Chapter 43
"Fire musket?" Bai Lang was also in a dilemma. He had never thought of charging into the array of fire musket soldiers. The key point was that at close range, the fire musket might really be able to break his defense - although he had never tried it, Bai Lang didn't want to give it a try. However, there was a problem, and that was the distance. According to Bai Lang's own estimation, he might not be able to block the lead bullet within 70 steps, and he certainly couldn't block it after 50 steps, but if it was 100 steps, it should be no problem - but at that distance, he basically couldn't hit anything.
But Bai Lang did not stop, because he was now within 70 steps, and the other side could not wait to open fire - don't say that when the Qing soldiers fought against the Ming army, they liked to send soldiers to lure the Ming army to fire, and then they would lose their guns at a distance of 100 steps and then be defeated by the Qing soldiers in a wave. The same thing happened to the Qing Dynasty's own fire musketeers, just a little better. At a distance of 70 steps, these more than 100 fire musketeers didn't hit anything, and Bai Lang was lucky to be half-crouching and using the purple gold mace to protect his body.
Then Bai Lang was overjoyed, and he took a big step and rushed towards the fire musket soldiers. At this time, the fire musket soldiers had already started to run away in a mess. The Niulu soldiers who were holding the line waved their knives to threaten them, but it was useless because they wanted to run away too. In front of him was a humanoid weapon from the storytelling, and it was invulnerable to swords and guns. Who would want to block it if they thought they were too long to die? So the cavalry went to fight, which was also Ge Bushi's superb. The elite Eight Banners cavalry in heavy armor on horseback, weighing more than a thousand pounds, stepped on the ground and rushed towards Bai Lang.
These people were smart, they attacked in waves of three cavalrymen each, and Bai Lang also charged towards the cavalrymen, and the distance between the two sides quickly closed.
At this time, there were also Ming soldiers watching the battle on the top of the city. Bai Lang's attack dispersed the Qing soldiers under the city. These Ming soldiers quickly restored the battle line, and the general saw Bai Lang's bravery on the city wall. Basically everyone was speechless. This kind of bravery should not appear in the world at all. It is more common in the storybooks. "Hurry! Hurry up and go to other city gates to reinforce! The other gates are about to be broken." At this time, other city gates have also been in distress.
Although Bai Lang is as brave as a tiger, how can one person defend a city? Even with his divine power, and the invulnerability of the Golden Bell Cover, he will still get hurt eventually - this divine power is not exaggeratedly too great. If dozens of people hold hooks and flying claws to trap him, Bai Lang may not be able to deal with it. However, when facing the cavalry charge, the purple gold mace in his left hand swung, and the spear of the Gebuxian Chaoha soldier was immediately swung away. Before the soldier could draw his long sword, he was directly hit on the head by the purple gold mace in Bai Lang's right hand.
Both men and horses were killed.
The cavalry weighing over a thousand pounds was forcibly stopped, and the horse's head and the body behind were almost smashed to pieces. Bai Lang took a step away and thrust out the purple gold mace in his left hand, stabbing the cavalryman to the right of the cavalryman who was smashed to death. The mace head was originally like an armor-piercing cone, with four edges forming a slightly pointed cone head, which would not pierce the hand normally, but under the divine power, even if Ge Buxian was wearing double armor, it would be easily pierced.
The cavalrymen were thrown to the ground, spewing blood, and were basically struggling to death. The cavalrymen on the other side didn't hit anything, of course they were not hit by Bai Lang, and they just rushed forward. In front of Bai Lang, there was a horse lying down and a broken man riding on the horse. The cavalrymen's charge would probably have to go around here. So the second wave of cavalrymen were also knocked off their horses, and two more were killed. The third wave stopped charging and shot heavy arrows on horseback - of course, two of them flew away, and the remaining one was also knocked down by Bai Lang swinging the purple gold mace.
Bai Lang continued to advance, charging directly at the Qing army generals on horseback. The guards were unable to stop him at all, and were only able to surrender their heads.
But it seems that someone has come up with a solution. Dozens of people rushed over with hooks and fishing nets, trying to trap Bailang. When Bailang saw this, he turned around and left. No one dared to chase him. The cavalry came with hooks and fishing nets, but they were caught by Bailang as soon as they flew over. Then, not only did they fall, but their horses also fell down. So they were hit hard, and they were beaten to pieces, and Bailang lost his horse.
"It's a pity to lose the head, and if I charge alone... I might as well charge." This guy controls the horse with his legs - martial arts training to this level is so good, he can control his body freely, and can sense the ups and downs of the horse's back and adjust his body on the horse. Waving the two iron maces, Bai Lang began to charge, which directly affected the Qing soldiers. Bai Lang was skilled in martial arts, with extraordinary eyesight and reaction. He leaned forward to block the arrows shot at the horse with the two maces, and urged the warhorse to directly crash into the army.
Where the purple gold mace blocked, the spears that stabbed the horse's body flew up and broke, and then they harvested lives. The man was hit by Bai Lang like a lamp grass. "Withdraw!" With this order, a long trumpet sounded, and the Qing soldiers began to evacuate Yanzhou quickly. In front of Bai Lang, no one dared to come and take back the body.
When the Qing troops retreated, Bai Lang drove his horse to other gates and killed many Qing troops, causing them to suffer heavy casualties and gain almost nothing. Later, some Ming troops went out of the city to pursue, but they did not achieve much.
Except for the main gate of Yanzhou, all other gates were broken. The Qing soldiers also set fire to many places in the city. If they had not sounded the horn to retreat, the city might have really been broken. Even so, more than a thousand civilians died in the city, and the Ming army also lost thousands of people. The guards of several city gates were all killed in battle. However, the Prince of Lu's Mansion was safe and sound, and Prefect Deng did not die in the battle. Bai Lang killed more than a hundred Qing soldiers, and he killed a hundred people alone.
He seized three cannons abandoned by the Qing soldiers, dozens of armors, several war horses, a dozen mules, and some property left by the Qing soldiers. Most importantly, he chopped off 73 recognizable heads on the battlefield, many of which were real barbarians and Bayalas. When Bai Lang entered the city again, the soldiers and civilians in the city looked at him as if he were a god. Such a fierce general was rare in the world.
Bai Lang dismounted and bowed to the general, "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission. I have killed dozens of Jian captives. Thanks to your planning and fighting, Yanzhou City has been saved." In his words, Bai Lang directly pushed the task of writing the battle report to the general and the prefect to communicate. Who would ignore his military exploits? How many such fierce men are there in history books? I'm afraid they can only be found in the Han, Tang, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sixteen Kingdoms.
The Ming army at that time gave great rewards to the Jianlu heads. Although Bai Lang was not very clear, he knew that he could probably get an official position. "Maybe I can become a thousand households? Maybe even a guerrilla lieutenant general."
