Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1074: The gravel floats by itself (middle)

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The war-torn Fenshui Valley is located in Xiangling County, Jinzhou.

As a cruising group Yuhou, Wang Yanfu also holds a dungeon with explosive bombs around his waist, and leads the team along the northwestern wilderness to the beat of the drums. From time to time, he blows the whistle and stops to form the team. Walking too fast under tension, the "protrusion" was re-weighed into the array line.

As the elite and first-hand sequence of all firearms in the military, half of them are equipped with "Tai Ping Five Years" standard guns as far away as one hundred and eighty steps, and half of them are equipped with "Thirty-Four Steps". "Taiping Seven Years" (runner) Lianzhu guns; there are also a few veterans and non-commissioned officers carrying egg-shaped explosive bombs to scavenge.

In the dozens of steps behind them, there are the same number of auxiliary pawns (Class I/Class A), half of which carry ammunition and supplies and spare equipment, and half are armed with short soldiers and round cards as a sweeping formation, and are responsible for containment. The wounded and pick up the dropped equipment and debris.

And in the chaotic battlefield in front of them, from time to time, groups of Jin soldiers rushed out of the smoke and dust, holding up their swords, spears, swords and shields, and then slaughtered them; then they were lined up in a horizontal line to advance slowly. The army used long and short blunderbuss to shoot the individual on his back, and then rushed away again to rout towards the distance.

Only a small number of enemy soldiers can rush to them with Yu Yong, but most of the time even the explosive bombs carried by the veterans of the rear team have no chance to use them, and they are under a bunch of tacit and skillful stabs. He screamed or died or fled, or simply knelt down and begged for mercy; and became a prisoner taken by the assistant soldiers who followed up behind him.

For a time, their mouths and noses were filled with the irritation of dense fireworks, as well as the smell of blood, sweat, and the mixture of metal and leather, and in the rumbling noise behind them, from time to time there were roaring guns. Passing in the air, a fluffy soil and rocks flying around and dust like rain splashed around in the distance.

Although most of the artillery shots were shot down in the open space, only a few would be in the middle of the enemy forces gathering in the battlefield or running around and scurrying; but this intangible probability that they may be attacked out of thin air at any time and anywhere is against the enemy. The Jin soldiers in China caused terrible pressure and shock.

Often as long as there is a cannon exploding nearby, even if it is only affected by the flying gravel and soil, it will cause the morale and bravery of the Jin soldiers who are so easy to gather, just like the scorching sun. The melting snow generally disappeared quickly, and then collapsed and fled again.

During the period, there were three or five groups of Taiping Turks holding horseshoe prints and blue flags, whizzing past them in the wind and dust, and rushing into the distance. After being broken up and collapsed, they tried to regroup. Among the Jin army's pawns; hand blunts and swords and spears waved, poking and chopping them down, and chasing them away privately.

Occasionally, they will also encounter the same Jin cavalry who are waiting for the opportunity to counterattack. While chasing each other back and forth between fights and fights, they continue to use close bludgeoning, head-on collision and circling knives, spears, and stabs. The crossed one another shot down the horses one after another; until they defeated or repelled each other.

Of course, if these Taiping cavalry are downwind, they will try their best to get out of the fight and contact, and move closer to Wang Yanfu’s infantry. At this time, the rigorous array of Taiping infantry will become iron felts and barriers in the battlefield. , The general existence of temporary bunker;

They will change teams to form a square and square formation, while using fire volleys to sniper and delay the chasing Jinjun cavalry; while guiding and responding to the Taiping Turk Cavaliers retreating into the back of the auxiliary pawns for a short period of time. Reorganize and replenish; and then re-initiate a counterattack with the cooperation of the team.

If the enemy riders temporarily occupy a local advantage and the upper hand, the first-hand tour group will often rise at this time, guiding the rear to reload a few fireworks supported by the firearms; and then attracting a few hundred steps to a hundred steps away from the rear vehicle. The expulsion and suppression of regiments, flying flares (Hale rockets) and carrying mounted artillery diffuse bombardment.

If they encounter a stronghold that they hold firmly, the cavalry and infantry will slowly change directions and go around; leave it to the auxiliary pawn brigade that follows, and then these auxiliary pawns, who are only light leather armor and mainly cold weapons, will They will block the entrances and exits with wire fences removed from horse-drawn carriages and pack animals and portable horses.

Afterwards, there was an offensive team composed of artillery units, grenadiers, and combat engineers responsible for attacking and supporting fortifications and firepower, to specialize in concocting and cleaning up these remnant enemies that were isolated and abundant in isolated strongholds.

And in the longitudinal gap left by these front and rear arrays, there are many non-A (Class II/Class B) auxiliary soldiers, who swiftly lift the stretcher or lead the pack animals, leaving the place where they have passed. The wounded and corpses, the discarded ordnance equipment, and the captured prisoners on the spot were transported to the rear in the same water flow.

Therefore, if you look down from the bird’s eye view from above, you will see countless Taiping troops, cavalry, artillery, carts, horses, mules and horses from the lower south, forming large and small attack arrays, such as The blue lake above a wave is like tidal water, surging through scattered hills and open fields;

And in the canine-toothed head-on battles, the impact and counter-offensive from the Jin army camp on the higher ground were constantly repelled and defeated amidst the blooming and roaring sounds of fireworks.

All this is like a tsunami stacked one by one. One side is higher than a wave of steady and resolute advancement, flooding the strongholds and lineups of the Jin army on the field.

And after a few games in a row, Wang Yanfu's medicine and strength were exhausted, and Wang Yanfu, who changed from a horizontal team to a phalanx, and a phalanx into a column; also gave way to the front line of the battle amid the low drumbeat, and stopped. Converge with the follow-up assistant brigade to make a place.

The horse and horse vehicles loaded with supplies are wrapped inside to form a smaller square array. Starting from the rear row, take turns to alert and repair them on the spot. When they hurriedly and hurriedly took a short rest, eating, replenishing ammunition and personnel, and drove back to the battlefield, the sun was already slanting.

However, the enemy forces in front of them have become sparse, even if they walked and stopped and have crossed several positions where they had been friendly, they still did not encounter an established enemy. As the wind became rushing, the smoke and dust that obscured the vision was gradually blown away, and a small river suddenly appeared in front of them;

It’s just that the upper part of the river was still clear, but when it flows here, it has turned into a faint pink color. Among them were the corpses of the enemy army, which seemed to be trampled on each other, killed each other, drowned, and some were killed from behind.

On the other side of the thirty-forty-step-wide river, the defeated enemy soldiers have regrouped, and lined up in a row to draw bows and shoot arrows to this side; and there will be a few who want to venture to trek and try to cross. Sergeant Taiping fell into the river or was dragged back with an arrow.

And the cruising group that made up the medicines and equipment, also in Wang Yanfu’s screams, under the cover of a few licensed assistants who copied from both ends, Haohao greeted him, and then He stretched the fire bludgeon over the edge of the shield, and radiated the upper, middle and lower parts of the pawn's armpits and shoulders.

Immediately, the archers on the other side turned their backs on their backs, and a lot of gaps were opened unevenly. At this time, veterans such as masters of art came out again, holding Lianzhu blunderbuss again in line, as if they were peeling bamboo shoots on the other side of the lineup, and knocked down one row after another. And collapsed.

Before Wang Yanfu had the newly replaced champion and drummer blew the whistle for the assault trek across the river again; he heard a fierce noise and the sound of running and shaking behind him. He couldn't help turning his head to take a look, but another cavalry came to catch up.

However, the cavalry that appeared suddenly was different from most of the Taiping Tuqies equipped with narrow swords, short spears and handguns, or the riding pawns who were riding on mules and horses; they all started from scratch. The feet are well armored, and even the mount is wearing a thick cloth faceplate and an iron scale head guard.

In the next moment, these armored cavalry rushed past Wang Yanfu, and jumped into the river without stopping. They stepped on the river channel without hesitation, and were silted up by the most corpses. With little damage or hindrance, he rushed to the other side.

They don’t seem to be too many in number, but they look like a huge cannon that smashed the crowds. The next moment, it was the turn of the Jin army on the other side to stop the army, and began to fall into a huge panic of shaking and collapsing across the board. bingo.

"Cross the river...Cross the river...Cross the river with someone!!!"

In an instant, Wang Yanfu only felt like he was overwhelmed by a huge joy, and the loudest voice erupted in his throat:

And when they held up their fire guns and gears and stepped away from the wet lower body, when they rushed to the opposite bank first; the Jin army hastily set up the camp fence on the other side of the river and Juma and Luchai, they were already empty.

And under the gloomy sky, the low Xiangling county town and the joint camp under the town were beyond their sight. But the heavy cavalry that broke through the enemy's formation is still galloping after the Jin army that flees. . .

At this time, the Xiangling city gate suddenly opened, and from it burst out a Jinjun cavalry that was also fully draped, and the mounts were covered with anti-arrow felt. It was almost head-on with this Taiping heavy rider, slanting and colliding head-to-head together and fighting each other.

When Wang Yanfu saw this, he was also anxious. The armored cavalry on his side was already exhausted for several bursts. Right now, the enemy cavalry, which can be called a new force in the upper city, would be at a loss. And waved to the left and right joints and shouted:

"Quickly keep up, quickly keep up..."

"Prepare to meet up with friendly forces..." (End of this chapter)