Chapter 133 Ambush
However, Lin Feng led the main force of the Qin army's Yulin Left Guard cavalry to rush over and wait for his scouts to support him, but suddenly he heard a whistle sound blowing at a unique rhythm into his ears.
Although the whistle did not appear loud, it was extremely penetrating, bypassing all the sounds on the battlefield and entering everyone's ears.
When Lin Feng was wondering what this whistle meant, he saw the black-robed and black-armored cavalry who had just fought with his scouts suddenly retreated like a tide, and soon divided into several strands and disappeared behind the fields and forests on both sides.
Seeing the enemy retreat, the Qin cavalry immediately cheered.
But Lin Feng's face darkened, and his heart, which was originally relaxed and excited, suddenly became a shadow.
He was able to get rid of his own scouts and gained the upper hand, but he suddenly retreated after getting the signal of retreat, in an orderly manner. How could such elite troops be trained by the thief army of mobs?
If the group of people in front of him were thieves cavalry at this time, then Lin Feng would have really fed the dogs during his years of military career.
Could it be the Wei cavalry that sneaked in?
Gao Beizi had the support and instigation from the Wei people behind his back, which was almost an open secret of the Qin court.
So when Lin Feng noticed something was wrong, he immediately thought of the Wei people.
If the cavalry just now were from Wei people, many things would not be as simple as before.
If the Wei people directly sent troops to help the Gaohuzi bandits join the war, the nature of the matter would have changed seriously and the court's attention would have been escalated.
Although I don’t know how many troops the Wei people sent to sneak into Qin State or where they sneaked in, the news must be reported to the commander Lin Yi as soon as possible and asked him to decide, otherwise it would be a delay in military opportunities and delay major events.
Lin Feng's mind flashed in his mind in an instant, and his eyes swept over the dozen black-robed figures that were dismissed when the two sides were fighting. When they were about to order to go forward to check if there was any survivor, they suddenly heard a loud "bang" sound from the mountains on the right.
Almost at the same time, a Qin army scout who was riding on a horse holding a sword and cheering with a blood flower bloomed in his chest and planted a horse without saying a word.
Before Lin Feng could react, a dense and neat "bang" sound came from the dense forest on the right. With this sound, hundreds of Qin cavalry fell off their horses almost at the same time.
The sudden attack caused the Qin cavalry in a stagnant state to lose two or three hundred people at once.
"It's a musket! Retreat! Bounce out!"
Lin Feng naturally knew that there was a Shenji Camp equipped with muskets among the Yulin Right Guard among the Imperial Guard.
At this moment, he knew that the enemy who ambushed him was using a musket. He was furious for a moment, and he even believed that it was the Wei people who secretly sent troops, and had already set up an ambush to wait for him.
At this moment, Lin Feng had no idea of intercepting Zhao Biao to escape. Now he just wanted to try his best to bring more than 3,000 soldiers under his command and tell Lin Yi about the secret sending troops from the Wei people.
The Wei people not only sent elite cavalry, but also sent out military groups such as musket soldiers that all countries regarded as treasures. It can be seen that they had a great plan, so the news must be transmitted back as soon as possible.
Lin Feng has also seen the musket. Although he was amazed at its power, he also knew that the reloading of this kind of musket was very complicated and the firing speed was too slow.
Although the lead bombs fired are very sharp and can easily penetrate iron armor, because the launch procedure is really cumbersome, it has not become the main equipment of the armies of various countries.
It is precisely because the firing speed is too slow and the practicality is not very strong in actual combat, so basically the number of musket soldiers in various countries will not exceed 5,000, and they all belong to the battle sequence of the imperial guards of various countries and are directly controlled by the emperors of various countries.
Moreover, even if the musket soldiers want to perform combat tasks, they must need the cooperation of other troops and cannot perform tasks separately.
Moreover, with the current fire rate and range of the musket, it is even less practical than that of the bow and arrow on the battlefield.
Therefore, although Lin Feng was surprised and surprised by the sudden appearance of the Wei State musketeers, he was not too afraid of it.
Although he lost two or three hundred soldiers unexpectedly, his subordinates were all cavalry after all. As long as he rushed over quickly, he could not keep them with his super slow fire rate like a musket.
The cavalry of the left guard of Yulin were indeed elite. Under the leadership of Lin Feng, they quickly turned their horses' heads and ran wildly in the direction they came. Moreover, everyone was lying on the horse's back, reducing the exposed area, fully demonstrating the quality of well-trained elite soldiers.
Although Lin Feng's response was correct, the army that ambushed him at this time did not use the clamp gun with extremely complicated launch procedures that he knew, but the flintlock gun that was quick and convenient.
Seeing the enemy running wildly, the captain of the Shenwei Camp, Zhang Tonghe, decisively ordered the entire second and third battalions to move forward and shoot freely.
The 1,500 musketeers in Shenwei Camp were divided into three battalions, each battalion consisting of three musketeers brigades, with a total of 450 people.
There is also a brigade directly led by the captain as a direct brigade of the mobile unit.
The first wave of attacking the Qin cavalry just now was the First Battalion of Shenwei Camp.
The first battalion completed a round of volleys and then stepped back and reloaded the ammunition. The second battalion and the third battalion, which had already been loaded, were on standby at any time, immediately stepped forward to make up for the position.
With Zhang Tonghe's order, the two battalions stepped forward at the same time. The soldiers relied on big trees and other objects as bunkers to aim at the Qin cavalry running horses and began to shoot freely.
The sound of "bang bang bang" was endless, and white smoke filled the forest, and Qin cavalry were shot and dropped from time to time in the roads outside the forest and the wilderness.
Although the firing rate of the flintlock rifle has been greatly improved, because the smoothbore rifle and the black gunpowder are not burned sufficiently, it does not exceed the accuracy and range of the flintlock rifle.
In addition, the distance between the Qin cavalry was large when they retreated, and they consciously reduced the exposed area of their bodies and were in a fast running process. Therefore, in this round of attacks, only a hundred cavalrymen of the Qin cavalry were shot and dropped or fell off their horses.
So after the second round of free shooting was over, Zhang Tonghe ordered the stop to shoot.
Shooting further is a waste of ammunition.
Even so, Lin Feng was trembling with heartache.
Which of the three thousand soldiers under him is not the elite in the army, but such elite soldiers lost three or four hundred without even seeing the enemy clearly, which made him both startled and angry, and a little panic.
The Wei army even sent the musket soldiers affiliated with the Imperial Guard to secretly, and there must be a huge conspiracy in it. We must go back as soon as possible to tell the head coach Lin Yi and ask him to tell the Duke of Ning Guo and the court.
The Wei people have ambitions and must not be careless at all.
Although Lin Feng regretted the sacrifice of his soldiers and hated the shamelessness and cunning of the Wei people, he always forced himself to remain calm and knew that the most important thing for him at this time was to preserve his strength and send back the news of the Wei army's infiltration as soon as possible.
Although there was no sound of gritting teeth and "bang" behind me again, a bunch of arrows kept flying out of the forest on both sides.
Although these arrows only caused less than a hundred cavalry to the Qin cavalry, Lin Feng was more firmly convinced that the ambush was planned and designed by the Wei people and the Gaobei Thief Army long ago.
Although it is not clear whether the ambush is the target, it is also known that it is not advisable to stay here for a long time. It is the top priority to go back as soon as possible to meet with the main force.
After the double baptism of musket lead bullets and arrow rain, Lin Feng and his men rushed for more than ten miles before slowly stopping.
It was a long-distance raid, but before I could rest, I was ambushed again. I ran away in a panic. And it was the early summer season that was already in a storm.
Therefore, when Lin Feng ordered to stop and rest on the spot, everyone was sweating like pulp and exhausted.
After being caught off guard, and being trapped in people and lacking in horses, morale has already fallen to an extremely low level.
It is because of the elite that they are not obviously collapsed.
But it was no longer as excited as before, only depression and fatigue were left.
Many soldiers slid down from the ground and lay on the ground without thinking.
The Qin army's horses were also squirting their rushing breaths, and the sweat beads on the horse's body were even soaked in hair, and they were obviously exhausted.
Although Lin Feng knew that it was far from time to rest, he also knew that it was not suitable to continue marching in this state.
He pondered for a moment and ordered a rest for a stick of incense so that the soldiers could quickly replenish water and feed the horses.
At the same time, send scouts to all directions to alert.
Although there are no signs of ambushing ahead, Lin Feng is very uneasy.
He always felt that the cavalry in black robes and black armor had retreated too quickly before, and did not appear to pursue them when they retreated.
Have you already gone to your own way of retreat and prepared for interception?
"Send another team of people to explore the south for ten miles, especially pay attention to the mountains, hills and farmland on both sides, and beware of the enemy's ambush."
After thinking about it, Lin Feng could only ask someone to continue investigating.
I hope I think too much, Lin Feng thought silently.
But my heart was heavy.
Chapter completed!