Chapter 298: Xianghong County City was broken!
Soon, Han Zhong stopped his attack after receiving Jiang Chen's order.
Looking at Han Zhong's army suddenly retreating, Wang Guoan became a little puzzled.
"Why did Jiang Chen's army suddenly retreat?"
"Something is wrong, absolutely wrong, there must be a conspiracy!"
Thinking of this, Wang Guoan didn't have time to think about it, and quickly turned around and said to his general.
"Quick, pass the order and have the sword and shield soldiers withdraw."
"Change all of them to spearmen in the front, Jiang Chen might be about to attack the cavalry!"
When the deputy general heard this, he immediately passed the order down according to Wang Guoan's instructions.
Generally speaking, the best way to deal with cavalry is to have swordsmen and shieldmen in the front.
But considering the current situation in Xianghong County, the best way to deal with it is.
In fact, they took advantage of the spearmen's strengths, stood in the front and controlled the cavalry within a certain distance.
At the same time, arrange the archers behind the spearmen.
Use bows and arrows to stop all the cavalry in front of the formation!
But Wang Guoan made a wrong estimate. The troops Jiang Chen sent were not cavalry at all!
I saw that the five thousand musketeers were lined up into five teams, and the first team squatted down first.
Facing Wang Guoan's troops, he pulled the trigger of the musket that had already been loaded with ammunition!
Looking at this equipment holding strange weapons, Wang Guoan stood there in a daze.
He was very confused. Was this army holding firewood sticks here to make fun of him?
However, the next second, these musketeers told him the answer with the muskets in their hands!
As the first row of musketeers pulled the trigger, flashes of fire appeared!
Then, the iron bullet was pushed by gunpowder.
Shooting angrily at the unsuspecting Beiming soldiers!
“Bang, bang—”
Listen to the series of gunshots and then watch the flashes of flames.
Wang Guoan didn't know why, but a sense of uneasiness flashed through his heart.
"Oh no! Quick, retreat! Where are the sword and shield soldiers?!"
Sensing something was wrong, Wang Guoan shouted loudly.
But it was too late, the spearmen didn't even have time to let out a wail.
They fell one after another in a pool of blood!
The five thousand musketeers did not give the Northern Ming soldiers any chance to react.
After the first row of musketeers finished shooting, they retreated directly to the last row.
Then, the musketeers in the second row, who had already loaded their gunpowder, stepped forward and pulled the trigger.
And so it goes, the third row, the fourth row, the fifth row, and then continues with the first row.
The Northern Ming soldiers had never seen a new type of weapon called a musket.
He was shot to the ground one after another by the musketeers' muskets!
Five thousand musketeers were like the god of death in the dark night, constantly waving their sickles.
They harvested the lives of Beiming soldiers under Wang Guoan one after another!
Finally, after losing more than half of his spearmen, Wang Guoan finally reacted.
"Sword and shield soldiers, stop these strange Xia soldiers for me!"
At Wang Guoan's command, five thousand sword and shield soldiers came forward holding shields.
With the protection of the shields in the hands of the swordsmen, the musketeers' offensive was weakened.
Seeing that the sword and shield man had worked, Wang Guoan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the deputy general at the side came over, covering his left arm which was bleeding profusely from being shot by a musket.
"General, we only have more than 10,000 people left!"
"These Xia Guojun soldiers are not human, they are ghosts, ghosts!"
The deputy general, who had been frightened by the musket, roared loudly, as if he wanted to vent all the fear in his heart.
Looking at the deputy general who had lost his mind, Wang Guoan gritted his teeth and became ruthless.
He drew out his sword and cut off the deputy general's head.
"If anyone disrupts the morale of the army again, I will kill him!"
With Wang Guoan's move of killing the chicken to scare the monkey, the frightened Northern Ming soldiers gave up the idea of escaping.
But the shields in the sword and shield soldiers' hands were made of wood wrapped in iron sheets after all, and could not withstand the attacks of muskets for long.
Soon, some of the swordsmen and shieldmen were hit by the musketeers and fell on the ruins.
Looking at this scene, Jiang Chen smiled slightly and said to Han Zhong beside him.
"Okay, the time is almost right."
"Let Huo Xiang and the others take action. I believe they can no longer endure it."
"Yes, my lord."
After receiving the order, Han Zhong nodded to the messenger beside him .
As a whistle arrow was launched into the sky, the masked Prime Minister Huo led 50,000 Northern cavalry to charge out.
Seeing this, the musketeers led by Yuan Hao also stopped shooting.
Under Jiang Chen's gaze, fifty thousand Northern Border cavalrymen trampled on the corpses of Northern Ming soldiers.
They passed the ruins of the Xianghong County city gate and charged directly into the city.
Seeing this, Wang Guoan, who had just stabilized the morale of the troops, was startled at his heart, his legs went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.
"It's over. Xianghong County can't be defended anymore!!"
Under the blades of the Northern Border Iron Cavalry, a group of Northern Ming soldiers dropped their weapons and fled in all directions.
But how can two legs outrun a four-legged war horse?
Beiming soldiers fell in a pool of blood one after another, and more Beiming soldiers took advantage of the chaos to run away.
The defeat was like a landslide, and the entire Xianghong County City was in chaos for a while.
Taking advantage of the chaos, several generals helped Wang Guoan gather the remaining troops and escape from Xianghong County.
…
The first rays of sunlight shone down from the horizon, and Xianghong County gradually became quiet.
The entire Xianghong County City quickly returned to peace after Jiang Chen's army entered the city.
Only the ruins blown up by Jiang Chen and the corpses on the ruins still tell of the bloody battle last night.
In the Xianghong County Magistrate's Mansion, Jiang Chen sat in the first seat.
On both sides stood the three generals Huo Xiang, Han Zhong and Du Mingyu and the two personal guards commanders Li Yuanyi and Yuan Hao.
Looking at the generals under his command , Jiang Chen said with a smile.
"Everyone, this time we have conquered Xianghong County, and we have a clear view of the hinterland of Northern Ming."
"In this way, Beiming is already in our pocket!"
"Therefore, I am preparing to dispatch another 50,000 troops from the northern border."
"Let those 50,000 troops replace Xiong Kehui's troops and send 200,000 troops."
"Let's attack the Northern Ming capital in one go!"
As Jiang Chen finished speaking, a figure slowly walked in.
"My lord, this move needs to be discussed!"
Hearing this familiar voice, Jiang Chen was slightly stunned, then said with a smile.
"Military Advisor, you are a little late."
The figure slowly walked in front of everyone and revealed his true face. It was Jiang Chen’s military advisor - Gongsun Liang!
Facing Jiang Chen's teasing, Gongsun Liang curled his lips.
"Liang would like to come earlier, but you are so good, my lord."
"After taking over Xu Song State, he just turned around and walked away."
"I left a lot of things to do, and I threw them all to Liang!"
Gongsun Liang complained about Jiang Chen with a helpless look on his face, venting his resentment.
"Okay, okay, wait for Beiming to finish his business."
"After returning to the North, I will reward you with ten jars of Lao Ba's secret wine!"
Looking at Gongsun Liang, who looked as aggrieved as a little wife, Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile and said.
