Although the reputation of the Tatars for their ferocity has long been known in the border towns of Liaodong and Xuanda during the Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of the soldiers in the Dengfeng camp, they were not much better than those Ming officers and soldiers in Henan.
It’s just a louder roar!
But no matter how loud the roar is, what does it matter?
Is it possible that the roar of these Tartars can still kill people?
The strict conduct of the Dengfeng camp in Yongning City came into effect at this moment. Yu Ziwang shouted military orders at the top of his lungs, and the sergeants in the armor were able to follow the orders.
They were either squatting or standing, and some were holding fire cannons in their hands on the rocks, but no one fired them. When the Korean soldiers jumped over the stone wall, several of them were knocked down. The Tatar soldiers from Zhenglan Banner cursed loudly.
Although the Dengfeng camp had not experienced a real battlefield test after the Yongning camp, it was pulled to Liaodong to participate in the battle to relieve Jinwei.
They only participated in the battle briefly during the previous battle at Shimen Mountain, and they withdrew immediately after rescuing the Xuanfu troops.
However, since the integration of troops and horses in Xuanfu Town, they have participated in many rounds of battles in Huangtu Ridge. Basically, they will appear every few days as the main attacker, and usually send some sergeants as assists.
It’s a credit to Zhang Cheng that he could come up with this method of training troops in round battles. Only if all the camps of the Xuanfu Army are controlled by Zhang Cheng alone can this method of training troops be practiced!
Seeing the Korean soldiers on the opposite side being driven away by the Tatars and jumping over the stone wall in panic to charge, Yu Ziwang's eyes widened and he shouted: "We have all the armor, fire and muskets."
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
There was a crisp sound like exploding beans from the left front of the Dengfeng Battalion. In the flash of fire, fatal lead pellets were shot away, leaving a piece of smoke rising upward behind.
Yu Ziwang heard the roar of the Tatars on the other side, but he didn't know what the Tatars meant.
At the same time, without stopping at all, he shouted: "Hurry, reload!"
I saw that he moved very quickly. He first took out the fixed cartridge from the medicine bag, put it to his mouth and gently bit a small opening, then poured a little into the primer box. Then he drew back the blunderbuss, and the whole The pill cartridge was stuffed in.
The Dengfeng camp was nervously reloading their medicine, while the Tatars at Zhenglan Banner roared: "Charge, Nangou has unleashed his gun, charge quickly..."
It was obvious that they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity for the Dengfeng camp soldiers to reload their medicine and rush in to kill them.
Although the Korean soldiers who rushed forward were very reluctant, they were already well aware of the barbarism of the Tatars. Although they looked down on the Tatar soldiers in their hearts, their fear of them was also deep in their bones.
They rushed forward with dazed steps. Some of them moved a little slower, but were chopped down on the spot by the ferocious Tatar soldiers.
The fallen Korean soldier wailed miserably, but did not know how to get up to resist. The other Korean soldiers were frightened by this scene, and staggered forward like frightened chickens.
The two sides were only seventy or eighty steps apart before the group of Korean soldiers jumped out of the stone wall. Nearly a third of them were killed by the Dengfeng Camp's fire cannons before they could even take two steps.
There were less than two hundred Korean soldiers left, and behind them there were more than twenty Zhenglan Banner Tatars, who rushed towards the Dengfeng campfire soldiers like crazy.
They all had the same idea, just as the Tatar soldiers shouted, taking advantage of the gap between the Ming army's muskets to be loaded with ammunition, they rushed up to kill them all.
However, their wishful thinking was wrong!
The mistake was that they completely ignored one point. The Dengfeng camp was not the only one with fire rifles.
The Korean soldiers on the opposite side had only rushed forward about twenty steps when they saw groups of infantrymen flashing out from behind the rocks where the Ming army was hiding. They were all wearing red short iron armor, with a row of large shields in front of them protecting them. Shape, shining spear points revealed from the gaps in the shield.
Although they were marching forward to face the Korean soldiers on the opposite side, their formation was always strict and orderly. The sound of military boots hitting the ground was dull and neat, giving people a strong sense of oppression.
The Korean soldiers who had just been roaring and charging were frightened when they saw this. Their momentum was immediately stalled. However, although the front row wanted to stop, the back row did not know what was happening in front of them and still charged fiercely. Rush up.
As a result, the formation of the Korean soldiers was instantly disrupted. However, the Zhenglan Banner Tatars in the last row were all sharp-eyed. They had long seen the Ming army rushing out from behind the rocks.
"Whoosh...whoosh...whoosh..."
Several arrows shot out from the gaps in the Korean soldiers' array, followed by a "ding-dong" sound, and occasionally a few "tuk-tuk" sounds, which showed that the arrows hit the shields and armor. sound.
Immediately afterwards, there were several muffled groans, and several cold soldiers on the left side of the Dengfeng camp were hit by arrows. They endured the pain and did not fall to the ground, and slowly withdrew from the formation from behind.
This is the advantage of Xuanbei military camp drills. Through camp drills, every sergeant knows his or her position in the array.
There are fixed rules to follow for marching, changing formations, engaging the enemy, and even retreating, as well as how to withdraw from the battle after being injured. As long as the formation is formed, no matter what you do, you only need to do it strictly according to the rules. It will be messy.
When Zhang Cheng trained his troops, he paid the most attention to the perseverance and perseverance of the sergeants. For example, he put forward slogans such as "Don't abandon, don't give up", and he was not allowed to fire guns without the orders of his superiors.
Only in this way can the power of the mortar be exerted at an effective distance. In addition, the medicine prepared by Yunzhou Craftsman Camp is all excellent, so it will naturally be unfavorable.
As for wartime military law, Zhang Cheng also has some strict regulations. For example, for those who do not respect orders and act privately during wartime, the Jia commander can kill his subordinate sergeants, the team officers can kill the soldiers below the Jia commander, and the commander-in-chief can kill the commander below. , a boss can be killed below a hundred bosses, a boss of a thousand can be killed below a boss.
It is precisely because of the existence of such strict military laws that all battalions of the Xuanbei Army can follow orders and prohibitions. No matter whether they are attacking, defending, or retreating, there is never chaos.
Under his strict training, obeying orders has become an iron rule that everyone in the old Xuanbei Army knows and generally abides by!
The shield formation of the cold soldiers on the left side of the Dengfeng Camp was like a movable iron wall, rushing towards the oncoming Korean soldiers. When there were less than ten steps left, the sword and shield soldiers of the Dengfeng Camp shouted in unison. He shouted loudly and rushed up quickly.
"Bang! Bang!" came the sound.
The shields of both sides collided with each other. The Korean soldiers must not be determined to fight. They were knocked around in an instant. Long spears stabbed out from behind the shields of the Dengfeng camp, constantly harvesting the lives of the Korean soldiers.
But the Zhenglan Banner Tatar who was supervising the battle at the back was not a vegetarian. A flying ax passed through the gap in the shield and hit a spearman in the face. He couldn't help but howl loudly and fell to the ground leading to the entrance. On the road to victory.
Faced with such brutal fighting, the North Korean soldiers lost their courage and their confidence collapsed. They screamed and howled and fled back desperately. Even if the Tatar soldiers supervising the battle tried their best to kill, they could not stop them.
Seeing that the situation was irreversible, the leading Tatars of Zhenglan Banner were divided into Bashiku, and they shouted loudly and fled back behind the stone wall.
In this charge, they left behind nearly a hundred corpses and wounded of Korean soldiers, but only managed to kill three people from the Dengfeng camp and wound eleven others. It was a complete defeat.
After retreating behind the stone wall, the Tatars' Bashiku shouted loudly: "Fire the gun, fire the gun quickly..."
A small school of Korean soldiers looked at the brothers who had not come yet and had to retreat in a hurry, as well as the Korean soldiers who were still fighting with the Ming army, with eyes full of unbearability.
A Tatar soldier with a beard pulled out a sword and put it on his neck, roaring: "Hurry up and fire..."
The Korean military junior high school student had a sad look in his eyes, and with tears in his eyes, he finally shouted the order.
A burst of white smoke rose up, and deadly bullets flew away among the tongues of flames. The Korean soldiers who were fighting fiercely on the battlefield were shot in the back and fell to the ground.
They whined and turned around one by one, looking in the direction of the stone wall with reluctance in their eyes. Even to the end of their lives, they couldn't figure out why the bullets that took their lives were shot from behind.
More than ten people in the Dengfeng camp were also shot and fell to the ground. The sword and shield soldiers immediately stepped forward. They crouched down and set up their large shields to provide cover for the wounded. The spear soldiers did not stop. They took advantage of this gap. , immediately dragged the wounded soldiers back behind the rocks.
Looking at what was happening in front of him, Yu Ziwang, the commander of Jia, was extremely angry. Although the Qing soldiers and Korean soldiers on the opposite side were all fighting enemies, he could not tolerate this kind of behavior of shooting firecrackers at his own people.
"The triple armor is loaded!"
Yu Ziwang roared loudly and reported to team officer Wang Jinshun.
"The second armor is loaded...the first armor is loaded..."
"The first team has finished loading...the third team has finished loading..."
With loud shouts, the firemen of the second bureau of Division A on the left side of the Dengfeng camp had finished loading the medicine. General Bai He Chengming roared loudly: "Second bureau, with A as a unit, rush up and shoot freely. Kill all the Tatars!"
At this time, the soldiers of the Dengfeng Camp were filled with righteous indignation, but the results of their daily training were vividly displayed at this moment. Although they were angry in their hearts, they were not driven away from their rationality.
Every Dengfeng camp fire soldier followed closely behind their armor commander. The person in front was the armor commander, and the two behind them followed side by side, and the same was true after that.
I saw rows of Dengfeng camp fire soldiers in red uniforms leaping out of the shelter of the rocks. Yu Ziwang was walking in front, lowering his head and holding the fire gun tightly at his waist. He walked forward quickly and soon joined the retreating shield soldiers. .
There was an explosion of "Bang!"
A bullet flew out from the fireworks and hit the forehead of a North Korean soldier who looked out to observe. He raised his head and fell down without any reaction.
"Bang...bang...bang..."
At this short distance, the firecrackers continued to explode. Although it was not a uniform volley, free fire also had the advantage of free fire.
After all, it is already a chaotic battle. If the enemy is not charging in formation, salvo fire has lost its meaning, but free fire is different.
At such a close distance, the fire soldiers were already very nervous with their muskets in hand. As long as they saw the enemy showing up, of course they would raise their muskets and shoot. They no longer needed to rely on military orders to direct them.
The Dengfeng camp fire cannons were already sharper than those used by the Korean soldiers. In addition, they were determined to fight at this moment, their morale was high, and they had almost completely grasped the initiative on the battlefield.
The Korean soldiers did not even dare to show their heads. However, there were dozens of Tatar soldiers with the Zhenglan Banner behind the stone wall. The sharp arrows they occasionally shot would still bring some trouble to the Dengfeng Camp gun soldiers. harm.
Just when the Korean soldiers and Tatar soldiers behind the stone wall were completely suppressed by the Dengfeng Battalion gun soldiers, the cold soldiers from the first round also rushed forward.
They had not suffered any losses to begin with. Just now, they were surprised because the North Korean soldiers, regardless of the safety of their comrades, fired firecrackers indiscriminately.
Moreover, they had withdrawn first to cover their injured comrades. Now, in order not to affect the firing of their own guns, they quickly rushed up along both sides of the battlefield.
He let out a roar, took a leap, and climbed over the low stone wall.
In fact, the Tatars had no choice. This section of the Huangtu Ridge mountainside was full of hard stone ground. Not only could they not dig trenches, it was even difficult to dig out some rocks.
After all, there were not many uses of gunpowder to blow up mountains in this era, and the gunpowder in many places was extremely unstable. It was difficult to control the amount of gunpowder used to blow up mountains.
That's why they reluctantly built such a low stone wall.
The cold soldiers of the Dengfeng camp rushed up from both sides. When they came to the stone wall, they habitually let out a uniform roar and jumped forward.
The remaining soldiers behind the stone wall are almost all Korean gun soldiers. Their daily training is almost entirely focused on gun shooting, and they do not practice too many close combat skills.
At this moment, when they saw the Ming army rushing towards them, they couldn't help but be frightened. They shouted loudly and ran away.
The Zhenglan Banner Tatar soldiers supervising the battle here also wanted to stop them from escaping, but the entire battlefield was in chaos, and even dozens of them could no longer suppress them.
The Tatar's assigned Bashiku did not dare to retreat. He roared loudly and ordered the Tatars to charge forward, trying to repel the soldiers of the Dengfeng camp and defend this line of defense.
He roared angrily and took the lead in attacking. The long-handled ax in his hand made a sound of wind, and he swept away two soldiers of the Dengfeng camp.
However, the two of them did not seem to be hit in any vital parts by the ax blade. They were still struggling and coughing in the corner, and their lives did not seem to be in danger.
The Tatar Fende Bashiku was indeed brave. He was a full head and a half taller than Yu Ziwang, with long arms and thick legs, and his face was covered with twisted scars, making him look hideous and terrifying.
Two more cold soldiers from the Dengfeng camp were chopped to the ground by him one after another. They were motionless and uncertain about their life and death, but they seemed to be in danger.
"boom!"
A stray bullet broke through the afternoon autumn wind and hit his cheek. Half of his face was shattered, and blood mixed with minced meat splashed in the air.
But Nafende Bashiku seemed to feel no pain at all. He yelled like crazy and waved the long-handled ax like hell.
More than a dozen soldiers from the Dengfeng camp surrounded him, but they could not get closer. He had already smashed away three ax handles and cut off all four sides of their shields. However, he seemed to have endless strength and could not see any signs of decline.
"boom!"
A bullet was shot through the gap between the cold soldiers in the Dengfeng camp, and it hit the Tatar's throat right in the middle. A stream of blood arrows spurted out in an instant.
This was enough for Shiku to remember, so he swung the long-handled ax in his hand and wanted to pounce on the cold soldiers of the Dengfeng Camp, but he lost all his strength in an instant.
The long-handled ax that was held high above his head also fell out of thin air. With a "bang", the back of the ax hit Fendebo Shiku's huge head.
The Tatar, who was still able to maintain a majestic stance, lost all his strength, and his huge body collapsed suddenly, stirring up a cloud of dust when he landed.
