The three Cossack cannons opened fire. However, the distance was too far, and Jiang Chong's men were in a loose formation. The Cossack cannons using solid bullets failed to hit Jiang Chong's soldiers.
The response to these small cannons was two hundred rockets spitting flames.
The soldiers of the Huben Army took advantage of the interval when the Cossacks were loading the cannon and rushed to the 400 meters away from the camp. They aimed their sights at the wall of the camp filled with white Russians and fired rockets. Two hundred rockets rushed towards the camp.
He rushed over and slammed into the walls made of logs.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
Where had the Cossacks seen such a weapon before? They were all astonished and hid far away from the village wall.
Two hundred rockets exploded. The more than 100-meter wall of the village seemed to have turned into a crater of lava, emitting huge explosions one after another. Huge sparks followed one after another, and finally gathered into a large crater on the wall.
Mushroom clouds slowly rise into the sky.
The countless bright lights emitted by the explosion made it difficult for the Tiger and Ben Army soldiers several hundred meters away to look directly at them. Obviously, using two hundred rockets to bomb such a short wall was overkill.
When the black smoke caused by the explosion dissipated, the front wall no longer existed. Where the original wall was, there were broken logs everywhere, and the flames on the wood were burning brightly. A little further back, there were white people lying on the soil.
It was clear that the Cossacks' escape was slower than that of Yi's body. At least hundreds of people were killed by this round of rocket launchers.
Three six-pound cannons were blown into parts, the body and wheels of the gun carriage were completely blown to pieces, and the gun barrels were shaken more than ten meters away by the shock wave. One of the gun barrels even smashed a tent when it flew past.
The Cossacks who were still alive looked at the wall that was completely destroyed in a panic, and already had the urge to escape. The power of the volley of rocket launchers was too terrifying. This was a terrifying weapon that the European invaders had never seen before.
The leader of the Cossacks, a tall white man with black braids, stood up. Obviously if the Cossacks fled now, they would be chased and massacred by the yellow people. The leader believed that the yellow people's terror bombing could only last one round, and shouted loudly
With that, the Cossacks were encouraged to rely on the facilities in the camp to continue their defense.
The Cossacks retreated behind the piles of firewood, wooden carts and tents, holding their matchlocks and preparing to continue guarding their camp.
However, these Baiyi people are too naive. In addition to rocket launchers, the Tiger Army also has a variety of terrifying weapons.
Jiang Chong was not going to waste any more rockets on bombing these White Russians. The cost of a rocket was dozens of taels of silver, so it was not cost-effective to bomb these Cossacks. Jiang Chong used his binoculars to repeatedly observe the White Russian matchlock guns and already understood the range of this old-fashioned weapon.
limited.
He commanded the soldiers to advance forward, forcing them to be two hundred meters away from the Cossacks.
The soldiers raised their rifles with scopes and aimed at the Cossacks' heads two hundred meters away. No matter how the Cossacks hid in the bunker, their heads were still exposed. At this distance, the Cossacks' heads looked very big.
.The ugly braids and hats on the heads of White Russians are very eye-catching.
"Fire!"
The crackle of gunshots rang out in the tall grass, one after another. In the light of the flames, four hundred riflemen fired the bullets in the barrels of their guns.
The White Russian camp suddenly burst into blood. In just a moment, more than half of the White Russians were shot in the head and killed by conical bullets from rifles.
The Cossack leader was hiding behind a pile of firewood, but he was still hit in the head by two bullets. One bullet hit his forehead, and the other hit his jaw. He didn't even grunt, and just stepped back.
Totally dead.
In an instant, the Cossacks lost the ability to resist.
The White Russians who were still alive finally understood that this was an asymmetrical war. These yellow men had far more sophisticated weapons than the Cossacks. They did not dare to continue fighting, so they rushed to the horses in panic, jumped on the horses and fled outside the camp.
When these White Russians rushed out of the shelter, a hundred people with guns ready to shoot opened fire. It was difficult to hit the White Russians who were running at high speed, but Jiang Chong's soldiers still killed dozens of White Russians.
In the end, there were only a few dozen Cossacks left, and these dozens of people were already extremely panicked. When the dozens of Cossacks rushed out of the camp, they were so panicked that they crowded together at the door. As a result, before they could escape from the north gate of the camp, they
After another round of blows from the riflemen, dozens more people fell to the ground.
Only a dozen people managed to escape from the camp and fled to the north.
Jiang Chong waved his hand: "Mount your horse! Chase!"
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On March 15th, the heavy rain had stopped for a day, but the land was still muddy. One hundred and sixty thousand officers and soldiers lined up outside the city of Song County to fight against the intruders who were chasing after them.
Sun Chuanting frowned as he looked at the frightened officers and soldiers in the formation.
Obviously, the soldiers were panicked about food arrangements because of Sun Chuanting's retreat, and began to think about ways to survive.
The war between the official army and the bandits was treacherous these days, and the officers and soldiers were always thinking of escaping and surrendering to the intruders.
Among the elite of the Chuang Army, I don’t know how many thugs are surrendered officers and soldiers. Isn’t it just to eat food and get paid as a soldier? The officers of the army eat empty pay and drink the blood of the soldiers, and the life of the soldiers at the bottom is very difficult. On the contrary, among the Chuang Army
They are well fed and clothed, and they can plunder the counties and plunder money, which is more enjoyable than the army.
The only reason why the officers and soldiers dare not turn to thieves is that they have no future. In recent years, the thieves will be wiped out by the army at any time. No matter how powerful the bandit army is, it seems that it will be destroyed. What if the thieves are killed by the army after a few years?
It's not fun to rush in and kill them.
But Li Zicheng captured Kaifeng and the soldiers began to take a high look at the future of the thieves.
Sun Chuanting's action of leading the army to retreat for food made the wavering officers and soldiers begin to doubt the winner of this war. The army did not go east to kill the thieves, but instead fled to the west. This caused rumors in the army that
Countless rumors.
Especially after the soldiers of Datong Town who were chased by the Chuang Army fled into Sun Chuanting's army, and when the soldiers saw that only a few thousand of Wang Pu's tribe was killed by the Chuang Army, the rumors in the army became uncontrollable.
.The soldiers began to suspect that this battle was going to be lost, and they were panicked.
Sun Chuanting's explanation of returning to the army to get food was considered an excuse to cover up his failure.
Ten miles away, more than 200,000 bandit soldiers surrounded the officers and soldiers from three directions. The intruders pressed in this direction like a black cloud, a dense sea of people with no end in sight.
Sun Chuanting felt that the soldiers of the army were wavering.
Every time the intruders advanced a little, the army's position became turbulent. The officers yelled and cursed and hit the restless soldiers with swords and sticks, but it was of no avail. At the back, the army's position was swaying like a wave, teetering on the verge of collapse.
The intruders forced themselves three miles away from the official army and blew the charge horn.
From all directions, there were suddenly filled with the shouts of killing soldiers.
The cry of killing only rang out for a few breaths before Sun Chuanting heard a roar, and the 160,000 soldiers collapsed like straw piles blown away by the strong wind.
