Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 971 Be Loyal to the Country
Liu Shuochuan had already decided to seize the temporary supply point, but he couldn't chase it at night.

Because people blocked the road closest to them with hundreds of feet of fire walls, the fire would not go out until late at night.

Moreover, after a day of frantic driving and another battle, they were exhausted long ago, and it would be impossible not to take a rest.

He had no choice but to order people to guard the prisoners in turn, and then rest on the spot for one night.

They also traveled lightly, without even bringing tents, pots and pans, and all of them only brought dry food and a kettle for a few days.

This saves them the time of burying the pot for cooking, and everyone just takes out the dry food and gnaws it with water.

Anyway, it's hot here, so you don't have to worry about catching a cold when you lie on the ground, and it's okay to sleep on a bed under the blanket.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, Liu Shuochuan hurriedly got up.

He inspected the prisoners, visited the wounded soldiers, and then called tens of thousands of people to clean up the burned mess at the intersection.

Unexpectedly, there was a little surprise.

Because this fire is not a coal fire or a charcoal fire, iron things cannot be burned at all, and some grains are pressed at the bottom and cannot be burned if they are close to the ground.

As a result, they not only found a lot of iron pots, porcelain bowls and grains, but also tens of thousands of shovels and hoes.

The wooden handles of these shovels and hoes were naturally burned, but it didn't matter, they had dark iron knives, just cut some branches and grafted them.

Liu Shuochuan arranged for scouts to cross the cleared intersection to search for traces of the enemy, and at the same time ordered people to wash the iron pot well, and then filled it with water. With the food they pulled out and the dried fish and meat they brought, Tens of thousands of pots of mush soup were boiled.

As for shovels and hoes, just install wooden handles and let the captives dig a hole to bury the corpse.

After he arranged everything, he climbed up to a hill next to the intersection, raised the aluminum binoculars and looked north.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

The aluminum binoculars he used had a viewing distance of more than fifteen miles, and with the blurry things in front of him, it was no problem at all to see twenty miles away.

The problem is that within twenty miles to the north, there is no trace of the enemy at all, only the scouts he just sent out are looking around.

In other words, the enemy has already run out at least twenty or thirty miles away.

Also, it takes time for scouts to find the enemy and then come back to report.

Calculated in this way, when they started chasing, they had run at least fifty or sixty miles.

It is also possible that they have already escaped seventy or eighty miles away.

At that time, even if he led his men to chase after him lightly, they probably fled to the temporary supply point.

If he didn't bring all the captured artillery and ammunition with him, they would only have to eat shells when they faced other ironclad warships.

That is to die, not to snatch the temporary supply point at all.

Of course he wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

After thinking about it, he ordered a group of prisoners to dig two thousand separate pits under the mountains on both sides, buried the fallen soldiers of the Black God Army, and carved their names on split logs and nailed them in front of the tomb as mark.

Then, he ordered people to escort the captives to take turns, and directly dug a big hole at the intersection to cut off the entire intersection.

As for the question of whether the captives are willing to dig, it is very simple.

If you dig it, you will have mushy soup to drink, if you don’t dig it, you will be hungry.

Although starving for a few days can't kill people, it can also make people feel uncomfortably hungry to death.

This big pit is actually used to bury the enemies who were killed by him.

It's just that the landfill won't be buried these days.

All they had to do was order the captives to drag the body into the pit.

In this way, the entire intersection was cut off by the big pit.

If a few rows of trenches were dug on the hillsides on both sides, and all the wounded soldiers and [-] uninjured troops were left to hide in the trenches, even if the enemy's central army arrived, they would not be able to cross this intersection.

Liu Shuochuan took the remaining generals and explained them in detail, and then he led 15 horses, took the captured [-] artillery pieces and ammunition, and walked slowly to the northwest.

Now that the detectives haven't come back, it proves that the enemy has escaped for at least seventy or eighty miles, and they can't catch up even if they are galloping.

So, he wasn't in a hurry anymore. Anyway, they had a lot of war horses, so even if they were pulling the cannon cart, it would definitely be no problem to rush to the temporary supply point today.

They rode slowly like this for nearly an hour, and the sent scouts rushed over one after another.

Sure enough, the enemy was about to flee to the seaside, and the scouts who ran to the forefront could faintly see the iron-clad warships docked at the temporary supply point.

At this time, there is no need to rush, they just need to rush over at normal speed.

In the evening of that day, they finally rushed to the vicinity of the temporary supply point with their artillery.

At this time, those enemies who fled here early seemed to have had enough food and rest, and they were currently building simple fortifications near the temporary stop.

Liu Shuochuan raised his binoculars to scan carefully, then looked at the sky, and then ordered decisively: "Order, all the soldiers rest where they are, and all the leading generals come over."

This time it's not a joke. If you use field artillery to confront other iron-clad warships, the battle will definitely be extremely tragic.

Moreover, there are [-] infantry stationed on the shore relying on simple fortifications. It is not easy for them to seize the temporary dock and drive away those iron-clad warships.

This battle must be quite difficult to fight, and he has to make a good arrangement.

He raised the binoculars and scanned carefully, then picked up a branch and drew on the ground carefully.

A group of leading soldiers and generals rushed over one after another, and when they were all here, he also drew almost the situation of their temporary supply point.

Immediately afterwards, he began to assign tasks in detail.

Who went up with muskets to attract firepower and cleared the simple fortifications of the house, who pushed the cannon cart close to the pier to bombard the iron-clad warship, and who rushed up with them on horseback, he explained everything clearly.

However, at this time, it must be too late to snatch this temporary supply point.

It will take an hour for 15 people to spread out and form an attack formation. By then, it will be dark and it will be impossible to fight at all.

He could only order his men to eat dry food and rest for another night.

Early the next morning, around 15 o'clock, he ordered [-] people to disperse and surrounded the enemy's temporary supply point.

Immediately afterwards, he ordered 5 horses to go up with muskets!
Of course, the 5 horses did not rush up in a neat formation.

They are quite chicken thieves, not only scattered everywhere, but also wriggling, just don't walk in a straight line.

In this way, casualties can be avoided as much as possible.

Liu Shuochuan glanced through the binoculars and couldn't help but slightly nodded.

The soldiers of the Black God Army still learned the serpentine position very well, and the shells from other people probably wouldn't be able to hit anyone.

As soon as he thought of this, there was a violent roar of artillery from the temporary pier, and ten armored warships of the enemy fired a broadside volley, which was more than 500 shells!

But fortunately, the shells fired by the broadside were too dense, and the soldiers of the Black God Army were too scattered, so this round of salvo would kill hundreds of people.

Not only were the others not scared off by the artillery, but they rushed forward crazily shouting.

Because they know very well that the artillery has a range, as long as they are close enough, the artillery will not be able to hit them.

Upon seeing this, Liu Shuochuan waved his hands without hesitation and said, "Send the order, order the artillerymen to attack immediately."

After waving the command flag, [-] soldiers of the Black God Army immediately pushed [-] cannons into a roughly semicircle and rushed towards the enemy's temporary pier.

There is no way, the range of their naval guns is about five miles, and the range of the field guns they seized is only two or three miles. If they want to bombard their ironclad warships, they must push the artillery within three miles of them.

As soon as they pushed the artillery to about five miles away from the temporary pier, there was another violent roar of artillery on the sea, and the enemy fired another round of broadside salvo.

But this time the effect was even worse. The 2 horses were blasted to dozens, and only a few of the [-] artillery pieces were damaged.

A volley came over, and the [-] soldiers of the Black God Army also seemed to have gone crazy, roaring, and rushed towards the pier frantically pushing the artillery.

The [-] soldiers of the Black God Army scattered across the sky and covered the sky. In addition, they were still yelling "Kill!" in their mouths, and the enemy's pawns were frightened stupid by them.

These guys are too fierce!

The broadside salvo of the armored battleship can't scare them, what should we do?
At this time, many soldiers of the Black God Army rushed to the simple fortifications outside, and they raised their matchlock guns without any hesitation and took out their fire pockets.

There was a burst of musket crackling on the battlefield, and the enemies behind the simple fortifications shrank back in fright, not even daring to show their heads.

No way, their musketeers were all killed by others, and all their muskets and artillery were confiscated by others. They had no means of long-range attack at all, and could only hide behind simple fortifications to resist.

Soon, there was another violent artillery roar, and the enemy's battleship fired again.

But this time fewer people were bombarded, because the [-] soldiers of the Black God Army pushing the cannons almost ran to the area less than five miles away from the temporary pier.

After the Black God Army soldiers in front had finished shooting, they threw their matchlock guns to the ground one after another, took out their black iron knives and charged forward.

Soon, rows of temporary fortifications built of stones were pushed down by them. Seeing this, the enemy infantry behind the fortifications rushed up with weapons and strangled them together.

Great, here's your chance.

Seeing this, Liu Shuochuan immediately drew his sword and shouted without hesitation, "Follow me!"

"Boom!" There was a thunderous sound of horseshoes, and the [-] cavalry scattered into a semicircle and rushed towards the temporary pier in the middle.

At this time, the enemy's armored warship fired again.

"Boom boom boom", there was a violent artillery roar, Liu Shuochuan only felt a sharp pain in his chest, and then he spurted blood and flew backwards, falling off his horse.

"General!"

The guards beside him screamed in grief, and they all reined in their horses and surrounded them.

Fortunately, he had armor to protect his body, and he was physically strong, so the shot didn't directly kill him.

However, at this time, he was also bleeding from all seven orifices, and he was about to die.

Seeing this, the guards burst into tears and couldn't make a sound.

Liu Shuochuan turned his head with difficulty, looked at a personal guard beside him, and slowly opened his mouth.

The personal guard quickly wiped away his tears and put his ears on it.

Liu Shuochuan said weakly: "Don't cry, Shuai Qi keeps moving forward, let them continue to charge.

I can't hold on for long, so I'll quickly recruit the nearby generals. "

After speaking, he couldn't help vomiting a mouthful of blood.

Several personal guards hurriedly cried and howled to the four directions.

After a while, several generals came galloping on horseback.

When they looked at Liu Shuochuan on the ground, they couldn't stop crying.

The seven orifices are bleeding, it must be hopeless.

When several people got off their horses and surrounded them, they were already crying.

Liu Shuochuan opened his eyes and took a look, then turned his head to a general of Shenji Battalion whose face was smeared.

The man hurriedly listened to him and listened attentively.

Liu Shuochuan exerted all his strength and said, "Old Lin, you will lead the army after I die.

Remember, burn their docks, then use the terrain to hold their ground.

It is estimated that the Chinese army is coming soon, you must hold on until Zuma's chariot soldiers come around. "

Hearing this, Lin Chaojie choked up and said, "General, don't worry, we will fight to the death until King Zuma leads his army over."

Liu Shuochuan suddenly felt that all his strength seemed to come back, he quickly raised his hand and said in a loud voice: "Don't cry, the man is loyal to the country, and he deserves to die. Hurry up and command, command..."

"Pfft", a mouthful of blood spurted out, and his arm fell instantly.

"General!"

All the generals and guards immediately burst into tears and couldn't help themselves.

(End of this chapter)