After the communication soldiers left, Li Zhuangyong immediately gave the order to suppress the firepower, so the soldiers of the first battalion shot as fast as they could, and many soldiers even exposed their heads, shoulders, and chests in order to facilitate shooting. So for a while, the firepower of the volunteers was great, and the Chun army was suddenly overwhelmed and couldn't raise its head.

In the position of the Qing army, Xie Baosheng was also desperately directing the soldiers to fight back, and at the same time trying his best to integrate other soldiers. It should be said that Xie Baosheng's work is still quite effective, during this time, Xie Baosheng collected hundreds of soldiers, and the Qing army guarding the position has exceeded 1,000 people, so although the Qing army is now attacked by the volunteers at the same time, it can still hold the position, and the other Qing soldiers see that there are still their own teams here, and they are also slowly gathering over, so Xie Baosheng is also a little relieved, so it seems that there is still a dozen in this battle.

But at this moment, I only heard the sound of gunfire from the side, and I saw a Qing soldier running to Xie Baosheng's side and said, "Lord Commander, the enemy bandits are coming in from the side." ”

It turned out that after the first battalion strengthened the suppression of firepower, the second battalion went around to the flank of the Qing army's position to launch an attack, because the Qing army's garrison on the flank was insufficient, so the second battalion only launched an attack, and successfully attacked the Qing army's position, and launched a fierce white-knives battle with the Qing army. Although Xie Baosheng immediately organized more than 3,200 people to rush to reinforcements, but it was too late, the volunteers not only successfully captured the position of the Qing army, but also the morale was high, the more brave the more they fought, the soldiers were all brave to take the lead, the soldiers on both sides of the bayonet face, and seven or eight out of ten fell were Qing soldiers, and the reinforcements could not resist, and they were killed and retreated.

When Xie Baosheng was anxious, another soldier rushed to report, "Lord Commander, the enemy bandits in front of the village have also attacked, and we can't stop it." Xie Baosheng listened, hurriedly came to the front of the position, and sure enough, he saw that the soldiers of the enemy bandits launched a charge towards the position, and the nearest was only more than 10 steps away from the position.

After the second battalion went around the flank to launch an attack, Li Zhuangyong also immediately ordered the soldiers of the first battalion to launch a charge, originally a fierce shot of the volunteers just now, has suppressed the Chun army, and the flank was attacked and the Chun army was a little careless, so the charge of the first battalion did not encounter much obstacle, and rushed to the position of the Chun army, the Qing army was forced to have to start a white-knuckle battle with the soldiers of the volunteers, the soldiers on both sides held the rifles of bayonets, and some of the soldiers held big knives and spears, and started a desperate struggle.

At this time, the other position of the Qing army was also broken through by the second regiment attacking from the end of the village, under the three-sided attack of the volunteers, the Qing army finally could not resist, but at this time the encirclement of the volunteers had been completed, and the Qing army had no way to escape, most of them could only raise their hands to surrender, but there were still a small number of Qing soldiers who resisted stubbornly, and could only die under the bayonets of the volunteers.

Xie Baosheng led more than a dozen guards to hide in a house, using the cover of the house to resist desperately, but the house was soon surrounded by the volunteers, and the two sides shot at each other for a while, and the Qing army's bombs were all gone, and several Qing soldiers shouted to surrender, and the volunteers stopped shooting. In the end, a total of 6 Qing soldiers came out, and the rest of the Qing soldiers all died in the house, including Xie Baosheng, and according to the Qing soldiers who surrendered, Xie Baosheng committed suicide.

But in any case, the Henan Chun army was a complete failure, after the dawn to check the results of the battle, this battle killed more than 2,200 Qing troops, captured more than 2,700 people, only more than 2,000 escaped, and the volunteers themselves, only 112 soldiers were killed, another 163 soldiers were wounded. In addition, more than 800 rifles, more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition, 4 artillery pieces, more than 100 shells, and some food, money, livestock and vehicles were captured in this battle. Some of them were looted by the Qing army in Taishan Tun Village.

Many of the villagers who stayed in Taishan Tun Village also died in the war, only 76 people survived, and Chen Zhizhong and his family's female dependents who hanged themselves were found in a house, a total of 12 people, from the surviving villagers, they also generally knew what happened after the Qing army came to the village, and Fu Chenghang, Cao Zhenyu and others were sparse, but whether it was the Chen family or other villagers, they were completely self-inflicted, and although the experience was tragic, it was not worthy of sympathy, and it could be used as a typical negative teaching material.

At noon, all the troops received an order from Li Wenfei, asking them to hand over all the prisoners and materials to the militia for safekeeping and guarding, and the seriously injured soldiers who were difficult to move were left in Linying County to recuperate, and the rest of the troops immediately went south to prepare to encircle the Qing army in Hubei.

It turned out that when the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment were working together to annihilate the Qing Army in Henan on the northern front, the battlefield on the southern front also entered the moment of Guan Jian.

The unfavorable initial battle of the Qing army in Hubei made the two commanders Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong cautious, and the two did not dare to march easily, but stationed in the same place to explore the reality of the volunteers. As a result, a company was stationed for 4 days, and was attacked by a small group of volunteers many times every day, so that the Qing army was tireless, but there was nothing to be done, because the Qing army also sent a large army to pursue twice, and as a result, the volunteers fled into the mountains and forests, and they couldn't find it at all, and half of the spies sent out did not come back, and half of the information they found out was also very different, so Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong always had no idea about the location and intentions of the volunteers, and only one point was basically clear, that is, the strength of the volunteers was about 2000.

And at this moment, it rained for another day, and although the training of the Qing army in Hubei was better, it was also a little unbearable at this time, and the soldiers were not only exhausted, but also very demoralized.

Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly negotiated countermeasures, and finally the two thought that the tactics from the beginning were wrong, and they should not chase this bandits, but should directly attack Tang County, so that the bandits would naturally rush to rescue Tang County, and this place must not stay for a long time, and as a result, the bandits led the nose away, in vain, and now the Qing army in Hubei needs to find a place to rest and regroup.

The closest place to this is Xinye County, which is only about 100 kilometers away, and can be reached in 2 days on a fast march and 3 days on a slow march. After entering Xinye County, the whole army can not only get rest and recuperate, but also use Xinye County as a base to attack Tang County, because Xinye County is only 50 kilometers away from Tang County, so relying on Xinye County to attack Tang County is a situation that can advance or retreat, attack and defend.

After discussing and deciding, the two immediately commanded the Qing army in Hubei to set off and retreat in the direction of Xinye County. After the third regiment of the Volunteer Army followed for a day, it was basically determined that the target of the Qing army in Hubei was Xinye County, so it immediately reported to the headquarters in Linying County.

When the report of the 3rd Regiment was received, it was on the eve of the 1st and 2nd Regiments preparing to encircle the Qing army in Henan, and the headquarters set up an emergency military meeting to discuss how to deal with the movements of the Hubei Chun Army. Everyone unanimously believes that the retreat of the Hubei Qing army into Xinye County is a very unfavorable result for themselves, although Xinye is only a county seat, but Bijing has a mature and complete urban defense system, and the strength of the Hubei Qing army basically has no loss, so once the Hubei Qing army retreats into Xinye County, the volunteer army is basically difficult to break. Although the Volunteers could wipe out the Qing army in Henan, as long as the Hubei Chun army was still there, it could not be regarded as a victory, and the war might develop into a protracted war.

So the headquarters sent a telegram to the Third Regiment overnight, ordering the Third Regiment to set off overnight, and it must rush to the front of the Qing army in Hubei and stop the Hubei Qing Army for at least three days.

After receiving the order from the headquarters, Liu Hexing, the commander of the third regiment, did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the whole army to march rapidly overnight, and must have rushed to the front of the Qing army in Hubei to arrange an interception position to prevent the Qing army from entering Xinye County.

At this time, the effect of the ordinary training of the volunteers finally appeared, although the actual combat experience and military quality of the volunteers and the people's army are quite far behind, but in the basic training is not inferior, the result is that overnight, the three regiments marched more than 60 kilometers, arrived at Wangzhuang Town, about 15 kilometers east of Xinye County, which is the gateway to the east of Xinye County, not only caught up with the Qing army, but also allowed half a day to prepare. Therefore, the three regiments quickly arranged positions, occupied several dirt slope heights, dug trenches, repaired fortifications, and prepared for battle.

The Qing army arrived at Wangzhuang Town in the afternoon, and found that the road to Xinye was blocked by the volunteers, Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong couldn't help but be surprised.

In fact, at this time, Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong still had another choice, that is, not to go to Xinye County, but to change the route to the south, withdraw from Henan Province, and retreat to the territory of Xiangyang Prefecture, so that they could retreat with their whole body and basically preserve this army, but in this way, this conquest and suppression operation also failed completely, because the Hubei Qing army was the main force of this conquest and suppression, and once the Hubei Qing army retreated, the conquest and suppression would naturally fail, and such consequences could not be borne by Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong.

After all, Xinye County is only 50 kilometers away from Tang County, and it is still on the front line, and it is not considered a retreat. Of course, Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong still don't know that the Qing army in Henan has been defeated by the volunteers, and even the main general Xie Baosheng committed suicide.

So Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong decided to attack the position of the volunteers and open the road to Xinye, of course, it is not early today, so that the whole army can rest for a day, and at the same time, they can also recover their strength, and wait for the attack to be launched early tomorrow morning.

In fact, at this time, the strength and ammunition of the Qing army in Hubei did not have much loss of consumption, and the combat effectiveness was not reduced, and when the troops were first dispatched, the morale of the soldiers was also good, but the attack tactics of the volunteers made the Qing army in Hubei have a feeling that they could not be forced, so most of the soldiers felt that this battle was very stubborn, and many people thought that the volunteers only relied on the terrain and ran fast, and they did not dare to fight with themselves head-on.

And now the volunteers took the initiative to intercept the Qing army's marching route, and this time they probably won't run again, so this time they can have a good fight with them, and let this gang of bandits know how powerful they are, and as a result, the morale of the Qing army has been improved to a certain extent, which also makes Zhang Biao and Li Yuanhong quite pleased.