The most glorious day!

Chen Ningping was not wrong at all, all the officers and men, whether artillery, engineers, or infantry, let out one roar after another, and if it were not for the fact that the battle had not yet ended, perhaps some people would be happy to roll on the ground -- this could not be the painful rolling in a long ditch like the Qing army.

Even Zhen Changyu, the battalion commander, was a little out of shape, he forcibly controlled his emotions and said, "It's not bad, it's not bad today!" ”

Not to mention the words "not bad" can describe this victory, the entire 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment not only did not repeat the defeat of the 2nd Regiment and 3rd Battalion, but also declared them the best unit with a magnificent victory.

First with an infantry battalion defeated the infantry assault led by Katsubo twice, and then with the painful loss of one wing of the monk's horse corps just now, there was no more beautiful battle than this.

On the opposite side, the monk king and Shengbao were both pale, and the long ditch dug by the rainbow army had now been exposed under the impact of the horse team, and the monk king said in a loud voice: "I didn't expect Liu Jiehu to be so vicious, too ruthless, he is just to prevent our Qing horse team!" ”

This is an overestimation of Liu Chang, in fact, this long ditch was not prepared for Seng Lingqin's horse team at all, Zhen Changyu was originally prepared to deal with Shengbao's infantry team, but Zhen Changyu was willing to work hard, in view of Li Yuandu's previous fortifications and hastily failed, because the strength of the whole battalion was concentrated to dig this trench day and night.

Even so, it was very difficult to dig such a long ditch in two days with the strength of an infantry battalion, but fortunately there was a reinforced engineer platoon in the battalion as the backbone, and the various companies took turns to fight, day and night, and finally dug a long ditch on the avenue that made the Qing army despair, and then used the soil obtained from digging the long ditch to build the fortifications. The avenue was raised first, and then the breastwork was built. This formed Chen Ningping's current condescending position.

It's just that I didn't expect that Shengbao's infantry team didn't rush to this long ditch. However, the horse team of the monk king was recruited, and now the moaning and snorting of the war horses can still be heard in the long ditch, standing in Chen Ningping's position and looking down, you can even see a few war horses that have fallen to the ground.

And the monk king has cold hands. He asked repeatedly, "How many horses have returned?" The horse team returns to the horse team! ”

His concern was revealed on the surface, and the officer who led the charge burst into tears: "King Qiyu." This expedition of 800 people and horses, now the horses are lost 60%, and the people are 40%! ”

A total of 800 horsemen marched. Now there are about 200 cavalrymen who have been left behind and have not returned. About one hundred and thirty of the cavalrymen who ran back were unable to continue the battle, and the damage to the horses was even greater, and only half of the eight hundred horses had now returned, and many of the half of the horses that had returned had been shot and were no longer alive.

The monk king regretted it very much, this was all the horse team he brought out with his own hands. How many times have the North and South fought without such a big setback: "Hateful, hateful!" ”

Sheng Bao added oil and vinegar to the side: "The king of the county." Although there are many losses in our soldiers, but the arrangement of the red thief has been fully exposed, and it is only our soldiers who are careless to have a small setback, so that we know the poisonous plan of the red thief, if you and I join forces on foot and horse, and attack again, as the so-called, the brave wins when the narrow road meets! ”

"Rush again!" The monk almost burst into tears: "My horse team is gone!" ”

The loss of such a battle really made Seng Lingqin sad, and he said: "If you continue to fight, it will only increase the casualties, so retreat!" ”

Speaking of the monk king said the word "retreat", all the Qing army's hearts are wide, today this red thief is too difficult to deal with, although there are only a few hundred people who show up, but the poisonous tactics are endless, and the foreign guns and foreign guns are extremely sharp, the entire Qing army has suffered three heavy losses, more than 1,000 losses, it is unbearable to fight again, and there is no will to fight. ..., you know, this time the horse team from the south is only nearly 10,000 people, such a large casualty has made the remaining Qing army frightened, but Shengbao disagreed: "The king of the county, you must not fall short, as long as you work harder now, you can take Hu Fansi out, if Hu Fansi is martyred in Jiande City, the situation in Zhejiang is unimaginable!" ”

It's just that the monk king glanced at Shengbao: "If you pull it out for nothing and send it to death, Lao Tzu won't do it, grandma's, after fighting for so long, I haven't seen a few red thieves killed or injured, such a nest battle, you Sheng Kezhai will fight, and my monk Greenqin will not accompany you!" ”

Speaking of which, today's battle has been fought so far, and the situation of the Hong army's stronghold, the Qing army's casualties are extremely large, but the Hong army's casualties are less than 80 so far, but the ammunition consumption is very large, and most of the ammunition prepared in advance has been used.

Shengbao said bitterly: "Monk King, rush again, I Shengbao beg you, if you rush, there will be hope, there will be a chance to win, and there will be a chance!" If Hu Fansi is martyred, how can you and I explain! ”

"Explain what you want!" The monk king smiled bitterly: "I just want to save Hu Xingren, it's too late now!" Listen to the south! ”

In addition to the cheers of the red thieves, Katsubo could no longer hear the original overwhelming sound of guns and fighting in the south, and could only faintly hear the sporadic sound of gunfire, and he immediately understood that Jiande City had been taken down - at most, most of it was taken by the red thieves.

The monk said: "Sheng Kezhai, let's think about how you and I can get out, the red thief took Hu Xingren and Zhang Yuliang, and the next thing is to clean us up!" ”

There are at least three or four thousand red thieves besieging Jiande City, they take Jiande City, they can turn around and clean up the monk king and Shengbao, although there are still more than 8,000 people, but hundreds of red thieves are already so terrible, not to mention thousands of red thieves pressed over, Shengbao's face turned pale, but he still insisted: "Monk King, the brave wins when you meet on the narrow road!" ”

As he was talking, gunshots rang out in the west, and the monk immediately said, "Look, this is the red thief who has slowed down, and we should retreat!" ”

In fact, the monk king miscalculated, this is not Jiande's rainbow army to deal with the monk king and Shengbao, but the reinforcement platoon sent by the second battalion to Fenshui County after hearing that the Qing army is moving south, took the initiative to move closer to the main force of the battalion, and as a result, it encountered the infantry team that Shengbao retreated.

They were brave and resourceful, and immediately fired a volley of guns, giving the Qing army a blow from behind, and then the whole platoon loaded with bayonets, and broke through from the defense line of Shengbao, and soon joined the main force of the battalion: "Report to the battalion commander, we are back!" ”

Not only did they come back, but they even brought back an infantry squad of the second battalion of the teaching regiment that was previously placed in Fenshui County, and Zhen Changyu's confidence increased greatly after getting such a new force: "Good! It depends on what other tricks Monk Grinqin has over there! ”

Monk Greenqin has no tricks to play, since he is determined to retreat, the Shengbao infantry can only prepare to return together, but Shengbao has a good face, must find a step down, and soon a fast horse gave Shengbao the steps: "The Red Thief Rock Brigade invaded Hangzhou in the north, and Xiaoshan County has been kept!" ”

Sheng Bao suddenly relaxed: "Didn't He Guiqing say that this Xiaoshan County has blocked the six waves of red thieves' attacks one after another?" How can it be broken now, Xiaoshan is one gram, Hangzhou is difficult to protect, we are not retreating, we are going to rescue Hangzhou Mansion! ”

In any case, the infantry team of Seng Lingqin and Shengbao had already packed up their equipment and slowly retreated, and now the battle in Jiande City was also seen.

It was only now that Zhou Xiuying and the reinforcements of the Dragon Lance Brigade rushed to Jiande City, but they were greeted by battle flags flying high above the head of Jiande City.

"Hey......" Cai Yunnan said as soon as he saw this red flag: "This time in the Battle of Yanqu, the first credit is their Nanxi Brigade!" As he was talking, Huo Qiu over there was already covered in blood, and his clothes were not changed to greet Cai Yunnan: "Xiao Cai, it's just right, it's just right, I'm asking you for help!" ”

"What's wrong?" Cai Yunnan asked, "My battalion can participate in the battle at any time!" ”

"Zhen Changyu blocked the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the monk king and Shengbao in the north, he is a battalion, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold on, please move closer to Zhen Changyu and them! Map! ”

Huo Qiu had already pointed out Zhen Changyu's location on the map, and then said: "After fighting all morning, the troops are very tired, and there are still remnants of the enemy in the city that have not been cleared, so I can only transfer a reinforcement company just now, and now that you are here, it will be easy to do!" ”

Cai Yunnan was already shocked by Huo Qiu's words, Zhen Changyu's battalion blocked the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Shengbao and Seng Lingqin, this is too exaggerated! When did the Nanxi Brigade also have such confidence, you must know that such determination and confidence were the exclusive privilege of the Dragon Lance Brigade in the past.

But he didn't have time to think about it, he ordered in a loud voice: "Don't go into the city, the whole camp to the north, the whole camp to the north!" ”

The entire infantry battalion marched towards the north, and at this time, Hou Zhou Xiuying had already come over with Bao Meiying, who was still in tears: "Brigade Commander Huo, I brought more than 2,000 people, although the combat effectiveness is not strong, but I can defend it, although it is reluctant, but Deng Shaoliang's remnants are also eliminated with their help, where do you think it is good?" ”

"Jiande, this place will be handed over to you!" It's just that Huo Qiu immediately glanced at Bao Meiying, Zhou Xiuying's chest was still a little tearstained, obviously this little girl leaned on Zhou Xiuying and cried: "In this Yanqu Battle, I want to ask for credit for your cavalry regiment and for Deputy Company Commander Bao!" Others say that our Nanxi Brigade should be the first merit, but in my mind, your cavalry regiment is the real first merit, and Commander Zhou and Deputy Company Commander Bao are the real first merit! ”

This comment was very high, Bao Meiying was a little unnatural, lowered her head and looked at the ground, and Huo Qiu continued: "Just the fact that Commander Zhou led reinforcements to eliminate Deng Shaoliang's reinforcements can know that this brigade is just a green leaf in this battle, and your cavalry regiment is the real red flower!" ”

Commander Zhou was embarrassed: "Brigade Commander Huo has said too much, our cavalry regiment is just the green leaf that sets off the red flower of the Nanxi Brigade in this battle!" ”

As he was talking, someone shouted from behind: "The inspection is up!" ”