Chapter 1174: A Tedious Battle
Dock. ∮,
"Jiannu, Jiannu, is going down the mountain road!"
A soldier of the 6th squad shouted a loud voice.
At this time, the 6 fighters were disarming the captives of the Guanning Army who had surrendered and were guarding the docks. Hundreds of enemies had no way to escape, and they were so frightened by the artillery bombardment that they all threw away their weapons and sat on the ground, with their hands behind their backs, and let the Ningxiang army string them together with ropes.
Wang Duo, a scholar of the Cabinet University, was in a high degree of excitement, he didn't care about his good age and fatigue, he walked through the captives with great interest, and from time to time he scolded the Guan Ning army for surrendering, anyway, it was nothing more than that: "You are a good descendant of Yan and Huang, and you are deeply favored by the country, how can you not let your ancestors become Yidi beasts." Even if you die in the future, how will you face your ancestors? ”
He could have said that he quoted scriptures and classics, interspersed with discussions, or elegant or vulgar, and scolded everyone so much that they couldn't raise their heads. Everyone is angry, only to feel like a magic sound through the brain, if it weren't for the hands tied, I'm afraid that everyone would reach out to block their ears and eyes.
Luo Quanyou watched it funny from the side, because the 6 fighters and the follow-up weapons and equipment were still being transported to the shore, and they couldn't arrive for a while. He was really worried that these captives would suddenly riot, and now when he saw them being scolded by Wang Duo one by one, he suddenly felt happy in his heart: this old king is really powerful, and this nagging instantly disintegrated the morale of the captives.
Hearing someone shouting that Jiannu was coming, Wang Duo was startled, stopped preaching, and hurriedly asked, "How many people are here?" There was a hint of tremor in his voice, as usual.
"It's dark, I can't see clearly, I can only take a rough look, and it's estimated that it's not more than a hundred."
Luo Quanyou glanced up at the mountain, which was already like a furnace, and sneered: "Jiannu is in a hurry, and wants to go down the mountain to escape, the ants on the hot pot are about that!" ”
He yelled: "Take the captives down, form a formation, and block the crossing!" ”
The voice did not fall. He had already run up first, rushing straight to the intersection. The 6th team, which had already boarded the 6th, also followed and spread out at the intersection. One shield after another was joined together to form a low wall, and behind the shields, was a row of spearmen. Behind, the musketeers began to line up.
The fire on the dock is still burning. By the light of the fire, the armor and blades of the soldiers could be seen. Brightly bright.
The air swirled hotly, and there were sparks flying wildly in the air.
was roasted by the firelight, Wang Duo's body was very comfortable, and he didn't tremble.
He curiously leaned over to Luo Quanyou's side and looked ahead. There is only a small mountain road in front of you, and there is long grass on both sides. But the gravel road in the middle was miserably white in light and shadow, and it was the darkest time of the day, and the distance was shrouded in gray night, and nothing could be seen.
Wang Duo muttered, "I didn't see Jiannu." Is there a mistake. ”
Glancing back at Wang Duo, Luo Quanyou: "The elder of the pavilion is the first soldier, and the last general admires it!" There is no need to rush, the enemy will arrive right away. He sniffled, "I can already smell the smell of the Tartars." ”
Wang Duo subconsciously moved his nose, but in addition to the smell of gunsmoke, there was still the smell of gunsmoke in the air.
As he was talking, suddenly, a group of enemies suddenly rushed out of the black in the distance. Rushing down the hill with a 100-meter sprint.
All the enemies screamed and the weapons in their hands were also varied, they were condescending, and they came so fast that in the blink of an eye, they rushed to a place fifty meters away from the 6th Naval Squadron.
At this time, Wang Duo could already hear the sound of the enemy's boots stepping on the rubble on the ground.
In front of him was the enemy's red, crazy eyes. Wang Ge Lao's heart suddenly rose to his throat.
"Spear flat!"
At the sound of an order, the spears behind the shield were flattened so as not to block the angle of the musket.
Luo Quanyou ordered in a loud voice: "Musketeer, shoot!" ”
Behind the shield there were about a thousand musketeers, and more than four hundred muskets were fired at the same time in a firing group of four people.
The terrain was so narrow that four hundred buckshot bullets were fired at the same time at the road down the mountain. It's so dense.
In the blink of an eye, the crowd of people who pounced down seemed to have been smashed with a heavy hammer, and paused. Then, there was a heart-rending scream. It was visible to the naked eye that in just one round of shooting, twenty enemy soldiers fell to the ground. The person who was shot in the vital part died instantly. Those who were lucky enough not to die fell to the ground and screamed loudly.
Human blood flowed down the ramp of the mountain road, and the air was filled with the smell of human blood.
Then came a second salvo, two rounds of fire barely spaced apart, and another piece of the enemy fell.
After shooting, the shooter handed the musket to his comrades in the back, and then took a musket that had been loaded with medicine, and raised his hand to shoot.
Old man Wang's eyes were sharp, and when he fired the second shot from the musketeer, the degree of Jiannu's charge had slowed down significantly.
In the third round, they shouted at the same time, turned and fled desperately, and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.
Luo Quanyou also carried a musket in his hand, he took out a paper roll from his waist bag, bit it, poured a little into the primer pool, closed the bolt, stuffed the paper roll into the barrel again, picked it up and stabbed it uncontrollably, and said with a smile: "Look at the number of enemies, at most a hundred, three rounds of musket salvo, at least forty enemy soldiers." With a reduction of fifty percent, no army in the world can withstand such casualties. ”
The ground in front was already piled with the corpses of the enemy and the wounded, and the screams were all over the ears.
While Luo Quanyou was talking, an enemy soldier suddenly jumped out of the pile of corpses and fled towards the mountain.
The fourth round of musket fire began again, and almost instantly, more than a hundred buckshot bullets hit his body.
Wang Duo had never seen such a spectacle, and the blood of the enemy was marked from his body at the same time, making him look as if he was bathed in a red glow.
The enemy staggered a few steps, slammed into the grass by the side of the road, and was no longer visible.
"Just one enemy...... Waste of ammo! Luo Quanyou scolded his mother in a low voice.
The ranks rang out with the sound of reloading, ready for the next wave of the enemy's onslaught.
No one spoke, everyone was calm, as if this was just an ordinary military exercise, and they could do whatever they wanted on a normal day.
Seeing the calm expressionless faces, Wang Duo's heart fell when he mentioned his throat. At this time, after being roasted by the fire for a long time, he finally felt the heat. The clothes that were wet by the river began to bubble white.
Luo Quanyou listened attentively: "The enemy will come again soon, and everyone is stable." ”
As soon as the words fell, there were chaotic footsteps in front of me, and I couldn't count how many people there were. Two hundred and three hundred? Maybe more.
The crowd crowded forward and back, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed within the range of the musket, and were stopped by the corpses on the ground, and slowed down.
"Fire!"
"Bang!"
A volley lit up, and this time, white smoke from the salvo of muskets filled the air. There was chaos in front of me.
Wang Duo was taken aback and felt bad.
Unfortunately, the white smoke in front of him had no effect on the musketeers. They kept firing, weaving a dense web of fire in front of the formation. Any enemy who tries to rush up will be brought to the ground without exception.
As long as you shoot fast enough, even if you are blindfolded, you can get a hearty victory.
Lao Wang looked down at the spearmen in front of him again, they held the barrel of the gun tightly, the muscles of the whole body were tense like springs, and they just waited for Luo Quan to give an order, and they jumped out. Harvest the lives of your enemies.
However, the battle had nothing to do with the spearmen.
Without waiting for the sword-and-shield men and spearmen to strike, the enemy very simply threw away dozens of corpses, turned around and fled back to the mountains. One of the rebels was probably panicked, ran away, fell straight down the road, and made a sound along the steep hillside. I don't know where it went. As for whether it is dead or alive, no one cares.
The road was almost clogged with corpses and wounded soldiers, and the blood flowed faster and faster, and it was no longer up to the upper of the shoes of the 6 fighters. As soon as a person's foot stepped on it, it clicked.
"This is Guan Ningjun. doesn't even have the courage to brave the opponent's artillery fire and bullets, and is also worthy of being called the Guanning Iron Cavalry? Luo Quanyou laughed disdainfully.
"I have heard for a long time that the Guanning Iron Cavalry is the strongest army on the nine sides, why is it so unbearable?" Wang Duo was also surprised: "Could it be a mistake?" ”
Luo Quanyou: "Ge Lao, I am also from the border army, I know best what kind of virtue Master Guan Ning is, I can't be wrong, it's them." Hey. What kind of iron cavalry, as soon as the enemy arrives, the iron cavalry that retreats to the city and dies can have any combat effectiveness. ”
He yawned, "When our army grabbed the beach 6 before, it was a little interesting, but now...... It seems that this battle is like this, a boring battle! ”
As he spoke, hundreds of warships and more than 200 long-range naval guns on the river were still bombarding. Looking at the posture, Commander Fang planned to shoot all the shells on the ship, so he could return to Nantong in triumph with light equipment.
Behind them, the 6th team was still boarding the 6th, and there were already more than 2,000 foot soldiers on the dock. With so many men and horses, and holding the intersection again, Azig was completely unable to fly.
Two speedboats rushed straight onto the beach, and the soldiers on board jumped into the water, shouting trumpets, and pushed the four-pounder bronze cannon up the gangplank.
This four-pounder cannon weighed about 600 pounds, and as soon as it came ashore and moved, the ground roared, like two panting monsters.
Luo Quanyou was overjoyed: "The cannon is coming, this battle is easier...... Damn, the gunners on the warship are too bastards, and they directly took the Jiannu artillery on the dock and didn't leave me a door. ”
Wang Duo: "General Luo, when will Jiannu's next attack be?" ”
Luo Quanyou: "The ghost knows, but it will definitely come." By the way, if the elder is fine, he might as well go down and rest for a while and count the results of the battle. Lao Wang's performance just now was okay, and he dared to stand in the team, which made Luo Quanyou's disdain for him reduce a lot. Anyway, people are also prime ministers, if there is a three-long mess, it will be difficult for the Hou Ye to explain.
Wang Duo: "It's okay, the old man will go and have a look." ”
Just as he was about to retreat, he saw a soldier running over in a hurry: "General Luo, General Luo, great merit, guess who the enemy general who committed suicide just now is?" ”
"Who?"
"Shang Kexi, I already interrogated the captives just now, and I can't be wrong."
"Ahh Luo Quanyou and Wang Duo couldn't help but scream.
"Good, good, good." Wang Duo danced with his hands: "The old man will go and verify." ”