At that time, they also fought against the puppet Tang rebels in this way. The casualties were not serious at first, and everyone was full of confidence.
But the number of casualties increased for some unknown reason as they continued to fight. Especially after the explosive bombs thrown by the puppet Tang rebel army, the casualties became even more heavy. Hundreds of people were killed or injured in just a short period of time. They will never forget that scene in their lives.
Lose.
And today, they thought about it again!
So as they got closer and closer to the Pseudo-Tang rebels, the scene of hell on earth became clearer and clearer in their minds, because they knew that the Puppet-Tang rebels were waiting for them to rush over and throw explosive bombs.
So when they saw a small group of pseudo-Tang thieves on the opposite side take out a dark object, they didn't know who shouted: "No, it's a bomb!"
"Run quickly!"
The next moment, dozens of Ming troops at the front turned around and ran away without even thinking about it!
By the time Qiu Yu from the rear reacted and began to try to suppress the troops that had begun to flee, he was already helpless!
Because the fleeing Ming army has grown from dozens to hundreds, and this number will spread to the entire army in just a few minutes!
From charging within 150 meters to escaping, this Ming army probably set a record in the shortest time since the two armies fought. They gloriously only took one minute, well, less than that!
At the same time, it also set a record for being the first to collapse: they all ran away when they were still almost a hundred meters away from the puppet Tang bandit army!
Of course, they can still say proudly: "Our army's strength has not been compromised in this battle!"
Indeed, from the launch of the charge to the rout, the New Army of the Tang Dynasty only fired one cannon and fired three rounds of volleys. Moreover, the shots were fired from a distance of 100 meters. Their hit rate was quite limited, so the casualties caused to the Ming army were very limited.
, there are only thirty or forty people who can break the sky.
For an army of more than 2,000 people, the death and injury of dozens of people is nothing at all, and it is almost the same as zero losses. Therefore, if the Ming army says that its strength is not damaged, it can be shameless to say zero casualties.
But this scene made Qiu Yu extremely angry!
His army completely collapsed before it even entered the distance of a fierce battle. This is simply a joke, a big joke. Qiu Yu has been on the battlefield all his life. Among tens of millions of people, he has entered and exited seven times and killed no less than ten thousand enemies.
Yu, but today, all the heroes in this life will be completely defeated by these defeated soldiers!
While angry, he was also extremely ashamed. He had only two thousand troops, but this army was frightened and collapsed by the five hundred bandits on the opposite side. When the leader of the Puppet Tang Thieves Army on the opposite side saw it, he would probably go to all lengths.
Laugh at yourself.
A scholar can be killed but cannot be humiliated. He even wanted to draw his sword and kill himself on the spot. He imitated the king of Chu and said: Today our soldiers are defeated here, and I will be killed here. It is not a crime of war!
Little did he know that Wang Chaofeng opposite him was even more surprised than him!
"Is this the end?" Wang Chaofeng couldn't believe his eyes. This battle has just begun, and his side has also caused many casualties to the Ming army. There are only thirty-four people who can break the sky. After all, the Ming army has
It has not yet entered its own large-scale effective killing range, and its own large-scale killer grenades have not been thrown, let alone melee combat.
Damn, you're just running away now. All the careful formations I've put in just now are in vain?
If the colleagues in the rear knew that they were cautious, changed their formations continuously, and tried for almost an hour before starting the battle. However, the battle had not started yet, and the Ming army itself ran away first, then they would not be able to laugh at them.
Big teeth!
Run away!
Damn it, let me chase you!
Wang Chaofeng immediately ordered his troops to pursue them, but it was not easy to catch up with the frightened Ming army. Their running skills were no worse than those of the Tang Dynasty's new army during the Huangzhushan period.
After chasing for seven or eight hundred meters, I only caught up with dozens of unlucky men in the Ming army. Not only did I not catch up with the Ming army, but I also made the whole army panting from exhaustion, especially those soldiers wearing heavy armor.
My legs are starting to feel weak. I'm wearing heavy armor and chasing after you. It's very tiring!
Moreover, if he pursued again, Wang Chaofeng would be afraid of an ambush ahead. He would pretend to be defeated to attract the enemy's pursuit, and then attack with his main force. This kind of thing has happened a lot since ancient times.
Moreover, there are more than a hundred cavalrymen on the Ming army side. If one's own strength is exhausted and the formation is messed up during the pursuit, more than a hundred cavalrymen of the Ming army will turn around and rush over, which will be a massacre.
As a last resort, Wang Chaofeng could only order to stop the pursuit and watched helplessly as more than two thousand Ming troops ran around like locusts all over the mountains and plains.
He is not willing to give in!
Today was supposed to be a happy day for him to become famous, become the second in Hao Bainian, and then advance to a higher position and make a fortune, but it was completely ruined by these Ming troops.
At this moment, he wanted to shout to the sky to vent his depression, but his reason told him not to do so.
Wang Chaofeng was depressed, while Qiu Yu was furious!
Holding back his anger, he ran away while gathering his troops. He ran for several miles and did not see the puppet Tang thief army chasing after him. Qiu Yu finally couldn't help the fury in his heart and led his own soldiers to attack him on the spot.
The man who took the lead in escaping and more than a dozen of his soldiers were killed on the spot!
Let you take the lead in running away, let you shake the morale of the army, if I don't kill you, how can I, Qiu Yu, lead the army to fight!
After the heads rolled down, the chaotic army finally regained its organization!
This also led to a result. In this battle, Qiu Yu killed more deserters than the soldiers killed by the pseudo-Tang rebels. After all, most of the thirty or forty people killed by the pseudo-Tang rebels were still injured.
Well, not many people actually died on the spot.
After initially taking control of the troops, Qiu Yu also knew that he could not continue to lead them to fight against the puppet Tang rebel army. If they fought again, the morale of this army would have been reduced to the point where it could not be lowered any more. The scared army would not hesitate.
The crash occurred again.
The only solution for him now was to keep a distance from the puppet Tang rebels and at the same time send people to the rear to request reinforcements.
Of course, when asking for reinforcements, we cannot say that our troops were frightened by the puppet Tang bandits, but rather that the bandits were coming in force. There were at least a thousand, no, at least three thousand puppet troops of the Tang Dynasty.
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He once again emphasized the sharpness of the firearms of the Pseudo-Tang thief army, saying that the firearms of the Pseudo-Tang thief army were extremely sharp, and they could shoot from a long distance with their blunderbuss, which were very powerful.
At the same time, in order to explain why he did not continue to go south, but instead ran back towards the Tonggu Acropolis, he said this: Our headquarters encountered a section of the puppet Tang bandit army. After a fierce battle for a day, the enemy fled with hundreds of corpses. I wanted to lead the army again.
To attack the thieves, there was another army of thousands of thieves bypassing the Tonggu Guards, intending to attack them. I heard that this thieves army had thousands of long-handed blunderbuss and dozens of cannons. Fearing that the Tonggu Guards would be in danger, I led the army north.
Return to the Tonggu Acropolis in order to completely defeat the bandit army in the Tonggu Acropolis and return the people of Liping and Xingquan to a peaceful world!
To sum up, Qiu Yu’s words can be described in four words: Victory transfer!
But Qiu Yu didn't know that what he said was just to shirk responsibility, but he had actually guessed the strategic plan of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty.
The New Army of the Tang Dynasty really planned to counterattack the Tonggu Acropolis, and the number of troops coming was not just one fifth battalion, but three entire infantry regiments, with a strength of more than 6,000 people, which was more than Qiu Yu expected.
And this doesn't even count the thousands of Chinese troops led by Lin Xuan who are coming from behind.
Add the two together, at least ten thousand people!
How did Qiu Yu shirk his responsibility? How did the generals of the main Ming army view Qiu Yu turning around and running away? Naturally, the generals of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty did not know. Wang Chaofeng, who was depressed at losing the opportunity to gain military exploits, turned to the rear.
After Hao Bainian sent the report, he continued to lead the troops northward.
Although there was a strange incident like encountering a Ming army that collapsed without a fight, the battle plan still had to be implemented.
The combat mission of the 5th Infantry Battalion has not changed. It is still to march north to the Tonggu Acropolis and make a gesture of attacking the Tonggu Acropolis, forcing the Ming army near the Tonggu Acropolis to shrink and reinforce the Tonggu Acropolis.
After the Ming army retreated behind the Tonggu Acropolis, it would be time for the main forward force led by Hao Bainian himself to appear. At that time, Hao Bainian would lead the forwards to surround the Ming army in the Tonggu Acropolis.
Force the main force of the Ming army in the north to come for reinforcements!
If this battle plan is simpler, it can generally be seen as encircling a point to provide reinforcements. The core point to be besieged is not the Tonggu Acropolis itself, but the Tonggu Acropolis and the thousands of Ming troops in nearby areas.
The Bronze Drum Acropolis is not a place that the Ming army must defend. If the Ming army saw the danger, they could simply abandon the Bronze Drum Acropolis.
Although the Tonggu Acropolis is not very important, the Ming army guarding the Tonggu Acropolis is important. The main generals of the Ming army are unlikely to sit back and watch the Ming army of two or three thousand people be surrounded and annihilated by the puppet Tang bandits.
The mission of the Fifth Infantry Battalion was to hold back the Ming troops in the Tonggu Acropolis and force them into the Tonggu Acropolis, so that Hao Bainian's main forward force could successfully surround them.
For this reason, Wang Chaofeng's pace of advancement is neither too fast nor too slow. He wants to leave time for the Ming army in front to enter the Tonggu Acropolis!
Otherwise, if you walk too fast, if you accidentally arrive at the Tonggu Acropolis first, it will be embarrassing. How can you let the Ming army in the nearby area hide in the Tonggu Acropolis? Why don't you go directly to the north?
It would be good if the main force of the Ming army ran back.
However, even though they were walking a little slower, his Fifth Infantry Battalion was only more than ten miles away from the Bronze Drum Acropolis at this time, and still successfully arrived at the Bronze Drum Acropolis in the afternoon of the next day.
A few days later, the Tonggu Acropolis once again became a battlefield between the Ming and Tang armies, but this time the offensive and defensive identities of the two sides were reversed. The Ming army became the defender, while the Tang army became the attacker!