Chapter 274: What Fight?
Under the black canopy, the fire was raging in the two large camps of the Wu army, and Xiao Hu'er, the head of the Dashun children's battalion, supported a wounded comrade-in-arms, and once again retreated from the front of the car formation that the Wu army was holding. This vehicle formation is located in the center of the second battalion of the Wu army, which is actually to surround the city with carts transporting food and armor equipment to protect the core of the second battalion. It was a simple fortification, not strong at all. However, the Guanning army of Wu Sangui's troops who defended it was extremely resolute, and repelled four fierce attacks of the Dashun army in a row, and in front of the car formation, there were many corpses of soldiers on both sides piled up layer upon layer!
Xiaohu's brigade (the Dashun army is roughly composed of four levels: battalion, brigade, department, and outpost) participated in three onslaughts, and the first two were repulsed by the enemy with muskets and bows and arrows. During the third attack, because the opponent's firearms were hot and could no longer function, there was a hand-to-hand fight. The battle was extremely fierce, and the soldiers of the Dashun army once broke through the chariot formation and rushed in front of the enemy's Chinese tent. However, he was defeated after the general of the Wu army, who looked like an iron tower, personally led dozens of ironclad guards to counterattack.
The counterattack of just dozens of ironclad warriors of the Ming army defeated hundreds of soldiers of the children's battalion! It would be inconceivable if such a thing had happened at the beginning of the year on the way of the Dashun army on its way to Beijing.
But nowadays, it's not a big deal...... Because a rebel army like the Dashun Army doesn't have much background. In terms of equipment, training, and logistical support, it is not satisfactory, and it is relied on as a force to fight the country and sit on the country. When victory is in sight, of course, everyone is brave and unstoppable. But once everyone found out that laying down the country is not the same as sitting in the country, the enthusiasm and hard work suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Xiaohu'er's children's battalion is still relatively high in the camps of the Dashun army, after all, many of the soldiers in the children's battalion are helpless orphans in the army, and they have long regarded the Dashun Dynasty as their home and Li Zicheng as their father. Even if you are wronged, you can't leave your family and your father.
But when Xiaohu'er saw the people fleeing from Beijing under the Great Wall of Guguan, and knew how the evil Tartars treated their families, they didn't feel good in their hearts - look at how people sit on the country? It is also the division of land, and the division of houses...... The three hundred miles around the city of Beijing were divided.
On his side, he risked his life to help the emperor fight the world, and in the end he only got 10 taels of silver...... After retreating to Shanxi, the emperor still picked the door the same, just let everyone continue to be soldiers and eat food.
It seems that the emperor never treated his brothers as children, but only when everyone came to work for a month's military salary of one or two silver.
In this case, the big guy should be more leisurely and be worthy of these two pieces of silver......
It was probably a tael of silver to support the fighting spirit that was almost consumed, and the momentum of this wave of retreat was much more violent than the previous two times, and he couldn't stop retreating three or four hundred steps in a row, and he was almost kicked out of the camp by the opponent. In the end, Luo Hu, who was still supervising the battle, was ruthless, and cut a few generals and sentinels who escaped from the battle, and barely stopped the decline.
Xiaohu'er was also taken by one of Luo Hu's personal soldiers, and fought three times in a row, and he ran back from the front line with a comrade before, and his physical strength was a little strong, and he stood in front of Luo Hu, gasped for a while, and then said hoarsely: "Big brother, what should I do?" ”
Xiaohu'er's parents died, and he was brought into the Dashun Army by Luo Hu, so he also followed the surname Luo, called Luo Xiaohu, and called Luo Hu the eldest brother.
Luo Hu looked at the little brother whose face was covered with sweat, blood and traces of fireworks, and his heart was also unbearable for a while-everyone worked so hard, but what did they get?
He took a sharp breath of the air full of gunsmoke and coughed: "Xiaohu, you come to be the commander of the brigade, and take the brothers to rush again!" ”
The original commander of the brigade was just dismissed by Luo Hu because of three defeats.
Xiaohu looked back at the front line where the fire was blazing, and was stunned for a moment before saying: "Big brother, I can't rush three times, and the opportunity has been lost......"
Tonight was a surprise attack, and the fight was a surprise victory, and the three charges just now, if you can fight for one or two percent or even more losses, you will rush forward. But everyone is biased!
Now that Wu Jiajun has reacted, what chance is there left?
"Fight again!" Luo Hu roared. He is really unwilling!
Under the fierce gaze of Xiaohu'er's eldest brother Luo Hu, he had no choice but to call a few of his guards to greet the defeated brothers, reorganize, and want to attack again.
And at this moment, the sound of shouting and killing like a tsunami of mountains and horses' hooves suddenly came from outside the Wu army camp. Luo Hu also set up a brigade outside the camp, under the personal command of the deputy general Chen Chuan, with the task of cutting off the connection between the Wu army's Jiazi 2nd Battalion and other Wu army camps, and preventing the Wu army from reinforcing the Jiazi 2nd Battalion.
Obviously, this brigade commanded by Chen Chuan was suffering from the fierce impact of the cavalry of the Wu army!
"Little Tiger ......" Luo Hu, who knew that something was wrong, yelled, "Little Tiger! Little Tiger! ”
Luo Xiaohu, who was sweating profusely in the whole team, was pulled over by Luo Hu's personal soldiers again and came to Luo Hu.
"Big Brother ......"
Luo Hu's voice was already a little hoarse, "Quick, quickly take your people to support Vice General Chen!" ”
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"Boom, boom......, boom" There was a roar, and a group of ironclad soldiers twenty or thirty paces in front of Liu Sheng were suddenly staggered by the volley of fire, and the remaining ironclad soldiers who were not shot also panicked, and turned around and left.
"Drop the firecracker! Draw the knife! Rush with me! ”
Liu Sheng opened his throat and howled, and the fire soldiers who followed him lost the turtledove foot guns in their hands, drew their respective waist knives, and screamed and pounced on the retreating Dashun ironclad soldiers.
Like Luo Hu's children's battalion, Liu Fangliang's ironclad soldiers were also repulsed one after another. The Wu army, which was stubbornly defending the first battalion of Jiazi, finally held out until Liu Sheng led 500 firecrackers to help.
Wu Sangui's firecrackers also used the turtledove's firearms provided by Zheng Zhilong, and the number was not large, about 500 people. It has always been Wu Sangui's baby bump, and like Yiding Tuqi, it is all mastered by him personally.
Because this firecracker has been trained for many years, they know exactly how to load and fire correctly, if they encounter the Tartar cavalry, of course, it will not work, but tonight they met the ironclad soldiers of the Liukou - the Wu army has a complete victory against the Liukou, and has established a psychological advantage. That's why they don't panic and wait for their opponents to rush twenty or thirty paces away before firing a volley. In just one round, the opponent's ironclad soldiers were crushed!
At the same time, the thousands of Yiding cavalry led by Wu Sangui personally crushed the infantry of the children's battalion commanded by Chen Chuan - the Yiding cavalry is a strong force that can compete with the Eight Banners, of course, it is not a comparable number of children's battalions that can resist.
Therefore, Chen Chuan didn't insist until Luo Xiaohu led his troops to arrive, and he had already caused people to collapse.
Seeing the collapse of Chen Chuan's first brigade of children's battalion soldiers, Luo Hu couldn't hold on anymore, and he didn't let Luo Xiaohu go out again, so he had to howl and order: "Throw away the torches and retreat in the dark!" ”
Hearing his roar, the soldiers of the children's camp threw away their torches one after another, and the surroundings darkened, but the vision in the distance became clearer, and the sparks all over the mountains were slowly flowing towards the Wu army camp.
However, Luo Hu knew that this was a signal for his own retreat!
The emperor commanded the army to bluff, but it was only to cover the withdrawal of his own soldiers from the Wu army camp.
In this battle under the Great Wall, the Dashun army was defeated again...... The Great Shun Army went from being invincible to being defeated again and again, this change is too fast, right? What's wrong with this?
Luo Hu sighed bitterly: "Let's go, let's be sorry for the emperor, we lost again......"
Luo Xiaohu on the side sighed and said in a low voice: "Big brother, the brothers are getting more and more energetic, it can't go on like this, you are close to the emperor, why don't you talk about it ...... him"
Luo Hu sighed again, now that King Chuang's decline is gradually revealed, Shanxi is also going to be lost! Is there still a chance to divide the land and the house for everyone?