Chapter 63: The Battle of Lianshanguan III

In the middle of the summer camp.

Liang Huafeng walked in the trench.

The artillery of this era naturally cannot be compared with the artillery of later generations.

So these trenches do not have to be compared with the complex trenches of later generations.

In order to reduce the workload of trenches.

These trenches were not all built to be as tall as a person, but half a man high, and the excavated earth was piled up on both sides of the trenches, which was considered to have increased a lot of height.

All the soldiers were leaning against the trenches, and in the midst of the fierce fighting, they did not look like they wanted to stand up.

Liang Huafeng only had three or five entourages around him, and the personal guards around him were also fighting again and again, filling the front line.

He watched as many of the wounded were lying on the ground, not even moaning. You can see the heaving of their chests, and you almost think of them as if they were dead.

Since Zhang Xuan established a medical system in the army. On the one hand, none of the soldiers dared to say that they did not fall into the hands of the military doctor one day, so they naturally had to be respected.

On the other hand, it is also due to Zhang Xuan's prestige.

After all, this was the first thing Zhang Xuan did in Cao Ying.

How rarely does this happen?

Liang Huafeng asked, "Where is the military doctor?" ”

"I am." A Lang Zhong came out of nowhere and said, "I know what the general wants to ask, there is no medicine in the army, and even hot water cannot be supplied." ”

"What can little old man do?"

The military doctor's questioning also made Liang Huafeng not know what to say.

Now it has been besieged for more than ten days.

The army has long run out of firewood.

Luckily, it's not winter. If it is winter, this alone will make the Xia army lose its combat effectiveness. It's just that now there is a shortage of firewood, so I have to eat cold food.

Fortunately, when Liang Huafeng was stationed here, he paid attention to the water supply and drilled a few wells from here. Barely let the army worry about water cut-offs.

But there are other things besides dry food, water sources. Probably not enough of it.

There is no way to leave the wounded to fend for themselves.

Liang Huafeng sighed, not knowing how to respond to the people below.

"General, when will the prince's reinforcements arrive?" A wounded man asked, holding on.

"Boom." A distant sound of artillery bombardment was heard, and a cannonball smashed into the camp, turning up countless dust and sand.

Everyone turned a blind eye.

Because I'm used to it.

The Qing army's artillery bombardment of the Xia army ranged from dense to sparse, but it never stopped.

Whether it's day or night, it's a habit to come around from time to time.

This is also thanks to the fact that the quality of the artillery of the Qing army is not good.

Otherwise, the artillery bombardment of the Qing army will definitely be endless. And not the current intermittent.

Liang Huafeng looked at the eager eyes of the people around him, knowing

They persevered to the extreme.

Xia Jun has changed from the high morale at the beginning to the best insistence now, if it weren't for worrying about his family, now there are people who go out of the camp to join the enemy.

There is already desertion in the army.

It was Liang Huafeng who pressed it at a critical time, and beheaded dozens of deserters to show the public, before suppressing it.

But such a situation cannot be sustained.

Liang Huafeng said: "If you don't ask, I will also say it." The prince has already sent a letter. Liang Huafeng opened his hand and said, "Five days, as long as you hold on for another five days, the prince will arrive." ”

Liang Huafeng also has his own judgment on the current situation.

Three days.

Liang Huafeng didn't think that the army would be able to hold out until three days later.

It's just a big pie he painted.

Whatever the situation, being able to hold out until five days later was all he could do.

As soon as Liang Huafeng's words came out, the news seemed to have grown wings, and all the units of the Xia army shouted loudly, and their morale recovered a lot.

"Xia Jun already knows?" Da Su heard Xia Jun's movement from a distance, and said secretly in his heart.

Da Su will Liang Huafeng's department, and the internal and external blockade is very tight.

Many things, Liang Huafeng is not very clear. But Dasu understands it very well.

He had set up the Haizhou defense line before, and he did not trap Zheng Chenggong's hands and feet.

The fall of Niuzhuang forced a gap in this line of defense, and then Haizhou was besieged, and this line of defense existed in name only.

If Dasu did not anticipate such a situation before, it is false.

It's just that he didn't expect that things would go in the direction of the worst that he had a premonition.

He didn't expect that the Xia army was so tenacious, and under the superior artillery of the Qing army, the brigade could still hold the camp under the impact of the superior artillery of the brigade.

The camp was devastated by artillery, and there was hardly any sign of the camp visible, and it looked like it was all potholes.

For more than ten days in a row, the fighting was stopped, and every attack was attacked with the determination to win, and every time it stopped, it was a last resort.

None of the soldiers below could afford such casualties.

But the results remained unchanged.

On Zheng Chenggong's side, he is moving fast.

At this time, Bing Feng was almost under Liaoyang City.

He understands very well that Liaoyang is not an empty city now, but it is almost there, and it is impossible to go out of the city to intercept the Xia army.

That is to say, in the next few days, Zheng Chenggong's army can appear west of Lianshan Pass at any time.

Faced with such a situation.

Da Su thought about it, and there were only two ways.

The first method is to stick to the original plan, first annihilate Liang Huafeng's department, and then turn back to fight Zheng Chenggong. The second way is to withdraw to Liaoyang City first. Stick to Liaoyang City and drag on the war.

It's just that neither approach is too good.

Liang Huafeng's hard bone doesn't look easy to gnaw. And Zheng

Chenggong is already outside Liaoyang City, and he hurriedly returned to help, maybe he will have a big battle with Zheng Chenggong outside Liaoyang City.

Among them, the victory or defeat is difficult to say.

Da Su thought about the soldiers under his command, smiled bitterly, and said secretly: "Actually, I don't have a choice." ”

Yes, kill a thousand enemies, and lose eight hundred. All the units of the Qing army have taken over the battle with Liang Huafeng's department, although Liang Huafeng's department has only one breath left.

But the losses were not light.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible to quickly withdraw to Liaoyang City.

As long as you grit your teeth, gnaw down Liang Huafeng's subordinates, and then fight Zheng Chenggong.

In this way, the battle between Dasu and Liang Huafeng's department became more intense.

If before, Dasu still cared about the casualties of the soldiers, but now he has completely ignored it.

In the midst of the rumbling of cannons. Liang Huafeng has lost control of the people below.

Facing the Qing army from both sides.

The Xia army could only fight on its own.

Liang Huafeng gathered his own personal soldiers, the personal soldiers of the generals of various departments, about a thousand people, all wearing heavy armor, this is the last and most elite army of the Xia army.

Liang Huafeng personally took them as a firefighting team.

If there is a problem, he will personally lead the team to kill it.

The entire summer camp has been reduced by more than half, and Liang Huafeng can no longer count how many people he will have left, and all the food, gunpowder, and supplies have been distributed to everyone.

It's just that it can't stop the Qing army's offensive.

Even if you work hard, you can't fight others.

If it weren't for Liang Huafeng, reinforcements would have arrived within five days. This breath of heart can hold on, and it can't hold it for a long time.

The long knife in Liang Huafeng's hand collapsed with a bang, and at the same time, there was also the long knife of the Qing army general opposite.

A blow struck the opposing soldier in the chest.

Even though he was covered with several layers of armor. But this kind of close-range fire bombardment can't be stopped. Immediately, Liang Huafeng used a half-truncated knife to stick it into his neck along the gap in the armor of the Qing army.

A stream of blood spurted out, squirting Liang Huafeng's face. 、

Liang Huafeng looked up again, but saw that the Qing army had retreated.

It's just that the remaining Xia soldiers are like walking corpses, sitting on the corpse and resting without any joy.

Because they all know that even if the Qing army retreats, it will only take a while to make a comeback.

If there is no change, it is inevitable that the camp will be breached.

There is nothing to say about their fate, the Qing army that died in the camp of the Xia army is probably a little more than the total number of the Xia army.

Such tragic casualties.

Among them, there are many children of the Eight Banners.

Even if the Qing army said that they could let them go, they didn't believe it, on the battlefield, killing people with red eyes was a blood feud that could not be resolved.

Even if Dasu was willing, the people below the Qing army were not willing.