Under these circumstances, it was very unwise to use more than 100 cavalry to attack the defense line of at least seven or eight hundred Qing troops, so now the cavalry of the cavalry battalion dismounted to participate in the battle, Danshi had to take care of the wounded and prisoners, and a quarter of the horses were assigned to guard the war horses, and the cavalry who could participate in the front-line battle was only seventy or eighty people.

Therefore, the Qing army on the opposite side obviously thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and launched counterattacks several times with the advantage of troops, Danshi Their counterattack did not have much strength, and they were almost beaten back by rifle fire soon after rushing out of the starting position.

Neither side dared to be careless, and they asked for support from the main forces in the rear.

"What? Caught the main force of Rao Tingxuan! ”

Liu Chang gave the order almost immediately: "Order all battalions to seize the fighters immediately, and order the twelve-pound mountain howitzer company and the nine-pounder field artillery to speed up the march, and strive to participate in the battle at the first time!" ”

If it is the main artillery in Europe, it is quite unfavorable to fight in the mountainous terrain of Chuzhou, and light artillery like Danshi is easy to maneuver, Liu Chang continued to give orders to the heralds: "All battalions must give full play to the spirit of mobility, and strive to completely annihilate the Rao Tingxuan Division in the shortest possible time!" ”

"Units with outstanding combat achievements will be given priority to replenishing equipment and expanding their formation!"

Shi Tinglan, who was next to him, added: "Pay attention to the two wings!" ”

Liu Chang nodded: "Let the Dragon Lance Battalion take on the interspersed task, I can trust them!" ”

And Rao Tingxuan also got the news at about the same time, but the news he got was not very exact: "The front team Zhao Dusi was attacked by a large number of bandits, and mixed with dozens of horse teams, Zhao Dusi was unprepared for a while, and was frustrated, please send troops to support the town as soon as possible!"

"What's going on?" Rao Tingxuan usually can't do without opium smoke, but now he threw away the cigarette gun, jumped on the horse and asked loudly: "What is the state government doing, we didn't go to Bihu Town, why did we encounter thieves, who is guarding the front now!"

"Ding guerrilla Yijing led six or seven hundred brave soldiers to guard both sides of the avenue, and there were a lot of bandits in Danshi, and there were horse teams to help, and they couldn't overcome it repeatedly!"

Such an enemy situation has obviously shrunk, and Danshi Rao Tingxuan was taken aback: "When did so many bandits come to Chuzhou Town, Lao Bi, it's up to you!"

What he is talking about is Lao Bi, it is Bi Dingbang under him, and Lai Gaoxiang can be said to be the two most capable generals under him, Bi Dingbang is also an outlaw: "Don't worry, Zhentai, I will take four hundred elites to rush into battle!" A mere bunch of bandits is not enough to worry about!"

These 400 elites are also the most elite soldiers under Yao Ting's players, almost all of them are equipped with foreign guns and cannons, in Rao Tingxuan's mind, as soon as Bi Dingbang comes out, he can change the entire battle situation.

He laughed, but jumped on the horse: "Old Bi, I'll personally press you down!"

"Mr. Xie is here!"

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The cavalry battalion and Min Yong were still ongoing, and Min Yong soon found that the red thief in front of him was not strong, so he quickly changed his tactics, and they began to attack in waves, constantly pressing from all directions.

The Danshi cavalry battalion, as an elite division, could not be rushed through several waves of impact, although there were a lot of casualties, and even the prisoners behind made a noise, Danshi Zhou Xiuying personally carried a horse chopping knife and cut it out, killing several people in the Qing army formation one after another, driving the Qing army back.

When the Qing army was planning the next wave of attacks, Yijing, the Ox Knife Battalion, which was from the same source as the cavalry battalion, rushed over: "Battalion Commander Zhou, the position here will be handed over to us!"

It was Lu Ziyun who spoke, and he brought the entire Ox Knife Battalion over: "It's time for us to launch a counterattack, Battalion Commander Zhou, please let me be escorted by your horse team!"

Speaking of which, in the entire Hong Army, except for Liu Chang, Lu Ziyun is almost the one who knows the most about modern warfare, he immediately arranged a few bronze cannons and put them in line, and then observed the position in front of him in a hurry, Yijing has a comprehensive understanding. ..., there are as many as seven or eight hundred Qing troops in front of him, and their combat effectiveness and morale are not bad, after all, they are the Shengli division that has just defeated Qu Zhenhan's Red Turban Army.

DanshiAs he learned, Rao Tingxuan's Min Yong had never been in the habit of camping and would not build fortifications, and now the entire army was deployed directly on both sides of the avenue, directly exposed to the muzzle and muzzle of the gun.

Their armament was mainly bird guns and carrying guns, although mixed with a small number of foreign guns, the number of danshi was not large, and with the combat effectiveness of the Ox Knife Battalion, they could definitely knock through their not thick defensive line.

"First bombarded five rounds with copper cannons, and then the infantry quickly attacked!" While holding the binoculars, he conveyed the order to the commander of the infantry company: "Strive to solve the problem at once!"

Although the bronze cannon cast by Liu Chang was an old traditional Chinese artillery, Danshi had more advantages in casting copper, and they began to fire solid shells.

The solid bullets did not have much accuracy in such terrain and range, and the four guns of the artillery company of the Danshi battalion immediately forced the infantry formation on the opposite side into confusion, and the artillery also stopped firing.

In particular, a solid bullet directly penetrated Min Yong's formation, causing five or six casualties, and causing chaos in the order of this Min Yong army.

If this Min Yong army would build a fortress, such a loss could have been avoided, and now the entire Min Yong suddenly became chaotic, and Lu Ziyun immediately ordered: "Ox Knife Battalion, start attacking!"

The two infantry companies spread out in a company and slowly moved forward, and immediately fired bullets from the opposite side, and the dumbed mountain splitting guns also resumed firing, causing some minor losses in the formation.

Danshi's two neat squares were still moving forward at their own pace, and the officer maintained order in the company: "It's just a bullet, lower your head, you can't see anything!"

The killings of shotguns and carrying guns created tiny gaps in the squares, which were automatically filled in by the Danshi officers and soldiers, who marched forward to the beat of the drums.

Lu Ziyun also had a company in his hand as a reserve, and seeing that the Qing army's marksmanship was unsatisfactory, he hesitated for a moment, but still kept the third infantry company in his hand.

The weakness of the Qing army's non-camping and fortification began to be exposed, seeing the formation of the Hong army getting closer and closer, the soldiers of the Qing army Yijing retreated backwards, and under the urging of the officers, there were still many soldiers who retreated backwards.

And at this moment, the infantry Yijing who participated in the assault of the Oxamore Battalion clearly saw the Qing army on the opposite side, and even the number coat could be seen clearly, and the officers began to give orders: "Ready, ready, aim!" Aim!"

The firing pistols and flintlock pistols of both companies were raised neatly, and the soldiers looked for their targets in the crosshairs, and then the officer gave an order: "Shoot!"

"Shoot!"

Although after experiencing the battle with the Minnan Knife Society and the Qu Zhenhan Red Turban Army, Danshi at this moment the Qing army was beaten in this round of shooting.

Blood-stained livery was everywhere, moans were everywhere, and after a cloud of gunsmoke, at least forty or fifty Qing soldiers were wounded or killed in this round of shooting.

Danshi Qing army has never seen such a terrible scene, the two or three hundred Qing troops in front of them were completely crossed by the enemy's horse team, Yijing left an indelible impression on his heart.

And now, with so many dead and wounded robes, many Qing troops began to retreat without hesitation, while the officers of the two infantry companies continued to order: "Keep shooting!"

Whether it was a flintlock pistol or a firing pistol, it was far more than the shotgun and lifting gun in the hands of the Qing army in the rate of fire, and in the short and dense shooting, the white smoke greatly hindered the observation of both sides, and the fatal hit rate was greatly reduced.

Danshi Qing army found that the bullets on the opposite side were shooting like raindrops, and seeing more and more casualties among officers and soldiers, now even the officers began to hold on and began to retreat.

"Get on the bayonet, assault!" Soon, the deputy battalion commander in charge of the front-line command seized the opportunity well, and the officers and soldiers let out an earth-shattering roar, and Yijing picked up his bayonet and killed him.

This was even stronger than the effect of the cavalry battalion breaking into the Qing army just now, although the Qing army also rushed out with many rattan players and short players, Danshi was quickly stabbed to the ground by the bayonets of the rainbow army.

The bayonet charge soon caused the total collapse of this Min Yong force, although the two infantry companies of the Hong Army participating in the assault were only 250 men, and the remnants of the Qing army were still more than 600 people.

In addition to more than 100 people still holding their positions, the rest of the Qing army Yijing ran backwards, but just as Lu Ziyun was about to put into the reserves, the retreating Qing army killed Huilai again.

They also shouted: "Bi Dingbang come up, Bi Dingbang come up!"

"Lao Bi, Lao Bi, Lao Bi is here!"

"Brothers, make dumplings for this group of red thieves!"

Lu Ziyun picked up the binoculars and looked at it, but he couldn't see anything valuable, he could only guess that the main force of the Qing army had caught up, but he said without hesitation: "The brave wins when they meet on the narrow road, the cattle knife battalion, follow me to kill chickens!"

It was Bi Dingbang, who was selected by Rao Tingxuan as the root of his life, and he hurried over in a hurry with 100,000 suns, but found that the scene in front of him was like hell on earth.

Most of the seven or eight hundred people in the front defense line stepped down, but when they saw Bi Dingbang, a brave general, they had the courage again, turned around and killed Huilai, while reporting the battle situation in front: "Old Bi, there are hundreds of red thieves, and there are cannons, we can't parry!"

Not a bandit, a red thief? Bi Dingbang was immediately taken aback, he was still thinking about fighting with the red thief in Zhejiang, but the red thief came to the door first, presumably the red thief Liu was out of business!

It's just that he took a closer look at the situation in front of him and knew that he had no danger to defend, so he had to fight: "Tell the general town, I'll go up!"

He is a well-known brave general in Fujian, and immediately urged the war horse to rush forward: "The brave wins when we meet on the narrow road, wrap this red thief with dumplings, and let the general town come over to support quickly!"

The battle between the two sides suddenly became fierce, and the Ox Knife Battalion, which had won the victory in Yijing, suddenly fell into a situation of flanking from the front and back, and the Qing army invested nearly a thousand people to press over from all directions.

And Lu Ziyun also threw the last infantry company in his hand, and the artillery Yijing no longer used solid bullets, but short-range shotguns: "Shotguns, double shotguns!"

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