The chief staff leader of the DPRK stood on a rooftop and kept looking back and forth, and there were Yulin troops in front and behind, and he was surrounded.

Breaking through or sticking to it, I can't make up my mind for a while. The enemy army does not seem to have artillery, and although there are many cavalry, the total strength is not much, only about 10,000 people. The messenger who reported to the Tianjin Guardian had already been dispatched, and he could completely hold Majiakou with 10 6-pounder guns, and if Tao Gong Belle sent reinforcements from the Tianjin Wei, he could carry out a counter-encirclement and annihilate this Yulin army.

But do they really have no artillery, the Yulin Army does not have artillery in the war, and the leaders of the Zhengshen Army also think it is unlikely. There are more than 200 miles from Tianjin Wei to Majiakou, even if the reinforcements are fast, it will take three days to come, can I hold on for three days?

"Your Excellency." A deputy staff leader next to the chief staff leader asked, "The enemy army is numerous, should we break through or hold on?" ”

"Hold on." Zheng Shen Ling made up his mind, "Lord Belle will come to save us." The order was given to intensify the construction of fortifications, and the artillery was loaded with loose ammunition to guard against the charge of the enemy cavalry. ”

Xu Lang kept holding the binoculars, and his heart was also tugging. Although 5,000 Koreans had been surrounded in Majiakou, Zhao Qi's artillery regiment never arrived. If the Koreans had forced a breakthrough at this time and opened the way with artillery, the casualties of the 1st Independent Division would have been very heavy.

"Chief of Staff." Ye Zhan asked beside Xu Lang, "Why didn't the Tartars break through, this doesn't seem to be quite reasonable." Our current defense line has not yet been built, and it is a good time to break through. ”

"High staff officer." Xu Lang asked, "Can you answer this question from Head Ye?" ”

Gao Chen thought for a while: "Sir, according to the knowledge that his subordinates originally learned in the military academy, there are generally three situations after a unit is surrounded, one is to hold on to the spot; the second is to choose the opportunity to break through; The third is to choose to surrender. The Tartar cavalry is only 200 men, and their artillery can't take them with them, and if they choose to break through, our cavalry regiment will easily catch up with them. Therefore, the subordinates thought that the Tartars chose to stick to Majiakou and wait for reinforcements from Tianjin Wei. ”

Ye Zhan looked at Gao Chen in surprise: "Staff Officer Gao, you can do it, after all, you graduated from a military academy, and the head of analysis is the Tao." ”

Gao Chen said with a smile: "Chief Ye has won the award, and the lowly class has an axe." ”

Xu Lang suddenly asked, "Did your military academy teach you to surrender?" ”

"Not really." Gao Chen replied, "It's just that when Chief Jiang went to give a lecture once, he mentioned that if resistance is meaningless and can only cause casualties among soldiers, then surrender is also an option." It's just that our Yulin Army will not surrender. ”

Xu Lang didn't speak again, and Gao Chen's words reminded him that if these new North Korean troops could surrender, the balance of forces between the positive and the negative would be very different. However, Xu Lang sighed slightly in his heart, and the possibility was basically zero.

The troops of both sides confronted each other, and neither of them took action. It was already dark, and bonfires were lit on the positions of the Yulin Army and inside Majiakou, and the light was bright.

Zhao Qi's heavy artillery regiment finally arrived.

Zhao Qi ran to Xu Lang and saluted: "Report to the chief, the heavy artillery regiment has arrived at the designated place, and the 38 6-pounder guns and 18 12-pounder guns are all in place." ”

"Good." Xu Lang's heart finally relaxed, "I ordered to build an artillery position according to the original plan, 16 6-pounder guns and 4 12-pounder guns bombarded Majiakou, and the rest of the artillery entered the blocking point." ”

"Yes, sir."

Ye Zhan's 4th Regiment began to cooperate with the Heavy Artillery Regiment to build artillery positions, and after a busy night, the entire blocking position had begun to take shape. And this night, the new Korean army did not move at all in Majiakou.

The sky was slightly bright, and the soldiers who had worked all night lay in the trenches one by one and snored. The 5th Infantry Regiment served as a guard all night, and at this time they were also sleepy and yawning.

By the rising sun, the Korean chief staff officer standing on the roof finally saw the artillery of the Yulin Army. He was secretly regretting in his heart at this time, if he had broken through last night, he might still have a chance, but now that the cannons on the opposite side have been placed, and the number is several times his own, I am afraid that there is no chance to rush out now.

"Herald." Xu Lang shouted, "Go and inform Deputy Division Commander Lin that there is about to be an artillery battle on our side, as long as the Tartars' cannons shoot back, you can let the cavalry regiment charge again, let's grind them slowly." ”

The herald rode away, and Xu Lang raised the binoculars and looked at it for a while: "Zhao Qi, bomb them a few times first to see how they react." ”

Zhao Qi raised the order flag: "No. 1 gun 10 degrees elevation angle, No. 3 gun 5 degrees elevation angle, solid shell preparation, Majiakou in front of the target, test firing." ”

Two iron balls roared towards the low wall of Majiakou, which was made of mud and could not withstand the bombardment of 6-pounder and 12-pounder guns. But the distance was too far after all, and the 2 shells only smashed two deep craters in the low wall.

Zhao Qi put down the telescope in his hand, and the test firing effect was not very good: "All 12-pounder guns have a 10-degree elevation angle, solid shells, and fire." ”

Four 11-pound iron balls flew out of the muzzle, the elevation angle was raised, and the four iron balls flew over the low wall, and the ejection everywhere in Majiakou caused 4 blood marks.

"Fight back." The 10 6-pounder guns of the North Koreans also spewed flames.

"Hidden, hidden." Yang Tao and Ding Jun shuttled through the trenches and kept shouting. The trench was only more than 1,000 meters away from Majiakou, which was where the 6-pounder gun could hit.

"All artillery continued to fire at an elevation angle of 10 degrees." Zhao Qi gave the order.

The artillery battle between the two sides began, and white smoke billowed from the artillery positions, and the sound of artillery shook the sky.

Lin Zhaolong could see clearly through the telescope more than 1,500 meters away from Majiakou, and now the North Koreans' cannons have been turned around: "Andreas, the cavalry regiment is attacking." ”

More than 2,000 war horses neighed and rushed towards Majiakou, and more than 400 flintlock pistols stretched out from the low wall of Majiakou.

As the two sides drew closer, Andreas aimed his riding rifle at the opposite side of the warhorse.

"Fire." The guns of the cavalry warriors in the first row were fired, but the flintlock pistols behind the low wall remained silent.

Andreas had a bad premonition in his heart: "Retreat, retreat!" ”

The two thousand horses that rushed up to speed were not so easy to stop, and the distance between the two sides quickly approached more than 30 meters.

A row of lit powder packets was thrown from behind the low wall, while four hundred flintlock muskets fired.

The cavalry regiment was knocked out of dozens of people at once, and Lin Zhaolong's heart seemed to be slammed by a sledgehammer, and the pain was uncomfortable: "Mingjin withdraws the troops." ”