The soldiers who broke into the camp extinguished all the fires, and covered the firewood that was still burning with dust, making sure not to reveal any light or smoke.
Hao Yaoqi was holding the jujube stick that he used in his dominant hand during the Battle of Junlingchuan. Because he followed Li Laiheng on the hillside, it was inconvenient to use this weapon. Now he finally had a place to use it. He wanted to
Responsible for leading a team to ambush the enemy's rear flank, he needed to seize the opportunity to attack in one fell swoop and cut off the army's troops. Hao Yaoqi was confident and just waited for the war to begin.
This task is related to the success or failure of the ambush. Hao Yaoqi shoulders a heavy responsibility, but he still looks as if he regards the war as a child's play. The deputy general of the Little Tigers is only wearing a half-length cloth at this time.
A, he completely exposed his right arm, showing muscles as bold and powerful as surging waves.
"Brothers, we all need to stay calm. We must wait until all the officers and soldiers have passed before we kill them through their fucking ass!"
After hearing Hao Yaoqi's shouts, other soldiers also came out. Most of them carried weapons that were more suitable for fierce fighting in the forest than jujube sticks, such as knives and swords.
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Without waiting for Li Laiheng and Gao Yigong to issue orders, Hao Yaoqi had already packed up his troops and set off first. This rough-and-tumble general was worthy of his ten years of military experience. He never let up his guard at critical moments, which made Li Laiheng feel worried.
Half of the fallen stone was lowered.
"Brothers, Hao Yaoqi from the Little Tigers set off first with the ambush troops. We can't lose to others, right? Get ready!"
Gao Yigong's military organizational ability was even better than that of Hao Yaoqi. He mobilized all the crossbowmen from his troops and arranged them on the two wings in front of the dense forest. In this way, after the officers and soldiers entered the ambush circle, the bowmen and crossbowmen were deployed.
The crossbowmen can shoot at the front left and right of the army's troops from both sides, making it impossible to take care of both sides.
"Little Tiger, I see that your Little Tiger Team has quite a few sophisticated fire guns. I'm afraid I still have to leave this task of winning the first prize to you."
Gao Yigong had been coveting the excellent equipment of the Little Tigers for a long time, especially the several muskets that Li Laiheng received from Yuan Zongdi, which were all cutting-edge equipment stored by the Ming army in Fushui Fort in Shangnan.
The power of these fire cannons was just right to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers to the front, creating favorable conditions for Gao Yigong to attack from the side and Hao Yaoqi to attack from the side.
Li Laiheng naturally agreed. He also felt that the "performance" of a few firecrackers was not enough to attract the full attention of the officers and soldiers, so he asked for some loud arrows from Gao Yigong. Northern Shaanxi's "roving bandits" were called "roving bandits" by the officers and soldiers in the early days.
To "release the thieves", also known as "thieves."
Needless to say, horse thieves, the so-called "shooting" refers to the use of special arrows with holes in the arrows as a command before launching an attack. When the arrow is sounded, the sound is like a whistle, and a large group of people immediately launches an attack. This is a horse thieves.
The usual routine.
"Okay, I'll leave those two wings to Brother Gao." Li Laiheng waved his hand and asked several soldiers of the Little Tiger Team to take several rounds of sounding arrows from the crossbow team under Gao Yigong. These sounding arrows are very exquisitely made and divided into two parts.
The section is composed of an iron arrowhead and an arrowhead collar, with a ridge in the middle of one side of the seam, and the cross-section of the arrowhead collar is circular.
"Uncle Qing, take the people and gather the horses and the food we collected earlier at the back."
Li Laiheng originally wanted Uncle Qing to lead a group of people to stay behind and take care of the supplies. He always felt that Uncle Qing was old and one of his few blood relatives, so he did not want him to go to the front line to fight. But Li Laiheng looked at Li Changqing.
He looked eager to fight, but also felt that he had just been in charge of the team, and if he arranged his blood relatives to the rear to avoid fighting, he might not be convinced by the soldiers, so he decided to let Uncle Qing also participate in the battle.
"Place your things, come back immediately, and follow us to the front to set up an ambush."
"yes!"
Li Changqing clasped his hands and agreed to Li Laiheng's order. However, he hesitated immediately, worried that Li Laiheng wanted to transfer him again and not let him participate in the battle, so he asked: "Young master... in charge of the team, the number of officers and soldiers."
There are so many, we still have to use all our energy to suck the milk, right? There should be no need to leave anyone to look at the luggage, right?"
"Ha, that's natural." Li Laiheng shook his head and smiled bitterly. Sure enough, Uncle Qing's thoughts were exactly what he had guessed. But that's fine. He had just assumed the important position of team management in the camp, how could he be blamed for his personal
Preferences, blood relatives far and near, and how to arrange people to the rear to avoid fighting?
"Uncle Qing, I am bound to win this battle. We must wipe out all the main force of officers and soldiers outside the county wall, and do not let horses return to the wall. All our strength must be used!"
After Li Laiheng made his promise to Uncle Qing, he waved his hand and said to the other soldiers of the Little Tigers: "Brothers, this is the first battle since our Little Tigers officially formed an army. We must not relax!"
"The officers and soldiers gather behind the city wall, which is really troublesome. Now they leave the city wall on their own and go out to die. We have fulfilled the officers and soldiers' wish. That's what happened. He came to attack and we eliminated him. After that, it will be comfortable to attack the county seat.
Too much. Eliminate a little, and feel more comfortable. Eliminate more, and feel more comfortable. Eliminate it completely, and feel completely comfortable."
"Some of our Little Tigers are familiar with me. They fought with me in Zhuxi and Junlingchuan. There are also some new brothers, most of whom are also in our hometown in Shaanxi and have some friendship with me."
Li Laiheng put the tiger-head waist knife on the ground, lifted a brand-new fire gun in his hand, and tested the weight. He was confident that the Little Tiger Team was so well prepared that they would definitely win. But it was just an ambush.
Winning the battle is not enough. In order to facilitate the future attack on Shanyang County, the main force of the army must be completely annihilated!
"Today I'm here to ask you brothers to completely eliminate this group of officers and soldiers who have thrown themselves into a trap and rushed to their death! No one will be left behind, no one will be released, and no horse will be allowed to escape back to Shanyang County!"
The soldiers of the Little Tiger Squadron were divided into two groups. One group was the older veterans in the camp and had participated in the Zhuxi County War and the Junlingchuan Battle with Li Laiheng. The other group was the country warriors who had been trained by Li Laiheng in his hometown of Mizhi.
Although these people have different experiences, they are all from northern Shaanxi, and most of them are from Yan'an Prefecture. They have the same local pronunciation. They quickly reached a consensus with each other and are increasingly condensing into a unified fighting group.
The officers and soldiers panicked and ran into the ambush carefully arranged by Li Laiheng and Gao Yigong. They were already defeated before fighting. Therefore, all the soldiers were full of confidence that they would win. They entered Shanyang County and fell without fighting.
A large amount of food had been obtained from various cottages. Now the main force of officers and soldiers rushed into the ambush circle as if seeking death. This made the entire Little Tiger Team trust Li Laiheng's commanding ability even more.
In order to prevent the officers and soldiers from discovering their movements, the soldiers did not answer Li Laiheng's questions loudly. But looking at them holding swords, guns, swords and clubs in their hands, fighting spirit boiling, and fighting spirit surging, Li Laiheng already knew that pre-battle encouragement was temporarily considered.
It's in place.
"Let's intersperse interceptions and search and kill in different directions. Don't let any officer or soldier escape!"
The sun has sunk down by about half, and the afternoon sunlight makes the dense forest look even more shadowy. The soldiers of the Little Tiger Squadron lurking among the trees all held their breaths. Although everyone knew that the officers and soldiers had fallen into a trap, the situation was extremely dangerous to our side.
Advantageous. But after all, this is the first battle since the Little Tigers officially formed an army, so a little nervousness is unavoidable.
Li Laiheng half-knelt on the ground, slowly loading the gunpowder. Through the gaps between the trees, he could already see the smoke and dust raised by the army in the distance. The number of mules and horses in the army was larger than he had imagined.
many.
What are the officers and soldiers thinking? Using cavalry to enter dense forests and search mountains to fight?
Li Laiheng felt a little baffled. He was surprised by the army's unconventional way of using troops. He even thought, could this be some trick used by the army to lure the enemy? Otherwise, how could anyone be stupid enough to let the cavalry rush into such a dense forest?
Fighting in the hills?
However, the Little Tiger Team's ambush circle had been set up, and Gao Yigong and Hao Yaoqi's troops were all in place. The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Li Laiheng was unable to dismount from the tiger, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and order a general attack.
The other soldiers saw that the number of officers and soldiers was so large that it seemed to be several times more than that of the Little Tigers. They felt a little guilty and looked at Li Laiheng. Li Laiheng bit his lip, and he decided to believe in the combat effectiveness of the soldiers who broke into the camp.
"Everyone, calm down and move the officers and soldiers closer before attacking. No random shooting is allowed without my order."
Li Laiheng then signaled to Li Changqing, who had put away the luggage and provisions and rushed back to the front line, and asked him to fire a ringing arrow first to remind Gao Yigong and Hao to wave the flag and prepare for a general attack. Then he picked up the loaded fire blunderbuss and started with other small tiger teams.
Together, the soldiers occupied the more advantageous and dangerous terrain in the dense forest, preparing to start a fierce fight with the government troops.
"Fire the noise arrow!"
The three archers drew their bows together and prepared to fire arrows. Two of them were veterans of the camp, and the other was a Mizhi Xiangyong recruited after the Battle of Junlingchuan. The Xiangyong knew how to shoot.
, but the battle experience is relatively weak. At this time, after the bow was fully drawn, he became even more nervous.
His hand shook, and before Li Laiheng and Uncle Qing gave the order, he shot out the arrow first. The other two archers were stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Li Laiheng. Li Laiheng frowned, he was worried about his hometown Yong.
The performance was not very satisfactory, but fortunately it did not affect the overall situation, so he nodded again and signaled the remaining two archers to shoot arrows as well.
Three loud arrows were shot out from the dense forest one after another, giving the officers and soldiers a blow in the head and causing great confusion. Li Laiheng immediately set up his musket and, with several other musketeers, aimed at several people on horseback among the officers and soldiers.
The distance between the two sides was so short, and the ranks of the officers and soldiers were so chaotic that the fire blunderbuss in Li Laiheng's hand showed a hit rate that made him very happy. Five fire blunderbuss, in one salvo, actually hit three.
A squire riding a horse, his hit rate of three out of five shots is already very high.
Li Laiheng tightened the hat string of the red tassel felt hat on his head. He saw that most of the people on horseback were country squires with no military experience. And the few people surrounded by the stars and the moon should be this official army team.
I don't know whether he is the county magistrate or the leader of the gentry and the people.
But no matter who they were, Li Laiheng kept his eyes on these targets. Seeing that the leaders-looking figures were surrounded by many other squires, it was difficult to shoot from this angle, so he organized all the gunmen to follow him
Together they rushed to a flat area with a clear view, preparing to shoot the leader of the officers and soldiers first.
The distance between the officers and soldiers and the little tiger team was almost only forty or fifty steps. With the sound of arrows and muskets, the general attack on the camp was launched in full swing. Gao Yigong arranged the crossbowmen in the left front and right front, with firepower
Fully opened, the arrows jumped out of the dense forest like locusts, causing leaves and branches to fall one after another, causing screams to continue from the officers and soldiers.
"The spear team holds the front! The gun team follows the executive team and fights out!"
Li Laiheng rushed out with a blunderbuss, and did not forget to continue to command the troops. He ordered the spear squad to line up in a row, occupy the only relatively open road in the dense forest, and block the way of the officers and soldiers.
Mizhi Xiangyong was accustomed to using long spears, and after returning to their familiar fighting methods, he once again showed strict discipline.
A row of spears thrust forward, catching the officers and soldiers in the chaos by surprise. A bunch of them were stabbed to death immediately, and the servant Zhuangyong behind them also fled. The officers and generals tried to use force to stop the soldiers from retreating, but it was impossible.
He himself was pushed and ran backwards by the crumbling crowd.
The less the officers and soldiers were able to organize resistance, the more likely they were to be stabbed to death by the spears of the Little Tiger Squadron; the more heavy the casualties were, the more they had to fight for their lives. The force was like a landslide, trampling on each other, shouting and throwing weapons everywhere.
Gao Yigong also commanded several teams of gun players to attack from the front and rear flanks. The gun players in the camp all used long and short spears and wore arrow jackets for short shots, so they were more flexible than the spearmen.
After the gun team came out from the side and the front, the officers and soldiers were even more panicked. Gao Yigong was more cautious in using his troops and did not kill all the ambush soldiers at the first time. He was worried that the officers and soldiers would have a back-up, until he discovered that the officers and soldiers had indeed used their troops too much.
After feeling stupid, he relaxed and let all the gun teams hidden in the dense forest rush out.
For the officers and soldiers, the most deadly thing was Hao Yaoqi's Daopai team that came out from the rear. Because the officers and soldiers were strong after all, and there was also the Qin army led by Zhang Shoubei pressing the formation from the rear, the forward troops were temporarily frustrated, and
The whole army would not collapse. But after the Sword Team came out from behind, even Zhang Defei could no longer maintain his composure.
Knife players are different from spear players and spear players. Spear weapons have a certain power even if they are not familiar with them; while short weapons, if not very skilled, are almost the same as fighting with bare hands. Therefore, when breaking into the camp, sword players
The most powerful soldiers are responsible for the service, and they are known as sharp soldiers.
The sword team led by Hao Yaoqi are all the most elite and brave soldiers from the Little Tiger Team and Gao Yigong's men. As soon as they come out, everyone moves forward without retreating. Such a team,
In fact, it is equivalent to the death squad of the invading army.
They all used the most elite and sharp swords, and they recharged their strength in the dense forest. Hao Yaoqi raised his jujube stick high, and the first one jumped out, shouting "I will kill you all," and took the lead.
It frightened the Qin soldiers who stayed behind.
The little tiger team on the front first used the three axes of sounding arrows, fire muskets, and spears to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. Then Gao Yigong attacked the officers and soldiers from the flanks with arrow rain and gun squads, accelerating their confusion and morale.
The collapse of the army. Finally, Hao Yaoqi made the final decision, and the sharp soldiers with swords intercepted the tail of the army and completely chopped it into pieces.
Except for the group of Qin soldiers led by Zhang Shoubei who were relatively calm and huddled together to form a formation to resist. Almost all of the hundreds of brave warriors collapsed upon hearing the news. They first abandoned their weapons and then ran away.
They didn't dare to look back to see how many intruders were chasing behind them. In the end, their morale completely collapsed. Seeing enemies on all sides, they didn't even dare to run away. They squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, waiting to die.