The 2,000 soldiers of the right battalion of Changhong were divided into four columns in front and rear, and under the personal command of Qin Jinxiao, they rapidly advanced to the left flank of the Chuang army. Two quarters of an hour later, 500 people from the outpost of Changhong's right battalion had arrived in Lujia Village. However, Qin Jinxiao was not in a hurry to launch an offensive, and ordered the outpost to line up and hold 500 steps away from the village, while 500 people from the left and right posts quickly rushed to the front from the rear and spread out side by side with the outpost to pull the line apart.

The soldiers in the village knew that there were few people, and they were obviously ready to stick to the village. The village's lanes are narrow and circuitous, making it difficult to build a battle, especially not conducive to the use of firearms, Xin Sizhong's strategic goal is very clear, that is, to use the obstacles of the village to drag the soldiers and horses of the Zhao battalion into the melee. Once it falls into a melee, the advantages of the invading army can be brought into play, and at the same time, it can also delay the soldiers and horses of the Zhao battalion, and buy time for the Chinese army and the right-wing friendly forces to come to help.

Qin Jin filial piety old road, at a glance saw through the intention of the army, after the front, left and right three outposts were arranged, did not enter the village, but formed a semi-arc outside the village, prepared without fighting. At this time, through the scout's sentinels, it was learned that there was a hillside to the east of Lujia Village, and the slope was gentle. Qin Jinxiao did not hesitate, and immediately mobilized the outpost to move to the gentle slope. In the early afternoon, the rear post was deployed on the gentle slope of the east of the village, and three No. 2 Hongyi cannons were lined up, and five big Buddha Lang machine guns were sandwiched between them.

"Wave the flag!" At two o'clock in the afternoon, Qin Jinxiao felt that the time was ripe and instructed the Chinese army to carry out the standard-bearer.

In the blink of an eye, the bright red flag of Zhangyu waved, bringing countless small red flags around him to fly like clouds.

On the gentle slope, the Tang soldiers, who had been watching the flag of the main position, saw this and blew the horn in a hurry.

"Beep-beep-"

Several Francophone gunners, who were urging the gunners to adjust the muzzles of the gun mounts, heard the sound of the horn, and their already red cheeks immediately swelled like pig's liver, and they spoke loudly in a language that no one understood. More than 10 small pennants erected on the gentle slope pointed down the slope almost at the same moment, but listening to the muffled sound of "all of them", the frames of nearly 10 artillery pieces all shrank backwards, and iron and copper bullets swept through the air, and all of them shot into the village.

"His grandmother's, she still wants to earn Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will beat you to a pulp first!"

Hundreds of paces away, Lujia Village was bombarded by incessant shelling, and the earthen walls of the houses that had been shot collapsed in rows and patches, and for a time there was rubble and smoke and dust. Qin Jinxiao sneered and stared at the horse.

The fire and loud noise continued on the gentle slope for a while, and after a few rounds of shooting, the eastern half of Lujia Village was in ruins. All the soldiers of the Zhao battalion outside the village could clearly hear the panicked shouts and scolding coming from the dusty village.

"Shake the soap flag and get ready for battle!" Qin Jinxiao pulled out his waist knife and shouted sharply.

At that time, even though there were no enemy troops in front, the front platoon of the three outposts in front, left, and right of Changhong's right battalion all retreated to the small antlers that were temporarily carried and set up according to the order, and began to carry out the preliminary operation of the attack in an orderly manner.

The gentle slope in the east of the village is five or six hundred steps away from the village, and Qin Jinxiao, who has rich combat experience, judged that these rounds of shelling should not have caused too many casualties to the invading army, but it must have dealt a heavy blow to the psychology of the invading army. Few people can still calm down despite being passively beaten, and Qin Jinxiao concluded that Xin Sizhong would definitely not be able to hold out for too long in the shelling.

As he expected, when several cannons on the gentle slope were cleared and cooled down, and when they launched another bombardment, through the thick smoke and dust, countless frenzied intruders rushed towards their main position.

"Fat!"

The officer's order was connected from west to east, and the soldiers of the Zhao battalion, who were waiting for the battle, raised their guns and fired a volley, and the "crackling horn" was like the cracking sound of countless firecrackers. The semi-arc firing line used firepower to cover the self-inflicted army and horse team, row after row, and bullets rained down.

Qin Jinxiao knew that the total number of soldiers and horses in Lujia Village was only 1,000, and he did not have the strength to rush through the distance of 500 steps and penetrate his own front.

The cavalry of the invading army drilled out from all parts of the village, and the line of the charge was very long, and if it really ran into the line of Zhao Ying's birds, it might cause great casualties. But the reality is that Xin Sizhong is only a thousand people, and these thousand people are disorderly because of the mess in the village, there is no backup and no neat arrangement, so it can be said that it is completely a free charge. He pinned his hopes on the bravery of his horse army, and wanted to forcibly reverse the situation, but he did not think that the firepower and quality of the soldiers of the Zhao battalion were far from comparable to the Ming army of other troops, and the elongated array not only failed to bring him the lethality and deterrence he wanted, but provided the best target for the intertwined bullets of the Zhao battalion. In just a few breaths, many of the intruders outside the village only rushed out of a hundred steps to the ground, and the few who could rush into 200 steps faced a more violent counterattack, and few could get close to the antlers to resist the horses, so they were slightly hindered, and the battlefield was stained with blood.

The mid-air cannon in the east rumbled like spring thunder, and the frontal battlefield was like a wave of waves. As the top of a tiled house in the northwest corner of the village was lifted off, the disgraced Xin Sizhong crawled out of the ruins and ordered the troops to retreat.

He can run, but the old and young villagers who are imprisoned in the village can't run, and soon, the soldiers of Zhao Ying are crying in their ears.

"Yu Zhongjun, the thieves have fled west!" Xin Sizhong, who suffered heavy casualties, knew that it was difficult to defend the village, so he gathered the remnants of the army and retreated, and many officers from various departments also came to ask for instructions to pursue.

Xu Hui's military order to Qin Jinxiao was to occupy the village, and Qin Jinxiao was naturally strictly forbidden to pursue. According to his previous temper, for the sake of prudence, the next thing to do was to use the peripheral firepower to completely raze the entire village to the ground and make sure that there were no intruders. However, before he could say his words, he saw a few small black dots faintly floating in the chaotic corpse mountain and sea of blood in front of him.

"What's that?" Qin Jinxiao frowned, rode his horse and ran to the front to take a closer look. As the little black dot approached, he found that they were several small children, all of whom were the children of the villagers. They approached until they were ten paces, and they could see more and more clearly, most of these children were covered with dust, and some of them had a lot of blood stains on their bodies, all of them were crying and walking, and occasionally tripped over the corpse, and quickly got up and continued walking.

An officer stepped forward and said, "Chinese army, how to deal with it?" With a look, several soldiers immediately raised their guns and took aim. Even if there are only a few children on the other side, the battlefield has the rules of the battlefield, and those of unknown origin are absolutely not allowed to approach the array.

Qin Jinxiao was in a trance, and an innocent smile suddenly appeared in front of him, every time he saw this smile, his cold heart seemed to be a little softer. When he came back to his senses, he scolded abruptly: "Bastard, just a few children, are you afraid that they will lift our two thousand people?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The officer's face flushed, and he made a promise.

"The most important piece of content on the red book is that I, Zhao Ying, share weal and woe with the people, have you forgotten? If the inspectors of the Unified Inspection Institute know that you have such thoughts, think about what will happen to you. ”

"Subordinates should be damned."

"The battle is merciless, and the parents of these children may have died in the village. Passing my order, the front, left, and right outposts began to advance step by step towards the three drums of the village, and the rear outposts on the slope saved gunpowder to fight the enemy soldiers, and no more artillery was fired. Qin Jinxiao said that he temporarily decided to stop the plan to destroy the village.

"Obey." The officer answered the word and went quickly. Soon, the sound of cannon guns died down, and the drums of the four fields took over the masterpiece, and the children who were at a loss in front of the battle were also carried by the soldiers to the back of the battle in time.

"No matter what people say about you, I don't believe it. You're not that kind of person, are you? ”

Qin Jin Xiaoran recalled what the girl had said to herself, and her heart was hot. He never imagined that he would one day slowly change for the sake of others.

After receiving the news that Changhong's right battalion had successfully occupied Lujia Village, Xu Hui observed that the frontal intruding army's position fluctuated. Yang Kexin, an officer in the Xiaojie battalion, said to Xu Hui: "The Chinese army of the thieves has gathered with the follow-up troops, and there are signs of dividing the troops to attack Lujia Village. ”

As soon as Lujiacun was lost, the left flank of the invading army was defeated, and the flank of the Chinese army's position was threatened, and the commander Wu Ruyi absolutely could not tolerate the continuation of such a situation. After a while, Yang Kexin personally came to see Xu Hui, saying that Wu Ruyi had already divided his subordinate Han Wenyin to take over Xin Sizhong's troops, and regrouped and began to counterattack Lujia Village.

Xu Hui had just sent Tangma to Lujia Village at this time, asking Qin Jinxiao to reorganize the army for a short time, and then then squeezed the front of the army to the west, Yang Kexin heard him say: "It doesn't matter, with the village as the backing, it is difficult for the thief horse army to maneuver and gallop to the fullest, and our army can take advantage of firearms." He added, "You can press the soldiers of the Xiaojie battalion forward a little more, put more pressure on the front line of the army, and remember not to get too close to the battle, as long as they don't dare to arbitrarily draw troops and horses to help the two wings." ”

Yang Kexin took the order and left, and Li Yanlang, who commanded the left battalion of Changhong on the left flank of the Zhao camp, came one after another, saying: "The enemy's right flank is moving, and the enemy general Li You led the horse army to slowly approach in batches, as if they were about to charge. ”

Hao Mingluan was on the side, and when he heard this report, he said: "The thief knew that his left wing was weak, so he put the main attack point on the right flank. Xin Sizhong was defeated, and Wu Ruyi was eager to recover the decline, so he must urge Li You to act. Once Li Youma's army is in place, it is likely to take turns to storm the left flank of our army. The subordinates asked the 500 horse army pioneers to entangle the enemy. ”

Li You is in his fifties this year, a native of Mizhi in northern Shaanxi, and has been close friends with Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin for a long time. From Li Zicheng to Zhang Cunmeng, he took charge of the second team. Later, Li Zicheng became independent with eight teams, and Li You led the troops to join each other, so he became a confidant, and followed Li Zicheng up and down for more than ten years, never giving up. He was accustomed to fighting, and at the moment there were 3,000 Ma troops, which was far from being comparable to Xin Sizhong's troops, and if he really clashed with orders, it would be a great threat.

"You only have five hundred rides, can you stop Li You?"

Hao Mingluan gave a thumbs up to his chest and said, "Hao's first horseman, what a foot." As he spoke, he shook the tiger-headed gun in high spirits and took off the wrapping cloth of the gun's head, "Manager Xu, give the order!" ”

Xu Hui nodded and said, "Okay, you just have to move forward, and the follow-up troops will also respond." ”

Hao Mingluan promised loudly, stepped on the jujube red horse, and greeted with a gun: "Brothers, kill the thief with Hao!" The sound of the horse came out, and the five hundred horsemen each urged the horse's hooves, like a violent wind sweeping the ground, and in an instant roared and galloped.

Li Yanlang on the left flank was shrinking his strength in order to deal with the upcoming invasion of the army, when he suddenly saw a horse army galloping out of the formation, without asking, he also knew that it was Hao Mingluan who came out of the formation, and sighed with emotion: "The number of thieves and horses is 3,000, and with 500 righteous and unhesitating to attack the enemy army six times their size, with this courage, it is really the move of Hao Mingluan of Jiangdu!" After speaking, he shouted again, "Our battalion is the main force of the left flank, and now that the right wing Changhong and the right battalion have won the victory, and the horse army has also come out, how can our army be willing to lag behind!" ”

As soon as the sound came out, the three armies echoed, and the drums shook like the sky collapsed.