Wu Sangui pressed on the whole line, Tang Qiang did not hide his secrets anymore, arrows, rolling stones, new-style firecrackers, grenades, explosion-capable iron balls, tiger squat cannons, etc., all of them were put on the soldiers of Wu Sangui's department, and for a while, the explosions were continuous, the screams were endless, and the fresh lives were harvested in the missiles, and the flesh and blood of the bodies were blown up in the explosion, and the soldiers, including Wu Sangui, were red-eyed, and there was only a distance of thirty zhang left, and they refused to give up even if they died, and they rushed up with roars one by one. ± top novel,

When the cavalry rushed up, the distance between the two armies was only about 20 zhang, zhang is the ancient unit of measurement, one zhang is about 3.333 meters in later generations, and 20 zhang is about 67 meters, if the speed of the 100-meter champion, that is, about seven seconds, change to the horse riding at high speed, that is, a few breaths of time, the victory or defeat is between the line.

Due to the proximity, bows and arrows, seven-eyed guns and bird guns also began to kill the Sichuan army, and no one could be injured and killed, but everyone knew that now was the most critical moment, one fell and the other immediately went up, and the light injuries could not get out of the line of fire, seeing that the situation was urgent, even the personnel in charge of logistics were also transferred to the front line, although they were not as elite as those official soldiers, but they could still do it by assisting in firing artillery, throwing grenades and pushing wooden rolling stones, that is, auxiliary personnel, Lu Haoshan also asked them to be trained in their spare time, It's a bit like a reserve.

As soon as the cavalry joined, the battle immediately entered the white heat, arrows and missiles poured on the opponent's position like a torrential rain, explosions rose one after another, shouts of killing, trumpets, and screams have been endless, in front of the strong enemy, the terrifying firepower of the Sichuan army was liberated from the bottom, firearms, artillery, grenades, and large iron balls that would explode, as if they did not want money, poured into the soldiers of Wu Sangui, and the soldiers of Wu Sangui's department continued to fall. But they relied on the superiority in numbers and kept attacking at the cost of their lives.

Slowly, Wu Sangui and his generals found that although it was only a short twenty zhang, it was this short twenty zhang that became a chasm that was difficult to cross, and every step forward had to pay a great price, not to mention the dense fire guns that made people's scalps tingle, and every time the artillery and the big iron ball exploded, it would cause great casualties. The soldiers even led the men and horses to be blown away, but it was not easy to advance some, a round of grenades attacked, no matter how strong the momentum will be blown up, in addition to a very unfavorable factor, that is, the cliff slope is a slope, the terrain is quite high, not allowed to the horse's sprint.

The battle went on, but only half an hour later. Xia Guoxiang finally couldn't help it.

The soldiers have been sacrificing their lives to kill, it may be said that they have done their best, watching the soldiers fall one by one, watching their comrades die on the battlefield, Xia Guoxiang's face became more and more pale. He saw with his own eyes that in order to raise a heavy shield to block bullets and arrows, three soldiers were replaced in less than half an hour, and they all wanted to use heavy shields to block the fire of the Sichuan army, but they fell one by one. Some were hit in the lower leg by the firebolt, some were blown away by grenades, and some were knocked down by rolling stones, but when they were replaced by the fourth soldier, they were unfortunately hit by a solid lead bullet, and the people with the shield were blown apart. It can be miserable.

The reason why Xia Guoxiang couldn't sink was not a regression in morale, but casualties.

According to experience, when the two armies are fighting, the casualties reach 20%, morale will be low, casualties will reach one-third, people's hearts will fluctuate, if the casualties reach or exceed one-half, the troops may collapse at any time, and then it will be a real collapse, and in less than half an hour, close to 15,000 elites have already suffered more than half of the casualties, it is almost close to two-thirds, the spirit has been lost, and confidence has also been shaken. The mood of the soldiers has reached a critical point of collapse.

Not only the confidence of the soldiers is shaken, but also Xia Guoxiang's heart is shaken, although there is only a distance of only twenty zhang, this twenty zhang distance is the difference between heaven and hell, but no matter how much effort and sacrifice is made, there is no trace of hope, as a wise general with both civil and military skills, Xia Guoxiang has always maintained a rare calmness, unlike others who gritted their teeth and rushed up with red eyes.

"General, let's withdraw." Xia Xiangguo rode his horse to Wu Sangui, who was roaring like thunder, and said loudly.

"What? Say it again. Because the cannon was too loud, Wu Sangui didn't hear it clearly for a while.

Xia Guoxiang said loudly: "General, the situation is not good, let's withdraw." ”

"What? Remove? Wu Sangui's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he roared like thunder: "So many brothers are planted here, what a price have we paid, it was not easy to attack here, if we are withdrawn, won't we give up our previous efforts?" ”

These are the most elite and loyal subordinates under their command, most of them are veterans brought by Liaodong, these veterans are experienced and fierce, each of them is a baby bump, even if you die Wu Sangui is so heartbroken that she can't speak, and now there are so many casualties at once, these are the capital of his own promotion, Wu Sangui wants to vomit blood.

Hearing that the Sichuan army is powerful, Wu Sangui was a little unimpressed at first, and Tang Qiang intended to hide several important weapons, Wu Sangui did not show much worry, but once the Sichuan army was fully firepowered, the powerful firepower that destroyed the world could not pose a threat to Wu Sangui even if he racked his brains.

In fact, Wu Sangui had long felt that this battle could not be fought, but when he was so close and the war was so entangled, he was reluctant to win the results of his hard work for a while, and he was unwilling, so Wu Sangui was like a gambler who lost a red eye, fighting.

Many people are like this, they don't lose the last chip, they keep dropping the last trace of thought, and they refuse to give up.

Xia Guoxiang said with a bitter face: "General, we all underestimated the Sichuan army, and now the brothers have suffered more than half of the casualties, but the firepower of the Sichuan army shows no signs of weakening. ”

"General, we still have tens of thousands of soldiers, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, let's withdraw." Ma Bao said with red eyes.

"General, the brothers can't resist anymore, just now they have more than a dozen people who intend to escape, and if they continue to fight, I'm just afraid"

"General, withdraw."

A group of generals persuaded one after another, and even his son-in-law Hu Guozhu gritted his teeth and said: "General, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of running out of firewood." ”

When Wu Sangui was the king of Qin, the army plus logistics and the people were strong, with a total of 100,000 people, Shanhaiguan and Li Zicheng battled, although the number was reduced to about 30,000, but while suppressing and absorbing, the number of the army has been more than 50,000, this time 15,000 is the elite, and there are tens of thousands in the rear, as long as people can escape back, there is still hope of a comeback.

Hearing the words of his subordinates, Wu Sangui looked up at the battlefield, only to see that the artillery kept exciting, the grenade was like hail, densely thrown at his army, the hundreds of pounds of big iron balls were smashed to the crowded places, and the soldiers under his command fell one after another, they were unwilling, because they were in the position of being beaten, they always wanted to rush up to find a fair chance to fight, but the Sichuan army has not given this opportunity, and finally can only fall on the way to charge with hatred.

Twenty zhang, just twenty zhang, looking at the mountains of corpses, Wu Sangui's eyes turned red.

This battle can't be fought, if it goes on, it will really be annihilated, Wu Sangui's heart is full of unwillingness, anger, the elite soldiers under his command, that is the famous Liaodong elite, and also joined the "seed" of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, from Shanhaiguan to the Central Plains, it can be said that the world is invincible, I didn't expect to be planted in a small cliff slope, lost to a small, humble guard, it is really shameful to spread out.

However, there is not much to care about at this moment, every time he stays for a moment, there will be more casualties, and every time he suffers a casualty, there will be an increase in the danger of collapse, Wu Sangui clenched his fists, his eyes were on fire, and he gritted his teeth and roared: "Withdraw!" (To be continued......)