Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 255 Desperate Azig ([-])

Azig took a closer look at the camp in front of him with a telescope, and confirmed that it must be the new army, and it could only be Wu Liuqi's army.

It is roughly estimated that there are at least 1 people, and that kind of difficult iron net is also arranged in front of the battle.

On both sides of the iron net, there is a forest on one side and a small slope on the other, which are not conducive to cavalry movement.

It can be said that the new army's formation just blocked the way forward.

It can be seen from here that the new army has deliberately selected this place to block, so it should have been preparing for a while.

Faced with this kind of formation, Azig knew that it was difficult for him to break through, and even if he could break through, it would not be possible in a short time.

Without much thought, Azig observed the sides, immediately raised his finger, and ordered to go around to the left.

No matter how tight the formation of the new army is, it is easy to move and cannot be moved in time. He is running for his life, so why should he attack desperately.

He didn't know if the left side was safe, but he had no choice, at least he didn't see the new army on the left side.

At this time, Azig seems to have adapted to the rhythm of escape, which is very inconsistent with his original character.

But there is no way, the proud Prince of England has been forced to bow his head by the reality.

"Rumble rumble..."

Although very tired, the Qing army still had to speed up and leave here, not wanting to be held back by the new army.

Because they knew that once they were held back by Wu Liuqi's troops, they would lose a lot of strength.

While Azig led the army to retreat, he also sent people to monitor the movement of the new army. He had to report that the new army had already begun to retreat, apparently planning to intercept it from the other side.

Hearing this information, instead of panicking, Azig let out a sigh.

Judging from the actions of the new army, it is obvious that there is no new army to encircle the left side that I chose, otherwise, there is no need for the new army to leave the place immediately.

But at this moment, a scream came from the front.

I saw the galloping cavalry in front suddenly dwarfed together with the horses under their crotch, and the cavalry following behind knew that there was danger ahead, but they couldn't stop at all.

The war horses fell down one by one, and there seemed to be a bottomless pit ahead.

"Wuyu..." The cavalry who discovered this sudden change hurriedly reined in their horses desperately, and stopped in time to avoid falling into the trap, otherwise they would have to turn over and fall.

Due to the sudden incident, many horses suddenly couldn't stop at all, and directly bumped into the horses in front.

The most unlucky ones were the cavalry who managed to stop at the edge of the trap. Some cavalry were knocked into the trap with their horses, screaming.

Finally, after a period of confusion, the rushing Qing army slowly stopped, but they also became a mess.

The cavalry who stopped in time by the edge of the trap had already seen the situation inside the trap clearly.

Horses and cavalrymen were impaled by sharp bamboos and wooden stakes inserted upside down in the trap, and some cavalrymen were directly pierced through their bodies, which was very miserable.

The trap is nearly two feet wide and more than one foot deep. As for how long it is, it is still uncertain, because the trap is carefully camouflaged, and it looks similar to the surrounding ground without actually stepping on it.

Azig looked very ugly, he knew he had been fooled, and the new army had deliberately lured him into being fooled.

Azig's guess was right. In order to successfully lure him into the trap, the new army deliberately placed their formation a little further back.

Because according to the terrain, even if the new army advances one mile forward, there are still small slopes on one side and woods on the other.

The reason for this arrangement is to allow Azig to turn around five or six miles away from the new army camp.

Because according to Azig's current situation, he might not dare to stay within five miles of the formation of the new army.

Therefore, after the new army is discovered, it is more likely that it will turn around at a position of about five or six miles.

This was indeed the case. Azig plunged headlong into the trap dug by the new army that was less than two miles long.

In order to let Azig relax his vigilance, the new army also deliberately placed traps one mile away on the left.

After the Qing army turned around, they deliberately made a posture of withdrawing and encircling them in other directions, forcing Azig to have no time to think about the problem of the advancing route, and had to speed up.

Therefore, the Qing army stumbled headlong. Not only did they suffer heavy losses, their front road was cut off, and their formation was crowded together.

Fortunately, Azig himself did not walk in the forefront, otherwise the majestic Prince Ying would have been a little sad when he died like this.

However, this was only the beginning. After the Qing army had just fallen into the trap, war horses rushed out of the new army's camp.

It turned out that a cavalry had long been hidden in the woods.

If Azig started to turn within five miles of the formation of the new army, the cavalry would rush out one step earlier and force them into the trap.

Since the Qing army rushed toward the trap without being chased away by them, it was natural that after the Qing army fell into the trap and there was confusion, they immediately dispatched and rushed towards the right wing of the Qing army.

"Enemy cavalry, enemy cavalry..." Seeing a group of cavalry rushing quickly, the huddled Qing army was shocked.

"How could there be cavalry?" Many people were still a little unbelievable, but someone immediately thought of it.

"Guan Ning Army, it's Guan Ning Army, the Guan Ning cavalry of Ying Tianfu..."

"How is it possible? How did they appear here so quickly?"

It is indeed Ying Tianfu's Guan Ning iron cavalry, led by Wu Sangui's deputy general Yang Kun.

As for why they were able to appear here so quickly, it was naturally because after Shi Lang captured Ying Tian Mansion, under Tangning's order, he immediately dispatched all of the Guan Ning Army.

Although there are not many Guanning cavalry in Yingtianfu City, the main reason is that there are not enough horses. With enough horses, everyone in Guanning's army can become a cavalry.

But after capturing Yingtian Mansion, all the horses of the Qing army were naturally captured, which was enough to equip the infantry of the Guan Ning army. In this way, there were about [-] Guan Ning cavalry, all of which were dispatched by Shi Lang.

Azig realized that Yingtian Mansion was occupied by the new army only belatedly, and the Guan Ning Army, who had first supported Taiping Mansion, arrived one step ahead of time, not to mention that Azig stopped and looted several times on the way.

Of course, the premise that the new army can be mobilized in such a timely manner is still relying on radio, otherwise, these orders would not be delivered in such a timely manner. This is also the fundamental reason why Azig has never been able to understand, because the time is never right.

However, for him now, it is not to figure out these problems, but to deal with the situation in front of him. The Guan Ning cavalry has rushed over quickly.

In terms of military strength, Azig still has the advantage, and thousands of Guanning troops are not enough to make him flee without a fight.

But now in this situation, he really couldn't make up his mind, and hesitated to adjust his formation to face the attack of Guan Ning's army and defeat it.

Or turn around and rush to the right, or go around a certain distance back, bypass the trap and escape.

There are at least three options, but all three methods are risky, and it is easy to be delayed if you start directly.

Rush to the right, who can guarantee that there are no traps there?And there is a great possibility of traps.

As for going backwards, maybe Wu Sangui was not far away, maybe he bumped into him head-on.

Therefore, for Azig, the current situation does not seem to be surrounded, but it is better than being surrounded.

Choosing which direction is equivalent to deciding to break out in that direction.

(End of this chapter)