() The artillery in front rumbled, gunfire continued, and white gunpowder smoke covered the sky. William used passwords and military drums to direct the two companies to move and form formations.
Military instruments, including military drums, are one of the important means of transmitting orders and signals during wartime in Europe. As early as the ancient Greek period, there were trumpeters and flute players in the army, but the standardized and regularized military music soldiers and the rhythm of military music
The march was a Swiss phalanx that began in the Renaissance. A complete military band should include trumpets, oboes, flutes and percussion instruments (single-sided drums). Obviously, William does not have the ability to form a complete military band now.
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William's loud voice and the sound of the military drum seemed very unusual among the entire team, because the Chinese colleagues around him were "silent", and all actions were directed by officers waving flags left and right, just like the signals of European navies.
William was very shocked at first. It was hard for him to imagine that complex instructions on the battlefield, such as "marching", "approaching", "attacking", "retreating", "skirmishing", etc., were all completed using semaphores. However, after experiencing the initial surprise
, William disagreed with this. There are only two things in the world that can make men's blood boil, sex and war. On the battlefield, especially before the war, passionate slogans and music are needed to ignite the passion in everyone's heart. Quietness without emotion will only make people excited.
People feel bored.
Zhao Hongyi and even Zhang Xing, the commander of the left wing, probably would not agree with William's point of view. If they are noisy and noisy, then they are not a rabble. What is an elite division? A majestic formation, silent and serious, united as one, the army is as majestic as a mountain, and the enemy
If you are timid before fighting, you will be an elite teacher.
Of course, China is not devoid of military music. From far away, people marched in with drums beating, and troops were sent back with the sound of gold. Nearby, military books written by Qi Jiguang recorded trumpets, suonas, blares, gongs, drums, cymbals, cannon horns and other different military instruments, each of which
There are contrasts in all of them. However, Chinese battlefield command has always focused on semaphores, especially when it comes to complex orders. Thousands of years of tradition are difficult to change easily.
Of course, Chinese people will not "lose their voice" forever. When necessary, they will burst out in an instant, such as...
"kill--!"
Liu Cai, who was big and muscular, shouted loudly and thrust forward with more than 30 spearmen from his banner. The spear in his hand turned into a poisonous dragon and stabbed into the throat of an officer and soldier. It came out through the neck, and the officer and soldier's eyes bulged and his mouth bulged.
He vomited blood, trembled twice, twisted his neck and died. Liu Cai spat at the enemy, pulled out his gun, and under the cover of the left and right, struck through the heart of another Xiang Yong who was approaching.
Liu Cai is the commander-in-chief of a banner, and he controls about thirty people. He is barely an official. Contrary to the small officials who are as big as sesame seeds and mung beans, his fame is earth-shattering. In Huang Chen's team,
You may not know Zhao Hongyi, you may not have heard of Ruan Jin, but you must know who Liu Cai is.
Who is Liu Cai? To say that his "qualifications" are quite old. When Huang Chen had just obtained his first eight-oared boat in his life, he was among the applicants. What is quite "legendary" is that he did not join Huang Chen.
Because of provocation, Huang Chen's jaw, ribs, and shoulder bones were broken with three punches and two kicks by Huang Chen. He spent more than half a year recovering from his injuries in bed.
After recovering from his injury, Liu Cai joined Wang Fengwu's team. The latter had an unusual relationship with Huang Chen, and he never had a chance to get ahead. A year later, Wang Fengwu died. He became Huang Chen's subordinate, and this change once made him fearful.
, had trouble sleeping and eating, but Huang Chen seemed to have completely forgotten about him, or didn't take him to heart at all. They had always been in peace.
Not to mention Zhao Hongyi, Zhang Xing, and Yang Dong are all in high positions now. Those who enlisted with Liu Cai in the past, as long as they are not dead, have become the masters of the same ship, which is very glorious. As for him, he is still a little boy.
Mr. Qi, everyone is a blind laughing stock. It would be a lie to say that Liu Cai has no regrets, but what's the use of regretting his intestines? There is no regret medicine in the world.
"I don't believe that you can't find a future with just one skill! Kill!" Liu Cai brought out a rain of blood with his spear and stabbed it into the belly of the third enemy. His martial arts is not weak, but Huang Chen
His martial arts skills were too high, and to be disrespectful, Huang Chen's actions were not very upright at that time, and it was suspected of being a sneak attack. Otherwise, how could he be knocked down without the slightest ability to fight back.
After killing three enemies in a row, Liu Cai clearly felt the pressure increase. More and more officers and soldiers rushed forward, stabbing with guns and chopping with knives. For a while, he was forced to panic and had to retreat to the flag team. Take a moment.
After taking a breather, Liu Cai raised his eyes and saw a cavalry commander and two cavalrymen driving towards him. He couldn't help but feel something in his heart. If he could capture and kill this cavalry commander, he would definitely have done a great job. Just do it if you think of it.
, Liu Cai quickly summoned a few of his close men and quietly approached the officer, soldiers and cavalry general. Following the soldiers and brave men, he rode his horse into the formation. Two cavalrymen guarded the two sides, one on the left and one on the right. He immediately opened his bow, like a full moon,
Without stopping, he took out another arrow from the quiver behind his back, pulled the string and aimed at the bandits in front of him on the left. He fired five bows again, killing four people. At this time, in the crowd, it became difficult to use the bow and arrow. He asked
xing put away the bow, drew out the knife, and with the momentum of the war horse, the long knife swung away the thrusting spear, and followed up with a slash, cleanly cutting off the head of the bandit in front of him, and blood spurted out from the broken neck.
His entire right arm and horse's butt were soaked red. He felt cold, and turned around to look, only to see three spears stuck in his left ribs at the same time. He was lifted off the horse's back and hung in the air, with blood falling down like water.
Immediately afterwards, his strong body fell heavily to the ground. Riding Ding was not dead for a moment, his eyes squinted at Cai like a wounded and mad beast, howling, pulling the horse's head, and pounced to the left. Facing the three armies
Long spears were pushed in front of him one after another. Cai Chun hit one shot with his knife, and all the other two shots bounced away. The sharp blade flashed and hit one person in the shoulder and neck.
Liu Cai was shocked. He had planned to kill the cavalry first and then the general. He had never thought that the latter was so fierce. He was so angry that he beheaded one of his henchmen with one blow. When he saw him slashing at him with a knife, Liu Cai
He hurriedly put away his gun to meet the enemy, but unexpectedly the opponent's long sword was sharp and cut off the barrel of his gun with one strike without losing its momentum. In an instant, he chopped his chest hard, causing Liu Cai to spurt out blood and fly ten feet away.
Liu Cai got up from the ground in a daze. If he hadn't been wearing cloth-covered iron armor, this knife would have killed him. When he took a closer look, he found that another subordinate was already in the hands of the knight. The knight's scarlet eyes were fierce.
Looking at him, Liu Cai couldn't help but feel frightened, and turned around to hide in the crowd. He was shot in the thigh several times. Although he tightened the wound with a cloth, the blood could not be stopped. It flowed down the trouser leg into his boots, and soon accumulated into
A small river. His eyes suddenly stared. He sat on horseback and saw clearly. The thieves had arranged a hedgehog formation not far ahead. The spears in the formation were all 15 to 56 feet tall, and they were erected densely, like a forest.
Cong, it was too late to remind him at this time, and the officers and soldiers Xiang Yong had no idea. They fought hard to break through the enemy's formation, but they ran into them head-on before they could react, and screams suddenly sounded one after another.
William was extremely satisfied with the effect of the first round of killing the enemy. He immediately ordered the spear phalanx to counterattack the enemy and cut into the enemy's formation. With the rise of the musketeers, the spear played more of a defensive role, but this does not mean that it does not have the capabilities.
On the contrary, its offensive power is quite outstanding. William's spear phalanx is like a porcupine. It rushes through the ranks of officers and soldiers, leaving a mess wherever it passes. Faced with "unprecedented and unheard of" attacks
The enemy, the officers and soldiers were stunned and had little power to fight back. At the same time, the surrounding bandits cooperated with them inside and outside, and attacked from both inside and outside. The number of casualties among the officers and soldiers quickly increased.
"Calm down, calm down..." Chen Hui looked at his men falling down one after another, feeling confused and desperately reminding himself to calm down. "There must be a way to break it, think about it, think about it carefully, way, way
..." Chen Hui thought hard for a long time, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he shouted hurriedly: "Copy the lower plate. The enemy's spear leader is not using it smoothly, and the sword hand can break his formation by copying the lower plate." After saying this, Chen Hui took the lead in organizing.
A dozen or twenty sword players leaned over and quickly approached the flanks of the phalanx to attack the spearmen. Seeing that this method had some effect, the nearby officers and soldiers followed suit.
"Huh?" William was a little surprised that the enemy found a way so quickly. This method can indeed deal with the spear phalanx, but dealing with it is not the same as breaking it. William naturally has a countermeasure. To put it bluntly, even if the opponent breaks it
Even without his spear phalanx, it was useless. Their huge casualties were no longer enough to support a long-term battle, and they would collapse on their own before long.
William's judgment was absolutely correct. When most of the sword players were killed and wounded but the spear phalanx could still fight, the officers and soldiers collapsed in despair, half surrendered and half broke through.
Dozens of glances from around him were all cast in his direction. Chen Hui's eyes were filled with confusion. He decided to surrender or break out. He quietly scanned every face that was extremely familiar to him. When he entered the battle, two hundred,
Now there were only sixty or seventy left, and Chen Hui was twitching with pain. If he chose to break out, how many people would survive in the end? No more people could die. Thinking of this, he abandoned the knife in his hand. In his heart, he was filled with grief and anger, and he forced
Enduring the pain, he led the rest of the people to break out of the siege and get rid of the pursuers. He turned around and counted the number of people, and found that there were less than a hundred people, not even one out of ten. The casualties were so heavy, how could he have the appearance to meet Cai Yifan, who had great trust in him. 1
With a painful face, he led the remaining defeated soldiers back to the front, and suddenly discovered that Cai Yifan was in a bad situation. There were not many men left in his army, and he was heavily surrounded by bandit soldiers and was in danger. - Cai Chun raised his head and stared at the sky for a long time, then turned back to everyone
He said: "You have done your duty, but the situation is like this and there is nothing you can do to save it. Now you and everyone have dispersed, go home and hide well." Eyes widened, he shouted: "Don't act like a little daughter to your mother-in-law."
, hurry up." He raised his riding whip high, whipped his horse's butt, and rode straight into the enemy formation with a fierce momentum that would never look back. Cai Yifan was his superior officer and treated him very well. Who could he say at this moment?
Everyone could leave, but he couldn't leave. Although he knew that there was little chance of leaving, he still went without hesitation. It would be good if it worked, but if it didn't, it was a tragic move, and everyone cried out in sorrow.
The enemy on the left wing collapsed, and the enemy in the center was about to be destroyed. Huang Chen looked relaxed. At this time, Zhang Xing led two green and black horses. He couldn't wait to get to the front to take a closer look. The two horses were about the same height at the shoulders. They were about 1.3 meters.
Standing between 4 and 1.36 meters tall, he has a thick frame, strong muscles, and a graceful body, which is more than a thousand times stronger than the short native Fujian horse he rides.
What made him feel heartbroken was that the green horse had suffered many injuries, its eyes were dull, and it was panting heavily. Fearing that it would die from serious injuries, Huang Chen quickly sent people to treat its injuries.
The black horse was lucky and almost unharmed. The more Huang Chen looked at it, the more he fell in love with it. He stroked it carefully and this horse would become his mount from now on.
When William came back from handling the trivial matters after the war, Huang Chen smiled at him and said, "William, you performed well in your first performance. I believe that you will become a battalion (regiment) commander with 500 subordinates soon."
"This is really good news." William replied, looking around the black horse. "It looks very strong, but..."
"..." Huang Chen thought, this guy's habit of complaining has happened again. Just like William hates his vicious tongue, why doesn't he hate the other person's complaints.
"It's not even comparable to the Swedish horses in Europe." William then began to talk at length: "You know that Sweden is located in Northern Europe and the environment is too cold. The horses there are very, very fat and generally very short. The height at the withers rarely exceeds 15
Hand width (about 150 cm), most of which are 12-14 hands wide. Their overweight body seriously affects their running ability, making them one of the worst horses in Europe. But even so, most of them are still better than the ones in front of them.
A dark horse is excellent, much better."
"The war horses raised by our Germans are among the best in the world. They are tall, strong, graceful, brave and fearless, not inferior to Arabian horses. It's a pity that you don't have the chance to see them, otherwise you will definitely redefine what a good horse is.
"
Huang Chen said angrily: "William, can't you say something positive?"
"Positive things?" William shrugged: "I remember I said it, it's very strong."
"..." Huang Chen was speechless. He picked up the telescope and watched the battle again. Zhao Hongyi adopted a proper strategy, encircling them layer by layer, and besieging them on all sides. No matter how hard the opponent struggled, it was in vain. Apart from dying in battle and surrendering, they had no third choice.
A way out.
"Huh?!" Huang Chen's eyebrows raised unconsciously. What did he see? Riding alone and charging into the battle? Was there any mistake? This is the seventeenth century!
Under heavy security, Zhao Hongyi raised his voice and said to Cai Yifan: "General, if you continue to fight, it will only increase casualties. Surrender, and I will save your life."
Cai Yifan seemed to have heard a big joke. He laughed so much that he coughed repeatedly, with blood flowing from his mouth and nose, and said: "I am an official, and you are a thief. Only thieves are demoted. How can officials demote thieves? Stop talking nonsense, what tricks do you have?"
Use it and I will follow it one by one."
Zhao Hongyi frowned and said: "You are willing to risk your life, but what about the people around you? Do you want them all to die with you?"
Cai Yifan was unmoved and snorted coldly: "They put on this skin and got paid, so they should have thought about this day."
Zhao Hongyi slowly shook his head. Cai Yifan was so stubborn that he had no choice but to kill him. He waved his hand, and countless people rushed forward with spears and swords to start a new and final round of fighting with the officers and soldiers.
, screams suddenly sounded,
The sky was filled with the shadows of guns and swords, and soldiers died tragically almost every moment. Wu Zhaoxuan was heartbroken. Cai Yifan's decision to swear to the death and not surrender could not be wrong, but could he be right?
There were fewer and fewer guards around him, and more and more weapons were attacking. Wu Zhaofu was gradually unable to stop him. Although he was protected by armor, armor was not omnipotent. A spear broke through the armor leaves on his chest and penetrated deeply.
Into the flesh and blood.
Wu Zhaoxuan yelled. He couldn't cut the opponent with the long knife in his hand. He cut off the spear shaft with one knife and thrust it into the enemy's throat, smashing it to pieces. The opponent was wearing armor and a helmet, and was fully protected. His throat was his only weakness.
Wu Zhaoxiao vomited blood and took two steps back. The chest with the gun pointed in it felt like it was on fire. Every breath he took made him feel anxious. At the same time, two more guns and one sword came to kill him. As the saying goes, three arrows are not as good as one sword, and three swords are not as good as one gun.
Wu Zhaoxuan tried his best to avoid the attack of the two spears, but the knife struck his head heavily with a chopping sound. There was a buzz in the helmet, and his vision went dark. When his vision regained its clarity, the two spears pierced him at the same time.
On his chest and abdomen, the gun tip was stuck in his bones and flesh. He was pushed back by the two enemies with their guns and kept howling until his body no longer had any strength and fell limply to the ground.
Wu Zhaofu was the last one of the four sentry officers to fall. Without the command of the sentry officers, Cai Yifan was unable to survive alone. The officers and soldiers began to kneel down and surrender in batches. The only ones who still resisted were dozens of people around Cai Yifan.
"Aren't you going to surrender?" Zhao Hongyi asked again. Cai Yifan was a good man and couldn't bear his death.
Cai Yifan shouted angrily: "Asked a thousand times, asked ten thousand times, still the same sentence: No surrender!"
"Kill!" Zhao Hongyi sighed in his heart and ordered coldly. Cai Yifan and dozens of officers and soldiers were immediately killed.
Just when Zhao Hongyi thought the war was over, a bloodied officer, soldier, and cavalry officer single-handedly broke through the blockade and rushed in. He couldn't help but be startled on his face. He raised his hand to stop himself from sinking into death. He did not change his face and looked at the enemies around him.
As if there was nothing, I patiently searched for Cai Yifan's body among the dead. They were all historical figures, especially Cai Chun, who single-handedly killed six thieves in a row. He was so brave that the pirates were in awe of him. When Cai Yifan died in battle, he carried his body into the fire.