For the leaders of the thief army, the cavalry tribe is their only remaining wealth. This situation is also suitable for the generals of the army. No matter how stupid the four generals are, they will not be stupid enough to spend their hard work in one night. All the wealth that was saved through hard work was gone.
This is a blind fire, and the outcome is unpredictable. If all the cavalry in hand is wiped out, he will have to rely on others and follow other general soldiers to eat ashes. If only the infantry is left in hand, what will happen to a certain general soldier? The only thing left is to eat ashes.
Bai Guangen had more than 2,000 cavalry. Since Sun Shaobao rotated his troops and had not yet gone into battle, Niu Chenghu's cavalry was less than Bai Guangen's, but there were still as many as seven or eight hundred.
If the thief army was completely defeated this time but the leader of the thief was allowed to escape, wouldn't most of the credit for chasing the thief army in the future be given to these two people in vain?
The four chief military officers were determined to have nothing to do with this kind of thankless thing that they had to do and allow others to take advantage of. Even if they wanted to fight, they would have to wait until dawn.
The opponent can charge over, and as long as they rush through the rain of arrows, they can engage in hand-to-hand combat, but the result of forming a formation to meet the enemy will definitely be higher than taking the initiative to charge into the formation.
After chasing for a long time, the general soldiers of the Qin Army saw that the rebels were going to fight for their lives, so they shamelessly implemented the tactic of defensive counterattack and stopping quietly.
For generals, men and horses are strength, and strength is the right to speak. If you have people and horses, you are a general soldier. If you don't have people and horses, you are soldiers. There is only one word difference, but there is a huge difference.
Sun Shaobao ordered the four general soldiers to pursue the rebel army eastward. Whether they caught up with them or not, it depends on their decision as to how to "attack" them. Obviously, the troops on the opposite side are not as strong as the ones on the other side, and the officers and soldiers are not suitable for taking the initiative to attack.
"The angry ones are these cowards"
Seeing the officers and soldiers chasing him, Hei Yunxiang suddenly withdrew. Hei Yunxiang, who had been clamoring to attack the officers and soldiers head-on, began to despise this group of officers and soldiers who bullied the weak and feared the strong.
But he was not too impulsive. The situation was already very clear. If the enemy charged first, there would be many more casualties than the other party, so he must not attack rashly.
"It's extremely disgusting to chase you and not fight."
After watching for a long time, no one from the other side showed any intention of killing him, so he just stood there and watched silently. Even though the rebel soldiers yelled and cursed, he remained indifferent. Zhang Yichuan, the "sweeping king", was so angry that he spat on the ground.
If the two armies fight, the winner will be determined soon, and our side will know the outcome as soon as possible. Now this is not a big deal. Tens of thousands of soldiers are meeting each other in the valley.
Although this place is not as narrow as the valley with the ambush in front, it is considered a relatively wide area, but the officers and soldiers can still completely block the passage with their numbers.
If the rebels don't want to go over the mountains, they can either rush through where they came from, or go directly east and rush through the place where the ambush is set up. These are the two options.
"Don't be impulsive"
Luo Rucai didn't want to lose three battles in a row. He lost the first two battles and lost almost half of the money he had saved since he started the army over the years. If he lost another battle, he would really be in ruins.
It is true that these soldiers on our side are all fierce and aggressive, but those on the opposite side are not ordinary people either. They all come from the poor place in Shaanxi. Who is better than the other is just wearing "dog skin" "Just
The officers and soldiers waited for the rebels to make the first move and strike later. The rebels watched for a long time, but they were not hit. They temporarily avoided the casualties of their troops, but they were blocked in the valley and could not get out. Both sides stared at each other.
The rebels cursed for a long time, and the officers and soldiers finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to curse. Since they were fellow villagers, they could understand the content of the curse, but with so many people scolding each other, the voices were intertwined, making it extremely confusing and noisy.
"Brother, why don't the army leave?"
"Oh, the officers and soldiers ahead are blocking the road."
At this time, no less than 300 horses came galloping from the east, all of them were the men and horses of "Little Qin King" Bai Gui. After being ambushed and fighting hard, they escaped. The rest died in the valley.
They also wanted to escape from here and ascend to heaven quickly, but the front was blocked by their own troops. Unless they walked around the mountain to the front of the formation, it would be very difficult to go directly and squeeze out a position in front.
"Brother, what are you doing?"
Luo Rucai saw the dying Bai Gui on the horseback of General Ya, and was extremely surprised. He did not expect that even he was injured by the officers and soldiers.
"Go quickly"
At this time, Bai Gui's face was paler than his last name, and the excruciating pain made it difficult for him to speak even two words.
"The officers and soldiers have already pounced on me."
Seeing that his master no longer had the strength to speak, Yajiang took the initiative to fill in what Bai Gui wanted to say, and this was indeed the case. For the rebels, it was already burning their buttocks.
Bai Gui's headquarters was in the valley in front, and was killed by the officers and soldiers who set up an ambush. The loss was as high as a thousand horses. There was no doubt that it was severely damaged. Anyone who could escape completely unscathed was considered lucky.
Until the moment of the battle, Bai Gui didn't even understand how many men and horses the opponent had. All that was left in his mind was the deafening sound of explosions and the image of his soldiers being shot off their horses.
When fighting at night in a valley, especially when one's own side is in unfavorable terrain, the longer it goes on, the greater the number of troops will be lost.
Once the pursuers behind them come up, the rebels will have no choice but to fight. There will be an army of officers and soldiers blocking the road in front, and a large number of infantry following along the ridges on both sides behind them. The situation will become even more passive.
"Brother, what should I do now? Please make a quick decision."
Hei Yunxiang didn't want to die in such a ghost place. He was frustrated enough by being defeated in the previous battle. If he was blocked by the army in the valley, his "heroic reputation" would be ruined in one day.
"Yes, big brother, I will fight to the death to find a way out."
Zhang Yichuan did not intend to sit still and wait for death. There were still so many troops on the rebel side. Although it would cost some soldiers to break out of the encirclement, as long as all the troops worked together and fought bravely to kill the enemy, they would not let the dog officers and soldiers succeed.
"Wait just now you said that the officers and soldiers who set up an ambush are catching up."
Luo Rucai waved his hand to silence the two impatient leaders for the time being, and instead asked about Bai Gui's tooth general.
"Prime Minister, this is indeed the case. The infantry of the officers and soldiers who set up an ambush have been chasing me. Although the speed is slow, they will catch up sooner or later."
General Ya didn't dare to hide anything. He was already in this world, and if he still wanted to lie, he could only explain that it was a spy sent by the army.
"Well, in that case, let's fight out from the east side of the valley."
Since Bai Gui had already fallen into the trap in the previous episode, it was better to use the trap now and catch the opponent off guard.
"Ah, big brother, you are here"
"Cao Cao's" decision shocked Hei Yunxiang, and he didn't react for a while.
"The ambush officers and soldiers are following, and the troops in the ambush area must be sparse, and the dog officers and soldiers will not think that they will rush back later."
This is the method Luo Rucai came up with in a flash. If the officers and soldiers neglect to take precautions, it might be miraculous.
"Okay, just follow what brother said"
Xue Chengcai was the first to agree, because if a fight broke out at night, the officers and soldiers on the opposite side would not recognize his troops, and he would have to die miserably among the rebels. It would be more natural to escape with everyone than to fight blindly at night. So much better.
"Okay, go east and kill."
After thinking about it, Hei Yunxiang agreed with Luo Rucai's suggestion. Since they didn't expect it, the officers and soldiers might not expect it to be "Cao Cao" after all. He was indeed extremely cunning.
Zhang Yichuan also joined in, Bai Gui even fainted, and his men had no choice but to run away with the crowd. Facing so many officers and soldiers, fighting alone would be self-destruction.
"I am reporting to the Prime Minister that there are trenches and horse-blocking stakes in the ambush area, making it very difficult to navigate."
Bai Gui's tooth general kindly reminded him to avoid being stuck in the same place for the second time. This time he might not be so lucky.
"No problem, just go around. When passing by the bayonet, be sure to shoot arrows on the mountains on both sides to suppress the ambush. Order the soldiers to use a lasso to wrap the horse-rejecting stake and drag it away directly. If the trench is not wide, then You can cross it with your horse"
Luo Rucai believed that this group of officers and soldiers should have just arrived here to set up an ambush, so the trench could not be dug too deep or too wide. As long as the horses could cross it, it would not be a problem.
Even if they can't cross, they can still pass around the mountain. The official army can't control the entire mountain range, especially when they just win and start chasing the rebels, the number of troops at the bayonet is bound to be much smaller.
"Brothers, rush out and fight your way out from here, so that you can grab money and play with women."
"good"
Encouraged by Hei Yunxiang, the soldiers re-energized their troops, followed their leader and galloped directly towards the bayonet not far away on the east side.
Why is this coming back again?
Not long-term memory
But it seems that there are too many enemy cavalry and we can no longer stop them.
After catching thousands of rebels, Long Zaitian sent a thousand infantry to pursue the rebels westward along the mountainside on both sides.
As a result, when the troops were about to catch up with the enemy cavalry that was defeated to the west, they found that a large number of enemy cavalry were charging towards the east instead.
The number was completely beyond everyone's imagination, like a surging deadly torrent, gushing unstoppably eastwards along the valley.
There were many officers and soldiers on the battlefield near the bayonet collecting weapons and making some money. They finally won the battle. They had to make enough money.
Unexpectedly, the enemy cavalry rushed back without mercy at this time. The defenders here were not prepared to deal with it at all.
The officers and soldiers in the valley panicked and ran up the mountain. The gunners on the mountain were afraid of accidentally injuring their comrades below, so they did not fire to stop them at the first time.
In this way, no less than a hundred enemy cavalry bypassed the two sides of the Juma post. With quick eyesight and quick hands, they used lassoes to wrap around the Juma post and directly dragged away the multiple roadblocks.
Immediately, the rebel horsemen began to pass through the bayonet in large numbers along the path ahead. They were not afraid of the obstruction of the officers and soldiers on both sides. Instead, they repeatedly fired towards the mountain, which was as spectacular as a crucian carp crossing a river.
"Quickly shoot"
Long Zaitian did not expect that the war would develop like this. At the same time, he knew in his heart that due to the scattered troops, he did not dare to invest the few cavalry troops. Now life or death would not be able to stop the bandit army determined to advance eastward.
"Boom boom boom"
The Folang machine is loaded with a musket, and its rate of fire is very fast, and its blocking effect is also remarkable. Under the crossfire, it can blow up no less than forty or fifty riders in a matter of seconds.
But in order to escape from here, the rebels at the foot of the mountain did not care about casualties at all. They just wanted to pass through this dangerous section of road at high speed, without stopping at all, let alone getting entangled with the nearby officers and soldiers.
If they return west along the original route, facing the same number of officers and soldiers, the rebel army will lose at least half, or even more, but the officers and soldiers who set up an ambush here obviously do not have this ability.
Although the archers halfway up the mountain were still shooting, they had already used more than half of the arrows they carried, and the rest were just for show. Once they were used up, they could only let the enemy cavalry pass in front of them.
The Crouching Tiger Cannon with a shorter range could not find a safe place in the rain of arrows fired by the enemy cavalry. The big gunmen without the protection of bunkers were hit by arrows one after another, causing the Crouching Tiger Cannon that could scatter to lose its due deterrent effect.
Even if they could all fire, it would not solve the fundamental problem. If hundreds of archers were unable to fire at full speed, fire and bird blunderbuss alone would not be able to stop the bandit army from breaking through.
And having just won a victory, they can already explain something to their superiors. Long Zaitian's subordinates are no longer motivated to fight to the death with the rebels. They all want to save their lives and not be hurt by the rebels. .
In such a passive situation, facing the well-prepared bandit army with much more troops than the previous one, the official and army's blocking can only be regarded as ineffective and perfunctory.
Even if the leader, Long Zaitian, is anxious to get angry and press all his troops up to block the enemy's cavalry from passing through, the soldiers below will not strictly obey the military orders.
Meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins. Luo Rucai's plan did work wonders. Under the desperate charge of the rebel soldiers, and at the cost of less than a thousand cavalry, the army rushed through the bayonet in one go.
"Another bandit army is coming"
The bandit army gathered in front about two miles away. It was visually estimated that the force coming was not less than the previous bandit army. This frightened the detective horse under Long Zaitian's command and immediately reported it to the chief military officer.
Regarding this, Long Zaitian was also a little surprised. Originally, his troops set up an ambush here, thinking that he could wipe out a thousand enemies. Unexpectedly, the enemy cavalry came one after another, with the total number of troops reaching tens of thousands. , and they are all pawns.
If he didn't stop the previous wave and let more than half of them escape, if he didn't stop the later wave, he would be very embarrassed once Sun Shaobao found out.
However, the roadblocks had been destroyed by the previous bandits, and the gunpowder and arrows were almost used. If thousands of enemy cavalry came to break through, how could they be left behind?
Long Zaitian suddenly frowned, and suddenly saw three signal flares blooming in the sky, and was relieved, indicating that the people coming were government troops.
He Renlong and others did not dare to attack the main force of the rebel army, but there was no problem in chasing after them. When they heard bursts of gunfire from the front, they guessed that the rebel army was blocked.
But if they entered the battlefield rashly, they would be accidentally injured, so they deliberately kept a distance and released flares in advance to indicate their identities.
Sure enough, after the enemy cavalry escaped from the bayonet, Long Zaitian's troops ceased fire when they saw the signal flares. After the detective horses sent by He Renlong came to report, the general officers of both sides began to exchange information.
During the meeting in Yun County, Sun Shaobao arranged this, and Long Zaitian also strictly implemented the plan. However, with only 500 horsemen and more than 2,000 infantry, it was impossible to stop the forced breakout of thousands of enemy cavalry.
If these four people hadn't waited and watched, they wouldn't have let go of so many enemy cavalry. In this battle, one person worked tirelessly in front, and four people watched the fun in the back. Can tell.
However, the official army is so miserable at the moment. The official army in one place is not divided into native soldiers and guest soldiers, but the official army in one place is also divided into direct line and collateral line. It is common for them to fight against each other.
These four are all directly under Sun Shaobao, they are all Qin soldiers, and they are all talking about gold. As a Dian general, Long Zaitian can only hold back his anger, otherwise the two sides will fall out and spread the word, and Sun Shaobao will lose face.
Fortunately, these guys know how to act, and they are no better than in the past. Moreover, Sun Shaobao will not tolerate killing good people and taking credit, so naturally they will not take away any results, and Long Zaitian will not give it to others.
After killing more than a thousand bandit soldiers, it was quite good that there was no accidental damage between friendly forces. After a brief chat with Long Zaitian, the four chief military officers had some concerns in their minds and continued to chase the bandit army eastward.
