Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

On the position that stretched for nearly ten miles, the Song army kept moving forward.

Behind the inconspicuous hill in Xiaolianzi Village, Jin Ming and other musketry soldiers lurked silently in the position.

It seemed like no one would notice them.

Only the investigator with the probe carefully observed the situation and reported to the calm Jin Ming: "Captain, when are you going to open fire? There are at least four or five different groups of people passing by the Song Army, almost 1 people."

Jin Ming frowned slightly, did not react much, and stuck his head out to observe the enemy's situation.

At the moment, he and his men were lurking under the eyes of the enemy. Looking at the marching formation of the Song army, a long dragon almost blocked the road. Looking carefully, the people in the front row were actually the Forbidden Army in black and red military uniforms, equipped with The bed crossbow looks like it should be the heavily armored baggage unit of the Song Army.

Su Xia had told herself before that the heavy-armed troops could not be let go.

Thinking of this, he decisively ordered:

"Order the troops to prepare to attack the Song Army's baggage!"

Under the inconspicuous soil slope outside Xiaolianzi Village, the Song army was clearly not aware of the danger before them, and it was still heading towards Guangzhou with a swagger.

Jin Ming observed the best shooting opportunity, and more than 200 elite musketeers behind him also aimed their guns at the Song army!

"beat!"

At the command, dense projectiles flew out from the slope, gunshots rang out, and a row of bullets came. Seventy or eighty people in the Forbidden Army's train at the foot of the slope had already fallen before they had time to react.

The mortar also made a fierce and terrifying sound, and it exploded at the junction of several armies of the Song Army!

The Song Army was caught off guard. The penetration of musket projectiles was very strong, and the thin paper armor equipped by the Song Army was completely useless.

The soldiers of the Song Army, who were afraid of death, hid in the woods nearby, trying to avoid the bullets. However, the armies were not monolithic, so they fell into chaos as soon as the attack came. The fate of the Song Army blocked at the intersection was much worse. Jin Ming and the others opened fire freely. After a while, two hundred corpses of Song soldiers were lying on the ground.

In fact, it is not how strong the firepower of the Jinming Musket Team is. After all, these 260 muskets are new rifled muskets, which have much better range and accuracy than previously developed muskets.

At the same time, the saltpeter ignition technology used previously was continued, which was faster than the European flintlock gun hundreds of years later.

Su Xia's musketeers can shoot an average of 5-8 rounds per minute. (Flintlock guns use 2-3 rounds), but like flintlock guns, firearms have a higher failure rate. Therefore, if a hundred guns are fired at the same time, about ninety of them will be able to fire, and the others will have a failure rate and cannot be fired. Loud.

Only when the fists are clenched can one have strength. The two musket squadrons are combined into one brigade, and the combat effectiveness is greatly improved.

Jin Ming's musketry team lived up to expectations. Although the firepower was not continuous, the Song army's battles in the past were nothing more than shooting at each other with bows and crossbows. Although the mountain was not high, it was still a hundred or ten meters away from the Song army, which was already beyond the range of crossbows. Direct shooting distance, plus a considerable part of the Song army had not seen muskets. There was a burst of banging and banging over there, and the soldier next to him heard blood spurting from his chest and being splashed with blood on his face. He only heard the banging sound of people around him being hit, but no one who was hit could stand up. Who is not afraid of these soldiers?

The soldiers of the Musketeers relied on the favorable terrain and suffered very few casualties.

At this time, Zhao Wuji led his troops to the vicinity of Xiaolianzi Village. Hearing the loud sound of gunfire in front, he, who was familiar with the equipment of the Su Xia Army, was frightened. He hurriedly dismounted and looked around along the woods, and finally saw It was the bullets fired from the hillside of the official road behind.

However, the Song army was caught off guard, lost all its baggage, and had no organized resistance at all.

The deputy general also noticed Zhao Wuji's anxious gaze at this time, and immediately grabbed a fleeing Song soldier and asked, "Where are you all in command?"

The soldier was still in a state of mental stress and felt a little embarrassed: "No, no... I don't know."

"What kind of battle are we fighting? Didn't we ask people to block the road? Crossbowmen, let me shoot the arrows! Destroy the Su Xia army on the slope."

Zhao Wuji knew that he must have his own team, so he immediately asked them to fight.

The combat effectiveness of Zhao Wuji's pro-army troops was indeed extraordinary. The troops were well organized. With an order, a hail of arrows flew directly towards him.

However, Zhao Wuji still underestimated the fortifications arranged by Jin Ming. Everyone in the musketeers had shields as cover, and the arrows fired by Zhao Wuji's crossbowmen had little effect.

After several rounds of arrows, Jin Ming, the musketeer captain, immediately ordered: "The second team should stop shooting and correct their guns. The first team also stopped shooting after one stick of incense and prepared ten thousand enemies (grenade). Except for the observation hand, the remaining They hid in the trenches to let the barrels cool."

The soldiers of the musketeers immediately hid in the trenches and loaded their ammunition, while the wounded were moved to the back of the slope.

Outside the trench trench position, there were arrows fired by the Song army everywhere, but each of the soldiers in the musketeers carried a large square shield. They hid behind the shield, and the crossbows could not penetrate it.

The soldiers responsible for preparing for the operation were prepared to "enemies ten thousand people" and also pulled the fuse ready to light the fire at any time.

As for the Song Army, seeing that the resistance was thinning after several rounds of arrow rain, they really thought that their side was almost dead and prepared to charge forward.

Zhao Wuji discussed with the deputy general on the side: "Look at their firepower. They have about two hundred muskets. It is better than the firepower in Liucheng a few days ago. They are obviously well prepared."

"General, although they have many guns, the mountain is not high. We use crossbows as cover. The distance is only two hundred feet. We can reach the top of the mountain with one charge."

Zhao Wuji looked at his lieutenant trustingly and said with approval: "That's what I meant. After a few more rounds of volleys, you can charge forward!"

"Yes, brothers, get ready!"

The deputy general waved his hand, and five hundred of Zhao Wuji's troops were ready. Unlike the fleeing Song troops, they took the lead in attacking the musketeers on Tushan Mountain.

In addition to the red Forbidden Army uniforms, Zhao Wuji's pro-army troops also wear green armbands, which are somewhat different from the general Forbidden Army.

150 meters,

100 meters,

80 meters,

The arrows were still coming, some hit the shield and became hedgehogs, and some fell on the ground.

Jin Ming still didn't let him fire.

"Captain, there are only 50 meters left!" When the orderer said there were only 50 meters left, Jin Ming jumped up and said, "Count ten thousand enemies."

Dozens of musketry soldiers lit the fuse and threw it towards the Song army.

"Boom boom boom!"

Following a series of huge explosions, Zhao Wuji's pro-army troops in the crowd were immediately blown away.

The charging team completely lost their command.

Jin Ming roared: "The first team shoots!

One hundred muskets fired almost at the same time. The few Song soldiers who rushed into the 30-meter position became living targets of the musketeers, knocking down all the dozens of Song soldiers who rushed over!

"The second team is ready, ten thousand enemies continue!"

Dozens of bombs were thrown into the charging ranks of the Song Army again.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Second team, a group of 20 people, extend shooting, discharge!"

The 100 men from the second team fired in five groups, completely wiping out all the Song troops who rushed down the mountain.

The first team also reassembled the bullets at this time.

Jin Ming continued to order: "The first team is free to fire, the reserve team stops dropping thousands of enemies, and cooperates with the first team to fire, and the second team is loaded with bullets and ready! Bombardment with mortars!"