Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Battle of the Jiahe River VII

Cao Zongyu decided to increase his troops, and Hong Chengchou also decided to increase his troops.

Although he has experienced so many failures, Hong Chengchou, not only Hong Chengchou, but most of the generals in the Qing army feel it.

The Xia army array is powerful, firearms are powerful, siege and defense are good. But the melee hand-to-hand combat was not the opponent of the Qing soldiers.

It's just that they didn't find out. In fact, Sergeant Xia has been improving.

It's not just that they didn't find it, even Xia Jun himself didn't find it.

The Xia army's hand-to-hand combat ability is almost the same as that of the Qing army.

Not to mention anything else, the battle of Anqing has been five or six years now.

Since Zhang Xuan ascended the throne, there have been fewer wars between Qing and Xia. However, with the strengthening of the officer corps, the training of non-commissioned officers at all levels has not been relaxed as long as it is strengthened.

These five years are enough time to turn most of the soldiers into old soldiers.

The training of the Qing soldiers was not as rigorous as that of the Xia army. From this point of view, most of the Qing army is eating the old book. And Xia Jun has always felt that the hand-to-hand combat ability of the Qing army is above himself. In terms of commanding operations, he tried his best to avoid getting caught in a melee with the Qing army.

At this moment, I am in a desperate situation, and I have to do it.

A dozen up. On the contrary, I feel, hey, Dongyu still has skills that stop here.

The Xia soldiers used the method of exchanging one life for one life to block the charge of the Qing cavalry, although a large number of firearms buried these cavalry.

In such a mixed battle, the Qing army's infantry and cavalry performance was still very steady, like a sharp blade, but the resilience of the Xia army was also like a rock.

The cavalry of the Qing army pressed on it in a big way.

When there is a melee on the frontal battlefield.

Nikan himself led the cavalry from both sides. I want to use a flank attack to defeat the Xia army in one fell swoop. It's just that the cavalry of the Xia army has long been verified. The two sides are fighting fiercely.

Killed for about two hours in a row.

The sun has also turned from bright in the morning to blazing.

The whole earth is like a steamer.

The body's moisture evaporates rapidly. Every soldier was thirsty and wanted to bite his lips and drink his own blood.

It's just that at this time, no one can remove the soldiers on the battlefield. It is also impossible to take it down.

In such a situation, it was Hong Chengchou who couldn't hold on first. Hong Chengchou had to order the withdrawal of troops.

In fact, it was not that Hong Chengchou wanted to order the troops to be withdrawn, but that some Qing soldiers had fled without authorization. Hong Chengchou understands that it is impossible to do it. If he doesn't withdraw his troops, the following will have to collapse.

But if you want to collect troops, you can't collect troops like this.

Instead, he selected 3,000 elite soldiers and counterattacked. After frustrating the spirit of the Xia army, let the Qing army have a chance to breathe.

Hong Chengchou is experienced and spicy, and for a while, he also concealed Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and others.

Wait for them to react.

Before the Qing army and the Xia army, they had already opened a distance of dozens of paces.

Of course, there are still many Qing troops who are still mixed with the Xia army. It's just that Hong Chengchou has already had the heart of a strong man to break his wrist, and with an order, all kinds of artillery were fired, covering this part of the Qing army and the Xia army inside.

Seeing this, Cao Zongyu was not angry but happy, and secretly said in his heart: "Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou, you have calculated too much." He said to his side, "Shoot all the rockets." ”

Cao Zongyu gave an order, and I don't know how many rockets rushed into the sky, flew out a mile away, smashed on the Qing army camp, and then exploded.

The sound of "Xiu Xiu" is endless.

These human-height rockets are the rockets that Zhang Xuan used in the First Battle of Xiangyang.

However, compared with the original rocket in Xiangyang, today's rocket is much more perfect. At least on the quasi-head, above the power of the explosion, it is much better than before.

Most of the artillery in this era was live ammunition, and Zhang Xuan was naturally dissatisfied. He wanted shells that exploded. It's not for nothing to say.

But the stability of these shells was too poor.

If you don't get it right, the shell will not explode on the enemy's head at all, but in the chamber of the cannon.

Not to mention, Zhang Xuan has always hoped to win by quantity.

That is, the large-scale production of artillery to reduce costs.

Today's artillery shells are mostly iron shells. In mass production, the cost is low. But the blossom bomb will not work.

And only cannons can be used, just like cannons like Hongyi cannons, flowering shells can be used, as for ordinary small cannons, they can't be used at all.

Such immature places.

Naturally, he was held down by Zhang Xuan.

Let them improve well.

The reason for this is because compared to flowering bombs, rockets are weapons that can make up for the shortcomings of solid bullets that cannot explode.

Cao Zongyu has always hidden this one very well. At this moment, this hand was suddenly played.

Immediately made Hong Chengchou chaotic.

Of course, the Qing army was by no means mediocre.

Such an explosion is lethal, though. But as long as Hong Chengchou is given time, they will always be used to this thing. It's just that when he was defeated again, the distance between the brigade and the Xia army was not far away. This dumb fire.

Xia Jun was immediately given a chance.

Cao Zongyu smashed nearly a thousand rockets into it in one go, kicking up smoke and dust, and there was a feeling of covering the sky and the sun. Only the earth-shattering shouts of killing were transmitted into the Qing army camp through the layers of smoke.

One by one, black dots flew over the wall and smashed into it, and there was a sound of burning fire ropes on it. Nothing else. Exactly the hand - the grenade.

Immediately, three or five soldiers of the Xia army were put together, and one of the soldiers climbed over the wall.

Although the Qing army suffered heavy casualties, there were no deaths, and many people rushed over immediately. For a time, the Qing army and the Xia army were in close contact with each other on the wall.

This one is two

The high wall of the wall has become the focus of the battle between the two sides.

When the smoke and dust cleared, there were not many places to really climb the wall, and there seemed to be a place because the rocket blew a gap in the wall. That's when people rushed in.

If you look down from the sky.

But I saw countless figures gathered on this line, as if two nests of ants were in close arms.

The Qing army also arranged many traps outside the wall.

Before they knew what was going on, many of the Xia soldiers fell into the trap, and the bottom of the trap was full of sharp wooden stakes. Fall, nine deaths.

Even if he survived, he would have broken his leg. You can only be trapped in a trap and wait for the war to end.

But more often than not, it's waiting for death.

The Gain's brigade rushed forward, and many of them did not pay attention to their feet at all, or did not have time to pay attention to their feet. It's easy to fall down a lot of people and fill in the trap.

And under the wall.

There are many sections of the walled wall that are still intact, and the Qing army firearms on the top are shooting downward, and the Xia soldiers are also shooting at the Qing army under the wall.

The two sides are not far apart, and you can clearly see each other's faces.

This kind of shooting is simply cruel. It's almost impossible to miss. It's just a matter of taking human lives and consuming each other. In this case, the Qing army may have a way out. But the Xia army who rushed below had no way out.

But it's not the most brutal here.

The most brutal are a few gaps. The two sides were hand-to-hand. To what extent did the hand-to-hand combat go? Hardly the knife can not be waved, the bow cannot be opened, the person is next to the person, the person is crowded.

Only the knife can see the blood. Layers of corpses fell together.

"Boom." A large amount of gunpowder was piled up under a wall. The explosion suddenly overwhelmed the wall. In this way, the gaps were opened.

There are more and more places where the two sides are in close contact with each other, and there are fewer and fewer places where they are firing at each other.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou's heart sank a little bit.

The war has come to this point. Hong Chengchou had an ominous premonition. He was worried that he might not be able to get over the day.

"Report, the king of the county asks for war." A soldier knelt in front of Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou's eyes swept away, and he saw that in the battle on both sides, the Qing cavalry suppressed the Xia army. Nikan has the spare strength to withdraw his combat forces.

It's just that Hong Chengchou muttered for a while. Still no decision has been made. After a while, he said: "Tell the king of the county that if the big camp can't be done, you should protect yourself." ”

"You don't need to think about the old man."

Hong Chengchou's order gave Nikan the right to withdraw from the battlefield freely. At this time, Hong Chengchou was still thinking about the Qing court.

What happens when you put the cavalry on top of the hand-to-hand combat? Previous wars have proven it.

Hong Chengchou didn't think that Nikan's department could change the tide of the war. It is better to leave more capital for the imperial court, perhaps in this way, the imperial court still has some capital to make a comeback.