Wang Kebin has long had the ambition to join the army, and in the past few years, he has studied hard and practiced hard, as a martial artist who has passed the palace examination, his martial arts far exceed that of ordinary soldiers, and he can compete with ordinary Qing army generals.

The flintlock pistol weighing eight pounds was in his hand, which could be used as a spear to assassinate and sweep with an iron rod, and when his body was staggered, he struggled to smash it backwards, and the heavy butt of the gun knocked down a Qing soldier.

Majestic, rushing back and forth to kill, a member of the Qing general saw that he was fierce, brandished a ghost head knife to come up to fight, the two fought equally, at this time, the Qing army who was knocked down suddenly jumped up, shook the spear and stabbed him in the lower abdomen.

Wang Kebin hurriedly dodged sideways, but the Qing general was pressing, and the ghost head knife slashed at the waist and stopped him again.

Zhu Huaqi sneaked up from behind and saved Wang Kebin, but the Qing general returned a knife and slashed at his neck, Zhu Huaqi didn't have time to pull out the bayonet, seeing that he couldn't parry, Wang Kebin stepped forward and kicked the corpse of the Qing soldier hanging on his bayonet, just blocking the ghost head knife.

The two stood side by side, fighting with the Qing army generals, Wu veteran rushed over with a big bull to support, and several bayonets stretched and stabbed, stabbing the Qing army all over the bloody holes.

"Thank you."

"Nothing."

The Pao Ze brothers on the battlefield lived and died together, and the little unhappiness at the beginning disappeared......

On Shigu Mountain, Geng Zhongming was watching the battle, seeing that the Changsha Green Battalion could not resist the enemy, and was defeated by the bayonets of the musket team, but there was no expression on his face.

The Changsha Green Battalion fled behind the outer trenches in one go. The Tianyou soldiers stepped forward to block the pursuit of the Chu army, and the soldiers of the musket team jumped into the third trench again. After regaining the position, there was a cheer, which was clearly heard on Shigu Mountain.

"Almost, let's stop Mingjin."

Geng Zhongming gave a faint order, turned around and went to take care of himself, Xu Bin lost his troops and was unwilling, but the Changsha Green Battalion had just lost the battle. opened his mouth and swallowed back the words of the main force of the Heavenly Blessing Soldier to help in the battle.

Leaving a small number of vigilant troops, Geng Jimao led the Qing army to retreat across the grass bridge. When he came, he was violent, but when he left, he died down, and nearly 10,000 men and horses looked dejected, losing nearly 1,000 men and horses but not hurting a few hairs of the enemy. This battle was too bad. It's so aggrieved.

After Xu Bin saw Sun Bo'an, both of them were sad, Qi Qiran, distressed by this fiasco, and even more worried about being severely punished by Geng Zhongming, unexpectedly, Geng Zhongming did not appear for two consecutive days, and locked himself in a handsome tent and lived in a simple place. Only one order was sent to the battalions.

"The whole army hastened to rest and recuperate, and waited for the arrival of the army of Luck de Humbelle. and then fight to the death with the Nanban. ”

The combat effectiveness displayed by the Chu army shocked him, and new weapons such as flintlock pistols, lifting guns, and bayonets were even more difficult to crack.

On the evening of the third day, Luckedhun finally arrived with 20,000 elite soldiers.

He brought more soldiers and horses, and there were many cavalry among them, and there were more ships that needed to be transferred, so he was delayed for some time when he set off, and when he passed through Hengshan County, he was harassed by the cavalry battalion of the Chu army, so he arrived two days late.

After seeing Geng Zhongming, the first thing Luck Dehun asked was: "Where are the reinforcements from the Nanban?" ”

"Last night, the scouts sent back to investigate, and the nearest group of southern thieves has arrived in Paishan, less than a hundred miles away from Hengyang, and the other teams are one hundred and fifty miles away."

The scouts have to send back the latest information every day, but due to the long distance of the investigation, there will be a certain delay in the middle, and the information that Geng Zhongming has is yesterday.

"Fortunately, I didn't miss a big deal." Luckard breathed a sigh of relief.

Small troops can advance lightly, but the army of tens of thousands of people has to carry a lot of grain and grass, and the speed of the march is also affected by road conditions, weather conditions, and other factors, and the Ming army did not form a formed sailor, and only relied on two legs to hurry, and the distance of more than 100 miles had to walk at least two or three days.

"Which of the southern thieves are coming, and who is the general leading the troops?"

"A tiger has more than 40,000 horses, Zhang Kuang brought 70,000 people, and there are less than 10,000 people in Yinxi......" The scouts have long found out the strength of the Ming army, Geng Zhongming is like a few treasures, the battle of Hengyang is related to the trend of the war situation in Hunan, all departments of the Ming army have done their best, and the situation is very sinister.

The loyal battalion has not completely pacified Xiangxi, but Li Guo led 40,000 horses to attack Hengyang, and sent Yuan Zongdi to lead 10,000 horses to attack Changsha, and the troops used are not small...... And He Tengjiao was even more active, sending Zhang Kuang to take 70,000 main forces first, and he himself took more than 20,000 people to postpone, almost rushing out in order to grab the territory.

Luck snorted heavily, "Hmm! As soon as Baoqing Mansion is lost, the overall situation is passive, and now the only way is to defeat the Chu army as soon as possible, and then turn around to deal with a tiger and Zhang Kuang! ”

Chen Youlong suddenly anyway, the west side of Hengyang and Changsha will be attacked by the Ming army, in the final analysis, the reason why the war situation in Hunan suddenly deteriorated is to blame Kong Youde for not knowing how to employ people, but Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde have always advanced and retreated together, so they didn't understand Luck Dehun's complaints, and diverted from the conversation to introduce the two days of war.

Hearing that the Changsha Green Battalion had lost the battle, Luck was unimpressed at first, Xu Bin and Sun Bo'an were originally defeated under the Chu army, and what was strange about losing again.

After understanding the specific course of the battle, Luck Dehun realized that the situation was not so simple, and no matter what the objective reason was, it was not a normal phenomenon for two hundred musketeers to defeat nearly a thousand infantry in any case.

"Nanban's firebolt is so powerful? No way! If this is the case, can Wang Kefan still lose Hunan? ”

"What Baylor said is extremely true, I have been thinking about it repeatedly in the past few days, Wang Kefan should have just obtained this new type of firecracker, and there are not many equipped in the army." Geng Zhongming pondered for two days and somewhat guessed the truth of the matter.

"That's right! If the surname Wang really had thousands of such firearms, this battle would not be easy to fight. Luckedhun said: "Now we should fight quickly, since he is sharp and stubbornly defending the grass bridge camp without retreating, we should find another way." Hit it in from somewhere else. ”

"Does Baylor have a clever plan to break the enemy?" Although Geng Zhongming is also one of the three kings, his status in the Qing court is not a little worse than Kong Youde, and Luck Dehun is now the commander of the Qing army in Hunan. So Geng Zhongming was very polite to him.

(In real history, Geng Zhongming's fate is quite a bit of a joke, because his subordinate generals violated the so-called "Fugitive Law" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he actually committed suicide in fear of crime, which is several times more severe than "the prince violates the law and the people are guilty of the same crime", of course, this is only a record in the history books.) It is unknown what else is behind it, but in any case, Geng Zhongming is not good at rolling in the political whirlpool. is more like a tendon general, and being this prince is purely sinful. ）

"The grass bridge is located at a key point, and our army should continue to attack Wang Ding's camp, but it should also use the sailor to take a detour to the flank. Start with the weak points of the Chu army. I am new to the city, the terrain is not familiar, I don't know where to land and build a bridge, and I ask King Huaishun for guidance. ”

The grass bridge is stuck on the road to clear the customs, and it is of great significance to capture it, but the defense of the Ming army is also relatively tight, and the steaming water river runs through the territory of Hengyang, and it is always possible to find a suitable place for the Eight Banners cavalry to cross the river. Launched an attack on the Chu army.

"Well, that's a good idea." Geng Zhongming will not be a sycophant. Or that he couldn't pull off this face, although he thought it was a great plan, he just said yes dryly. The Eight Banners cavalry is the best at roundabout maneuvers, cutting through the weak links of the Chu army, and then forming a flanking posture with Caoqiao, which will inevitably defeat the Chu army.

He thought about it for a while, and put forward another suggestion, the troops attacking in a roundabout way are composed of the Eight Banners, the Tianyou Soldiers and the Green Battalion, the camps of the Chu army are all very strong, and the Eight Banners Cavalry are not good at attacking fortifications, and they need the cooperation of the Tianyou Soldiers and the Green Battalion Soldiers.

After the general direction was decided, the specific details had to be carefully studied to ensure that the entire battle plan was foolproof, especially the selection of the offensive point was very important, the two gathered important generals in the army, discussed repeatedly on a map, and finally settled on a small village called Zhaojiawan.

Sun Bai'an had just lost the battle, and he wanted to talk as little as possible, but he felt that it was really inappropriate to cross the river in Zhaojiawan, so he dutifully reminded: "Zhaojiawan is too close to the right camp of the southern thieves, and the dock is too small, and it is not easy to transport war horses, artillery wagons and baggage equipment, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to cross the river without two or three hours, if the southern barbarians take this opportunity to cross the river halfway......

"So what?" Lucketthun interrupted him rudely: "Even if the Nanban attacks halfway, can he defeat my tens of thousands of armor?" Hmph, I have dealt with Wang Kefan for several years, this thief never dared to fight in an upright manner, always hid in the camp trench and attacked, this time if he really dared to go out of the village to fight, it would save me trouble! ”

Since the defeat of the ambush in Bolhui, in the past few years, Wang Kefan and Luck Dehun's troops have fought more than a dozen battles, and they can be regarded as a pair of old enemies, among which Wang Kefan has won many times, but has always avoided field battles with Le Ke Dehun, it is obvious that he is very afraid of the field combat ability of the Eight Banners.

Thinking of the love general Bolhui, thinking of the thousands of sons and daughters lost in the battle of Xianning and the battle of Chongyang, Luckedhun's heart was full of anger, and his eyes emitted a fierce light to choose people to devour.

Seeing that he was angry, Xu Bin gently tugged on Sun Bai'an's sleeve, Sun Bai'an lowered his head and remained silent.

Geng Zhongming tried to play a round, but his words were very blunt: "Of course Baylor is not afraid of southern thieves, but for the sake of prudence, it is better to be careful when crossing the river, and if I transfer the artillery convoy to the other side of Zhaojiawan, it should be foolproof." ”

Luckedhun felt very harsh, what do you mean "but"? What is "still"? Although they went around and around, they obviously agreed with Sun Bai'an's opinion, the elite of the Eight Banners is invincible in the world, do they still need the artillery convoy of Tianyou soldiers to cover the landing?

But he is now the commander of the three armies, and he always has to take care of the overall situation, and he snorted from his nose at the moment: "Hmm! Just do what King Huaishun wants, have lunch at noon tomorrow, and send troops to Zhaojiawan when you don't have time! ”

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This chapter is already more than 3,100 words, and I will talk about two sentences casually.

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