148 Ambush
"Now, it's your turn." Cao Bianjiao turned his head and said to Zu Dale with a smile.
"Look at us" Zu Dale also smiled excitedly, beckoned his soldiers and horses and began to attack.
When the Great Western Army approached the city wall, the Ming army in ambush caught them off guard, and the Great Western Army, who was still excited about taking Rongchang City immediately, immediately fell into the abyss with the endless guns and cannons on the opposite side.
In the Great Western Army, which was still getting off the boat and preparing to storm the city, someone finally discovered that something was wrong. Seeing the * smoke rising from Rongchang City, this is not an unsuspecting city, there are soldiers fleeing back, and the ranks of the Great Western Army also began to stir, and many Great Western Army pointed to the little fire that suddenly appeared on the hillside not far away, and they also shouted.
Sun Kewang looked in the direction they were pointing, and sure enough, the mountain was full of firelight, like a fire curtain. At this moment, the deafening and continuous sound of war drums sounded on the mountain, and then the sound of shouting and killing sounded in the sky.
"Oh no, we're in an ambush!" Wang Shangli, the governor of the Chinese army, was originally still behind commanding the rear army to get off the ship to prepare for battle, and he had not yet received Sun Kewang's military order, and he also exclaimed when he saw this scene.
"Ambush, there are ambushes, retreat, retreat to the ship, retreat, hurry, get on the boat." Wang Shangli also exclaimed, and ordered the soldiers who were about to get off the ship to hurry back.
The Great Western Army blew up the nest, the people in front were at a loss, the people behind shouted in surprise, ran to the boat, and suddenly the military formation was chaotic, and many soldiers who had already disembarked saw the people behind them running, and they also ran up, and they all turned their heads and ran back, and few people knew how to stand on guard and defend. It seems that it is human instinct to turn around and run, and they scramble to squeeze in the hope of running on the boat as soon as possible. Not far away, on the slope of the mountain, Cao Bianjiao's flag was set here, he condescended, looking at the panicked Daxi army on the river bank, watching them rush to flee, and also showed a sneer.
"Although it has been founded, most of the displaced people are still displaced people, after all, they are just a rabble, and the general has laid such a net and ambushed on all sides, it is not easy for them to escape." Li Yan, who was beside Cao Bianjiao, also sighed, thinking of the Great Shun Army from the Great Western Army, wasn't this the situation when he was defeated?
Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, one hundred steps, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves is getting closer and closer, the sound of shouting and killing is getting closer and closer, and countless war horses can already be seen rushing over, with the sound of horses' hooves, and the sound of artillery and muskets suddenly sounded, on the east bank of the Sexi River, suddenly burst out of countless Ming soldiers, gathered only five hundred steps, and began to attack them, and at the same time, the defenders in Rongchang City also rushed out, opening the way with tiger squatting cannons, and the musketeers covered, constantly advancing forward.
"Damn, didn't you say that there are only a thousand people in Rongchang City, why are there so many ambushes here, there are Ming troops everywhere, and there are so many fucking cannons? How the hell is this fighting...... "Wang Shangli also had a bitter look on his face, Sun Kewang let them march overnight, saying that he took Rongchang in one fell swoop, and he now doubts whether Sun Kewang colluded with the Ming army to deliberately lead them into a trap.
Sun Kewang's forehead was bruised, his back was already soaked with sweat, and in the face of the ambush of the officers and soldiers and the fierce firearm strike, he was not as frantic as Wang Shangli, but really thought about how to turn the situation around. He had recovered from the initial panic, the sound of artillery was deafening, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, Sun Kewang's ferocity was stimulated, although the Ming artillery fire was so fierce, but he was still unwilling to fail.
He couldn't estimate how many ambushes there were, but looking at the number of artillery fire, the number of officers and soldiers was only one or two hundred thousand, although they were caught off guard, but the soldiers and horses did not lose much, how many winds and waves flowed over, and the rebellion was originally to pin the head to the waistband of the trousers, and what they did was to make a living by licking blood with knives. He's seen all the worst situations, so what's that. Chen Qiyu, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and others have all survived so many years of encirclement and suppression, and it is impossible for them to die outside this nameless small county now.
Broken arms, severed thighs, and torn abdomen, gutlets flowing, blood spurting, screaming and wailing. Several of the Great Western Army, who were slandered but had not died for a while, let out earth-shattering screams, but unfortunately no one cared about them. The whistling sound of bullets came, and large pieces of small lead bullets hit, and many of the Great Western Army, who were still glad that they had been on board first, were hit by lead. Those who are hit often have more than one hit, and if they hit the head, they will die, and if there is no iron armor guard in the chest and abdomen, they will definitely die.
Seeing this scene, Sun Kewang made up his mind, waved his knife and pointed at the north hillside, and shouted, "Follow me!" Fight the enemy! Sun Kewang saw it, don't look at the excitement of the guns and cannons on all sides, but it is not seamless, the infantry cavalry rushing over on the opposite side is chasing and killing those fleeing soldiers, the fight is lively, but there are not many of them.
"Stop fighting, we surrender, we surrender!"
Countless Great Western Army, who had not had time to board the ship, also joined the ranks shouting for surrender, and the shouts became louder and louder. In order to show their sincerity, these people took the initiative to throw the weapons in their hands to the ground, for fear that they would be misunderstood if they left them in their hands. One by one, weapons were thrown on the ground, swords, guns, halberds, muskets, etc., all kinds of weapons were scattered throughout the battlefield. They didn't care at all that the attacks of the officers and soldiers had not stopped at this time, and even many people took the initiative to persuade others to surrender, and those who were a little late, hesitated for a moment and did not immediately abandon their weapons and surrender, they would be besieged by those people, and they did not want to be affected by the recalcitrant ones.
Sun Kewang overestimated the soldiers behind him, when he shouted to attack, but there were only a few hundred people who could really go with him, and the rest were in a panic, not caring about the commander's orders at all, they were all looking for a way to survive in all directions, and some people saw that there was no army in the south, and they were also fleeing to the south at the moment.
"King, let's go, our warships in the middle have been blown up by the Ming army, the front and back have been cut off, our army's military formation has been in chaos, and we can't counterattack, let's lead the army to withdraw, it's not too late to fight the whole army again!" Wang Shangli also rode a horse to Sun Kewang's side and persuaded him to leave, the army was in chaos, scattered and fled, and the elite soldiers and horses of the headquarters were also scattered by the chaotic soldiers, how to fight, he could only choose to evacuate.
"I won't go, my father gave me authority, ordered me to conquer, the first battle will be defeated, what face will I have to return to Chengdu!" Sun Kewang also looked up to the sky and howled, saying that these are just empty words, are you worried that after you go back, Zhang Xianzhong will punish him, he is still young and does not want to die.
"Our opponent is Cao Bianjiao, the emperor has repeatedly suffered losses in his hands, no shame, let's go, it's too late to go!" Wang Shangli also cared about friendship, and didn't want Sun Kewang to die here, so he tried his best to hold Sun Kewang at the moment.
"Withdraw ......" Sun Kewang did not hesitate for long, and immediately obeyed Wang Shangli's will and led the army to retreat.
"Pass the order, don't chase and fight, collect the soldiers, clean up the battlefield......" Cao Bianjiao saw that Sun Kewang had led the army to escape on the boat, and also issued a military order to no longer pursue, after all, he only had so many people, and it was already good to keep the results he had achieved so far, so he didn't have to be too greedy.
Cao Bianjiao also walked down the mountain and came to the battlefield, where the captured Daxi Army was escorted by the Ming army and gathered together, waiting for disposal, and the weapons were gathered together, piled up like a hill, and there were all kinds of weapons.
"I'm short of ships, and our good friend Eight Kings sent me hundreds of warships, and I'm very embarrassed to receive this gift!" Cao Bianjiao was also smiling, looking at the abandoned ships in front of him, he was very happy, Sun Kewang took a boat to travel, 100,000 troops, hundreds of large and small ships, Sun Kewang took away only three or four out of ten, 100,000 Western troops, the war dead, trampled, cannibalism, as many as 6,000 people, more than 20,000 people were captured, Sun Kewang took only 30,000 or 40,000 people, the rest of the people were scattered and fled, the Great War I had not yet begun, it was over.