Chapter 1010 Zhang Xianzhong's Dilemma
Seeing that Gao Huan was unwilling to fight, Zhang Xianzhong had to let the Western Army launch an attack.
In the wilderness, the three hundred thousand Western troops launched a front that stretched for dozens of miles. The soldiers of the Western troops each held weapons, their eyes were cold and their expressions were solemn to look at the Ganjun camp in the distance.
At this time, behind the earth wall, the soldiers of the army had already placed a swarm of bees, rockets, grenades and other defensive equipment by their side so that they could be used at any time.
Every other section of the earth wall, there is a cannon, and the gunners are doing final inspections to ensure that the equipment is intact.
"Your Majesty, I see that Zhang Xianzhong is going to fight to the death. The guns and cannons are eyeless, so I ask Your Majesty to move and wait for the good news in the big tent!" Yuan Zongdi noticed the movement of the Western Army, saw the military flags waving and the military formation was moving, and he reminded him.
Gao Huan naturally didn't want to die in an accident like Mengge and Nurhaci. He glanced at the Western Army's formation and nodded slightly: "Okay! I'll leave this to my dear."
After speaking, Gao Huan led Song Xiance and others down the earth wall and returned to the big tent.
At this time, as soon as Gao Huan entered the tent, a "boom boom" fire came from outside. The artillery of the Western Army began to bombard the Ganjun camp, and the Ganjun artillery immediately began to launch a counterattack.
On the battlefield, shells flew everywhere, and amid the roar of artillery, tens of thousands of people appeared in the Western Army's formation and slowly left the formation.
The Western Army's double-armored soldiers holding swords and shields walked in front, and the musketeers walked behind, lined up in neat formations, bought neat steps, and pressed towards the Ganjun camp.
"Daxi! Daxi!" Jiao Lian drew his sword and waved it forward, and the soldiers behind him began to step together.
The Western Army advanced forward with a dense formation in a mud column where artillery shells splashed.
In the Western Army's formation group, people were constantly hit by artillery shells. The Western Army soldiers in the array jumped over the bodies of their comrades and continued to approach.
At this time, under the Central Army of the Western Army, Zhang Xianzhong was stationed in Ma Daqi, and suddenly there were white smoke rising in the Gan Army camp, and countless rockets roared and shot towards the Western Army formation group with tails, causing a stir in the military formation.
Immediately afterwards, the artillery set up by the Ganjun on the earth wall began to fire shots. Whenever the cannon was fired, the iron sand was poured out into a fan. The Western Army in front was hit with a dense blood pit, and they screamed and covered their faces and fell to the ground.
Zhang Xianzhong looked solemn, and his black face looked at the flickering flames on the earthen wall. The projectile hit the shield of the Western Army, making a "bang bang" sound. Soldiers kept hitting the thigh by the projectile, and a ball of blood mist rose.
On the battlefield, there were endless guns and cannons, and the shouts of killing were shocking. The soldiers of the Western Army fell down one by one. Finally rushed to the front of the formation, but were stopped by the barbed wire of the army.
Liu Wenxiu saw that the soldiers of the Western Army suffered heavy losses. Although they all knew that Ganjun's camp was not so easy to attack, they still did not expect that Ganjun's defense was so sharp.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers suffered heavy losses. Should they let them retreat first and re-formulate their strategies?" Liu Wenxiu couldn't help but plead.
Zhang Xianzhong had a gloomy face and watched the Western Army soldiers fall to the ground like mowing grass while shooting guns, but he was unmoved: "Continue to attack and beat drums to urge me to fight. We must break through Gao Huan's camp."
The Western Central Army drums were beating urgently, and the rumbling drums were shocking. Jiao Lian heard the drum sound after the sound, and could only grit his teeth and urge the soldiers, and yelled with a tough bullet, "Storm up! Bounce into the camp!"
The soldiers of the Western Army pushed down the wooden stakes and put the wire down. The double armored soldiers stepped heavily against the shield and rushed forward shouting.
Suddenly, with a loud "boom", the soldiers stepped on the landmine, white light burst out, and black smoke rolled, and the Western Army soldiers were directly overturned by the explosion. The Western Army, whose legs were blown off, covered their broken legs and let out a shrill scream.
Zhang Xianzhong saw the Western Army suffering heavy casualties and his heart was bleeding, but he still gritted his teeth and devoted himself to a group of troops.
The battle ranged from early morning to dusk. The Western Army rushed under the earth wall at one point, but it was always able to attack Gao Huan's camp.
The sound of gold roaring "Dangdang" finally sounded, and the Western Army was defeated like a mountain, and the numb soldiers retreated in a hurry.
Jiao Lian heard the sound of gold and looked at the layers of Western Army corpses outside the Ganjun camp, and his eyes were filled with tears.
The Western Army retreated from the battlefield and retreated back to the camp. The camp of hundreds of thousands of troops was extremely quiet, as if no one was willing to launch a daytime attack.
Zhang Xianzhong didn't say much, and after returning to the camp, he entered the tent and discussed with Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and others, but did not come out again.
That night, the Western Army camp quickly and quietly, leaving only the big tent, and a sound came out.
"Your Majesty, Gao Huan has been prepared for a long time, and the army is elite. Our army is not as strong as the army. Gao Huan is still hiding after the solid fortifications and refuses to come out. If he continues to attack, he may shed blood from the West." Liu Wenxiu looked heavy.
Li Dingguo also said calmly: "Your Majesty, today, the army suffered more than 10,000 casualties. Such a hard attack will only damage the morale of the soldiers, but it will be futile if it cannot take Gao Huan's camp."
Zhang Xianzhong had a dark face. His attack today was mainly for temptation, but he did not expect that Gan Jun's defense was so strong.
He knew that the elite army was difficult to defeat, so he originally planned to use his military strength to kill Gao Huan.
Zhang Xianzhong didn't care about the dead. For him, the sacrifice of the Western Army soldiers could not only reduce the consumption of food, but also kill and kill the dry army. It can be said that he killed two birds with one stone.
The Western Army has suffered heavy losses now, but has not consumed much of the army, which is obviously not meeting Zhang Xianzhong's expectations.
At this time, he was dark and thinking about the words of Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo, and suddenly a few "swish" roars came from outside the tent.
"What's going on?" Zhang Xianzhong frowned and asked with a black face.
When Li Dingguo heard this, he said, "It seems like he is a rocket in the army! It should be Gao Huan who sent someone to harass our army's camp."
Zhang Xianzhong suffocated his cheeks. There was a rocket in the army that could shoot two or three miles. Gao Huan was often used to harass enemy camps at night.
With such rockets, the army does not need to approach the enemy camp with tight defenses. They only need to send cavalry, carry rockets, use the cover of night to touch a place one or two miles away from the enemy camp, and then ignite the rockets and shoot them at the enemy camp, so that the enemy soldiers dare not fall asleep.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong raised the curtain and walked out of the tent. Sure enough, he saw rockets, with trails, falling into the Western Army camp, igniting several tents, causing a riot.
Liu Wenxiu said: "The cavalrymen came out of the camp and drove them away."
The gate of the Western Army camp opened wide, and several cavalrymen galloped out, but the cavalrymen shot one arrow and changed the place to another place. Before leaving, landmines were buried, making it difficult for the Western Army cavalry to pursue. They stepped on landmines from time to time and were blown up.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong looked outside the dark camp and suddenly a white light burst out, with loud noises and horses neighing, and a black face immediately became even more ugly.
"Your Majesty, look at this!" Mu Tianbo hurriedly walked past and handed over a piece of paper. "At this time, Gan Jun tied the rocket and shot into the camp."
Zhang Xianzhong took the words and took advantage of the torch light and opened them to watch. It was said that Sun Kewang had already defected to the country and the Western Army was about to run out of food.
Zhang Xianzhong trembled with anger, and kneaded the paper into a ball, and said with a ferocious face: "These are all rumors, it is a move by Gao Huan to disrupt my morale. Don't be deceived!"
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