Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 991 Desperate Battle 5
Wang Rui and his barbarian army were still marching at high speed.

It was not too hot in the north at this time, but the heavy armor and weapons still made all the soldiers sweat, and their hair was wet like weeds against their scalps, exuding a disgusting sour smell.To outsiders, these soldiers seemed to be working too hard, but they didn't seem to see it that way. Even though they were soaked, they still walked fast. This inhuman body was really amazing.

Who can survive the expulsion and massacres of the Central Plains dynasty, and have multiplied from the Shang Dynasty to the present and have not been extinct. Which one is a fuel-efficient lamp?It's just that the opponent they have to face is too powerful, and they have no chance to show their bravery at all.Now they ushered in such an opportunity, but they did not fight against the Central Plains Dynasty, but gathered under the banner of the Central Plains Dynasty and launched an attack on the bannermen who were also barbarians. The reward was that the Central Plains Dynasty recognized the country they established in Annan, Allow them to thrive in that charming red land and continue to expand to Indochina.This is the first time in more than 3000 years that they have such a vast living space, and they don't have to worry about being suppressed by the Central Plains dynasty.What is it to be hungry?Compared with a bright future, this bit of suffering is nothing!They don't complain about the hard work of marching for days, they just hate why the battlefield is so far away from them, and they can't reach the battlefield until now, drinking the blood of the enemy!

This is a terrifyingly powerful army!
On the contrary, Wang Tiechui and his 2000-odd brothers were the most relaxed. They each took two horses and rode on the road with ease.Of course, no one will complain, because everyone knows that these big men will shoulder the task of splitting the enemy's defense line, or bear the most violent attack of the enemy, even if they are wearing heavy armor, under everyone's crazy attack There will still be heavy casualties, and compared with the casualties they have to bear, what is it to let them enjoy a little privilege?Now Wang Tiehammer was looking at the barbarian army marching fast in a neat line with a look of surprise on his face, and said to Wang Rui: "I often hear people say that the barbarians are illiterate, lawless, and undisciplined, and they are all rabble. Those guys are just farting, the military discipline of such an army is not inferior to that of the Heluo New Army!"

Wang Rui smiled and said: "The so-called barbarian tribes with loose discipline are mobs. That's bullshit. For these tribes who fight wars as usual, discipline is more important than anything else. If they were really loose disciplined, they would have never known How many rounds have been destroyed. But lawlessness is true, I made them vomit blood in anger!" Recalling the days when he led these barbarians to fight the world, he felt a little unbearable, sighed: " These guys are strong enough, but they are beautiful, greedy for money, and bloodthirsty. For example, when attacking a city, it is okay to say, let them go east, they will go east, let them go west, they will go east To the west, no matter how heavy the casualties are, they will all rebel once the city is broken, killing people and setting fires everywhere, like wild beasts, and they can't be stopped!"

Wang Tiechui looked sympathetic: "However, Lord Hou hates those who kill innocent people indiscriminately... You have spent a lot of thought in order to manage them well, right?"

Wang Rui said: "I didn't even bother. They killed them when they caught them. They chopped off their heads and hung them on the city wall. If they killed too many people, they would get scared and listen to my words."

This is an understatement, but Wang Tiehammer, who has dealt with Hu Bing, knows that things are not that simple.Fists are the best way to get along with these tough people, but you can't rely on fists alone. Some tribes have blood relatives who take revenge. If you don't pay attention, you don't know what happened to them. You must lead this barbarian army From the Jianghan Plain to the mountains of Guangxi, when they finally reached Annan, Wang Rui and Qin Mai were going around outside the gate of hell every day, not only to be wary of the enemy, but also their own people, tired!

At this time, it was already time to eat, Wang Rui gave an order, the army stopped advancing, and everyone stopped on the spot.The old cook set up the pot and started cooking——however, the time was short, and the meals they cooked could only serve the heavy infantry of Wang Tiehammer, and the more than 1 barbarian soldiers could only take out the biscuits with the sour smell of sweat to eat beef Canned food... Well, these are also rare delicacies in their eyes, and they still eat them with relish.It's just that when the hoplites were serving meals, these barbarian soldiers who hadn't eaten hot meals for many days kept twitching their noses, drooling disobediently, and kept glancing over there.When Lao Cook passed by them, many soldiers shouted: "Lao Cook, is there any more? Is there any more? Even if it's shabu-shabu, bring us some!"

Lao Cook has a good temper. He pours the leftovers from the heavy infantry into the pot, adds a pot full of water and boils it over high heat, and then adds some oil and salt to it to make soup. These guys are smiling and lined up to get the cups. Go to get it, and after getting the last bite of biscuits and shabu-shabu water, gobble it up, it's really good to feed.While gobbling it up, I still didn’t forget to thank Lao Cook: “Thank you Lao Cook! I’ll leave a copy for you if I seize something interesting later!”

Lao Cook just smiled: "No need, you work harder to win this battle, we will cook delicious food for you!"

The soldiers suddenly burst into cheers.Lao Miao is a group of people they respect very much, and their respect for him is no less than that of the officer corps who lead them from victory to victory time after time.There are three kinds of people that you should never fight against a barbarian army. The first is their officers. If you kill an officer, a group of people will rush up to fight with you with red eyes; The whole squadron and even the entire brigade rush up to fight with you screaming; the third type is female soldiers who are also military doctors and cheerleaders. , even braved the flying lead bullets and arrows to bandage the wounded soldiers, and sang and shouted slogans on the side of the road to cheer everyone up. In the eyes of the barbarian soldiers, these female soldiers in white uniforms were the most beautiful angels in the world. , their greatest wish is to be favored by one of the angels in white.If a female soldier is killed, the entire army, including the army leader, will rush forward with bloodshot eyes and slash at people, and no prisoners will be left behind!So when they swept Annan, the commander of Annan's army would often order his subordinates: don't touch their old cooks and female soldiers!
As the commander in chief, Wang Rui received a little better treatment than ordinary soldiers, but it wasn't much better than that, except for an extra can of orange jam.He spread orange jam on the compressed biscuits, chewed them quickly while looking at the map, and discussed with Wang Tiehammer in a low voice.The soldiers who were full sat back to back and talked and laughed together. Seeing their relaxed faces, it didn't look like they were going to fight, but rather like they were on an outing.

Sudden----

The captain of the scout came galloping on his horse, his expression was so excited that he yelled at the top of his voice from a long distance: "The sound of the cannon—the sound of the cannon is coming from the front——" This guy is really too excited Not only did he almost hit his own people several times, but he kept rushing in front of Wang Rui, and he stopped the horse until he was only five or six meters away from Wang Rui.Due to too much force, the horseman who was strangled in pain stood up, pawing his two front hooves, and kicked Wang Rui's nose in the face.Wang Rui was not in the mood to worry about these things, he made a slight gesture, and Wang Tiehammer lifted the boy off the horse with one hand. The boy was still immersed in excitement, and shouted: "Dear Wang, I heard the sound of gunfire!" ! It’s coming from the direction of Fengtai!”

Wang Rui asked sharply: "Did you hear clearly? If you make a mistake, I will kill you!"

The captain of the scout called: "There is absolutely no mistake! I have been listening for a long time, and the sound of the cannon is continuous, like a thunderstorm! It is our magic cannon that is firing. I dare to bet my head, it must be!"

Wang Rui stuffed the last piece of compressed biscuit into his mouth, swipe his fingers quickly on the map, finally stopped near Xiaofang Village, and murmured: "It's about the same...It's only a dozen miles away at most. It's over..." Huo Di stood up and shouted: "The whole army is assembled! Abandon all unnecessary loads, leaving only the kettle, armor, weapon and a compressed biscuit, and follow me at full speed! Target, Xiaofang Village!"

The barbarian army was stunned for a moment, and then burst into loud cheers, scrambling to put their backpacks on the ground, only carrying armor, water bottles, weapons and a piece of compressed biscuit, and advanced quickly under the officer's command.Everyone is very excited, this boring and long march is finally coming to an end!
Wang Rui called another messenger and asked him to tell Han Peng not to get entangled with the blocking Qing army any more, and to quickly move towards Xiaofang Village, where the decisive battle will be, where they will bury the last Qing army. main force.After finishing these, he jumped on the horse and galloped forward with thousands of personal soldiers leaving aside the large army. This invincible warrior from the frontier army was going to take the lead again and act as the vanguard of the whole army.

The barbarian regiment took off their hats and waved them at him, cheering loudly, and their morale increased.This is their king, who led them from the Jianghan Plain all the way to Annan, laid down a piece of fertile land, and has already achieved fame, but he still takes the lead in every battle. Fighting with such a king, even if he dies in battle, there is nothing to regret !
Now Guan Ningjun is full of regret.

No, it should be called regret.

Wu Sangui frantically commanded Yi Ding Tuqi to launch rounds of fierce attacks on the artillery positions, and then under the repeated blows of shotguns, volleys, grenades and even Molotov cocktails, the howling and charging Yi Ding Tuqi turned into a Heaps of broken bodies.Every time one fell, Wu Sangui's heart twitched slightly.Yiding Tuqi is different from those cannon fodder. Every soldier is a child of the Wu family. These three thousand Yiding Tuqi are the strength of the Wu family to control half of the Guanning army. The capital to survive in this troubled world is good now. Under the fierce attack of the combat engineers, they turned into piles of corpses regardless of their generals!

A large number of elites were wiped out in this way. Which general can bear such a loss!

It wasn't until Yi Ding Tuqi had no strength to continue charging that Wu Sangui realized that without the cooperation of infantry, it was impossible to capture such a position with cavalry alone.He asked Wu Sanfu to take command on his behalf, and he brought a team of personal soldiers to find Zu Dashou, wanting to see what was going on with Zu Dashou.

As a result, the scene in front of him was so frightening that he almost fell off his horse:
Zu Dashou's troops moved mechanically under the threat of the sabers of the Qing Army Supervisory Team, and walked towards the rows of black guns of the Heluo New Army, just like the Tianxiong Army and the Heluo New Army a few years ago. The archers of the Qing army braved the rain of arrows and lined up to the Qing army's formation.However, the Heluo New Army and Tianxiong Army gave people the feeling of being cold and dangerous at that time, like a steamroller slowly rolling over, while the Guan Ning Army gave people the feeling that they were sleepwalking. Fear and despair were written all over Zhang's face, and almost every pair of legs was trembling slightly.

On the opposite side, the Heluo New Army lay there like an iron wall, motionless!
The distance between the two sides is only 150 meters.

The Heluo New Army finally moved, the officer's command knife swung down fiercely, and more than 1000 soldiers pulled the triggers at the same time, bang bang bang bang!The gunshots with dense scores and unclear points exploded in the same second like thunder, which was deafening.The first row and the second row of the Guanning Army marching in line seemed to have dug countless bloody fountains, a large cloud of blood mist burst out from the hit bodies, and the hit soldiers fell down row by row like dominoes. Now, seeing this scene, Wu Sangui's complexion turned pale, and the world was spinning before his eyes!
The Heluo New Army turned a blind eye to the tragic scene of blood and flesh on the opposite side. After the first row finished fighting, they stayed put and continued to reload. The second row passed them, raised their guns, fired, and knocked down a large number of them.The third row crossed over the second row, raised their guns, and fired... The entire military formation slowly rolled forward, and every step forward was accompanied by the sound of guns and gunfire like thunder. This scene was beyond terrifying!Guan Ning's army became more and more frightened. They instinctively turned their backs, but bullets came from behind immediately, and the Qing army aimed their muskets at their backs.

No retreat, only forward, until they are all gone!

Jierhalang was stunned: "Heluo's new army... their firearms are so powerful!? Or they can't fight in close combat, even if the whole army is exhausted, they won't be able to hurt a hair of them!"

Huang Taiji said sadly: "The close combat will begin soon!" He made a gesture and waved the command flag, and another [-] Guan Ning troops were thrown into the battlefield, facing the army that had been defeated by the Heluo New Army. The back of Baluo's troops!

At this moment, Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang's complexions became as white as paper, staring blankly at the sky blackened by gunpowder smoke, wanting to cry without tears.

(End of this chapter)