Chapter Seventy-Four: The Battle

"Boom." The Franco's cannon in front of the formation also began its final salvo.

After Wang Da's cannon fired the last shot, Cao Zongyu's troops and Wang Jincai's troops immediately strode forward and passed through the passage between the artillery. The spear is like a forest, and the shield is like a wall. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, a city took two steps forward and devoured all the artillery.

The last salvo was a two-defeated and wounded bombardment, and more than 100 cavalry roared to the end, but the close-range shooting of the officers and soldiers' three-eyed firearms would also open a lot of openings in the dense phalanx.

Zhang Xuan clenched his fists tightly, and said secretly in his heart: "Brother Cao, it's really hard to give up good money." ”

According to Zhang Xuan's original intention, these more than 100 small cannons are gone. As long as the gunner runs back, it's enough. This method, which was very common in later generations, was an unimaginable luxury in the eyes of the people of the Ming Dynasty. So Cao Zongyu couldn't help but move forward in the end to block the artillery.

However, Zhang Xuan didn't have the heart to think about this anymore.

Because the cavalry and the infantry had collided together.

For a while, countless soldiers shouted loudly, mixed with countless screams when they were dying.

This kind of shouting is uncontrollable by man, and it is the instinctive reaction of the human body in the face of extreme danger.

Zhang Xuan's soldiers, even if they have spears and shields to cover them, they know very well that if the other side wants to collide with them, this little bit of means is actually useless. And the officers and cavalry also knew that these spears might not be able to stop the cavalry, but they were more than enough to beat themselves to the front.

But with the military order in hand, no one dared to take half a step back.

Even if it's death.

Hundreds of horsemen crashed into it heavily, and for a while, Zhang Xuan's step formation was hit into a big depression. Zhang Xuan could only hear the sound of shouting and killing in the back, but he couldn't see the specific details, and when he looked through the clairvoyant mirror, he saw the spears swaying, and countless people and horses fell to the ground, as if there was a bottomless abyss above the ground. Swallowed everyone, both the officers and the rebels.

Zhang Xuan then looked at Cao Zongyu's banner again. Seeing that the flag did not move at all, it seemed that it was not affected at all.

"I can trust Brother Cao." Zhang Xuan put down the clairvoyant mirror, slowly closed his eyes, didn't look, just listened. Try to calm your mind.

Zhang Xuan had no reason not to believe Cao Zongyu.

Cao Zongyu and Wang Jincai, more than 1,000 people, are his most elite subordinates, and Cao Zongyu is a general under his command who is proficient in command, especially when this kind of small-scale cooperation is fighting, Zhang Xuan does not think that he is better than Cao Zongyu.

Wang Jincai's department is mostly veterans. After a long battle, they just refused to fight hard, and now they are put in a mortal situation, and they naturally burst out with great power.

Just here, when the knife is bloody and fighting for his life, Li Zicheng is also doing his own thing.

With Zhang Xuan's cover, the rout of the camp also had time to rectify.

Hao Shaoqi raised the banner of King Chuang, I don't know who said, "King Chuang is here." For a while, countless soldiers suddenly looked over. As far as Li Zicheng's eyes went, everyone looked over.

Li Zicheng suddenly stood up on the war horse and said, "Brothers, we lost this time, because I was negligent and fell into the trap of the dog official. It's just that I'm not reconciled, which of you is willing to kill me back. ”

Li Zicheng has one person and one flag, and he has the momentum of thousands of troops.

"Me." As if a volcano erupted, one of the soldiers spoke first, and suddenly countless soldiers shouted loudly: "King Chuang, I will kill you back." ”

"Kill those official dogs."

"King Chuang, where are you going? I'll go. ”

"Okay." Li Zicheng was about to pick out the generals who were mixed in the chaos, and Li Zicheng knew that his time was very limited.

First, he didn't think that Zhang Xuan would be able to withstand it for long, and second, even if he could, the place where Zhang Xuan was located was not a dangerous checkpoint, and he could bypass it at any time, so he didn't dare to seem to waste it.

He couldn't afford to reorganize at all, so he directly led more than 100 cavalry with a general, and hurriedly organized the defeated troops into dozens of hundreds of people, plus some generals' personal soldiers, Li Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief, so that no matter what, the army that broke into the camp had a minimum organization.

And with the organization, there is the power of a war.

At this moment, Li Zicheng glanced back and found that Zhang Xuan's department was still insisting. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "Luo Rucai really has a good daughter." However, you have Zhang Xuan, and I have Li Xin. ”

It's just that at this time, Cao Zongyu couldn't hold on.

Finally sent a distress signal to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan immediately ordered, Deng He, Qin Meng, and then rushed forward with the people of the headquarters.

At this moment, the cavalry and infantry fell into a melee, and Zhang Xuan's fresh army rushed and immediately turned the situation over.

The cavalry finally retreated.

Zhang Xuan immediately stepped forward,

But I saw that on the ground where the original array was originally arrayed, there was an obvious line of corpses, countless corpses were poured here, human corpses and horse corpses were scattered, and the military formation moved several steps to the east neatly, and among these steps, every step was blood.

The cavalry of the official army fell in the hundreds of men within a few paces, and Zhang's headquarters also invested almost the same number.

More than a thousand corpses fell on this not wide area, and countless blood was almost merged into a river of blood.

Zhang Xuan saw Cao Zongyu first, Cao Zongyu was holding a knife in his hand, and the blade was stained with blood. Obviously, Cao Zongyu may not have the ban that Zhang Xuan set for him.

"How?" Zhang Xuan said.

"Three times." Cao Zongyu whispered beside Zhang Xuan

"We're going to be able to sustain up to three of these shocks. ”

Zhang Xuanjian moved away from the large corpses and looked at Cao Zongyu and Wang Jincai's subordinates, Wang Jincai could still stay calm, but among Wang Jincai's subordinates, some people looked at Zhang Xuan's eyes a little wrong. After all, Wang Jincai is not Zhang Xuan's descendant, this battle sent them to the field, among Wang Jincai's subordinates, no one felt that Zhang Xuan intended to weaken them.

Zhang Xuan's troops totaled about 5,000 people, and at least more than 500 people were lost in this battle, nearly one-tenth. Specific to Wang Jincai, and Cao Zongyu's subordinates, nearly one-half, Cao Zongyu's department is Zhang Xuan's hardcore confidant, and he is also a little depressed at the moment. And Wang Jincai's department, without the original mutiny, had already given Zhang Xuan face.

Zhang Xuan even felt that Cao Zongyu's interpretation was too optimistic, and in this battle, Cao Zongyu's ministry and Wang Jincai's department could no longer be used. This is Zhang Xuan's most elite and most trusted subordinate, and the strength of the remaining departments is not as good as these two, how can they withstand the impact of the official army again.

"My lord, the last general is going to fight. May it be the first battle. Zhang Xuan was thinking about who to put in the first formation next time, and a person said loudly. Zhang Xuan saw that it was none other than Liao Da.

Zhang Xuan frowned.

If it is said that among Zhang Xuan's subordinates, the one with the least training and the worst military discipline must be the Bianbing who has just been conscripted.

The soldiers looked lifeless, as if they owed them a few dollars. There is also a lack of respect for military discipline, and I think it is also true that they were also begging for a living in the provincial city at the beginning, and they are well-informed. How can it be so easy to manage as a peasant in the countryside.

Zhou Fuchen even quietly came to complain to Zhang Xuan. I feel that these soldiers are simply mud and can't support the wall.

Zhang Xuan said: "You have also seen it, the first battle of nine deaths and one life. It's dangerous. ”

The corners of Liao's mouth hooked and said, "My lord, I'm afraid of everything, but I'm not afraid of death, because we are all people who have died once." To live now is to take revenge. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Are you sure, I'm not sure that Chen Yongfu is on the other side. ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as it's an official soldier." Liao Da said: "Please, my lord, send our soldiers up." ”

"Okay." Zhang Xuan said.

Liao Da's invitation to fight was even a little in line with Zhang Xuan's thoughts, Cao Zongyu's department had suffered too much damage, Zhang Xuan was a little distressed, and he just sent these soldiers over, anyway, these people haven't been trained for long. Even if it is all lost here, Zhang Xuan is not distressed.

Just when Zhang Xuan urgently changed his position and used it to resist the next attack.

At this time, the officers and troops were also discussing the next attack. It's just that compared to Zhang Xuan's decision here, the official army is much more complicated. It is far less efficient than Zhang Xuan's side, and it is still in the process of arguing.

For no other reason, Sun Chuanting did not follow.

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