Chapter 53: The Dust Settles

"Rush! Kill! ”

The whole valley echoed with the shouts of bandits or officers and soldiers, and the sound of gunpowder explosions was heard from time to time, and the screams were endless, and every time I heard a scream, it meant that another person had died under the sword.

The gang led by Zhao Ren has already engaged Liu Ling, and these 1,200 people are Zhao Ren's old base, and they are the people he saved before he came between the two Huai regions.

Previously, Zhao Ren suspected that there were undercover agents from the government around him, so he only arranged these 1,200 people on the surface, and the other 1,600 people were all hidden underground.

If they really can't stand the darkness, let them change shifts with the people on the ground and come out to breathe.

After that, Zhao Ren deliberately sold a flaw, let the underground come out in a fair and honest way, and then monitor the few people who he suspected of being officers and soldiers.

As a result, he was really caught, and when the Wudesi official learned that there were still people hiding underground, he felt bad. In the middle of the night, I turned off the light and secretly wrote a letter, and when everyone was asleep, I was ready to go out and deliver the letter.

So he was arrested by the people sent by Zhao Ren to monitor him, and Zhao Ren did not interrogate him later, but directly executed him, and his body was thrown near the officers and soldiers at the entrance and exit of the Handle Valley.

Therefore, Liu Ling was a little angry when he saw Zhao Ren who was riding a horse and observing the situation behind.

But he repeatedly told himself that he couldn't be impulsive, and if he was impulsive at this time and went into the enemy line alone, he would be in the net.

You can die yourself, but you can't die in such a stupid way.

Since those 1,200 people were Zhao Ren's trump card at the bottom of the box, their combat effectiveness was a notch higher than that of ordinary bandits. Liu Ling's subordinates were a little difficult to resist, so they could only fight and retreat.

The biggest characteristic of the van soldiers is that they go against the wind and waves, and once the situation is unfavorable to them, they begin to panic. Under the discouragement of the army, Liu Ling's side was defeated and retreated.

After a short time, the soldiers were scattered by these bandits who were not afraid of death. They turned around and ran, and they could not stop them.

In fact, this can't be blamed on them, Huaixi belongs to the hinterland, and there are few opportunities to fight. The soldiers usually train once a week, and the rest of the time they do chores.

After Zhao Ren occupied the land of Huaixi, he attacked many times. Repeated encounters, repeated victories. In their hearts, they were already afraid of Zhao Ren. Not to mention Zhao Ren's hand, there is still gunpowder now.

Liu Ling saw that the situation was not good, and he secretly hated it in his heart, but he could only give up. After discussing with the old dart head of the Danyang Dart Bureau, Liu Ling asked his subordinates to retreat.

As soon as the order came out, most of the soldiers and heroes threw away their weapons and turned around and ran wildly.

Their ability to fight may be slightly inferior to that of the bandits, but their ability to escape for their lives is not as good as one-ten-thousandth of theirs.

In a few moments, they had climbed over the hillside and fled to a place where the bandits could not see them.

And Liu Ling, who covered their retreat, and the Wude officials fought and retreated, and after crossing the hillside, they also began to flee for their lives.

Zhao Ren did not give the order to pursue, and after crossing this hillside, there were many places where he could leave this valley. As long as you take this hillside down, you will have a way out.

Standing on the hillside overlooking his own camp, I saw that in the camp, a black flag embroidered with the word "town" slowly rose, hunting in the hot wind in the summer.

The brave general of the Zhenjiang Army, with his soldiers, looked up in his direction in the camp.

For a moment, Zhao Ren felt that he was being targeted by a fierce tiger.

This sense of oppression is the first time in his life that he has experienced it.

The Zhenjiang Army really lives up to its reputation! Zhao Ren was a little excited, that kid was a talent himself, and the subordinates he trained were definitely not far behind.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ren couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

At the beginning, Downing was like an ant who could be pinched to death by reaching out his hand.

But now Tang Ning has become a fierce tiger, and he is no longer the little ant with a harmless smile on his face.

Time passes, things are not people. Zhao Ren suddenly thought, if Han Xiong had insisted on killing this kid when he decided to accept him, what would the world be like now?

"Your Majesty, it's time to make a decision." Just when Zhao Ren was distracted because he was thinking about this, the subordinates beside him suddenly said: "Do you stay and fight the officers and soldiers, or run away?" ”

Zhao Ren looked around, all of them were gray-faced subordinates. He thought about it, and finally sighed: "Let's go!" With this life, there will always be a time to make a comeback!

If your life is gone, then there is nothing! ”

All the subordinates agreed, but just as Zhao Ren was about to order a retreat, suddenly, one of his subordinates pointed in a certain direction and shouted in panic: "What is that!" Look! ”

A well-equipped army came across the mountain path, and the flag they carried on their shoulders was the black town flag.

Zhao Ren was surprised inexplicably, could it be that Tang Ning's kid had already reached this point? This is also in his calculations?

Following behind the military formation, several figures on horseback appeared in front of Zhao Ren again.

Looking at the knight in the center, isn't that the same Tangning who thinks about it day and night, and wants to get rid of it quickly?

"King! The Zhenjiang army is attacking from behind! ”

Aggressive...... As soon as his subordinates were reminded, another row of arrows fell in front of him. Zhao Ren gritted his teeth, pointed in the direction of Tang Ning and said, "Kill!" Kill that way! Fight your way out! Let's retreat

! ”

"Kill!"

"Rush!"

As soon as Zhao Ren's order was issued, bandits and robbers all over the mountains rushed towards the bottom of the hillside.

Tangning shook his head and sighed. Zhao Ren was still confused by his anger in the end, and at this time, no matter what, it was right to concentrate his subordinates to attack the Wujin battalion, which seemed to be weak, in the rear.

The Zhenjiang army still carried out the tactic of killing the enemy in the offensive path.

More than a hundred shield men lined up in front of them, and the pikemen raised their guns behind the shield men. Behind them, the crossbowmen of the Zhenjiang army kept shooting deadly arrows one after another.

Arrows tied to gunpowder landed on the bandits' bodies or feet. The sound of a crackling explosion came from the direction of the bandits.

The smoke of gunfire was everywhere, but it could not stop the bandits from charging. At the moment when they engaged the Zhenjiang army, they also threw out one gunpowder bag after another in their hands.

Unlike them, the Zhenjiang army, who has been dealing with gunpowder all along, is not afraid of this play at all, if you throw it over, I will pick it up and throw it back, teaching you not to litter.

Of course, not all gunpowder packets could be thrown back, and several explosions still sounded in the Zhenjiang army's military formation. However, because of the timely evasion, the casualties were not heavy. Each powder bag can cause damage to two or three people at most.

Moreover, the way the Zhenjiang army used gunpowder was very different from these bandits, and the Zhenjiang army had already moved away from the realm of using explosions to kill and injure the enemy.

After all, the Tangut people have been fighting with gunpowder all year round, and they are not stupid, so they should know the characteristics of this thing. As soon as the gunpowder came, they hurried to the side, and even the Western Xia army added a special item to avoid gunpowder during training.

In such a situation, wouldn't it be self-defeating not to make changes? So in the later stages of the Battle of Pingxia City, Tang Ning added rubble and thistles to the gunpowder bag, and began to embark on the road of fragmentation and destruction.

The Tangut people suffered a lot in this trick, and the bandits had never seen this trick at all.

However, they are not afraid of death, and they can make up for it.

However, fighting a war is not something that can be won without fear of death, and soon the inexperienced bandits fall into disadvantage.

Zhao Ren once wanted to turn around and kill back into the camp, but the Wujin camp led by Shenqian occupied the hillside, and Zhao Ren's subordinates could not advance an inch.

And below the hillside, Tang Ning was also attacking while eating away at Zhao Ren's formation.

It didn't take long for Zhao Ren to be encircled by the Zhenjiang army.

At this time, the soldiers who had just escaped began to jump out to cheer for the Zhenjiang army. If it weren't for the fact that they would be needed to clean up the battlefield next, Liu Ling would like to let them roll away now and never appear in front of him again in the future......