"The cannon is terrible!"

"It's terrifying, too!"

"Boom, the sound of popping is also terrifying!"

The defenders faltered, and their morale plummeted.

In fact, not only their will was shaken, but even the desperate Saburo and Xu Renjie, who were supervising the battle on the top of the mountain, were also so bad that they were greatly shaken, and there was a feeling of cold swishing in their hearts, which penetrated their hearts and spleens. The two of them were stunned for a long time in the roar of cannons, and they forgot to give orders.

I saw that the Furlong cannon at the foot of the mountain began to raise the muzzle of the gun, aiming at a higher position, and the guards in the No. 2 Arrow Tower, even the No. 3 Arrow Tower, and the No. 4 Arrow Tower all screamed, jumped out of the arrow tower, and retreated towards the top of the mountain in embarrassment.

"The generalissimo and the desperate big brother Saburo did not issue a retreat order, you don't retreat on your own!" On the top of the hill, a captain of ten was shouting loudly, but the retreating defeated soldiers did not listen to his orders at all, and only ran up the hill with their heads down.

"How is this possible? They are the elite of the three teams, and when they fought with Wang Zuohang's army before, they were not even afraid of death, but now they are running away in embarrassment? How is this possible? One of the centurions on the top of the hill shouted in disbelief.

"yes? Why did a good man who is not even afraid of death run away? This question, even the desperate San Lang and Xu Renjie couldn't help but be surprised.

This is that their grasp of people's hearts is not enough! To know that "not afraid of death" is not really "it doesn't matter if you die", a simple example will be used to understand: a very thin soldier holding a stick and facing a big man who is also holding a stick. This soldier knew that he couldn't beat the big man, but as long as he was brave enough and desperate enough, maybe he could defeat the big man in momentum and win.

But to change this scene, it's still the same thin soldier who is not afraid of death, holding a stick, facing a tank! Does this soldier still dare to go up and fight? Even if he is really "not afraid of death", but when he knows that he will die, he may not have the courage to go up and fight, and most of them will only turn around and flee for his life.

Change the scene again, and it's the same soldier, holding a stick, facing a demon who has risen from the abyss of hell! At that time, let alone rushing up to fight, even if he turned around and fled, he might lose the strength, because the fear of the mysterious and unknown demon would rob him of the strength of his whole body and knock him down directly mentally. Maybe before the demon could make a move, he had already scared himself to death.

Human beings, who are familiar with things, will always be mentally prepared in advance, even if they are afraid of that thing, they can think of ways to deal with it, so as to win a chance for themselves. But when humanity is faced with an unknown force, it will completely collapse, unable to respond forcefully, and even the battle that can be won will fail.

This is a defect of the heart, and no one can avoid it!

Zhu Yuanzhang knows this very well, no matter how brave the soldiers of Huanglong Cottage are, but when they encounter the Shenji Battalion for the first time, they will inevitably be shocked by the invincible power of cannons and firearms, they will have a sense of powerlessness against this unknown weapon, and will hypnotize themselves in their hearts "In the face of such a weapon, no matter what, they can't win", so they will collapse, they will run away, and they will no longer obey the orders of the commander.

"Don't run away...... Hold your place! Xu Renjie shouted loudly.

"Fourth team, hurry up and make up for the vacated position vacated by the escape of the third team......" Desperate Saburo also hurriedly ordered.

But the two of them soon discovered that the soldiers, who had always obeyed orders, did not obey orders this time, and they were huddled together at the mountain crossing, with obvious fear on their faces, and they could not even see the slightest bit of courage at the moment. They are like a flock of frightened birds, and they can no longer bear the slightest fright.

The shield array of officers and soldiers easily advanced to the halfway point of the mountain, and the soldiers bombarded the top of the mountain under the protection of the shield array...... The guards, who were supposed to throw stones down at various defensive positions, did not dare to lean out and throw stones, for fear of being hit by the bullets of the firearms. They don't know that in the position where the officers and men are now, the bullets of the guns cannot hit the top of the mountain at all, and the guns are completely shooting indiscriminately in the air, which is called deterrent shooting, and it is purely bluffing.

But this kind of bluffing shooting was very effective, so frightened that all the defenders on the top of the hill trembled and did not dare to probe, and a small number of bold soldiers threw a few stones, but because they did not have enough courage to aim, they just threw stones randomly, so the accuracy was extremely poor, and some of the stones did not even roll onto the mountain road, and slid past the side.

Behind the shield array, the archers and spearmen of the officers and soldiers also climbed the mountain road and drove straight to the top of the mountain, as if they had entered a no-man's land.

"What should I do?" Desperately, San Lang grabbed Xu Renjie's shoulder and shook it vigorously: "Brother Zhu handed over all the command to you, you can find a way to come out." ”

"I ...... What can I do? Xu Renjie smiled bitterly: "The soldiers don't listen to orders anymore, what use can I be a commander?" Belch...... I betrayed Bugling Zhu's trust. ”

"Smack!" A gunshot rang out on the mountainside, and desperately San Lang and Xu Renjie reflexively squatted down with their heads in their hands. The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly: "Don't talk about soldiers, even the two of us will be like this when we hear the sound of firecrackers...... Where do the soldiers still have the will to fight? ”

"Withdraw!" Xu Renjie gritted his teeth: "The No. 3 branch can't hold it...... The morale is so low, if we have to hold on here, we will only let all the 1,000 brothers stationed in the No. 3 branch be lost here...... Give this stockade to the officers and soldiers. ”

"Let the stockade?" Desperately, Saburo had a spirit all over his body: "Don't do it, this is what we have worked so hard to build, how can we say let it go?" Light the beacon fire, summon the second brother Wang who is on standby in the main village to help, and you can also let the brothers in the No. 1 and No. 2 sub-villages also come to support. ”

Xu Renjie shook his head: "It's useless, the cannons and firecrackers are so powerful, the soldiers have no will to fight, even if other brothers rush to reinforce at this time, we will still be defeated." While the casualties are still small, most of our brothers can be evacuated......"

He paused and said loudly: "The stockade can be rebuilt when it is gone, but people can't survive if they die...... Pass on my order, abandon the No. 3 sub-village, and the whole army will withdraw to the main village from the back mountain path...... Lose the responsibility of the No. 3 branch, I will bear it with all my might! ”

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Huanglong Mountain, the main village!

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the highest stone on the top of the mountain, looking in the direction of the No. 3 sub-village. The main village is four miles away from the No. 3 sub-village, the straight-line distance is not very far, and you can see the opposite mountain from the top of the mountain, but you can't see the trees and people on the mountain clearly......

In the deep mountains, the sound will form an echo between the mountain walls and spread far away, so the rumbling cannon sound on the side of the No. 3 branch village can also be faintly heard here in the main village.

"The officers and soldiers have opened fire!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Xu Renjie, you're going to lose!" ”

Qiu Ye sat beside Zhu Yuanzhang, poured him a cup of tea, and brought it to his lips and said, "Xianggong, you have long expected that Xu Renjie will be defeated, so why worry about this defeat at this time?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "What I'm worried about is not victory or defeat, but ...... Will Xu Renjie hold on or will he order a retreat! He said seriously: "At this time, you can see the strength of a general." If he is a worthy general, he will retreat decisively at this time to preserve his strength. If he chooses to stick to No. 3, then ...... Even if he gets away with coming back alive, I will give up on him and no longer see him as a general worth cultivating. ”

"Xianggong ......" Akiba Qi said: "I'm a woman, and I don't know much about fighting." But...... I've heard that Mr. Storyteller said when he told a story, Wen dies and fights to the death, this is a person worthy of respect! Why is it in your mouth that retreat is a measure? ”

"Wen Death Admonition, Martial Death Battle can indeed show a person's integrity." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "But integrity is not equal to the quantity, people who can really become great tools can bend and stretch, not get carried away because of victory, and will not be depressed because of failure, the so-called victory is modest, defeat is elegant!" If you want to become a famous general, how can you go undefeated for a few games? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts drifted away: "Han Gaozu Liu Bang faced Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and was defeated repeatedly, defeated again and again, and finally won the world. Liu Xuande is like a lost dog, wandering for half his life, but in the end he has a great career...... That's the quantity. ”

"I see!" Qiu Ye smiled: "I also heard a story, our Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty also lost the battle, it is said that he was defeated by Chen Youliang and was injured, it was the Queen of Bigfoot who escaped from the siege on his back, and then he reinvigorated the army and defeated Chen Youliang...... Is this what Xiang Gong said? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, noncommittal.

At this time, Wang Er ran over from the mountain road, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang a little angrily: "Brother Zhu, the cannon roared over there in the No. 3 branch village, and the sound of crackling firecrackers came over...... I want to bring my brothers over for reinforcements, please give the order. ”

"I'm not qualified to order!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "The commander-in-chief of this battle is Xu Renjie, not me!" You are optimistic about the No. 3 branch village, if the beacon fire is raised, it is he who ordered you to go to reinforcements, if the beacon fire is not raised, you must obediently obey the order, and absolutely do not attack without authorization. ”

"This ...... This is really a rush to death! Wang Er jumped to his feet: "What if Xu Renjie is commanding indiscriminately?" What if he forgot to light a beacon fire? I'm really in a hurry......"

As he was saying this, Akiba suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted, "Look at the mountain road over there...... The garrison of the third branch has withdrawn......"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er turned their heads at the same time, two or three miles away on the mountain road, a large group of guards were withdrawn in a mess, it was obvious that they had just withdrawn from the No. 3 sub-village, and they couldn't see the expressions of these people clearly from a long distance, but from their panicked movements and chaotic formation, it could be seen that they were very embarrassed.

"Whew!" Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, and felt very comforted in his heart: Xu Renjie chose to retreat and preserved his strength! His strength is worth looking forward to.