As the sound of artillery fire in Bangshan became more and more intensive, dusk began to fall, and he could hardly see anything clearly. Few of the pond horses sent out returned, and only those who were lucky enough to swim back from the river Can report some vague words such as "a fierce battle is going on", "the thieves are flying with guns and cannons, and they can't rush through"... etc.
On the distant hillside, under the twilight, he began to clearly see the firelight of the artillery fire. From time to time, the rocket dragged its red tail across the sky, hit the ground, and splashed sparks.
Although Yi Haoran could not get the news, from the intensity of the artillery fire and the gradual movement of the fire from the cannons up the mountain, it could be seen that the officers and soldiers were retreating step by step, and the thieves were attacking step by step.
In a few hours, Bangshan will completely fall! Yi Haoran's heart sank. Jiang Suo and the new army were his biggest assets in settling down in Xiong Wencan's shogunate. Of course it’s nothing to Governor Xiong if all his capital is spent, but it’s very important to him!
Jiang Suo must be notified immediately to withdraw his troops!
Yi Haoran knew that Jiang Suo had a knot in his heart and wanted to die when he went to the battlefield. He would probably lead those servants to fight to the death on the mountain.
It doesn't matter whether the three hundred servants live or die, and it doesn't matter if all the Nanyang rifles are lost. As long as Governor Xiong can be in office, he can continue to train the new army and buy weapons. Only this Jiang Suo, although he is just a small school of thieves, indeed he has the If the person who is most capable of "benevolent love" dies, there will be no second person to replace him. What's even more rare is that although Jiang Suo was born as an entertainer, he was not greedy for money and sex, was extremely strict with himself, and was organized in his words and actions. He was not an ordinary "foolish villager". It can also be regarded as half of his "confidant".
Fortunately, Xiong Wencan allowed him to make his own decision on the battle at Bangshan, which he quite disapproved of at the time. Now it seems that Governor Xiong's knowledge and mind are indeed far superior to his own.
Seeing the sound of gunfire on the mountain changing from dense to sparse, I knew that the defenders on the mountain were exhausted and could not hold on for much longer. He immediately called two of his trusted servants and whispered to them to cross the river immediately and go to Bangshan Mountain to deliver the order, telling Jiang Suo and others to withdraw their troops immediately.
These two slaves have been following him since Liaodong and have been with him through life and death for many years. He gave the order, and the two servants went down from the tower and went to Bangshan.
He called another servant and ordered him to take people to the pontoon bridge immediately: in order to meet the defenders of Bangshan, a pontoon bridge had been built on the river in advance under his auspices. Hundreds of soldiers were sent to guard the area. The water here was shallow and the waterway was blocked in advance. Kun Thief's navy was worried about being stranded and worried about the Hongyi cannons on the city wall, so he was not too worried about the safety of the pontoon on the river - On the contrary, they were afraid that the bandits would cut off the pontoon bridge from the land route.
Several slaves brought out two boxes.
"There are one thousand taels of silver in the box. When you get there, distribute it to the sergeants guarding the bridge immediately. You must stabilize their hearts and minds!"
"Yes, sir!"
"go quickly!"
Several servants took the order and went. Yi Haoran looked at Bangshan Mountain again, worried: "Jiang Suo, you can't die!"
Jiang Suo and Song Ming had already regrouped and reorganized the troops who had retreated to the second trench. After a chaotic battle, there were not many people left. In addition to the 300 new troops, there were only more than 200 soldiers left. The others were either dead or wounded or fled. Firearms are almost exhausted.
At this moment, both Jiang Suo and Song Ming knew that Bangshan was in danger. The Kun thieves have temporarily ceased fire. They must be mobilizing artillery and troops, preparing to launch the final general attack and capture Bangshan in one fell swoop.
"Bangshan can't be defended anymore. While the pontoon bridge is still intact, you can take the troops and leave quickly." Jiang Suo had already decided to stay behind.
"If you want to run away, you should run together." Song Ming said, "How can I go first alone? Besides, we can have another fight!" This is not because he is pretending. In the Ming Dynasty, middle and lower-level officers often chose to die in battle when the war was unfavorable. to protect their hereditary fame and land,
Although he can save his life by running away now, Jiang Suo is the "popular man" around Yi Haoran, and Yi Haoran is the "popular man" of Governor Xiong. Once Jiang Suo is killed in battle and the entire New Army is annihilated, he will not have any good fruits to eat while he is alive. Even if Governor Xiong does not pursue the case, he will become a "wasted general". This is nothing less than a disaster for the family of military commanders.
However, Fu Bojun didn't give them much time to communicate. Led by dozens of rockets fired from the nearby hills, followed by intensive shooting from the mountains, the defenders who had finally reorganized themselves were instantly thrown into chaos.
As the bugle sounded, symbolizing the start of the Fubo Army's attack, a company of infantrymen began a hand-to-hand assault. When they responded to the attacks of the two companies, their flanks suffered a heavy blow from another company.
At this moment, Song Ming no longer argued with Jiang Suo about who should leave first and who should leave last. He ordered without hesitation: "All troops go down the mountain, cross the bridge and enter the city!"
At this order, like a snow-capped mountain, the surrounding officers and soldiers dispersed, with only the remaining New Army still gathered around them.
Relatively speaking, the training level of the new army is quite high. Under the command of Song Ming, they fought and retreated in an orderly manner, unlike other troops that immediately became defeated. Seeing that Jiang Suo had no intention of retreating and continued to load, aim and shoot with a few soldiers, he thought to himself: "Does this guy want to die here?"
For his own sake, Jiang Suo is determined not to die.
So Song Ming retreated all the way to Jiang Suo and shouted: "You don't want your life, you can't win this battle, retreat quickly!"
"Mr. Song Qian, you retreat first, I will stay behind."
"The Queen is a dead man. I don't know why you want to die, but it would be a pity for these servants to die here with you! If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. As long as you live, are you afraid that you won't have a chance to fight against the bandits? !”
Jiang Suo shook his head and said: "I have decided to end things with the Kun thief here."
Song Mingzheng was helpless when someone suddenly came to report: Master Yi in the city has sent someone!
The soldiers brought the servant who was sent. He was dripping with water and had flowers hanging on his body. Panting like an ox. Seeing that Jiang Suo couldn't take a breath, he said in a hoarse voice: "Master... told... you... to... go... quickly..."
Just as Jiang Suo was about to speak, the servant said again: "Master... said... it doesn't matter if you die alone, there are also these brothers in the New Army..."
Hearing this, Jiang Suo looked around, thinking that he had spent two years living with these new soldiers day and night, and had developed a love for the new army. Jiang Suo could not be cruel enough to let them die for him for his own personal hatred.
"Withdraw!" Jiang Suo ordered.
The group of people retreated along the hillside, but the retreat route on the flanks was already surrounded by the light infantry of the Kun thieves. Guns were fired randomly, and people in the queue kept falling. The escape route was about to be cut off. Song Ming was so anxious that he led a few people to push a loaded Franco machine gun from the pile of dead people, lit the match, and with one shot tore a hole in the sparse skirmish line of light infantry, and then rushed out. .
The light infantry continued to pursue, but encountered desperate resistance from the retainers at the rear. Although the light infantry had superior firepower, they had few troops and it was difficult to divide their forces to pursue them. He watched helplessly as Song Ming and others retreated to the foot of the mountain.
"Report to the battalion commander that the enemy has broken through the encirclement of the light infantry and fled northeast to the pontoon at the foot of the mountain! We do not have enough troops, please support!" The messenger sent by the light infantry company commander reported to Yang Zeng.
"Don't chase the poor bandits, just let them live a little longer." Yang Zeng said.
However, Yang Zeng had no intention of letting go of the Ming army. He called the messenger and asked: "Has the artillery team arranged the artillery?"
"Report to the battalion commander that the Shandilu has been arranged and rockets are being transported up there. Just waiting for your order."
"Fire at the pontoon!"
For a while, he couldn't send troops to cut off the pontoon bridge, but it would be no problem to block it with artillery fire.
The messenger ran quickly to give the order. Now that the task of occupying Bangshan has been completed, it doesn't matter if some Ming troops escape. When the battle comes to an end, Yang Zeng orders his artillery to stop firing, firstly to save ammunition and secondly to allow the barrels to cool down. As soon as the battle on the top of the mountain ended, the artillerymen and civilians began to move the artillery and rockets to the top of the mountain. Now the Ming army is preparing to cross the river through the pontoon bridge, which is a ready-made target.
The Ming army, which was running towards the pontoon without armor or armor, would not know this. Those who were fleeing had no intention of paying attention to this - Song Ming and Jiang Suo were no exception. At this time, the two of them had successfully ran onto the pontoon bridge and reached the center of the river in one breath. Both men were out of breath and exhausted, but they did not dare to stop and rest for fear that the Australians would pursue them.
Seeing that they would reach the other shore after running for a while, and just burn the pontoon after arriving, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but slow down. Song Ming sighed: "Another narrow escape from death!" Jiang Suo felt a little dazed. Originally, he wanted to die on Bangshan Mountain, but now he was struggling to survive again.
Jiang Suo didn't know what to say, so he could only nod Nono.
Song Ming thought he was still upset about the failure and comforted him:
"It doesn't matter if you lose the battle, as long as you still have your life! The so-called green hills remain..." As soon as Song Ming finished speaking, a cannonball roared through the air and landed on the river less than two or three feet away from them. , splashing water splashed all over them. Song Ming was startled, then started running wildly. Before leaving, he uttered two words: "Run!"
With the sound of the cannon, more artillery shells flew from Bangshan, followed by rockets. Groups of more than a dozen fell towards the river. Although the accuracy was not good, most of them fell into the river, but this The terrifying feeling of rockets falling on their heads one after another caused chaos among the soldiers who were crossing the bridge. The crowd pushed forward desperately, and a dozen people by the bridge were caught off guard and fell into the water. They struggled in the water with howls and howls. Those who knew how to swim tried their best to swim across, but those who didn't struggled struggled for a few times before making no sound and slowly sank. Go down.
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