Chapter 844
Fang Shaohai's Xinghua Army soldiers were all prepared, and under Fang Shaohai's order, the Xinghua soldiers lurking on both sides of the road in the trap area opened fire at the same time almost without difference. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the face of this sudden rain of guns and bullets, the Xia soldiers who rushed in front were suddenly stunned. The hundreds of cavalry of the poor Xia army, who had only time to see the fire drawn by the bullets, had already been shot off their horses before they had enough time to react, and some even fell to the ground with their men and horses.
The continuous and fierce gunfire weaved a terrifying sound net for the soldiers of the Xia Army, and for a moment a strong sense of fear arose in the hearts of the soldiers of the Xia Army.
Countless Xia soldiers suddenly became at a loss when they saw their compatriots in front of them or around them being shot and falling to the ground, because they couldn't judge the direction in which the bullets were coming from, as if there were enemies aiming at them everywhere, so even if they wanted to dodge, they didn't know which direction was safe.
What's more, the soldiers of the Xia Army have not yet understood how the situation on this situation has suddenly changed, aren't they, the soldiers of the Xia Army, obviously chasing a group of Xinghua Army soldiers who are on the run?
At this moment, the soldiers of the Xia Army suddenly had a feeling that they seemed to have fallen into a huge trap, and the enemy who was ambushing and attacking them around them was obviously prepared early in the morning, just to catch turtles in the urn, waiting for them to come in and capture them as soon as they came in!
But this was just a fleeting thought, in the face of the dense rain of bullets, the Xia soldiers were obviously unable to distract themselves, and they had no mind to find out how they were ambushed.
A large number of Xia soldiers were embarrassed and could no longer care about the demeanor of the soldiers to avoid bullets, either lying down on horseback, or even hurriedly falling off from horseback, trying to let the war horse cover for them.
However, no matter what method they use, they will not be able to solve this game easily. This was specially prepared for them by the Xinghua Army, and naturally they also picked the terrain and environment, and it was expected that the Xia Army would not be able to escape easily, so they decided to ambush them in this area.
Therefore, this small road is not a place where Xia Jun can hide at all.
What can I do?
The escape was all an instinctive reaction of human nature. Because of this, immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the Xia Army, who only wanted to flee for their lives to avoid the bullets, once again undoubtedly rushed in, and the death phalanx specially set up for them by the ambushed Xinghua Army - the Xia soldiers who wanted to dodge really dodged to both sides as the Xinghua Army expected, and wanted to hide in the woods, but this action made them die even more happily!
For a moment, the Xia soldiers who rushed into the woods suddenly triggered more than a dozen jumping thunderbolts buried here!
At this moment, I can't count how many Xia soldiers were killed and injured by the explosion, but I only know that the flesh and blood in this forest are flying all of a sudden, and it is unbearable to see! The smell of flesh and blood mixed with the smell of gunpowder and gunpowder from the thunder quickly spread out, causing the Xia soldiers who wanted to follow and hide in the woods on both sides suddenly stopped in panic and confusion!
At this moment, the soldiers of the Xia Army were like a sandwich barbecue in a meat bun, and they were all caught in the middle and retreat, and it seemed that no matter how they dodged, it was a dead end - whether they hid in the woods and were killed by a thunderbolt, or they were killed by the bullets of the Xinghua Army soldiers in the narrow road behind them, in short, it seemed that they were all dead.
But even so, even if they didn't advance or retreat, it only led to an equally serious consequence: a large number of Xia soldiers were crowded on the road, and without unified instructions, they instantly turned into a bunch of living targets! Not only that, some Xia soldiers wanted to retreat, some Xia soldiers wanted to find a way to escape, and some Xia soldiers who followed behind wanted to move forward under the urging of unwitting generals.
Compared with the restlessness, fear and chaos of the Xia army, the soldiers of the Xinghua Army were fighting with a fighting spirit, and every soldier regarded these soldiers of the Xia Army who fled in a panic as a mobile gun target, and regarded this bloody killing as the best actual combat shooting practice, a good opportunity to practice their hands.
Especially Fang Shaohai, at this moment, seeing Xia Jun fall into chaos, his heart was so excited and excited. Compared with Wei Yingcai's worries and cautious attack, Fang Shaohai's department can be said to have let go of his hands and feet and come to a ruthless kill!
This is because the most different thing between Fang Shaohai's Department and Wei Yingcai's Department is that they Fang Shaohai's Department, and the most important thing is weapons and ammunition! That is to say, the soldiers of the Xia Army provoked Fang Shaohai's Department, and they could only blame themselves for their own bad luck, and they became living meat targets for some reason.
It is precisely because of the full bargaining chips that what Fang Shaohai wants to do most at this moment is to take this opportunity to annihilate the Xia Army's Baili Xi Department in one fell swoop!
The chaotic and passive situation of the Xia army became even more irreversible as the number of soldiers who died increased. Seeing that the enemy could no longer organize an effective charge and counterattack, Fang Shaohai seized the opportunity and ordered his troops to immediately take the initiative to attack and annihilate the enemy.
With Fang Shaohai's order, the thousands of Xinghua soldiers who had been ambushing immediately jumped up, just like the fierce beasts that had to be locked up before, but were released at this moment, they rushed out of the ambush trench and charged towards the Xia army.
The soldiers of the Xia Army, who were already flustered and at a loss, became even more confused for a while when they saw the strong enemy troops rushing towards them.
"Run! The enemy is coming!"
"Unstoppable!"
"We're defeated!"
In the chaos, the soldiers of the Xia Army were in a hurry to flee, constantly exaggerating the fierceness of the offensive of the Xinghua Army! This made it even more impossible for the soldiers of the Xia Army to cover each other and restore the state of war, let alone assemble into an army.
The defeat of the Xia army has been achieved, Bai Lixi saw it from afar, and under the eagerness and anxiety and panic, he was helpless!
Bai Lixi once sent a law enforcement team and ordered the soldiers to attack. However, the Xinghua Army's guns and bullets were eyeless, and the law enforcement team stood in the rear of the army, but even then, the law enforcement team did not escape the attack of the Xinghua Army's bullets and was quickly disabled. Without the law enforcement team, the Xia army was crushed for thousands of miles, and there was no way to regain its formation.
All this was completely beyond Bai Lixi's expectations, and this was very different from the state he had seen before in which the Xinghua army wanted to escape and withdraw from the army! Does this mean that his Baili Xi department had already been ambushed by the Xinghua army? Even, their every move was already expected by the Xinghua army?
All this is unacceptable to Bailixi!
"How can this be, how can this be......" Bai Lixi was incredulous, thinking about it, this situation was unheard of for him, and the only thing he could be sure of was that he was defeated. Suddenly, Bai Lixi felt weak and fell off her horse.
Bai Lixi's personal soldiers hurriedly stepped forward and helped Bai Lixi up.
"General, let's leave quickly! we can't stay here, the enemy is going to kill you!" a general squatted to the side and persuaded Bai Lixi.
Bai Lixi's face was ugly, and he responded: "I should apologize with death!"
"The general thinks twice! Leave the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood. Moreover, there are many soldiers, if they are not led by the general, they will not be able to return to China, and there will be no way to live. The general advised.
The people around Bai Lixi were persuading him.
It didn't take long for Bai Lixi to finally come back to his senses under the persuasion of everyone.
"The cavalry held off the enemy, created an opportunity for the infantry battalion, and delayed some time. Bai Lixi re-ordered, ordering the general to lead the remaining cavalry beside him to block the Xinghua army that was counterattacking. Then, Bai Lixi will take the opportunity to gather some soldiers and organize the troops. He was still unwilling to be defeated.
However, the sound of guns and cannons of the Xinghua Army interrupted Bai Lixi's fantasy.
Bai Lixi sent his own soldiers to shout repeatedly, but his soldiers were still in confusion and fled in all directions. Bai Lixi saw two soldiers push down a cavalryman, snatch his horse, and hurriedly run away. At this time, there were no ordinary soldiers who would recognize Bailixi. If it weren't for Bai Lixi's banner still there, those defeated soldiers would dare to steal his horse.
In desperation, coupled with the fact that the Xinghua soldiers were getting closer and closer, Bai Lixi led his own soldiers to escape from the battlefield.
Half an hour later, Fang Shaohai listened to the report of his subordinates. In this battle, Fang Shaohai's department defeated the Baili Xi Division, and the Xinghua Army continued to pursue, basically crippling the Baili Xi Division. After counting, more than 3,000 Xia soldiers were killed, more than 500 were seriously wounded, and more than 5,300 were lightly wounded and unwounded. This figure greatly encouraged Fang Shaohai.
Many officers in Fang Shaohai's department suggested continuing the attack on Xiguancheng. Fang Shaohai was moved when he heard this. It's just that if he wants to occupy Xiguan City, he needs Wei Yingcai's help. After all, Wei Yingcai had already established an administrative structure in Xiguancheng. As long as Wei Yingcai promised to hand over the administrative structure to him, he could directly take over Xiguancheng.
Fang Shaohai sent someone to discuss with Wei Yingcai.
Wei Yingcai didn't show his face, and the adjutant Wang Zhongping came forward and refused Fang Shaohai's request. The reason is naturally that Wei Yingcai promised the people who had been attached to Xiguancheng to take them out of Xiguancheng. Now that they have just walked out of Xiguan City for less than half a day, they are going back? Wei Yingcai was unwilling.
Moreover, Wei Yingcai didn't like Fang Shaohai's style very much. Because Wei Yingcai had just given up Xiguan City, Fang Shaohai was thinking about occupying and taking over? Have you ever thought about Wei Yingcai's feelings! Moreover, Wei Yingcai was not satisfied with Fang Shaohai's method of sending people over. Wei Yingcai's military rank is higher than Fang Shaohai, Fang Shaohai despises him, how can he be polite to him.
Wei Yingcai rejected Fang Shaohai and made arrangements for his own troops and the security forces that followed him. Xiguancheng, Wei Yingcai didn't want to go back. This is not Wei Yingcai's cowardice, but he considers that the importance of Xiguancheng is not high. At present, as long as the Xinghua army holds the city of Tai'an and controls the western part of Jiangzhou, the situation of the war will not change much.
In fact, as long as the Xinghua army occupies the western part of Jiangzhou, it will always be in an advantageous position. Wei Yingcai is a high-ranking person, and he once saw a strategic analysis of the Ministry of Defense. As long as the Xinghua army has occupied Jiangzhou, the entire Xia State will continue to bleed with guns and cannons, and the Xia court will consume a large amount of treasury, and there will inevitably be problems. Counting it up, it was the Xinghua Empire that took advantage.
On the contrary, the Xinghua Empire could afford to maintain only a regular combat force of 50,000 to 100,000. More importantly, the battlefield of the war is not in the Xinghua Empire, and the Xinghua Empire has absolutely the spare strength to restore the people's livelihood as much as possible. Moreover, the emperor also has a spatial passage that can reduce the pressure on the treasury of the Xinghua Empire.
Therefore, Wei Yingcai planned to withdraw his troops a little back, just behind Tai'an City, pick a small county town or small town to rest and replenish the soldiers, and his troops could recover their combat effectiveness. As long as the combat effectiveness is restored, Wei Yingcai can continue to lead the army to fight.
There was a problem with communication between Fang Shaohai and Wei Yingcai. Both of them chose to send a telegram to Lyon. Fang Shaohai proposed to occupy Xiguancheng and control Xiguancheng, and wanted Wei Yingcai's people to assist him; Wei Yingcai gave up Xiguancheng in advance, as long as the military activities near Xiguancheng were maintained, that is, guerrilla warfare, the Xia army would not be able to control Xiguancheng safely, and at that time, Xiguancheng would not necessarily be a city of any country.
Faced with the dispute between the two subordinates, Leon thought about it and felt that Wei Yingcai's plan was more reasonable. Before, he had thought about the Xinghua Army controlling Tai'an City and Xiguan City and taking care of each other, but he didn't think about whether another city should save another city if one city was attacked. This raises the question of insufficient troops. If the troops are insufficient, it is natural that there will be no rescue or no rescue.
Lyons consulted with the staff officers in the army and decided to abandon the city of Xiguan. He first called Fang Shaohai back and ordered Fang Shaohai not to change his combat mission. Fang Shaohai's combat mission was to rescue Wei Yingcai. Now that Fang Shaohai had rescued Wei Yingcai's troops and annihilated most of the enemy army, he had already overfulfilled the task. Leon asked Fang Shaohai to send troops to escort the captives back to Tai'an City. Then, Fang Shaohai's department continued to clear the remnants of the enemy. After clearing the remnants of the enemy, Fang Shaohai's troops moved in the direction of Yangcheng, joined Lin Hengtong's troops, and supported Lin Hengtong's troops by the way.
Because Lin Hengtong had just sent a telegram, the Xia army in Yangcheng had been dispatched many times and was also active around Yangcheng. Lin Hengtong's troops had fought several battles with the Xia army in Yangcheng, and he found that the Xia army's weapons and equipment had been greatly improved. Therefore, Lyon sent Fang Shaohai to go over just in case, and by the way to investigate the situation of the Xia army. After all, no matter how powerful the Xinghua Imperial Intelligence Bureau is, it has not yet developed intelligence personnel in the Xia Army for the time being.
As for Wei Yingcai, Leon agreed to his request and allowed him to lead his troops to the town behind Tai'an City to rest. At the same time, Leon also gave him the task of building another transit station.