Chapter 713: The Battle of Zhu Xianzhen (3)

In the distance, the sky was covered with dust, so dense that it was almost impossible to see the sky, and the earth trembled slightly.

He Renlong held a monocular, silently watching all this, he had been on a long-term expedition, and he knew very well the meaning of the dust in the sky and the slight tremor of the earth, and the officers at all levels under his command also understood the meaning.

He Renlong's army was previously equipped with arquebuses, but He Renlong eliminated all these arquebuses, and changed to bow and arrow and bow and crossbow defense, the arquebus fired slowly, the lethality is not very large, and there is often the problem of exploding, once the opponent attacks closely, the arquebus is almost the same as the burning stick, there is no use in the slightest, the bow and arrow and the bow and crossbow are different, the lethality is huge, and the opponent is frightened.

The bow and crossbow have been erected, this is He Renlong's huge reliance, the lethality of the bow and crossbow is extremely powerful, no matter whether the attacking opponent is a cavalry or a foot pawn, once the bow and crossbow is launched, it can also give the opponent great destruction in spirit.

The earth began to tremble, and the black pressure of the rogue came overwhelmingly.

He Renlong's body trembled slightly, he couldn't imagine that Li Zicheng would take such an unusually sudden attack, without any intermission, without any preparation, and arrived in Zhuxian Town to start a large-scale attack.

The sergeant in front was a little commotion, probably because of the momentum of the Liukou charge, He Renlong put down the monoculars, and the prancing horse rushed towards the front position, and the soldiers around him also rushed over, shouting that the commander was coming.

The commotion soon disappeared automatically, and many sergeants had already seen He Renlong rushing to the forward position.

Morale was boosted in an instant.

The 30,000 cavalry led by Liu Zongmin launched a large-scale charge, and since the official army was only 20,000, then use the most elite cavalry to charge and completely break the defense line of the official army. As long as this step is achieved, the official army will be completely defeated, because the next 50,000 righteous soldiers led by King Chuang will follow the charge, and the official army will not be able to resist at all, and they will not be able to continue to organize an effective defensive line. As for the battle between the two armies in a good position, this is not what Liu Zongmin appreciates, and he will not adopt it.

As soon as the rebel sergeant arrived in Zhuxian Town, he didn't even have time to catch his breath before he began to charge, which showed that Liu Zongmin had the confidence of victory and believed that the rebel army would definitely be able to defeat the official army.

Liu Zongmin charged in the middle of the team, not at the front, and the five hundred personal soldiers beside him. Closely following on the left and right, a zigzag was formed, and as for the rest of the charging rebel sergeants, they would not be embedded in this gret.

The momentum of the charge is indeed very amazing, like a torrent, rushing forward without hesitation.

Such a charging position made Liu Zongmin very satisfied, and even had some pride. This is the cavalry he personally brought out, and it has an extraordinary momentum. With strong combat effectiveness.

The defensive position of the official army, Liu Zongmin knew very well, it was nothing, once the cavalry rushed over, the war horse could easily cross those fences, he didn't understand why the official army would set up such a fence. Field warfare is mainly to play the role of cavalry charging and fighting, repairing such a fence, to a certain extent can stop the opponent's charge, but to a greater extent is to limit their own charge, so that it is difficult for cavalry to play a leading role in field combat.

The cavalry of the Liukou was only about two hundred meters away from the fence. The sergeant in the front row could even see the rogue face, and a rain of black arrows began to appear, all of which were bows and arrows shot by the rogues.

The sergeants in the front row quickly raised their shields to ward off the rain of arrows.

The herald beside He Renlong finally raised the red flag in his hand, which was a signal to start the attack with a bow and crossbow.

"Woo......"

The bow and crossbow, more than a meter long, with a low seeping voice, flew towards the rogue in front of him.

The range of the bow and crossbow can reach 800 meters, and He Renlong could have ordered the sergeant to fire the bow and crossbow a long time ago, but he has endured it all the time, and waited until the Liukou was only two hundred meters away from the position and the Liukou had already begun to fire bows and arrows.

Dense crossbows, like parallel lines, galloped towards the Liukou.

No one can resist the attack of the bow and crossbow at close range, and it can be said that the lethality of the bow and crossbow at close range is even disdainful of the Hongyi cannon.

He Renlong kept these thousands of bows and crossbows absolutely secret, and there was no leakage, so it was impossible for the rogues to detect that the army was carrying so many bows and crossbows.

A tragic scene appeared in an instant.

The rogues who charged in front were hit by the crossbow with a low whistling sound, and the huge impact force of the bow and crossbow not only caused the cavalry in front to be shot out, but even the war horse was overturned to the ground.

The rogue who was hit by the bow and crossbow in the front row, with the impact of the bow and crossbow, hit the rogue behind him, and the charging formation instantly appeared a little panicked.

The bow and crossbow are still being fired continuously, the rain of arrows shot by the rogue slowly disappears, the rogue in the front row has a short stagnation, and the rogue in the back cannot stop charging in a short time, which makes the formation of the rogue in a few minutes, there is a crowded situation in front and back, in this case, the lethality of the bow and crossbow is greater.

Liu Zongmin quickly found out that something was wrong, his eyes instantly turned blood-red, when the scout was scouting, he only talked about the defensive positions of the official army, and did not mention the bow and crossbow at all, which allowed him to use the method of group charge to destroy the defensive position of the official army, but he never imagined that the official army had such a powerful bow and crossbow.

The power of the bow and crossbow of about two hundred meters was simply not something that the cavalry and war horses under his command could withstand.

But Liu Zongmin did not give the order to retreat, he knew very well that the launch of the bow and crossbow needs to consume the physical strength of the officers and soldiers, a bow and crossbow needs at least two people to operate, and if it is a bow car, it takes three to five people to be able to operate it well, in other words, the launch of the bow and crossbow is difficult to last, at most a quarter of an hour.

At this moment, if the army is ordered to withdraw and no longer attack, then the morale of the rebels will suffer a heavy blow, and it will be impossible to organize an attack in the future.

There are always casualties in the fight, and it is worth losing part of the rebel cavalry and destroying the bows and crossbows of the official army.

The soldiers around Liu Zongmin began to shout loudly, asking the rebel sergeants to continue to charge towards the positions of the officers and soldiers, and at the same time, more rebel sergeants began to fire bows and arrows, and the rain of arrows under the black pressure almost overwhelmed the positions of the officers and soldiers.

The rebel sergeants in front continued to charge towards the officers, but they were no longer so free, there were many fallen sergeants and war horses at the front of the position, these sergeants and war horses made the charge a little difficult, and the war horses were unwilling to step on the corpses of other war horses to charge ahead.

More crossbows are still being fired.

The charging rebels, the casualties are getting bigger and bigger, and gradually there is a trace of morale problems, the rebel sergeants who charge in front have begun to unconsciously dodge the bow and crossbow, although their dodge seems very redundant, after all, the bow and crossbow are too dense, and the rebel sergeant in front has no place to hide, so he can only hope that his luck will not be shot by the bow and crossbow.

Liu Zongmin's personal captain couldn't help it, and suggested that the front be buffered temporarily, this kind of charge that died in vain was a huge blow to the morale of the righteous army, and the face of the righteous sergeant in front was written with fear, if it was blindly forced, if it was really waited until the formation of the army was out of order, I am afraid that the officers and soldiers would launch a charge.

At this time, Liu Zongmin also understood that continuing to charge forcibly could not achieve the goal of crushing the officers and soldiers, and could only cause greater casualties and hit the morale of the rebel sergeants.

The order to retreat was finally given.

Seeing the Liukou risking death to charge, He Renlong was also secretly frightened, he couldn't imagine that in the face of such a dense bow and crossbow, the Liukou could still be fearless of death, where is this the previous Liukou who collapsed in one rush, it is clearly an army with strong combat effectiveness, in the face of such an army, there are only 20,000 soldiers under his command, it is extremely difficult to win, and it has become an impossible task to defend Zhuxian Town.

In the face of such a strong rogue, the best way is to take out the strongest combat power in the first fight, and the opponent is afraid.

He Renlong was praised as He Maniac by Liukou, this fame is not obtained casually, it is obtained after countless battles, seeing that Liukou is ready to evacuate, such a good opportunity, how can He Renlong give up, it is rare for Liukou to be so light on the enemy, bold charge, so it creates a passive situation, do not charge and fight at this moment, when will it wait.

The red flag was raised again.

The crossbow stopped firing, and a rain of arrows appeared.

The drums of war began to beat, and He Renlong personally led 10,000 cavalry and began to charge.

The sergeants waiting in front had already dodged towards the left and right flanks.

He Renlong took the lead, and the war horse jumped over the fence and rushed towards the rogue who was evacuating.

The personal soldiers who followed He Renlong's side, as well as the rest of the cavalry soldiers, were not far behind, and rushed through the fence and charged towards the Liukou, and the general soldier charged at the front, which was a great encouragement to everyone.

A red torrent rushed in the direction of the Liukou, and the officers and soldiers were only about three hundred meters away from the Liukou, and the time for the war horse to charge was there.

A huge crashing sound appeared, and the torrent of the official army's charge instantly tore through the ranks of the rogues and extended in the direction of the vertical body......

Liu Zongmin had already discovered that something was wrong, he saw He Renlong charging at the front, and he saw with his own eyes that the official army was like a rainbow, crushing the cavalry under his command.

At this time, it is impossible to organize a counterattack, which can only cause greater casualties, and the best way is to evacuate as soon as possible, fortunately, there is still an army of 50,000 led by King Chuang behind.

Liu Zongmin gave the order to evacuate at full speed.

The rebel sergeants retreated like a tidal wave, unable to care about the officers and soldiers who were chasing them...... (To be continued......)