Chapter 102: Critical Moments
"Woo~"
As a desolate horn sounded again, another wave of Tatar cavalry launched a new round of skirmishing charge.
It's just that unlike the previous tentative attack, this time, behind the charging skirmishers, there were two groups of the most well-equipped Tatar cavalry, numbering about a hundred people. It seemed that they were preparing to fight with the skirmishers in front.
The cavalry cooperates.
"Looks like these Tatars are going to attack!"
Wang Bing and others, who were condescending, could clearly see the deployment of these Tatar cavalry at a glance. However, knowing the opponent's plan did not mean that they would be able to solve it.
To put it bluntly, after these Tatars figured out how to restrain the firearms of Wang Bing's group of "horse thieves", it was obvious that they were plotting to bully the small group with a large number of people.
"Damn it, one day I will let you know that the faster you charge, the more you will die!" Wang Bing muttered angrily as he looked at the Tatar cavalry charging in a loose formation.
"Brothers, get closer and then fight. We will retreat when it gets dark!" Resentment is resentment. The most important thing right now is how to withstand this round of attacks by the Tatar cavalry.
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"Boom, boom, boom!"
As the scattered Tatar cavalry began to enter the shooting range of the cannons, a group of Yulin guards also began to open fire again one after another.
It's just that in the face of these scattered cavalry who are "hiding under the pedals" and "hanging the golden bell upside down" and moving quickly, the hit rate of this smoothbore gun without rifling is really too low.
Therefore, even a skilled shooter like Habayashi Wei who feeds a large amount of ammunition can basically only achieve a probability of hitting one out of three or four shots.
Therefore, before these cavalrymen rushed to the gentle slope of the mountain, except for a few unlucky ones, Wang Bing's victory was actually very limited.
However, as these Tatar cavalry got closer and closer to the hill, and the distance between them began to gradually shrink, the hit rate of Wang Bing and others began to increase significantly.
Soon, these Tatar cavalry had rushed to a distance of only more than 20 steps from Wang Zhuzhu's people, which was the gentle slope of the hill. The invisible barrier had been built by Wang Bing and others with muskets and grenades.
in front of the wall.
"Boom boom boom!"
Just when a dozen Tatar cavalry had just stepped onto the gentle slope, with a few soft "swish" sounds, several grenades thrown from the top of the slope exploded among the cavalry in an instant, directly connecting
The men and horses were roaring and wailing.
It's just that unlike the previous Tatar cavalry who just rolled around and howled after being injured, this time, these injured Tatars were still climbing up the hillside tenaciously, even though they kept wailing.
I want to fight Wang Bing and others desperately.
"Don't worry about the injured Tatars, leave it to Lao Wang and the others!"
Ignoring those wounded Tatar soldiers who were tenaciously climbing up, Wang Bing handed them over directly to several Yulin guards who had shotguns blasting their bodies. To deal with these seriously injured Tatars, they could be dealt with with swords, shotguns and
The grenades were naturally used to deal with the Tatar cavalry who continued to charge.
Sure enough, as the first wave of Tatar cavalry rushing up the hillside was knocked down by grenades, the second and third waves of Tatar cavalry also rushed up one after another. At this time, Wang Bing and others did not care about saving grenades.
, and fired at these Tatar cavalry one after another.
However, because these Tatars learned from their previous experience, even after rushing to the bottom of the gentle slope, they still tried to distance themselves as much as possible, so the effectiveness of the grenades was much weaker than before.
In addition, the cannons that had not been completely cooled down were continuously damaged, and the firepower of the Habayashi Guards was reduced a lot, so the pressure on everyone was increasing.
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"Report to the general, Uncle Guo and the others have repelled two rounds of attacks by the Tatars! When I came back, the Tatars seemed to be preparing to launch a third attack!"
While Wang Bing and others were struggling to block the attack of the Tatar cavalry, less than thirty miles away from the battlefield, a cavalry team of about 2,000 people was slowly marching towards the battlefield.
"What are the casualties of Habayashi Guards?"
After reining in the horse, a middle-aged man with a somewhat similar face to Ma Fang, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, could not help but frown.
"The distance is too far, so we can't see clearly. But Uncle Guo and the others are stationed on a small hill with cliffs on three sides. The Tatars have not been able to attack it several times, and they seem to have killed hundreds of people!"
"Haha, I thought that this group of young men would just attack the camp and pretend to be horse thieves. I didn't expect that they had this ability. They actually withstood more than ten times the attack of the Tatar cavalry, which made me worry in vain.
Field!" After hearing the scout's report, the general immediately showed his face and burst out laughing.
"General, when should we take action? Most of the Yulin Guards are equipped with firearms, and they are all half-sized men. They have repelled two attacks by the Tatars. I am afraid that their physical strength and ammunition are almost exhausted, right? Just wait.
,just in case……"
Seeing that the general still looked unfazed, a deputy general couldn't help but remind him.
"Haha, that's right. These kids are almost done fighting. It's time for us to take the field. Send the order, the whole army attacks. Don't let a single Tatar go this time!"
Although this Xuanfu cavalry also changed their uniforms and were not dressed as Ming troops, a group of thousands of "horse thieves" suddenly appeared on the grassland. No one could believe it. So in order to avoid confrontation with the Tatars
As the conflict intensified, the general with a similar face to Ma Fang issued an order to annihilate this group of Tatars.
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"Third brother, while these Tatars haven't attacked yet, you can take your uninjured brothers and retreat from the back mountain first. We have to leave some seeds for the Yulin Guards, right?" A knife was used to kill a man who was crippled by a grenade.
After the Tatar soldiers were wounded, Qi Panzong could not help but breathe heavily while leaning on his sword.
Facing the Tatar cavalry who are constantly charging in turns, and the continuous explosion of cannons, the entire Yulin Guard is now basically relying on the few remaining grenades for support.
"Get out of here, hold on for a while, and let's retreat together when it gets dark!" Wang Bing glanced at the Tatars who retreated down the hillside, but Wang Bing rejected Qi Panzong's suggestion to lead his people to retreat first.
"And you see, now that there are these things blocking the way, if those Tatars want to attack, they will have to dismount and become infantry, hehe!" Pointing to the corpses of Tatars and war horses on the hillside, Wang Bing had a look on his face.
Confidently cheer everyone up.
It turned out that before, they relied on grenades to kill, and then used blunderbuss and swords to finish the killing. On this inconspicuous hillside, the corpses of Tatars and war horses were piled everywhere. So these Tatars wanted to
It would be impossible for the cavalry to charge Wang Bing and the others.
"But we only have a dozen grenades left, and we only have about fifty muskets left. They are... Huh? That's it?"
Chapter completed!