"Protect the King!

”

Liu Zhe's eyes were split, and he reluctantly pulled out the saber on his waist, and roared urgently.

After experiencing a short period of loss of consciousness, Liu Zhe was the first to react.

At this time, the pass and the road ahead were already in chaos.

After resting in the Black Water Valley for a whole night, their tense heartstrings relaxed.

The smooth progress of the plan made them relax their vigilance, and at this time, in the face of the sudden attack of the officers and soldiers of the brigade, they did not have the slightest defense.

Even when the officers and soldiers suddenly appeared, most of the people's first reaction was not to run away, nor to line up, but to be in a daze.

They never thought that the officers and soldiers would set up an ambush here.

Hasn't Fu Luo Road been abandoned for a long time, and aren't the main forces of officers and soldiers all in Yan'an Mansion and Qingyang Mansion?

They trekked all the way through mountains and rivers, and finally arrived at Heishui Valley after many difficulties and dangers.

Why were the officers and soldiers waiting for them at the pass in advance?

"The artillery of the officers and soldiers is in the forest on the mountains on both sides."

Years of experience in battle formations made Liu Zhe react quickly.

According to the sound of gunsmoke, Liu Zhe had already judged the position of the officers and soldiers.

The first round of shelling by the officers and men was almost entirely concentrated at the position of the pass, and the rest of the battalions on the road did not suffer much shelling.

The purpose of the officers and soldiers could not be more accurate, they wanted to try to kill Gao Yingxiang directly and make a contribution in one fell swoop.

The artillery of the officers and soldiers should not be elite, or the artillery is not good, because the shells are far apart.

But even so, the more than 100 cavalry guarding Gao Yingxiang still lost more than a dozen people because of this.

Fortunately, Gao Yingxiang was not injured.

But just because you're not injured now doesn't mean you'll be okay in the future.

If they still stay in Yukou, they will only become a live target for the artillery of officers and soldiers.

"King Chuang, you must retreat to Yunai now!"

Liu Zhe drove forward, and the guards were close to Gao Yingxiang, shouting loudly.

"The second round of shelling by the officers and soldiers is likely to be dangerous again!"

Gao Yingxiang's eyes were red and his face was pale.

"At this time, you must not retreat!"

Gao Yingxiang's decision was not because he was dizzy.

On the contrary, his mind had never even been so clear.

In the line of sight, the Ming army of the brigade came out from behind the hills and mountains on both sides, and they condescended to charge their horses, and the soldiers under the command of Ma Yu and He Guoguang who were marching on the road rushed into chaos.

Gao Yingxiang looked around, and his heart was cold.

There are flags of the Ming army in all directions, and the flags of the Ming army are all over the mountains.

On both sides of the road in the distance, a large number of neat military formations, wearing helmets, green clothes and battle skirts, and carrying spears on their shoulders, were surging like black clouds pressing down on the city.

"Heishuiyu is a dead land, and retreating to the valley is a dead end!"

Gao Yingxiang was clear in his heart, and Liu Zhe's reaction to retreating to Yunei in this situation was human nature.

However, if they really retreat to the valley, then it is exactly what the officers and soldiers want.

There were no days left in the grain and grassland in the army, and yesterday the soldiers were let go and eat, and the supply of grain and grass was already less than one day.

Heishuiyu is surrounded by mountains on all sides, it is the land of ten thousand mountains and valleys, there are only two mouths in and out, one is the Fu Luo Road in the southwest, and the other is the valley in the northeast.

Once the officers and soldiers block the pass, they will fall into a place from which they will never recover.

The officers and men could have actually blocked the pass, but the reason why they didn't block it was probably because they wanted them to relax their vigilance and defeat them at a smaller cost.

Gao Yingxiang's face was heavy, and he turned his head to look at the mountains in the north, where the cannon sound was loudest.

The officers and men watched as he opened fire, and his purpose was clearly revealed.

If you are unlucky and are hit by a shell and die directly, I am afraid that the whole army has collapsed.

But now he can't continue to delay, Ma Yu and He Guoguang were ambushed in front of him, and they were already on the verge of collapse at this time.

And the artillery of the officers and men is probably almost reloaded, and the second round of shelling is coming, and standing in place, there will be a risk of being hit by shells.

"Liu Zhe, you send two teams of elite cavalry to take down the artillery position of the Ming army, even if you can't take it, you can't let it be so presumptuous!"

Gao Yingxiang raised the whip in his hand and waved it in the air, and then pointed to the artillery positions in the forest of the northern officers and soldiers, and ordered in a deep voice.

"You sit in the Chinese army, command and coordinate all departments."

Gao Yingxiang pulled out the Yanling knife on his waist and looked straight ahead with his eyes coldly.

"Team 1, Team 2, all follow me!"

At this moment, Gao Yingxiang knew very well that he could not continue to sit in command of the Chinese army, he had to stand up and let everyone see his Daxu.

Otherwise, at this time, the troops under the command of He Guoguang and Ma Yu will inevitably collapse quickly because of the offensive of the officers and soldiers.

……

Heishui Valley, Yukou, on the high slopes of the mountains.

Sun Chuanting rode on a war horse and looked at the situation down the mountain, and the generals and captains on his side were like stars holding the moon.

When the first round of shelling was over, the purple Daxu belonging to Gao Yingxiang at the mouth of the valley had not yet fallen, and the intrusive army had not completely fallen into chaos.

Sun Chuanting knew that this round of shelling did not achieve the expected effect, Gao Yingxiang was not hit by the shell, and his plan to directly kill Gao Yingxiang and directly disintegrate the Liukou army failed.

However, the failure of the plan did not discourage Sun Chuanting much.

"It is worthy of Gao Yingxiang......"

Gao Yingxiang's arrangement all fell in Sun Chuanting's eyes.

In such a short period of time, Gao Yingxiang responded, so that Sun Chuanting couldn't help but glance at Gao Yingxiang again.

In the middle of the column, the two cavalry detachments separated, one south and one north, galloping towards the artillery position he had laid out.

Then Gao Yingxiang's purple Daxu also suddenly moved, and went all the way to the northeast, and a large number of cavalry followed closely behind the purple Daxu.

"Order Li Yuchun to quickly cut off the connection between Ma Yubu and He Guoguang's department, and isolate He Guoguang's department as soon as possible."

Sun Chuanting looked at the overall situation and calmly issued one military order after another.

"Order Li Yingke to lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to intercept the elite cavalry under Gao Yingxiang and prevent him from supporting Ma Yubu."

Standing on the high ground, he watched every move of the various units of the army.

"Order the left part of the superintendent, the Xi'an guards, be sure to guard the intersection to prevent He Guoguang from escaping."

It has been a few days since he arrived at Heishuiyu, and Sun Chuanting has already inspected the surrounding terrain.

He didn't sit in the middle of the battalion commander, just looked at the sand table and began to line up the troops.

He has set foot on every mountain and hill outside the valley and investigated it on the spot.

Whether it is the setting of artillery positions, or the defensive arrangement of the intersection, and the location of the hidden troops, he has investigated, and what he wants is foolproof.

Sun Chuanting glanced sideways at the artillery position on the right near the high slope.

On that high slope, a group of soldiers were shouting trumpets and pushing their cannons from the forest to the open area.

Looking at the cannons that those soldiers were pushing, Sun Chuanting subconsciously remembered Chen Wang.

When he first formed the army, he didn't really think about bringing the hair cannon into the army.

Originally, the fire cannon was generally used as a city defense or ship cannon, and it was not as light and useful as the Franc machine, nor did it have the power and ultra-long-distance range of the Hongyi cannon.

The range and power of such a cannon are in a very awkward position.

The reason why there are guns in the army now is actually influenced by a war report.

That battle report was presented by Chen Wang to Hong Chengchou about the Gongchang Mansion's attack on Li Yangchun and Lin Shengquan.

When he was in Xi'an, Sun Chuanting learned about the contents.

In addition to the war report, the new gun carriage designed by Chen Wang also entered Sun Chuanting's eyes.

In the warehouse, there happened to be a physical object that Hong Chengchou ordered the craftsmen to supervise, as well as a report after the craftsmen and soldiers tried it.

Originally, Hong Chengchou wanted to promote it into the army, this kind of artillery carriage is not only suitable for firing cannons, but also suitable for artillery such as Hongyi cannons and Franc machines.

It's just that because of time and the deterioration of the situation in Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou didn't have time to take care of these things.

After Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou corresponded, they hit it off on the two days, and the Qin army that Sun Chuanting had just recruited was used as the experimental force.

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After that, Sun Chuanting incorporated twenty-four fire cannons equipped with new gun mounts into the army.

Looking at the fire cannon not far away, Sun Chuanting suddenly had a feeling that the best artillery in the field may not be the Tiger Squat Cannon and Franc Machine that stop the charging formation at close range.

Rather, it should be a medium-range artillery such as a fire cannon, with a distance above the medium range and a large power, but the weight needs to be reduced.

Sun Chuanting's thoughts diverged slightly, but soon the deafening shouts of killing at the bottom of the mountain had interrupted his thoughts.

Sun Chuanting's eyes became clear again, he withdrew his divergent thoughts, looked at the chaotic rogue array at the foot of the mountain, and issued the last military order.

"Wave the yellow flag, order two artillery formations, and turn the fire horse and jade department."

……

The soldiers under the command of Ma Yu and He Guoguang, who were above the official road, were unable to organize any effective resistance under the repeated blows.

He Guoguang was shocked and angry, and the sudden change made him even lose his mind for a moment.

The artillery of the Ming army was indeed concentrated on the north and south sides against Gao Yingxiang, but Sun Chuanting naturally left a few to deal with He Guoguang and Ma Yu.

Not long after he walked out of the pass, He Guoguang first encountered a round of artillery bombardment, and then several groups of Ming cavalry came from the rear, disrupting all the deployments of the rear team.

After a brief period of confusion, a large number of infantry soldiers appeared in front and on both sides, and they came in a neat formation.

And in the rear of the infantry of officers and soldiers, there were several cavalry groups of officers and soldiers who were wandering.

The troops who wanted to take advantage of the fact that the officers and soldiers had not completed the encirclement and rushed out of the gaps in advance would inevitably be intercepted by them.

He Guoguang has fought with officers and soldiers for many years, and he naturally knows this trick very well.

"Your mother, it's raining all the way, and the rain will stop as soon as we come out of Fu Luo Road!"

He Guoguang gritted his teeth and was furious.

He organized several waves of troops to rush the Ming army's infantry, but the Ming army's infantry had many firearms, and before they could take the battle, they had already killed and wounded a lot of men and horses.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!

！ ”

The sound of the platoon continued to sound, and a group of rushing horses was hit head-on, and many horse troops fell into collapse.

If it rains, the power of the bow and crossbow is weakened, and the firearm cannot be used, where will it be so difficult to fight.

Moreover, the infantry of the Ming army that came from the siege was obviously elite, many of them were equipped with armor, and even the infantry team with the whole formation was in armor, and the morale was extremely high.

Finally, a few teams of elite cavalry rushed to the front with long-range fire, and those Ming troops lined up with dense gun arrays and blocked all their paths.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the ship was late and encountered a head wind.

"Peng! Peng! Peng!

”

On the high slopes on both sides, a continuous stream of gunpowder smoke continued to rise, and every time a puff of gunpowder smoke rose, a soft sound would be heard.

The sound was endless, the smoke of gunpowder continued to soar, and every time it sounded, there would inevitably be a wail from the bottom of the mountain.

He Guoguang's face turned red, and his heart was even more angry, the sound was familiar to him, it was the sound of the sub-mother cannon in the officers and soldiers.

"Sons of bitches!"

He Guoguang had no way to restrain the Ma army under his command at this time.

The horsemen under his command had completely collapsed at this time, and many horsemen were running around on their horses like headless flies.

"Donkey balls, let's rush back!"

He Guoguang's heart was on fire, he raised the long-handled war knife in his hand, and turned the horse's head.

The horse army was out of control, but the elite cavalry under his command still maintained order.

In such a situation now, it makes no sense to think about why the Ming army would set up an ambush in Heishuiyu.

What we should be thinking about now is how to fight our way out of the encirclement and how to stabilize the situation.

Since he couldn't rush out in front, he rushed back and connected with Ma Yu first.

It is better for two units to join forces than one to deal with so many officers and soldiers alone.

"Those who stand in front of us have been cut down!"

He Guoguang's eyes were full of murderous momentum, and those collapsed horsemen were blocking the front, and there was no way to retreat back at all.

After he gave this military order, all the elite horsemen showed fierce eyes, and without hesitation, they waved their swords and slashed at the horsemen who stood in the way.

Many of the Ma soldiers did not react at all, and they fell under the swords of their comrades.

He Guoguang's ruthless move made the morale of the Ma army under his command drop to the bottom in an instant.

He Guoguang looked at Beishan from the corner of his eyes, and he saw a large amount of gunpowder smoke suddenly rising between the mountains and highlands.

Then there was a loud rumbling sound.

"Boom ————"

It was the loud sound of nearly twenty cannons converging, and in an instant, it overwhelmed the chaotic sound of the battlefield.

He Guoguangtong Kong suddenly magnified, and in the next moment, the miserable screams of He Wai suddenly sounded in his ears.

A large number of cannonballs landed on the official road and smashed into the ranks of the chaotic Ma Yu army, instantly ploughing out the ravines formed by the flesh and blood of the Dao.

The damage and morale blow caused by this shelling was far greater than that of the first round.

Because this time, the Ming army no longer needs to hide artillery.

The artillery of the Ming army pushed the artillery to a high place with a wide field of vision, condescendingly, and unscrupulously bombarded the ranks of the invading troops at the foot of the mountain.

And this shelling also reaped an incredible result......

He Guoguang's eyes were bloodshot, his eyes were red, and not far in front of him, a blue flag seemed to have been interrupted by a cannonball, and it suddenly fell down - it was Ma Yu's flag!

The soldiers under Ma Yu's command were even more chaotic at this time, and the noisy noise came from the place where the banner had fallen.

Soon, another bad news came - Ma Yu is dead!