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Chapter 792: In the Smoke and Dust

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    It was clearly a sunny day, but the world was filled with darkness.

    The rumbling sound continued, and the soil, trees, stones, and broken bodies of humans and horses continued to splash out from the dust and smoke, and then fell back into the dust and smoke, becoming part of the earth again.

    "Battlefield fog" has become a real word here. The large open space between the Qionghai navy's defense line and the Jinmeng coalition attackers, which is the battlefield scheduled by both sides, is now mostly shrouded in dust and smoke.  Those infantry square formations and lines that were relatively neat when they went out were now in a mess.

    This is inevitable, even without the threat of occasional artillery shells flying overhead - in fact, Ma Qianshan is still very gentle in bombarding the enemy infantry at this moment, and is still implementing the "take it easy" strategy to avoid killing them prematurely.  Break up and let the Houjin Great Khan make the decision to cancel the battle and evacuate the entire army.

    But just the increasingly bumpy ground and the increasingly dense dust and smoke were enough to disrupt the actions of the infantry.  The area that will be selected as the battlefield must be relatively flat and hard, which is very suitable for large armies to fight.  But it was completely different after being plowed through by a cannonball.  The floating soil is soft, one foot is high and the other is shallow, not to mention all kinds of stumbling blocks and obstacles, there are also craters!

    The caliber of the land artillery used by the Qiong Navy is actually not large, and the shells can only be considered light rounds - according to navy standards.  The crater caused by the explosion after hitting the ground is only a little more than half a person deepest.  It is not enough to form a barrier that can completely block the road.  But when a group of people are moving forward collectively, a crater suddenly appears in front of some of them, which is as deep as half a person and cannot be stepped over directly. What should I do?

    stop?  Try to get around it?  The supervising team behind you will not care what your reasons are, if you dare to leave the team and fall behind, you will be stabbed in the head.  So you have to crawl over quickly. No matter how heavy the armor is, how long the spear is, or whether you step on something soft and sticky under your feet, you have to crawl over quickly.

    We can barely overcome the difficulties under our feet, but there is really no way around the pervasive smoke and dust.  It is pungent, choking, and blocks the view - especially in places that have just been bombed and the dust and soot have not yet completely settled. When you see the gray and black ahead, do you still want to continue walking in?

    It is said that the final test of ancient military training masters was to deliberately let the soldiers advance towards the river, and still not give the order to stop when they were approaching the river.  See if the soldiers will continue to move forward until they cross into the water.  If they can do this instead of stopping on their own, it means that this army is well-trained. Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, they will not shirk and escape. They will naturally be the strongest army in the world.

    These cannon fodder infantry from Houjin and Mongolia, who were just serfs and herdsmen not long ago, certainly did not reach that level, but under the pressure of the fierce supervising team behind them, who would mercilessly kill those who fell behind, they still showed their ability.  Inspired by the "brave and fearless" spirit, he actually got into the dust and smoke.

    But it is inevitable that your vision will be blocked after entering, making it difficult to see things.  Moreover, the places with thick smoke and dust must have just been bombed, and there are also various obstacles, potholes, and loose soil on the ground under your feet.  Therefore, there is no doubt that someone will fall, and one person who falls will definitely affect more people around him and behind him.

    In the end, those who can come out of the smoke and dust are all disgraced, and it is impossible to maintain any formation. Even the supervising team has nothing to do in this regard.  It was impossible to stop and regroup on the battlefield, so we could only make do with urging them to continue moving forward - in a scattered and chaotic attitude.

    ???????????????????? Anyway, we don’t expect this group of people to be able to attack Short Hair’s army line. They are just using them to attract firepower. If they can consume a few more short hair shells, it will not be a loss. It doesn’t matter whether they have a formation or not.

    Kong Youde was keenly aware of this - the military formation he was in was relatively far behind, but he was about to rush into a cloud of smoke.  It may be said that he is still the leader of this group of military formations, but the command of the army is no longer in his hands - the man who is walking at the forefront, wearing double layers of heavy armor, is striding forward to lead people forward.  It was his deputy general, but he was an authentic Eight Banners man who had been stationed in his camp by the Great Khan just a few days ago. He was leading a group of small leaders. At this time, they had been assigned to various detachments, almost eliminating him.

    Kong Youde himself walked behind the team intentionally or unintentionally, and after the battle began, he voluntarily gave up his horse and walked on his legs like the surrounding soldiers.  This is very common in the recent Manchu and Mongolian armies-short-haired long-range muskets are designed to hit mounted generals. If you don't want to die, just keep a low profile.  Including eye-catching cloaks, general flags, etc., everything has been cancelled.

    But next to him, slightly behind him, there was a short, stocky, white-armored soldier from the Eight Banners with a sinewy face, following him closely, holding an unsheathed sword tightly in his hand, his eyes wandering around his neck from time to time, almost  It was a clear warning to him: If you dare to escape from the battlefield, I will chop you with a knife!

      ——Well, this is also the "guard" temporarily assigned to him by the Great Khan. I heard that he is still someone close to the Great Khan, specially assigned to the generals for their use.  However, according to Kong Youde's private understanding, only Han military banners like him and some Mongolian small Taijis have enjoyed this treatment. The Eight Banners regular army and Horqin and other large Mongolian tribes who are close to the Eight Banners have not been able to "enjoy this honor."

    But what frightened Kong Youde the most was not these, it was still coming from the opposite side - he looked up at the sky again. The white smoke pulled out by the shell fuses in the sky was still sparse and thin, and it also fell sparsely to the ground.  A phalanx may not be able to receive a shot even if it travels a long way, so it doesn't look dangerous.

    But Kong Youde knew that this was not the case - he had seen short-haired artillery in Shandong back then!  It was also so slow at first, with no shots fired, and the speed seemed to be about the same as that of the Ming Dynasty's local artillery.  Later I found out that he was fishing!  If it really gets urgent, it will be like a thunderstorm, the sound will be continuous and continuous.

    At that time, there were only one or two thousand short-haired troops with more than ten artillery pieces, and they were able to defeat his tens of thousands of troops. Now, although the Great Khan has more troops and horses, especially the Mongolian cavalry is more authentic than his original donkey cavalry.  But the short-haired troops and artillery have also greatly increased Egypt's

    Not to mention the terrifying fire dragon cannon that has yet to appear. Kong Youde looked ahead and then around.  Although everywhere he looked, there were groups of fierce and majestic Manchu and Mongolian soldiers.  But Kong Youde was completely convinced: none of these people could get close to Short Hair.

    Maybe those cavalrymen might rush over, but that has nothing to do with him.  He, Kong, desperately fled from Liaodong, was ungrateful and rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, and finally crossed the sea and returned to Liaodong to join the Jin Dynasty, all because of one reason: he didn't want to die.  So to this day, he still doesn't want to die.

    Having secretly made up his mind, Kong Youde stepped a few steps faster and silently followed the brigade into the smoke and dust.

    Not far after he entered, he stumbled as if he tripped on something, stumbling as if he was about to fall.  The white-armored soldier who had been watching him from behind immediately came closer - his vision was not good in the smoke, but he was not completely invisible.  There had been quite a few deserters who had pretended to fall down in an attempt to leave the battle formation, so naturally he had to guard against Kong Youde trying this trick too.

    But Kong Youde just jumped on the spot, as if something had gotten into his boots.  After that, he stood on one foot as if to clean his boots. At the same time, he naturally reached out to support the white-armored soldier's shoulders to maintain balance.  The white-armored soldier hesitated but did not avoid it. After all, Kong Youde was still his general in name.  But unexpectedly, the hand came up and suddenly used force to cover his mouth!

    "Uh 1

    Before the white-armored soldier could struggle, there was a cold feeling under his ribs - the dagger secretly held in Kong Youde's other hand had been inserted into his armpit through the gap in the armor.  The white-armored soldier struggled wildly, but it was not until he was about to die that he discovered that this Han thief general who always nodded and bowed to him with a smile on his face was actually no less powerful than Balutu in the Eight Banners Army!

    Kong Youde is an old thief, so he naturally knows how to kill a big living person as quickly as possible: the sharp knife stabs directly into the heart from under the ribs, and the opponent only has the strength to struggle once, and then quickly becomes soft.  Kong Youde then supported the body and pretended to talk to it. Seeing that there was no one around, he quickly pushed it to the ground, grabbed a few handfuls of loose soil and sprinkled it on the body. It looked like it had died from shelling.

    At the same time, he spat heavily at him:

    "Bah, you dog Tatar, I really thought I was afraid of you 1

    While cursing, he quickly took off his slightly conspicuous general's armor, revealing the civilian clothes he had long ago changed into.  However, he did not throw away the armor. Instead, he shoveled some dirt from the ground, covered it with the armor on his back, fit it and threw it into a pit, and began to put the body.

    This method is not foolproof.  If another large army formation passed by here next, he would probably be trampled to death alive.  Or maybe a cannonball fell from the sky and the short-haired man died in vain.  But Kong Youde was very sure - if he went any further, he would definitely die, so it was better to stop and take a chance on his luck.

    The situation on the battlefield is still clear at the moment, and he can only lie still.  But when the whole army collapsed and chaos broke out, with troops defeated in all directions, naturally no one would notice him anymore - Kong Youde was very experienced in this.

    Next, you just need to wait with peace of mind, this moment will not be too long.

    After a while, the military formation walked out of the smoke area. The team was indeed in disarray, and the command system had long been paralyzed.  Normally, if the leader of an army is missing, it will definitely attract attention.  But here, under the threat and compulsion of the Eight Banners deputy general and his men, everyone can only continue to wander around like a zombie.Before.
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