Nanming Engineer

Chapter 38
Both sides were running, and the distance shortened like a blink of an eye. The fierce water thieves rushed in front of the Ming army viciously. They already found that the formation of the Ming army was different from the phalanx they encountered before, but no one took the time to stop and study it. , and there was no sign of panic in the Ming army's formation, they still pointed the tip of their guns straight ahead, and the water thief who rushed in front screamed and was stabbed by the spear as if he had hit the blade with his body. After seeing this clearly, the water thieves who followed behind were shocked, and began to feel that these Ming troops seemed a little tricky.

Hum, they are just a group of bolder Ming soldiers. No matter how ferocious the rabbit is, it cannot turn into a wolf.The water thieves thought in their hearts, they didn't flinch from their feet, they held their long knives high, and took advantage of the opportunity to put on the spears for the dead comrades, and rushed forward. As long as they got close, the advantage of the spears being one inch longer and one inch stronger would be gone. The majesty and prestige of the knife in his hand came out when it was inch short and inch dangerous.

The spear in Li Yan's hand was like a snake coming out of a hole. It was extremely flexible and the spear was used extremely powerfully. He did not dodge or parry the knives of the water thieves at all. He just focused on thrusting out, withdrawing, and thrusting out again, each time. One stab brought up a cloud of blood, and a scream rang out.

A ferocious water thief evaded his spear and wanted to rush in from the side, but was stabbed through by two long spears in the second row. The spear stabbed.

The spears are layered on top of each other, and the back row covers the front row. The closer to the back, the more the spears are, and the density of the spikes is higher. The entire triangular spear formation, like a triangular hedgehog, rushes into the black-clothed man unscrupulously. Among the water thieves, and the water thieves can't bite, and they can't hide. The spear array in the red mandarin duck battle jacket is like a sharp water-splitting thorn, and the black-clothed water thieves are like flowing water without any obstacles. split in half.

A discerning water thief can easily see that the most important thing in the powerful gun array is Li Yan at the top of the pyramid. This man is the most powerful fighter. The core of the entire gun array is the sharp cone gun array. The battering hammer is invincible, there is no one in front of him, the seemingly simple thrust and retraction, the movement is extremely fast, each shot takes away a life, and the entire spear formation is steadily moving forward.However, he was wearing heavy armor. Occasionally, a water thief risked his life and slashed at the opportunity. A long spear pierces adult meat skewers.

Without any suspense, the resistance of the water thieves did not exceed half a stick of incense. When the number of corpses on the ground exceeded one hundred, the water thieves began to collapse. I don’t know who dropped their weapons first, turned around and ran away. The water spread, and everyone shouted and turned around and ran towards the lake. The lake was vast. As long as they jumped into the water, and with everyone's ability to make a living on the lake, it was not a problem to swim to Huai'an.

When they arrived at the edge of the lake, those who ran ahead jumped into the water first and swam towards the lake with all their strength, but they heard the sound of bowstrings, and a rain of arrows shot from the tank boat parked more than ten feet away from the shore. Landing on the heads of dozens of fastest swimmers, the heavy arrows enough to break through the armor hit the heads, almost bursting the heads.

The water thieves hurriedly stood on the shore, only to find that twenty tank boats had been lined up on the lake, anchored and anchored, guarding the escape route of the water thieves down the lake, the shadows on the boat were shaking, obviously there were archers Defend.

Going down to the lake means death, but turning back to fight the gun array?I'm afraid he will die faster.

Zu Bian, who was guarding Zu Tianci, looked desperately at the subordinates running around in the narrow area from the bottom of the hill to the shore of the lake, at the terrifying gun array approaching step by step, and at the lake that was blocked like a Great Wall. The boats on the water were filled with tears, as if they were in a dream. What happened today?Isn't it because the Qing court or the Ming court, or both sides, took rat poison and sent more than 500 people to recruit people?In the past, let alone 500 people, even the 5000 Hongze Lake bandits did not take it seriously. How come it has developed into this situation now? What is going on?Zu Bian was at a loss, and he and the few bosses around him stared blankly at the unconscious Zu Tianci, at a loss.

Wang Huan watched the show for a long time on the top of the mountain. He didn't want to give him time to think at this time. He looked at the sky and said to Li Tingyu, "My lord, it's getting late. It's getting late. It's time for us to play."

Li Tingyu and eighteen subordinates sat on the stone steps and rested carelessly. They didn't pay attention to the water thieves who were guarding the bottom of the mountain. stand up.

"Okay, Counselor, let's rush down to chop melons and vegetables, and kill him without leaving a single piece of armor. We can't just let Li Yan make meritorious deeds. Let's wait and watch!" A subordinate shouted at the top of his voice, but attracted Li Tingyu slapped Li Tingyu on the back of the head.

Li Tingyu scolded: "Kill, kill, kill, if you know how to kill, you will be worthy of being a reckless man for the rest of your life. Did the council ask you to rush to kill? Earn your ears and be smart."

Wang Huan waved his hands and said with a smile: "What your lord said is that our purpose of this trip is to bring water thieves into the bag instead of killing them all. If we are forced to rush, it will be harmful and not beneficial to us, so I will stay here for a while. Please allow me to talk to the bandit leader." , if he is stubborn, it is not too late to kill him."

Li Tingyu flicked his beard, and said proudly: "That's natural. If it weren't for the consultation plan, the Hongze Lake water thief would not be so easy to be broken by a few hundred people in our district. What do you want to say, just talk to those cowards Go ahead, with us by your side, forgive them for not daring not to listen!"

All the subordinates booed and said: "Sister, why don't you just let me wait and tie up those water thieves one by one, put the knife on their necks, and then don't bother the councilor to waste words, what the councilor said they are If you dare not listen, just wipe your neck and hurry up."

Wang Huan said seriously: "This is not the way to subdue people. Using a knife to force it can only make people give in superficially. If there is a slight repetition, they will immediately turn and betray. If we want people to follow us with all their hearts, they must be convinced."

Li Tingyu turned his head and said to his subordinates: "Look, what I said, this is killing people with the pen, and the scholars are more ruthless than us big soldiers."

Turning back to Wang Huan with a slightly embarrassed expression, he said, "Sensei, you can do whatever you want, and let these idiots see it."

There was a lot of meaning in these words, and there was a hint of letting Wang Huan show his face in front of everyone. Wang Huan understood it as soon as he heard it, and understood that Li Tingyu was promoting himself, and he quickly bowed and said: "Please support Wang Huan, sir."

Li Tingyu waved his hand, and the white-armed soldiers immediately put away their giggling manners, and formed a formation with their guns, without squinting, with fierce eyes, and lined up tightly in two lines, pointing their spears forward, following Li Tingyu's command: "Okay!" he shouted, walking down the mountain step by step.

(End of this chapter)