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Volume 4 Midstream Chapter 156 Four or Five Sighs in the Midnight-4

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    "It's so boring." Du Chuijiao regretfully put the spear back into its holster.  The ferocious cavalry left only a mess of corpses on the ground. Except for a few moaning and wailing wounded, they all disappeared without a trace like the wind.  "Go clean it up." He sent a centurion over.  The veterans of the Fire Gun Battalion are very skilled in cleaning up the battlefield. They first check the enemy's corpses one by one, and if they find that they are still alive, they will replace them with a gun, then pick up the weapons, and finally check their pockets.  The veterans also tried their best to break down the fallen horses into pieces of meat and brought them back. There was plenty of salt on the naval warships. Although the horse meat had a fishy smell, it was fresh meat after all, and it was much stronger than the old cured meat brought by Guangzhou when going to sea.  .  Because the ship was moving slowly, the Fire Gun Battalion wasted no time cleaning the battlefield and kept up with the fleet.  On the boat where the governor was sitting, Ma Yuan looked at the shore with envy: "This battle was really enjoyable." "It's a pity that there is no such a big river in the north." Xu Xiaoyun shook his head regretfully. He turned back to look at the boat building, only to see that  Seeing that the Grand Governor himself was frowning deeply, he was not at all happy about the easy victory in front of him.  Since landing on the Persian coast, Zhao Xingde sent out soldiers to inquire about the news. However, no Chinese could be found in the coastal towns. The Dashi people only knew that the Xia army captured Baghdad and fought fierce battles with the Dashi army in Basra.  Withdrawn.  "I wonder what the outcome of the Northern Expedition will be?" Xu Xiaoyun thought to himself, "It's best not to win a big victory. A big victory will consolidate Deng Su's power. In a few years, his wings will be fuller, and it will be very difficult to overthrow Deng Su."  . But don¡¯t suffer a big defeat. A big defeat will not only severely damage the vitality of the country, but also the current power in the court may not necessarily benefit Lishe. Vice Prime Minister Lu Yunsun may take this opportunity to replace Deng Su. Lu Yunsun has a long-standing reputation and a solid foundation.  He advocated returning the power to His Majesty. If he took over, it would be even more difficult for Lishe to make a comeback. Large pieces of horse meat were brought up by the boat, and cheers from the sailors came from the deck. "Master Governor, just build one."  Jingguan, let them know how awesome you are!  " "No need.  "Zhao Xingde turned around and saw a group of young and exaggerated faces. The person who spoke was named Bian Chang, who was a leader among the students of the Naval Academy. After Ma Yuan, Feng Mi and others took over the duties one after another, this group of student officers came to fill in for them.  Zhao Xingde served as a civil servant, and also selected several messengers from the Ya soldiers. These people could often receive guidance from the generals, and they were all the seeds of future officers: "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you."  Let's forget it after the war and leave some room.  In the future, merchants will come one after another to trade with them, and the navy alone cannot conquer the world.  " He slowed down his tone and said to the eager staff officers, "However, if Du Chuijiao is willing to be a nanny in this battle, you can all go down and see the blood.  " Bian Chang and others were immediately overjoyed. They raised their hands and said in unison: "Thank you, sir.  " Since they joined the army, they have not experienced a few bloody battles. Their war experience mainly comes from records in history books. They usually get along with veteran generals and veterans, and they can only secretly envy others when they talk eloquently. Opportunities for actual combat are rare, even if they are rare.  He only went down to the camp to act as an ordinary fire gunner, and he happily asked for a fight. Judging from the situation just now, the fire gun battalion was safe under the cover of the warship, so Zhao Xingde let them go down to join the battle.  Anything can happen, but if you don't take some risks, how can you temper it? The boat sent the student clerks ashore. Du Chuijiao understood Zhao Xingde's intention and placed them all in the first row of the gun team.  , the scattered Dashi cavalry gathered again outside the range of the artillery. After the panic had passed, many tribal warriors felt ashamed. They tried their best to describe the thunder and fire brought by the Easterners to the new tribal warriors.  It was terrifying, especially those evil iron balls that spread death at extremely long distances. However, the newly arrived tribal cavalry not only did not believe their words, but instead regarded them as lies made up by cowards. Occasionally, some people reported these lies to the tribe.  Without exception, the tribal leaders lost their temper, thinking that they were frightened by the number of Easterners, so the leaders once again taught the tribal warriors that "one heroic cavalry is enough to trample a hundred cowardly infantry."  "After that, more than 2,000 cavalry were gathered and charged towards Du Chuijiao's musketry camp. "Let's attack at a close range. Without military orders, we are not allowed to fire muskets. Do you understand?  "    "clear.  "Bian Chang responded in a low voice with suppressed excitement. The overwhelming barbarian cavalry, the earth-shattering sound of horse hooves and the shouts seemed to have all disappeared at this moment. He could only hear his own beating heartbeat.  After a moment, the sounds of the battlefield once again filled his eardrums. Bian Chang looked around and found that except for a few civil servants who had come out of the governor's shogunate like him, the other first row of gunmen had surprisingly calm faces.  Covered with dust, when viewed from the side, they stand quietly like clay figurine sculptures, squinting.?Keep your eyes looking straight ahead.  Behind the first row of gunmen, most of the gunmen looked very calm.  "Mount Tai collapsed in front of him but his appearance remained unchanged. He is truly a strong man!" Bian Chang sighed secretly, feeling a sense of shame in his heart.  After he calmed down, the doctrine and experience he usually knew about fighting in the Fire Gun Battalion came back to his mind.  After years of fighting, the Fire Gun Battalion of the Song Dynasty has formed a complete set of regulations for fighting cavalry.  If there is not much difference in the strength of the enemy and ours, and the fire gunners are elite enough, the generals of the fire gun battalion usually like to use the counterattack battle of "no more than three shots before the enemy".  That is to bring the cavalry closer, the front row fires three muskets in a very short period of time, and then the whole battalion charges forward with their spears drawn.  At this time, the cavalry, which had been disrupted by the platoon of muskets, would usually be besieged by five or six musketeers.  Through this method, the Fire Gun Battalion can leave more "first achievements" before the enemy cavalry retreats.  When he encountered the Dashi Cavalry attack for the first time just now, Du Chuijiao chose to defend out of caution. Now he obviously has more ideas.  ¡°Everyone in line, no guns are allowed!¡± The battalion commander¡¯s lengthy command made Bian Chang understand the general¡¯s intentions more clearly.  The Dashi Cavalry sped up, dozens of horns sounded together, and more than two thousand cavalry sprinted away, literally covering the sky and covering the fields. The horses' hooves were like thunder, shaking the earth. The fast horses carried the tribal flags and roared.  Approaching rapidly, the Dashi cavalry shouted slogans that were incomprehensible to the people of Song Dynasty and even drowned out the sound of horse hooves, which was earth-shattering.  On the upper deck of the ship, Zhao Xingde frowned. Only a few people in the navy, including him, understood their slogan, "Kill them all! Kill them all!" Others just thought it was the roar of wild beasts.  On the Song Army's side, the two thousand gunmen were as still as mountains, eerily quiet.  Suddenly, there was a "boom" from a cannon, and black shells shot through the blue sky like meteors.  As the large group of cavalry entered the firing range, the naval warship artillery began to fire continuously. Countless shells, described as "evil iron balls", flew through the air. The shells were so dense that they roared and fell one after another.  Among the charging cavalry, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and there were screams of surprise.  The big food cavalry behind them clearly saw that with the sound of thunder, "evil iron balls" roared out from the ship. The flying distance of the iron balls was far beyond the range of ordinary bows and arrows, and they were even more impactful.  The cavalry in front caused huge casualties.  "Is this the devil, or is it the wrath of the gods?!" The tribal cavalry had never seen such a scene where a group of artillery fire was fired. The formation, the momentum of the desperate charge like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, suddenly weakened, and the speed of the charge was obviously slowed down.  Come down.  "They won't just retreat, right?" Bian Chang suddenly thought.  He looked at Pao Ze who was waiting for him out of the corner of his eyes, and suddenly felt ashamed of his random thoughts.  "Damn it, you won't retreat again." Du Chuijiao muttered, squinting his eyes and staring at the panicked Dashi Cavalry not far away.  These are all military achievements delivered to your door.  "Probably not." The lieutenant beside him muttered in a low voice, looking ahead with some buttocks.  Sure enough, except for a few cavalry who fled in panic to the artillery range, under the loud encouragement of the leaders, most of the cavalry lived up to expectations and completed the reorganization under the barrage, and then brandished their scimitars and rushed towards the horizontal formation of the Fire Gun Battalion.  The cavalrymen were already bending their bows and nocking arrows, swaying on their horses and aiming this way.  "That's just nonsense." Du Chuijiao slapped his thigh and shouted: "Get ready-" The firecrackers in the front row of the firecrackers camp had already been set up. After the military order, the firecrackers held on to the poles.  The left hand worked harder and harder, and the right hand brought the flame to his mouth, carefully blowing the flame until it was red and bright.  Blowing fire is one of the most important skills of a fire gun player. If it is too small, it will not light up, and if it is too big, it may blow out the flame.  The first row was almost all veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles. The opponent's overwhelming cavalry charged, and the trembling ground did not affect their movements at all.  "Huhu¡ª¡ª" "Huhu¡ª¡ª" Bian Chang went into battle for the first time. He shook his hands and blew a few times without blowing the fire. He was so anxious that sweat dropped from his forehead.  "Master Bian, don't worry, it's easier to beat them than a wild boar." The captain patted him on the shoulder and whispered.  "Yes, yes." Bian Chang calmed down and blew away the flames with a "huh-" breath. Finally, the flames lit up.  His heart dropped to his chest, and he hurriedly placed his right hand next to the fire gun and medicine guide.  At this time, the Great Food Cavalry had already rushed into the shooting range. The momentum of the war horse, the power of the strong bow, and the throw into the sky, the range was slightly longer than that of the fire blunderbuss. The arrows fell from the sky, and the back row  Some of the fire gunners hurriedly raised the big shields above their heads to protect the robes beside them from the rain of arrows, while other fire gunners stood still, preparing to send fire cannons or mount their spears to attack.  In the field of vision of the gunners in the front row, a large group of cavalry rushed out of the smoke and got closer and closer, waving their scimitars fiercely and shouting, like a group of demons running out of hell.  &nbsp; Author recommendation: <em>Xia Ding:</em> Back to being buried in numerous historical records<em>Du Ba Dou Di:</em> Holding a jade fan, graceful<em>Secret of the Three Kingdoms:</em  >The hero's strength and tragedy, the hero <scripttype="text/javascript">Domain.write("100800075303");</script>     knew
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