Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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Although Sun Chengzong's military order said "everything is going well in the war", rumors suddenly arose in the capital a few days ago.

It is said that Wu Jisheng's soldiers and horses have been wiped out by Zhao Wen's entire army, and Sun Chengzong was also blocked in Zhuolu Mountain by Zhao Wen.

When he first heard these rumors, Chongzhen thought they were just nonsense and didn't believe them. After all, Sun Chengzong's military newspaper wrote that "the war is normal."

However, with the passage of time, the rumors in the capital intensified, and it took several days for Sun Chengzong to send the military report, so Chongzhen became a little worried.

"Why am I so flustered all of a sudden?" Chongzhen was a little uneasy, he put down the brush in his hand, picked up a cup of tea on the table, and drank it all in one gulp.

"My lord, Mr. Sun Ge is a man who has experienced many battles and has the ability of Huo Guanjun. This time he leads the team, and he will definitely break through Xuanzhen." Gao Qiqian, who was standing next to Chongzhen, still did not forget to flatter his horse.

Chongzhen shook his head, "The rumors in the capital have intensified in the past few days, I asked you to send someone to investigate, how did your investigation go?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have already raised my eyebrows. In a few days, I will be able to find out these things." Gao Qiqian replied.

Chongzhen nodded, "That's good, that's good."

"By the way, did Mr. Sun Ge send the military report today?" Chongzhen suddenly remembered something, and looked at Gao Qiqian.

Gao Qiqian shook his head, "Your Majesty, no. It hasn't been there since Elder Sun Ge sent it the day before yesterday. It must be that Elder Sun Ge has already fought a decisive battle with Bandit Zhao. Otherwise, it is impossible to find time to send the military report .”

"There is some truth in what you said." Chongzhen said, "Come with me to go around the imperial garden."

Chongzhen really couldn't settle down, so he thought about going out to relax.

Gao Qiqian followed Chongzhen and walked back.

Now in autumn, the autumn chrysanthemums planted in the imperial garden are already blooming.

Although the autumn chrysanthemums are blooming, they are beautiful, but in autumn, they inevitably look a little bleak.

Chongzhen looked at these autumn chrysanthemums, and sighed: "I think of the line in the song "Fu Qiuju" written by the rebel Huang Chao, the fragrance soaring into the sky penetrates Chang'an, and the city is full of golden armor."

"Why did the emperor think of this poem? This poem is an anti-poetry. Moreover, although Huang Chao attacked Chang'an back then, he also failed later.

As the saying goes, its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden.Back then, Huang Chao's reputation was not inferior to that of Zhao Thief, but he still ended up in failure.It can be seen that Zhao thief can't toss for a few days. "Gao Qiqian stood behind Chongzhen, still flattering.

"I hope so. Now the imperial court can't stand the toss. This battle is a battle for the imperial court's national destiny. If it succeeds, the imperial court will be like a phoenix, and it will die in the fire. But if it fails, the imperial court will I'm afraid of the consequences, I'm afraid... alas..." Chongzhen's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a long sigh.

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Cao Wenzhao's soldiers and horses came near the place Cao Wenzhao attacked before.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao led about [-] soldiers and horses.

There were originally about 6 soldiers and horses in Sun Chengzong's hands, but successive failures left Sun Chengzong with only 3 soldiers.

The [-] soldiers and horses were divided into two parts by Sun Chengzong.

"What's going on? Why haven't we seen the enemy army come to attack us these days? This is not normal. Before that, the enemy army kept attacking us. Why hasn't there been any movement for several days this time?" The battalion commander stood at the defense line In the high place behind, holding up the binoculars, he said with a puzzled expression.

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Chapter 667 Cao Wenzhao's mentality collapsed

While the battalion commander was wondering, a soldier suddenly appeared in the battalion commander's field of vision.

The battalion commander squinted his eyes and looked forward. As Cao Wenzhao's soldiers and horses got closer, the battalion commander saw more and more clearly.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. After waiting for so many days, I finally got it today. The waiting these days is not in vain, it is not in vain."

The battalion commander put down the binoculars in his hand, walked to the back of the defense line, and shouted loudly, "Brothers, the enemy army is here and ready to attack. Once the enemy army launches an attack, hit me hard."

The battalion commander's voice kept echoing on the defense line, and the soldiers stationed here began to gear up.

Although this battalion repelled a lot of attacks before and made a lot of credits, but in this world, who would despise their own credits?

Cao Wenzhao stopped at a position about six miles in front of the defense line. He looked at the road leading to the front and kept sighing.

This line of defense has been a line of defense that Sun Chengzong has focused on assaulting these days, and the road leading to the line of defense is full of dried blood.

There is still an endless stench in the air, but the corpses on the road have been cleaned up by the defenders here.

Although there is no corpse, if a person who has not experienced such a thing, if he comes here, he will definitely vomit.

The soldiers and horses led by Cao Wenzhao stopped in batches and scattered in the forest behind Cao Wenzhao.

The front of the line of defense is relatively open, but it can accommodate so many soldiers.

Cao Wenzhao turned around, looked at the soldiers following him, and shouted: "Brothers, this is a decisive battle. No matter what price we pay this time, we must break through this line of defense. The future is now in our hands, if we can't break through, the court will have no future. Brothers, for the future of the court, we must work hard."

Cao Wenzhao's voice spread throughout the team under the transmission of the guards beside him.

At the end, Cao Wenzhao raised his arms and shouted, "Da Ming Wan Sheng, Da Ming Wan Sheng, Da Ming Wan Sheng, Da Ming Wan Sheng!!!"

Cao Wenzhao's personal guards also shouted loudly, and finally, even the soldiers and horses under Cao Wenzhao's command also cheered.

The momentum was overwhelming. At this moment, the adrenal hormones of these soldiers were continuously secreted, and their morale gradually reached its peak.

However, this morale will be completely consumed by steel and explosives during the charge.After the morale is exhausted, there is only this boundless fear left.

"Cross the line of defense and kill all the bandits. Kill one bandit and reward a hundred gold; kill two and reward a thousand gold; kill three and seal a thousand households; kill five and reward generals; kill more than [-] and reward the commander-in-chief directly." .The more you kill, the greater the credit, and the greater the reward you get."

Cao Wenzhao kept encouraging these soldiers.

"Now, the first echelon goes out!"

As soon as Cao Wenzhao's voice came out, the soldiers and horses of the first echelon came out under the leadership of their respective officers and came to the open space next to Cao Wenzhao.

This army is about 2000 people and consists of two thousand households.

In Cao Wenzhao's plan, he divided the soldiers and horses in his hands into five echelons.The number of soldiers and horses in each echelon increases successively, and the number of soldiers and horses in the first echelon is the least.

After the soldiers and horses of the first echelon came out, the general of the first echelon came to Cao Wenzhao, "My lord, it's over."

These two thousand households shouted at Cao Wenzhao in unison.

Cao Wenzhao nodded, "The first echelon, go out!"

"As ordered!"

The two thousand households bowed their hands in return, and then led their troops to the line of defense.

After the two thousand households led the soldiers and horses to leave, Cao Wenzhao said again: "The second and third echelons are ready."

The soldiers and horses of the second and third echelons began to prepare, and under the leadership of their respective generals, they moved to the open space next to them.

After doing all this, Cao Wenzhao came to the high place in the open space, quietly watching the soldiers and horses of the first echelon move forward.

At the same time, a smile appeared on the battalion commander's face.

"Here we come, here we come. Send me a military order. After these soldiers and horses enter two miles, the artillery will attack again. Wait until they enter one mile or even closer, and then use guns to attack.

But don't be like before, when we fired, these people ran away. "The battalion commander shouted loudly at the line of defense.

Although the soldiers on the defensive line did not answer, they kept these words in their hearts.

In front of each line of defense soldiers, several grenades were placed.

To be honest, these grenades are a bit redundant, after all, Cao Wenzhao's soldiers and horses can't rush through.However, just in case, a few grenades were placed.

Although the passage in front of the defense line is the widest passage out of Zhuolu Mountain, it is also compared with other passages.

If it is placed in a battle like a siege battle, this passage is still very narrow.It is for this reason that Cao Wenzhao had to use refueling tactics.

Refueling tactics are a taboo for military strategists, and Cao Wenzhao also deeply understands the shortcomings of this tactic, but now, he has no choice but to use this refueling tactic.

After the soldiers and horses of the first echelon walked into the passage, their formation spread out and they slowly pushed forward.

After about two quarters of an hour, these men and horses entered within two miles.

After entering two miles, these soldiers and horses suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the defense line.Hope to break through the defense line with this speed.

The battalion commander stood on a high platform behind the line of defense, holding up his binoculars and looking at the soldiers and horses approaching. "The artillery fires!"

The battalion commander's order was brought to the artillery position by the messenger standing beside him. After hearing the battalion commander's order, the artillerymen began to control the artillery and performed a series of operations.

After a dozen or so breaths, there was a roar from the artillery position.

The artillery position was located on the rear side of the line of defense, and the shells flew out of the barrel with a howling sound, and flew towards the first echelon of soldiers and horses.

The artillery on the artillery positions are basically mortars, and the power of mortars in mountain warfare is much greater than that of ordinary artillery.

"Bang bang bang!"

After a short flight, the shell landed in the formation of the first echelon.

The sound of rumbling guns rang out in the formation of the first echelon, and a large number of soldiers were killed on the spot.

The wailing sound followed closely behind. The worst thing was not being killed on the spot, but the half-mutilated one who couldn't die for a while.

If he was killed on the spot, he would die, at least there would be no pain.

These half-disabled people who were bombed could not die or live for a while. The pain spread all over their bodies, and they could only cry incessantly.

These wailing sounds have undoubtedly dealt a huge blow to the morale of the army.

Some soldiers saw the semi-disabled soldiers who were bombed, and their calves kept shaking.

After a long period of bombing before, almost all the trees in front of this passage were destroyed by shells. Therefore, the soldiers of the first echelon this time could not hide in the woods like before.

"Whoosh!"

A high-explosive bomb fell from the sky, landed in front of a soldier, and exploded instantly.

The soldier had no time to react and was shrouded in flames from the explosion.

Fragments flew around like a gust of wind and rain, knocking down the surrounding soldiers.

The defense line of this channel is only guarded by a battalion of guards, and the number of artillery is not very large, so the density of artillery is not very high.

Many soldiers in the first echelon escaped the bombing and came to the front of the line of defense.

Just when they thought they could break through the line, machine guns opened fire.

"Da da da!"

The muzzles of all kinds of firearms on the defense line were bursting with flames, bullets poured out of the muzzles continuously, and shell casings kept flying out of the ejection ports.

The soldiers of the Guards looked coldly at the first echelon of soldiers and horses rushing forward, without any expression on their faces.

The soldiers and horses of the Guards Army are all soldiers who have been with Zhao Wen for a long time. They are all soldiers and horses who have been carefully selected from various teams after hundreds of battles. It is impossible for them to sympathize with the enemy on the battlefield.

The bullets formed a line of crossfire, blocking the front.

The tracer bullets indicate the direction of the muzzle, and after the tracer bullets of the machine gun indicate the direction, the subsequent rifles will follow.

At this time, the direction pointed by the tracer bullets will usher in a more violent blow.

The smell of gunpowder became more and more intense, and more and more soldiers of the first echelon fell in front of the line of defense.

Under this level of blows, some soldiers began to collapse.

They threw away their weapons, shouted loudly, and fled back.

Cao Wenzhao, standing on a high place, saw all this in his eyes, "Come up to the second and third echelons, go up to me to replenish the troops in front, and at the same time, if you encounter deserters, block them back. If there are obsessed people, cut!"

Cao Wenzhao's order was transmitted to the second and third echelons that had already been prepared, and the captain rushed forward with the soldiers and horses.

After they rushed up, they blocked the fleeing soldiers back.

At this time, a new round of shelling began on the artillery position.

The sound of the cannon shook the sky, as if the whole earth was trembling, and the wild animals within a radius of seven or eight miles were frightened and fled in all directions.

After the soldiers and horses charging at the defense line were replenished, they launched a new round of charging.

However, the results of the new round of charges were no different from the previous ones.

Cao Wenzhao looked at the scene in front of him, his heart was bleeding. "This, this, this, what can we do even if we rush over? After rushing over, will we definitely be able to rush to the city of Xuanzhen? After rushing over, how many people will be left?"

Cao Wenzhao was afraid of affecting the morale of the army, so he didn't dare to say these words. He could only pray in his heart, hoping that the defense line could break through as soon as possible.

When a cold weapon faces a hot weapon, it is like a mortal fighting a god. Throwing away those unstable factors, a hot weapon is completely crushing a cold weapon.

The passage in front of the line of defense was bombed badly. The originally rugged mountain road was covered with all kinds of stones, but now it has been bombed to pieces.

Every inch of land in front of the defense line has withstood the baptism of artillery fire.

There were screams one after another, and soldiers fell every moment.

Blood flowed out from their bodies, forming small puddles of blood one after another on the ground.

"This is self-deception, this is self-deception!" Cao Wenzhao murmured blankly.