Nanming Engineer

Chapter 37 Spike Gun Array
During the question and answer period, the movement on the east side of Mudun Island became louder. Standing at the foot of the hill, you could already hear the shouts coming from there. Apparently, the soldiers and horses who came ashore began to rush towards this side. .

"Brother, you have to make up your mind quickly!" Zu Bian said urgently, his red face was covered with sweat: "Should we fight or retreat? Brothers are waiting!"

Zu Tianci looked at Zu's side, and knew in his heart that Wang Tao had been killed, and he was the only one who made up his mind on the island. There were more than 1000 brothers on the island, most of whom were surrounded by brothers from the ancestor's family. People were running around all over the island, and many of them ran to the east of the island. At this time, they were driven over by the Ming army who were coming ashore.

The island is small, and people at the foot of the hill can already see that behind a group of noisy water thieves in the distance, countless officers and soldiers wearing Ming army's mandarin duck uniforms are advancing in formation, with neat steps and numerous spears, chasing the chaos. The running water thief rushed towards this direction on his heels.

After weighing it in my mind, I decided to put aside the matter of falling into the trap for now. Anyway, I still can't figure out what is going on with this mess.Zu Tianci felt that although Qing Gou was hateful, there were only about twenty people guarding the top of the mountain. Although it would be troublesome for him to attack it, it would be impossible for the people on the top of the mountain to get down. The water thieves had hundreds of knives waiting for them. Woolen cloth.In terms of threat level, the Ming army in the east is still greater.

Zu Tianci was also a ruthless character who had shed blood in Liaodong. He made up his mind and without hesitation for a moment, he called a small leader of the water thieves and ordered him to lead fifty people to guard the intersection of the hill. Not a single clean dog was allowed to be put down.

The little leader loudly agreed, and Zu Tianci turned around, with a murderous expression on his face, and shouted loudly to the water thieves gathered around him: "Brothers, the officers and soldiers are insidious and cunning. They first used treacherous tricks to deceive the boss. They have harmed the life of the boss, and now they have come ashore to catch us all. The situation is critical. We have been roaming Hongze Lake for several years. If we don’t fight hard today, we will die immediately. The officers and soldiers are the most ruthless, and the court is the most ruthless. Believe me. Regardless of whether you surrender or not, the rebels will only die! My ancestor has given me a life here, and I swear to share life and death with you! Everyone, follow me and fight your way out. Either we will die today, or the officers and soldiers will die! "

These few words roared with righteousness, arrogance, and full of heroic spirit in the green forest, which aroused all the subordinates to scream, and the water thieves who were already depressed and flustered were like inflated balls, and they became energetic again, one after another. Roaring desperately.

After Zu Tianci shouted, he was about to take the lead and lead people to meet the officers and soldiers with a mace, but suddenly his eyes blurred, his feet staggered, and he almost fell to the ground.

Zu Bian was quick and supported Zu Tianci, only then did he realize that the eldest brother, who was glaring just now, now has a face like gold paper, bloodless, and even the hand holding the mace is trembling faintly. The cloth strip on the shoulder has been washed away by the blood flow, and the dripping blood is just like a faucet, popping out.

Zu Bian called out urgently: "Brother, what's wrong with you?" Zu Tianci groaned and didn't respond.

Zu Bian and other close confidants were horrified to see that he could survive such a serious injury and still kill people. Such a performance is already a miracle among tough guys. Let him be so reckless about life and death. If you act recklessly, you are afraid that you will fall down and die at any time.

We can't let him work harder, several people thought at the same time.Zu Bian pulled the drowsy Zu Tianci to a big rock and sat down. He hurriedly pulled out half of the spear that was still stuck in his shoulder. As soon as the spear was gone, the wound on the back of the shoulder was exposed again, blood Swelling up like a fountain, Zu Tianci, who was already a little confused, roared and fainted immediately.

Everyone hastily tore off their skirts and rushed to bandage to stop the bleeding, but the wound pierced by the spear was as big as a wine glass, how could it be blocked with a few strips of cloth, several layers of cloth were soaked in an instant, It came out through the cloth without hindrance, dripping Zu Tianci all over his body along his shoulders, soaking this strong man into a man of blood.

Zu Bian and the others felt heartbroken. If the blood flowed like this, even an elephant would dry up and die.Zu Bian is Zu Tianci's biological brother, and the other trusted water thieves are also Zu Tianci's confidantes who saved his life. They are as close to Zu Tianci as family members. Without golden sore medicine, in this way, he could only watch Zu Tianci die before his eyes.

Several people had red eyes. You looked at me and I looked at you. Although they were so anxious that they were about to get angry, they had no choice but to cry and desperately press the wound with a cloth, hoping to slow down the blood flow.

The water thieves who rushed out to fight suddenly found that the leader of the second leader hadn't followed up, and they were a little relieved. Some brave people were not afraid of life and death, but still rushed up with long knives, shouting fiercely towards the formation The advancing officers and soldiers were cut off.

The water thieves had fought against the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers. In their hearts, the officers and soldiers were cowards who were inferior to them. Even though they were so awesome and cajoling before the battle, they looked like they were arranging formations and firing guns, but they could just show off. It's just a show. Once the battle starts, the soldiers running in front with muskets will fire a shot from a long distance away, making the battlefield full of smoke, and then retreat in a hurry. The infantry holding spears and shields will slowly retreat. The Tuntons were crowded together like turtles, advancing cautiously in the gunpowder smoke. At this time, you only need to be brave and rush towards them, slashing and stabbing them with swords and spears, killing one or two soldiers, leaving the rest The officers and soldiers in the army will turn around and run away like mice, leaving behind a large number of weapons and luggage.In countless battles with the Ming army, this process was always followed. The difference lies in the courage of the generals leading the troops, but the most courageous generals did not last longer than one stick of incense.

So although the water thieves don't have a second-in-chief to take the lead, the battle process in their memory gives them confidence, and seeing that the Ming army doesn't even have a musketeer, it's easier to handle, just rush up, wait a minute Then you can chase their asses and kill them.

Li Yan walked in the front of the long spear formation, wearing two layers of chain mail and an iron helmet on his head. There was no one standing side by side on the left and right sides. Two people followed closely behind him, followed by three people, and so on. The military formation is in the shape of a pyramid, and the tip of the cone is Li Yan. At a glance, the mountain is full of white soldiers holding long spears and wearing chain mail shoulder to shoulder, marching along the hillside. The depressions marched forward in unison, aggressively.The fly in the ointment is that the spears captured by the Qing army were not enough. The people in the back row used self-made wooden sticks, but the front end was sharpened with a knife, but it was more than enough to assassinate water thieves who didn't even have leather armor or cloth armor. up.

The spears of the Qing army were much shorter than the more than ten feet long white wax rods with hooks and rings that the white soldiers were used to. Li Yan was not used to it, but it didn't matter, the water thief on the opposite side was not Manchuria. For Eight Banners soldiers, it is enough to have weapons in hand.

Seeing the water thief on the opposite side coming towards him screaming, a sneer appeared on Li Yan's face hidden under the iron mask, and he shouted: "Quick!"

The pace of the feet quickened, changing from walking to trotting, and the entire pyramid formation followed the change of pace, and the formation suddenly became faster. The slow spear formation began to accelerate suddenly like a huge spear piercing forward.

(End of this chapter)