Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 221 Miserable Victory?

"Stop, stop, stop quickly, turn around..." The leader shouted frantically, because he knew that the artillery of the new army in the city had readjusted its shelling direction.

The time they paused just now was to adjust their orientation, and this orientation is naturally the direction they want to move forward.

If he continued to move forward, he would probably plunge headlong into the area covered by the artillery, that's why he was so anxious.

However, in the dark night, and in the process of fleeing, it is naturally impossible for the order to be delivered in such a timely manner. The cavalry galloping at the front failed to receive the order and continued to gallop forward.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

"Boom boom boom..."

The flames from the explosion devoured the horses and the cavalry on their backs, and the terrifying air waves blew the nearby horses back and forth.

Some war horses crossed their hooves several times in succession, but still failed to stand firm. Their legs went limp and they rolled over to the ground directly, throwing off the cavalrymen on their backs, and even pinning them down.

The flying shrapnel surged across like a sharp blade, penetrated into the body of the horse, and penetrated into the body of the cavalry.

For a moment, the neighing of war horses, the screams of soldiers, and the shouts of various orders intertwined, creating an abnormal chaos.

After paying a certain price, the Qing army finally stopped advancing, and immediately turned left and right to return.

While galloping wildly, several officers of the Qing army turned their heads to look at the distant sky from time to time, wanting to see if there were any fireworks going up again.

Not disappointing them, not long after, a few more fireworks went up.

The leader of the Qing army no longer wondered why the people he sent out didn't wipe out those who set off the fireworks, but ordered in a frenzy: "Scatter as much as possible, speed up, and rush over..."

"Rumble..." The Qing army was strictly disciplined, and the teams that received the order immediately acted according to the order.

"Whoa..."

"Boom..."

The shells of the new army arrived as scheduled. Under the rain of bullets, everyone is equal, and whoever survives depends entirely on luck.

On the other side, more than a dozen Qing soldiers were a little dazed, they were obviously chasing after the fireworks.

But when they rushed to this area, they found that another place not far away suddenly had fireworks.

So, they had to quickly change direction and chase after them.

However, when they arrived, they found no trace of anyone after searching, and then saw fireworks rising from another direction not far away.

Although he knew that he was being played around, there was nothing he could do.

How did they know that there were several teams of scouts in the new army. In order to prevent the Qing army from tracking them, they covered each other. The Qing army who didn't know why was naturally played around.

The Qing army failed to get rid of the scouts from the new army in time, so they had to break through the firepower net by themselves.

After the new army's artillery stopped for a while, they galloped for a few miles before barely stopping. The whole team found that the leader and deputy leader had disappeared.

A co-leader immediately took over the command and asked loudly if anyone had seen where the leader and deputy leader had gone.

A soldier came forward weeping and replied: "I saw with my own eyes that the chief officer and the deputy chief officer were blown to pieces."

A leader stepped forward and asked, "My lord, what should we do?"

The co-leader glanced over the somewhat lonely crowd, then looked in the direction of Yangzhou City, and lamented: "At this moment, with the remaining army, how can we break through the enemy's artillery blockade?"

"My son of the Eight Banners has already suffered heavy losses. If there is no chance of winning, I should not make fearless sacrifices."

"If His Royal Highness blames the crime, I will bear it myself."

"withdraw……"

The assistant leader answered immediately: "I will bear the responsibility with the adults."

The other leader also quickly said: "I will bear it with the adults."

"I will bear it with the adults." The other soldiers shouted immediately.

"withdraw……"

With an order, everyone immediately rode back.

It was already halfway through Haishi, but Duoduo, who was in the camp of the Qing army, did not feel sleepy at all. Everyone knew that Prince Yu was waiting for news.

It's not that Dodo doesn't want to send more teams, nor is it that he doesn't want to send reinforcements to support.

Because he knew that if he wanted to defeat the remnants of the new army, a thousand cavalry would be enough.

If they cannot be defeated, no matter how many factions there are, they may not be able to achieve their goals, and they will take great risks.

Because he knew that after catching up with Huang Hairu, his own cavalry must be within the firing range of the enemy's artillery.

He didn't know whether the artillery fire of the new army could accurately aim at the target at night, but he had to guard against it.

Because he found that he knew too little about the new army, as if he had only seen the tip of the iceberg of the new army, and he would not be too surprised if the new army came up with anything new.

"Your Highness, go and rest first. I will inform Your Highness as soon as Sara comes back." Nikan came to Doduo and said.

Doduo just waved his hands and didn't say much.

Time passed bit by bit, the moon in the sky became brighter at some point, and there were more stars.

"Rumble..." A sound of horseshoes came from far and near.

Nikan said with a happy expression: "It should be them who came back..."

Although Doduo looked calm, he couldn't help but look up.

A quarter of an hour later, several officers were brought to Duoduo, and they immediately bowed their heads and knelt down.

"Where's Sarah?" Dodo asked expressionlessly.

The co-leader replied with a sad expression: "Your Highness, we were blocked in Huang Hairu's way back to the city first. But suddenly, the enemy's shells fell, and Lord Sara knew that the enemy's artillery was going to bomb us."

"So, I immediately ordered not to wait, and approached the Yellow Sea with all my strength. However, there were enemy scouts nearby who locked our position. They sent messages through a kind of fireworks, so the enemy artillery locked us."

"When evading the enemy's artillery bombardment, Lord Sara and Lord Ulgeshan were both killed by the enemy's artillery, and our army suffered heavy losses."

Hearing this result, Duoduo's eyes narrowed slightly, he snapped off the wooden stick in his hand, and said in a low voice, "Sara mistook me, mistook me."

"Why wait blindly, even if he can send 500 men to attack, nothing like this will happen. Stupid, stupid..."

"So stupid, even if he comes back alive, I will cut off his head."

Hearing Doduo's indignant voice, everyone dared not speak, and several kneeling officers lowered their heads even deeper.

The loss was nearly half, and the two highest officers were all killed in battle. No one knew how Dodo felt.

However, there is no chance to save Huang Hairu, and Huang Hairu must have returned to Yangzhou City.

So far, the battle with the new army outside the city has come to an end.

Although Huang Hai fled back to the city, and was even almost killed at one point, it was the loser in any way, but Duoduo was not at all happy.

Because the price he paid was too great, the Wanqi he led lost nearly half, but only got this result.

The total strength of the new army leaving the city was only over [-] people, and the rest were all mobs from Zuo Liangyu's tribe. No matter how many casualties there were, he didn't pay attention to him at all. He only cared about the casualties of the new army.

Judging from the current estimates, the casualties of the new army must be less than [-].

With less than [-] casualties, nearly [-] Eight Banners cavalry were killed. How can such a victory be called a victory?
(End of this chapter)