Chapter 60: Stone Bridge Attack and Defense, Fury
Huang Qiang looked at the army formation of the thief army in front of him in horror, he couldn't have imagined that in his opinion, this thief army was not as weak as he began to think, the opponent's gun array was simply an efficient killing machine, reciprocating and contracting, wantonly harvesting the lives of the officers and soldiers under his command, and their counterattack seemed so weak in front of such a formation, so that it could be said that he had no power to fight back, and could only watch the other party step forward step by step, stabbing his brothers to the ground row by row.
At this time, he finally understood that this Xingtian army was indeed not easy to mess with, even if they were upright and upright against their officers and troops, they were not weaker than the officers and soldiers at all, seeing that his subordinates fell in a pool of blood in batches, no matter what efforts they made, they could never tear apart the other party's formation, Huang Qiang finally despaired.
He couldn't stay here any longer, he couldn't watch his men slaughtered like chickens, and he knew very well that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't undo this defeat, so he let out a terrible roar, almost crying, and shouted, "Don't rush! Remove! Let's withdraw! Withdraw to the East Coast! Come on! ......" after the call, he turned around, and it was only then that he realized that the officers and soldiers behind him had already turned around long before he gave the order to retreat, and rushed back towards the way they came.
Under the protection of several personal soldiers, he staggered and staggered in the midst of this group of frightened routs, panicking like a frightened bird and desperately running forward, he wanted to leave this place, this place was like a hell that scared him, he would never face this damn Xingtian army again, he would leave here far away, never come back, this thief army was not human, he couldn't figure out why, why the thief army that was extremely weak in front of them before suddenly became so fierce, In short, he didn't want to fight anymore, he just wanted to hurry back to the safety of the east coast, away from this place that he would never forget for the rest of his life.
The new barracks of the Xingtian Army are still moving forward step by step, stepping over the corpses lying on the ground and the bodies of the screaming wounded soldiers, pressing towards the retreating officers and soldiers, and the firecrackers who followed behind the formation, using this time, completed the loading again, with Feng Gouzi's order, they divided into two groups, quickly ran to the two wings of the formation, bypassed the formation, and quickly lined up on both wings, put down the bird guns on their shoulders, and aimed at the officers and soldiers who tried to run to both sides, Pulled off the dragon's head on the bird's gun.
Another burst of gunfire sounded, and smoke rose from the two wings of the new barracks, and some officers and soldiers who had just fled from the front had no time to secretly celebrate their escape, and they were shot and fell to the ground.
Xiao Tianjian's tense body just now, after seeing that this team of officers and soldiers had been defeated, slowly relaxed, raised his finger to the large array of the recruit camp in front, and laughed: "Fight beautifully!" Brothers, look at it, our new barracks has such combat power, what are we afraid of what the people and dragons will do? ”
Like him, the battle together, the generals and sentinels who watched the battle in the back all focused all their eyes on the battlefield in front, the generals were still a little worried just now, for fear that this new barracks would not be able to withstand the onslaught of this officer army, and they had already made plans in their hearts, once the new barracks were defeated, they immediately led the army to press up from the two wings, took over this officer army, and withdrew the new barracks from the battlefield, but they didn't think that things were not as they expected, the new barracks were under the command of Liu Bao, It was like a heavy hammer that smashed the attack of this officer and army in one fell swoop, and it took less than a quarter of an hour to beat this officer and army to lose their armor and flee towards the way they came.
So everyone also relaxed their expressions and laughed, now they have long been accustomed to the bloody and tragic battlefield, the scene of flesh and blood can no longer arouse their sympathy, watching the new barracks like mowing grass to cut the officers and soldiers to the ground in batches, all they are left is full of joy and slight regret.
originally thought that this battle would definitely let them go first, but they didn't expect that the military exploits of the mouth fell on Liu Bao's head, which made the sentry generals of their gang of soldiers a little regretful, but they were a little envious of Feng Gouzi, who was sent by Xiao Tianjian to assist Liu Bao, and laughed at Feng Gouzi's good life, and this time he got another credit.
The battle on the earthen embankment on both sides has long ended, although the official army sent a group of soldiers to rush up to the earthen embankment to seize the artillery of the Xingtian Army, but Xiao Tianjian on both sides of the earthen embankment arranged a team of soldiers in advance to help Huang Shengqiang's artillery team defend, so although the officers and soldiers rushed several times, but they all returned in vain and were beaten down, but they all left more than a dozen corpses on the earthen embankment, rolled down the earthen embankment and failed to take away a piece of the artillery of the Xingtian Army.
As soon as the official army was defeated, these people naturally had no intention of fighting again, and turned around one after another, fleeing towards the stone bridge like a group of lost dogs.
Just when the rout of the official army had just fled to the stone bridge, an officer and army came to the east of the bridge again, and the two officers and soldiers were crowded on the stone bridge at once, unable to advance or retreat, He Zhen was originally ordered by He Renlong, to strengthen the strength of Huang Qiang's department, and planned to defeat the Xingtian army on the other side in one fell swoop, but they did not think that they had not yet arrived at the battlefield, and they saw Huang Qiang's officers and soldiers fleeing back like lost dogs, and they were blocked on the stone bridge.
He Zhen couldn't figure out why Huang Qiang and his men fled back in such an embarrassment, wasn't it just a thief army? The number of enemy troops is not very large, hundreds of people under his command rushed over, and they were actually beaten by the other party and fled back, although he felt that something was wrong, but he wanted to take this opportunity to make a contribution in front of He Renlong, so he ordered his subordinates not to give way, forcing Huang Qiang's men to turn around and go back, and fight with them against the Xingtian Army again.
But Huang Qiang's subordinates have already been beaten to the ground by the terrifying combat power of the Xingtian Army at this time, where is there still a little bit of morale left here waiting for death! One by one, with frightened looks, they scolded and slammed towards the opposite bank, listening to the shouting and killing sound from behind, and the sound of cannons sounded again, they were all frightened and frightened, in order to retreat to a safe place on the east side of the bridge as soon as possible, they even did not hesitate to use knives with He Zhen's men.
As soon as the stone bridge was in chaos, the two officers and soldiers were crowded together, scolding and fighting, some guys who were really frightened, simply stripped off the clothes and armor on their bodies, lost their weapons, and jumped directly into the river, swimming towards the east bank to escape, seeing that the stone bridge was crowded with people, the rout behind them really couldn't wait, they lost their armor and jumped into the river, some people didn't even know how to swim, they also jumped down, but as soon as they reached the deep water, they sank down.
He Zhen saw such a chaotic scene, and saw that a strong army of thieves appeared on the opposite bank, which had been killed to the west of the bridge, and knew that the opportunity had been lost, so he had to order to give way, retreat to the east bank of the river, and vacate the stone bridge.
Liu Bao was unforgiving at this time, biting the rear of the rout of the officers and soldiers, and overturning the rout soldiers on the road one by one, some officers and soldiers saw that there was no hope of escape, so they simply lost the guys, knelt on the side of the road and prostrated on the ground, shouting loudly: "Surrender!" We surrendered! Don't kill us, uncle! Spare your life......"
The pursuing Xingtian army did not care about them, after crossing them, they were killed until the bridge, and some officers and soldiers who were too late to escape were killed in the west of the bridge, and after the firecrackers reloaded, they stood arrogantly on the west bank of the river, and fired at the defeated soldiers on the bridge deck and in the river, and killed these defeated soldiers in the river like a target, and a corpse suddenly floated in the river, and the blood that came out dyed the water of half of the Wanzi River red, and slowly drifted downstream.
He Renlong looked at the chaotic scene in the direction of the stone bridge, and the green tendons on his forehead jumped up at once, he didn't expect Huang Qiang to lead his troops to rush across the river, and he would be defeated by the thief army on the other side so quickly, and He Zhen was also a fool, seeing that Huang Qiang's department had been defeated and retreated, but he still wanted to cross the river and grab some credit, so that Huang Qiang's rout was blocked in the west of the river, and he was killed by the thief army in vain.
He didn't expect that it was just a small Xingtian army, and he was defeated twice in a row, which made him lose face, seeing such a small Wanzi River, he was stunned and couldn't go over, he was blocked in the east of the river, but he couldn't go back to Longzhou, if it went on like this, how could he save face!
So while ordering Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and ordering He Zhen's soldiers and horses and Huang Qiang's remnants to withdraw, he asked the people around him angrily: "Have Bai Youliang and He Fang crossed the river?" ”
A subordinate general immediately replied: "General Qiyu, I didn't receive a report just now, saying that both of them have led their troops to cross the Wanzi River upstream and downstream, and are rushing towards the Dashiqiao!" ”
"Give them orders not to be careless! This army of thieves is cunning and powerful! Don't be like Huang Qiang and Lu Pin anymore! It's better if they can join forces and attack this thief army again! Although He Renlong was furious in his heart, he lost his mind and commanded his subordinates.