In the blink of an eye, the thrown grenade fell among the Taiping soldiers.
"boom,,."
A violent explosion suddenly erupted in the crowd.
A tyrannical wave of air spread, and wherever it passed, the soldiers who were rushed staggered, or were blown beyond recognition. The grenade attack made the Taiping soldiers who were already threatened by landmines and bullets To make matters worse, we saw batches of soldiers falling, and the screams that echoed through the night sky continued to be heard.
Yang Xiuqing looked at the battle ahead with a chill in her heart.
Li Zhen has too many methods.
However, no matter how many tricks Li Zhen uses, they cannot outnumber the number of soldiers under his command. Now the soldiers from Longtan Town, Xia Shu Town and Dongyang Town are approaching Li Zhen's camp, and the distance between the two sides is less than fifteen feet. Under such circumstances , there are still many opportunities. Yang Xiuqing rolled his eyes and shouted: "Let's go, follow this general and charge forward. As long as we break through Li Zhen's defense, this battle will be won."
"My lord, please wait."
A general stood up and spoke to stop it.
Yang Xiuqing asked: "Jiang Mu, what do you have to say?"
Among the generals under Yang Xiuqing, except for the older generals who had fought and died with Li Zhen, and Li Xiucheng, who had been defeated by Li Zhen continuously and had been captured, the current army was led by young generals such as Jiang Mu.
Jiang Mu was tall and burly, extremely capable. He clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, although the road ahead has been walked by soldiers, there is no guarantee that there will be nothing that will explode. Therefore, the general is willing to lead the soldiers in front to conduct interviews, and the prince will follow behind. That’s it.”
When Yang Xiuqing heard this, she broke into a cold sweat.
Fortunately, Jiang Mu warned him, otherwise he would have been in trouble if he stepped on something that would explode.
Yang Xiuqing felt happy in her heart, stretched out her hand to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead, nodded and said: "Okay, you lead the soldiers to lead the battle. When Li Zhen's army is eliminated, I will celebrate your success."
Jiang Mu said hello and immediately ordered the soldiers to move forward.
At this moment, all the Taiping troops have taken action. In front are the unarmed but charging soldiers from the three towns, totaling three to four thousand people. Behind them are Yang Xiuqing's elite divisions, totaling more than ten thousand people. Not only that, there are also one thousand foreign soldiers. Sit down and be aggressive.
When Li Zhen saw the opponent coming, he knew it would not be easy to stop him, and his heart became nervous.
"Block, block their charge."
Li Zhen shouted an order, and Huang Qiang also asked the soldiers who were shooting to work harder.
However, the soldiers responsible for shooting and the soldiers who dropped grenades were numb. They did not know how to block the opponent's attack, because no matter how they fired or dropped bombs, the opponent's soldiers did not retreat, as if they were not afraid of death. Generally, even if waves of Taiping soldiers fell to the ground, there were still no Taiping soldiers to retreat. This resulted in soldiers in the army really having no choice but to shoot and drop bombs.
Long Ao interjected: "Commander, the opponent is less than ten feet away from us, and the area where the mines are laid is less than three feet away. In another quarter of an hour, or even less than a quarter of an hour, the opponent will definitely rush into our camp. I can’t stop it.”
Where the landmines were laid outside the camp, there were already countless bodies.
However, there is no deterrent effect anymore.
Li Zhen said: "I have considered the problem you mentioned. I ordered Lu Shaochuan to prepare to retreat. In this battle, our soldiers only consumed dozens of soldiers, but we killed at least three or four thousand soldiers of the other side. This is absolutely incredible." It’s a great victory. Just look at the soldiers from the three towns of Dongyang, Longtan and Xia Shu. There is not even one soldier left out of ten. This is enough to show the results of this battle.”
Long Ao nodded and said: "The commander is wise, it is most appropriate to retreat now."
"Commander, everything is ready, you can retreat."
Lu Shaochuan ran over, nodded and said.
Li Zhen glanced at the unarmed Taiping troops who were still charging, and sighed in his heart. Immediately, his eyes fell on the soldiers holding shields, and ordered: "Send the order and the army will retreat."
After the words fell, Li Zhen left under the cover of Long Ao and other soldiers.
Lu Shaochuan took a deep breath and shouted: "Brothers, we fought well in this battle. We killed countless bandits. Brothers are all good. Now, let's retreat. Follow me and retreat."
The order was issued, and the soldiers of a regiment under Lu Shaochuan began to retreat.
Retreat is not a swarm retreat, but an orderly retreat.
The first ones to retreat were the soldiers in the camp who were not on the battlefield, then the soldiers who blocked the bandit attack retreated, and finally the soldiers holding shields retreated. Huang Qiang led the soldiers from the Sharp Knife Battalion to cover the retreat of the army. Fortunately, the pursuers behind him retreated. The soldiers were unarmed Taiping soldiers, and these people were still walking through mines, unable to launch an attack or pursue them.
Li Zhen's army retreated neatly in the blink of an eye.
"Yang Xiuqing, see you later."
Li Zhen's army had not run far when a loud roar suddenly erupted from the army. The sound was chaotic but clearly passed into Yang Xiuqing's ears.
Yang Xiuqing suddenly became furious and shouted: "We can't let Li Zhen escape, chase him quickly."
This time Yang Xiuqing and Li Zhen fought. Li Zhen first asked the soldiers to shoot and used the advantage of the weapons to suppress Yang Xiuqing's soldiers, which affected Yang Xiuqing. Then Yang Xiuqing's soldiers attacked, but they were blocked by landmines, and their movements were as slow as a snail. When the army stepped on the landmines and rushed forward, Li Zhen asked the soldiers to throw grenades to attack, causing huge damage to Yang Xiuqing's army.
However, when they were about to rush to Li Zhen's camp, Li Zhen actually withdrew.
Such a result gave Yang Xiuqing the feeling of punching the air with no focus at all. The most important thing was that Li Zhen frequently made moves, which had a great impact on him, but he did not use any of his back moves. None of the methods were used, making Yang Xiuqing hysterical and angry.
"Chase, chase quickly, we can't let Li Zhen escape."
Yang Xiuqing kept yelling, and her tone was unquestionable.
Hong Xuanjiao also yelled. She also didn't want to see Li Zhen escape. Seeing Li Zhen leading the soldiers farther and farther away, while the soldiers in the army were still marching through the thunder, Hong Xuanjiao said eagerly: "King Dong, hurry up and use the foreign soldiers. These soldiers are tall and fast. They can definitely catch up with Li Zhen. Hurry, let them chase."
Yang Xiuqing's eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted: "Lars, lead your army to pursue us immediately."
Lars is a British retired soldier and the coach of the foreign team formed by Maas. After he retired, he was selected by Maas to form a foreign team to protect Maas's arsenal. However, he is now commanded by Yang Xiuqing. people.
Lars received Yang Xiuqing's order and shouted: "Everyone listen to the order and pursue the Qing army."
As soon as the words fell, the thousand soldiers where Lars was standing rushed forward quickly.
When they charged, the unarmed soldiers in front had already approached the camp and passed through the most dangerous minefield. However, before these soldiers had time to rush forward, Lars had already led people to cut through these soldiers and trample them along the path of the previous soldiers. He entered the Qing army's camp and began to pursue the fleeing Qing army.