Chapter 487: The Battle of the Eight Mile Bridge (7)

When the sun gradually rose from the horizon, the army of nearly 100,000 people of the Fu Han army had begun to march in the direction of Bali Bridge.

The soldiers of the Fu Han Army walked in unison and pursed their lips tightly, for them, under the long-term training, keeping the neat column almost became something that was integrated into the bloodline, of course, there were also people in the process, unconsciously expressed rejection, but these rejection people will also have whips to teach them to be people.

Ning Yu was dressed in a big coat, riding a red horse, surrounded by the generals, patrolling the marching soldiers, with a little tiredness on his face, after all, he had been staying up all night to deal with government affairs, and there was not much time to rest.

Of course, for the emperor, he naturally has a royal chariot in the army, and there is no need to ride a horse all day, but Ning Yu has always insisted on riding a horse, and he has already given an order before, regardless of civil and military officials at all levels and clan nobles, they are not allowed to travel in a sedan chair, only on horses or cars, and only on horses in times of war.

The reason is very simple, in Ning Yu's view, using manpower as livestock and horses not only involves the dignity of small people, but also a great waste of manpower, so only horses are allowed to ride or ride carriages, as for the battlefield, riding will be too cumbersome and not flexible enough, so only horses are allowed to ride.

With Ning Yu leading by example in the front, the high-level members of the Fu Han Army are also like this, and they all follow Ning Yu on horseback, even Cui Wancai, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, did not choose to ride.

As the sun gradually rose, there was a sound of hooves in the distance, it was the sentry in the Ning Chu army, they all had two horses, so they could maintain the physical strength of the horses for a long time, which was suitable for spying on the intelligence in the army.

"Your Majesty, the artillery position of the Qing army has been detected by our cavalry, and they have been transferred to the direction of Dingfuzhuang, and there is the horse team of the Qing army on the side, and there seem to be other movements."

When everyone heard the news, they were not surprised in the slightest, yesterday's battle was vivid, and the Qing army lost more than half of its artillery in the artillery battle between the two sides, so naturally it would not continue the artillery battle today.

Ning Yu smiled slightly, the gap between the two sides is not only reflected in the firearms themselves, but also in many invisible places.

Just like the output of firearms on both sides, the amount produced by the Fu Han Army in one day is enough for the Qing court to produce for one or two months, and for example, in terms of personnel training, the military academies opened by Ning Chu in various places will send a large number of professional artillery talents to the army every year, and the artillery training of the Qing army is almost still a traditional set of things.

Therefore, due to the follow-up support and supply, the Fu Han army has the confidence to bear greater losses on the battlefield, while the Qing army cannot afford to bear the losses at all, after all, the output is so much, and once the capital is lost, relying on the firearms production of Shengjing alone, they can't even replenish the existing firearms well.......

"Looking at it like this, Yongzheng estimates that his heart is empty......"

Ning Yu held a clairvoyant mirror, observed the Qing army camp tent opposite, and muttered: "The only thing that can restrain the thoughts of the Qing army now should be the Eight Banners and a large amount of property still in the capital........ They are buying time to move outside the customs, maybe they will not be able to fight anymore when they are almost evacuated......"

With the support of the powerful intelligence system of the Fu Han army, the current movements of the Qing army are not secrets, after all, the people of the Eight Banners who move outside the city every day are not fake, in addition to the population, there is also a large amount of food, property and other information, all gathered on Ning Yu's desk in great detail.

A trace of solemnity appeared on Ning Zhongyi's face, "The Privy Council has been prepared for this matter, the fifteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and twentieth divisions have been transferred to the direction of Liaodong, and when the time comes, they will cooperate with the Praetorian Guard Division in Liaodong to form the Liaodong Group Army, directly capture Shengjing, and completely cut off the dream of the Qing court." ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh, if Yongzheng thought that the Fu Han army would choose to stop in the pass, it would be wrong....... The previous landing was just to completely cut off the back road of the Qing army, but this time it was to plow the court and sweep the holes.......

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Yongzheng, who didn't know that he was about to be swept away by the plough court, summoned the generals of the Eight Banners of this battle to discuss the specific details of the battle.

Especially Emperor Yongzheng, after yesterday's fiasco, especially after the fiasco of the Ma army, he has basically lost the fighting spirit in his heart, if it weren't for Ning Chu only accepting unconditional surrender, I am afraid that he would have wanted to send a messenger to sue for peace......

Not only Emperor Yongzheng, but also the other Eight Banner generals are also listless, yesterday's battle, so that the Han Army has a clearer understanding of the combat power, and I can't help but feel a little concerned.

Xibao said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, today's battle may allow the Russians to participate, and the land cannot be ceded to them in vain......."

Prince Zhuang Yunlu glanced at Xibao, and felt a little dissatisfied in his heart, as if it was a big sin to cut the land, so he had to whisper: "When the treaty was signed, the Russian envoys had agreed to send troops, but they also said that after all, it was my Eight Banners on the battlefield......

Yongzheng nodded slightly, in fact, what he valued was not the 1,500 Russian soldiers in Beijing, but the distant Russian Empire, so he did not force the Russians to join the battlefield directly, and said softly: "Today's battle, after all, is the battle of my Eight Banners, if it can't be defeated, I will send the Russians to help......."

"Hey, your majesty, the slave obeys the order."

Xibao smiled a little bitterly in his heart, if he could really beat it, then there was naturally no need to say much about these, but at the moment, it was obvious that he couldn't beat it.

Yongzheng looked at everyone for a moment, and finally sighed, with a little firmness in his tone.

"The Great Qing Dynasty National Fortune, fight here!"

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Due to yesterday's battle the Fu Han army occupied the Qing army's Zhangjiawan, so the Qing army's defense line at Bali Bridge did not have much significance, at present only a part of the men and horses occupied, but the main force is placed in Dingfuzhuang, and here will be the last key fulcrum of the Fu Han army to march into Beijing.

However, unlike yesterday, today's Qing army has obviously set up a position in advance, and the 60,000 new troops have formed a large horizontal formation according to the towns of the Eight Banners, each of them is wearing cotton armor of various colors of the Eight Banners, and the flowers are not dazzling, and the soldiers are still carrying eagles' beaks on their shoulders, and more than 180 artillery pieces of various types are lined up in front of the formation, but they also have a bit of momentum.

After all, the number of the Eight Banners New Army guarding Zhangjiawei yesterday was small, and its scale and momentum could not reach today's state, but when this scene fell in the eyes of the Fu Han Army, not too many people took this army in their eyes.

Because through yesterday's one-day battle, the Fuhan Army has basically figured out the strength of the new army in front of them - too many people in the Eight Banners New Army have not fought properly, and their understanding of tactics is basically zero, and it seems to be a strong force on the surface, but in fact it can only be regarded as a showmanship at best.

According to the assessment of the General Staff, the Qing Army's Eight Banners New Army was not because the firearms were not good enough, but because there were problems in its own training and command, so that it did not realize its real potential.......

If Emperor Yongzheng heard this evaluation, he should have mixed feelings, because the person in charge of the training of the entire Eight Banners New Army was the original Pingjun Wang Nalsu, although he had been trying to imitate the way of the Fu Han Army to train, but after all, he had only the form, and although he later invited many Western missionaries as instructors, he was not a real officer, and he did not have real training power.

Therefore, the New Army of the Eight Banners claims to be a new army, but in fact, the real change is only in the weapons, and the others are still old things that change the soup without changing the medicine, so that it was directly and completely defeated by the Fu Han Army under the same force yesterday.......

Of course, the real rookies on the battlefield are either dead or still in an unconscious state, so the overall morale of the New Army of the Eight Banners has not plummeted, and they still maintain considerable confidence in themselves - as for the new army that was completely wiped out yesterday, it was purely a miscommand.

However, self-confidence is self-confidence, everyone is still quite nervous, many people are holding the guns and hands are sweating, they look at the boundless Fu Han army, and they began to approach slowly with neat steps, and suddenly their mouths are a little dry.

"These damn brutes...... I don't know if I'll survive today......"

"Hmph, uncle, I want to make contributions on the battlefield, if this battle is fought well today, the title will be promoted in the future!"

"I heard that those traitors have very powerful bayonets, and when we fought yesterday, we were not the opponents of one person!"

"Nonsense, the eight flags are less than 10,000, and the full 10,000 are invincible....... In the past, firearms were inferior to people, when were we afraid of fighting knives? ”

"That is, our eagle beak gun today is much stronger than the bird gun in the past!"

Seeing that the people below began to mumble, Xibao couldn't help but take a deep breath, it seems that the big guy is still quite relaxed in his heart, so it's good, so he can fight!

Just looking at the soldiers of the Fu Han Army slowly advancing on the opposite side, Xi Bao was still a little unwilling in his heart, if they were to restore the artillery of the Han Army, they would be able to fire at this distance now.......

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"Your Majesty, the artillery headquarters has gathered more than 300 artillery pieces from all divisions of the whole army, divided into three positions, all of them are in place, and they can be fired at any time!"

A major general officer of the Fu Han Army stepped forward, he was the commander in charge of the artillery group, Huang Deyang, a scholar general from the Fu Han Army's martial arts hall, and his whole temperament was very gentle.

In the current Fu Han army system, the position of artillery is becoming more and more important, coupled with the improvement of the military training system, so the artillery has also moved from the past Ning Tieshan era to a more professional new era, and Huang Deyang is a typical scholar general, responsible for the professional command of the entire artillery group.

Ning Yu nodded slightly, at present, the Fu Han Army is concentrated on the frontal battlefield with more than 80,000 people in nine divisions, and according to the full calculation, the artillery of the whole army should be about 800, and at present, the artillery position of the Fu Han Army is only assembled with large-caliber artillery belonging to the division, so there are only more than 300 pieces, and there are hundreds of small-caliber artillery and mortars, which are used as infantry regiments and battalions.

"Let's get started!"

As Ning Yu's order was issued, a major officer of the artillery command, with a slightly solemn expression, raised the red flag in his hand in parallel, and then waved it down violently.

"Boom—"

Hundreds of artillery pieces roared in unison under the command, and dense white gunpowder smoke instantly rose up, enveloping the artillery positions of the Fu Han army, while hundreds of black flowering shells drew beautiful arcs and smashed into the positions of the Qing army.

A large number of flowering shells smashed into the formation of the Eight Banners New Army, and the continuous explosion sound set off huge waves on the Qing army's position, and countless pieces of broken iron were almost like a shower, sweeping down a large piece of the soldiers of the Eight Banners New Army, and the blood almost flowed like a river, mixed with the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, exuding a pungent smell.......

Under the command of the new army generals, they began to advance in the direction of the Fuhan army, but many of them had become pale, and their hearts were a little desperate for their own safety.

Finally, the artillery of the Qing army began to roar, but more than 180 small and medium-caliber artillery, the momentum when the cannon was fired was not so great, and most of the artillery was still solid bullets, and the target was even more miserable, and when it smashed into the array of the Fu Han army, the casualties caused were almost superficial......

The distance between the Fu Han army and the Qing army began to gradually get closer, and the artillery battle between the two sides began to become more intense, the Fu Han army approached two hundred artillery pieces and had already placed the target on the Qing artillery position, and a large number of flowering shells directly covered it, but the Qing army's artillery destroyed dozens of guns, forcing the remaining Qing artillery to begin to find a way to transfer positions.......

"Your Majesty, our artillery can't withstand it, and if we continue to fight, I'm afraid that the whole army will be wiped out, so let's let the new army speed up!"

Rong Li, the commander of the Eight Banners New Army Artillery Association, had a blue and white face, this feeling of being pressed and beaten was too embarrassing, and the key was that there was no way to resist.

Yongzheng had a full view of the battle from beginning to end, his face was also a little gray, he waved his hand, and said in a low voice: "Let the new army hurry up and engage in the battle, and tell Fu Ning'an to prepare in advance!" ”

Hearing Yongzheng's arrangement, Xu Yuanmeng hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, the new army can fight, and the fifteen thousand Manchurian horse teams led by Fu Ningan must not move, otherwise how will you cover the emperor's withdrawal to Shengjing in the future?" ”

The ministers also knelt on the ground in agreement, the Qing court had 50,000 horses before the war, but 15,000 of them were in Xifengkou, and yesterday they lost almost 20,000 horses, and the rest of the horses have been integrated, led by Fu Ning'an, and will be prepared as the capital for Yongzheng and the ministers to run away in the future, so Wan Wan can not be moved.

Yongzheng's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Since we want to fight this battle, we naturally have to do our best, otherwise why should we be entangled with Chu Yi here?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was speechless, in the end, Yongzheng still had a bit of a gambling mentality, and he would never easily step down and admit defeat if he didn't lose in the end, and who could persuade gamblers to stop?