As the noise calmed down, the smell of blood began to be confused in the air, mixing with the bursts of rancid smell of dead leaves and rotting branches in the forest into people's nostrils, with the smell of gunsmoke, just like just entering an old house, the nostrils began to move, violently opened a few times, and exhaled a lot of such smells before they got used to it, at this time in fact, not many people paid attention to these smells.

With the rapid sound of drums, a group of about 1,000 people dressed in messy clothes, but it will definitely not be the kind of poor indigenous strong men who didn't even have clothes before, this team of people lined up in the open area of the forest, wearing leather armor, iron armor, wrapped in fur, and the top of their heads was all on top of a hat made of tree branches, the hat was black, and the atmosphere of the thousand people wearing the hat was very depressing, and it also seemed that the team of people on the opposite side was very coercive, domineering, plus a neat queue, silent, and it showed that this team of people was the enemy's elite troops.

This team of people held bamboo guns in the front row, wooden shields covered with fur in the back row, and held slender handguard swords with wide guards, and then the back row held Ming army-style firearms, but it was relatively rough, depending on the situation, it was built by itself, perhaps because the blacksmith was not very careful to build, or the craftsmanship was not good, many places seemed rough, and some places were even tied with straw ropes and iron hoops.

Seeing such a situation, the hearts of the generals of the Ming army were cold, and it seemed that they would be unable to escape death today.

There are all indigenous people around, the terrain in the forest is not familiar, and the baggage team has only walked this road once, and they are not familiar with the terrain and environment around the road, even if they escape, they don't know where to flee, after all, this is an enemy country.

More than a dozen guards beside the generals were already pale, quietly communicating with each other with their eyes, and one of them leaned towards the general of the Ming army, "Young master, your subordinates protect you to stand out, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, we can't throw our lives here, go back to the camp first, gather troops and then come to fight this group of enemy troops." ”

The generals of the Ming army shook their heads, this is not a question of whether to flee or not, but there is no chance, there are three or four thousand indigenous strong men who retreat from the enemy, maybe the frontal hard shock is not the opponent of the Ming army, once the Ming army scatters and escapes, these people who are familiar with the terrain can play their ********, and then it will change from an advantage to a disadvantage.

Hold on, only hold on, this is a day away from the next barracks, if you can't see them transport baggage after a day, you will definitely send a scout horse to investigate, and then you will send reinforcements, but I don't know when the reinforcements will arrive.

According to the explanation, the army has already killed all the natives in the vicinity, and there will not be so many people coming, but there are 10,000 enemies in front of them, where did this come from?

It seems that the enemy already knew that the Ming army could not defeat the Ming army, and began to secretly deal with the Ming army.

"Come, unload the carts, distribute the weapons and armor, and arrows, and carry the cannons out." The generals of the Ming army gritted their teeth and had to use the weapons and equipment transported this time.

The remaining more than 50 people who did not die got up one after another under the guidance of the soldiers, and unloaded the weapons and armor on the mule-drawn cart, and then each of them received a weapon, including a spear, a broadsword, a shield, and a bow and arrow, and in a blink of an eye, the hands of the people also changed from some miscellaneous weapons to sophisticated weapons and armor made in the Huaxia Army workshop.

The wounded who had more than 100 minor injuries were dragged to the side of the cart, the lost weapons were piled aside, and the remaining people began to change into new standard weapons and equipment, armed and defended the way.

The generals of the Ming army divided the people, archers, some cavalry, and the lightly wounded into several squads, arranged into a team, and guarded them in the back, and assigned some wounded soldiers plus some uninjured soldiers and several family members together to form a team and put them in the back, relying on ancient trees and dense bushes to defend the rear.

He took his family and some cavalry to defend the way.

All the remaining soldiers were organized, changed into spears, shields, guns, and cannons, and faced the enemy's more than 1,000 newborn elite troops.

Everyone besieges the city in an irregular defensive circle, ready to defend against enemy attacks.

In the country, like the Burmese battle formation, this kind of equipment can only be regarded as the level of the village bravery, the Ming army of two or three hundred people can barely cope with them can beat them to the ground, but now after a long battle, everyone is very tired, the enemy's strength is several times their own, the Ming army lost more than half of the troops, only more than 400 people and more than half of them were wounded, among which there are some people who have not fought in the war, and the cavalry is not suitable for the battle, the gap is big.

The silent people are the most frightening, the silent soldiers must be the elite, the enemy's troops, without saying a word, silently marched towards the Ming army, but a distance of 100 meters and a few steps to the front.

If it is in the wilderness, the distance between the two armies is about three or four miles, close to each other, temptation, artillery attack, scout harassment, bow and arrow shooting, and a series of preparations, the two sides can get so close, but in the dense forest, as soon as everyone appears, 100 meters is already the limit distance, and no matter how far away because of the obstruction of trees, no one can see whom, the previous battle distance between the two sides is about 30 meters away, there is no slipping, no laziness, both sides are really desperate.

Walk to a distance of thirty meters, the enemy squatted down, the arquebusiers ran to the front, and then fired, the Ming army was actually ready for a long time, but did not rush to fire, just waiting for the enemy to fire, these Ming troops in the Ming Dynasty have fought with the Huaxia army, knowing that the other party's arquebuses are not used, and the distance of thirty meters can not hurt many people, and depending on the situation, the opponent's gun must be filled with iron sand, it is impossible to load lead bullets, let the other party fire first, and wait for the other party to finish firing, this gun will be invalid, and the rest is short-handed.

Sure enough, after a loud bang, the Ming army staggered down seven or eight people here, and injured more than a dozen people, but none of them were fatal, and the other party ran to the back in a panic after a round.

At this time, the muskets of the Ming army fired.

They are holding Jingai-1 arquebuses that have been modified by the Huaxia Army before, and they are much more powerful than their opponents.

There was a crackling shot, and the pikemen in the front row of the opponent's team fell seventy or eighty people in a row, and the team was in a panic, at this time, the archers in the Ming army team threw bows and arrows together behind them, and the opponent panicked again, and the pikemen fell thirty or forty people, and the sword and shield soldiers fell five or six people.

The opponent roared angrily and rushed over together, at this time the Ming army team dispersed, rushing out a group of javelin pitchers, like leeches dense javelin pitchers let the opponent fall again seventy or eighty people, but the opponent was determined, still charged, seeing that many people had rushed to a distance of ten meters.

The Ming army launched more than a dozen tiger squat cannons and three-pounder cannons, and after more than a dozen loud noises, the guns loaded with scattered shells caused the opponents to rush to the ground one after another.

A large piece was poured, and the front of the team was empty.

The enemy was stunned, and at this time the musketeers released another wave of muskets, and the enemy's strength was suddenly reduced by half, and even the warriors who were lucky enough not to be hit by the artillery fell to the ground, and one or two lucky ones rushed to the front and were slashed to death by the swords and shields who rushed up.

As the sun set, the forest became quiet and gloomy, the wounded soldiers no longer screamed, because they were all dead, the lightly wounded people gritted their teeth, endured the cold and dampness, silently packed up their things, buried the corpses, threw the tattered weapons and equipment on the cart, slaughtered the dead war horses and pack horses, roasted a barbecue of meat, ate them with some salt grains, and filled their stomachs, and the only remaining more than 400 people silently re-embarked on the road and headed for their destination.

Tens of thousands of Burmese retreated, leaving behind nearly 2,000 corpses, and the seriously wounded were thrown along the way, and the lightly wounded did not flee far before they fell in the forest.

The battle ended like this, and the Ming army escaped a catastrophe, but what about the next time?

(End of chapter)