Chapter 52: Who's the Pig?
Wang Jiayin's victorious army has occupied the two prefectures of Suide and Jiazhou and the four counties of Mizhi, Wubao, Shenmu and Fugu under its jurisdiction, claiming to have 150,000 troops, and the actual soldiers are more than 20,000 people, and the rest are old and weak women and children.
Wang Jiayin set up an ambush at Fuhupo, the only way to pass through Wubao County, and sent Wang Er, the chief military officer, to lead 5,000 people to lure the enemy.
Sun Chuanting led the army to kill Wubao County, and the scouts who came out of the front reported that there was a victorious army to kill, and immediately set up a formation, the shield soldiers were in the front row, the second, third and fourth rows were musketeers, and then the archers were behind, and the spearmen were lined up in the back, and the five Franc machine guns brought were also quickly erected.
Sun Chuanting has only been in charge of the army for a few days, and the recruited recruits have only undergone a few short trainings, but under his supervision and training, they are stronger than the general recruits.
The victorious army was all over the mountains and killed, Sun Chuanting held a monocular to observe the enemy's situation, Zhu Jian made some monoculars, but they were not enough to distribute, and only the chief officer of the army was qualified to have it, and the entire Shaanxi Province also had one each of the governors Sun Chengzong and Sun Chuanting, which made the eyes of his generals very red.
After the Changsheng army entered the range of the Franc machine guns, Sun Chuanting ordered five Franc machine guns to open fire and bombard, and the Changsheng army poured all over the mountains, without thinking about the target, they could hit the target with their eyes closed, and the flowering bombs exploded in the dense crowd of fire, and the stumps and broken arms were thrown everywhere, and the miserable howls were endless.
Bombarding the dense targets, the power of the flowering shells crushed the core shells, killing and wounding some civilian soldiers, but the rate of fire was slow, and the five Franc machine guns only had time to fire three rounds of shells, and the Chang Shengjun had already killed more than 50 meters in front of the formation.
"First row, shoot."
With the officer's order, the musketeers, who had been waiting for a long time, lit the fuse with the fire rope, shot a row of bullets in ping-pong, and then stepped back, loaded ammunition, and the two rows of muskets behind took one or two steps forward at the same time, and fired the guns.
The musketeers, who had not had much time to train, looked a little nervous and even panicked when they retreated and advanced, and the crowding of people seriously affected the speed of shooting, but after the second round of musket volleys, dozens of civilian soldiers who rushed to the front fell, and not many people were killed on the spot, most of them were only wounded, but they also lost their combat effectiveness, and lay down on the mud and screamed.
The Changsheng army is also composed of all refugees, without any formal military training, many of them are also on the battlefield for the first time, with just a fighting spirit, seeing the front of the comrades fell a lot, many people are frightened, their feet can't help but slow, some even frightened to turn their heads and want to run back, and the companions rushing behind are huddled, which also affects the speed of the charge.
Everyone was a rookie on the battlefield for the first time, but the officers and soldiers who were equipped with a lot of muskets took advantage, and in the third round of platoon gun bombardment, dozens of civilian soldiers fell, and the five Franc guns behind the formation were successively loaded with gunpowder shells, and then fired, and five clusters of fire were blown up in the rushing civilian army group, and dozens of people were blown over.
"Retreat, retreat......" Wang Er hissed and roared, ordering a retreat, he was also taken aback by the fierce fire of the official army, fortunately it was just to lure the enemy, otherwise the loss would be great.
"A group of rabble, hahahaha......" The officers of the Ming army couldn't help but let out a smug laugh when they saw that the victorious army was fleeing in embarrassment.
"Lord Sun, why don't you give the order to pursue?" Seeing that Chang Sheng's army was fleeing, Sun Chuanting did not give the order to pursue it, and the officer who was eager to make meritorious service asked anxiously.
"Stupid, a few miles ahead is Fuhu Slope." Sun Chuanting said coldly, Fuhu Slope is shaped like a canyon, but the steep slopes on both sides of the official road are not very high, but it is also a good place for ambushes.
There are many officers who are dissatisfied when they see the combat exploits of their hands flying away, but they don't dare to squeak, but they also show it on their faces, a group of rabble, what do you know about military affairs, adults, you think too highly of them, right?
"How did the first two armies lose?"
Sun Chuanting snorted coldly, it's true that the people's army is a rabble, but it's not stupid, the first two armies are all ambushed, treat others as fools, and they are pigs, hum.
As soon as these words came out, even if the officers were dissatisfied, they could only obediently shut up, and they also knew the reasons for the defeat of the two armies in front of them.
A few miles away in the Fuhu Slope, Wang Jiayin and 5,000 soldiers were ambushed behind the two dirt slopes, seeing the people who had been on the side rushing all the way over, he couldn't help but be happy, there were no guns and no cannons, the officers and soldiers sent to us, and if we won this battle, our subordinates could replace some good weapons and equipment.
However, he was disappointed, Wang Er panted and ran over to report, I don't know why, the official army did not chase after him, but this official army seemed to be different from the previous official army, the firepower was quite fierce, and the brothers were killed and wounded.
Well, that's a bit weird......
Wang Jiayin frowned and pondered, the actions of this official army were a bit abnormal, and the information provided by Wang Er also made him feel a little cold in his heart, this official army was quite well equipped and had strong combat power, and this battle was a bit difficult to fight.
It didn't take long for the scouts to come back and report that the officer army had turned left and headed in the direction of Shenmu County, and had not even cleared the battlefield, and the wounded soldiers of the Changsheng Army were lying on the mud and wailing without beheading or taking prisoners, and the weapons and equipment were thrown on the ground without being collected.
Wang Jiayin took off his helmet and scratched his head desperately, this matter revealed an evil sect that made him feel uneasy, however, there were only 1,000 defenders in Shenmu County, and if the official army attacked the city, he would definitely not be able to defend it, he struggled for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and led the army to pursue Sun Chuanting's department.
Wang Jiayin didn't dare to be careless, and sent a large number of scouts and cavalry out to reconnoitre, Wang Er's department was the vanguard, and he led the main force to follow behind, carefully hanging behind Sun Chuanting's department.
In the evening, Sun Chuanting led his army to the city of Shenmu County, and set up camp with a swagger, not worrying about being attacked by the enemy at all.
He is indeed not worried about the enemy at all, the camp he set up is a plum blossom battalion, and the rear camp is placed in the middle, whether it is the people's army in Shenmu County, or Wang Jiayin's main force to kill after killing, the plum blossom camp is like a hedgehog, front and back can be defended, and he has the confidence to hold the camp.
The partial division under his command was only 3,000 people, and there were not many muskets, only more than 300 guns, and only five Francophone cannons, but they brought a lot of melee killer grenades.
It was enough for him to hold the camp for two or three days, and he didn't have to worry about the grain and grass, he brought enough food and grass for four whole days, and the only thing he was worried about was to attack the battle under the cover of night.