Chapter 306: Half Crossing Strike

On the north bank of the Baishi River, Guo Chonglie was fierce and vigorous, and the whole person seemed to be quite high-spirited, and the rogue was defeated at the touch of a button, occupying three prefectures and counties within half a month, and the prosperity of the soldiers was far beyond everyone's expectations.

Although at the beginning of the expedition, the adults repeatedly asked to be careful of what the rogues did to lure the enemy deep and set up ambush tactics on the spot, but every victory along the way was a real war.

After every battle, you can go to the battlefield to explore, and the real rogue generals who have been killed, what do adults say to be careful to lure the enemy deep, be careful to set up ambushes by Tartars, how can there be any reason in the world to take their own lives as a bet to lure the enemy deeper?

The 3rd town is the backbone of the volunteers, although it is not yet formed, but there are still two main targets, plus logistics baggage, there are 6,000 people, even if the other party is ambushed, but the 5th town is only ten miles away from him, and the main force of the Hou Ye is only 50 miles away, and his 3rd town is in contact with other departments.

Ahead is the Shiraishi River, which is one mile wide, but it is now in the dry season of early winter in November, and the water flow is smooth, and local fishermen can wade across the river on foot at this time.

After a day of preparation, more than 50 bamboo rafts have been built, and in order to cross the Baishi River, people are now being sent to collect boats, planks and other tools to cross the river from the surrounding farmers.

Sappers also began to erect pontoon bridges, and since the establishment of administrative units such as towns, each town has had a system of sappers, in which all kinds of skilled craftsmen were gathered to repair weapons and erect pontoon bridges.

Wang Laosan of the Engineer Brigade made a guarantee last night that the pontoon bridge would be erected before the middle of the day to ensure that the army would cross the pontoon bridge smoothly.

Now the soldiers are ready to go, just wait for the sky to brighten, the army can cross the river and approach the city of Qujing.

At this moment, Guo Ningxing, the guerrilla general of the third standard, hurriedly came, pointed to the opposite river bank and said: "Deputy general, it seems that the fog is very strong today, or I will lead a battalion of soldiers and horses to cross the Baishi River from the upper reaches of the fog, and I can also meet the army at that time." ”

Ran out of the tent and looked at the weather, the sky was dark just now, and now it was actually foggy.

Guo Chonglie was overjoyed, held Guo Ning's big hand, and ordered him to lead a battalion to cross the Baishi River in the fog as a surprise soldier.

After that, Guo Chonglie convened the generals to discuss the arrangements for the march of various departments, and finally survived until dawn.

The fog outside was thick and still very heavy, Guo Chonglie didn't want to wait any longer, and ordered the three armies to sound the gongs and drums, and the 10th Standard 3rd Battalion led the first battalion to board the bamboo raft with the chief Lei Dafu, and everyone shouted and drove towards the opposite bank.

Standing on a high slope, Guo Chonglie looked at each other with a long monocular, the fire on the river surface was dragged, the arquebus, the tiger squat cannon fired a burst of dazzling firelight, through the layers of dense fog, and it still looked so dazzling in the distance.

The battle ahead is in full swing, Guo Chonglie let the soldiers of each battalion have a good time, as Hou Ye said, in this era, fighting is courage, everyone on both sides wants to defeat each other in one fell swoop, and when the other party approaches, they often open firepower.

Now that the fog is thick, and the weather is quite cold in the morning, more than 30 bamboo rafts are now sent to harass each other, which is to let everyone fight happily first, and then just wait for the fog to dissipate and the weather becomes slightly warmer, so that everyone can cross the Baishi River in one fell swoop and defeat each other.

The two sides fought fiercely for an hour, the artillery fire on the river was bursting, and the shouting of killing shook the sky, Guo Chonglie looked up at the east from time to time, and the staff officers around him also calculated the time when the mist dissipated.

Suddenly, Guo Chonglie stood up from his seat and gave the order to attack.

Lei Kaiden jumped on the bow of the ship and led his troops across the river.

After searching overnight, he finally recruited a ferry, and in order to ensure the crossing of the river, Lei Kaiden used it as a flagship.

Behind him, musketeers rode on bamboo rafts, while the general infantry crossed the river on foot and fought on the opposite bank.

In order to kill the other party by surprise, Lei Kaideng strictly forbade all the troops to make noise, and the army of more than 2,000 people marched on the river, except for the sound of the water paddling the river, everyone was silent and drove towards the opposite bank.

Different from the flat land, it is extremely difficult to walk on the river, everyone stepped on the chest-high river water, endured the biting river water, and marched slowly, so that after walking a stick of incense, they approached the opposite bank.

At that time, the two sides were fighting in the middle of a battle, and the smell of gunpowder was pungent due to the continuous firing of guns and cannons on the river.

Two hundred meters away from the opposite bank, the engineer brigade is erecting a pontoon bridge, and as long as it holds out for a moment and a half, as long as the volunteers can establish a bridgehead position on the opposite bank, the pontoon bridge will definitely be erected to the opposite bank, and the army behind will be able to rush to reinforcements in a steady stream.

Lei Kaideng gave the order to attack with drums, and everyone shouted in unison, either rocking bamboo rafts or wading waist-high rivers, whistling and rushing to the shore.

The rogue on the shore shouted, and some generals shouted loudly to organize troops and horses to meet the enemy, but the firearms penetration rate of the volunteers had already exceeded 70 percent, first in a row, and then with muskets equipped with spurs.

The two sides fought together, and it was inseparable for a moment and a half, and at this moment, the gongs and drums in the upstream direction were loud, and the third standard guerrilla general Guo Ning led his troops to kill.

The rogue was attacked on both sides, and his morale was greatly discharged, and Feng Shuangli, the governor of the rear army, could not restrain his troops, and everyone collapsed all the way south.

Lei Kaideng was overjoyed, and ordered the first battalion to hold the beachhead to meet the main force to cross the river, and personally led the main force of the 10th standard to kill in depth.

This pursuit is only two miles away, the drums in front of him are loud, and he sees a force of more than 5,000 soldiers and horses coming from a distance, and under its influence, Feng Shuangli's department, which had fled in all directions, turned around to fight, and the two departments rushed to kill one left and one right.

Lei Kaideng knew that this was probably the main force of the Liukou, Li Dingguo, and hurriedly reorganized the troops and horses, but he came very quickly, and he had already killed him before everyone was ready.

Lei Kaiden stood in the front and gathered a battalion of soldiers and horses to shoot at it, thinking that it would slightly demoralize the opponent, but the ones behind actually stepped on the corpses of the dead soldiers in front of him and were not afraid to kill.

Lei Kaiden knew that the most taboo in crossing the river was attacked by the opponent's half-crossing, so he could not take care of each other, and he would definitely return defeated.

Thinking of this, Lei Kaideng pulled out his sword, commanded the headquarters to kill the past, and the two sides fought together.

The battle became more and more intense, and in the course of the fierce battle, Wu Dading and Yuan Tao, who were born as local tyrants, led their troops to help, and the volunteers were very embarrassed for a while, and everyone was compressed on the surrounding four or five hillsides, and they were about to be destroyed.

After an hour of fierce fighting, Guo Chonglie led reinforcements to kill.

Last night, the sappers began to erect the pontoon bridge, and at the same time that Lei Kaideng and others led their troops to land, the sapper brigade erected the pontoon bridge to the opposite bank.

Guo Chonglie led the main force of the 3rd Town to cross the Baishi River along the pontoon bridge, and in one fell swoop cracked the conspiracy of the Tartar Bandu ambush, and the situation changed slightly.

Guo Chonglie brought more than a dozen swarm rockets, brought several tiger squatting cannons, and Franc machines to run, and launched them at the same time in the depths of the enemy army, hundreds of rockets shot into the sky, and a large number of them fell in the opponent's formation.

Since the pontoon bridge had been successfully built, heavy firearms such as swarms of bees, tiger squatting guns, and Franc machine runners had arrived ashore in a steady stream, and the morale of the volunteers was greatly boosted.

Taking advantage of the other party's intimidation, Guo Chonglie personally led the 3rd Bid 1st Battalion to kill and pounced on Yuan Tao's troops.

In the past half a month, in order to lure the enemy into going deeper, everyone has been defeated and retreated, the casualties in the headquarters have been very heavy, and the morale of the whole army has been extremely low.

Now seeing Guo Chonglie leading his troops to kill, although Wu Dading wants to show his grievances in his heart and call everyone to fight back, the combat power of the first battalion is the main force of the 3rd town, and the combat power is far above the ordinary troops.

Unlike the other battalions, the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Bid was equipped with the latest flintlock guns, which fired at a rate far beyond that of ordinary arquebuses, and could be fired in a dense manner.

Everyone lined up side by side in formation, slaughtered the panicked rogues, fired continuously and intensively at about fifty paces, and then charged in a dense formation.

Although the local thugs are also quite elite, how can they fight like this, under the fierce attack of the 3rd Standard 1st Battalion, they retreated again and again.

The morale of the volunteers was greatly boosted, Lei Kaideng led his troops to kill, the rogues could not resist, and finally killed the surrounding enemy troops, and the two standards were connected into one, and the morale of the volunteers was greatly boosted.