Perhaps only when their dreams are shattered and their backbones are broken by the powerful ships and guns of Western colonizers will they realize that they have been abandoned by the times.
Yue Tuo's sigh lasted only a short time before he issued the order to retreat. This was a wise but also a helpless choice.
If he had not experienced the Liaonan War, Yue Tuo would not have been able to deeply feel that the gap in combat power between the two sides had widened again; they had failed to completely wipe out the more than a thousand isolated Ming troops back then, and the same was true now.
Luo Xiujin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling relieved by Yue Tuo's decision. Retreating now would only cost the attacking two thousand men; continuing the fight would likely result in heavy casualties and serious injuries.
The order was given, but it was still a little late. After the Ming army's artillery bombardment, the musketeers advanced and dealt a head-on blow to the Jiannu at the most lethal distance.
Heavy armor does provide a certain degree of protection against muskets, but it also depends on the distance; the same is true for muskets. The closer the distance, the faster the lead bullet is and the greater the power.
A distance of thirty or forty meters is within the optimal shooting range of a flintlock rifle. The hit rate is high and the power is enough to penetrate armor and kill the enemy.
The Ming army, which had circled around from the flank, also approached the central battlefield, and with its line formations and volleys of musket fire, it added another weight to the scales of victory.
The flashes of gunfire flickered continuously, bursts of white smoke rose up and filled the air, and the hot lead bullets chased the retreating enemies, making them bleed and scream.
Another group of Ming troops arrived by boat and successfully landed, narrowing the gap in strength between the enemy and ours, although this no longer had much impact on the outcome of the battle.
At the same time that Yue Tuo issued the order to retreat, Tong Yangxing, as if granted amnesty, also issued the order to withdraw. However, the Ming army's pursuit of the Jiannu was steady and cautious, while for the Han soldiers, they were like a tiger descending from the mountain.
"Charge, kill!" The shouts were passionate and inspiring. The fierce counterattack of the Ming army forced the Han soldiers to retreat and then to be defeated, and finally to a rout that could no longer be recovered.
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