Chapter two thousand and nine
"Get ready!" An officer with the tiger-shaped flag in the front raised the command flag on his right hand, staring at the enemy dozens of steps ahead, "Shoot!"
The right arm that raised the flag was waved downward with force.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The soldiers who were already ready fired their muskets, and the target of their shooting was the pseudo-Jinhan army charging forward.
The pungent waste left behind after the gunpowder burned instantly filled the surrounding air.
On the other hand, Geng Qianhu and his Han army were reduced by one-eighth of their size at the same moment.
Geng Qianhu, who was at the front, rushed all the way to avoid the bombardment, but failed to avoid the musket fired in the direction. He was killed on the spot and turned into a motionless corpse lying on the ground.
Only the reddish-brown blood flowing out of the wound proved that he was still alive.
The fire cannon cannot cross the human wall and hit the people behind, so the targets hit by the fire cannon this time are the people in the first two rows.
This also made the Han army that was originally following behind lose sight of them, and became the front of the team.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
This time, there was no need for any further orders from the officers. The Tiger Flag soldiers in the front had already started shooting at the people in front of them.
Many pseudo-Jin and Han troops who did not react were hit, following in the footsteps of the previous Han troops.
Once again, dozens of Han troops were killed or injured.
This also reduced the number of the Han army again, and the last bit of courage of the Han army completely disappeared without a trace along with these casualties.
It began to rout towards the back.
"Force them back, even if they die, they will be shot to death." Mantu looked at the hundreds of Han troops retreating in front and immediately ordered the Eight Banners soldiers.
More than a dozen flag soldiers drew their bows and fired arrows to attack the fleeing Han army.
A hail of arrows shot out, and seven or eight retreating Han troops were killed by the bows and arrows of the Eight Banners soldiers.
Coupled with the driving of the Eight Banners soldiers from the rear, the Han army had to rush towards the tiger-shaped banner front again.
The tiger-shaped flag was not polite either. As soon as the Han army approached, they would immediately fire cannons to prevent the Han army from rushing to the front.
After several rounds of fire cannons were fired, less than a hundred Han troops were left, and the Eight Banners soldiers in the rear began to be exposed to the sight of the Tiger Flag soldiers.
These Han troops were originally forced by the Eight Banners soldiers to attack the front line of the Tiger Flag. At this time, there were not many dead people left. Some of the Han troops who were still alive would rather be shot to death by the Eight Banners soldiers behind them with arrows than to
Take one step closer to the front line of the Tiger Flag.
Some smart Han soldiers simply fled to both sides.
"A bunch of useless trash." Mantu saw that these Han troops had suffered so many casualties and did not rush to the front of the Tiger Flag, so he knew that they could not count on these Han troops.
Fortunately, the soldiers of the Eight Banners were only seventy or eighty steps away from the front line of the Tiger Flag. As long as they were faster, they could rush into the middle of the soldiers of the Tiger Flag in a dozen breaths.
"Warriors of Daikin, follow me and kill!" Mantu raised the sword in his hand and took the lead in rushing towards the Tiger Flag soldiers in front.
He was originally a Niulu Erzhen, always rushing to the front in every battle. Now, even though he is the highest-ranking general in the camp, he still maintains the habit of rushing to the front.
The Eight Banners soldiers were a little smaller than the Han army, but they still numbered four to five hundred.
As they charged forward, the distance of seventy or eighty steps quickly shortened to less than fifty steps.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Tiger Flag soldiers who had been waiting for these Eight Banners soldiers fired their muskets one after another.
At a distance of fifty steps, the accuracy of the fire cannon is already very high, and the shots are fired in large numbers. Even if many cannons are scattered in all directions, a sufficient number of cannons can be guaranteed to hit the target.
More than twenty Eight Banners soldiers who were charging at the front fell head-on to the ground.
The armor on the Eight Banners soldiers did not have much defense against incoming muskets. Basically, the armor was shot directly through the musket.
However, these casualties did not make the Eight Banners soldiers retreat, but instead aroused the blood of the Eight Banners soldiers.
The soldiers of the Eight Banners who had not been hit by the bullet continued to charge towards the front line of the Tiger Flag without looking back.
Even the Eight Banners soldiers who had fallen to the ground but were not dead yet could not stop their steps. In the eyes of these Eight Banners soldiers, they only saw the tiger-shaped flag soldiers.
Not being able to wait for someone who could understand Korean, Xing Chaoxi said with dissatisfaction: "I asked you to learn another language but you didn't listen. Now it's fine. We can't even interrogate the prisoner. Forget it, take him away and look for him.
Are there any prisoners who understand Chinese?"
The soldiers escorting the prisoners lifted the North Korean prisoners who were kneeling on the ground, kicked them and took them to the open space aside to watch them.
Although many people escaped from the North Korean Navy camp, Xing Chaoxi's soldiers still captured many prisoners who failed to escape.
Soon, another soldier came over happily escorting a prisoner.
"Yingzheng, this time we have captured a prisoner who can speak our language." The soldier who escorted the prisoner raised his leg and kicked the prisoner next to him, and ordered, "Quick, tell us, Yingzheng, a few words."
The prisoner was unprepared for a moment and was kicked to the ground.
However, he did not dare to get up at all. Instead, he knelt in front of Xing Chaoxi and said, "Is this general a heavenly soldier from the Ming Dynasty?"
The tone of voice is strange, but people can still understand what is being said.
Xing Chaoxi became happy when he heard that he really could speak Chinese. He raised his finger and pointed at the other person and said: "I asked, you answered, you didn't ask me."
"Yes, yes, yes, General, feel free to ask." The Korean prisoner nodded quickly.
Xing Chaoxi took a look at this person and saw that although his clothes were tattered, he was much better than the previous prisoner who only knew how to wow, so he asked, "What are you doing here?"
The North Korean prisoner gave an official name.
Xing Chaoxi nodded lightly.
As he had guessed, the Korean man in front of him who could speak Chinese was an official, so he continued to ask: "Who is the general here? Where is he now?"
"The commander of the navy camp is Li Guang. He is a member of the royal family. When the heavenly soldiers fired artillery at sea, he escaped with his cronies." As he said that, the North Korean prisoner glanced at Xing Chaoxi secretly.
Xing Chaoxi looked disappointed when he heard this.
Although the Korean navy was not very good, the escaped Li Guang was also the commander of the navy and a member of the Korean royal family. It would be best if he could be captured.
"Is the general a heavenly soldier from the Ming Dynasty?" the Korean prisoner cautiously asked Xing Chaoxi for confirmation.
Xing Chao said happily: "Yes, we came from the Ming Dynasty."
Pi Island is occupied by Mao Wenlong, the coach of Dongjiang Town. It is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. He feels that it is not wrong to say that he came from the Ming Dynasty.
"It turns out they are really heavenly soldiers." The North Korean prisoner in front of him breathed a sigh of relief and immediately asked, "The Ming Dynasty is the superior country of North Korea. Why does the superior country send troops to harass North Korea?"
Chapter completed!