The monk disagreed with Shengbao's opinion, but at Shengbao's insistence, he was forced to agree to try again with the infantry team: "Kezhai, take care of it more, in case you can't rush, retire early!" ”

Shengbao and the monk are both fierce people, but Shengbao pays more attention to victory than the monk, so he never pays attention to the number of casualties, and says "the brave wins when they meet on the narrow road", and as soon as they go into battle, they are the goshawk fighting the rabbit with all their might, so they lose more and win less, but his tactics also have strengths, that is, if he wins, it is a big victory.

The Northern Expeditionary Army's reinforcements of 50,000 or 60,000 people were killed in Linqing, Shandong, and as a result, Shengbao tried his best to storm it, so the new brothers who had not been in the army for a long time could not hold on and took the lead in routing, which then caused the collapse of the entire line of the Northern Expeditionary Army's reinforcements, which was the most proud battle of Shengbao.

And now he mentioned this battle again: "Brothers, the strength to fight against the Qing Dynasty is only three hundred red thieves, and everyone can drown these red thieves with spit, what are you afraid of!" ”

The infantry team he brought a total of 6,000 people, divided into twelve battalions, and now the twelve battalion heads are spread out along both sides of the avenue of the Fuchun River, all of them are tense and murderous, and Shengbao also used all his strength as soon as he shot: "Brothers, there are only three hundred red thieves, they only have a few copper fire cap guns, it's nothing, if it weren't for the speed of the soldiers, Lao Tzu would have a hundred ways to break this red thief!" ”

And now Shengbao has the method of pressing all the twelve infantry battalions up: "And now we will use the simplest method, rush up, and then kill all these red thieves, six thousand people, are you still afraid of three hundred red thieves, no, there are not even three hundred, whoever is the first to rush in, I will promote him to be a co-town, and reward another three thousand taels of silver!" Words are like mountains, and they will never break their promises! ”

For ordinary soldiers, the rank of adjutant general is already the pinnacle, not to mention the bounty of three thousand taels. Shengbao's method is so simple and rude: "Don't think too much, just speed up and rush up, the red thieves are only three hundred, and there is no danger, we can rush to the front of the red thief wall in an instant, and before that, at most knock down our hundreds of people, I believe it will never be you!" ”

The method of Shengbao is so simple, the infantry team of the twelve battalion leaders was Shengbao said so. The morale rose again, and they could see clearly that the red thieves in front of them were indeed only three hundred, that is, no matter how sharp their foreign guns were, no matter how fast the rate of fire was, they were only a few dozen paces away. It can be rushed in two or three minutes.

As long as you rush in, it is all the gold and silver women's seals, and the monk king also scolded in the back: "Sheng Kezhai doesn't know how to cherish the soldiers!" ”

He also saw clearly, from this side of the avenue to the wall guarded by the red thief, it was only a distance of a hundred zhang, and there was almost no danger on this avenue, but a fence was built more than 20 zhang away from the wall of the red thief to act as a repellent, this fence is very simple, it seems that it can be knocked down with a push of the hand.

Besides. There was nothing to stop the charge of the infantry, so although he felt that Katsuho did not know how to cherish the lives of his soldiers, he also had to admit that Katsuho's method was simple and crude, and the casualties paid were large, but it was feasible.

And now the twelve battalions of the Qing army, armed with knives, guns, and shotguns, have hurried towards the position of the red thieves in a square of 100 people, and they are walking faster and faster, and they can turn into running at any time.

According to the experience of the last time, until more than thirty zhang before entering the red thief wall. The red thief who is guarding will officially open fire. But this time the Red Thief's tactics have changed: "Sniper, shoot!" ”

Strictly speaking. It was not the actual snipers who fired, but the sharpshooters selected by each company themselves, armed with Mini rifles with a range of four or five hundred meters. ..., but at this range, the Mini rifle was very lethal, and the sharp whistling sound of the Red Thief rifle after firing was heard, and then the Qing army soon found that their officers had become the focus of attention.

Although the actual casualties caused by these sharpshooters were not large, seeing the officers around them pouring blood and hearing the sharp gunshots, even the most courageous soldiers couldn't help but bend down, some accelerated and ran, and some slowed down, and the rhythm of the Qing infantry was destroyed at once.

But Shengbao didn't take such a loss seriously, the red thief on the opposite side was just a few rifles shooting there, that is, after a day, the team on his side could hold on to it standing still, and he was still concerned about how to win.

"Tell the brethren, don't panic, don't panic!" Katsuho said loudly: "The one who was hit by the red thief's bullet will never be you!" ”

He himself rode to the front and shouted: "Don't worry, you all have good luck!" As long as you come back, Lao Tzu will be rewarded! ”

It's just that as soon as his voice fell, the red thief's artillery also began to roar, still firing in rounds from left to right, and the solid bullets, shotguns, and grenades that were fired out caused a lot of casualties in the Qing army, and the artillery team on Shengbao's side also began to bombard, but the mountain splitting artillery and camp artillery they brought were all small cannons, and there was a certain gap in range with the artillery of the Hong Army, just to cheer for the infantry offensive.

And the front team has galloped all the way, rushing to about 100 meters, Shengbao shouted: "Rush! ”

And now the red thieves have re-emerged from the wall, and they are shouting: "Shoot! ”

"Shoot!"

Firing almost simultaneously from right to left, the muzzles of hundreds of rifles were dancing with fireworks, and now a hundred-man square at the front fell under the bombardment of this dense fire.

But Katsuho was already urging him to come immediately, and he shouted, "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”

It's just a distance of more than 30 zhang, and according to Shengbao's experience, if you run fast, you can run in a minute and a half, and the front is just a fence.

But although the front team ran forward, they became the focus of the rainbow army's firepower, and with the firing pistols in their hands, the raindrops of projectiles always shrouded this team.

So when they got to the fence that was used as a repellent, there were less than a third of the original 100-man squad left, but as long as they crossed the fence, everything was fine.

Katsuho shouted, "Good! Good job! ”

But at this time, the whole infantry team is blocked in front of this inconspicuous-looking fence, the fence is not very high, but only when you rush to the front will you find that this fence still has a certain height - not too high, not too short, just so that you can't step over the height in one big step.

Therefore, the wave of impact was stopped by this fence, and the soldiers of the front team had to climb up the fence and prepare to step over, which was only an extremely simple action in normal times, but on the battlefield, it was a fatal mistake.

The unstoppable momentum had been blocked, and they had to do it with some effort to step over, and the breastwork where the rainbow army was located was in a condescending position, and countless guns were dancing with fireworks, wiping out the few remaining personnel of the first team.

But the real suffering was still in the rear, and at this moment, hundreds of people were already crowded in front of this fence, and the Qing army that was galloping quickly was blocked by this seemingly simple fence, and became the target of concentrated fire from the opposite rainbow army.

The crowd was so dense that the Qing army in front was lifted over the fence by the people behind, but it was precisely because of such a moment of mistake that the red thief on the opposite side fired another volley. ..., Katsuho's face suddenly became difficult to see, this seemingly simple fence was so deadly, and now the red thief had another flank cover position and shot angrily at the people in front of the fence.

Obviously, the Rainbow Army had calculated everything to the point of being very accurate, including the location of this fence, which was exactly the place where the two Rainbow Infantry units could form crossfire, although the Rainbow Army in this flank cover position was just a platoon, but it made the Qing troops who were fired at by the flank fire panic.

Many people have crossed the fence, but they have become the focus of the Rainbow Army's Mini rifles on the flanks, almost without exception, they have been knocked down after running a distance of one or twenty meters, and some Qing soldiers have slashed the fence with their swords and hands, but it is clear that this fence is not as simple as it seems, and it takes a little effort to overturn or overturn it.

Even if a fence was overturned or knocked down, it was just one more exit, and more people were blocking the exit waiting to rush out, and such a gap immediately became the focus of the Hongjun gunfire.

Now there are nearly 1,000 people blocking the railing, but the width of the avenue is limited, that is, 1,200 people are crowded in front of the fence, making desperate efforts, and some Qing soldiers simply put their shotguns on the fence and shoot at the rainbow army.

But they were soon fired by the Rainbow artillery and cross-cross fire, and the Rainbow even transferred the infantry from other sides to concentrate the fire, just before such a fence, the Qing army of twelve infantry battalions was delayed for a quarter of an hour, and finally they only achieved a breakthrough on the fence of less than a third, but in the face of the rain of fire of the Rainbow army, they still retreated.

This time, they left more corpses and seriously wounded, just in front of and behind the fence, there were three or four hundred corpses and seriously wounded, some of which were simply hung on the fence, and the morale of the Qing infantry had been lost because of this setback.

"Bastard!" Shengbao was furious, and he whipped the retreating Qing army with a whip: "Bastard! The red thief's rejection has already broken through forty percent, and you can break through if you rush again! ”

The monk over there came over and grabbed Shengbao's whip: "Kezhai, you have to cherish the soldiers more, it's not that the soldiers don't need to die, it's the red thief who is really vicious, this rejection of the horse seems simple, but in fact it is too vicious, and it is really a willow household!" ”

He continued: "Since the infantry team has been frustrated, then we can only wait for my horse team to fight, Kezhai, you can lead the infantry team to contain the red thief from the flank!" ”