Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.inforeadx;? In the shouts of the Zhenjun army, Wu Fang, who was already kneeling on the ground and motionless, slowly raised his head again, his blood-red eyes glared at the Zhenjun army in front of him, and roared violently: "Kill-"

I saw Wu Fang, who was covered in blood all over his body, supported his body with a spirit knife, stood up, staggered forward, and the blood flowing from his body left a shocking blood mark on the ground.

When he walked ten steps away from the Zhenjun army, raised the spirit knife, and was about to slash downward, the sound of fire on the opposite side sounded, and dense projectiles hit his body, and clouds of blood mist rose up and down his body.

Wu Fang roared and knelt on the ground again, but then, he roared and stood up again, and continued to walk forward obsessively,

He was close to the Zhenjun army in front of him, and the spirit knife he raised slashed downward, but it only hit a cloud of air, and he was now unable to cast the spirit martial arts.

As his knife fell, he couldn't stand anymore, and fell forward, and the nearby Zhenjun army stepped forward in unison, standing around Wu Fang, who fell to the ground, and the fire guns were raised together, stabbing downward together,

At this time, Wu Fang's figure could no longer be seen in the sea of people in the Zhenjun army, and he could only see blood arrows splashing out in the center of the crowd.

It didn't take long for a soldier of the Zhenjun Army in the crowd to raise a bloody severed head and roar around, and the surrounding Zhenjun soldiers saw this and shouted in unison: "Wind, wind, wind-"

Wu Fang, Lingwu is exquisite, brave and unparalleled, what is even more commendable is that he is also very thoughtful, knows the art of war, and is good at governing the army, like him, an all-round commander with both civil and military skills, even if it is placed in the entire Wind Country, he can't find a few,

It's a pity that in the end, it was just an ordinary soldier in the Zhenjun army who cut off his head, which is sad and lamentable.

The reason why Wu Fang became a rebel was completely forced, but from the moment he joined the rebel army, he was already doomed to a tragic end.

Cai Huang, who was standing beside Shangguan Xiu, could see clearly, and while he sighed in his heart, he was also secretly sighing, what can the spirit martial arts be as strong as Wu Fang, in the age of firearms, among thousands of troops, the spirit martial arts masters of the Spirit Nirvana Realm are only a drop in the ocean, insignificant,

Wu Fang's head was hung on the flagpole by the Zhenjun army, and then the army relined to meet the main force of the rebels who came to the rescue.

At the moment when the rebels saw Wu Fang's severed head, the rebels' military spirit had already dispersed, some generals advocated immediately withdrawing their troops and retreating into the defense line to defend, while some generals advocated avenging Wu Fang and fighting to the death with the Zhenjun army.

Before the war, the rebel side did not even reach a unified consensus on whether to fight or withdraw, and the outcome of this battle can be imagined.

On one side is the 100,000 Zhenjun Army First Army, and on the other side is the 160,000 rebel army, and the two sides are engaged in a head-on battle in the plain area north of Shenchi.

Neither side has a geographical advantage, and the rebel army has more than 60,000 troops than the Zhenjun army, it stands to reason that the rebel army should have an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield, and in the actual engagement, the rebel advantage is not reflected at all.

Outnumbered, the Zhenjun army did not retreat but advanced, in front of the heavy shield soldiers in front of the shield array to suppress the position, behind is the continuous shooting of the firecrackers, and then behind, is the salvo of the artillery battalions of the Zhenjun army,

The rebels' formation is basically the same as that of the Zhenjun army, the only difference is that the camp of the Zhenjun army is mixed with a large number of mortars.

The mortar cannon is not big, the cannon body is typical short and thick, below is the boxy base, there is a short and thick barrel fixed on it, when fired, the cannonball is hit in the air, smashed into the opponent's camp in a parabolic way, the range of the mortar is not far, but it can effectively avoid the own soldiers in front, and the cannonball is directly into the enemy camp, and there are two handles on the base of the mortar cannon, only two soldiers can be easily lifted, with the advance of their own camp, it is extremely convenient to carry,

It can be said that the mortar is the predecessor of the modern mortar, which looks inconspicuous and the principle is very simple, but the role it plays in actual combat is huge.

The Zhenjun army relied on mortar artillery to accurately attack the heavy shield soldiers in the front row of the rebels, and blew up the front row shield arrays of the rebels again and again.

Without the protection of the heavy shields in the front row, the soldiers in the back will face the fire of the enemy's firearms, and the people will fall in rows and pieces in pools of blood.

What's even worse is that the pace of the rebels' battles is still inconsistent, some of the corps are advancing vigorously, some of the corps are advancing slowly, and even some of the corps are stagnating, which is the result of the disunity of the thinking of the rebel generals before the war.

Therefore, the strength of the rebel army is indeed 160,000, but the actual strength of the battle against the Zhenjun army is far less than 160,000.

Seeing that the rebels had three corps advancing first, the two wings of the Zhenjun army accelerated their advance, and the Chinese army advanced slowly, and the overall formation turned into a huge pocket formation, encompassing the three rebel corps that broke through the fastest.

These three rebel corps are all elite, and the soldiers are also very good at fighting, but unfortunately, now they are facing the Zhenjun army, armed to the teeth, and experienced in a hundred battles, and the advanced combat concept is second to none among the nations.

The three rebel corps faced the Zhenjun army besieged from three sides, and the battle was fierce, and the soldiers fought desperately, but they still couldn't stop the advance of the Zhenjun army.

They thought that their own brigade behind them could follow up with reinforcements, but until they were killed by the Zhenjun army and fell to the ground, they could not wait for reinforcements from the rear.

In addition, the dozen or so rebel regiments did not want to go to the rescue, but when they were advancing, they were subjected to fierce artillery bombardment from the artillery battalion in the rear of the Zhenjun Army, and the rebels who were not strong in fighting spirit saw that the artillery of the Zhenjun Army was too fierce, and if they continued to advance, the casualties would be great, so they temporarily stopped advancing, and wanted to wait for the artillery of the Zhenjun Army to be muted before moving forward to reinforce.

As a result, the artillery shells of the Zhenjun army seemed to never be able to hit the light, and the salvos of the artillery were round after round, even if they all hit the open ground, even if a salvo came down, not a single soldier of the rebels was injured, and the artillery of the Zhenjun army was still shelling endlessly.

This is simply unimaginable in the eyes of the rebels,

The reason why the rebels have such a psychology has to mention the industrial base of both sides, the Zhenjun Army has the backing of the Zhenjun Forge and has the most complete arms production industry in the world at that time, whether it is artillery or shells, they are all produced in large quantities.

Therefore, in the concept of the Zhenjun army, there has never been a worry about the excessive consumption of ammunition, this batch of ammunition is exhausted, there are ten batches or hundreds of batches of ammunition in the rear waiting for them to smash into the enemy, one artillery is destroyed because of continuous shooting, and there are ten or hundreds of artillery pieces in the rear waiting for them to choose,

But the rebels are different, not to mention that the rebels do not have an arms production industry, they don't even have an industrial base, their guns, muskets, and even shells and ammunition all rely on the assistance of the Besa country, not to mention that the aid of the Besa country is limited after all, even if there is no limit, it will take an extremely long time to transport it from such a distant place, and it is difficult to meet the needs of the war.

Therefore, the ammunition of the rebels has always been calculated and used with their fingers, and even if a shell cannot kill dozens of enemies, at least it must be sure that it can kill and injure the enemy, and they will shoot this shell.

Of course, they can't understand the way the Zhenjun army is now pouring countless shells on uninhabited land just to stop their advance,

On the battlefield of firearms, the competition between the officers and men of the two sides is not limited to tactical tactics and even military morale; in addition, the industrial base and comprehensive national strength have also become one of the main factors determining the victory or defeat of the two sides.

When the shelling of the Zhenjun army finally came to an end, the rebels looked further, where could they still see the shadow of the three corps that took the lead in the front, and the legion of the Zhenjun army was like a monster with a bloody mouth, swallowing their three corps alive,

At this point in the battle, the fighting spirit of the rebels has been greatly reduced, the corps that has stopped moving forward continues to stagnate, and the corps that has advanced slowly has advanced even more slowly.

But the Zhenjun army was different, as if it had not eaten the three corps of the rebels, and continued to advance at a uniform speed.

Larger-scale battles between the two sides, unfolding again,

This battle lasted from noon to night, after a whole day of fierce fighting, the casualties of the Zhenjun army were only about 20,000, on the other hand, the rebels had as many as 80,000 casualties, and the army of 200,000 was now less than 120,000.

Such a battle situation is undoubtedly fatal to the morale of the rebels, >

At this moment, everyone up and down the rebels can no longer see that they still have any hope of winning, maybe people have forgotten that during the day, they also laughed at the Zhenjun army for being vulnerable and unworthy of the name, and the division of the tiger and wolf is only a lamb to be slaughtered, and now, the division of the tiger and wolf is still the division of the tiger and wolf, but they have become lambs to the slaughter,

Despair spread rapidly among the rebels, and the morale of the whole army was at rock bottom.

As the night grew darker and darker, the advance of the Zhenjun army finally came to an end, and the rebels finally got a precious respite.

Within the rebels, there were more and more voices advocating retreat, and finally the rebel generals finally reached a consensus, and the whole army retreated and retreated to the defense line.

However, the psychology of the rebels has long been expected by the Zhenjun army, and the rebels' retreat route has long been blocked in advance by the Zhenjun army that bypassed.

When the rebels retreated, in the dark night, they crashed headlong into the ambush circle arranged by the Zhenjun army.

The Zhenjun army opened fire and dealt a head-on blow to the rebels who tried to retreat.

The retreating rebels were killed, and the defeated ones who lost their armor retreated, but the attack of the Zhenjun army did not stop, and the various corps of the Zhenjun army used the night as a cover to continuously launch onslaught on the rebels.

The fierce battle between the two continued for another night, and by the time it was dawn the next day, the strength of the rebels had been reduced by 50,000, from less than 120,000 to less than 70,000.

It was only at this time that the rebels realized that the Zhenjun army did not want to defeat them simply, but had a greater appetite to annihilate their 200,000 army.

The battle has reached this level, and the rebels no longer dare to act rashly, so they can only be forced to deploy defenses in the same place, and send people to break through the siege and ask for help from Shangjing.

The rebels built fortifications in place, and the Zhenjun army did not continue to attack them, one surrounded the outside, and the other defended the inside, and the battle fell into a stalemate.

But this is only temporary, the rebels rushed out of the defensive line, but they did not come to fight a protracted war, they did not bring so much food and ammunition at all, they held on for a day or two No problem, but after a long time, they had to be starved to death,

The rebels have become a turtle in the urn, the Zhenjun army is not in a hurry to attack, rather than fighting a battle with huge casualties, it is better to wait for work, and wait for the rebels to take the initiative to run out of the defense line to break through, if the rebels insist on refusing to break through, then let them all starve to death,

It can be said that the battle has reached this point, the overall situation has been decided, the victory of the Zhenjun army is in hand, Shangguan Xiu did not stay in place and wait for the end of the war, but took a corps to clear the defense line arranged by the rebels on the periphery of Shenchi.

The main force of the rebels is no longer here, and the rebel troops left behind in the defense line are less than 5,000 people, most of whom are cowering in the fortress where Huang Ji and other strategists are located.

When Shangguan Xiu led the Zhenjun army to attack, the thousands of rebels in the fortress showed tenacious fighting spirit, and they still insisted on fighting in the fortress even though the walls of the fortress were blown up.

Unfortunately, the gap between the combat power of the two sides is so large that it can not be made up by the fighting spirit of these thousands of rebels, after the two sides fought for more than an hour, the fortress was broken by the Zhenjun army, more than 3,000 rebels in the fortress, more than 2,000 people were killed, and another 1,000 people were captured alive by the Zhenjun army, including Huang Ji and other rebel strategists,