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When the horsetail cavalry chasing up was about forty or fifty meters apart, they pulled out the short firearms on their waists and aimed and fired, and the front one finished shooting three short firearms, and then chased after the Wu cavalry with a saber and slashed. The more than 100 cavalry of the Wu army that fell behind fell off their horses one after another, which also made the Wu army who was running in front of them even more desperately slap their mounts and run away with their lives.

"Bang" With another crisp sound, I saw a Wu cavalry fall off his horse. In the pursuit battle, the pursuing side naturally took advantage of it, and after pursuing for a while, the horsetail cavalry at the front saw that the Wu cavalry had begun to make peace with the Wu army brigade in the rear, and if they caught up with the front, they would definitely suffer a loss, so they would accept it when they saw it, and Gu Hao, the commander of the first battalion of the cavalry division, hurriedly blew the whistle on his neck, ordered the cavalry under his command to stop the pursuit, and then returned to the original position of the Wu army array.

It was already ten miles away from the original Wu army's array, and the Wu army's cavalry, which was already only in its early 2,000s, suffered heavy losses, leaving seven or eight hundred people behind, and only about 1,500 people were left who fled back to the rear army's main formation. At this time, Wu Yingqi took the lead in escaping back to the large army, and he felt truly safe with more than 10,000 soldiers, but he completely forgot about it at the moment, and the chief soldier Wang Hui and the 4,000 infantry army under his command did not come back.

The cavalry of the 1st Battalion of the Cavalry Division pursued and returned, and did not return to the original side of the Mawei Army. Instead, it just cut off the retreat of Wang Hui's four thousand military horses. Now this Wang Hui and his 4,000 soldiers are the most bitter. Enter. There is no doubt that you will lose, and if you retreat, it will be even worse. Now that Wang Hui's retreat to the northwest is blocked, and the 4,000 soldiers and horses of the First Division of the Mawei Army in the southeast are gradually approaching, it really makes him anxious.

"My lord, the cavalry of the Mawei Army behind has completely cut off our retreat, what should we do?" Deputy General Ma Zuchang asked anxiously, and with the same expression as him, there were also generals such as Hong Yi, the general of the West Road, and Zhu Shi, the general of the East Road.

"Panic what!" The king scolded angrily. Wu Yingzhi took the lead in escaping as the coach. More than 4,000 cavalry were completely defeated, and the blow to their 4,000 infantry army was quite large, and the low soldiers at this time had no morale at all. The cavalry outnumbered them had been defeated, so how could their 4,000-foot army withstand such a formidable enemy? This is not the idea of one or two people, but all the soldiers of the Wu army are thinking like this.

"Formation, defend on the spot!" Wang Hui has followed Wu Sangui for decades, and there is still some calming kung fu. "Our 4,000 army does not take the initiative to attack, forms a formation to defend itself, and there is no problem at all in holding on for an hour or two. The marshal was also careless just now and suffered this big defeat, but we still have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses behind us. It is not far from here, and the marshal is estimated to be able to lead the army to arrive within half an hour. The commander will never abandon our 4,000 people. Therefore. As long as we hold on for half an hour, the crisis will be lifted, and maybe we can turn defeat into victory! ”

The cavalry of the Wu army was defeated too quickly, and it was only two quarters of an hour from the launch of the attack to the complete defeat, and Wang Hui and other generals did not see the scene on the battlefield at all. But they knew one thing clearly, the enemy Mawei Army had more firearms, even artillery, and the previous artillery sound was quite dense, which was also the point that Wang Hui and other generals were most worried about. As for the gunfire like bursting beans, they actively ignored it, although the power of that thing was there, but the range was hard, and there were a full thousand archers among their four thousand. This strong bow and crossbow is much stronger than the useless shotgun!

"Yes!" The generals behind the king replied in unison. As Wu Sangui's nephew, Wu Yingqi has always been known for his courage and ability to fight, and he has always been a powerful general of Sangui, and his prestige in the army is enough, and a temporary defeat will not make him completely lose his military spirit in the army. Several generals of the Wu army immediately separated to appease the army, arrange arrangements, and form a formation for defense.

4,000 people contracted to form a huge formation, which is a typical circular formation, and also a typical circular battle formation during field defense warfare, which is one of the "ten formations" in ancient times. Sun Tzu's Art of War said: "Chaotic, round and undefeatable." "It's about the circle. Wang Hui and other main generals quickly entered the center of the circle with the golden drum banner, if the Wu army was facing the Qing soldiers at this time, it really had no obvious weaknesses.

"Division commander, look at this posture, Wu Jun is going to wait for help!" The four battalions of the First Division had already surrounded at this time, and the three battalions of the First Brigade of the First Division and the battalion directly under the division headquarters were divided into four pieces to encircle the Wu army from due east to south, and Yu Changlun, the commander of the First Brigade, was by Bai Xianzhong's side at this moment, looked at the military formation of the Wu army, and said with a sneer.

Bai Xianzhong was also holding a telescope to observe the enemy formation, and when he heard this, he replied: "Just now I saw a large cloud of smoke and dust behind the Wu army, it seems that the commander of the Jiang division led the cavalry brothers back, and the retreat of the Wu army has been cut off, otherwise the Wu army will not form a circle to defend." If the artillery comes up, we must do our best to eliminate part of the Wu army, otherwise most of the Wu army will rush up to rescue them, and it will be troublesome, and we can still be eaten by the Wu army. ”

"The artillery has been erected, just waiting for your order, the division commander. But the division commander, the commander of the Wu army is only afraid that he is frightened, and the cavalry of the Wu army is almost completely wiped out, can it still have the courage to fight back? Fighting in the field with our Mawei Army, this Wu army commander is really arrogant! Yu Changlun said sarcastically. However, should we send someone to persuade us to surrender, maybe these Wu troops on the other side will surrender! ”

"The Wu army has just arrived, and it is also the first time to engage our Mawei army, and these people who are at the forefront are considered the elite of this group of Wu army, and it is unlikely that they will surrender. Instead of this, it would be much easier to cripple and frighten them first, and then surrender them! Bai Xianzhong said faintly, seeing that the artillery array behind him was indeed ready. So he ordered: "When you are ready, open fire." Give them three salvos first. Then send someone to surrender. ”

Sixty general cannons were placed at the highest part of the undulating road, lined up. From here, you can overlook the circle formation of the Wu army five or six hundred meters below, and the large circle of thousands of people is in full view, but at this distance, you still need to use a telescope to clarify the target. Among them, ten of the general's cannons have been directly aimed at the Wangzi banner of the Central General Soldier Wang Hui, preparing to directly defeat the command system of the Wu army. There is a way to capture the thief and capture the king first, and this killing of the enemy is also the first to kill the general.

"Ready! Fire! The commander of the artillery battalion gave an order, and the gunners began to ignite.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

Sixty shells whizzed towards the circle of the Wu army. On the Wu army's side, Wang Hui, who was still a little worried at first, was not too worried when the generals saw the artillery position of the Mawei Army. Their circle array was about 600 meters away from the artillery position of the Mawei Army, and he couldn't see it very clearly in his clairvoyant mirror, and at this distance, even the red-coated artillery they brought this time could not shoot accurately, although it was said that the red-coated cannon had this range.

Looking at the busy appearance of the Mawei Army before, it was also a hurried march, even if the artillery was erected, it was only a light Furlong machine gun or something, and the maximum firing range was estimated to be 300 steps and no more than 500 meters, so there was nothing to worry too much about. For this time, it can block the attack of the Mawei Army for an hour or two. More faith. It was only the rumbling cannon that shattered their illusions, and the swarthy shells did not fall just before the circle as they expected. Instead, it fell straight into their formation.

Sixty flowering bombs exploded one after another,

"Boom, boom!"

"Boom, boom!"

"Boom, boom!"

In the circular formation of the Wu army, the soldiers in each military formation were only two meters apart, and the range covered by the explosion of each shell reached ten meters, and the broken iron pieces flying everywhere were even more radiating a distance of thirty meters, and suddenly bursts of miserable howls sounded in the entire circular array. This round of 60 shells killed more than 100 Wu troops and injured at least 300 Wu troops. In just one round, the Wu army lost nearly one-tenth of its troops, and Wang Hui was not hit in the center, although there were ten large general cannons aimed at the center, but none of them hit.

Wang Hui looked at the chaotic Wu army around him at this time, listening to the miserable howls, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom, can they really hold on for an hour? No one told him an answer, because while he was stunned, a second round of shells was fired again.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Boom, boom!"

"Boom, boom!"

"Boom, boom!"

With a target as large as the circle array, the gunner could shoot shells into the Wu army's circle array at will. It's just that just now the ten general cannons aimed at the central command system Wangzi banner adjusted the angle again and fired again, this time the hit was much more accurate, and three shells accurately fell into the most central position, and the Wangzi banner disappeared in front of Wu Jun after the gunsmoke, and I don't know whether it was directly exploded, or the flag-bearer who raised the flag was killed and the banner fell.

As soon as the banner falls, the soldiers of the Wu army will think that the commander is dead, and the blow to the morale of the army is very huge. And will the king die at this time? The answer is no, when I saw the swarthy cannonballs flying towards the center, several personal soldiers around him protected Wang Hui under him, and there were war horses around to block it, Wang Hui had nothing to do, but the riders holding the banner were killed together with the war horses they were riding.

"Quick, raise the banner!" Wang Hui stood up and immediately shouted urgently, and the soldiers who heard the order immediately ran over and raised the banner again. Wu Jun, who was already in chaos around him, saw that the banner was erected again, and his heart was a little settled, but it was only a little fixed. The cannonballs overhead don't know when they will fall again, and if they fall on their side, what can they do to stop them? The flesh and blood have been proven under the two rounds of shelling just now, it is quite vulnerable, and the war horses are not good, and the minced flesh in that place is the best proof. (My novel "I Am Geng Jingzhong" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)

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