Lu Xiangsheng looked at the white fish belly on the horizon, slowly drew out his sword and said to the left and right: "This is our last chance.
This battle! We must win!"
Those who followed His long-time subordinates also slowly drew out their knives without making a sound, but followed the man in front of them very firmly.
You may not have gold, silver, or high-ranking officials and salaries to follow him, but it can make you extremely proud.
Paoze who died in the battle has been buried, and his children have also been well settled. I heard that as long as these children enter Yushan Academy in Lantian County, the family will not have to worry about their future. When the child graduates from Yushan Academy, the family can be expected to prosper.
This is the benefit that the commander-in-chief exchanged for the freedom of his two cousins. In the next ten years, the commander-in-chief’s two cousins, who are extremely talented and knowledgeable, will need to teach in Yushan Academy. .
Lu Xiangsheng understood that this was an important part of Yun Zhao's continued execution of his disgusting plan of adding sand.
This is what Yun Zhao calls diversification.
Although Lu Xiangsheng still doesn’t quite understand what diversification means, this does not prevent him from understanding these three words through his own thinking.
To put it bluntly, I just don’t want Xu’s knowledge to be dominant in Yushan Academy.
The so-called diversification is actually mixed with sand, and it is also a balancing act of power.
At this point, Lu Xiangsheng understood Yun Zhao very well.
Monopoly is definitely not a good thing for a country. As long as it starts to monopolize, the monopolist will have a higher voice.
Yun Zhao may trust Xu Yuanshou, but Yun Zhao will never trust Xu Yuanshou's successor so much, no matter who this person is.
Led by the vanguard officer, Lu Xiangsheng's horse speed continued to increase. Looking at the Jiannu cavalry that came into view, Lu Xiangsheng retracted what he was thinking and focused all his attention on what was in front of him. on the enemy.
When the two cavalry collided, Lu Xiangsheng shouted and slashed out the long knife in his hand...
Li Dingguo took longer to break into the enemy formation than Lu Xiangsheng A quarter of an hour earlier, when he came out of the col with eight hundred cavalry wrapped in horse hooves, Jizige was planning today's battle plan.
In half an hour, a thousand women and children drawn from Ming slaves will arrive. Today, he decided to use the corpses of these women and children to fill up the abominable trenches of the Ming army, holding them captive. These women and children made the Ming troops on the mountain dare not use anything that would explode when they hit the ground.
As soon as the arrangements were completed, a warning arrow jumped into the air with a cry.
Ji Jige smiled instead of being angry. He raised his long knife and said to his subordinates: "We did not attack, but they came down the mountain instead, hahaha... Let's go and kill all these bright dogs." ."
Then his voice was swallowed up by a loud noise.
No matter how strong a wooden wall is, it cannot withstand hundreds ofAfter the bombardment of kilograms of gunpowder, the gunpowder smoke dissipated. Li Dingguo's war horse had already appeared at the gap in the walled city. He did not rush to attack the panicked Jianzhou people, but pierced the leather bag hanging on the horse's belly with a knife. Seeing the kerosene dripping out of his leather pocket, he led his men to avoid the Jianzhou people and get closer to the city wall.
After walking around the small fortress of Jijige, he discarded his empty leather bags and launched an attack on Jijige, which had already formed a formation.
Facing a five-inch-thick wooden board, the grenade had little effect. Although it blew up Jijige's military formation, the real lethality was not as great as Li Dingguo expected.
So, facing the heavy infantry phalanx that looked like a hedgehog, Li Dingguo's cavalry could only circle in circles to find weaknesses in the formation and wait for opportunities to attack.
However, Jijige used a two-wheeled vehicle outside the military formation, and installed tall thick wooden boards on the vehicle to block the musket attack. This kind of vehicle can rotate at will, regardless of Li Dingguo's movement. No matter how the cavalry rotates, the thick wooden board always faces the cavalry, blocking Li Dingguo's cavalry attack.
That's all. Behind the wooden plank is a dense row of long spears. These wooden spears are a foot and a half long. If the cavalry wants to charge into the formation, they must first face these wooden spears.
After the cavalry circled Jijige's military formation of more than a thousand people for a few times, they all retreated. Jijige, who was standing in the military formation, laughed and pointed at Li Dingguo with his sword. direction: "Attack!"
The grenade was thrown out from the hands of the cavalry again. This time, Jijige did not hide, and even pushed away the two-wheeled vehicle and rushed towards Li Dingguo without fear. .
The grenade fell in the Jianzhou people’s military formation, making continuous roars. From time to time, the Jianzhou people fell to the ground, or they were blown up. Unfortunately, there was still no way to stop the Jianzhou people from advancing. pace.
Jizige shouted happily again when he saw this scene. The grenade did not cause as much damage to the armored man wearing three layers of heavy armor as expected.
Li Dingguo looked at the fire that had just been lit and shouted: "Those dead women and children, open your eyes and see what happens to the enemies who kill you!"
While talking, he took another leather bag from the back of the horse and threw it into the ring of fire. The other cavalry did the same. There seemed to be some weak flames just now. After the leather bag fell into the flames, it was more than a foot high. The flames immediately shot up ten feet high.
Zhang Guofeng, who rushed in later, shouted anxiously: "Throw all the kerosene in!"
So, the leather bag was thrown into the ring of fire like raindrops. .
A fire broke out on the ground...
"Let's go, we have to continue attacking Yue Tuo Camp, don't waste time here."
Li Dingguo Seeing that the fire was already in progress, and the Jianzhou people in the fire ring could occasionally be seen bumping around like headless ants, they stopped paying attention to this place and were the first to attack the taller city.
The northwest corner of the military campThe fire soaring into the sky was seen by Yue Tuo. He punched the table with hatred and shouted angrily: "What is Jijige doing? He couldn't destroy the enemy and was attacked by the enemy. Saichi, you go, you go and save him." Save this idiot Ji Ji. If the walled city is breached, take Ji Ji Ge’s head on the spot and then exterminate the small group of Ming troops.”
A lean man knelt on one knee and agreed. , and hurriedly left the Zhongjun tent.
As the patrol commander of the camp, the two thousand people under Sai Chi had already made preparations and followed Sai Chi in a hurry to the northwest corner of the camp.
As soon as Sai Chi left the Chinese army, scouts along the way hurriedly broke into Yue Tuo's Chinese army commander's tent. A series of military reports of enemy attacks made Yue Tuo calm down.
He took a sip of tea and said calmly to his general: "Tens of thousands of cavalry are coming from the north. They will arrive at the outer camp in a stick of incense. Bachi, you go and supervise the battle and defeat them. When the enemy comes, wait for the enemy's forward to be frustrated, then send your cavalry to outflank them.
Bachi took the order and turned around and left the tent.
Yue Tuoyou watched and stood on the left. The gray-bearded veteran Wogu, who was the first person below, said: "Old Wogu, I will give you six thousand cavalry to garrison the central army and support Bachi and Dudu at any time. "
Veteran General Wo Gu bowed to accept the order and left the Chinese army tent.
Following a series of military orders issued by Yue Tuo, the generals in the military tent left one after another Yue Tuo then said to Fan Wencheng who was deep in thought: "What do you think, Mr. Wen Cheng?" "
Fan Wencheng whispered: "I can't guess! "
Yue Tuo smiled and said: "I can't figure it out either. Ming people are not good at fighting in the field. I don't understand why they abandoned the built fortress to sneak attack on my camp.
Does it mean that the magistrate of Lantian County really thinks that he is strong enough to defeat me, Yue Tuo, in a field battle?
However, we learned from the military report that almost all of the troops attacking the camp were cavalry and were not accompanied by infantry.
Our Qing army is not the grass bandits of the Ming Dynasty. They will scatter after being charged by cavalry. The war will definitely continue.
Once the cavalry loses its suddenness and becomes stalemate on the battlefield, he does not have the advantage.
Mr. Wen Cheng, you are also from the south. Tell me, what does this mean? "
Fan Wencheng shook his head and said: "This is beyond the reach of a slave. "
While the two were talking, another soldier sent a military report. Yue Tuo glanced at it and punched the table hard, furious.
Fan Wencheng's Butt carefully left the chair, stretched his neck to look at Yue Tuo and said: "Baylor, but the battle ahead is not going well? "
Yue Tuo sighed and said: "Sai Chi, who has just arrived at the northwest corner of the camp, reported that Jijige's entire army was wiped out..."
Fan Wencheng asked carefully: "General Jizige's enemies are less than a thousand, could it be said that the enemy troops have come to reinforce him? "
Yue Tuo said angrily: "The opponent only has eight hundred cavalry, and now they are fighting fiercely with Sai Chi.The strange thing about the soldier's death was that he was actually trapped in a small fire ring. Those who were close to the fire ring were roasted out of human oil. The people in the center of the fire ring, including Jijige, all suffocated to death. Before death, they still remained Looking like a complete military formation, the scene was horrific. "
Fan Wencheng was about to speak when he suddenly felt that the earth was shaking, followed by continuous violent explosions from the north.
Yue Tuo picked up the table and put it on the table. The waist knife on the case was slung on his body and he said to Fan Wencheng: "Mr. Wen Cheng, are you willing to go with me for a while? "
Fan Wencheng raised his hand and said: "Please give me armor and weapons from Baylor. Although Wencheng is a scholar, he can also go to the battlefield and contribute to my Qing Dynasty. "
Yue Tuo laughed loudly and said to Fan Wencheng: "I have to say that the literati of the Ming Dynasty seem to be more useful than the generals.
There are people who are bent on seeking the world for our Qing Dynasty, and there are also those who are bent on being enemies of our Qing Dynasty. How strange! "
Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "It's all because of reading the books of sages. "
Yue Tuo was stunned for a moment, then immediately laughed and said: "That's what Duke Wen Cheng said. ”
After Fan Wencheng finished putting on his helmet, he hurriedly chased Yue Tuo, who was leaving, to the due north.
Lu Xiangsheng was as brave as a lion in the rebel army, with his crotch The big green horse carried him like a monster, and almost no one was able to defeat him in the chaos.
"Boom! ”
Lu Xiangsheng raised his hand and fired a shot with a firecracker. The big lead bullets cleared the enemies in front of his horse. The big green horse crushed the head of a Jiannu, ending his suffering. .
“Forward! ”
Lu Xiangsheng shouted, hung up his musket, picked up his long sword and charged towards the second line of defense hastily formed by the Jianzhou people. Behind him, countless Tianxiong Army soldiers gave up. The enemy in front of them jumped up to catch up with Lu Xiangsheng and rushed towards the enemy together.
Arrows were like locusts...
The Tianxiong troops who were rushing at the front fell off their horses. The two guards guarding Lu Xiangsheng also slowly fell off their horses, revealing Lu Xiangsheng with arrows embedded in his body.
"Come on! "
Lu Xiangsheng screamed strangely. At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten his identity as the Governor of Xuanda. He just wanted to break through the line of defense in front of him. As long as these people were defeated, the Ming Dynasty established by Jiannu would follow. Slave camp.
The big green horse's hind legs were strong and powerful, and it jumped over the fallen human corpse. As soon as the horse's front legs hit the ground, a thick crossbow penetrated the big green horse's chest. , the front hooves of the big green horse fell to the ground weakly, its head stuck on the ground, and it rolled around in the air, and then fell to the ground without making any sound.
Lu Xiangsheng fell off the horse, rolled around on the ground several times, and fell into the ground. The arrows on the armor were broken, and before he could stand up, Lu Xiangsheng lit a grenade hanging on the armor and threw it out.
The grenade exploded, but Lu Xiangsheng only heard it in his ears. There was an inaudible explosion, and he saw with his own eyes that the grenade blew away two slaves... The explosion was effective, and the five taels of silver were not wasted.
He wanted to stand up, but one of his legs was so weak that he couldn't use the strength. He looked around anxiously and saw a large group of Tianxiong troops rushing past him and entering the enemy's formation.
“Kill!”
Lu Xiangsheng shouted with all his strength, but his voice sounded distant, as if it came from another world.
He turned sideways and dragged himself forward with his arms.
A war horse stopped beside him, but it was his clan brother Lu Xiangxian who dragged Lu Xiangsheng up and wanted to put him on the horse.
"I'm injured, you, move forward! Cut through the enemy's formation!"
Lu Xiangsheng pushed his clan brother away and pointed at the Tianxiong army who were fighting fiercely in front of him and said to Lu Xiangxian.
Lu Xiangxian screamed strangely and jumped on the horse, igniting the gunpowder bag on the horse's butt, and the driver's horse rushed towards the densest place where the Jiannu formation was concentrated.
The arrows are like locusts.
Countless feathered arrows jingled against Lu Xiangxian’s armor, and some even got in through the gaps in the armor.
A flying ax struck Lu Xiangxian's breastplate, and the breastplate immediately shattered. He looked up to the sky and vomited a mouthful of blood and rolled off the horse. Seeing the horse rushing into the enemy's formation, bursts of blood burst before his eyes. He turned black, vomited another mouthful of blood, and hit his head weakly on the ground.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."
Countless explosions came from the formation of the slave army, and a bloody rain suddenly fell in the sky.
The blood rain fell on Lu Xiangsheng, who was dozens of feet away. He looked up to the sky and laughed: "Xiao Qi, well done, well done by Zhang Shiliang, well done by Liu Yuzhu, well done by our Tianxiong Army." Like..."
The blood rain also fell on Dudu Belle. Seeing the battlefield ahead being shrouded in black smoke, he gritted his teeth and said to his general: "Stop Lu Xiangsheng, he is crazy."
The general shouted, and hundreds of warriors wearing white armor left Du Du's side, passed through the army formation that had begun to waver, and came to the front.
The sword, the ten-foot-long spear, the giant axe, and the halberd formed a steel storm in front of the formation. Wherever the storm touched, people and horses were shattered.
With this group of white-armored soldiers blocking the front, the slightly scattered military formation was once again stabilized.
Lu Xiangsheng climbed onto an ownerless war horse, looked at the Tianxiong army that was gradually retreating, and turned his head to the rear.
A sharp copper horn sounded, and the Tianxiong troops struggling to support themselves in front of the formation threw out the last grenade in their hands, then turned their horses' heads and retreated quickly.
Lu Xiangsheng saw his brother Lu Xiangxian lying among a pile of corpses, seemingly without any sign of life.
With tears in his eyes, he turned his horse's head and retreated backwards surrounded by his subordinates.
When Du Du saw Lu Xiangsheng's flag being dragged away by the flag bearers, he couldn't help but laugh loudly, pointed his knife in the direction of Lu Xiangsheng's escape and shouted: "Pursue!"
Lu Xiangsheng saw Du Du leaving the strong camp. The white-armored soldiers threw out the short spears carried on their backs in an orderly manner. One after another, the Tianxiong Army cavalry rolled off their horses. He couldn't bear it.Zhu looked up to the sky and shouted: "Yunzhao, if your artillery can't give me an explanation, you have to give me an explanation!"
The enemy pursued the Tianxiong army and finally came to a flat wilderness. .
Lu Xiangsheng gathered up the Tianxiong army and stopped again, facing the coming enemy.
Du Du’s pursuers soon appeared on the plain. Taking a look at Lu Xiangsheng’s thin cavalry formation, Du Du laughed and said, “Lu Xiangsheng, you lured me to the plain because you wanted to use it. Are your cavalry coming to attack me again?"
Lu Xiangsheng said nothing and controlled his horse to retreat slowly. It was not until a dark cannon barrel suddenly appeared next to him that Du Du felt that something was wrong. good.
The army wanted to turn around, but it was too late. When all Lu Xiangsheng's cavalry retreated, Du Du saw dense muzzles in front of him.
"Retreat!"
Du Du's voice was interrupted by the muffled sound of the artillery. A stream of yellow flames spewed out from the muzzle of the artillery, and two were tied by iron chains. The cannonballs rotated together and shot towards the ground almost flatly.
In an instant, it smashed into the Jianzhou people's military formation. The chain bomb opened an open space in the dense Jianzhou people's military formation. When the kinetic energy of the chain bullet disappeared and hit the ground, Some of the corpses of Jiannu who had been cut off by chain bullets slowly fell to the ground.
"Spread out..."
Du Du shouted loudly, and the other Jiannu generals waved the flags in their hands desperately. Unfortunately, it was too late, since the artillery fired the first After a roar, it never stopped.
The distance of four hundred steps is the best distance for artillery to show its power.
Du Du watched as the invincible white-armored soldiers were bombarded by artillery. Their strong armor was torn apart like a piece of paper by the cannonballs, and then their bodies were smashed into pieces.
Sixty-two artillery pieces were Yun Zhao's strongest force to support Lu Xiangsheng, and also Lu Xiangsheng's biggest reliance on daring to face the Jiannu army head-on.
Solid bullets, chain bullets, shotgun shells, and blooming bullets. The gunners from Lantian County did not miss any experimental work on any kind of artillery shells.
To fight at this time, for them, the significance of experiment is far greater than that of combat.
Solid bullets can be used to attack cities and fortresses, but are of little significance in field battles...
Chain bullets can be used to deal with enemy dense formations, and have miraculous effects...
Whether the shotgun can kill the enemy at a distance of 400 steps depends on God's will... It is recommended to only use it in close combat in the future.
Splashing bullets - extremely effective, especially between 400 and 700 steps where the impact point is controllable, they are most powerful.
As the gunners gradually gathered enough experience, black and red flowers composed of gunpowder smoke bloomed in Dudu's army.
Lu Xiangsheng looked at the group of troops on the opposite side who had just suffered a lot from the Tianxiong Army. Now they were unable to fight back under the bombardment of artillery, and he lamented: "This is fighting... ”
The military doctor who was splinting Lu Xiangsheng’s leg said: “With one shot, ten taels of silver will be enough.”Missing. The flower bomb is the most expensive, costing twelve taels.
In just a moment, my county magistrate’s tens of thousands of taels of silver were gone. "
Such words are all nonsense to Lu Xiangsheng, who has just lost his clan brother.
He looked at the military doctor and said: "Ask your superior why you can't hear them. News of the battle? "
The military doctor looked at Lu Xiangsheng who spoke loudly in confusion and said: "I am the largest officer in the artillery team, eh? Something's wrong with your ears? "
Lu Xiangsheng covered his ears, and two strands of blood flowed out of his ears.
He lowered his head to look at the blood on his hands, and said slowly: "I didn't die in battle. It's the biggest mistake in my life. "
The military doctor said loudly: "Don't worry, after the bombardment is over, this place will be left to you to deal with. With such a big military achievement, no one can do anything to you. "
Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said: "You don't understand, living an extra moment in this world is torture! ”