Chapter 2068 Take advantage of the night and fight for a short time
The Northern Zhou army was already retreating. After learning this fact, Fugongyou was briefly shocked, but he was determined not to let the Zhou people run away so brazenly.
It would take some time for the Han army to catch up, so even though there was only one person left, Fu Gongyou had to create chaos as much as possible to contain the Northern Zhou army.
The Zhou people obviously don't know how many Han people have entered their trenches. In order to prevent the Han people from biting their own tail, they must not dare to retreat directly. They must launch a counterattack as much as possible first. The number of people forced to retreat is bound to not be very large. The enemy's vanguard.
But they didn't know that there were actually only two people who caused these successive explosions.
There were killing sounds not far away, and in the darkness, firelight danced, and it was unclear how many people were rushing towards this direction.
The soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who were responsible for cutting off the rear suddenly panicked.
Their ideological consciousness is not high enough to devote themselves to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Now the main force is retreating. It would be very dangerous for them to stay and break up the rear. Now that the enemy's main force has rushed up, of course they should not linger any longer, otherwise If you do, you may not even know how you died.
"Bang bang bang!" The sound of muskets came and went.
In the darkness, Chuo Chuoyue couldn't see clearly how many Han soldiers were approaching quickly. The bullets fired from the muskets hit the ground randomly, stirring up dust. If it were daytime, the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty would have laughed at the enemy if they were not safe. The accuracy of shooting, look at us hiding in the ditch now, no matter how powerful your firearms are, what can you do to us?
But now these Zhou soldiers have already become frightened birds. When bullets are fired, let alone hitting the ground close at hand, even if they hear the sound from a distance, they all start to flee backwards in panic.
"Bang!" A Northern Zhou soldier who had no time to escape was hit by a musket and fell in the trench.
Fu Gongyou, who was holding a knife in his hand and was ready to fight Zhou people, looked at the people around him in surprise. Qin Ai was holding a musket in his hand, and he was the one who fired the shot just now. The civil servant finished firing the gun After that, he stood there frozen, and Fu Gongyou hurriedly grabbed him.
Several streams of arrows swept out of the ditch.
Obviously, the soldiers of Zhou Dynasty have not completely lost their minds. Since their companions can be hit in the longitudinal communication trench, it means that the enemy should be right opposite the trench, so you might as well give them two arrows. What if it hits.
If it weren't for Fu Gongyou's experience, Qin Ai, a civil servant, would have died here.
Leaning against the wall, Qin Ai looked at the two arrows that had penetrated into the opposite wall. He couldn't help but gasp for air and was still frightened.
"Thank you." Qin Ai calmed down.
Fu Gongyou said helplessly: "Why are you, a civil servant, joining in the fun? If you have something wrong, how will you explain it to the Ministry of Industry?"
Qin Ai said directly: "The main force is still behind us. We are the only ones who can attack immediately after getting the news, so every extra one is worth it."
"No matter how many of us there are, the Zhou people will flee." Fu Gongyou looked around and saw that his soldiers had entered the trenches one after another and were fighting with the Zhou people in several communication trenches.
The Zhou people obviously realized that a blind and panic retreat like the one just now would only make it impossible for everyone to escape, so they also resisted under the command of their generals, relying on the criss-crossing trenches to constantly exchange fire with the Han army. At such a close distance, the crossbows were no worse than the muskets in the hands of the Han soldiers.
Crossbows, which are shorter than muskets, obviously have more advantages.
Fortunately, many of Fu Gongyou and the others were equipped with short muskets. Otherwise, the muskets would be too long, and sometimes it would be difficult to turn the muzzles.
Coupled with the thunderous thunder that opened the way, the Han army held the first line of defense even though there were not many people, and began to gradually advance. However, when advancing in the vertical traffic trench, the target was too obvious, and soon it was Several Han soldiers were hit by arrows.
"Shield!" Fu Gongyou shouted.
Fortunately, not only the musketeers rushed up with them, but also many sword and shield men. They also entered the trench one after another. At this time, upon hearing Fugongyou's order, they all held up their shields and moved forward. This time the Zhou people's arrows It was of no use, and the Han army's musketeers lit the thunderbolts and kept throwing them from behind the shields to the front.
Among the criss-crossing trenches, there were not many Northern Zhou soldiers left, so the Han army would naturally be able to clear them up bit by bit more calmly.
The fire gradually brightened from behind, and a large group of Han troops were approaching.
"Boom!" The roar of artillery suddenly sounded.
The first cannonball landed in front of the Northern Zhou camp. The bomb exploded, and the fire suddenly tore through the darkness. The soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who were retreating hastily in front of the camp were also revealed in this flash of fire.
"Kill!" the Han soldiers roared one after another, rushing toward the enemy's camp along the trenches, or directly along the passages originally reserved for armored cavalry between the trenches.
On the wall of the camp, arrows continued to shoot down, but no matter how you looked at them, the arrows seemed random. Obviously, the Zhou people did not expect that their retreat would be discovered. These crossbowmen should be used after the Han army invaded the trench. It was only temporarily organized.
But even so, the arrows still forced the Han soldiers to stop.
The Zhou people organized themselves hastily, so why not the Han army?
Originally, the Han army soldiers planned to rely on the dug trenches and barriers to launch a defensive counterattack after attracting the Northern Zhou army. Who would have thought that the Zhou people were already preparing to flee.
The musketeers soon opened fire one after another, and the bullets hit the wall of the village intensively. The Northern Zhou crossbowmen immediately stopped moving. The rest of the Han army soldiers advanced quickly, and saw that the camp was close in front of them, and the gate was half-opened. But it opened suddenly!
"Jiaqi!" he yelled at Fu Gongyou who was in front holding a knife.
It was the sound of horse hooves trampling the earth. Such a heavy sound of horse hooves could only be made by armored cavalry.
The fires in the camp were lit up one after another, but not very many. The main force of the Zhou people should be really retreating, but Fugongyou did not expect that, nor did Chen Zhishen, who led the Han army soldiers to attack, that Yu Wenxian would be willing to do so. Let Jia Qi take the rear seat!
Jia Qi is Yu Wenxian’s treasure.
However, Fugongyou had to admit that the rearguard of Jiaqi did give the Han army a "surprise".
The armored cavalry rushed out, not giving the Han generals in front much time to react. Except for a few quick-eyed and quick-handed people who jumped directly into the trench next to them, the rest faced the armored cavalry or were directly attacked by the armored cavalry. Knocked away, or two places on the body were hit by the sharp blade of the armored cavalry.
"Boom!" A cannonball hit the armored cavalry directly. The armored cavalry in front was already covered with the blood of the Han army soldiers. At this time, he was caught off guard and was knocked off his horse by the cannonball.