Chapter 267: The End of a Hero (Part I)

"Hey, company commander, how many divisions does Zhou Tianzi have?"

Outside the city in early autumn, the young soldier who had just finished listening to the people of the Xuanyi Department explain what the violent machine of the ruling class was, asked the company commander next to him.

It has been a long time since entering the city of Handan, and summer has gone to autumn.

Shu Prisoner was holding a very small iron dagger, and he was shaving his hairy beard peculiar to his youth, and he felt that his beard was too light, and it was still that thick beard that looked good.

I heard that shaving with a dagger instead of burning a pig's hair would make the beard thicker, so I shaved it often.

From time to time there was the sound of muskets in the distance, and occasionally the dull hum of bronze cannons, but the horse under the crotch did not panic in the slightest, feeling the master's clamped legs, motionless.

Putting the dagger back into the leather sheath, the prisoner recalled what he had heard, and said, "It seems that at the most, there were fourteen divisions, right?" ”

The soldier secretly smacked his tongue and exclaimed, "So many? No wonder it can be the son of heaven. ”

Shu Prisoner smiled and said: "That was before, who knows how many there are now?" ”

The Son of Heaven, the strong and strong, is a simple enlightenment understanding that transcends those divinities, and is more material and realistic than the Mandate of Heaven.

When the soldier was about to ask something else, a whistle sounded in the distance, and a deliberately gorgeously dressed herald galloped over on a fast horse, and after approaching, he took out a piece of paper and handed it over, and said: "Company Commander, Qu Shuai asked you to attack with a company of four infantry knights to cover the attack of the martial knights." When you get closer, you can scatter the formation of the rebels on the opposite side of the Childe Dynasty with a salvo, so that the warrior knights can charge......"

As he spoke, he pointed to the location of the assembly, and the shock cavalry in the distance had begun to move, maneuvering towards the flank of the rebels towards Childe with the cover of the small hill in front.

This time, there was obviously a shortage of officers, and a large number of originally retired good sons were also re-recruited to fight, and Shu Prisoner Mi had to command the entire four companies this time, and he was the commander of these four companies as a company commander.

The task of these infantry knights is basically like this, it is okay to pursue the rout, except for mobility, there is really no advantage.

In terms of foot combat, they dismounted and would certainly not be able to defeat the regular companies of infantry musketeers; In terms of impact, they are far from those martial knights who have been training sprinting and horseback swordsmanship.

That is, to chase some smugglers near some border forts, to chase down the Hu riders, or to occupy the scorching when those warrior knights are in a supporting role, especially when the flank assault is carried out, they will shoot a volley to the warrior knights to break up the opposite formation.

After carefully inquiring about the specific task, the prisoner understood in his heart.

He couldn't see the whole battle here, but it had been nearly three hours since the morning drum march began, and he estimated that it was General Qu who had finally mobilized the opposite side, making the opposite formation a loophole, so he decided to completely crush the rebels gathered by the Gongzi Dynasty with the final blow.

It has been more than a month since they left Handan, and the Wei State has withdrawn, and the Shu prisoners don't know what kind of deals the upper echelons have made, only that the task of their army is to completely defeat the rest of the Gongzi Dynasty together with some of the peasant soldiers recruited from Handan.

The Gongzi Dynasty did not choose to defend to the death, but chose to fight in the field, and the prisoner felt that the Gongzi Dynasty was probably desperate and fought for the last time before he died.

For more than two hours, they had been waiting in concealment, and it was finally their turn to play, which meant that this battle was about to end: it was not early, even if it was not successful this time, then the rest was to fight in formation until dark and collect their troops.

In the formation confrontation stage, it is often impossible to determine the winner or loser, and the victory or defeat is often a momentary opportunity that appears after a long time of formation confrontation.

Putting away the order, the prisoner blew the whistle and shouted: "Check the gunpowder and arquebus!" ”

The commanders of the various commanders in the company began to take turns to check the arquebus gunpowder of their respective squads, and some of them hurriedly ran to the side to untie their shirts and go to the toilet, and the war horses probably also felt the tension of the upcoming battle, and excitedly gouged their hooves.

The martial knight in the distance had already moved, and after the captive finally counted the number of people, he shouted, "Run!" ”

He took the lead in pulling the reins, and the horse scurried forward with small steps.

Bypassing the small hill that blocked the view, the battlefield appeared in front of everyone, and it was on the right flank of the rebels of the Gongzi Dynasty that the prisoner only looked at it a few times, and knew that the battle had basically been won.

He didn't know how Qu Jiangzi did it before, but after more than two hours of confrontation, it was obvious that the right flank of Gongzi was a little too far forward, and the entire right rear was completely empty.

The cavalry that suddenly came out from behind the hillside gave a great shock and panic to the opposite side, and the prisoners were not in a hurry, even if they discovered their existence now, it was too late to adjust the formation.

There are still some cavalry fighting faintly on the far left, and it seems that Qu General has deceived the Daidi cavalry and some Hu cavalry in the hands of Gongzi Chao to the left flank, and the foot soldiers on the right flank are too fierce to make the formation disjointed.

Next to the four companies of the prisoners, there were four small bronze cannons of small caliber that could follow the foot knights, but they were quickly deployed, and the horseskin dragged them closely to their flanks.

The warrior knights who launched the charge were slightly behind them on either side, and there were several company commanders he knew in the closest companies, but their faces could not be seen clearly from a distance.

Shu Prisoner touched the slightly piercing nose that had just been scraped with his hand, estimating the distance and the position of the shot.

At this time, the tactics of war are generally formulated in advance, and once they are implemented and unfolded, it is difficult to change, and if they want to achieve tacit understanding, what is needed is not to strategize for the commander, but to rely on whether some middle-level officers can understand the above intentions and decide for themselves.

He looked back at the martial knights who were about to impact, who were bullish and coaxing, and who had been the protagonist for more than a month, and spat: "Where are you rushing, don't you want to see where we open a gap for you?" ”

Thinking so, he tugged at the reins, chose the place to dismount, blew two whistles, and the six hundred foot knights hurried forward, dismounting about a hundred and fifty paces on the opposite side.

A few men were left in each company to guard the horses, and the four small bronze cannons that followed quickly unfurled, and the dismounted foot knights quickly lined up in a whole formation.

The martial knights behind also took advantage of this time to change from the original slow pace to slow running, still maintaining the formation, Shu Prisoner Qi calculated the time, shook his head and said secretly: "Running a little slower." ”

After dismounting, the foot knights had already completed the whole formation, lined up in the depth of six columns that were standard at this time, and a column of 100 people lined up a front about one hundred and fifty paces wide, and advanced about forty or fifty paces, and at this time the martial knights behind had also spread out from both sides of them.

The opposite childe began to turn to the formation in panic with the rebels, but the formation was loose, and some crossbow arrows and muskets were fired in this direction.

The prisoner stood on the far left of the first row, followed by several young flutes and drummers, and the crossbow bolts and muskets on the opposite side were fired at him in a disorderly manner, but they were too sparse, and he was lucky that not a single buckshot or feather arrow was missed.

Determining that the distance was sufficient, the prisoner shouted to stop, and the six hundred foot knights stopped in place, and then the soldiers of the second and fourth columns moved half of their bodies to the left, and the first two rows of foot knights all crouched down, so that the four rows could shoot together.

The sound of horses' hooves in the distance was already rapid, and the prisoner also shouted to shoot, and after the white smoke, the prisoner did not know whether his shot had hit the enemy.

Immediately, the soldiers in front all squatted, and the two rows in the back did not shoot again.

After the gunshot, the martial knights had already begun to attack, and the prisoners knew that they would start to accelerate now, just in time to ensure that the formation was tight when they attacked.

The white smoke obscured the view, and the soldiers in the formation began to reload quickly, normally they would not choose to reload a second time, and usually dismounted and fired a shot before getting on their horses and leaving.

But it's different from cooperating with the Martial Knights, if the Martial Knights are not successful, they need to line up to cover and then run.

When the smoke was finally blown away by the wind, the prisoner looked into the distance and found that the right flank of the rebels had collapsed, although it had not completely collapsed now, but it was no longer in formation, and it was a mess under the impact of those martial knights.

Seeing that the opposite side was about to collapse, the prisoner no longer obeyed those rules and regulations, and shouted: "Give up loading and get on the horse!" ”

At this time, the reloading was extremely slow, and when the soldiers heard the order, almost no one finished reloading, immediately stopped what they were doing, relined and retreated.

This is a march of forty or fifty paces, the right flank of the Gongzi Dynasty rebels on the opposite side has collapsed, a large number of routs have fled backwards, and the warrior knights of the wave of shock are following up and are forming a team, it seems that they will not pursue the rout army but are ready to continue to attack from the right side.

The captives mounted their horses, tied their muskets to hooks under their saddles, drew their iron swords, and charged towards the right rear of the rebels, where there were no more formed enemy troops, only a few fleeing and loose foot soldiers.

Even if these infantry knight companies led by Shu Prisoner Qi were not enough to charge into battle, it was completely possible to pursue these routs and make them unable to assemble.

"Each company hits, the small ones are let go, and the crowded places are scattered!"

Giving the order behind them, the four companies began to run briskly, compared to those specially trained warrior knights, it was difficult for them to do the assault after the dense formation: it is said that the best martial knight company in Sishang could do knee to knees, first strolling and running to maintain formation, until they were about 100 paces away, they would increase their horse speed to the maximum and then overwhelmingly hit down like a wave.

At this time, as soon as he ran a little, the formation of the company behind the prisoner was scattered, and he didn't care, knowing that what he needed to chase and kill the rout army at this time was fast, and the task was to copy it to the back so that they wouldn't have a chance to assemble again.

It would be best if they could drive these routs to the enemy's center.

The Zhao land under the autumn field is the most suitable for the running of horses, the dry and hard ground makes the horses run fast, and the prisoner turns the horse's head almost mechanically, wielding an iron sword to kill one after another fleeing soldiers with an angle and distance that is convenient for power, this mastery of distance and angle is honed by the battle in the border fort for a long time, and the habit has become natural.

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