Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 331
Baihu wanted to vote, but the elder was not a fool. He was accompanied by a personal guard at all times. He said it was a personal guard, but it was just someone sent by the top of the White Lotus Sect to supervise him.

As long as there is any change in the hundred households, this person will definitely settle it with one knife.

So no matter what Baihu's true thoughts were, he had to force his way into the small formation of 800 people.

Almost facing the artillery fire from the opposite side, the hundred households managed to form an formation, and then arranged a supervisory team behind them, and then ordered everyone to rush to the eight hundred army formation one mile away.

Fan Zhuoyuan was still in the front row, and Liu Rong, the captain of the Sword and Shield Battalion beside him, said: "The bandit army has gathered three thousand troops and rushed towards us. The artillery fire made their formation not so complete."

Fan Zhuoyuan was used to seeing big scenes, and he had a sense of calm before the mountain collapsed, and said with a light smile: "Liu Dusi knows our tactics."

Liu Rong nodded, "Consume it slowly first, wait until it reaches fifty paces, and bombard it with shotguns. If it breaks, lead the swordsmen to chase it down!"

Fan Zhuoyuan said: "What if it doesn't collapse?"

Liu Rong shook his head and said, "It's impossible not to collapse."

With a distance of one and a half miles between the two armies, the artillery in the middle fired multiple rounds, causing the [-] thieves to collapse repeatedly, but they were all stopped by the supervising team behind them with strict military laws.

Finally, the distance between the two armies was shortened to fifty paces, and the expressions of the sergeants on the opposite side could already be seen clearly.

Although the officers and soldiers were tense and serious, the formation was neat and tidy. On the other hand, the White Lotus Cult rebels were frantic and terrified. In order to approach quickly, the formation became more scattered as they ran.

The reason why the feudal army relied on large formations to fight was because scattered formations could not restrain the low morale. Soldiers would flee if they found a gap!

Liu Wei's eyes flashed for a while. At this time, the artillery array had not been fired for a long time, and all the tiger squatting artillery had been replaced with shotguns.

With the sound of a heavy drum, the officers in the front row slashed down their waist sabers heavily, and dozens of artillery roared together!
The scattered elite of the White Lotus Sect seemed to have hit an invisible curtain wall, and the front row of the 3000-strong team was instantly plowed out, stumps and broken arms fell all over the ground, and more people were lying on the ground, still wailing.

After this volley, there was a terrified howl among the White Lotus Sect rebels, and everyone fled to the rear as if their brains had exploded.

The supervisory team at the rear also saw the horror of the artillery, they subconsciously did not prevent the collapse, but fled with the army instead.

Liu Rong said to Fan Zhuoyuan: "Commander, it's time to pursue."

Fan Zhuoyuan had already sensed the changes on the battlefield through the sense of taste and hearing in the wind, and these things naturally formed a whole picture of the battlefield in his mind.

He nodded slightly, "Chasing and killing the Chinese army!"

The five-hundred-knife shieldman shouted, and immediately drew his knife and chased towards the defeated army, hacking and killing all the way.

On the front, the Long Spear Battalion and Fire Gun Battalion led by Pang Xu had also trotted to the front of the White Lotus Sect's central army formation.

At this time, the White Lotus Sect was still implementing the tactics of three-sided outflanking and attacking, but the army was all refugees, and the organization was extremely poor. If the refugees on the two wings wanted to spread out and make a tactical plan for outflanking, they were extremely slow in action.

Elder Bailian was very angry when he saw the troops who had raided the [-] army formation retreating back, and seeing the hundred households running back with their horses leading the charge.

One flew forward, strangled Baihu by the throat, and forcibly grabbed him off the horse's back and pinned him to the ground.

Baihu looked terrified, "This group of officers and soldiers must be the elite frontier army from the north. They have a lot of artillery and know how to fire shotguns at close range. Our army suffered too many casualties and couldn't resist it at all!"

The elder was so angry that he didn't want to listen to his explanation at all. With a strong palm, he immediately twisted his cervical spine, and then stood up in a daze.

Looking at the thousands of elite soldiers retreating behind them, and the [-] officers and soldiers in front of them advancing while firing their guns, I immediately regretted it.

He doesn't know soldiers, and now the hundred households in charge have been killed by him, what should he do next?
So in the chaos, he gave a random order, "Let the refugees on the left and right flanks approach and concentrate on the front and rear attacks!"

The semaphore was waved, and tens of thousands of refugees on the left and right wings, who were already in panic, were urged to gather in the center again.

Seeing this, Pang Xu and Liu Rong were overjoyed.

Pang Xu suddenly ordered all the gunners to abandon their guns and replace them with cold weapons on their backs, and then ordered the spearmen to level their spears. With one order, a thousand spearmen lined up in three rows.

The spearman trot forward, plunged headlong into the crowd of refugees, and knocked over a group of people in an instant.

The refugees didn't dare to resist at all. When they saw the officers and soldiers rushing in, they immediately collapsed like a frying pan and fled in all directions.

Immediately after, the musketeers with big knives and halberds rushed to them again. Compared with the pikemen fighting in formation, this group of people, as a melee support force, was better at chaotic combat.

The knife and halberd struck out, making the scene even more bloody.

At the same time, Liu Rong personally led the thousands of defeated troops with swords and shields and rushed into the enemy army again. With the defeated troops and the defeated refugees, although the White Lotus Sect had tens of thousands of people, it was completely unable to organize a counterattack.

Everyone is on the run, everyone is screaming in terror, no matter what the Chinese army orders, it is completely useless to organize.

At this time, even the defenders in Zhenjiang City saw that the victory and defeat had been decided, and they all went out of the city to assist in the pursuit.

The collapse of the entire army happened at this time, and tens of thousands of wolves rushed to the vast plain on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

In such a chaotic situation, even though he couldn't see with both eyes, with his strong perception ability, Fan Zhuoyuan still accurately found the direction in which the elder of the White Lotus Sect was fleeing, and chased after him on horseback.

One person rode alone with one saber, and killed dozens of White Lotus Sect masters, rushing to the elder.

The elder struck back in amazement, but Fan Zhuoyuan chopped off his palm with a single knife, and then caught him back alive.

Then he chased death and chased the north all day long, killing prisoners without counting.

At night, Fan Zhuoyuan ordered that, except for the refugees, as long as they were identified as the core members of the White Lotus Sect, they would be beheaded everywhere, leaving no one behind.

As for the refugees, they were originally innocent people, Fan Zhuoyuan handed them over to the Zhenjiang county magistrate, and the Zhenjiang county magistrate had no choice.

Now that there is a riot in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial court has arranged for an important minister to serve as the governor of the two rivers, and go to the south of the Yangtze River to deal with the rebellion. At that time, they can only hand over these refugees for disposal.

The casualties of Fan Zhuoyuan's [-] troops were extremely low, and most of the casualties were caused by the clash of bows and arrows with firecrackers.

Due to the protection of paper armor, most of the soldiers suffered only minor injuries, and none of them died. Such achievements surprised the Zhenjiang county magistrate.

Without hesitation, he invited Fan Zhuoyuan's troops to garrison the city, and a civil official was extremely polite to Fan Zhuoyuan, a donated general.

Zhenjiang was originally an area controlled by the Maitreya Sect, where the imperial court provided ordinary food and grass, but the folks could provide sufficient wine and meat, so the morale of the entire army was extremely high.

After this battle, all the soldiers in the army knew the capabilities of the White Lotus Sect, and they would no longer be intimidated by the opponent's numbers.

The strategic impact of this battle on the entire situation is also great. The [-] troops of the White Lotus Sect were basically disbanded, and the death of the main general was also the biggest setback that the White Lotus Sect has encountered since the uprising.

After Fang Kaicheng, the leader of the sect, knew that the Maitreya Sect was behind the scenes, he was so angry that he cursed all night, but he had to rearrange his strategy.

(End of this chapter)