eurekapd Chapter 161: Chasing and Ambush
Chapter 161: Chasing and Ambush
Wang Jialie’s prediction was indeed correct.
The troops blocked at both ends waited for a while and felt something was wrong. The people sent out to investigate found that these people seemed to have changed their route.
Cheng Ziyun received the order to block the intersection, so he did not move. On the other hand, after Ma Biao repelled the enemy, he took his troops to find Yin Feng. When he learned that the enemy wanted to escape, he chased after him.
When the first and second regiments of Niangzi Pass arrived along the road, Yin Feng had already led his men and followed the path taken by the Xianbei team to chase them.
They had walked less than three miles when they were shot by arrows from the Xianbei ambushes.
The 123rd Regiments of the New Army's Danning Division did not have steel armor this time, but wore ordinary cotton armor.
The heart guard and the helmet are made of metal, and the rest of the parts are made of bamboo inserts, one piece inserted inside and one outside at staggered intervals. The advantage of this is that it is simple and light, and can resist minor injuries.
Arrows from a distance can be resisted, but heavy crossbows and strong bows can cause great damage at close range.
Of course, the cavalry's bows and crossbows were not that powerful, but everyone had armor-piercing arrows. Even if no one died on the spot, the arrowheads were coated with horse manure, which would cause chronic damage.
In the ambush circle of 10,000 people, Yin Feng's regiment had only 3,000 people. They were caught off guard by the sudden flying arrows and suffered half of their men were injured.
"Bang! Bang bang bang..."
The gunfire was chaotic and clearly irregular.
"Take cover and carry your injured comrades to safety."
Ma Biao's second battalion caught up and shouted loudly.
Someone took out the shield behind him. Although it was not big, it could protect himself.
The shield was put on the arm, and the rifle was placed at the gap in the shield, aiming at the place where the arrow was shot.
"Bang! Bang bang bang..."
The bullets penetrated the woods and knocked down some Xianbei people.
"call out……"
The sound of arrows breaking through the air seemed pale in comparison to the sound of rifles.
More and more new groups came up from behind, with a thousand guns firing at the target, and the random gunfire always saved a few lives.
The Xianbei soldiers could not withstand the confrontation with the rifles and had to retreat.
Some people tried to use bows and arrows to kill the wounded, but were shot in the head by rifles.
When shooting within a range of one hundred meters, the speed and ferocity of a rifle are clearly superior to that of a bow and arrow.
In this ambush, hundreds of Yin Feng's troops were killed and hundreds were injured.
"The enemy has run away. We should advance slowly and be careful not to be attacked again." Ma Biao ordered his men.
"Captain, the enemy is riding horses. We can't keep up with them on foot."
"Even if you can't keep up, you must keep moving forward, but don't be too hasty. Find the right opportunity and wipe them out in one fell swoop."
Looking at some of the soldiers who died in battle, they were only injured at first because they did not find suitable cover and were hit in the vitals by the arrows.
Others died from the poison on the arrows, and their bodies began to swell up soon after, and they eventually died in pain.
Even if such an injury is taken to the rear for emergency treatment, it is difficult to treat without effective anti-inflammatory drugs.
The New 1st Regiment chased them for a long time, and occasionally a dozen snipers would appear to attack. The New 1st Regiment, advancing with shields, had a much lower chance of being hurt.
After a row of bullets, most of the enemies fell to the ground.
"What should we do with these prisoners?" the soldier reported to Ma Biao.
"Let the Third Battalion take a look for a while, and leave it to the Third Regiment to handle."
Everyone knew what Ma Biao's order meant. They looked at the wounded prisoners of war and prayed for their good luck.
After chasing for more than ten miles, we finally came to a wide road.
"What's going on? Is there a fight here?"
It turned out that Zhuo Yi and Qi Tai's team were here, as well as the three thousand troops sent by Dingzhou, who inexplicably encountered this Xianbei team.
When the two sides met, they had no time to react and started fighting.
There were still more than 7,000 Xianbei people in ambush. Due to the narrow road conditions, people poured out like excrement, each holding a sword and fighting each other.
Fortunately, these 7,000 Xianbei people did not come out together.
Otherwise, how great would the pressure be for 7,000 cavalry to fight against 4,000 infantry and 1,000 battalions of cavalry?
Moreover, Qi Tai's thousand men were using rifles and had not yet had time to load the bullets.
After the 7,000 Xianbei cavalry came out, they did not expect to encounter anyone here. After a series of fancy moves, the Xianbei cavalry ran around everywhere, killing 2,000 Xianbei people, and more than 500 people in their own team were also injured.
This is also thanks to the timely response of the Zhuoyi Cavalry Battalion, which used a five-shot shotgun to demonstrate the power of the big killer.
When Ma Biao's new regiment arrived, the battle was basically over, but some prisoners were seen.
"Brothers, I know these are your battle achievements. Captain Yin suffered heavy losses and is filled with anger. Let these people vent their anger."
The Dingzhou army was also angry because they had many wounded. When they heard that Yin Feng's troops had suffered heavy casualties, they immediately stepped forward and said, "Everyone's team has casualties. Tell us what to do. Let's kill them together."
Ma Biao was just venting his anger for Yin Feng, and after being instigated by the Dingzhou army, he couldn't make up his mind.
"Let's wait until someone comes over. I don't think these people will have a good time."
Qi Tai came over and said, "Killing the surrendered is unlucky, let's not do it."
In an instant, Qi Tai received countless angry glances.
"Okay, whatever you want, I'm just saying."
Qi Tai left in boredom.
Yin Feng did not join those people in struggling with the prisoners, and soon arrived here.
"Keeping the prisoners, the Dingzhou army has also suffered a lot. Do you want to play together?"
After Ma Biao finished speaking, he looked at the captive squatting on the ground with ill intent, then looked at his brothers in the Dingzhou army, smiled strangely, and left.
"Bathe their wounds with horse manure and horse urine."
"This is too disgusting. Why not beat them up?"
"I think we can benefit from cutting their tendons and throwing them into the mines to work."
"The key is that these people are so disgusting. They smeared horse urine on the arrows. I want them to taste the same thing." Yin Feng shouted hysterically.
The Xianbei captives who were squatting together were trembling with fear when they heard Yin Feng's voice.
Recalling the time when they set out on the expedition, they were all smiling and gathered together to discuss how to coat their weapons with poison to harm these people from the Central Plains.
Now the damn retribution has come upon me so quickly.
Some people were dissatisfied and shouted, "I didn't put horse urine on the arrows. The arrows were issued to us."
Someone else shouted, "You will be punished for doing this!"
Yin Feng laughed wildly upon hearing this, "Retribution? You came to our territory and acted wildly, and you said we would be punished."
"We are just hired warriors, working for your Great Zhou. As for what we do, it has nothing to do with us. We are just a tool."
"Stop talking nonsense, tools? Then let you tools know that if you commit sins for money, you are all guilty. Digging a hole..."
Some idle soldiers found a place, dug a big pit, and kicked these people down.
Then someone brought basins of horse manure and urine and poured them on the people in the pit.
The pit was dug very deep, and it was extremely difficult for these people to come out after going down. There were also people above who were aiming at them with captured bows and arrows, and anyone who tried to come up would be shot with a bow and arrow.
They won't be shot to death, just injured, so that they can be slowly killed...