Chapter 141: Falling short
And at this moment, I suddenly saw more than 1,000 people flashing out three miles in front of me, everyone lined up in rows, beating gongs and drums, and pounced all over the mountains. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Then, in the front, on the left and right, soldiers and horses of the loyal and righteous army appeared one after another, with nearly 1,000 people in each team, rushing over the mountains and fields.
Zhang Dingguo was shocked, did the other party want to eat himself in one bite?
This is the five thousand elites trained by himself, Zhang Dingguo felt a cold sweat in his vest, looked at the soldiers around him, and all of them became restless.
Some people looked at the donkey behind them, if the battle was unfavorable, everyone could ride the donkey to escape, although the donkey did not run as fast as the war horse, but after all, it was four-legged, and the maneuver was far above the two-legged soldiers.
Zhang Dingguo didn't dare to think about it, if his own army was defeated and retreated, then the other troops would not dare to fight at all.
Command the people to quickly occupy the hills within a two-mile radius, and let everyone put their baggage outside to defend nearby.
More than 150 meters apart, the other party did not rush over as imagined, some hid in the woods, and some were in front of the formation, so after half a pillar of incense kung fu, Zhang Dingguo also Zhang's second monk was puzzled, and suddenly a pro-army pointed to a mountain peak in front, and watched from a distance from the rear to launch more than ten Franco machine guns.
The fierceness of the artillery of the Loyal and Righteous Army, the battle of Qushui, everyone saw it with their own eyes, and now seeing that the Loyal and Righteous Army launched more than ten Franc machine guns, Zhang Dingguo secretly shouted that it was not good.
The maximum firing range of the large Franc cannon solid shell of the Loyal Army is more than 1 mile (more than 600 meters), and the maximum range of the solid shell of the No. 3 Franc cannon is also close to half a mile (400 meters).
But now he is alone, stubbornly waiting for reinforcements, and rushing to the past is not only difficult to capture the artillery, but also is likely to be defeated by the other side.
is in a dilemma, the opposite artillery began to exert power, far from the formation of the fighting, although at this time the artillery firing accuracy is relatively poor, but the loyal army artillery hit very accurately, constantly falling around, making everyone frightened.
At this time, the opponent's army formation changed again, and the various units that had stopped moved again, and everyone pushed small artillery pieces to approach the Great Western Army, preparing to release their guns from a distance.
Zhang Dingguo was shocked, there were two thousand people on the left and right sides of the opponent, and there were four thousand people on the front, so it seemed that the biggest threat was the front, and he immediately turned over and led everyone to fight back.
Seeing the rogues coming, the loyal and righteous army kept releasing their guns from afar, but there were too many rogues, and there were no fortifications in front of them, and after dozens of people fell, the rogues had already been killed.
In order to protect the bird gunners in front, the various killers came out one after another, and everyone fought together.
Yang Xuan stood in front of the hill, feeling that the blood in his body was swelling, and about 3,000 Liukou who rushed over, originally thought that the frontline departments could block it, but the other party rushed and killed very fiercely, and it was broken through in a few places, and he had to send an escort battalion, so that he could stabilize it slightly.
Now there is only hope for artillery bombardment by the Francos around him, and only on the attack on the left flank.
On the surface, there are 8,000 people in the loyal army, but more than 4,000 of them are local militia groups, all of whom are strong men who have been temporarily recruited.
In order to confuse Zhang Dingguo, the front was mainly Cao Zhang's guard battalion, Yao Zhijiao's 4th battalion, Yang Bingyi's 5th battalion and 2,000 local militia groups and Minzhuang led by Chen Yingrui, Du Jigui and others, Liu Weiming's 6th battalion and Wang Shuji's militia on the left flank, and Feng Youqing's 7th battalion and local militia on the right flank.
His reserve soldiers and horses only have a cavalry battalion, and only more than a dozen large Franc cannons around him.
On the one hand, Yang Xuan ordered Chen Yingrui and Du Jigui to lead the militia to outflank him, and on the other hand, he shelled the Franco's machine gun into the depth of the opponent, so as to tear the opponent apart and win the opportunity for the cavalry to assault.
At this time, Zhang Dingguo also felt the pressure, the loyal and righteous army not only had fierce firepower, but also fought bravely, and there were many deadly people, so it was even more difficult to defeat the other party.
Seeing that Chen Yingrui and Du Jigui led more than 1,000 people to the rear of the headquarters, Zhang Dingguo was afraid that the rear would be lost, so he hurriedly led his troops to retreat to the rear.
Despite this, more than 100 people were intercepted, there was no hope of escape, except for a few who committed suicide, the others raised their hands and surrendered.
Seeing the rogues with bloody faces one by one, retreating back with teeth and claws, these local militia groups have just entered the battlefield one by one, and the weapons in everyone's hands are very simple, although they are all trying their best to make noise, but they still can't stop it, and they see Zhang Dingguo leading the main force to retreat.
Everyone secretly shouted that it was a pity, and everyone rearranged their formation, first bombarded with Franco's machine guns, and then the killers were in the front, the musket squadron was in the middle, and the local militias and people were strong in the back, clamoring to rush over.
Although the troops are at a disadvantage, few people surrender, one by one or wearing armor, or wearing quilts or something from time to time to jump out to fight to the death.
Although the Loyal and Righteous Army was large in number and had sharp firearms, although there were corpses everywhere, stumps and limbs were broken everywhere, and the territory of the Great Western Army was constantly compressed, it was still difficult to annihilate the other party in batches and batches as at the beginning.
The two sides fought fiercely for two hours, and saw that the Great Western Army was compressed on more than ten hills, and some even fled on war horses and donkeys, but just after running a few steps, they were cut off the horses by the people who supervised the battle behind, and the others jumped off the donkeys in fear and turned around to fight.
Just as he was about to move the Fran machine gun position forward, Yin Chengqi grabbed Yang Xuan's arm and said, "My lord, the big thing is not good, you, look at the western sky, the clouds are thick, it looks like it's going to rain." ”
Yang Xuan was shocked, looked up, saw the dark clouds rolling, a cool breeze hung on the side of his ears, turned his head to look left and right, and said, "Everyone, this, how is this possible, do you think it will rain?" ”
On the side of the imperial history, the supervising army Qian Bangqi looked quite sad and angry, pointed to the hill in front of him and said: "My lord, although the rainy day affects the release, my soldiers are numerous.
Even if those firearms squadrons are good at assassination one by one, why don't we take advantage of the situation to attack in one fell swoop, as long as we defeat Zhang Dingguo's pro-army, it will not be difficult to lift the siege of Shunqing by the Liukou. ”
Yin Chengqi said with a sad face: "If the artillery can't be fired, and the bird gun can't be fired, although our army will completely annihilate Zhang Dingguo's department, the casualties of each department will definitely be not small." ”
Yang Xuan was also in a dilemma, and suddenly the scout came to report that Bai Wenxuan was leading more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to rush here, and now it was only fifteen miles away.
It turned out that yesterday I heard that the loyal and righteous army had returned to Shunqing City, and Zhang Dingguo ordered Bai Wenxuan to lead more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to bypass the Xixi River, and now they are coming in a steady stream.
Yang Xuan knew that the opportunity had been lost, so he immediately led the cavalry battalion and escort the battalion to break off, and covered the various departments to slowly retreat into the northern fortifications.