When the officers and soldiers at the back saw that all the generals in front were dead and only a dozen or so were left, they all fled. They immediately followed suit, turned around and fled in the direction they came from.
There were more than a thousand Guan Ning soldiers pushing and shoving, desperately trying to run back.
The soldiers and horses coming out of Guan Ning are more fierce than the soldiers and horses at the guard station. When the soldiers running behind see the people in front blocking the way, they will strike with knives without saying anything. Whoever is in front will be stabbed.
Guan Ning's soldiers, who numbered over a thousand, killed each other and were bombarded by the tiger-character flag. In the end, less than 200 soldiers and horses fled back.
Zhao Shujiao witnessed with his own eyes the scene of his own soldiers and horses killing each other, and his face was livid with anger.
"Pull them down and kill them all. I never want to see these bullies again." Zhao Shujiao looked at the more than 100 people who had escaped and cursed angrily.
What made him most angry was not that he retreated in defeat, but that the Guan Ning soldiers and horses he brought with him were not even as good as the soldiers and horses in the guard station in order to escape for their lives. Most of those who died on the battlefield died under the swords of their own people.
"General, do you want to retreat first?" Zuo Fu asked tentatively.
As for the life and death of those Guan Ning soldiers who were about to be beheaded, he didn't care at all. If it were him, he would not leave behind these defeated soldiers who would only kill their own people.
There were constant cries of injustice coming from the mouths of the defeated soldiers who had escaped.
The surrounding generals acted as if they had not heard anything and allowed these broken soldiers to be taken aside for execution.
Professor Zhao took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and then said to Zuo Fu: "We can't retreat. The soldiers who retreated from the guard post at this time will definitely escape, and it will have a great impact on the morale of the army. The battle will be difficult in the future." It’s even harder to fight.”
"It's not that the general is about to retreat, it's just that the rebels' artillery was too fierce. We lost so many people and couldn't capture it, and the rebels still have more than 10,000 troops untouched." Zuo Fu said.
Zhao Shujiao pursed his lips, then shook his head and said: "No, retreating is definitely not possible. We can only keep fighting. I don't believe that their artillery can keep firing without rest."
Zuo Fu looked at the expressionless Zhao Shujiao and knew that the other party was determined to capture the rebel bandit by the Hun River.
"This time, you will lead the team. You will bring the troops and horses we brought from Guanning, as well as the 10,000 troops and horses from Wandu Division. I will personally hold the battle for you from behind. We must capture the Hun River. Rebellious bandits." Zhao Shujiao did not mention the artillery array of the Tiger Flag this time, but directly pointed out that he wanted to capture the Tiger Flag army in front, which naturally included the artillery array of the Tiger Flag.
Zuo Fu saw that Zhao Lianjiao was going to put all his efforts into a showdown with the rebel army.
As a deputy general, he knew that he had no choice, so he said: "Please rest assured, general, I will definitely cut off the head of the rebel leader in order to sacrifice the spirit of General Li Shen in heaven."
"Go!" Zhao Shujiao nodded.
Zuo Fu turned the horse's head and left.
After a short time, the army was assembled, and several guardsmen and horses from Wandu Division were pushed to the front of the army, obviously still serving as cannon fodder.
Zhao Shujiao, who was guarding under the banner of the Chinese army, did not stop Zuo Fu's approach.
He only has one request, which is to eliminate the rebel army in front. As for how many soldiers and horses of Wandu Division are killed or injured, he doesn't care. If he can't win this battle, even if all the soldiers and horses of Wandu Division are alive, he will not end well. .
An army of more than 20,000 officers and soldiers marched towards the tiger-character banner army on the bank of the Hun River.
The banks of the Hun River.
Chen Xunping saw the movements of the officers and soldiers through the monocular telescope, with a sneer on his lips and said: "The officers and soldiers are going to fight hard, and we can't rely solely on the artillery team. The order goes down, and each battalion forms a large formation, preparing to meet the enemy. "
The three military battalions immediately appeared in front of the formation, forming three square formations in the shape of a Zigzag. The remaining baggage battalions served as reserves, guarding the back, ready to support the front at any time.
boom! boom! boom!
The sound of artillery sounded, and the artillery team fired at the approaching officers and soldiers.
However, although there are dozens of cannons, they are not very conspicuous when they fall on an army of 20,000 people.
A phalanx in the shape of a Chinese character blocked the front of the officers and soldiers.
The fire blunderbuss in the hands of the tiger flag soldiers in the first two rows were equipped with bayonets and used as spears.
boom! boom! boom!
As soon as the rushing officers and soldiers approached and entered the firing range of the fire cannons, the tiger-character flag soldiers fired their fire cannons one after another.
There were too many people in the army, and a group of people were killed with fire guns, and a group immediately came up from behind. Even if someone wanted to run away, the people in front of them couldn't escape at all, and they could only be pushed forward.
The sound of firecrackers kept ringing.
There are more and more bodies left on the battlefield, and the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer.
Sixty steps, fifty steps, forty steps...twenty steps, ten steps.
Finally the two sides collided.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
The sound of countless weapons being inserted into the body was heard, and the two sides began to engage in the most primitive fighting.
The tiger-character flag soldiers took advantage of the long weapons by relying on the length of the gun and bayonet in their hands, and they were surrounded by their companions.
Sometimes he stabs an enemy with his bayonet, and an enemy on the side wants to kill him, but his companion on the other side stabs him with a bayonet and takes the enemy's life first.
Countless soldiers standing side by side formed a long wall, and the fire gun bayonets in their hands were the sharp thorns growing on the wall, stabbing at every enemy who wanted to get close.
On one side, there are stragglers fighting with only their blood and courage, but on the other side, there is a large-scale and well-organized military formation.
Once they play against each other, their advantages and disadvantages are immediately apparent.
Behind the soldiers who stood at the front of the military formation holding bayonets, there were many soldiers who used firecrackers to shoot at the enemy.
Countless guards soldiers who fell to the ground never stood up again, and were trampled into a puddle of flesh by countless feet.
"Stop them and let me shoot them with arrows." When Zuo Fu saw the soldiers of the guard station in front retreating in defeat, he quickly ordered the archers to shoot arrows at the soldiers of the guard station who retreated.
The archers at the rear pulled out their bows and shot arrows at the retreating guardsmen.
But there were too many guards soldiers who retreated. Even if these archers fired two rounds of arrows, they could not stop these guards soldiers from fleeing.
"General, we can't stop him anymore, let's retreat, otherwise we will be in danger if we get caught in the chaos." Zuo Fu's soldiers came up and persuaded Zuo Fu to retreat temporarily.
Zuo Fu stared at the unstoppable retreat and said helplessly: "Return to the army."
After speaking, he turned the horse's head and led the people to retreat towards the army behind.
The surrounding archers retreated behind them.
In order to prevent being trapped by the defeated army, the archers retreated while shooting arrows at the guardsmen who retreated in their direction, forcing these people to change the direction of retreat.
The army at the rear.
When Zhao Zhijiao saw that all the soldiers and horses in the guardhouse had retreated in defeat, his expression was extremely ugly.
