Chapter 211 Before the General Attack

Ren Zhankui's horse was shocked. He was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He immediately grabbed the horse's head and clamped the horse's belly. The horse neighed twice. Suddenly, his front hooves knelt down and fell to the ground. Ren Zhankui jumped up suddenly, and his legs were not unfortunately broken by the horse.

At this moment, the horse was already crying in vain. He looked down and saw a small hole in the front abdomen of the horse, and blood was flowing out continuously.

If the horse hadn't been shocked and stood up just now, I'm afraid that the one who fell to the ground and bleeding now would be himself. Ren Zhankui fought a cold war. What kind of musket, so powerful? It's a distance of 300 steps!

Some soldiers around him were not so lucky. When the bullets rained down, more than 20 soldiers fell to the ground, some rolled in pain, and some were no longer breathing.

Ren Zhankui's bloodline was swelling. However, before he could react, the person who attacked him behind him had already rode a horse and ran away!

The guards ran to the back of the team and saw only a few fallen horses, more than twenty injured and lost their lives, as well as the rest of the terrified soldiers.

After asking about the situation, he also felt ridiculous and terrifying. Isn’t this strange? A team of cavalrymen who didn’t know where to come came from came from behind, and they shot with muskets a few hundred steps away, killed a few people, injured a group of them, and then ran away? What do they want to do?

"Sir, the rear team was attacked and injured a group of people." The guards rode back to Qi Buhua's side and reported to Qi Buhua.

Attacked? Qin Buhua is a little strange. He is still in the territory of Taizhou, so how could he be attacked? Who is so bold and dares to attack his own team of 10,000 people?

"Who did it?"

"I don't know, I just know that all the opponent's weapons are muskets, and the range seems to be very long. I heard from them that the distance is at least three hundred steps. When the opponent's firearm sounds, they will be shot and fall off." The guard said.

Lies about military information! It is obvious that they were afraid of being punished. They were attacked by muskets three hundred steps away? A group of injured? Qin Buhua doesn't believe it. In the Taizhou Military Weapon Bureau, there are the latest firearms from the imperial court, which have a range of only more than one hundred steps. Moreover, the accuracy is not high. In addition, the manufacturing is complicated, and only a few reserves have been reserved. So far, they have not equipped the team.

"Let the rear team be vigilant and we continue to march." Qin Buhua firmly believed that it must be because the new subordinates in the rear team were not vigilant and were exploited by others.

After only two steps of clinker, there was another sound of a musket behind it.

The ghost is not dispersed! Qi Buhua is angry.

"Telection, let Muge lead a 100-man team to catch up with the group of annoying guys behind and kill them all!"

"Yes, sir."

After a while, a small torrent was split from the team and rushed towards the back team with great momentum.

Shi Wenbing felt that his current behavior was a bit like a fight between two children. He pushed the other party first, but he didn't respond, but he still didn't respond. He pushed the other party again, and he was about to swing his fist.

After leaving quickly, Shi Wenbing discovered that the other party was stunned by his attack and did not react at all.

If that's the case, then fight again.

He led the team forward again, but this time, the people from the back team rushed forward.

Ren Zhankui was furious. He lost more than 20 people for no reason, all of whom were careless just now. Now that he knew that the other party was not in good intentions, he naturally wanted to get back his face. Before the other party approached, he left thirty people to guard the food and grass, and the remaining fifty people rode on horseback and pounced on them.

It came just right, kill them all! Shi Wenbing made up his mind.

"Prepare, shoot!"

The scene of ninety muskets and volleys was also very spectacular. After one round, the opponent only approached more than twenty steps and fell down more than a dozen people. They continued to load, shoot, then load, and shoot.

After firing five times, only the unowned war horses were left, and the rest of the people were all lying in the place where they charged just now, and there were more than a hundred steps away from Shi Wenbing.

It can be imagined that if there were enough Tianque guns, no number of Tartars would be afraid! Shi Wenbing was already very satisfied with the combat effectiveness of his 100-man team.

In the distance, a group of people rushed over again. Looking at the outfits, they were all Tartar soldiers.

"Captain, let's continue!"

"No, evacuate quickly!" Shi Wenbing said.

The small victory just now did not make Shi Wenbing's mind angry. The new affiliated army that was not strong in combat just now was defeated, and there were only dozens of people, so he was confident that he could kill them all before the opponent approached. Now the one who came here was the brave and good-for-war Tartar soldiers. Moreover, it seemed that there were quite a few people. The secret given to him was to fight if he could beat him, and run away if he couldn't beat him. Only by protecting himself could he attack the enemy.

Therefore, Shi Wenbing decisively withdrew from the battle.

Mu Ge led the team forward, but only saw corpses all over the ground. The unlucky guys were not dead yet, but after falling off the horse, they were repeatedly trampled by the frightened horse, and they could not die anymore. This is also the sorrow of the cavalry. On the horse, they are warriors galloping everywhere, and under the horse, they are fragile ants.

"Chasing!" Looking at the rolling dust in the distance, it was the traces of the opponent's horse running by.

In the territory of Taizhou, they are the only ones who bully others. When will it be their turn to be bullied by others like this?

There was anger in the eyes of the cavalry.

The riders who were trained for a short time were indeed different from the ethnic group that grew up on horseback since childhood. The Taurus cavalry was getting closer and closer to the small group of cavalry in front.

"Captain, what should I do?" a soldier asked.

"Prepare the grenade." Shi Wenbiao said.

It is not easy to take out a grenade on the speeding horse. Moreover, lighting the grenade twist will test the soldiers' horse control skills.

There were only four or five cavalrymen, and they lit the twist.

"Take it behind, throw it as far as you can, quickly!" Shi Wenbing shouted.

Now the distance between the two sides is almost close to the range of the Tartar bow and arrow. The Tartar soldiers in the front row have taken out their bows and hit them while running, which is like performing an acrobatic.

Suddenly, some smoke was thrown into the cavalry in front of him.

They did not slow down at all, and those who did not know were not afraid. They did not know what the other party threw, nor did they want to know. They only knew that as long as they approached fifty steps, they would enter the range of the bow and arrow.

Fifty steps are just a matter of a moment for a running horse, and the speed has obviously slowed down because the other party is busy throwing things.

And when we approached fifty steps, we just approached the smoked things.

It was just by hand to throw it back, but it couldn't be thrown far. However, thanks to the bravery of the Tartar cavalry, the Tartar soldiers in the front row had already rode their horses over the smoke.

"Boom, boom!" A few loud noises suddenly broke out among the Tartar cavalry, so violently that the earth was shaking.

Within ten steps in the center of the explosion, there were no standing creatures anymore. Just the huge wave of air could lift the running person off the horse.

Some of the horses were shocked and caught off guard, several Tartar soldiers were thrown down.

Muge stopped the horse and looked at the scene around him, feeling like he had a nightmare, but this nightmare had just begun.

Hearing the explosion behind, Shi Wenbiao immediately ordered to slow down and stop. The running cavalry could not stop immediately, otherwise, if the front stopped and the back did not stop, it would have crashed.

Turning the horse's head and holding the Tianque gun flat, they came to harvest the lives of the Tartars again.

Slowly moving to a distance of 300 steps, looking at the Tartar cavalry who had been stunned by the explosion, Shi Wenbing gave the familiar command: "Shoot!"

The explosion just now had wiped out more than 30 Tartars. In Shi Wenbian's eyes, the remaining dizzy Tartars were already lambs that he could slaughter, and they were no longer the hungry wolf who had just chased him to death.

"Bang, bang." With the sound of muskets, rows of Tartar cavalry fell down.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!" Mu Ge finally understood that if he didn't run away quickly, he might be lying here.

However, in the end, no one ran away. They had lost the best opportunity and all fell on the endless fields, with the unowned war horses walking on the ground.

"Put these war horses away first, leave two people to watch, and then go with me for fun." Shi Wenbing said with a smile.

"Wow, I'm going to have fun!" After these two battles, everyone has fallen into this thrilling and fulfilling "fun" action.

Qin Buhua knew that he was stuck. The 100-man team responsible for escorting food and grass in the back team had lost their combat power, with only a dozen people left. The 100-man team he sent to pursue had not replied for a long time, and the rear was still harassing. I am afraid that this 100-man team was already in danger. They were all brave and good at fighting soldiers of their clan. Qin Buhua was heartbroken and realized that although the number of people was not large, it was extremely difficult to deal with. They never fought from the front, but they always had sudden attacks. If they ignored them, they would constantly bring sporadic casualties to themselves. If they sent troops to chase them, they would fall into the trap of the other party and end up being wiped out. If they stopped the large group of people and set up their formation, the other party would disappear without a trace.

It’s not that I’m going to fight, but I’m not willing to leave. In this way, I’m going to be dark and I haven’t walked out of the territory of Taizhou.

Seeing the sun set, I finally stopped in a village called Wangzhuang, and I was already trapped. I had to let the cavalry stay in this village for the time being and leave tomorrow at dawn.

In order to prevent the attacks of those scattered squads, Qinbuhua set up a large number of open and secret whistles, all of which were archers who could pass through Yang in a hundred steps. At night, the power of those firearms would not be exerted. If they could kill a few invading enemies, they would have avenged themselves.

The night gradually darkened, and only the chirping of crickets seemed particularly clear in the dark night sky.

In the water network in Jiangnan, Daohe is a relatively famous river. It nurtures countless villages on both sides of the river. As a hometown of fish and rice, Jiangnan naturally has its own unique conditions. On both sides of the Daohe River, there are also a strange building, stilt house, which is a two- or three-story wooden structure building. Half of the bottom of the building is laid on the water, and there are solid piles at the bottom of the water, supporting the body of the stilt house.

Small bridge, flowing water, people, if there was no war, this was a quiet picture of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Outside Taizhou City, the Dao River is divided into two parts and flows all the way to the near north city gate, and then flows south along the moats on both sides. Next to the north city gate, there is a dock where ships transporting goods dock and unloading goods.

Zhang Yang's plan to siege the city was focused on this northern city gate. Under normal circumstances, the shipmen would put down their sails as early as possible and let the ship park on the dock, while Li Bosheng needed to go the other way and crashed hard.

Before the cannon is built, this plan, although it has a certain skill, is also the most suitable choice. Only by taking risks and taking chances can the enemy be defeated.

Although Li Bosheng, who was responsible for this task, was the first contribution to attacking Taizhou, Li Bosheng was always careful, afraid that a negligence would lead to a big mistake.

Countless stilt houses passed by the boat. Finally, no one was alarmed. The boat had quietly approached the waterway three miles away from the city. It was already midnight. Li Bosheng asked the soldiers to stop the boat, check the wind direction, and check the water flow to determine the appropriate time to ignite the fuse. The rest was waiting for the signal from the elder brother.

At this time, in the woods ten miles north of the city, there were already crowds of people. Shiyi, Tang He, Lu Zhen, Bian Yuanheng, and the commanders of the four battalions had led their troops to arrive at the designated position on time. They gathered with Zhang Yang, waiting for the next instructions.

Because he was afraid of leaking the target, he did not ignite the torch, only the stars in the sky were blinking.

"Okay, since all the battalions have arrived at the scheduled location, we will not change as planned." Zhang Yang said: "It's just a little accident. Yesterday at noon, the Tartar soldiers in Taizhou dispatched about 10,000 troops to attack our salt field, in an attempt to kill our uprising in the cradle."

It's already midnight, so it's a new day.

Ten thousand people? A trace of worry flashed on the faces of several commanders. This action was too coincidental, right? I didn’t fight early or late, but I came out and started attacking.

But looking at the confident expressions of the elder brother and Mr. Shi, it seemed as if everything was under control.

"The Tartars dispatched elite troops, which is beneficial to us. When we attack Taizhou City, the pressure will be greatly reduced." Zhang Yang said.

"What should I do if the salt farm?" Shiyi asked.

"I have sent the second team of the base camp to restrain the enemy. They have been harassing the Tartars and slowing their movements. So far, the Tartars have not yet left the boundary of Taizhou. Today, the Tartars cannot get out of the territory of Taizhou." Zhang Yang said: "So, we must be quick to attack Taizhou this time, and we must fight for a whole morning to completely take down Taizhou. In this way, the Tartars who are preparing to attack the salt field will definitely come back to support it. The danger of the salt field being attacked will disappear invisibly."

This is the reason why we surrounded Wei and saved Zhao.

Everyone nodded. Indeed, the elder brother made a point. Attacking Taizhou was just one word: Fast!

"Yuanheng." Zhang Yang said.

"exist."
To be continued...