“Bang! Bang! Bang bang bang!
!
"
The deafening sound of gunfire spread across the entire battlefield in an instant, and a large amount of white smoke suddenly rose from the front of the Ming army's formation.
The thirty steps within the Ming army's formation became a restricted area of life. Countless hungry soldiers swarmed in and were knocked down before fifty steps in front of the formation, but they were never allowed to cross the red line.
After Chen Wang led his troops out of the camp, they marched directly south, as if they were going to rescue.
After marching one mile south, the rogue bandits finally appeared. Tens of thousands of long-awaited rangers came roaring from all directions, surrounding them in the center.
There was inevitable commotion in the military formation. Chen Wang held the reins in one hand to control the restless horses, and looked around the situation with the whip in the other.
As he had expected before, the bandits used the simplest strategy of attacking in the east and attacking in the west.
Attack the weak Hanzhong Guards, then prompt himself to lead his troops out of the camp to rush for reinforcements, and then send a large number of rangers to surround them with the advantage of their strength when the reinforcements are halfway through.
The rogue bandits used cavalry to blockade all sides, and then sent troops and soldiers to besiege and attack.
Rogue bandits often use tactics such as showing the enemy weakness and attacking in the east. Although these methods are simple, they are often extremely effective.
Because in times of crisis, it is often difficult for people to keep a clear mind.
And more importantly, for officers and soldiers, failing to rescue friendly troops can be grounds for impeachment.
Officers and soldiers often have to do things they know they cannot do because of political issues.
These rules do not have much constraints on Guan Ning's army, but at this time these unspoken rules still have considerable constraints on the troops in the mainland.
The Hanzhong Guards were attacked on the near side, and Chen Wang had to lead troops to rush for reinforcements.
If you sit back and watch the defeat of the Hanzhong Guards, you will definitely be held accountable.
The lighter punishment may range from a fine to a lower position, or the more severe punishment may include dismissal from office.
The former is nothing to Chen Wang, and now he is not short of money, but the price of the latter is indeed unacceptable to Chen Wang.
Chen Wang himself knows best how the current guerrilla position came to be.
If you are not a person with a strong background, the result of suddenly ascending to a high position is to pay a higher price than ordinary people.
Now that Hong Chengchou's wariness has finally been dispelled and Hong Chengchou's attention has been diverted, how can he get Hong Chengchou to turn his attention back again?
Hu Zhiyi and Hu Zhili were not with Chen Wang at this time. They both returned to their respective departments to command the troops and stabilize their morale.
Chen Gong led the Liao cavalry to rush to the aid of the Hanzhong Guards. Now there are only dozens of armored cavalry and environmental guards beside Chen Wang.
Apart from these dozens of armored cavalry, there were only more than thirty commanding cavalry left in the army to deliver information. The total number of cavalry was no more than a hundred, and the rest were infantry.
With hundreds of cavalry, it is impossible to complete the rescue of one's own infantry.
The horse soldiers in the rogue army are just infantry on horseback, but even if they are infantry on horseback, they can pose a much greater threat than ordinary infantry.
The era of cold weapons lacked a fast and convenient communication and command system. They could only read flags and listen to drums. Slightly more complex instructions could only be conveyed through messengers.
It is precisely because of this that the military formation is not easy to maintain, and the infantry surrounded by cavalry can often only form formations and refuse to defend.
In this era, there was only one army that could march stably under the threat of cavalry and quickly change speed when cavalry attacked.
That army has now disappeared in the long river of history and has become a legend among storytellers. They are the Qi Family Army.
Although he always wins more than he loses against rogue bandits, Chen Wang is very aware of the capabilities of his soldiers.
The troops under his command now are far from comparable to the Qi family army that once belonged to Qi Jiguang.
Many of them were just farmers and villagers digging in the fields a few months ago.
Although he received training, saw blood, went to battle, and experienced the flames of war, he began to transform into a soldier.
But in essence, they are still farmers and villagers at their core.
Their morale is low, their fighting spirit is low, and their heads are always hanging low.
The reason why they were able to win the war along the way was not because they were strong, but because the rogue bandits were even more unbearable.
Chen Wang knew very well the tactics of the bandits, and he had not dared to slack off in the past six months.
It was not a command error that Chen Gong was sent to lead almost all the cavalry to assist the Hanzhong Guards.
From the very beginning, Chen Wang knew exactly what the bandits wanted to do, and sent most of his cavalry out. The biggest reason was not to actually rescue the Hanzhong Guards, but to make the bandits relax their vigilance and fight head-on. Come……
If you want to stay in Hanzhong, you must not win this battle.
If Hong Chengchou were to win, he would definitely send an order to pursue him while he was victorious, and the power of the rogue bandits in Hanzhong would weaken.
After the crisis in Hanzhong was resolved, he had no reason to stay in Hanzhong.
But this battle must not be lost.
No matter why he lost, whether it was intentional or accidental, Hong Chengchou's attention would be diverted again.
If defeated, you can stay in Hanzhong, but you will definitely lose the possibility of going further.
The military trumpet was blown again by the golden hand, and the sharp swan sound suddenly spread throughout the entire formation.
“Bang! Bang! Bang bang bang!
!
"
Along with the sound of the swan sound, there is also the unique explosion sound of the three-eyed gun.
Blood mist shot out from the bodies of the swarming bandits and hungry soldiers. Hundreds of bandits fell to the ground. The front of the crowd instantly became empty, and the crowd stagnated.
The fear of death once again overwhelmed everything, and the courage those hungry soldiers finally mustered up disappeared in an instant.
The swan sound sounded again, the gunshots sounded again, and more bandits fell to the ground.
…
The gurgling blood merged into streams, forming pools of blood in the low-lying areas, and then gradually solidified, turned purple, and turned black.
The smell of gunpowder smoke and blood mixed with each other, and the smell that filled the air made people want to vomit.
The shooting distance of the three-eyed gun is relatively limited. Within a range of thirty steps, it can cause damage to enemies wearing armor and stomach.
Fifty steps away, it can only attack enemies with poor armor. Once it reaches a hundred steps away, the three-eyed gun's projectiles have no lethality.
The three-eyed gun's range and power are far inferior to that of the bird's gun, but its instantaneous firepower density is far greater than that of the bird's gun.
The three-eyed gun is not a trustworthy weapon against the heavily armored Manchurian flag soldiers.
It's just that what we have to face now are unarmored bandits, and the three-eyed blunderbuss is more reliable and effective than the bird blunderbuss.
The biggest flaw of the three-eyed gun is actually the loading problem. A skilled shooter can complete the loading of the bird gun in one minute. It will be even faster if there is fixed ammunition.
However, the reloading speed of the three-eyed gun is appallingly slow. In essence, the three-eyed gun is actually a collection of three fire gate guns. To fire the gun, you need to use a fire pin to light the fire door and fire it, rather than snapping the gun like a bird gun. Pull the trigger.
Chen Wang divided the musketry into five rows and took turns firing and charging, with squatting tiger cannons in between and Fran machines as supplementary firepower.
However, due to the poor reloading speed of the three-eyed gun, there is still a gap in firepower.
However, rogue bandits are rogue bandits after all, and they cannot launch wave after wave of attacks like the Hou Jin soldiers.
Their morale is not high, and their weapons and equipment are lagging behind. Not to mention their armor and stomach, they even lack winter clothes.
After the casualties reach a certain level, the hungry soldiers will become frightened and retreat involuntarily.
Even if there were soldiers supervising the battle behind them, it would not be easy to stop their retreat.
"Come on! Charge on!"
The veteran bandit behind the wave of hungry soldiers waved the steel knife in his hand and roared fiercely.
The steel knives in the hands of the old bandits were all stained with blood, and there were several bloody corpses lying around them. The people at their feet were all hungry soldiers trying to escape.
"You are not allowed to retreat. If the officers and soldiers rush over, you will still die!"
"Rush over!"
"Rush over, even if you die, your family members and leaders will help you take care of you!"
Fear spread among the crowd like poisonous mist, and it spread in an instant.
"You all know the consequences of running away from the robe!
"
The shrill cries were mixed with the pleadings, but none of them made the old bandit who was supervising the battle feel much trouble.
The old bandit supervising the battle roared while frantically slashing at the hungry soldiers who wanted to retreat.
They are the ones who are guilty for letting these fleeing hungry soldiers go.
The defeat is like a mountain. Anyone who has fought in the war knows that if the defeat is not stopped, everyone will die...
They don't want to die...
The smoke of gunfire kept rising from the formation of officers and soldiers in front, and the continuous explosions were like a death signal.
But the steel knife behind him and the situation of his family made many people stop in their tracks.
The defeated hungry soldiers began to gather again. They all knew the consequences of escaping. Once they were regarded as deserters, none of their wives, children, and children would be able to survive...
Many people stopped, but some people still ran back crazily. They were completely frightened by the sound of gunfire.
Most of them were villagers and farmers who had spent their entire lives foraging for food and livelihood in the world. They had never seen such a bloody scene.
Those who were not dead were lying in a pool of blood struggling, or crawling on the ground, crying and pleading loudly, desperately reaching out to the crowd for help, but no one looked at them.
"Kill!
! "
The hoarse shouts of killing came again, and the hungry soldiers of the rogue bandits swept in again like a tide.
Behind those hungry soldiers were troops running back and forth, as well as large groups of horse soldiers and fine cavalry among the rogue bandits, who were the supervisors of this battle.
Every time the hungry soldiers were defeated, the troops at the rear would transform into a supervisory team and kill the deserters. Even those who were lucky enough to escape would fall to the cavalry soldiers who were supervising the battle behind the troops.
In fact, the fighting will of these hungry soldiers has already collapsed, but they have no way to escape.
If you retreat, you will die, if you go forward, you will die. If you die in front, your wife, children, and children may still have a way to survive...
However, no one gave them a way to survive...
Zhou Changshou was half kneeling on the ground, holding a fire starter in one hand and a thick, three-eyed gun in the other.
"Raise the gun!
! "
Banner Chief Huang Hu's gong-like voice made Zhou Changshou feel a sting in his eardrums, but at this moment no one paid attention to these side issues.
Because less than thirty steps in front of them were rogue bandits and hungry soldiers coming like a tide.
"Raise the gun!
"
Three-eyed blunderbuss were raised one after another.
Zhou Changshou stared ahead, the fear of death lingering in his mind again.
From Fenzhou to Hanzhong, he traveled thousands of miles.
Along the way, they passed through countless states and counties, climbed over countless mountains, and crossed countless rivers.
From Fenzhou to Chunhua, then to Pingliang, Gongchang, and finally to Hanzhong, he had experienced dozens of battles, large and small, in a few months.
But when it comes to fighting, I still feel fear in my heart.
The Battle of Lueyang was the most dangerous battle Zhou Changshou had ever experienced...
Just a little bit, just a little bit away, and he would have died.
“Rush!
"
“Kill the officers and soldiers!
"
The roar of the mountain and the tsunami-like shouts of killing came from the front again, and the hungry soldiers of the rogue bandits swept in like a furious wave.
The shouts of killing were deafening and resounded through the sky. Zhou Changshou was in a daze. Suddenly, he had an illusion that enemy troops were surrounding them from all directions.
The bright weapons dazzled people's eyes, the vibrations of horses' hooves hitting the ground were terrifying, and the endless crowds of people were even more frightening.
Zhou Changshou held tightly the three-eyed gun and Huozhezi in his hands, and the crowd continued to grow in front of his eyes.
The appearance of the enemy in front of him is gradually becoming clearer, and all living beings are different from each other.
Some people stride forward with crazy faces, some people shout and howl wildly, and some people wave their weapons with ferocious faces.
But among the hungry soldiers who came in, more people were in tears and looked frightened. They were driven by the crowd and couldn't help themselves.
Zhou Changshou couldn't help but tremble in his heart. Even though he had stood in front of the military formation and experienced countless battles, he still couldn't fire the gun in his hand without any psychological burden.
He has traveled to many places, and he is no longer the farmer who only knows crops and fields.
The military supervisor told them that the hungry soldiers were poor people who were threatened by bandits, and they were all the same people.
He knew that those hungry soldiers were actually just like him before, they were all people who had no way to survive.
It's just that they hid in the mountains to avoid the bandits, but those people couldn't escape.
They are all ordinary people, the same people, just struggling desperately to survive.
"Kill!
! "
The deafening shouts of killing echoed in Zhou Changshou's ears, and Zhou Changshou's eyes suddenly shrank.
A large number of black spots suddenly appeared on the low sky. Zhou Changshou was shocked. He knew exactly what those black spots represented.
The rogue bandits always arranged many archers after the wave of hungry soldiers. They relied on the hungry people in front as shields and fired arrows behind them to harass them.
Although the crossbows in the hands of rogue bandits are soft bows with very low lethality, there is still the possibility of death or injury if they are accidentally shot in a vital part.
The coming arrow rain did not make him move at all. Zhou Changshou just lowered his head so that the helmet could cover his face.
He knew that the only thing he could trust now was the armor on his body.
Military law - facing the enemy in battle, the military formation is established, and anyone who leaves the formation without permission will be killed immediately!
