Under the attack of the Ming army's grenades, the Shun army camp was suddenly in chaos.
The loud explosion, the flying bullets, the pungent smell, and the deafening shouts and cries directly scared the recruits!
They had never seen such a scene!
Plus it was dark and smoky.
The recruits quickly lost their way.
They ran around the military camp like headless flies, trying to run to a place they thought was safe.
The veterans were no better.
Although they were not knocked unconscious by the explosion, they were more nervous than the recruits.
Especially those veterans who experienced the defeat in Beijing.
What is the most terrifying thing on the battlefield?
Broken troops!
Once the trend of defeat is formed, it is difficult to reverse it.
By then, people will be crowded and trampled on, and no one will know how they died.
Some people may ask, since the defeat was so terrible, why did the Shun army dare to deploy new recruits in the front during the field battle?
The answer is cruel...
Because they didn't treat those recruits as human beings at all, but treated them as scapegoats!
Once the new recruits are defeated, the Shun army infantry behind them will rush forward with weapons and kill people!
It's not the enemy that is being killed, but these new recruits!
At this moment, the Shun army in the camp is doing this!
Snap!
Gu Kecheng killed a fleeing recruit with his own hands and then shouted, "Anyone who flees without permission will be killed without mercy!"
"Everyone take up your weapons and fight the Ming army!"
"Let's fight! Let's fight!" Hundreds of soldiers behind Gu Kecheng held torches in their left hands and weapons in their right hands, using light and sound to attract the attention of the new recruits.
This method really works.
The recruits were startled at first when they saw the fire, but when they saw Gu Kecheng and hundreds of elite Shun troops standing in the fire, they immediately felt more reassured.
They took up arms and, under the leadership of generals at all levels, launched a counterattack against the Ming army.
"kill!"
The Ming army in the east and west of the city did not make smooth progress.
After throwing a round of grenades, they suddenly found a very serious problem: how to rush into the bandits' camp!
There were several wide and deep trenches outside Li Zicheng's camp, which were so wide that people could not walk or horses could not jump over them.
"Damn, Li Zicheng is a rat, right? Why dig such a deep trench? This trench looks at least ten feet deep!" A Ming soldier lying beside the trench complained dissatisfiedly.
"That's right. If you fall down, you can't climb up at all."
"Can a living person be suffocated to death? Brothers, jump down quickly and build a human ladder!"
"Why don't you jump?"
“I’m afraid of heights!”
"Go to hell!" A soldier raised his leg and kicked the Ming soldier who claimed to be afraid of heights into the trench.
The Ming army in the trench had just built a human ladder and climbed out of the trench, but the Shun army had already recovered and started to counterattack.
They formed teams of at least a dozen or at most dozens of people, and they rushed to the surroundings of the camp with various weapons, hacking and killing the Ming soldiers who were climbing up one by one.
Soon after, the Ming army who were building human ladders in the trenches also suffered.
The Shun army archers, who were in a dominant position, shot arrows at the Ming army under the cover of sword and shield soldiers.
The screams continued.
The Ming army on the other side of the trench was also not idle. They drew their weapons and tried to fight back.
But the trench was too wide and most weapons could not reach the enemy.
Except for archers and musketeers who could shoot and kill the enemy, the rest could only stand still to avoid bullets and arrows, and shout in protest.
boom!
The artillery in the Shun army camp opened fire.
Amid the smoke, the defenseless Ming army on the other side of the trench fell down in large numbers and then retreated.
Qiu Yue and Tian Xiong, who had failed in their attack, lay down behind a dirt slope and exchanged their experiences of failure.
Qiu Yue pounded the ground with his right fist: "The trench is too deep, and our army has no ladders, so we can't attack it at all."
"Yes!" Deputy General Tian Xiong sighed, and felt like retreating as he looked at the remnants of the defeated army behind him.
If we continue fighting, I'm afraid our entire army will be wiped out!
"How about withdrawing our troops?" Tian Xiong suggested.
"Wait a little longer."
"What are you waiting for?" Tian Xiong was puzzled.
“Here it comes!”
As Qiu Yue was speaking, several Ming soldiers came running over, panting.
"Report! After investigation, we found more than a dozen roads that can lead in and out of the bandit camp. Although there are no trenches on these roads, they are heavily guarded. If we want to attack... I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult."
"Heavy troops...how many soldiers are heavy troops?" Qiu Yue was somewhat dissatisfied with the news.
His mission was to rush into the bandit camp and create chaos.
Now, look what has happened: we have been chased away by the bandits.
Just after defeating the Jiannu, they were defeated by bandits several times.
If this gets out, will you still have face?
"It's too dark to see clearly. But based on the torches at the intersection, we can tell that it is heavily guarded." The Ming army scout replied helplessly.
Tian Xiong tried to smooth things over: "Li Chuang is no fool. He will definitely send heavy troops to guard the entrances and exits of the camp."
"Withdraw your troops! The general will not blame you or me." Tian Xiong continued to persuade Qiu Yue to withdraw his troops.
He and Qiu Yue attacked the bandits' camp west of the city together, and they came together when the enemy came.
When we retreat, we must retreat together.
If Huang Degong knew that he had retreated alone, even if he didn't die, he would most likely become a field girl...
Qiu Yue was silent for a moment and then ordered, "Pass the order down, change half of the arrows into fire arrows, light them and shoot them into the bandit camp. After shooting, form a battle array and detour to the north of the city to meet the general."
Tian Xiong's eyes rolled and he immediately issued the same military order.
They came here to set fire and brought a lot of kerosene.
Modifying arrows is even simpler. Just tie a rope, cotton cloth, or even tear off the sleeves of your clothes, tie it to the arrowhead and dip it in kerosene.
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