Chapter 1820： Shang Zhifu's puzzlement

Chapter 1820 Shang Zhifu's Puzzle

"Has the Fengqiao camp been breached by Japanese pirates? Is Master Zhu leading his troops to ask for help?"

Shang Zhifu watched the big change in the direction of the Fengqiao camp, opened his mouth in shock, and couldn't calm down for a long time. He watched the Zhe army galloping straight towards Suzhou City on horseback, and asked the people around him in surprise.

A general who had been keeping an eye on the direction of the Zhe Army camp shook his head slightly, and explained to Shang Zhifu, "My lord, it doesn't look like the Fengqiao Camp was breached by Japanese pirates, but more like the Zhe Army took the initiative to break through and abandon the camp. Today's change was the first move by the Zhejiang army. The Zhejiang army cavalry who were cruising outside suddenly appeared to harass the Japanese pirates from the south, and then the Zhejiang army in the camp also attacked the Japanese pirates in the south. The Japanese pirates thought that the Zhejiang army camp was going to meet the Zhejiang army who was outside. At first, the last general also thought that the Zhejiang army was going to cooperate with the outside and welcome the outside Zhejiang army into the camp, but when the Japanese pirates were chasing and intercepting them, a shocking change occurred, and more Zhejiang troops in the camp suddenly appeared to the north , using dense firecrackers and artillery to break through the siege of the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop, the Zhejiang army broke through the Japanese pirates from the north, abandoned the camp and left, the Japanese pirates rushed into the camp that Lord Zhu and the others had abandoned, and then the camp exploded, and the Japanese pirates were bombed Crap."

After hearing this, Shang Zhifu frowned slightly, walked around the city wall twice, and couldn't help asking, "Why is the Zhejiang Army rushing to break through? The Zhejiang Army's camp should have sufficient food, grass, ordnance, and luggage. It will not be a problem for a month or two, so why rush to break through at this time and give up the camp?".

No one around could answer Shang Zhifu's question, and they didn't know why the Zhejiang army would take the initiative to break through at this time.

"Why do you think the Zhejiang army is eager to break through?" Shang Zhifu turned his head and asked the lieutenant beside him.

The lieutenant general shook his head. He really didn't know why the Zhejiang army was eager to break out of the siege at this time, and threw the camp that was built with painstaking efforts to the Japanese pirates. In his view, the Zhejiang army has no need to break through at this time.

A few days ago, the Japanese pirates attacked the Zhejiang Army's Fengqiao camp with all their strength, but they failed to break through the Zhejiang Army's Fengqiao position.

These days, the Japanese pirates are obviously also wary of the rats. Fearing the sharp firearms of the Zhejiang army, they only dare to surround the Zhejiang army camp heavily, and they dare not go forward to attack the Zhejiang army camp.

Since the Japanese pirates did not dare to attack the Zhejiang army camp, the Zhejiang army is very safe in the camp. It only needs to firmly guard the camp and form an angle with Suzhou City to contain the Japanese army. When the Japanese pirates retreat, the Zhejiang army A great achievement is indispensable, there is no need to break through at all.

Moreover, the Zhejiang army relies heavily on firearms, which are slow to reload and are afraid of the enemy's close proximity. Only by relying on the camp can they better supply, reload, and give full play to the advantages of firearms.

It's completely unnecessary.

"Perhaps Mr. Wu has other considerations." The lieutenant couldn't think of a reason, so he had to reply like this.

Just as the lieutenant general answered, the situation on the southern battlefield changed again.

The explosion at the Fengqiao Camp caused heavy casualties to the Japanese pirates, and also made the Japanese pirates angry. The main victims of the explosion were the Japanese pirates who surrounded the camp from the south. The Zhejiang army abandoned the camp and went north. One is to occupy the Zhejiang army camp, and the other is to pass through the Zhejiang army camp and go north to pursue the Zhejiang army.

As a result, they had just entered the Zhejiang Army camp when an explosion occurred, causing them heavy casualties.

Comparatively speaking, the Japanese pirates in the encirclement to the north of Fengqiao Camp were much better. They pursued the Zhejiang Army to the north, but only sent a small number of troops south to occupy the Fengqiao Camp of the Zhejiang Army. Their damage was limited in this explosion.

Falling into a pit twice, the Japanese pirates suddenly became angry from embarrassment.

Seeing that the Zhejiang army abandoned their camp, abolished their martial arts, and fled to the wild, the war-tested Japanese pirates immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to beat the Zhejiang army hard.

So, mainly the Japanese pirates in the encirclement in the north, after experiencing the brief chaos after the explosion, they began to frantically pursue the Zhejiang army.

Generally speaking, a two-legged man cannot catch up with a four-legged horse, but the Zhejiang army rides not only good horses, but also poor horses, donkeys and mules, and the speed is not very fast.

In addition, since he had just broken through the encirclement of Japanese pirates, his horse speed had not increased yet.

The Japanese pirates ran around all the year round, and each of them was able to run very fast, even biting the slow-running soldiers and horses behind the Zhejiang Army.

Seeing that the situation was critical, at the critical moment, under the command of a sentry commander, more than a hundred Zhejiang troops who fell behind turned around and rushed towards the pursuing Japanese pirates.

More than a hundred Zhejiang soldiers rode against the Japanese pirates on horseback. First they set off the firecrackers. The accuracy of the firecrackers on the horseback was much worse than that on the flat ground, but it also caused a lot of damage to the Japanese pirates. Slash Japanese pirates on horseback.

The cavalry naturally restrains the infantry, and they can fight and leave whenever they want. Although the Zhejiang army has been training for horseback riding for a short time, it also has a natural advantage.

More than a hundred riders rushed into the pursuing Japanese pirates, like a tiger descending a mountain, and after hacking, they turned their horses' heads under the command of the sentinel, distanced themselves from the Japanese pirates, loaded gunpowder, and then did it again.

But the second time, the Zhejiang army in the back suffered casualties.

When they rushed towards the Japanese pirates again, the number of Japanese pirates chasing them increased again. After the Zhejiang army rushed into the formation, the vast number of Japanese pirates quickly surrounded the Zhejiang army that rushed into the formation, making it impossible for the cavalry to take advantage of the cavalry. The brave Japanese pirates pulled off their horses.

Once being dragged off the horse, there will be seven or eight Japanese swords added to the body in an instant, and the resistance is not enough, and a heroic sacrifice is made.

Of the more than 100 cavalry in the rear, only more than 70 cavalry rushed out of the Japanese bandit formation, and more than 30 cavalry remained in the Japanese bandit formation forever.

Of course, their sacrifices also bought time and space for the Zhejiang Army.

The Zhejiang army has already thrown the Japanese pirates away by more than two miles, and the horse speed has also been raised, and the farther and farther it is thrown.

Shangzhifu and other soldiers in Suzhou City took a closer look on the city wall, and saw the Zhejiang Army cavalry behind the palace rushing towards the Japanese pirates twice, and finally lost dozens of cavalry.

Seeing this scene, Shang Zhifu couldn't help but shook his head again and again, and sighed, "Oh, why is Zihou so eager to lead the Zhejiang army to break through the siege at this time? He sacrificed the lives of so many soldiers in vain. There could be no bloodshed. Why bother? As in the past few days, the Zhejiang army stood firm at the Fengqiao camp, with low walls and other barriers, giving full play to the advantages of firearms, and the Japanese pirates could not do anything to the Zhejiang army. Why did so many soldiers die? I know that the Zhejiang army relies on firearms, and firearms are not good at field battles. Didn’t the Zhejiang army break out of the encirclement by abolishing their martial arts and using their own weaknesses to attack the enemy’s strengths?"

The lieutenant general couldn't help but nodded when he heard the words. He also thought so in his heart, and there was no need for the Zhejiang army to break through at this time.

(end of this chapter)