Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 767 Whose Home Field 3
Zheng Biao guessed right. Heluo’s new army came all the way, and they are indeed very tired. The south is different from the flat northern plains, but there are not so developed post roads for horse-drawn carriages. They all walk on two legs. Everyone will be tired.But he didn't expect that the exhausted Heluo new army would dare to take the initiative to trouble his night attack troops. Not only did this idiot not expect it, but none of his more than 2 men thought of this, so it was a big deal It's up!
At one o'clock in the middle of the night, the Heluo New Army had already built fortifications in Hayden, and even dug up the emplacements of six 85mm howitzers. Let the enemy come to die.But now there is no sign of the enemy, only the mosquitoes are constantly attacking them.Of course, not only their group was feeding the mosquitoes, but there was also a battalion of mountain soldiers in the direction of Chengxi who were also being bitten by mosquitoes—the direction of Chengxi was mostly mountainous, and it was difficult for large troops to pass during the day. Not to mention the night, but in order to prevent the enemy from attacking from east to west, Han Peng still set up a mountain camp there to be prepared.

Mosquitoes buzzed all over my ears, stinging wherever they caught, and in order to avoid exposing the target, they couldn't hit with their hands, so the Heluo Xinjun could only grit their teeth and endure it.Praying for the enemy to show up so they can get rid of the damn mosquito.

But, why hasn't the enemy army appeared yet?

The Heluo Xinjun was scolding his mother, and Wang Bin was also scolding his mother, still jumping around.

His subordinates are so useless!

It was okay when we first set off, everyone's morale was high, and they all dreamed of their magical soldiers descending from the sky, breaking into the enemy's camp and hacking wantonly like entering a no-man's land, and they walked quite fast.However, after walking a few miles, it was no longer possible, and the formation began to become chaotic. After ten miles, a large number of those who were left behind and who were unwilling to stand up appeared on the side of the road. Everyone complained that the road was too difficult and too far away. Now, when they arrive at the Zhangpu camp of the Heluo New Army, I'm afraid they will all be exhausted!Wang Bin almost didn't let these good-for-nothings cry, is this road still difficult?Obviously, it is marching along the seaside post road, is this still difficult to walk?I really don't know how the new army of Heluo managed to travel seventy or eighty miles a day without disorderly formation. He led the team for only ten miles and it was as chaotic as herding sheep!In desperation, he had no choice but to send cavalry to run back and forth, driving away with sticks when he saw those sitting on the side of the road who were unwilling to get up, and at the same time reminded them loudly not to forget the bold words before departure.After tossing back and forth like this for several hours, not to mention the people, the horses are almost exhausted and paralyzed, but Wang Bin has no choice. If he doesn't do this, there will be only a few hundred people running around him soon. .

After finally reaching Hayden, the morale of the group of soldiers finally rose a bit, but they all asked for a meal before leaving—they were all hungry!Wang Bin was at a loss, so he had to send hundreds of people into Hayden to rob food from house to house, making a fuss. At least thirty stones of rice and some vegetables and salted fish made a meal for him. Everyone eats.The soldiers were gobbling around the pot, while Wang Bin was drinking sullenly while his lieutenant general Zheng Sanfa also said with a mournful face: "General, this can't be done. The soldiers are very fast. We went out of the city to attack at night, and the plan was a surprise attack." , to catch them by surprise, but they dawdle on the road like this, the whole world knows that we are going to launch a night attack, so why are we talking about surprises?"

Wang Bin said angrily: "Do you think I don't know that soldiers are valuable and fast? They really can't get up fast! These soldiers shouted loudly one by one, and when it's time to see the real chapter, they all have diarrhea! What the hell are you doing to offer advice to the general for a night attack? If it wasn’t for such an unlucky idea, I would be lying in bed and snoring so much!”

Zheng Sanfa also sighed: "Isn't that right, this time we are in bad luck!"

Apparently, these generals were all discouraged in the face of such a group of soldiers who were holding on to each other and retreating. Their pride and aspirations before departure had long since been exhausted by exhaustion and helplessness. It is very tenacious.

However, no matter how tired and helpless you are, there is still a battle to be fought, so you can't just go back in despair like this?Zheng Biao must bear them!And there is a good reason to stop for a meal, that is, the soldiers who fell behind caught up with the food at an alarming speed, and the manpower was unexpectedly full, and they were not far from the destination. Now if you want to turn back, let alone Zheng Biao , even these half-dead soldiers are not happy——If you want to turn back, you have to turn back a long time ago, why wait until now?

So, after everyone had a full meal, Wang Bin gave an order, and thousands of soldiers set off again, belching full, at a much faster speed.

Of course, Han Peng couldn't hide this scene. After receiving the report from the scouts, he sneered: "You're looking for death!" It's active, those soldiers are about to start fighting and eat so much that their bellies are full. Isn't it courting death?Finally, the large torches moved into his field of vision like a lazy snake, and Han Peng, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, ordered: "Fire the signal flare!"

Shhhhhhh———

A series of three green flares shot up from the woods, rushing hundreds of meters high.Wang Bin, who was hiccupping, was startled. He looked up and saw the signal flare exploded in the sky, turning into tens of thousands of firefly-sized green fireworks, which were amazingly beautiful.But Wang Bin, Zheng Sanfa and other generals with some military knowledge did not have the slightest excitement and excitement of the little girls watching the fireworks on the Lantern Festival. On the contrary, they felt an inexplicable chill!

There is a situation!
Zheng Sanfa suddenly pointed to a forest ahead, and called, "Look over there!"

Without him shouting, Wang Bin saw it all. In the forest, rows of ghostly figures flashed in the darkness, striding towards them in neat rows.You can see by the moonlight that these guys are carrying muskets, bayonets are shining under the moonlight, thousands of troops are silent, only the sound of orderly footsteps, bloodthirsty gleams in pairs of indifferent eyes, It seems to be the Shura Legion from hell, which is frightening.

The soldiers who were talking and laughing just now all stared round like toads struck by thunder, and opened their mouths wide, speechless.They watched in horror as this army approached step by step. Those who were less timid trembled all over and shouted in horror: "It's the new army! It's the Heluo new army!"

Zheng Sanfa turned pale and shouted to Wang Bin: "General, those gangsters actually knew that we were going to attack at night and set up an ambush halfway. What should we do?"

Wang Bin was also pale, gritted his teeth, and shouted bravely: "What are you afraid of? They are all gunfire, and they can't shoot accurately in the dark at all, and after firing one shot, there is no chance to fire a second shot. No matter what Seeing that we are all guaranteed to win, I'm afraid of being scared! Go, go for me! Go up and destroy these black skins!"

Now the Heluo New Army has approached within a hundred meters.According to the tactics of the Heluo New Army, the artillery should fire at this time, killing and injuring the enemy in large numbers with fierce firepower, severely hitting the enemy's soldiers, weakening the enemy's combat effectiveness, and creating conditions for the infantry to attack.But Han Peng obviously didn't intend to waste the shells that he had so hard to transport from Guangzhou on this bunch of useless firewood. ability, these shells were all transported from Wuhan, and the hardships involved can be imagined. Therefore, his regiment has eighteen 85mm howitzers, each with only forty shells, and twelve 85mm lightning strike guns. Less, only 120 rounds, and one shot is less than one shot, so it is better to save some.In fact, there is no need to fire guns. Seeing the new Heluo army rushing forward layer by layer, with bayonets like a wall, Wang Bin's troops were already in a panic, and many people began to retreat subconsciously... It is still difficult to fight against this vulnerable army. It would be a waste of resources to fire.He commanded the troops to continue to move forward. This was a tactic formulated in advance. When the top reached 30 meters, they opened fire.

The new army of Heluo pressed forward step by step, getting closer and closer. The black figure in the darkness, the gleaming bayonet, and the thunderous footsteps made people feel like hell was descending.Wang Bin's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he roared loudly: "Make formation! Form formation! Archers are in front, spearmen are in the back, shoot for me! They are all brainless, they will just walk straight up to die, you are afraid What!"

The slightly trembling voice echoed in the night sky, looking a bit sad. The soldiers trembled at his roar and began to form formations tremblingly.It was too late to start forming a formation now. Before their archers could line up, the Heluo New Army was only 30 meters away from them.Completely ignoring the thousands of trembling archers who were drawing their bows, Han Peng shouted: "Three rows of volleys, fire!"

More than 2000 infantrymen of the Heluo New Army stood at attention, the first row squatted, the second row half-kneeled, and the third row took a standing position to hold their guns. More than 2000 muzzles pointed at the enemy. Following Han Peng's order, they pulled the board at the same time machine!

bang bang bang bang bang——

The gunshots were so dense that they couldn't distinguish the counts like a thunderstorm, almost shaking the clouds in the sky, and more than 2000 bloodthirsty flames flew out, licking at the fresh flesh.The sounds of bullets tearing flesh came and went, like piercing a water sac, this creepy sound was connected together, and Zheng's troops fell down row by row like a wheat field blown by a strong wind !Thousands of archers in the front row were almost wiped out, and the pikemen and sword and shield fighters in the back also lay scattered on the ground.The terrifying power of rifled flintlock guns using gun cotton as propellant completely exceeded the most exaggerated imagination of Zheng's army. One bullet could even penetrate three people, and when they fired at close range, the Zheng's army caught off guard was instantly attacked. When it came to the devastating blow, more than one-third of them fell to the ground in one volley, and many people who did not fall were also covered in blood. I don't know whether it flowed out after being shot or splashed. .They wiped the blood tremblingly, their bodies trembling violently, and after a while of darkness, they suddenly let out earth-shattering screams!

Timid schoolgirl steps into a cobra-style scream!
Everyone was screaming for their lives, and some even cried out loud. The unprecedented fear made them fly out of their wits.It's not that they haven't fought a war, and they haven't seen dead people, but when have they seen such a tragic scene where one-third of the people around them fell down in an instant?The impact on an army caused by killing more than 1000 people in a day and falling more than 1000 people in a few seconds is very different. The former is normal, as long as the army is not too bad. It's the end of the world, and even the iron-clad army can't bear it!While they were screaming, the Heluo New Army roared in unison, and slammed towards them with bayonets like mountains and walls. The dagger-shaped army thorns mercilessly pierced through the clothes, leather armor, and chest muscles of the soldiers of Zheng's army. Even the bones, the front chest went in and the back chest came out, leaving large hollow holes, with streams of blood coming out. Before the soldiers of Zheng's army, whose mind was blank, were stabbed to the ground before they could react.The screams finally made the survivors react, and suddenly let out a shrill scream: "They are not humans, they are evil spirits! Run!"

This scream destroyed the last bit of courage of Wang Bin's troops. Almost everyone threw away the things in their hands, turned back collectively, and ran at full speed. The army of thousands of people collapsed in an instant.The pikemen threw away their spears, the archers threw away their bows and arrows, and the generals threw away their helmets and armors. The word interpretation to the extreme!
Similarly, they also interpret the idiom "vulnerable to a single blow" to the fullest.

However, we cannot blame them too much. They are essentially just a group of pirates and a ragtag group of people. In terms of discipline, courage, and obedience to officers, they are incomparable to the regular army, and even more so to the Heluo New Army. The world is different. Even the powerful Manchurian Eight Banners Army could easily collapse in the face of the thunderous blow of the Heluo New Army, let alone a mob like them?They chose the wrong opponent at the wrong time, and it's all bad luck!
(End of this chapter)