Following the shouts of killing, groups of soldiers with the Tiger Flag appeared on the hillside. Rows of gunmen raised their guns and aimed their guns at the retreating officers and soldiers on the official road.
"It's the gunman of the Tiger Flag, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!" Li Kaiyang shouted loudly, shaking the reins in his hands at the same time, urging the horse under him to speed up and escape the range of the gunshot earlier.
When passing through Guangling County, the army's war horses were damaged a lot, but no matter how many horses were lost, as long as there were still intact horses, the generals in the army would not be short of mounts.
Under the protection of his own soldiers, Li Kaiyang ran for his life along the official road, and gradually distanced himself from the soldiers on foot behind him.
boom! boom! boom……
Rows of firecrackers were fired on the hillside.
With the sound of cannons, casualties appeared among the crowd of officers and soldiers without war horses.
The gunmen of the Tiger Flag were not too close to the official road. Although they were at a high place, the officers and soldiers on the official road were almost at the edge of the effective range of the fire cannons.
Rows of muskets were fired, but not many officers and soldiers were killed or injured. Even so, the officers and soldiers who returned were confused. Many officers and soldiers ran away from the official road and broke into the fields on one side.
As a result, although the sound of firecrackers continued, fewer officers and soldiers were killed or injured.
Standing on the hillside, Zheng Shi Lei, the commander of the Sixth Soldier Battalion, frowned when he saw this situation.
Xiao He, the staff officer of the Sixth Soldier Battalion next to him, said at this time: "Bing Zheng, we can't fight like this, wasting our gunpowder. The officers and soldiers are now in a panic and have no choice but to escape. We can send a thousand troops." The human team covers them from behind.”
"You are right, we should pursue." Shi Lei nodded and immediately ordered, "Give me the order, the 3,000-man team will pursue the fleeing officers and soldiers, the 1,000-man team will stay on the hillside to guard, and the 2,000-man team will clear out the The officers and soldiers in the direction of the Fifth War Soldiers Camp."
After the order was issued, a troop of more than a thousand Tiger Flag soldiers rushed from the hillside towards the fleeing officers and soldiers on the official road and in the fields.
Another thousand-man team went down the hillside and turned towards the Fifth Soldier Camp to encircle and suppress the officers and soldiers in front of the Fifth Soldier Camp.
Shi Lei stood on the hillside, holding a monocular in his hand to look at the surrounding situation.
The officers and soldiers were defeated too quickly, almost in one encounter, which made King Zheng Lin of the Fifth Soldier Camp very depressed.
The artillery bombarded the cavalry of the official army, and the Sixth Soldier Battalion chased and suppressed the defeated army. Only his Fifth Soldier Battalion could not even touch the edge of the official army, and the battle was over. .
"Separate a team of people to clean the battlefield, and the others will stay where they are." Wang Lin gave an order, and then walked towards Liu Heng.
There was a hillside behind the Fifth Soldier Camp. After walking not far, he came to Liu Heng. He said: "Master, these officers and soldiers really can't help but fight. They are some kind of personal servants. From what I've seen, These people are not even as good as the soldiers and horses guarding the camp in Lingqiu."
He didn't get a chance to take action, and the word "depression" was almost written on his face.
Zhao Yutu, standing next to Liu Heng, said: "Who would have thought that the officers and soldiers in Datong Town would be so virtuous that it would be in vain for us to put up such a big battle."
Liu Heng said with a smile: "It's not just a day or two that the officers and soldiers are incompetent. Didn't we expect this a long time ago?"
"But they are too useless. The subordinates are still waiting for the officers and soldiers to rush into formation and let the soldiers in the camp get experience. It's good now. The officers and soldiers were defeated so quickly. The people below were even beaten and released. Not even a chance to fire a gun." Wang Lin said with a depressed look.
Liu Heng smiled and said, "Don't worry, there will be another chance in the future."
"Could we attack the county seat next?" Wang Lin's eyes lit up and he said eagerly, "Please also ask the boss to hand over this task to his subordinates. I promise to capture Lingqiu County in one day."
Zhao Yutu, who was standing aside, said with a smile: "There is no need to attack Lingqiu City. As soon as our Tiger Flag army arrives, someone in the city will naturally open the city gate to welcome us into the city."
"There is no need to fight in Lingqiu City. My subordinates can attack Guangling." Wang Lin looked at Liu Heng expectantly.
Zhao Yutu turned to look at Liu Heng and said: "This time we defeated the officers and soldiers brought by Zhang Huai. Our tiger-character banner army does not need to be limited to Lingqiu. With our strength, no matter where we go in Datong, we can easily capture it." .”
He used to guard Lingqiu to hide his strength, but now he has raised the anti-flag. He believes that the tiger-character flag no longer needs to be guarded in Lingqiu.
"We have artillery, and no matter how strong the city is, it can't stop our artillery. As long as there are twenty cannons, my subordinates can capture any county in Datong, and even Datong Prefecture." Wang Lin said, patting his chest.
Liu Heng waved his hand and said: "We are not going anywhere next. We will continue to guard Lingqiu and wait for the army to attack us."
Zhao Yutu and Wang Lin on the side were both stunned when they heard this.
Zhao Yutu advised: "The current situation is favorable to our Tiger Character Banner. We can take this opportunity to seize the entire Datong. With the strength of our several military camps, there is no soldier in the entire Datong that can threaten us. "
"This subordinate is willing to be the vanguard of the army and capture the city for the master." Wang Lin said solemnly.
On the official road in the distance, a group of tiger-character flag soldiers who went to chase the defeated army retreated, along with many captured officers and soldiers.
Liu Heng looked at the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield and said: "It is not difficult for us to capture the city of Datong, but with so few soldiers, it is not easy to hold the entire Datong. Once the troops are dispersed, it will be easy for the imperial court to defeat them. If it is defeated, the remaining soldiers will be almost exhausted, and we may not even be able to defend Lingqiu."
"We can expand a few more combat camps. Now that there is no shortage of refugees everywhere, and with the miners in Dongshan, it is not difficult to form an army of tens of thousands." Wang Lin suggested.
Before Liu Heng could speak, Zhao Yutu retorted: "Expanding the soldier camp is not that simple. The armor alone is a big problem, as well as the cannons. They all take time to prepare. The key is to have tens of thousands more soldiers at once. , with Tiger Character Banner’s current financial situation simply unable to turn around, big problems will eventually occur.”
"Is it that serious?" Wang Lin looked confused.
He is the commander of the Zhan Barracks and doesn't know much about the financial affairs of Tiger Character Banner.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "What Mr. Zhao said is true. It took more than half a year to set up your military battalions and almost emptied the logistics bureau. At that time, Mr. Zhao came to my place every now and then. He complained, and even later tried to take advantage of Taiyuan Island. If you think about it, if he hadn't been forced into a hurry, how could he have proposed to use the money on Taiyuan Island."
"My subordinates thought too simply." Wang Lin looked embarrassed.
"It's not your fault that you don't know this." Liu Heng said, "Skills have specializations. As the commander of the war camp, your task is to train the soldiers in the camp and lead them to win the war. As for other things, there will naturally be Someone else will do it.”
"I understand." Wang Lin nodded vigorously.
