At this time, in the Western Army formation, Sun Kewang was also furious. Therefore, the Western Army did not attack for long before being beaten back by the Merchant Army. Moreover, the number of people killed in the battle was not many, only three or four hundred people.
Therefore, Sun Kewang did not realize how powerful the Merchant Army's fire cannons were. In addition, at this time, the ships on the other side had basically left the shore, and the fast ships had almost reached the middle of the river. This attack was
After returning without success and being delayed for a long time, Sun Kewang was naturally very anxious.
Therefore, Sun Kewang drew his saber, urged his horse forward, and beheaded several retreating soldiers. While he was killing them, he was cursing: "I told you to run, I told you to run, kill them all back, and kill them right back."
More than two hundred personal guards around him also took action, killing more than a dozen retreating soldiers, and finally stabilized the retreat.
But at this time, Li Dingguo finally saw something. Not only did the Merchant Army's fire cannons hit far, but the intervals between them were extremely short. The three volleys just fired were almost consecutive shots. It seemed that it was indeed difficult to deal with, even if this was
If five thousand men attack again, they won't be able to gain much advantage. Therefore, Li Dingguo urged his horse forward and came to Sun Kewang's side, saying: "Brother, I don't think such a hard attack will work. You can lead the army and face them head-on to attract their defense."
, I will lead a team of troops to attack from the side."
At this time, Sun Kewang was busy retreating and fighting back, so he had no time to think carefully about Li Dingguo's proposal. He said helplessly: "Go, go, do whatever you like."
Seeing that Sun Kewang had agreed, Li Dingguo immediately led 3,000 troops and moved towards the flank of the Merchant Army's position.
Under Sun Kewang's coercion, the defeated soldiers had no choice but to turn around and fight back. However, although the defeated soldiers came back again, they were all smarter, and the corpses left behind by the last attack were also left behind.
They pointed out the distance, so after they reached the place where the corpse fell, they all stopped and hesitated.
When Sun Kewang saw him behind, he was angry and anxious. He immediately ordered a thousand soldiers to be mobilized as a supervising team, and they rushed behind with spears and swords, forcing them to move forward. The attacking Western Army pressed hard from behind.
Then, he had no choice but to bend his waist, huddle up, and slowly move forward step by step.
Cheng Jin and Cheng Gang met behind the position and couldn't help but find it very funny. After so many battles, this was the first time they encountered such an enemy. They had to be chased by someone to move forward. It was like chasing a duck. However.
They calmed down when they arrived this time. After the Western Army moved past the marking point within the firing range, they did not give the order to fire. Instead, they planned to let them go for another twenty or thirty steps before firing.
The attacking soldiers of the Western Army slowly walked past the position of the corpse, and did not see the Merchant Army firing again. Because they did not have much experience in fighting with muskets, they did not expect that the other party was deliberately letting them get closer, so they couldn't help but get stronger.
With a little more courage, my waist becomes a little straighter, and my steps become a little looser.
But at this moment, gunfire rang out. Because all the musketeers of the Merchant Army had loaded their ammunition at this time, they fired three times in a row, almost continuously. In just a short moment, the soldiers of the Western Army
More than 300 people fell. As soon as the other soldiers heard the gunfire, they were immediately frightened and turned around and ran away. However, the supervising team behind was still rushing forward, so both sides pushed and hugged each other.
Push each other.
I can also see the soldiers of the Merchant Army laughing. However, because they had let the Western Army go for a while, they could not retreat for a while. Therefore, the Merchant Army could take advantage of the situation and take turns to chase and shoot. After every volley of shots, the Western Army would at least
More than a hundred soldiers fell. When the gunshots continued to ring out, the remaining Western troops became even more nervous and could not care less. They picked up their weapons and started fighting with the soldiers supervising the team.
Cheng Jin shook his head repeatedly after seeing this, and simply gave the order, ordering the soldiers to escape from the trenches and chase and shoot the enemy troops from behind. So the soldiers of the Merchant Army climbed out of the trenches one after another, raised their guns to chase and shoot, and the Western Army was forced to become anxious.
, everyone tried their best to kill the soldiers of the supervising team. The two sides were in a melee, intertwined. At this time, the soldiers of the merchant army approached, and many soldiers of the supervising team were exposed to the muskets.
, after several rounds of volley attacks, the soldiers of the supervising team also found that the situation was not good, and they themselves had become the target of gunfire. If they dared to continue to persist, they all hurriedly withdrew. As soon as the supervising team withdrew, the troops retreated.
Naturally, it immediately retreated like an ebbing tide.
Cheng Gang watched from the position with excitement on his face and said: "Brother, let's just catch up and beat them all away with one charge."
Cheng Jin said angrily: "Are you out of your mind? There are less than 2,000 of us in total. Look, there are at least 10,000 more troops behind them? If we rush out and fight with them now, aren't we looking for death? Sir
Just let us hold the position on the shore, there is no need to do so much."
Chenggang muttered: "Brother, you are too careful! Look at the ruthless behavior of these people. How strong can the more than 10,000 people behind them be? I can guarantee that only 1,000 people will be enough to defeat them."
He ran away."
Cheng Jin was about to speak when suddenly a guard from the regiment rushed over and said, "Commander, it's not good, the bandits are attacking from the left."
When Cheng Jin heard this, he couldn't help being surprised. He turned around and saw a group of thieves on the left. They rushed to a place only fifty or sixty steps away from the position because they had just been attracted by the enemy's frontal attack.
, he didn’t even notice that a band of bandit soldiers was attacking from the side. Cheng Jin immediately said to Cheng Gang: “You see it now, who said the bandit bandits are easy to deal with? You are here to guard, and quickly bring all the soldiers back.”
, I took the reserve team to rescue the left side.
Naturally, it was Li Dingguo who attacked from the side. It turned out that although the Merchant Army's defense line was an outward semi-arc, there was still a gap near the river. Although the gap was not big, it was always in this line of defense.
It was a weak link, so Li Dingguo decided to seize this weak link and break the Merchant Army's defense line. He led three thousand soldiers all the way to the Han River, and then along the river, launched an attack on the Merchant Army's defense line.
At this time, most of the Merchant Army's attention was attracted by the Western Army on the front. When the Western Army's roundabout attack was discovered, the Western Army was only sixty or seventy steps away from the defense line. Although the Merchant Army was in
There are soldiers guarding the left side of the defense line, but this is a blind spot after all, so there are not many soldiers who can guard it. Only about a hundred soldiers can do it. The attack on the Western Army is not intensive. Fortunately, this blind spot is
The attack surface is not wide, and the number of troops that the Western Army can invest at one time is also limited, so it can be supported by the enemy.
But when Li Dingguo saw this situation, he immediately ordered some water-savvy soldiers to enter the Han River and swim around to attack in a roundabout way. This trick really worked. The soldiers guarding the left side immediately started to look at each other, because the muskets could not be seen.
Because of the water, the soldiers of the Merchant Army did not dare to go into the water and could only shoot from the shore. In this way, the troops guarding the gap were further dispersed.
As a result, the Merchant Army held on for a while, but still could not stop the Western Army's attack. On the side defense line, the Western Army advanced to a dangerous distance of only twenty steps from the defense line. In the Han River, there were also many rivers.
At this time, the attacking enemy troops swam a semicircle and entered the merchant army's defense line, and their feet could touch the bottom of the river bed. The entire defense line was therefore in danger.
Fortunately, Cheng Jin led 300 reserve soldiers to Zuoze at this time. Seeing the critical situation, Cheng Jin immediately ordered half of the soldiers to guard the river and line up on the river bank, like the enemy troops in the Han River.
The gun fire, because the density of strikes suddenly increased several times, beat the enemy soldiers in the river to death tragically, facing the sky, and finally sank into the Han River with the ups and downs of the river. Those who swam to the shore,
There were not many left, but they were all killed by the soldiers with their bayonets.
The other half of the soldiers immediately joined in to block the gap in the defense line. Because at this time the Western Army had entered a dangerous distance and it was too late to shoot with muskets. Therefore, Cheng Jin ordered the use of hand grenades. So one hundred and fifty soldiers were divided into
For three rounds, the grenades were thrown in turn. Some of the grenades landed on the beach, and some fell in the river. However, part of the grenade's fuse was inside the handle, so even if it fell on the river, it would not be affected.
It doesn't necessarily mean it won't explode.
So a series of explosions and roars immediately sounded on the river bank, causing flying sand and rocks, splashing water, and the bombings caused the Western troops to scream and fall on the beach one after another. In the river, there were countless casualties. After throwing the grenades
, the musketeers of the Merchant Army fired three consecutive rounds of volleys, which only made the Western Army cry for their fathers and cry for their mothers, and were in a miserable state.
The soldiers of the Western Army had seen such a blow, and they were so frightened that they turned around and ran away. Li Dingguo was unable to stop the defeated army. Secondly, he was also frightened by the merchant army's firearms and fierce firepower.
It was difficult to break through, so we could only follow the defeated army and retreat. The defense line, which had been undefendable, was finally stabilized again.
Seeing that the Western Army was finally repelled, Cheng Jin breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his head, and said in his heart: "What a risk, what a risk. I am still inexperienced and did not take care of the entire battlefield, so I let the enemy
There is an opportunity to take advantage of. Fortunately, Shang Yi repeatedly emphasized that no matter how tight the military strength is, a part of the reserve force must be set aside. At this critical moment of construction, it came in handy. Otherwise, this position would have been
I’m afraid it will be difficult to hold on.”
Cheng Jin looked at the frontal defense line again. Cheng Gang Yi Jing called back all the soldiers who had rushed out of the trenches and reorganized the defense in the trenches. However, all the Western Army's attacking troops retreated. It seems that
It was no problem to hold on until the second batch of fleet arrived. But at this moment, a soldier said: "Captain, look, our ship has already arrived."
Cheng Jin looked up and saw that several large ships had lowered their sails and were slowly docking at the makeshift pier. Behind them, there were countless ships, all of which were slowly approaching the shore.