"Charge! Charge! Kill Emperor Zhu, Roaming King will rule the world!”
"The sky is gray and the wilderness is vast! The Roaming King is here, but he doesn't pay!"
"Roaming King said so! As long as we can break through this barrier and charge into the capital, we will all be heroes! We eat and drink delicious food every day!"
"Big bowls of wine and big mouthfuls of meat!"
"There's still a wife to warm my bed at night!”
“……”
Three kilometers away from the temporary checkpoint of Ten Mile Pavilion, a group of raiders with sabers in their hands and no defensive equipment on their bodies were charging forward crazily.
As long as they took down the capital, they would no longer be rebel soldiers but government soldiers!
After the assassination and ambush last night, the raiders suffered heavy casualties!
Of the eighteen riders of Shangluo, only four were left.
The military advisor Niu Jinxing was also pulled to block the knife…
Li Zicheng had never suffered such a big loss since he started his career.
"A small temporary checkpoint wants to stop my millions of soldiers?”
"Pass down my decree. The first person to charge up the city gate tower will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, promoted to three grades of official rank, and a palace maid!”
In his rage, he did not even think about why such a checkpoint had appeared here. He directly ordered his subordinates to start attacking.
"Hahahaha! Watch how I kill all the soldiers!!”
"Get lost! I want to be the first to charge up the city wall and take the first credit!!”
"Silver! Women! I'm coming!"
“……”
Stimulated by Li Zicheng's high reward, these raiders charged toward the capital with bloodshot eyes, ignoring the casualties.
Ten Mile Pavilion checkpoint.
It was located on the only route between Juyong Pass and the capital.
Moreover, this was a narrow pass between two mountains, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. If they took a detour, they would have to cross two mountains.
However, the mountain path was narrow and could not allow the army to pass through.
Moreover, it was easy to be ambushed in the mountains.
Li Zicheng had no other choice.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh…"
The sky was filled with arrows.
"Boom!"
The Red Cannon began to unleash its might.
Dark arrows, poisonous smoke, acid, animal traps…
The ground, which was still intact a moment ago, suddenly caved in. Under the ground, there were dense bamboo poles that had been sharpened…
All kinds of traps were triggered, and the raider army that was charging madly fell into them.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! My eyes! My eyes are blind!"
"My leg is broken!"
"Help! Help! Save me…"
“……”
Many of them had their stomachs pierced or their legs broken, or their eyes blinded by the poisonous smoke.
Especially those raiders who fell into the trap and were pierced by the bamboo poles, they immediately died!
A moment ago, more than half of the raiders that were charging forward had been wiped out.
The people who were still charging were taken care of by more than a dozen Red Cannons and archers, and they suffered heavy casualties again.
"Hahahaha! This group of raiders really couldn't withstand a single blow!!”
On the temporary city wall of the Ten Mile Pavilion, the commander of the infantry Di Yi stroked his beard and smiled.
Most of these traps were dug by his subordinates, but he didn't expect them to be so effective.
Although there were more than a million raiders, traps alone wouldn't be able to kill many.
However, to be able to destroy the enemy's vanguard and also strike down the enemy's arrogance, such a satisfying battle made this old general extremely excited.
"Yes, but all of this is thanks to His Majesty…Such a useful tactic…His Majesty is truly a god!”
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"What is it? The first batch of 30,000 Vanguard Battalion soldiers had all died?”
Yuan Zongdi, who was in charge of commanding the raider camp, was shocked.
These people were all dead before they even reached the checkpoint?
30,000 troops!
This was 30,000 yuan!
Although Li Zicheng claimed to have an army of a million, his actual strength was less than 600,000.
30,000 soldiers, that was 1/20!
Although these 30,000 vanguards were only cannon fodder from the outer camp, it was heartbreaking to lose so many of them!
"Tell me, what exactly happened…"
"Reporting to General Yuan. The Ming army was unusually cunning and set up a large number of traps in front of the checkpoint. The 30,000-strong suicide squad that was sent out to test the waters were all hit. In addition to the enemy's fierce artillery fire…that's why…"
The messenger soldier who reported the news was terrified.
The dense rain of arrows that covered the sky and the sun, as well as all kinds of traps, had frightened him and made him break out in cold sweat.
The miserable state of the 30,000 vanguard soldiers before they died was also a pleasant surprise…
"Hmph! The two armies actually used underhanded moves in a battle. It seemed like this Zhu Mingtian really had no other moves! Pass on my order, continue to send 70,000 soldiers from the outer camp to open up a path! I don't believe that he has many more traps!”
Yuan Zongdi ordered loudly.
"Yes!"
He ordered the bodyguards to carry out the order immediately.
"General Yuan, I'm afraid this is not appropriate…"
The deputy general beside Yuan Zongdi said worriedly.
The raiders were divided into three camps: the old camp, the inner camp, and the outer camp.
Old Camp was Li Zicheng's direct line of command. They had the highest combat strength and were led by his trusted general.
The internal camp was the other raider forces that relied on him. This group of internal camp soldiers also had a certain level of battle strength.
As for the outer camp, they were all refugees who had been coerced. These people were the least valued and were usually treated as consumables and cannon fodder!
Moreover, there were many soldiers in the outer camp, accounting for about half of the raider army!
In the raider army, the outer camp soldiers were treated as consumables.
However, Yuan Zongdi did not treat the soldiers of the outer camp as humans at all. He used up 100,000 soldiers in one go, which would probably make the soldiers of the outer camp unhappy.
"Bastard! What do you know!"
Yuan Zongdi shouted at his deputy.
"Today's battle is either victory or death! At a time like this, were they still going to leave those soldiers from the outer camp to idle around?”
"If it's consumed, so be it. What are you afraid of?”
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