Chapter 1417
At the foot of Erli Hill in the south of Persimmon Garden in Jiaxian County, Li Chuang personally led the army, and first, the refugees took turns to attack Sun Chuanting's artillery array at the top of the hill.
In more than an hour from noon to noon, it attacked Qiufa, where the artillery formation was located, more than ten times. However, Sun Chuanting's general Zheng Jiadong strictly guarded the hilltop and used 5,000 troops to control it. Cannons, guns, bows and arrows, stop them.
The thieves' followers suffered heavy casualties, but their rabble power was unable to rush up, leaving blood and corpses all over the ground.
Li Chuang, apart from mobilizing the cavalry on both sides to force the subordinate refugees to charge into battle, the army of the headquarters did not move at all, and there was no trace of urgency.
It's not that Li Chuang isn't in a hurry, he's actually cautious. Li Chuang was very afraid of Sun Chuanting. Although he came with the crowd, he did not dare to fight. The Qiutou artillery formation and Sun Chuanting's camp faced each other. If the artillery formation was not pulled out, Li Chuang would not dare to attack Sun Chuanting's major camp in Persimmon Garden, two miles away.
He drove the subordinates to attack the artillery formation, and the headquarters did not move. He really wanted to lure Sun Chuanting's main force into the camp, forcing Sun Chuanting to fight with him in the field.
However, from noon to noon, the artillery formation remained motionless, and there was no movement in Sun Chuanting's camp, so Li Chuang couldn't help but feel impatient.
He only has these tens of thousands of refugees to follow—the rest of Tian Jianxiu's department. This time, Li Chuang came in a hurry, and all the followers that the admiral was carrying were left behind. Tian Jianxiu was defeated for a while, and many of the refugees were scattered, and only these were left.
After more than an hour of expulsion and persecution, with heavy casualties, these tens of thousands of refugee followers have lost the slightest battle strength.
No matter how hard you try now, even if you are hacked to death by cavalry, you are not willing to rush to die.
"Let the subordinates come down."
Li Chuang made a decisive decision: "Tell Tian Jianxiu to attack and try."
Qiutou, Zheng Jiadong put on his armor and pressed the knife , seeing the chaotic people at Qiuxia recede like a tide, and his face was not relaxed at all, he called the messenger: "Tell the brothers to cheer up, the thieves are about to come up."
Zheng Jiadong and many thieves The experience is very rich. He knew very well how a rogue would play. The cannon fodder was nothing. Once the cannon fodder went down, the next battle was the real test.
"Check gunpowder and guns, don't be careless." He added: "Brothers just listen to my orders, absolutely can't fight."
Sure enough, with the refugees The obedient receded, and the real thief came up.
As soon as a cannon rang out, Tian Jianxiu waved his big hand, and the tens of thousands of ordinary thieves under his command were like a torrent of thieves, roaring and killing Qiutou.
Then Tian Jianxiu pulled the artillery in front of the Central Army and opened fire.
The thief who manipulated the gun adjusted the elevation angle of the muzzle, put the thick iron balls into the barrel from the muzzle, lit the fuze at the back, and in the sound of chi chi, the fire was light flashed, and there was a loud bang. The shock, the smoke billowed in, and the guns flew out.
The Ming Army at Qiutou showed no weakness, and saw the thieves fire, and it was also a round of counterattacks.
The thieves are at the bottom, and the Ming Army is at the top. After a round of solid shells, the Ming Army did not suffer much damage. Instead, Tian Jianxiu's artillery array was damaged by the Ming Army. gun.
At this time, the thieves under Tian Jianxiu's command had already rushed down the slope. The Ming Army on the slope once again lashed out, like crackling and popping beans, a row of thick smoke rose, and the fire guns rang out, and the thieves in front were knocked to the ground.
Amidst the screams, another rain of arrows fell, biting off another piece of the thief.
After the rain of arrows and fire cannons, more than a dozen cannonballs rang out, and the Ming Army's tiger squat cannons fired a row of scatterers, harvesting a large number of thieves.
The thieves started to fight back, with guns for shooting, without guns for archery, bows and arrows, and fire guns.
Heaven shaking, earth shattering, and the smell of blood mixed with gunpowder permeated the entire battlefield.
A thief was hit in the chest by a gun, like a hammer blow.
The arrow fell in the air and sank into the neck from a thief's shoulder. He dropped his weapon, clutched his neck, and rolled down the gentle slope with a scream.
Ming Army lined up a row of vans on the slope. Gun barrels stretched out from the gaps between the vans. The gunners and archers hid in and behind the vans, over and over again. He slaughtered the thieves who rushed up, killing him almost softly.
Soon, the thief couldn't take it anymore and retreated.
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Ying Yi stood on the top of the mountain. Although he was far away, he could see everything on the battlefield in the distance with his outstanding inhuman eyesight. Chu.
After Li Chuang replaced the cannon fodder, the thieves charged three times in turn, in units of 10,000 people. They were all repelled by the Ming Army in Qiutou, and they did not take any advantage, leaving only thousands of corpses. .
Judging from the situation on the battlefield, the Ming Army has an absolute advantage in terms of geographical advantages. After nearly two hours of fighting, I don't know how much supplies the Ming Army in Qiutou has left.
At this time, Ying Yi keenly discovered that there was movement in Sun Chuanting's camp in the direction of Persimmon Garden.
About a cup of tea, the gate of Sun Chuanting's camp opened wide, and the cavalry continuously shot out from the camp. There were about three thousand, led by a general, and rushed out to the thieves several times. The army flanked.
The thieves immediately stopped their attack on the Qiutou artillery formation, and saw that a group of soldiers and horses also rushed out from the thieves' army, and soon collided with Sun Chuanting's cavalry.
At the same time, the thieves mobilized their troops and horses, about ten thousand people, and gradually surrounded the two horse troops that were rushing to kill each other.
Li Chuang's mind was obvious at a glance, but the Ming Army was very alert. Seeing this, he quickly left the battle and retreated to the main camp.
Li Chuang's cavalrymen were entwined and chased until they got close to the main camp. The Ming Army's cavalry suddenly fired, sending Li Chuang's cavalry back.
This battle was fought until mid-afternoon, before Li Chuang called Jin to withdraw his troops. Sun Chuanting was heavily guarded, and the camp and artillery array supported each other, leaving Li Chuang helpless. When Li Chuang was withdrawing his troops, Sun Chuanting also sent Ma Jun to chase after him, and Li Chuang was in a hurry to kill him.
Li Chuang withdrew after the cannon fodder was broken.
In one day's battle, the Ming Army lost little, and it was considered a small victory. Li Chuang lost at least 20,000 followers and 5,000-6,000 thieves.
On the top of the mountain, Ying Yi squinted slightly, and suddenly said, "How many provisions does Sun Governor also have?"
Sun Ming and Sun Guang's expressions changed slightly.
Then Ying Yi seemed to say to himself: "There must be not many. If the provisions are sufficient, if they are dragged like this today, they can drag Li Chuang to death. But Governor Sun is eager to seek my help. , Hehe...I'm not sure!"
He added: "It seems that Governor Sun has certain expectations for me, Ying Yi, is he waiting for news from the two of you?"
Judging from today's battle situation, Sun Chuanting's troops have a huge advantage. As Ying Yi said, if the provisions are sufficient, Li Chuang is by no means an opponent of Sun Chuanting.
But Ying Yi expected Sun Chuanting's shortage of supplies, not to mention... Li Chuang's subordinates seem to be also a few aliens!
Ying Yi thought again, if he were Sun Chuanting, what would he think about the current situation? After a while, Ying Yi couldn't help his eyes shined, tsk tsk in his mouth.