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Chapter 1249: Driving the Sheep and Chasing the Wolves

Wei Zhice's strategy today was very clear. He would defend the south with all his strength and attack the western front only to destroy the cannons of Chuang's army. The real direction of attack would still be the north, and his two elite cavalry units would all be concentrated on this side.

A loud "bang" came from the west camp wall of the great pass.

The heavy camp gate was quickly opened, and a team of spirited soldiers of the Yongyi Army walked out of the camp gate quickly and quickly spread out to the left and right. They were divided into units of armor, and every twelve soldiers formed a combat group.

The first few combat groups that left the city were all cold soldiers. They carried long wooden boards on their shoulders and ran out quickly, using the force of their rapid run to throw the long wooden boards forward.

The long wooden board, as wide as two men, flew far away and was about to reach the other side of the trench, but the twelve soldiers who had been carrying the long board were seen holding a thick rope each in their hands.

"Hold on!"

At the roar of the captain, they all worked together to grab the thick rope and pulled back. The long wooden board that was flying forward suddenly stopped and then fell down, landing on the deep trench in front of the camp wall.

Following behind this armored warrior, there were two more armored warriors.

One of them was a fire soldier, who immediately spread out along the edge of the deep trench, raised the Yunzhou quick guns in their hands, and fired "bang bang bang" at the opposing army.

The other group was made up of cold weapon killers. They did not stop and rushed towards the other side "thump thump thump" on the long wooden board that had just been laid. Following closely behind them was the group of cold weapon killers who had been responsible for laying the long wooden board.

“Ouch… Ouch!”

As the soldiers of the Yongyi Army were walking across the trench quickly, another soldier next to them did not use the same force, causing the long wooden board to fall into the deep trench...

Now, they are struggling to pull up the wooden boards that have fallen into the trench and put them back together.

Looking around, more than a thousand infantry soldiers from the right side of the Tengshe Battalion of the Yongyi Army were stepping on long wooden boards, quickly crossing the trenches and fighting towards the oncoming Chuang army.

Following closely behind these thousand infantrymen was another large sea of ​​bright red people. They were organized into groups of five, with two people in each group carrying a falconet, and the other three each carrying two sub-cannons and holding a brand new shovel in their hands.

They followed closely behind the soldiers on the right, quickly passed through the deep trench, and continued to run forward. Although they were carrying cannons and sub-guns, their speed did not slow down. Their steps were neat and consistent, which showed the results of their daily training.

More than 4,300 charioteers quickly spread out to both sides outside the deep trench. Their red uniforms were very bright in the sun, like a red wave, extending to both sides...

…………

Under the coercion of the rebel soldiers and the threat of bullets fired from the city walls, more than 2,000 soldiers continued to approach the trench. They were originally some distance away from the deep trench in front of the camp wall.

  But I don’t know why?

The muskets on the camp wall, which were originally very sharp, suddenly went silent!

"The soldiers' muskets are silent, let's charge quickly!"

I don't know which fearless person suddenly shouted hoarsely, which immediately inspired many servants who didn't know the truth. They threw away the wooden boards they held in front of them to block the bullets and ran towards the deep trench not far away. Those who were fast had already run to the trench. They raised their hands and threw the soil in the bags or baskets into the deep trench. Some servants who were panicked even threw the bags and baskets into the deep trench...

  With people like them, they will probably starve today!

Just at this moment, a loud "bang" was heard from the camp wall, and many servants immediately became terrified. They could be considered to have experienced some battles, so they could naturally recognize that it was the sound of a cannon.

Just as they were looking around in panic, the heavy camp gate opened quickly and teams of Ming Dynasty troops rushed in from the camp gate.

However, they did not seem to be very scared. Some of the braver ones even pointed at the opposite side with mocking expressions on their faces.

Apparently they relied on the barrier of the trench in front of them and were not very afraid of the officers and soldiers rushing out from the opposite side, but soon they were dumbfounded!

  I saw the officers and soldiers on the opposite side quickly dispersing to both sides, many of them were still carrying heavy wooden boards, and some servants were still laughing - did they want to fly over with these wooden boards?

But they did not notice that next to the officers and soldiers carrying the heavy wooden boards, there were teams of officers and soldiers carrying muskets.

By the time they see everything clearly, it's too late!

When they saw the soldiers on the opposite side half-crouching and raising their muskets, the servants who were still staying at the edge of the trench suddenly panicked. They let out roars and ran away for their lives.

  But how could their two legs outrun the bullets fired from the Yunzhou quick guns?

Seeing a gray-white smoke rising, the rows of black muzzles shot out countless deadly small bullets. In just a blink of an eye, a cloud of blood mist rose on the other side of the trench...

Most of the soldiers were shot in the back, and some who did not have time to turn around were shot through the chest. For a while, the trench was filled with soldiers falling to the ground and struggling.

The wailing sounds mixed together with the roar of muskets and the "dong dong dong" sound of the Yongyi Army soldiers' footsteps on the other side of the trench, forming a unique symphony.

In fact, Wei Zhice did not want to kill all these unarmed servants. He just wanted to use this tragic scene to force these servants to counterattack the rebel army that was supervising the battle behind them.

As expected, faced with such a bloody scene and the imminent threat of death, the servants were immediately frightened and could no longer care about the soldiers of the Chuang army who were supervising the battle behind them.

They were like mad lambs. They dropped the bags and baskets of earth in their hands and ran away for their lives. Even if they fell, they struggled to get up and ran away like crazy again.

Crying... shouting... howling...

Even if their comrades in front were shot dead by the rebels, they would push them away without hesitation, fearing that they would grab them as a lifeline in a panic...

Under the threat of death, human nature becomes so strange and so unbearable to look at!

They just want to live, no matter if you are relatives, friends, parents, wives or children. At this moment... everything that stands in their way must give way to their lives...

Many weak servants died not from the guns of the government troops, nor from the crossbows of the rebels, but were pushed down by their companions and repeatedly trampled under their feet, and died miserably like this...