Among the 100,000 dead soldiers in the bandit camp, there were two brothers from the Kaifeng area. The eldest brother was named Zhang Ju and the younger brother was named Zhang Jun. The two brothers followed the bandit army in south and north battles, but they always adhered to the principle of saving their lives. Strategy, he was good at escaping among dead soldiers, so he was lucky enough to survive. Therefore, he was unable to make any military exploits and was never promoted to the ranks of armored soldiers.
At this time, the two Zhang brothers were walking fearfully among the large group of people. The harsh sound of shells passing by was heard constantly in their ears. They could also see rockets falling in front of them. Not far in front of them, a team leader Zhang Qi was shot in the left leg by a rocket. Before he could shout a few words, he was ignited by the kerosene on the rocket. His whole body turned into a burning man, running and shouting crazily among the crowd, causing After causing quite a commotion, a dead soldier stabbed him to death with a single shot, thus helping the flag-bearer end his suffering.
boom!
There was another salvo, and suddenly a cannonball swept over from the right side. The eldest brother Zhang Ju was startled and threw his younger brother Zhang Jun to the ground. The two of them felt as if the cannonball was flying overhead. , too scared to look up.
Then they heard a scream not far away, and the two brothers looked sideways.
I saw three or four dead soldiers over there who had been swept down by the cannonballs. Their limbs and broken arms fell to the ground. Various pieces of meat and internal organs were scattered on the ground, dyeing the ground red.
A dead soldier who was probably in his fifties had not yet breathed his last. He was holding his broken left leg and shouting heartbreakingly. Looking at the face that was worse than death, Zhang Jun suddenly remembered that the veteran seemed to be from Kaifeng. People were washed away by the Dashun Army
The house was robbed, and his wife and two grandsons were killed on the spot. The veteran, his son, and daughter-in-law were kidnapped as dead soldiers.
But later, during the attack on Xinzhou, the veteran's son and daughter-in-law were killed by the army, and the veteran was instantly left alone. Now that it's better, the veteran is about to die, and the whole family can be reunited.
Zhang Jun thought in his heart, and instantly felt a sense of sadness: "I'm afraid our brothers will have to be reunited with their families!"
At this time, Zhang Ju grabbed his younger brother and shouted loudly: "Don't be in a daze! If you want to survive, just follow the brigade. Follow up quickly!"
Zhang Jun stood up in a hurry and looked back, only to see that Zhang Qi behind him had already followed with the supervising team. If the two brothers had been slower, they would have been chopped to the ground by the supervising team on the spot.
"so close!"
The two brothers held their weapons tightly and thought to themselves that it was a dangerous situation. Suddenly, they saw a commotion in the crowd in front of them. It turned out that the army's artillery fired another salvo, and the dense shells passed through the crowd in front. Dozens of bloody "alleys" were created.
A cannonball whizzed over from the front. Zhang Ju shouted instantly and pushed his brother away. The cannonball directly hit Zhang Ju's body, instantly beating him to pieces.
Zhang Jun sat on the ground blankly, watching his brother's body turn into pieces of flesh. He burst into tears and crawled over to collect his brother's body, but was kicked to the ground.
"Damn it, the army is attacking, why are you crying and howling here!"
Zhang Jun took a closer look and saw that it was the flag of the supervising team, and he cried and said: "My brother is dead!"
"If you die, you will die. If we fight this day, we don't know if we will die."
There are tens of thousands of people, but one brother will die and cry! "
With that said, Zhang Qi didn't listen to what Zhang Jun said, stabbed Zhang Jun to death, and then said loudly: "Attack! Whoever delays further, this will be the end!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cannonball hit directly from above. The heads of several bandit soldiers in front were swept away and shattered like watermelons.
Then the cannonball hit the flag-bearer's chest, directly beating him in two.
Behind the large group of dead soldiers, General Wu Ruyi led 20,000 gun soldiers to move forward in formation, always maintaining a distance of less than one mile from the army of dead soldiers in front.
However, the firepower of Liu Yan's artillery battalion could still surpass the army in front and hit the firecrackers formation here directly.
Wu Ruyi cursed angrily: "Damn it! There are so many heavy artillery on the top of the city. They can hit here across the military formation from such a distance. How many artillery pieces does Liu Yan have equipped!"
boom!
A red-coated cannon shell hit hard, directly knocking out the fire gunmen's formation into a bloody alley, causing the death and injury of at least a dozen fire gunmen.
Wu Ruyi was extremely anxious when he saw this. The army was advancing too slowly. If it continued like this, his army of firecrackers would collapse if they could not reach Liu Yan's defense line.
"The whole army speeds up!"
Wu Ruyi roared loudly: "Order people to go to the front and urge those dead soldiers to charge faster!"
Like Wu Ruyi, Liu Zongmin from behind also issued an order to speed up the advance at this time. The artillery firepower of Liu Yan's department was so fierce that it far exceeded Liu Zongmin's expectations and was even much stronger than during the previous battle in Kaifeng.
"Order all the soldiers in the battalion to speed up and do not hesitate to
The price is to rush to Liu Yan's defense line and fight to the death! "
At this time, Liu Zongmin had already issued a death order. The dead soldiers in the front were defeated. The fire gunners in the back acted as the supervising team. When the fire gunmen were defeated, the armor soldiers in the back acted as the supervising team. If the armor soldiers were defeated, the Xiaoqi soldiers would serve as the supervising team. The entire battalion soldiers The horses are pressing one layer at a time, fighting to the death and not retreating!
"Master Tiger Cannon is ready!"
On the New Army artillery camp, Qian Chong looked at the large number of dead soldiers who had rushed within two hundred steps of the front, and began to feel nervous. In this battle, the fighting spirit of the bandits also exceeded Qian Cran's expectations. , even those dead soldiers, under the suppression of the bandits at all levels, were able to rush forward despite the fierce artillery fire. This was something they did not expect before the war started.
boom!
In an instant, one hundred and forty-four Hu Zun cannons opened fire at the same time, and then the gunners of the New Army artillery battalion nervously loaded their guns, and soon there was another salvo.
The Tiger Master Cannon is easy to load, has a fast rate of fire, and uses shotgun shells. This forms a dense barrage directly in front of the artillery camp. The dead soldiers who rushed within 200 steps immediately suffered heavy casualties. They almost fell to the ground layer by layer, and soon a "wall of corpses" half a man high was piled up in front of the New Army artillery camp!
"Fire the arrow!"
Liu Zongmin equipped these dead soldiers with some bows and arrows. Although they were not used intensively, and the dead soldiers had not received special training, they could not handle the large number of people, and soon they shot arrows from a distance.
The New Army artillery battalion officers were caught off guard, and hundreds of them fell down. Qian Qian was so angry that he cursed loudly, and at the same time asked the gunners to pay attention to protection and rely on low walls and shields to defend themselves against the arrows shot by the thieves.
But in this way, the firepower of the New Army artillery battalion
Inevitably, they were affected and weakened a lot. Although the dead soldiers of the bandits were not strong in combat, many of them crawled out from the pile of dead people. At this time, they realized that the firepower of the New Army artillery battalion was weakened. They all shouted loudly and quickened their pace, and the large group of people quickly rushed within a hundred steps.
At this time, Guo Rong, the left commander of the central battalion who had been guarding Qian Cong, pulled Qian Cong behind him and shouted: "Bring the artillery battalion soldiers to the rear quickly, I will take over here!"
Qian Qian turned around and ordered the artillery camp to retreat. More than 2,000 soldiers in the artillery camp retreated one after another, quickly carrying a large number of boxes of gunpowder and retreating to the second line of defense.
Guo Rong commanded more than 3,000 soldiers on the left side of the central camp to take over the first line of defense: "Everyone, prepare for a volley!"
The tens of thousands of dead soldiers in the bandit camp ahead had already rushed within dozens of steps. Guo Rong clenched his fists with both hands and roared loudly: "Let go!"
More than 3,000 soldiers fired volleys at the same time. The fierce firepower instantly killed and wounded the bandit soldiers in front. At least 2,000 people were shot and killed on the spot. The dead soldiers behind were also in chaos, and the enemy's attack momentum was instantly curbed.
"Zhentian Lei, come on!"
After Guo Rong gave the order, hundreds of sword and shield players jumped out of the defense line with agility, rushed towards the bandit army in front, and started throwing thunderbolts at close range.
When the dead soldiers saw this, they also exploded in their nests. Most of them began to flee backwards. Of course, there were also many dead soldiers who roared and rushed forward, or shot them with arrows.
boom!
The sword and shield bearers on the left side of the new army's middle camp threw a large number of thunderbolts, which exploded one after another among the bandits. However, the hundreds of sword and shield bearers were also besieged by the dead soldiers of the bandits.
Fang immediately engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and hundreds of soldiers were unable to withdraw for a while!
Guo Rong was furious when he saw this and shouted: "Fire the bayonet!"
More than 3,000 soldiers directly mounted their bayonets. Then Guo Rong drew his sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "Charge up and kill them!"
"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"
Guo Rong led more than 3,000 gunmen to rush out of the defense line and directly ran into the formation of tens of thousands of dead soldiers of the bandits.
Although the dead soldiers were already in disarray, they could not withstand the overwhelming numbers and did not collapse for the time being.
"kill!"
The sword in Guo Rong's hand slashed left and right, and the surrounding New Army soldiers also formed a formation and thrust. With rigorous training and sophisticated armor, the New Army soldiers faced those dead soldiers and could almost fight one against ten!
This counterattack lasted only a short time, and tens of thousands of dead soldiers began to rout.
Guo Rong gasped and cursed: "Damn it, I thought you wouldn't run away!"
Looking at the dead soldiers of the bandits retreating like a tide, Guo Rong estimated that the dead soldiers of the bandits had lost at least 30,000 to 40,000 horses in this round of attack.
Of course, the number of people killed and injured by the bombardment of the artillery battalion would not be so many. Most of the casualties should be caused by the several rounds of volleys of Tiger Zun artillery and the volleys fired by the soldiers on the left side of the middle camp.
In addition, in this short fight, Guo Rong's soldiers also caused huge casualties to the dead bandit soldiers. Almost every soldier on the left killed at least two or three dead bandit soldiers!
"Retreat! Retreat to the defense line!"
I found a bargain, and I would be a fool if I didn't leave.
Although he defeated a large number of dead soldiers from the bandits, the dense army of bandits from the middle camp were still approaching. Guo Rong was not so arrogant as to think that
, with more than 3,000 people, he can defeat them.
More than 3,000 soldiers on the left retreated quickly, but suddenly the roar of firecrackers was heard from behind. Consequences of the rogue camp, General Wu Ruyi led the firecrackers to press forward. At this time, he ignored the large number of dead people who were retreating in front. soldiers, directly ordered to fire. Although the 20,000 fire gunmen suffered some casualties during the march, there were still 18,000 or 9,000 people at this time. The rogue fire gunmen were divided into six rows and took turns to fire volleys, and soon the front troops were The crowd was "cleared" out, and continuous firepower began to kill the soldiers on the left side of the New Army's middle battalion who were retreating to the defense line.
At this time, Guo Rong jumped directly into the defense line, and the sound of being hit by lead bullets suddenly came from the low wall behind him.
"asshole!"
Guo Rong cursed loudly, and then ordered the soldiers to fight back.
"put!"
At this time, more than 3,000 New Army soldiers were also angry. The New Army had always suppressed the enemy with firepower, and never had the enemy been so arrogant.
Immediately, Guo Rong led his troops and fired with the muskets of General Wu Ruyi of Wu Ruyi. The bandits had a large number of people. At a distance of dozens of steps, even though the muskets equipped by the bandits were inferior, the number was still the same. More than enough to make up for the disadvantage in firepower.
On Guo Rong's side, the New Army soldiers relied on the low wall within the defense line to effectively block the firepower from the bandits' gunmen. Under the exchange of fire between the two sides, the casualties on the bandits' side were much greater. There is a stalemate.
But even so, Guo Rong was still furious, especially when he saw the armored soldiers and valiant cavalry troops in the bandit camp behind him advancing rapidly. He immediately shouted to the messengers around him: "Contact the artillery camp and let the troops on the city head red cannon
Be on target and kill the bandit's gunman! "
