Chapter 222 Encirclement and Suppression of the Rebels
Seeing their own side's defeat, the rebel generals became furious. They usually spent so much money to support them, but it was in vain.
In desperation, Sun Xian had no choice but to send his three hundred private soldiers to fight against the enemy. At this time, the other rebel generals also knew the importance of advancing and retreating together. They did not retreat, but just like Sun Xian, they fought with all their men.
Go up.
However, under the influence of the fleeing rebels, these private servants felt a little bit scared when faced with the imposing Zuowei Town cavalry.
Before they could form a formation, the left guard cavalry had already come over to cover them up. Under the command of a general, the cavalry was overwhelming and broke through the loose defense lines and camps of these servants in one fell swoop.
Sun Xian was unwilling to fail. He pulled out the long knife from his waist, shouted and rushed forward.
He personally organized and commanded the front line in an attempt to block the Left Guard's offensive.
Sun Xian's example had a certain effect. Under his organization, the rebels finally stabilized their position. They learned from the left guard's formation method.
They used shields in the front and spears in the back. The rebels with bows and crossbows fired at the back. For the time being, they achieved results. The left guard cavalry reined in their horses and retreated.
Li Rusong sneered, waved his hand, and the sergeant holding the iron shield immediately stepped forward to set up the shield. The firearms soldier placed his musket directly on the shield and fired fiercely at those who were only fifty steps away.
The quality of the rebels' shields varied, some were made of iron, others were made of wood or rattan, and they simply could not block the firepower of firearms at such close range.
Although the rebels' crossbows are far enough to attack the left guard, because they are projectiles, the power of the bows and arrows is greatly reduced. It is difficult to cause actual damage when shot on sophisticated iron armor. Even the armor is very weak.
Difficult to penetrate.
The Left Guards cooperated closely and relied on their own advantages of excellent equipment. Under the command of Li Songping, they fought steadily and suppressed the rebels again.
Seeing this situation, Qu Qinqi immediately sent a dozen of his confidants in various directions. If they did not gather their troops, they would really be defeated.
Only by gathering everyone together can we still have a chance to compete with Li Songping's elite soldiers and generals, and there is still hope that we can hold on until the Jianzhou army comes to support us.
The rebels were preparing to concentrate their superior forces for a decisive battle with Li Songping. Li Songping was also mobilizing troops. Cheng Yuanhua, two units of Huben and Shenji, controlled the entire city, and then slowly contracted it, preparing to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop.
Then the cavalry was placed in ambush on a relatively wide and flat road.
Because it was too hasty and the time was not too long, the scope of the rebel rebellion was not very large, but most of the people who were robbed were some of the local wealthy businessmen.
Under Qu Qinqi's strict order, the rebels quickly began to gather closer. Sun Xian and others saw that their own troops were increasing, and their confidence in their hearts swelled again.
Li Songping on the opposite side could only hold over a thousand people to death, but there were more than two thousand of them. As long as they were willing to work hard, it would be wishful thinking to eliminate so many of them in a short period of time.
Under the propaganda and instigation of these general leaders, the morale of the rebels increased greatly, and they launched an attack on the Left Guards one by one with cries and roars.
For Li Songping and the other sergeants, the rebels were playing into their hands. They were hiding and afraid of death, but it was difficult to kill them. Such a dense charge was exactly the same as the line-up to kill that His Majesty often said.
Li Songping once again took out the powerful weapon that made the Mongolians fearful, the Streaming Magic Arrow, and fired a round of rockets, killing countless rebels who were hit by the arrow and killed by the explosion.
For these rebels, they are not so unfamiliar with this firearm, but they have not equipped or used it.
This is not because the emperor and the court favored one over the other, or because of corruption. This was caused by the Liao people themselves.
Xiong Tingbi emphatically mentioned this matter in his report to Zhu Youxiao. The Liao people did not like firearms, let alone learn them.
In the eyes of people like them, firearms are just fire sticks, which are far less useful than bows, arrows and sabers.
Part of the reason for this result is that Li Chengliang and his son, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, were so powerful in Liao that they were the strongest army in the world.
Every Liao general hoped to have such a cavalry and be as powerful as the Li family and his sons, so for them, firearms were completely redundant.
Only the powerful general cannons and Hongyi cannons with long range could catch their eyes. They did not like the small Folan cannons and tiger crouching cannons widely used by the Qi family army at all.
And people always have to pay the price for their actions. If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This is an eternal truth.
The Liuguang Shenji Arrow once again proved with actual actions that the Yulin Army was right in equipping it, and Zhu Youxiao's choice was correct.
In front of the entire Left Guard defense line, the ground was littered with corpses of rebels, and many seriously wounded were lying on the ground screaming.
At this time, Li Songping's encirclement plan was also realized, and the rebels' retreat was completely blocked.
Seeing this scene, the rebels completely lost their courage and had no intention of fighting.
Seeing the dejected hesitation of the rebels, a Qian Commander of the Left Guards rode out of the shield formation and shouted loudly toward the opposite side:
"The general has an order. If you put down your weapons and take off your armor, those who kneel down and surrender will be spared from death. Those who stubbornly resist against the heavenly soldiers will have the three tribes killed!"
Before he could say it a second time, there was the sound of iron falling to the ground from the opposite side.
Soon, this sound could be heard constantly, as if an instrument was playing music, which made people feel happy. Of course, it was the left guard who was responsible for counterinsurgency.
Sun Xian, Qu Qinqi and other generals were furious, but there was nothing they could do. The morale of the army was gone, and they wanted to turn defeat into victory, unless gods came down to earth to help.
They looked at each other and saw the panic in each other's eyes, but they still pretended to be calm.
They knew very well that even if they surrendered, Li Songping would not let them go, and the emperor of the capital would even cut them into pieces. They decided to fight to the death.
Sun Xian stood on a flatbed truck, raised his arms and shouted:
"Brothers, don't believe their lies. Rebellion and rebellion are a serious crime punishable by beheading. If you put down your weapons now, what's the difference between you and the lambs waiting to be slaughtered? It's just a few days later."
Xie Bin, who was afraid of death, also echoed:
"That's right, brothers, you must not believe his rhetoric. Now pick up the weapons and work together. We will be able to rush out of the city. When the sky is high and the birds can fly, no one can do anything to us."
They looked around anxiously, eager for someone to shout out and respond.
But after a while, except for their close servants who were supporting them, everyone else in the rebel formation was still silent. After all, no one wanted to die like this. Although they also knew that this was probably a lie, they had no other choice.