For an ordinary army in the cold weapon era, if 5% of the total strength is lost, deserters will appear; if 20% of the total strength is lost, the entire army will collapse; if an elite one can hold on until 30%, it will collapse. He is already worthy of his salary and treatment! The Goryeo army is obviously not an elite force. They are not even ordinary troops. The long period of comfort and stable life has drained them of all their energy. As long as they can face the enemy like their fathers, I can hold on a little longer! But now, Chiyang's ambush force only used three rounds of gunpowder cartridges, and the wine bottle bomb attack successfully knocked their morale to the bottom. I want the Goryeo Crusade Army to have 500 soldiers from the Royal Camp and 400 Ganghwa Volunteers. In addition to fifty light cavalry, more than fifty retainers and retainers, and twenty tiger-catching warriors, the total force reached an unprecedented level of more than a thousand people. The morale of the army should not have been shaken after losing only thirty or fifty people, but they did arrive! Although the number of soldiers and volunteers who died directly from the three-round explosion was only a dozen or so, and the number of injured was only two or three times that number, there were openly deserters among them. These were a waste of national taxes to support. The war-controlled army was not even as brave and tough as the pirates, Japanese pirates, and even the Mamat natives that Kang Lin had encountered before! No wonder that during the Imjin Japanese Rebellion, hundreds of thousands of Goryeo troops were beaten to a pulp by the Japanese army under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. They were retreating steadily. In the end, if the father of the Ming Dynasty had not taken action, they would have almost been destroyed! Fortunately, today's crusade army still has experienced and powerful units like the Tiger Catching Army. Otherwise, there would have been a ridiculous scene of a thousand troops being defeated by dozens or hundreds of home-made bombs today!
"??????,????????? (Reform the team and withdraw from here)!" Reaching out to push away the corpse, Jin Qingyuan, the left-behind man in Gaoli Jianghua, got up from the ground in an unusually embarrassed manner. At that time, Mr. Jin's hat also flew off, his face was blackened, and his red robe was worn out by the gravel. If there were not soldiers from the Tiger Capture Army nearby to help him, the two squads would have been greatly frightened. The old man can't even stand up now. Therefore, when the red-robed officer was helped onto his mount again, the order to retreat was also brought to various officers by his own soldiers. The next moment, the Goryeo army, which had long wanted to withdraw, seemed to have received an amnesty. The rear team immediately changed to the front team, and the front team changed to the rear team, and began to retreat out of the valley in an orderly manner. However, their actions were quickly stopped by someone! Xu Yongxin, the captain of the tiger-catching army, held the reins of Jin Qingyuan's mount with one hand and said to the latter in a hurried tone,
“????,???????????????????????????,?????????????????? ????????????.?????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????(Master Jin, the enemy's situation is unknown, we shouldn't just To retreat, it is better to use bows and arrows to shoot at the enemy, and then let the soldiers pass through this place quickly)!"
“??????,????????????????????????????????????,?????? ??????????????????(Bold, you guy actually dares to disobey my order, why don’t you retreat immediately)!” The sound of black powder explosions kept ringing in my ears, As well as the painful screams of the injured soldiers, Jin Qingyuan, who was left behind in Jianghua, had more thoughts of retreat. At this moment, he had long lost the idea of protecting the country and the people, and expelling the Japanese pirates. In his heart, he just wanted to retreat to the mountain city to preserve his strength. Seeing that the original order was The retreating queue was suddenly stopped, and the second-generation officer Gavin's temper suddenly exploded. In addition to shouting at the latter, he also whipped the captain of the tiger-catching army so hard that the latter's face was torn and bloody. DC! However, to the surprise of the adults left behind, Xu Yongxin, a strong man who was good at hunting and catching tigers, remained unmoved. He didn't even have time to wipe the blood flowing out of his face. He just stared at the former coldly, without taking a step back. !
“??????,???????????????????????????.??????????????? ?,???????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????(Master Jin, this is the talisman granted by the king, it is like seeing this. Your Majesty, as the captain of the tiger-catching army, I order you to immediately reorganize your troops and eliminate those Japanese pirates!" Too soft, Xu Yongxin decided to play hardball with Jin Qingyuan, a red-robed official! Although he is only a small captain of the tiger-hunting army, he once saved the life of the current king from the palm of a bear when he was hunting with his retinue. Therefore, he has a gold medal rewarded by the king in his hand. Now, in order not to withdraw the troops indiscriminately, Being chased one after another, he bravely showed off the gold medal given by the king!
“????,???????????????,??????,?????????????????????? ?????????????????????,???????????????????????????? ?????(Okay, then it’s up to you, Captain Xu, I know you are a warrior of the Tiger Army, but I hope you don’t go too far, after all, this is the Jianghua Left Behind Division)!" Seeing the gun in Xu Yongxin's hand The attitude of the red-robed official, who was originally full of arrogance and impatience, suddenly changed 180 degrees after receiving the gold medal from the emperor. However, considering that he was a stay-at-home officer of the Jianghua Stay-at-Department, while agreeing to the former's request, he also Warn the other party that this is your home court and hope that the other party will not go too far!
“????,??????????????????,?????????????,?????????? ?????????????????????????????????(Of course, if the Japanese pirates are defeated, the credit belongs to the adults; if they cannot be defeated, the credit goes to the villain. I will do my best to take on the responsibility!" Listening to Jin Qingyuan's gloomy words, Xu Yongxin was quite disapproving. He was a warrior of the tiger-catching army affiliated to the king. Ordinary local officials really couldn't do anything to him, so this man who was eager to make meritorious deeds The man immediately took over the command of the troops from the former and began to command the gunmen of the Tiger Capture Army and the gunmen of the Imperial Camp Hall to fire violently at the ambushers overhead! And this move was indeed effective. After losing a few grenadiers and musketeers who dared to take the lead, Chiyang's ambushers finally retreated from the ridge, not because they were afraid of the weak Korean counterattack, but because the ridge The terrain affected their shooting. Since they needed to shoot downwards, the lead bullets and gunpowder in the flintlock muskets not only easily slipped off, but the constantly swirling mountain wind also easily affected their performance! So they withdrew without hesitation. They would meet the Goryeo crusade led by Xu Yongxin in a wider place on the other side of the valley road!
"Lance whistle, walk ten steps forward, hold the spear steady in your hand; Fire gun whistle, walk five steps forward, raise the mouth of the gun; Sword and shield whistle, walk in place, holding the negative shield down; Wang Guan team , two tiger crouching cannons, and a folan machine will be left to you. Be sure to suppress the first wave of Korean attacks..." Go down the mountain and set up the formation! More than 180 Chiyang soldiers, Yu Ding ran down the mountain road full of gravel and thorns at the fastest speed, and then spread out a neat formation at the end of the canyon, with spears in front, muskets in second place, swords and shields, Artillery cover! Everyone had made all preparations before the war in just a few dozen breaths, and now they were waiting for the Goryeo army to rush in like silly roe deers!
“??????,????????????????????????,??????????????????? ???????????????,????????????????????????????????? ?????????,???????????????????????? (Volunteers, shoot arrows at the Japanese bandits, others follow them closely , wait until the enemy shows signs of chaos, then swarm them and fight them hand-to-hand)!"
The Chiyang Banner Army is fast, and the Koreans' reaction is not slow either! Just when Fan Jingfan put the flag troops under the command of the commander-in-chief into position, preparing to welcome the attack of the Koreans, the latter came. Under the coercion and inducement of the tiger-catching warriors, nearly a thousand unwilling Korean troops dragged their feet with heavy steps. , arrived in front of Chiyang's waiting military formation, and those tiger-catching soldiers with explosive combat power were quietly hiding in the charging crowd wearing gray cloth cloaks, ready to wait for an opportunity to give the opponent a look!
"The enemy is less than 150 steps (240 meters) away from our formation!"
"The enemy is less than 120 steps (192 meters) away from our formation!"
"The enemy is less than a hundred steps (one hundred and sixty meters) away from our formation!"
"The enemy is less than eighty steps (one hundred and twenty-eight meters) away from our formation!"
As the Goryeo army continued to advance, the distance between the two sides was quickly shortened to one hundred meters! The next moment, under the command of Qiban, seven or eight genuine Japanese pirate big tube hands came to the front of the team with their short and thick big tubes in their arms. Behind each of them was a Chiyang elite warrior. If they were obedient, they would be killed. Forget it, if anything goes wrong, these strong men holding shields in their left hands and swords in their right hands will instantly transform into enthralling messengers of death and chop off their heads with one strike! Therefore, as the order to fire was issued, seven or eight large Japanese cannons were aimed at the soldiers of the Goryeo Imperial Camp who were running slowly, and the fire was decisively started!
“?????????,????????????????????????,??????????????? ???????????????????????????(Keep rushing, who dares to stop, don't blame Xu for not recognizing you with the steel knife in his hand) !" The gunshot sounded and people fell! The Goryeo army's slow speed was suddenly stopped by the crude-looking large matchlock gun. Unlike other blunderbuss that could miss the target, a five-liang lead shot missed the target without missing a beat. Lean, he happened to hit a tiger-catching soldier hidden in the crowd. The next moment, a large bloody hole exploded in the chest of the man. The power of the Japanese heavy matchlock gun should not be underestimated, and its stopping effect is even better than that of ordinary modern rifles. Even better, after all, its caliber is there, thirty to forty millimeters or even eighty millimeters. It can no longer be called a matchlock gun. It may be more appropriate to call it a cannon!
