Chapter 255: Great Defeat 3
Wan Shan and Zhou Shuai's law enforcement team had just suppressed the situation, and the new recruits had finally calmed down. But at this moment, the gates of Xi'an opened, and a large group of cavalry rushed out from the city gates.
Wanshan first dragged Zhao Xiaofei away. Based on Wanshan's experience, the new army would surely collapse on a larger scale, scattering his own 100,000 veterans. If they didn't retreat, these 100,000 veterans of the Conquering Narrowness Army were Zhao Xiaofei and his men's capital. If they lost this capital, those evil spirits would come out to cause trouble!
Liu Zongmin personally led all his elite cavalry out of Xi'an, hacking and slashing at the Kenan New Army along the way. Liu Zongmin thought to himself: "So they're just for show! They stand straight and straight under the city walls, their ranks neat and organized like one. But when the time comes to show the real deal, it's us, the ones who've waded through mountains of blood and gore, who are the real soldiers."
"Go!" Liu Zongmin urged his horse while checking the surrounding situation. The Kenan New Army was everywhere, running around like headless flies.
A new soldier of Kenan Army holding a musket was running with Liu Zongmin on his back. Liu Zongmin chased him on horseback, raised his spear and stabbed the deserter.
With a "puff", the spear pierced into the chest of the new soldier. Liu Zongmin twisted it twice vigorously. The soldier spitted blood foam from his mouth and died with convulsions in his limbs.
Liu Zongmin used his spear to pick up the soldier's matchlock rifle that had been dropped on the ground. He examined it carefully and found that it was much lighter than the muskets and bird guns in the hands of the Ming army. Each component was much more finely crafted. However, the flintlock rifle in his hand was different from the matchlock rifles in the hands of the Ming army.
But the principle is similar, and this gun is loaded with ammunition and can be fired at any time.
Liu Zongmin aimed the gun at another Kenan New Army soldier a hundred steps away, who was like a headless fly. With a bang, the gunshot rang out, and the Kenan New Army soldier fell to the ground. Liu Zongmin said happily to the generals around him: "Good stuff! Hahaha! Pick up more of these firearms when you go back later!"
"Yes!" said the generals around him.
Liu Zongmin then led the cavalry to continue charging forward. The fleeing soldiers were doomed to die when facing the cavalry. The rout of Kenan's new army was like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger.
Finally, the law enforcement team organized by Wanshan and Zhou Shuai completely collapsed. They were overwhelmed by the Kenan New Army and drowned in the fleeing crowd. Some were directly pulled off their horses and hacked to death by the Kenan New Army. Their horses were then stolen by these people.
Wan Shan and Zhao Xiaofei were searching for Li Sihong at this time, and finally found her in the central army tent. Li Sihong saw that the situation was not good, so she quickly went to the tent to pack up some gold and silver.
Zhao Xiaofei said angrily: "What's the point of you still holding these at this time? Saving our lives is the most important thing now. You really value money over life!"
"Why do you look at me like this, my husband? We'll need money a lot along the way! Can you guarantee that we won't be separated?" Li Sihong said.
"We still have at least 100,000 troops with us, and there are Fang Xinyu's 100,000 white-pole soldiers in the south. It should be no problem to return to Nanjing smoothly!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Husband! Can't you see? The court has put you in a position now. It's more deadly than the bandits and the Jianlu! You don't know what kind of situation you will encounter on the way back this time!" Li Sihong said.
"Okay! We don't have time to talk about this now. Let's go! Get on the horse!" Zhao Xiaofei pulled Li Sihong out.
"Don't ride horses! Let the chariot battalion lead the way for us, and we follow behind! This is the safest way!" said Li Sihong.
"Most of the tank battalion's vehicles were frozen and broken down yesterday, and only a few can move. Let's ride horses!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"You forgot! I left a few tanks to protect you. I asked them to drive the tanks into the tent if they were okay. There must be no problem now!" Li Sihong said.
Zhao Xiaofei remembered that my wife had left a few tanks to protect herself just in case. My wife treated these tanks very well and drove them directly into the tent.
"Where are they? Who's in charge of these cars?" Zhao Xiaofei asked. There were so many people being turned against him that Zhao Xiaofei was starting to get scared.
"They are all the elderly people from the Zhao family manor, and their families are in the palace!" said Li Sihong.
"Great! Move them over!" Zhao Xiaofei asked the female soldiers around Li Sihong to move the tanks to protect them.
At this moment, Liu Zongmin's cavalry was unstoppable, cutting through the ranks of Kenan's new army. The Kenan new army was decimated by his slaughter, and even more fled to the old Kenan camp, but none surrendered. This was because the recruits all came with their families, and if they surrendered, their entire families would be killed, a price they could not afford.
As a result, the new army of Ke Nan was killed by the rebel army, and when they ran to the old camp, they could only break it into pieces.
Although they had organized a law enforcement team, they were also scattered by the onslaught, and they could only allow them to continue to retreat.
At this time, if Zhao Xiaofei raised his arms and organized people to fight back, there would still be a chance to beat Liu Zongmin back.
Unfortunately, he now only wants to withdraw his troops and no longer has the ambition to wipe out everyone he had in the past.
Liu Zongmin could see that Zhao Xiaofei was trying to escape! He couldn't let go of such a good opportunity. No matter how much casualties he paid, he had to defeat Zhao Xiaofei.
So Liu Zongmin ignored the casualties and began to attack the new recruits' camps everywhere. He wanted to use these new troops to attack the old camp.
But the road ahead became increasingly difficult, as we encountered more and more veterans, who were much more experienced. The spearmen and musketeers worked well together, with the musketeers forming lines and firing, and then the spearmen charged forward. The swordsmen and shieldmen provided protection on either side.
Liu Zongmin led 30,000 cavalrymen this time, the entirety of the rebel army. While they had been advancing with unstoppable force, they had only had 2,000 or 3,000 men. Now, the casualties were estimated to be over 10,000.
But Zhao Xiaofei's banner was not far ahead, which was too tempting for him. If Zhao Xiaofei was killed, the whole of Shaanxi would be stable. Dashun still had hope of unifying the country!
So he urged his men to continue charging towards Zhao Xiaofei's central army, regardless of the increasing casualties.
At this moment, there was suddenly a commotion behind Liu Zongmin. He turned around and asked what was going on.
The lieutenant general said, "General! The white-pole soldiers are coming from behind! Should we retreat? Our Dashun army doesn't have enough resources!"
Liu Zongmin looked at the central army commander's flag in front of him and said, "Follow me! If you charge again, Zhao Xiaofei will die!"
The lieutenant general tried to hold Liu Zongmin back, but failed. A large group of cavalry rushed towards Zhao Xiaofei's central army.
By this time, the twenty copycat tanks had already been started and their weapons loaded. Zhao Xiaofei had Li Sihong and him squeeze into one car, while Wan Shan and Zhou Shuai each drove one. They were going to use these tracked farm vehicles to carve out a bloody path!
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