Chapter 106: Death Battle

With the order of Lu Bing, the commander of the Ming army, the cannon roared continuously, but the rebels were still not afraid of life and death. In a bunker deep in the dense forest, Wang Zhenhu watched his soldiers die one by one, after this battle, he was afraid that he would become the weakest party in the rebel army, but it was enough to drive away the Han people, the alliance contract said that after he took Lu Bing, he could become the leader of the four anti-Ming alliances, and it was not a matter of words to raise the banner and recruit troops and horses.

A general beside him asked, "General, if the fight continues, the brothers who attack in the south are afraid that they will die." ”

"Continue to fight, do what you are told, the brothers will not die in vain, as long as you attract all the defenders on the other sides, it will be a success." Wang Zhenhu said, his heart is not ruthless and unstable, he only cares about his own strength, but he doesn't care about his dead brother, as long as he can win, it doesn't matter how many people die by what means, as long as he can achieve the goal.

There is an unavoidable problem with Lu Bing's camp, that is, the depth is too large, because this is the base camp of all the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. At that time, Lu Bing was not on the front line, and there were not so many soldiers and horses, and it was just an illusion to go in and out, and the large camp was not only built to show that there were many soldiers, but there were 10,000 people who were boundless, and the enemy spies could only judge the number of soldiers from the size of the camp, which was the original intention of the construction of this camp.

When all the personnel are ready, the true role of this camp will be revealed, except for three small camps that share 10,000 people, the remaining 40,000 people are in this big camp, it can be imagined that this camp is huge and he must be strong. But now all kinds of soldiers and horses have come out to suppress the bandits. The problem arises, the defense capacity is simply insufficient, and on average, the defense capability of each section is extremely weak. Lu Bing's men left in the Chinese army were enough to hold a general offensive. It is difficult to deal with this kind of attack that pours out tens of thousands of people regardless of life and death.

Wang Zhenhu can go from a mud leg to become a prince today, he took a fancy to this defect, and when he attacked the south of the camp, he wanted to attract all Lu Bing's defenders to the south, and then concentrate his forces to attack from the north, which the Ming army thought was the safest. The distance between the north and south of the camp was the longest, and the Ming army could not rush to the rescue. As long as it is captured, he can pour into the nest, and there are 20,000 Zhuang tiger ben ambushed in the north. It was put together by his own 5,000 elites and three other families, representing the highest combat effectiveness of the rebels.

As long as 20,000 people pour in, they can kill Lu Bing even if they exchange their lives for one life, and the walled gate is impregnable and a cage at the same time. I'm just afraid that I'm going to stage a show to catch turtles in an urn.

Lu Bing looked at it. Suddenly understood in my heart, understood Wang Zhenhu's plan, finished the plan, I and a group of think tanks actually thought wrong, I was afraid that I thought too much and suffered from it. Defend to the death, as long as you hold this camp to the death, the other troops who go out to divide and attack it will definitely come back to help when they see the base camp being attacked, and then they can come back to encircle the point to help.

"General. There are already people on the west side of the south to attack the wall, do you want to call the other 1,000 people in the center to the wall? A general asked.

Lu Bing followed the general's point. He shook his head and said, "Pass the order, let the centaurs in the center be careful, and in less than an hour, the north will definitely be attacked fiercely, let them swear to defend it." Our task now is to hold the south and kill the enemy as much as possible, and the attack in the north will definitely be no weaker than the current one in a while, and we can fight for more possibilities to rescue the brothers in the north by killing more enemies. After Lu Bing finished speaking, he drew his knife and rushed over.

As a general, he took the lead, and the 1,000 men and horses brought by Lu Bing earlier were a hundred elite soldiers, and the danger on the west side of the south was soon extinguished. But there is more danger, there is already a mountain of corpses under the wall, and the rebels who follow up do not need to carry a bamboo ladder to attack, and they can jump on the wall by stepping on the corpse directly. The corpse formed a slope under the wall, and the boulder was no longer good in this situation, so Lu Bing decided to use fire oil, which was poured on the log, and then lit it and pried it down from the wall with a long pole.

The screams and cries were continuous, and soon the corpses under the wall were also burned, and the south side of the camp became a sea of fire. The smoke was so bright that the mud on the walls was burned into a hard shell, and then it fell off, and then the wood-based walls were dried and the wood was added to the raging fire, fueling the monstrous fire.

Wang Zhenhu looked at all this and said to the people around him: "After the fire is extinguished, if you attack for half an hour, you will still rush forward, even if you kill all your brothers." ”

The general next to him wanted to speak again and again, but finally nodded firmly and said, "Yes, general." ”

Wang Zhenhu made a detour to the north of the Ming army's base camp, and with the guidance of scouts, they found this hidden army. This army was the elite of the rebels, and the 20,000-strong army gathered together did not move at all, and the faces of each soldier were painted black, and if it were not for the shining eyes, they would have blended into the night.

A natural warrior, Wang Zhenhu said secretly in his heart.

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At this time, Lu Bing also watched his hundred refining elite soldiers give an order, according to the burning speed, the fire will last for nearly an hour, this time can be described as a rare respite. At that time, the defense of the burned and broken wall will be reduced by more than one or two levels, and the wood will turn into charcoal in some places where it is burned badly.

Once the city is broken, it will be a tug-of-war and a battle, which is said to be the strength of a well-equipped and elite army. The hundred refining elite soldiers are tall and large, with one enemy and ten, and the whole body is also armed to the point that the teeth can be reused, but at this time, Lu Bing made a bold decision, that is, to let the only hundred refining elite soldiers in the south also go to the northern city wall. If the left and right attacks were at each other's horns, the east and west should have received attacks a long time ago, but everything was quiet, which proved Lu Bing's idea even more, and the far north would definitely receive a blow.

Because the north side is close to the towns controlled by the Ming Dynasty, the fortifications are the least done, so it has also become an important reason for the enemy's choice of breakthrough. However, even if the troops north of Dazhai were assisted by 2,000 elite soldiers, it was not enough at all, and according to the momentum of the attack in the south, Lu Bing estimated that at least 10,000 enemy troops were lurking in the north.

Of course, if Lu Bing knew that there were 20,000 elite enemy troops in the north of the road at this time, he would definitely not choose to stick here, the camp was dead, and the baggage was also dead, as long as people were still alive, there was nothing that could not be obtained, and breaking through and fleeing was the best choice, but Lu Bing's miscalculation led to a more tragic beginning of the war.

The battle resumed after the fire was extinguished, and Lu Bing led the ordinary court officers and soldiers to the front, trying to hold back the angry rebels with fire guns and crossbows. Finally, the wall was breached, and a large mouth two zhang wide appeared. This kind of big hole is fatal, but it also relieves the pressure of the Ming army, in fact, this hole was not broken, but Lu Bing ordered someone to leak it from the inside.

Of course, Lu Bing's brain is not broken, but in this way, it will play a role in inducing the enemy army. When the killing is red-eyed, when there is a breakthrough, no one will be puzzled but will rush towards the mouth, and no one will climb over the high wall to attack. In this way, the area of attack was narrowed, and a concentrated defense could be carried out on one point, forming a situation in which one man could not be opened, and the narrow road was held round after round of attacks with the cooperation of the spears and firearms of the court officers and soldiers.

But this trick of confusing the enemy could only be deceived for a while, and the rebel generals soon discovered such things, so that another rebel army pounced on the wall, and finally the Ming army's defense was crushed, and the two sides fell into chaos and fighting.

Even though Lu Bing took his life, the thirteen swords were opened and closed, and what he touched was death, but in this kind of battle of thousands of people, he still couldn't turn the tide.

"Retreat!" Lu Bing saw that his soldiers suffered heavy casualties and gave the order to retreat, and the defeat was like a mountain, and retreat usually means defeat. The Ming army fled in a hurry, those who ran fast threw away their armor, those who ran slowly were cut from behind, and fell in a pool of blood and were trampled by the enemy.

At this moment, a sound like a drum came, and Lu Bing ordered: "Evacuate to both sides!" ”

The Ming soldiers obeyed the order and ran to both sides, while the rebels, most of whom were ethnic minorities, were at a loss for what to do if they could not understand Chinese. At this time, the sound of killing shook the sky, if it weren't for a practitioner like Lu Bing, few people would have heard the sound of drums. A cavalry roared in, and the rebels were at a loss, and in their astonishment, the men of color rushed over with their eyebrows twisted and stared.

This group of cavalrymen hired by Lu Bing can fight well and fight bravely. Because of their different races, they are stronger than the young men of the Han and Zhuang Yao tribes, and they have a great advantage in explosiveness and strength since they were children. Hearing the sound of killing outside, this group of young men from the northwest couldn't bear it for a long time, but in the face of the battle to defend the city, the cavalry couldn't help at all, and finally the city was broken, and they couldn't bear it anymore and rushed out.

It is not difficult for Liangzhang to escape quickly, this is for one person, ten people, or even a hundred people, but when thousands of warriors of the Zhuang and Yao clans want to pass through this mouth together, it is obviously a little insufficient. The cavalry has no suspense about the infantry, not to mention a group of fierce iron cavalry from the northwest, this is not the end, as a new force, they have abundant physical strength, and the long-suppressed killing intent swells in every inch of their bodies.

It was not a one-sided massacre, but it ended with a defeat of the rebels. The anxious hired iron cavalry did not take advantage of their cavalry and archery, because the visibility was low at night, and the scene was full of people and the enemy army was mixed, and it was easy to be injured by mistake, so they just ran to the front with their sabers in hand to determine who was coming to stab again. The Ming army, under the leadership of Lu Bing, stopped fleeing and followed the cavalry to counterattack.

The rebels attacking the south of Dazhai dispatched a total of 30,000 people, in addition to the five thousand elites in the north, which is all Wang Zhenhu's family background, a battle was fought, in the face of the Ming army with sharp weapons and fortifications to rely on, it actually lost nearly half of the men and horses, and the remaining half of the people were also wounded, and fled in a hurry, in short, the team was scattered. (To be continued......)