At eleven o'clock in the morning on April 24, the sun was high in the sky over Zhaozhuang, and the sky was clear and cloudless. At the same time, gusts of breeze blew through the fields from time to time, blowing away the smoke in the fields.

Looking down from the sky, the battlefield at this time is divided into two parts.

On the western battlefield, Wang Dazhuang's troops were rapidly approaching Chen Yongfu's headquarters, and their six artillery pieces could be seen moving forward at a speed not inferior to that of the infantry, pulled by horses that exceeded the requirements for conventional marches.

The bumpy wilderness still failed to stop the rapid advance of these artillery pieces!

The special gun mount that carries the 600-pound long gun has the mobility that even a horse can actually pull it on a straight road, but it just can't go very long or very fast.

But now, in order to allow these artillery pieces to maneuver quickly in the wilderness without roads, Wang Dazhuang and the others went so far as to attach four horses to each artillery piece.

Four horses, pulling a cannon weighing 600 kilograms, can maintain a certain speed and maneuver even in the wilderness without roads.

Wang Dazhuang is leading the western army to approach quickly, and it is expected that he will engage in battle with Chen Yongfu's headquarters soon.

On the other side of the battlefield, two cavalry posts led by Wang Xiazi restrained Chen De's troops, preventing Chen De's troops from retreating quickly.

The main force of the Zhaozhuang headquarters, which is the 1st Infantry Battalion and the 3rd Infantry Battalion under the personal command of Luo Zhixue, has quickly attacked, and their target is still Chen De's command.

Zhang Malin, on the other hand, led the first artillery sentry down the mountain quickly, continuing behind Huang Dingquan and the other infantrymen.

It didn't take long for Luo Zhixue to hear the rumble of artillery coming from the battlefield on the west side. It was the sound of the second artillery sentry firing from the reinforcements on the west side led by Wang Dazhuang.

Luo Zhixue had heard the sound of the 600-pound long cannon firing many times, and he could tell immediately that they were firing solid bullets at a rapid rate.

Whenever he hears the sound of artillery shelling, Luo Zhixue finds it very pleasant.

However, to Chen Yongfu's ears, the sound of the rebel artillery was equivalent to a life-threatening talisman, and it was a life-threatening talisman that he could not understand for a while.

When these rural-protecting army thieves first set up small Hongyi cannons on the hilltop, he could understand and agree with them.

After all, the Hongyi cannons used by the Ming army were basically placed at the top of the city and on the fort's fort.

But when Chen Yongfu saw these rebel artillery pieces that were several hundred kilograms in size running across the field, even faster than their infantry, he couldn't understand it.

According to his knowledge, something like the Hongyi Cannon, even a small Hongyi Cannon, is a big thing that can weigh a thousand pounds and cannot maneuver quickly at all.

However, these damn rural-protecting army thieves actually pulled this small red barbarian cannon and galloped across the wilderness...

The maneuverability of these small Hongyi artillery pieces of the bandits is even more powerful than the two to three hundred kilogram light artillery pieces he has!

The artillery of the Baoxiang Army rebels maneuvered quickly and directly passed the infantry. After running to the front, it stopped when it was still three to four hundred meters away from Chen Yongfu's headquarters.

After they stopped, they did not need to remove the wheels under the frame carrying the artillery and anchor them in place like the Ming army did.

Instead, after directly pulling the front vehicle away, the following vehicle, that is, the gun carriage where the artillery was located, turned around and began to load and fire...

There is no pause in the middle.

Not only does it fire, but it fires very fast, and its rate of fire is not much slower than that of a matchlock gun.

Damn it, why can the Hongyi artillery of these rural protector soldiers run so fast and fire so fast? This is not in line with Chen Yongfu's knowledge.

Moreover, he could also see that after one of the rebel artillery fired a shot, it seemed that they disliked the choice of a bad place, and several of their gunners directly pushed the seemingly heavy artillery to perform short-distance maneuvers.

Run to the slightly higher ground on the other side and bombard again.

If the whole process goes smoothly, it will be as if the artillery in their hands is not a heavy cannon weighing several hundred kilograms, but a light cannon weighing several hundred kilograms.

When will this extremely heavy long-barreled artillery be able to run around in the wild?

After the second artillery sentry opened fire, the thousand-man headquarters soldiers led by Chen Yongfu personally withstood the fierce bombardment.

They wanted to fight back, but the distance was more than three to four hundred meters and they were unable to fight back.

Their two- to three-hundred-pound light cannons can't hit that far, let alone blunderbuss and bows and arrows.

Chen Yongfu gritted his teeth and said: "Come forward, charge forward and fight!"

Staying where you are and taking the bombardment unilaterally is no different from committing suicide. You can only continue to fight after rushing forward and closing the distance.

At least let your own light cannons, muskets, and bows and arrows have room to use.

When he saw the Ming army infantry phalanx charging ahead and wanted to rush over to fight, the second artillery sentry commander Huang Xiangbin showed a hint of ridicule.

If we could allow you to rush over easily, we, the Home Guard Army, would not spend so much effort training a large number of field artillery.

He immediately ordered: "Get your shotgun ready."

According to the speed of the opponent's infantry attack, his 600-pound artillery can be loaded with shotgun shells after firing two more rounds of solid shells.

Facing the impact of enemy infantry, firing solid artillery shells at medium and long distances and using cannonballs to fire rapidly at close range are the standard shelling procedures of the artillery unit of the Baoxiang Army.

Huang Xiangbin previously served as Zhang Malin's deputy and served as the deputy commander of the First Artillery Post for a long time. He has rich experience in commanding artillery operations.

As soon as he saw the movements of the Ming army infantry on the opposite side, he immediately prepared corresponding countermeasures.

The advancement speed of Chen Yongfu's troops is not very fast, because they not only have to continue to advance, but also maintain the formation as much as possible.

They are not those guardsmen. When Chen Yongfu asked the guardsmen to rush forward regardless, it was because those guardsmen were just cannon fodder. Chen Yongfu did not expect them to fight in formation at all. He only wanted to rush forward to disrupt the rebel army.

Just deploy and create opportunities for subsequent soldiers.

But now, those who attack directly are not guard soldiers, but combat soldiers.

If a swarm of swarms rushes over quickly, it will be faster, but it will lose its formation. If it turns around and is counterattacked by the rebel infantry array, the whole army will probably collapse.

However, maintaining the battle formation and advancing so slowly is too slow.

The rebels' artillery shells fell into our own array one after another, and each hit can knock out a bloody channel.

If they could still withstand the previous rounds of solid shell bombardment, then when they approached more than 200 meters, the enemy's artillery suddenly fired several rounds of shotgun shells, and they were completely unable to bear it.

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The thieves of the Home Guard Army fired several rounds of rapid-fire shotguns at the fastest speed without caring about whether the barrel would explode. At the same time, the three 200-pound light cannons belonging to the Fourth Infantry Battalion,

It is also a coordinated shotgun shelling.

Before the Ming army had time to launch a final rapid charge, and before the several light cannons on their vehicles had time to be unloaded, loaded and fired, they were completely stunned.

That's not all. Immediately afterwards, the rebel infantry on the opposite side strode forward again. Its musketeers quickly approached and fired a volley from dozens of meters away.

Charge!

After the continuous bombardment of the Ming Army, these Ming Army soldiers were already on the verge of collapse. The reason why they have not collapsed yet is simply that they have not yet reacted...

However, as the Ming soldiers in the front row fell down after being hit by volleys of muskets, and then saw the dense spears and spears coming towards them, they finally collapsed completely.

Chen Yongfu from the rear watched the battle and final collapse of his troops from beginning to end!

But until now, he still can't believe why his troops collapsed so quickly.

Even before they had time to engage in close combat with the enemy infantry, they collapsed under the bombardment of the rebel guns and artillery.

Where the hell did these bandits come from? Why do they have so many guns? And the guns are so good?

Chen Yongfu was shouting in his heart!

At this time, the soldiers around him said to Chen Yongfu with a panic look on their faces: "General, it's time to leave, leave the green hills behind and don't worry about having no firewood!"

Chen Yongfu closed his eyes and did not move!

Go?

Go there?

The world is so big, but there is no place for him anymore.

Of his more than 2,000 soldiers, one thousand have collapsed, and only a hundred cavalry are left from the 300 cavalry. There is also a thousand soldiers led by his son Chen De who have been held back by the rebels and will probably be destroyed soon.

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It’s over!

It's all over!

Without these two thousand soldiers, the world is so vast that there would be no place for him, Chen Yongfu.

Even if Chen Yongfu could escape all the way to Nanyang City under the escort of his own soldiers and the only remaining cavalry, the fate that awaits him would definitely not be much better.

Why could Chen Yongfu refuse Xuanmo's orders again and again before? He even tried to push back Hong Chengchou's orders, and Xuanmo and Hong Chengchou could only write letters to reprimand him.

It’s because he has more than two thousand direct line soldiers under his command!

Coupled with the thousands of other guards under his control, when Chen Yongfu was stationed in Nanyang, his army was several thousand strong.

Relying on the strength of several thousand men, he, Chen Yongfu, was able to sit firmly in Nanyang City, playing the trick of supporting the invaders in a self-respecting and passive manner!

I offended a lot of people during this period!

However, once these troops are gone, who is Chen Yongfu?

Nothing counts!

He knows very well that in today's troubled times, a bare general who has lost his strength will not be more valuable to the court than a dog!

Once he has no soldiers and power, there is a 100% chance that the people who committed his crimes in the past few years will rush up and bite him one by one, and there is a high probability that he will die without a burial place.

In addition, Chen De, his most valued son, is still trapped in the siege of the rebels. Moreover, the stupid son is clearly trapped in the siege, and his troops are being bombarded and suffering heavy losses, but he is still resisting.

He knows his son very well. According to his son Chen De's temperament, he will definitely resist until the end and would rather die than surrender.

Chen Yongfu himself could certainly escape with a small number of cavalry, but what about his son?

Although sometimes he feels angry at some of Chen De's naive ideas and feels that he has raised a stupid son, no matter what, Chen De is his most valued son and he cannot abandon him.

You have to find a way out for your son!

Seeing that Chen Yongfu did not speak or move, several soldiers around him could vaguely guess what Chen Yongfu was thinking at this time.

Sure enough, Chen Yongfu took a deep breath and said decisively: "Send the order, we surrender!"

After being defeated and losing his army, no matter how the court dealt with him in the end, Chen Yongfu could not accept it.
Chapter completed!