Chapter 51 Stone Bridge Attack and Defense

Xiao Tianjian also returned to the front of the Xing Tianjun. They spoke loudly just now. The soldiers in front of the army basically heard their conversation clearly. As soon as they saw Xiao Tianjian coming back, they smiled and said to Xiao Tianjian one after another, "The general scolded so happily! This may make the madman He even crazier!"

After seeing the little flag official come back from the west bank of the river, Lv Pin was very happy. It seemed that this persuasion did not play a role, so the next step was to fight. After all, they ran around for several days and basically did not fight with the civilian army, and this battle should obviously not be difficult. Yes, if you do a good job, cut off more of the heads of these thieves, and then he can be promoted again!

Therefore, he said to Xing Tianjun that he was unwilling to surrender or give way to the west bank of the Big Stone Bridge. He was not only not angry, but also a little happy, so he immediately set up the formation. With a sound of drum in the army behind them, Lv Pin raised his waist knife in his team and roared, "Brothers! Kill the thief!"

The 400 soldiers under his command immediately followed him and roared: "Kill the thief..." Before the roar fell, they shouted and rushed to the big stone bridge.

Seeing that a team of officers and soldiers had begun to rush towards the big stone bridge, the soldiers in front of them began to get a little ** again, and a group of people in the rear of the officers and soldiers also began to move all types of artillery in front of the array and approached the river bank. It was obvious that they were going to use artillery to teach Xing Tianjun a lesson and help Lv Pin's team by the way. , break up the Xing Tianjun.

So the three hundred soldiers who had not been in much battle began to panic when they saw the danger approaching.

Xiao Tianjian bowed his head and ordered a personal guard beside him. The personal guard immediately left the position of the central army and ran to the mound where the Huang Shengqiang artillery team was hiding.

Huang Shengqiang showed his head in the mound and was also nervously observing the other side. He turned his head to the artillerymen behind him and said, "Start loading and get ready to push our guys up!"

Xiao Tianjian's own soldier rushed to the back of the mound and shouted to Huang Shengqiang, "The general has an order to concentrate the firepower of the Fran machine gun and hit the enemy's cannons first. The general ordered you to leave the officers and soldiers rushing to the bridge for the time being, and don't use the tiger squat guns for the time being! If you overturn the cannon of the madman He first, it's your success!"

Huang Shengqiang turned his head and nodded and said, "Get the order! Go back and tell the general that we won't let the general down! General, please have a look!"

After saying that, he immediately shouted to the gunners behind him, "Insect the solid bullet, push the Fran machine cannons up for me, and start aiming!"

Then dozens of gunners worked hard together to push their five Franco machine guns onto the mound and put them in the shallow pit dug. They did not expose all the gun body, but exposed the muzzle outside the simple fortifications.

"Three hundred steps! Aim!" Huang Shengqiang stood on the left side of these Fran machine guns, revealing his head and carefully watching the movements of the officers and soldiers on the other side. Although the copper-iron-casted Fran machine guns they now have can reach a maximum range of about 500 steps, the premise is that the gun body should be raised to a 45-degree angle. Such an angle and distance make these The accuracy and power of the Long machine cannon have been reduced a lot, and because of the instability of black gunpowder, it is sometimes difficult to hit the shell so far away, so in general, 300 steps is the farthest distance. If it is farther away, it is difficult to control the landing point of the shell.

Therefore, based on his understanding of the performance of these cannons and his usual experience, Huang Shengqiang set the aiming position of these Franco machine guns 300 steps away, which is exactly where the other party must install the cannon.

Several gunners responsible for aiming then began to operate the artillery, constantly adjusting the elevation angle and moving the gun rack. After a while, they shouted one after another, "Three hundred steps of fixed cannon, over!"

"Has the tiger squat gun been loaded?" Huang Shengqiang turned his head and asked a group of men responsible for the tiger squatting gun under the mound.

"The yellow whistle has been loaded! ..." The gun commanders quickly replied.

"Good! You stay down there first and don't show your head! Wait for the general's order and lift the cannon up again!" Huang Shengqiang ordered them.

"Yes..." Several gun commanders answered one after another.

Xiao Tian rode steadily on the horse and did not take off the big gun. He still held his whip and quietly looked at the officers and soldiers with about 400 people rushing across the bank.

"General! It's time to let the guys in the back go!" Luo Limo asked Xiao Tianjian with his fists.

"No hurry! Let them go to the bridge! Put them on the bridge!" Xiao Tianjian said to Luo Li as calmly as possible.

It is also a considerable pressure for Xiao Tianjian to challenge an officer and army that is far stronger than them like today, but he believes that his subordinates should be able to withstand the attack of the officers and army several times after such a long time of training. What he has to do now is to confuse the officers and soldiers on the opposite side as far as possible to make They felt that Xing Tianjun was just a group of rabbles, underescing the enemy, so that he could have a chance to punch the other party hard.

The position of the Xingtian army's array is only about 50 or 60 steps from the west side of the stone bridge. Such a close distance, as long as the officers and soldiers rush across the stone bridge, they can kill them in a blink of an eye, listening to the sound of drums from the opposite officer's array, as well as the shocking shouts, and the hundreds of closer and closer rushes. The officers and soldiers, the 300 soldiers who gradually stood in front of them, finally couldn't stand it.

Some soldiers couldn't help but shiver their calves and stomachs. Even the knives and guns in their hands began to shake with their trembling. Seeing that the officers and soldiers were only fifty or sixty steps away from the east of the bridge, Xiao Tianjian still did not give orders for them to withdraw, and he couldn't help but let these soldiers produce. There is an idea that their generals really want them to fight against these wolf-like officers and soldiers first this time? So some people can't help but want to turn their heads to see what Xiao Tianjian is doing behind them.

A team of soldiers standing among the soldiers held a short stick, knocked on the shoulder of a soldier who turned his head and looked at Xiao Tianjian, and roared at him, "Don't turn back!" Dare to turn back and break your neck again! Stand firm! Even if you are just soldiers, don't forget that we are also a member of the Xingtian Army. Don't lose the people of our Xingtian Army! We are all cheap. It's all the generals who let us live until now. I'm afraid of birds! At worst, go up and fight with them! Kill one is enough, kill two and earn one! Hold on!"

The team roared, which made the soldiers more or less stable, so many people began to take a deep breath, clenched the handle of the gun in their hands, and tightened their bodies.

Xiao Tianjian looked at the general in the army with satisfaction and asked with a relaxed smile on his face, "What's this man's name?" Not bad! After this battle, he was transferred to the army!"

The sentry general of the convoy is Zhang Chao, and he was also the first subordinate of Xiao Tianjian to take over Luo. Because he broke his left arm when attacking Fan Jiabao. After saving him, because he lacked an arm, Xiao Tianjian transferred him to the convoy as an officer. He was also a person who dares to fight. He usually does things very well. With heart, I heard Xiao Tianjian ask him, so I immediately replied, "This guy's name is Diao Zheng. He used to be Wang Tianlong's subordinates, but he is a good guy. He is a little a little aggrieved here!" Zhang thanked the general on behalf of him!"

While talking, the team of officers and soldiers had approached the east of the bridge. Xiao Tianjian saw that in front of the team of officers and soldiers were 30 knife and cardholders, holding heavy shields, opening the way in front of the team to cover the generals behind, followed by dozens of officers and soldiers with three-eyed guns and dozens of archers, behind whom were some long gunners. And a small number of soldiers holding birds, lined up in dense formation, advancing towards the stone bridge step by step at a not very fast speed, constantly roaring "kill the thief..." with a strong voice.

Although Xiao Tianjian has always despised the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, he still has some respect for the performance of this officer and army that was firstled by He Renlong. Although this group of officers and soldiers clearly despised their Xing Tianjun, when they killed and rushed over, they did not mess up the formation, but formed a strict The dense array advances forward step by step, which shows that the officers and soldiers under the command of He Renlong are indeed much more diligent than the general guards in training, so that his subordinates can always maintain the formation in the march. So it seems that the leader of this officer and soldier is not a fool, but always Keeping a calm mind, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult to break them up.

Although the stone bridge on the Wanzi River is called a big stone bridge, it is really not big. The bridge surface is only less than ten feet wide, and the length is 30 or 40 steps long. It can only accommodate a large car to pass in a single way. If people pass side by side, it can only accommodate five or six people at most, so this group of officials After the soldiers arrived at the east of the bridge, they had to stop to readjust the formation.

After a while, the officers and soldiers took the lead with knives and walked on the stone bridge, and pushed towards the west of the bridge step by step. However, Xiao Tianjian still did not order the soldiers to withdraw, but looked at the distance of the other side.

At this time, the officers and soldiers under the command of He Renlong had pushed the artillery, approaching the distance of less than 200 steps on the east coast, and began to stop the artillery car and busy loading the artillery.

He turned his head and looked at the position of Huang Shengqiang's artillery team. Huang Shengqiang waved a small green flag, and Xiao Tianjian knew that they were ready!

"Ming Huang Shengqiang to open fire!" Xiao Tianjian waved the horse whip at the artillery array of the officers on the other side and shouted loudly.