Chapter 1706: The Battle of Old County

With the outnumbered, prepared versus unprepared, Hengyangwei has robbed for more than 20 days, not only achieved fruitful results, but also trained soldiers.

Originally, these farmers who had just enlisted in the army had become more and more calm at this time, less nervous and frightened, and more decisive and ferocious.

If you kill too many people, you will have that kind of ruthlessness.

robbery, this "promising" errand, Hengyangwei is getting more and more comfortable.

There were more than 1,000 muskets, more than 200 horses, grain, forage, cloth, and other materials.

Of course, Liu Fang will never leave a prisoner, whether it is a Manchu or a Han, as long as he is caught, it is a knife, and he will never "leave a hand".

Liu Fang even had a plan to form a cavalry, and at this time, he already had ambitions that he didn't have half a month ago.

It's a pity that this time God didn't favor Liu Fang anymore, and he didn't have time to take action to form a cavalry.

When Liu Fang and the others were drunk, a soldier in tattered clothes and bloodstained all over his body rushed over crying and shouting.

"General...... Checkmate...... Something ...... wrong! ”

Liu Fang didn't realize it at this time, he angrily threw the wine bowl in his hand into the bonfire, splashing countless sparks.

"What's the panic...... Didn't you see that General Ben was on the rise? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Fang staggered to his feet, "Say it...... What's the alarm? ”

The soldier cried, "Dead...... He's dead....... ”

"He's X, who died...... Make it clear! ”

"They're all dead...... Dead. ”

Liu Fang woke up from alcohol at this time, he naturally knew this soldier, and he was one of the partial divisions he sent to rob the Qing army in the morning.

All dead?

Liu Fang's eyes were as big as copper bells, as the Qing army transport team guarded more and more people, this time he sent a partial division of 800 people, if 80 people were annihilated, then Liu Fang still figured it out, 800 people, how could it be?

Liu Fang suddenly roared hysterically, "Is Li Lao Er stupid...... He didn't know that he couldn't beat it, so he would retreat to this side of the river? ”

"General...... There are many Tartar soldiers...... Tens of thousands? They had cavalry, archers...... Are they lying in ambush on the north and east sides of the river? Just waiting for us to retreat into the river...... Then attack on both sides...... They're all rockets, you...... General, the enemy has already come ashore? I'm coming this way. ”

"How far?"

"Twenty miles at most."

Liu Fang was stunned? It's been a long time, and it suddenly broke out? With a "bang", he pulled out his saber from the waist of the guard on the side? Pointing at the soldier, he shouted angrily: "You dare to disturb the morale of the army and coax General Ben? Lao Tzu slaughtered your ......! ”

The poor soldier was so frightened that he cried out, "Wronged...... The general spares his life! ”

Fortunately, Liu Fang did not really rush over to cut off the heads of the soldiers, but danced in a circle with his knife and shouted: "General Chuanben ordered that people from all walks of life gather in the old county...... You guys....... ”

Liu Fang pointed to the generals beside him and said, "Each leader leads a team?" to stop the Qing soldiers...... How long can it be blocked...... Just for as long! ”

……。

This night? Too many people are dying.

Liu Fang is just a gangster in Hengyang Town, and he has made some proud achievements.

But he is a gangster after all, even if he has tens of thousands of people under him, it is only a ...... Gangsters.

He doesn't understand at all? Now that we already know that the enemy's warships are coming from above and below, and we already know that the 800-strong partial division will be wiped out in the blink of an eye? It stands to reason that such a dark night? The enemy is coming at him, and he should give an order immediately? Retreating in the opposite direction is.

Two or three hundred miles south of the old county? Is it the Chuzhou border? There was Liao Zhongping's left battalion forward stationed.

But Liu Fang not only did not do this, but ordered all walks of life to assemble in the old county.

This is obviously a piece of fat and sent into the open mouth of the enemy.

On this night, there were indeed many people who died.

The upper and lower Qing soldiers who had sneaked up on the river to attack Liu Fang's division were actually not many in number, about 2,000 people.

But this time, in addition to sending cavalry and archers, there is also an army of 3,000 people, attacking from the river.

Combined, the two are already five thousand.

Although Hengyangwei sounds like there are tens of thousands of people, because the old county can't accommodate such a large army, they are all scattered in the surrounding villages and towns.

There are actually only two or three thousand people around Liu Fang.

And Liu Fang did not retreat but advanced, which made a tragic offensive and defensive battle break out in Jiuxian.

The old county was a small city with low walls and earthen walls.

This made it difficult for the defenders to gain much advantage in defending the city, especially in the dark night, and the accuracy of the Hengyang guards could not be compared with the Qing army at all.

When the sky was slightly bright, there were not many living people around Liu Fang, except for those who were scattered, most of them were killed.

Fortunately, it was difficult for Qing Qi to cross the river for a while, otherwise, there would be no need to wait until dawn, and Liu Fang would probably become a prisoner if he didn't die.

Liu Fang's previous battles were too smooth, he thought he could win completely, he didn't know at all, the battles he fought were won by surprise and taking advantage of the terrain, and his Hengyang Wei was actually just a group of peasants who had just put down their hoes.

If it weren't for the fact that the Qing army was constantly attacked before, it was really afraid of this branch of the gangsters, and at the same time, when the Qing army attacked outside the old county, it was already night, and they adopted a cautious way of attacking and harassing, otherwise with Liu Fang's troops in the old county, they would not have been able to hold out at dawn.

But the army guarding the city in Hengyang also did one thing, that is, at the cost of 2,000 lives, they dragged the Qing army and made the Qing army stop north of the old county.

This made Hengyangwei disperse the people of various villages and towns and rushed to the old county one after another.

However, this also caused all walks of life that would not have been killed or injured in the old county to suffer heavy casualties.

Because at this time, the enemy's cavalry, after a night of preparation, had already begun to cross the river.

And the meeting of people from all walks of life made Liu Fang, who had been pressed and beaten by the Qing army, his confidence soared.

Liu Fang was not convinced, and wanted to avenge this arrow.

As soon as he gave an order, more than 6,000 people in Hengyang Wei brazenly launched a counterattack against the Qing army outside the northern city.

God knows what kind of counteroffensive it was.

Of the more than 6,000 men, more than half of the soldiers were armed with a mixed mix of weapons, swords, bows, crossbows, and clubs, while more than 1,000 musketeers, who were really trained, were blocked behind the ranks by more than half of the soldiers.

Similarly, the hundreds of cavalrymen who were regarded by Liu Fang as a secret weapon and the meat of their hearts, in fact, had just learned to ride horses, and they were also blocked behind the team.

At the beginning of the Qing army, it was stunned by Hengyangwei's counterattack, because the attachment never realized that this was not a thousand people, but an army with tens of thousands of horses, but the Qing army soon found that the enemy rushing towards them was such a rabble, so the Qing army quickly calmed down and the counterattack began.