Although Zhu Xieyi Sheng has ordered the entire army to move closer to the east of Chang'an City, in fact it is not so easy and easy to operate; at least except for the Zhu Xie clan-dominated Yunzhong Army, Black Crow Cavalry, and Yi'er. It is still called order and prohibition;
Other attached men and horses, such as the Anqing, Sage and other clans or the cavalry of the other tribes of Tatarcheng, are not so easy to abandon the captures and ransacks obtained during this period; the so-called light-packed only carry the necessary food. His order also changed amidst wrangling and disputes.
As a result, in the air that became more and more hot in summer, a sub-group from the Taiping Army (heavy) car battalion in Lantian City, fortunately or unfortunately, when chasing the defeated troops of the Anqing Division through the Bashui, took it. The tail of the Sha Tuo army who is retreating in a mess.
As a result, this group of pioneers who were too in-depth became the first goal that these lagging vassals had to face and solve. Of course, the scene of being pushed up from three sides by Hu Qi, who is several times his own, is not a good psychological experience for most people.
However, when the veterans took the lead to sing the "Song of Chasing the Cavalry", there were some restless moods and morale in the queue, and it became more stable and stable, and the swords and guns in their hands became a little firm and powerful. stand up.
"The enemy's cavalry need not be afraid,
Come to fight him calmly,
People are tall and big and easy to fight,
Quickly release the platoon and shoot.
In the first shot, raise your hand and shoot the horse first, then hit the person with a flat move;
Stand up close and stabbed like a wreck, standing in three stacks without dispersing;
Let's aim at him, let's defeat him, let's destroy him! "
With the gradual and orderly loud singing, the assistant soldiers and engineers who were sweating in front of the battle were also busy spreading out bundles of wire fences, and swinging sledgehammers into the ground one after another; gradually filling up those horses. Between the carts, the gaps deliberately left are located.
Cooperating with a team to slant the spears on the half-length long cards, and the white soldiers waiting in line immediately formed the most preliminary outer line of defense. And in the inside they were protecting, more gunslingers and grenadiers were also orderly preparing their weapons and ammunition equipment around them.
But the first thing that was pushed out was the light iron cannon on a few horse-drawn carts; the three-inch (inner diameter) body tube with a gray-black iron shell and a copper bore, diagonally facing the dust and smoke that rolled up in the distance. ; And use wooden blocks to embed between the hubs.
Then a chamber filled with a medicine bag and an iron ball was screwed into the notch in the breech laterally. There was another pyrotechnic tube with a cable, which was stuffed into the upper blasthole amid the sound of a whistle, and with a sudden draw of the small flag and the command under its command, a large gray-brown smoke cloud and dark red firelight burst out.
The bullet accelerated by the chemical energy of the gunpowder can barely see the trajectory of the ball, and a few clouds of sand splashed in the distant dust and smoke. However, for the Shatuo cavalry who was speeding up, it was as if a few drops of clear water were thrown across the ground and there was little response.
Instead, the first batch of bursting fire blasts began, making the Shatuo cavalry who rushed out of the smoke and dust, as if they were filtered by some invisible comb, sparsely fell or fell a dozen. Riding stature.
But this little damage seemed to further stimulate and encourage these "Shatuo cavalry", who followed the usual formation of avoiding arrows, and quickly further opened the formation and scattered into small groups that rushed forward one by one.
In the ten-odd steps before arriving at the Great Vehicle United Front, the lightly cared or skilled Lema deflected away, and then let go of the bowstring in his hand to launch bursts of sparse or dense arrows.
They are like a torrent of invisible obstacles separating them, giving more front-line projectile positions to the people behind, and they surround this temporary place consisting of only three or four hundred people and dozens of large vehicles. The camp, circling and attacking back and forth like a turbid whirlwind.
For a time, in the face of smoke and dust that rolled away like wheels, countless pierced projectiles and roaring arrows flew together; I saw whistles inside and outside vying with the sound of horns, metal and leather, sweat and blood, and The pungent smell of freshly turned mud and gunpowder was mixed in the smoke cloud of fighting above the hustle and bustle.
From time to time, there was still a small group of Hu Qi suddenly gave up circling and sweeping the formation, and rushed into the array of the Taiping Army Corps. But after a few hours of fierce fighting, the leaders in the rear of the formation finally found out that something was wrong.
With the great momentum created by the men and horses they continue to send forward, the arrows fired by the cavalry that hovered in smoke and dust in front of the battlefield are becoming more and more sparse and weak. However, the fighting and crackling noises that erupted from the thieves' military vehicle array were still steady and dense.
And from the perspective of Wang Yanfu, the trainee Yuhou Wang, who is living in the car formation, holding a short blunderbuss and a back stabbing sword in both hands, hiding behind him and waiting for him; almost every round of platooning and shooting bursts here, there is a Hu The rider was shot down more or less from the horse;
However, the arrow shot in the air on the opposite side did not have much strength and accuracy, and it sparsely landed on the mud and the wall of the carriage. This is the great advantage of firearms relying on car bases, being good at late-breaking and sustaining long-term damage.
As for those small groups of Hu Qi who thought they saw the flaw and suddenly rushed forward, it was even more unlucky and unbearable. Most of them were caught by the wire fence under their feet and stumbled on their horseshoes, rolled or thumped and trampled on the ground; after finally struggling to get up, the white soldiers who were waiting in the front line used three-eyed guns at close range. Short guns and Liannu shot on the spot.
During this period, there were naturally a few fish that escaped the kill and escaped the net. They were able to rush into the gaps in the car array, or they wanted to fly over from above; then they were easily caught by several long and short spears (stabbed) spears (pointed). ), he smashed the horse belly and thighs together and turned into human char siu.
Then the few daring soldiers including Wang Yanfu would take advantage of the momentum to make up the knife and capture prisoners; therefore, after only a short period of time, the casualties in the car formation were only in the dozens, but the car base was everywhere. The gap that was deliberately left was already filled by the carcass of horses and horses.
And even at this time, they even have a corresponding back hand and haven't used their full strength yet. In other words, these feudal cavalrymen are just a group of appropriate opponents. Even the novices who have not been in the battlefield can quickly find confidence in them, and a tense and easy-to-handle rhythm from them.
However, this situation that can fully exercise people has not been able to last long before being changed again. Under the bloody slanting sun that was sinking more and more to the west, the last smog of smoke and dust enveloped around the car barrier, and the sound of horns competing for low tide finally settled for the time being.
Through the cascades of cadavers and horses, the retreating warriors and horses gathered in the distance again; then a cavalry with gleaming armor and different colors came out from it; but it was short and hurried. After the internal disputes, there was still a manpower to disagree, gathered the account guards and guards of these tribal leaders, and wanted to make another hard attempt before dark.
At this time, his mouth was full of thirsty and his face was yellowed by gunpowder smoke. The hair tips under his hat and his helmet were dry and curled. He finally heard Luo Nian, the school lieutenant of his car camp who was watching the formation not far behind, and said Issued a new order:
"The look team, pull up our small cannon cart again... with three times the amount of loose pills..."
"The White Soldiers are ready to go ahead..."
Afterwards, Wang Yanfu, who was lying under the gap of the outer wheel hub of the car barrier, was also trembling in the spontaneously shaking and splashing sand and dust. He clearly felt that he was completely different from the former cavalry that galloped and fought in circles. The obvious shock; it is a large group of horses that are completely assembled together, which can bring suffocating shock and shock to the heart and lungs.
It seemed that it took a long time and seemed to happen in a moment. Those enemy riders who came back from the sun in the lower west and seemed to be dyed in a deep red color, are already in a dense and fiery atmosphere. The atmosphere, against the increasingly sparse and messy blasting sound, rushed closer to the front of the car barrier; amidst the neighing and unknown roars of the horses and horses, Wang Yanfu could even clearly see the big horseshoes stepped on by the opponent.
Then the sound of thunder close at hand suddenly exploded, and the heads of the armored enemy riders were suddenly shot and splashed from the gap in the car barrier. The dark red flames and the large canopy of gray and white smoke were densely packed. The shredded trajectory line enveloped the head and face; it became fragmented or broken, eroded and retreated back, smashing and pouring on the enemy riders who followed up.
However, most of these enemy horses can no longer maintain their momentum and formation. They have received loud noises and fire frightened mounts, almost one after another kicked and stopped, or moved towards. The left and right scrambled to escape; however, such a fleeting delay in front of the formation was enough for the dozens of fire-throwers behind the train base to throw out the first round of explosive bombs and kerosene bombs.
Then, among the troupe cavalry who dismounted one after another and wanted to switch to fighting on foot, one after another burst and deflagrated. Suddenly, Wang Yanfu, who was the first to bear the brunt, could only use a small card to protect his head and face, and let the splashing earth, rock and iron fragments hit him in front of him and on the wall of the car. Rattle.
And the enemy riders who came in successive shocks but were tripped and blocked by the stacked corpses of the horses and horses, and had to gather together to try to climb and clean up, but also fell on their backs amidst all kinds of miserable screams. It is everywhere; however, the figure that can still stand at this time has become the most intuitive target of firearms shooting close to the row.
And Wang Yanfu, who was lying on the ground, also raised his short bludgeon quickly with his hands, and hit half of the cheek of a nearest enemy soldier; he straightened his sword and pierced the other enemy who hadn't protected him. . .
When more obstructed enemies rushed up again with the help of the corpse of the mount, desperately rushing up again; the shelling roar that exploded in the car base again did not hesitate to destroy and shred them again in vain efforts; Then it was another round of bombing and several rows of volleys. . . .
Therefore, when the sky gradually darkened, except for the wriggling and struggling wounded and Chen Heng’s corpses in the battlefield, there was no longer a formed enemy; and the night was about to fall. Amidst the igniting lights, the best cover for the remnants of the feudal dynasty who were fleeing in panic.
After all, in the fierce battle for the whole day of the car group, there is really not much power to effectively pursue it; but the matter did not end, and soon there were several flame arrows of different colors on the other side of Bashui , And slowly rose in the dim night sky. This also means that the fresh forces that have just arrived nearby have already taken over their pursuit mission, and once again confronted the Sha Tuo army's broken descendants.
At the bottom of Zhongnan Mountain, the envoy of Fengcheng Army Li Kexiu, who once again broke through the night from Langguan Town, is also on a small terrace with sparse bushes, ushering in his end. (End of this chapter)