The secret letter was opened, and there were two lines on it, "Pretend to surrender, true intention is a night attack!"
"As expected!"
Li Yi handed the secret letter to Cao Fengyang, and Cao Fengyang was surprised when he saw the secret letter.
Since this secret message was delivered by Cao Qingyan, there is no way it is false, which means that Zhu Chongyuan is really going to attack tonight.
The other generals passed on secret messages and watched, with horror on their faces.
At the same time, it was no wonder that they had never seen Cao Qingyan. He had been protecting His Majesty closely, but he never showed up this time. It turned out that he had infiltrated the bandits.
Zhu Chongyuan and Qiu Jun calculated well. If Cao Qingyan hadn't sent a secret message, it's hard to say what the outcome would have been tonight.
And everyone present fell into the trap.
Except Li Yi.
Cao Fengyang and Su Changyu all lowered their heads in embarrassment, ashamed, so ashamed.
If it weren't for Li Yi's vigilance and suspicion, as well as Cao Qingyan's secret letter, perhaps he would have been successfully attacked by Zhu Chongyuan tonight and escaped.
Now that you know it, prepare a big gift for Zhu Chongyuan in advance.
That night.
The entire New Army camp was quiet. Except for a few bonfires at the entrance of the camp, there were not even any soldiers on guard.
On the hillside not far away, densely packed figures huddled together, as if demons had just crawled out of hell and were stepping into the world step by step, hideous and terrifying.
Behind them are cavalrymen leading war horses. This is the last cavalry of the bandits and the final impact of this night attack.
Zhu Chongyuan personally held the battle with the generals. This night attack, there was no vanguard and no backup. They just pressed forward and fought out.
Zhu Chongyuan frowned and saw that the front infantry was already less than a hundred feet away from the New Army camp. He immediately shouted: "Order, the whole army assaults. The target is Li Yixiao'er's Chinese army. If you don't break through the encirclement of the officers and soldiers, I vow not to give up!”
"kill!"
Three cannon shots broke the silence of the night.
The refugees were in front, the cavalry was in the middle, and the elite infantry were behind, and they all rushed towards the New Army camp.
Including the refugees, tens of thousands of people rushed into the New Army camp in a dark crowd.
But the refugees and cavalry who rushed in were dumbfounded for a moment, and they stayed on the spot, at a loss.
From a distance, Zhu Chongyuan saw an incredible scene while riding on his horse.
I don’t know when, but there was no one in the New Army camp. It was just that there was no one around. I don’t know when there was an earthen wall as high as one person!
What is this?
Three earth walls, what's going on?
Am I not dazzled?
Even Zhu Chongyuan could see clearly from hundreds of steps away that the earthen wall had just been piled up in a hurry. Even the exposed wood inside the earthen wall could be seen.
This earthen wall is not high, even a little short, only one person tall, but for the refugees and thieves who don't even have ladders, this height is enough.
Could it be that the news of tonight's night attack has been leaked? How is this possible? All the core generals in the army know about this. Could it be that they...
Zhu Chongyuan suddenly turned his head and looked at the generals on his left and right. These generals were all brothers who had followed him for many years. Although they were not real brothers, they were better than real brothers and would never betray.
etc!
Only him, no!
It is Qiu Jun.
Qiu Jun later surrendered to him.
They say they surrendered, but in fact they were kidnapped, a bit like being "forced to death".
Although Qiu Jun has always been the strategist of the bandits, he has always been separated from Zhu Chongyuan. This is also the consistent style of scholars, leaving three points behind when doing things and leaving behind half a sentence when speaking.
"Did this kid betray him?" Zhu Chongyuan's heart trembled, and he thought that he was the only general out of the camp today. He was also in charge of the surrender, and he was also the one who went to Li Yi's camp.
But at this moment, he didn't care anymore. The arrow was on the string and he had to shoot. Even if he died, he had to rush over!
"Beat the drums, send the order, the whole army attacks!"
Zhu Chongyuan shouted loudly, waved the long knife in his hand, and took the lead in charging towards the New Army camp.
The infantry could even break open such a low earth wall. Even if the officers and soldiers were prepared in advance, they would never be able to stop this charge. The officers and soldiers would definitely be defeated!
But, he was a thief, how could he know how terrifying this earthen wall was!
This earth wall is indeed useless, but the infantry behind it is the real murder weapon.
Behind the earthen wall are rows of infantrymen holding fireguns, divided into four rows of infantry. The four rows of infantry take turns to fire, which can achieve continuous firepower and make the entire earthen wall defense airtight.
This kind of arrangement can maximize the terrifying power of fire cannons on the battlefield. The firepower is cross-cutting and continuous. It is simply difficult to break through the earth wall!
This is far from over. Behind the earth wall, there are still racks of divine machine arrows. All the remaining divine machine arrows in the capital have been brought here. Although there are not many, they can be used to deal with these thieves who have lost all their courage. ,enough.
As soon as the thieves started, they launched a life-threatening charge, a mixture of foot and cavalry, focusing on the word "chaos"!
The cavalry and infantry were mixed together, huddled together in a dark crowd. In the past, it was the sharpest tactic for attacking the army, but today it was used to maximize the lethality of the magical arrows.
"Swish swish!"
The divine machine arrows were the first to let out a roar, and the dense number of divine machine arrows immediately flew into the sky, dragging their long tail flames and flew towards the charging army formation of the thieves. It was like thunder stirring up the earth's fire, and countless blazing fires instantly rose.
As for the thieves who were charging at the front, they were stunned for a moment. The flames surged into the sky and surrounded them.
In just a moment, the charging army of thieves and bandits completely collapsed.
Zhu Chongyuan was frightened and frightened when he saw it, and his heart ached for a while. Damn it, Li Yi was only capable of this. After the rockets were fired, the firearms fired continuously.
But this skill is the most deadly. Every time, it causes heavy losses to his subordinates.
This time, it’s still the same!
The matter has come to this, there is no retreat, we can only bite the bullet and charge!
Charge, charge!
I have to charge even if I die, there is no other choice!
Zhu Chongyuan roared angrily and personally led the charge. Hundreds of personal guards surrounded him, charging forward desperately.
Finally, they broke through the coverage area of the Divine Machine Arrow. The frontmost bandit cavalry was less than a hundred feet away from the earth wall, and groups of bandit cavalry continued to charge forward.
At this time of life and death, there is a dead end on both sides. The only way is to fight hard, maybe we can tear through the earth wall defense of the army and escape!
After the magical arrows, what awaits the bandit cavalry is a dense barrage of iron pellets.
Behind the earthen wall, the infantry of the new army stood ready and started shooting in turn. Four groups of infantry fired in an orderly manner, with less than ten seconds between each other. No matter how fast the bandit cavalry was, they would never be able to break through the earthen wall in ten seconds. wall.
"put!"
With a command, a continuous stream of iron pellets shot out like a violent storm.
The bandit cavalry were like cutting wheat, falling off their horses one after another. Even if they fell off their horses, they would not escape death. The cavalry behind them would kill their fallen comrades.
Rows of cavalry fell down, while the cavalry behind them continued to charge forward desperately, dying one after another.
But the New Army infantry still fired in an orderly manner, pinning the bandits and cavalry to a distance of a hundred steps outside the earth wall. Even if they tried their best, they could not break through.
Zhu Chongyuan looked at it with splitting eyes and roared endlessly. Those were his last elites!
Every cavalryman was raised by him through hard work. They were all brave and good at fighting, but they died without even seeing the enemy's face.
"Where are the crossbowmen!"
"Charge over, shoot arrows close to your body, suppress the firearms of the officers and soldiers, be sure to suppress the firearms of the officers and soldiers, quickly!"
Zhu Chongyuan gave an order, and ten thousand crossbowmen rushed forward desperately. This was their last chance.
As the crossbowmen approached the earth wall a hundred steps away, they finally opened their crossbows and continued to fire arrows at the earth wall.
In an instant, a black iron rain appeared above the heads of the new army, like locusts landing on the ground!
The range of cavalry crossbows is only about fifty steps, and the powerful crossbows of infantry can barely reach one hundred and fifty steps. However, after one hundred and fifty steps, the crossbow arrows become weak and difficult to penetrate armor.
If they want to deal with the New Army infantry on the earth wall, these bandits and crossbowmen must desperately push the line to a distance of fifty steps from the earth wall.
But the infantry of the new army are not targets. How can they be allowed to aim and shoot? The key is that the range of the muskets in their hands is beyond 200 steps, and within 200 steps, they can destroy any armor.
Such a huge gap cannot be bridged by sheer courage.
The thieves and crossbowmen finally managed to stabilize their position at fifty steps and began to launch missiles at the earthen wall.
Li Yi had already thought of this, and wooden planks were erected one by one to cover the infantry's heads to block the rain of arrows.
At the beginning, many infantrymen of the New Army were injured, but this phenomenon ended as the infantry regarded the crossbowmen as the key targets.
The neatly lined up thief crossbowmen became the easiest targets to hit. After a few rounds of shooting, the thief crossbowmen were completely stunned. The comrades around them were shot one after another and fell to the ground. Whoever it was, they also carried it. I can't stand such high pressure.
The bandits' crossbowmen completely collapsed and fled in all directions, scattering the infantry behind them.
In just one stick of incense, the entire bandit infantry army was wiped out, the crossbowmen suffered heavy losses, and the remaining cavalry was unable to touch the earthen wall even after spending one-third of its strength.
Finally, under the huge pressure of death, the defense line in the thieves' hearts finally collapsed.
The whole army began to retreat, not one person, but everyone fled backward.
Failed!
A complete failure!
Zhu Chongyuan's eyes were filled with tears and full of bitterness. This was his last force, but he still couldn't break through this earth wall. It seemed that he was destined to retreat here!
