zhang Yi bit his lower lip, waved his hand, and the drum beat sounded again, and immediately the gunmen in the front row retreated and replaced the people in the second row to line up. Looking at the Qing army gunmen on the opposite side, they also retreated in the front row. Replaced with a new force in the second row. Both sides gritted their teeth, holding their spears and slowly approaching.
The two sides stabbed each other again, and then each fell down again, looking at the fighting Ming pikemen on the opposite side, the white flag heavy armor was frightened.
In the blink of an eye, they had already been killed and seriously wounded one or two hundred people, and the heavy armor soldiers of the white flag who had attacked the earthen wall had almost lost more than half, and many of the rest were also wounded. Rao is that they think they are brave in battle, and in the face of those Ming spearmen who are cruel and calm in battle, they still can't restrain the fear in their hearts.
After all, those Qing soldiers are robbers, and they also depend on the object of extreme ferocity, and when they encounter more cruel and fierce opponents, they collapse!
Those Qing soldiers fled outside the earthen wall with screams, and Liu Yan, who was not surprised by their rout and the battle situation in his eyes.
Not to mention the harsh training of the new army in Xiahezhai in peacetime, the soldiers are subconscious in their operations, and more importantly, the strict reward and punishment system in all parts of Xiahezhai. Anyone who dares to retreat from the battle, those who escape, will be killed! And after their deaths, they will suffer great humiliation, their families and fields will be confiscated, and the whole family will be driven out of Xiahe Village. If a soldier of the new army is killed or wounded in battle, he will receive a lifelong pension, his family will also have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, and the dead can also enjoy incense offerings every year.
How to choose, presumably the soldiers have thought clearly before sending out the troops, and in any case, this time to help Lu Xiangsheng's department, there is also a sense of righteousness to protect the family and defend the country, which has some positive morale motivating effect.
Seeing those Qing soldiers with white flags screaming and running away, Liu Yan certainly wouldn't let go of this good opportunity to pursue.
Soon, Xu Ming, the general commander of the cavalry, was ordered by Liu Yan to personally chase hundreds of soldiers of the cavalry along the passage, and the heavy armor soldiers with the white flag were all defeated, and the archers and miscellaneous servants of the banners who were still releasing arrows and filling the trenches at the low walls and trenches on both sides also immediately dispersed, also screaming and fleeing for their lives.
Xu Ming led the army to chase and kill hundreds of paces, until they chased in front of the Qing army's large array, and saw that there were tens of thousands of Qing troops densely covered there, and they turned back.
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng stood on the tall Yuan Rong car of the Central Military Department, and the three defense lines of the Xuanda camp were clear at a glance.
After the artillery fire on all sides, the camp was heavily armored on three sides of the Qing army broke in, and the officers and men of the Ming army relied on the defense line to defend well, and when fighting head-on, only a few hundred Qing troops on both wings were like bamboos, and they went deep into the defense line. It was still the general soldiers of the two towns stationed on the left and right flanks who went into battle in person, leading the family members to fight desperately before they drove out these Qing troops who broke through the earthen wall.
It is very good that the soldiers of the Ming army on both wings can drive out the Qing soldiers who broke in, and it is really impossible to gather troops and horses to chase and kill hundreds of paces like the new army of Xiahezhai under Liu Yan.
At this time, it was already afternoon, because of the rout of the frontal offensive, the Qing army began to prevent changes, and soon ordered Mingjin to withdraw the troops, and the Qing soldiers of all banners retreated back to the camp like a tide, leaving a battlefield full of messes.
After the fierce battle, the battlefield gradually quieted down, the soldiers of the Ming army came out to clean the battlefield, from yesterday afternoon to this afternoon, Liu Yan estimated that the three battalions of soldiers killed, killed and wounded a lot of Qing soldiers, but this time the first harvest was very little.
Because the corpses, wounded, and scattered weapons and banners of the Qing army were all taken back by them when they retreated, only in the last wave of attack, the new army of Xiahezhai killed the Qing army that attacked the wall head-on, and chased hundreds of steps, only to cut more than 200 heads.
More than 100 of them were dressed in armor, the rest were wearing leather robes and cotton jackets, with pigtails, and only a rudimentary weapon on the corpse, apparently a slave miscellaneous servant such as Aha who accompanied the army.
Some people died, but not completely......