Chapter Seventy-Five: Between Victory and Defeat

"Why, why is this happening, is it really the will of heaven that even God is going to kill me?"

Just when Hao Shaoqi was full of joy, imagining that he would capture Yulin City and thus develop and grow, watching the imperial court compete with Li Zicheng and the clam and finally make a profit, tragedy happened.

With the explosion that shook the ground, the originally passionate Hao soldiers suddenly found that there were no stones or sharp arrows flying down on the city, but replaced with iron rods with two palms.

Soon, however, they regretted it.

Whether it is in the era of cold weapons or the ** era, grenades are used as auxiliary weapons, the reason is because its shortcomings are too obvious, but he has an incomparable advantage, that is, when it is time to defend the city, especially in the era of cold weapons that lack long-range weapons, for the besieging side, the grenade can be equated with Hades.

And this is also Shi Lei's confidence, it is precisely because of these grenades that he can face Hao Shaoqi's army so calmly, otherwise, he will not be able to sprinkle beans into soldiers, nor is he one of those bulls in history who can defeat dozens of times the army with a few thousand people, how can he rely on more than 2,000 recruits to fight against an enemy ten times his size, even if these people are some undisciplined rabble, but it is much stronger than these recruits who have not won the battlefield at all.

And, in order to be able to maximize the power of the grenade, Shi Lei also formulated a strategy, that is, to let the city gate be opened by the enemy at the right time, of course, the city has already been buried with explosives to ensure that not a single enemy soldier will be missed.

Because the city gate was breached, seeing that victory was about to come, all the Hao soldiers' eyes were full of greed, and even many veteran soldiers had long forgotten to be cautious at this time, but frantically rushed towards the city gate.

Therefore, in a short period of time, nearly 5,000 soldiers gathered under the short city wall of Yulin, and when the more than 1,000 Hao soldiers who poured into the city were completely blown up by the gunpowder that Shi Lei had buried on the ground in advance, how could Shi Lei not make good use of it in the face of such a dense enemy.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom"

Immediately, beautiful flowers bloomed among the Hao soldiers in the city, but this flower was like a flower of hell, representing death, with the sound of grenade explosions, groups of Hao soldiers fell to the ground one by one like harvested wheat.

The scene in front of them made the Hao soldiers behind them dumbfounded, they didn't know what was going on, and they didn't know what the enemy was using, they just knew that their companions, who were still alive and brave just now, were now falling to the ground one by one, either dead on the spot, or seriously injured, and struggling in pain on the ground covered in blood.

"Damnation, this is damnation, run, run."

What people are most afraid of is always what they don't understand, so when the soldiers of Hao Jun saw such an incredible scene in front of them, many people couldn't help but think of the word "curse", and then, the fear of "curse" in their hearts finally made them forget everything, forget the reward, forget about the promotion, at this time, they only thought about one thing, that is, run, to the end, many people don't know why, anyway, just run with others.

Looking at the rout soldiers who were swarming towards him, Mr. Tong had already sobered up from the doubts at the beginning, and at the same time pulled Hao Shaoqi's clothes and said, "General, general, let's go, if we don't leave, we won't be able to go, stay in Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, although we failed this time, we still have a chance." ”

Hao Shaoqi, who was in a frenzy, was stunned when he heard Mr. Tong's words, and then suddenly pulled out a sharp long knife from his waist, and then shouted, "Defeat, no, impossible, I, Hao Shaoqi, will not be defeated, don't escape, you all stop for me, follow this general and rush up, I don't believe it, what God's punishment, what punishment, it's all bullshit, come, kill with me." ”

It's a pity that the routs who have long been terrified have no other thoughts in their minds at this time except to run for their lives, in order to escape, they throw everything, weapons, armor, and even some people even take off their clothes, and for the things that prevent them from escaping, no matter what, they will go crazy and move them away, some of the fierce soldiers, and even cut the companions in front of them in half.

Faced with such a situation, Hao Shaoqi's roar and behavior did not play the slightest role, and in despair, Mr. Tong ordered the guards to take him away.

Seeing the rout of the enemy under the city, there was a cheer above the city at this time, as the victors, this is the glory they deserve.

"Chitu, now is the time for you to go out, remember, when pursuing, don't kill innocents indiscriminately, just need to specifically fight those formed forces, of course, the most important thing is that we can't let Hao Shaoqi collect these routs at all, otherwise, our combat achievements will be greatly reduced."

Shi Lei said to Chitu, who was already anxious beside him.

Hearing Shi Lei's words, Chitu immediately pulled out the saber on his waist and said loudly, "Please rest assured, my subordinates will guarantee to complete the task, and I will definitely bring Hao Shaoqi back to my lord." ”

Seeing Chitu walking towards the city wall, Fang Junchi also said in an excited tone, "My lord is really a good skill, how could my subordinates never expect that such a crisis would pass like this, more than 20,000 enemies, ten times more than us, actually carried us and broke up like this, just this battle, my lord can be compared to the good generals of the ancients!" ”

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that Brother Fang would actually tell jokes and make sycophants, how can I compare with the famous generals in ancient times, at most, I just stood a little smart, besides, if there is no Brother Fang and all the soldiers to use their lives, what can I do with a scholar who is powerless, besides, with today's results, the most important thing is our enemy."

Speaking of this, Shi Lei pointed to the enemy fleeing outside the city and said, "Those people look like soldiers, but they are an undisciplined rabble, saying that they are an army, it is better to say that they are just a group of bandits, and defeating these people, no matter how many people there are, there is no place for rejoicing." ”

"Bandits, are you exaggerating, although these people are not as good as those elite troops, they are almost the same as other armies, you know, many Ming troops are not as good as them? In this way, the adults are not yet eye-catching, and they don't know what kind of army you want. Fang Junchi couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Qin and black-clothed guards, Han has a tiger army, Tang has a Xuanyi soldier, Song has a Yuejia army, the most powerful is Chen Qingzhi, the emperor of the Chen State during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, he took thousands of white-clothed guards, ran thousands of miles, broke through countless cities, and killed hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northern Qi Dynasty, these are famous elite troops in history, if we train our troops like this, why worry about the world and the great cause." Hearing Fang Junchi's question, Shi Lei's eyes flashed and he said.

"But, my lord, these are all famous armies in history, and for thousands of years, there are only so few troops, and besides, can we do it?" Fang Junchi asked with some uncertainty.

"Brother Fang used to be in Liaodong, so let me ask you, how do you say that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty compare with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and how many people do we need to be able to kill a Qing army." Shi Lei continued.

Hearing Shi Lei's words, Fang Junchi was silent for a moment and said, "My lord, if according to the combat effectiveness of the Ming army now, twenty may not be able to deal with a Qing army, of course, it depends on what circumstances, if it was under Mao Shuai's hands back then, hundreds of us would be able to overthrow hundreds of Qing troops, but those generals now, I won't talk about it, I heard that Wu Sangui in Shanhaiguan is still a little brave, but I haven't heard from him for a long time." ”

"It is exactly like this, it is not that I want to be like this, but the fact that we have to be like this, if we can't train such elite soldiers, how can we fight against the murderous Manchu Qing, so only by training our soldiers into an army that cannot be defeated, cannot be delayed, moves forward bravely, and will never give up, so that we can face future difficulties." Shi Lei said with a clenched fist.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, your subordinates are desperate, and they will definitely train such an elite soldier for your lordship, otherwise, our Jun Chi will be a sinner in the world." Fang Junchi, who completely understood what Shi Lei meant, said with a serious expression.

"Hahaha, okay, let's just talk, Brother Fang doesn't have to be so serious, besides, according to the method I gave you to train, you will definitely be able to train a stronger army." Shi Lei said with a smile.

Just when Yulin had such an earth-shattering reversal, Xi'an City was finally broken down no longer.

"General Dong, now that Xi'an has fallen, you are worthy of your emperor, it is better to put down your weapons and take refuge in this marshal, as long as you agree, then this marshal can also make you a general, and even wait until the new dynasty is established in the future, you can also be crowned a marquis, how about it, you have to think about it." Standing at the head of the city, looking at Dong Xueli, who was covered in blood stains without a clean place on his body, Li Zicheng said with a sigh.

It's not that Li Zicheng likes Dong Xueli very much, or even on the contrary, Li Zicheng even dislikes him a little in his heart, after all, because of his reasons, Li Zicheng attacked outside Xi'an for dozens of days, and lost countless soldiers, but no matter how much Li Zicheng hated him, he also wanted to subdue him.

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