Everyone is afraid of death.
People who can truly regard death as if they are home, except for those who are really despairing, are mostly just emboldened to deceive themselves and others.
The nature of all things is to seek good fortune and avoid evil. The ancients said: The ants are still eking out an ignoble existence. That's roughly it.
Death is something people fear.
These Qing soldiers were not heroes, nor did they have lofty ideals. The reason why they rush to the battlefield is not only because they have to obey as soldiers, but there is also some temptation in it.
But now, the danger ahead far outweighs the temptation. If you continue to rush forward, not only will you get nothing, but you will risk your own life.
No one wants to die, let alone a death that is meaningless to them.
These Qing soldiers were not people with a strong will to fight, because those who had a strong will to fight were already dead.
The reason why they went to the battlefield was just that the cavalry behind them caught up with their swords.
"Pah...pah pah pah..."
The sound of gunshots ahead continued to ring out.
Continuing to rush forward will definitely lead to a dead end. Even if he is not killed by the bombs planted by the rebels, he will still be killed by the rebels' muskets.
The supervising team behind them, although they were also holding machetes in their hands, stood there with murderous intent and drove them away.
However, this is not the first time they have faced the men of the Supervisory Team.
If the people supervising the battle team could really kill them all, they would dare to kill them all. Then these people had died in Jiujiang and Jiangning a long time ago, and they would not be alive until now.
However, if they dare to continue rushing towards the rebels, the rebels will definitely try their best to kill them all.
Although these Qing soldiers also wanted to be heroes, they did not want to die like this, and if they died in such an unknown way, their families might not even receive any benefit.
"I won't fight, and I won't fight either..."
"Me too, I don't want to die yet, I don't want to die so unclearly..."
"I want to go home, I want to go home to my parents..."
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Seeing someone throw away their knives and flee, the surrounding Green Camp soldiers seemed to be relieved, and they threw their knives one after another and ran away...
Although before departure, the vicious words spoken by the generals seemed to be true. But they don’t face this kind of thing once or twice!
They all said that they did not blame everyone. If the cavalry of the supervising team behind them really dared to kill them all, they would not mind joining the rebels and fighting with these cavalry.
As for those who would be beheaded if they fled, a few people would definitely be singled out and beheaded, depending on who was so unlucky.
"Whoa... whoa..."
The bullets of the bandit suppressing army continued, flying past the ears of some hesitant Qing soldiers.
"Snapped…"
"ah…"
Some Qing troops who continued to move forward were hit continuously, and either died standing upside down or sitting on the ground wailing.
A miserable situation
Many times, these Qing soldiers felt that they had so much time in life.
But at this time, they felt that time was so short. Especially when every minute and second passed, someone fell to the ground and died.
They really didn't have much time to make a decision, because they didn't know whether the bullets from the bandit suppressing army would hit their bodies in the next second.
"Withdraw, withdraw, I won't fight, whoever loves death can go and die..." Another Qing soldier couldn't bear the pressure, threw his saber to the ground, turned around and ran away.
"No more fighting, no more fighting, no more deaths..."
"Failed, defeated, unable to defeat, run away..."
In order not to blame others, some people who threw their knives and ran away kept shouting and ran back.
At first there were one or two people, then three or five, seven or eight, and then dozens or hundreds of people running back.
Soon, the battlefield of the Qing army's vanguard became polarized. Some were running forward, while others were running backward.
Gradually, those Qing soldiers who were still running forward turned around and kept running back, constantly colliding with the green soldiers rushing forward behind them.
"Pah...pah pah pah..."
The sound of gunfire from the bandit suppressing army was still ringing like fried beans. A thick plume of white gunpowder smoke now covered the position of the bandit suppressing army that was shooting.
Although there is an occasional mountain breeze, the smoke is huge.
The smoke that was blown away filled the surrounding mountains, but it still failed to disperse. On the contrary, it made the entire Ma'an Mountain look shrouded in smoke, adding a mysterious color.
Although the sound of gunfire from the bandit suppressing army is still ringing continuously, if you listen carefully, you will find that the sound of gunfire from the bandit suppressing army is also changing.
The sound started out dense and fast, but gradually changed to become much sparser.
This was because nearly half a cup of tea had passed, and the bandit suppressing troops inside the first low wall fired continuously and rapidly, causing the musket barrels to start to heat up.
If the shooting is only for a short period of time, you can also use a wet towel to dissipate heat.
But now the war is undecided, so they can only replace the bandit-suppressing troops whose gun barrels have become too hot by changing their defenses.
Between this and the second time, the sound of gunfire naturally became much sparser.
However, the Qing army, which was frightened by the appearance of landmines and wanted to retreat, was in no mood to pay attention to these changes.
As the death rate of the Qing troops within thirty feet of the bandit-suppressing army's defense line continued to rise, no Qing troops were willing to rush forward at this moment. And those who threw away their knives and fled, while running away, kept shouting: "lost, defeated..."
This caused more green soldiers who were rushing forward to turn their heads and run away desperately. Even before the handover of the defense change of the bandit suppression army was completed, the Qing army was already defeated.
This collapse suddenly became out of control, and even the supervising teams following each formation did not react.
Soon, the front lines of the Qing army that had already rushed within thirty feet of the bandit suppressing army quickly retreated sixty feet, and then the front lines of the entire forward battalion of the Qing army continued to retreat.
Originally, the bandit suppressing army had already killed thousands of Qing troops in this rapid free fire of nearly half a cup of tea. This was already deeply irritating to them. The appearance of this landmine was undoubtedly the last straw for them.
It's not that the people supervising the battle team don't want to suppress them, but they really can't suppress them. Because in this short period of time, the muskets of the bandit suppressing army had caused the Qing army to fill up nearly two formations and even nearly three formations.
Among them, many of those who were killed were the war supervisors following each team.
Many people died after seeing this meaningless death, and the war supervisors were also afraid of death.
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