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Chapter 172 Decisive Battle in Lingchuan

Because of Zhang Sanbai's decisiveness and ferocity, he immediately frightened both the enemy and us, and the rotation of the left-wing troops was completed smoothly.

Because of this, Zhang Shun regained some confidence, followed the same pattern, and asked Li Jiyu to rotate.Fortunately, most of Li Jiyu's subordinates were the township party that followed him to rebel. Although their combat effectiveness was worse, they trusted each other relatively more, and the rotation was completed.

As for Jiang He's subordinates, they were originally of high combat quality, and they often served as vanguards. Maybe they also often carried out this kind of behavior of rotating in front of the battle. On the contrary, it was easier to rotate.

Zhang Shun just breathed a sigh of relief, but the officers and soldiers on the other side couldn't stand it anymore.The officers and soldiers on the opposite side did not dare to rotate, so they had to mobilize forces for support.

Not long after, Zhang Shun only heard screams, like the fireworks released everywhere during the Lantern Festival in the countryside in later generations.Before Zhang Shun could react, dozens or even nearly a hundred cylinders flew towards Zhang Shun's formation.

Some exploded before they hit the ground, some exploded as soon as they landed, some fell to the ground and rolled twice without moving, and some rolled twice and continued to explode.The lethality was not very strong, and a lot of fragments splashed could not even penetrate the armor, but the exposed parts of some unlucky soldiers were injured by this "bomb".

After the "bomb" exploded, it was still not finished. When it was released, some smoke was released, and many soldiers felt sick and weak after smelling it.Zhang Shun saw that even the smoke released by this "bomb" was poisonous, so he quickly asked Wei Congyi to tear some cloth, soak it in water and send it to the front line, covering his mouth and nose, before stabilizing the formation.

However, originally the two sides fought in an array, and they were all front-line soldiers fighting, so everyone was evenly matched.Now the soldiers behind the officers and soldiers can still use their strength, but they have suppressed the momentum of Zhang Shun's subordinates again.

Zhang Shun had no choice but to order the cannons loaded with shotguns to be pushed forward, preparing to fire a close-range salvo at the opponent's line.

This technique of pulling the cannon to shoot at close range was dubbed "bayonet on the cannon" by a certain army in later generations.Although bayonets also appeared during this period, they were not popular enough due to technical reasons. Zhang Shun called this method "artillery hand-to-hand combat tactics".

In fact, this tactic is also very risky. The quality of the artillery is not good enough during this period. If the artillery explodes, it may not break the opponent's formation, but your own formation will collapse first.

However, Zhang Shun's subordinates were all novices, and they didn't have a high awareness of the danger of these things, so they happily transported the artillery to the front line, and ignited the gunpowder against the officers and soldiers on the opposite side.Only the sound of the almost continuous artillery sounded, and the formation of officers and soldiers on the opposite side was suddenly bloody.

The power of shotgun shooting at close range was revealed again, and the corpses of the officers and soldiers wearing armor on the opposite side were all mutilated. There were hundreds of people missing in an instant, and the morale was greatly depressed.Seeing this, Zhang Sanbai shouted loudly, abandoned his horse, and rushed into the enemy's line first.

The emergence of firearms is definitely a complete subversion of the form of cold weapon warfare.In the previous era of cold weapons, the two sides fought each other for a long time, and it was not necessarily possible to kill and wound the other side's many troops.But when firearms appear, the result is different. If you are not careful, there will be hundreds of casualties.Especially the bloodshed caused by artillery is not something soldiers who often fight with cold weapons can easily accept.

At present, the officers and soldiers in front of them were stimulated by this kind of blood, and their formation was chaotic for a while, and they were defeated by Zhang Sanbai.

However, the officers on the opposite side were not vegetarians, and after the defeat, they set up formation again to block the attack of Zhang Sanbai's troops.Those officers and soldiers who tried to attack their formation were all killed on the spot by them.

It turns out that when fighting in formation, because most people are right-handed, it is easy to attack to the front left, which also causes the right formation on one's own side to often gain a tactical advantage.

In the same way, it can be seen that Zhang Shunbu, who is on the left, is already at a disadvantage.This is also one of the tricks of "Zijinliang" and "Chuangying". They bullied Zhang Shun, who was young and inexperienced, and deliberately put Zhang Shun on the left side, trying to grind his arrogance.

At the same time, this is also the reason why "Zijin Liang" placed the battalion on the right side, because the subordinates of "Chuang Jiang" fought bravely, and "Zijin Liang" tried to break through the camp to break the left formation of officers and soldiers.The result was unexpected, Zhang Shun took the lead in breaking the right formation of officers and soldiers before he had time to break through the camp.

"Zijinliang" did not expect it, and it was too late to send a reserve team in time to help Zhang Shun expand his achievements.

And the person in charge of the officers and soldiers' right formation is none other than the long-famous Wang Zhaosheng.It turned out that the rebel army had been preparing for so long, and the officers and soldiers were not idle.At this time, although Song Tongyin had been revoked from his official position, he did not abandon his official position.Instead, before the next governor Xu Dingchen took office, he once again used his personal relationship to summon Zhang Daojun from Yangcheng. The three of them gathered most of the troops and launched an attack on the rebel army.

Therefore, after the two sides met unexpectedly this time, the three negotiated to make Song Tongyin the commander of the central army, Zhang Daojun as the commander of the left army, and Wang Zhaosheng as the commander of the right army.Although Song Tongyin's command ability is not good, he is still a senior member of one party, and he can still do it sitting in the middle of the army.

Although Zhang Daojun's military training level is average, he is the best at firearms, so he is most suitable for defending the vicious "camp" of the rebels.This time they rushed into the camp many times, but they were all shot back by Zhang Daojun's Western Cannon and Franji.

As for Wang Zhaosheng, he is the best at using soldiers among the three, so at the beginning of the formation, he brought a large number of firearms and reserves, ready to smash the left wing in one fell swoop, and sweep the formation of the rebels.Among them was a team of firearms using the small mortar "Feimeng Cannon", which was prepared to break the left wing of the rebel army.

It's just that the officers and soldiers never thought that since Zhang Shun made the cannon, he has made many military exploits with it, relying on the cannon to approach and shoot.As the saying goes, the ignorant are fearless, both the "Zijinliang" and "Chuangbu" in the rebel army are soldiers who have fought for a long time.

Although the experience in the battle is getting richer and richer, the soldiers are also getting more and more slick.After all, there is only one life, and if you lose your fight, you will lose everything.So when they fought, they seemed to be quite organized, but in fact Zhang Shun felt that they were only a breath away from a strong army.

Because there are severe punishments for breaking into the camp, it seems that the combat effectiveness is better, but the "Zijinliang" troops are even worse.

At that time, all the rebels looked like this, let alone most officers and soldiers.Basically, they are all "the one who hears the enemy and flees is the lower brave, the one who sees the enemy and flees is the middle brave, and the one who meets the enemy and flees is the upper brave".

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Shun likes to shoot at close range with cannons, killing and injuring a large number of officers and soldiers in a short period of time, causing psychological shock to the enemy.Then, when the morale of the officers and soldiers was low, they charged desperately and defeated the enemy's formation in one fell swoop.

Zhang Shun's subordinates were originally honest people, especially when recruiting soldiers in Mengjin, most of the soldiers recruited were young men with a pure heart, and were influenced by storytelling and opera. Dare to fight and fight.

Especially that Zhang Sanbai was already very strong, and when he swung the three-pointed two-edged knife weighing twenty catties in his hand, no one could stop it.Even if the soldiers are wearing armor, they can be directly chiseled by the twigs of the three-pointed two-edged knife he swung down.

At this time, some soldiers with swords and shields surrounded him, trying to surround and kill Zhang Sanbai.This three hundred is not the old Wuxia Amon, but he is already proficient in martial arts.This fellow pretended to chop at the edge of the opposite shield, then pulled it hard, used the twig of the three-pointed double-edged knife to hook the shield away, and then sent it forward forcefully, piercing the opposite iron armor directly, and sent him back to the west.

As the saying goes, "A raging soldier, a raging nest", Zhang Sanbai was as brave as a tiger, and his soldiers were just like a pack of wolves, following him to attack and bite the enemy.

Seeing that this man was so brave, Wang Zhaosheng couldn't help but sigh that he didn't have any brave generals under his command.Wu Xian, whom he recruited before, also had the courage to charge alone, but unfortunately he heard that he was broken by a thief not long ago, and he still doesn't know whether he died or not.

At this time, the officers, soldiers and rebels were mixed together, Wang Zhaosheng had no choice but to command other reserve soldiers to attack Zhang Sanbai from left and right.

The [-] subordinates originally only had more than [-] people, but at this time the formation was disordered, and they were surrounded in an instant.Without fear, Zhang Sanbai led his men and horses to fight and retreat, breaking through the encirclement of officers and soldiers and retreating.

At this time, some rebels were surrounded by officers and soldiers, and they couldn't help crying: "General Zhang, are you going to abandon us?"

Hearing the words, Zhang Sanbai couldn't help shouting: "Life is life together, death is death together!" He led the soldiers and entered the encirclement of the officers and soldiers again, so frightened that the officers and soldiers dared not fight.

Zhang Shun saw it from afar, and couldn't help being taken aback, and quickly ordered Wei Congyi to lead a team to rescue him.Zhang Shenyan knew it, and quickly stopped him: "The only remaining troops in our army are your Chinese army and Wei Congyi's troops. If Wei Congyi's troops go into battle, the next time there is a crisis, I'm afraid you will have to lead the team yourself!"

Although this cautious statement had confronted Zhang Shun a lot before, it was still a prudent statement.

But Zhang Shun was anxious, how could he have the heart to tell him apart?Then he shouted: "I can't wait, I have to be anxious! Others can fight, why can't I fight?" He ordered Wei Congyi to lead a team to rescue Zhang Sanbai.

As a result, the three-hundred-hundred-hundred-thousand red-eyed, and before Wei Congyi arrived, he shouted: "My lord taught me the art of war, and I will fight when I die. Now I am waiting for death. Only by dying can I live! Come with me!" Shout: Must die!"

"Death!"

"Death!"

"Death!"

While shouting that he must die, Zhang Sanbai led his subordinates to fight bravely, and it was as if they wanted their lives.Zhang Sanbai and his subordinates were all red-eyed, like beasts devouring people, and their momentum was like a rainbow.

"Zijinliang" saw it from afar, so he didn't shake his head, and smiled at the Taoist practitioner: "You are so young, but you are so willing to spare your life and wealth. I don't know if the 'Optimus Prime' will fight again next time, and he will be so generous." How many people are available?"

Hearing this, the Daoist Wuxu reluctantly smiled and said, "What the second leader said is true!" He couldn't help but cursed secretly: "How dare the birds laugh at the kites flying high? Rebellion is a matter of life, and I will cherish my life now, and I will cherish my life tomorrow. Then why not die of old age at home, when there is no fear of life!"

Not to mention how the "Zijin Liang" was thinking, Zhang Shun was also shocked for the first time when he saw such a life-and-death battle in a narrow road.

Zhang Shun's soul was originally a person from later generations, who lived in a prosperous life and was seldom in desperate situations.Therefore, Zhang Shun was full of schemes and flexible minds, but he was less ruthless than other leaders of the rebel army.

Zhang Shun always thought that his lack of ruthlessness was not a shortcoming, but rather his own strength.It is without this ruthlessness that he can keep his bottom line and be regarded as a real person.

But now seeing Zhang Sanbai fighting so hard, Zhang Shun suddenly understood what he lacked as a leader of the rebel army?What is lacking is this ruthlessness.As a general, Zhang Sanbai didn't have to go to the front line, and he didn't have to go to the battle to fight for his life. Even if he was unfavorable in the battle, it was justifiable, and he would not punish him severely.

However, he still rushed forward, because the two armies met on a narrow road, so he only fought this way!Those who are full of anger win, and those who are depressed lose.How does this look like competing for the world with yourself?If he didn't dare to put all his worth, how could he win this gamble?

It turned out that Zhang Sanbai's background was different from others. He lost his parents when he was in his teens, and took his younger sister to wander around.It was in this situation that he saw all kinds of malice towards him from others.If he wanted to survive, if he wanted to protect his sister, he had to be more ruthless, vicious, and vicious than others.

This is a survival game without any bells and whistles. It wasn't until he was recruited into the circus by the troupe that the situation got a little better.However, all kinds of coveting eyes still surrounded him, staring at them like hungry wolves, all thanks to his divine power and fierce deterrence.

Now that he entered the battlefield, Zhang Sanbai once again aroused his ferocity back then.Anyway, he is in armor, so why be afraid of being surrounded by officers and soldiers?Zhang Sanbai only had enemies in his eyes, only fighting. He carried the three-pointed double-edged knife in his hand, and he didn't think about anything, just killed the enemy, and only wanted to kill freely.

He likes the heavy weapon in his hand to tear apart the enemy's armor like a piece of paper, and chop up the enemy's body like chopping up pork; he likes the enemy's blood to splatter and splatter, and then sprinkle hot on his body; He likes the way the enemy looks at him trembling, as long as he rushes over, they will tremble and kill without any resistance!
By the time Wei Congyi rushed over, Zhang Sanbai had already killed the officers and soldiers who besieged him and others, and was even ready to continue chasing him with a knife.Wei Congyi, who arrived in time, quickly pulled him back.

At this time, Zhang Sanbai himself had become a blood gourd, his whole body was sticky, black and red blood trickled down his armor, like a ghost coming out of hell.

All around him were the corpses of officers and soldiers. The armors and helmets of many corpses were directly torn apart by heavy weapons. Black and red blood was still flowing out from the torn openings, like cracks in the rocks in the mountains. Like spring water oozing out of it.

Wei Congyi looked at Zhang Sanbai with complicated eyes, and couldn't help but respect and fear in his heart.Everyone said that Wei Congyi was cruel, but in fact Wei Congyi only had a cold calculation in his heart.

"The Art of War says: You can't do anything without benefit." All battles and loyalty are the result of his calculations in Wei Congyi's mind. He is only cruel to others, but not to himself.

But this three hundred is completely different. Since he joined Zhang Shun, apart from his supernatural power, he has nothing that stands out from others.He learned martial arts from Chen Changbing, and his art of war was taught by Zhang Shun and imitated by other generals.

He looks no different from other ordinary generals, except that he is willing to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, eat, live and train together.As a result, I was blind at the beginning, but I couldn't tell that this was a real ruthless person, a ruthless person who could be even more ruthless to me.

He has studied the art of war since he was a child, and he has long been accustomed to the saying in military books, "A soldier cannot drink all he can, and he will never get near water; a soldier cannot eat all his food, and he will never eat. If he fights, he will take the lead, and when he retreats, he will not dare to go first." Preaching.

Now I see someone who has really achieved this step, and has achieved "seeing the pawn as a baby, so we can go to Shenxi with him; treating the pawn as a beloved son, so we can die with him."

A person can truly endure hardships more than soldiers, work harder than soldiers, and love himself more than soldiers, so which soldier is not willing to die for him?Such a general, which opponent can stop it?

Wei Congyi believed that, given time, this person would surely become a famous general.Does this Shun really have destiny?Wei Congyi added another weight to the cold calculation in his heart!
(End of this chapter)