Chapter 729: This Road Is Dead

Geng Zhongming, Zhang Cunren, and others have been studying Huang Han's command style and the examples of the "Red Banner Army."

Huang Han, who thinks that he may be good at sliding head battles, likes to engage in sneak attacks, and refuses to command Huang Han, who has suffered too many casualties, sees that the bone of Seoul is difficult to gnaw, and it is unknown to give up the plan to seize Seoul in order to avoid huge casualties.

Who knew that their illusions would be completely shattered just half an hour after the engagement, and the "Red Banner Army" did not care about the circumference of the long trenches on the outskirts of Seoul reaching more than 40 li, and chose to concentrate artillery fire and troops to attack the range of two miles south of Seoul.

The dense rain of bullets hit the Han army and the Goryeo army in the trench and did not dare to show their heads at all, and when the sound of artillery and guns stopped, the Qing army gunners immediately began to flee, because the Ming saber and shield men had already entered the trench.

The lead bullet of the bird gun could not penetrate the steel shield at all, and turned into a lead cake that firmly adhered to the steel shield.

The Ming army was close at hand, and the Qing army only had a bird gun in the hands of the empty gun.

They didn't have time to reload, and one by one they became lambs to the slaughter, and many of them threw away their birds and ran away.

Who knew that the Qing army with such an idea accounted for the majority, and the narrow passage quickly formed a traffic jam in the case of loss of order, and some people just climbed out of the trench to expose half of their bodies, "Bah, Bah, Woo......"

More than one Mini bullet hit accurately, and the Qing army, who was trying to jump out of the trench and flee, fell into the trench and immediately knocked down several of his comrades.

The fleeing Qing army still surged upward, and the Qing army that fell to the ground never had a chance to get up.

Then more and more people fell, and soon the living and the dead became entangled. The trench, which was not wide in the first place, was blocked by a human wall.

Geng Zhongming is also a master who is good at escaping, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he hurriedly led his family to flee in the direction of Seoul.

The Qing army's original tactics were to rely on trench nets and repeatedly fight for trenches with the "Red Banner Army" to form a tug-of-war, causing as many casualties as possible to the "Red Banner Army."

When the "Red Banner Army" broke through the trench net, the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, who were ready to attack, charged in clusters in the open area reserved within two miles of the city, and slaughtered all the "Red Banner Army" that had just experienced a fierce battle and approached the city.

However, as soon as the fight began, Geng Zhongming understood that it was complete wishful thinking, the artillery fire of the "Red Flag Army" was too fierce, and his subordinates were too cowardly to resist it at all, so he took the lead in slipping back.

Arzin led half of the Manchurian cavalry to wait near the south gate of Seoul to rush and kill, heard the rumbling of cannons two or three miles away, saw the red flag spreading, and saw Geng Zhongming rushing towards the city with one or two thousand men.

He was not stupid, and immediately understood that King Huaishun, who had sworn to fight the first battle of the war, would abandon his outer positions and hide in the city.

Arzin was so angry that he scolded his mother, he had 4,000 cavalry, and he could abandon the city if he found that the situation was not right, and now the periphery of Seoul was dug into a big face, and it became very difficult for the cavalry to leave.

Seeing the "Red Banner Army" approaching, Arzin found that without the cooperation of the Han army and the Goryeo soldiers in a death-to-death battle, his cavalry would not have been able to give a surprise attack on the "Red Banner Army" through the trench net.

Because the two armies did not form a tug-of-war, the "Red Banner Army" was completely capable of shelling his cavalry team through the last line of trenches.

And he had no choice but to retreat, if he charged hard, his subordinates would either be hit by artillery and guns, or fall into the trenches.

No, Arzin had to make the stupid decision that led to the loss of his head and the annihilation of his entire army, and retreated to Seoul with the intention of holding on to help.

Zhang Cunren's unit was even further forward, and because it was blocked by the firing range of the "Red Banner Army" Minnie gunners for 200 steps, not to mention jumping out of the trench and fleeing for his life, even the outcrop could be shot in the head.

The Qing army could only choose to run around in the trenches with the cat's waist bent, and too many places were blocked, announcing that the road was impassable.

Zhang Cunren carried a lot of weight in his helmet and armor, lost most of his comrades in the trenches, and listened to the sound of guns and cannons close at hand, and when this big traitor was thinking about surrendering, he found dozens of soldiers huddled around him peeking at him with bad intentions.

Zhang Cunren said in his heart: "It's not good, these people seem to be Jiang Xin's people, they have just been released by the 'Red Flag Army' not long ago, will they capture themselves and surrender again to ask for merit and reward?" ”

He hurriedly waved his Qi knife and shouted: "This official orders you to wait ......"

Before the words were finished, a knife was cut down, and a hundred generals shouted: "Jiannu and Tartar will definitely not be able to defeat the 'Red Flag Army', brothers, let's take Zhang Cunren, the lackey of Jiannu, and go to the general of the conquest and return to the Ming Dynasty!" ”

In an instant, there were many people who responded, not only the shouts of Chinese, but also the Korean sticks shouting in Korean not to follow the ignorant and barbaric Jiannu again, and to return to the state of etiquette Daming suzerain.

Zhang Cunren was willing to be caught, he brandished a Qi knife to block the oncoming slash, and several family members around him were not slow to react, and they all waved their knives and slashed, and more than a dozen family members nearby also hurriedly came to protect the main general.

Dou Kuaishou and Xie Hu were originally preparing to surrender to the "Red Banner Army", but when they saw that someone was shouting to turn against Zhang Cunren and sacrifice it to the general of the conquest, they also joined the battle group.

Zhang Cunren's family members all have iron armor, usually have good nutrition and physical strength, and one can really beat two or three ordinary soldiers, and a burst of slashing completely prevails.

Dou Kuai's hand has a bird gun to be released, and the fire rope has been burning.

He knew Zhang Cunren's head of the family, Zhang Dawei, and he usually hated the arrogant and unreasonable oppression of the soldiers, and saw that Zhang Dawei had already cut down the two defective Han soldiers with a knife in his hand, and raised his hand to give him a hand.

The firing rate of the arquebus is actually higher than that of the flintlock pistol, and Dou Kuaishou is a person who likes to study the firecracker.

He was extremely familiar with the bird gun that he was holding in the sky, and he could complete the loading and firing with his eyes closed, and at this time, he sneaked up on Zhang Dawei at a distance of more than ten steps, and the lead bullet hit his eyes accurately, almost smashing half of Zhang Dawei's head.

Suddenly encountered, Zhang Cunren's most capable family leader was opened, red and white, and the rest of the family was suddenly discouraged, and they no longer had the intention of fighting, and they were ready to flee.

Couldn't it be more important in the cold weapon war, Zhang Cunren's family members were thinking about how to slip away, and of course their combat effectiveness took a sharp turn for the worse, and they were knocked down by seven or eight of the rebel troops who rushed up with a roar.

Zhang Cunren knew that it was over, and he couldn't suppress the chaotic army at all, so he didn't dare to stay, and desperately killed the seven or eight surviving family members in the direction of Seoul, in a vain attempt to get out of danger.

However, there are too many Han soldiers and Goryeo soldiers who want to capture Zhang Cunren, a big fish head, and return to the Ming Dynasty for a future and a reward for silver, and there are more and more of them.

At this time, there were still many panicked Qing troops squeezing here, they didn't know that there was infighting, and they actually squeezed dozens of people together.