Wang Zhitan quickly made his decision. He rode up to Su Jiakang, and then said to Su Jiakang: "Sir, the forwards are now at the end of their strength. It will be useless to continue to let them rush forward. It is better to let them retreat first."
, unite the army and fight again!”
Su Jiakang looked at Wang Zhitan with squinted eyes and a smile on his lips, but he did not speak!
Su Jiakang could see it. The frontline army delayed time and again and refused to attack the puppet Tang rebel army. This was definitely not because the ordinary lower-level soldiers were unwilling to fight, but more because of the upper-level generals including Wang Zhitan.
They don't want to fight.
The forwards sent out by Wang Zhitan several times were defeated after only taking a few steps. Without Wang Zhitan's acquiescence or even hint, it is absolutely impossible for the forwards to retreat so simply.
Since Wang Zhitan and the others were unwilling to fight, Su Jiakang would naturally have to force them to fight!
The two hundred forwards at the front wanted to retreat after charging for a while like the previous times, but Su Jiakang refused to let them retreat. As long as they dared to retreat, he would let the soldiers directly kill the deserters!
No, didn't Wang Zhitan take the initiative to come looking for him?
Su Jiakang smiled and said nothing, but Wang Zhitan had to say that he could not watch his two hundred men stay in the middle of the battlefield, unable to advance or retreat.
The forwards of the Ming army could not retreat without advancing, but the muskets and bows and arrows of the puppet Tang rebel army would not stop.
The archers of the Pseudo-Tang Thieves Army on the opposite side have already fired many waves of arrows. These arrows are pretty good. There are not many archers in the Pseudo-Tang Thieves Army, and the distance is now relatively far, so the lethality of the bows and arrows is also limited.
But it won't take long for the musketeers of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army to complete the second round of loading. If there is another round of shooting, the forwards will not know how many people will be killed or injured.
As time goes by and the casualties increase, sooner or later these forwards will collapse completely, and it will not be the collapse of turning around and running away like now, but the collapse of scattering in a hurry. By then, those soldiers will not even run for their lives towards their own side.
Instead of escaping from the phalanx, they would run directly to both sides and completely disappear into the night wilderness.
Once it evolves into a complete collapse, it will not be easy, or even impossible, to gather these defeated troops.
Wang Zhitan took a deep breath and said: "After many tests, the general has planned to launch a full-army attack later. Now he is withdrawing the forwards to increase the strength of the puppet Tang rebel army later!"
At this time, Su Jiakang spoke: "A whole army attack?"
Wang Zhitan nodded and said: "Yes, the general has already prepared his troops and will be able to launch an attack later!"
Now Wang Zhitan has also made up his mind. Su Jiakang is pressing so hard, and it is probably impossible for him to continue to delay time.
Since Su Jiakang can no longer hide it and delay time, all he can do is to strive for another result, which is to use his greatest advantage to fight and win.
What is the greatest advantage of the Ming army? It has many troops!
At this time and place, the strength of the Ming army is more than three times that of the puppet Tang rebel army, and this does not include the hundreds of Ming troops who have fallen behind and have not yet caught up.
With three against one, even if our own soldiers are at a physical disadvantage, there is still hope of winning!
As for how many casualties there would be in the fight later, Wang Zhitan didn't have much time to worry about it now. He wanted to get through the immediate difficulties first.
Su Jiakang looked at Wang Zhitan for several seconds, and then said: "In that case, let the striker come back first!"
After that, he stared at Wang Zhitan for several seconds and said: "Then I will wait for General Wang's victory report!"
Wang Zhi sighed: "The final general will definitely capture the false emperor Li Xuan and sacrifice him to..."
Before he could finish his words, suddenly there was another burst of clear and dense gunshots in front of him. This was the sound of the puppet Tang rebels firing volleys. As soon as he heard this sound, Wang Zhitan secretly said something bad!
Sure enough, the forward team was all knocked down by bullets without any accident, and then Luo Mazi beside him said: "What is going on? Why are those forwards running back again?"
At this time, Wang Zhitan's expression had also changed drastically. All he could see in his sight was that the forward who had been looking around blankly on the battlefield had already experienced the situation he was most worried about: after being hit by the second round of volleys from the puppet Tang rebels, the forward was so full that
After being tortured and subjected to great battlefield pressure, he finally collapsed completely!
It wasn’t just the collapse of being unable to retreat, but the collapse of fleeing in all directions. Some of them ran back towards the supervising team at the rear, while others fled towards both sides. More importantly, they were completely lost.
The organization was completely in disarray. The leading deputy Qianhu and several Baihu were obviously out of control. No matter how loudly they shouted, they could no longer control these soldiers.
This striker was like a castle on the beach. Once it was washed away by the sea, it immediately broke into pieces and disappeared completely into the vast night.
what happened?
He was fine just now, but he completely collapsed after saying a few words. He finally persuaded Su Jiakang to allow these forwards to retreat. Even before the order to retreat was given, these forwards completely collapsed.
late!
It was too late. If he had known earlier, he should have acted faster and asked them to withdraw directly!
The complete collapse of the Ming army's forward was unacceptable to Wang Zhitan, and it caused even more serious consequences. If the retreat was still a tactical move and was controllable, then this complete collapse was completely uncontrollable.
Now all the rationality of these collapsed soldiers has been replaced by the instinct of survival. They don't obey anyone's orders, and they don't even care about Su Jiakang's soldiers coming forward to kill them. They have only one thought now, that
Just run as hard as you can and run as far away as possible.
In order to escape for their lives, they even did not hesitate to fight with Su Jiakang's soldiers who blocked them. Although Su Jiakang's soldiers looked very tough, the guns of the puppet Tang rebels were more terrifying than them!
After doing this, the Ming army's front line was completely in chaos, with two hundred defeated troops entangled with more than fifty supervising troops!
Moreover, the scale of the chaos continued to expand. A group of Ming troops close to the supervising team also launched a turmoil, and many soldiers began to quietly turn around and flee.
Seeing this scene, Su Jiakang next to Wang Zhitan also changed his expression. He immediately said to Wang Zhitan: "General Wang, hurry up and stabilize them!"
When Wang Zhitan heard this, he couldn't help but complain in his heart. Now let me stabilize the troops. What were you doing when you forced the soldiers to rush forward?
But now Wang Zhitan really didn't have much time to say anything to Su Jiakang. After a hasty hum, he rode forward, trying to stabilize the situation and avoid further expansion of the chaos.
You must know that the collapse of a large-scale army often starts from a small-scale collapse, just like the collapse of an ant nest. It is just a small point at the beginning, but if it cannot be stopped in time, it will soon evolve into a global collapse.
When Wang Zhitan hurried up to try to stabilize the troops, Li Xuan on the opposite side was also stunned when he saw the Ming army in chaos!
These Ming troops really don't play according to the routine!
My own musketeers have only fired two rounds of volleys. Even if they fire from close range, the hit rate is relatively objective, but the conscience of heaven and earth, combined, the casualties caused by the musketeers are only about twenty people, plus
Among the few Ming soldiers killed by bows and arrows, the number of Ming casualties would not exceed thirty.
Such casualties put tremendous pressure on the forwards of the Ming army, forcing them to retreat. It was not surprising that Li Xuan was forced to retreat. However, these Ming troops retreated and retreated. Why did they start fighting with their own people?
Moreover, this fight caused chaos in front of the Ming army. At this time, should I pour oil on the fire that was burning in the Ming army?
As soon as this idea emerged, it instantly occupied his mind like weeds growing wildly after the rain, and even suppressed all his rationality at this moment.
At this moment, Li Xuan thought of the hard life he had lived for more than a year. In the past three days, he had been chased by the Ming army. He almost fell into despair several times, and in order to avoid attracting more Ming troops,
He has always suppressed his desire to expand. He did not dare to attack Longhua Town, nor did he dare to attack Zhengtai County. Yesterday, he even occupied Zhengtai County, but was forced to withdraw in the end.
It's okay to do this once or twice, but if it happens too many times, even if his reason tells Li Xuan that this is reality, he has to do it whether he wants to or not, but at this moment, Li Xuan gave up the reason he had maintained for a long time.
He took a deep breath, and then drew out the long sword from his waist!
He did not dare to occupy Zhengtai County. Well, he did not dare to attack Longhua Town. Even Li Xuan had previously avoided large-scale annihilation of the Ming army. All this was to control the situation within Zhengtai County and avoid causing shock to the Ming court.
But now, these Ming soldiers who are chasing him like dogs have exposed their fatal weakness. If they don't seize this opportunity to deal with the Ming army severely, Li Xuan feels that he is really wronged.
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At this moment, Li Xuan no longer considered whether he would attract more Ming troops after finishing off this group of Ming troops. What he wanted to do now was to bring down the Ming troops on the opposite side!
Numb, I told you to chase me, I told you to chase me, I will kill you!
When Li Xuan drew the long sword from his waist again, Wang Shanxu and the others still didn't know what Li Xuan wanted to do. Every time Li Xuan drew the long sword, most of the orders he issued were only one: "Attack!"
Sure enough, just as they expected, Li Xuan raised his sword and directly ordered: "The whole army advances!"
After Li Xuan's order was issued, it was well executed by the Huangzhushan bandits. These bandits were not blind. They all saw that the Ming army was in confusion for no reason, and now they were rushing to take action.
The best chance!
As a result, the situation on the battlefield changed tremendously in just an instant, and the offensive and defensive sides completely interchanged! 89