Chapter 121: Life and Death
Looking at the iron balls that were thrown down, Zhang Cheng had a heartfelt fear, but before he could give the order, with a loud roar, Zhang Cheng and a group of guards were immediately blown up into a blur, like a rag, being torn apart.
Seeing that his chief officer was directly killed, this made the Qing army behind him feel at a loss, but before they could react, this explosion was like a signal, starting the prelude to the attack of the Fu Han army.
Under the cover of night, countless Fu Han troops came out of the fields and forests, they held flintlock pistols in their hands, lined up in formation, and began to shoot at the long fire dragon, and many artillery pieces were also roaring at this time, and bullets continued to fly into the Qing army's array, smashing the Qing army to the ground.
Some Qing army garrisons and Qian Zong tried to launch a counterattack, but in this dark night, the soldiers around them fell into chaos again, and they could not form an effective attack at all, while the soldiers of the Fu Han army aimed at the fire dragon, but there would be no such problem, more and more soldiers of the Fu Han army drilled out of the hidden place, and began to form a situation of encirclement.
With the roar of artillery and rows of gunfire, the Qing soldiers kept falling to the ground, they cried and cried, knelt on the ground, and many people just lay down and never got up again, at this time there were very few Qing troops who dared to resist, and it was almost impossible to form an effective offensive.
"Boom" and "boom", under the very painful sacrifice, the artillery of the Qing army finally sounded, and they used the sub-mother cannon and the Weiyuan cannon to attack the Fu Han army in the distance, and the bullets continued to fall into the crowd of the Fu Han army, causing pieces of casualties. War can be extremely cruel at this time, and every life is fighting for its own existence.
However, the good times did not last long, the range of the artillery carried by the Fu Han army was originally relatively long, and after the concentrated firepower began to bombard the Qing army's artillery array, the Qing army's artillery was constantly directly scrapped, and the remaining Fu Han army took advantage of this opportunity to start a surprise attack, which was bound to swallow this Qing army.
One by one, the bullets shuttled wantonly under the cover of night, harvesting the lives of the Qing soldiers, Ning Yu lay on the high platform, watching the Qing soldiers below gradually become fewer and fewer, and his heart became more and more stable.
The overall situation has stabilized!
Ning Yu no longer hesitated at the moment, and issued an order to the guards beside him, "Send the order to Li Shihu and Ma Ning, prepare to launch a general attack!" Today, we must eat this Qing army, and then attack Yuezhou overnight! ”
Eat this Qing army, and then take advantage of the chaos to take Yuezhou, and then the Qing army in Luoxiao Mountain will be surrounded by regiments, and it will be self-defeating at that time.
At this time, the Qing army was already like a plate of scattered sand, except for a few thousand generals who were still shouting for a fierce battle, the remaining Qing troops were like ants on a hot pot, running around, they were completely desperate for this battle, and the only thing they wanted was to leave the battlefield as soon as possible and flee for their lives.
Li Shihu, the commander of the 3rd Regiment, and Ma Ning, the commander of the 4th Regiment, led their soldiers under their command, loaded their bayonets, and began to charge at the Qing army, their shining bayonets glowing in the bleak moonlight.
Everyone in the world thinks that the Fu Han army only relied on the advantage of guns and cannons to fight such a situation, but in fact, the bayonets of the Fu Han army are the most terrifying existence for the Qing army! If the guns were fired from a distance, the Qing army would dare to compete with the Fu Han army, but if the Fu Han army was ready to fight hand-to-hand with bayonets, they were often crushed at the touch of a button, and no matter how much the officers behind them shouted, it was difficult to resist.
Sure enough, under the bayonets of the Fu Han army, some Qing troops who dared to continue to resist either fell under the edge of the bayonets, or scattered and fled, so that the soldiers of the Fu Han army were killed heartily.
Zheng Tongen was taking his battalion brothers at this time, chasing the Qing army is no way to go to the sky, no way to go to the ground, he was originally a side child of the Zheng family, and has never been taken seriously, but after all, his surname is Zheng, and he still became a company commander after joining the Fu Han Army, and later he gradually showed his talent in the army, and was promoted to battalion commander because of his merits.
For the Qing army, Zheng Tongen can be said to have really experienced a stage from fear to contempt, originally he thought how powerful the Qing army was, but after the real war, after really killing a few Qing troops with a flintlock pistol, he understood a truth, this Qing soldier, is also made of meat!
At this time, Zheng Tongen had infinite illusions about the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty, and he knew in his heart that as long as the Fu Han Army itself did not fall, it would be too easy to fight such a green battalion. As long as you can fight like this, it will be too easy to occupy the whole south, and you will have the opportunity to find opportunities to make contributions.
"Brothers, rush with me, fight Yuezhou, grab money, food, and women!" Zheng Tongen is a little unscrupulous, although his original intention is just to inspire the spirit of war, but in fact, the military discipline of the Han Army is very strict, and it is strictly forbidden to do things that damage military discipline, so for this sentence, Zheng Tongen was investigated by the Military Justice Department after the war.
However, this is a later story, with the death of Zhang Cheng and other generals, the remaining Qing army could not stop its effective activities at all, and was cut off by a blunt knife, until the early morning came, the battle gradually ended, except for the soldiers of the Fu Han Army who were still mending knives on the battlefield, there were no more living people on the battlefield.
In addition to the Qing army lying on the battlefield, there were also a large number of Qing troops who were taken prisoner, including some garrisons, officers such as Qianzong, and Ning Yu did not scruple about it, leaving a battalion of men and horses to guard, and began to rush to Yuezhou with the rest of the Fu Han army.
After a night battle, although the soldiers of the Fu Han army were a little tired, but their morale was at their peak, not only did they wipe out 4,000 Qing troops cleanly and beautifully, but their own casualties were small and pitiful, except for more than 200 soldiers who were injured in artillery battles and hand-to-hand combat, there were no other casualties.
When the army arrived in Yuezhou, it was already early in the morning, Ning Yu didn't care about anything else, and directly ordered the army to attack the city, the cannons were set up on the artillery array, and the projectiles that were fired out bombarded the city wall fiercely, and some soldiers took advantage of the Qing army in the city to not reflect, and rushed to the city gate with explosives and began to plant explosives.
With a huge roar, the entire city gate with the Qing soldiers above flew into the sky, and the remaining Fu Han army also began to rush into the city.
The sound of fighting resounded throughout the dawn, and also woke up Zhang Changen in his sleep, he was not sleeping peacefully, but after all, he was busy for several days in a row, and after sending Zhang Cheng out, his heart was a little more steady, and he slept very sweetly this time, so after being woken up by the sound of fighting and explosions, except for a burst of heart palpitations, the whole person fell into a state of drowsy.
"My lord, run for your life!" A Qing army guard with a bloody face broke in directly and knelt down on one knee in front of Zhang Changen, with a look of despair on his face.
"Yuezhou, it's gone!"