Chapter 167: Counterattack

It's hard to describe the courage, but anyway, the reason why the southern army in front of you is attacking frantically is just that they don't want to endure the pressure of dying now. Before attacking, and killing the Northern Governors, the former was chosen.

Then when they know that they will surely die if they rush forward. Even when this threat of death is even higher than that of the Warlords. What kind of choice will be made.

They broke through the first layer of the Northern Army, and there were still behind. You can't even see the head at a glance.

In one go, it's almost.

Coupled with the threat on the flanks, a lot of people had to be deployed to fight against the flank attack. What's more important is the angle between Ma Xiao and the Northern Army's main formation, where the Southern Army is attacked from two sides, and the pressure is greater.

There is already a risk of collapse.

Of course, that's nothing.

After all, hundreds of thousands of people will fight, not to mention the collapse of a small battlefield. It's just that the whole army is annihilated. As long as it does not implicate the entire battlefield, it is not a big deal.

In Wu Li's view, it is an opportunity.

It is unlikely that the southern army will be completely annihilated, after all, the southern army has a numerical superiority.

But it is possible to let the southern army stop for a while.

Wu Li keenly seized this opportunity.

Wait until the whole army is ready.

Wu Li immediately ordered several guards on the front line to be withdrawn. Only this time after they withdrew, it was not a horizontal team in front of the Southern Army. Rather, all the cannons, lined up, whether they were infantry guns or tiger squat guns. Only all that can be played is here.

Then an order was given, and the fire was fierce.

For a moment, the other side was stunned.

And that's not all.

Wu Li even gathered one or two hundred horsemen. This is actually not cavalry, but the officers around Wu Li.

After all, in the northern Thomas, many officers have war horses as mounts, and they are not in the cavalry sequence. Let more than 100 cavalry rush out, and then, let almost all the new forces on the mile-long front participate in the counterattack.

It turned out that the execution of Wu Lishang's bayonet order was not very good. Most people don't want to kill bayonets. They all rushed up, came to a close distance, and then opened fire, throwing the firecrackers away. Ran pulled out the big knife on his back and rushed out.

After all, firearms and bayonets, everyone still likes long knives and big guns,

The musket and bayonet looked like a short spear. But anyone who has used it knows that this guy is too heavy and the center of gravity is too biased. The spear is too short to make and the broadsword is too long. Horizontal and vertical force is uncomfortable. Although, during this period of time, He Xi and Ye Shen also studied some tactics and techniques of bayonet fighting.

But the overall imperfection is not to say. It's not too easy to get the soldiers below to learn.

If it is said that these soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have learned to fight since childhood, they probably won't say anything. But many of these Ming soldiers were swords, guns, bows and horses when they were young, and when they arrived in the army, they also practiced cold weapons.

None of them liked hand-to-hand combat with guns and bayonets.

A firearm is at least ten catties, after all, in order to prevent explosions, He Xi has high requirements for safety, which leads to a very heavy firecracker. But how many pounds is a single knife? Without a scabbard, it is only more than two catties.

This difference in weight alone is enough for the soldiers to know how to choose. The man with the musket and the bayonet. Not to mention the technology, the combat endurance alone is far inferior to that of a single knife. On the battlefield, there is only one end of lack of strength.

That is death.

It's no wonder that the soldiers have such a choice.

But no matter what, what kind of choice the officers and soldiers of the Northern Army made. The timing of Wu Li's offensive was appropriate.

The army at the front of the Southern Army, after struggling for a while, quickly collapsed. Immediately dispersed the Warlords behind them, and even the reserves.

Wu Li naturally seized the time and chased and killed.

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The battle situation in front of him made Sheng Yong's breath extremely short.

He clutched the clairvoyant mirror in his hand. A series of orders were given at once. The rear army was ordered to distance itself from the front. Those who impact the rear will not be killed.

Be sure to hold your ground.

As long as it doesn't cause a chain reaction, the defeat is like a mountain, and this little problem is nothing to him. After all, he has a lot of money.

But he had a concern.

That is, when I hit here today, morale is already very low. Today's war may be coming to an end.

However, the reinforcements of the Northern Army are more than 30 miles away, and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, they will arrive at the battlefield.

In this way, there is not much time left for him.

So before it gets dark, do you want to attack again?

And even if you launch an attack, will you be able to make a difference?

Sheng Yong was still hesitating.

Suddenly, a piece of news came, which surprised Sheng Yong.

That is, Kim Jin died in battle.

Sheng Yong could only sigh and said, "Collect the troops."

The death of a marquis in battle has too much impact on the morale of the army.

At this time, it is useless to fight any longer.

Sheng Yong understands one thing more and more, it is impossible not to reform. He has more troops than the other side, but in battle, he is useless. War is not only useless, but bloated. In history, King Yan's victory over the southern army was actually the ineffective reaction of the infantry in the face of the cavalry, which gave King Yan a great opportunity.

On the contrary, when facing the cavalry of the Southern Army, King Yan was repeatedly deflated. After several lives and deaths.

Of course, this is a question of the generals of the Southern Army and the operational command of the Grand Army. But it also illustrates something more essential.

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Heard the order of the Southern Army to withdraw its troops.

Wu Li also breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

If the Southern Army does not withdraw its troops, Wu Li may continue to attack. But the Yugoslav army began to withdraw its troops. Wu Li was worried instead.

Without him, when this kind of melee is fought, there is no formation, what Wu Li is most afraid of is that the opponent's cavalry will come to attack, what is the situation at that time, but Wu Li can't help it.

Before, Wu Li dared to counterattack, that was because the cavalry strength of the southern army had been exhausted, and if he wanted to withdraw, he was making adjustments, and it would take at least an hour or more. This gave Wu Li time to adjust.

It's just that Wu Li only got a message at this time. That is, Ma Xiao died in battle.

Wu Li was taken aback.

Ma Xiao's death has actually been hidden for a long time.

When facing the front and rear attacks, Ma Xiao stood in the first row of the queue in order to boost morale. Command platoon scramble to shoot. The accuracy of the smoothbore gun is very poor. However, on the battlefield, stray bullets are flying indiscriminately, and it is very likely that unexpected situations will occur.

Just like now.

Ma Xiao was hit by a stray bullet.

Although there was no death on the spot. But after being shot, he was bleeding profusely within ten minutes. Rescue is not enough to die.

His temporary order was to keep it secret and let the chief of staff command the whole army in his place and stick to it to the end.

As a result, Ma Xiao's death was hidden for more than an hour, and if the war continued, it would continue to be concealed.

Wu Li sighed and said, "Prepare a good coffin."

Others, he didn't say.

For those who go to the battlefield, life and death are ordinary things. He's used to it, too.

If Ma Xiao's death is very ordinary. Then Jin Jin's death is extremely tragic.

Under his command, he led the cavalry of his headquarters and attacked Ma Xiao's main formation three times at the cost of casualties. The cavalry fell to the ground in formation, and the Northern Army was under tremendous pressure. Several times he was rushed into the army and driven out by bayonets.

There was even a battalion of phalanx that was broken through, so Qianhu was killed in battle, and in the absence of a commander, the soldiers spontaneously formed a formation. There were about 100 people in the field. The small ones were no more than three or five people back to back, with bayonets outward.

In this case.

to buy enough time for the back.

And Kim Jin died on the way to the charge, and was seen by everyone. He was shot in the chest by a firebolt and died.

Nothing had time to stay.

As soon as Jin Zhen died, the offensive of the Southern cavalry also ended.

After all, Jin Zhen's identity is different, and Jin Zhen can lead the cavalry, although it is Fu Youde's support, but it is also the old department of the Jin family that has many in the army. Kim Jin's death means that many things are different. Kim Jin's lieutenant can't speak for Kim Jin at all.

Kim Jin's lieutenant will also have to consider other aspects of the situation after Kim Jin's death, such as the impact on the Kim family.

Plus the cavalry itself suffered too many casualties. In this case, it is simply impossible to continue the offensive. This is not the difference between being able to keep it secret and not being able to keep it secret.

Jin Jin's death represents the end of a great war.