This was the only chance for the peasant army to defeat the Runing army in today's battle. However, because of the timidity of the cavalry of the peasant army, they did not achieve any results.

The waste of time allowed more Runing soldiers to rush into the earthen wall, forming a larger phalanx. Seeing that there was no chance, He Shaoqi could only order Mingjin to let his cavalry retreat.

As the trenches were filled in and the earthen walls were removed, the chariots and artillery of the Runing Army were also transported. They were followed by the cavalry of the Runing Army. When a complete infantry artillery formation is formed, today's battle situation is doomed.

"Lao Tian! Hurry up and take people to Yanggu Town, withdraw the troops there, and run to King Chuang! He Shaoqi instructed Tian Jianxiu.

"Huh!"

"Two tigers! You personally take someone to King Chuang, tell him that this place is no longer resistible, let him gather the team, and retreat to Henan Mansion! Speaking of this, He Shaoqi took a long breath and added helplessly, "Don't worry about Kaifeng City anymore." ”

"Yes!"

"I'll just stand in the way of it! It's as long as you can. He Shaoqi said later. Although these words sounded very tragic, He Shaoqi's voice became smaller and smaller, and when he reached the most unbearable, he even seemed to be talking to himself, which seemed to be extremely unconfident.

Seeing that the Runing army had captured the trenches and earthen walls like a stream, they had no intention of stopping their pace at all. And now the suspension and rest are just the whole team of the Runing Army. However, He Shaoqi knew that as long as the whole team was completed, the Runing Army would launch a new round of attack.

He Shaoqi's heart was very bitter, he didn't expect that the gap between the two armies was so huge. As if a child and a strong man were fighting, the Runing Army completely crushed the peasant army in all respects. What a desperate situation!

To be honest, the gap between the two armies is not as big as it appears today, and the most important reason for the loss of the peasant army is: the gap in economic strength, the gap in combat will, and the gap in logistics and equipment. If only the quality of individual soldiers is compared. Those veterans of the peasant army who survived licking blood from the knife are actually not bad.

What is particularly important is that the Runing Army has taken firearms, a brand-new weapon, as its main equipment, and has developed new tactics around firearms that are suitable for bringing into play the power of firearms. Even for the defense and mobility of firearms, various types of combat vehicles have been developed.

And what about the peasant army? The number of their firearms is quite large, but the level of sophistication is far from the same. What's worse is that the tactics of peasant weapons still follow the old style of the bow and arrow era, so can An be undefeated? Bottom line: This is the victory of the age of hot weapons over the age of cold weapons.

Compared with the climaxes of Yang Rusong and the calligraphy and ink department on the right, the Runing army in the middle is slow and logical. After deciding to rush to Kaifeng City, Wu Shigong's personal guard troops also leaned forward and joined forces with Xue Yongli's troops. Jointly attack the main forces of the Li and Luo coalition forces.

A long line of chariots covered the approach of the Runing army, and the peasant army's side was clearly ravaged by the artillery fire of the Runing army, the earthen wall was not very complete, and all the artillery was gone.

But because of the large amount of labor, the Li and Luo coalition forces did not just dig a trench here. Trenches, earthen walls, fences, horse-repellent ....... The fortifications were built one after another, just to block the advance of the Runing army.

And the Runing Army had also successfully captured several lines of defense of the peasant army. However, the current one is relatively large. In addition to the ditches and earthen walls, a large number of peasant soldiers gathered behind the earthen walls.

The peasant soldiers were hiding behind the earthen wall, armed with knives, guns, firearms, bows and arrows, waiting for the Runing army to fill the ditch and attack. Even behind the gap in the earthen wall, there were a large number of peasant soldiers in ambush, and they were also preparing for hand-to-hand combat with the Runing army.

And in the rear of the Runing army, a huge watchtower has long been built. Wu Shigong, Xue Yongli and other officers were all watching the battle with clairvoyant mirrors on the watchtower. Although because of the problem of craftsmanship. The clairvoyant mirror is not very clear, but the peasant soldiers who are ambushed behind the earthen wall can still see it.

Seeing this scene, Wu Shigong smiled at Xue Yongli and said, "Ha Luha! Those bunnies are dreaming, they're waiting to fight us head-on. ”

Listened to Wu Shigong's words. Xue Yongli smiled slightly, he pointed to the row of chariots, which were covered by the chariots with more than a dozen new siege equipment being installed, and asked Wu Shigong: "Uncle!" Have you tried that thing? How's it going? ”

"Don't worry! Although the workshop company is in a hurry, I have tried it a few times, and I heard that the effect is good. But if the effect is not good, then I will go back to Runing tomorrow and go to beat Yang Goudan. Wu Shigong joked.

There was a burst of laughter from the watchtower.

In the first year of Chongzhen, when Wu Shigong went north to King Qin, he once obtained the gunpowder weapon unique to the Ming Dynasty - a swarm of bees and 10,000 enemies. The swarm of bees had already been commonly used in the Runing army, but only a few hundred of them were made by the 10,000 enemies, and they were equipped in various cities as auxiliary weapons to defend the city.

At that time, the soldiers of King Qin's Runing Army had seen the power of the 10,000-strong enemy, and the killing effect of the 10,000-strong enemy in the dense crowd was also quite good, even the soldiers wearing heavy armor could not resist this primitive flamethrower. Therefore, for such a sharp weapon to cover the dust, the soldiers of the Runing Army always have a pity.

So some people came up with a kind of throwing device - catapults, which were used to cooperate with 10,000 enemies to enhance the range of this weapon, and inflict huge casualties on dense enemy troops.

However, after final calculations, the performance of the catapult was far inferior to that of the artillery, and it was not easy to move, and the enemy would not be so stupid as to stand in front of the huge catapult in a dense formation. Therefore, it should be used, and only in siege warfare.

In addition, the Runing army had been in the two prefectures of Runing and Guide and was not in a hurry to attack the cities outside the two prefectures, so the workshop division terminated this weapon manufacturing plan after building several experimental catapults.

Of course, the research and development of the technique of the catapult has also been going on, after all, the Runing army will eventually come out of the catapult one day, and the catapult and ten thousand enemies will always be useful on this day.

And when Wu Shigong returned from Liaodong, he immediately decided that he would devote himself to the struggle for hegemony in the world. Therefore, the workshop division also arranged for people to make a batch of 10,000 enemies, and then manufactured more than a dozen core components of catapults according to the previous drawings. And the Runing Army went out this time, and brought this weapon to the battlefield.

In today's battle, the Runing Army began to assemble catapults, just to see how effective this weapon can be. Therefore, the Runing Army has already regarded this battle as a testing ground for new weapons. (To be continued......)