Chapter 194 Unexpected Situation

Huang Degong strode up a high place and observed outside the battalion. When he saw the tide of the generals of the Xingtian Army, he ordered to prepare for resistance. Then a gun was pushed into the gun position by the officers and soldiers. The muzzle pointed to the outside of the battalion, and a box of rockets was also set up, pulling out the lead at the end of the box. The bow and crossbowmen and firemen were ready to launch, and they stood up straight one after another, exposing their chest wall above their chests.

This method can be said to be learned from Xing Tianjun. It is very effective to deal with infantry attacks, so Luo Li's department suffered a big loss under such circumstances.

Just as they rushed to the official army camp for more than a hundred steps, the edge of the official army camp spewed out flames one after another, and also raised groups of gunpowder smoke, and then the rumble of cannons rolled away on the ground and spread in all directions.

Xiao Tianjian was observing the situation of the battlefield with a telescope in the distance. When he saw the flames and smoke spewing from the edge of the army camp, his heart skipped a beat, and a strong sense of uneasiness immediately attacked him, and involuntarily made him squeeze the telescope.

The shells fired by the officers and soldiers roared and fell in front of the two armies. There were two cannons that were loaded with dozens of small shells on top of the cannon shells. One dozen was a large, like a fan-like surface, holding a very wide surface. Immediately in front of the array of the Xing Tianjun, which was charging, there was a bloody rain, and dozens of soldiers howled miserably. He fell on the battlefield, and some shells rushed into the Xingtian Army's array. Suddenly, they also opened a bloody alley in the Xingtian Army's array. Although the officers' artillery fire was not as accurate as the Xing Tianjun, such a volley also brought great deal of casualties to Luo Li's troops.

Luo Li, who was leading the army to attack, couldn't help but be a little stunned. He didn't expect that the officer and army still had such a fierce artillery counterattack waiting for him. When he saw the generals under his command falling down one by one, he couldn't help but be angry. Instead of ordering to suspend the attack, he ordered to accelerate the charge, at least rushing to the official. Dozens of steps outside the military camp, fully carry forward their sharp advantages.

However, his decision brought greater damage to his subordinates. As soon as the officers and soldiers' artillery opened, the rockets arranged at the edge of the camp also began to be ignited. Once a box of bee rockets were ignited, they flew out of the box like a locust, like a locust. Towards the battlefield, he fell into the offensive formation of the Xingtian Army.

A nest of bee rockets in the Ming Dynasty were quite powerful killers. After the end of the Ming Dynasty, the gunpowder technology was also mature, and the craftsmanship of the craftsmen was relatively perfect. There were few swarms of bee rockets that were produced at the same time, and there were as many as a hundred tigers running arrows. There were many kinds, and the longest range could reach a hundred feet. (More than 300 meters), the effect of dealing with cluster targets is very good, and the effective range also suppresses Xing Tianjun's musket.

In the past, when Xing Tianjun fought against the officers and soldiers, in front of these swarms of bee rockets, the losses were often heavy, and he had suffered a lot of losses before. Moreover, the number of Xing Tianjun's knife player was limited. When the knife player charged, he was mainly arranged in front of the queue. For the rockets falling from the sky, the defense ability was very limited. This A sudden counterattack by the officers and soldiers suddenly shot out thousands of rockets. The smoke pulled out by these rockets almost covered the clouds and the sun in the sky, and they roared and fell into the attack team of the Xingtian Army.

In an instant, a lot of Xingtian soldiers fell to the ground with arrows screaming. Although the number of armor of the Xingtian Army is relatively large, it is not possible for all soldiers to be equipped with armor. Therefore, the limited armor is mainly equipped for officers and veterans, and the new soldiers can only make contributions. If you can get armor, once it is hit by a rocket, it will also cause great damage to people. Such a covering rocket will soon cause a lot of damage to Luo Li's subordinates.

Xiao Tianjian's eyebrows were twisted together at this time, because today's performance of the officers and soldiers was a little unexpected. First of all, there was not much chaos after the shelling of the enemy, which surprised him. Then the shelling of the officers and the rockets, it was obviously that someone was in the middle. Moreover, it was also quite good, which made Xing Tianjun's firepower unable to be carried forward, so he was first hit hard by the officers and soldiers, which was rarely seen before, so Xiao Tianjian had an ominous foreboding and couldn't help but want to order Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

However, after he hesitated for a moment, he still did not order the collection of troops for the time being. After all, the performance of the officers and soldiers used to be too poor. Now, although Luo Li's troops have suffered certain losses, this loss is still within an acceptable range. He still feels that Luo Li's troops can play their level and enter the musket. After the range, it can still cause great casualties to the officers and soldiers.

Luo Li was also hit by a rocket on his shoulder. Fortunately, the armor was strong enough to bounce off the rocket, but it also scared Luo Li. Luo Li scolded and continued to attack.

That is, in a short distance of a few hundred steps, the officers and soldiers actually fired two consecutive artillery shots in unison. The second volleyed, which caused greater casualties to the Xing Tianjun. Before Luo Li led his troops to the effective range of the musket outside the officer's camp, he suffered nearly two or three hundred casualties, which had never been encountered before. In the past situation, Luo Li, who was heartbroken, jumped and scolded, repeatedly urged the soldiers to speed up.

It was not until they entered the 70-step distance from the officer's battalion that Luo Li ordered the firearms to stop moving with the gun and began to line up to aim at the officer's battalion to fire. The rest of the soldiers will be used as assault troops to remove the Rejected Malu Fort outside the officer's battalion and clear the obstacles to entering the officer's battalion.

Although the counterattack of the officers and soldiers just now was very unexpected and caused considerable casualties to the soldiers of the Xingtian Army, after all, most of these soldiers are veterans. They have long been used to the bloody battlefield, and the dead are already common for them. Anyway, whether they are killed or wounded, Xing Tianjun is They will not be treated badly, and the Xingtian army is disciplined, and defeat will never be allowed. Therefore, even if there were a lot of casualties just now, there was no will to destroy the Xingtian army generals to continue to rush forward. After the order, a large number of firemen began to gather in a rapid and orderly manner, and a row began to prepare to fire. However, at this time, many officers and soldiers also began to launch with hard crossbows lying on the low wall against the Xingtian army outside the camp.

The effective range of the ordinary hard bow is about 50 steps. At 70 steps, it basically can't kill the Xing Tianjun, but the effective range of the hard crossbow is much higher than that of the bow. Seventy steps can already suppress the fireman of the Xing Tianjun, and the fireman of the Xingtian army shoots in unison. It is necessary to be placed in rows and shoot in a row. The shape is also relatively dense, and the crossbows also play their role.

After the Xingtian army's firearms began to be released, someone soon fell into the queue with a crossbow, and the officers and soldiers also began to fire against the wall at this time. The lead balls flew into the crowd of the Xingtian Army, which also caused a certain amount of numbness to the Xing Tianjun. Annoying.

Fortunately, Xing Tianjun's firearms have begun to be equipped with more chest armor. Even if they are not equipped with chest armor, they are also wearing cotton armor. These armors have considerable defense for crossbows and long-range shooting of bullets, and the casualties are not great.

After a row of firearms began to fire, Xing Tianjun's firearms finally began to power. In an instant, hundreds of projectiles flew to the camp of the officers and hit the chest wall of the officers's camp. Some projectiles directly hit the officers and soldiers standing behind the chest wall. As long as the officers and soldiers were shot, they were hit by the chest. If you are shot, you will be seriously injured if you don't die.

A crossbowman of an officer and soldier was putting the crossbow on the chest wall and aiming at the outside of the battalion to pull the crossbow machine. However, at this time, a bullet directly hit his eyes, which made the officer and soldier immediately lean back. After the bullet hit his head, it did not penetrate through the back of his head, but immediately stirred his brain into one. Pot porridge, white brain plasma and blood gushed out of his eyes. After falling to the ground, he did not say a word, and he died on the spot.

But before he was hit and fell down, he also hit the crossbow machine. The crossbow also flew out in an instant. After crossing the sky, it unbiasedly shot into the eyes of a Xing Tian army fireman, and instantly deeply nailed into the brain of the fire hand. Similarly, the fireman lost his hand silently. The fire in the middle fell in front of the array.

The two sides began to shoot each other. A large number of knife players took the opportunity to protect the long gunners and rushed to the obstacles in front of the army camp and began to dismantle these obstacles. Under the command of Huang Degong, the officers and soldiers, the archers and gunners also joined the regiment one after another and began to attack the attacking Xing Tianjun. One side launched a counterattack.

For a moment, the bullets and arrows between the two armies criscrossed like rain, and the two sides killed each other across the camp. Every moment, someone was hit by a bullet or an arrow, but immediately someone would take over them and continue to shoot arrows at each other.

Although Xing Tian's munitions and guns are very powerful, and the shooting density is also very large, which has caused a lot of damage to the defenders. He almost broke down several times. However, Huang Degong was really cruel this time and personally led the family team to supervise the battle. As long as some officers and soldiers are found trying to escape from the front line, He was immediately killed on the spot, so he suppressed the officers and soldiers who almost collapsed under his command several times, forcing the officers and soldiers to turn around and lean against the chest wall to fight back, thus stabilizing the defense line.

Although Huang Degong is also an old-fashioned general, compared with other generals, he is usually a person who cherishes soldiers and loves soldiers, and Huang Degong is not very greedy. As long as the soldiers' pay is allocated, he intercepts less. Basically, he can pay the soldiers to his officers and soldiers, and compared with other officers and soldiers. In terms of speaking, the military discipline of Huang Degong's department is also relatively strict. In this way, the officers and soldiers under Huang Degong's command still have a certain combat effectiveness. If they don't encounter the Xing Tianjun, the soldiers and horses under his command can also be called an elite soldier.

It is also these reasons. His officers and soldiers are more obedient to Huang Degong's military order. In this way, Huang Degong was cruel today, forcing his officers and soldiers under his command to perform abnormally this time, showing a stronger fighting spirit, coupled with their terrain advantage. You can overlook the whole battlefield. Although the Xing Tianjun is fierce, it is not well prepared and the attacking equipment is not perfect. Therefore, under the death of the officers and soldiers, several attacks have been repelled by the officers and soldiers.

And the Xingtian army under Luo Li's command can't be said to be desperate. Whether it is firearms or other arms, most of them are very brave. They brave the bullets fired by the officers and soldiers and constantly attack forward. However, such attacks have also brought them unprecedented casualties, but after all, the Xing Tianjun is at a disadvantage in the terrain. The officer's battalion is on the gentle slope of Tuanshan. The attacking side will always be in a state of upward attack. In this way, it is very convenient for the officers and army to carry out their firepower, but the Xing Tianjun side could not give full play to their advantage of firepower. At the same time, no one in Luo Li's headquarters expected that the resistance of the officers and army would be so fierce this time. In particular, the artillery of the officers and soldiers were repeatedly bombarded. At such a close distance, even the bowls and mouths that they usually don't like, each bombards a large area, which will kill and injure a lot of the Xingtian army.

Seeing this, Xiao Tianjian couldn't help shouting, "Shen Mingjin withdrawing troops!" Remove Luo Li for me!"