Chapter 261: Fighting Bandits
Li Sicheng put down the Qianli Mile Mile Mile Mile and sneered: "The crowd of mobs."
Then he said, "Break down that big flag for me!"
"Yes" With Li Sicheng's order, several sharpshooters picked up the new bird guns and quickly walked out of the queue. While walking, they also aimed at the rope of the big flag. As the saying goes, the first thing is to win, although Li Sicheng is preparing to follow Zhang Linqi's plan, if he can anger his opponent first, it is suspected that it will be beneficial to the subsequent battle!
"Papapapapapapapapapapapapapa" As the sharp shooters approached two hundred steps in front of the bandit army, a crisp gunshot sounded, and then the high-flying flag of the bandit camp suddenly fell, like an arrow flying bird. It fell straight to the ground!
The bandits were still dazed and didn't react. When those sharpshooters walked out of their formation, the bandits didn't know what they were going to do? After all, for them, the Ming army's bird gun was not much different from the fire stick. They didn't expect to shoot down the banner!
As this scene, the town camp burst into a trembling cheer.
"It's unreasonable" Li Guo, Hao Yaoqi, and Liu Fangliang, who were standing under the banner, were furious and furious. Since their rebellion, they have never encountered such a thing or suffered such a loss. In front of the two armies, the flag was shot down by someone, and they were still watching without stopping it. How ashamed would he be if the King of Chuang knew about this!
"If you don't take revenge, you will not be a human being. You will attack." Li Guo gritted his teeth and issued an order. Since Li Guo was Li Zicheng's nephew, the three of them were vaguely led by him this time. So as Li Guo shouted loudly, soon, the red turban in the front row began to move, all of which began to move before, and the bandits even screamed loudly. His archers were ready to shoot the arrows and only needed to close the distance.
Seeing the bandits start to attack, Li Sicheng smiled contemptuously. That is, he ran fast, and this time he did not bring new artillery. Otherwise, he would have shot several shots according to the bandits' formation, and the custody bombing made these bandits unable to distinguish between the east, west, south and north.
This densely charged formation is simply a living target for artillery! But even so, Li Sicheng had a way to deal with them. The soldiers behind him smiled and said, "Haha, come on." Compared with the bandits, the town had already formed a camp here. According to the order, teams of soldiers from one team formed a large array of one mile long and wide in units of the general. The two groups in the front, two groups in the back, one left and one right, protected both sides of the army. The horses of each soldier were also collected to the army headquarters.
At this moment, the town's officers have begun to issue orders.
"Prepare the musket shoulder!"
"Mirror shoulder!", one after another, a series of responses sounded.
The neat movement sounded, and a forest of guns stood up.
At this time, the distance between the two sides had been nearly a hundred steps closer. The cannon fodder troops that had charged earlier were still a little frightened because the Ming army's sharpshooters and bird guns were fired at a distance that could threaten them.
However, when they reached 200 steps, the sharpshooters just now found that nothing was wrong. So they rushed forward tremblingly. When they reached 150 steps, they still did not hear the sound of the Ming army's gunshots.
Now they felt relieved. They all had an idea. The bird guns in the hands of the Ming army's sharpshooters were specially made, so they were shot far away. The bird guns in the hands of the large Ming army were still the same as those in the Ming army that they had seen before, and were similar to the fire sticks.
As soon as he thought of this, the confidence of these bandits increased greatly, so he was no longer so scared when he ran. In fact, this was Li Sicheng's strategy of seducing the enemy. He first showed it to be weak and paralyzed the opponent. It would be too late to regret it when the opponent made a mistake.
Soon, the distance between the two sides had been narrowed by about a hundred steps, which had reached the effective distance between the bow and arrow. The bandit archers on the opposite side had already shot arrows desperately. There were about 500 archers who attacked this time, and they could roughly be out of the third row.
Take turns to shoot arrows, so for a certain period of time, the sky is filled with rain of arrows, maintaining suppression of the town! This can also be seen that these bandits still have a certain training foundation.
The town here uses a team as a small formation, with one hundred people in each team divided into ten rows. Facing the bows and arrows of the bandits, they were calm and unhurried. The arrows of a hundred steps were not powerful at all, not to mention that the town was covered with exquisite armor.
As the saying goes, it is impolite to come but not go.
The bandits shot arrows, and the town immediately fired a gun and returned the color.
"shooting!"
With the command of the officers, the town, which had been waiting for the battle, immediately fired. With the sound of the bean-like muskets, the bandits charging suddenly saw a flash of fire suddenly popping up in front of them, followed by a gray-white smoke. Then, they heard screams from their own camps, and the sound of human bodies falling to the ground sounding!
In this round of shooting, the 40 or 50 bandits were killed and injured. Moreover, the power of the new bird gun is great. Regardless of whether the bandits are wearing leather armor or cotton armor, blood mists are all coming out of their bodies. If the equipment is bad, they will wear nothing. Then they will directly hit the wine glass-sized pair of wristwatches in front and back, and died of a life of death!
My goodness, what kind of firearm do officers and soldiers use? It's so powerful? Didn't the bird guns used by officers and soldiers use in the past not wear cotton armor? For a moment, the bandits were stunned and their pace of charging stopped. "Brothers, don't be afraid, the bird guns of the official army are powerful, but they are very accurate. If you grit your teeth and get shot for two rounds, we can beat him up!" However, Li Guo keenly discovered the weakness of the town and shouted loudly.
Yes, when he heard Li Guo say this, the bandits were heading to the opposite town camp and immediately felt much more at ease! The bird guns in this town are powerful, but they are really not a good idea. The gunshots just now, at least seven or eight hundred bird guns fired, but there were only dozens of colleagues who were knocked down. Such a life rate is indeed not terrible...
Because there were nearly 3,000 bandits charging this time, and only nearly 30 were hit, which means that the probability of getting shot was only one percent. After this comparison, the bandits who had already stopped were once again confident and began to charge hard as if they were hit by chicken blood. After all, only after winning the battle can they have enough food, and the old and young people in the army can have enough food!
In fact, no bandits noticed that most towns fired their guns into the sky, like shooting birds! But they couldn't help but pay attention. As the gunshots rang out, the town's position was already filled with smoke, and it was unclear one meter away, let alone bandits who were nearly a hundred steps away. This is also part of the plan to lure the enemy out of Zhang Linqi!
If the entire strength of the town is shown, a volley shot will put half of the charge bandits. I am afraid that Li Guo and Hao Yaoqi will run away long ago. It is not an attack at all, but a death. In this way, it will be empty talk of the old camp and the elite cavalry! Therefore, it is necessary to show that they are weaker. Anyway, Li Zicheng's troops have not fought with the town before, so they are not very clear about the strength of the town. It is still feasible to show that the enemy is weak.
If the strength shown is too weak, Hao Yaoqi will not believe it. So just like now, it is neither too strong nor too weak. Just right! It is necessary to cause certain damage to the opponent and give them hope. It seems that with one effort, you can break through the square formation of the town and achieve victory in the battle. Only in this way can you lead the opponent's nose step by step towards victory!
The facts proved that Zhang Linqi's plan was successful. After being stunned for a moment, the bandits began to charge again. And the sound of pulling gun bolts and loading medicines was sounded. After the first row of musketeers were released, they immediately retreated. They pulled out their sticks, cleaned the gun barrels, and loaded the fixed-loading medicines again. Of course, the speed at this time was less than half that of the usual ones! It was like slowing down!
In the past, three shots of medicine could be produced in one minute, and some people could even shoot four shots. However, at the current speed, which is only one shot per minute, it is only slightly stronger than the ordinary Ming army. Think about it, if the shooting accuracy of the town is not high, but the gunshots are constantly being kept, Hao Yaoqi and Li Guo also have to consider it. After all, such a victory is too expensive! Cannon fodder is also dusty!
After a full minute of pause, the first row of musket soldiers retreated, and the second row of musket soldiers was ready before the town officers' command rang again.
"shooting!"
Under the orders of the officers, the musket soldiers pulled their plate machine again. However, the results of the battle were still similar to those just now. Although the distance between the two sides had been closer to more than ninety steps, there were only thirty or forty bandits who fell to the ground. Although these people looked miserable, they all fell to the ground and wailed in pain. Many people were beaten to the point of being out of their internal organs.
With the parts of their bodies, they were all in a mess. Some were just holding the bloody large and small intestines and wailing, lamenting that they could not survive. Some tried their best to stuff these internal organs into their bodies. However, they were in a hurry, either breaking their intestines or accidentally tied a knot... But these were just individual cases, only partial. For the large formation with a total of 3,000 people charging, it had a significant impact on the overall situation.
"Brothers, rush forward, if you work harder, you can rush to the front of the official army. Kill the official army and go back to have a full meal late!" Li Guo, Hao Yaoqi, Liu Fangliang and others seized the opportunity and shouted. Yes, the remaining distance can be reached with just one effort!
Chapter completed!