I want to be emperor

Chapter 47
Fei Bingqing had already preliminarily seen through the temptation of dozens of county cannon fodder just now, that the thief on the opposite side was only No. 56.

Although the Xianyong cannon fodder on our side was repelled by the arrows from the opposite side, it didn't matter.

The most important thing is that Fei Bingqing was also flustered when he saw the other party. This shows that these thieves are just like the many thieves he has seen in the past. up.

At the same time, Fei Bingqing also used cannon fodder to test out that the opponent had archers, but there were not many archers, only seven or eight.

Through the probing attack of the cannon fodder, Fei Bingqing felt that the ruffian on the other side was just an ordinary ruffian, and he could basically take it down with just one wave of follow-up.

As for Luo Zhixue on the other side, he also saw the officers and soldiers sending out cannon fodder to test him out.

After all, those county warriors lined up, and their equipment was not good. They were all holding spears and knives. They didn't even have armor, and they retreated because of their own arrows before they got close.

The other party sent these weak chickens to test, and their own side did not reveal their true strength at all.

In other words, the officers and soldiers still don't know that they still have two artillery pieces and dozens of archers hidden on their side.

After a trial battle, both sides felt very satisfied, but then, one of them might be disappointed or even desperate.

After about a moment, the officers and soldiers outside the valley gathered again, and this time Fei Bingqing directly dispatched his elite soldiers.

About thirty soldiers were sent forward, and in front of these soldiers were hundreds of county warriors.

Fei Bingqing planned to fight directly, but he didn't say that he would directly let his elite soldiers take the lead.

These more than 30 soldiers are actually used to supervise the battle team.

He couldn't bear to let his elite soldiers take the lead.

There are only more than 50 soldiers under his command, and these are his biggest trump cards for killing thieves, making meritorious deeds and even saving his life on the battlefield.

How could it be possible to let them rush up directly, if so many were killed by the arrows of the rogues, he would feel heartbroken for a long time.

Therefore, taking the lead can only be done by those county warriors.

Anyway, these county braves were under the command of Wang Jida, the magistrate of Lushan County, and Fei Bingqing would not feel sad for any number of casualties.

Well, let alone Fei Bingqing, in fact, even Wang Jida himself wouldn't be heartbroken, otherwise he wouldn't have dispatched more than a hundred county braves to Fei Bingqing's command.

Wang Jida also knew that after Fei Bingqing met the bandits, he would definitely use these brave men as cannon fodder.

But it doesn't matter!

Some of these county warriors were recruited by the local guards, and more of them were directly recruited young men who had been trained for a while. Wang Jida would not feel heartbroken if all of them died. At worst, he would recruit a few hundred young men later on.

As long as they can kill thieves and make meritorious service, as long as they can get enough food and goods, these people will die as soon as they die. Wang Jida doesn't even blink.

With cannon fodder available, Fei Bingqing would not foolishly let his elite soldiers take the lead.

After Fei Bingqing's order was issued, a group of elite fighters and about a hundred Xianyong rushed forward in a panic.

The soldiers in the back were alright, maintaining their basic formation, and some of them were wearing armor, and some were holding bows and arrows, and firecrackers.

But the county warriors at the front didn't have any formation. Hundreds of people were chaotic, and they were driven forward reluctantly by the soldiers behind. Moreover, most of these county warriors only had tattered waist knives and spears. There is not even one person in armor, and there are probably only a dozen or so people holding bows and arrows.

Anyone who is not blind can tell at a glance that this is a mob and cannon fodder.

Luo Zhixue also noticed it.

So he ordered: "Take it easy, try not to bring them closer, and make sure the enemy soldiers enter the range of the artillery."

Those hundreds of brave cannon fodder are nothing to worry about, but Luo Zhixue attaches great importance to those thirty or so soldiers of the Ming army.

He wanted to find an opportunity to injure these soldiers as hard as possible.

Only by defeating these warriors can it be considered that the Ming army has been seriously injured. Otherwise, it is impossible to cause too much loss to the Ming army on the opposite side by killing these county warriors.

After receiving Luo Zhixue's order, An Yongduo, Zhang Malin and others naturally needed to continue to hide, so after the cannon fodder of the officers and soldiers of the brigade had entered a distance of [-] meters, the two artillery pieces still did not fire.

Because those soldiers are still behind.

Luo Zhixue looked at Mingjun Xianyong on the opposite side and the soldiers behind him, and went to the concealed artillery position with some anxiety.

After a detailed inspection, I was relieved.

Their two artillery pieces were actually not deployed directly in the middle of the valley, but on the mountainside on the left.

This is to increase the height of the artillery, thereby expanding the shooting angle, and at the same time, it is also more difficult for the enemy to directly attack the artillery position.

Because the position of the artillery is relatively high, if the cannon is fired later, as long as the angle is aimed well, the shot can go over the hundreds of cannon fodder in the front of the Ming army and directly attack the soldiers in the rear of the Ming army.

As for the archers, I'm afraid it won't work. After all, the range of bows and arrows is limited, and these Ming army soldiers are not closely behind more than a hundred cannon fodder, but are still tens of meters away. After increasing the distance, even if your own archers It is not easy to throw bows and arrows at enemy soldiers.

As time passed, the cannon fodder of the Ming army continued to move forward, and the soldiers behind also slowly moved forward.

When these cannon fodders approached a distance of about 80 meters, some of these county cannon fodder began to bend their bows and shoot arrows. However, there were only a dozen archers in Xianyong Li, and they were not elite archers, nor did they use strong bows. The arrows shot out are all light and inaccurate.

At the same time, Li Duo, the captain of the third team of Baoxiangying, who was on the front line of defense, also asked his archers to bend their bows and shoot arrows.

There were also not many archers deployed by the Baoxiang Battalion to directly meet the enemy on the front line, only seven or eight people.

Ever since, there were sporadic shootings by archers from both sides on the battlefield, and from time to time some unlucky ones would be hit by arrows and casualties.

After several casualties occurred on the side of Xianyong, many Xianyongs who were walking in front began to show panic, and couldn't help but stop and look around. Some even wanted to turn around and run away, so that the momentum of the entire attack was slowed down.
However, the more than [-] soldiers of the Ming army in the rear are forming an array at this time. Many people took out their bows and arrows and made the move to shoot arrows at any time. Given the distance they are at, if they shoot arrows with bows, the target will definitely not be able to shoot. It will be the bandit army of the Baoxiang camp, but the county warriors in front.

A small leader of the Ming army shouted: "Anyone who retreats without orders will be killed immediately."

"Quick, rush up!"

"Don't stop!"

Driven by the [-] soldiers of the Ming army supervising the battle, these county warriors who had slowed down for a moment just now picked up their momentum again.

Seeing that the Ming army charged up again, Luo Zhixue waved his hand and let Huang Chengyong's more than 30 bandit soldiers who had more training time and more than [-] prisoners of war veterans leave the hiding place.

Immediately, reinforcements were sent to the front line, ready to deal with the frontal impact of the enemy.

Not long after, Luo Zhixue did not hesitate when he saw the soldiers of the Ming army who followed Xianyong also entered the distance of 30 meters, and directly ordered: "Aim at the soldiers behind the enemy and fire!"

After Luo Zhixue gave the order, Zhang Malin personally ignited the fuse of one of the [-]-jin light guns. A few seconds later, the gun made a loud noise.

A few seconds later, another [-]-jin light gun also fired.

The sound of rumbling artillery echoed in the valley, and white smoke rose from the artillery positions.

After personally firing the cannon, Zhang Malin yelled: "Quick, reload!"

Luo Zhixue didn't care about the loading of the artillerymen, but squinted at the Ming army ahead.

In sight, those Ming army county warriors were fine, except for a few unlucky guys behind who were hit by shrapnel, most of them were fine.

But those soldiers were different. These people were directly hit by two shotguns, and a large piece of iron beads and iron pieces hit them, and they fell down a dozen people in an instant.

And they only had a total of thirty or so soldiers, and a dozen or so soldiers fell all at once, which was almost half of them.

This immediately stunned them.

Fei Bingqing in the rear was stunned for several seconds with his mouth half-opened, and a soldier beside him even panicked and said, "No, there is an ambush, and there are artillery ambushes from bandit soldiers!"

Immediately afterwards, another soldier panicked and said: "A lot of arrows, they still have archers, a lot of archers..."

In the line of sight of these people, after two shells were fired in front of them, dozens of arrows flew up, and then fell directly into the formation of Baiyu Xianyong. In an instant, Baiyu County Yongli lay down There were many people, and the screams spread throughout the valley.

After several seconds, Fei Bingqing finally came to his senses, and only heard him shout: "Quick, get out, get out immediately."

This is an ambush, the thieves in the front are not just a few dozen rabble!
The thieves in front had at least two cannons and dozens of archers. How could such thieves be a mob, they were definitely large-scale thieves.

The dozens of bandit soldiers before were just showing that the enemy was weak, in order to attract the troops of their own brigade to rush up and then carry out intensive killing.

Bastards, these thieves don't talk about martial arts, they play ambushes, and it's fine to hide such sharp weapons as cannons, but instead of attacking the county warriors in front, they even attack their own soldiers.

This wave of shelling killed at least half of the soldiers, and Fei Bingqing was bleeding from heartache.

As for the deaths and injuries of those county warriors, he didn't take them seriously at all.

Fei Bingqing ordered a retreat.

But Fei Bingqing's retreat order was actually issued too late.

Because before he gave the order to retreat, the Ming army in front had completely collapsed, and the remaining Ming army ran out crying one by one.

Not only those county warriors turned around and ran away, but also the remaining soldiers who supervised the battle also ran out.

In fact, they ran earlier than Xianyong.

Because they are all veterans, as soon as they heard the sound of the cannon and saw the rain of arrows, they immediately knew that there must be a large number of rogue main forces ahead, and it was simply not something their little arms and legs could resist.

If you continue to stay where you are, you will definitely die!

So - if you don't run now, when will you wait!
(End of this chapter)