Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 218 The Magical Use of Flares
Looking at the sunset in the sky, Duoduo's expression was slightly condensed, and he did not rush to launch an attack, and did not even send people to harass him. Instead, he sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor the movements of the new army.

Duduo's idea is simple, wait until dark.

It was already evening, and before dark, with the speed of the new army, they were at least fifteen miles away from Yangzhou City, which was enough for Duoduo to launch a new attack.

Of course, after dark, there will be an impact on both sides, but the impact on the new army will definitely be much greater.

The artillery and muskets of the new army have a long shooting distance. If they can't see clearly at night, their power will be weakened beyond 01:30.

That being the case, in order to reduce casualties, Dodo was naturally not in a hurry to launch an attack.

Seemingly knowing what Duoduo was thinking, Huang Hai gave the order to speed up his march, and the Qing army followed suit.

Time passed bit by bit, the sun was setting, and the sky was gradually darkening. Both sides did not stop at all. Even for meals, they ate some dry food while rushing to the road.

Finally, the sky was completely dark, there were few stars, and the moon was very hazy, as if God was helping the Qing army.

The torches were lit, but due to lack of preparation, the new army did not even have enough torch materials.

I didn't want to waste time, so I could only use a very small number of torches and the faint starlight in the sky to hurry.

The same is true for the Qing army. When Doduo led the counterattack, he never thought that he would be able to fight for a day and last until night.

But it doesn't bother them, as long as they don't lose sight of their fingers.

Even with the help of the sporadic torches of the new army, it is possible to discern the direction.

So Duoduo didn't delay any longer, and immediately assigned three leaders, ordering two of them to lead 500 people each to look for opportunities to attack from the flanks, and the other led 1000 people to attack from behind the new army.

The three immediately responded to the order and quickly set off as a team.

"Rumble rumble..."

At night, it seemed that even the hooves of the Qing army were much louder, drowning out the cries of insects and beasts around them.

Huang Hairu naturally heard the sound of the rumbling horseshoes getting closer, his face darkened, and he said in secret.

Not long after, scouts came to report the movement of the Qing army in several directions, and Huang Hairu probably knew it well.

"Stop advancing, defend on the spot." With one order, the order gradually passed forward.

The army started from the back and stopped one after another. Huang Hairu immediately began to line up his troops, and then waited for the arrival of the Qing army.

"Rumbling..." Experienced soldiers can tell how far the enemy is from their side just by listening to the volume of the sound.

Five miles, four miles, three miles, two miles, one mile...

"Flare..."

With an order, several "swish, swish" flares rose into the sky, illuminating the surrounding sky.

The dark sky suddenly brightened like day, except for the soldiers of the new army who had seen this scene, everyone else was shocked.

"This is, this is, what is this?" The soldiers of Xu Yong's department were all discussing in shock.

The Qing army, who were riding their horses forward, was horrified when they suddenly saw this scene.

Looking up, I found small sun-like clusters of light slowly falling in the sky, as if miraculous, it was incredible.

Many Qing troops even instinctively pulled the reins, slowed down, and were startled by the scene in front of them. Some who couldn't dodge directly collided with the horses in front, and the formation that was preparing to attack suddenly became chaotic.

And just at this moment, the voice of "咻咻咻......" sounded.

"Boom boom boom..." The violent explosion exploded in the formation of the Qing army, and the 81mm mortars of the new army showed their power.

The formation of the Qing army at this time is dense and chaotic, allowing the power of the shells to be exerted as much as possible.

All of a sudden, the flames of the explosion were everywhere, people turned their backs on their backs, all kinds of screams continued, and many soldiers showed panic expressions.

Duoduo, who was several miles away, kept an eye on the movement in front of him from time to time. After hearing the violent explosion, he immediately picked up the binoculars.

He saw the flames rising from the explosion, and also saw bright clusters of light floating in the sky.

"What's that?" Duduo looked slightly startled.

Nikan took a telescope to look at it for a while, but also didn't know what it was.

Suddenly, he screamed, "Several more rose up."

Doduo also saw it, which looked like rising fireworks, but he knew that the fireworks could not be so bright, nor could they be bright for such a long time, let alone float in the sky for so long.

"It was made by the new army. How many weird things do they have?" The muscles on Dodo's face twitched. He didn't know what bad things this thing would bring to his team.

It didn't take long for Doduo to get the answer he wanted. With the sound of horseshoes, groups of cavalrymen returned, and many of them still had expressions of horror on their faces.

Seeing this situation, Duoduo knew the result without asking.

The one who retreated was the thousand-man team responsible for attacking from the rear of the new army. They were the first to contact the new army, and they were also the first to be hit, so they were also the first to lose.

Shen Ling got off his horse and quickly came to Duo Duo, knelt down on the ground with a plop, and said weepingly: "Your Highness, Xinjun, Xinjun can put the sun in the sky and illuminate the entire sky."

"Our army was not well-prepared, and there was a great chaos. They immediately bombarded us with artillery, and our army suffered heavy casualties..."

Duoduo's face was gloomy, and he shouted loudly: "Idiot, what kind of sun is it?"

However, Duoduo himself couldn't tell what it was for a while, and now that the defeat was already settled, it was too late to say anything.

Not long after, they retreated all the way, because the main attacking team retreated, and the new army quickly put their strength into the two wings, and they naturally couldn't stand it with fewer numbers.

If Huang Hai didn't save ammunition as he did during the day, he almost fired all the bullets from the machine gun, mortar shells, and submachine gun bullets in one go, repelling the two Qing troops in one go.

After the team came back, they were shocked and told about the so-called sun.

It seems that the sudden appearance of flares did have a considerable impact on the Qing army, which Huang Hairu probably did not expect.

Duoduo no longer had any hope for the last road that was responsible for attacking the right wing, because the new army had stopped emitting that kind of bright light. Obviously, that road should be wiped out by the entire army.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, before he returned, Duoduo knew that they might not be able to come back.

In this way, Doduo's night attack with the greatest hope ended in such a miserable way.

In addition to losing about [-]% of the main attack on the back road that retreated at the first time, the losses on the two wings were very heavy. Both the leaders failed to come back alive. Among them, the right side was completely wiped out, and the left side lost more than half.

Counting this, half of the [-] soldiers and horses sent out were lost.

Duoduo looked up at the sky, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. After paying such a high price, he didn't even get close to the new army, so the damage to the new army was even less, which was very unacceptable to Duoduo.

However, things had happened, and he had to admit his mistake.

The main question now is what to do next?Should the new army be allowed to leave, or should it continue to attack?

(End of this chapter)