: A failure

Outside the city, Jing Maocheng's Lao Crow Camp and Li Xuan's Gushan Camp were quietly waiting in the dark. No matter how fierce the Huihui Camp was fighting with the government troops on the city and under the city, they were indifferent. Other places were torches, and the sound of killing was shocking, but the places where Lao Crow Camp and Gushan Camp were staying were pitch black and there was no torch at all.

The Lao Crow Camp and the Gushan Camp can be said to be the few elite troops in Shaanxi's rebel army, especially the Lao Crow Camp in Jing Maocheng. These 800 thieves are all composed of all kinds of bandits or horse thieves. They all have good abilities and are not afraid of death when fighting, and they all have a sense of ruthlessness.

Li Xuan's Gushan Camp was also an elite soldier selected from the surrendered officers, and his combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

Although the troops of these two battalions are a little weak, Li Yan believes that as long as the troops of these two battalions can be blocked before Wang Pu's ambushing general comes out, the opponent will not be able to operate due to the restrictions of the city gate. In this way, Laoya Camp and Gushan Camp will gain an advantage in military strength.

Moreover, the two armies will be entangled at that time. In order to avoid accidentally injuring their own people, the officials on the city will inevitably be unable to use wood-rolling stone and other city-guarding equipment for support.

Of course, it depends on whether Wang Pu really plans to send ambush troops out of the city to counterattack. If Wang Pu buried this ambush only to strengthen the city's defense when necessary, Li Yan's arrangement of using the plan would be completely lost. In that way, the rebel army would have to attack from the front.

I don’t know how long I have been waiting, but when Jing Maocheng heard the deafening fighting sounds and his ears were almost numb, Li Xuan’s voice suddenly sounded: “Old Jing, come out!”

"Um?"

Jing Maocheng quickly turned over and sat up. When he looked back, he saw that the closed Datong city gate had slowly opened. Then a ball of fire broke out outside the city gate, accompanied by a deafening explosion. The Huihui camp soldiers crowded outside the city gate were immediately blown up and fell down one by one!

In less than a moment, the Huihui camp outside the city gate was defeated like a mountain. Amid the continuous dazzling fire and earth-shaking explosions, teams of Ming Dynasty officials in neatly dressed in uniform steps and lined up in an orderly manner from the city gate.

"Damn it!" Jing Maocheng clenched his iron fist angrily and shouted in a deep voice, "It's a cannon!"

"No!" Li Xuan, who surrendered from the official army, shook his head and said, "It's not a cannon, it's a dragon king cannon!"

"Dragon King Cannon?" Jing Maocheng said in surprise, "What is the Dragon King Cannon?"

Li Xuan said anxiously: "I can't explain it clearly at once. Anyway, this thing is not far away, and it can only be twenty or thirty steps away at most. Lao Jing, you have many brothers who are stolen from horses. The archery technique is good, shoot these dog-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-drama-dra

"Yeah." Jing Maocheng nodded heavily, took off the iron-tied bow on his shoulder and rushed to the sky, shouting loudly, "Brothers, it's our turn to take the bow and arrow for me, and shoot back the officials in front of him who are unknown how high the sky is and how thick the earth is, and kill it!"

Jing Maocheng shouted loudly and swept towards the south gate of Datong with eight hundred thieves. Among these thieves, there were indeed many archery masters. They could steer as fast as flying while pulling their bows and shooting arrows. An archery master like Jing Maocheng who used an iron-tied bow could shoot arrows at the Ming army musketeers who had just left the city within two hundred steps.

At such a long distance, the hit of the bow and arrow is of course very low, but as long as you shoot too much, there will always be arrows hitting the target.

"Swoosh.swoosh..."

Sharp arrows kept falling from the dark night sky ahead, and the musketeers who drove out of the city soon suffered casualties.

An unlucky musketeer had just ignited the Dragon King Cannon in his hand and was shot through his chest with an arrow. When he loosened his hand, the Dragon King Cannon, which was emitting black smoke, rolled to the ground. The musketeer next to him quickly checked the Dragon King Cannon that was rolling to the ground. Before he could throw it out, it exploded with a loud bang. Five musketeers from the nearest were killed on the spot, and more than a dozen other people were seriously injured.

At this time, strict discipline, as a double-edged sword, the lethality of the two-edged sword is revealed!

Although the use of firearms has been around for hundreds of years in the Ming Dynasty, the tactics of how to use firearms are still in the most primitive stage of exploration. The general Lan Yu of the early Ming Dynasty and the famous general Qi Jiguang of the Wanli period have both had deep research on firearm tactics, but unfortunately their tactics have not been passed down.

In such an environment, Wang Pu could not instill too many firearm tactics into his subordinates. First, he himself lacked experience in this area, and even he didn't know, and even if he knew, he didn't know how to teach. Second, most of his subordinates were rough people who could not read big words. Even if they taught, they would just play the piano to the cow, and they might not be able to learn it.

This will inevitably lead to a bad result. Wang Pu's underground musket team has strict enough discipline but not flexible enough tactics. This musket team is like a puppet in the hands of the main general. When the main general pulls it, they will move it. If the main general doesn't pull it, they will not move.

In most cases, the Musketeers will not suffer losses, but sometimes they will suffer great losses!

For example, now, because the Bearded Man strictly ordered the first hundred-man team to use the Dragon King Cannon to open the gap, they could only use the Dragon King Cannon to kill the enemy. No matter how the enemy situation changes or how the situation develops, before the Bearded Man's new military order was issued, they could only continue to use the Dragon King Cannon, and could not use muskets to fire volleys without authorization.

The bearded man's tactic is very simple. He first uses the Dragon King cannon to blow up the crowded bandits outside the city gate and collapse. When the bandits are defeated, the musket team can calmly drive out of the city, first set up a formation, then launch an attack forward or to both sides, giving the bandits a fatal blow to the bandits who are sieging the city.

Although the bearded man's tactics are simple but very practical, they will usually succeed in the situation.

Unfortunately, this time, Li Yan had already ambushed two elite soldiers outside the city in advance, one of which was the 800 elite archers led by Jing Maocheng. Although the bow and arrow have no advantage in range and lethality compared to muskets, it has an absolute advantage in killing distance compared to Dragon King Cannon.

When the bearded man found out that the situation was wrong, the first hundred-man team that drove out of the city had already suffered many casualties.

Strict discipline once saved the lives of these veterans on the battlefield, but this time, the strict discipline caused these veterans to suffer misfortune. Many people died in vain under the bows and arrows of the thieves. They did not disobey the bearded military order until their death. They would rather be shot to death by the thieves' bows and arrows than use muskets to fight back.

Li Xuan's Gushan Camp took the opportunity to rush up. Although many were killed by the Dragon King Cannon of the Musketeers, they finally fought with the Musketeers.

Outside the city, the hills are covered.

Li Hu sighed, "It turns out that as my elder brother expected, Wang Pu really hid his elite in the urn city. If the elder brother hadn't expected the enemy plane, he would have ambushed the two elite soldiers Jing Maocheng and Li Xuan first. Then the outcome of this battle would be hard to say."

"Yeah." Li Yan nodded and said to Li Hu, "Li Hu."

Li Hu stepped forward and replied, "I'm here."

Li Yan said: "Send the order to let the G Zuo Camp, the Gai Shi Camp, the Troubled Times Camp and the Zuo Jin Camp attack at the same time, and use the troops of the four major camps to attack the South Gate of Datong at the same time!"

"yes."

Li Hu agreed with the promise and took the order and left.

Up the arrow tower.

Through the arrow hole, Wang Pu happened to see the scene that happened outside the city gate. He saw the bandits crowded outside the city gate collapsed under the bombardment of the Dragon King Cannon. Wang Pu couldn't help but nodded happily, however, his happiness did not last long. Soon, a bandit elite soldier suddenly broke out from the dark outside the city and blocked the advance of the musket team.

Due to the narrow city gate, most musketeers were unable to leave the city in time. A small number of musketeers who had already left the city did not receive the orders of the bearded land and did not shoot in a formation. The close-range bombing of the Dragon King Cannon was completely suppressed by the thief's bow and arrow. Not only did they not kill the thief, but there were still several Dragon King Cannons that exploded before they could be thrown out, blowing up many of their own people.

Soon, the bandits approached the city gate from three directions. More than a hundred musketeers who had already driven out of the city were squeezed into a narrow area near the city gate and fell into a tough battle.

The only thing that is thankful is that Wang Pu asked the weapon workshop to install bayonets on each musket. Although it is not as good as a long spear and a big knife, it can at least resist it when the two armies are in close contact. Unlike the previous Ming munitions, once the enemy rushes to the front, it basically becomes a fire stick.

"What's going on?" Xiao Qi shouted, "Where did this group of thieves come out?"

"Yes." Lu Liu also said with a serious expression, "This group of thieves seemed to be waiting specifically. They could not hide if they did not move. But as soon as Brother Hu's men left the city, they immediately came out! Could it be that there was a spy in the city who revealed the news that Brother Hu's men were ambushed in the urn city to the thieves?"

"Impossible." Xiao Qi shook his head. "Even if there are spies, how can I deliver the message in such a short time?"

"Li Yan, it must be Li Yan!" Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "This Li Yan is indeed well-known. It seems that he had already guessed that this general would lay ambush in the urn city, so he made preparations in advance and planted ambush not far outside the city. When the general's ambush was not out, his ambush suddenly broke out and the entire army was pressing forward. In this way, he could block the ambush in the urn city with a small number of elite troops..."

"General, look!" Lu Liu suddenly shouted, "The several echelons that had not been moving just now were moving forward quickly. It seems that the thieves are going to launch a large-scale attack!"

"Huh?" Wang Pu's face changed drastically and he said in a low voice, "I understand, it's amazing, it's amazing!"

Xiaoqi, Lu Liu and the young lady looked confused, and they couldn't understand what Wang Pu was saying.

Wang Pu didn't have time to explain to them and ordered urgently: "Xiao Qi!"

Xiaoqi stepped forward and replied: "I am in a humble position."

Wang Pu said: "Take your people to support Zhao Liujin immediately!"

"yes!"

Xiaoqi responded and took the order.

Wang Pu said again: "Lu Liu."

Lu Liuying said: "The villain is here."

Wang Pu shouted: "Sent the bearded man to immediately change the original combat plan and ask his men to set up a shooting formation in the urn, then release the city gate, and wait until the thieves enter the city before firing."

"yes!"

Lu Liu responded and took the order.

After Xiaoqi and Lu Liu left, the young lady asked crisply: "General, you just said that Li Yan is powerful, but where is he powerful?"

Wang Pu said: "I said Li Yan is amazing because he can seize the fleeting fighter opportunity on the ever-changing battlefield. He quickly made corresponding arrangements. I was careless for a moment and almost missed the big thing."

The young lady was confused when she heard this, shook her head and said, "I still don't understand very much."

Wang Pu explained: "Nenniang, if the bearded musket team had been guarding the city wall from the beginning, would the first wave of attacks in the thief just now be able to reach the foot of the city wall so easily?"

Neng Niang said: "It's certainly not."

"That's it." Wang Pu said, "The problem lies here. Li Yan obviously based on this suspicious situation. He accurately judged that our army was not on the city wall. Then he judged that I am ambushed this elite force in the urn and planned to leave the city and counterattack at the most critical moment."

"Oh my God." The young lady said astonished, "Well, Li Yan is really that powerful?"

"Li Yan's power is far more powerful than that." Wang Pu continued, "After accurately judging the arrangement of our army, he quickly made corresponding arrangements. First, he also sent an elite force to ambush not far outside the city gate. When our ambush is about to leave the city to counterattack, this bandit ambush will quickly press forward, and then..."

"Ah..." The young lady said, "and then just like now. Brother Hu Zi's ambush was crushed into the city and could not get out?"

"Yes, then Li Yan will do his best to launch the fiercest attack on Datong City!" Wang Pu said this, and the army of thieves swept across the city said. "Look, these thieves in these echelons have been pressing their troops before they moved, but now they are pressing on the entire line."

"My maid understands." The young girl, the young girl, was smart and she was so clear that she changed her qualities at that time. "At this time, Brother Hu Zi's musket team was crushed by the ambush in the gangsters and could not break out, and the defenders on the top of the city were exhausted. Under the gangster's full attack, they would definitely not be able to withstand it, and Datong City fell?"

Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "So, I said that Li Yan can seize the fleeting fighter opportunity in the ever-changing battlefield! However... Li Yan overestimated the discipline of this group of mobs! Humph, Li Yan wanted me to steal a chicken but lose a handful of rice, and I insisted that he lose his bamboo basket!"

Inside the urn.

The bearded man was already anxious and jumped. He never expected that a carefully planned counterattack would eventually turn into such a result. Most musketeers could not leave the city. They could only huddle in the city and stare blankly. More than a hundred musketeers who finally left the city were trapped in the siege of the thieves, and their hands and feet could not be used at all.

Because the musketeers and the thieves were completely entangled, the defenders on the city could not provide support.

The bearded man is a powerful general, but not a general. Faced with such emergencies, he could not think of any effective response. His only way was to blow his beard and stare at him and get anxious. Just when the bearded man was helpless, Lu Liu finally brought Wang Pu's military order.

Lu Liu hurriedly ran to the bearded man and shouted, "Brother Beard, the general is urgently ordered."

"That's great!" The bearded man looked like a drowning old man who saw the straw of life-saving, and asked quickly, "What do you say to the general?"

Lu Liudao: "The general said, let the brothers set up a shooting queue in the urn city first, then release the city gate, put the thieves into the urn city and then deal with them!"

"I understand!" The bearded man hurriedly to the general avenue beside him, "Have you heard it? Line up and ask your people to line up quickly!"

"yes!"

"yes!"

Several soldiers agreed and quickly led their 100-man team to form a formation. In less than a moment, except for the two 100-man teams outside the city and the two 100-man teams squeezed into the city gate corridor, the other eight 100-man teams had quickly set up their shooting formations, and a musket had been raised, and the black muzzle had been aimed at the city gate.

The bearded man grabbed the city gate and shouted: "First, the brothers from the second team will listen to me, hurry up and retreat, and dodge to both sides after entering the city gate, hurry up..."

With the command of the bearded man, the musketeers crowded in the city gate corridor quickly began to retreat. The veterans who were struggling to support the city gate were relieved. They first launched a crazy counterattack, then quickly retreated, rushed through the city gate corridor and immediately dodged to both sides.

The thieves in Gushan Camp obviously wanted to take the opportunity to seize the city gate, and rushed in after the butt of the musket team. The veterans who fell to the end and fought to the death failed to escape the bad luck. They were caught by the thieves in Gushan Camp and chopped them to the ground in a mess, but they did not die in vain.
To be continued...