bookcurios Chapter 159 Tuoba's Decision to Win
Chapter 159 Tuoba's Decision to Win
Tuoba Youyou led his troops to dismount and head straight for the top of the mountain.
When the Niangzi Pass Road was first built, part of the mountain below was artificially cut off, leaving only the upper half of the mountain with lush vegetation.
Ma Biao had used branches cut from trees as cover. Seeing Tuoba Youyou running up the mountain, he quickly ordered, "Shoot at them."
Ma Biao's new regiment was fully staffed and equipped with weapons. Excluding the artillery company, there were 1,800 guns.
Unfortunately, the guns were distributed between the two sides, with only 900 on each side.
Fortunately, the opposite side can also shoot at the people at the foot of the mountain.
There was a burst of gunfire. Tuoba Youyou had never seen such a big scene before, and was so scared that he ran up the mountain.
"Run! What kind of weapon is this? It's scary!"
Seeing people falling down after being shot, Tuoba Youyou shouted to his soldiers to speed up.
Some of the war horses below were frightened and neighed before running wildly towards the road.
With the explosion of the remaining mines, a row of horse corpses lay on the ground. Some of the people did not get off their horses in time and were blown off their horses by the exploding mines as their horses moved forward.
"Look, someone escaped from the minefield."
The soldiers of the new regiment pointed at the fleeing cavalry and said.
"Let them run, let's deal with the people in front of us first."
Although the Shreder Enfield rifle is good, it is still quite troublesome to change the bullets.
The first thing to do is to remove the original magazine, which is not yet a shell.
Because each bullet is equivalent to an integrated magazine, the position on the top of the gun that holds the magazine, rotating it to the right, can stabilize the device containing gunpowder and bullets.
The hammer is the same as that of a shotgun, which prevents the gun from spraying fire backwards. The hammer is a concave design.
Every magazine needs to be recycled and can be used repeatedly. For this reason, each soldier hangs a thing similar to a fish basket around his waist to facilitate the recycling of the magazine.
Tuoba Youyou and his men had good physiques. They bent their waists like mountain monkeys and quickly entered the woods on the top of the mountain.
"Oh no, now that these people have reached the top of the mountain, we are in a passive position." said Xu Gang from the first battalion.
"Let's fire a few shots at him first to prevent these people from counterattacking." Ma Biao was also angry. Although he killed many Di people, it was estimated that there were only a few thousand of them.
"Captain, you know that from our position we were originally targeting the middle and heading down the mountain, but now we're adjusting to attacking the top of the mountain, so we can't reach that far."
Xu Gang often stayed with the artillery and knew the range of the artillery, as well as the range at elevation angles.
"Then why are you still standing there? Is our New 1st Regiment a regular army? Chase them and kill them one by one."
A higher-ranking official can crush people to death. Even Ma Biao said so, and the people below him can only accept it.
"First Battalion, except for the artillery company, everyone else follow me."
As soon as Xu Gang passed the order down, Ma Biao immediately realized that he had been too impatient.
"Stop the close pursuit and just occupy the top of the mountain."
Nine hundred men chasing more than ten thousand, and being ambushed in the woods meant death.
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Tuoba Wansheng led the vanguard and the center army forward, but the speed was not very fast.
This is not a forced march after all.
It was soon discovered that the rear army had not caught up, and the echo of the sound coming from the valley behind was particularly obvious.
"Send someone to contact the central army. What's going on?"
Tuoba Wansheng ordered.
About half an incense stick of time later, the contact person came over on horseback.
"Report, General, the central army is right behind us, and they also want to know why we stopped."
"What did the chief say?"
"Uh, no, it was Da Sikong who said that."
"Where's the chief?"
"Um, I haven't seen the chief, but I have to say that Sikong will temporarily take over the chief's marching command."
"Marching command?" Tuoba Wansheng pondered the meaning of this sentence. After thinking it through, he said, "The central army will become the vanguard and go to the rear army to support the leader."
The words of the Vanguard General carry more weight than those of the Grand Marshal, and they carry much more weight on the battlefield.
Since there is no chief in the army, he has the greatest say, especially now that the order includes supporting the chief. No one dares to disobey the order, and the Grand Marshal can only make suggestions.
Tuoba Wansheng brought his personal guards and rushed to the central army to meet Wang Bilie.
"Why isn't the Great Chief in the army?"
Wang Bilie replied, "The chief is in the rear army, taking care of some things."
"What's the matter?"
"How would we know if the chief is doing something?"
Tuoba Wansheng didn't get angry when Wang Bilie retorted, but instead ordered, "Did you hear the strange noise just now? Follow me to the back to support the leader."
Military orders are urgent and cannot be delayed.
Just as they were preparing to set off, they saw countless war horses charging towards them.
"Something's happening, be alert!"
A small Xianbei leader in the team shouted.
After a while, voices calling for help in the Xianbei language were heard from some horses.
"Go and save the chief."
Everyone looked over and saw a man with blood on his face, his face so blurred that it was impossible to tell who he was.
A few more war horses came running from behind, with people on them.
"Tell me quickly, what happened next?"
When Tuoba Wansheng saw someone coming, he did not rush to leave, but asked about the situation first.
Although the person who came later was not injured, he seemed a little unconscious and only reacted after being pulled off the horse by several people.
"Roar..." He let out a long sigh, probably because he had been holding it in for a long time.
"Ten miles behind, the enemy has a strange weapon that makes a huge noise, it scared me to death..."
The people who came later kept chattering, and Tuoba Wansheng became extremely annoyed.
"Shut up!" Tuoba Wansheng shouted angrily, "Let's talk about the chief first, and then you can start nagging..."
"Roar..." He breathed a sigh of relief again
"The great chief has gone up the mountain, bringing with him 20,000 men."
"Twenty thousand?" Wang Bilie was a little surprised when he heard it. He didn't know why there were only twenty thousand out of thirty thousand.
Similarly, Tuoba Wansheng was equally surprised.
He didn't ask why, but guessed that it was lost after a big battle.
"Go back to support, get on your horses quickly!" Tuoba Wansheng did not specify the number of supporters. At first, only his personal guards followed him. Later, Wang Bilie pointed out several small teams to him, with about ten thousand cavalrymen.
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The people from the first battalion rushed to the top of the mountain with guns and fired into the dense forest, scaring Tuoba Youyou's team into fleeing in panic. Some people were accidentally hit by rifles.
"They are demons. They can kill and injure our warriors from such a long distance."
Complaints of fear were heard from the Xianbei team.
"Let's go quickly and don't let them catch up. The only consequence will be death."
"Yes, be quiet and keep up."
As the trees in the jungle stopped moving, Xu Gang ordered to stop shooting.
"Hey, it would be nice to have a long-range light cannon. This gun still can't hit far."
Although the soldiers of the first battalion complained, they didn't know that there was a weapon that was easy to carry and had a very good shooting range. It was just a muzzle-loading artillery.
Zhao Sheng is also considering the production of this kind of weapon, mainly because of the caliber of artillery in this era. It is difficult to achieve accuracy, and if it jams, it will be extremely dangerous.
The initial consideration was muzzle-loading artillery, which could get in and out.
At worst, the shells will be smaller and fly closer.