Four hundred and seventieth chapters defeated like a mountain
Chen Ang, who was leading a group of cavalry to charge, saw the reaction of the rebels in front. A trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he yelled filial piety: "A bunch of chickens and dogs, all the soldiers will be killed by me."
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Those who can be selected to become cavalry can be said to be the elite among the elite. These elites naturally have their own arrogance.
Looking at the reaction of the rebels at this moment, it can be said that none of the cavalry soldiers took it to heart.
Such a disorganized rebel army, let alone only 10,000 people, even if there were several times more, they would dare to gallop on horseback and kill everyone in and out.
At this time, after hearing Chen Ang's roar of filial piety, a group of cavalry soldiers also shouted loudly: "Kill the enemy, kill the enemy!"
The imperial army here was high in fighting spirit and full of evil spirit, but the rebels sent by Wang Lun, Yang Qing and others to try to disrupt the imperial army were a little panicked.
Especially when he felt the tremor of the earth and looked at the dark mass of cavalry charging from the opposite side, many rebel soldiers subconsciously slowed down.
At this time, they had lost the courage they had gained from Wang Lun and Yang Qing's reward. Under the pressure of the cavalry, they only felt panic in their hearts.
"kill!"
When the two sides came into contact, a bloody storm suddenly broke out, and a large number of rebel soldiers were knocked away by the cavalry without any resistance at all.
Even if some soldiers were lucky enough not to be knocked out, their heads were also beheaded by the cavalry soldiers who flew past them.
Even if the elite infantry are unprepared, they will not be able to resist a cavalry charge, let alone the rebels who have no formation at all.
After all, relying on a certain military formation may be able to slow down the charge speed of the cavalry to a certain extent, causing a certain impact and threat to the cavalry. It is a pity that these rebel soldiers are just a bunch of rabble. They don’t know what military formations are, let alone give them a
What impact did the cavalry have?
It can be imagined that in this situation, thousands of cavalrymen rushed straight into the herd like ferocious tigers, without any rivals. A large number of rebel soldiers were so frightened by the miserable appearance of their companions that they almost turned around.
escape.
At the same time, Zhu Liang, who had received Li Huan's order, kept urging his soldiers to push up the cannons one by one and place them in place.
Arranging hundreds of artillery pieces does not take a while, but judging from the reaction speed of these soldiers, it is obvious that these soldiers have undergone rigorous training, and every move is full of order.
In front of the rebel formation, seeing tens of thousands of their soldiers being chased and killed by thousands of cavalry, Wang Lun and Yang Qing were still mentally prepared, but they were still suppressed.
Although they had known for a long time that the court's reinforcements must be elite, and the tens of thousands of soldiers faced the invincible cavalry, so they did not have high hopes, but they definitely did not expect the men sent out.
How could the soldiers be so careless?
If the two men hadn't reacted in time, they quickly mobilized the archers in the army to shoot arrows desperately towards the front of the formation. They also killed their defeated subordinates on the spot, and then they barely stopped trying to rush into their formation.
Judging from the number of cavalry and horses, it is impossible to say that Chen Ang has led the cavalry to charge in at this moment.
Seeing Chen Ang's cavalry retreating, both Wang Lun and Yang Qing's hearts sank.
In less than half an hour, tens of thousands of horses and horses were killed to pieces by thousands of cavalry. Looking at it, it was feared that the number of casualties was no less than seven or eight thousand, and not even 10% of the people actually survived.
"Why are the imperial troops so powerful?"
Wang Lun and Yang Qing both had such doubts in their hearts.
Not to mention Yang Qing, Wang Lun could at least be considered a member of the imperial court, so he naturally knew the specific situation of the Ming Dynasty soldiers.
In Wang Lun's view, even if the soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp are elite, their strength must be limited. However, this time he saw Chen Ang leading the army to gallop and be invincible. This was completely different from the imperial army he had imagined.
It's different.
Yang Qing looked at Wang Lund and said: "Master Wang, if all the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are so elite, I am afraid that you and I may not be able to stop the charge of the imperial army this time."
When he said this, Yang Qing's eyes clearly flashed with fear and worry.
The task given to them by King Ning was to block the imperial reinforcements no matter what, and buy them enough time to take over the city of Nanjing.
Now that the city of Nanjing was on defense, even if King Ning ordered Yang Dai to attack the city desperately, it would not be possible to conquer it in just three or two days. These hundred years would mean that they would have to resist tens of thousands of imperial troops for quite some time.
Before fighting against the imperial army, Yang Qing still had some confidence in whether he could stop the imperial army. After all, they had hundreds of thousands of troops under their command.
Judging from how a 100,000-strong army faced the imperial court's 50,000-strong army, it should still be possible to remain undefeated.
But now Yang Qing doesn't think so anymore. In Yang Qing's view, if the tens of thousands of imperial troops are all elites, let alone resisting the imperial army for many days, they may not be able to resist it for even one or two days.
Liveable.
At this moment, Wang Lun also frowned, glanced at Yang Qing and said: "Your Majesty entrusts you and me with this important task. It can be said that he thinks highly of us. No matter what, we must stop him for you."
Send reinforcements from the imperial court, even if it means risking your life..."
Yang Qing's eyes narrowed and he lowered his head subconsciously, not daring to look at Wang Lun.
However, Yang Qing, who lowered his head, had a hint of gloom in his eyes. He was originally a bandit, and later defected to Prince Ning. Only after gaining Prince Ning's respect did he become what he is today.
If he had been that kind of loyal person, he might have been loyal to Prince Ning from then on and would have embraced him to the death.
But Yang Qing is not that kind of person. He is not that loyal to Prince Ning yet. Hearing what Wang Lun said, Yang Qing couldn't help but panic. At least he has not thought about dying for Prince Ning.
Of course, Yang Qing's thoughts were not revealed.
Wang Lun just glanced at Yang Qing indifferently. Wang Lun didn't care what Yang Qing thought. We were all grasshoppers on the same rope. No matter how greedy Yang Qing was, Wang Lun was a bit afraid of death.
But what is certain is that Yang Qing will definitely not dare to surrender to the imperial court. No matter what, with his background, if he falls into the hands of the imperial court, there will only be one end.
Looking back, Wang Lun said to Yang Qing: "Brothers, please cheer up and be prepared. No matter what the cost, we must try our best to block the court's reinforcements and buy time for the prince."
Yang Qing calmed down, raised his head and looked at Wang Lundao: "Sir, we'd better send someone to inform the prince of the situation here. We hope that the prince can break through Nanjing City as soon as possible, so that we can also retreat into Nanjing City to save some strength for the prince."
After hearing what Yang Qing said, Wang Lun nodded and said, "Brother Yang, what you said is true. I will send someone to summon the prince."
At this moment, under Li Huan's high flag, Zhu Liang with a serious look on his face was saying respectfully to Li Huan: "General, the artillery is ready and ready to bombard the rebels at any time."
Li Huan's eyes lit up, and he glanced at the rows of artillery in front of him, then looked at Chen Ang, Zhang Huai and others, took a deep breath and shouted in a deep voice: "Shell the rebels immediately."
Zhu Liang heard this and shouted loudly: "Fire!"
"fire!"
The order to fire suddenly spread, followed by a deafening roar. In the smoke, the fire flashed, and the projectiles roared out and flew straight towards the rebel camp hundreds of feet away.
past.
Hundreds of artillery were fired simultaneously, and the movement was not small at all. The rebels on the opposite side noticed the movement immediately.
But when they heard the noise, the fired projectiles had already fallen from the sky and smashed into the army.
Nearly 100,000 troops gathered in one place, especially under the attack of the cavalry led by Chen Ang just now. Many soldiers were frightened and subconsciously gathered together to try to relieve the panic in their hearts.
In this case, the density of the rebels can be imagined, and the projectiles fell from the sky and hit the crowd, and the results were predictable.
Accompanied by bursts of shrill screams, a large number of soldiers were smashed into pieces. The projectiles smashed into human bodies and then bounced on the ground. Each time they hit the ground, one or several lives could be taken away.
It can be said that under such circumstances, every projectile can take away at least several lives.
Hundreds of large and small artillery fired volleys, and just one round of shelling caused the deaths of no less than a thousand people on the rebels, not including the number of wounded several times more.
Round after round of shelling came down like a torrential rain, immediately knocking the rebels into confusion.
Not long ago, they were just tenant farmers begging for food in the fields. How could they have experienced such cruel scenes?
Not to mention a ragtag group like the rebels, even an elite division would be stunned by so many artillery bombardments.
Accompanied by the roar of cannons, if the rebels were just stunned by the bombardment at first and didn't know how to react, then after the rebel soldiers reacted, it was almost instinctive to turn around and run away.
Such a scene made Wang Lun, Yang Qing and other rebel generals stunned. Seeing that the army was bombarded by artillery and even scattered in all directions, the generals finally reacted and almost
He instinctively led his troops forward to prevent the army from disintegrating.
They knew very well that as long as they were not unlucky enough to be hit by artillery projectiles, shelling was actually not that terrible, but no one dared to risk their lives on whether the projectiles falling from the sky would fall on their heads.
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Therefore, the army collapsed immediately. Under such circumstances, one can imagine how difficult it would be to gather the panicked rebels who were fleeing in all directions.
But no matter what, if the chaotic army cannot be stabilized, there will be no need for the imperial army to charge, and they themselves will be finished.
"Damn, damn it!"
Wang Lun, who was leading his soldiers and was frantically killing deserters in an attempt to prevent the army from disintegrating, now had red eyes and the sword in his hand was stained with blood, as if he was crazy.
"No one is allowed to escape. No one is allowed to escape. Anyone who escapes without fighting will be killed without mercy!"
Wang Lun, Yang Qing and other rebel generals shouted loudly while slashing the scattered rebels with their swords. Unfortunately, the psychological pressure brought by hundreds of artillery was too great. Wang Lun, Yang
No matter how hard they tried to prevent the rebels from disintegrating, they had little effect.
Li Huan and others under the commander's flag in the distance clearly saw the chaotic scene on the rebel position, and many people showed disdain.
The rebels are the rebels, and it is true to say that they are a mob. It only takes a few rounds of artillery to defeat an army of 100,000 people, which makes them look down on these rebels even more.
But it didn't stop them from eagerly asking Li Huan to fight.
These are all military merits. As a soldier, if you want to make contributions, you must go through battles one after another. Only after you have made contributions can you be granted the title of marquis or prime minister.
Therefore, no matter whether these rebels are a mob or not, in the eyes of Zhang Huai, Chen Ang and others, these rebels are military merits.
Li Huan pointed the spear in his hand and shouted in a deep voice: "Attack the whole army and kill the enemy with me!"
Suddenly the three armies roared, and the already impatient army rushed down the mountain like ferocious tigers towards the rebels who had already made a mess in front of them.
Tens of thousands of cavalrymen rushed to the forefront, because the rebels had already formed a chaotic group at this moment, which naturally gave the cavalry a huge advantage, because they did not need to consider defense at all, they only needed to charge forward.
Following the charge of tens of thousands of cavalry are tens of thousands of elite infantry. These infantry are trotting and charging under the horn. They still maintain a certain formation during the charge. If you look down from the air, you will see that a charge has been launched.
The army turned out to be quite orderly, like a torrent.
Cries of killing and begging for mercy could be heard endlessly. Wang Lun and Yang Qing, under the protection of their own soldiers, were running away desperately in a state of embarrassment.
Behind them was the violent sound of horse hooves, which shocked Wang Lun and others with frightened expressions on their faces.
Defeated, an army of 100,000 was defeated just like that.
Even at this time, Wang Lun felt as if he was in a dream.
That was an army of 100,000, and it was defeated without even being able to withstand a single wave. This was completely beyond Wang Lun's imagination.
At this time, Yang Qing looked at the pursuing imperial army behind him with a pale face, and said to Wang Lun, who was also in a state of embarrassment, with a pale face: "Master Wang, run away quickly. If you don't leave, I'm afraid it will be too late."
A general next to him also said to Wang Lun: "General, the power of the imperial court is too strong. We must inform the prince of this news."
Wang Lun's body shook up, and his whole person seemed to become energetic all of a sudden. His eyes flashed with a strange look and said: "Yes, yes, I must tell the prince about the strength of the imperial soldiers and horses. I can't die yet!"
