Chapter 275: Prisoner Firearms Battalion
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Under Li Mo's organization, the gunners trembled and pushed the heavy cannon to turn around, ready to load and fire. Hundreds of bird-bearers lined up on both sides of the cannon, clipped the arquebus, took out the powder bags, and prepared the charge.
The escort team was pouring out this time, and Xia Nan was also among them, and when he saw that the other party wanted to use the cannon to stop the pursuit, he waved his hand and said, "Go up the mountain cannon and kill their Hongyi cannon." ”
Just from the point of view of loading, it can be seen that the firearms of both sides are not of the same level, not only the muskets have not completed the preparation for firing, but the reloading speed of the guns is far behind. The guards pushed out several 8-pound mountain guns and quickly prepared for firing. After the fixed shells were put into the breech, the Hongyi cannons of the officers and soldiers were still weighing the gunpowder.
The distance between the two sides was only more than 500 meters, and the hit rate of the mountain artillery was very high. In the first round of shells, the shells fell around the Hongyi cannon, and several bird-gunners were smashed into a bloody blur. After calibration, the second round of shelling accurately hit the target, a gunner who was charging was smashed into the air, and the hot shell fell into the basket containing the gunpowder projectile, causing an explosion, and with a loud "boom", a huge wave of air lifted the heavy cannon and smashed heavily on the rest of the gunners, turning into meat puree.
At this time, the gunners blew up the nest, crying dad and calling his mother to run around, and Li Mo waved his knife to chop everywhere to no avail.
The Hongyi cannon was dealt with, and the convoy moved on. At a distance of 300 meters, the officers and soldiers could not help but light the fire rope and opened fire one after another, but the lead shot did not hit any target.
Advancing to within a hundred meters, the guards stopped, and under the command of the password, the first two platoons pulled the trigger on the bird gunner, who was scrambling to charge the medicine.
Crackling gunshots rang out, and the bird-bearers fell in a dense barrage. The bird, who was lucky not to be shot, dropped the bird's gun in a panic, turned around and ran.
After two volleys, the convoy ran neatly with their rifles in hand, their bayonets reflecting a breathtaking glow in the morning sun.
Although the number of firearms battalions was no less than that of the escort team, but without the Hongyi cannons, it was almost the same as the lamb to be slaughtered.
The convoy swept into the flock like a flock, chasing the fleeing firearms battalion soldiers. Xia Nan shouted: "Drop your weapon, kneel down with your head in your hands, and you will be spared death!" ”
Some of the slower soldiers saw that they could not escape death, and when they heard this, they seemed to grasp the straw that saved their lives, and threw away their bird guns or waist knives and knelt down with their heads in their hands. The chasing guards bypassed them and really didn't stab them.
Some of those who ran in front saw that they could save their lives by giving up resistance, so they did not run, and threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground. For a while, there were Ming soldiers squatting and holding their heads everywhere.
How did the few who continued to flee run past the guards who had been training all day, and they didn't need to fight on weekdays, they just charged and ignited. After not running for a while, they were caught up one after another, and all those who tried to resist in vain were stabbed to death with bayonets, and the rest of the people were so frightened that they shouted: "Descend, don't kill me......" fell to the ground with a thud.
Summer Nan glanced around, and her heart was overjoyed. This is a living capture of a complete Ming army firearms battalion! With a little training, you can become a gunner in the convoy and make up for the huge gap - with more and more mass production of 10-kilogram field guns and 8-kilogram mountain guns, and the entry into service of naval naval guns, the demand for gunners is increasing, and it is naturally much easier for people with experience in operating artillery than farmers or Li people who have never touched a gun.
He sent a hundred men to escort the captives back, and led the rest of the team to continue the pursuit. Although there were about 700 prisoners in the firearms battalion, they did not dare to resist under the shock of bayonets and obediently followed.
After a rapid march, the convoy caught up with the troops of the town mark in the county town of Lingao, which had no city walls. Sun Changzuo knew that the friendly forces in front of him would not give him much oil and water left in Chengmai and other places, and tried to squeeze out the last bit of money and grain from Lingao, and was going door to door to persuade the people to "support the horse fodder money".
Seeing a big "He" on the banner of the Ming army, Wei Lianheng told Xia Nan that this army was likely to be the town mark of the chief soldier He Rubin, that is, the pro-soldier camp.
As soon as he heard that the commander of the encirclement and suppression of the official army was in front of him, Xia Nan's eyes lit up and he ordered: "Catch up!" After thinking about it, he added: "Drive them out of the county first, and then attack." "After all, Lingao is the place where he started, and he doesn't want to fight with the officials and soldiers here.
A personal soldier had already informed Sun Changzuo that the thief's team was chasing him. Sun Changzuo was bad when he heard it, Zhentai is still in the army, and he can't put Zhentai in danger because of the trivial matter of money and food, if he has any three strengths and two weaknesses, even if he returns to Guangdong, he will not be able to keep his head. Immediately ordered: "Hurry up and retreat, enter Chengmai County as quickly as possible!" ”
The soldiers asked, "What about the money and food collected from Lingao?" ”
"If something happens to Zhentai, we won't be able to protect our heads, so we don't care what these things outside our bodies do."
Bags of grain were discarded on the street, and the town standard camp fled from Lingao in disarray, and Xia Nan chased after him with his escorts.
After all, it is the personal soldier of the general army, and the combat effectiveness is not considered for the time being, but the physical strength to escape is first-class, but he did not let the escort team catch up, and he is not far from Chengmai County.
Xia Nan gasped and stopped: "Fuck fast, forget it, don't chase it, go home." ”
Huang Hansheng asked: "Don't chase it?" They hid in Chengmai County, did they fight? ”
"No fights. There must be more than this army in Chengmai County, if there are thousands of people, how can we gnaw on a few hundred people, and we will accept it when we see it. ”
Xia Nan's guess was right, except for the firearms battalion behind the palace, most of the main forces of the official army gathered in Chengmai County. After eating the defeat, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat when you go back, so you can simply eat enough in Chengmai and Qiongshan and other places and then go back to Guangdong to accept the guilt. With this in mind, the generals instructed their troops to start an open raid in Chengmai County. Chengmai County does not have a county order to fill the vacancy, and the guards in the face of the capital city are still powerless to stop it, let alone the battalion soldiers in the provincial capital?
Chengmai County fell into boundless darkness, the property of the large gentry was robbed, the wives and daughters of the ordinary people were bullied, the streets were full of the corpses of the people who resisted the killing of the officials and soldiers, and the streets and alleys were full of fire and smoke. If He Rubin was sober, he might have restrained one or two and maintained the dignity of the officers and soldiers, but he was still unconscious, and the officers and soldiers of the battalions were completely unrestrained, turning Chengmai into a hell on earth. Poor Chengmai people, not long ago were destroyed by the guards of Fucheng, and now they have been abused by the army from Guangdong, and they are miserable. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.