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Chapter 51: The King and the Loser Part 1

When the battle reached this stage, the Qin vas army clearly had already made its last breath. Chen Wen held the telescope and looked at the Qin vas army that relied on wheel battles to continuously release new forces to avoid collapse. According to the experience of confronting the Qing army over the years, the Qin vas army was able to survive until now, and it was indeed relying on the firelight and smoke from the Yuanzhou Prefecture City.

However, at this point, it is probably almost the limit.

"Send the order to clean the battlefield after the war. Don't delay supper. Now it's time to push them."

"Abide by the order!"

The commanders stepped on the war horses and rushed towards the Yuzhang Division of the central army, the Siming Division of the left wing and the Yuyao Division of the right wing. After a while, a team of soldiers wearing hat-shaped helmets, face armor, half-body armor, cowhide armed arms with Qi Dao and bayonets tied with a bulging shoulder bag, and behind them a flint-locked Lumi Gun came out. Wherever they went, the soldiers were all energetic.

The team came to the hollow square formation at the front and penetrated into the gaps between the teams. They did not go to get the muskets or draw their swords. Instead, they took out a black ball from their shoulder bags, ignited the fuse with a fire snatch and threw it directly into the somewhat crowded areas of the Qin army that had been squeezed by the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Chen Wen has been constantly adjusting the weapons and armor combinations of grenades, from the initial grenades with cold weapons and iron armor infantry breaking formations, to the later grenades with armorless flintlocks, and to the current grenades with flintlocks, bayonets and backup weapons that are progressing hand-to-hand combat, this combination can obviously play the role of grenades on the battlefield.

The front row threw grenades, picked up the flintlock and installed it directly with a bayonet. Then the team had completed the loading, strode forward, aiming at the target of the most threatening targets.

Explosions sounded one after another, just like the southeastern economist flags that encountered grenadiers in Yushan, the Qin army had never seen such a formation and was immediately blocked on the spot. Then a fire of muskets shot, thinning the front row that had been blocked for another round.

After a blink of an eye, consciousness recovered. Faced with the assault of the spear and the grenadier who had been bayonet, the frontier of the broken formation collapsed with a bang. The defeated soldiers turned around and ran away. Soon they began to sweep the queue behind like snowballs, and almost instantly caused an irreversible wave of defeated soldiers.

Seeing that the Qin vassal army, which was still trying hard to support, could no longer maintain its formation after being attacked by grenadiers, the entire army collapsed in front of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army, who was already a little tired by wheel battles. The armored infantry of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army relaxed their breath and then shouted to form a formation to the defensive line of defense.

Infantry formations to pursue, while cavalry emerged from the gap between the square formation and soon caught up with the tail of the defeated soldiers. Next, they aimed the spear, stick and saber at the back of the defeated soldiers, and they cut and slashed freely in the back of the head. The screams further accelerated the collapse of the Qin vassal army.

The defeated soldiers fled backward like a tide, and fear spread. This army, which was as many as three times the number of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, turned into a mess in just a moment.

"This, this, what's going on?"

Sun Kewang's army had already been put into the battlefield to replace those camps that had suffered heavy damage. Now he is in the rear, and the only thing he has left in his hands is just a cavalry team, just for his personal escort. The troops were ashamed, and this little force was put into use, and it was the fate of being swept by the defeated soldiers in a flash. However, Sun Kewang had only one thing in his mind at this moment, that is, what happened just now? Didn't the war of attrition be fought well? Why did he suddenly collapse?

"The King of Yue can use demonic magic, and the King of Yue can use demonic magic!"

The defeated soldiers were undoubtedly shouting in a scream. Sun Kewang, who was stunned, finally heard it clearly, but he could not believe it at all.

"It's impossible to talk nonsense, it's impossible!"

Sun Kewang shouted so desperately, but the defeated soldiers could no longer stop him and were even sweeping towards them. The guards around him knew that Sun Kewang could not accept this crushing defeat and the outcome that he was about to face after the crushing defeat, but for the responsibility of the guard, especially those of them were Sun Kewang's confidants, and only when Sun Kewang was alive, they would have hope.

Seeing this, the captain of the guard hurriedly stepped forward to remind Sun Kewang that he could react easily, but before they could persuade him, Sun Kewang rode his horse and ran towards the camp, instead shook the guards.

The guards chased Sun Kewang's good horse and left the world, and the defeated soldiers behind them also rushed over like a tide. Among the defeated soldiers, teams of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming cavalry were striving to expel the defeated soldiers. Only these defeated soldiers were like flocks of sheep driven out by wolves to ensure the minimization of casualties.

Shen Jiabao leaned forward against the right side of the horse's head and chopped down with a knife. The defeated soldier fell down. There were too many defeated soldiers around him. They originally planned to catch a senior Qin vassal officer after they made a way, and they could write a lot of money on the credit book after they captured him and offered him prisoners.

Since the eighth year of Yongli, the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were rescued by the Ming army in Dalan Mountain, Shen Jiabao and a large number of rebels, including Jiang Han, who participated in the restoration of Dalan Mountain, joined the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It was not a thought of repaying kindness. He was originally a member of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain. That experience, especially the blind command of Huang Zongxi and the Wan family, also made him see clearly. What is Wang Jingluo's children and relatives, and what is the censor of the Lujian Dynasty, are nonsense. The Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang led by Chen Wen is the real continuation of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain, and the others are all fakes. Otherwise, how could Governor Wang send someone to Chen Wen for help when he was on the mountain?

After entering the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and walking out of the recruit training camp, he was assigned to the cavalry battalion under the Yuzhang Division. It was a pity that he failed to catch up with the two famous kings and failed to catch up with Nanjing. However, the importance of guarding Jiangxi is understood by every soldier of the Yuzhang Division, because while the army achieved these brilliant achievements, they were also resisting the pressure of Sun Kewang, that bastard. And today, they just took back the account.

"Bastard, he actually ran away."

Sun Kewang left in despair. How could he see in the chaos army? But when they really hit the banner of the King of Qin, they saw nothing, and this anger arose. It must be known that they were the first team to kill, and they didn't even see Sun Kewang's shadow, let alone others.

"Don't let that bastard run away. Let's cut down the banner first. It's a great achievement to seize the banner, so don't lose it."

The speaker was a former officer from the Green Camp in Jiangxi. He was half a year later than him. Now he is the deputy captain of the Centenary Team. Shen Jiabao doesn't look down on this former Green Camp officer very much. He always feels that this guy is inferior to them, the rebels who have always been fighting against the Qing Dynasty. However, looking at his easy-to-talk, and looking at his courage in fighting with the enemy cavalry on the battlefield, especially his friendship with fighting together, his senses are very different.

"Yes, cut down the big flag first, don't be idle either. Do you see that there? It seems like an officer. If you can't catch a big fish, you can even hold your hunger even if you catch a small fish."

The flag of the King of Qin fell to the ground, and the collapse of the army took a step further. In addition to the King of Yue, there were also more calls for despair that the King of Qin had been killed. This once a temporary Qin army was truly unsaved.

The army collapsed and the courage was lost, which was beyond the human power. Behind the torrent that was rolling westward, Chen Wen scattered all the cavalry while the infantry was chasing, even the guards of the Yue Palace. He brought the two infantry battalions of the Danyang Division as a reserve team to repair the floating bridge on the water. The army's food and grass were finally transported over, and they were all in Yuanzhou Prefecture City, so we must ensure the smooth flow of the food route.

The army collapsed here, and Zhang Sheng, on the east coast, also brought the cavalry back the same way - they didn't know how they lost, but if they lost, they lost. As a result, although they were a cavalry cluster, it was also dangerous to stay here, especially the cavalry of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang had proved their stronger strength in the cavalry battle a few days ago.

The floating bridge was soon restored. The main force chased the camp and captured many Qin soldiers along the way, aiming that they were also warriors fighting against the oppression of the Qing people. Chen Wen did not treat them like the Green Camp soldiers, but asked them to hand over all their weapons and their private property could be preserved by themselves. However, people still had to stay in the prisoner camp, and they still had to wait for Chen Wen's order to be issued.

"Master, is this the southwest king's army that had two famous kings back then?"

At night, the main force had already occupied Sun Kewang's camp and began to rest here. Only the cavalry were still chasing the southwest Ming army.

Wu Dengkejiu was in western Ganxi, and the Yuzhang Division he led was always the pillar of the sky facing Fan Wencheng and Sun Kewang on the Western Front. This first-level unit was first formed because he had to face Sun Kewang's threat. In the past few years when Wu Dengke was in western Ganxi, he had not had military conflicts with Sun Kewang, but that was only limited to dozens of people fighting outside the city. There was never a battle in such a formation like this. How could he imagine that this strong army would be so powerless when facing them now.

"The head coach is different. Sun Kewang has a very strong internal affairs ability. He is very talented in supporting hundreds of thousands of troops with two poor provinces. However, it is unlikely to expect him to make great achievements in commanding operations."

The intensity of this war is not low, but the actual pressure on the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is much worse. The ability of the head coach is a problem, but it is not decisive.

"Although the battle at the intersection of the road in the seventh year of Yongli caused considerable damage to the Tartars, the main force of the Qin vassal lost a lot, especially the front army, which were Sun Kewang's core force. In the past few years, the King of Jin had fought several battles in Guangdong and Guangxi, with both victories and losses, but Qin vassal, haha, fought a battle in Changde and lost. The proportion of veterans dropped seriously. The new recruits had been trained for several years, but they were not unable to go into battle, but they always lacked the will tempered with blood and the experience of piled up with numerous corpses."

No matter how good the army is in training, it has never been in the battle or seen blood. It is always a level lower than that. Looking back at that time, Chen Wen was able to quickly gain a foothold in western Zhejiang because of the momentum of the Simingshan Palace Battle. At that time, Nantangying relied on victory to achieve the sublimation of the army's combat effectiveness and completely condensed the overall will. Otherwise, no matter how good the opportunity was, it might not be able to seize it.

"There is the existence of command issues, such as Zhan Xiang and Luo Luo, these are the killer moves that the Southwest Kings rely on to break the formation. If I were the general, I would always find a suitable point and release it, instead of giving it to each unit as evenly as Sun Kewang, trying to crush it in an all-round way. One general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies."

Speaking of this, Chen Wen sighed, not because he thought that there would be a different result if he changed the commander, but because these people were all anti-Qing troops, but now they are engaged in unnecessary civil war because of the ambitions of the superiors. This is a pity, especially those soldiers who died in battle.

"The last thing is that, in the final analysis, the Southwest King's Division has not made any progress in tacticality over the years, and is still self-confidence. Even the Tartars have fought with our Jiangsu and Zhejiang King's Division for several years. Even if they can't keep up in tacticality, they still have some understanding. At least they have been working hard to deal with it. Sun Kewang doesn't even have this opportunity. He emphasizes personal bravery in tactics. If he faces our Jiangsu and Zhejiang King's Division, there is only this dead end."

Chen Wen fought with the Qing army for many years, and the existence of the generation gap made the power level of the two sides finally have a gap. Although the Southwest Ming army was strong in the sixth year of Yongli, it was only facing the Qing army. Moreover, Sun Kewang still tried to rely on the war elephant in this era. Luo Luo and Luo went to fight against the quasi-modern army of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming army. It was nothing unusual for him to be submerged by the wave of modernization.

Ma Xin General's thoughts came out one by one, and the generals also expressed their agreement. The Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has not been fighting for a year since the fourth year of Yongli. It was not new to have a large-scale battle at a few days, and it was not new to fight once every six months. The army continued to fight and win. While accumulating combat experience, it was also constantly innovating tactics, making the army's combat effectiveness stronger and stronger. As this happened, the gap would only grow bigger and bigger as one went up and down.

"In the eyes of the last general, even if the King of Jin comes, he will only have one word of defeat to the current battle formation of our Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army. In the final analysis, we still have to look at our Jiangsu and Zhejiang Kings Division, and our general!"
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