Chapter 80: The Army Falls
Lying on the ground, feeling the vibration of the Ming and Qing armies fighting dozens of meters away through the thousands of pairs of big feet, Chen Wen only felt that even his breathing was hot.
The strength on his body has been exhausted in the round of crazy slashing just now, with a silver pocket on his head, wearing dozens of catties of mountain armor, and carrying a sword that sharpens iron like clay to cut down those Qing gunners who have no armor and no blades, it is really a bit invincible, but the consumption of this energy is really amazing. If you add the pain that is still coming from your chest, you don't have the strength to stand up.
After taking a breath for a moment, Chen Wen reached out and touched the pain in his chest, the heart goggles that were originally smooth as a mirror and bulging outwards were now concave, looking abrupt and abnormal, and in the groove was just a stone the size of a fingernail.
"It's really a husky, if it weren't for the fact that this Ming Dynasty mountain armor has such a heart shield in the shape, this novel can be called a true eunuch." (just kidding)
After accumulating some strength, Chen Wen laboriously put his hand in from the neckline, the piece of skin and flesh behind the heart goggles still hurt badly, thinking that it was either green or purple. Fortunately, when I touched it, I felt that the bones should not be shattered, and it was hard to say whether it was cracked or not.
Chen Wen thought about it, since the bones were not too big, he thought that the blood just now should just be the remaining strength that was shocked to the internal organs.
In this way, it should be the shape of the heart shield that protrudes outwards to remove most of the kinetic energy carried by the stone, but even so, this heart guard is completely scrapped. I really don't know how thick Hachi's skin is to resist the shelling of the Hongyi cannon, no wonder even the slave chief Hongli has great respect for Yuan Dushi, and the Qing Taizu, who is almost immune to physical damage, is estimated to be able to be restrained only by the full magic damage of the nuclear bomb pioneer.
Putting aside these cranky thoughts, Chen Wen's heart was immediately filled with the happiness of the rest of his life after the catastrophe. It's really Amitabha, fortunately, it hit the heart guard with the best defensive power of the entire armor, and it is estimated that it will be a dead end if you change the position.
Just as Chen Wen was rejoicing, a line of footsteps came from the position of the front line.
"General, are you alright?"
Hearing that it was Zhang Jun's voice, Chen Wen shook his head. "Didn't you look at that foodie?"
"That, the villain saw you......"
Chen Wen knew very well what Zhang Junxiang was going to say. "Okay, help me sit up."
Hearing Chen Wen's order, Zhang Jun put back his words of concern, since Chen Wen was still trying to sit up, he didn't think he was too seriously injured. It's just that Chen Wen's weight of more than 100 catties, coupled with the pair of Shanwen armor weighing dozens of catties, even if he is working hard, he still tires Zhang Jun, who is only fifteen years old.
Sitting up, seeing that the formation of the Nantang battalion had already crossed the position of the Qing army's front line, I thought that it had already been defeated and retreated. It's just a pity that the shouts and killings on both sides are in Chinese, although the Qing army is just traitors, but the fight between the same text and the same species still makes Chen Wen unable to find too much pleasure.
Although the Simingshan anti-Qing base was still destroyed, and Zhoushan fell into an isolated and helpless situation as in history, as long as this Nantang battalion was not annihilated in this battle, sooner or later there would be a chance to fight a decisive battle with those Zhenyi.
After Chen Wen sat up, he noticed that there were also Li Ruixin and those soldiers of the cavalry team who came with Zhang Jun, because the battlefield was narrow, it was difficult for them to cross the formation to attack the Qing army, and after suffering a round of artillery bombardment under the leadership of Chen Wen, they stopped in place and waited for follow-up orders. I noticed Chen Wen in the end, so I immediately rushed over.
Without Chen Wen saying anything, on the other side of the stream on the side of the battlefield, an angry shout finally cut off all the chances of victory for this Qing army.
"My own post guards the prisoners, and the guard post rushes over with me to make peace with the general and kill the Tartars!"
Before the words fell, Yin Yue, the general manager in charge of the flank command, immediately took the lead in wading forward, and behind him were the four Mandarin Duck Array killer teams who had just rushed out of the bamboo forest outpost that had barely suffered any damage.
The sound wave spread on the battlefield at a very fast speed, and the Ming army, which heard that the reinforcements had arrived, was already in an advantage, and this time it was even more demoralized, and the soldiers of the Nantang battalion who had already killed the red-eyed had forgotten all about the need to reorganize the formation after each attack, and rushed forward to kill. And at this moment, the Qing army seemed to collapse in an instant after time stood still for a moment.
"Defeated, run!"
"The reinforcements of the Ming army have arrived, and if you don't run, you will die."
“……”
At this moment, the Qing army, which was still relying on the superiority of its troops, collapsed violently, and on the battlefield, whether it was soldiers or auxiliaries, thousands of Qing troops scrambled to flee backwards on this mountain road only 256 meters wide, and even did not hesitate to cut down their comrades who were blocking their escape to the ground.
Seeing this, even those officers who were supervising the battle behind the battle mostly gave up the idea of continuing their mission and turned to flee. Only a very small number of Qing troops are still struggling to resist, but they have no power to return to heaven.
The army is like a mountain falling, exactly that!
Cutting down an eye-catching auxiliary soldier who had always run ahead of him, Liu Da immediately adjusted his position to prevent being caught by the guy in his dying throes, so that he could no longer flee.
There were already some soldiers of the Qing army behind him, kneeling hoarsely and begging for mercy, but Liu Da didn't dare to move this thought at all. Not to mention the wife and children at home, he was promoted to captain this time by virtue of the six beheadings in the battle of Siming Lake, judging from the color of the clothes in his memory, almost all of them are soldiers of the Ming Army of Dalan Mountain, who dares to guarantee that the remnants of the Ming Army of Dalan Mountain behind him will not avenge those Ming troops, how dare he stay for half a minute.
Fortunately, as a veteran of more than ten years in the army, he has experienced a few military routs, and he knows very well how to escape so that he can not be caught by the enemy and not be used as a scapegoat for taking the lead in escaping.
Running in the crowd fleeing north, he didn't dare to run wildly, because that would consume too much physical strength, there were not many cavalry in the Ming army, as long as he escaped a certain range, it would be difficult to be caught, and the rest was how to return to the area controlled by the Qing army.
Since the beginning of the Ming army behind this palace, Liu Da suddenly found that he had fought for so many years, and he thought that he had seen a lot of things in this battle, but it turned out that he was just sitting in a well and watching the sky.
The traps all over the ground were not strange, and the sneak attacks on the flanks were not surprising, he had seen them too many times, and he was quite accustomed to them. But those Ming troops who stood in charge, the strange formation they put on, really shocked him.
What the hell is that?
Unsharpened bamboo poles, boring palladium for farm work, and even the style of knives and cards cannot be consistent, how can such a mess of things with spears be so powerful?
With the ineffectiveness of the three throws, the Qing army, which was already in control, was reversed by the Ming army only in the moment of engagement, and the next battle was hung up by the Ming army that used strange formations and messy weapons, even if the Qing army's auxiliary forces were probably more than twice as many as the Ming army, but how to see how the Qing army was like a three-and-a-half-year-old child fighting with the strong man of the Ming army, neither the ability to parry, nor the power to fight back.
Liu Da, who was already a little dead in his mind by the impact of these data beyond his cognition, completely forgot that he was still in the battle formation, and the soldiers of this team forgot to control it, and even when the archers and firecrackers of the Ming army launched an attack on the side, he also forgot all about raising a shield to defend, and even when the commander Ming Jin withdrew his troops, he still stood there stupid.
If it weren't for the help of those old brothers who are good friends on weekdays, and even dragged him at the last moment, it is estimated that Liu Huihui would have become the first Qing army to die at the hands of the Nantang camp because he was stupid.
Back to the north of the road, the officers of the Qing army were adjusting their establishment and invigorating the morale of the army, while Liu Da was rejoicing in the previous battle of Siming Lake. If it weren't for the fact that after the war, he was promoted to captain and managed a ten-person team of soldiers, it is estimated that the first contact was killed by those Ming soldiers who always maintained the rhythm of fighting more and less, and it was him Liu Da, and then the mother-in-law and children in the family would be cheaper than others.
It's just that there is not much time left for him to rejoice, and after being reprimanded by his boss, Liu Da had to take those subordinates and an auxiliary soldier who had just been added to advance again with the Qing army's brigade to attack the Ming army that had just knocked out a few big teeth of the Qing army not long ago.
Even if the boss has already said that this attack will break the formation with tiger squatting artillery, and after the Ming army's formation is unsustainable, it will definitely defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop, such a statement is very tempting, but Liu Da still expressed doubts. The Ming army in front of him is full of weirdness, it doesn't look like an army of this era at all, as for what it looks more like, he can't say clearly, but the doubts in his heart always linger.
Next, in order to ensure the balance of these tiger squat cannons that had been loaded, the Qing army's movement speed was even slower than the last attack, but at this time, the Ming army was not even interested in harassment, and let these tiger squat cannons advance to a range of fifty steps under the cover of the Qing army.
Since these guns had already been loaded, they were fired as soon as they were adjusted to their positions. I only heard a burst of "boom" cannon sound, the smoke of gunpowder filled the road, and the sight was completely blocked, but the screams of the wounded from the side of the Ming army still made Liu Da excited.
Although those gunners are also soldiers in this battalion, because the military exploits of ordinary soldiers mostly come from beheading, and these gunners are relatively despised because it is difficult to obtain beheading, Liu Da has even heard that it seems that for a while, gunners are not even soldiers, only higher than the status of auxiliaries.
Not only that, but because gunpowder is a consumable item during training, the officers and gunners in charge of artillery often resell it under the pretext of training, so that the technique of handling the guns is not very proficient. Moreover, artillery is easy to explode, and the Qing army often avoided some distances when arraying to prevent accidental injury, as is the case now.
In addition, due to some reasons that are not humane to outsiders, these artillery soldiers are not treated well by soldiers like Liu Da on weekdays. But today's scene really made him refresh his impression of these cowards who shrank behind people.
As the smoke dissipated, the tragic situation on the side of the Ming army was undoubtedly revealed, although most of them were only injured, but the previous formation that made them powerless was beaten into chaos at this moment, and even many Ming troops who had been brave before began to retreat unconsciously.
Liu Da, who suddenly remembered his boss's words, was immediately impressed. It turns out that this strange array can be broken like this, why didn't he think of it.
But at this moment, the main general of the Ming army actually came to the front of the battle with a team of fresh troops, and what surprised Liu Da was that the general of the Ming army was actually going to lead the charge!
What kind of madman would do this?!
At least Liu Da has never seen such an outlaw general in the army for so many years, and he is advancing on foot with artillery fire, even Huang Degong, who has always been known for his courage and fearlessness, seems to have never been like this, right?
Seeing that the Ming army, which had already shown signs of collapse, turned to advance towards the Qing army under the leadership of this outlaw, their intention could not be more obvious, it was nothing more than to charge to contain the artillery bombardment of the Qing army, and to form a formation to defeat the Qing army, which was still far superior to the main force of the Ming army.
Such intentions were mostly fanciful in the armies of this era, but the brief encounter had torn his confidence in confronting him head-to-head again. The Ming army here is still in that formation, and the Qing army has not changed except for those tiger squatting cannons, and the battle in array is nothing more than a copy of the scene just now, how can it win?
Liu Da, who didn't want to face this strange formation again, had to hope for those tiger squat cannons and gunners, after all, they had just performed very well, tearing apart the formation of the Ming army, if they could kill the main general of the Ming army this time, the Ming army would inevitably collapse. In that case, it would be excellent.
It's just that when Liu Da turned his attention to those gunners, he found that these guys, who were usually so-so, were now flustered because of the crazy behavior of the Ming army commander.
Fifty steps, that's enough to fire a shot, what's so scary?
It's a pity that Liu Da's ideas can't be injected into the minds of the gunners in front of the battle, and these gunners of the Qing army are still in a hurry here, just like the gunners of the Ming army who were tricked by the Qing army into firing guns and gunners.
Anxiously watching those gunners reset, clear, load, and ignite, those tiger squat cannons finally let out a series of roars before the Ming army pounced.
As last time, the road in front of the Qing artillery position was once again shrouded in gunsmoke. Behind the smoke of gunpowder, the wails of injuries sounded as promised, although it didn't sound as much as last time, but these still made Liu Da involuntarily breathe a long sigh of relief.
Not only that, but there is even the sound of footsteps, probably running away, right?
Wrong!
Although they were separated by a distance and were covered by the smoke of artillery fire, Liu Da still heard it, and it was clearly a sound from far and near, and the Ming army was still advancing!
At the same time, the gunners of the Qing army were still doing the same thing just now, resetting, clearing, loading, ignition, ....... Although the smoke of gunfire obscured their vision, their superiors did not order it to stop, and they did not dare to disobey the military order.
Suddenly, a figure jumped out of the smoke of gunpowder, only to see the person wearing a gilded hood on his head, wearing a mountain-patterned armor, and a sword in his hand dazzling in the sun, like a god. The man leaped out of the smoke and slashed the loader who was in his way to the ground with a single jump, and as soon as his feet hit the ground, he immediately slashed at the gunner beside him......
Not only Liu Da, but all the officers and soldiers in the first few rows of the Qing army were watching all this in front of them in amazement.
How is this possible?!
Under such a fierce shelling, the main general of the Ming army not only did not die, but even rushed to the front unscathed, wantonly slashing and killing the gunners of the Qing army, even more like chopping melons and vegetables.
Could it be that this person is protected by the gods?
Thinking of this, Liu Da couldn't help but feel a chill, this time he fought against the main general of the Ming army, wouldn't it be against God? How can a man be against God? That's going to hell!
There are not a few Qing soldiers who have Liu Da's thoughts, but there are also those who don't believe this, and the Qing army officer who led the team is like this.
This person saw Chen Wen rushing into the artillery position of the Qing army, wantonly slashing and killing those Qing gunners who had no weapons and no armor, which was easier than killing pigs and sheep. Seeing this, he immediately ordered the archers in the formation to shoot indiscriminately at Chen Wen, in an attempt to complete the sniping.
It's a pity that everyone has a heart for self-preservation, and although the officers of the Qing army have accumulated great power, these shooters still hesitate for a moment between disobeying military orders and offending God.
But at this moment, the strange formation of the Ming army came out of the smoke that gradually dissipated, not only the road occupied by the new force was in the middle, but even the originally vacant places on both sides were filled by other Ming troops and became full.
I saw that the Ming army quickly killed the gunners of the Qing army who had time to escape, and immediately transformed into a new strange formation after passing the brave Ming general and the few tiger squat cannons of the Qing army. Although Liu Da had never seen this formation, he understood the intention of the Ming army at just one glance, this is about to attack!
Even if it was no longer the same formation as before, the sharps in the front row were still swept away at the moment of engagement. In the next battle, although the Qing army was still trying its best to resist, it was not just as simple as being suppressed, and even parrying it had become delusional.
Liu Da knew very well that this had a lot to do with the fact that the previous all-out blow was easily defused and has been pressed and beaten since then, and the bigger reason is that this Ming army will actually advance against artillery fire, which is really too shocking to a Qing army like Liu Da. On the contrary, although the new formation of that offensive form is indeed quite powerful, the shock brought by it is far from being comparable to the previous scene.
Resisting with all his might, he hoped that the commander could come up with a bigger killing move as soon as possible to deal with this extremely strange Ming army, even if he couldn't defeat it, he had to take the Qing army, including him, back.
But at this moment, the Ming army on the flank rushed out of the bamboo forest and tried to cross the stream to the main battlefield. Liu Da knew very well that the Qing army on the flank had been completely defeated, and even if the commander came up with some new tricks, he would inevitably be powerless, so all that remained was how to save his life when the army was defeated.
PS: I finished writing it at almost twelve o'clock last night, and I went to sleep directly after sending it, and then slept until twelve o'clock......
This chapter makes up for yesterday's update.,There's one more chapter in the evening.,Try your best to finish it.。