Chapter Fifty-Six: Facing the Blow
The sun in early spring is not very warm, but the green in the eyes and the clear light above the head add heat to people's hearts.
It's just that for Mr. Huang, who went out with the army, this feeling has left him, and the cold heart palpitations are spreading and shrouding, making it difficult for him to breathe.
In mid-air, there was another group of black dots, some with cigarette tails, rising from behind the opponent's position, flying quickly over the battle formation, and smashing within a hundred steps in front of the car formation.
The troops that rushed forward were instantly surrounded by black smoke. In the black smoke, red fire points flashed one after another, and each time they flashed, they were accompanied by a deafening explosion.
The explosions were one after the other, and it was impossible to distinguish the difference in between. The heat wave and the smell of sulfur rushed in, stinging Mr. Huang's eyes.
"What is this?" The sudden blow made his mind cloudy.
And the same doubts and fears in his heart are the leaders who are left and right in front of him.
There didn't seem to be many enemies on the other side, and although there were trenches and carts blocking the way, they didn't take it seriously. In war, people always have to die, and of course they did not have the luxury of expecting their opponents to flee without a fight, or to be intimidated by military threats and raise their hands to surrender.
But it can be handed over, but it is shocking and terrifying. Although they had heard of weapons such as iron fireballs, they had seen the power with their own eyes and knew that it was terrifying.
Moreover, Meng Jiucheng is very insidious. At the beginning of the small-scale attack, he only smashed with stones, shot with crossbow arrows, and even engaged in hand-to-hand hand-to-hand combat, and it seemed that he was able to hold the position with all his might. When the opponent thought that he had figured out the truth and launched an intensive onslaught, he suddenly opened full firepower, bombarded with pine cannons, and exploded with stone mines, and almost all the attacking enemies were encircled at once.
The view between the two sides was almost completely cut off, and the two frightened horses neighed and escaped from the smoke. There were no more riders on the empty saddle, and there were a few black shadows hanging on the side of the horses, and it was impossible to tell which part of the human body was from afar.
A second wave of thunder rang out, and the smoke covered the escaped horses, and explosions, plumes of smoke, and dust became all the scenery that could occasionally be seen in the smoke. The moment the fire flickered, Mr. Huang and the others could see the desperate and painful soldiers who were knocked to the ground in the smoke. The fire dissipated, and everything was hidden in smoke again.
"This, this is hexery?" Mr. Huang felt that he could only use this word to describe him, his riding skills were not good in the first place, and the restlessness of the war horse almost threw him down.
The same was true for the others, no more than a dozen on horseback, and the horses' footsteps shifted backwards imperceptibly. It was as if a cannonball that exploded out of nowhere would fly over at any moment and fall on their heads. Some looked anxiously and apprehensively at their leader, hoping to hear a new order from him.
"Retreat—"
"I can't fight anymore—"
"Hurry up and mingle gold—"
Although it is a large army on the surface, it is actually a coalition of five families. The commander sent by Zhou Gui on Wednesday was his nephew Zhou Zonghe, who was a little brave but had a poor mind, so he sent Mr. Huang as a military advisor. But after being hit hard, Zhou Zonghe still wanted to continue to support, but several others quit and shouted at Zhou Zonghe.
It's no wonder that these four families don't have many soldiers, but their strength is not strong, and they come with the intention of beating the side drum to pick up the cheap, who is willing to bear a big loss?
"What's the noise? How many dead and wounded are there, how many people do we have, and how many are on the other side? How long can the enemy hold on? Zhou Zonghe glared, not to be outdone, but he could only roar, how dare he use strength when he was in battle, his own soldiers and horses were in chaos, wouldn't it give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of?
Mr. Huang saw Zhou Zonghe and glanced at him, and knew that he had to step forward to speak, at least he couldn't just mess up like this. He barely controlled the horse, stepped forward and said with a forced smile: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, not to mention that we are not defeated, but there is no need to panic when we are on the verge of a small setback." ”
"The Zhou family is rich and powerful, and there are many soldiers and horses, which is not comparable to us." The leader of the Wu family sneered and said, "Mr. Huang's small setback in his mouth is very hurtful to us!" ”
"That's right." Another leader expressed his dissatisfaction, "Your 180 dead are nothing, but more than half of us are killed or wounded." ”
More than half of the casualties must be an exaggeration, after a few rounds of attacks, a total of less than 1,000 people were invested, nearly 200 dead are about the same, and 300 are injured, this is still a few families, and the Zhou family is the big one.
"We have to ask the head of the family, we can't fight like this." A wise leader did not directly object, but pushed back into the distance, "If we want to continue fighting, we are only responsible for the battle, and we will make a decision when the head of the family has spoken." ”
"That's what I mean." Someone immediately chimed in, and suggested to Zhou Zonghe: "Lord Zhou is afraid that he doesn't want to have big casualties, command, do you want to send someone back to ask for instructions?" ”
Zhou Zonghe was simple-minded and felt reasonable, and turned his head to look at Mr. Huang inquiringly.
Mr. Huang thought about it and nodded helplessly, but sighed secretly in his heart. Now in addition to suspending the attack, the Zhou family is fighting alone, and these two choices are not satisfactory to him, but there is no other way. Being blocked by the enemy so strongly, people's hearts are scattered, what kind of battle are they fighting half-heartedly?
The smell of blood and brimstone grew heavier, and finally a survivor escaped from behind the smoke and stumbled towards this side. One, two, three, more, covered in blood, lost their weapons, and ran for their lives.
Dozens of soldiers whose faces could not be distinguished ran over in twos and threes, and one after another wounded soldiers got up from the pile of corpses, staggered back, walked a few steps, fell, got up again, and walked again. After repeating it several times, he finally failed to get out of the range of the Red Turban Army. Crossbow arrows flew from afar, nailing them to death in front of the battle.
The order to retreat was given, and the morale of the army plummeted. The tragic scene made everyone from Zhou Zonghe, Mr. Huang and the leaders of each family to the ordinary soldiers feel terrified. Something unknown will always have an impact beyond its actual power.
"Reload, form, prepare!" Meng Jiucheng's orders were issued one by one.
The wolf smoke had already been lit, and the preparations for the combined attack would soon be completed, and Meng Jiucheng was also preparing to counterattack and attack.
The enemy is already cold, although it has not yet been defeated, but this scattered army is only the last straw to overwhelm.
"The other side is forming a formation, is this going to rush up and fight?" Zhou Zonghe was very puzzled and asked Mr. Huang: "Since the enemy has come out, let's attack head-on again, or-"
Mr. Huang actually didn't know much about military affairs, but Sun Tzu had read the Art of War, but he didn't know which one to use now, so he turned his inquiring gaze to another person. Announcement: Biquge APP Android, Apple special version, say goodbye to all ads, please pay attention to the WeChat public account to enter the download and installation: appxsyd (press and hold for three seconds to copy)
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