Emperor’s Battlefield: I, Zhu Houzhao, like to push horizontally

Chapter 117: Surrounded by iron barrels and swept away with nets.

"Your Majesty, General Han has suffered heavy casualties, and he can hardly withstand it."

"Your Majesty, the enemy's thunderbolts keep launching attacks, and the soldiers suffer heavy casualties. If they are beaten by the enemy like this, the morale of the army will collapse."

"His Majesty,…………"

Bad news came one after another. Liu Che, who was holding the flagpole, looked gloomy.

An army of nearly [-] people could not withstand the attack of thousands of enemies for even half an hour.

What exactly is on the other side?
What exactly is that weapon?
Liu Che felt very aggrieved. Regardless of reality or entering the imperial battlefield, he relied on the powerful Han army to defeat the enemy time and time again.

Every time he defeated an enemy, he felt a little lonely in his heart, like an invincible master.

In this battle, he thought he would return victorious like before.

Although the weather was a bit complicated, he always believed that victory would belong to him.

Unexpectedly, less than an hour after the two sides started fighting, his men suffered heavy casualties, most of which were caused by the enemy's thunder attack.

Liu Che knew in his heart that the enemy could hit him so accurately because there was no cover of fog.

If there is the cover of fog, the enemy's attack will not be able to hit accurately.

With the fog covering up, the gap in strength between the two sides will quickly narrow.

The battles that broke out in the fog were all face-to-face confrontations.

As long as you fight hand-to-hand with the opponent, one side has excellent armor and the other side wears civilian clothes, it is clear who wins and who loses.

Looking at the half progress bar on the flag and listening to the rumbling cannons and gunshots outside, Liu Che gritted his teeth and made a decision.

"Inform all armies to disperse their operations. When you find a flag, grab it and let go. We can't get it, and neither can the other side."

"If you inform me, if you behead one person and seize the enemy's weapons, you will be rewarded with a thousand coins. If you capture the enemy's officer, you will be rewarded with ten thousand coins. If you catch the emperor who beheaded the enemy, you will be granted a title of marquis and marry a princess."

When the officer went to convey the order, Liu Che reluctantly glanced at the gorgeous flag and slowly let go of his hand.

As soon as Liu Che let go, a ray of light enveloped the flag and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The fog that had dissipated around him quickly surged up, even thicker than at the beginning.

"Stop shooting!"

The fog suddenly enveloped him, and his vision was severely obstructed. Worried about accidental injury, the Ming officer quickly stopped the soldiers' shooting.

The guns stopped, and the suppressed Han army, which was almost out of breath, took a deep breath, and then retreated into the distance as ordered.

The fierce battlefield stopped for an instant.

The Ming Dynasty army did not pursue, but waited for Xu Da's order.

"It's very decisive, but it's a pity it's a little late."

The fog that surged up again made Xu Da understand that the other party had given up.

He admired this decisive behavior very much, but after all, he was a little younger and it was a little late to make up his mind.

If he were on the opposite side, he would give up the moment the cannonball fell.

"Shuai Xu, there is no one in the valley anymore. Judging from the traces, they scattered and fled."

The Huben guards who went to investigate reported the situation in the valley to Xu Da.

Xu Da stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, "Notify all legions to withdraw to their garrison, including the Huben Guards."

The five military camps led by Xu Da all acted in a unified manner, and the only ones who were scattered were the Tiger Guards.

An order was issued from the Fifth Army Camp. The soldiers grabbed each shoulder, watched the surroundings, and retreated towards the camp.

The Huben Guards had their own contact information, and after receiving the order, they quickly retreated to the camp.

"Assholes, what a bunch of cowards."

In a patch of grass, a Han army officer looked at the Ming army passing by in groups, his teeth itching with hatred.

There are dozens of people around him, and a wave of bows and arrows can sneak up on him and succeed.

But the opponent's terrifying weapon damage would definitely come towards him.

By then, there are dozens of people like him, so don’t even think about leaving.

Unable to take action, he could only watch the Ming army's troops pass by.

Not only them, other Han armies also encountered the same problem.

They dare not bite the large army led by Xu Da.

They couldn't defeat the Tiger Guards' small team.

During the half hour that the Ming army retreated, the two sides also fought several times, but the results always ended in the defeat of the Han army.

If calculated accurately, the casualty ratio of both sides was at least more than 1:100. "Do you have any ideas?"

When it was determined that the last team would return, Zhu Houzhao stood next to Xu Da, who was staring at the map, and asked about the next battle plan.

After drawing a few circles on the simply drawn map, Xu Da handed the map to the artillery regiment commander who was on standby.

"Carry out shelling to these areas, fire a few rounds in each place and then change places."

Although the island is covered in fog and cannot be seen with the naked eye, it does not affect artillery attacks.

I didn't fire at first, mainly because I wasn't familiar with the terrain, and firing random shots was a complete waste.

Now after the investigation by Huben Guards, the simple island terrain has been roughly mapped out.

Artillery does not need to observe with the naked eye. They only need to shoot according to the distance coordinates provided by Huben Guards.

"The enemy is dispersed because they cannot defeat us from the front and can only engage in skirmish fighting. They intend to make us the same as them, thereby negating our advantage."

"Don't follow the opponent's rhythm when fighting. Once you follow the opponent's rhythm, you are not far from losing."

The two walked towards the artillery that was preparing. Xu Da pointed at the artillery and said, "I asked the artillery to bombard those areas. The purpose is very simple."

Reaching out to take the copied map next to him, Xu Da drew a few strokes on the map and explained to Zhu Houzhao: "The entire island is semicircular, about 40 miles in length and width."

"The artillery attack route shows a herringbone shape, dividing the entire island into three areas."

"After we conduct non-stop shelling on these areas."

"People have a subconscious tendency to seek good fortune and avoid disaster. When facing life and death dangers, without decisive generals, they will subconsciously go to a safe area."

"Once they go to these areas, without unified command, it's a mess."

After slightly pinching an area on the map, Xu Da smiled and said to Zhu Houzhao who was listening carefully: "The next step is to cast the net to catch fish."

Zhu Houzhao understood Xu Da's battle plan.

To put it simply, it is to divide the enemy into several pieces and pull the net one by one to eliminate them.

Why does this strategy look so familiar? I seem to have seen it in some movies.

While everyone was listening carefully, the artillery team had already started taking action.

Cannonballs roared out one after another, passed through the layers of fog, and hit a general area.

By coincidence, Liu Che was in the first area to be attacked.

The chilling sound sounded again, and the Han soldiers subconsciously felt chills in their hearts, and they panicked and looked for something to cover themselves.

As the saying goes, if a person is unlucky, drinking water will fill his teeth.

There are rocks everywhere on the island, but there are none in this area.

Seeing that there was no cover around them, only the defenseless grass, the soldiers could only put their shields on their heads, begging for this thing to work.

"Boom boom boom..."

Explosions rose around them, and Liu Che and others roared angrily and feebly under the bombardment.

Looking at the soldiers being harvested in pieces around him, Liu Che felt chilled in his heart. Who was the enemy he faced this time?
Unfortunately, no one can tell him the answer.

A shell hit hard around him, and the soldier protecting him was picked up by the shock wave, hit him, and fell heavily to the ground with him.

Liu Che, who was shocked and bleeding inside, had blood oozing from the corners of his mouth, looked at the sky unwillingly, and his body turned into a stream of light and disappeared.

What is strange is that after Liu Che's death, Zhu Houzhao on the other side was not notified of the emperor's battlefield, and even the soldiers of the Han Dynasty did not return with their emperor.

Han soldiers scattered throughout the country were still lurking quietly, waiting for the so-called enemies to arrive.

Just as Xu Da guessed, when they encountered areas under attack by artillery fire, they were well aware of the terror and stayed away.

The shelling lasted for half an hour before stopping.

As Xu Da ordered the attack, the soldiers of the fifth military camp, led by the Huben team, formed a skirmishing formation and groped towards the designated area.

Facing the Ming army's suppression, the Han army, which had lost its overall command, did not launch a victorious counterattack like a certain team.

Facing the Ming army's strafing and grenades to clear the way, the Han army was beaten back steadily.

While encircling and suppressing them, the Ming army also gained control of several flags.

[The opponent has gained control of the six flags, please respond, otherwise you will be declared a loser. 】

Liu Che, who had returned to reality and was angrily smashing things in the palace, heard the reminder of the imperial space in his ears.

"It's his mother's fault, and I will take your mother's head!"

There was silence in Weiyang's palace for a moment, and an angry curse made the slaves tremble in fear.

(End of this chapter)