"Three battalions will go with me, and the others will stay on guard." Cautious Lei Ming, although he brought 10,000 troops, did not fully obey Le Ming's order. He rushed forward and stayed behind. The main force leads only a small number of people forward.
"Haha, here comes the fat sheep again. Fill up the sky thunder and be ready to fire at any time." Shen Ping'an noticed the approaching Liaozhou Army, and his eyes became more excited.
Lei Ming didn't know that he had become a target, and he couldn't care less about it. Wherever he looked, he saw all his comrades who had been killed and wounded in battle. Many of them even lost their faces under the power of the thunderous explosion. was destroyed.
Even so, no one was seen escaping or retreating. This is the great thing about King Zhong. He is indeed very good at running an army.
"What's going on? Who's in charge here?" Lei Ming shouted loudly as soon as he appeared in the forward camp.
"Reporting to General Lei, the vanguard general and deputy generals are all dead. Now the last general is in charge." Soon, a rather embarrassed captain ran up to Lei Ming.
"Hmm. How are the casualties? Have you ever fought back?" After reaching out and patting the captain's shoulder to show encouragement, Lei Ming asked aloud.
"The casualties were heavy, and we also fought back. However, it was dark and the visibility was poor, so we attacked twice to no avail. We also lost many brothers." The captain looked like he was about to cry as he spoke. There were so many comrades. , they were still joking together just now, but after just a while, most of them left him, and most of them died inexplicably, which would make anyone feel very uncomfortable.
The attack was fruitless.
Lei Ming heard this conclusion clearly, and because of this, he became even more convinced that he could not attack.
Boom~boom~boom~...
The fourth round of artillery bombardment began, covering the vanguard camp. Without warning, hundreds more Liaozhou troops were killed by the artillery fire, and hundreds more suffered varying degrees of minor or serious injuries.
Such fierce artillery fire had never been seen in his life. Lei Ming did not dare to hesitate and shouted loudly, "Everyone, pick up your injured comrades and retreat."
At this time, Lei Ming also did not receive the order to withdraw the troops, but he really didn't care so much. If he stayed here, he might face death at any time. More importantly, with such fierce artillery fire from the Jizhou Army, he would not I believe that the other party only came with a small army, and I am afraid that the main force of the Jizhou Army is here.
Sang Doubei should be damned if he lied about military information.
Finally, a general gave the order to retreat. The Liaozhou Army, which had been frightened for a long time, had no reason not to retreat. At that moment, one by one, they supported their injured comrades and quickly retreated towards the rear.
With the firelight burning everywhere, the actions of the Liaozhou Army were clearly seen by Shen Ping'an and others. "Are we finally going to withdraw? I just thought that I could go back safely this way, but that's impossible. Commander Sun, look It’s yours.”
Captain Sun, Sun Fuhu.
Sun Fuhu and Feng Wanli, who were both Rangers, appeared in Tang Ao's field of vision almost at the same time. They have grown up to this day, and now one is a brigade commander and the other is a regiment commander. This makes Sun Fuhu very dissatisfied. He always wants to prove himself.
Now I finally had a chance. After hearing Shen Pingan's reminder, I hugged him and said, "Brother Sun, I will go first."
"Okay, Captain Sun will go first, and then our firearms battalion will follow."
"Hahaha, men of the Returned Army, it's time for us to show off. Come on, follow the usual training, with companies and platoons as units, charge!"
"Come on!"
Under Sun Fuhu's arrogant shouts, the 5,000 elite soldiers of the Fourth Army all shouted in unison, and then dozens or hundreds of teams rushed out from the foot of Pingfeng Mountain. They had been just watching the fun, and they accumulated
Enough physical strength, waiting for the opportunity to show off.
"No, they are coming." The cry of killing soon reached Lei Ming's ears. He first turned around and took a look, and then said loudly: "Brothers, hurry up and get out of here first. There is Ben in front of us."
The general's 7,000 troops, just retreat when the time comes, I will stay behind to stop them."
Although Lei Ming didn't know how many people the other party would come, he was not too scared as he was prepared. Seven thousand soldiers were his confidence.
Compared to Lei Ming's step-by-step approach and preparedness, the impulsive Le Ming is far different.
Just after Lei Ming took his 10,000 troops to support the forward battalion, Le Ming divided his 30,000-strong army into two halves, divided into east and west armies and spread out to the two wings. He wanted to outflank him.
We must let these Jizhou troops who dare to ambush them know how powerful we are and give them a good look.
Le Ming's biggest reliance was his superiority in military strength. He believed that as long as he could rush in front of the Jizhou Army, victory would definitely belong to him.
In fact, it is not wrong to think this way. The development time of the Jizhou Army is still short, and due to population restrictions, the number of troops is indeed a weakness. But as Le Ming thought, they can win if they rush in front of them, but the problem is that they can rush to them.
By Jizhou Jun's side?
When the armies on the east and west wings began to move forward in the darkness, not far from the main camp, they encountered the Jizhou Army's chariot battalion that had been waiting here for a long time.
There is one vehicle for every fifty people. In addition to the soldiers who are responsible for transporting bows and arrows and guarding the horses and providing food and fodder, the chariot battalion has 4,500 people available. This is a total of ninety vehicles.
Forty-five vehicles.
Eight meters long and four meters wide, the ten-wheeled chariots were arranged in a triangle on the battlefield, just like movable fortresses. When the Liaozhou Army appeared in their sight, there were rows of densely packed chariots.
The bow and arrow flew out, catching the opponent by surprise.
The sudden head-on attack was unexpected by the Liaozhou Army. After throwing away the bodies in the front row, the Liaozhou Army behind was also well-trained and immediately launched a counterattack. The bows and arrows from both sides seemed to be raining.
Like, you come and I go, it's so lively.
The same arrows were fired, but the effect was completely different. The soldiers of the Jizhou Army huddled in the iron shell of the chariot continued to shoot sharp arrows from the arrow openings, knocking down an enemy within sight.
The large-scale Shen's repeating crossbow is more like a giant harvester. Facing the densely approaching Liaozhou army, when a huge crossbow is fired, several or even a dozen enemies will be killed and wounded.
There were many vacuum zones on the battlefield.
On the other hand, the Liaozhou Army, although they had more people and a lot of bows and arrows, when they actually shot at them, they only made a clanking sound on the iron sheet of the chariot, and could not shoot through the chariot at all, so it was impossible to talk about it.
How could it hurt people? Even if occasionally a bow and arrow happened to fall into the shooting hole of the chariot, it would not be able to penetrate because the soldiers of the Jizhou Army were wearing iron armor, and the result of killing would not be achieved.
In a battle like this where people could only be killed but not hurt, the Liaozhou army, which had left behind a large number of corpses, had to retreat without even a single stick of incense.
Standing among the army, Le Ming saw everything in his eyes through the moonlight. He felt nothing but hatred. He didn't understand who came up with the idea of the iron train. This was simply cheating on the battlefield, okay?
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It is not that Le Ming has not thought about sending all his troops up. At worst, Cheng will suffer huge losses, but as long as he rushes in front of the chariot, he will be the victor. Just after seeing this for a while, there are countless
Thousands of people were killed and thousands were injured. He still couldn't bear the number of casualties. He didn't know if he would win if he really did that. Even if he won, how many people would really be left behind?
Unable to find the shortcomings of these chariots, Le Ming could only watch the army retreat. But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he retreated, the iron shells followed him. Although the speed was not very fast, they were real.
There is nothing wrong with getting closer to them.
"How can you still move?" His eyes widened with an expression of disbelief. At this moment, Le Ming finally knew that he had kicked the iron plate, and he couldn't help but think of what Lei Ming had said before, to withdraw first.
Wait until daybreak to find out the situation of Jizhou Army and advance.
"Withdraw, the entire army retreats, quickly." Le Ming, who had no choice but to hold the tank, finally gave the order to withdraw. The soldiers of the Liaozhou Army, who had long been unable to bear the pressure under the passive beating, could no longer hear the order.
Regardless, they all spread their legs and ran towards the back.
Because he ran in such a hurry, he even left his food, grass and baggage on the same spot. But in the world, life is the most important thing. Who has time to think about so many things at this time?
The Liaozhou army withdrew. Commander Bai Wu saw everything through the shooting holes. He immediately ordered the chariot to move and sent people to lead the horses. He wanted to speed up the movement and continue to expand the results.
Le Ming naturally didn't know that a chariot with a carriage would move faster. At this time, what he considered was to withdraw first, stay away from these weird Jizhou troops, and think of other ways. Of course, when he retreated, he did not forget to be attacked.
Lei Ming, who was sent to support the Pioneer Battalion, has already sent people to notify the other party to retreat.
Lei Ming, who was in the vanguard camp, soon gathered 7,000 troops and immediately set up a formation, waiting for the arrival of the Jizhou Army's pursuers. He himself was also very curious about how many pursuing troops the Jizhou Army could have and what their combat strength was.
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If the number of Jizhou troops coming was not large, Lei Ming decided to eat them first. If there was still a chance, he would not mind fighting back and catching the Jizhou troops by surprise.
Before he was allowed to wait long, the Jizhou Army appeared. At this time, the moonlight just happened to shine on the Jizhou Army, which reflected the dark luster of the chainmail armor on their bodies.
After Tang Ao arrived in Jizhou, he began to smelt steel. Although his technical ability was limited, with the efforts of countless master craftsmen, he still created a large number of chain armors. Such as the Shanshan Guard, the Quartet Army, and the Guiyi Army.
, the tiger soldiers have all put on chain armor, and even the soldiers in the chariot battalion also wear half armor.
Wearing chainmail armor gives people a very heavy feeling of pressure when they appear. In addition, they hold steel horizontal knives, which adds a chilling air to them.