Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 277: Feigning Defeat to Lure the Enemy (Part )
The villagers were in chaos, but the coalition forces outside the town were very aggressive.

Not only were the infantry advancing steadily in formation.

The cannons also opened fire again.

Amid the rumbling sound of artillery fire, another building in the town was destroyed. The villagers hiding in the building screamed in panic and fled.

Zhang Tian trembled as he loaded the shotgun in his hand. As he continued loading, the black powder in the bottle spilled all over the floor.

When the wind blows, people who are choked will start coughing.

At this moment, a loud bang exploded in Zhang Tian's ears, and the wall he was leaning against was pierced by a shell fired by the Allied artillery.

The shell flew past Zhang Tian's head and smashed through another wall before running out of kinetic energy and falling into the alley, spinning around.

There were several bloody cuts on Zhang Tian's face caused by the flying bricks and stones, and blood was flowing out.

"what……"

The severe tinnitus made Zhang Tian's eyes a little dull, and when he reacted, he couldn't help but let out a scream.

Immediately, he felt a heat underneath...

……

The coalition infantry had not yet charged forward and the two sides had not yet engaged in battle.

However, the villagers defending the town were in chaos under the coalition forces' artillery bombardment, with screams and wails ringing out.

Louis listened to the faint sounds of commotion coming from the direction of Pinghai Town in the distance and put down the telescope in his hand.

A smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

This is right!

The British opened fire and the natives panicked.

The natives fired their artillery, but they couldn't hit the British.

The British infantry moved forward and the natives fired their muskets indiscriminately.

The British muskets fired a volley, and the natives collapsed and fled.

This is what the civilized army of Britain should look like when facing these barbaric and backward natives!

What Britain encountered when fighting against the Tang army in Hong Kong and Humen Shajiao was really abnormal.

Now, after facing the villagers of the Tang Dynasty, Louis finally regained the feeling of being invincible as the British Heavenly Army.

He felt so relieved!
"Pass the order down, let our artillery speed up the bombardment and defeat the defense forces in Pinghai Town as soon as possible."

Louis waved his hand and gave the order.

boom! Boom boom!

The coalition artillery began to fire at a faster pace.

The lobster soldiers stood far away from the town and no longer advanced.

According to the British Army's combat habits, they usually wait until their own artillery bombardment has crushed the enemy before their own infantry will rush up to reap the rewards.

Just like what happened between the British army and the Qing army during the First Opium War.

Why were the British Army invincible with bayonet charges?

Do you really think that the Chinese cannot beat them in a bayonet fight?
Of course not!
Although the Qing army was weak, they had the advantage in numbers after all. If a fight with cold weapons really started, there was no way the British army would be able to win against hundreds or thousands of enemies.

Take the Ming army’s performance against the Qing army in the late Ming Dynasty as an example. Wasn’t the Ming army quite weak at that time?
But the result?

After a battle, no matter how weak the Ming army was, the Qing army's casualties would not be in the single digits.

The reason why the British army was able to achieve such an exaggerated casualty ratio actually had little to do with their infantry.

The key lies in artillery!

Every bayonet charge by the British Army had a prerequisite.

That means our artillery has completely defeated and dispersed the enemy.

In this situation, if the lobster soldiers launched a bayonet charge, wouldn't the enemy be defeated at the first blow?

If the artillery had not completely defeated the enemy, the British army would not have been able to win the bayonet charge without any casualties.

This time, the British army was also not in a hurry to launch a charge.

Instead, they should first rely on artillery to defeat the enemy, and then it would not be too late for the infantry to charge after the enemy was defeated.

Outside Pinghai Town, the sound of artillery fire rumbled.

Shells were fired towards the town one after another.

The villagers were severely suppressed by the British artillery bombardment. There was a constant stream of wounded people with bleeding heads or broken arms and legs being carried away for treatment. The screams and wails were extremely loud.

Several leading clan elders and gentry gathered together to discuss the matter.

"We can't go on like this. Our artillery can't reach the foreigners, but they can reach us. If we continue to fight like this, the villagers won't be able to hold on."

Zhang Guangzong was very anxious and kept pacing in the room.

"Yeah, we have to think of a way!"

"Where are the imperial reinforcements now? Why haven't they arrived yet?"

"Fortunately, we evacuated the people in the town early, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

"..."

A group of people were talking at once.

Suddenly, Mr. Zhao, who had been silent, spoke.

"Or, let's run away!"

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.

Although the war is not going well now, they are being severely suppressed by the foreign artillery fire.

Fortunately, the foreigners only have a few cannons, and it will not be possible to crush their resistance in a short period of time.

Is it really not the time to escape yet?

When you, Master Zhao, led people in fights in the past, you were never so cowardly!

Seeing that everyone was looking at him with something wrong in their eyes, Mr. Zhao quickly began to explain.

"What I mean is that we can feign defeat, lure the ghosts into the town, and then ambush and annihilate them."

As he spoke, Mr. Zhao stretched out his hand and gestured in front of his neck.

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.

The foreigners’ artillery was very powerful and they had no way to stop them.

But as long as the foreign infantry entered the town, the foreign artillery would be useless.

By then, the villagers will have plenty of ways to deal with these foreigners who come into the town. And this is indeed feasible.

If foreign troops were stationed in Pinghai Town, the feigned defeat would most likely backfire and turn into a real defeat.

However, those who are stationed in Pinghai Town now are all local villagers.

The fighting capacity of these villagers may not be as good as that of the army, but their resilience is absolutely beyond reproach.

After all, behind them are their wives, children and elderly parents, and this is the hometown where they were born and raised. How could they retreat?

Where can we retreat to?

……

The coalition artillery was still firing.

Suddenly, Louis discovered that the villagers in the town began to flee in panic.

The villagers left the buildings where they were hiding and fled towards the center of the town.

Seeing this scene, Louis couldn't help but pull out a smile.

He knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for had arrived.

"Those yellow monkeys were crushed by our artillery fire and began to flee."

"Tell the boys that delicious food, beautiful women, gold, silver and treasures are waiting for them ahead."

"Let them attack immediately!"

Under Louis's order, the coalition artillery bombardment stopped, and the lobster soldiers who had been waiting outside the town for a long time began to rush forward.

Harrison, holding a musket, strode towards Pinghai Town.

Scenes of murder, arson, rape and looting committed in the town began to emerge involuntarily in his mind, and he became extremely excited.

Soon, they successfully rushed into the town and headed towards the center of the town along the streets.

Harrison strode forward, shouting loudly and looking around, looking for a target to rob or rape.

But at this moment, he realized that he had stepped on something.

When I looked down, I saw it was a shiny white silver dollar.

"Oh, praise God, I am so blessed."

"Thanks to the unfortunate guy who lost his money for the gift!"

Harrison's eyes lit up and he bent down to pick up the silver dollar that had fallen on the ground.

However, before he had time to feel grateful for his good fortune, he turned around and saw his comrades picking up things from the ground.

Harrison discovered that the silver dollars that fell on the ground were not just one or two, but in piles.

Almost everyone gave up the idea of ​​continuing to chase the fleeing enemy and started squatting on the ground picking up money.

Some people even fought with each other to grab the silver dollars on the ground.

The lobster soldiers who entered the town were instantly thrown into chaos!
Everyone knows that it is wrong to not fight on the battlefield but to rush to pick up money.

But, haven’t the enemies already fled now?
Besides, the white silver dollars are right at your feet, who can resist picking them up?

Even the British soldiers might not be able to do this, let alone the Indian soldiers from the colonies.

However, just when the lobster soldiers were having fun picking up money.

Suddenly, a burst of gunfire was heard in the buildings on both sides of the street.

Snapped! Bang bang!

The villagers hiding in the buildings on both sides of the street raised their guns, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

After a burst of gunfire, the lobster soldiers who were in chaos on the street were shot to death.

The lobster soldiers were suddenly attacked and before they could react, villagers holding knives and spears rushed out from the buildings in the alleys beside the street and killed them.

"Kill!"

"Kill the ghost guy!!"

"One hundred silver dollars for a ghost!"

"..."

A villager rushed towards Harrison, and Harrison reacted and subconsciously raised his gun and shot.

With a bang, the villager was hit by the bullet, a ball of blood burst out from his chest, and he fell to the ground.

He immediately lost his breath!
But before Harrison could feel proud, he felt a pain in his chest, and a bloody spear pierced his back and out of his chest.

Harrison opened his mouth, wanting to scream or beg for mercy, but it was too late.

Another villager rushed up and slashed Harrison in the face with a knife.

"Mother Diulei, you ghost, give me back my brother's life!"

The fighting in Pinghai Town became fierce as soon as it started.

In order to defend their country and earn a reward from the imperial court, the villagers fought with the invaders, constantly exchanging their lives.

In such a melee, the British army's proud line shooting and bayonet charges were all ineffective.

Faced with enemies rushing in from all directions, the British army was really unable to resist.

Soon, the town's not-so-wide streets were filled with corpses. A huge amount of blood flowed on the ground and finally flowed into the drainage ditch, which was already a sea of ​​scarlet.

The smell of blood reaches the sky!

Amid the chaos, the casualties of the British troops entering the town continued to increase.

Finally, they couldn't hold on any longer and began to turn around and flee out of the town.

However, the villagers had finally caught such an opportunity, so how could they let the foreigner who had been trapped in the trap escape easily!

"Kill!"

"Kill the ghost guy!"

"Chase! Don't let the ghost get away!"

"..."

Under the pursuit of the villagers, the British troops that entered the town were defeated and retreated all the way out of the town, fleeing in panic to the distance.

Behind them, the townspeople began to cheer.

Celebrate your victory!
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