Chapter 541: The Price of Arrogance (5)
The snowflakes fell on the body, turned into droplets, and drilled into the body along the cotton armor, and the cold invaded, making people's bodies tremble, but Hong Xintao on horseback was motionless, letting the snowflakes sweep wildly, as the commander of the Shenji Battalion, as the commander of the most important offensive task, he needed to set an example and let all the soldiers watch, which could not only stabilize the morale of the army, but also allow all the soldiers to overcome the cold climate.
The soldiers of the Nine Thousand Shenji Battalion, divided into three squares, stood straight, and they were also motionless, letting the snowflakes fall on their bodies, no one brushed the snowflakes off their bodies, and the eyes of all the soldiers were resolute.
"Houjin Tartar is coming soon, listen to my order, the square team runs from left to right, and must warm up the body, especially the arms and fingers, to ensure that every bullet fired at Houjin Tartar is accurate."
Uniform footsteps began to appear.
At this moment, the atmosphere began to become solemn, which was solemn before the Great War.
In the military tent, Zheng Xunrui stood motionless outside the tent, also letting the snowflakes fall on his body, the robe he was wearing outside was already wet, and his heart began to become calm, the big war is coming, as the boss, he must be calm, calmly deal with all kinds of emergencies, and ensure that the Zheng family army wins a complete victory.
Hong Xinyu stood two meters away from Zheng Xunrui, his eyes looked a little scattered, but the essence that was occasionally revealed could see through everything around him, and more than 100 pro-soldiers stood in four directions, southeast, northwest, and northwest, seemingly without any formation, but in fact, it blocked the possible danger in any direction.
After Zheng Jiajun entered Beizhili, he also encountered a small group of bandits, but these bandits were vulnerable, and when the scouts were investigating, they eliminated a lot of bandits by the way, cut off their nests, and sometimes did not even report to Zheng Xunrui, but Hong Xinyu knew these situations. It is also firmly remembered that before each battle, once the Chinese military tent is set up, Hong Xinyu will arrange for his own soldiers to carefully search all the places within a radius of two miles. Not a single tree or grass will be spared.
As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Zheng family's army, Hong Xinyu's task is to protect Zheng Xunrui's safety, he has never commanded a fight, and he rarely participates in the game on the battlefield. But the status in the Zheng family army is not ordinary, including Zheng Jinhong and others know that in terms of protecting Zheng Xunrui's safety, Hong Xinyu can be said to be doing his best, as long as Hong Xinyu is by Zheng Xunrui's side, Zheng Jinhong and others can fight boldly with confidence.
On the endless plain, there was a large group of galloping black shadows, black shadows in the white snowflakes seeding, it seemed abrupt, Zheng Xunrui holding a telescope. This dark shadow has been discovered a long time ago.
The black shadow moved very fast, coming towards Qiliping, and Zheng Xunrui, who was far away, felt a slight tremor of the earth.
The heralds around him were already ready for everything, and they only held the red flag in their hands, and once this flag was raised, the Shenji Battalion would start attacking.
"Hong Xinyu, what time is it?"
"Three moments."
Zheng Xunrui nodded, a smile on his face.
"Order the Divine Machine Battalion. Arrange the formation, and when the Houjin Tartar is two hundred meters away from the formation, the attack begins. ”
The red flag was finally raised, and Hong Xintao's face was slightly red. I yelled with all my might.
"The first team, all enter the position, get ready to shoot."
The 3,000 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion of the first team quickly divided into three rows, and the first platoon did not hesitate to pounce on the ground and put the Mauser gun on top of the sack. began to aim ahead, the second row was about a meter away from the first row of soldiers, half-squatting on the ground, holding the middle of the Mauser gun with his right hand, holding the butt with his left hand, and putting his index finger on the trigger, the third row was also about a meter away from the second row, standing straight, also holding the middle of the Mauser gun with his right hand, holding the butt with his left hand, and putting his index finger on the trigger, all the soldiers were very calm, and their attention was all on the Mauser gun.
The sound of horses' hooves can be heard clearly.
The position was very quiet, without the slightest sound, and the soldiers of the 3,000 Shenji Battalion who entered the position seemed to have become sculptures, and they were not in the slightest alarmed by the sound of horses' hooves, keeping their movements, waiting for the order to shoot.
Hong Xintao on horseback, holding a telescope, looked ahead.
Meler Zhangjing, who led the charge of the Houjin Tartars, faintly saw the Ming army in front, and the red robes of the Ming army were too obvious.
The Ming army was indeed armed with arquebuses.
Strangled the reins, this Meler Zhangjing looked at the Ming army in front of him contemptuously, he also didn't understand, why these Ming troops would fight with arquebuses, arquebuses in rain and snow could not be fired at all, could it be that the brains of these Ming soldiers were broken.
The charging team paused slightly.
Melerjangin raised the steel knife in his hand.
"Brothers, follow me and charge and kill all these Ming ......"
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded, the snowflakes in the sky scattered in all directions, and the charging team of 5,000 people was very amazing, and a murderous aura went towards the position of the Ming army.
Hong Xintao's face with a sneering expression, looking at the Houjin Tartars who charged over, looking at the Houjin Tartars who charged in the formation, there were about 2,000 people, rushing over in a swarm, the formation was really amazing, but this kind of formation was the most popular formation of the Shenji Battalion, I believe that after the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion shot, the Houjin Tartars will have heavy casualties.
Hong Xintao also had a herald by his side, this herald was not very old, he looked at the Houjin Tartar who was getting faster and faster, squeezed his hands tightly, and his fingers turned white.
The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion could even see Houjin Tatar's hideous face clearly.
The Houjin Tartar who rushed to the front was less than one hundred and fifty meters away from the position, and the strange thing was that the Houjin Tartar did not shoot arrows, but charged towards the position in one go.
The snowflakes in the sky have long since dispersed.
"Shoot ......"
"Shoot ......"
Hong Xintao shouted the first sound, and the herald followed closely behind the second one.
Dense gunfire rang out, and a dense stream of bullets was fired at the charging Houjin Tartars.
The Houjin Tartars who rushed in front were instantly hit by a dense number of bullets, and the bodies of some Houjin Tartars were beaten into a hornet's nest, because the speed of the charge was too fast, their bodies could not be controlled, and after the hands released the reins, they were thrown forward by inertia, and the galloping war horses would not stop, trampling on their bodies, these Houjin Tartars were staring at each other until death, maybe they didn't understand that the arquebus couldn't be fired in rainy and snowy weather, why they were still concentrated by bullets.
Three thousand people fired at the same time, and the density of bullets can be imagined, and all the bullets were aimed at the rear gold tartars who were charging at the front.
The team of the Houjin Tartar charge is too dense, as long as they keep shooting at the moment, they don't need too much time to aim at all, the only thing they need to do is to speed up the speed of bullet firing, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion have undergone countless trainings, they can fire fifteen bullets per minute, and they can complete the whole process of loading and aiming and firing in less than four seconds.
The 3,000 people fired the bullets according to the echelon time, that is, after the first row was fired, the second row followed the fire, after the second row was fired, the third row was fired, and when the third row was fired, the first row was ready to fire again, that is to say, there was no gap time for the bullet to be fired.
Such a firing formation and speed is fatal for the cavalry, the cavalry may be able to dodge the shells by scattering, but they cannot dodge the rapid bullets, no matter how they scatter, there are always bullets whistling.
Nearly 500 Eight Banner sergeants who rushed to the front fell in an instant, and none of them were able to charge to the front of the Ming army's formation, which surprised Mel Zhangjing, who commanded the battle, and he couldn't understand why, what kind of firearms were in the hands of the Ming army, which could be launched in rainy and snowy weather, and the lethality was extremely high.
Seeing that the casualties were getting bigger and bigger, Mel Zhangjing decisively gave the order to stop the attack.
Unfortunately, his order was still a little late, after all, it was 2,000 people who all participated in the charge at a very fast speed, and the sergeant who rushed in front could not turn around, and the sergeant in the back pressed up, forcing the sergeant in front to enter the position where the Mauser gun fired accurately.
In just a few minutes, the casualties of the Eight Banners Sergeants were close to 1,000.
Melerzhangjing reacted at this time, the Ming army in front of him was not a fool, they were fools, and they slammed into the muzzle of the Ming army.
The order to retreat was also given at this moment.
A scene that Meler Zhangjing didn't expect appeared, just when the Eight Banners sergeants turned around and withdrew, the Ming army suddenly rushed up, holding guns and firing continuously, and more Eight Banner sergeants fell before they had time to evacuate.
What frightened Mel Zhangjing even more was that there were actually Ming soldiers on war horses, rushing over, they shot on horseback, bullets whistled, and more Eight Banner sergeants fell.
This is too frightening, the two thousand Eight Banner sergeants did not even get close to the Ming army, they lost most of them, and the whistling bullets, as if they had eyes, drilled into the body of the Eight Banners sergeants, the cotton armor had no effect at all, could not protect the body, some of the sergeants who were hit by the bullets, after holding on the horse for a while, still suddenly fell.
Meler Zhangjing led a part of the Eight Banners sergeants to turn around and evacuate, he wanted to report this information to Lord Belle, these Ming troops are not ordinary people, Lord Belle must make all preparations, otherwise the army may suffer a crushing defeat, as for the sergeants in the back, he can't control so much.
Just as Mel Zhangjing was withdrawing with some of the sergeants, a rain of arrows suddenly appeared on the left and right.
The dense rain of arrows is impossible for even the gods to dodge.
Melerjangjing was shot by three bows and arrows at the same time, and when he fell off his horse, his eyes were round, and his face was full of fear, perhaps at this time, he had already thought of the tragic situation that Belle Ye might encounter. (To be continued.) )