"Three thousand, but three thousand, is there no one in my Eight Banners?"

Prince Gong was young and vigorous among the nobles, and he shouted loudly: "Only 3,000 thieves and horses, but they regard my 30,000 army as nothing, coming and going, how can I see the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty!" ”

When they think of their ancestors' outstanding achievements, these Manmeng nobles don't know how to deal with themselves, they have been comfortable for more than a hundred years, even if they pacify the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect in the five provinces, the Eight Banners soldiers are just waving their flags and shouting, not to mention the conquests in recent decades, they are completely dependent on the Yong Battalion.

Now even the brave battalion can't support it, even if the Eight Banners have a sharp spirit, they can't resist the enemy's offensive, so some people loudly cry out for the soldiers on the front line: "The enemy army has 3,000 elite cavalry, countless foreign guns and cannons, and the Eight Banners athletes are fighting to the death in front of it, which is already rare!" ”

Speaking of which, this is indeed the last bit of remnant sun of the Eight Banners, although the opposite iron cavalry roared suddenly, and the rain of bullets never stopped from the beginning, but this Eight Banners had unimaginable perseverance, and their phalanx quickly retreated and rearranged after every time they were rushed, bombarded, and spanned.

It's just that Prince Gong is very dissatisfied with such a record: "No, absolutely not, is this the only ability that I have in the Eight Banners?" I have 30,000 elites! ”

This Qing army can be said to be the essence of the entire Forbidden Brigade Eight Banners and the Han Army, but they rely on the Lugou Bridge to hold on, but they are always in a passive position, watching their phalanx step down again and again, and then reorganize.

"Isn't there anyone in my Eight Banners?" Prince Gong roared loudly on the horse: "I am Aixinjue Luo, and I will die here today, but I ask you generals to hold on with me until sunset!" ”

"Hold on until sunset!"

Many of the Eight Banners generals couldn't help but cry bitterly, when did the Eight Banners force fall to the point where it is now, with ten times the number of soldiers, resisting 3,000 enemy cavalry, and actually fighting until sunset as a victory.

But over the years, they have been eating, playing, prostituting and gambling, listening to stories and singing. If you can also play Wai'erye, you won't lead the troops into battle, and now you don't know what to do!

Just a few brave Mongols galloped out on horseback, and he shouted loudly in front of the battle: "Your Highness has an order." Fight until sunset, and no one can take a step back! Kill! ”

He waved a yellow flag vigorously, and the only remaining bravery and aggressiveness of the Eight Banners would be inspired: "Don't retreat a step, behind you is our Forbidden City!" ”

"No retreat!"

There were even some horse teams in the formation rushing towards the opposite side, and the two sides staggered by, these scattered horse teams did not take much advantage in the collision, and the knights who landed on the ground were like dumplings in the pot. Prince Gong, who had seen little war, couldn't help but take out a handkerchief and sobbed: "The national fortunes of the Qing Dynasty are so unbearable!" ”

He looked at it kindly, just now this iron cavalry collision, his side lost at least forty horses, but the opponent lost less than fifteen horses, but also lost this collision, the enemy's infantry and cavalry coordinated offensive like a tide was blocked.

"Damn it!"

Ren Zhu shouted: "Tell the 10th Cavalry Regiment to rush up, the 10th Cavalry Regiment!" ”

His forces were even smaller than Prince Gong had imagined. Today, only more than 1,300 troops arrived on the battlefield, with fewer horses and only four mountain grenades. Fortunately, several Qing artillery pieces were captured later, and the advantage of the whole battle was completely based on the experience, good fighting and equipment advantages of the cavalry.

But so far in the attack, the cavalry and infantry have lost two hundred, and the war horses have lost a lot, and even the remaining war horse horsepower has been used up almost equally, so he has to pull up the last elite troops: "Lao Liu, it's all up to you!" ”…,

"The 10th Cavalry Regiment!"

Liu Cangbin, the deputy commander of the 10th Cavalry Regiment and the supreme commander of the 10th Regiment present, had already taken all the men and horses of the 10th Regiment into the ranks.

There were two hundred and twenty horsemen in total, and when more than two hundred horsemen formed battle formation. This is a mighty super formation, Liu Cangbin glanced at the opposite position, it was a dense enemy phalanx, one after another yellow phalanx, I can't count it, and I don't know how many enemy troops there are.

At least 20,000 people, right?

I only have two hundred riders. But Liu Cangbin had no intention of retreating, he shouted loudly: "For the emperor!" ”

"For the Emperor!"

The two hundred cavalrymen all drew their sabers, and the light of the swords formed an endless killing opportunity on the battlefield, and they shouted the proudest definition of the cavalry of the Hong Army: "We are the sword of the army, the blade of the army!" ”

Liu Cangbin felt that the blood all over his body was boiling, he waved the saber, the whole person pulled out the horse's head, and the war horse began to trot: "Stab through them!" ”

The cavalry roared like a tide, the hooves of the horses shook the earth, they didn't have any tricks, they didn't make any waves, and the two hundred and twenty cavalrymen rushed up with their sabers whistling and waving: "Stab over!" ”

"Poke it!"

The whole cavalry is like a galloping black mountain, has been towards the formation of the Qing army, many Eight Banners soldiers saw such a scene for the first time, have discarded their weapons, fled to the rear, and more Qing soldiers deformed, they do not know how to manipulate their firearms, hands and feet numb look at the opposite mountain of iron cavalry.

At this moment, even those Manmeng nobles in the rear took a breath of cold air, Prince Gong grabbed the reins of the horse hard, and pretended to be calm and said: "I finally know why Emperor Taizu swept the world with thirteen armor armor back then, this is ......"

He exhaled a long breath, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "This is the white armor soldier!" ”

"Kill!"

Liu Cangbin's horse team had already poured up, and on the opposite side was a cloud of white smoke and constantly flying bullets and cannonballs, but he ignored these obstacles at all, he only had one concept: "We are the sword of the army!" ”

"Stab them!"

Under the impact of dozens of cavalry of the Hong Army, these Eight Banner soldiers could barely support their courage, but the roar of more than two hundred cavalry gave these Eight Banner soldiers a serious psychological shadow, and they didn't know what to use to describe their psychological feelings.

Their ancestors used to be unstoppable hoplites and hoplites, even to the point that they were still bravely moving forward with more than a dozen arrows in their bodies, but at this time, there was infinite terror in their hearts, and more Eight Banners soldiers abandoned their duties, even if the overseers behind them cut off a lot of heads one after another.

Compared to the warlords, these terrifying dark clouds are the real terrifying things, but the Han army on both wings that runs faster than the Eight Banners is the Han army, they have both the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and some recruited Han people, they have no duty and obligation to guard their homes compared to the Eight Banners, so at first they fled in dozens of places, and then they simply stepped down collectively in hundreds.

"Phew!"

The black mountain and the yellow tide soon collided together, followed by an endless tide of blood, the horses screaming, the steel knives slashing at the skulls, the white smoke fired from the muskets, both sides paid the price at this moment, and the corpses piled up one after another with nowhere to put their feet.

"Dismount! Assault! ”

Liu Cangbin saw that there was a dense crowd of people on the opposite side, and the war horse was already uncontrollably trying to avoid the crowd, so he almost immediately flew down: "The tenth cavalry regiment, for the emperor!" ”

"Manchuria! Manchuria! ”

The white battle between the two sides lasted for several minutes, and at this time, Ren Zhu had already directly led the last brigade directly to kill: "Up!" ”…,

It's just that the formation of the Qing army is too thick, and when he took over Liu Cangbin's 10th Cavalry Regiment, only half of the 220 cavalry was now left, and almost all of these half of the soldiers were painted, but Ren Zhu could still feel a sense of relief: "Killed, we rushed to a platoon again!" ”

For the 1,300 troops who participated in the battle, the strength of a platoon was precious, and the officers and men of the 10th Regiment, who had already been a little tired, immediately regained their courage: "For the emperor!" ”

Prince Gong standing on the Lugou Bridge has seen an avalanche scene, everywhere are the Eight Banners who have stepped down, and the overseers on the Lugou Bridge have cut off dozens of heads at once, but these routs are the losers of Beijing, but they are not brave warriors, they have turned their targets to these superintendents in desperation: "Anyway, they are all dead, it is better to go home and die with your wife and children!" ”

The overseer team collapsed in an instant, and the entire Qing army brigade rushed across the Lugou Bridge like a tide, and together with Prince Gong, who went to the bridge to supervise the battle, they were all swept across the bridge, and there were still countless people who wanted to rush across the bridge, and behind them was more and more the impact of the rainbow army.

In fact, the 4th Cavalry Brigade has exhausted all its strength, although they are still pursuing, but the horses can no longer run, only those brave soldiers can run fast, they are all bloodstained and wounded, or on the bayonet, or with bayonets, or with pistols to kill the Lugou Bridge.

Many Qing troops had already run directly into the river, and many more were trampled to death on the bridge, followed by a five-minute white soldier battle on the bridge, Ren Zhu, who stepped on the pile of corpses, patted Liu Cangbin on the shoulder and said: "I can't chase anymore!" ”

"I can't chase it either!" Liu Cangbin replied to him: "It's the limit, we have to rest for one night!" ”

"But we've already done a miracle!" Ren Zhu replied to him: "I hope the main force of your regiment can come over as soon as possible, there are at least one hundred and fifty horsemen!" ”

This was the strongest support that the 10th Cavalry Brigade could receive in a short period of time, and after a full day of fighting, less than half of the 1,400 men had been killed, and as many as 400 wounded had been contained, almost as many as the number of dead in battle.

But they seized the Lugou Bridge. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )