Chapter 737: Car Formation
"There is an ambush, a car formation!"
Chang Wei's intuition reacted faster than his brain's thinking, and with a silk rein, the carriage immediately deviated from its original direction, heading towards the western highlands, and the centrifugal force generated by the sudden change of direction almost overturned the car, and the top few rice bags on the grain stack on the car flew out, Chang Wei unfolded the light exercise method and hid under the wheels, allowing the remaining grain bags to cover his body. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Almost at the same time, the opposite hillside rang out, and a deafening sound echoed through the valley, startling the birds. The gun balls hit the rice bag, pop, the horse pulling the cart was even more beaten to the blood splash, a burst of screams, a few steps forward and then collapsed, the carriage came to an abrupt stop, the carriage behind could not dodge, hit five or six cars one after another, only to see Lao Sun drive by, and then a beautiful turn, the carriage in front.
Seeing that Lao Sun's body had been completely exposed to the wolf, Chang Wei hurriedly picked up the horsewhip and threw it, and just pulled him to the ground, the second salvo of the wolf had sounded in his ears, and the place where Lao Sun was originally sitting immediately became a hornet's nest.
There was a piercing scream behind him, and the voice was so distorted that he couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman, and when he looked back, he saw the two people crawling quickly under the cover of the carriage and horse, and the horror and worry on the two faces that were easy to pass were clearly distinguishable.
"You're alright, great!"
Seeing that Yu Piaoling and Yan Ruyu were unharmed, a boulder in Chang Wei's heart fell abruptly, his eyes suddenly became lively, and the situation was immediately in full view.
The seven horse-drawn carts that collided in a row and the sacks of grain on them inadvertently formed the first strong barrier of the cart formation, and when they hid behind, the wolf was useless.
In addition to the two carriages that rushed into the enemy formation in fright, the remaining eleven formed a semicircle behind Chang Wei, forming a simple car formation with the carriage in front, although there were still many gaps, but the enemy's cavalry could not fully exert its power.
"Bloody master, are you injured? wounded...... Where is the injury?" Yu Piaoling threw herself into Chang Wei's arms, and there was a blood red in front of her, she didn't know that it was from Bo Tian, she wanted to touch it but didn't dare to touch it, so she was so anxious that she suddenly cried.
"It's the blood of the enemy, I'm fine, what about you?"
Yu Piaoling's mood was relieved, and she suddenly softened in Chang Wei's arms, but she didn't speak, just shook her head vigorously, and only whimpered for a while: "Those bad guys...... The birds are all coming at you, and I, I'm scared to death!"
Seeing this, Qingluan in the back turned over, leaned on the carriage and looked at the hillside, as if he was looking at the enemy, but the corner of his eye never left Chang Wei for a moment. Look at her again, crawling all the way, her clothes are not only stained with mud and dew, but also scratched in many places, where is there still a little bit of stunning beauty?
However, perhaps it was Chang Wei's serious injury to Botian that caused the wrath of the Wakos, and the enemy's first salvo was almost all aimed at him, which gave the soldiers time to react evasively, and none of them were really injured by the first round of fire, but because the carriage collided, one brother jumped out of the car and chose the wrong direction, and died under the second volley along with the two brothers who were frightened and rushed up the hill.
The rest of the brothers, though in disarray, suffered at most flesh wounds, and the most seriously injured one fell from the carriage and dislocated his arm.
"Dauntless, something doesn't seem right. He Chong crawled to the front of him in disgrace, and behind his palace, he naturally became the target of the Japanese robbers.
"Yes, where did Okita get the information?" Chang Wei pondered in distress, how could things turn out the way they were?
The secrecy work has been done, but Okita still set up an ambush, could it be that he is a reincarnation Zhuge and has a clever calculation? But since he knew that it was the Ming army, why did he let Bo Tian lead a dozen people to die in vain? I was both frustrated and confused.
Looking around at the soldiers behind the carriage to avoid the gun's fire, although they looked a little flustered because of the sudden ambush, the morale of the battle in the Black Rock Village supported them.
"The morale of the army is still usable!" Chang Wei nodded secretly, and then ordered aloud: "Old Sun, count the number of people!"
"Of the twenty-five soldiers, three were killed, and none of the rest were injured. ā
Lao Sun, who was bruised and swollen, immediately reported the number, and then approached Chang Wei and whispered: "My lord, there are not many casualties, but half of the weapons are lost, and there are only ten knives and three bows and arrows left among the twenty-two people......
He suddenly paused, looked at Yu Piaoling in Chang Wei's arms suspiciously, and when he heard that the delicate sobbing sound was indeed coming from Yu Piaoling's mouth, his eyes widened all of a sudden, and he stammered when he spoke: "My lord, she, she, she's a woman?!"
The eyes of the soldiers were all focused on Yu Piaoling at once, women and children were forbidden in the army, this is a common practice, the personal soldiers of the Lord Guogong are women, no wonder the soldiers are full of surprise and puzzlement.
And at this moment, there was a roar of horses' hooves on the hillside, and more than 100 cavalrymen rushed out from behind the slope, and in a blink of an eye rushed to the top of the slope, one of them was full of faces, and his expression was grim, it was Okita; on the left hand side of Tachibana Kansuke, on the right hand side of a beautiful young woman in gray clothes - presumably Okita's lover Sakamoto Hatsuya, the two of them also had a sad face, apparently already knowing the death of the dozen or so companions.
His eyes swept over the slope valley, and Okita pointed down the slope with a fan, and suddenly laughed three times, and shouted: "Ah! The Ming army listened, surrender quickly, Rao Er and others will not die; if they dare to resist, they will definitely let Er and others not survive and die!"
The sound that was deliberately roared out with internal force was like thunder, and the shouts of nearly two hundred Japanese robbers came from afar, which was thrilling, and many soldiers remembered the cruelty of the Japanese robbers, and their faces changed color at that time.
Okita is really here!
Seeing that the morale had dropped sharply due to the sudden increase in the enemy's strength, Chang Wei looked down and saw Yu Piaoling, his heart moved, and he turned Yu Piaoling's body half a circle, letting her face everyone, and then laughed loudly: "Lao Sun is right, she is my concubine, naturally a woman!"
Everyone's attention was immediately attracted, Yu Piaoling was embarrassed and red-faced, but she knew that Chang Wei's move must have a deep meaning, so she didn't dare to move.
"Brothers, we soldiers live a life of licking blood from the edge of the knife, and we do not hesitate to shroud ourselves in horse leather and spill blood on the battlefield. But what are we doing when we throw our heads and spill our blood?"
In a word, the upper part is for the people of the court, and the lower part is for the wives and concubines and children. It is the duty of a soldier to serve the country and the people, and it is the duty of a man to serve his wife and children. ā
"What do men pursue? Fame and fortune, but glory and wealth are not shared with you, so it's not as good as bullshit! I am glad that I have confidantes who are willing to share all this with me, and I am even more proud that they want to create this glory with me, and they will be rich and noble in life, and they will mourn and glory together in death. ā
"Of course, no one wants to enjoy the glory that only the dead deserve! But no one will let go of any glimmer of life, because only by being alive can our blood be meaningful! And my beloved concubine wants to use her magical hands to give me and my brothers more chances to survive on the battlefield! It is precisely because of this that she resolutely threw herself into this bloody war!"
"Yes, if it weren't for Madame's wound medicine, I would have finished playing when I was in Blackstone Village. ā
"Don't say it, there is a lady here, Lao Tzu's courage is enough, it means a little to cut ten knives and eight knives, Mrs. is a living Bodhisattva!"
The whispers of several soldiers who had been treated by Yu Piaoling in the battle of Heishi Village were unanimously approved by everyone, with such a miracle doctor, his chances of surviving on the battlefield were naturally much greater, as for whether this living Bodhisattva was male or female, what did it matter?
There was even a kid who was naughty, pretending to be injured and shouting for treatment, which made everyone laugh, and unconsciously, everyone threw their fear behind their heads.
The laughter came from afar, and the widows were both suspicious and angry. Okita frowned, waved his fan, and whispered a few words, Tachibana Kansuke and Sakamoto Hatsuya took forty or fifty Japanese horses like flying, galloped out of the main formation, and under the cover of the Japanese guns, rushed towards the car formation.
"Alright, brothers, for the sake of fame and fortune, wife and children, cheer up and prepare for battle!"
Chang Wei shouted: "The cavalry is against the chariot formation, the thieves clearly don't take us seriously, brothers, let them know the strength of our Ming soldiers!"
I was secretly glad that because of the lack of width of the frontal attack, Okita could not deploy his troops, which invisibly weakened his numerical advantage.
Kondo's command of the second stage of the Japanese guns was well-trained, and the front and rear rows took turns shooting, with a maximum of five breaths in the middle, plus Tachibana's cavalry, which was similar to the 'three-fold wave' tactics of suppressing the Japanese battalion.
However, after several confrontation drills, the soldiers already had a good idea of how to deal with it, and at the moment they all hid behind the carriage, listening intently to the sound of the horses' hooves that were getting closer and closer.
In fact, the exterminating camp has long come to the conclusion that in the open area of the plain, the car formation is almost the best formation to defend against the three stacks of waves, especially if there are enough long-range attack weapons in the car formation, even if the attacking side can finally win, it will have to pay a very heavy price, but at the moment, the only bow and arrow that makes Chang Wei have the power to counterattack is only three pairs, there is no way that the task of the baggage soldiers is just to drag the Japanese invaders, and the real combat mission is the army, but who would have thought that Okita would really go ashore.
Okita was able to use a tactic similar to the three-fold wave, so he naturally understood the weakness of the attacking and defending sides, and waved his cavalry to attack, could it be that he saw through the weakness? The roaring hooves brought Chang Wei a lot of pressure, and what made him feel a little comforted was that it seemed that Okita was really short of food, and he was reluctant to burn the twenty carts of grain, so as a result, he could not use the best means of breaking the cart formation--fire attack.
Looking through the gap, Surprisingly, Tachibana did not rush to the front, his tall body flickered in the horse team, making Chang Wei discourage the idea of shooting him.
"Lao Lu, senior sister, that fat man, he is Tachibana!"
"Senior brother, I'll deal with Tachibana, and you can deal with the wolf!"
"There is always a time when the Japanese are finished, I have calculated, they have already shot nine times, and it is the cavalry of Okita who really kills. Tachibana has a strong internal force, junior sister, you must not fight with him. ā
Chang Wei and Qingluan were sure to kill Tachibana, but only Chang Wei could shoot a large number of enemy horsemen quickly, although they were worried that Qingluan's skills might be damaged after being poisoned, but there was no better candidate, so they had to tell her to be careful.
The enemy cavalry galloped like lightning, and the distance of fifty zhang was shortened to less than ten zhang in the blink of an eye, and the Japanese finally stopped firing at this time. The soldiers who were suppressed by it and couldn't raise their heads had the opportunity to enter the pre-arranged defensive position at this time, and He Chong and Yan Ruyu took four soldiers to guard the big gap in the east.
The gap in the west was small, and most of the road was blocked by a fleet of vehicles, leaving only two baggage guards to guard it.
On the front of the chariot formation, which is about five zhang wide, there are four baggage handles such as Chang Wei and Qingluan with Lao Sun, while Yu Piaoling takes three archers and the remaining unarmed soldiers who can only harass the enemy with horse whips in the center.
The archers were the first to counterattack, and immediately a horse fell to the ground with an arrow, and Yan Ruyu's short musket immediately struck, taking advantage of the opportunity of an enemy leaning out to draw a bow and arrow, and a shot killed him, causing all the soldiers to applaud loudly, but these Japanese robbers were well-skilled, and although they were blocked, their speed did not decrease much.
Chang Wei has not been triggered, there are only twenty arrows in the quiver, each arrow must be cherished, the Japanese people and horses are one, and if you want to kill an enemy with one arrow, it is not the best opportunity now.
He was watching every small movement of the enemy, but suddenly found that the speed of the dozen or so horsemen who were behind slowed down suddenly, and his suspicion arose, and the dozen or so horsemen had suddenly changed direction, and they actually broke away from the battlefield and ran towards the sea.
I didn't have time to think about it, but the galloping Japanese strikers had already arrived. The enemy was divided into two lines, a group of about 12 or 3 cavalry went straight to the east gap, and most of the rest attacked the front of the chariot formation, and Tachibana and Sakamoto jumped from their horses with seven or eight skilled Japanese coars, trying to take advantage of the situation to get into the carriage, apparently on the hillside, Okita had already discovered the defects in the chariot formation.
The enemy who rushed to the east gap had already exposed the flanks to Chang Wei, and it could be seen that Tachibana jumped in mid-air, Chang Wei suddenly changed his mind, but as soon as he flashed out and opened his bow and arrow, Tachibana immediately saw Chang Wei, and with a wave of his left hand, a short knife rushed towards him, and he was already on guard.
Although the arrow shot while dodging was like lightning, Chang Wei knew that it was not enough to kill Tachibana, Tachibana's power was infinite, and once he lost the effect of surprise, attacking him with a bow and arrow would be equivalent to competing with him for strength. Sure enough, he shouted, and with a wave of lightning from his sword, he had knocked his bow and arrows flying, and his figure in mid-air only shook for a moment, and then he grabbed the carriage.
"Boy, it's you!" he slashed down with his sword.
The body turned weirdly, Chang Wei had already dodged Tachibana's thunderous blow, when he changed his move to sweep, but he was running into the poisonous dragon spear, the hundred birds nodded towards the phoenix spear, the poisonous dragon spear was really like a poisonous dragon, forcing Tachibana to retreat again and again, and his arms and thighs were shot three times in a row, although the wounds were shallow, but the momentum had been completely suppressed, and he would die under the gun in less than five moves.
In the corner of his eye, Qingluan's sword came out like the wind, and in the blink of an eye, two would-be robbers fell to the ground with their necks covered, looking back and dancing a sword curtain, and shot down all the hidden weapons sent out by Sakamoto Hatsuya, and then forced her out of the carriage with a sword, and even killed another thief who came to the rescue.
The Japanese are no longer afraid of death, and at this time they are also afraid, and they have avoided Qingluan, and Sakamoto is even more shocked. Qingluan found that Lao Sun was nervous, and was about to go over to support, but his feet moved, but his eyes suddenly shrank, and his body froze imperceptibly, although there was no change on Yi Rong's face, but the delicate ear pinna had been dyed with a touch of red.
"The Spring Breeze Pill flares up so soon?"
Chang Wei was suspicious in his heart, and his subordinates couldn't help but slow down, Tachibana was extremely experienced, and he suddenly felt something, and fought back desperately, and actually grabbed a glimmer of life.
"Want to slip away, no way!"
The poisonous dragon spear burst out more than a dozen spear flowers, and in a blink of an eye, Tachibana was swept into the spear wind, but at this moment, Yu Piaoling suddenly shouted anxiously: "Master, it's not good, the enemy wants to copy the back road!"
Turning his head, he saw that the dozen or so horsemen who were rushing to the sea had already waded through the shallow beach, and had made a detour back to the hillside behind the chariot formation, and were turning their horses' heads to the northwest, and they should have occupied the hillside behind our troops without a bag of cigarettes.
Seeing that the Japanese on the horse took off from behind it turned out to be a Japanese gun, Chang Wei suddenly realized in his heart that Okita's true intention was to occupy the high ground on both sides of the slope valley and use the Japanese to carry out a cross-attack.
"Senior sister, I'll leave it to you!"
Unable to kill Tachibana, Chang Wei reflexively pounced towards the east gap, and Tachibana saw his intentions and actually raised his knife to entangle.
Hearing this, Qingluan gritted his silver teeth, and the long sword in his hand slashed towards Tachibana like a match.