Chapter 177: Cannon Fodder
The dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and the rabbit will bite when he is in a hurry, not to mention that Wang Ziyong and others are all powerful heroes, and the heroes who pin their heads to their trousers are forced into despair, so they have to gamble on the last hand.
This was the last wave of attack, not only did the king send his most elite soldiers to him, but the leaders of the battalions did not hide their personal belongings, and not only promised heavy rewards, but also took out all the favored concubines as rewards, so as to motivate the soldiers to work hard.
The elite of more than 4,000 people in total was divided into three attack echelons and launched a fierce attack on the fortress of the Ming army.
The Ming army was still the old rule, first bombarding with Franc machine guns, killing and wounding as many attacking civilian troops as possible, giving them psychological shock, and at the same time boosting the morale of the soldiers on the other side. At the cost of more than 200 men, the Nationalists rushed through the death blockade made by flowering shells and continued their charge towards the fortress.
Next, the Ming army in the fortress shot waves of dense bullet rain, a large number of civilian soldiers fell in a pool of blood, the civilian army also had muskets, they put their guns at the fortress ping pong, but the damage caused to the Ming army was so small that it was completely negligible, and every wave of guns of the Ming army bombarded over, and dozens of civilian soldiers fell down screaming.
Not to mention the elite warriors who braved the rain of bullets and bullets, even Wang Ziyong and other leaders who were watching the battle in the back felt that the firepower and combat effectiveness of the Ming army in front of them were at least twice as strong as Chen Tang's Taiyuan Mansion Army, and they couldn't even defeat the Taiyuan Mansion Army, so how could they defeat this elite Ming army with a large number of Franc machine guns?
It is worthy of being the elite of the Gongwei Jingshi, and the sense of despair in the hearts of all the leaders is getting stronger and stronger, and they begin to make their own small calculations, secretly ordering the personal soldiers around them to escort them, gather the brothers, bring only gold and silver, and prepare to run away.
Under the greeting of the Ming army's guns and thunder, there was not much left of the elite of the civilian army in the first attack echelon, and Wang Ziyong hurriedly ordered the second attack echelon to charge, and the third attack echelon was ready to attack.
The elite of the People's Army crossed the death blockade built by artillery fire, and then rushed to the fortress in the rain of bullets, they were so brave and fearless that no one turned to flee, and they all fell on the way to charge.
After putting into the final third echelon of attack, under the dense and heavy fire of the officers and soldiers, the civilian army paid an extremely heavy price for casualties, and was still unable to build a long ladder and launch a real melee attack on the fortress.
Ten miles away in the rear, the forward cavalry battalion of the Tianxiong Army broke through the first line of defense of the rear troops of the People's Army, and the leader of the rear army, Guo Jianglong, was killed in the melee, however, the desperate resistance of the mixed Jianglong not only caused some losses to the forward cavalry, but also successfully bought a little precious time for the main force.
Fortunately, the rear army of Jianglong was not strong, there were not enough spears to lay down a dense spear array, and there were not enough archers to cover the formation, and there was no musket without a single shot, all of which were taken away by Wang himself, and the forward cavalry battalion was chiseled through the formation three times, which eventually led to the collapse of the whole army.
After the forward cavalry battalion defeated Jianglong's rear army, they did not continue to pursue the rout, nor did they clean up the battlefield, they were already exhausted, one by one they were so tired that they lay on the ground and gasped, if there was a small detachment of more than 100 people at this time, they would be able to easily recapture the defense line, but unfortunately the leader of the second line of defense had already been frightened, and did not dare to lead the army to attack, and missed the opportunity.
More than half an hour later, Lu Xiangsheng led the main army to arrive, launched a devastating attack on the second line of defense of the people's army, long-range battle with a platoon of guns, melee frenzied throwing thunder, did not let the people's army have a chance to fight a white-knuckle battle closely, only a wave of charge broke through the second line of defense of the people's army, continued to move forward, squeezing the living space of the people's army.
When the news came that the main force of the Tianxiong army led by Lu Xiangsheng was less than five miles away from the second line of defense, the third wave of attacks launched by the elite of the people's army on the fortress had already suffered heavy casualties, and it was only a matter of time before the entire army was annihilated.
The leaders exchanged glances of comprehension with each other, and then left an army on the spot to resist the pursuit of the official army, and the rest retreated, retreated to the fork in the road, and rushed to the official road to the north, their only choice now was to fight hard with Sun Chuanting's main force, otherwise they would only be surrounded by Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army and the People's Army of Yangquan Pass, and then cut off by Qin Liangyu's white pole army.
This is the last glimmer of hope for the people's army, only by defeating Sun Chuanting's main force, can they break through and escape, and now they do not hesitate to exhaust their physical strength and rush desperately, that is, to avoid Qin Liangyu's white pole army, rush across the fork in the road before the white pole army is killed, and beat Sun Chuanting violently.
The luck of the people's army was against the sky, and they rushed through the fork in the road before the arrival of the white pole army, which was an unexpected big surprise, and it also made Wang Ziyong and other people's soldiers feel that God was helping them, well, it must be fate.
Wang Zi ordered an army to stay behind the palace to block the white pole army and the Tianxiong army that were about to be pursued, and he ran forward desperately with the main force, as far as possible from the elite of the two Ming armies, to avoid being attacked by the enemy.
The leader in charge of the palace is Gao Yingxiang, when the leading eldest brother Wang used his name to point out, the muscles in the corners of his eyes couldn't help twitching, and it sounded good to stop the enemy behind the palace and cover the retreat of the main force.
"Brother Gao, please, you just need to stay for two hours and retreat with your brother immediately." Wang Ziyong patted Gao Yingxiang's shoulder, and then followed the main force to run forward.
Gao Yingxiang, with a gloomy face, looked at Li Zicheng, what did you mean by winking at me just now?
Li Zicheng said in a low voice: "King Chuang, do you think they can defeat Sun Chuanting's main force?" ”
Gao Yingxiang lowered his head and thought for a while, and shook his head, even if Sun Chuanting's main force was the five scum of war, he waited for work at ease, and the people's army was already exhausted after running around, and there was no advantage at all. Moreover, is the combat effectiveness of Sun Chuanting's department really the five scum of war?
The answer is no, it's not that they haven't fought with Sun Chuanting, they were all beaten by him, and they fled in embarrassment, and their combat power is much stronger than the ordinary Ming army, and he estimates that it will not be weaker than the Tianxiong army commanded by Lu Xiangsheng, and the eldest brother Wang himself used his tired main force to touch such a strong army, and guessed the result with his toes.
Gao Yingxiang suddenly gave birth to an inexplicable sense of comfort, let Lao Tzu be cannon fodder, he deserved it!