Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 368 Battle of Sand River 2
When Kong Youde returned to the huge army formation, Li Jiuzheng, Li Yingyuan and others hurried up to meet them, and asked, "How is it?"

Kong Youde looked solemn: "This enemy army is not weak. Their scout skills are not inferior to Jiannu soldiers, and they can even reach the level of white armored soldiers. Be careful, everyone, and never underestimate the enemy!"

Li Jiucheng frowned: "Are they really that strong?"

Kong Youde said: "There is absolutely no exaggeration!"

Li Jiuzheng glanced at the dozens of cannons and grinned grinningly: "So what if they are stronger? Can they be stronger than our cannons?"

All the generals laughed.The old background of these tens of thousands of rebels is the new army formed by the [-] Sun Yuanhua under the command of Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng. These [-] new troops were carefully selected from the [-] Liao soldiers. Musket, a long knife used for hand-to-hand combat, line up with a musket to shoot those who are far away, and chop with a long knife if they are close.They received Western-style army training, and Sun Yuanhua hired a large number of Portuguese and Dutch instructors to teach them shooting and artillery skills, making them an extremely powerful force.Especially artillery, under the guidance of those foreigners, the artillery of these rebels can be described as advancing by leaps and bounds. Since the rebellion, they have fought against the Ming army many times, and every time they used artillery to blast the Ming army, which is dominated by firearms.They firmly believed that their artillery was the strongest, no matter how strong the Ming army was, they would be defeated by their fierce artillery fire, and finally they would be wiped out in one fell swoop!
However, Yang Menglong has a completely different view on who will be wiped out!
After a while, there was a loud sound of horseshoes, and a large group of cavalry appeared within the sight of the rebels.These cavalrymen were all wearing black armor and steel helmets. The armor was made of large steel plates, which was quite different from the Zhajia used by the Ming army.The helmet is a heavy iron lump, and the black helmet tassel made of horsetail flutters wildly in the autumn wind of Jiaodong Peninsula.The war horse is also wearing armor, but it is not as luxurious. It is rather shabby paper armor, which wraps most of the horse's body. This thing is relatively light, and its defense ability is not weak. At least it is difficult to shoot arrows. wear.Of course, the most frightening thing is the horse lance in their hands, which is one foot and three feet long, and the head of the lance is three feet long.Looking at the horse lances that were lifted straight up, and the lances trembled slightly with the galloping horses, all the rebel generals gasped. My god, horse lances have always been the symbol of the generals' family. Only well-established generals are eligible to use them, but they actually have one? !What kind of bloody army is this, it's too arrogant!

After arriving on the battlefield, this arrogant cavalry did not rush to attack the rebel army formation, but advanced slowly, keeping a distance of about 500 meters from the rebel army.This distance made the rebels feel very uncomfortable. If they wanted to shoot, but they couldn't hit them, they would send cavalry to charge them. They were also intimidated by the opponent's momentum, worried that the cavalry would suffer too much damage, and they were a little hesitant for a while.After a moment of hesitation, a straight black line came from the door in the distance, and the uniform pace made the ground vibrate slightly, like a low-pitched drumbeat, which made people shudder.Under the vigilant eyes of the rebels, a large army pressed forward like an undulating mountain range.Walking in front was an army in black, just like these cavalrymen, black clothes, black armor and black flags, black helmet tassels flying wildly, looking like ink, countless long spears up to two feet up and down, like a surging There are thousands of soldiers and horses in the steel jungle, and no one said a word. The murderous aura that was so solid made the rebels turn pale in horror!
On the right wing of this black torrent, a flag as red as blood fluttered in the air. A thousand soldiers in fiery red uniforms leaned on their shoulders with muskets on their shoulders, holding the gun with one hand and waving it neatly and vigorously with the other hand. Go forward, striding forward.This is also a ridiculously well-equipped army, everyone is wearing iron armor and helmets, and the style of the iron armor is surprisingly similar to that of the black army.In addition, their limbs were covered with a layer of flexible paper armor. In the Battle of Daling River, when the musketeers and the Houjin archers lined up and shot at each other, they were killed and injured by the Houjin archers. All limbs were pierced by light arrows, and they lost their combat effectiveness. Many people also injured the main arteries and died of excessive blood loss. This is a lesson learned from blood.They had apparently learned their lesson and equipped their musketeers with cheap and practical paper armor.These more than 1000 musketeers also put a lot of pressure on the rebels. However, when they saw the scattered and tattered flags behind the musketeers and the [-] troops in ragged clothes, the rebels collectively breathed a sigh of relief. Thank God, it was the one they were familiar with. The Ming army, as long as they defeat the unreasonably well-equipped army in black, they can easily win the victory!

Yang Menglong rode on a tall horse, watching the rebel battle formation with binoculars that were very trendy in the eyes of Wu Sheng, a bumpkin.Good guy, there are so many people, with thousands of people as the unit, one square after another, with no borders or borders, there are probably 3 to 26 thousand people!However, despite the large number of rebels, their clothing and weapons and equipment were very chaotic. Some guys simply wore a set of women's clothes, not like a large army, but like a group of bandits.At the front are two thousand musketeers wearing helmets, holding firecrackers, and wearing a long sword shaped like a Japanese samurai sword on their waists, as well as [-] artillery pieces of different calibers, and one of quite large scale. The cavalry of the army is distributed on the two wings, and there are as many as four or five thousand.Those rebels may be a mob, but this cavalry is not. They are either the elite of the Liao army, or thieves who run across the land of Qilu. They are very fierce and are an important assault force for the rebels.

Qi Hu was also observing the formation of the rebel army, and nodded slightly while watching: "Although Li Jiuzheng and Kong Youde are bad embryos with no bottom line, they are also good generals. Seeing that they have arranged their troops in a well-organized formation, although the rebel army It is messy, but not chaotic, and the position of the artillery is also very ideal, which can cause us a lot of casualties... It's a pity, if you don't learn well!"

Yang Menglong said: "Well, we can't blame them all. As long as the state government along the way gives them a little food and a little respect, this rebellion will never happen... However, since they chose this road and massacred so many As a human being, you must be mentally prepared to give your life back. There is nothing to say, we are soldiers, they are bandits, and when soldiers meet bandits, it’s just a kill! Old man, how do we fight this battle?"

Qi Hu said: "The rebels fought against the imperial court before, and they have never been defeated. However, there are too many poorly equipped Zhejiang troops in our army. The rebels may concentrate on attacking the Zhejiang army and the Tianxiong army, trying to defeat them first. , and encircle our [-] new troops."

Yang Menglong nodded slightly: "Very likely, if I were Kong Youde, I would fight like this."

Qi Hu gestured with his hands: "Let our Lancers restrain their cavalry, and the infantry press on with all their strength, first use muskets and crossbows to disrupt the rebels' positions, and then charge with bare blades! Although the rebels are numerous, the real The elites are just a few thousand cavalry and the new army trained by Master Sun. As long as these elites are defeated, the rebels will be defeated like a mountain!"

Yang Menglong said: "Pull up the unconscionable cannons, and silence their artillery first!"

This guy finally knows how to fight with his brain, Qi Hu is very relieved!
Over there, Kong Youde put down his binoculars and said to Li Jiucheng: "Although the enemy has a large number of troops, more than half of them are Zhejiang troops with poor equipment. The combat effectiveness of such troops is not very strong. Commander, we should concentrate the cavalry and restrain the troops. The black-clothed army then concentrated the main force of infantry and artillery, crushed the Zhe army in one fell swoop, and then turned around to encircle the black-clothed army, so it will surely win the battle!"

Li Jiucheng said: "It's just what I want!" He also saw that although the Heluo new army is well-equipped, most of them are infantry. Although the Tianxiong Army and the Tianxiong Army have a large number of troops, except for the [-] Tianxiong Army musketeers, the equipment of the [-] Zhejiang Army is really unflattering.As long as the cavalry entangles the Heluo new army and concentrates the overwhelmingly superior infantry and artillery, it will surely defeat the Zhejiang army in one fell swoop, and then encircle the Heluo new army. It will be difficult to win a complete victory!
However, the Ming army did not seem to intend to give them the opportunity to calmly dispatch troops. With the beat of the drums, the Heluo Xin army and the Tianxiong army kept advancing at a constant speed. The army turned a blind eye to the black muzzle of the guns, and strode towards the rebels after them.This kind of silent, striding forward often puts strong psychological pressure on the enemy. Seeing the Ming army pressing down like a mountain, there was a commotion among the rebels.Li Jiuzheng yelled loudly: "Hold on! Hold on! Those who disturb the army will die!"

Kong Youde shouted at the artillerymen: "Fire!"

The artillery took a brief look and lit the fuse.Boom boom boom boom! More than 20 front-mounted smoothbore guns spewed out a large amount of flames from the muzzles, and the lead bullets roared out, drawing arcs in the air, and then smashed heavily into the middle of the Ming army, and blood splashed immediately!Whether it is the Heluo New Army, the Zhejiang Army, or the Tianxiong Army, they all let the shells plow bloody alleys in the middle of the queue.The explosion of gunpowder endowed these shells with astonishing power, as long as they are lightly touched, the brains will burst, and at worst, limbs will be broken!There was a lot of screams among the Ming army!

Although many shells missed in the first round of shelling, the Ming army still suffered heavy casualties. Six to seventy people were either killed or injured, and the screams were loud!The Heluo New Army and Tianxiong Army continued to advance, turning a blind eye to the shattered limbs and arms in that area, while there was a chaos among the Zhe Army. Some people screamed in panic and wanted to retreat. Ya swung the long knife and executed them one by one on the spot, so as to deter these frightened birds.In any case, the effect of the shelling is satisfactory. The rebel artillery cleared the barrel and reloaded the gun as quickly as possible. They did not know how many times they repeated this series of actions. When the Ming army continued to stride towards them silently, they couldn't help feeling a little flustered—they had never dealt with such an army before!Li Gao, the general of the rebel army, roared: "Hurry up! Hurry up and reload! If you are so slow, don't blame this general for being unreasonable——" The word "face" was still rolling on the tip of his tongue, and the Ming army on the opposite side There was an unusually dull and weird bang of "bang bang bang", and more than a dozen packs of stuff wrapped in linen and tied up like a big cake were thrown high by the whistle smoke and flames, rolling and spinning all the way , Slammed towards the rebels!

The rebels were startled when they saw such a big piece of stuff smashed over, what the hell is this?I have never heard that a cannon can fire such a large shell. Such a large-caliber cannon has not been built yet!Before they figured out what the hell it was, the dozen or so "big cakes" sizzled and smoky fell from the sky, and fell among them, and one of them rolled right under Li Gao's feet.Li Gao glanced at it, good guy, he must be around twenty catties, right?What the hell is in here?

boom! ! !
Li Gao, who had just judged the weight of this thing, flashed an orange fire in front of his eyes, and immediately, his consciousness was shattered—not only his consciousness, but also his body, every part of him The cells were all shattered in an instant and disappeared without a trace!The shock wave of the explosion spread like mountains and seas, and a cannon weighing six to seven hundred catties rolled and flew into the air amidst the deafening noise. The rebel soldiers within 15 meters from the explosion point were instantly smashed to pieces, and those within 25 meters were shattered in a flash of flames. He wailed and fell down, bleeding from his seven orifices, spitting out dirty blood, and it seemed that he would not survive.Terrifying flames exploded among the rebels one after another, and the thunderous and violent sound knocked them out of their wits. They stood too close together, and every explosive package exploded among them, and dozens or even dozens of people were killed by the blast. Throw it into the air, tear it into pieces, and then fall down one after another, dripping down a rain of blood. Even in hell, such a terrifying scene is rare!
Just a round of salvo, the artillery of the rebels was completely silenced!

(End of this chapter)