The Ulu burst along the trench with a few of his companions, and beside his head, some of the Tartar soldiers simply crawled out of the trench and moved quickly on it.

Everyone howled loudly to chase and kill the Qingzhou soldiers who were gradually falling into chaos, and some people blew the conch horn near the breakthrough to receive the follow-up troops from here into the Qingzhou army position.

It seemed that the battle was going well, but there was a faint uneasiness in the heart of the Ulu, and he always felt that the situation might not be so simple.

The Ulu did not hear the sound of the Qingzhou Army's most threatening cannons and muskets, and the elites who were also good in melee combat when they broke through the first breastwork did not seem to appear.

Although the Qingzhou soldiers in front of them now have a strong will to resist, their combat skills are lackluster, and it is difficult for them to pose an actual threat to the Jin soldiers.

'Maybe an elite counterattack soon?' ’

As soon as the Ulu had such an idea, the counterattack came.

Rumble!

There was a loud bang from the trench ahead, loud, but slightly dull compared to the cannon sound that Ulu had heard before, and then a ball of fire came with billowing sand and smoke, and the figures of several armored soldiers who rushed in front of him were all swept up in it, and the screams were incessant, and even Ulu himself was fell on his back with the air rushing.

There was an exuberant shout of killing in the thick smoke, and after the battle-hardened Ulu fell to the ground, he did not have time to check whether he was seriously injured, and rolled to the side with all his strength, sticking his body to the side wall of the trench as much as possible.

Sure enough, a group of Qingzhou soldiers rushed out of the smoke in front, wielding various weapons and fighting together with the Jin army armor soldiers who had just followed behind Ulu, the two sides were swordsmen and soldiers, the sound of clanging was endless, dozens of pairs of big feet almost retreated, although Ulu desperately dodged, he was still trampled on several times, if he didn't dodge for the first time just now, even if he was not injured, he would definitely be trampled to death by both sides.

After a night attack by the Tartars and an easy breakthrough, Xu Shiyang was forced to invest at the breakthrough the only quasi-new army unit that did not retreat to the east bank of the Yellow River, as well as the "elite" of the outer dock fort owners at the bottom of the box.

These Dock Fort elites are mainly the brothers and nephews of the Dock Fort Owner or Zhuang Ding Zhuangke, usually there are only a dozen people in each Dock Fort, but they are all a force that can be used.

The combat effectiveness of these people is much weaker than that of the elite Tartar armor soldiers, but with a large number of wooden cannons to supplement the firepower, before the charge, they shot a shotgun in the direction of the Jin army in the narrow trench, and each time they can achieve some results, and then take advantage of the chaos when the Tartars are in chaos, and actually beat the Tartars back again and again!

Subsequently, Xu Shiyang invested more militia, and used the numerical advantage to restrain the Tartars in the chaotic battle to expand the results, and the militia who were raided got a respite and began to slowly restore order.

In the second half of the night, the Jin army, which had been fighting for more than three hours and had never been able to achieve decisive results, was forced to call out the gold, and both sides temporarily disengaged.

During the interval of the battle, Xu Shiyang ignored the danger and personally led the guards to the second line of defense to observe the battle situation.

"What the hell is going on? Why did it suddenly collapse? ”

Xu Shiyang reached the vicinity of the breastwork through a communication trench that had not been affected by the battle.

The lord of the dock fort in a place responsible for the defense of the broken through lot, his name is Wang Liangdong, and he replied with a disgraced face: "The Tartars' shield cart is going very slowly, and I thought that the Tartars would come tomorrow, but they attacked at night, and all my people collapsed. ”

Similar to the Tartars, in the Qingzhou Army, the non-core dock fort owners still regard human resources as their own assets and status guarantees, and today this Wang Liangdong's soldiers were almost completely wiped out by the Tartars, according to the past practice, his dock fort seems to be only left to be annexed by others.

Xu Shiyang looked at Wang Liangdong's gray face, and said seriously:

"You're careless! If you can find it in advance, with wooden cannons and breastwork, how can you hold on to the reinforcements behind! ”

Wang Liangdong is a native of Yanzhou, and he also has a reputation for being brave and warlike in peacetime, although he does not dare to provoke the Tartars, but he is not merciless in dealing with bandits, bandits and homeless people, and even often attacks other dock fort owners to rob the population of food.

This person's family is a big family in Yanzhou (equivalent to the status of the Xu family in Juzhou before), Wang Liangdong has many brothers and nephews, and also raises a lot of Zhuangding Zhuangke, which can be regarded as a relatively strong one of the militias on the periphery of Qingzhou.

"It's my fault." Wang Liangdong lowered his head, and there was already a trace of crying in his words: "Alas, I knew that I brought the guard dog at home, and the wooden cannon is very good in the ditch, now think about it, if I can find it in advance, I will not let the Tartars win so easily...... ”

"What did you say?" Xu Shiyang asked.

"I'm saying that the Tartars aren't that strong......"

"No, the previous one!" Xu Shiyang frowned and asked, "You just said the watchdog?" ”

"Yes, of course anti-theft is the most effective watchdog, what's wrong?"

"Hehe, nothing." Xu Shiyang smiled and patted Wang Liangdong on the shoulder: "You didn't turn around and run away directly when you were attacked, you did a good job." ”

"Where can you escape?" Wang Liangdong smiled bitterly in a low voice: "Not far from the Yellow River is my family, I can't hold it here, what can I do if the Tartar enters the Zhuangzi and my mother-in-law?" ”

In addition, there are three earthen walls in the back, where there are Qingzhou's Zhenfu soldiers in charge, even if they escape, they will be killed by people on the charge of escaping in the back.

There are deaths before and after, which is known from the lord of the dock fort down to the ordinary militia.

Rumble! Boom!

"Kill!"

A cannon shot erupted in the distance, followed by shouts of killing.

Li Kui, the captain of the guard, ran over and whispered: "Commander, it's too dangerous to meet with the Tartars from time to time, let's go back first." ”

By this hour, the large-scale fighting between the two sides had indeed ended, but the Tartars had been deeply embedded in the second line of the breastwork line, behind which the communication trenches in all directions often caused small forces on both sides to encounter them suddenly.

Sometimes people jump from the ground into the trenches, only to find that they are surrounded by resting enemy .......

This occasional encounter sparked a number of skirmishes near the Tartar breach, which caught both sides off guard.

Xu Shiyang naturally knows this.

"Let the traps and other militias cover the retreat of the defenders."

He made up his mind to:

"Inform the ministries, abandon the No. 2 breastwork, retreat to the No. 3 breastwork, and, tell the back, bring all the watchdogs at home!"

"Yes!" One of the guards received the order, turned around and disappeared into the traffic trench.

Xu Shiyang said to Wang Liangdong again:

"We must learn to learn war in the midst of war, and if we suffer such a big loss this time, we must remember it next time."

"You can withdraw with me, you can rest assured, I will not allow anyone to annex your dock fort!"