Chapter 62 Retreat
Zhang Shun once again deeply felt the important role of the cavalry. The "Purple Golden Liang" took the lead in fleeing with two thousand people. Although he lost thousands of subordinates, it didn't matter to him. As long as the elite troops in his hands were there, he could form more than 10,000 troops again in an instant. After all, for the current Ming Dynasty, there was no shortage of people who could not survive everywhere.
But Zhang Shun had no choice. He had only dozens of "horse militia" who could barely be called cavalry. He had no combat power at all. He could only use it as a trump card at special moments. His root was his chariot camp, which carried his food, his artillery and all his dreams.
In desperation, Zhang Shun could only line up and retreat slowly. After a while, there was a noise in the distance. Zhao Lizi sent someone to report: "The rebel army broke out and fled everywhere. Please pay attention to the collapse of the troops and rushed into the formation."
Zhang Shun had just made the advantage of defeated soldiers and soldiers rushing to the battlefield, so how could he not be alert to this? He quickly ordered the surrendered officers and soldiers from the palace to say, "If someone rushes to the battlefield, no matter whether the officers and soldiers are killed on the spot, he will not be allowed to kill them!"
After a while, a stream of people rushed over. There were both rebels and some officers and soldiers swept over. Those officers and soldiers were originally defeated by Zhang Shun's scattered subordinates of Song Tongyin, but were swept in by the fleeing rebels. They did not dare to resist, nor did they dare to move against the flow of people. They had to escape and secretly prayed that the "bandits" would accidentally pull themselves and others down during the escape.
These people were already running for life with instinct, and they could not control the direction. Many people rushed towards Zhang Shun's formation. When the surrendered officers and soldiers saw this posture, they dared to let go? If they were accidentally trampled to death by the crowd, they would be frustrated and they would be in vain to come to this world!
So, the surrendered officers and soldiers slashed their guns and killed the crowds. But they were covered with cold weapons, so where could they fight? Some surrendered officers and soldiers were even accidentally killed by the abortions.
The defense line was in danger for a moment, and the surrendered officers and soldiers looked desperate in their eyes: they could not resist, but if they turned around and fled, they would probably be bombarded by Zhang Shun's artillery behind them.
When Zhang Shun saw that the situation was wrong, he did not dare to force him too much. He quickly ordered people to push out two cannons and lit the fire door at the crowded crowd. Those who stood in the front row of the crowd watched Zhang Shun's gunners ignited the fire door. They were frightened and scolded: "'Optimus Prime', I'll penetrate you..."
Before we could finish scolding, we could only hear two deafening loud noises, and the battlefield suddenly became much quieter. Everyone stared at the crowd in a daze, and the artillery filled with shotguns and live ammunitions were directly bombarded with an inverted arrow-shaped gap.
The upside down arrow shape is the result of shotguns. The corpses on the ground were beaten like hornets' nests, and there were holes everywhere; the arrow rods connected by the arrows were a line blasted out by solid shells, and there were broken limbs and broken bones everywhere. The dead people died in blood and blood, and the non-dead people fell to the ground and groaned and screamed, looking like a scene of hell.
The fleeing people, whether they are rebels or officers and soldiers, are considered to have experienced battle formations for a long time and are used to seeing corpses, but they have never seen such a bloody scene. The dense crowd was directly attacked by two cannons, and they were so cruel. Many people couldn't help feeling disgusted and lie beside them and started to retching. For a moment, both the enemy and us were shocked.
After coming over for a while, the fighting sounded again behind them. Only then did these people realize their miserable situation and run around in a mess. However, this time they all had a memory, one of them was far away from Zhang Shun's formation, and they didn't even dare to look at them directly, as if they were afraid of being infected with a plague.
Zhang Shun ignored the fearful eyes around him and arranged for his subordinates to retreat. However, although no one came to stop them, the speed was still very slow. After a while, someone came over in blood. Zhang Shun sent someone to come forward and asked, and it turned out to be the leader of the rebel army such as "Lao Huihui". They led three or five hundred cavalrymen, all in a mess.
When they saw Zhang Shun, they didn't bother to breathe, but just said, "'Optimus Prime', you are so happy, the officers and soldiers have already caught up!"
When everyone heard this, they were very panicked and quickly suggested that Zhang Shun move quickly, abandon the supplies and ox cart, and run away quickly. In fact, Zhang Shun was also worried at this time. On the one hand, he was worried that he would not be able to save the supplies and ox cart, but he might have lost his life. On the other hand, he was worried that if he abandoned the supplies and ox cart, what would he have left? Without supplies to win over the soldiers, his subordinates scattered. Wouldn't a county magistrate tied himself up and handed him over to the capital to cut him into pieces?
Thinking of this, Zhang Shun couldn't help but act fiercely: The left and right are dead, and he might have a way out! If he loses these tribes, wouldn't he even lose the power to resist? Thinking of this, Zhang Shun shouted loudly: "'Zijinliang' and others all have horses to ride, and we are all infantrymen. If we abandon them, wouldn't they all end up beheading?"
"My brothers, most of them are Meng Jin and I. Everyone has left home hundreds of miles to avoid floods, just to make a fortune. Now that things are not going well, how can I abandon it and live a life of silence? The governor of Shanxi, Song Tongyin, is a mediocre person. If he set up a formation of ten thousand people, I can break it. How can I not break it for the second time? I swear to live and die with my brothers!"
When Zhang Shun's soldiers heard this, their morale was greatly boosted. When the four or five hundred surrendered officers and soldiers heard this, they looked down on each other.
Sure enough, after waiting for a long time, Zhang Shun retreated for about ten miles when he waited for the chariot formation, he saw a team of cavalry rushing over. Before Zhang Shun could send someone to ask, he saw the cavalry sweeping up on both wings and actually surrounded the cavalry in the middle. It turned out that another rebel army was fleeing, but unfortunately surrounded by officers and soldiers, and could not escape.
During the cavalry battle, many infantrymen followed and were actually in the army of officers and soldiers. Zhang Shun was shocked. While ordering his soldiers to prepare for defense, he sent Chen Changye to inquire about the situation.
Chen Changye rode a red horse and a blue dragon sword, with a clear image. When the officers and soldiers saw that it was this killing god, they all retreated and did not dare to step forward. Chen Changye took the opportunity to ask, "Who is ahead? Can you rush out?"
The man besieged heard this and cried with joy: "Are you a subordinate of Optimus Prime? Can you save me? I am the Eight Vajra. For the sake of the rebel army, I was entangled by these dog officers and soldiers and could not get rid of them."
When Chen Changye heard this, he was a righteous man, so he wanted to save him. Unfortunately, he knew that he and others were weak and powerless, so he only replied vaguely: "Changye cannot make decisions, so he needs to ask his lord for his orders."
Chapter completed!