The ten steps in front of the stone bridge were like a hell on earth. The ground was filled with tumbling and wailing heavy infantrymen of the Qing army. A few of the divine eagles who rushed forward were not spared and joined the wailing and wailing ranks. middle.
The fifty Tatar infantrymen who had just rushed up from behind, and the remaining less than thirty Qing army's horse-armored divine eagles, were all suffocated.
They were stunned for a moment, and then they charged forward again amidst the roar of Jia La Zhangjing. However, those divine eagles had learned to be smart. They no longer rushed forward, but relied on the cover of the stone bridge railings to keep charging. Shooting deadly arrows.
Sentry commander Chen Dakuan shouted hurriedly: "Hurry up and fire the cannon! Fire the cannon!"
A slightly wider section of the earthen wall on the north side of the official road was used as a fort. A Franco machine gun was firmly fixed on it. As the fuse was ignited, a ball of fire burst out from the muzzle. A five-liang gun The cannons roared through the air and flew away.
The second team of fifty men in cloth armor of the Tatars had just crossed the stone bridge and before they even set foot on the official road, they saw an iron egg spit out from a ball of fire and shot into the Tatar team, hitting two people in succession and smashing them On one person's shoulder, the entire shoulder was shattered by the blow, and the Tatar lay on the ground and moaned feebly.
On the earth wall to the south of the official road, there is also a squatting tiger cannon. The muzzle is placed flat. When the fuse is ignited, a ball of fire brings out a pile of iron beads, sharp gravels and other objects. It is actually installed. shotgun.
A cloud of cannonballs spread out, almost covering the entire bridge. Immediately, more than ten people were knocked to the ground by the cannonballs, wailing and screaming in agony.
When Tong Shoushan saw that the tiger crouching cannon had finished firing, he shouted: "Brothers, kill the Tatars and the slaves!"
He picked up the mace in his hand and jumped out of the earth wall first.
Over there, Chen Dakuan also howled: "Kill the slave, kill!"
For a moment, silhouettes of people flashed, and facing the scattered light of the setting sun, a group of soldiers jumped out of the earthen wall. They were like devils coming out of hell, ready to harvest the demons and ghosts who were doing evil in the world.
"Tap tap tap tap..."
The rapid sound of horse hoofbeats came from far away on the official road. Chen Dakuan heard it clearly and shouted loudly: "General, reinforcements are coming, kill the Tatars back. Kill them!"
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Opposite the stone bridge, the Tatar Jia Lazhangjing was riding his horse to watch the battle here, constantly urging the archers in formation to throw light arrows again. They had already thrown six waves of light arrows in succession, injuring the Ming army sergeants. There are fifty or sixty people, but after all, it is not easy to hit a light arrow, even if it hits, it is not fatal.
He originally saw that the Qing warriors under his command had broken through the stone bridge, and was secretly happy in his heart. He was about to order the entire army to break through the stone bridge and chase and defeat the Sanming Dogs. However, he suddenly heard two explosions, and then the sound of three-eyed blunderbuss being fired filled the air. .
Seeing pieces of smoke filling the bridge opposite, Minggou not only did not collapse, but also launched a counterattack. He saw that all the warriors under his command had been driven back to the bridge, and they were obviously suppressed and were retreating backwards.
He shouted loudly: "Open your bow and shoot. Sota, you lead fifty warriors and charge forward!"
The Fendepa Shiku named Sota rushed out of the crowd. He threw his bow to the side of the official road, picked up his shield from the ground, grabbed a half-moon axe, and started shouting for orders. A goes out of the queue and follows him to attack the bright dog on the stone bridge.
There seemed to be more than 150 people left in the Qing army's projectile formation behind the stone bridge. After a burst of shouts from Fende Pashiku called Sota, more than 50 people had already stepped out of the formation, and some of them had already been lost. He took the bow and arrow out of his hand and was about to pick up the shield and axe.
Suddenly, they all froze on the spot, and Suota looked at the north side of the official road, his mouth opened, but he didn't speak.
Jia Lazhangjing of the Qing army was originally riding his horse on the official road and was watching the fight on the stone bridge. At this time, he also turned his horse's head to look north of the official road.
"Rumble, rumble..."
The sounds of galloping war horses could be heard. Based on their experience, they could judge that there must be at least nearly a thousand galloping horses to achieve such a momentum.
The reason why they were stunned was because they couldn't tell from the sound alone where this cavalry of nearly a thousand people was coming from!
Suddenly, from a low-lying wasteland four hundred steps to the north, a Qing army horse team with less than ten riders sprang out. It was one of the two teams of knights sent by Jia La Zhangjing to patrol the surrounding area.
As they galloped wildly on their horses, they shouted: "Minggou, cavalry, big cavalry."
No matter how loud they shouted, even if they broke their throats, they would still be drowned in the sound of wind, not to mention the roar of horse hooves on the ground.
However, La Zhangjing, the leader of the Qing Army, could see clearly. He knew that there must be a cavalry from the Ming Dog Brigade galloping from the north of the official road, which made his warriors run away like this.
At the same time, he also knew that the cloth armor and followers in the array now all used their bows to shoot light arrows. However, these light arrows were only meant to be thrown far, but they were not as effective against the armor of the Ming Dog Cavalry as heavy arrows. Penetration.
Busy howled loudly: "Get on the horse, get on the horse quickly, there is a cavalry."
The Qing infantry and auxiliary soldiers in the array turned around and saw the same smoke and dust billowing from the north. Although there were more than 150 people here, there were only less than 50 auxiliary soldiers inside. The remaining more than 100 people are all Aha's slaves covered by various horse and foot armors.
They were guarding nearly a thousand war horses and mules. They originally thought that with more than 300 warriors from the Qing Dynasty, they would not be able to capture a broken stone bridge guarded by two or three Baiming dogs.
Therefore, they all had the mentality of watching the excitement. Everyone looked for a high place to stand. Some people even sat on their horses and watched the battle of the stone bridge nearly 200 steps away.
Everyone is thinking that when the stone bridge is captured, they must be the first to rush up so that they can help the master collect more loot. They can't wait until they return to their hometown in Liaodong and gain status in front of the crowd. .
If his master conquered the Ming Dynasty this time and made extraordinary achievements, then he would follow his master and rise with the tide. Maybe after returning home, he would be more likely to become the leader of the crowd-funded Aha.
They were all thinking happily about the future, staring in the direction of the stone bridge with all their concentration, and there was still time to worry about everything behind them.
But after watching it for a while, I found that these bright dogs today were so difficult to deal with. The master who was so majestic and invincible in the past seemed to be unable to cross that small stone bridge?
By the time they felt something was wrong, Ming army outpost Chen Zheng's cavalry was already a hundred steps away. They had just been shocked by the brutality on the stone bridge, and now they saw a large group of Ming army cavalry rushing towards them, and they were immediately in chaos.
At a distance of a hundred steps, the cavalry charged with all their strength, and arrived in an instant. These coated aha were all used to fighting with their masters, and they had never been in such a dangerous situation. Their hearts immediately collapsed.
Those who were sitting on horses guarding the mules and horses and watching the excitement, without saying a word, held the horses' belly tightly with their legs, held the reins tightly with their left hands, and slapped the horses hard on their crotches with their right hands, and walked away one by one. .
Those bastards who were not riding mules and horses were even more flustered. Facing Ming Gouzi, whom they had deeply despised, they had nowhere to run. One by one they ran towards the stone bridge crying and shouting. The ones with faster hands and feet actually rushed out to grab a few horses and mules, and then ran towards the Tatar array in front of the stone bridge.
