Chapter 924 The price of carelessness
The three cities were not wary of the troops, and they seemed to be like you attacking me, just like the three hidden troops of the Tiger and Leopard Army were willing to do so. ∑,
When they walked into the trap without any warning, one division and three regiments had musketeers, and they had surrounded them.
It is almost impossible to quietly eliminate the new imperial army from the city without using artillery, just like yesterday, and eliminate the new army of the imperial court without using the guns.
Therefore, in these three battles, the three divisions directly brought all the artillery they could use to the battlefield. The purpose of this is to eliminate the new imperial army that fell into their own trap in the shortest time.
Therefore, when the five thousand imperial courts walked into the trap carefully prepared by the Tiger and Leopard Army, the first thing they saw was not the Tiger and Leopard Army musketeers, but the first attack they were exposed, nor the deadly lead bullets fired from the musket.
Even the tiger and leopard army had no sign of the shadow. A hundred mature flower bullets with various calibers appeared above their heads with a scream.
Faced with the sudden artillery fire attack, thousands of new soldiers of the court who were not prepared had no time to react. The whistling flower bullet hit the official road and exploded.
As fireballs mixed with a large number of black smoke rose from the official road, densely packed with new imperial troops gathered, and were directly bombed out of no-man's land.
Looking around, there were at least 500 new marching troops in the imperial court that stretched for several miles, and were directly lost in this round of artillery fire attack.
However, these new troops are worthy of being veterans who have been trained for a year.
The sudden blow scared them and caused them a lot of casualties.
However, they still quickly left the official road and scattered before the second round of flowering bullets landed.
Therefore, the second round of flowering bullets was so powerful that they only caused one or two hundred casualties.
However, even so, under the protection of the personal guards, the new army general was not injured. He was still scared by the sudden blow in front of him and did not speak for a long time.
When he reacted from the shock and quickly glanced at the tragic situation on the battlefield, he was like an angry lion and scolded loudly: "Damn it... This is not the Tiger and Leopard Army guerrillas at all... The Tiger and Leopard Army guerrillas cannot be equipped with so many artillery. This is the elite Tiger and Leopard Army. The Tiger and Leopard Army has already reached the outside of Nanjing..."
Several people rushed over and agreed directly: "General, only the elite Tiger and Leopard Army can be equipped with so many artillery... We were fooled. The Tiger and Leopard Army here must want to lead us out of Nanjing City, and eliminate us here, weaken the city guarding power of Nanjing City... It must be like this..."
When several other Qianmasters agreed and agreed, a Qianmaster who had just escaped from the artillery fire attack was obviously Qianmasters who had just escaped from the artillery fire attack, subconsciously asked: "General, since we have already understood the purpose of the Tiger and Leopard Army, what should we do next... In the artillery fire strike just now, our losses have reached seven or eight hundred people. We must make a decision immediately, otherwise the losses will become greater..."
"Break through the siege and return to the city..." the general replied without thinking.
"Our opponent is too powerful, and we are not equipped with artillery, so we are not their opponent at all... If we don't break through and return to Nanjing City, we all have to explain it here..." "" Pass this order and assemble the troops immediately and prepare to break through... If we can break through, we can break out as much as we can..."
Breakthrough... is indeed the best choice for the new army general now.
However, what he did not expect was that just when he was attacked by the first round of flowering bullets, a regiment of the Tiger and Leopard Army had completely blocked their breakthrough and retreat passage.
More importantly, on the battlefield that stretched for several miles, the new imperial army had just begun to assemble, and a dozen flowering bullets were smashed at them in a round of time, blowing the hundreds of people they had worked hard to assemble.
Even if they were lucky enough to assemble hundreds of people and wanted to break through, more than 2,000 muskets from a musket regiment have been raised high by the Tiger and Leopard Army and blocked them...
With the continuous attacks of hundreds of lead bullets one after another, their breakthrough had no other effect except for leaving behind corpses.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers on the battlefield, the hope of breaking through and returning to Nanjing City became increasingly slim. On the face of the new army general, there was no time to see the height above half an hour ago.
At this moment, the general had only one idea and wish in his heart, that is, to escape from the battlefield and return to Nanjing City. Report his experience here to his immediate superior, Minister of War.
After a difficult and painful hesitation, the general had to make a decision... to break through in dispersed ways.
Only by scattering the breakthrough, the remaining one or two thousand people on the battlefield, including myself, have the opportunity to escape from the battlefield and return to Nanjing City.
After all, the battlefield is so large that no matter how many troops the Tiger and Leopard Army has, it is impossible to surround the huge battlefield.
Since there are loopholes in the encirclement surrounding the battlefield, you have a chance to break through.
The general had no mistake in his thoughts. A division's Tiger and Leopard Army, except for the two regiments of the stalkers and the stalkers, were left with a regiment of musketeers moving around the battlefield, surrounding them.
Even if a regiment of musketeers has great power, it is impossible to ensure that there are no loopholes around the battlefield.
However, even if the new army has one or two thousand people left, and there are dozens or hundreds of successful breakthroughs, he will never be able to return to Nanjing City.
Because, the cavalry of a regiment of the First Cavalry Division of the Tiger and Leopard Army has formed a very tight blockade line less than five miles away from the city gate. As long as the new army breaks through the army dares to come, the end of the destruction of the entire army will not be avoided.
So, even if they fled the battlefield, they would not be able to return to Nanjing City...
Of course, the new army general did not know about these situations.
After the new army general saw it, he had the only hope of escaping from the battlefield and continuing to survive.
Therefore, the general of the new army made a decision and did not think for too long, and issued an order to break through the scattered border.
Faced with this situation, the two musket regiments that blocked the head and the end of the robbery immediately began to attack the remnants of the New Army, narrowing the encirclement, compressing their living space, and reducing the possibility of their breakthrough.
The final result was that the 5,000 new imperial army, except for the general, successfully broke through, all the others were destroyed by the Tiger and Leopard Army.
Even so, the general and more than 100 personal guards did not escape being chased by the cavalry division and eventually became prisoners...
Chapter completed!