Chapter 495: Fighting Majiakou Again (Part II)
Tao Gong's heart chuckled, and he clearly saw from the telescope that there were no less than 50 cannons in the Yulin Army, and he didn't have a single artillery piece with him.
"Command, infantry attack." Tao Gong wanted to take advantage of the fact that the artillery of the Yulin Army had not yet been placed, and first take him by surprise with the advantage of numbers.
"Command." The independent first division joined forces in one place, and Lin Zhaolong also put a lot of heart, "The fifth regiment attacked, and the cavalry regiment harassed both sides. ”
Xu Tianbin's fifth regiment strode up with rifled guns and the beat of the drum, and Andreas's cavalry regiment also divided into two ways and outflanked it.
More than 200 meters from the new Korean army, the 5th Infantry Regiment stopped.
"First row, gun up, shoot." The regimental sergeant's flag fell.
Hundreds of rifled guns were fired, several phalanxes of the Koreans stopped, and heavy shields again surrounded the shield wall.
Andreas raised his cavalry rifle aloft: "Soldiers of the cavalry regiment, charge!" ”
More than 2,000 cavalrymen were struggling back and forth at a distance of 100 meters from the Korean phalanx, but they did not rush up the phalanx.
Tao Gong's heart was secretly anxious: "This will definitely not work, Xu Lang is dragging himself." Although the shield wall can defend against gunfire, the phalanx can't move forward. Drag it to the opposite side and set up the cannon, then you will only be beaten. ”
"Herald." Tao Gong was ruthless, "Beat the drum to attack, and those who avoid the enemy and fear the war will not be killed." "Anyway, it's the North Koreans who die, and only in this way can it be possible to rush over and engage in hand-to-hand combat.
The drums of war were beating, and thousands of new Korean troops no longer lined up in a phalanx, scattered in formation and howled, and rushed towards the Fifth Infantry Regiment.
"All of them, first row, shooting; second row, shooting; Third row, shooting. "The sergeant major of the fifth regiment gave the order.
After three rows of gunfire, the North Koreans fell one by one, but the remaining North Koreans did not flinch, and still rushed forward desperately.
"All backwards and reloads." The sergeant major was not nervous, because he knew that the matter of the cavalry regiment was below.
Andreas was waiting for this opportunity: "Warriors, charge!" ”
This time the cavalry regiment really rushed over, and two groups of torrents rushed into the ranks of the Koreans. When the two groups of cavalry came out of the middle of the Koreans and switched places, the soldiers of the 5th Regiment raised their rifled guns again.
"Shoot." This time there was no need to divide the first rows at all, and the three rows of soldiers fired guns in turn.
Tao Gong raised his waist knife: "Order, the cavalry attack." ”
The infantry couldn't rush through at all, and the rifled guns in Yulin Bay were too far, and Tao Gong wanted to use the few remaining Eight Banner cavalry to entangle Andreas and let the infantry charge over.
Lin Zhaolong watched the hundreds of Eight Banner cavalry increase the speed of their horses, and secretly smiled in his heart: "Order the artillery regiment to open fire." ”
The order was conveyed, and the sergeant major of the artillery regiment said to Zhao Qi: "Sir, our cannons have not all been set up yet. ”
"You're stupid." Zhao Qi shouted, "Didn't you see the cavalry of the Tartars rushing over, set up as many as you want, and stop his cavalry from charging." ”
"Yes." The sergeant major turned around and shouted, "Artillery solid shells, flowering shells, and scattered bullets are fired freely, and the cavalry of the target Tartar is as good as you can fight." ”
Zhao Qi laughed: "You really know how to learn." ”
More than a dozen iron balls whistled out of the muzzle of the cannon, and several blood lines struck out of the Eight Banners cavalry.
"Pullback, pullback." Andreas received an order not to hedge with the Eight Banners cavalry when there was artillery, and the Yulin army could not afford to kill so many people.
More and more artillery pieces were fired on the positions of the artillery regiment, especially the flowering shells constantly exploded in the middle of the Eight Banners cavalry, and one flowering shell could knock down four or five horses.
"Lord Belle, you can't rush any further." Although Ji Tonghai was happy in his heart, he persuaded him, "Withdraw it, our casualties are too great." ”
Tao Gong bit his lip, he knew that Ji Tonghai was telling the truth, and in front of more than 50 artillery pieces and nearly two thousand rifled guns, he couldn't fight at all.
"Mingjin retreats." Tao Gong reluctantly gave the order to withdraw his troops.
Twenty thousand Koreans and Manchurian Eight Banner Turtles shrank into Majiakou, and Lin Zhaolong called Xu Tianbin over: "How many rifled guns are left?" ”
"Report sir, there are not many, there are basically seven or eight rounds left for each gun."
"Damn, why are you fighting so much." Lin Zhaolong was a little anxious, "Don't you know that the rifled gun still has to be kept to deal with Taomin and Dolgon?" ”
"What can I do?" Xu Tianbin retorted, "In the past few days, as soon as the war starts, it will be on the fifth regiment, with a total of twenty rounds, and it would be good to have these left." ”
"We can't let the Fifth Regiment go on anymore." Xu Lang said, "These guns should be kept." ”
"So what's next?" Lin Zhaolong asked, "Which regiment is not on the fifth regiment?" ”
"You don't need to go to any regiment." Xu Lang replied, "Let Zhao Qi bomb him, blast Taogong out of Majiakou, and rush to Beijing." ”
The solid shells of the 56 cannons accurately landed in the ruins of Majiakou.
"Lord Belle, we can't stay here anymore, we must evacuate quickly." Ji Tonghai told the truth this time, who knows which shell that doesn't have long eyes will fall on his head, and the gunner on the opposite side doesn't know that he is an undercover agent in Yulin Bay.
Tao Gong also didn't have a good way: "Send an order, withdraw from Majiakou and move in the direction of Beijing." ”
The new Korean army withdrew from Majiakou, and less than 700 cavalry of the Eight Banners were in the final formation, and the whole army marched rapidly towards Beijing.
"Xu Lang, Tao Gong ran away, let's not chase after it." Lin Zhaolong asked.
"Chase." Xu Lang said, "Don't chase too quickly, we can't carry artillery, let the cavalry regiment follow them and harass them." The infantry should not be too far away from the artillery, and the cavalry regiment should immediately retreat if there is a situation. We must form a fist, for we may encounter Dorgon's sixty-eight banners at any moment. ”
The 1st Independent Division followed behind Tao Gong about ten miles away, and Tao Gong's speed also slowed down. Neither side dared to go fast, and they were slowly heading towards Beijing.
Dolgon's 60,000 Eight Banners and Tao Min's 10,000 Korean New Army had reached the city of Beijing at this time, and the army of King Qin and Ming from all over the country, together with the fast gun team and the Shenji battalion, had already fought several major battles with the Qing army in Beijing, and each side lost some soldiers and horses. Pan Xuezhong's special combat team attacked several more night attacks, but they did not achieve any good results, but instead lost more than a dozen people, Pan Xuezhong stopped the operation, and brought the special combat team back to Beijing.
The fight outside Beijing is in full swing, but there is not much tension inside the city. The Tartars will always retreat, which time the Tartars break through the customs is not to grab something and go back, not to mention that there is now a fast gun team trained in Yulin Bay, and Beijing City has its own Son of Heaven in charge, which is impregnable.