Valley Emperor

Faced with the sharp counterattack of the Ming army archers, Captain Han You did not shout like those stunned young officers, stand up, stand up to such words!

His grenadier unit did not come to fight the enemy recklessly. His task was to provide fire cover for the Liuzhou Independence Regiment. The Liuzhou Independence Corps only provided cover.

It is not their task to fight against the enemy's heavy armored forces, and it is not their task to shoot at close range with the enemy's archers.

Due to the relatively low rate of fire of the arquebus, it is basically an act of courting death to shoot at close range with an archer when neither side is armored.

Because the archers can shoot arrows continuously in a short period of time, the archers shoot three or four arrows, and the musketeers may not be able to shoot the second shot.

Therefore, in the face of the targeted counterattack of the Ming army archers, he did not hesitate to order the troops to retreat. Of course, this retreat is not to run back directly, but to retreat from the top of the ruins to a few meters, as long as you get down from the top of the ruins. , The line of defense at the top of the ruins was naturally handed over to the heavily armored infantry of the Liuzhou Independence Regiment.

In this way, the grenadiers can not only rely on the shields and armor of the heavy armored infantry to protect themselves, but after retreating, they are in a reverse slope, and the arrows of the Ming army can hardly hurt them!

And more importantly, throwing bombs can throw a large-angle parabola, so they can still throw bombs on the reverse slope, even if the head is not so accurate, the throwing distance will not be very far!

However, even so, it can still bring great damage to the Ming army's trapped camp, and greatly cover the Liuzhou Independent Regiment against their counterattack!

However, just when Han You thought that his troops had caused heavy damage to the Ming army's counterattack troops and became a stable front, he suddenly saw another Ming army running from a street corner not far away!

When he saw this Ming army, he frowned slightly!

"The Musketeers!"

It is no secret that the Ming army purchased and equipped muskets and trained a musketeer, because this musketeer has appeared many times, and played a role in repelling the tentative offensive launched by the first army in the early stage. a relatively large effect.

Therefore, not only Han You, but also most of the Tang soldiers are the Ming army in Guangzhou City, with a musketeer of about 500 people.

And now it seems that the Ming army in front of me is the musketeer!

After the enemy's musketeers come up, I am afraid that it will cause heavy damage to their own Liuzhou Independence Regiment. Although the heavy armor of the Liuzhou Independence Regiment soldiers can resist projectiles, they can only resist from a long distance.

If the Ming Army musketeers were allowed to shoot within 50 meters, I am afraid that the hundreds of soldiers of the Liuzhou Independence Regiment who are now fighting at the top of the ruins will suffer great losses, and this kind of loss is something that the Liuzhou Independence Regiment cannot be independent of. bearable.

Not only Captain Han You saw the danger, but Lieutenant Colonel Mei Shenjian, the head of the Liuzhou Independence Regiment, who was leading his team to fight on the front line, also saw the danger. Do a long-range projectile!"

Then he said to the messenger next to him: "Send the semaphore, encounter the enemy brigade of musketeers, ask for reinforcements from grenadiers or musketeers!"

As the commander of the assault force, Lieutenant Colonel Mei Shenjian's every move was naturally followed by the senior generals in the rear. During this time, at least five or six single-pass binoculars were aimed at him and the semaphore soldiers beside him!

At this time, Colonel Lei Wan, the deputy director of the Operations Department next to Li Xuan, said: "Lieutenant Colonel Mei encountered the enemy brigade of musketeers, and asked for reinforcements from the musketeers!"

In fact, at this time, Li Xuan also saw the semaphore requesting reinforcements issued by Lieutenant Colonel Mei Shenjian through the telescope. He knew that with Mei Shenjian's character, if he didn't really encounter a situation that he couldn't deal with, he would not easily ask for help. , Since asking for help, then it should be a more serious situation.

Lieutenant Colonel Mei Shenjian was not a bandit, but a descendant of the Ming army. Before that, he was a guard commander in the Ming army and a military attache of the third grade. He was injured and captured in the Battle of Tonggu Weicheng, which rose in the early Tang Dynasty.

In the beginning, he didn't shoot thieves!

However, the Ming Dynasty thought that he had already thrown a thief. The then governor of Guizhou, Zhu Zhihai, naturally would not tolerate such a high-level general who would throw a thief, so he personally ordered to kill his family in Guiyang.

Throwing in a thief and destroying the family is not a lie, the Ming Dynasty really did this!

After his family was raided and annihilated, Mei Shenjian turned his back on the thieves with the hatred of ruining his family. Naturally, such a high-level surrendered general of the Tang Dynasty was very welcome. Li Xuan was a deputy in the garrison. long job.

He is also considered a brave man, and he does not only know how to fight with many people, and he is a very smart general. With the subsequent expansion of the army, he was promoted to the commander of the fifth garrison regiment.

And this regiment belongs to the 3rd garrison brigade, and made great contributions in the Battle of Wuzhou!

After the war, Li Xuan reorganized the Liuzhou Independent Regiment. At first, he was transferred to Cai Erhu as the first head of the regiment. However, after the expansion of the third garrison brigade was confirmed, Li Xuan transferred Cai Erhu back to the third garrison brigade. brigadier.

The second head of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment after the reorganization was succeeded by Mei Shenjian, the former head of the fifth garrison regiment of the third garrison brigade at that time.

For high-level descended generals, the Ming Dynasty was deeply ruthless, and could not wait to catch Mei Shenjian to give Mei Shenjian a lingchi, and they all raided their families and exterminated their families. Dedicated allegiance to the Tang Dynasty and fought against the Ming army.

Mei Shenjian is a typical example!

How can you not avenge the revenge of destroying the family and the family?

Of course, this is just one of many reasons, there are other reasons, such as helplessness, for example, to be a hero of the founding of the country in order to make contributions.

Everyone's mind is different, but this does not prevent them from leading the thief army and the imperial army to fight!

Even many subordinate generals still lead the old troops to fight, which is quite common in the garrison.

However, in the regular army, although there are also surrendered generals, but like Mei Shenjian, they are in high positions, and there are not many people who control real power.

Mei Shenjian asked for help, and Li Xuan, who was in the rear, naturally would not turn a blind eye, and soon ordered the 1st Infantry Brigade to send the 1st Infantry Regiment to come forward to support.

But it's just to come forward to support. That small gap can't actually accommodate thousands of people to fight, and it can accommodate hundreds of people is almost the limit, but around the gap, the armies of both sides have gathered thousands of people. Thousands of people are fighting.

The ones who can really support the Liuzhou Independence Regiment are the grenadier units assigned to the three assault battalions!

Each of the three assault battalions had a grenadier team attached.

The first grenadier team led by Captain Han You was one of them, and the other grenadier team was quickly climbing the ruins to come to support.

In the next battle, the grenadier troops will cooperate with the Liuzhou Independence Regiment to fight!

After another fresh grenadier army rushed up, the unit merged with the remnants of Han You's command. In the previous series of operations, the first grenadier under Han You's command suffered a lot of losses, and they have already suffered casualties one after another. More than 20 people, the casualty rate has exceeded 25%.

If this casualty ratio was placed among ordinary musketeers, it would have collapsed long ago.

But as the most elite arms in the Tang Dynasty, the grenadiers have their own pride!

Their slogan is to fight to the death!

Speaking of being brave and not afraid of death, they are more extreme than the soldiers of the Liuzhou Independence Regiment!

How dare you stare at the enemy's firepower and throw bombs at a distance of 20 to 30 meters without fear of death!

Without the courage to fear death, how could one hold the grenade that has lit the match tightly, and wait for the officer to issue an order before throwing it out. You must know that these grenades will explode in a short time.

Simply speaking of courage, the grenadiers of the King of the Tang Dynasty are definitely the crown of the whole army!

Only such an army can still fight stubbornly despite suffering more than 20% casualties!

And this is why every time an assault battalion is organized, instead of choosing those ordinary musketeers to fight with the heavy armored infantry, they use grenadiers.

Because ordinary musketeers simply cannot afford to fight with such a high casualty rate!

After the two grenadier teams converged, the grenadier troop already had more than 180 troops, and the grenadiers who had thrown all the grenades also got one or two grenades from their comrades. !

At this time ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Captain Han You wiped the blood on his face. At this time, his face was scratched by the arrows of the Ming army, and a lot of blood flowed out, but he simply wiped it off. After the show, he raised his command knife again: "Grenadiers, tell them with muskets and grenades that we are the real king of musketeers!"

"All are there, line up"

Although Han You is only the captain of the First Grenadier, according to the battlefield regulations of the Datang Army, unless there is a clear order, the command of the temporarily integrated troops will automatically be assigned to the commander of the highest rank. The number depends on the former command.

The reinforcements came from the Second Grenadier Team. The captain of the team was also a captain, but he was a junior captain who had not been promoted for a long time. At the same time, the number of his troops was also backward, so according to the battlefield regulations of the Datang Army, Han Captain You has the undisputed command of the integrated grenadiers.

Unless there is a clear order from the superior to let others be the commander!

Seeing that the queue had initially formed, Han You ordered without any hesitation:

"Grenadiers, advance!"