Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Siege of the City and the Reinforcements
"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”
The Ming army threw out the torches in his hand and landed on the tents of the Qing army, which immediately caused a series of fires.
Ti Zhaorong rushed forward with the Xiliang cavalry, brandished the horse chopping knife in his hand, and cut down the tents of the Qing army, the tent collapsed, enveloping the Qing army inside, and the infantry of the Gongyi battalion who followed stabbed with spears, and the Qing army inside quickly stopped struggling.
Wang Sheng rushed to a large tent, which seemed to be the sleeping tent of the Qing army general, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, a Qing army general dressed as a thousand generals leaned out from inside, Wang Sheng's horse chopping knife suddenly fell, and the Qing army Qian always fell down immediately.
There was no scream, no resistance, the blood on the chest of the Qing army Qianzong gushed out like a fountain, but there was still a blank expression on his face, looking at Wang Sheng with puzzled eyes, until his eyes lost their brilliance, and he still had that expression.
The Qing army was woken up by the noise, and they got out of the tent to check the movement, and they were killed by the Ming army in a daze. When the Gongyi battalion broke through the perimeter of the Qing army's camp, it did not meet any resistance, and the Qing army, which reacted the fastest, was running towards the inside of the camp, shouting and warning his companions as they ran.
The Qing army's camp of nearly 10,000 people, tents stacked on top of each other can not be seen at a glance, the outside is the soldiers of various departments, inside is the grain and grass baggage and the Chinese army tent, when the Gongyi battalion broke through the periphery of the camp, the entire Qing army camp was alarmed, more and more Qing troops drilled out of the tent, some were looking for the commander, some were running aimlessly, and some tried to resist.
The Gongyi battalion is moving forward.
Rush! Burn! Kill!
Rush!
With 4,000 Ming troops launching a sneak attack on 10,000 Qing troops, if they fall into a melee and are organized by the Qing army to put up effective resistance, the Gongyi battalion will instead fall into passivity, and must break through the Qing army's central military tent at the first time and destroy the Qing army's command system.
The Gongyi battalion did not know the specific setting of the Qing army camp. It's just that according to the pre-war jihua, split into two groups and kill inward together. They soon discovered that there was a two-zhang high banner in the center of the Qing army camp, indicating that the general leading the troops was an adjutant general, and as long as this general flag was cut down, the morale of the Qing army would collapse.
Burn!
The Gongyi battalion prepared thousands of torches in advance, all of which were soaked in pine oil repeatedly, and each infantry carried one, and after a tent was lit, the Ming army that followed would ignite their own torches. Xiangxia threw a tent away.
The Ming army set fires everywhere, and the Qing army didn't care about fighting the fire, and the fire in the camp became bigger and bigger, spreading to all sides, and the billowing smoke rose into the sky. There was fire everywhere, and the scene became more and more chaotic.
Kill!
The Gongyi battalion spared the rout soldiers who scattered and fled. Only attack those who have resistance. If a Qing general tries to organize a rebellion, he will immediately become a key target of the Ming army.
The Qing army gradually gathered into groups, and for the enemies who had not yet completed the formation, the Ming cavalry would immediately launch an attack and completely kill them. For the infantry that has already formed a formation, even if it is only a small gun formation of a dozen people. The Ming cavalry would carefully bypass them and leave them to the infantry to deal with.
As they continued to penetrate deeper into the camp of the Qing army, the resistance of the Qing army gradually strengthened, and they fought together with the Ming army. This Qing army came from the remnants of the Dashun army. The combat effectiveness is not bad, but the Gongyi battalion is prepared to attack unprepared, and when it starts a battle, it desperately rescues each other, and forms combat groups one after another in the chaotic battle, and it has always had the upper hand......
When Wang Sheng and Ti Zhaorong rushed to the vicinity of the Green Camp Chinese Army, the Qing army commander had already pieced together a defensive line, and hundreds of armored soldiers lined up to protect the Chinese army. The commander of the Qing army knew very well that the Ming army had a large number of cavalry, and even if he escaped, he would not be able to escape, so it was better to stick to the Chinese army, gather troops and fight to the death with the Ming army.
Victory or defeat in one fell swoop!
Wang Sheng and Ti Zhaorong did not hesitate and rushed towards the Qing army.
Although the melee along the way dispersed the strength of the Gongyi battalion, Wang Sheng and Ti Zhaorong still had about 2,000 people around them, which was obviously advantageous for the hundreds of personal soldiers of the Qing army. However, the chief general of the Qing army also knew that at the critical moment, he urged his own soldiers to resist desperately, these hundreds of personal soldiers were the essence of the Qing army, and Wang Sheng and Ti Zhaorong were difficult to win for a while.
"Dang!"
Wang Sheng's opponent was a fierce green battalion commander, the two swung their knives and slashed, Wang Sheng's horse chopping knife was knocked away, the green battalion picked up the knife and cut it down again, but a cold arrow suddenly shot from Wang Sheng's back, hitting him in the face.
"General Wang San, you are the chief general of the whole army, and it is not advisable to take risks." Wang urged him to step forward and stopped in front of Wang Sheng.
At this time, the Qing army camp was full of Ming cavalry who clashed back and forth, as well as Qing troops who were scattered and fleeing, with fires everywhere and shouts of killing. The battle has reached this level, even if it can't overcome the Chinese military tent of the Qing army, this time the camp and robbery can be regarded as a success.
"Since I am the main general, I should take the lead!" Wang Sheng pulled out his horse sword and killed it again.
He could see clearly that more and more of the Green Battalion soldiers were already dressed up and participating in the battle with knives and guns. The Qing army had the advantage in numbers, and if they could not be defeated in time, the battle would fall into a stalemate, and the casualties of the Gongyi battalion would increase rapidly.
For a unit that is moving behind enemy lines, if a large number of wounded appears, mobility and combat effectiveness will drop significantly, and defeat is not far away.
Kill!
Nearly 2,000 soldiers of the Gongyi Battalion spread out a fan and rushed towards the Green Battalion Chinese Army.
However, this Qing army is worthy of being the elite under Jin Shenghuan, and it even opened a thin defensive line, withstanding the attack of the Gongyi battalion with five or six hundred people, although it retreated steadily, it never collapsed.
It's not a way to go on like this, Wang Sheng hesitated a little in his heart: "Take it when you see it, maybe you should retreat......"
He was about to give the order, but there was a sudden commotion behind the Qing army.
"Kill the Tartars!"
A group of civilians rushed over, about two or three hundred people, with swords and guns in their hands, and suddenly entered the Qing army's formation.
It's the people! The people who were captured by the Qing army rebelled and attacked again, and immediately disrupted the Green Camp Army.
The Gongyi battalion seized the opportunity to storm and finally broke through the defense line of the Qing army.
As soon as the flag of the Chinese army fell, the morale of the Qing army immediately collapsed, and the Qing troops who were still resisting just now fled one after another, and behind them were the cavalry of the Gongyi battalion in hot pursuit......
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Outside Dongxiang County, the Gongyi Battalion and the Fuzhou Volunteers were making preparations for the general attack.
The siege has been realized, and it is time to pull out the nail in Dongxiang County.
In the past few days, they have built a large number of siege equipment, there are only 200 green battalion soldiers in Dongxiang County, 1,000 young and strong, with more than 20,000 volunteers and thousands of people from the Gongyi battalion attacking together, there is no suspense about the outcome of the victory.
"Great! Great! It's really mighty, invincible! ”
The battle was about to break out, the scene was extremely spectacular, Fu Guan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, but Wang Kefan regarded it as normal and didn't care.
"Uncle, what do you think of Ma Shiying?" (To be continued......)