The rise of the prince

Chapter 302 Reversal + Victory
Ding Yi was full of confidence and in a good mood. He had just stepped on the wooden steps of the carriage with his front foot.

Suddenly, he felt the pedals hanging in the air vibrate under his feet, was it an illusion.

He stopped.

"What's the matter, my lord, no." Before the soldier's caring words fell, a thunder suddenly resounded through the sky, and the world trembled slightly.

Ding Yi frowned and said, "Thunder again? Could it be that it's going to rain, the rainy season is over, and it's going to rain again, it's really an impermanence." He looked up at the sky, but found that the sky was clear and cloudless, and there was no sign of rain.
An inexplicable feeling of disobedience came to mind, and before Ding Yi had time to think more, dense thunderstorms followed him suddenly, ringing more than a dozen times in succession!It made my heart tremble.

No, this is not thunder!

Ding Yi's heart skipped a beat, and he realized what it was, vaguely, the memory of the camp being attacked that night came to his mind.

He pushed away the support of his soldiers and looked to the north.

On the edge of the cold wind, the cavalry who slowed down and waded through several large gaps were cut by sharp knives. Large numbers of people and horses fell down, and the flames suddenly appeared, the horses neighed, and the people turned on their backs.
The vanguard cavalry chasing the Luzhou Army fell down at a speed he had never seen, never heard of, and even incomprehensible!

From a distance, it looks like wheat harvested in autumn, like fallen leaves blown by the wind, large silhouettes of people and horses fall into the knee-high shallow water of Lengfengqing.

Ding Yi's heart fell into an ice cave in an instant, and the soldiers around him, Zhong Li, were all dumbfounded looking at such an unreal scene in the distance
The flames, the loud noise, the blue smoke soaring into the sky, the horses panicked, and the soldiers fell down one after another.

Everyone's pupils dilated, their eyes were dull, their brains froze, and they couldn't react at once.
"Then, what is that?" Zhong Li asked tremblingly, but no one answered, because no one could answer.

Flames and loud noises continued continuously, rising and falling one after another by the edge of Leng Fengqing. The menacing army of Xu Guo only persisted for a few quarters of an hour and then began to disintegrate.
The personal guard finally realized what happened, and panicked loudly: "Hurry up, take your lord back to the city, back to Linyang! Back to Linyang City!"

When Li Xingzhou was in the woods, he heard shouts of killing all over the sky.

He understood his bad premonition experience.

Before chasing after him, he had thought about this situation. The opportunity was once in a thousand years, but what if the rebels feigned defeat?Although he hadn't fought many battles in ancient times, after all, he had read too many books such as Water Margin of the Three Kingdoms, and he still had these vigilance subconsciously in his heart.

Or maybe it's because he was used to being careful in his previous life. After all, because of his status in his previous life, he needs to be aware of words and expressions, detect subtleties, and gain insight into opportunities. If he is not careful, he may die.
Keeping one hand has almost become a habit for him to survive.

In his previous life, this habit had saved him countless times, and it is still the same in this life.

Yan Shen was scolded by his sister-in-law and Qifang, but in the end he demolished the princess mansion and the beams of the yamen.

Yan Shen took the blame for Li Xingzhou, and Yan Shen blocked the scolding for him.

Why demolish the Princess Mansion and the Yamen, because in the entire Luzhou City, only the rafters of the Yamen and the Princess Mansion are more than two feet long!
In fact, Li Xingzhou had some doubts. The rebel camp was full of corpses, but there were no horse corpses, which was very strange.It stands to reason that there are many horses in the rebel army, and cavalry will participate in the internal strife, but after the rebel army retreated, there were corpses all over the camp, but no horse corpses could be found.

But doubts are doubts. One-third of the camp of the rebels was burned, and they shouted and killed all night. The important thing is that there are nearly 2000 corpses in one place. In order to create a false appearance and deceive them, they killed [-] people for no reason.

Let alone a thousand people, if he killed hundreds of his own people for no reason, the army might mutiny.

Therefore, everyone was very convinced that the rebels had really mutinied and fought among themselves, and there was a big war, because so many people died, how could it be fake.

Li Xingzhou kept urging Meixue under his crotch, and rushed south with the guards of Shenji Camp and Princess Mansion. The light spots in the forest kept receding, and he was extremely anxious. At this moment, he suddenly understood.
Just like Ding Yi's assassination plan back then, this time he cleverly led everyone into a misunderstanding.

It is indeed impossible for Ding Yi to kill 2000 people for no reason just to deceive them, but what if he didn't kill them for no reason?
If he had a reason to kill these 2000 people!

All of a sudden, a light flashed in Li Xingzhou's heart, and he understood many things at once.

If the mutiny is true, but in fact the mutiny has been controlled by Ding Yi, then it is reasonable to kill one or two rebels. Killing two birds with one stone can not only stabilize the interior, but also attract the Luzhou defenders.

If so, they are in danger!Ding Yi deliberately lured them out of the city to pursue them.

he is indeed a smart man
It's a pity that he is not smart enough, so Li Xingzhou saved it.

This hand is the rafters of the Princess Mansion and the Yamen. The straight and strong rafters are more than two feet long. When these horizontal timbers are erected horizontally, tied up, and then placed at an angle, they immediately become a simple shooting port that is most suitable for firearms. Horse Rejection Fortress.

Wooden palisades kept it out, and musketeers and artillery could shoot out through the gaps in the fence.

This tactic is very famous in history. In Japan in the sixteenth century, Oda Nobunaga used this tactic to completely defeat the elite cavalry of Takeda who charged condescendingly. The cavalry was completely defeated in front of firearms.

This is what he kept.

Although the guards of the Shenji Camp and the Princess Mansion had pack horses, they still marched very slowly, except for the twelve cannons, which were too heavy, because they also carried these wooden rafters and fences that could be placed at any time.

When the guards from the Shenji Camp and the Princess Mansion rushed to the north of Lengfengqing, the horse army that was ambushed first was almost wiped out. Di Zhi's infantry suffered heavy losses, blood filled the air, and the south bank of the river was full of corpses.
Li Xingzhou's heart skipped a beat. There were so many people, he couldn't see Di Zhi or Qi Rui at all. He was anxious, but he could only suppress it.

He drew out his long sword and ordered in a loud voice, ordering the Shenji Battalion to form a formation to the north of Lengfengqing, the guards of the Princess Mansion erected fences in the water, and at the same time let the retreating infantry disperse to both sides.

What is amazing is that despite the heavy losses, the bloody fighting infantry still did not collapse, and could follow his orders to retreat to the two sides to protect the flanks of the Shenji Battalion.

The mighty rebel cavalry followed closely behind, but as soon as they reached Lengfengqing, their speed slowed down instantly.

The knee-deep Lengfengqing is originally a small river, only ten or twenty paces wide. The bottom of the river is made of fine gravel, and the current is a little turbulent. Now it has cost countless lives.
The war horse needs to slow down for crossing, and with the people on its back, the horse's hooves are even more unstable in the water, but as soon as it slows down, the opportunity for Shenjiying will come!
The wooden frame with a height of more than two feet, one end of which was tied to the water, and the other end was propped up by a tree branch, suddenly became a simple fortress.

The densely packed cavalry slowed down and crossed Lengfengqing. Facing the muzzles of these black guns, they didn't understand what they were.

In an instant, the flames flickered and the sound shook the sky.

Many people ridiculed the stupidity of queuing up and shooting, but this kind of tactic has spread across the European continent for 200 years, and it has defeated the Qing Empire.

Smoothbore guns are not like rifled guns. Compared with bows and crossbows, although they have a longer range, the speed of bullets is not at the same level. The penetrating power is against the sky, but the problem is that the accuracy is low. The bullets fired can almost be said to fly randomly. Also very slow.

Therefore, the accuracy is not enough and the shooting cycle is long, so it all depends on the density!
That's the secret to winning.

Yes, density can refer to the density of one's own firepower, or the density of the enemy. When many cavalry slowed down and scrambled across the river, the rebels in Suzhou created the legend of Shenjiying because of their ignorance.

Because they set up their own postures and took the initiative to create the best output environment for the Shenji Camp.

The distance of thirty or fifty steps, the enemies rushing through intensively, and the slow moving speed affected by the flowing water
Between the lightning and the flint, a cannon couldn't hold back and opened fire first. The rebel cavalry was stunned, and the horse neighed in horror, and then blood blossomed, and some people were directly knocked off half of their bodies. Beating people is extremely cruel.

Li Xingzhou gave an order, and the guns fired a salvo, and the cavalry in the front row fell down like wheat blown by the autumn wind.

When the front row fell, the cavalry in the back row who were exposed to the muzzle of their guns were stunned. Who am I?where am I?what happened?What happened, labor and management are obviously in the back row, why did they change to the front row in the blink of an eye, I always feel that something is wrong
What's wrong?

The war did not answer, the next round of volleys had already begun, the horses panicked, the soldiers screamed, the people and horses who were torn apart by the solid shells blocked the river, the cold wind, which was already low in water level, was blocked, and the flowing water was dyed red, Those who were not dead screamed and struggled in the water.

The smell of blood and gunpowder intertwined and filled the air.

After several volleys, the riverside and the river were already full of corpses, and the terrified rebels behind stopped and looked at this side in horror. No one had seen this situation before, and no one knew what they were facing. What.

Especially the twelve cannons, the attack of solid shells is the most frightening. It is not an exaggeration to say that people and horses are broken, and there are no dead bodies.

"Forward!" Li Xingzhou took the lead riding on Meixue, and gave an order. The guards of the princess mansion propped up the wooden rafter fence, and the remaining infantry covered the two wings. Well-coached, orderly, consistent pace, heads held high.

Every step steps on the fragile heart of the enemy.

The twelve guns were too heavy, so they stayed on the north bank of the river and continued to shoot.

The unknown is the most primitive and most terrifying fear of human emotion.Facing the tragic death, the unknown enemy, and the unclear situation, the mentality of the rebel army collapsed rapidly. The wooden rafter fence blocked it, and it was an easy kill.

Neat and orderly, fearless of death, wherever they went, in the sound of thunder, the enemies fell one after another.

When Shenji Battalion passed Lengfengqing and advanced more than 500 steps to the south, the rebel army completely collapsed.

"There are ghosts, Luzhou people release ghosts to harm people!"

"Lei Gong, this is the birth of Lei Gong, you can't win, you can't win."

"I don't want to die, don't die."

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Most of them turned their heads and ran in the direction of Rinyang City.

But what they didn't know was that the Suifa gun was not a bow and crossbow. It had a long range and a fast rate of fire, and it was still dangerous when facing away from it. A large number of rebels were hit on the spot, and the rest began to flee in all directions. The battlefield became incredible.

In the vast wilderness, a few Shenjiying were chasing more people at a neat pace, just like hungry wolves rushing into a flock of sheep.
The Shenji camp is a wolf, and the rebels everywhere have become sheep. Even a short time ago, they were still wolves chasing and killing. Whether it is a sheep or a wolf is just a matter of thought.

At the head of Linyang City, Ding Yi, Zhong Li, and many officials of Xu State stared at the battle in the north with dumbfounded eyes. Many people's hands hidden in their sleeves were shaking, and some even cried in a low voice.

Facing the sudden reversal of the battle situation, many people's faces were full of disbelief, and their hearts were trembling!
2000 people chased tens of thousands of people, fled in all directions, and broke into an army.
The city was terribly silent, except for the occasional wind and low weeping, there was no other noise.

"Lei Gong, it must be Lei Gong who came to the world and brought disaster to the Xu country. We are unkind, disloyal and unfilial, and caused today's catastrophe. Only then will we be punished by God, and we will be punished by God." old man trembling.

Ding Yi was weak, leaning on the battlements weakly, staring down, with trembling fingers, pointing to the golden banner that was constantly advancing on the battlefield, "What kind of flag is that?"

Zhong Li looked at it, his pupils dilated instantly, his eyebrows raised, he became flustered unconsciously, and he couldn't speak fluently, "Then that's the king's flag, the imperial court. No, King Jing's flag, that's King Jing's flag! Below is King Jing's flag." King Jing is here!"

The more he spoke, the more flustered he became, and the officials of Xu State around him were not calm when they heard it, and they were frightened: "How is it possible, how did Jing Guo's army get here?"

"It's the imperial army, the imperial army is here."

"Wang Qi, imperial imperial flag, it's over." Someone cried out in panic: "The imperial army is approaching the city, the army is approaching the city!"

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The sound is noisy, everyone on the top of the city is in danger, and below the top of the city, wherever the Wang Qi goes, the momentum is like a broken bamboo, and no one dares to compete with it.

Ding Yi's mind was flustered, resentment and unwillingness welled up in his heart, and he was so angry that he fainted all of a sudden, followed by a burst of panic.

The battle lasted from afternoon to dusk. When the sun was setting and the ground was soaked in blood, the rebel army had completely fled and disappeared.

I don't know how many were killed or how many escaped, but here in Luzhou, when people from all walks of life gathered under Linyang City, there were more than 1000 people who came, and only [-] remained.

Some died in battle, some ran away, more than 4000 people.

A real bloody battle.
The forward was ambushed, Qirui's cavalry was almost wiped out because of their aggressive advance, and there were only about 2000 of the more than 500 people left.

Di Zhi's [-] infantry troops also fell into a trap because they rushed to help Qi Rui, and were dragged down by many elite rebel cavalry. In the end, more than [-] people died in the battle, but almost no one fled. Even Li Xingzhou was amazed.

One-third of the battle damage, but still not broken, can already be regarded as the elite of the elite.

But the result is undoubtedly very clear. They won, and the soldiers cheered and shouted loudly, but in the face of more than 3000 lives, Li Xingzhou was still a little unhappy. He could only comfort himself in his heart. Without sacrifice, there would be no victory.

If it weren't for the sacrifice of more than 3000 people to lead the rebels to Lengfengqing, the Shenji Battalion would not have had the opportunity to perform like that.

There are still many things to do in the follow-up, such as setting up camp, treating the wounded, cleaning the battlefield, and there is no extra time to be sentimental.

After a while, two fast horses entered the camp, and the two soldiers looked unhappy. They knelt down on one knee and said, "My lord, my subordinates have found your lord."

(End of this chapter)