The attack came so fiercely that Black Morning Glory, which had broken through many countries, had no time to prepare. The Black Banner Army almost exhausted all its artillery and heavy crossbows, trying to disrupt the Black Morning Glory's camp within the first wave of offensive. Without a doubt, it worked.
Neither Schulence, Ke Kebo, nor Yanudang, who was ordered in a crisis, never thought that the Black Banner Army's offensive would be at this time. When Schulens talked with Kirkbo, he once said that Fang Xie was definitely not a person who would let them go easily. The war between the two sides will inevitably take place after the surrender of 150,000 weapons and equipment.
Because he guessed it, Fang Jie wanted to weaken him and hit him.
However, the facts obviously exceeded all of their expectations, so that Schulence's strategy was completely useless. Although Kekebo didn't understand what Hurons meant, so that Mox's men were defeated and fled. But Janu, as the most trusted subordinate of Shulunsi, is also the old subordinate who knows Shulunsi best. He knows Shulunsi's way of thinking.
Therefore, he chose the time point when the war broke out.
As long as this time point is controlled by the black morning glory, then the victory of the war is very likely to be tilted to their side. Although it seemed that the Black Banner Army had the upper hand because Schulence's arrogance pulled Black Morning Glory into the abyss, but as long as the timing of the counterattack is well grasped, it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory.
Yanudang included a large amount of gunpowder in this batch of weapons. And he brought all the god-killing musketeers around Shulunsi, trying to ignite the gunpowder when he entered the Black Banner Army camp, and then took advantage of the chaos to rescue Xiulunsi.
Obviously, a miscalculation.
Fang Jie had no intention of arranging the attack after receiving weapons at all. What he wanted was the collapse of the foreigner's command system. No matter how strong an army is and how glorious its past is, after the collapse of the command system, the army will become blind and deaf.
Without unified dispatch and command, the army immediately became chaotic.
After Yanudang left with all the god-slaying musketeers, Xiang Qingniu led thousands of practitioners into the camp of Black Morning Glory. Their role is to try their best to assassinate those foreign generals, regardless of their rank, as long as the generals meet one, kill one, find one and kill one.
Strike, so precise and vicious.
These more than a thousand practitioners are all disciples of the sect who participated in the martial arts conference in Chang'an City. These people are all carefully selected by sects related to the Central Plains and Taoism. They are a new force, and they came when the number of practitioners in Eastern Xinjiang was greatly reduced.
In the war with foreigners, practitioners in Eastern Xinjiang have always been at the forefront. They know that at this time, they are much, much stronger than ordinary people, and they should be at the forefront. However, practitioners have different levels of cultivation, and the cultivation world in Eastern Xinjiang is not as prosperous as the Central Plains. Most practitioners' cultivation bases are below the seventh or eighth rank, and such strength is not enough to protect the body from bullets. wear.
Therefore, a large number of practitioners died while achieving brilliant results.
Now, the Central Plains practitioners who used to be extremely different from the Eastern Xinjiang practitioners came. In a sense, they came to avenge the practitioners in Eastern Xinjiang.
So from the very beginning, the killing was so ruthless and decisive.
Xiang Qingniu divided these practitioners into 20 small teams, like sticking 20 sharp knives into the camp of foreigners. In the wars of this era, there is no lack of actions aimed at assassinating local generals. It's not a great tactic, but the great thing about this assassination is that...
scale
There has never been a war where such a large number of assassins rushed into the enemy's camp to assassinate the generals.
Within an hour, Black Morning Glory's command system immediately collapsed.
Then, the Black Banner Army attacked with all its might.
The main force of the Black Banner Army brought by San Jinhou did not hesitate to consume all the artillery and began to attack.
All the cavalry of the Black Banner Army began to charge, and they were the main force of the attack. After the frontal attack began, Chen Dingnan's troops behind Black Morning Glory also started to attack.
Under the attack from both sides, the front of Black Morning Glory collapsed very quickly.
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"This is impossible!"
General Wei An of the Mu Mansion slapped the table, stood up abruptly and angrily reprimanded the scouts who came to report: "This is absolutely impossible! Even if the Black Banner Army has artillery, it is impossible for the Black Banner Army to have the combat power to break through the foreign defense line in an instant. That is How could an army of more than 200,000 foreigners be defeated so quickly?"
The scout explained repeatedly, but Wei An still couldn't believe it.
"Go and investigate again!"
he ordered loudly.
"Report!"
At this moment, a general from outside ran in quickly, stumbled a little because of the urgency. The man shouted while running: "General, there are at least 70,000 to 80,000 troops from the Black Banner Army starting to move towards us. Please order to deal with it!"
Wei An's face changed drastically: "The Black Flag military explained what they were planning to do! Did he think that with his strength, he could attack me while attacking foreigners!"
"General!"
One of his subordinates said: "My subordinates think that this is just Fang Jie's suspicious strategy. He must be gathering all available forces to launch an attack on the foreigners, but he is worried that we will threaten us behind him." He, so he dispatched the team that could not be put into battle for the time being, not necessarily to attack, but perhaps just to set up a defensive line."
Hearing these words, Wei An's heart calmed down a little.
"If that's the case, it's very possible. But the Black Banner Army is so damn courageous that they dared to make such a big noise. If the Black Banner Army wins this battle well, all the foreigners in the south of Malan Mountain will be killed. The main force was wiped out."
Wei An paced back and forth in the big camp, his face constantly changing: "This is not acceptable... If the Black Banner Army wins this battle, then the status of the Black Banner Army in Eastern Xinjiang will definitely rise above the Mu Mansion immediately. The people's loyalty to the Mu Mansion has been gradually lost, and now that the Black Banner Army has won such a battle... I'm afraid that soon the common people will only recognize the Black Banner Army and not our Mu Mansion."
"what to do?"
His generals hesitated and said: "We can't go to fight the Black Banner Army at this time, right? If we really go to fight, our infamy will be considered solid. The common people will poke our back hard behind us, At that time, it will be difficult for us to straighten our backs."
"I know!"
Wei An glared at him with an anxious expression on his face.
"I don't know what's wrong. There is no news at all from the north of Malan Mountain. The Duke has at least 200,000 horses under his command. If we pass through the canyon at this time, even if we don't do it, the Black Banner Army will not dare to take all of them." The troops are devoted to the decisive battle with the foreigners. What the Lord of the Kingdom wants to see is a scene where both the Black Banner Army and the foreigners are wounded, but now it seems that the Black Banner Army is sure to win this battle... "
Wei An opened his mouth to order the army to prepare for action, but endured it several times.
"General, in fact, the soldiers don't want their own people to beat their own people."
A general said something cautiously.
"Who the hell is one of us?!"
Wei An scolded angrily: "You made it clear, is it the bastard's foreigners or the Black Banner Army and us?! The foreigners are here to rob Eastern Xinjiang, so isn't Fang Jie's Black Banner Army here to rob Eastern Xinjiang? ? If the foreigners win, Dongjiang belongs to the foreigners, and if the Black Banner Army wins, Dongjiang belongs to the Black Banner Army!"
One of his subordinates muttered in a very low voice: "We didn't cause this scene..."
Wei An was furious and wanted to scold, but in the end he could only let out a long sigh.
"General."
A general approached him and said in a low voice: "In fact, our current situation is much better than that of the Duke. The Duke is in the north of Malan Mountain, so it is difficult to interfere with the general's military affairs. Although the situation in Eastern Xinjiang is chaotic, , but everyone can see it clearly... I am afraid that the era of the Mu Mansion is about to pass. You have also seen that the people in Dongjiang no longer support the Mu Mansion. How can the Mu Mansion gain a foothold? Everything he has done in the past three years has broken the hearts of ordinary people."
Seeing that Wei An didn't respond, he continued, "It's not that brothers haven't discussed it in private. We are willing to go with the general. The general should also make plans for himself. Look at it now, you can be sure that the Mu family will win. Is it? I’m afraid we can’t, if the Mu family can’t win, but we have invested all our troops, how will the winner treat us in the end?”
He went on to say it more clearly: "I think, if the Black Banner Army wins in the end, then Fang Jie can tolerate a person who stands still, and will not tolerate a person who confronts him."
A trace of hesitation flashed in Wei An's eyes, and he was immediately caught by the general: "General, we don't have to go all out, we just need to retreat ten miles back, and the Black Banner Army will understand what the general wants. The Banner Army was defeated, and the Duke of the State will ask in the future, can't he find an excuse?"
The corner of Wei An's mouth twitched a few times, and finally stomped heavily: "Come here, order the army to retreat ten miles!"
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Malan Mountain
Standing on the mountainside with thousands of remnants and defeated generals, Mo Kesi saw the beacon smoke billowing in the distance with his clairvoyance. He sneered a few times with the corners of his mouth curled up, and muttered to himself: "Shulunsi, this is what the Han people often say about karma. You send people to beat me, and the Han people come to beat you... Hehe, you will be punished forever. Nailed on the pillar of shame in history. For the Han people, you are an invader, and they spurn you. For the empire, you are a traitor, and the people of the empire will spurn you."
Bo Minglang, who was wounded on his body, asked, "Brother, what shall we do now?"
"Let them fight."
Mox sneered: "Although we have less than 5,000 people left, we are now a team that no one pays attention to. Now the battle between the Black Banner Army and Xiulunsi is at the most critical time, let alone Pay attention to us. Now we will detour from the foot of the mountain and directly bypass the Black Banner Army team to attack Malanshan Pass."
He looked towards Malanshan Pass and said, "As long as we take down the pass and stick to it until His Majesty arrives, then we will still have no faults!"
Just after finishing this sentence, I heard the sound of horns all around me.
I saw many soldiers of the Black Banner Army fighting out from the mountains, flying arrows all over the sky. The blow came so suddenly that Mox was caught off guard. He really didn't expect that the Black Banner Army would hide a force in Malan Mountain. He didn't know, he was just unlucky.
At that time, the team arranged by Chen Dingnan was to suddenly attack from the flank when the foreigner's attack was the fiercest, catching the enemy by surprise. Who would have thought that this team was useless when defending Malanshan Pass, and happened to meet Mox's remnant soldiers. Several young generals under Chen Dingnan had already seen Mox's team. After careful observation, they found that the foreigner team was not too many, and they were defenseless.
Mox, a proud young general, never imagined that he would be frustrated in such an environment and at such a time.
Sometimes, luck on the battlefield is also very important.