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Chapter 168: Just because you burn your boat doesn’t mean you can win!

The wall of the Ming army's stronghold was breached.

The Qing army, which had suffered a lot of casualties under the stronghold wall, seemed to finally see the dawn of victory. From the generals to the ordinary soldiers, everyone cheered loudly.

After the cheers, the Qing army's Qian General officers even took the lead in the charge and led their soldiers to pour in from the gap in the wall.

The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty did not hesitate and rushed in shouting.

Behind, Dai Kun, who was beating the drums with his shirtless body to cheer up, was also excited. He was a little exhausted from playing the drums and mustered up his strength again.

The Qing army's victory is in sight!

What a joke.

You don’t really think that Yang Gong would place all his hopes on a temporary earth and wood camp, do you?

That would be too much to underestimate him.

The Qing army followed the gap in the wall to break through the Ming army's defenses and prepared to kill. Then they saw Yang Gong leading the army and they were already waiting.

Those on the walls of the stronghold are all forward garrison troops, and the real main force has already been assembled in the camp.

There are fully [-] Ming troops, with a neat military appearance and clear front and rear.

The gunmen inside have already loaded their guns and projectiles, ready to aim and fire at any time.

"The rebels no longer have that damn wall. Kill them! Kill them all!"

"Brothers, we have more people, come with me to kill the rebels!"

"Kill the rebels and get the reward!"

"Sir, I said that whoever catches the thief will be rewarded heavily, regardless of life or death!"

"..."

Several thousand generals gave encouragement. With no retreat and the city wall had just been breached, the soldiers were in the excitement of a great victory.

With just a simple provocation, these soldiers got excited and rushed forward with swords and guns.

Although Dai Kun relied on the finances of the Ningguo Mansion to cast a large number of artillery, the blunderbuss required too many skilled and experienced craftsmen to achieve mass production, and it took no less time than the artillery.

So Dai Kun finally gave up. After all, firecrackers were not the mainstream of war in this era, and hand-to-hand combat was the norm.

At this time, a large number of Qing troops, led by their respective commanders, rushed towards the Ming army array without hesitation.

Indeed, they had more troops than the Ming army, twice as many as the Ming army, but the gap in the wall was only that big.

The Qing army that rushed in now only had more than a thousand troops. The soldiers under the command of each thousand generals were not even full, and more soldiers were still rushing in.

They rushed happily, but the Ming army would not be polite to them.

Although the artillery battalion at the rear does not carry many heavy artillery, only one-third in total, there are quite a few light artillery, especially the Crouching Tiger Artillery that can fire stone cannons, a total of twenty.

As for stones, the Ming army built a camp with mountains at its back, so they naturally had no shortage of them.

The artillery battalion loaded the ammunition skillfully, and then fired a salvo at the more than a thousand Qing troops rushing towards the front of the army.

Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
A large number of stones turned into shotguns and flew into the crowd of Qing soldiers. With the powerful boost of gunpowder, these stone bullets were almost like bullets.

All those who were hit by stone bullets were seriously injured, and a few unlucky ones were killed on the spot if they were hit by stone bullets.

That's not all. This time the artillery battalion is operating tiger crouching cannons, which are lighter and simpler. The cannonballs are also made from local materials, which can be said to be inexhaustible.

As a result, these squatting tiger cannons instantly turned into rapid-fire cannons, and the sound of the cannons continued.

A large number of stone pellets continued to fly into the Qing army's formation like a goddess scattering flowers.

There were only a thousand Qing troops, and more than half of them were damaged in just two or three rounds of shelling.

This is because the shotgun's aiming point is too low. Whether it can hit or not depends entirely on luck. In addition, stone bullets come in different sizes and their lethality is not fixed.

At this time, the blood and impulse that had just surged in the minds of the Qing army finally calmed down, and they realized that the rebel army in front of them was probably not something they could fight against.

Without even touching the corners of the rebels' clothes, hundreds of people had been lost. Although not many people actually died, those lying on the ground wailing gave people a stronger visual impact.

Only then did they discover the bright, sharp spears in the front row of the Ming army, the neat rows of firecrackers at the back that didn't even move, and the archers who had almost fully drawn their bows.

On both wings were more Ming soldiers with swords and shields, who were watching eagerly. The Tianlei camp was in the middle and could not be seen by the Qing army.

But it doesn’t seem to matter if you don’t see it or not!
"Ah!!" A Qing soldier collapsed on the spot, shouted, dropped the blood-stained sword in his hand, and ran away.

With the first one, there will be the second, the third... and even the whole army will flee.

Hundreds of Qing soldiers were either crazy or simply following the trend and fled back.

As for the officers at all levels, including the Qian Commander and the Commander-in-Chief, they were either lying on the ground and wailing, or they were motionless on the ground.

Whoever lets them take the lead in charging will be the fastest.

The Qing army that rushed in first ran back, and soon collided with the Qing army that rushed up from behind.

The Qing troops who followed behind didn't know what was going on, so why did they suddenly start running?
Then, they saw tens of thousands of Ming troops charging towards them behind the friendly troops who were running for their lives.

"Brothers! Come to me! The time has come to make contributions to His Majesty!" Yang Gong galloped away, raised the sword in his hand and shouted an order.

"Long live Daming! Long live Your Majesty!"

"Long live Daming! Long live Your Majesty!"

"Come on! Kill Qing Dog!"

"..."

Tens of thousands of Ming troops were running and shouting to kill, and the visual impact instantly frightened the Qing troops who didn't know what was going on.

In addition, the friendly troops who rushed in first were running back frantically. One of the fleeing men suddenly shouted: "The army is defeated!"

"The army has been defeated. The rebels are coming. Everyone, run away!"

"Run! If you don't run, it will be too late!"

"The rebels are absolutely invincible..."

"..."

Just like the Battle of Feishui, the collapse of an army often happens in such an instant.

It seems like the power of a word, but in fact it means that the Qing army's food supply is cut off, the way back is cut off, the way forward is confused, the Qing army's morale is wandering, and burning everything can indeed force a strong combat effectiveness, but this does not mean that they can win!
In addition, Dai Kun was too impatient in this battle, and the Qing army, from Qian Zong to the lowest level soldiers, lacked the confidence to win.

In addition, the Qing army was poorly trained and lacked a unified and complete internal command system. The soldiers were well prepared and the people's hearts were unpredictable.

All of this created the effect of shouting to the point of collapse of the army.

The Qing army had not yet recovered from the joy of breaking through the Ming army's wall. In the blink of an eye, they were completely defeated. The defeat was so sudden.

Even Dai Kun behind him didn't have time to react.

There is no need for him to react, no matter what the situation of the battle is, there is nothing he can do to save the situation.

Once the 2-strong army is completely driven away, it will basically have nothing to do with him as the commander-in-chief.

The operations of the army all depend on the free play of the officers at all levels below. The most he can do is order the withdrawal of troops or continue the attack, while at the same time holding on to the banner to prevent the morale of the army from collapsing.

But now, tens of thousands of Ming troops are like a heavy sword, fiercely inserted into the chest of the Qing army.

The already disorganized formation of the Qing army was instantly shattered.

At this time, not to mention that Dai Kun was already unable to give orders and command. Even if he could give orders, ordering the army to retreat immediately would be useless, and would even further accelerate the army's defeat.

"Headquarters! Run! I'll protect you and break out..." The person who spoke was Dai Kun's personal soldier, and he was also a close associate who followed him from Zhejiang.

This time, Dai Kun was very straightforward and quickly put on his coat. He didn't even have time to put on his armor and got on his horse.

The first time he was alive, the second time he was familiar, the third time... he was already familiar with the road.

If you run away, you still have a chance to survive. If you don't run, you'll really have to wait for death.

As for surrendering, he has run away several times. If he can surrender again, even if he is the rebel and puppet emperor, he will have to be dragged out and chopped as a warning to others.

Under the protection of his own soldiers, Dai Kun didn't even care about the big banner, and was about to break through the encirclement and escape on his horse.

However, before breaking out, he still symbolically issued the last military order: the entire army retreats, don't be reluctant to fight!
As for how the army will retreat and how much it can retreat, that is beyond his consideration.

　This chapter was drafted in a hurry. There have been very few subscriptions recently. It’s because the writing is too ugly.

　　But I obviously didn’t subscribe, so how did I know it was ugly (Meditation.jpg)

　　
　
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