Chapter 258: People turn their backs on horses
Lu Si never forgot these two local weapons that have made great contributions to the Huai Army since the canal started.
Weapons have never been simple and useless, and some of them will be used.
Those who know how to use it can conquer the world with two kitchen knives.
If you don’t know how to use it, you can only use Gatlin as fireworks.
For example, Lu Si's first killing was a kitchen knife.
What caused the canal's riot was just a gong.
It is always the one who decides the outcome.
Yunlong Mountain is not a good place. Although the mountain is not high, the hilly terrain is still unfavorable to the Huai Army. However, even though he knew that Bai Yongfu would use the terrain of Yunlong Mountain to block the Huai Army, Lu Si still rolled the "ball" over.
This is not just a sure thing, or a sure thing to win, or just a simple battle.
Do something like a person who is dead and silences.
Since you have to do it sooner or later, it is better to do it early than to do it late.
The Huai Army urgently needs experience in fighting against large-scale cavalry groups.
As Lu Si said to Monk Xu, no matter how much courage is, it is better to do a real fight.
The depression and fear brought by countless war horses at high speed are something that the Huai Army at the foot of Yunlong Mountain has never experienced before, but it must be experienced, and the depression and fear will be stronger every time.
Lu Si is ready to sacrifice one brigade or even two brigades. As long as he can wipe out more than 3,000 cavalry of Bai Yongfu, these sacrifices are worth it.
Getting rid of Bai Yongfu is equivalent to cutting off Liu Zeqing's wings. Liu Zeqing, who has no wings, can't fly even if he wants to.
Ma Sanbao explained clearly that Liu Zeqing's army carries millions of large amounts of gold and silver.
With this gold and silver, the Huai Army would have the courage and confidence to advance north.
However, the battle situation was obviously better than Lu Si predicted. Although the Second Brigade suffered heavy casualties, it withstood the impact of the Ming cavalry and successfully held them. Although the central government of the Huai Army was completely disrupted by the Ming army, the Ming army could not obtain greater results.
Lu Si kept looking up at the mountain, not looking at the big Buddha statue, but looking at when it was dark.
He knew that the night color would double or even amplify the Huai Army's fear of the enemy several times.
He believed that Bai Yongfu also considered this way.
During a military meeting many days ago, Lu Si ordered the generals to fight against the enemy in an unquestionable tone, no matter whether they can hold on or cannot hold on, they would not be allowed to light the torch first.
Lu Si can't violate Sarhu's lesson, but he honestly wore the iron armor without even seeing the shadow of the Ming army.
Zhang Xianzhong’s lessons cannot be violated.
Isn’t it blind to be able to see the enemy? How can a blind man fight?
The subordinates muttered and questioned.
Of course, Lu Si would not let his subordinates become blind. He had long equipped the Huai Army with a large number of flares.
The things that Chinese people can liven up during the festivals and festivals are actually the best signal and flares in this era of underdeveloped technology.
Now, the fireworks blooming in the Ming army formation pointed out the enemy's location for the Huai army, and also made the enemy mess up.
“This thing…”
The artillery team is in charge, and Fujianese Hong Bao is very happy to see the densely blooming fireworks in the distance. This scene has only happened during the Chinese New Year. Those rich families competed with each other on New Year's Eve, and they were happy that the children of poor families could dance outside to see the late night.
"So it can be used like this."
Hong Bao nodded and ordered his subordinates to clean up the loaded medicine. The order he received before was that no matter who retreated, his artillery team would immediately open fire and shoot them to death.
Hong Bao couldn't believe it because he was in front of him three main brigades of the First Town, so he went to the governor to confirm the authenticity of the order. After receiving a positive reply, Hong Bao was really shocked.
In the distance, as the gorgeous fireworks bloomed, the infantry attack began.
"Red, black and red! Red, black and red!"
The 1,000 bamboo pole soldiers from Xie Jinsheng's troops of the Third Brigade lined up in a dense array of 50 people, in groups of three, and held the bamboo pole tightly and pressed over to the Ming army, who was "attacked" by fireworks.
The Ming army could hear the roars coming from their ears, but they could not see the Huai army that they could not capture.
The fireworks are dazzling and gorgeous, and they can't help but keep watching in the dark, but they explode in the air, not in front of them.
The large amount of sulfur smell generated by the fireworks explosion made Ming Jun’s eyes unable to open, and it also became difficult to breathe because it was really too choking.
If you choose to be attacked by artillery fire or fireworks, most Ming soldiers may choose the former because the former can't see anything, and if you are hit, you will hit it. However, the latter is hit and you will be killed. The problem is that you can see it, but your eyes cannot stand the dazzling light at such a close distance.
In order to avoid the fireworks, Ming Jun could only lie on the horse. When they felt the danger, they suddenly looked up, but their eyes suddenly became dark and lit up again, which made them instinctively close their eyes.
In the distance, it was still pitch black, and only where they were there was colorful light.
Many Ming army were taken away from the battle formation by frightened war horses, and some were taken directly to the Huai army. As a result, before the horses stopped, they were knocked down by spears in the dark.
Some people run to the hillside next to it. After a few steps, the horses cannot see the terrain clearly, or fall off the horse, or are directly piled up by branches.
The sound of "red, black and red" is getting closer and closer, and the dense footsteps are also close at hand. You can tell that the enemy has arrived without looking at it.
The danger forced some Ming soldiers to open their eyes, and then they saw countless bamboo poles "punching" towards them.
The bamboo pole was very long, and the three of them ran forward with one piece, and then combined the strength of the three of them to poke at one person at the same time. The power was so great that it could "poke" the person away.
One Ming army after another was poked away by bamboo poles. When they landed on the ground, they either knocked their companions behind them down or hit the war horses heavily, causing a series of commotion.
"prick!"
The dense bamboo pole formation continued to advance into their formation with the chaotic Ming army. The Ming army in front of the formation was all stabbed off, and a large number of war horses also ran back under the pressure of the dense Huai army bamboo pole formation.
This time, the man turned it into one-sided.
Simple movements: lift, poke, hold, lift, poke and hold.
The bamboo pole team of the Huai Army was as if they had entered an unmanned territory, and kept knocking down the Ming cavalry in front of them, which was chaotic by fireworks.
The Ming army was dismissed from horseback and died. The Zhuno team ignored it, but they still lined up in dense formations and kept pressing towards the rear of the Ming army.
Zhan Shixun collapsed first. They could not even see anything, and they could not organize resistance. Even if a soldier fired an arrow or shot a gun in front of him like a blind man, it was not a stone that fell into the deep pool, silently for the Huai Army Pennois team that rushed over.
Zhan's troops kept retreating to Yang Wenqi's troops behind. Yang Wenqi knew it was not good, so he ordered his subordinates to rush back with him, but they were blocked without waiting for them to run a few hundred feet.
It was not the Ma Sanbao troops who were broken up by them that blocked them, but dozens of large cars blocked the road.
The Huai Army in front of them did not attack them with fireworks, but it was pitch black. The Ming army, who were running horses, were suddenly "nailed" on the spear in front of the cart, did not realize that there was a terrible hidden in the darkness.
"Shoot the arrow!"
With Xu Chuanchao's order, the only crossbowman of more than 400 Huai Army opened his bow and pulled the strings and shot the arrows in his hand into the dark night ahead.
With the "swoosh" sound, the Ming army, which was squeezed into a mess, kept screaming and falling off the horse.
After a few rounds of arrows, I heard the wailing of horses and the wailings of people everywhere in front of me.
"Enter!"
With a command, the "earth tank" was pushed forward by six Huai army men and pushed forward with great force. The six spears in front of the frame were not as long as the bamboo pole, but compared to the bamboo pole that just "punched" the person, the spearhead directly pierced the person and the horse that they hit. Even directly "nailed" the person in front of the large frame, at least a dozen large cars could not move forward. Even the six "pushers" used their strength to exert their strength, because even the war horses were stuck on the front. The weight of the front end made some large cars unable to move forward, and even the front end of some cars was sunk and the rear end was raised, and they could not be pressed down no matter how hard they were pressed.
The Ming army was desperate. The sound of guns in the dark sounded, but only made a dull "puff" sound on the gun blocks in front of the big chariots, causing no harm to the Huai army behind.
There was a dense bamboo pole team that was forced to come up with fireworks in front, and a large cart behind it was blocked. The Ming army, which was blocked from front to back, was completely in chaos under the double blow.
Liu Zeqing's niece son-in-law Zhan Shixun was scared away. After his consciousness was already in a desperate situation, he turned over and dismounted and ran desperately towards the slope.
The escape of the main general made the Zhan army completely collapse. A group of brave soldiers ran around on both sides with their eyes closed. Yang Wenqi knew that the situation was hopeless. With the Huai army having the advantage and a large number of fireworks, Bai Yongfu could not lead his troops to rescue them. They could only ask for more blessings now.
However, in the chaos, Yang Wenqi was wrapped in a defeated army and could not escape to the slopes on both sides. The result of the collapse of Zhan troops, who could have blocked them for a while, was that the Huai Army's infantry formation broke out directly.
The best portrayal of Yang Wenqi now is that there is no door to heaven and no road to earth.
In desperation, he could only close his eyes and beat the horses and followed the soldiers to rush towards the darkness ahead again.
The four strikes were everywhere, and the sound of war horses hitting the cart, and the screams of despair were like a scene of hell. Yang Wenqi suddenly turned his head and rushed to the other side. As soon as the rider left the place, a few feather arrows fell down.
After following Liu Zeqing for so many years, although he was suppressed and chased by thieves most of the time, Yang Wenqi had never encountered such a desperate scene like today.
"Go away, go away!"
Yang Wenqi shouted unwillingly, and fireworks kept exploding near him, illuminating his face, which was almost crazy.
Finally, Yang Wenqi saw the enemy. He instinctively lifted his sword, but before he could close to a long bamboo pole, he reached over.
Yang Wenqi subconsciously waved his knife and slashed. Before he could hum, he felt that he suddenly hung in the air. He looked down and saw a bamboo pole piercing straight into his stomach.
The bamboo pole was very long, and its sharp tip had already penetrated Yang Wenqi's body more than three feet away. Not far away, the war horse without its master was happily grabbed by a Huai army and shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!