A large amount of white smoke filled the battlefield, if this could be considered a battlefield.
Kong Youde lay tightly on the ground, not daring to move. Beside him, lying with a pair of eyes fixed in death, was the corpse of the brother he had been with day and night. At this moment, the entire corpse was almost soaked in blood, and inside the corpse
The blood seemed to flow endlessly and kept pouring out.
After that "get down", this brother still stared blankly at the Tatars rushing down from the hill in front. He did not stand bravely like other guys who fled back. However, from the commander
The bullets flying out of the muskets in the personal troops did not feel his bravery. The first batch of projectiles rushing out of the guns, before hitting the Tatar horses and people, destroyed all the people who blocked them along the way.
Everything was swept through like wheat.
Kong Youde didn't feel scared in his heart, but rather excited. As for the death of his brothers, he wasn't too sentimental. They were all eating on the edge of the knife. They should have had this awareness when holding the knife. As for the few who escaped the impact,
As Marshal Jiang's brother in his own formation, he didn't think the other party could survive.
He just felt that these brothers were not worth it. They were all veterans who had been fighting for many years. To rush back to the main camp during the war was a stupid thing to do only if you wanted to seek death.
This was not the first time he had seen fire guns against the enemy, but he had never seen such a dense fire gun attack so fast in such a short distance. He had thought that Marshal Jiang had brought such a small number of troops before.
Dao, it was a bit too much, but now he doesn't think so at all.
The surroundings became quiet. He looked back and saw that there were no Tatars standing behind him anymore. He tried his best to stand up.
Hearing bang bang bang and several more gunshots, he was so frightened that he immediately fell down again.
"Clean the battlefield and be on guard!" Jiang Wan's voice rang out in the crowd: "Those who didn't come down, they have horses and we can't catch up. Let's look around to see if there are any survivors. I
You know why Tatars appear in this place!"
At this time, Kong Youde hurriedly got up and called to his brother.
As expected, seven or eight of his brothers died. Those who were standing and those who rushed back to the main formation were all mowed down by muskets. No one survived. This made his men look at Jiang Wan and Jiang Wan's
When I saw him, his eyes were filled with fear and anger.
"Stop looking at people like this!" Kong Youde sighed: "If you want to blame, blame them for their bad luck. Just now, they reminded me, what else would I do? When the Tatars rush over,
Everyone must die!"
Everyone was silent. The cavalry rushed into the infantry formation, or the cavalry rushed down from a high place. Almost everyone expected this outcome. In fact, everyone had already made plans to fight to the death with the Tatar cavalry.
However, dying at the hands of one of their own people was really unacceptable to them.
The surrounding soldiers were cleaning the battlefield with knives, looking for possible survivors according to Jiang Wan's instructions. Kong Youde calmed down and walked towards Jiang Wan.
"Commander, my brothers and I know a few words of Tatar, is there anything we can use?"
"If there are any alive, go and question them as to why they are here!" Jiang Wan's face was stern: "How many Tatars are there nearby?"
"Understood!" Kong Youde replied solemnly, this was a matter of life and death, and he did not dare to be careless at all.
"And!" Seeing him turning around to leave, Jiang Wan stopped him: "Just now, something happened in a hurry, and some of your brothers were injured. Later, tell me the names and hometowns of these brothers. In addition to the pension from the court, I will also
They will treat their families well!”
"The commander-in-chief is very considerate. I would like to thank the commander-in-chief on behalf of the brothers!" Kong Youde said nothing, thanked him and left.
"I'm afraid it's hard to find anyone alive!" Tang Ruowang stood beside Jiang Wan and slowly shook his head: "With such a distance and so many musket fires, if there is anyone who can survive, he will definitely be God's favorite.
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Jiang Wan glanced at him noncommittally. He didn't know that there shouldn't be anyone alive. Ever since the guards around him were equipped with this new type of musket, he had been indoctrinating him with the idea that only the order to fire was required.
For a moment, they just fired the muskets in their hands as hard as they could until the order to stop shooting was given.
Jiang Wan has no shortage of muskets and ammunition. If he can use weapons to withstand the loss of the personal guards around him, then he is willing to pay any amount.
In addition, for the muskets of this era, no matter how sophisticated they are, accuracy is always a big problem. The only way to solve the accuracy problem is to cover the target with dense firing. As long as there is enough firepower and
As for the duration, even if the accuracy is slightly worse, it won’t be a problem.
He didn't even want to look at the fallen horses and the corpses of the Tatars. He could guarantee that even the person or horse that was hit the least would never receive less than dozens of bullets.
Sure enough, Kong Youde soon responded with a low face: "Commander, there is not a single person alive!"
The only ones who escaped were the last two Tatar cavalry on the hill. I don't know if they stayed to observe the results of the battle, or if they didn't have time to rush down. In short, they ran away very quickly when they saw the opportunity. At this time, no one could
I knew I had gone somewhere long ago.
"Tell me what you think of these Tatars! You have fought against the Tatars. Can you tell the origins and purpose of the Tatars?"
Jiang Wan pondered for a moment. He was now faced with a choice. If he continued to move towards the undiscovered city, he might encounter a large group of Tatars. No matter how good he was at fighting these two hundred people, his ammunition was limited.
Yes, the use of guns is not invulnerable. The Tatar army really wants to surround them, and the bows and arrows are enough to trap this small group of people.
If we return the same way, then the robbery operation to North Korea will basically fail. If even this unknown small place has Tatar troops stationed, then in other cities,
There is no doubt that a stronger force exists.
Then, the way he hoped to rely on plundering food from North Korea would basically not work.
"If these Tatars appear here, then it means that we are not far from that city!" Kong Youde thought for a while and said: "My brothers and I once killed the Tatar scouts. Basically, if they were scouts, they
At most, they only have a short sword and a short bow, and the number of people will not exceed ten!"
He turned back and pointed to the battlefield: "These Tatars all have long knives, long bows and heavy bows in their hands. I checked their quivers and the arrows are all made of iron. More importantly, they have more than twenty riders.
This shows that they are not scouts at all!"
He breathed out slowly: "They are coming for us, and they have been waiting for us!"
Jiang Wan felt a little relieved, but only a little.
"More than twenty cavalrymen dare to charge at my brigade of more than a hundred people!" He snorted heavily: "Do they look down on us, or do they think they can really equal ten?"
"Commander, have you forgotten that none of the brothers are wearing military uniforms?" Kong Youde reminded: "In their eyes, maybe we are just a group of pirates who came over, two dozen elite cavalry, defeated hundreds of pirates, let alone
They are Tatars, even my Ming cavalry can do it!"
Jiang Wan fell silent and looked around. Kong Youde's men were digging holes to bury their dead brothers. His guards also took this opportunity to check their guns and ammunition. As for the corpses of the dead Tatars,
Then it was thrown aside and no one cared about it.
"Then your brothers, search for the corpses of the Tatars!" Jiang Wan sighed: "Except for the useful news, let me calm down the rest for my brothers!"
Kong Youde nodded and finished Jiang Wan's instructions. Only then did the people under him finally have a sense of life on their faces.
Everyone moved to a hill not far away. Once on the hill, Jiang Wan was stunned. In the distance visible to his eyes, the outline of a city was clearly visible. Although the city was not majestic, it was so real.
It is indeed a city.
Since there was a city and the Tatars were waiting for them here, Jiang Wan's heart moved slightly and her eyes wandered in all directions.
"General, use mine!" Tang Ruowang took out a single-cylinder telescope from his arms: "You should see more clearly this way!"
Jiang Wan's heart moved, and she glanced at Tang Ruowang. Tang Ruowang didn't know how useful a telescope was in this place, so he actually took it out just now?
"I made it myself. It's not completely finished yet. The lens still needs to be carved!" Tang Ruowang explained: "I can't see very far, and I can't see very clearly either. I can only see roughly!"
That’s probably enough!
Jiang Wan picked up the telescope. In the telescope, the city in the distance was suddenly pulled in front of him. Although the faces of the soldiers on the city were blurry, their clothes and their somewhat funny high hats all explained the city.
Not defended by the Tatars.
He carefully wanted to see the flag on the city head clearly, but unfortunately, although the flag was there, he couldn't see it clearly.
"I'm going to that city now!" He put down his telescope and said to Kong Youde: "We can't come here in vain. Moreover, since the Tatars are waiting for us here, if we go back, they will catch up with us.
It’s also easy!”
"Kong Youde obeys the commander-in-chief's orders!" Kong Youde said without hesitation: "Follow the commander-in-chief to kill the Tatars, Kong Youde will never be ambiguous!"
"Okay!" Jiang Wan nodded: "By taking this city, we will have room for maneuver whether offensive or defensive!"
Everyone acted quickly. The annihilation of this small group of Tatars this time was an accident of the Tatars and theirs. However, if there were not enough spearmen to protect them, they knew clearly that they would be attacked in the wild.
What are the consequences of approaching cavalry?
They can deal with twenty cavalry, but what about two hundred or five hundred?
The outline of the city became clearer and clearer, and the appearance of the defenders on top of the city made everyone feel much more relaxed - they were not Tatars.
All of them were North Korean soldiers, and for the North Korean army, no one looked up to them, whether it was the group of newborn calves around Jiang Wan or the group of battlefield veterans like Kong Youde.
"Go shout!"
Standing far in front of the city gate, Jiang Wan said: "Tell them that we are the soldiers and horses of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty. Let them open the door to greet them. If they dare to resist, after the city is broken, no chickens or dogs will be left behind!"
He pointed to the guy with the highest hat on the city wall in the distance: "I'll give them a stick of incense!"
Li Qingxuan stared closely at the "pirate" team below the city. The thunderous sound just now was thought by others to be thunder in the sky, but he knew that it was the sound of firearms.
When Marshal Li Rusong of the Ming Dynasty came to Korea to fight against the Japanese pirates, someone from his Li family also participated in the battle. The battle between Marshal Li and the Japanese pirates' fire gun team is still recorded in the Li family's classics.
As for the fire gun team, which was said to be extremely expensive to build, and it was also extremely expensive to train a fire gun soldier, a team of fire gun soldiers appeared in front of him.
He secretly counted in his mind and found that among the more than a hundred "pirates" in front of him, in addition to being equipped with armor and long knives, at least 80% had a firearm that was very similar to the firecrackers he had seen.
How can this special code be pirates? This is an elite musketeer team that even the entire country of North Korea can't assemble!
Someone came out of the team at the bottom of the city and shouted loudly at the top of the city. Li Qingxuan frowned. He couldn't understand what the other person was shouting, but he could tell that it was in Ming dialect!
He tilted his head and looked at Shen Juncen beside him. Shen Juncen was a civil servant. He should understand these Ming Dynasty words!
"They said that they are the grain collection team of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty, and they want us to open the city to welcome them!" Shen Juncen really understood the shouts from the city, but his face was extremely ugly.
"They only gave us one time to burn incense. After that time, they will attack the city!"
"Please give the order, Lord Fu Yin!" Li Qingxuan cupped his hands and said with a serious face: "Guard Tieshan, I am willing to fight to the death for Lord Shen!"
"How did they come here?" Shen Juncen did not answer his words, but was a little confused: "Is this the only number of people they came here?"
"Of course we came by boat!" Li Qingxuan said calmly: "Dongjiang Town of the Ming Dynasty is across the sea, Master Shen, you don't know that!"
"Oh, they came by boat!" Shen Juncen nodded: "They have warships, so they must have a lot of soldiers and horses. If they are guarding Tieshan, Li Shoubei, we shouldn't be able to withstand so many Ming soldiers and horses."
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"We can't resist!" Li Qingxuan shook his head: "Even with these people in front of us, we may not be able to resist them. They are the elite musketeers of the Ming Dynasty. Once they fight, most of the people in this city will probably die. We are iron
Mountain, not Seoul, how can it withstand such an attack!"
"Since we can't resist it, why don't we open the city gate to welcome them in!" Shen Juncen gave Li Qingxuan a meaningful look: "Master Li, this is a common judgment between you and me, just to protect the people of Tieshan from the military disaster.
, it’s not you and I who are afraid of Ming Dynasty’s military might!”
"That's right, Master Shen and I are all for the people of Tieshan!" Li Qingxuan looked upright and waved his hand fiercely: "Open the city gate and let them in!"