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Chapter 209 Escape

Zhang Shun's infantry were not easy to deal with. When Yang and the guards rushed to dozens of steps, Li Shi'an immediately ordered his men to release the tiger squatting cannon.

Dozens of artillery fired a dense barrage amidst deafening gunfire.The brave Yang Hewei officers and soldiers were instantly wiped out by the shotgun.However, after careful identification, the casualties were obviously much less than the officers and soldiers encountered before.

It turned out that the Yanghe guards had excellent armor, and some warriors even wore double-layer armor, which greatly reduced the losses caused by the shotgun.

Although Zhang Wenheng's subordinates were hit by artillery, they were not directly defeated like the officers and soldiers they encountered before.On the contrary, the following officers and soldiers continued to rush up without hesitation, but the formation was relatively sparse.

At this time, Li Shi'an smiled sinisterly and asked his gunners to push out the last ten cannons.In accordance with the law, Yang Hewei officers and soldiers who charged up were shot again, and Yang Hewei's infantry suffered another terrible blow in an instant.

To tell the truth, Yang and Wei officer Zhang Wenheng were also shaken for a moment when they saw this.However, Yang and Wei have fought against Mongolia and Jurchen for many years, and they have encountered many brave and durable enemies.Although he is not a famous general, he also knows the truth of going all out. If he is relieved, the opponent's artillery has been reloaded, and he doesn't know how many lives will be needed to rush to the enemy.So he gritted his teeth and ordered the infantry to continue charging.

In fact, Yang Hewei's infantry charge this time was not as resolute as the previous two times. After all, how could flesh and blood resist the bombardment of artillery?

But Li Shi'an no longer had a fully loaded cannon in his hands, and Zhang Shun knew this well, so he quickly ordered Zhang Sanbai, Wei Congyi, and Li Jiyu to go up.

When the two sides first joined the battle, they could still fight inextricably for a while.As a result, after a while, the pawns under Zhang Shun's command began to retreat steadily.Zhang Shun took a closer look, but found the tactical details of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side, which were very beautifully done.

The back-and-forth rotation of personnel on the front line and the coordinated use of long and short weapons by the front and rear infantry made Zhang Shun's infantry always in a disadvantageous situation where one person was fighting against multiple people.Moreover, the opponent will also use small firearms such as fast guns, three-eyed guns, and Francophones to shoot from the gaps in the front row to suppress Zhang Shun's front line.

Li Shi'an also quickly ordered the Feimeng gunners to fight back, and at the same time ordered the loaded artillery to be pushed to the front of the formation again to shoot.As a result, because the opponent's formation was divided into three columns, each column was separated by a certain distance.Although Zhang Shun's artillery bombarded the gap in the first line maintaining the front line, because the formation of officers and soldiers was not thick, there were not many casualties.

Moreover, after the artillery bombardment of Zhang Shun's team was completed, the second column of officers and soldiers quickly replenished, plugging the gap in the first column, and the two sides returned to the original stage of stalemate.Xuanda's officers and soldiers were really powerful, and a series of "micro-manipulation" simply made Zhang Shun amazed.

Zhang Shun wanted to send cavalry around to attack the backs of Yang Hewei's officers and men.But because the officers and soldiers lined up against the city, it couldn't be realized, and the war fell into a stalemate for a while.

Zhang Shun was anxious, and quickly looked at the Chinese army, and sure enough, the "Zijin Liang" was also at a disadvantage, but fortunately, "Zijin Liang" had a lot of infantry, with a steady stream of human lives to fill them, so it could last for a while.

However, Zhang Shun was blocked by the Chinese army and could not watch the battle between Xing Honglang and Jiu Tiaolong.These two groups of rebels were relatively weak, Zhang Shun was a little worried that they would not be able to survive.

As a result, just as Zhang Shun was worried about, Xing Honglang and Jiu Tiaolong also had a lot of men and horses, and together they had more than [-] men and horses.But no matter how many people there are, there are only so many contact positions between the two sides in the battle, and the others can't use any strength.

Their two rebels did not have thousands of elite cavalry like the "Zijin Liang" to supervise the battle, which could guarantee that the infantry under their command had to go forward desperately and take their lives.After Xing Honglang and the troops under Jiu Tiaolong's command were slaughtered over and over again in the front row, after holding on for a while, they finally couldn't hold on anymore.

The frightened infantry in the front row not only did not dare to attack the officers and soldiers, but turned around and fled back.

But there are people behind these people, how can they escape?Some people couldn't squeeze out, so officers and soldiers took the opportunity to kill them from behind.And in the critical moment of life and death, how can anyone take care of it?
These people were more afraid of the enemy than their own robes and military skills, so they became courageous and turned their weapons to kill their comrades behind them.After the companions behind them suffered a loss without any precaution, they refused to give up, and quickly took up weapons to fight them.

It doesn't matter if they fight, the formation immediately becomes chaotic.The officers and soldiers took the opportunity to cover up the kill, and the team of Xing Honglang and Jiu Tiaolong immediately rolled back. The defeat and chaos spread to the rear of the formation like a ignited flame, until the entire left wing collapsed.

"Zijin Liang" was in the central army, and when he saw the collapse of the left wing, he knew that the situation was about to suffer.He had always had the experience of losing an army, so he quickly ordered the [-] cavalry guards under his command to turn around and flee.

Zhang Shun had been staring at the Chinese army's banner on the "Zijin Liang" for a long time, and when he saw the "Zijin Liang" move, he knew that the situation was not good.Fortunately, Zhang Shun saw the opportunity earlier, and before the others could react, he quickly ordered Chen Changzhu and Liu Cheng's cavalry to withdraw to deter the officers and soldiers who were fighting with his own infantry.

He also took the opportunity to order Li Jiyu and Zhang Sanbai to retreat. As soon as the two departments retreated, the officers and soldiers tried to take the opportunity to surround Wei Congyi's department.

The officers and soldiers came back from the left and right sides, and immediately exposed their backs on both sides.Chen Changbing and Liu Cheng took the opportunity to charge, but defeated the officers and soldiers who were dazzled by the victory, and took the opportunity to rescue the besieged Wei Congyi.

At this time, the defeated officers and soldiers had been rectified, and the cavalry under Zhang Shun's command had no chance to expand the results of the battle again, so they had to retreat according to the order.

The officers and soldiers saw that Zhang Shun's team was defeated and not chaotic, and they were strong, so they didn't dare to force them too much. Instead, they left a part of the team to monitor the movements of Zhang Shun's team, and at the same time sent people to chase and kill Xing Honglang, Jiu Tiaolong and the infantry under the command of "Zijin Liang". die up.

Seeing this, Zhang Shun didn't dare to be careless. While personally leading his personal guards to command Chen Changzhu and Liu Chengdian, he ordered Zhang Shenyan to take the lead, and Li Xin to follow the "Zijin Liang" to retreat as the second-in-command of the infantry.

Not long after Zhang Shun's infantry retreated, several groups of cavalry came directly to the south of Duanshi Town, and joined the ranks of chasing down the rebels.

At this time, Zhang Shun was too busy to protect himself, how could he spare any energy to rescue other rebel infantry?Had no choice but to lead the cavalry to retreat slowly.

Seeing that Zhang Shun's troops were advancing and retreating in an orderly manner and well-organized, the officers and soldiers who came to support did not dare to forcibly come and pursue them. They only sent less cavalry to follow behind to watch Zhang Shun's movements.

(End of this chapter)