Chapter 609: Supervising the Central Plains (10)

At this time, among the vanguard of the invading army, the invading army that had just retreated frantically finally assembled again, and as soon as they turned around, they saw that the officers and soldiers had already advanced to a distance of about two hundred paces with neat steps.

"The archers are there, release the arrows!"

Yuan Zongdi and the others hurriedly arranged for the archers to come forward at this time.

Zheng Jingcai, who was in charge of commanding the infantry, saw the changes in the enemy's formation, and immediately waved his command knife and shouted: "Speed up, enter within 100 steps and start shooting!" ”

"Roar"

The array of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers erupted in a loud roar, and the thousands of soldiers in the front row immediately bowed their heads and trotted while the rogue had not yet adjusted their ranks.

The distance of a hundred paces was instantaneous, and when the distance was roughly estimated to be about the same, before the archers of the intruding army could take a stand, there was a roar among the officers and soldiers.

"Stand upright, raise your gun, shoot in the first column!"

The officers and musketeers who were running quickly and took up their positions stopped suddenly, and the soldiers in the first column raised their guns and opened fire.

The white smoke from the first round of shooting had not yet cleared, and the second round of shooting began immediately, although the hit rate of this distance was very low, but the sudden shot still caught the already panicked intruding archers by surprise.

At this time, the officers and soldiers directly stopped the follow-up shooting, and the entire queue of tens of thousands of people continued to approach forward under the command of the officers.

Thanks to Long Xiang's three-style change of clothes, the officers and troops under Liu Xi's command can already directly reload in action, so Zheng Jingcai dared to use such a tactic.

In the front line of the officers and soldiers, soldier Gao Guang cleanly broke open the magazine of the breech gun, stuffed the paper bullet into it, and then pulled the hammer at the rear end of the musket, and stopped again to pull the trigger at the sound of the officers' commands.

"Bang"

After such a short period of effort, the officers and soldiers had already marched to a distance of sixty paces from the rogue, and Gao Guang clearly saw that the bullet flying from the muzzle of his gun shot into the chest of a green-faced rogue in front of him, bringing a burst of blood.

Before he could continue to observe, his companion pulled at his sleeve and immediately crouched down, and a dense sound of muskets rang out behind him.

"Rush, fight with them!"

The successive downfall of their companions made the rogues lose their minds a little, and many fierce old thieves roared and rushed towards the array in front of them with their long knives.

Then, he was directly knocked to the ground by the merciless bullets of the officers and soldiers.

Among them, there are naturally those who are lucky to be caught, such as the thief with a scruffy beard and a batch of silk and satin in front of Gao Guang.

He rushed to Gao Guang and raised the big knife in his hand with a wide open and closed heart, wanting to directly split Gao Fei in half.

Gao Fei was violently excited, and all that could be remembered in his mind was that the training was a password taught by the instructor.

"Thrust!"

Straightening the spear in his hand, Gao Guang stomped on the solid ground with his right foot, forming a lunge and stabbing the bayonet on the spear in his hand diagonally upwards into the chest of the rogue in front of him.

"Lotus"

There were a few meaningless lotus sounds from his mouth, and the big knife in the hand of the rogue in front of Gao Guang slid violently to the ground and died instantly.

Kicking away the corpse hanging from the head of the gun, Gao Guang repeated the procedure of loading and shooting again with an expressionless face.

The entire official and military front is like a sophisticated machine, and the bullets that are constantly sprayed are their products, and the casualties of the rogue are increasing dramatically.

One thousand, three thousand, five thousand, seven thousand......

The battlefield was littered with the figures of intruding soldiers being knocked to the ground and the groans of lying on the ground.

Under the firepower of 20,000 people, even the arrival of 40,000 reinforcements led by Li Heng could not stop the rout of the Liukou.

Li Zicheng's battalion originally wanted to send a small number of cavalry to attack and harass the officers and troops from both flanks, but they were soon forced back by the aggressive Cao Bianjiao and other cavalry teams.

In the face of this technological superiority, which has surpassed several eras, the intrusive army has no power to fight back.

What is strange is that after inflicting tens of thousands of casualties on the intruding army, the officers and soldiers stopped and began to return to the camp.

The invading army, which had already been beaten stupidly, watched the officers and soldiers crisscrossing the battlefield with ease, and a terrible thought arose in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of invading troops.

The officers and soldiers are playing monkeys with themselves and others!

"Hiss"

Thinking of the fierce firepower just now, Li Zicheng, who was observing the battlefield in the Chinese army, felt a strong sense of powerlessness rise in his heart, accompanied by strong fear.

What does the newly appointed Inspector Liu Ximing want to do?

If the officers and soldiers are so fierce, where will there be a place for themselves?

Thinking that hundreds of thousands of his troops might all be buried here, Li Zicheng was filled with grief and indignation.

Before he could wake up from the reality that his side was inferior to the officers and soldiers, the news from the rear army caused an uproar in the whole army.

The Nanyang army, which followed from Yuzhou, also began to build a camp and dig trenches behind the breaking army!

At this moment, the panic suddenly spread from the front army to the entire team.

That night, in Li Zicheng's army, Yuan Zongdi and others finally put the data on casualties on Li Zicheng's desk.

In today's battle, more than 35,000 people were killed and wounded in the vanguard of the invading army, of which more than 20,000 were killed in direct battle alone, most of whom were killed by muskets.

Worse still, even if they were only wounded by a musket, if they were not treated in time, the death toll of the invading army would further increase.

"Damn, Liu Ximing is repeating what we did in Zhuxian Town."

In the middle of the army, Li Zicheng beat his head with remorse.

Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing and the others were all ashamed, "King Chuang, it's all our mistakes, I didn't expect this new supervisor to have such a big appetite, and I asked King Chuang to punish him." ”

Niu Jinxing followed with an incredulous expression and complained, "I have never felt that the combat strength of the official army is so strong, how can this new Amber be so tenacious as soon as he comes, is there really someone who leads the troops into the gods?" ”

The gang of people who broke into the army didn't understand how Shao Derong and Zheng Jingcai chased the rogues everywhere back then, otherwise how could they develop and grow.

Li Zicheng also didn't figure it out when he broke his head, but of course this is not the time to talk about this.

"Gentlemen, since this matter is an order from my old Li, it is naturally me who is responsible", Li Zicheng took the lead in taking all the responsibilities, which attracted Song Xiance and others to call the Lord in their hearts.

"It's just that what to do next, how many gentlemen have a clear plan?"

Song Xiance discussed with Niu Jinxing and the others for a while, and then frowned:

"For today's plan, there may be only one way to escape, and withdraw to Kaifeng as soon as possible while the official army has not yet surrounded us, otherwise the grain and grass will be cut off, and our army will collapse without a fight."

As soon as Song Xiance and the others said this, Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu and others in the army suddenly became a little dissatisfied.

"Why should a few gentlemen grow the morale of others to destroy their own prestige, since we can defeat the official army once, we can defeat them a second time......"

"Enough", Li Zicheng scolded everyone in the tent with a loud shout, "Are you all blind in today's daytime battle, you only won the official army once, you can endure this, and if you continue to make trouble like this, we will really be dumplings." ”

"I have made up my mind, and I order the whole army to be ready to go, let's break through the siege as soon as possible and rush out of the official army array."

Li Zicheng was at the height of his prestige at this time, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Liu Zongmin and the others finally stopped messing around, and went to arrange it one by one.

In the camp of the official army, Liu Ximing and others suddenly found that the camp began to be lively, and the shouts and shouts continued to sound in the camp for dozens of miles.

A group of officers and soldiers were still thinking about where the Chuang army would attack again, but they saw that the entire Chuang army formation actually went directly out of the camp and lined up, bypassing the defense line of the officials and troops in the north and heading straight for Wuyang County in the northeast.

Although this piece of land between Yexian and Fangcheng is also narrow and winding, after all, there are still many flat places, and Liu Ximing's troops are not strong enough to complete the entire blockade of this area, so they can only watch the army break through at this moment.

However, Liu Ximing still reacted quickly, and under the invitation of Cao Bianjiao and others, 40,000 cavalry came out of the camp in turn, and followed the army that broke into the army and constantly harassed.

Especially Cao Bianjiao, who is well versed in cavalry tactics, can tear off a large piece of flesh from the intruding army whenever he encounters an opportunity, which really makes Li Zicheng and others hurt to the bone marrow.

chased until the foot of Wuyang County, Cao Bianjiao and others returned with a great victory, and according to the counting along the way, at least more than 10,000 rogues were captured.

Fortunately, neither side had any intention of stumbling to death, but when the officers and troops retreated, looking at the troops with less than 200,000 people left, all the troops wanted to cry without tears.

"From now on, when Lao Tzu sees this new Amber, he will walk around!"

In the midst of the army, Li Zicheng broke out with a heart-rending cry.