Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 60 Rout
"Up to now, only cavalry can be used."

Li Yan at the side finally sighed and offered advice in a deep voice.

"My lord, the Qin army is divided into three, and the train battalion shows its might. But the most important thing is the train battalion. Once the train battalion is broken, the Qin army will naturally be destroyed."

"Cavalry?" Li Zicheng murmured.

Although Li Zicheng had only one eye, he could see clearly. In the Ming army at this time, only the train battalion could be alone.

"Come here!" Li Zicheng ordered without hesitation: "The vanguard cavalry formed three teams, each with 800 men, and launched a round-by-turn attack on the Ming army."

Compared with the Ming army, the number of cavalry in the Shun army was reduced, but the cavalry was transported thousands of miles from north to south, and the cavalry was elite and sturdy, and they were not afraid of death.

After hearing the order, the cavalry immediately took turns to charge.

Wave after wave, the tireless charge made the train battalion exhausted, and the pace of retreat came to a standstill in an instant.

Seeing this, Sun Chuanting frowned: "The intruders actually held up the train camp."

"Then what should we do?" Chen Yongfu was taken aback.

"Master, you can only concentrate your firepower and make a bloody path." Bai Guangen said in a deep voice.

"You mean?"

"There are still more than [-] Franco cannons in the army, all of which weigh more than a hundred catties, and they are all facing one direction at the same time. There must be a gap for the bandit army, and they can rush out at that time."

"Okay!" Sun Chuanting nodded, seeing the cannons pushed out, he couldn't help saying with emotion: "These should be made by Zhu Jingming!"

"That's right!" Bai Guangen said in a deep voice, and he said with some luck: "These artillery are relatively light and powerful, and they don't explode, which is really good."

Sun Chuanting nodded.

It seems that Zhu Jingming seems to be a great craftsman!

Chen Yongfu thought.

"Boom--"

Dozens of Franco cannons were fired at once, and the fearless cavalry instantly turned on their backs. The horses were startled by the loud noise.

Obviously, they haven't adapted yet.

"Take advantage of this opportunity to rush—"

Sun Chuanting rode his horse and shouted.

"Kill—" The chariot rushed forward first, followed by the Yu army, and everyone rushed to kill without hesitation.

And Li Zicheng, when he saw that the cavalry was about to destroy the train battalion, he was suddenly taken aback by the neat artillery, and his attack was instantly blocked.

Then, like the tide, the Qin army quickly rushed out of the encirclement and headed southwest.

"It even rushed out."

Li Zicheng exclaimed.

"It's definitely not Ruzhou, nor Xiangcheng."

Li Yan touched his chin, thought over and over again, and said in surprise: "He is going to Nanyang."

"Nanyang?" Li Zicheng frowned, and said in a deep voice, "They can't escape, Nanyang is also a place of death."

"Chasing, if you don't get Sun Chuanting's head, you won't give up—"

In an instant, the large-scale Shun army gathered together with great difficulty, and slowly chased after them again.

Li Zicheng led the main force and pressed forward step by step.

From Jiaxian County to Baofeng, the Shun army pursued closely, and the Qin army fled desperately. It was so lively.

When they arrived in Nanyang, Sun Chuanting and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Here they met the Qin army going to Tanghe, and now they meet up, and finally they can breathe a sigh of relief.

However, without waiting for them to recuperate for half a day, Li Zicheng's [-] main force has arrived and is about to encircle Nanyang City.

"I don't know how many people Gao Jie and Niu Chenghu withdrew."

Sun Chuanting thought rather aggrievedly, Li Zicheng pursued him wholeheartedly, and the other two groups of soldiers and horses must have withdrawn to Tongguan!

"The thief—"

Sun Chuanting gritted his teeth and said angrily, "If it hadn't been for the continuous heavy rain and the blockage of grain roads, how could this be so?"

Immediately, the Qin army, which had been repaired for half a day, headed north again, taking advantage of the gap, and couldn't wait to return to the north.

Li Zicheng was also taken aback by this operation, isn't this equivalent to breaking through the encirclement head-on?
"well!!"

Li Zicheng clapped his hands and said with a big laugh, "You are indeed worthy of being Governor Sun. I want to see how you, the 5 people, escape back."

Immediately afterwards, the Shun army chased again, and resorted to attrition tactics.

That is to say, the whole army is divided into five layers, the hungry people are outside, followed by infantry, followed by cavalry, and then brave cavalry.

The entrance of the old camp is at the innermost.

And Qin Jun could only break through the first three floors with all his strength, and he was already hoarse from exhaustion, and his energy was consumed alive.

After all, he was tired for many days and lacked food and grass.

Seeing this opportunity, the thief cavalry resorted to the triple charge tactic again. After a long time, they finally looked for an opportunity to break through the train formation.

As a last resort, the chariot was completely overturned, forming a wall, temporarily giving the Qin army a chance to breathe.

However, after a while, the Shun army exhausted all its forces, about [-], and pursued them relentlessly, chasing for hundreds of miles all day and night.

The Qin army was defeated and lost hundreds of thousands of weapons and luggage.

……

And in Tongguan.

Zhu Yixi took turns training infantry and musketeers.

Four thousand miners, two thousand spearmen, fifteen hundred shieldmen, and five hundred grenadiers.

In the original mine of Longshou, the power of the grenade has been proved. Naturally, under his leadership, this powerful melee weapon was mass-produced by the craftsman camp.

The grenadier is equivalent to a secret weapon, and the ones chosen are all burly men.

"cast--"

Five hundred grenadiers ignited the fuzes, waved their arms, and threw them forward vigorously, most of them were about ten feet away, and there was a "bang" explosion.

There is only one grenade, which has reached a distance of fifteen feet, a distance of four to fifty meters, which is a long way ahead.

"Good!" Seeing the live ammunition exercise, Zhu Yixi couldn't help clapping and applauding: "The Guochao is indeed a big eater, and the grenade can be thrown far."

"hey-hey!"

Yan Guochao raised his chest proudly and said, "Inspector, I'm not full. If I'm full, I can throw it farther."

"Hahaha!" Zhu Yixi laughed loudly and was about to pat him on the shoulder. Unexpectedly, it was too high, so he could only hammer his arm and exclaimed:

"It seems that you are suitable for this job, then, from today on, you will be in command of the Grenadier, and you will be the chief executive!"

"Don't worry, the inspector. If anyone is disobedient, I will cut him off. If he can't throw it away, he will have nothing to eat."

Yan Guochao said with a serious face, but his face was flushed, obviously extremely excited.

Zhu Yixi nodded: "You continue to practice, not only must you throw it far, but also accurately, and you must be calm and not afraid."

After letting them practice on their own, Zhu Yixi turned his head and looked at the spearman and shielder on the other side.

The instructors who trained them were borrowed from Li Jizu. This kind of traditional project is better for the officers and soldiers.

Armored shield bearers are majestic, and spearmen walk steadily.

Sure enough, miners are worthy of being the best source of soldiers, and they took shape in just one month.

As for his [-] musketeers, taking advantage of his mastery of the craftsman camp, he naturally conducted practical exercises day and night, both in terms of operation and accuracy, which greatly increased.

Relying on the big tree of Qin Jun, you can eat and drink without worrying about food and drink. If you only rely on your own blood transfusion, how can you get so much gunpowder?
He was a bit reluctant, not to mention, without official channels, he couldn't even buy it.

(End of this chapter)