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"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" ......

The sound of the huge artillery made Duoduo a little confused, watching the cannonballs fall to the middle of the ranks, watching some soldiers being blown into the air, and the horses didn't even have time to scream, they fell to the ground, all this came too suddenly, there was no warning at all, didn't the vanguard have scouted, everything was normal, and it was precisely because of this that the army accelerated the pace of marching.

After all, it was a multi-year expedition, Duoduo quickly sobered up, the artillery of the Jiangning battalion is powerful, it is said that there is a special artillery battalion, so the army has done special training in this area, when encountering an artillery attack, try to disperse, try to reduce losses, and prepare for battle.

Duoduo also carried dozens of cannons, which were used when preparing for the siege of the city, but at this time, the artillery he carried could not exert its power, and the opponent was still unknown, so he could not fire aimlessly.

At this time, Duoduo sobered up a little, and vaguely felt that the other party was probably not a small Jiangning battalion, and the people did not escape, and set up another ambush circle, waiting for the army led by him to enter.

In an instant, Duoduo was a little frightened, could it be that the Jiangning battalion had such a big appetite, and he led about 30,000 soldiers, even if Su Tiancheng personally commanded the battle, it was not so easy to completely wipe out the army of 30,000 people.

The whistling shells are very tricky, always falling towards crowded places, and every time the shell explodes, a group of soldiers will fall. The soldiers around him were surrounded by Duoduo, ready to move to a safe place, and as for the marching army, there were officers of all ranks to direct the retreat.

Duoduo's eyes were red, he couldn't care about so much, if it was the 30,000 army he led. Surrounded by the Jiangning battalion, or even annihilated by most of them, he couldn't afford to bear such a big responsibility, and besides, this attack was a decision made by himself alone, without consulting Ji'er Harang, let alone reporting to Huang Taiji and Haoge.

Duoduo pushed away the soldiers around him and began to roar, demanding many soldiers. Spread out as much as possible, avoid concentrating together, minimize casualties, artillery bombardment time is limited, although it can cause a lot of casualties, but as long as it dodges properly, it will not hurt the vitality of the army, on the contrary. If a soldier is stunned by the artillery, he will not know what to do. That's the biggest danger.

Duoduo's composure, not afraid of artillery attacks, stabilized the army to a certain extent.

Dord's own soldiers, risking artillery fire, began to leap on their horses to convey Dordor orders. Ask a large number of soldiers to spread out as much as possible, do not concentrate together, and at the same time order the Shenji battalion to prepare for a counterattack.

The artillery shells of the Jiangning battalion were sufficient. The first round of shelling lasted a quarter of an hour.

In the rumbling artillery fire, Duoduo began to feel afraid, although the soldiers were prepared and scattered as much as possible, but the losses were still increasing, the shells did not have long eyes, every shell landed, there would always be soldiers falling, at this time, Duoduo's mind, the figure of Dai Shan suddenly appeared, when in Xuanzhou, the Red Flag soldiers led by Dai Shan may also be in such a situation, they were completely annihilated by the Jiangning battalion, even Dai Shan himself, did not escape the end of being captured.

The artillery fire finally fell to the ground, and the offensive scene of the Jiangning battalion did not appear.

In this short gap time, Duoduo made a decision without hesitation, no matter how many people in the Jiangning battalion on the opposite side are small, the army must retreat at full speed, and the possibility of continuing the attack is not very large, even if it can pursue the Jiangning battalion, but the opponent's sharp artillery, he can't resist, unless he leads more soldiers and makes sufficient preparations, he can organize the attack again, as for the vanguard troops, they can only ask for more blessings.

The order to retreat was quickly conveyed, the rear team became the front team, the front team became the rear team, the soldiers were concentrated in the shortest possible time, ready to retreat, they did not even have time to clean up the battlefield, bury those brothers who had sacrificed their lives, and only take the wounded brothers.

There is a little Duoduo who doesn't understand very well that the sergeant of the Jiangning Battalion did not launch a charge for anything, and if he launched a charge under such circumstances, the results that can be achieved will be greater.

When the army had just been concentrated and retreated in the direction of Lijiazhuang, Duoduo's face suddenly turned pale, and he shouted with all his strength to ask the reconcentrated army to disperse, but unfortunately Duoduo's awakening was too late.

The second round of shelling began.

This round of artillery fire was more fierce and more concentrated, and the soldiers who had just been concentrated were caught off guard, and pieces of soldiers fell to the ground forever in the process of the shell explosion.

Duoduo's eyes were red again, and at this time, he was completely convinced that he was facing the main force of the Jiangning battalion, and the 30,000 army was surrounded by the Jiangning battalion, and the purpose of the people was probably to annihilate the army led by himself.

In this way, Huang Taiji's judgment was wrong, the focus of the Ming army's attack was not in Liaodong, but in the direction of Haizhou, if such a situation really occurred, then what he suffered was a catastrophe, and now he was not thinking about what the attack was, but a large-scale retreat, at least to Gaizhou City.

Duoduo didn't have time to regret it, at this moment he thought of the vanguard, I don't know how Lu Dao Jinli investigated, why did Lu Dao make such a major mistake, it was precisely because the vanguard was not able to reconnoiter carefully, which caused the army to fall into a huge passivity.

Under the heavy artillery attack, it is impossible for the army to retreat calmly, and it needs to protect itself and minimize its losses, but the order to retreat must be carried out in an all-round way, and while avoiding losses, it is necessary to organize the deployment of the retreat as well as possible.

Duoduo began to personally deploy the retreat, he knew very well that after this round of artillery fire, the attack of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion must begin, and the soldiers who were overwhelmed by the artillery fire must be sober, the more unfavorable the conditions, the more tenacious they must be, what is a brave army, that is, the army that can still hold on tenaciously under unfavorable conditions.

Retreat is not defeat or escape, it is not a rout, if such a situation occurs, it will be the destruction of the army, after all, the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion are eyeing the tiger and have long been ready to attack.

At this time, it is no longer time to preserve strength.

Duoduo gritted his teeth and made arrangements, the soldiers with white flags must be prepared to meet the charge of the Jiangning battalion sergeants from the front, no matter how big the loss, they must keep an eye on it to buy time for the retreat of the army, the soldiers of the Han Eight Banners, in the process of orderly retreat, must deal with attacks from the left and right, as for the retreat road, they may encounter the blockade of the other side, then they need to desperately tear through the blockade deployed by the other party.

Rumbling drums, accompanied by the sound of cannonballs, appeared.

Duoduo's face changed again, he didn't expect that the attack of the Jiangning battalion would start before the artillery attack ended, and such an arrangement once again increased the difficulty of the retreat of the army.

In the front and rear of the army, there were dense Jiangning battalion sergeants, and these sergeants rode war horses and charged quickly.

A dense rain of arrows and a dense burst of gunfire appeared at the same time.

The soldiers with white flags had already been prepared, they were skilled in archery, and when the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion charged, they did not hesitate to shoot the bows and arrows in their hands, and the bows and arrows flew towards the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who rushed over with a whistling sound, but what greeted them was the bullets of the faster flintlock pistols.

The sergeants of the two sides had not yet begun to fight, and the rain of arrows and bullets was the first to exert their power.

A bloody scene began to appear, and the sergeants on both sides continued to fall, and in comparison, the losses of the Houjin Tartars were greater, and the flintlock pistols were more powerful, and the bullets from the front and back made it difficult for them to find a place to hide, and the speed of the bullets was much faster than that of bows and arrows, and they did not require so much preparation.

The shells still fell in the ranks of the Houjin Tartars, and although the sergeant of the Jiangning battalion launched a charge, the artillery fire did not stop.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Duoduo was a little numb, he didn't know who arranged it, could it be said that the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion were made of iron and were not afraid of shells, since the attack began, it was necessary to stop the artillery attack and change to the fight between the sergeants, but the sergeant of the Jiangning battalion was also attacking with artillery, and the power of this attack was huge.

The soldiers with white flags on the defense need to pay attention to dodging the whistling shells, the bullets that fly over, and the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who are charging as much as possible.

It was only at this time that Duoduo painfully admitted that with his own strength, it would be very difficult to rush out of the army, at this time, he must send his own soldiers around him, rush to Haizhou for help, and beg Jierharang to rescue, lead the army himself, don't think about retreating first, do a good job of defense, and fight desperately with the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion, if you still insist on retreating, you may encounter the fate of being annihilated in the process of retreating.

Duoduo finally gave the most correct order, and the army gave up the retreat and began to turn to all-out defense, facing the charge of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, and fighting with all their might.

The artillery attack finally stopped, at the moment when the sergeant of the Jiangning battalion collided with the sergeant with the white flag.

The loud crash sound could be heard far away, and with the screams, the two sides finally began to fight face to face.

Duoduo can't go up to fight, he is the commander of the army, there can be no problems, otherwise for the army, it will be a really devastating blow, Duoduo himself knows that he can't charge into battle unless it is absolutely necessary, at this time, it is necessary to consider the overall problem, consider how the army can preserve its strength to the greatest extent, and consider how the army can hold on, so as not to be completely annihilated by the Jiangning battalion. (To be continued......)