I want to be emperor

Chapter 57

On the front line of Songshan, Zhang Malin stared at the Ming army coming towards the mountainside. At the same time, he continued to adjust the cannon in his hand. After adjusting the angle, he directly fired the cannon himself.

Moments later, the [-]-jin cannon in his hand fired again, and then the other [-]-jin cannon next to him also fired. The two cannons fired large pieces of iron beads and shrapnel, causing about Seven or eight county brave casualties.

However, the Ming army at the foot of the mountain did not stop their attack. The county brave in front, driven by the soldiers behind, could only continue to climb up the mountain even if they were reluctant.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Malin was also powerless.

Although the two cannons under his command are very powerful, their rate of fire is just that. Even if they fire at the maximum speed regardless of the cannon's bearing capacity, the rate of fire will not be that fast.

After the Ming army below endured the shelling, as long as they were not directly hit by a round of shelling to collapse, then they could continue to attack while taking advantage of the interval of artillery firing.

And as the Ming army continued to advance, especially when they climbed up the mountainside, due to the influence of the shooting range, his two cannons could not directly aim at the Ming army on the left mountainside for shelling.

In desperation, Zhang Malin could only ignore these Ming troops, then adjusted the angle of the artillery, and began to shell a large number of Ming troops directly in front of the valley.

The Ming army on the mountainside on the left can only be dealt with by archers and infantry.

It didn't take long for the soldiers of the Baoxiang Battalion on the top of the mountain to shoot arrows at the Ming army who had entered the range of their own bows and arrows.

They are condescending, and the trees in this area have been cut down in advance, and even some stones and the like have been half-moved. When the Ming army climbed the mountain to attack, they couldn't find any shelter.

And halfway up the mountain, there are many obstacles such as distance horses blocking their steps.

As the soldiers of the Baoxiang Battalion on the top of the mountain began to bend their bows and shoot arrows, the county brave who had finally climbed up the mountainside under the driving of the soldiers suffered heavy casualties again.

When more than 20 people were killed by bows and arrows, the remaining 60 or so county braves finally couldn't hold on, and turned around one by one and ran to the foot of the mountain.

Even though they knew that there were soldiers supervising the battle behind them, they still turned around and ran away.

If you don't run away, you will be shot to death one by one by the bows and arrows on the mountain.

Seeing the county braves fleeing in front, the soldiers in the rear were not polite at all. They directly bent their bows and shot arrows, and killed several county braves who ran the fastest.

"Those who retreat without authorization will be cut!"

After the soldiers killed more than a dozen routs in a row, they finally stopped the routs.

But when the warriors drove them to the mountain again, these county warriors still stopped.

If you flee backward, you will be killed by soldiers, and if you attack on the mountain, you will be killed by bandit soldiers.

How to do?
Soon some smart people made choices. These people could not move forward or backward, but they could run to the left and right...

One, two, seven or eight people, so it didn't take long for these county braves to swarm towards the mountain on the west side...

Huang Guangmao behind saw this scene, his face was all black.

These county braves, Nima are not even qualified to be cannon fodder.

How difficult it is to continue to charge forward to consume the arrows and physical strength of the enemy archers, as long as they continue to charge forward foolishly, but these county braves dare not continue to charge forward, but choose to move forward. The forest on one side drilled in.

Xianyong killed or injured three or forty people, and the rest ran into the forested area on the side, and the soldiers behind couldn't stop them.

How to do?
After pondering for a while, Huang Guangmao immediately gritted his teeth and ordered: "Let them continue to attack."

The hillside on the left had already reached this point, and Huang Guangmao was not willing to retreat easily.

Once they retreat now, it means that hundreds of county warriors will be lost in vain.

Although Xianyong is only cannon fodder, and he is still unqualified cannon fodder, but the cannon fodder for Xianyong under his command is also limited.

After the hundreds of cannon fodder Xianyong who attacked the left hillside were completely lost, it would be difficult for him to mobilize enough Xianyong cannon fodder to rush up to lead the charge.

Therefore, even if you know that it will be more difficult to continue the strong attack, and it will cause losses to your own soldiers.

But for this sake, no matter how difficult it is, even if it takes a certain amount of casualties, he still intends to try to attack.

As a result, the soldiers of the Sixty Ming Army on the left hillside moved forward again.

As soon as they stepped forward, the archers of the Baoxiang camp on the hill also continued to shoot arrows.

Under the cover of the arrows of the Baoxiangying, even though the quality of these soldiers was better, they still suffered a lot of losses.

After all, not many of these warriors have armor, and only a dozen of the sixty warriors have armor, and most of them are not very good cotton armor.

Under the coverage of the first round of arrows, seven or eight people were killed or injured very quickly, and these Ming soldiers were worthy of being soldiers. Although they were killed by arrows, they still rushed forward.

But when they were about to rush to the top of the mountain, when they were only 30 meters away from the wooden wall, they encountered a large number of wooden obstacles, which prevented them from continuing to move forward quickly. It was killed by dense arrows.

The few Ming soldiers who had climbed over the obstacle were blocked by the wooden wall again. Before they had time to climb the wooden wall, they stabbed the condescending bandits on the wooden wall to death with their spears.

Seeing the continuous death and injury of the soldiers in front, Huang Guangmao was heartbroken, he finally gritted his teeth and gave the order to retreat.

Nearly 20 soldiers under him had been killed or injured. If the attack continued like this, the remaining forty soldiers would probably be dead.

After seeing the Ming army pushing down in this direction, Luo Zhixue on the left hillside also heaved a sigh of relief.

Just a moment ago, the left direction was severely tested.

On the opposite side, the Ming army sent a hundred county warriors and sixty soldiers to charge towards the hillside on the left, and their own artillery only had time to carry out the first round of shelling.

However, the Ming army was bombarded and continued to attack after losing seven or eight people.

When they rushed to the mountainside, their own side began to cover and shoot with arrows, and now they killed and wounded 30 people from the enemy county Yonger, forcing the enemy county Yonger to flee.

Later, when the soldiers of the Ming army stopped the routs and tried to drive these county brave routs to continue attacking again, these county braves fled directly to the side.

Originally, Luo Zhixue thought it was a game, but he didn't expect that the Ming army would not give up, and even sent soldiers to continue the attack.

Fortunately, the cavalry guards led by An Yongduo were very good at archery. They killed more than a dozen soldiers of the enemy army with their arrows. Later, in the sporadic hand-to-hand combat on the wooden wall, some soldiers who were the backbone of the old thief killed and wounded many people. Soldiers, this is the real way to push back the enemy's attack.

With the retreat of the Ming army, it also means that the left line of defense is considered safe.

At this time, Luo Zhixue looked towards the front and right of the valley, and found that the Ming army in these two places was also gradually retreating.

The Ming army on the front of the valley seemed to have a large number of people, but they were not too close to the valley, not even close to the place where the Ming army left the artillery before the road.

Their more than 200 county warriors suffered two rounds of shelling and were covered by several waves of arrows. More than 20 people were killed and injured before retreating.

The same is true on the right side. The Ming army who climbed the mountain and attacked also retreated after killing or wounding a dozen county warriors.

On the left and right fronts, the three lines of defense resisted the Ming army's attack, which greatly relieved Luo Zhixue.

This time it was blocked!
And kill a lot of enemies.

On the left side of the line of defense alone, three or forty enemy county warriors and twenty warriors were killed and dozens of county warriors were also killed and wounded on the front and right sides. Xianyong, who was dozens of people larger, fled into the side mountain forest. It might not be easy for the Ming army to gather them together again.

While killing many enemies, a batch of swords and spears left by the enemies can be captured later.

What about the loss of the Rural Protection Battalion that has achieved these victories?
Luo Zhixue himself was on the left defense line where the battle was most intense, and he knew a little about the casualties on the left defense line. A dozen people were killed and wounded by the Ming army's bows and arrows.

The Baoxiang camp used bows and arrows to kill the Ming army. The soldiers of the Ming army also had bows and arrows. not big.

There were no casualties on the front of the valley, because the enemy had never really approached the front line of defense, and when they were still on the periphery, they were bombarded and bowed and arrows intercepted some of the dead and injured, and then retreated.

The right line of defense is estimated to have killed or injured about four or five people, which is still not many.

On the whole, it is estimated that there were about 20 casualties on our own side.

The ratio of casualties between the two sides is very different.

Of course, this is also because there are a large number of county bravery in the Ming army, and the Ming army purely uses county bravery as cannon fodder.

As for the soldiers of the Ming army, there were actually only about 20 soldiers. For Huang Guangmao's troops, it was far from a serious injury.

After seeing the enemy's retreat, Luo Zhixue, who was in a good mood, immediately ordered: "Send someone to retrieve all the weapons left by the enemy, and take good care of the wounded on our side."

Speaking of this, Luo Zhixue turned his gaze to the open space in front of the valley, where there were still three cannons left by the Ming army.

Don't look at the two sides fighting around this area several times, so that there are a lot of scattered arrows in this area, but the three artillery pieces are actually fine, and they are all there.

After thinking about it, Luo Zhixue immediately said to Lin Dongsheng: "Lead the team there and see if there is a chance to drag those three cannons over. I will let the artillery team and archers cover you."

As he said that, he added another sentence: "If there is really no chance, then destroy the artillery carriage, and don't let the enemy have the opportunity to drag the artillery back."

If these three hundred-jin cannons can be dragged back, it means that the artillery firepower of one's own side can be increased on the spot.

Even if it can't be dragged back, but if the cannon carriages of these three artillery pieces can be destroyed, the Ming army wants to rush over again to bring these three artillery pieces back, and it is impossible to do it in a short time, which also avoids The follow-up Ming army was able to use these three artillery pieces.

Lin Dongsheng took orders and left immediately!

When Luo Zhixue arranged to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded, Huang Guangmao at the foot of the mountain frowned, while Wang Jida beside him also had a dark face.

And Wang Jida didn't force Huang Guangmao to send troops again as before, but instead had a dark face and didn't know what he was thinking.

The reason for their demeanor is naturally because of the fiasco of the attack just now!
(End of this chapter)