Chapter 254: Great Defeat 2
As the first hot air balloon team, Tiedan, was heading towards Xi'an as ordered, Gousheng, the second, suddenly noticed the wind was about to change and immediately ordered all the bombs to be dropped. He knew he was being a bit too clever this time, but he had forgotten that the wind direction could change at any time in winter.
Gou Sheng shouted loudly: "Pass the order! Throw the bomb!"
But his soldiers didn't move, so Gou Sheng shouted, "What are you still standing there for? Are you planning a rebellion?"
The bombardier drew his knife and said, "We have received a secret decree from the Emperor that Prince Li Zhao Xiaofei is plotting a rebellion! To protect the Ming dynasty, we must obey Nanjing's orders! Will you obey Nanjing? Or will you continue to serve the traitor?"
"What? How could the prince rebel? Are you crazy? What time is it now? Li Zicheng's army is right under our feet. Let's destroy Li Zicheng first and then talk about other things!" Gou Sheng shouted loudly.
"It seems that you are wholeheartedly following the rebel king!" The grenadier raised his knife and slashed at Gousheng.
There is very little space on the hot air balloon, and there is almost no room to move around.
Gousheng dodged while shouting, "Song! You bastard! Have you forgotten how the prince treated our family?"
"My family is now staying in the Six Ministries in Nanjing! I accepted the imperial edict just for my family! Go to hell!" After saying that, he chopped off Gousheng's head with a knife. Gousheng lay on the deck with his face covered in blood, covering his face and twitching all over.
The grenadier was named Song Youcai. He had previously received an order from a Jinyiwei named Ma Chao to rebel at a critical moment and deal the heaviest blow to the Kenan Army.
Song Youcai was reluctant at first, but after receiving his wife's ring finger, he had no choice but to give in. He consoled himself by saying, "After all, I'm loyal to the court and the emperor. I'm not wrong!" So what if the prince is Yue Fei? Those who are too successful will not end well!
So this scene appeared, and this scene was not only seen on this hot air balloon, but also on other hot air balloons. Some captains directly defected, while others refused to obey and jumped from the hot air balloon hundreds of meters high with the traitor in their arms.
Zhao Xiaofei sensed something was wrong and immediately ordered the artillery to stop attacking and retreat immediately! The artillery could not fail and had to be moved to a safe location immediately.
He picked up the telescope and said to the messenger, "Tell them to drop all the ammunition immediately!" Zhao Xiaofei was making a final test.
Wan Shan said, "Don't worry about them! Someone must be organizing a rebellion! The entire army will retreat immediately! The hot air balloons in the sky have an extraordinary killing power!"
General Zhou said, "Let the White Spear Soldiers withdraw immediately! We are heading towards Sichuan!"
The messenger went to deliver the message, and at that moment the disaster broke out. Except for seven hot air balloons that descended and returned, the other hot air balloons were all in the sky, blown by the northwest wind towards the Kenan Army's new camp.
On the city wall, Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and other civil and military officials laughed loudly, and even Song Xiance, who was pretending to do something, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Zicheng shouted to Song Xiance below, "Military Advisor! You are my Zhuge Liang! From now on, you will be the Imperial Advisor of Dashun! I will confer upon you the title of Prince of Pingqing!"
Before Song Xiance could respond, another incident occurred in the sky. Bombs began to be dropped on the Kenan New Army's positions. Boom boom boom, the New Army camp immediately became a sea of fire. These were incendiary bombs intended for Li Zicheng, but they all fell on the heads of the Kenan New Army.
The new army was just a showpiece, unforged in the flames of war. After such a sudden attack, most of the soldiers immediately collapsed. They had never seen a sea of blood and corpses before. Some soldiers were blown skyward, while others were torn to pieces. Those caught in the incendiary bombs immediately became like a burning man, struggling in the sea of flames!
The main purpose of bringing out the new troops this time was to let them fight a favorable battle and see blood! But this time, the situation got out of hand, and there was a lot of bloodshed. There were also many casualties.
Some soldiers had a nervous breakdown and sat there crying, while most of them threw down their weapons and ran back.
This immediately disrupted the formation of the old Kenan Army behind them.
Li Zicheng laughed heartily, "Hahaha! Zhao Xiaofei is shooting himself in the foot! Gather our forces and kill him while he's still ill!"
Zhao Xiaofei was stunned by this sudden change. He had never expected so many members of the hot air balloon unit to rebel. Now his new army was completely finished, and the veterans would be scattered by these defeated soldiers.
Wan Shan then shouted to Zhao Xiaofei, "Boss, hurry up and retreat! It will be too late if you don't retreat now!"
"What should we do with those weapons and supplies? The muskets are okay, but what about the cannons?" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"We've got a plan!" Commander Zhou said. He passed on the order, and soon the old battalion's artillery opened fire on the new army's artillery positions. Boom, boom, boom! The cannons blazed, and the artillery positions instantly turned into a living hell. The new gunners, along with the cannons and shells, were turned into bloody dust.
"Those are our own people!" Zhao Xiaofei roared.
"We can't worry about that now! I'm going to organize the law enforcement team! We can't let the new army completely break down the old army's formation!" said General Zhou. After that, he left the central army.
At this time, Li Sihong came to Zhao Xiaofei and said, "Your Highness! Let's go! As long as there is green mountains, there will be no shortage of firewood! We still have a chance!"
Looking at the tragic and chaotic battlefield, Zhao Xiaofei's eyes were red. He had worked so hard for so long just to pacify the world. In the end, God played such a big joke on him.
"The Princess Consort is right! It's still time to leave. If the Jianlu hear the noise and attack back, we'll be in trouble!" said General Zhou.
Zhao Xiaofei gritted his teeth and said, "Organize a military court to prevent the new troops from disrupting us. Destroy all the weapons and ammunition that we can't take away!"
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