"Go quickly, go quickly! Otherwise, the bandits will catch up."
While Liu Zeqing was urging the horses, he was also urging the soldiers. He couldn't help but secretly regret in his heart. If he had known that the traitors were in such a hurry to attack Luoshan County early in the morning, they would have left overnight. Why are they still there?
After spending the night in the county town, I was shocked when I woke up in the morning. I didn't even bother to have breakfast, so I rushed out of the county town and fled in the direction of Gwangju. And so did these bandits. Wouldn't it be over if they took over Luoshan County?
?Still chasing after you. Isn’t this bullying? If you have the ability to fight Shang Yi, why are you chasing after yourself?
Complaining in his heart, Liu Zeqing stood up on his horse and looked out into the distance. Didn't Shang Yi say in his letter that he would send troops to assist him? Why didn't he see the troops to assist him?
At this moment, I saw a few war horses running from the front. They came to Liu Zeqing. Without dismounting, he clasped his fists on the horse and said: "General Liu, our merchant army has set up a position in front to respond. Please
General Liu quickly led his troops to retreat to the rear of the position, and our merchant army was able to resist the rebels."
Liu Zeqing felt relieved after hearing this. It seemed that Shang Yi had not lied to him. So he immediately urged the men and horses to leave quickly. This time they didn't go far when they saw the position set up by the merchant army.
I saw that the merchant army dug a trench, which was more than 300 steps wide and about ten feet wide. On the outside of the trench, a low wall was built with homespun bags, and all the soldiers were in the trench. Moreover, the trench was not a straight line, but
The two wings are slightly backward, and the middle is like a shallow saucer inward. On the other side of the trench, more than 20 artillery pieces have been set up. The black muzzles are now facing me, which is quite scary. But in
In this trench, more than a dozen gaps were left and wooden boards were set up to allow his soldiers to pass.
Is this the position set up by Shang Yi? Liu Zeqing also felt a little confused and didn't understand the purpose of digging the trench. But there was no time to think about it now, so let's retreat to the other side of the trench first. So Liu Zeqing immediately gave the order and quickly
Withdrew through the trench, shook the reins, and urged the horse to jump over the trench first. Other soldiers followed and passed through the gap. Because there were soldiers from the merchant army organizing and commanding, and the intruder army did not approach, the Ming army
It's relatively orderly.
After jumping over the ditch and passing through the artillery position, I saw Shang Yi leading a team of men and horses, waiting in full formation.
No matter how thick-skinned Liu Zeqing and the other three people were, they didn't know what to say at this time. However, Shang Yi did not pick up the original topic, but said: "General Liu, after your troops withdraw, there is no need to enter the city.
First, quickly form a formation and wait for the rebel army to retreat, so that you can pursue them immediately."
Liu Zeqing was stunned for a moment and said in a daze, "How could the bandit army be defeated?"
Shang Yi laughed and said: "Of course we were defeated."
Only then did Liu Zeqing understand what Shang Yi meant. He couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry. But now that the situation was stronger than others, Shang Yi could only listen to what he said. He was still thinking: Okay, I'll take a look this time.
What ability does Yi have that he can speak so brazenly?
Not long after, all Liu Zeqing's men and horses retreated to the other side of the trench. The merchant army immediately removed the wooden planks, piled up the earth bags again, and blocked all the gaps. The musketeers took up positions one after another and set up their positions.
They got their muskets and prepared to fire. The second regiment was responsible for blocking this time. One thousand, two hundred musketeers were arranged in the trench, arranged in three bursts. There were also more than 600 musketeers behind the artillery.
Waiting for the order to attack. The task of commanding the battle was handed over to the headquarters of the Second Regiment. Shang Yi only boarded the observation car to watch. At the same time, he also invited Liu Zeqing, Xie Ke, and Gao Junyuan to board the car to watch the battle.
At this moment, the Chuang Army also appeared on the horizon.
Five thousand troops were transferred from Xinyang last night. Liu Zongmin thought there would be a fierce siege today, but as soon as the army arrived at Luoshan County, the Ming troops defending the city were so frightened that they abandoned the city and fled.
Liu Zongmin couldn't help but feel very proud. Only then did he feel completely relieved. It turned out that the combat effectiveness of the merchant army was nothing more than this. Tian Jianxiu was so useless that he was beaten so badly by such a Ming army.
It seems that he can regain the face Tian Jianxiu lost without the arrival of King Chuang's army.
Therefore, Liu Zongmin immediately ordered a pursuit and pursued him all the way to Guangzhou.
After chasing for a while, the Chuang army also discovered the position set up by the merchant army. Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu and others also came to watch in front of the formation. Tian Jianxiu couldn't help but turned pale with shock and said: "General Liu, withdraw your troops quickly.
This is the real merchant army. It seems that the Ming army used this trick to lure the enemy, and we were fooled." As he said this, he turned around.
If it was before sending troops, Liu Zongmin might still obey, but now Liu Zongmin has determined from experience that the strength of the Ming army is not enough, so he is willing to listen to Tian Jianxiu's words, grabbed Tian Jianxiu, and said: "Old Tian
Lao Tian, what can I say about you? It seems that your courage is really getting smaller and smaller. What kind of enemy is it to lure the enemy? Are you trying to lure us to Gwangju all the time? No matter what it is, it is true or false.
, I defeated this Ming army first, and then captured Guangzhou."
After saying that, Liu Zongmin immediately gave the order, still ordering the cavalry to attack first, and he led the infantry to follow. Although Tian Jianxiu stamped his feet and beat his chest in anxiety, he could not stop the attack launched by the intruders.
In fact, Shang Yi had already formulated this strategy after Liu Zeqing ran away in anger. Because he calculated based on experience, Liu Zeqing would definitely not be Liu Zongmin's opponent. On the one hand, it would make Liu Zeqing suffer a little and make him realize his own identity, and it would also serve as an indirect warning.
Wu Zong, don't think that one person can win the battle. If you want to deal with Li Zicheng, you still have to rely on yourself; on the other hand, it can also make Liu Zongmin feel arrogant, thinking that the strength of the Ming army is no more than this, and pursue rashly
Coming to Guangzhou can give Liu Zongmin a head-on blow and dampen Li Zicheng's spirit.
Seeing that the cavalry in the Chuang army's formation was the first to attack, although they were all within the artillery range of the Shang army, Shang Yi had arranged it before the battle. They had to wait until the Chuang army entered a distance of about 200 steps before they could fire. The main reason was that
Because I was afraid that if I fired from a distance, the intruders would be driven away in one fell swoop, making it difficult to pursue them.
So the intruder army rushed forward for a while, but no artillery fire was seen by the merchant army. Liu Zongmin couldn't help but glance at Tian Jianxiu again, and thought to himself: How can artillery fire so far, it can hit five or six hundred steps, but this can almost hit two hundred steps.
, but the merchant army has not fired artillery. Alas, Lao Tian is really not as brave as he used to be.
Just as Liu Zongmin was thinking, "Boom - Boom - Boom - Boom -" a series of huge roars came, shaking the mountains and the ground, and his horse suddenly let out a roar and raised its front hooves.
, the man stood up and almost fell off the horse. Liu Zongmin quickly grabbed the reins to stabilize his body.
At this time, a burst of screams were heard from the cavalry formation in front. It was obvious that many people had been wounded and killed. Moreover, the cavalry formation and the infantry formation were not separated at this time, and several cannonballs penetrated them.
The cavalry formation continued to attack the infantry formation behind them. They killed a dozen more infantrymen before they fell to the ground.
Liu Zongmin couldn't help being surprised at this time. It seemed that the Ming army he was facing now was a little different from the one yesterday. It was probably as Tian Jianxiu said, this was the real merchant army, and there were still some differences. Dao Dao. However, Liu Zongmin didn't realize that these were two completely different armies. He just thought that it was a little stronger than the Ming army yesterday, so it was nothing to worry about, so he still commanded the Chuang army to continue attacking.
Just when the Merchant Army was filling up the artillery shells and preparing for the second round of firing, the cavalry of the Chuang Army took the lead and rushed to a distance of only about a hundred steps from the position. The three-stage continuous fire of the Merchant Army was used by the first platoon. Rumi cannons or forged muskets, so it was about a hundred paces away, which was the range. Four hundred muskets were fired together, making a roar as thick as exploding beans, and a large number of the invading cavalry immediately fell in response. The continuous musket fire that followed only caused the invading cavalry to fall to the ground, with people shouting and horses neighing, and there was chaos.
Although Liu Zongmin couldn't see what was going on in front of him, he could still hear that the Merchant Army's gunfire never stopped, row after row, with extremely short intervals. It was not comparable to the Ming Army yesterday. In his own cavalry formation, the screams and the sounds of men and horses falling to the ground never stopped, which shows that the casualties must be quite high.
At this time, Liu Zongmin felt a little uneasy, and turned to look at Tian Jianxiu. Tian Jianxiu smiled bitterly at him, meaning that I had mentioned it to you a long time ago, but it's a pity that you didn't listen. Liu Zongmin bit Gritting his teeth, he finally decided to continue the attack.
The artillery of the merchant army only fired two or three rounds before they all stopped. At this time, nearly half of the cavalry of the intruder army was damaged, but the remaining cavalry basically rushed to a distance of only fifty or sixty steps from the position. The 600 musketeers of the merchant army who were on standby behind the artillery position also came to the trench and began to shoot at the intruders, forming a situation of two rows of stacked fire. In fact, this was Shang Yi's actual combat test. The combined power is greater. Also dispatched at the same time are forty-eight Thunder Guns.
Within a short period of time when the thunderbolts were fired, the density of bullets fired by the Merchant Army almost doubled, which only made the cavalry of the intruders fall down one after another like mowing grass. Corpses were strewn across the field, and blood flowed into the ground. Even if he wants to take another step forward, he must pay a huge price.
After the thunderbolt was fired, there were only less than 500 cavalry left by the intruders, but they did not advance a few steps. The dense formation also became sparse. Through the cavalry formation, you can see the merchants on the opposite side. The army's position was blocked. Moreover, some of the missiles passed through the gaps in the cavalry formation and hit the infantry formation behind them, shooting down some infantrymen.
Liu Zongmin was really shocked at this time. Is this the real strength of the merchant army? Two thousand cavalry were crippled in just a short time. Compared with the Ming army yesterday, they were nothing. On the other hand, what Tian Mianxiu said is really not an exaggeration.
At this time, Tian Jianxiu said again: "General Liu, withdraw quickly. If you don't withdraw, it will be too late."