Under the heavy firepower of the Apocalypse Chariot, even the powerful Black Flag Army could not continue to attack the rear position of the Apocalypse, let alone the artillery battery on the hilltop.

And when Zhang Zuofeng organized the remnants of the Apocalypse Guard in the rear position to start attacking from both sides, the situation of the Black Flag Army, which was alone in depth, began to become more and more difficult.

Under the alternating cover of grenades and repeating crossbows, this Black Flag army of about 2,000 people was in a dilemma, unable to move, and could only be beaten passively.

What was even more embarrassing was that after the artillery company that was roaring on the top of the hill completely knocked out the return artillery position, it cut off all the additional channels that the Southern Korean army could send out.

In order to rescue this Black Flag Army, the Southern Dynasty army could only send more cavalry to forcibly rush through about two miles under artillery fire, and completely destroy the dozens of Apocalypse Chariots surrounding the Black Flag Army.

I don't know if this will save the Black Flag Army, but the losses must be very heavy.

So a few miles away, the Southern Dynasty camp hiding behind the hills was dead silent, and they could only watch as the more than 2,000 Black Flag troops struggled alone.

If it were replaced by any other army, after suffering a fire attack of almost saturation intensity, I am afraid that it would have collapsed a long time ago, but they are the invincible Black Flag Army in the world, so even in such a passive situation, they still insist on counterattacking.

As early as when the Apocalypse Chariot completed the encirclement, they gave up their plan to continue to attack the rear position, and the military formation was full of whistles, and the black cavalry quickly turned their horses and rushed down from the foot of the mountain.

However, due to the Gatling-like design, the repeating ballista bed of the Apocalypse Chariot is not only powerful, but also has an astonishing rate of fire, so it is not easy to break through in the face of a rainstorm of crossbow arrows.

The first few charges were affected by the terrain, and the cavalry could not increase their speed quickly, and they were hit head-on by the crossbows, and suffered heavy losses.

In addition to the cavalry who were shot dead on the spot, the heavy armor of many cavalry was pierced by crossbow arrows more than half a meter long, and the arrows and arrow shafts were deeply embedded in the body of the cavalry along with the broken armor fragments and could not be pulled out, resulting in excessive bleeding and shock, and even death.

In this way, the heavy armor that the Black Flag Army was proud of turned into a terrifying talisman in front of the Apocalypse Chariot.

After several rounds of attempts and unable to force a breakthrough, the Black Flag Army immediately changed its mind and began to return fire with bows and arrows.

However, the heavily armored Black Flag Army was not good at bows and arrows in the first place, and most of the bows and arrows fired were off target in the case of scattered formations and complex terrain.

In addition, the Apocalypse Chariot is equipped with armor made of thin steel plates, not only the shooters and loaders in the carriage, but even the four war horses pulling the chariot are tightly protected, even if a few bows and arrows occasionally hit the target, it is only a "ding" sound, and it is only a "ding" sound, and it is difficult to leave even scratches.

Finally, after experiencing the saturation of artillery, the fire coverage of a crossbow bed with nearly a pillar of incense, and the baptism of grenades thrown from the overhead, the mighty Black Flag Army also showed signs of collapse.

Under the threat of total annihilation, the black torrent began its final counterattack like a dying beast.

They gave up their strict formations, their unified tactics, their speed of coming and going, the purpose of their attacks, and even their dignity, like insects that had fled in all directions when they pried open a rock, broke into pieces and rushed out of the foot of the mountain in a frenzy.

At this moment, the original torrent of steel has turned into water that has been spilled out, each fighting for its own destiny.

But it was this tactic, which was no different from a rout, that worked.

The number of the Apocalypse Guards was too small, and in order to set aside manpower to defend the position, it was supposed to be an encirclement of the infantry and vehicles to fight together, and only a few dozen lone Apocalypse Chariots remained.

When the Black Flag Army clenched into a fist, the strong firepower coverage could easily knock them back back, but when the more than 2,000 cavalry fled frantically for their lives, the range of firepower was not enough to wipe out these trapped beasts.

After leaving behind more than 1,000 corpses, the stragglers of the Black Flag Army finally broke out of the encirclement of the Apocalypse Chariot, and took advantage of their speed to quickly pull away and retreat towards the camp in the south.

But their nightmare is not over, although the Apocalypse Chariot can't catch up with them, but the flying cannonballs can.

As they passed through the central area, the artillery positions on the top of the hill bombarded with the fastest rate of fire, and finally the Black Flag Army left hundreds of mutilated corpses before it was able to escape from the tiger's mouth.

In this battle, less than one-third of the more than 2,000 Black Flag Army could escape, which was definitely the worst defeat of the Black Flag Army after the Battle of Liuqingshan.

With the retreat of the Black Flag Army, the Southern Dynasty camp finally quieted down, and the offensive and defensive battle of the position, which lasted all night, finally came to an end.

The sun hung in the sky, shining on the mountains of corpses and the devastated earth, and Xu Rui looked coldly at everything under his feet with the support of the shadow maid.

At this moment, he thought of Yang Weiyuan again, thought of Sangou, and countless soldiers who failed to return to the north with Beiwuwei.

I said, one day I want the Black Flag Army to pay for the blood debt, and now I finally have the capital to beat them as dogs, look at it, today's battle is just the beginning, sooner or later you will be beaten by me to nothing!

Xu Rui gritted his teeth and silently said a sentence in his heart, looking up at the clear blue sky, I don't know if Yang Weiyuan will look at him somewhere there, I don't know if he will be relieved by today's victory?

"Adult ......"

A deep voice broke Xu Rui's thoughts, and at some point, the main generals of the Apocalypse Guard who were still alive were already standing silently behind him.

In addition to the generals, there is also Han Qi, the commander of Qingtian County, and An Ge, who is already crying and red-eyed.

An Ge had just looked around the position, but because the forward position had been blown into ruins by Zhang Zuofeng, it was impossible for An Ge to find Tang Xin's body.

He had to take out a piece of clothes that Tang Xin had worn and put it on a high place, and then with tears in his eyes, he kowtowed three times, which was regarded as the last tribute to this young man.

He and Tang Xin have not known each other for a long time, and they don't know each other deeply, but the side by side along the way has already allowed them to establish a deep friendship, which is the purest and strongest comradeship.

Before the war, they also agreed to wait until the war was over to go to the Heavenly Pavilion to drink and revel, who would have thought that in just one night, the two would be separated forever.

War has always been so cruel.

Xu Rui turned around, there was no extra expression on his face, witnessing countless people dying in front of him, and looking at the death numbers from the computer screen are definitely two different concepts.

It can be said that after experiencing the baptism of the Battle of Jingyang and this Xichuan raid, Xu Rui really became mature.

"What about our casualties?"

Xu Rui asked lightly, as if he really didn't have any emotion.

Lin Shaodong said: "There are 461 killed, 33 seriously wounded, 408 lightly wounded, and all the wounded, including the baggage company, officers, and staff officers, and the people with combat ability are almost only about two companies."

In addition, more than 10,000 rounds of artillery shells have been consumed in the fighting in the past few days, and more than half of the crossbow arrows and medicine have been consumed. ”

Being able to do such fine statistics in such a short period of time, Lin Shaodong has made great progress unconsciously, and he is no longer the young scholar who can only show off Xiaocong.

Xu Rui patted him on the shoulder, ignoring the terrible numbers.

"Map!"

He commanded softly, and Zhang Zuofeng immediately spread a fine map on the ground.

Xu Rui slowly sat down with the support of Ying Wan and Cao Siyuan, and the others immediately followed his left and right sides, forming a circle around the map.

"The army of the Southern Dynasties has completely controlled Xichuan, and it has formed a situation of closing the door and beating the dogs against us, let's talk about it, what should we do next?"

Xu Rui said it in person, and everyone immediately stared at the map with a pensive look on their faces.

Zhang Zuofeng seemed to have thought about this problem a long time ago, and was the first to open his mouth and said: "Our army is on the verge of collapse, we should quickly repair it, replenish the baggage, and then find other ways to drag down the footsteps of the Southern Korean army." ”

"No!"

As soon as his words came out, Cao Siyuan immediately opened his mouth to object.

"Our army has dragged the army of the Southern Dynasties for more than ten days, and everything that can and cannot be done has been done, and now that the ammunition and food are exhausted, and they are put to death, we should find a way to preserve the living force, and it is best not to touch the army of the Southern Dynasties again."

Cao Siyuan has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he has no good impression of the emperor, and his thinking mode will inevitably stay within the scope of protecting his own one-third of an acre, and resolutely oppose sacrificing the last foundation of the Apocalypse in vain to buy time for the emperor.

Perhaps taking into account Cao Siyuan's face, Zhang Zuofeng frowned, opened his mouth, and finally did not refute in public.

Xu Rui could naturally see his dissatisfaction, under the influence of Xiao Jinwu, Zhang Zuofeng was very upright, and his mind was full of the fearless spirit of loyalty and patriotism, but he was a little out of place with other officers who were gathered together.

Except for Han Qi, who was expressionless and didn't know what he was thinking, most of the rest of the people were probably inclined to Cao Siyuan's opinion.

"Shaodong, what do you think?"

Xu Rui did not express his position, but asked Lin Shaodong.

In order to encourage his subordinates to talk more, Xu Rui was often the last to express his position in Tianqiwei, which has gradually formed a habit.

Although Lin Shaodong was just a staff officer, he did not have the slightest stage fright, and said after a moment: "The two generals are reasonable, the invasion of the Southern Dynasties is a matter of survival. As long as we are alive, we must stop the footsteps of the Southern Korean army, but ......"

As he spoke, Lin Shaodong changed his words and said: "With the current situation of the Apocalypse, it is simply that it is difficult for the mud bodhisattva to cross the river itself, not to mention blocking the army of the Southern Dynasty, it is difficult to survive.

Therefore, I think that we should move to Qingtian County as soon as possible for repair, and then avoid the frontal battlefield, move to the south of Xichuan, correct the face to face the guerrilla warfare, and try to destroy the rear supply lines of the Southern Korean army, so that the Southern Korean army can also be contained. ”

Lin Shaodong said as he changed his finger to draw on the map, and in three or two clicks, he marked several suitable guerrilla positions.

These places are all important transportation points, if there is really a lot of trouble there, even if hundreds of thousands of Southern Dynasty troops go out of Xichuan, life will definitely not be easy.

"I agree with Staff Officer Lin's strategy."

Han Qi, who had been expressionless, suddenly said a word, concisely expressing his attitude.

Everyone immediately looked at Xu Rui, and now the three opinions have been released, just waiting for Xu Rui to make a final decision.

Xu Rui glanced at everyone, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Your opinions are all good, but the initiative on the battlefield is not on our side at the moment, no matter what you do, you have to look at the eyes of the Southern Dynasty, will they let us go?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

Xu Rui sighed, his eyes fell on the mountains of corpses, his eyes suddenly froze, as if he had thought of something, and the corners of his mouth gradually hooked up a smile.

"Ben Shuai thinks that for today's plan, we have to fight skillfully to get through the difficulties."

"Clever warfare?"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, look at each other, and for a while they don't even know what it means to be clever.

Xu Rui didn't say anything, and said with a faint smile: "No matter what, the appearance of Tianqiwei is not good after all, repairing is a must, let's go back to Qingtian first." ”

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