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Chapter 373 I want to run, but there is no door

In this way, a large number of refugees were registered by the chiefs of the major villages, asked about their names, places of origin, and other relevant information, and brought them back to their respective territories.

Not to mention that the composition of the refugees under Zhang Xianzhong is quite complicated, there are all kinds of people, there are people from Sichuan who Zhang Xianzhong attacked and plundered in Sichuan, people from the two lakes who were recruited when he moved to the two lakes, and people from Shandong and Henan who he fled to join. Refugees, it can be said that the composition is very complicated.

But it doesn't matter, Lantian is a big dye vat, there are many people from all over the world, and it doesn't matter if there are more people, and no matter how many people there are, when they arrive in Lantian, there is only one kind of people, and that is the people of Lantian.

The great cause of the refugees is gathering like a raging fire, and the battle here at Tongqianguan has also reached a fever pitch. Six thousand refugees who don't know how to live or die have been bombarded to death by the artillery of Lantian. Seeing the corpses everywhere, Sun Kewang frowned. It is so powerful that the six thousand refugees did not touch the bottom of the city wall, which is simply terrifying.

On the city wall, Li Dezhen's face was as dark as water, and her face was ashen. After all, Li Dezhen was not a murderer without blinking an eye. After experiencing a series of massacres, Li Dezhen hated these rogues, and drove the people, such as driving cattle and horses, to kill so many rogues They didn't even call for gold to withdraw their troops, but kept driving the remaining refugees forward without any mercy, they were simply a group of beasts.

The soldiers on the city wall also didn't speak. Although the purpose of being a soldier is to kill, killing enemies and bandits brings glory and satisfaction, but massacring these refugees brings indescribable anger and humiliation.

This is actually a good thing, and it is also the emotion that Lantian intends to train soldiers to have. After all, in this era when soldiers are inferior to bandits and kill good men and take meritorious deeds, such an alien army is the foundation of Lantian. If there is no such an army, Li Zhaosheng needs to be careful.

After the rogue charge just now, Sun Kewang and Li Dezhen entered a period of silence in tacit agreement. Since Sun Kewang had run out of refugees in his hands, he did not want to use his own troops to charge and consume his core strength, while Li Dezhen was digesting and slaughtering [-] refugees At the same time, he was waiting for Sun Kewang's next attack.

As for taking the initiative to attack, Li Dezhen didn't want to do it. After all, the purpose of their war this time was to prevent Sun Kewang from entering Lantian County. Human troops do not take much effort, and it is also helpful for training.

After all, even if they stay in the camp of Tanggou Town in Lantian, food and grass will be consumed, and training will also consume guns and ammunition. Lantian can support such an internal war without any burden.

In comparison, the most precious thing in Lantian is human life. No one in Lantian is superfluous, everyone's life is unique, and Lantian needs everyone's efforts. At this time, the county official said.

Therefore, if you can stick to it, stick to it. The Lantian Army seldom fights active offensive wars. The Lantian Army likes defensive battles most. It can be said that defense, the Lantian Army is invincible.

Sun Kewang looked at the gray city gate in front of him, his eyes were full of fear, obviously this is an inconspicuous small town, why is it so impregnable in Lantian's hands, even harder to attack than Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, Fengyang Mansion.

"Grand Commander."

At this time, the military adviser came to Sun Kewang and whispered: "Commander, the refugees have already consumed almost everything, and our food and grass are only enough for us to eat for a day. We should return to the army immediately and conquer Zhuxi County to replenish the army's food and grass.

After hearing this, Sun Kewang glanced at the military adviser and said, "Ai Nengqi, what does Liu Wenxiu mean?"

After hearing this, the military adviser said: "After the two commanders saw the power of Lantian's artillery and muskets, they no longer had the idea of ​​fighting hard. It's just that they didn't get the order from the commander-in-chief, so they couldn't withdraw first."

After hearing this, Sun Kewang looked at the military adviser and said, "Is there really no way to take down this copper coin?"

The military master sighed and said, "Lantian's firearms are powerful, the soldiers are brave, and there are natural barriers. If you want to win this pass, you may have to fight the enemy twenty times to have hope."

"Twenty times? 20 troops?"

Sun Kewang's eyes widened, and the military adviser nodded and said: "The equipment is still refined, at least it can catch up with the [-] elites under the commander. If according to our normal standards, a soldier with a red-tasseled gun is considered the main force, so it needs more training." Too much, and there is no possibility of taking it down at all.”

"This, how could this battle be so difficult."

Sun Kewang said weakly, then raised his hand and said: "Pass on our military order, suspend the attack on the city, and turn to Zhuxi County to grab food."

"Yes."

Sun Kewang decided to withdraw his troops for many reasons, the most important of which are three. First, he really couldn't beat the Lantian Army, especially when a large number of refugees fled.

Second, there is no food in the army. If you fight hard, when the morale is exhausted today, mutiny is likely to follow. Don’t think that the rogues are monolithic. The rogues are the easiest to rebel, especially after there is no food. The rogues are because they want to eat, and you are out of food now, who are you fooling to work for you.

The third is Zhang Xianzhong's ambiguous attitude. The military adviser's analysis to Sun Kewang is very reasonable. After Sun Kewang thinks about it carefully, Zhang Xianzhong does show signs of being ready to accept the imperial court's order. Since Zhang Xianzhong wants to order an order, what is he doing? Give Li Dingguo a chance.

With these three points, Sun Kewang withdrew his troops decisively without any hesitation, and the army quickly withdrew. Seeing Sun Kewang's withdrawal, Li Dezhen's eyes flashed a hint of ferocity. They cannot be allowed to retreat like this. If they are allowed to retreat like this, The soldiers will definitely feel uncomfortable. After all, fighting for a long time just slaughtered a bunch of refugees, which will leave a shadow on the soldiers' hearts.

Thinking of this, Li Dezhen glanced at Li Dewu, the commander of the first brigade behind him. Dewu and him have been friends since childhood. At this moment, they looked at each other and said, "Master."

Li Dezhen said: "Sun Kewang wants to retreat, we can't let him retreat so comfortably, I decided to send an army to bite them from behind, at least some of them will be killed, as for how much we can kill depends on our ability gone."

"Teacher, I'll go."

Li Dewu took the initiative to invite Ying at this time, Li Dezhen heard this and said: "This task is very difficult, maybe it will be dangerous."

Li Dewu heard the words and said: "Master, don't worry, I am mentally prepared."

After hearing this, Li Dezhen nodded and said: "Okay, let's go, Dewu, I'll wait for you to come back and drink the celebration wine."

The two people here were talking, and Li Chaomeng said: "Okay, don't be nasty, you brothers, this task counts as a part of our special team. Damn, we couldn't help you in the defensive battle just now, but I was suffocated to death. This time I want to kill myself to my heart's content."

After hearing this, Li Dezhen said, "Uncle Mengzi, you?"

Li Chaomeng said: "Don't worry, I have experience in pursuit battles."

After hearing this, Li Dezhen said: "Well, be careful."

"Okay, you take care of the copper coin gate, just guard the gate, and leave the rest to me."

After hearing this, Li Dezhen nodded and said, "It's a blessing."

Li Chaomeng nodded and looked at Li Dewu and said: "Dewu, don't be so slutty like an eggplant, I won't take your main attack. After a while, you lead a large army to chase the miscellaneous fish, and I will lead the cavalry to chase the big fish."

"Ah, Uncle Mengzi, do you want to go deep alone?"

Li Dewu looked at Li Chaomeng with staring eyes, Li Chaomeng smiled and said, "It's not counted as a lone army. In a while, I will lead the [-] special brigade under my command to charge forward with cavalry, chasing and killing big fish. You can follow behind and hunt down ordinary rogues. take care of each other.”

Li Dewu heard the words and said: "Uncle Mengzi, you are too dangerous."

Li Chaomeng smiled and said: "It's okay, a group of miscellaneous fish can do nothing to me."

Li Chaomeng's status is very high. Although he is only the captain of the special brigade and has only more than 200 direct descendants under him, the special brigade is under the direct leadership of Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaomeng's status has always been equal to that of the four masters, even higher than some people. For example, Li Chaolong and Li Chaohu are called brothers with Li Chaomeng, while Li Dezhen and Shi Dalei are both younger generations. When Li Chaomeng was the platoon leader, many of them were still his soldiers.

Therefore, Li Chaomeng's identity is very detached, and Li Chaosheng also gave Li Chaomeng the capital of Guanlang in copper coins. After all, at such a checkpoint, Li Dezhen and Li Chaomeng were sent, and Li Dezhen had not been given a military order to restrain Li Chaomeng. Be reckless.

The reason why Li Chaosheng is like this is that it is hard for Li Chaosheng to imagine that Li Chaomeng will be in any great danger when dealing with rogues. After all, the mainstream weapon of rogues is cold weapons, and for Li Chaomeng, who is wearing a stab-proof vest, cold weapons, he is alone Being able to chase down a bunch of rogues without falling behind is Li Chaomeng's strength.

A cold and invincible man.

Sun Kewang's army retreated slowly. At this time, Li Dewu led the first brigade with muskets and bayonets, and all of them carried enough gunpowder to go out of the city to pursue them.

On the other side, Li Chaomeng rode on his tall horse. This horse was brought back to him by Li Chaosheng from Guihua City. It was completely black, but with white hair on its four hooves. It looked very handsome. Li Chaosheng named it Taxue Wu Zhui.

At this time, Li Chaomeng rode on the snow-treading Wuzhi, and took the alloy stick handed over by his subordinates. A smile appeared on his face. Seeing that he had changed into his riding clothes, his fully armed subordinates said: "Brothers, it is not our special skill to defend the city." What the brigade does, but this kind of general is the leader of the thousands of troops. This is what we good men should do. The enemy has been frightened by us. It is a good time for us to make contributions, brothers, follow me and kill the enemy."

"oh oh!"

The people in the special brigade were all screaming at this moment. Hearing the cries here, Li Dewu couldn't help but twitch his nose in envy. He was really envious. The people in the special brigade were all lunatics, and everyone was excited when they saw blood Lord, at the beginning Li Chaomeng was recruiting from the whole army. Li Dewu wanted to join, but because of his young age and lack of strength, he was dismissed.

The soldiers of the special brigade are the kings of soldiers, which is recognized by all legions.

But at this time, Li Dewu didn't want to lose momentum, so he shouted to his soldiers: "Brothers, we were suffocating in defending the city just now. At this time, the rogues still want to retreat in peace, so I will just say three words: If you don’t agree, what does he think of our brothers, chamber pot? If you want to go, you can go, if you don’t want to go, you can go, grandma, cheer me up, and follow me for a while, kill them assholes, and die in the city for nothing avenge the refugees."

"Revenge, revenge."

After listening to Li Dewu's words, the soldiers also screamed. Li Chaomeng glanced over, and the corners of his mouth curled up. This kid is not bad, and his mobilization ability is also top-notch.

Li Chaomeng thought and looked back at the soldiers of his special brigade. At this time, each of them had already mounted their horses. These horses were the best horses on the grassland, and many of them were brought from Uzbek, not Mongolian dwarfs. Foot horse, but a big horse like Uzang.

Even Wang Guixiang's cavalry brigade was not equipped with this kind of horse, but everyone in Li Chaomeng's special brigade had one. Compared with Mongolian horses, this kind of horse has obvious advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that this kind of horse is big, has strong explosive power, and fast sprinting speed. The disadvantage is that it has low endurance and is suitable for short-distance sprints, not long-distance trekking.

After all, Genghis Khan relied on the Mongolian horse to lay down the first map of China. It can be seen that the Mongolian horse still has its irreplaceable advantages, but Li Chaomeng's special brigade is positioned as a quick-fix special operation, and they are more suitable for these high-headed horses.

At this time, all the members of the special brigade were wearing Lantian military uniforms, stab-resistant vests, special helmets to protect their vitals, and long-handled carbines for cavalry in their hands. With a pair of compound bows, it is troublesome to use firecrackers immediately, especially changing ammunition is very laborious.

Therefore, cavalry generally wear compound bows. The shooting speed of compound bows is much faster than changing bullets. In addition, if it is a large-scale charge, even bows and arrows are not used, but long weapons are used. What is needed is to rush to the enemy camp as quickly as possible. , As long as the cavalry rushed into the infantry camp, it would be a massacre.

Cavalry against infantry, that is crushing, without any accidental crushing.

Li Chaomeng put on his helmet. Actually, he didn't want to wear it, but if he didn't, Ma Shouying would tell Li Chaosheng when his lieutenant returned, and he thought that such freedom would be impossible.

By the way, let’s talk about Li Chaomeng’s deputy general, Ma Shouying, also known as Lao Huihui. Back then, Wang Jiayin sent five troops to attack Lantian County. These five troops were Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Heisha, and Ma Shouying. After being killed by Li Chaolong, Luo Rucai was caught and put on public trial by the people. Ma Shouying was captured alive by Li Chaomeng and thrown into the construction site of a large reservoir to work as a coolie for a year. Then he was found by Li Chaomeng. After some persuasion, he joined Li Chaomeng's special brigade and became a Li Chaomeng's lieutenant general.

However, Li Chaosheng still attached great importance to Ma Shouying. Since he became Li Chaomeng's lieutenant general, Li Chaosheng personally met Ma Shouying.

(End of this chapter)