Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 660 The Escaped Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui
It didn't take long for the cavalry who rushed out of the city to see Wu Jisheng's soldiers and horses coming towards this side.

Wu Jisheng rode on the horse, and under the protection of his personal guards, he walked down to the front.

Not long after, he saw a puff of smoke coming towards him.

Although Wu Jisheng was the commander of the new army, he once served in the Imperial Horse Supervisor.I also know a lot about marching and fighting.

When he saw the smoke coming towards this side, he instantly understood that it was a cavalry.

Wu Jisheng hastily pulled the reins of the horse in his hand, looked at the messenger beside him, and shouted: "Stop, stop, everyone stop, prepare to meet the enemy, prepare to meet the enemy!"

Because it is a new army, the military quality of these people is much better than that of the Beijing camp.

When these soldiers stopped, they didn't panic much.

The officers at all levels in the army kept commanding the troops under their command and stopped in the shortest possible time.

Wu Jisheng once again shouted to the messengers: "The pikemen set up a defense line in front, the sword and shield soldiers are on both sides of the pikemen, the archers and firecrackers are behind the pikemen, and the carriages used to transport grain and grass materials in the army are arranged on both sides of the army." Side, hurry up!"

The messenger ran down again with Wu Jisheng's order, which is the most traditional camp when dealing with cavalry.

Wu Jisheng's soldiers and horses began to move slowly. Under the command of officers at all levels, they moved according to Wu Jisheng's order.

Under the protection of his personal guards, Wu Jisheng kept moving back and came to the middle position.

When Wu Jisheng was leading the army, he was the most important general in the army no matter what time it was.

Before they finished setting up their camp, the cavalry rushed out from Chang'an came in front of them.

These cavalry did not launch an attack on these soldiers and horses at the first moment, but they kept cruising around these soldiers and horses, killing the Ye Bu Shou sent by Wu Jisheng.

There are only a few hundred of these cavalry, and it is a bit exaggerated to want to defeat these 2 soldiers and horses, even if they come from Chang'an.

The main purpose of these cavalry is to chase down the remnants after these soldiers are defeated.

In the middle position, the soldiers used carts to transport food and grass to build a high platform for observing the enemy's situation.

Wu Jisheng's banner was planted on the high platform, and the soldiers observing the enemy's situation were located on the high platform, and kept telling Wu Jisheng the movements of the cavalry outside.

Wu Jisheng listened to the voice conveyed by the soldiers, his face was full of solemnity.

He was riding a war horse, holding the horse's rein firmly with his left hand, and pulled out the waist knife from his waist with his right hand.

His personal guards protected him in the middle.

As time passed by every minute and every second, the camp arranged by Wu Jisheng had been completed.

When the sun was in the west, Zhang Dong led the soldiers and horses and appeared about three miles in front of Wu Jisheng.

When Zhang Dong came out, he did not carry a 152mm cannon howitzer, but only some mortars and 40mm.

After all, the 152mm cannon howitzer is too heavy to transport.

Zhang Dong rode on the horse, looking at the army array that had been arranged in front of him, his face was full of excitement.

Although Wu Jisheng had already arranged the general formation, for Zhang Dong, even so, he was not his opponent.

The head of the reserve army followed Zhang Dong, looking at the army formation ahead, the excitement on his face was even more intense than Zhang Dong's.

Because these reserve forces are stationed in Xuan Town, they have no way to fight everywhere like the regular army.

Because they can't fight everywhere, it is difficult for them to make credit.

They have been envious of the regular army for a long time.

Now that the credit has come to their door, how could these reserve soldiers not be excited?

The reserve soldiers were gearing up, their faces were full of excitement, and their excitement was even more enthusiastic than that of the reserve commander.

"Give me an order to set up artillery positions. All the infantry are on both sides of the artillery positions. After the artillery bombardment, they are ready to charge and kill the enemy." Zhang Dong shouted to the messenger who was following him.

Zhang Dong gave an order, and the artillerymen in the army hurriedly transported the mortars outside and began to build artillery positions.

In the case of extremely asymmetric weapons and equipment, Wu Jisheng and the others could only stand there passively.

It didn't take long for the artillery position to be built, and the infantry had been arranged according to his order.

After the artillery position was built, Zhang Dong gave the order to fire without hesitation.

All of a sudden, the artillery fires.

The artillery in the army roared, and shells fell on Wu Jisheng's army like raindrops.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The sound of breaking through the air was endless, and the sound of explosions continued to rise and fall.

Flames and explosions, gunpowder smoke and screams kept appearing in Wu Jisheng's army formation.

Wu Jisheng's soldiers and horses were shaken under this level of blow.

Although these soldiers are well-trained new troops in Chongzhen's hands, they have no power to fight back in the face of this level of bombing, and can only stand there passively to receive the bombing.

"Help, help!"

A Novice soldier's calf hit by fragments from a shell explosion.

The sharp and high-speed fragments cut his calf in half in an instant.

The soldier fell to the ground, howling incessantly.

The soldier next to him watched all this suddenly, and was frightened to stay where he was.

The flesh and blood became vulnerable under the metal and the explosion.

Because the soldiers in the army are too dense, every explosion can take away the lives of new army soldiers.

The bombing lasted for two quarters of an hour, and Wu Jisheng's army formation was bombed into disrepair during the two quarters of an hour.

The rout is inevitable, and under this level of bombing, no one can remain calm.

"I want to go home, I want to go home!" A soldier of the new army threw down his weapon and fled to the side.

The soldiers of the new army were like the river water that broke the dam, rushing for thousands of miles.

"Stop firing, the whole army is attacking!" Zhang Dong waved his hand and shouted loudly.

Under his order, the artillery stopped firing, and the infantry deployed on both sides of the artillery position began to charge.

Although there were only a few thousand people, the aura erupted by these few thousand people was even greater than Wu Jisheng's 2 people.

These soldiers rushed towards Wu Jisheng's army like sharks smelling blood.

The war horse under Wu Jisheng's crotch was frightened by the violent explosion just now and ran to nowhere. Wu Jisheng himself was also thrown off the horse by the war horse.

Wu Jisheng was so embarrassed that he was helped up from the ground by his personal guards.

The guards around him were similar to him, and the horses under his crotch were frightened by the explosion and ran away.

"General, we can't fight, we can't fight, we are not Zhao's opponent." A personal guard looked at Wu Jisheng standing in front of him, and shouted in fear.

The explosion just now really shocked him, as if his soul had been frightened.

Wu Jisheng's teeth were bared, he looked towards the direction where the guards and reserve soldiers were rushing towards, and roared: "If you can't fight, you have to fight, this is the last battle of the imperial court, if we lose this battle, the imperial court will be completely over .

You and I have received such a long court salary, it is time to be loyal to the country. "

After Wu Jisheng finished speaking, he waved the waist knife in his hand and roared angrily: "Come on, pass the order, go on!"

However, after being bombed to that extent, how dare these new soldiers attack the guards and reserves?
Now these soldiers of the new army have been blown out of their wits by the artillery fire just now, and fled in all directions. How can they listen to Wu Jisheng's order?

Although officers at all levels kept suppressing the soldiers under their command, it had no effect.

The moment the artillery fires, victory or defeat is already decided.

When the guards and reserve soldiers rushed into the already disfigured formation of the new army, the victory completely fell to the guards and reserves.

For a while, there were shouts of killing, gunshots, and screams. These soldiers in the army were either killed or captured.

The cavalry cruising around the formation of the new army began to move, and they chased the new army that was fleeing in all directions.

When the sun completely set on the western mountain and the whole world was dark, the battle was over.

When the guards and reserve soldiers escorted the captives away, they left behind a devastated land and a place of corpses.

Because Zhang Dong was going to Zhuolu Mountain, in order to save time, he didn't let anyone clean up the battlefield.

The smell of gunpowder smoke and blood mixed together, floating in the air, the wild wolves and dogs could clearly distinguish the smell of blood, and they came here in groups.

When midnight came, it became a carnival for beasts.

At dawn the next day, Zhang Dong left [-] people behind in Chang'an, and then led the rest to Zhuolu Mountain.

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At the same time, Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and the others pitched their tents in an open space.

There was a small river next to the camp. The sun had just risen, and a hundred soldiers with water bags came to the river to fetch water.

Just then, they heard the sound of horseshoes.

The soldiers fetching water hurriedly stopped and kept looking around.

Not long after, dozens of war horses appeared in their field of vision.

The people who appeared were Yebushou who came from Horqin.

After Horqin received the news from Zhang Dong, he sent Yebushou to investigate along the Great Wall.

"This is cavalry. If it doesn't work out, it's from those grassland tribes. Run!" A soldier looked at the cavalry who suddenly appeared, and roared. He didn't even care about the water bag, and ran away.

The small river was not far from the camp, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes was heard in the barracks.

Wu Xiang stood at the door of the Chinese army tent, looking solemnly at the place where the sound of horseshoes came from.

"Father, what's going on?" Wu Sangui asked anxiously.

Wu Xiang said: "I'm afraid it's those prairie cavalry, you take your personal guards and go out to have a look, if it is a prairie cavalry, come back and report to me."

Wu Sangui nodded, hurriedly rushed out with his personal guards.

After Wu Sangui rushed out, Wu Xiang looked at the orderly standing beside him, "Blow the horn and gather troops, those who come are not good!"

Not long after, horns sounded in the camp.

Wu Sangui rode his war horse out of the camp, and just after going out not far, he saw the soldiers running back.

"What's the situation?" Wu Sangui stopped a soldier and asked.

The soldier who was stopped by Wu Sangui hurriedly said: "General, it's cavalry, it's cavalry!"

"How many are there?" Wu Sangui asked again.

"I don't know, I didn't see clearly!" The soldier said hastily.

"Damn it!" Wu Sangui cursed, then turned around and looked at the guard behind him, "Brothers, follow me!"

After finishing speaking, Wu Sangui led his personal guards and rushed out.

Not long after, Wu Sangui saw dozens of cavalry on horses coming towards him.

Those cavalrymen looked at Wu Sangui who was rushing towards him, and instead of choosing to kill him, they turned around and walked around.

Wu Sangui did not choose to pursue either. After seeing the cavalry, he turned around and headed for the camp.

After returning to the barracks, Wu Sangui came to Wu Xiang's big tent.

At this time, Wu Xiang had just put on his armor and walked out of the big tent.

"Father, these cavalry are all wearing armor. Although they don't have banners, my child thinks they must be sent by the grassland tribe." Wu Sangui said solemnly.

Wu Xiang let out a long breath, and said with a slightly trembling voice: "We can't stay here anymore, we can't stay here anymore. These cavalry must have found us. If we stay here any longer, it won't be long. Bandit Zhao The army will come. At that time, we will definitely not be able to escape.

You hurry down now, inform the officers at all levels, and tell them to go east as soon as the team is assembled. "

"Obey!" Wu Sangui cupped his hands at Wu Xiang, and then ran out with his personal guards.

The cavalry outside the big tent stopped two miles away from the big camp.

"These people should be soldiers and horses who went to attack Xuan Town, but because they are a little far away, they can't see their flags clearly, and they don't know who their leading general is." The leading cavalry looked at the camp in front and said road.

"What shall we do now?" asked a cavalryman following him.

"It's a pity that the number of soldiers and horses in our hands is too small, only a few dozen people. If we have more numbers and defeat these soldiers and horses, then we have made a great contribution. How about this, I will lead people to follow these soldiers first People, hurry back and report this matter to the Great Khan. The Great Khan will definitely send troops and horses over." The leading cavalryman looked at the cavalryman who asked the question.

"Obey!" The speaking cavalry saluted, then turned around and left in the same direction as they came and went.

By noon, all the soldiers and horses in the camp were finally assembled.

After the soldiers and horses were assembled, they hurried to the east under the leadership of Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui.

As for the cavalry who came to scout, they followed behind them.

Wu Xiang also sent soldiers and horses to chase and kill these cavalrymen, but when these cavalrymen saw Wu Xiang's cavalrymen coming out, they dodged far away.After the cavalry sent by Wu Xiang retreated, they followed up again.

The cavalry who came to investigate followed Wu Xiang like sticky candies.

(End of this chapter)