Rise From the Humble

"The Japanese pirates above are scattered and disorganized, and there is no unified command. Their leader must have been killed. Quickly bring the tiger squat cannon over and fire two rounds at him. Then send a signal and charge the Japanese pirates together."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese pirates will definitely flee in panic. Once the Japanese pirates flee, send elite troops to pursue them. Once you find a large Japanese pirate army coming from the depths of the valley, withdraw immediately and don't get entangled with them."

Zhu Ping'an observed the battlefield under the protection of Liu Dadao and others and found that the Japanese pirates on the hillside were in a mess. He immediately concluded that the leader of the Japanese pirates on the hillside had been killed, so the Japanese pirates on the hillside were in such chaos, and he immediately gave an order.

Soon, one hundred tiger-crouching cannons were carried over by Zhejiang soldiers.

"Fuck! Look! Those are cannons that the Zhejiang Army brought over. Why are there so many? There must be hundreds of them, right?!"

If this thing hits me, I'll be blown to pieces.

no!

We can’t wait for the Zhejiang Army to open fire!

Who knows whether I am more lucky or my Japanese friend is more lucky? What if it hits me? My flesh and blood body can't bear it!

Originally, they suffered heavy casualties in a surprise attack by the Zhejiang Army on the high slope. Then, under the fire from the Zhejiang Army's guns, the Japanese pirates suffered more and more casualties, and many of them began to think of escaping.

This is the era of cold weapons!

In this era, an ordinary army would collapse if its casualties exceeded 10%; those that did not collapse even though their casualties exceeded 30% were all elite iron armies with strict military discipline; and those that did not collapse even though their casualties exceeded 50% were worthy of being recorded in history.

Even in modern times, according to statistics, most troops will lose their combat effectiveness if they suffer more than 30% casualties.

The fact that this group of Japanese pirates has not fled yet is enough to prove that they are the elite among the Japanese pirates.

However, now, seeing that the Zhejiang Army had brought over a hundred Tiger Crouching Cannons, their psychological defenses collapsed.

The leaders were beaten to pieces and are dead!

No one cared. If we didn't run away at this time, would we wait to be fed by the Zhejiang Army's artillery? There were more than a hundred of them.

There are more than a hundred shells. How can I bet that none of them will fall on me?! I have done so many evil things and never done good deeds. Even the thunder from heaven could fall on me, let alone more than a hundred cannons!

"I'll go call for help!"

A Japanese pirate shouted loudly, and without saying a word, he turned around and ran into the woods, running for his life sideways.

"The Zhejiang Army has already discovered us. I will report to the leader."

Once there is a first, there will be a second. Immediately, the Japanese pirates followed suit and found an excuse to escape into the woods.

"Run! Everyone else has fled. Are we going to stay here and die?!"

"Run quickly, you will be stuck if you don't run now. Are you going to stay and cover them? I'm not that great!"

"Wait for me, wait for me."

The Japanese pirates collapsed immediately, and like an avalanche, they swarmed away to escape.

"Damn! The pirates ran away before we could even fire our cannons?!"

The Zhejiang Army at the foot of the slope had just brought in the Tiger Crouching Cannon and had just aimed at the Japanese pirates on the slope. Before they could even light the fire, they saw the Japanese pirates on the slope fleeing like an avalanche, like a group of pigs, running all over the mountains and plains.

"Take advantage of this moment to fire a cannon at the crowded places! Send half of the troops from each battalion to pursue. Keep your distance when pursuing, and don't pursue too deep. Once you find the Japanese pirates coming from the deep valley, immediately break away from the pursuit and return quickly."

Zhu Pingan quickly gave the order.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”

One hundred tiger squat cannons fired at the area where the fleeing Japanese pirates were concentrated, knocking down many of them.

However, because the Japanese pirates were too scattered in their retreat, the damage caused by the hundred or so artillery shells was not very great.

However, the psychological damage caused to the Japanese pirates was immense.

Seeing their Japanese comrades being blown into pieces by a shell, the Japanese pirates were terrified and fled for their lives even more desperately, not even daring to think about turning back and fighting. They just ran, ran, and ran as far away as possible.

Seeing the Japanese pirates fleeing, Ruofeng, who was in charge of the command on the high slope, immediately ordered his troops to pursue the pirates with bayonets.

Chasing from top to bottom has advantages, both in terms of speed and direction, and they soon caught up with the fleeing Japanese pirates.

After firing a shot, the Zhejiang Army at the bottom of the slope also divided half of its forces to pursue upwards.

In the era of cold weapons, once an army collapsed, it would almost become a one-sided pursuit and massacre, just like now.

The Japanese pirates were very capable in individual combat, otherwise they would not have been able to kill almost all of them when they encountered the garrison soldiers. Compared with the Zhejiang Army, the Japanese pirates were also better at fighting alone. Of course, the Zhejiang Army fought as a team, and generally would not give the Japanese pirates a chance to fight alone.

If the Japanese pirates stopped and turned around to fight the Zhejiang army, they would still cause considerable trouble to the Zhejiang army.

However, at this moment, the Japanese pirates were only concerned with escaping and did not even have the courage to stop and turn around to fight.

Just run away.

As long as I escape faster than other Japanese friends, it will be those Japanese friends who will die, not me.

"Bang!"

The Zhejiang troops in pursuit had no time to reload their firearms, and they fired every shot before chasing the Japanese pirates with bayonets in hand.

Catch up with the Japanese pirates, stab them in the back to end the battle, pull out the bayonet, look for the next target, and continue the pursuit.

Therefore, in the era of cold weapons, once an army collapsed and fled, it would result in a one-sided massacre. Deserters who had no fighting spirit and only cared about escaping were like pigs and sheep all over the mountains and plains. They had to be chased down and harvested.

The fleeing Japanese pirates caused almost no harm to the Zhejiang Army's pursuers. The only few pirates who dared to turn around and resist were easily killed by the Zhejiang Army with its numerical advantage.

However, some of the Japanese pirates fled too fast and were too scattered to be caught up.

If the Japanese pirates' army had not been chasing them deep in the valley, these fast-fleeing pirates would not have been able to escape without supplies.

However, not long after the Zhejiang army started chasing, they saw a large army of Japanese pirates rushing towards them from the depths of the valley.

The Japanese pirates deserters fled towards the Japanese pirate army crying and shouting as if they had seen a savior.

"Stop! Return to our camp immediately! My Lord has ordered that if we find a large Japanese pirate army approaching, we must immediately stop chasing them and return quickly."

The Zhejiang troops that were in pursuit stopped their pursuit under the command of the troops at all levels and returned to their base in an orderly manner. (End of this chapter)