Nanming Engineer

Chapter 141 Burning Tan Jiajun

The official road is so wide, and thousands of people are crowded inside it. It is not easy to turn back quickly, but the reality is that there is no room for delay. The fire has burned to the bottom of your nose. Let's roast it into a pig's head.

At the moment of life and death, Tan Wen couldn't care less, and ordered Tan Zhi to lead the soldiers to rush out of the way immediately. The infantry below are basically miscellaneous soldiers anyway, and if they are lost, they will recruit another batch. Since they can't care , let them ask for their own happiness.

The guards hesitated for a moment at first, but the layers behind them were all their own people who were crowded into a mess, and there were quite a few clan soldiers among them. , when the horse rushed up, it would be the result of broken bones and tendons when it hit a person, isn't it too cruel?With grudges in his heart, his movements naturally slowed down a bit, and the speed of retreat did not increase.

So the horse team rushing back didn't run very far, and was blocked by the raging crowd. This is great, everyone can't run away if they want to run, and the pawns behind haven't figured out what's going on. Threatened by the fire, they rushed forward and wanted to rush out. The people in front saw the burning trench and wanted to retreat. They crowded forward and backward, trampled on each other, if you don't let me, I won't avoid you, and they messed around at the not spacious exit of the pine forest. group.

Someone got anxious, yelled and cursed loudly and moved their hands, and soon it developed into a fight, and the scene became even more chaotic. The three brothers of the Tan family were crowded in the turbulent flow under the guard of their own soldiers and cavalry, like sardines in a can, Can't move.

"There is no way to go on like this, the fire will burn if we delay for a while!" Tan Zhi's beard was scorched by the flames, curly like an Arab, blushing like Guan Gong, and shouted eagerly.There are people in front of and behind his horse, so close to each other that they cannot be squeezed apart.

Tan Wen also understood in his heart that no one would leave if he was not decisive. He was ruthless and determined to kill. At this moment, without any hesitation, he directly picked up the long knife and slashed forward.

Blood spurted wildly, and a pawn standing in front of the horse was cut in half with a single knife.

The main general has a ruthless hand, of course the soldiers can't be soft-hearted, no matter how kind they are, they are cruel to themselves. Under the example of the Tan brothers, more than 500 soldiers in the personal team mercilessly attacked their own people, hacking with knives and axes , Anyone who dares to stand in the way will be hacked to death.

With a thunderbolt, a trail of blood was rushed out, and the infantry were caught off guard at the beginning. They never expected that the generals would really kill them, and retreated to both sides, waiting until the brothers of the Tan family rode their horseshoes. The rumbling sound flew past in front of him, and it was only when he reacted quickly that he became alert.

"The general has escaped, the general has escaped!"

Someone shouted loudly and stumbled towards the way they came from behind the horse team. They instinctively told them that only by following Tan Wen would they have a way out today.

But two legs can't keep up with four legs. Horses gallop past one after another. The pawns are getting more and more desperate. The line of life and death is spreading. Anyone who has seen wildfires knows that this huge and dense pine forest is like an incinerator when it is burned. Even your steel and iron bones will be turned into molten iron.

Someone broke out in despair. Why can the horseman have a chance to survive, but my life is not my life?
"Brother, let me ride up too, let's run together, please!"

Someone begged.

"Pull them down! Damn it, if you die, you have to die together!"

Someone is hysterical.

More people moved their hands directly, dragging the galloping cavalry off their horses forcefully. Several people grabbed the reins at the same time, trying to jump on the horse. In the end, no one could get on the horse. He was dragged to the ground.

Tan Wen rode on a horse and rushed out of the crowd surrounded by loyal soldiers. He did not look back. The life or death of his subordinates was no longer important. He had to save his own life first. If he was alive, he could recruit as many troops as he wanted. Two A human life with one leg is not as valuable as a horse with four legs.

At the other end of the black pine forest, Wang Huan was already standing at the entrance. He was standing a little far away, because there were also several ignition places at the entrance. The fire was burning very close, and the heat in the air made it hard to breathe. , He covered his mouth and nose with a towel wet with cold water in his hand to resist the high temperature.

In front of him, 200 people were busy. They also wrapped wet cloths on their faces and arranged rows of wooden horses on the official road between the pine forests. They were arranged four or five layers overlapping each other. The sharp spikes were pointed in the direction of the Tan family's army and horses.

Beside him, an army of 4000 soldiers stood awe-inspiring, with 3000 million Shougu civilians in the front row, 500 soldiers in a row, and a total of six rows, while a thousand Qin Gongming soldiers were divided into two teams, protecting the two wings. .

The six platoons of civilians were all dressed in sackcloth. At first, Wang Huan had considered granting them armor, but this battle was a firefight. Although the rattan armor was protected by asbestos burqas, it was still a bit risky. To be on the safe side, he decided to go into battle in civilian clothes. .

The Minzhuang in the first row stands in front holding a large shield as high as one person. This large shield is rectangular and made of thick wood and iron nails. It is lighter than the oar shield and can be carried by one person. It has long teeth at the bottom and can be nailed into the soil. middle.

Between the first row and the second row, there are 200 soldiers. Among them, these soldiers are composed of centurions and the guards sent by Qin Liangyu to Wang Huan. A mountain-destroying crossbow and a cloth bag are hung in the middle, and the cloth bag is filled with captive bombs.They are the main force to kill the enemy.

From the second row onwards, most of the strong men still hold bamboo spears. The hooked and sickle spears of the white soldiers are too few to be equipped by everyone, and blacksmiths are scarce. Although there are iron ores, no one makes them. This is also a constraint for Wang Huan. An important factor for the expansion of the army: insufficient technical personnel.

Wang Huan and Zu Bian stood side by side in the second row. Zu Bian strongly objected to this position. The reason was that it was too dangerous. Wang Huan was the commander, so he should be in a safer place.

Wang Huan sneered at this. He had already made up his mind that he must take the lead in this battle and be at the forefront. He would use his example to encourage the immature people and lead a group of usable soldiers as soon as possible.

Qin Gongming was assigned to the flank. He was a little dissatisfied with the arrangement and refused to go there. It was not until Wang Huan said that after the battle began, the impact of the flank would be the main force to defeat Tan's army, and the deputy commander was reluctantly persuaded.

If you have time, dig a ditch in front and light a fire in the ditch, then things will be even easier, and you don't even need to fight, just stand aside and watch, wait for the fire to go in and collect the ashes.

But the time is too short, Wang Huan sighed secretly, from hearing Ma Xintian's gunshot to the sound of rumbling horseshoes in the pine forest, it took less than a quarter of an hour.

Tan Wen's face blackened by soot appeared at the corner of the official road in the pine forest.

At this moment, Tan Wen was in a state of desperation. The 6000-strong army only followed 400 people, and more than 100 people in the five-hundred-horse cavalry were lost in the entanglement with the infantry. The rest of the people were also sweating. The ones were still hot.

Seeing the Tan family's army horses appearing, the stone pillar soldiers who had put up the horses immediately withdrew and retreated to the two wings.

Tan Wen's pupils shrank. The stone pillars are so poisonous. There are so many refusal horses at the entrance. If you want to rush over, you must move these obstacles away, otherwise the war horses would rather burn to death than move forward. However, standing Will the stone pillar soldiers waiting outside the fire site let themselves move comfortably?
"Get off the horse, divide 200 people to move the rejected horse!" Tan Wen shouted angrily.

Immediately, two hundred cavalry dismounted and rushed forward. They moved very quickly, because the fires in the pine forests on both sides were close to the point where they were burning nearby trees.

Wang Huan calmly looked at the swarming Tan family soldiers, and waited for them to rush to the side of Juma and began to push hard, before ordering to his ancestors lightly: "Let's go out with the soldiers in the first row."

Zu Bian agreed in a rough voice: "Here!"

He made a gesture, and the suona hand next to him immediately puffed up his cheeks and blew the suona, and a short high-pitched sound sounded. Hearing the sound, the first row of civilians and soldiers moved forward, holding shields and crossbows in unison.

Tan Jiabing, who was pulling the horses, immediately discovered a new problem. Those horses were actually equipped with barbed iron nails, making it almost impossible to move them by hand. If they were touched, there would be a big gash, and blood would flow out.

(End of this chapter)