Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

On the flat official road, the retreating rebels lined up in a long line, marching slowly like a giant black dragon with no visible head or tail.

Dark night is the best cover. The rebels can retreat safely and boldly. However, for most of the rebels who suffer from night blindness, the dark night is also the biggest trouble. In order to avoid being discovered by the officers and soldiers in Chengdu, they cannot use torches for lighting. Yan Ximing thought of a solution.

He ordered the soldiers with good vision to lead the way in front, and the soldiers behind put their hands on the shoulders of the leading soldiers in front, one on top of the other, one foot high and one foot low, and the marching speed was very slow.

Fire. Lan Fang, who was standing on a high platform and observing with a telescope, gave the order to attack.

The sky still didn't light up, but he couldn't wait any longer. More than half of the vanguard of the rebel army had passed. The longer the time dragged on, the more rebels slipped away in front of him.

After a whole day of siege yesterday, the rebels suffered heavy losses, but they were not injured. They still numbered more than 200,000. Although most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, if they fought hard, they would still be a big force. trouble.

He did not seek to defeat the rebels at once, as long as he could kill a large number of rebels and weaken Zhang Xianzhong's strength. The only thing he hoped for now was that the Royal Second Regiment could react quickly after hearing the roar of the cannon, enter the position to snipe the rebels, and block the rebels. The retreat route of the dead rebels is to gather again and annihilate them.

Boom boom boom——

Thirty-six cannons began to roar. At this time, there was no need to test-fire. The coordinates were corrected based on the impact point. It was enough to seize the opportunity first and frighten the rebels, and then correct the coordinates based on the impact point.

Each round of explosive bombs exploded into clouds of fire on the grass. The impact point was far away from the rebels and did not cause any substantial damage. However, the rebels were like ants exploding their nests. Large pieces, scurrying around like headless flies.

No matter how elite the troops are, they will inevitably panic if they are suddenly attacked during the march. What's more, the real soldiers of the rebel army are only tens of thousands. The rest are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are even a large number of women and children.

In addition, after the previous attack on Chengdu with high morale and heavy losses, the Right Prime Minister Yan Ximing suddenly ordered the withdrawal of troops. Although it was under the banner of Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong himself was not seen, even if his curses were heard. , can make the soldiers feel at ease. This will inevitably make people uneasy, make all kinds of random speculations, and inevitably lower morale.

After the artillery opened fire, the Guangxi Wolf Barracks also lit up torches. It was a dense area, like stars in the sky. The roaring and killing sounds shook the sky, giving people the illusion that tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were fighting out of the woods. .

The combination of many factors made the rebels who were marching in the dark think they were ambushed. They panicked and fled in all directions. Some took the lead and others followed, and the entire relatively orderly team suddenly collapsed.

Right Prime Minister Yan Ximing, as the supreme commander of the rebel army, led a large number of elite guards to carry the unconscious Zhang Xianzhong's carriage at the front of the team. The team behind was suddenly attacked by artillery fire, which stunned him.

They thought they could escape from the battlefield under the cover of darkness, but unexpectedly they were ambushed by the army and the whole team was thrown into chaos.

Which officer and army are ambushing here?

Intelligence leak?

It's simply impossible. Only the generals at the big boss level know that they have to retreat. Besides, even if there is a traitor, there is no time to send out the information. Qin Liangyu's white army will not have time to arrive here and set up an ambush.

The only reasonable explanation is that there is an army that has been ambushing here for a long time, and it carries a lot of cannons. Just listening to the continuous and intensive explosions, it is estimated that there are at least about a hundred cannons.

Unfortunately, the emperor led his army back to Chengdu, but fell into Qin Liangyu's trick.

Yan Ximing suddenly figured out that after Qin Liangyu captured Chengdu, he conveniently dug a big hole for the rebels. This was because he knew that the emperor was determined to take back Chengdu, so he sent a large army to ambush here, between the rebels and Chengdu. The defenders suddenly broke out at the critical moment of the fierce battle, and attacked the Baigan Army guarding Chengdu from front to back, defeating the rebels in one fell swoop.

If Zhang Xianzhong and a group of counselors and senior generals had not been bombarded by the artillery of the Baigan Army and suffered all casualties, and he hastily ordered the withdrawal, disrupting Qin Liangyu's deployment, this ambush officer army would not have rushed out.

Don't panic, everyone, hold on steady, hold on...