Chapter Seventy-Seven, Killing Hu'er Fang Gives Up
Not long after, Yang Peng heard the news that both Cheng Shijie and Zhan Jinguo had successfully arranged a matchmaking and had arranged a marriage! Yang Peng secretly applauded. It seemed that Cheng Shijie's leading role and demonstration had worked well, making all the bachelors under him anxious.
.Now that these officers have engaged in marriage, they will be more calm when leading troops to fight in the future. This is good news.
At the end of August, Yang Peng brought all 12,000 Huben divisions to the school grounds to test the training results. Now Yang Peng has more than 10,000 soldiers, and he still divides these soldiers into four regiments, each with six battalions.
That is, there are 3,000 people in each regiment. After recruiting 10,000 recruits in February, Yang Peng organized the recruits into separate recruit classes, which facilitated the unified management of the recruit classes and basic training. Li Zhi also organized the recruit classes and veterans
The squads are mixed at the platoon level, which is conducive to veterans imparting experience to new recruits and improving their combat effectiveness.
The new recruits practiced formation, shooting and marching hard during the day, and rested in the barracks at night. The veterans who had been on the battlefield had relatively easy training during the day and still had some energy left, so they went to the school set up by Li Zhi in the evening to learn literacy. To this day, the veterans
We already know a lot of words. Eight thousand literate soldiers are an armed force that has never been seen before in this era.
Yang Peng is currently equipped with two thousand cavalry: these cavalry are composed of 1,500 veterans from the selected vanguard regiment and 500 veterans from other regiments who have been in the army for three years. These veterans have practiced fighting for three or four years and will immediately
Their fighting skills are already very proficient, comparable to other servants of the Song Army. Moreover, Yang Peng also equipped them with rifles and handguns, allowing them to complete two shots before a close encounter, allowing them to defeat several times their own.
of enemies.
These cavalry were led by Yang Qi, the leader of the Selection Regiment. Yang Peng also armed two battalions of crossbowmen in the Selection Regiment. Seven of these crossbowmen operated one crossbow, and a thousand people were equipped with a hundred
Forty strong crossbows. There were originally 500 veterans in the vanguard selection camp, and the new 500 soldiers were recruited from veterans who had experienced fighting. After half a year of training, the new 500 strong crossbow soldiers have all
Able to skillfully operate a crossbow.
One thousand crossbowmen are also equipped with handguns. If the enemy rushes to the artillery, the crossbowmen can kill the enemy with handguns. Artillerymen equipped with handguns are no longer afraid of the enemy's close combat, and their morale is higher. These crossbowmen
The soldiers were led by Xiang Danian, the second deputy commander of the Selection Regiment. Xiang Danian was the first batch of soldiers recruited by Yang Peng. It is said that he was the first batch of people saved by the Yang Peng family. He was gradually promoted to an officer because of his seniority.
He fought bravely and strictly managed the army, and his troops had strong combat effectiveness. Yang Peng eventually promoted him to deputy regimental commander, becoming a senior regiment in charge of a thousand artillery troops.
On August 23, half a year after the new recruits entered the camp, the Huben Division showed their training results to their general, Yang Peng, at the school grounds. First, they lined up to enter the camp. The soldiers lined up in neat rows, walking in unison, with the company
The unit entered the school ground from the west side of the school ground. When entering, the soldiers lined up in five rows. When they reached the designated position, the team turned left and stopped in the front row of the school ground. Twelve thousand soldiers entered the school neatly, and there was no one.
Take the wrong step and drop the chain.
Next, the four regiments took turns to demonstrate the change of formation. Three regiments walked out of the school field, leaving one regiment to demonstrate on the school field: as the command flags in the middle of the school field were waved, the company commanders continued to adjust the orders, allowing the teams of each company to continuously change the team thickness.
——Sometimes it becomes a three-row column, standing in a long line with other companies. Sometimes it becomes a five-row deep team, forming a phalanx with other companies. There are five rows of soldiers standing on all four sides of the phalanx, without sides.
and the rear to attack the enemy cavalry. Sometimes they form a five-row column or a four-row deep circular formation. In short, the formation is constantly changing according to the specific requirements of the battle.
Both recruits and veterans have been training for a long time and are very skilled in organizing formations. Seeing the soldiers well-trained in various formations, Yang Peng stood on the high platform in front of the school field and nodded. Then he showed off the volley. The selection team
Two thousand cavalrymen imitated the enemy's charge, and rode towards the troops performing a volley, making thunderous sound of rolling horse hooves on the deserted ground. The soldiers of each regiment calmly completed the reloading action in the face of the pressure of the cavalry.
The crossbowman opens the arrow door, bites open the fixed arrow box, closes the mechanism, cleans the arrow chamber with a purge, and bites open the fixing device. The fusilier rifleman loads granular gunpowder into the gun chamber and compacts the granular gunpowder with the purge bar.
Load the cone-shaped bullet into the barrel of the gun and press the bullet into the gun. After loading the bullet, the soldiers moved the team under the order of the platoon leader and fired into the sky.
The soldiers who finished shooting immediately moved a step to the right, turned around and walked back, walked to the back of the team and loaded their guns again. The soldiers in the second row quickly walked to the firing position and fired a salvo into the sky. All four regiments were successfully completed.
After firing a volley, except for one recruit who was a little nervous and knocked down another recruit behind him when he retreated after shooting, no one else among the nine thousand riflemen made any mistakes.
Yang Peng was very satisfied with the performance of the new recruits and said: "Not bad, the training was good!" Duan Zhixian smiled and said: "These soldiers have been practicing for six hours a day for half a year, and even a fool has become proficient!" Yang Peng smiled and said
He nodded. Then it was time to check the target shooting accuracy. Nine thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry drove to the shooting range, and each of them shot three rounds. After shooting the target for two hours, the final result reported was: the veteran hit the target at 200 meters.
The hit rate for humanoid targets is 99%, and the hit rate for recruits is 97%.
The soldiers' target hit rate is close to 100%. Even if they are a little nervous on the battlefield, they can still hit a target of 70% or 80% at a target of 200 meters. Such accuracy is enough to make the Huben Division look down on other armies of this era. Yang Peng's
New recruits shoot ten rounds a day, and every three months they have to practice a rifle until it is useless and needs to be remade. Veterans practice less, but they still have to destroy a rifle in a year. This is not a rifle, it is burned.
It's money. Which other army in this era has such intensity of training?
The toughness of Master Huben was developed with one shot after another. Finally, there was a demonstration of crossbow shooting: one hundred and forty crossbows were lined up on the test range, shooting at a target 800 meters away. In the gun gauge
, with the help of a musket ruler and a caliper, the crossbowmen's first shot only missed the target by a few meters, and the second shot all hit a circular target area with a diameter of five meters.
The crossbowmen also demonstrated high-speed shotgun shooting - when the enemy rushed closer, the crossbowmen did not cool down the arrow barrel, did not push the crossbow cart back to its original position, and did not use instruments such as muskets to aim.
People worked together to load the long arrows as quickly as possible, and fired shotguns at the enemy groups rushing forward. Yang Peng stood behind the strong crossbow and made an estimate. Under such extremely fast shooting conditions, the strong crossbow could shoot in eight seconds.
A round of shotgun.
If the enemy's cavalry charges into the formation, it can only charge 200 meters in 17 or 8 seconds. In other words, Yang Peng's artillery can hit the enemy's cavalry with two shotgun blasts at top speed. The shotshells will hit a large area, and one charge will be destroyed.
Two rounds of shotgun is very scary. Yang Peng was very satisfied with the training results of the new recruits and veterans, and said loudly: "The training was good."
The drums of the Chinese army sounded, symbolizing the encouragement of the city lord Yang Peng to the soldiers! The twelve thousand soldiers were encouraged and shouted: "Wonderful victory!
On September 27, Zhang Yan rushed 300 miles from Youzhou to Tianjing New City to write a letter: the Khitan army entered the territory and the military situation was urgent. The Khitan army was pressing down on the border. Yang Peng did not dare to neglect, and immediately took action to mobilize troops and prepare to go.
Go to Yingzhou.
In the early morning of September 28, the second year of Xianping, when Zhang Xiang was busy packing his luggage, Yang Paifeng sat with his son Zhang Huan in his arms and sat watching. As he watched, he started crying. Zhang Xiang quickly hugged Yang Paifeng.
Feng, smiled and said: "Don't cry, Paifeng won't cry!" Yang Paifeng sobbed and said, "Why are you sent to fight in other places again? What will happen if you lose?"
Zhang Xiang smiled and said, "You won't lose. How could your husband be so powerful?" Yang Paifeng wiped his tears and said, "What if? There are so many Khitan troops, but you only have ten thousand."
People. And the Khitan soldiers are so fierce. If they rush into your army formation, many people will die!" After thinking about it, Yang Paifeng started crying more and more, and said: "The year before last, we fought the Khitan soldiers, and last year we fought against the bandits.
The Khitans are going to fight again this year! If we have to fight every year, we won’t be able to live a peaceful life for a good year!”
"With all the people in the nest, how can the eggs be finished?" Zhang Xiang wiped away Yang Paifeng's tears and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll stop when I see a good chance. If I can't beat them, I'll lead my troops and flee back to Tianjing New City, okay?" Yang Paifeng said
His eyes lit up and he said: "As promised, if the situation is not right, you can't be a deserter. This is very shameful!"
Zhang Xiang nodded and said: "Don't worry, your husband wants to save the country and will not die on the battlefield." Yang Paifeng stopped crying and stared blankly at Zhang Xiang packing his luggage. Zhang Xiang simply packed it up.
The soldiers came in and helped Zhang Xiang carry the luggage to the carriage outside the official hall. Yang Paifeng followed Yang Paifeng with his son in his arms, and followed step by step to the entrance of the official hall, full of grievances.
At the entrance of the official hall, master Lin Qing'er was already standing there with his maid. When he saw Yang Peng, he said: "My son, be careful on the battlefield and don't get hurt by the sword!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Don't worry, master!
I will be careful." The news about Yang Peng had spread, and the entrance to the official hall was filled with people watching. Seeing Yang Peng get on his horse, the crowd burst into cheers.
"The Khitan dogs have been killed!" "The city lord is the Khitan's nemesis!" "The city lord will definitely kill all the Khitan dogs this time!"
The Kingdom of Zhanjin, who was arranged by Yang Peng to stay in Tianjing New City, came up and said, "Brother, what will happen if the Khitan soldiers attack Tianjing New City?" Yang Peng brought out 10,000 troops this time, and left more than 2,000 soldiers to stay in Tianjing New City.
Jingxin City is commanded by the Kingdom of Zhanjin. The soldiers left behind in Tianjing New City are veterans drawn from the other three regiments besides the Selection Regiment. Together with more than 200 auxiliary soldiers and more than 100 crossbowmen, Tianjing New City has
There are 2,400 garrison troops. The ravines outside Tianjing New City are filled with traps. Even if the Khitan army leads a large army to attack, these soldiers and horses should have no problem guarding Tianjing New City for ten days.
Yang Peng said: "Remember, if more than 5,000 Khitan people attack the city, report it to me immediately, and I will definitely lead my troops back to help." Zhan Jinguo said: "Okay, I understand!" Yang Peng bowed to the crowd of onlookers.
, riding towards the south of the city. Halfway through the ride, surgeon Shen Yuji, who was waiting on the road, also rode over with more than 20 apprentices. Shen Yuji went out with the army to serve as a military doctor this time, but he was obviously not used to it yet.
When riding a horse, holding the reins on the horse seems very nervous.
Yang Peng raised his hands and said to Shen Yuji: "This expedition will cause trouble to Mr. Shen and all the disciples!" Shen Yuji said: "In three months in Tianjing New City, Shen learned too much from the general.
, it was really enlightening. It was all thanks to the general’s guidance that Shen was just getting started in medical skills. Thinking back on it, Shen was really a country boy in the past! The city lord can be said to be Shen’s mentor again, so what’s the trouble?
"
Yang Peng smiled and led a group of people to the military camp in the south of Tianjing New City. When they reached the south of the city, the soldiers in the military camp and the temporarily hired baggage men had already lined up. As soon as they saw Yang Peng coming, they lined up and merged in.
Yang Peng's team, 10,000 soldiers carrying bags and rifles, followed Yang Peng arrogantly. They brought 3,000 baggage civilians with them, escorted 3,000 baggage carts and 140 ballista carts, and they were so majestic.
Dangdi followed Yang Peng to the south gate.
When we arrived at the south gate, we found that the city gate was already crowded with people seeing off Yang Peng. The people held rice wine and well water in their hands to see Li Zhi off. "City Lord, kill a few more Khitan dogs for us and other people this time!"
"Drive the Khitan out of the Great Wall!" "Let the Khitan dog never come back!"
The people who were seeing off their brothers or sons were crowded outside the city gate. The relatives of these soldiers were either in high spirits, full of expectations, or worried. They could not walk into the queue of soldiers, but kept waving their hands and watching from a distance.
Leading brothers and sons to the battlefield.
Shen Yuji looked at the people seeing him off, took a deep breath, and the army suddenly sang a military song: "Look at China, the people are suffering, and the fertile land for thousands of miles is barren. Look at the world, there are only barbarians, and the way of heaven is broken and only one man can make up for it. Good man
, farewell to parents, just for the sake of the common people and not for the Lord. Holding a ninety-nine steel knife, he will kill all the Hu'er before he stops."
Yang Peng laughed heartily and said: "Good song, well sung, we will stop after killing all the Hu'er!" Yang Peng waved his hand and shouted: "Go to war!" The horn of the Chinese army sounded, and 10,000 soldiers and horses released their scouts.
They marched towards Yizhou in neat formation.
After walking for six days, the envoy sent by Yang Peng to Yingzhou came with news that as he approached Yingzhou, he felt a chilling atmosphere of an impending war. The Khitan army had apparently already invaded the outskirts of Yingzhou. Many villages had been plundered by the Khitan army.
, people and animals were looted and left deserted. Some barns and houses were set on fire by the Khitan army, leaving only ruins.
The area near Yingzhou was plundered by the Khitans twice in two years and was in dilapidated condition. Yang Peng sent out a thousand scouts to carefully inquire about the Qing army's situation nearby, hoping to penetrate from areas where there were no Khitan troops.
Hua Zhang, commander of the first platoon of the fourth company of the third battalion of the Selective Regiment, took a platoon of thirty soldiers to hide on a hill, hiding in the bushes on the top of the hill, observing the surrounding enemy situation with a telescope. Hua Zhang
This time he led troops deep into the west of Yingzhou River, and entered fifty miles away from the Khitan army camp to spy on the Khitan army's troop arrangements. The area around the hilltop was already under the control of the Khitan army, and from time to time small groups of Khitan troops galloped back and forth. Those Khitan troops were all
There were only one to two hundred men per force, and Hua Zhang's platoon of thirty men couldn't defeat them, so they could only hide on the top of the mountain and peek.
Hua Zhang looked through the binoculars for a while and cursed: "Eight thieves are dead, so many people from the Khitan army have come!" A squad leader said next to him: "I'm afraid that 50,000 Khitan troops have come?" Another squad leader said: "
Fifty thousand people have this momentum? I think there are 100,000 Khitan soldiers! Everyone was talking there, but they saw another group of Khitan coming in the distance. Hua Zhang saw it clearly through the telescope. The Khitan group was led by a man in heavy armor.
There were about 150 people led by Bo Shiku. All of these Khitans were riding horses, and there were more than thirty people with two horses. They looked very elite. This group of Khitans came from the north and walked to where Hua Zhang was.
Suddenly it stopped on the hill.
Fende Bashiku seemed to have discovered something. He shouted a few times and sent ten single-horse infantrymen up the hill to search. Hua Zhang suddenly shouted: "I've been discovered! Go! Escape!"
"He shouted loudly for the soldiers to mount their horses and escape, and then he jumped on the horse and rode his horse to escape south. Seeing the platoon leader taking the lead, the other soldiers fled south one by one.
When the Khitan soldiers at the foot of the mountain saw that there were indeed Song troops on the mountain, they shouted loudly and mobilized their horses to chase them. The horses' hooves rolled and raised countless smoke and dust. Thirty soldiers of the Selected Front Regiment and more than a hundred Khitan chased on the land of Yingzhou.
The scouts of the Selection Group all have one man and two horses. After riding for a period of time, they can change horses when they run out of strength. Moreover, they all ride high-quality, selected war horses. Their endurance is much stronger than ordinary pack horses, and they can ride very fast. And those Khitan soldiers
There were many auxiliaries and followers among them, but only half of the more than one hundred people rode war horses, and the remaining half were only considered pack horses and could not catch up with the fast horses of the selected soldiers.
After chasing for ten miles, the Khitan team was already out of touch: more than sixty vests and infantrymen on war horses rushed in front, and the scouts of the Selection Regiment were biting more than a mile away. The auxiliaries and followers on pack horses were
He fell behind the team, already more than two miles away from the elite in front.
Hua Zhang looked back at the disengaged Khitan soldiers, and his eyes lit up. He slowed down his horse and shouted loudly: "Stop the horse! Fight!" The running soldiers were stunned, wondering why the platoon leader didn't escape again.
.But several squad leaders were veterans and knew how to obey orders. They rode their horses around to gather the skirmishers, shouting loudly: "Stop the horses and fight!"
Amid the shouts of the squad leader, thirty veterans of the Selected Frontier Regiment stopped their horses and gradually gathered around Hua Zhang. They took off the rifles on their backs and began to load the ammunition, preparing to meet the impact of the Tatar vest infantry. They
Not only were the rifles loaded, but the handguns on their belts were also loaded with bullets and gunpowder, ready to be pulled out and fired at any time.
The squad leader of the first squad looked at the menacing Khitan cavalry and infantry three hundred meters away. He thought for a moment and said, "Platoon leader is brilliant! These sixty or so cavalry and infantry were out of touch with the auxiliary soldiers behind them, and they were shot to death by us!"
"Hua Zhang nodded and said: "Aim the gun!"
More than 30 veterans raised their rifles on horseback and took aim at the over 60 Khitan soldiers. Seeing the Song army running very fast with one man and two horses, the Khitan soldiers thought they could not catch up, but unexpectedly the Song army failed.
It stopped. The Khitan soldiers were overjoyed and rushed forward with their horned bows.
At a distance of three hundred meters, two hundred fifty meters, and two hundred meters, the Khitan soldiers entered the rifle range. Hua Zhang aimed at Fende Bashiku, who was wearing heavy armor, and shouted: "Shoot!" Thirty-one rifles
Flames spurted out, pouring thirty-one rounds of bullets at the Khitan cavalry two hundred meters away. The Khitan infantry soldiers in the front row seemed to have hit a wall and fell down one after another. There were blood sprays on their bodies.
, his internal organs were shattered by the bullets, he no longer had the strength to hold on to the reins, and fell under the horse.
Their bodies lying on the ground became an obstacle, tripping up the two horses behind them. Twelve double-armored horse soldiers were also shot, but the bullets penetrated the iron-lined cotton armor and chainmail armor.
The weakened kinetic energy did not cause serious damage to them. Fende Bashiku, who was wearing three layers of heavy armor, was also hit by Hua Zhang, but the mini bullet did not break through his three layers of armor, but only caused him to
He paused on the horse for a moment.
The Khitan was hit hard and was stunned. It stopped its horse next to the eleven fallen infantry and hesitated for a while. However, Bashiku, the commander, was still unwilling to let go of the thirty Song soldiers and shouted: "Song's
Firearms can only be fired once, so rush up and shoot them to death with bows and arrows."
Inspired by their leader, the remaining fifty Khitan soldiers threw down the infantry corpses on the ground and continued to rush towards the soldiers of the Selective Front Regiment two hundred meters away. At the moment when the Khitan rushed over, the cavalry of the Selective Regiment were the fastest.
They had to load the bullets before the Tatar soldiers rushed in front of them. These veterans of the selection group had been practicing for four years, and they were familiar with the rifles. It only took 16 or 7 seconds.
The bullets were loaded. When the Khitan soldiers rushed sixty meters away, the soldiers of the Selection Regiment freely shot at the pressing Tatar soldiers without waiting for Hua Zhang's order.
At a distance of 60 meters, the hit rate of the soldiers of the Selective Regiment is astonishing, with nine out of ten shots hitting the target. Moreover, flintlock bullets using granular gunpowder are extremely lethal at a distance of 60 meters, even with double-layer armor or triple-layer armor.
There was no way to prevent them. Thirty-one soldiers from the Selective Regiment fired a round of bullets and killed more than 20 Khitan soldiers in the middle of the charge.
The Khitans were stunned. How could the firepower of these thirty Song troops be so fierce? Even two layers of armor could not stop their bullets. In just a short while, the Song troops had killed nearly forty warriors. Where are they?
A strong army came? More than sixty Khitans in infantry and vests charged into the formation, and in the blink of an eye there were only more than twenty people left. Before the Khitans could react, the scouts of the Selection Group began to charge. They galloped towards the Khitans.
He went up and pulled out the gun from his belt while sprinting.
"Kill the Khitan dogs!" When the Khitan soldiers saw the Ming army soldiers rushing forward bravely, they panicked and pulled up their bows and arrows and shot at the soldiers of the Selected Front Regiment who rushed up. The bows and arrows fired by the Khitan soldiers while charging were not very accurate.
Only five or six of the more than ten arrows hit the soldiers of the Selection Group. Moreover, the soldiers of the Selection Group were wearing chain mail. Even if they were shot, the bows and arrows would not penetrate the Selection Group's chain mail armor.
The body is very deep. As long as the vital points are not hit, the Khitan soldiers' bows and arrows will not cause much damage to the soldiers.
Only two soldiers of the Selection Regiment lost their combat effectiveness: one of them was shot into the left chest by a Khitan soldier's bow and arrow, breaking his heart and fell under his horse. Another soldier was shot in the face and crawled in severe pain.
On horseback, he was seriously injured and completely lost his fighting ability.
The horses on both sides sprinted towards each other, and the distance was reduced to twenty meters in an instant. Before the Khitan soldiers had time to shoot the second arrow, the soldiers of the Selective Wing Regiment opened fire with their muskets. Only a crackling sound was heard, and the remaining
More than 20 Khitan soldiers were almost wiped out at once. The armor-piercing ability of handguns at a distance of 20 meters is very powerful. No matter how many layers of armor they wear, they will be penetrated by one shot. There were about sixteen or seven Khitan soldiers.
The soldiers fell in a pool of blood, including the three-layer heavy armor Fende Bashiku, who also screamed and fell under his horse.
In the end, only six Khitan soldiers in the back row were still alive. These six Khitan soldiers saw that a team of more than 60 people in horse-armor and infantry were completely wiped out by the Song army. At this time, they were surrounded by 30 veterans of the Selected Front Regiment. They were completely frightened.
, no longer dared to fight, and fled outside regardless. Hua Zhang directed the soldiers to load their rifles and shoot at the six fleeing Khitan soldiers. The six Khitan soldiers fled to more than 100 meters, and their bodies suddenly
After a meal, he was beaten into a hornet's nest by thirty rifles.
It only took half a cup of tea to kill all the more than 60 main force of the Khitan Army. The auxiliary soldiers of the Khitan Army one mile away saw that something was wrong, turned their horses around and fled, and fled without entering the battle.
Hua Zhang asked the soldiers to treat several soldiers who were injured by arrows. Although the Khitan soldiers' bows and arrows were poisoned by horse dung, if the injuries were not deep, as long as the arrows were pulled out in time to prevent the curare poison from spreading in the skin and flesh, they would not be injured.
Can cause serious injury.
In this small-scale battle, Hua Zhang's men annihilated sixty-three Khitan soldiers, vests and infantry, at the cost of one death and one serious injury. Although two brothers were lost, Hua Zhang was still very excited about his considerable military exploits. Hua Zhang was very excited.
Zhang jumped off his horse and searched among the fallen Tatar soldiers, and caught seven injured alive. Hua Zhang was overjoyed: with the survivors, he would have information about the Khitan army.