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

Chapter 505 Night Battle 1
It was Abatai's idea to break out of the encirclement at night. He knew very well that as soon as daybreak, the Ming army would launch a fierce attack from all directions, using overwhelming artillery fire, fierce volleys and crossbows to kill the twenty thousand of them. It was not easy for them to escape to Fuzhou. The soldiers were drowned.At present, the army's gold and grain are exhausted, and there are not many arrows left. If the Ming army really attacks in an all-out manner, they will soon become the target of massacre. Lacking a tacit understanding, they forced their way out of the encirclement and fled to Gaizhou, only to have a chance of survival.As for whether the Ming fleet would chase after them after escaping to Gaizhou, and blow up Gaizhou into a sea of ​​fire in front of them... Abatai didn't want to think about it, Hauge He and Mang Gurtai didn't want to think about it. After all, only after breaking out of the Ming army's siege could they be qualified to think about it.

The bones of the Jurchen warriors were indeed extremely strong. After eating a meal of horse meat and resting for most of the night, most of their physical strength recovered, and they quietly got up when the Ming army was most sleepy.Under the strict order of the master, the coated servants who did not have the courage to flee to the Ming army quietly climbed to the barbed wire fence, swung their axes and desperately chopped down those wooden posts, or dismantled all the remaining carriages, and put the wooden boards on the barbed wire fence Go up, so that the master can climb over easily.But the vigilance of the Ming army is not covered, especially the Dongjiang army, how much has it suffered after fighting Houjin for so many years?Although Yang Menglong won a big victory, the deep-rooted fear of Hou Jin still hasn't completely disappeared. Even if he is asleep, he keeps one eye open. Of course, Hou Jin's movements cannot be hidden from their eyes. .They tied a lot of cans on the barbed wire. After the coating servants made such a toss, the tins rattled, and the half-asleep sentry was awakened immediately. They saw Houjin's camp boiling up in their sleepy eyes. , paled in shock, picked up the horn and blew it with all his might.With the sound of the trumpet, all the Ming troops were awakened. Hou Jin knew that it was impossible to steal bushes and destroy the barbed wire fence. With a big axe, he slashed at the stakes frantically, trying to cut down the barbed wire.

The general of the Dongjiang army roared: "Let the arrows! Let the arrows!"

The archers of the Dongjiang Army drew their pulley bows one after another, and shot fiercely at Houjin.The tension of their pulley bows reached an astonishing forty kilograms, comparable to the famous British longbow. Coupled with the triangular arrowheads made of refined iron, their lethality was naturally astonishing. After a round of arrow rain, those coated slaves Most of them were shot into hedgehogs and fell into a pool of blood.The archer picked up the mountain crossbow and shot a row of crossbow arrows, and the screams were earth-shattering. The coated slave who was lucky not to be shot by the pulley bow had several foot-long arrows stuck in his body, and fell to the ground curled up. Had a prawn ball.

As soon as the coated slaves were dealt with, a wall of shields pushed over. These large shields were forty centimeters wide, 150 centimeters long, and three centimeters thick, almost covering the whole person.Probably because they were afraid of being shot by the crossbow arrows of the Ming army, the soldiers of the Hou Jin Dynasty even deliberately spread a thick layer of soil on the surface of the large shield. Although the weight increased a lot, it also strengthened the defensive ability. On the shield, he couldn't shoot through it.The Houjin archers hid behind the shield wall, raised their composite bows and swished them, and thousands of sharp arrows shot out. Among them, there were endless screams, and it is unknown how many people were shot and fell to the ground.Relying on the protection of the shield wall, the Houjin archers calmly threw arrows and rained arrows towards the Ming army, while the soldiers holding heavy swords raised their heavy swords and pointed at the soldiers who had been chopped off in half by the big axe. The wooden stake was chopped down severely.The stakes were chopped off one by one, and gaps appeared in the barbed wire.

The crossbow arrows could not do anything with those damn big shields, and the barbed wire fence was opened one after another. The Dongjiang army was a little panicked and didn't know what to do.They have been fighting with the Tianxiong Army and the Heluo New Army. They did not face Houjin's overwhelming attack alone. Faced with Houjin's crazy breakout, it is normal to be at a loss. After all, the Dongjiang Army has always been a guerrilla.Fortunately, both Shang Kexi and Mao Yongjun arrived. Although Shang Kexi did not participate in the battle of Erwangtun, he also knew the details of that battle in detail. He used a sling to throw a grenade at the Heluo New Army, and the explosion was golden. The cavalry was impressed by the tactic of turning their backs on their horses. Seeing that the crossbow arrows could not hit the large shield covered with thick mud, they made a decisive decision and shouted: "Come on, grenadiers! Throw them back!"

More than 500 grenadiers of the Dongjiang Army came out in response, gritted their teeth, and used slings to lasso the smoking grenades one after another.Naturally, don’t think about accuracy. Unless you practice for ten years, don’t think about accuracy. There are so many slingers in the world, and the only ones who can make a name for themselves are the Rhode Island slingers in the ancient Roman legion and the slingers under Hannibal’s command. Just the slingers of Balyria.However, they are not throwing rocks, but grenades, so there is no need for precision. As long as they are in the right direction and swing the grenade 80 meters away, they will usually gain something.I saw clusters of flames rising in front of the barbed wire, and many Houjin soldiers threw away the large shields in their hands, and fell to the ground wailing, with blood gushing out from their wounds.

Before they could react, another round of grenades was thrown.These grenades are very simple to make, just a can, stuffed with a catty of granular gunpowder and dozens of rusty iron nails, and connected with a long hair root fuse, it is cheap and has no lethality Weak, hit by iron nails full of rust... imagine what it feels like.The appearance of these grenadiers completely planned the position of the Jin army. The hail-like grenades brought deadly shrapnel and casualties, and at the same time severely damaged their morale-no one would like themselves In the middle of the queue, there was constant ping-pong-pong explosion.The Houjin archers kept firing arrows at the slingers, and the slingers also suffered heavy casualties. Many of them fell down before they could swing out the grenade. The grenade exploded among their own people, causing considerable casualties.But the Dongjiang army lost its temper, and one fell down. Someone immediately went up to pick up the sling, put on a grenade and throw it, exchanging lives with Hou Jin, and this kind of fighting was exactly what Hou Jin wanted to see the most.

Bang bang bang!

Intensive gunshots came from the other side of the battlefield, and the position of the Tianxiong Army was also attacked by Hou Jin.The strength of the Tianxiong Army that can be used for ground combat is only about 2000, but it has to defend a long section of defense line. The strength is really weak. It is understandable that Abate chose this place as a breakthrough point.But it turns out that he got the wrong guy.The Tianxiong Army was not only protected by barbed wire, but also built a simple fence with the wood collected before dark. Seeing that Houjin was about to break through, more than 300 musketeers put their muskets on the fence, pulled the triggers calmly, and fired. The hammer hit the flint heavily, bursting out deadly sparks, detonating the gun cotton, and a huge destructive bullet with a pointed end and a concave bottom blasted out... In the night, the slender tongues of flame burst out from behind the fence, like A sickle fiercely swung at countless living beings.Every time a volley of guns shot past, the Houjin soldiers who were trying to destroy the barbed wire overturned a large area like cutting wheat.After paying more than [-] lives, the Houjin soldiers finally determined that the lead bullets of the Tianxiong Army were much harder than their bones, and the arrowheads they shot were basically incapable of those musketeers wearing steel helmets and protected by fences. .The witty Jia Laer really quickly asked the soldiers to set up their big shields and rush forward. If they couldn't break through the Tianxiong Army's defense line in one go, they would definitely be killed by these red-clothed musketeers calmly with volleys of guns one by one!

Lei Shisheng grinned grimly: "Hmph, you've learned a lot, and you know how to use a large shield to prevent bullets, right? Unfortunately, it's useless!" He ordered loudly: "Add [-]% of the dose, let it go!"

The ammunition used by the musketeers of the Tianxiong Army is all custom-packed. One person carries two small bags of propellant, one bag is specially used to deal with those targets who do not hold shields or only have light shields in their hands, and the other bag is specially used to deal with hand-held weapons. A heavy shield target.The situation was critical, and the Tianxiong army was not interested in trying whether the standard charge could kill people after piercing through the large shield. They did not hesitate to replace it with a 100% more charge, aimed, and fired!At this moment, the sound of gunfire was truly earth-shattering, and the entire fence was almost turned into a sea of ​​flames. Amidst the whistling lead bullets, sawdust flew and blood sprayed, and the large shield that Hou Jin had hoped for was in front of the half-rifled flintlock gun. Vulnerable to a single blow, lead bullets carry powerful kinetic energy and tear their bodies apart after piercing through the large shields. The deformed or even ruptured bullets have caused even more terrible damage to the human body.Of course, the Tianxiong Army couldn't see it, and even if they saw it, they wouldn't sympathize with these Houjin soldiers. They just followed Lei Shisheng's order and divided into three rows to take turns to fire. Dozens or even hundreds of people.The tactic of barbed wire and volleys of guns exerted great power. Because of the damn barbed wire, Hou Jin couldn't move forward. The people crowded in front of the barbed wire became targets. There was no way to cause much damage to the Tianxiong army who kept firing at them from [-] meters away, so they could only stand up and be beaten. This kind of situation made the Houjin warriors extremely aggrieved, and they couldn't even reach each other!
A Niu Lu was really going crazy, when a few platoons of guns came from the opposite side, more than half of his Niu Lu was gone, but they couldn't kill the Tianxiong Army!These bloody and bloody corpses are the capital on which his Niulu relies for survival. Each one is a brave warrior who gallops on the battlefield and is invincible, but now they are blocked by barbed wire and then shot by cheap lead bullets. Rows of upsets!In a fit of rage, he pushed a soldier who was shot in the chest and seemed to be dying to the barbed wire fence, supported the corpse with his hands, jumped over the barbed wire fence, raised his knife and screamed, and rushed towards the fence, roaring: "Ming dog, Come out with me——”

boom!
The roaring stopped abruptly, and a lead bullet ruthlessly knocked off Niu Lu's forehead, knocking him to the ground.Lei Shisheng put down the musket speechlessly, and shook his head vigorously: "You are still charging towards the muzzle of the gun? Is it because I am afraid that I will miss it or something? Jiannu's IQ..."

Suddenly he was patted on the shoulder, and he turned around, only to see Lu Xiangsheng standing behind him with a smile on his face.He was shocked, stood still, and saluted: "My lord, why are you here?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "You are all overwhelmed, can I come and have a look? How is the situation?"

Lei Shisheng said: "Hundreds of them have already been brought down...Jiannu are crazy, knocking down one batch after another, rushing through our defense line desperately."

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Can you stop it?"

Lei Shisheng said: "No problem! The barbed wire restricted their mobility, and they couldn't get through at all. There were a lot of people crowded in front of the barbed wire, and they were perfect targets. It couldn't be easier to fight."

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile: "That's good!" At this time, the Tianxiong Army fired another volley of guns, and just as Lei Shisheng said, Jin Wucheng behind the barbed wire fell down in unison.More than a dozen Houjin soldiers stepped on the corpses and turned over the barbed wire. They were covered in blood, and they didn't know whether it was their own blood or sprayed from the wounds of the soldiers who were shot. Anyway, they turned into blood men with distorted faces and round angry eyes. Glaring, howling like a wild animal, he rushed towards the defense line of the Tianxiong Army with his sword and gun ready.The second row of musketeers of the Tianxiong Army stepped forward and opened fire indifferently. The dozen or so warriors were shot backwards by lead bullets.The collision between barbarism and civilization has never stopped. When chance coincides, barbarism may destroy civilization and conquer civilization, but the final winner will always be civilization. Now the collision between Tianxiong Army musketeers and post-golden warriors is eloquent proof Knowing this point, in the face of advanced weapons such as half-rifle flintlock guns, the ferocity of the barbarians will have no effect, and will only bring them more terrible blows and heavier casualties.

Lu Xiangsheng did not interfere with the command, and just watched quietly. Watching the Houjin warriors rushing over in waves, and then being knocked down one by one by volleys of guns, he actually felt a bit sad that the rabbit was dead and the fox was dead.He is also a martial arts practitioner, with courage beyond all recognition. Seeing so many Houjin warriors fall under the gunfire, without the ability to fight back, it is impossible to say that he was not touched.

The era of cold weapons ruled by samurai is really going to be a thing of the past, muskets and artillery will firmly rule the battlefield, and "short combat" will soon become an eternal memory.

"Perhaps we should reduce the number of cross-swordsmen and increase the number of musketeers? Even the number of pikemen can be reduced to equal the number of musketeers, or even [-]-[-]?"

With the sound of gunfire shaking the sky and the earth, this was the thought that flashed through his mind.

(End of this chapter)