Chapter 387: Defeated

Shengbao's shouts did not bring success to the Qing army, but caused more confusion, and some of the cavalry obeyed his call and rushed out and rushed forward, and more cavalry tried to regroup, but their numerical superiority by the lake became a drag, and everywhere there were people crowded, people hit horses, horses hit people, and it became a mess—

At this moment, the two sisters, Chen Xianggui and Chen Yuegui, had followed Zhou Xiuying to the side of the battlefield, and they saw an incredible scene.

It was the dozen or so hollow phalanxes that looked inconspicuous and even a little loose and scattered, which actually restrained tens of thousands of Qing troops, countless artillery roared there, and there were too many gunshots to be counted, which made Chen Xianggui suddenly ask: "This is our victory!" ”

"We've won!" Zhou Xiuying looked more relaxed: "But if you want to win all, you still rely on our cavalry regiment!" ”

The opposing cavalry could not attack the phalanx of the rainbow army, and this battle was already half won, but the next cavalry regiment was the fatal blow.

Most of the time, the cavalry of the rainbow army has been westernized, and they often wait for the infantry and artillery to blast through the opponent's battle line, and the opponent is in a state of collapse, before resolutely carrying out surprise attacks, and of course occasionally carrying out mounted assaults.

In today's battle, even if one or two phalanxes in front of us step down, it will not affect the overall situation, Zhou Xiuying said: "Next is when the artillery opens a gap for us!" ”

Now the artillery of the Hong Army, whether it is a large cannon or a small cannon, a foreign cannon or a homemade rifled cannon, has joined the roar, and shells fall every moment, even if it cannot cause casualties in the formation of the Qing army, it can also create an atmosphere of terror.

And Shengbao shouted loudly: "The brave who meets on the narrow road wins, and the brave who meets on the narrow road wins!" ”

But he didn't know how to organize the team to attack again, his shouting brought more and more chaos, and now a new infantry regiment has been transferred to the battlefield with a new horizontal formation, and then they organized a hollow phalanx with dazzling movements, Zhou Xiuying smiled and said: "The sixty-first regiment has also arrived!" ”

And the new air phalanx brought more guns and cannons, and the losses of the Qing army were getting bigger and bigger, and countless cavalry saw that the rear had been blocked, and they abandoned their horses and jumped into the lake one after another, trying to use their swimming skills to escape, because now the bombardment of guns had killed too many cavalry and infantry.

And more horse teams retreated, but instead rushed across the formation of the infantry, Chen Yuegui looked at this scene, and said incredulously: "Commander, you are amazing, I have never seen such a scene!" ”

"Haven't you seen that?" Zhou Xiuying smiled: "I will see more in the future, but I don't expect to see such a scene a few times!" ”

This kind of annihilation battle is also unbearable for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, you must know that this time and space often rely on the core troops with very little capital to fight, Liu Xuanlin's 4,000 people were annihilated, Chen Yucheng can no longer recover, the total loss of the Sanhe Sanjie Hunan army is only 45,000 people, it is already a situation where the sky has fallen.

And in another time and space of the monk king can repeatedly win the battle, Guan Jian is relying on Chen Guorui's 3,000 foot team, every time the twist army crossed his cavalry, Chen Guorui is to come to the rescue of death, defeat into victory, as a result of this situation repeated several times, the twist army is determined to kill Chen Guorui's 3,000 infantry team as soon as possible, the result is the battle of the high-rise village, in the face of the main force of the twist army, Chen Guorui's infantry team barely withstood the offensive, which expected that the cavalry stepped down first, directly Chen Guorui's infantry team rushed across, As a result, Chen Guorui's infantry was dealt a devastating blow, and the monk king also died in this battle.

Now his cavalry has lost its sharpness, and the Hong army has even begun to maneuver and attack tentatively, more and more Qing troops have either fallen off their horses or been killed directly by guns, Chen Xianggui and Chen Yuegui feel the cruelty of the war at the same time, but also deeply feel the unstoppable sharpness of the Hong army. …,

"It's amazing, it's amazing, Captain, you're amazing!"

In their thoughts, this should be Zhou Xiuying's credit, but Zhou Xiuying shook it: "What am I, this is all the credit of the inspection, this is all the merit of the inspection person, there is a inspection person, it is enough to be a hundred thousand demons!" ”

Monk Lingqin was already crying, and He Chun shouted beside him: "I have been using troops for decades, and I have never been defeated today, even if it is a Cantonese bandit, there is no such battle!" ”

The senior generals of the Taiping army generally did not have the courage to fight a decisive battle, and more often avoided the decisive battle and tried to win in the defense, but after the failure of the passive defense, they were forced to adopt mobile tactics, trying to use maneuver to annihilate a group, such tactics allowed them to achieve many victories, but also lost too many fighters, and more importantly, they were never able to give the Qing army a blow of annihilation.

And now the scene in front of him is already the last scene before the Taiping army's uprising, although I don't know how many soldiers and horses will be lost today, but it will not be less than the previous battles of Wuchang, Anqing and Nanjing, the monk king really didn't expect Liu Chang to actually drive the entire dragon spear division along the lake to have the courage to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, and now a few Goshha have set up the monk king and He Chun to drag back: "Go, go!" The former army has been defeated! ”

Now the cavalry and infantry are almost mixed, and the Hong army has even begun to change formations, from hollow phalanxes to horizontal formations and columns, and the dialogue between Zhou Xiuying and Chen Yuegui and Chen Xianggui sisters is also coming to an end.

"Checkpoint?" Chen Yuegui glanced at the rear, but she didn't find Liu Chang's figure on the battlefield, and immediately asked, "Are they all methods of inspection?" ”

"That's right! These tens of thousands of soldiers and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains were all beaten down with bare hands by one person! Zhou Xiuying said proudly: "The inspection is definitely a God-given person!" ”

"Heaven-granted?"

It's just that now Zhou Xiuying has seized the fighter: "Don't say it, let's catch up, let's cut it hard!" ”

"Cavalry regiment!"

With Zhou Xiuying's coquettish groan, six cavalry companies and a full five hundred cavalry had already responded to Zhou Xiuying's order: "Here!" ”

"Rush!"

The five hundred men and horses of the entire cavalry regiment rushed out with a murderous aura like a tiger descending from the mountain at the next moment: "Kill! Kill! ”

In fact, without the assault of these 500 cavalry, the entire Qing army could not be sorted out, but the killing of these 500 cavalry further aggravated the collapse of the entire line of the Qing army's infantry and cavalry, and now more than 10,000 people are crowded on the narrow lake, and from time to time some people squeeze down the lake, and sometimes, it is better to be killed by the rainbow army than to drown.

And Chen Yuegui and Chen Xianggui glanced at each other, and they were already closely following Zhou Xiuying's horse, no matter what, they now have to be worthy of Zhou Xiuying's trust.

And in the rear, Qu Jie was also relieved: "Win, win!" ”

"It's a big win!" Liu Chang replied: "Even if you are killed by the Qing Demon, it is worth it!" ”

"I'll show the troops below to pay attention!" Qu Jie immediately replied: "You must be careful of the Qing Demon's return pistol, be careful, this is what the inspection has explained!" ”

He asked happily again: "Check, guess what, how much can today's battle be?" ”

Liu Chang replied: "We have few troops, and we have a lot of Qing Demon troops, so it is impossible to destroy more, but how can there be ** thousands!" ”

"Only ** thousand?" Qu Jie felt that it was less: "I still want to annihilate twenty or thirty thousand Qing demons!" ”

"We have to flee some, we only have such a small number of troops in this battle, how many troops are participating in the war?"

Qu Jie immediately replied: "Including the newly recruited recruits, there are more than 9,700 troops in the whole division participating in the battle!" ”

Don't look at his average talent, but it is very clear to remember these numbers, he glanced at it through binoculars: "Commander Zhou has also moved, and if the cavalry regiment moves, I'm afraid that it will be useless for the Qing Demon to kill the horse pistol back!" ”…,

"Hmm!" Liu Chang replied: "That's beside her?" ”

"Isn't it the sisters Chen Yuegui and Chen Xianggui!" Qu Jie replied: "The good seedlings selected by Captain Zhou seem to have a good vision!" ”

"Chen Yuegui, Chen Xianggui!" Liu Chang caught a little detail in his memory: "Chen Yuegui's husband is He Lingxiao, right?" ”

"That's Chen Xianggui!" Qu Jie was in a good mood, and he asked: "After defeating the monk king and Shengbao, you want to be crowned the king, right?" I? ”

Liu Chang was in a good mood, and immediately replied to him: "After defeating Su Chang, it is natural to be crowned king, my king, is not made for us by the brothers, and I can't treat the brothers badly!" Master Qu, you still want to think about how to make a family tree, but this matter is not in a hurry, we have to take Su Chang down! ”

"It's not just Su Chang!" Qu Jie was very proud: "I want to take Zhenjiang and Jiangning!" ”

The situation of Zhenjiang and Jiangning is more complicated, both under the control of the Taiping army and under the control of the Qing army, although this battle is the defeat of the monk king, Shengbao and the main force of the Jiangnan battalion, but the Jiangnan battalion is after all a thin camel, plus the monk king, Shengbao and the rout of Hechun, there are still tens of thousands of people.

But this is already a defeated general with tens of thousands of remnants, plus the Taiping army that has just been severely damaged by the Tianjing Incident, Qu Jie is very confident.

Liu Chang said: "If you can take Su Chang, you will be satisfied, whether you can fight Zhenjiang and Jiangning, Guan Jian is to see Huo Qiu!" ”

Regarding Liu Chang's veto of his suggestion, Qu Jie was not angry, and said directly: "Jiangxi? Check what you mean Jiangxi? ”

"Well, if there is an emergency upstream, the first division will go to support Jiangxi, and as for Su Chang, it will be handed over to Sun Huzi, what do you think?"

Qu Jie was a little surprised, he thought for a while before saying: "Check, don't look at our battle seems to be easy, in fact, we have tried our best, if it weren't for the uselessness of Seng Lingqin's cavalry, I'm afraid we would have to retreat to Yixing now!" ”

He continued: "The first division is your real starting capital, why do the second brigade and the third brigade have a part in the town guard, and it is our first division that fights tough battles!" ”