Beside the official road, in a sandy hollow.
Several soldiers from the Yingzhou reinforcements huddled here, clinging tightly to the sand, not daring to move an inch.
"Damn it! How are we supposed to fight this battle? We can't break through, we can't fight our way in, are we just going to wait here to die?"
"Sigh! When did Prince Xin's army become so powerful?"
"Yes! Is this still a war? This is outright massacre!"
...
Several soldiers vented their anger with some frustration.
However, this did not change the course of the battle.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The deafening explosion still echoed near the official road.
The shells on both sides of the sand dunes were being bombarded one after another as if they were free.
No matter how many vehicles were on the official road, they couldn't withstand the relentless bombardment.
Even the cavalry suffered heavy casualties in the bombing.
The remaining cavalry realized that this was not a solution, and under the command of their commander, they retreated in the direction they had come from.
The cavalry was highly mobile, and after suffering some casualties, they finally escaped the ambush.
However, of the original nearly a thousand cavalrymen, only two or three hundred remain, with the majority of the rest perishing in the ambush.
The cavalry escaped, but the other infantrymen from Yingzhou's reinforcements were not so lucky.
The official road through the sand dunes was completely exposed.
No matter which direction they break out in, or whether they counterattack towards the sand dunes, they will be exposed to the firing range of the Shenwei Army soldiers, becoming live targets to be slaughtered.
Meanwhile, the continuous bombing along the official road destroyed the vehicle formations that had just managed to avoid the bullets.
In a short time, the bare official road offered few places to hide.
"General, this can't go on!"
A trusted aide sidled up to Sun Zhen, the garrison commander of Yingzhou, and said, "We really need to think of a solution!"
"Think of a way?"
Sun Zhen turned to look at his trusted confidant and asked coldly, "What plan can you come up with? Break through? How do you break through?"
Sun Zhen naturally knew that staying on the official road and being at the mercy of others was definitely not a solution.
He tried to break through, but each time he was repelled by fierce fire.
Sun Zhen is also very distressed now.
"General,"
The trusted confidant spoke up: "Let's split up and break through!"
We can't just focus on one direction to break through. This official road is very long, and it will be difficult to get through this section and reach Liaodong City.
I think it's best to break out separately.
We will break out in whichever direction we can.
After breaking through the encirclement, they will regroup and head to Liaodong City.
"We're closer to the west from here, so let's break out to the west!"
Hearing his confidant's words, Sun Zhen was stunned for a moment, then said, "That's the only way!"
Immediately, Sun Zhen led a group of his men in a breakout to the west.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The overwhelming hail of bullets became the biggest obstacle to the Yingzhou reinforcements' breakout. After suffering heavy casualties, Sun Zhen and his men finally managed to break through.
However, he originally had thousands of trusted guards, but now only a few hundred remain.
"well!"
On the west side, in the snow, Sun Zhen and the others sat on the ground, panting heavily.
Even though he managed to break through the encirclement, Sun Zhen was injured, with several shrapnel fragments grazing his face and arms.
However, the blood had already dried.
Sun Zhen, still somewhat shaken, glanced towards Shaling, where the fierce artillery fire continued.
One can imagine the perilous situation the Yingzhou reinforcements would face on the official road!
"General, what do we do next?"
A trusted aide sidled up to Sun Zhen and said, "We've broken through the encirclement. Let's see if we can rescue the brothers!"
I suggest that we gather the brothers and harass the flanks of King Xin's army from the rear to relieve the pressure on the brothers on the main road!
In this way, the brothers will also be able to break through!
"Okay!"
Sun Zhen sighed helplessly and said, "Send the cavalry over and try to rescue our brothers!"
...
The fighting on the official road continues.
The Shenwei Army soldiers, who were lying in ambush on both sides of the sand dune, fired bullets at the official road without hesitation.
The dense hail of bullets became like deadly weapons, relentlessly reaping the lives of the Yingzhou reinforcements on the official road.
"Hahaha! This battle was exhilarating!"
"Don't you even look at what we're holding?"
Several Shenwei Army soldiers laughed triumphantly, firing their Dongning-made flintlock muskets even more fiercely into the official road.
At the Shaling Command Post.
Zhang Cheng held binoculars in his hand, surveying the situation on the battlefield.
"Deputy Commander, several hundred more enemy soldiers have broken through the encirclement."
A soldier reported to Zhang Cheng.
"Okay, I understand."
Zhang Cheng nodded, still observing the situation on the official road.
Zhang Cheng wasn't too surprised by the enemy troops who broke through the encirclement. After all, it was perfectly normal for a few hundred or a thousand out of more than ten thousand enemy troops to escape!
Originally, Zhang Cheng had no intention of swallowing all of them whole.
Zhang Cheng doesn't have such a big appetite!
"Deputy Commander,"
The soldier continued, "According to the report from the scouts on the west side, the enemy soldiers who broke out are regrouping and heading south."
It looks like they might be planning to circle around behind us and attack us!
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