Moths to the Fire, from the Book of Liang. To the irrigation legend", the moth saw the fire, so he threw himself on the fire regardless of a qiē, a metaphor for self-destruction, or a metaphor for running to the desired goal regardless of a qiē, at this moment, Lu Haoshan felt that the Cao Jiajun outside the gate was also like a moth, one after another to die.

The range of the new firearm is long, powerful, the bow and arrow in the hands of the Cao family army outside the pass and the old-fashioned firearm can not attack their subordinates at all, taking the bow and arrow as an example, the range of the arrow is about 300 steps, but the effective killing distance is only about 150 steps, and Lu Haoshan ordered the attack at about 200 steps, Cao Wenzhao led the troops to suppress the bandits, mostly in the field, so the siege heavy weapons did not bring, and the power of those simple siege equipment was small, so that it was in the process of being beaten at the beginning.

A bullet broke through the air, its target was a captain who rushed to the front, I saw him wearing cotton armor, holding a machete in his hand, red eyes and howling in his voice to rush forward desperately, for him, his feet are stepping on the Qingyun Road of promotion, the machete in his hand is a stepping stone to glory and wealth, and the heads of those soldiers at the checkpoint are a lovely silver ingot, as long as he rushes up, this qiē will be there.

But a bullet broke his dream, reversed the trajectory of his life, or rather, stopped the trajectory of his life, his cotton armor inlaid with iron plates but protected against most arrows could not prevent the deadly bullet, the bullet easily penetrated the cotton armor, and then hit him in the heart fiercely, looking at the blood stained on his chest, the captain fell down unwillingly.

One shot kills.

For the firecrackers, the people who charge below are living targets, just shooting.

One after another soldiers screamed and fell, even if they used a wooden shield to protect themselves, Cao Bianjiao's eyes were red, and he raised the machete in his hand with all his might, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill me." Avenge your dead brother. ”

After speaking, he rushed to the front with a machete, taking the lead, seeing that his general was so brave, those soldiers also roared and charged forward.

"First team, put"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Second team, put"

"Bang Bang Bang"

How to stir up the situation below, but Li Dingguo didn't pay attention to it at all, and stood aside to command the fire gun to release it, and Lu Haoshan saw it above. Those officers and soldiers fell like ears of rice under the storm, stubble, but what moved Lu Haoshan was that in the absence of the supervising team, no one flinched, and rushed up one by one without fear of death, and the one who rushed to the front was Cao Bianjiao, who saw him holding a machete, wearing a silver-white mountain armor, and a red wind on his shoulder. It stands out.

These two Cao have a place among so many generals in the Ming Dynasty, and they are really famous.

pity

With a "whoosh", a bullet hit Cao Bianjiao's thigh at once, because he rushed too hard. As soon as he lost his strength under his feet, he fell to the ground with a scream.

"General"

"Quick, the general is injured, help him back."

"Damn it. Why are these firecrackers so powerful, they can't prevent it from rushing and can't rush it. ”

Cao Bianjiao was the spiritual support of a group of soldiers, and he fell. Those guards and soldiers hurriedly protected him, desperately trying to save him, the momentum of the charge was blocked, and the morale plummeted.

The Xianfeng army is only 5,000 people, the number is not superior, and to capture Yes, it is a very steep Zitian Pass, in the absence of siege weapons, the casualties are very large, every elite soldier is shot and falls, Cao Wenzhao felt that someone stabbed him in the heart, and his carefully cultivated men fell one after another, Cao Wenzhao's face twitched in pain, and then saw that his nephew was also injured, and knew that he could not do anything, so Mingjin withdrew his troops.

"Stop!" When Cao Wenzhao stopped attacking, Lu Haoshan did not take the opportunity to chase and kill, but ordered his subordinates to stop attacking and let them leave.

"Jiao'er, are you alright?" As soon as he saw the soldiers carrying Cao Bianjiao back, Cao Wenzhao didn't care about the other wounded, and hurriedly rushed up and asked with concern.

Cao Bianjiao was only hit in the little foot, and he didn't hurt the blood vessels and vital points, and those guards were also very loyal, and they used their bodies to protect him one by one, and after Mingjin received the gold, Lu Haoshan also stopped the pursuit in time, so Cao Bianjiao was fine as long as he bandaged it simply.

"General, the last general is fine" Cao Bianjiao gritted his teeth, stood up suddenly, gritted his teeth and said: "The last general is willing to lead the team to charge again and swear to take Zitian Pass." ”

is really a tough guy, the wound is not healed yet, and the wound is bleeding again, but Cao Bianjiao's face does not change, and a fanatical look appears in his eyes.

Cao Wenzhao looked at Zitianguan with a closed gate with a somewhat complicated gaze, shook his head and said: "No, although Zitianguan is not as dangerous as Jianmen Pass, but it is not something we can take, firstly, we are too few in number, secondly, there are no siege weapons, and finally, the elite of these people far exceeds our expectations, just a charge, our people have not even touched the city wall, and it is discounted by nearly half at once, it is half." ”

After speaking, Cao Wenzhao said bitterly: "We have lost nearly half, but none of those Sichuan soldiers are injured, and if we rush down, I am afraid, I am afraid that all of us will have to be explained here, and we can't rush again." ”

"So, what do we do now?"

"Wait, you can only wait for Hong Shuai to arrive before making a decision." Cao Wenzhao said helplessly.

When Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew sighed, the city wall was cheering, smiling one by one, Li Dingguo didn't pay attention in front, when he saw the mountain of corpses below, and then looked at the intact brothers around him, the little face was full of surprise, and said in disbelief: "This, these new-style firecrackers are really powerful, we have killed and injured so many enemies, and our own brothers are just looking for a scratch, that is, I am afraid that no one will believe it, my lord, you are really a god." ”

It is said that killing a thousand enemies and losing 800 yourself, but in the face of a hundred elite soldiers like Er Cao, it is a miracle that you can not hurt one when you kill and injure a large number of enemies.

"This is nothing, our victory is because we have a secret weapon, our new firearms can hit them, but the old firearms in the hands of these officers and soldiers have a short range, and they are shot before they can rush to the range, so we can be invincible." Lu Haoshan was not surprised by this result.

In the Battle of the Somme in World War I, on July 1, 1916, the British army launched an attack on the German army, and the German army used Maxim heavy machine guns and other weapons to fire fiercely and continuously at the British army in dense formation, so that the British army displayed nearly 60,000 corpses on the German positions in one day.

"My lord" Li Dingguo said with a look of adoration: "What should we do now?" Do you want to take advantage of the victory? ”

"No, if this is the case, the official would not have ordered to stop the release just now" Lu Haoshan said expressionlessly: "What we have to do is wait, wait for Hong Chengchou to arrive, he is not a lord who is easy to succumb, he knows that it is a wall, but he will not look back if he does not hit the south wall, of course, he will also wait for the holy decree of the imperial court"

"What if these officers and soldiers attack Zitian Pass again?"

Lu Haoshan said without hesitation: "Fight!" Fight hard, as long as they dare to attack, they will fight, if they like to confront, let it, it is said that it is difficult for Shu Dao to go to the blue sky, then the logistics supply will definitely not be able to keep up, and then they will retreat without a fight. ”

"Yes, General."

Lu Haoshan said it right, Hong Chengchou is not only shrewd, high and powerful, but also a person who is not easy to give in, three days later, Hong Chengchou arrived at Chaotian Pass, followed by him, and 25,000 Shaanxi elite soldiers who sharpened their swords.

This time, Hong Chengchou came prepared, not only with the support and acquiescence of the Ministry of War, but also prepared a lot of siege weapons, and went straight to Chaotian Pass.

It's a pity that the wish is full, the reality is skinny, the officers and soldiers attacked the city, Lu Haoshan directly sacrificed a new type of firecracker, and also pulled out the artillery he had researched and cast, and used his absolute strength to shout helplessly at Hong Chengchou and his subordinates:

One is an accident, the second is a coincidence, the third time is strength, three times, Hong Chengchou launched a total of three attacks after arriving, each time it was a loss of troops, three attacks, not to mention how much the results are, that is, the city wall has not been touched for a few minutes, so it is easy to say, how can I not agree to let go.

In just three charges, Hong Chengchou lost five or six thousand people, and he wanted to negotiate with Lu Haoshan, but he didn't expect Lu Haoshan to even see him.

There was no way, Hong Chengtao had no choice but to ask the Ministry of War for instructions, and at the same time hinted that it was not that those passes could not be captured, but that he was afraid that the losses would be quite large, and if the losses were too large, it would be difficult to have enough troops to prevent and kill those chaotic horses

A wave did not stop, wave after wave, when Sichuan was ravaged by rampant wolves and other bandits, Chongzhen and the military department were greatly furious, and authorized Hong Chengchou to suppress it, everyone thought that Hong Chengchou could be easily quelled, but it didn't take long to receive the so-called recommendation letter from officials of all sizes, all of which asked Lu Wenhua, the commander of Fengli Zhouwei, to be the commander of Sichuan and the governor of Sichuan. Everyone thought that the Sichuan soldiers, who had always been pampered, were by no means Hong Chengchou's opponents, but they did not expect to receive the news of Hong Chengchou's defeat again and again.

What happened to this Daming?

A little-known person unknowingly controlled Sichuan, even if Hong Chengchou personally went out and was blocked out of the pass, this is a strict nature, not only to support the army and self-respect, but also to cut the land as the king, and Han Wendeng and this Lizhou Wei commander, who is the biggest behind-the-scenes leader?

The courtiers discussed a lot and expressed their opinions, and in the Shang study, Chongzhen secretly summoned two important people to discuss Sichuan affairs. (To be continued......)