Nanming Engineer

Chapter 247 Battle in Hanzhong ([-])
"Enemy attack!" Ren Zhen reacted immediately, quickly took off the buckler hanging there from the horse's butt, protected her body, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Protect the grain cart, protect the grain cart!"

Almost at the same time as his roar sounded, there were bursts of muffled sound of bow strings, and the unique continuous shooting sound of the mountain crossbow, pouring rain of arrows on the official road at the bottom of the valley like a long snake. The cumbersome grain carts were connected end to end, occupying the entire width of the official road. The Qing soldiers stood on both sides, and arrows were shot down from the mountains on both sides. There was nowhere to hide. In panic, they could only shrink down desperately , Drilling under the grain cart and behind the mules and horses.

How much space is there under the grain truck?Many Qing soldiers had nowhere to hide, and were shot into sieves by crossbow arrows in an instant. They fell down screaming loudly. Although they did not respond to the Kuizhou army's cry and knelt down to surrender, this sudden wave of arrows took away many soldiers. Qing soldiers' lives.

The white-robed soldiers quickly emptied the crossbow and arrow boxes in their hands, hung the mountain-destroying crossbow on their waists, picked up the spears under their feet, and amidst the shouts of "Kill the Tartars!" Go straight down the side hill.

Ren Zhen was very lucky. The round shield he was holding was a cavalry shield, which was not wide enough to protect his head and neck, but miraculously survived the rain of arrows. When he felt the rain of arrows stop, he immediately stood up Come, use an ax to cut off a few arrow shafts inserted on the shield, and look up.

After looking at it, I found that there were only a dozen or so people who could still stand beside me. The Qing soldiers were scattered all over the valley, crowding hurriedly beside the grain trucks and under the stones. The vital person fell to the ground and groaned in pain. There was a layer of arrows on the ground, which almost covered the ground like a rain.

"Everyone come closer, come closer!" Ren Zhen roared, trying his best to gather the soldiers around him. He knew that in this kind of terrain, with an unknown number of enemy troops coming, the only way out for the scattered soldiers was to gather together. Only by forming a group can we resist the siege and have hope of making a comeback.

His voice could not be transmitted very far in the deafening roar of "Kill the Tartars", only dozens of soldiers heard his shout and approached, forming a circle and forming a formation. Most of the soldiers under him were still scattered. As for the situation at Chen De's place ahead, because the distance was too far, Ren Zhen couldn't see it, and it was impossible to send soldiers to contact him.

Holding a long spear, Wang Huan took the lead to charge down, his eyes were full of fanaticism, a rush of blood boiled in his veins, stimulating the muscles of his whole body to tremble, even the long spear he was holding was trembling slightly, sharp The blade of the spear flickered to reflect the sunlight, and stabbed straight at a panicking Qing soldier holding a long-handled sword.

Around Wang Huan, Ma Wannian led the soldiers of the personal guards to form a circle calmly, protecting Wang Huan in the middle and isolating him from the other Qing soldiers. Ma Wannian's eyes were always on the Wang Huan kept a distance of two bodies from him. If Wang Huan was in any critical situation, he could pounce on him immediately.

The Ming army in white robes all over the mountains rushed down the hillside shouting. The scene was extremely shocking. The timid people turned around and ran away in fear. Although the Qing soldiers at the bottom of the valley were panicked, no one escaped. While looking around in panic, he suddenly realized that a young Ming soldier was stabbing him with a gun. The fierce expression and piercing eyes were immediately frozen in his mind like a brand.

However, this soldier of the Qing Dynasty was a veteran of the Eight Banners of the Han Army. He was a survivor in the sea of ​​blood and corpses. His instinct to fight was instantly aroused.

Then he slashed horizontally with the long knife, and slashed at Wang Huan's chest without any tricks. Wang Huan quickly retracted the gun, pulled his left arm hard, and the tip of the gun retracted. With this blow, the two white-armed soldiers following Wang Huan stabbed their long spears forward at the same time. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Qing soldiers' long swords being blocked, the two long spears came out of the hole like spirit snakes, with a "puff puff puff" Straight into Qing Bing's chest, the three-foot-long gun blade pierced through the cotton armor on Qing Bing's body, pierced through his back, and pierced two big bloody holes.

The Qing soldiers' fists were hard to beat with four hands, their bodies went limp, and they didn't even let out a scream. They knelt on the ground, bowed their heads, and the two white soldiers drew their spears, and the corpse fell down.

Wang Huan didn't personally kill him, he was full of strength and felt that he had hit the empty space, and he was a little dissatisfied, but that's how the Kuizhou army's spear array is, the one who rushes to the front is often not the one who kills the most enemies, the spear array is a whole, and it's expensive Only by concentrating the power of the individual in the group can we be invincible.

Licking his lips, Wang Huan swept his eyes away and rushed towards another Qing soldier.

On the official road, the sound of fighting and the collision of weapons rang together. The Kuizhou army took squads as units, cooperated with each other to cover each other, and strangled the Qing soldiers who were out of formation. Carried on the back, wielding the crescent ax to kill the enemy, the crescent ax is longer than the spear and much shorter, which just makes up for the shortcomings of the spear formation.

Ren Zhen's quick response gathered a circle of dozens of people in time, and it became the most tenacious place in the whole valley. When the Qing soldiers in other places were killed one by one like rabbits, Ren Zhen could still stick to one place. flat ground.

"According to the shield, according to the shield! The shield hand is forward, and the spear hand is behind!" Ren Zhen danced the mountain axe, blocking the long spears sticking out their tongues like pythons, shouting loudly, and released Order: "Hold on, hold on! This place is only a few miles away from Feng County, and they will definitely come to support if they find something wrong!"

He shouted to persist, but his eyes were looking around, looking for loopholes, trying to escape while taking advantage of the chaos.

Ren Zhen could see that this Ming army was completely different from what she used to be when she was in the Ming army. They were brave and fearless, and the battle formation was extremely disciplined. The short ax is closely combined, and the people on my side often seem to be fighting several people at the same time. There are many loopholes in the rush, how can this battle be fought?

Perhaps the elite Ba Yala soldiers of the Jurchen Eight Banners, or even the extremely valuable Bai Ba Yala soldiers can fight against them.

Thinking of the Ba Yala warriors sent by Malaxi stationed in Fengxian County, who might find the fighting here at any time and rush to help, Ren Zhen became very courageous, and the desire to survive was extremely strong, and the strength of his hands wielding the big ax doubled. , Roaring loudly to boost morale, the leader is like this, the soldiers below are also stimulated, and the resistance in the circle becomes stronger.

Just at this time, from the front of the official road, a horse galloped up, and immediately there was a red-faced and strong man, wearing rattan armor and white robes, bloodstained all over, sturdy and unparalleled, holding a huge ghost head in one hand The knife, blood dripping on the knife, held a head high in one hand, the head was stained with blood, but the face could still be seen clearly.

The strong man galloped all the way, shouting arrogantly: "Chen De's head is here, Chen De has been beheaded!"

It turned out that the head he was holding was none other than Chen De, the former deputy general of the army!

When the Qing army who was desperately resisting heard this, they all looked in astonishment. Everyone recognized Chen De, even if it was only a head, they would not admit it wrong. Chen De was really killed!

Like the last straw that broke the camel's back, the morale of the Qing army collapsed immediately.

The killing of the main general is equivalent to taking away the backbone of the army, and the army's morale will be scattered.

(End of this chapter)