It's not that he doesn't want to escape, but that with so many people staying, he can't leave alone even if he wants to.
The gunners of the Ming Army and the gunners of the Tiger Flag were very skillful in operating the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
The cannons and charges of the Tiger Crouching Cannon are all fixed, and there will be no more or less. It is easier to load. The Ming army's gunner only needs to operate step by step, and there is no need to worry about the danger of loading too many charges. .
Not long after the Tiger Crouching Cannon was loaded with ammunition, a large group of cavalry appeared from behind the road and rushed towards where Qiao Lin and his group of soldiers were deployed.
"Get ready to fight!" Qiao Lin shouted, holding the gun tightly in his hand.
Just as the Tiger Crouching Cannon was being loaded, the soldiers also loaded all the firecrackers in their hands with medicine, and they could fire them directly as soon as the slave riders approached.
Qiao Lin put the copper whistle in his mouth.
Several Ming army gunners who were among the soldiers showed obvious panic on their faces. If the soldiers around them were not so calm and motionless, they might have been able to escape long ago.
The slave knight is getting closer and closer.
"Bu Manda, there are Ming troops in front!" The Nuqi side also placed troops and horses with tiger flags blocking the road.
The leader was Bu Manda, a slave knight. He curled his lips and said: "The Ming army in Lushun was defeated by the one named Tiger Flag. These soldiers and horses in front of me should be the soldiers and horses of Tiger Flag."
The slave cavalry team stopped when they discovered the soldiers and horses with the tiger flag.
"Bu Manda, do we want to kill him?" the slave knight asked.
Bu Manda said: "Mandahai, please remember that the Han people are no match for our Jurchen warriors. They are just a group of cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered, waiting to be decapitated by our knives."
Slave thieves do not count their military merits based on heads, but they like to hang beheaded heads on their horses to show their bravery.
"There are cannons! These guys have cannons!" Mandahai, who was rushing ahead, noticed the squatting tiger cannons placed on the road and shouted hurriedly.
At this time, Bu Manda on the side said: "You and I will each lead a team of troops to go around from both wings, avoid the Han people's cannons, and dig out their backs."
After saying that, he urged his horse to rush forward.
Man Dahai also rushed over with a team of people.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the Tiger Flag soldiers are ready to fire.
However, just about a hundred steps away, the slave cavalry team originally walking in the middle of the road suddenly split into two teams, one on the left and the other on the right.
Seeing this scene, Qiao Lin immediately understood what Nu Qi wanted to do.
But the distance was too close, and there was no time to issue an order, and the heavy sound of horse hooves resounded in the ears. Even if an order was issued, it would be difficult for all the gunners to hear it.
But he still blew the brass whistle in his mouth immediately.
boom! boom! boom! boom!
The soldiers guarding the two wings fired their guns one after another, but only one Crouching Tiger Cannon fired, and the other Crouching Tiger Cannons did not fire.
The distance between the two sides is already very close.
Seven or eight slave riders rushing in front were hit and fell off their horses.
The remaining slave knights rushed forward and immediately waved their weapons to kill the soldiers with the Tiger Flag.
"Block and buy time for the gunner." Qiao Lin shouted loudly regardless of whether the people around him could hear him clearly.
At this moment, he was fortunate to have the soldiers install the muskets with bayonets and stand in front of the formation to intimidate the slave knights at the front. Otherwise, these slave knights would have charged directly into his temporary military formation.
"Throw the spear, throw the spear!" Bu Manda from the slave cavalry side shouted loudly.
Mounted archery has never been the specialty of slave cavalry. The Mongols are the best at mounted archery, while slave thieves use rifles more often.
In addition to the weapons in their hands, the slave knights will also prepare some throwing weapons such as short spears and hand axes.
Bu Manda took the lead and threw the short spear in his hand.
The short spear flew out and pierced the chest of a soldier. The soldier was driven by the force of the short spear and staggered back two steps before falling to the ground.
Soon, the slave knights on the left and right threw their short soldiers one after another.
Soldiers without any heavy armor had no ability to defend themselves against these short-range soldiers thrown at them at close range, and they were not injured until they died.
More and more soldiers were injured or killed among the slave riders.
The queue of soldiers that originally blocked the slave cavalry became sparse, and the soldiers and the muskets with bayonets in their hands fell to the ground.
All this happened very quickly, giving the Tiger Flag soldiers no chance to reload their second round of medicine.
However, such a delay still gave the gunners time to move the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
The muzzles of the eleven unfired tiger crouching cannons were aimed at the slave riders on both sides.
At this time, no order was needed, and the gunner of the Tiger Crouching Cannon fired the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
The barrels of the eleven tiger crouching cannons were filled with crushed iron sand. Once the cannon was fired, the sky and the ground were covered with iron sand.
The slave cavalry took advantage of the short distance and used throwing weapons to take away the lives of the tiger flag soldiers one by one. However, at the same close range, the lethality of the shotgun of the squatting tiger cannon was equally astonishing.
In an instant, dozens of slave riders were hit by the iron sand and fell from their horses. Many war horses also fell to the ground, not knowing whether to live or die.
Because of the close distance, Bu Manda was hit by a crouching tiger cannon on the spot and fell off his horse. His life or death was unknown.
After a round of shelling from the Crouching Tiger Cannon, the surrounding slave riders were stunned.
These thieves crossed Nanguan Island and entered the hinterland of Lushun. Although there were casualties, there were never so many casualties at once.
"Kill all these Nikans!" Mandahai, who came back to his senses, raised his weapon and urged his horse to charge towards the tiger-character flag soldier closest to him.
The blade passed through the air, and the soldier holding the bayonet had his throat cut and fell on his back.
Because the Tiger Crouching Cannon mainly attacks Bu Manda's side, this also results in fewer casualties among the slaves on the Mandahai side. It can even be said that the casualties are not large.
"kill!"
Qiao Lin, who was on the side of the Tiger Flag, shouted, and in coordination with several soldiers around him, he raised his bayonet and stabbed at the rushing slave knight.
Because the slave knight had stopped, and there were many corpses on the ground, the war horse could not charge up to speed, and could only fight with the soldiers of the Tiger Flag on horseback.
The slave cavalry also does not wear heavy armor. Due to the limitations of heavy armored cavalry, the slave cavalry who come to Lushun are all light cavalry.
War horses are also short horses such as Mongolian horses.
Soldiers holding bayonets can easily stab the slaves on horseback with their bayonets. Similarly, the slaves can also easily kill the soldiers with the Tiger Flag with the weapons in their hands.
The tiger-character flag warriors and slave cavalry fought hard on the road.
Even the artillerymen of the Tiger Crouching Cannon drew out their swords and started fighting with the slave cavalry.
As for loading the Tiger Crouching Cannon or the Fire Gun, there is no time at all. Once you do this, you may not be able to load it properly and you will be hacked to death by the approaching slave knights.
Due to its limitations, the bayonets in the hands of the tiger-character flag warriors had no advantage over the weapons in the slave riders, and the slave riders had an even greater advantage with the war horses under them.
In terms of numbers, the tiger-character flag warriors are not as good as the slave cavalry.
The most important thing in this kind of close combat is personal bravery. The Tiger Flag side is giving up its own advantages and using short attacks to achieve long results.
