Chapter 32: The stunned Liu Zongmin
"Get on the sword and shield hand!" When the crossbowman appeared, Hu Dawei immediately reacted: "Back row soldiers, quickly distribute iron helmets!" ”
Fierce as a tiger and Liu Sheng's face sank like water, but they reacted very quickly: "The arrays of all departments are scattered!" ”
In the face of dense far superior firepower, everyone understands the dangers of gathering in one heap. In the past, they used the long-range firepower of the firebolt to kill their opponents, but getting closer to using a hard crossbow also made the enemy extra tricky.
In the back row, two rows of sword and shield hands reacted quickly, striding forward with huge wooden shields large enough to cover two people.
The huge shield was carried forward by the shield bearers through the scattered battle array, dragged to the ground, and landed in front of the official army, preemptively laying down before the rain of crossbow arrows and arrows arrived. When the huge shield was lowered, the crossbow bolts that arrived almost at the same time arrived quickly, and the tense and exciting scene was as magnificent as an epic.
The rain of arrows that came here was like an imminent storm, and the air was filled with the gloom of clouds.
After the powerful crossbow bolts were fired, the dull sound of dong dong rang out, accompanied by the sound of ding dong dong from time to time. The latter is the sound of an arrow hitting a helmet while wearing it.
But there were quite a few of them, but it was the kind of fluttering sound that made the hearts of the soldiers of the Guards Regiments angry and the battle boiled.
This is the sound of an arrow piercing through a military uniform and ingesting flesh.
Fortunately, in addition to the daily cotton military uniforms, most of the soldiers wore layers of silk lining with several layers of silk lining inside. This is an ancient and effective effect used to prevent long-range killing, and it was initially only applied to high-ranking generals, but the local tyrant Zhu Cihong had the financial resources to distribute it to every official soldier of the Guards Legion.
A rain of arrows fell, and when the second rain of arrows was still humming and humming the crossbowmen kicked their feet hard to open their bows and reload their crossbow arrows, an angry roar rang out in the ranks of the officers and soldiers.
"Line up, forward! Liu Sheng's eyes seemed to be able to breathe fire.
As fierce as a tiger, the sword in his hand slashed: "Fire!" ”
The soldiers responded to the call.
Looking down from the sky, the battle formations of the officers and soldiers suddenly erupted into orange-red points of light, and the barrels of the guns spewed flames, allowing the hot and expanded gas to push the vengeful lead pellets to draw a strong air flow, hitting the Shunjun rattan card hard.
In an instant, puffs of gunpowder smoke filled the air, rose up, and shrouded the mid-air of the official and military battle arrays.
The officers and soldiers did not hesitate for a moment, and continued to attack after the blow was completed.
Through the smoke, you can see that after the Shun army was concentrated by this round of shooting, some rattan cards were unharmed, but the first few layers were destroyed, and the back was still unhindered. There were also rattan cards unscathed, which were not hit.
But more rattan signs were smashed and shattered, blown apart and shattered into countless pieces. After piercing the rattan card, the lead pellet pierces the wind == skin and knocks down a rattan player. The lead pellets fired immediately after it were unhindered, cutting through the clothes and skin of the crossbowmen, and then burrowing into the flesh, splashing gossip. The crossbowmen behind him fell, and the battle formation of the Shun army suddenly became chaotic.
"Don't retreat, don't kill those who retreat! After this battle, everyone will be rewarded with silver, and the whole army will be rewarded. Not less than five taels of silver! The officers of the Shun army rushed forward with their swords in their hands, and with a roar, the carrots and sticks were coerced and lured, and the crossbowmen re-arrayed.
"Rattan players, make up for it! Those who do not listen to military orders will be killed! Those who defend this battle will be rewarded with five taels of silver! One rattan player after another continued to be in front of him.
At this moment, another platoon of officers and soldiers pounced, and the muzzles of the guns were aligned.
"Shoot!"
Bang bang bang......
The right battalion and the officers and troops are in full combat, you come and go, and they bite each other fiercely. It's just that Shunjun's bite is more like a cheetah pounces on a male lion.
Cheetahs are obviously faster, but in nature, heavyweight is at the heart of power. A male cheetah weighs only about 50 kilograms, but a male usually weighs about 200 kilograms.
The swift culling took a bite from the male division, but the male division who counterattacked quickly would come over and slap it with a palm, but it could make a cheetah's head rise to gold stars, and it couldn't slow down for a long time.
Liu Xiyao had this feeling in his heart, looking at the officers and soldiers with strong firepower and fast rate of fire, he only felt a pain in the egg: "Why is the speed of the officers and soldiers shooting so fast?" The firing speed of the artillery is the firing speed of our guns, and the speed of the guns of the officers and soldiers is faster than the rate of fire of the longbowmen of the front battalion! ”
The front camp he said was the front camp of Xie Junyou's department.
Many of the men and horses in the front battalion were veterans of the border army, and after the completion of the formation training in Xi'an and the conquest of Taiyuan to adjust the regulations of the five battalions again, there were many longbowmen under Liu Rukui of the left battalion.
And this is obviously another cheetah that Liu Xiyao hopes for.
The front is still the rattan player of the Shun army, and compared to the crossbowman under Liu Xiyao, Liu Rukui's confidence is more sufficient. Under his command are longbowmen.
More than 1,000 archers, carrying longbows and quivers, approached quickly under the cover of rattan players and shot quickly. This time, the arrows were no longer straight shots, but round after round of projectiles. More skilled archers have a longer range and a faster rate of fire than crossbowmen!
They stood a hundred paces away, bows ready to shoot under the heavy protection of the rattan players.
That's right, they didn't think that the soldiers and horses on the left and right flanks alone could be defeated smoothly. Accompanying Liu Xiyao is Xie Junyou from the front camp!
Xie Junyou, who was a little slower, saw that the archers were on standby, and laughed loudly: "Good show, it's just begun!" ”
Buzz Buzz......
Countless arrows flew onto the longbow and shot away, rising into the sky over a distance of dozens of paces. Thousands of feather arrows rose densely like a dark cloud, enveloping the earth, and a shadow shrouded the battle formation of the officers and soldiers.
Facing the left battalion of the Shun army was as fierce as a tiger on the right flank of the official army.
This man of Lao Tzu's border army was very fierce, and when he saw that the distance between the left camp of the Shun army was long, he immediately shouted angrily: "All of them, rush up with Lao Tzu and get close to them!" If you can't catch up, you will get on the bayonet! ”
The right flank was as fierce as a tiger, and the style of the 7th Infantry Battalion was as fierce as a tiger in the name of their captain and commander-in-chief. They rushed forward, staring at the rain of arrows and rushing in unison, the distance was constantly being narrowed, and many anxious officers and soldiers had already begun to check the bayonets on the Zhongxing rifles.
At this time, the Shun soldiers found out that the officers and soldiers were also equipped with cold weapons!
Looking at the flickering bayonets, the longbowmen panicked. The archers panicked, and the battle formation was a little chaotic. Even the rattan players in the front row were trembling under the advance of the officers and troops.
Under the coercion and temptation of Tian Hu's efforts and the law enforcement team, the Shun troops finally relined after retreating more than 20 steps.
But at this moment, the official army had already approached a place that was only more than forty steps away from the Shun army.
Fierce as a tiger drew out the melee sword and shield men, and gave the order for the musketeers to shoot: "Fire!" ”
Bang bang bang......
After a burst of heavy shooting, the smoke filled the air, rising up and obscuring everyone's view. At this time, the Shun army finally hurriedly launched another volley. A rain of arrows rose and rushed towards the officers and soldiers.
But at this moment, a group of people stood out in the smoke above the battle array of the officers and soldiers.
These people were none other than the seventh battalion of the Tiger Division, which had finished lining up and rushed in unison. On the front, it is a foot soldier who rushes out of the smoke and shoots at a distance. But to the north, it was Liu Rukui who was as fierce as a tiger in shock.
After the rain of arrows rose, the fierce tiger put on his full body armor, and behind him were two hundred elite foot soldiers of the Guards Legion.
"Blow the trumpet!" Fierce as a tiger roaring.
Di Di Di ......
The rapid and loud charge horn sounded, and the fierce tiger took the elite of the seventh battalion behind him to pick up the earth-shattering thunder, strode forward, crossed the rattan players in the front row, and threw them into the archer formation of the Shun army.
Boom Boom Boom ......
A series of violent explosions rang out, Xie Junyou's eyes were about to split, and the large array of archers of the Shun army suddenly collapsed.
He rushed forward with a roar and slashed the fleeing archers.
Under the high pressure, the military law suppressed the archers, but looking at the fierce tiger who was already not far away and could see his face clearly with the naked eye, Xie Junyou turned around and roared angrily: "Liu Zongmin, if you pick up the cheap again, Lao Tzu will run away!" ”
"Zhongying pro-army, follow me!" In front of Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin finally took the Zhongying pro-army who had been pressing the pace on the field.
This is the real main force of the Shun army!
Among the five battalions of the Shun army, Li Guobu is not in this post-war battalion for the time being. Those who fought here were more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Dashun Imperial Forest Army under Li Yan's department. The rest of the left battalion Xie Junyou is 12,000, the right battalion is 18,000 Liu Xiyao, and the front battalion is more than 10,000 people. Here, there are more than 50,000 soldiers and horses. Counting the thousands of guards and civil and military officials who did not directly enter the battle and directly belonged to Li Zicheng, this is more than 60,000 people.
For the rest, there are more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in the middle camp.
This is not only Li Zicheng's main force, but also the reason why Liu Zongmin is one of the only two generals in Dashun.
If it is said that the first regiment of the Tiger Dawei Division that has joined the battlefield now is a male division and a fierce tiger, and the left and right battalions that are fighting against him are just two cheetahs with different fat and thin colors.
Then, the 30,000 Zhongying pro-army under Liu Zongmin is a group of hungry wolves.
Two cheetahs alone fight with the male division, and the winner must be the male division, even a wolf will not help. But what about when the number of wolves becomes two, three, or even more?
The answer seems to be self-evident.
The pro-troops of the middle battalion came up. They were unscathed, full of physical strength, and the number of 30,000 combat strength was not far from the soldiers and horses of the left and right battalions that had been put into battle before.
Liu Zongmin proudly rode on a pure black high-headed horse, he looked at the generals under his command, and said loudly: "In this battle, it is up to my Zhongying pro-army to kill them!" ”
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
……
Countless roars rang out, and the pro-army of the middle battalion joined the battlefield. Suddenly, the officers and soldiers gathered their troops and horses, and leaned close to each other.
The power of the Wild Goose Formation is that it will use the superior soldiers and horses to break through individually, so as to overwhelm the minority with the majority and completely defeat the enemy's battle formation.
"That Tiger Dawei is not slow." Liu Zongmin chuckled and said, "But it's too late!" Where is Nai? ”
"The last general!" Zhang Naigao was promoted to receive the order.
"You command your troops and horses, and step forward to cut off the officers and troops on the left who are fighting with Xie Junyou, the former battalion of our army. Rescued Xie Junyou and outflanked the fierce tiger! Zhang Nai happily went down.
Not long after, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under Zhang Nai's department rushed forward, and they had already engaged the Shun army at close range, and the officers and soldiers were almost pressing Xie Junyou at this moment. If it weren't for the middle battalion, the front battalion would have collapsed long ago.
Xie Junyou was moved. Fierce as a tiger, but smelling danger.
Sure enough, after Zhang Nai's outflanking, Hu Dawei's order to retreat also rushed over. But the reaction on the battlefield was almost one game behind, and Hu Dawei had just retreated for a while when he found that Xie Junyou had killed him with red eyes.
"Entangled!" In the town of Delu, Xu Yanqi slapped the city wall suddenly: "Fierce enough, but it can't stand the treachery of the Shun army!" It's a pity...... It's a pity that our army ...... Xia Chen, how much ammunition does our army still have? ”
Xia Chen smiled bitterly: "There are less than five rounds per capita." With such firepower, even Liu Rukui of the left battalion may not be able to break through the past......"
Xu Yanqi was silent, he stared at the battle situation, and his heart was heavy: "Liu Zongmin is a treacherous person, he is going to lead the remaining main force to encircle the right battalion with more troops and horses, Liu Xiyao's troops to attack Liu Sheng's tiger camp." ”
"After all, it's the Tiger Camp...... Not really......" Xia Chen thought to himself.
The Tiger Camp is as famous as the Flying Bear Camp.
"A good tiger can't stand a pack of wolves." It was Li Zicheng who spoke, and he smiled and pointed to the middle and right camps that were heavily surrounded on the battlefield and said: "A total of 50,000 soldiers and horses, surrounded by regiments, and surrounded by ten." With such superior troops, there is also long-range combat power. Are you still afraid of that tiger might, what tiger camp can jump out of the palm of your hand? ”
Behind him, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Yiying Shunjun's civil and military forces all said one after another: "The saint Tao Wuluo, what he said is very true. Weichen, congratulations to the Holy God in advance! ”
"Hahaha...... No hurry, no hurry. Look, Liu Zongmin is going to kill him. That's 3,000 fine riders! Li Zicheng's eyes were blazing.
Elite cavalry, this is something that is very scarce in several other battalions.
But the middle camp pro-army was able to get 3,000 elite cavalry.
These 3,000 people gathered and lined up under the command of Liu Zongmin. On the small battlefield, a path was set aside to prepare for the charge.
"Hmph, what Guards Legion, hasn't it been kneaded by my Dashun army?" Liu Zongmin snorted coldly and said with a smile: "I don't need that Li Yan at all!" ”
As he spoke, Liu Zongmin turned over and got on his horse, and behind him, three thousand cavalrymen slowly accelerated with small steps.
"Separate!" Hu Dawei's expression was calm: "Our friendly army is also here!" ”
"Brothers of the 1st Regiment, the robes of the cavalry battalion are here to help you!" Liu Zhen laughed loudly, holding a dry glaive knife, and behind him, the cavalry battalion directly under the 3,000 Guards Regiment slowly accelerated, rushed through the military formation of the first regiment, and entered the battlefield.
The smile on Liu Zongmin's face froze. (To be continued.) )