The lead of the fire gun can smash the flesh on the body when it hits the body. From a distance of more than thirty steps, the tiger squatting cannon can directly break the person into pieces with one shot.
Four gunshots took away the last bit of courage from the officers and soldiers.
No matter how hard the generals behind him suppressed them, they could not stop the defeat of the army. Hundreds of officers and soldiers rolled back. Chen Xinnan and his soldiers could not stop him at all. In the end, they were trapped in the defeated army and fled together.
General Xu, who was standing in the distance, turned pale when he saw this scene.
A soldier on the side said cautiously: "Sir, let's go down the mountain quickly. If we are late, we may be overtaken by bandits."
"It's useless, they are all a bunch of useless trash." General Xu cursed loudly.
The officers and soldiers were defeated by a group of bandits. If word spread, it would only become a joke. If word spread back, his position as the commander of the Fubiao Battalion would be unstable.
"Sir," the soldier on the side said, "the defeat in this battle is not your fault, it is entirely because we did not expect that the bandits had cannons. If the army brings a few general cannons, they will be able to easily wipe out the bandits in Daliang Mountain."
The Fubiao camp was the governor's own army. It did not need to garrison the city and had no use for cannons, so there were no cannons in the camp. But now it suffered the loss of having no cannons and was defeated by a few squatting tiger cannons of the bandits.
Seeing that his general had not moved, the soldier had no choice but to join the other soldiers and flee down the mountain with his general on his back.
General Xu and his soldiers were at the rear of the officers and soldiers, which was also where the officers and soldiers had just gone up the mountain. When they retreated this time, they fled to the front.
The bandits on the mountain did not pursue the defeated army.
Several musketeers of the musketry team were lying on the ground and vomiting, and finally the spearmen at the back also vomited.
If the officers and soldiers counterattack at this time, they have every chance to turn defeat into victory and defeat the bandits on the mountain in one fell swoop.
It's a pity that at this time, the generals in the official army, protected by their own soldiers, had already fled to the mountain road down the mountain, while the ordinary soldiers only wanted to escape down the mountain, how could they dare to go back to investigate the situation of the bandits on the mountain.
"What are you doing standing still? Quickly fire the guns in your hands. We must not let the officers and soldiers retreat so easily." Chen Miao shouted anxiously.
There were hundreds of officers and soldiers who fled in rout. As long as they regrouped, they could continue the attack.
Now that the officers and soldiers were defeated and fleeing, it was the best time to pursue them. He was unwilling to let go of such an opportunity to expand his results.
Unfortunately, after his order was issued, there were only a few sporadic sounds of firecrackers. Most of the firecrackers just squatted on the ground and vomited, throwing the firecrackers in their hands on the ground.
Chen Miao looked very ugly and could only watch the defeated officers and soldiers flee down the mountain.
"It's a pity. If we can take the opportunity to cover up the killing, we will definitely inflict heavy damage on the officers and soldiers." Zhang Hongtu looked regretful.
Like Chen Miao, he realized that this was the best time to pursue the army.
"It's useless." Cao Guang said, "Many of the soldiers in our brigade are Liaodong people. After only a few months of training, they can endure it until now without vomiting. It is already very good."
"Yes!" Zhang Hongtu nodded in agreement, and then said, "After this experience, these people have grown up. Next time they encounter this kind of situation on the battlefield, they probably won't vomit like this again. There’s no end to getting up.”
"Let's go and see Ma Lin. This time he has made the first contribution." Cao Guang said.
Zhang Hongtu said: "I noticed that there were casualties among his gunmen before, but I hope it won't be too serious."
"If he hadn't led his men to contain the archers of the army, maybe we would have been defeated this time." Cao Guang sighed.
He knew that most of the soldiers in his brigade were from the common people of Liaodong. Once they were shot to death by the army's archers or injured some fire gunmen, it would be easy for the fire gunmen to flee.
And once the fire gunner at the front breaks away, the others will also flee with him. The officers and soldiers in the front will no longer be able to restrain them, and will gather them together to surround and annihilate them like herding sheep.
Marin stood with the gun team beside him until the army completely fled and he fell to the ground.
He could be said to be the most nervous when the fire gunners and the army archers were shooting at each other before. He even didn't dare to hide when the arrows were fired at him, for fear that his improper actions would cause the fire gunmen around him to be defeated. .
His concentration and mental tension greatly consumed his physical strength.
When Cao Guang and Zhang Hongtu came over, Ma Lin was still sitting on the ground, breathing heavily.
"Are you injured?" Zhang Hongtu noticed the wound on Marin's face.
At this time, the wound on Marin's face had scabbed over, and black and red blood scabs stuck to his face, like a birthmark the size of a fist.
"It's okay to get a few small cuts from the arrows." Marin said nonchalantly, and then added, "The team of fire muskets I brought injured eight people and two died. One of them was a man. The corps commander died after blocking an arrow for his subordinates."
The bodies of the two gunmen were laid flat on the ground, and the injured ones were already treating their wounds.
Cao Guang walked to the two corpses, squatted down, and began to sort out the remains of one of the corpses.
Zhang Hongtu walked to the other side and sorted out the remains of another corpse.
Some soldiers from Lingqiu came to the feet of the two corpses and stood in a row.
Slowly, the soldiers who were still vomiting before or the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield gradually gathered together and stood neatly behind the soldiers from Lingqiu.
After sorting out the remains, Cao Guang whispered: "Brother, it's a good journey."
After speaking, he stood up and walked with Zhang Hongtu in front of the others, including Marin, who also stood beside them.
"Have a good trip, brothers, salute!" Cao Guang almost shouted the last two words.
The entire Daliang Mountain warrior brigade, whether injured or not, crossed their right arms across their chests at the same time.
One breath, two breaths...five breaths...fifteen breaths...thirty breaths.
"The ceremony is over." Cao Guang shouted again.
At this time, everyone put down their right arm.
After doing all this, several people came over and carried the bodies of the two gunmen to the back mountain.
Cao Guang looked at Ma Lin and asked, "How is your injury? Is it okay?"
Marin waved his hand and said, "I'm fine. It's just a small cut. I'll just nurse it for two days."
"Since there is no problem on your side, I want you to take a squadron of soldiers down the mountain to check whether the officers and soldiers have retreated." Cao Guang said, "If the officers and soldiers have not retreated, I hope you can fight again, and I will ask the artillery team to send two squatting tiger cannons to go down the mountain with you."
Marin said: "Okay, I will take people down the mountain right now."
"Chen Miao!" Cao Guangchong shouted behind him.
"Here." Chen Miao ran over from behind.
Cao Guang asked: "Can your squadron fight again?"
"You can return to the captain at any time." Chen Miao replied loudly.
"Okay." Cao Guang said, "Take everyone in your squadron and go down the mountain with Deputy Captain Ma."
"Yes." Chen Miao agreed and turned around to gather his squadron.
After a short time, the soldiers of his squadron were assembled and lined up according to the gunmen and spearmen.
Ma Lin took Chen Miao's squadron and two tiger squat guns and went to the foot of the mountain.
