Seeing the Sun Gou Thief's men and horses on the opposite side pressing towards the formation step by step, it was too late to retreat or even leave the battlefield.
At most, the cavalry could only be withdrawn. Almost all the infantry were unable to cross the river quickly due to their slow movement, so they had to be left to the Sun Gou thieves as a result of the battle.
The Gezuo Fifth Battalion and Zhang Dingguo's two troops totaled more than 60,000 troops, and the number of horsemen was as large as 10,000.
But unlike Zhang Dingguo, who was willing to play the game of breaking one's arms again, his five uncles were not willing to abandon the team completely.
They have been dormant in the Yinghuo Mountains since last autumn, and they have only accumulated these people today.
After one battle, he was beaten back to his original form by Sun Gou Thief, which was a result that the leaders could not accept at all.
Previously, Li Zicheng refused to accept the offer and was beaten by the Sun Gou bandits on the opposite side, leaving him with only eighteen riders left. He was forced to go to Shangluo Mountain to become a mountain bandit.
I heard this from Zhang Dingguo's adoptive father Zhang Xianzhong, which really made people laugh out loud.
If we show weakness first and retreat on our own initiative, we may lose many people to this vicious Sun Gou thief.
Instead of doing this, it is better to fight to the death. At worst, both sides will suffer losses, so that the Sun Gou thieves will no longer dare to covet their own troops.
The five leaders all knew that among their troops, there were only a few elite soldiers, and the majority were composed of rabble-rousers.
As long as you shout "Feng Jia Hu Hu", those rabble will run faster than rabbits.
This battle was truly a complete defeat. The Gouguan army then covered up the attack, and he couldn't even get a chance to gather the defeated troops.
Therefore, you must not withdraw first. If you want to withdraw, it will depend on the specific situation.
Unable to communicate with each other in time, the five leaders retreated to the next best thing and chose to stand still.
If you don’t retreat, I won’t retreat!
This is Zhang Dingguo's strategy. Let's see who can endure it more!
The dog officers and soldiers on the opposite side were already pressing closer to less than a mile away from his own troops. However, Zhang Dingguo still ordered his troops to form a formation to defend against the enemy.
He also wanted to see how powerful the 5th Battalion of Gezuo, known as one of the three major groups of the rebel army, was, and whether it could be compared with his father's troops.
At this time, a gap suddenly appeared in the army infantry formation on the opposite side. It seemed that someone was holding a pole with a small mirror and ran to the front of the formation. The leader of the rebel army was confused when he saw this and didn't know why.
They had never seen the officers and soldiers behave like this before the war.
Could it be a practice?
Or is it something to ward off evil spirits?
Can you win with this thing?
It seems like he's trying to be mysterious, right?
Could it be that the Sun Dog Thief became stupid while squatting in the Dog Emperor's prison, and instead of using tactics, he started practicing sorcery? ? ?
Unless you can call the wind and rain, the battlefield can only be determined by your own strength.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a shaobao or a marshal, if you are caught, you will be chopped up and fed to the dogs!
But after thinking about it, the rebels did not dare to act rashly and had to wait and see what happened.
After that, the officers and soldiers advanced again and stopped after walking about a hundred steps.
Now the distance between the two sides was only about 300 steps, almost to the point where they could reach each other in one sprint.
"Reporting to the Young Master, our regiment is ready and can fire at the enemy formation at any time!"
Meng He, the leader of the mortar regiment, has placed the gun position behind Zhao Guangyuan and Jiang Rang.
Including spare guns, more than two hundred mortars of the entire regiment were deployed.
After the range measurement was completed, the ammunition was loaded, waiting for the order from the summit.
"Okay! Let's fire then!"
Facing so many traitors, Sun Chuanting was a little frightened. He wanted to win another great victory after Yunxian, Fangxian, and Sichuandong.
The previous recapture of Nanyang City could only be regarded as an ordinary victory. Firstly, the main force of the bandits escaped, and secondly, they were attacked by bandits in the city at night, which made Sun Chuanting very dissatisfied with his subordinates.
Now that we can have a decisive battle with the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, one of the stubborn bandits, under Ruyang City, as long as we win, we can eliminate another major disaster for the Ming Dynasty.
"Every battalion has them! Three volleys! Fire!"
As long as the distance measurement was accurate, Meng He believed that as long as more than 600 explosive packets were fired, half of them fell into the rebel army's infantry formation, and the target would be destroyed directly.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The mortar group suddenly made a muffled sound, frightening the officers and soldiers of Zhao Guangyuan and Jiang Rang who were standing in front, and they immediately fell down in a large area.
The two of them arrived at the Huguang battlefield later and stayed in Fancheng waiting to join Sun Shaobao's troops. Naturally, they had never seen such a novel thing.
In particular, this kind of object can actually shoot into the sky, but many officers and soldiers were astonished beyond measure. Isn't this like beating a cow across a mountain?
Mortars also have a significant advantage. Since they can fire in a straight direction, they can be deployed behind the formation, allowing them to launch concealed fire and launch surprise attacks.
Enemies who have never experienced the pain of mortars will never imagine that there is such a weapon in the world that can shoot in a curve, and its power is beyond imagination.
"This is……"
The soldiers on the rebel side, especially the troops of "King Zuojin" He Jin and "King Zhishi" Liu Xiyao, suddenly heard a sound coming from the opposite side.
Then he saw a large black dot appear in the sky, flying towards his location very fast, so fast that it was almost difficult to react.
"not good!"
"King Zuojin" He Jin was stunned for a moment, then instinctively realized that the situation was not good, and was about to order his troops to retreat quickly, but it was too late.
It only takes a few seconds for a grenade to fly over a distance of 300 steps.
It is impossible for normal people to escape from the range of the bombardment when faced with a large-scale bombardment.
It takes time to give orders to thousands of troops, but the cannonballs have directly taken away time.
"Boom boom boom boom boom..."
Nearly eighty grenades smashed directly into He Jin's infantry formation, and the fuses burned out almost as soon as they hit the ground.
Then there were a series of explosions and fires, accompanied by the sounds of ghosts crying, wolves howling, and people shouting and horses neighing.
Before setting off from Xiangyang, Hong Chengchou ordered the blacksmith shops in Xiangyang and Fancheng to work hard to make iron beads.
No matter how many are built, the troops will buy them all when they return.
Therefore, when the main force of the government army rushed to the eastern Sichuan area to suppress the enemy, the blacksmiths were working hard to make iron beads to make money.
After Sun Chuanting's troops returned from eastern Sichuan, they bought all the iron beads in Fancheng north of the Han River.
The part of Xiangyang City on the other side was naturally reserved for Hong Chengchou's troops, half of which was for each person, which made sense.
Iron beads are the main material for making grenades. With iron beads, you can get twice the result with half the effort against lightly armored or even unarmored thieves.
Each iron bead is not as big as a soybean, but when inserted into the human body, it does not feel the same as eating a soybean.
Mortar shells are different from large mortar shells in that they fall from the sky, which means that it is impossible to prevent them with shields or mortars.
Unless everyone is equipped with a shield and raises it above their heads at the same time, it must be airtight.
Otherwise, as long as there are a few gaps and the grenade falls to the ground, several large holes will suddenly appear in the marching array after the explosion.
But most of the troops of "King Zuo Jin" He Jin were in a daze when they were bombarded.
If the grenade hadn't been made so big, it could have been shot directly into their mouths...
Tens of thousands of iron beads splashed out after the explosion, and instantly penetrated into the flesh of the soldiers.
As the number of shot soldiers increased sharply, and after the fireball and thick smoke dissipated, a continuous blood mist spread in the formation.
The number of soldiers who were knocked down was no less than a thousand, and many of the injured had iron beads drilled into their bones, and had lost their combat effectiveness and even their ability to move.
There are also many people with missing arms and legs. Broken limbs and broken arms can be seen everywhere. The land in the explosion area was dyed red with blood, and the green grass that was trampled turned brown.
"This...this...this...monster!"
When He Jin saw this, his lips began to tremble and he couldn't speak fluently. He had experienced hundreds of large and small battles and had never seen such a sharp thing.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
"Here we go again!"
"The wind is blowing hard!"
Hearing a familiar voice from the opposite side, and seeing the same black dots as before appearing in the sky, the surrounding soldiers spontaneously began to run away without the need for an order from "King Zuo Jin".
If you stay where you are, you are waiting to die. Even a fool can see this. If you don't run away, you will be killed or maimed. This Sun Gou thief is really vicious!
It's just a daydream above that we have to beat the officers and soldiers hard. I don't dare to stay. Whoever is brave can go and settle the score with Sun Gou.
But no matter how much the legs moved, they couldn't move faster than the cannonballs. Before He Jin's men could run ten steps away, nearly a hundred grenades fell around them.
The casualties caused were not much less than last time, and because everyone wanted to run away immediately, it also caused wanton trampling and cannibalism. This is all non-combat attrition...
The 7,000 men and horses under He Jin's command fell to about 4,000 in an instant after being bombarded twice. If it happens two more times, it will almost reach zero.
"Get away!"
He Jin, whose left leg was hit by an iron ball, endured the pain and had no time to order his soldiers how to deal with it. He kept beating his horse and whip, and kept scolding the losers blocking the road in front.
"this……"
Seeing this situation, both He Yilong and Liu Xiyao were stunned. They had wanted to use Zhang Dingguo as a bait, but they didn't expect that this guy was very stubborn.
Later, the troops of the fifth battalion were about to take advantage of the situation to fight against the official army. Unexpectedly, before the battle in the infantry formation, the troops of He Jin, the "King of Zuo Jin", were defeated by the Sun Gou thieves with evil objects.
It seems that the appearance of the mirror before means that there must be something fishy about this thing. You have to be very careful. If you are not careful, you will be doomed!
"withdraw!"
"The wind is so tight!"
Obviously, if he still stayed on the battlefield, after the troops of "King Zuo Jin" were defeated, his next target might be his own troops.
The remaining four leaders unanimously chose to run eastward. At this time, it was no longer possible to calculate the scale of the losses. Let them take as much as they could escape.
This battle was all caused by the evil things in the hands of the Sun Gou thieves. It can't be considered a real skill. Although the rebel army was defeated, it was still an honor.
The Sun Gou thief is despicable and shameless. He uses damaging tactics to win. He will definitely grieve the law of heaven and will definitely be punished by heaven!
The rebels can't take care of Sun Gou Thief for the time being, so let God take care of him.
The worst he could do was to retreat to the mountains and continue to lie dormant. No matter how powerful his grandson was, he would not dare to enter the mountains to attack the rebels.
"...Run away now?"
Meng He, the leader of the mortar regiment, was really disappointed with the rebel army. What if they meet on a narrow road and the brave one wins?
He gave in immediately after being shelled twice. How could he still try to confront the army with such courage?
The first two bombardments achieved good results, and the third was considered routine at best.
And we could only fight these three times, because the enemy army on the opposite side was so frightened that they collapsed on their own.
It was obviously not cost-effective to waste any more shells, so Meng He did not continue to give the order.
"The whole army covers it up!"
After Sun Chuanting gave the order, drums were beaten as trumpets, and 40,000 officers and soldiers followed the established goals of each ministry to kill the rebel army on the opposite side.
"It's really amazing!"
After seeing the effects of shelling with their own eyes, the two chief military officers, Zhao Guangyuan and Jiang Rang, finally understood the root cause of Sun Shaobao's repeated victories against the rebels.
With hundreds of cannons capable of direct fire, no matter how large the bandit army is, they cannot withstand the sneak attack and accelerated fire of this thing. No one can withstand hundreds of bullets in a short period of time.
Even the elite soldiers of the Dog Tartars wearing double layers of armor could hardly withstand such a sharp bombardment, let alone some thieves who didn't even have armor.
According to the training standards formulated by the prince himself, "three-shot rapid fire" means a mortar fires three grenades in one minute.
The regiment's more than two hundred cannons fired more than six hundred artillery shells, and they only hit one large enemy formation in a short period of time. This kind of bombardment intensity was beyond the ability of flesh and blood to withstand.
Sun Chuanting's tactics were developed around the mortar regiment. As long as the two armies faced each other, they would advance to the enemy's front and use mortars to sneak attack the other side.
It is not necessary to injure ten of its fingers, but only to cut off one of them. In this way, one of the infantry formations can be destroyed within a few minutes, resulting in a partial collapse of the rebel army or the complete defeat of the entire army.
If the enemy is stubborn, that would be even better. The official army can use the artillery regiment to kill one or two thousand rebels in one minute.
In ten minutes, there were ten to twenty thousand people. No matter how large the rebel army was, they could not withstand the continuous shelling by the army for half an hour.
In open terrain, if the rebel army takes the initiative to attack the official army, since the rebel army lacks artillery, the official army can sit back and relax in formation.
The only exception is if it rains.
If it really rains continuously, Sun Chuanting can lead his troops to huddle in a city and not enter to suppress the bandits for the time being.
However, at this time, it was almost rare for rainy weather to occur for many days in the Henan area, and the probability was no less than that of the bandits joining forces with the Donglu.
Unless there is a sudden shower, it is impossible for the rebels to defeat Sun Chuanting's troops who hold the mortar regiment.
A certain prince granted permission to Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou to hold off on suppressing the campaign when the weather was bad, in order to avoid being defeated by the rebels, which would lead to the mortars being captured by the rebels and backfired on the official army.
After obtaining this special power, the two commander-in-chiefs were able to move with ease when they went to suppress the bandits. They were able to assess the situation and make prompt decisions.
Mortars are a top-secret weapon used to defeat the rebels and even the Donglu. They are kept strictly confidential, and even most of the officers and generals do not know the secret.
As long as it is properly kept, whether it is a bandit or a Tatar, if you want to master this weapon, you will have to wait for a long time, which may be a year or several years.
Even if the confidentiality period is only one year, the army can use mortars to eliminate more than 100,000 enemy troops.
Comparing the fruitful results achieved by this weapon for the army, even if the secret is leaked, it will be more cost-effective.
"The thieves are defeated! Give me a slap on the forehead!"
"Brothers! Capture and kill the thief! There will be huge rewards!"
Seeing that the enemy on the other side had been beaten to a pulp, the general officers and the three leaders who had not rebelled immediately realized that there was another opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds.
The oil and water this time should be greater than that of Nanyang City. The opposite side is the fifth battalion of Gezuo who captured Ruyang City. All the money and food in the city belong to them.
Once they rush to cover up and kill successfully, wouldn't it be possible for them to spit out what they had eaten before, and then fall into our pockets?
How can one not be tempted by such a great temptation?
Officers and soldiers are also human beings, and they also have to eat and spend money!
If you get wealth unjustly, don't blame your grandfather for being ruthless!
