Chapter 716: Seeing the Move
In fact, the difference in the power of the grenades between the two sides is almost negligible, and there are two reasons why the White Lotus Sect really suffered heavy losses, first of all, the two thousand cavalry of the Shu army often practice firearms in the mountains, and the horses they ride have also been tested by the sound of explosions for a long time, and the impact of the explosion of the grenade on these horses is far less than that of the horses that the White Lotus Sect snatched from the hands of ordinary Shu troops.
Secondly, the army also wears the Yao genius girl, the third lady of Wei Guogong personally taught the secret rattan armor, from head to toe protection, most of the shrapnel flying randomly can not penetrate these rattan armor, even if it is close to the explosion, some shrapnel breaks the rattan armor, the power has been greatly reduced, these strong soldiers and ruffians are ferocious, the White Lotus cavalry is wearing leather soft armor at most, most of them are even just wearing cloth clothes, the result is naturally completely different.
Although the two wings were defeated, Tao Tianxiong didn't care very much, these cavalry were only tentative, and his real main force had not yet been dispatched.
After the Shu army musketeers defeated the enemy's cavalry on both wings, they did not continue to pursue, but immediately turned around and returned to the two wings of the Shu army's artillery array, the Shu army is different from the White Lotus Sect, they don't have so many reserves, these two pairs of musket cavalry are Duan Fei's trump cards, and there is no room for loss.
Thinking that after seeing the reality of the Shu army, Tao Tianxiong's descendant army finally moved, and tens of thousands of horses shouted to kill the Tian Tian and Earth rushed towards the Shu army, which was obviously a small number, regardless of front and back, Tao Tianxiong planned to eat the Shu army like dumplings.
The sound of artillery rose again, falling on the group of White Lotus Sect troops who rushed over at the beginning but were blocked by the cavalry of the Shu Army, causing a large number of casualties, fighting at close range, it was impossible to break through the defense of the cavalry of the Shu Army, and then disperse.
Although the flowering cannon brought great casualties to the enemy, Duan Fei's face did not have any sense of ease, this is because the number of cannons he can bring to battle in a hurry is still too small after all, and although today's cannons have the design of submunitions, the time for changing ammunition has been greatly reduced, but compared to the enemy's army of tens of thousands of people, the role of artillery bombardment is actually focused on deterrence, when the enemy rushes over without fear of death, the cannonballs that fall in the enemy group are like waves blooming in the sea, and in the blink of an eye, they are swallowed up by the black press.
Seeing that the enemy finally made a big move, Duan Fei did not hesitate to order the Chinese army and the rear army to join the battle together, and nearly 100,000 people started a real battle not far from the west of Jinan.
Although the gap in the number of the two sides is quite large, the nearly 20,000 elites of the Shu army brought by Duan Fei are not at the mercy of others, although the Shu army was soon surrounded and attacked by enemies several times their size, but the Shu army stubbornly resisted, and the two sides fell into a stalemate, both of them were trying their best to thank the enemy, but in comparison, the Shu army had cannons, and everyone had rattan armor to protect themselves, and the losses of the White Lotus Sect were mostly large.
Although this level of loss made Tao Tianxiong feel a little heartbroken, but he didn't care very much, in Tao Tianxiong's eyes, defeating the army in front of him was the most important thing, he believed that the army in front of him was already the last force that the court could take out to deal with them in the short term, and it would take at least a month or two to send the elite soldiers from other provinces over, and the strength of the White Lotus Sect would not be only in front of him, not to mention, Duan Fei, the Duke of Weiguo, now had a high prestige in the military and the people of the Ming Dynasty. Guanyin's blessed god of war was defeated in his hands, and was even captured alive by him, which was a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty inside and outside the court, and it may even make the court collapse, which is a great encouragement and stimulation for the White Lotus Sect, maybe he Tao Tianxiong can really become the founding king of the White Lotus Sect as the foundation of the country!
Tao Tianxiong stared at Duan Fei tightly, the new hatred and old hatred combined with the greed in his heart made Tao Tianxiong hate to swallow Duan Fei in one gulp.
Duan Fei didn't care too much about Tao Tianxiong's existence, the most important thing for him at the moment was to defeat the enemy, as for Tao Tianxiong, he had the head of Tianmen and Shaolin Yuantong and other white ways around him, and even the White Lotus Holy Maiden Ziyan would keep an eye on him.
Although the defense of the Shu army is strong, and the attacks of artillery, grenades, muskets and other weapons are also very strong, but the White Lotus Sect still relies on the strong advantage in numbers to trap the Shu army tightly, and the advantage is getting bigger and bigger, seeing this scene, Tao Tianxiong's face gradually showed a smile.
Duan Fei was in the encirclement, so he naturally knew everything about it, but he saw Tao Tianxiong's relaxed body from a distance through the telescope, the corners of Duan Fei's mouth twitched slightly, and a sneer appeared on Duan Fei's face.
Soon the pre-prepared sub-munitions of the cannon were exhausted, and the gunners needed to reload the ammunition on the spot, so the power of the cannon of the Shu army was greatly reduced, seeing this, Tao Tianxiong's eyes lit up, his right hand waved forward, and at the same time rode forward, Tao Tianxiong shouted vigorously: "The whole family assault!" Defeat the army in front of you, and capture Duan Fei alive and reward 10,000 taels of silver! ”
The elite behind Tao Tianxiong followed closely behind and rushed towards the Shu army, and under the banner order, Xie Yan, the Yellow Heaven Great Protector who had been at the forefront, breathed a sigh of relief, and he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to get out of the way on both sides, give way to the place, and give space for the elite cavalry under the command of the sect leader to charge.
Tao Tianxiong's cavalry came in an instant, Tao Tianxiong personally rushed to the front, and the gunners of the Shu army knew to aim at him without giving an order, and bombarded him.
The cannonball roared, Tao Tianxiong saw the coming, and the healthy horse under his crotch suddenly accelerated towards the cannonball, and danced a spear made of refined steel with both hands, and picked it up at the cannonball.
There was a crisp sound on the ground, and the projectile was picked up by Tao Tianxiong and flew into the sky, flying to a height of more than ten meters and suddenly exploding, like a firework, and the shrapnel flew down, but it could not cause much damage.
Seeing that the sect leader was so brave, the White Lotus disciples cheered one after another, among them: "The sect leader has vast magical powers, and the world is invincible!" Seeing this scene, the morale of the army on the other side plummeted.
Tao Tianxiong laughed even more wildly: "Duan Fei'er, why don't you surrender obediently?" If the deity catches you again, it won't be like wagging your tail and begging for mercy to spare you anymore. ”
Duan Fei's expression changed slightly, Tao Tianxiong's words dealt a great blow to the morale of the Shu army, besides, the enemy was menacing, and the cavalry team in front had resisted the onslaught of the White Lotus Sect for a long time, and it might not be able to withstand the impact of the new force led by the White Lotus Sect Master himself, Duan Fei immediately made a decision, pulled out the dragon tooth blade with a brush, and shouted: "Tao Tianxiong, last time in Shaanxi, the country used 3,000 people to defeat tens of thousands of you and the army wolf rushed to the jackal, right?" As the leader of the White Lotus Sect, you are ashamed to speak in front of the people of the world, how can you be allowed to go against the sky, so let the dragon tooth blade that represents the current Holy True Dragon Son in your own hands take your head and eliminate this military disaster invisibly! ”
Hearing Duan Fei's words, the momentum of the White Lotus Sect stagnated, but the morale of the Shu army was greatly boosted, Duan Fei took the five hundred cavalry behind him who had not yet moved, and passed through the artillery array, and the cavalry of the Shu army in front of him got out of the way one after another, and in the blink of an eye, there was no one between Duan Fei and Tao Tianxiong, and the eyes and minds of both sides locked each other tightly.
Duan Fei's rebuttal made Tao Tianxiong speechless, his eyes revealing a fierce murderous aura, he had already moved to kill.
The two sides collided together in a blink of an eye, Tao Tianxiong used a long weapon, and after a loud shout, the spear stood up, and stabbed at Duan Fei first.
This thorn was not fancy, but it rolled up a powerful air flow out of thin air, and flew towards Duan like a small whirlwind, which showed that this spear contained great power.
Duan Fei also let out a loud shout, and the dragon tooth in his hand drew a ray of light like training, slashing at the tip of the spear with incomparable precision.
A loud noise on the ground shook the heads of the people with slightly inferior skills behind the two sides, Duan Fei and Tao Tianxiong were both shocked by the strong internal force of the other party, Duan Fei was better, Tao Tianxiong's eyes couldn't help revealing an unbelievable light, he had personally restrained Duan Fei, and he still had a certain understanding of Duan Fei's strength, counting his entry over the years, he shouldn't have a draw with him so easily.
Although he was surprised in his heart, Tao Tianxiong stabbed several spears in his hand without stopping, the spear was like a black dragon dancing wildly, flying towards Duan Fei headlessly, Duan Fei's dragon teeth flew up and down, blocking the opponent's attack at once, the knife became more and more gorgeous, the speed was a few points faster than the spear, and he could take the time to counterattack after a few knives.
When the two of them were inseparable, the others were also stuck, and the two sides did their best, but it was obvious that there were more strong people on Duan Fei's side, and as soon as Pu fought, he beat the other party to the ground, although the total number was much smaller, but it temporarily gained the upper hand.
However, this upper hand is based on the rapid consumption of everyone's skills, and it will be over after a long time, Duan Fei knows very well, Tao Tianxiong is looking forward to the arrival of that moment, when the time comes, he is sure that he will leave at least half of the powerful martial arts masters in front of him, and when the time comes, martial arts is not the bag of the White Lotus Sect?
The stalemate became longer and longer, and Duan Fei's heart began to burn, why hadn't the dark chess he set up yet started? If it drags on any longer, their side may collapse at any time!
Just when Tao Tianxiong was getting more and more proud, and Duan Fei was getting more and more anxious, there was a sudden uproar in the direction of Jinan City.
Duan Fei slashed a few times in a hurry, almost cutting the third spear that Tao Tianxiong had replaced again, and after slowing down, Duan Fei immediately shouted with luck: "Everyone hold on, our reinforcements have come, victory is just around the corner!" ”
Many people also heard the noise, after hearing Duan Fei's words, the army was naturally in good spirits, but the people of the White Lotus Sect were greatly affected, Tao Tianxiong looked back in surprise, and found that the shouting and killing sound in the direction of Jinan was full of smoke and dust, and the soldiers and horses of the White Lotus Sect who were originally besieging Jinan actually broke the siege without authorization and rushed over to this side.
"The Great Protector of the Extreme Heaven is reversed! The four protectors of the White Lotus have all taken refuge in the imperial court! They're going to kill us in front and back, so let's run away! Many members of the White Lotus Sect shouted.