please make me king

Chapter 527
The drums of "dong dong" sounded again, but this time it was not the drums of the rebels, but the drums of the officers and soldiers.

Whether it was Chen Qiyu, Wang Pu, or Ni Chong, they all miscalculated.They thought that no matter how powerful the rebel army was, as long as they did not have a certain numerical advantage, they would not be able to take down the steadfast Beijing camp.

It may be that the rebels had very few records of using artillery, which made them subconsciously ignore the impact of firearms on the balance of war victory.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War: Conspiracy and Attack": "Therefore, the law of using troops is to encircle them if they are ten, attack them if they are five times, divide them if they are twice as many, fight them if they are few, escape them if they are few, and evade them if they are not strong."

According to their past experience, only one side can attack and encircle and annihilate the other side only if one side has a large force advantage; while the other side can only rely on cities and camps to defend if it does not have too much force disadvantage.

But they never imagined that the rebels had such a large number of powerful artillery in their hands.

The details determine success or failure. It was just a small mistake, and the officers and soldiers who were originally confident were suddenly caught in a dilemma.

Now Wang Pu and Ni Chong in the Beijing camp don't know that the newly appointed governor of Henan, Chen Qiyu, has left them behind and is preparing to "go straight to Huanglong" and capture Luoyang City.

Wang Pu and Ni Chong, who have not yet received the reply from Governor Chen Qiyu, originally had two strategies at this time: fight or flee.

It's just that both Wang Pu and Ni Chong believed that as long as they held on for a while, Chen Qiyu's army would arrive, and they would be able to defeat the rebel army by attacking back and forth.

If the Beijing camp did not achieve any results, but instead lost troops and fled, the two commanders-in-chief would have come to an end.

Thinking about this, the two decided to take a risky gamble and prepare to entangle with the rebels for a while longer, waiting for Chen Qiyu to lead the army to rescue.

The officers and soldiers were about eight or nine hundred steps away from the artillery positions of the Rebel Army. After the traditional dense formation was continuously attacked by artillery, it naturally suffered heavy losses.

Wang Pu and Ni Chong were helpless, and when the cavalry retreated back, they quickly ordered the infantry to attack up the hillside.

Wang Pu personally beat the drums to cheer, and drove the officers and soldiers to march up the mountain as soon as possible, in order to meet the rebels before the rebel infantry finished forming.

Zhang Shun could also see clearly from the mountain, he couldn't help but smile, and ordered He Jin and He Yilong to continue to harass the officers and soldiers.

Li Shi'an, on the other hand, stuck to the artillery position and continued to fire solid shells into the officers and soldiers.A twenty-pound solid iron bullet does not seem to be much different in size from a ten-pound solid iron bullet, but the power of entering the formation is not the same.

A ten-pound solid iron bullet can easily penetrate a hundred-man column of officers and soldiers, while a twenty-pound solid iron bullet can almost penetrate all the soldiers standing in front of it before it stops.

The fragility of the human body is fully revealed at this moment.These cannonballs can ruthlessly cut through all the flesh in front of it, whether it is the head, arms or legs, and even the torso of the human body can be "blown" into two pieces by it.

Fortunately, the rate of fire of Li Shi'an's gunners is not fast, and they can shoot five or six times in the time of a stick of incense; in addition, the accuracy of the artillery is not very high. The cannonballs would fly too far to find a place; even if the remaining cannonballs fell into the formation of officers and soldiers, more than half of the cannonballs would not bounce up like floating in water.

Of course, despite all the shortcomings, the morale of officers and soldiers is still low to a terrible level.

Although the officers and soldiers had not encountered enemies with fierce artillery, at least when they defended the capital in the second year of Chongzhen, they had more or less fought against the elite of Houjin, but they still had not encountered such a terrible scene.

You can only be beaten, you can't fight back; once you are hit, you will lose your limbs, or even two parts of your body.

The pungent smell of gunpowder and the strong smell of blood, mixed with a large number of wreckage and flying plasma around them, challenged the nerve limits of this group of officers and soldiers.

As cavalry, He Jin and He Yilong are most sensitive to changes in the enemy's morale.Seeing this, they quickly joined in the harassment of the officers and soldiers.

Fortunately, although the cavalry of the Beijing camp was defeated for a while, the loss was actually not that great. In addition, the cavalry was relatively fast, so it was difficult to be hit by the solid shells of this era, but their morale was not bad.

Relying on their numerical superiority, the Jingying cavalry barely withstood He Jin and He Yilong's repeated attacks.

Seven or eight hundred steps are far and far, and close is also close. After a while, the officers and soldiers finally approached the rebel army on the hillside.

It's just that they never expected that the rebel army had already arranged their formation at this time and was waiting eagerly on the mountain.

Since Zhang Shun started his army, he has always attached great importance to the training of the troops, especially the training of the formation, marching and formation of the troops.

These advantages are usually not apparent, and they will play a role at the critical moment.

When the hopeful officers and soldiers finally climbed up the hillside and saw the rebel army ready to go, one can imagine the huge gap in their hearts.Fortunately, the officers and soldiers still held their breath in their hearts, so they didn't collapse directly because of this.

When the two sides got close to each other, they both began to shoot each other with bows and arrows and bird guns.After approaching thirty steps, the two sides put down the tiger squatting cannon and the Frang machine, and fired indiscriminately.

Among them, the officers and soldiers also carried a rocket named "Swarm of Bees", which, after being ignited, shot into the rebel camp with screams like fireworks.The rebels were caught off guard, causing a riot of some sort.

After more than ten or twenty steps, both sides took out three-eyed guns and quick guns and fired indiscriminately.Then, no matter what happened, the officers and soldiers launched a hand-to-hand charge.

It's just that the officers and soldiers never expected that more than a dozen black cannons suddenly appeared in the formation of the rebel army.

Only a deafening cannon sound was heard, and the officers and soldiers who rushed to the front fell down one by one like harvested wheat.

Li Shi'an was already proficient at this move. First, he used part of the cannon to make false shots, making the opponent think that the rebel cannon had finished firing.

In fact, he had reserved part of the artillery to load shotgun shells, but when the officers and soldiers approached, they fired all at once, and achieved very good results.

When Ni Chong and Wang Pu saw that the officers and soldiers were frustrated in their attack, they immediately had a bad feeling.It's just that it's hard to get off a tiger now, and there is no other way.

The commander-in-chief Ni Chong couldn't help shouting when he saw this, and rushed forward with his personal guards.

The officers and soldiers, who were still in shock, saw this and their morale was slightly boosted, so they rushed up to meet the rebels hand-to-hand.

For a while, the two sides fought back and forth, and Wang Pu and Ni Chong breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that the rebel army is condescending and has high morale. How can the officers and soldiers resist the rebel army?Wang Pu and Ni Chong were also anxious in private, but they had no choice but to pray that Governor Chen Qiyu would arrive sooner.

Just when the two were feeling uneasy, they suddenly heard several cannon shots from behind.The two turned their heads to look, and couldn't help but be surprised.

I saw that the banner of the rebel army had already been planted in the officer's camp, and a group of troops lined up in front of the camp and attacked the officers and soldiers behind.

Wang Pu and Ni Chong couldn't help but feel a thump in their hearts, and then they realized: No wonder the thieves ignored Luoyang City, entangled with themselves here for several days, and they wanted to eat themselves in one bite.This is the rhythm of the war of annihilation!
The two gasped: This thief is so courageous, the difference in strength between the two sides is not very big, who gave him the courage to have the idea of ​​annihilating officers and soldiers with the same strength!
(End of this chapter)