Chapter Ninety-Seven: Blockade
Came to the big tent of the Chinese army with Amin, Chen Xin called his officers, and Amin left the aftermath, after all, a general soldier had just died here. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In order to save time, Chen Xin ran two steps to the stable, and on the way he roughly reported the current complicated situation.
Everyone ran into the stable with serious faces, but was stopped by a few goshkhas.
"My lord, here is a handsome horse, unless you have an order from the handsome, you can't take it away,"
Chen Xin knew that this was the duty of the other party, and if it was on weekdays, he would definitely explain it well, but now that the situation is urgent, he can't care about any politeness, so he pushed away Goshha, who came up to stop him, and said casually, "There is an important military situation, temporarily borrow a horse, and I will return it." ā
The other party wanted to block it, and the guards went up to pull the person away.
Seeing a few Goshha trying to break free from the guards, Chen Xin opened the fence and said, "I am a third-class lieutenant general, the future son-in-law of the marshal, you can rest assured, the marshal will not punish you." ā
The Goshkha looked at each other and stopped struggling.
Chen Xin and a few officers led the horses casually, and they didn't put the saddle anymore, it was too time-consuming, and it was just a hurry, and the distance was not far, with everyone's current riding skills, it was not a big problem without a saddle.
They rode on their bare horses and galloped to their barracks.
Without a saddle, everyone's speed could not reach the speed of the galloping horse in the past, but it was much faster than walking, and the tea kung fu was in place.
Before entering his camp, the guards around Chen Xin turned over and dismounted, and sounded the trumpet in the same place.
There was a long sound, and the emergency assembly horn sounded that had been rehearsed many times a long time ago.
In less than a quarter of an hour, all the soldiers of Chen Xin's battalion were fully assembled.
Chen Xin briefly gave a briefing on the battle situation, and the troops, led by their respective officers, marched quickly towards a bridge that the 500 cavalry had to cross.
"Cavalry company, reconnaissance platoon, you ride first, seize the bridge for me, nail it there firmly, no one is allowed to pass by, if there is any disobedience, there will be no forgiveness, remember?"
"Remember, no one is allowed to cross the bridge, otherwise there will be no mercy." The two leading officers repeated the order and rode away.
This time, Chen Xin was really anxious.
There is now an army of Amin and his subordinates who have expanded to 150 Niu Lu in the camp, although a lot of captives have been added and inlaid with white flags, resulting in a decline in combat effectiveness, but it has an absolute advantage in numbers, and Amin can still suppress this army.
However, this was based on the premise that the three deputy commanders could not enter the main camp.
If you can't stop these 500 cavalry and let them into the camp, then things will not be easy to say.
When the time comes, he will really become a fish on the board and be slaughtered by others.
Horses' hooves rumbled, and 130 rode in loose formation and galloped down the dirty road.
It's the turn of winter and spring, and the earth is beginning to thaw.
The horses' hooves kept splashing the muddy water, wetting the horses and knights together, and making them embarrassed.
But the warriors didn't care about the splashing muddy water, and they still hurried on their way.
Soon this group of cavalry rushed up a hillside, and then stopped their horses, and in the neighing echo of war horses, the first person came out of the crowd, it was the platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon, Lakshin, who pointed to a stone bridge below and said, "This is it, we reconnoitred during our previous training." ā
Another officer asked, "How are we going to defend it?" When the enemy was reported, it was said that the enemy was 500 cavalry, one man and three horses, which was not easy to deal with. ā
"I think we can set up an ambush on this side of the bridge and catch them off guard when they cross the bridge."
"Can a barrage of 100 bird guns stop the charge of 500 cavalry? The other party has one person and three horses, which is 1,500 war horses. ā
"I don't know, I've never been impacted by cavalry before, and I don't know the bottom of my heart."
"Whether we can block it or not, we must block it, this is a death order."
"I see, let's not play any tricks, our task is to prevent the enemy from crossing the bridge, but not to kill and wound many people, just ride on horses, and line up on this side of the bridge to meet the enemy, if we can frighten the enemy, wait until the arrival of the large army, then it is better."
"This method is good, as long as you leave enough distance for the charge to accelerate, you should be able to temporarily frighten the enemy, even if you can't be scared, it doesn't matter, the stone bridge is narrow, the enemy has just passed through the stone bridge, when the formation is not tight, you can shoot a round of guns, and then charge, in this kind of terrain, our defense side is very advantageous."
"Okay, the cavalry company has decided so, but the reconnaissance platoon should not charge with us, your cavalry and archery skills are so powerful, just cruise around, and be responsible for long-range support."
"I agree, just do it."
At this time, someone asked, "What if the enemy does not cross the stone bridge and crosses the river directly?" ā
"No, we investigated some time ago, the river in front of us is one of the tributaries of the Datong River, and now the river has begun to thaw, and the ice will break when people step on it, walking in such cold water, and when they get ashore, people will be wasted."
"Will the enemy take a detour? Will we chase after it then? ā
"As mentioned in the enemy briefing, the enemy we want to block, they are in a hurry, taking this bridge is the most time-saving way, and the nearest bridge from here is also a hundred miles away, and they have to go around in a big circle, so this will not happen."
While everyone was discussing, a ranger shouted, "The enemy is coming." ā
Everyone looked up, and sure enough, there was a faint black line in the distance swimming quickly towards this side, and the speed was definitely a horse team.
Everyone understands what it is time to know.
"Cavalry Company, follow me." The company commander shouted, and 100 knights galloped on horseback, and lined up together on the side of the bridge at 50 paces.
Seeing the enemy approaching rapidly, it was already clear from a distance that it seemed to be a military flag with red and white flags.
But the cavalry company was completely unmoved, and remained there definitely.
The commander-in-chief had given the order that no one should cross the bridge, so don't think of anyone passing, not even friendly troops.
It's just a pity that there is not enough time to prepare some fortifications.
It seemed that the horse team on the opposite side also saw the cavalry arrayed here, and the team slowly began to slow down, and the front rider came to the bridge and asked in a loud voice, "Where are you men and horses?" Why the roadblock? ā
The cavalry company commander replied casually, "We are under a white flag and are ordered to block this stone bridge." ā
Then he asked, "What part of you are?" ā
The other party's tone was very arrogant, "The owner of the white flag and the owner of the red flag are behind, quickly get out of the way, delay the big thing, I want you to look good." ā
The cavalry sneered and replied, "This place is blocked today, no one is allowed to cross the river, so those who know each other hurry up and change the road." ā
The opposing rider was furious, and he beat his horse and ran in this direction.
The commander of the cavalry company shouted, "Whoever dares to cross the river will be killed." ā
The 100 cavalry of the whole company immediately agreed, "Yes." ā
Several sharpshooters in charge of targeted elimination had already raised the few flintlock muskets in the company, and when the other party stepped onto the stone bridge, a soldier fired.
Gunshots rang out, people fell.
The remaining fighters, seeing that their target had been killed, smiled and lowered their smoothbore guns.
The company commander couldn't help but praise, "Well done." ā
Other fighters also discussed, "The new fire gun is really accurate, more than 50 steps, right in the chest, killing with one blow." ā
"It's just that the number is too small."