The mountain road was densely packed with retreating soldiers, they were frightened by the cannons and firearms, and retreated in a disorderly manner, the archers and spearmen were all crowded together, pushing and shoving, and from time to time someone fell, fortunately, the soldiers of Huanglong Cottage were not so panicked that they stepped on the bodies of their comrades, and those who fell down would quickly be helped up and join the retreating team.

Wang Er looked at the soldiers who had withdrawn from the mountain road, and shouted in shock: "Oh, the people from the No. 3 branch have withdrawn?" Why? If you can't withstand the officers and soldiers, you should light a beacon fire and let me help, why just retreat? ”

He exclaimed and jumped up: "No, I will take my brother to rush down the mountain and take back the No. 3 village." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly stretched out his hand, pressed it on his shoulder, and put a slight effort on his wrist: "Don't run around, let me remind you again, the order you received is to stay in the main village, if you don't get the order to run out of the village, it is against the military order." ”

"But...... But ...... "Wang Er is in a hurry."

"Don't worry! Come with me, let's go to the gate of the cottage and wait for Xu Renjie and Desperate San Lang to retreat up the mountain, and ask them what happened in the No. 3 sub-village. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pulled Wang Er and walked towards the gate of the cottage, only to see that the gate of the village was already full of soldiers, these soldiers belonged to Wang Shuang's subordinates, and were responsible for staying in the main village.

The crowd was also mixed with Yingshanhong, Ma Xiaotian and other leaders, and everyone's necks were stretched out, looking at the situation over there.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Lost so soon?"

"With the defensive ability of Brother Saburo, there is no reason to lose so quickly......"

"Why didn't the generalissimo light the beacon and call us for reinforcements?"

The muffled voices echoed through the crowd, and the soldiers' mood did not seem to be good, and their morale was extremely low.

However, there were some calmer people in the crowd who did not fall into panic like others. A few small leaders shouted loudly: "Don't worry about the guards who are piled up at the gate of the village, responsible for the arrow tower, go back to your defensive position, what if the officers and soldiers occupy the third branch and immediately march to us?" ”

"Oh, yes, the No. 3 branch has been lost, don't lose the main village again, soldiers, go back to the position......"

A group of soldiers squeezed out of the crowd in a panic and crawled back to the top of the arrow tower.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, in fact, it was impossible for officers and soldiers to immediately march into the main village. Because after they occupied the No. 3 sub-village, they needed a certain amount of time to rest and recuperate, and it was impossible to attack them immediately, and even if the soldiers were not on the arrow tower, it was not a big problem. But these defenders "left their positions without permission" to see the excitement, which was something that an elite army would never allow.

In terms of Zhu Yuanzhang's usual training of soldiers, this usually does not happen, but now it actually happens, it seems that they are because the loss of the No. 3 branch has shaken the hearts of the soldiers, making these guys forget that the most important thing in an army is discipline.

This is also a helpless thing, although they have been training for several years, they also have the weakness of their surnames, if they win all the way, they can maintain their combat strength, and once they lose a battle, their hearts are no longer as stable as before. At the beginning of the uprising, due to the large number of people, and the imperial court was caught off guard, no matter which rebel army could often achieve certain results in the early stage, but once the imperial court began to be serious, the rebel army often had to suffer a big defeat, and a defeat was enough to completely collapse the morale of an insurrectionary army.

The gate of the cottage was chaotic for a while, after a while, the soldiers who withdrew from the No. 3 sub-village finally ran up one after another, and the fastest dozen people entered the gate of the main village, and immediately fell to the ground with fatigue, it is no wonder that they ran all the way from the No. 3 sub-village, the four-mile mountain road, the second half is full of climbing, and the physical strength is of course difficult to support.

As soon as the dozen or so people entered the village, they immediately fell to the ground and shouted, "It's terrible...... Guns and cannons...... It's horrible...... It's invincible...... We're done...... Can't keep it, absolutely can't keep it......"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and instructed Ma Xiaotian: "Take someone to carry them to the back, don't let them shout here." ”

These dozen people had just been carried away, and nearly 100 people ran up one after another, and like the dozen or so people in front, these people were also so tired that they were panting, and they also shouted: "The artillery fire of the officers and soldiers is so powerful...... The No. 3 sub-village was captured in just a while......"

"Shut up, don't talk nonsense!" Wang Er rushed forward, and several heavy punches hit the people who were shouting in the face, knocking them to the ground, and then also ordered: "The people of the old first team and the old second team come here and drag these guys aside." ”

After connecting all the defeated soldiers in this way, among the last wave of people who withdrew, they finally saw the figures of Xu Renjie and Desperate Saburo, both of whom looked very embarrassed, their clothes and pants were covered with mud and plaster, and their heads were covered with sweat, and both of them looked very depressed and discouraged.

I saw Zhu Yuanzhang, Wang Er and other leaders standing at the gate of the village. Xu Renjie and Desperate Saburo fell to their knees almost at the same time, crying: "Brothers, we are sorry for you...... Lost, No. 3 Branch, gone! ”

Wang Er brushed the ground and flashed up, reached out and grabbed the shoulder of the desperate San Lang, and shook it vigorously: "Brother San Lang, what are you doing?" The No. 3 branch fell in only half a day, why are you so unlucky? Even if you want to lose, you have to keep it for three or five days before you lose......"

Desperately Saburo was ashamed and didn't dare to speak.

Wang Er grabbed Xu Renjie's shoulder again and shook it vigorously: "Generalissimo, why don't you light the beacon fire and call me for reinforcements?" If I had brought a thousand brothers who had stayed in the main village to reinforce me, I wouldn't have lost so quickly, would I? What the hell is going on? ”

Xu Renjie also lowered his head, ashamed and speechless.

"What are you two doing? Tell me something! Wang Er was furious, jumped left and right, and almost raised his fist to hit someone: "This is the first defeat we have been defeated since the uprising, you two uncompetitive guys." Zhu Bugs...... You handed over the command to the generalissimo, what a mistake...... If you were in command, we would have sent the officers and soldiers back to Grandma's house by now. ”

Wang Er vented like thunder, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't stop him, Xu Renjie and Desperate San Lang lowered their heads and didn't dare to refute him, until Wang Er had enough trouble, Xu Renjie said bitterly: "Brother Zhu, Second Brother Wang...... I'm useless, I'm such a piece of waste...... Please take back my command...... I...... I'm no match for officers and soldiers, and I still have enough to learn. ”

"Don't feel sorry for yourself, let's talk about how you lost first!" Zhu Yuanzhang waited for Xu Renjie to say the words "take back the command" before he stood up, the reason why he didn't speak out just now was because Xu Renjie hadn't said this sentence yet, he didn't want to take the initiative to jump out and deprive Xu Renjie of his command position, otherwise it would seriously hurt this promising general. But after he brought it up himself, Zhu Yuanzhang came out to inquire through the words, and there would be no problem.

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was quite calm, the fear in Xu Renjie's heart was suppressed a little, he swallowed his saliva, and said hurriedly: "Cannon...... Fire Hammer ...... As soon as the Shenji battalion struck, the morale of our army completely collapsed...... The soldiers completely lost their will to fight, and they no longer obeyed orders...... I...... I have absolutely no idea what to do! ”

Hearing Xu Renjie recount the defeat of the battle, the defeated soldiers on the edge of the gate also began to gather here, they have deeply realized the horror of the Shenji Battalion, as long as the thought of fighting with the Shenji Battalion, the whole body trembles. Their fearful and cowardly appearance, combined with Xu Renjie's words, was like a sharp blade piercing the hearts of all the soldiers, affecting the soldiers left behind in the main village, and the morale of the entire village began to waver.

"Can't win!"

"We can't win the Divine Machine Battalion!"

"You can't win the officers and soldiers!"

"The guns and cannons are really powerful......"

The soldiers began to shout in low voices, and negativity kept spreading.

"Brother Zhu, I'm sorry for you...... I felt that it was no longer possible to fight in that situation, so I ordered a retreat...... It is my responsibility to give up the No. 3 branch to the enemy, and I will give an explanation to my brothers! Xu Renjie suddenly pulled out a knife from his waist and slashed at his arm.

"Dang!" A crisp voice sounded, and the knife in Xu Renjie's hand was blocked by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it turned out that at the moment when he drew the knife, Zhu Yuanzhang also pulled out his waist knife at the same time, preventing him from self-harm.

"What? Are you afraid of the officers and soldiers? So scared that you don't even want your own arm? Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "Don't you want to make up for it?" ”

"Make up for it?" Xu Renjie pouted: "I'm ...... On the way back just now, I racked my brains and thought, but after thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't think of a way to deal with the Shenji Battalion......"

"yes, you can't win!"

"There's no way to fight with that kind of thing!"

"Actually, we can't blame the generalissimo for this defeat, but we don't have any tricks for cannons and firecrackers! When you hear the sound of cannons and guns, you want to run away...... How does this work? ”

"I can't win!"

The surrounding soldiers began to talk again, and fear crawled over the faces of all the defeated soldiers.

"Afraid of what? The Generalissimo can't help it, but I have! Zhu Yuanzhang shook his body and said loudly to all the soldiers around him: "What are you afraid of?" It's just a lost battle! It's just a small defeat, look at what you have become? Do not forget, this is the first battle of the generalissimo's chief, he has no experience, what's so strange about a losing battle? There is still me Baishui Zhu Ba in the Huanglong cottage, just a god machine camp, see me break it in one fell swoop! ”

"Huh?" Everyone turned their heads to look at Zhu Yuanzhang together.

The spirits of the defeated soldiers were lifted at the same time, yes! It's just the generalissimo who loses! But Zhu Bugs, whom we admire the most, has never lost a battle, if Zhu Baba is in command, maybe there is a way to deal with the Shenji Battalion.