Chapter [North to Yangzhou, Battle of Trapped Beasts]
The conversation between the two parties turned into a quarrel. Mu Linfeng immediately stepped forward to stop it and shouted: "What are you arguing about? You just won a game, and your tail is starting to rise? Go out and patrol!"
After corporally punishing a few of the troublemakers, Long Qingyun sat next to Mu Linfeng and sighed: "These two gangs are at odds with each other. Long Er is worried that sooner or later there will be a big mess!"
What Long Qingyun said is exactly what Mu Linfeng is worried about. The current army is almost perfect and invincible. If it messes up its position, wouldn't it be the most ridiculous thing?
However, his promise to capture Yangzhou within a month was not a joke. He had issued a military order. He had to wait until Yangzhou was captured and then slowly put things in order. For now, he just prayed that there would be no trouble for the time being.
Mu Linfeng said: "Let's wait until we capture Yangzhou. This is not the time to rectify military discipline!"
Long Qingyun naturally understood, nodded, and began to change the topic, talking about the beauties of Yangzhou. After Mu Linfeng and Long Qingyun casually chatted for a few words, they went back to their tents to sleep.
Until midnight, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "The officers and soldiers are coming... The officers and soldiers are coming..." Then I remembered the sound of the gong alarm bell.
Mu Linfeng suddenly woke up, not wanting these officers and soldiers to dare to attack after two disastrous defeats. Mu Linfeng immediately stood up and went out of the tent, asking: "How many enemy troops have come?"
The guard shouted: "The night is too dark to see clearly. There are about 40,000 to 50,000 people..."
Mu Linfeng was startled, and quickly began to make arrangements, asking people to prepare the small steel cannons. Long Qingyun arranged the musketeers, and all went out of the military camp to arrange their formations.
As soon as the formation was set up, Mu Linfeng heard a rumbling sound coming from the east. The sound was so loud that he couldn't tell how many people and horses were coming, so Mu Linfeng had to listen to the sound to distinguish the distance.
As soon as he felt that the enemy had entered the shooting range, he immediately shouted: "Fire!"
Fifty small steel cannons immediately fired together, and hundreds of loud noises were accompanied by horses neighing and people screaming. Mu Linfeng knew that the enemy had been hit, and quickly ordered to continue firing. On the one hand, Long Qingyun's two thousand musketeers had been divided into
Three rows stood apart, ready to attack at any time, just waiting for the enemy to come into range.
After dozens of more cannon shots, there was suddenly no sound in the east except the sound of cannons. Mu Linfeng could only use a telescope to check the enemy's situation by relying on the firelight of the enemy troops in front being hit and on fire.
But seeing that there was no one there except dead bodies and flames of war, Mu Linfeng expected that the enemy had to retreat due to the strong force of the small steel cannon.
Mu Linfeng knew that the other party could send one-third of his troops, so he definitely planned to annihilate him in one fell swoop. He would never give up on withdrawing troops easily. This time it was just a temporary retreat.
Therefore, Mu Linfeng did not dare to neglect and continued to order spies to investigate the military situation. The enemy might rush in from other directions at the next moment.
Sure enough, just as Mu Linfeng took a breath, he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the west, and immediately the sound of horse hooves was also heard from the north and east.
Long Qingyun smiled and said: "It's so damn happy. I haven't been this happy for a long time. Come on, though, Long Er has never seen a scene with 120,000 troops..."
Mu Linfeng glanced at Long Qingyun and said nothing. He knew that the enemy was using an encirclement method. Mu Linfeng immediately reorganized the formation and divided the fifty small steel cannons into three teams, one in the northeast and one in the west.
Long Qingyun's First Musket Brigade was changed from three teams to two rows, forming a semicircle surrounding the military camp.
Mu Linfeng immediately ordered five warships to join the battle, shooting in the east and west directions along the coast. At the same time, small steel cannons also began to fire strongly on three sides.
However, the enemy troops were still making loud noises in the artillery fire. Although Mu Linfeng's artillery attack was very fierce, and the firing of foreign guns did not even stop. It can be said that the attack was airtight, but a pair of due north
The light cavalry came over and killed them.
Long Qingyun quickly ordered the musketeers to increase their shooting, only to hear him yell: "Shoot the men first, shoot the horses, show me some strength, whoever spares a man over there, Long Er will chop off the head of the other!"
A large number of enemy war horses screamed and fell to the ground under the fire of muskets, and countless light cavalry fell from their horses.
Before these fallen light cavalry could stand up, they were trampled under the hooves of the horses behind them. Amidst the sound of artillery fire, gunfire, and cries of killing, the broken ribs and screams of these men could not be heard.
sound.
Long Qingyun was very excited when he saw this scene, and shouted loudly: "That's it, you bastards of his mother-in-law, come up, but Long Er is afraid that you won't come enough!"
When Mu Linfeng saw the enemy troops rushing forward risking their lives, they must have vowed not to give up until they captured the navy barracks. Mu Linfeng couldn't help but be a little shocked by the enemy's death squad spirit. He quickly ordered: "Fire faster, the enemy troops
The attack is definitely not just this one, so be vigilant!"
At this time, cavalry rushed over from three sides. Although there were countless casualties under the heavy fire of muskets, many Qing soldiers still rushed over by luck.
These people were all crawling over the edge of death. They were extremely excited and nervous. They kept shouting something and waving the long swords in their hands.
Seeing that these cavalry were about to rush into Mu Linfeng's camp, Mu Linfeng asked for a musket, immediately put it on one, and then shouted: "Follow the army personally..."
At this time, more than 500 people rushed off the warship. They were Mu Linfeng's personal troops. Each of these people was equipped with two short-barrel pistols. This type of pistol cannot be compared with long guns for long-range shooting, but its close-quarter attack power is very good.
Strong.
Mu Linfeng divided the 500 people into two groups and shot at the cavalry coming towards the camp. The horses immediately neighed and the men fell down.
After all the cavalry that came over were wiped out, Mu Linfeng shouted: "Brothers, you did a great job, that's it. If you shoot a hundred people to death, you will be the company commander after the war, and if you kill two hundred people, you will be the battalion commander."
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Under this fierce attack, the enemy lost nearly two thousand cavalry. The cries of killing suddenly faded and then slowly disappeared. The enemy's original camp in front became silent for an instant, and no sound could be heard anymore in the windy area.
Mu Linfeng knew that the enemy was temporarily retreating this time, and would probably attack again later. At this moment, it was just a temporary rest and adjustment. Mu Linfeng did not dare to neglect, and immediately made adjustments again. If the enemy wanted to attack like this, sooner or later
will be invaded.
Mu Linfeng said loudly: "All officers and soldiers must not let down their guard. This is not the enemy's last attack. We must not take it lightly!"
Long Qingyun yelled: "His thief's Yangzhou Army is determined to capture us... Mu Shuai, why don't we retreat to the river and make plans? Chen Dahan, the son of a bitch, hasn't arrived yet, so he's afraid of trouble."
There is an ambush, right? It seems that the Yangzhou Army has been prepared for a long time!"
Mu Linfeng felt a chill in his heart when he heard this: "Could it be that Chen Dahan was really ambushed?"
Mu Linfeng regretted it. He should have sailed the warship directly to Yangzhou and split the troops into two groups. Now that his own forces are weak, how can we fight hard? Mu Linfeng is not worried about the two thousand people, but worried that if Chen Dahan's brigade is captured
If the enemy army is wiped out, then the two thousand muskets will belong to the enemy army, and it will be difficult to deal with it.
Mu Linfeng said: "There is nothing you can do about it. Tell brothers, this is our battle. If we can lose to these turtles with artillery and muskets, I will jump into the river to feed the fishes. Don't even think about it."
Go back to Jinling..."
Before Mu Linfeng finished speaking, he heard that the spies had come to report that the enemy had launched a third attack. Mu Linfeng thought to himself: "What are these idiots planning to do this time?"
Mu Linfeng was in a irritable mood at the moment, and he really wished he could shoot at him with his AK47.
This time the enemy's offensive was more fierce than before, and it was still dominated by light cavalry. The sweetness of breaking in just now seemed to have made them even more arrogant. Mu Linfeng had no choice but to let the steel gunners bombard them wildly. After the rumble,
, there are still hundreds of light cavalry rushing out of the battle.
Mu Linfeng noticed that this time the light cavalry no longer used swords, knives and other weapons, but bows and arrows. Mu Linfeng was horrified. Of course he understood the enemy's intentions. As long as he could rush into the shooting range,
Their tactics succeeded.
As long as they can rush in, their own musketeers may become the targets of their hunting. However, this approach is too risky and will cause heavy losses. Mu Linfeng thought to himself: "Could it be that the enemy wants to use such force to consume our army?"
Just as he was thinking about it, dozens of light cavalry had luckily rushed into the shooting range. They immediately drew their arrows and nocked their bows. When he shot an arrow, he was shot to death, and more than ten of Mu Linfeng's musketeers were also hit by arrows.
Four or five people died and seven or eight were injured.
Mu Linfeng knew that once this case started, the enemy would taste the sweetness and attack even more fiercely. Who could tolerate such a life-threatening tactics? He only had more than 2,000 people on his side. If the enemy army continued to waste like this, even dozens of people would die.
It would be cost-effective to exchange one person for one of your own.
Mu Linfeng quickly ordered his troops to take out the modified "grenade" that had been prepared. It was actually the homemade firecracker used in Jinling City before. After Wu Xing improved it, the power was controlled and the explosion time limit was also improved. As long as the fire was lit,
The letter will explode within a few seconds after being thrown. This can be regarded as a weapon of mass destruction for short-range combat. Mu Linfeng originally planned to use it in siege, but he didn't expect it to come in handy now.
Mu Linfeng yelled: "Throw it!" In an instant, hundreds of "hand grenades" were thrown at the enemy camp at the same time, and the enemy soldiers suddenly fell on their backs. Although the power of these "hand grenades" is not as powerful as steel cannon and artillery shells, it is
In close combat, it is much more effective than a cannon. A "hand grenade" can kill four or five people.
Enemy soldiers have also seen gunpowder tubes, but in this era most of them are used to burying them underground and throwing them like firecrackers like Mu Linfeng. This is the first time these people have seen them, and they are so lethal.
, the enemy army could no longer withstand such an attack.
In an instant, the enemy retreated again, and Mu Linfeng shouted: "Don't let your guard down, continue to pursue..."
On the one hand, Mu Linfeng ordered a company of musketeers to catch up and shoot. No matter who could not see the opponent, they just shot, but they could not chase them too far and returned immediately.
On the one hand, Mu Linfeng asked someone to bring a map and found that this place was only a few dozen miles away from Yangzhou City. He thought to himself: "If a team goes straight in and takes away his Yangzhou lair..."
Mu Linfeng thought of this and immediately said to Long Qingyun: "No matter what, hold on to me. Anyone who dares to retreat will be shot to death on the spot. I will come as soon as I go!"
Long Qingyun wondered: "Where is Mu Shuai going? If it's something risky, let Long Er go..."
Mu Linfeng said quickly: "No need, second brother just hold on here!"
After Mu Linfeng finished speaking, he took five hundred people with him to accompany the army, selected five steel gunners, and immediately boarded a warship. He then ordered to sail to the south bank, and headed eastward along the south bank until he had traveled about twenty miles before ordering
People stopped the boat and headed to the north shore.
Mu Linfeng quickly disembarked the ship with his personal entourage and the small steel cannon on the roof, and asked the people on the ship to stay behind to respond. Then he headed north, and there were no enemy troops along the way. He thought to himself: "Is there an ambush here?"
Mu Linfeng then thought about it: "No, the Yangzhou Army this time is called 120,000, but there are only 30,000 or 40,000 people surrounding us at the moment. Where are the other **0,000 people?"
Mu Linfeng then thought again: "If these **10,000 people are all in Yangzhou City, my sneak attack will not have any effect, but will only arouse the grass and scare the snake. Why not..."
Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng immediately ordered everyone to return to the shore and move westward along the coast, letting the warships follow, but not too closely. After all, the warships had too big a target and could easily attract the enemy's attention.
Mu Linfeng and his party moved forward lightly and moved quickly. In the blink of an eye, they had already traveled seven or eight miles. They could vaguely hear the sound of bombing in front. Through the light of distant artillery fire, Mu Linfeng saw a dark area ahead, filled with enemies.
The army, at least, numbered about 20,000.
Although the enemy troops were in the flames of war, there was no chaos as imagined and they were slowly retreating in an orderly manner.
Mu Linfeng expected that Long Qingyun must have resisted and prevented the enemy from rushing forward, so Mu Linfeng felt relieved.
Mu Linfeng immediately set up a formation at the rear. He first asked his five hundred close followers to line up, and then five of them were arranged.
Mu Linfeng gave an order, and the five small steel cannons fired in unison. The enemy army could not tell whether the shells were fired from the west or the east for a moment. When Mu Linfeng's personal troops opened fire in unison, the enemy army then
Realizing that someone had taken advantage of him, he immediately became confused.
Mu Linfeng shouted: "Play steadily and make progress, don't leave the main team, don't be greedy for credit and advance rashly!"
Mu Linfeng ordered his troops to advance while fighting, forcing the enemy troops back to Long Qingyun. Mu Linfeng believed that Long Qingyun was not a fool and must know how to cooperate with him.
If he was Long Qingyun and knew that he had taken the enemy's retreat, he would definitely have deployed defenses on the northwest to hold back the enemy and the east to attack with all his strength. Even if he gave up the naval camp in the end, it would not be a big deal. At least his own troops could escape.
risk of being blocked.
Five hundred personal followers armed with short guns and a thousand muskets in total were arranged in two rows. Each time they fired, there were 500 bullets. They could take turns firing in less than half a minute, so that would mean that they could shoot in one minute.
Two thousand bullets were fired.
Under this kind of firepower, the enemy troops could not stand it, and the troops accompanying them had a great time killing them. Many brothers were firing and shouting, and the enemy troops were already at a loss what to do.
Moreover, Mu Linfeng ordered the second row of his personal entourage to take one step forward in each rotation. With this replacement, they had already advanced dozens of meters in less than ten minutes.
Mu Linfeng hurriedly ordered the warships following him to start shooting along the coast, pushing the enemy back to the northwest.
The enemy troops were retreating steadily under the attack of artillery fire and gunfire. Mu Linfeng just felt that Long Qingyun did not seize this opportunity. Could it be that the enemy offensive in the northwest was too fierce and Long Qingyun had no time to separate?
This is also impossible. Long Qingyun is not deaf. The artillery fire on his side is soaring into the sky and whispering continuously. It is not very far from the Navy barracks where Long Qingyun is stationed. How could he not hear it?
Mu Linfeng began to worry about Long Qingyun. Not only Long Qingyun, but also Chen Dahan had just successfully landed on the beach on the other side of Jinling. How could it be possible that they hadn't arrived yet? Could it be that they were actually ambushed?
However, Mu Linfeng's attack was relatively smooth. After all, it was a sneak attack. The enemy was unexpected and had no time to rearrange their defenses.
On the other hand, under the suppression of Mu Linfeng's firepower, it was impossible for the enemy to successfully rearrange their defenses, and most of the enemy's rear were infantry and light armor, let alone muskets. Even if they were attacked by crossbowmen,
I'm afraid I can't resist it either.
It took about half an hour, and Mu Linfeng's personal troops pushed back the enemy for more than a mile. The enemy's officers and soldiers died tragically everywhere along the way. Some of them had been damaged beyond recognition by the shells, and some had missing limbs.
, the rest were all shot by muskets... it was too horrible to look at.
Mu Linfeng's personal army continued to advance without stopping. At this time, Mu Linfeng heard Long Qingyun's voice in the distance and shouted loudly: "You son of a bitch, keep cumming for me..."
Mu Linfeng was overjoyed. Long Qingyun had finally rushed out, and the enemy's eastern defense line had been completely collapsed.
Mu Linfeng shouted to the west: "Second brother, come on, we brothers are competing to see who kills more!"
Long Qingyun's loud laughter came from the west: "It turns out that my second brother went to the east. Okay, okay, this competition is interesting, and Long Er likes it..."
After more than half an hour, the two groups finally reunited, and Mu Linfeng's personal troops came over to massacre them. There was no loss of personnel at all, just some ammunition was used.
The losses of Long Qingyun's 1st Brigade cannot be ignored. In order to break through, the two defense lines in the northwest were collapsed by the enemy almost at the same time. Although the enemy's attack was finally contained, it was only with the help of more than 200 outstanding musketeers.
In exchange for life.
Fortunately, Long Qingyun and Mu Linfeng reunited in the end and broke through the enemy's encirclement formation. For this result, the loss was still worth it.
At this moment, the enemy armies from the east, west, north and west have also joined together. Although the enemy troops are large in number, as long as they come from one side, Mu Linfeng is confident that he can deal with them. Mu Linfeng sighed: "If Chen Dahan rushes to the west to outflank the enemy army at this moment,
road……"
Before Mu Linfeng finished speaking, someone shouted: "Surrounded...Surrounded...We are surrounded again..."
Mu Linfeng thought at first that he had expected Chen Dahan's second brigade to catch up, but when he heard that his own side was being surrounded, his expression changed drastically and he hurriedly asked: "His grandfather, where are the enemy troops coming from?
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The spy said: "The west gate of Yangzhou is wide open, and a group of 20,000 to 30,000 people are coming from east to west..."
Long Qingyun roared: "What a thief, it seems that the Yangzhou army has been prepared for a long time and is bound to annihilate us. Mu Shuai, why don't we take advantage of the emptiness in the north and let the Rao team go over and directly attack Yangzhou City?"
Mu Linfeng said: "If this doesn't work, let's fight with our backs now. If it doesn't work in the end, we can still escape on the ship. If we go deep into the enemy's hinterland, the retreat route by the river will be cut off by the enemy. Not only will the five warships be unable to
It’s useless, even we have no way out!”
Long Qingyun cursed: "These turtle boys are completely different from the Jinling Army. They all seem to be desperate masters. Long Er really wants to know their coach Shi Kefa..."
Mu Linfeng could not help but marvel at Shi Kefa's military skills. Not only Long Qingyun wanted to see Shi Kefa, Mu Linfeng wanted to see him more than anyone else. Mu Linfeng thought to himself: "If Shi Kefa joins our army, that would be really..."
However, Mu Linfeng himself believed that this idea was basically impossible to realize.
Long Qingyun cursed loudly again: "I don't know what kind of basketball bastard Chen Dahan got up to. He hasn't shown up yet. Could it be that this kid was scared out of his eggs by the Yangzhou Army and packed up and went home... His thief Chen
Dahan, if it comes now, Long Er will peel off his mother's tortoise skin..."
Mu Linfeng comforted him: "Chen Dahan is not this kind of person. It's not like my second brother didn't see how he risked his life in the battle of Jinling that day... But I am worried that this kid is greedy for credit and rashly advances..."
Immediately, an aurora flashed in Mu Linfeng's mind, and he said: "Ignore the enemy forces in the east, we will just fight to the west and strive to join Chen Dahan's second brigade!"
Long Qingyun said: "If Chen Dahan's second brigade has been completely destroyed...we will retreat westward...it will not be easy to capture Yangzhou again in the future. Second brother, don't forget that you also issued a military order...
This head-on matter is so big, it’s no joke..."
Mu Linfeng said: "I know that no one cares more about my own head than me, but you can't put the life and death of more than 2,000 soldiers at risk for me!" Then he shouted to the soldiers: "Attack all fronts to the west! Steel Gunner
With warship artillery cover..."
At Mu Linfeng's order, the steel gunners immediately launched an all-out bombardment to the west to cover everyone's westward advance.