“Protect King Chuang!
"
Liu Zhe's eyes were filled with anger, and he suddenly pulled out the saber from his waist and roared anxiously.
After experiencing a brief period of confusion, Liu Zhe was the first to react.
At this time, the valley entrance and the road ahead were already in chaos.
After resting for a whole night in Heishui Valley, their tense heartstrings relaxed.
The smooth progress of the plan made them relax their vigilance. At this time, facing the sudden attack of the large group of officers and soldiers, they had no defense at all.
Even when officers and soldiers suddenly appeared, most people's first reaction was not to run away or form a formation, but to be in a daze.
They never thought that the officers and soldiers would set up an ambush here.
Hasn't Tangluo Road been abandoned for a long time? Aren't the main forces of officers and soldiers in Yan'an Prefecture and Qingyang Prefecture?
They traveled all the way across mountains and rivers, and finally arrived at the Blackwater Valley after going through many difficulties and dangers.
Why were the officers and soldiers waiting for them at Yukou in advance?
"The artillery of the officers and soldiers is in the woods on the mountains on both sides."
Years of battle experience allowed Liu Zhe to react quickly.
Based on the sound of gunfire and gunfire, Liu Zhe had already determined the location of the officers and artillery.
The first round of shelling by the officers and soldiers was almost entirely concentrated at the entrance of the valley, and the rest of the battalions on the road did not suffer much shelling.
The purpose of the officers and soldiers could not be more accurate. They wanted to try to kill Gao Yingxiang directly and achieve great success in one fell swoop.
The artillery of the officers and soldiers should not be elite, or the artillery is incompetent, because the impact points of the artillery shells are far apart.
But even so, the more than 100 cavalrymen guarding Gao Yingxiang still lost more than ten people.
Fortunately, Gao Yingxiang was not injured.
But just because he is not injured now does not mean that nothing will happen in the future.
If you still stay in the valley, you will only become a living target for the artillery of the officers and soldiers.
"King Chuang, we must return to the valley now!"
Liu Zhe drove his horse forward, and the guards shouted loudly in front of Gao Yingxiang.
"If the officers and soldiers come back for the second round of shelling, there may be danger again!"
Gao Yingxiang's eyes were red and his face was ashen.
"At this time, we must not retreat!"
Gao Yingxiang's decision was not due to confusion.
On the contrary, his mind has never been so clear.
In sight, a large group of Ming troops came out from behind the hills and mountains on both sides. They rushed towards them on horseback from a high position and threw the troops under Ma Yu and He Guoguanghe's troops who were marching on the road into chaos.
Gao Yingxiang looked around, feeling cold in his heart.
There are banners of the Ming army in all directions, and banners of the Ming army are everywhere in the mountains and plains.
On both sides of the road in the distance, a large number of Ming army infantry were lined up in neat military formations, wearing helmets, blue robes and war skirts, carrying long spears on their shoulders, approaching like black clouds over the city.
"Heishui Valley is a place of death. Retreating into the valley is a dead end!"
Gao Yingxiang was clear in his heart. In this situation, Liu Zhe's reaction of wanting to retreat to the valley was a humane reaction.
But if we really retreat to the valley, it will be in line with the wishes of the officers and soldiers.
The army's grain grassland did not have a few days' worth of supplies. Yesterday, the soldiers were allowed to have a free meal. The supply of grain and grass was already less than one day.
Heishui Valley is surrounded by mountains on all sides. It is a land of thousands of mountains and endless valleys. There are only two entrances and exits, one is the Tangluo Road in the southwest, and the other is the valley entrance in the northeast.
Once the officers and soldiers block the entrance of the valley, they will fall into a situation of eternal disaster.
The officers and soldiers could have blocked the entrance of the valley, but the reason why they did not block it was probably because they wanted them to relax their vigilance and defeat them at a smaller cost.
Gao Yingxiang's face was heavy, and he turned his head to look at the mountains to the north, where the gunfire was the loudest.
The officers and soldiers looked at his big banner and fired, and their purpose was obvious.
If he is unlucky and is hit by a cannonball and dies directly, the whole army may have collapsed.
But now I can't delay any longer. Ma Yu and He Guoguang were ambushed and were on the verge of collapse.
The artillery of the officers and soldiers is probably almost finished loading. The second round of shelling is about to come. If you stand still, you will be at risk of being hit by the shells.
"Liu Zhe, you send two teams of elite cavalry to capture the Ming Army's artillery positions. Even if you can't capture them, you can't let them be so reckless!"
Gao Yingxiang raised the riding whip in his hand and waved it suddenly in the air, then pointed at the artillery position in the forest where the northern officers and soldiers were located, and ordered in a deep voice.
"You sit in charge of the central army and command and coordinate all ministries."
Gao Yingxiang loudly pulled out the Yanling knife from his waist and stared straight ahead with cold eyes.
"First team, second team, all follow me forward!"
At this moment, Gao Yingxiang knew very well that he could not continue to sit in command of the Chinese army. He had to stand up and let everyone see his banner.
Otherwise, the troops under He Guoguang and Ma Yu outside the valley at this time would inevitably collapse quickly due to the offensive of the officers and soldiers.
…
Heishui Valley, the mouth of the valley, on the high slopes of the mountains.
Sun Chuanting was riding on his horse and looking at the situation at the bottom of the mountain. A group of military generals and lieutenants were surrounding him like stars holding the moon.
After seeing that the first round of shelling was over, the purple banner belonging to Gao Yingxiang at the entrance of the valley had not fallen down, and the intruders did not fall into complete chaos.
Sun Chuanting knew that this round of shelling did not achieve the expected effect. Gao Yingxiang was not hit by the shells. His plan to directly kill Gao Yingxiang and directly disintegrate the rogue army failed.
However, the failure of the plan did not discourage Sun Chuanting much.
"As expected of Gao Yingxiang..."
Gao Yingxiang's arrangements all fell into Sun Chuanting's eyes.
In such a short period of time, Gao Yingxiang responded, making Sun Chuanting take another high look at Gao Yingxiang.
In the midst of the column of intruders, two cavalrymen separated and galloped towards the artillery position he had set up, one from the south and the other from the north.
Then Gao Yingxiang's purple banner suddenly made a move, heading all the way to the northeast, and a large group of cavalry followed closely behind the purple banner.
"Instruct Li Yuchun to quickly cut off the contact between Ma Yu's department and He Guoguang's department, and isolate He Guoguang's department as soon as possible."
Sun Chuanting looked at the overall situation and issued military orders one after another calmly.
"Instruct Li Yingke to lead his troops to intercept Gao Yingxiang's Jingqi and prevent them from supporting Ma Yu's tribe."
Standing on the high ground, he had a panoramic view of every move made by all the troops in the army.
"Send orders to supervise Biao's left department and the Xi'an Guards to guard the intersection to prevent He Guoguang from escaping."
It had been several days since he arrived at Heishui Valley, and Sun Chuanting had already surveyed the surrounding terrain.
He did not sit among the battalion commanders. He just looked at the sand table and began to arrange his troops.
He has set foot on every mountain and hilly area outside the valley and conducted on-the-spot inspections.
Whether it was the setting up of artillery positions, the defensive layout at intersections, or the locations where troops were hidden, he had all inspected it, and all he wanted was to be foolproof.
Sun Chuanting glanced sideways at the artillery position near the high slope on the right.
Just on that high slope, a group of soldiers were shouting slogans and pushing the cannon from the forest to an open area.
Seeing the cannons being pushed by the soldiers, Sun Chuanting subconsciously thought of Chen Wang.
When he first formed the army, he actually didn't think about bringing cannons into the army.
Originally, the cannon was generally used as a city defense or ship cannon. It was not as light and flexible as the Fran machine, nor did it have the power and ultra-long range of the Hongyi cannon.
The range and power of such a cannon are in a very embarrassing position.
The reason why there are cannons in the army now is actually influenced by a battle report.
That battle report was submitted by Chen Wang to Hong Chengchou, about the Gongchang Mansion's campaign to suppress Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan.
While in Xi'an Mansion, Sun Chuanting learned the contents.
In addition to the battle reports, Sun Chuanting's new gun mount designed by Chen Wang also caught Sun Chuanting's attention.
In the warehouse, there happened to be the physical objects that Hong Chengchou ordered the craftsmen to supervise, as well as the reports of the craftsmen and soldiers after they were tried out.
Originally, Hong Chengchou wanted to promote it into the army. This kind of gun mount was not only suitable for firing cannons, but if improved, it could also be suitable for artillery such as Hongyi cannon and Franco machine.
Just because of time and the deterioration of the situation in Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou did not have time to take care of these things.
After Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou corresponded, they hit it off immediately, and they used the Qin army that Sun Chuanting had just recruited as a test unit.
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After that, Sun Chuanting incorporated twenty-four guns equipped with new gun mounts into the army.
Looking at the artillery fired not far away, Sun Chuanting suddenly had a feeling. He felt that the best artillery in the field might not be the squatting cannon and Franco machine that stopped the attack at close range.
It should be a mid-range artillery such as a cannon, which has a range of more than mid-range and high power, but the weight needs to be reduced.
Sun Chuanting's thoughts were slightly distracted, but soon the deafening shouts of death from the bottom of the mountain interrupted his thoughts.
Sun Chuanting's eyes became clear again, he retracted his divergent thoughts, looked at the chaotic formation of bandits at the foot of the mountain, and issued the last military order.
"Wave the yellow flag, order two artillery formations, and turn the fire on Mayu's troops."
…
The soldiers under Ma Yu and He Guoguang, who were above the official level, were unable to organize any effective resistance under the repeated attacks.
He Guoguang was shocked and angry. The sudden change made him lose consciousness for a moment.
The artillery of the Ming army was indeed concentrated on the north and south sides to target Gao Yingxiang, but Sun Chuanting naturally left a few to deal with He Guoguang and Ma Yu.
Not long after he walked out of the valley, He Guoguang encountered a round of artillery fire, and then several groups of Ming army cavalry came from the rear to kill the generals, disrupting all the deployment of the rear troops.
After a brief period of confusion, a large number of infantry officers and soldiers appeared in front and on both sides. They lined up in neat military formations and surrounded them.
Behind the ranks of officers and soldiers, there were several groups of cavalry officers and soldiers who were traveling.
Troops who want to rush out from the gaps in advance while the officers and soldiers have not completed the encirclement will inevitably be intercepted by them.
He Guoguang has been fighting with officers and soldiers for many years, so he naturally knows this trick very well.
"Damn it, it rained all the way, and it stopped as soon as I came out of Tangluo Road!"
He Guoguang gritted his teeth and was furious.
He organized several waves of troops to rush through the Ming army. However, the Ming army held many firearms, and many people were killed and wounded before they took over.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!
! "
The explosions of muskets continued to sound, and one team after another of the cavalry rushing into the battle was hit head-on, and many cavalry troops collapsed.
If it is a rainy day, the power of the crossbow is weakened and the firearm cannot be used. How can it be so difficult to fight?
Moreover, the troops of the Ming army that came to attack were obviously elite. Many of them were equipped with armor, and there were even troops in full armor, and their morale was extremely high.
Finally, several groups of fine cavalry rushed forward under long-range firepower, and the Ming army's airtight gun formations blocked all their paths.
The house leaked, but it rained all night, and the boat was late and encountered a strong wind.
“Peng! Peng! Peng!
"
On the high slopes on both sides, continuous smoke of gunpowder continued to rise, and every time a puff of gunpowder smoke rose, there would be a soft sound.
The sound was continuous, and the smoke kept rising, and every time there was a sound, there was bound to be a wail from the bottom of the mountain.
He Guoguang's face turned red, and he was even more frightened and angry. He was very familiar with the sound. It was the sound of the cannons of the officers and soldiers.
"Sons of bitch officers and soldiers!"
At this time, He Guoguang could no longer restrain his Ma Jun.
The horse soldiers under his command had completely collapsed at this time, and many of the horse soldiers were running around on their horses like headless flies.
"Donkey Ball, come back!"
He Guoguang felt angry, raised the long-handled sword in his hand, and turned the horse's head.
The cavalry army was out of control, but the elite cavalry under his command still maintained order.
Under the current situation, it is completely meaningless to think about why the Ming army set up an ambush in Heishui Valley.
What you should be thinking about now is how to break out of the tight encirclement and how to stabilize the situation.
Since I can't rush out from the front, I rush back and catch up with Ma Yu first.
It is better for two troops to join forces than for one to deal with so many officers and soldiers alone.
"I will chop down everyone who stands in the way!"
He Guoguang's eyes were filled with murderous intent. Those collapsed cavalry soldiers were blocking the front and there was no way to retreat.
After he issued this military order, a group of elite cavalry showed fierce looks in their eyes and slashed at the horse soldiers blocking the road with their swords without hesitation.
Many horse soldiers did not react at all, and fell under the swords of their comrades.
He Guoguang's cruel move caused the morale of the cavalry under his command to fall to the bottom instantly.
He Guoguang glanced out of the corner of his eye, and his heart shuddered. He turned to look at Beishan. He saw a large amount of gunpowder smoke suddenly rising between the mountains and highlands.
Then a loud rumbling sound suddenly came.
"boom----"
It was the loud noise made by nearly twenty cannons, which instantly overwhelmed all the chaotic sounds on the battlefield.
He Guoguang's child's hole suddenly enlarged, and in the next moment, miserable screams and cries suddenly sounded in his ears.
A large number of artillery shells landed on the official road and smashed into the chaotic ranks of Ma Yu's army. In an instant, they plowed out ravines made of flesh and blood.
The damage caused by this bombardment and the blow to morale were far greater than those in the first round.
Because this time, the Ming army no longer needed to hide artillery.
The Ming army's artillery pushed the artillery to a high place with a wide view, and from a high position, they bombarded the ranks of the intruders at the foot of the mountain unscrupulously.
And this time the bombardment also achieved an incredible result...
He Guoguang's eyes were bloodshot and red. Not far in front of him, a blue flag suddenly fell down as if it was interrupted by a cannonball - that was Ma Yu's general flag!
The soldiers under Ma Yu were in chaos at this time, and noisy noises came from the position where the flag collapsed.
Soon another bad news came - Ma Yu was dead!
