Chapter Eighty-Six: The Battle of Banqiao Town

In the open space outside Banqiao Town, Jumei County, two armies were facing each other apart. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The army located outside Banqiao Town was divided into 8 large phalanxes, each with a minimum of more than 1,000 people and a maximum of more than 2,000 people, with a total of about 12,000 people.

The phalanx was waving the banners of Wu, Lei, Deng, and Fang, and the banner of the 32 Village Alliance in the leading military formation was waving in the wind.

This army is a coalition of the eight major forces in the Thirty-two Villages Alliance.

After such a period of development, in addition to the five villages occupied by Qin Liangyu, several of the remaining twenty-seven villages in the thirty-two village alliance have been upgraded to towns, and Banqiao Town is one of them, which is occupied by the Lei family's forces, and the Lei family, which has 2,000 troops, is also the leader of this coalition army today.

Although it is no longer the original 32 villages, the alliance still uses the original name of the 32 village alliance.

The opponent's army formation opposite Liang Meng's army in Thirty-two Village was relatively small by nearly half, in a crane wing formation, with only 6,000 people.

However, although this army was small in number, it was all dressed in soft iron armor and armed with spears, and the spears had a sharp barb at the blade, which was much better than the poorly equipped army of the Thirty-two Village Alliance.

As the trade between Dongliu Town and Qilin County deepened, some of the armor ordnance that Sima Yu had opened and that the Qilin County army had eliminated was sold to the White Pole Army.

Although these ordnance are obsolete, they are already sophisticated equipment for most of the forces that have just been established in this world.

Moreover, judging from the neatness of the two military formations, it can also be found that this army is more well-trained than the army of the Thirty-two Village Alliance.

In the center of the formation, Qin Liangyu, dressed in tight armor and riding a white war horse, was staring at the enemy army on the opposite side surrounded by all the generals.

A few days ago, as the Qing army began to attack Yongzhou in three large armies, the situation in the entire southwest of Yongzhou immediately became turbulent.

Nikan, who was on the lower road, led 4,500 elite cavalry and 20,000 slave troops to soon arrive at the border of Jumei County, and the soldiers pointed directly at the two towns of Baosheng Town and Changzheng Town.

In the face of the menacing Qing army, the Liu and Lu families in the 32 Village Alliance quickly led their troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and Baosheng Town and Changzheng Town were quickly broken.

After the two towns of Baosheng Town and Changzheng Town were broken, other forces in the Thirty-two Villages Alliance also began to send envoys to ask the Qing army to surrender.

After forcing the surrender of the Thirty-two Villages Alliance, Nikan led the cavalry under his command to decisively throw off the 20,000 slave army and march quickly, intending to quickly take over the Thirty-two Villages Alliance.

After receiving the news that the 32 Village Alliance had surrendered, Qin Liangyu of Dongliu Town decisively decided to raise troops, sent troops from Shiban Village, and came all the way to the west, attacking Shigou Village, Tongping Village, Yangfengwan, Gaowu Town and other places, marching for hundreds of miles, until they reached the outside of Banqiao Town.

As long as Banqiao Town is broken again, Qin Liangyu of the Changxi River after crossing Banqiao Town can occupy the Wayaogou Pass.

The Changxi River is a tributary of the Yangtze River that traverses the entire territory of Yongzhou, and Wayaogou on the opposite side of the Changxi River is a narrow plain located in the southeast of Jumei County, at the edge of the junction of Hejia Town and Siping Town.

The easternmost part of Wayaogou reaches the Changxi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, and the north and south sides are continuous mountains up to 100 meters high, and the middle is a plain area about 2 miles wide, totaling nearly 10 miles long.

Because a large amount of clay is produced in this plain, it is suitable for making bricks and porcelain, so it is named tile kiln ditch.

In the east of Wayaogou, less than 3 miles away from the Changxi River, a small pass was built, which blocked the road from Wayao to Shitang Town, Funong Town and other places.

Because most of the areas along the Changxi River from the south of Wayaogou to the Yangtze River are mountainous forests and grasslands, which are not suitable for crossing the river and landing, the strategic topography of Wayaogou is more prominent.

Only then did the alliance of the thirty-two villages, which was suddenly attacked, react and began to form a coalition army outside Banqiao Town to prepare to resist the white pole soldiers under Qin Liangyu's command.

On one side is the coalition army of the 32 villages alliance that is fighting against the water, and on the other side is the white pole soldiers who want to defeat the coalition army in one fell swoop and occupy important positions and rely on it to resist the Qing army.

"General, do you want to attack?"

In the white pole army formation, Zhou Zhuguo, who was beside Qin Liangyu, asked.

Previously, Qin Liangyu quickly led his troops to attack the Thirty-two Village Alliance in every battle, and he won every battle.

In the face of the elite white pole soldiers, the army of the Thirty-two Villages Alliance had no power to resist at all.

"No hurry! This battle is a crucial battle, our army has just passed through the road, it is the time of exhaustion, so the soldiers can adjust a little! Seeing this, the enemy army on the opposite side will not dare to attack rashly without knowing the reality of our army, and it is not as well-trained as our army, and it is bound to be unable to maintain the formation for a long time, but our army will take advantage of the situation to attack again, and it will achieve miraculous results! ”

Looking at the Thirty-Two Village Alliance army with a slightly chaotic formation on the opposite side, Qin Liangyu waved his hand and ordered.

"All troops on alert!"

Hearing this, Guo Zhuguo immediately ordered.

Sure enough, looking at the white pole soldiers who were waiting for the opposite side and did not launch an attack, the leading generals of the major forces of the Thirty-two Villages Alliance Alliance were all shocked, and they didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Qin Liangyu's gourd, and they didn't dare to attack rashly.

They were really scared by the white pole soldiers led by Qin Liangyu!

The two armies were at a stalemate.

As time passed, after the two armies held each other for nearly an hour, the soldiers in the coalition army of the Thirty-two Villages began to stir up a little.

Most of these soldiers had not undergone rigorous systematic training, and under the tense atmosphere of confrontation between the two armies, after such a long period of standing in place, some of them had already had dry mouths, their legs weakened, and the formation could no longer be maintained.

"Attack!"

"Woo~"

Seeing this, all the generals in the coalition army also knew that they couldn't wait any longer, otherwise they would probably collapse first before the two armies fought.

"Pedal Pedal ~"

After receiving the general's order, the soldiers of the Thirty-two Villages Alliance seemed to be liberated, and the eight phalanxes began to attack Qin Liangyu's army from three directions at the same time.

"Beat the drums!"

Seeing this, Qin Liangyu immediately ordered.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Under the vigorous beating of several shirtless men, a majestic drum beat began to sound on the battlefield.

"Archer!"

Looking at the thirty-two village coalition forces that launched the attack, Qin Liangyu ordered with a chuckle on the corner of his mouth.

After receiving the order, the archers, who had been hiding behind the infantry in the front row, bent their bows and drew arrows.

"Shoot!"

After the enemy army rushed to within 200 paces, Qin Liangyu gave an order, and hundreds of arrows flew towards the enemy army in an instant.

"Ah~"

The first wave of arrows rained down, and the soldiers of the Thirty-two Village Alliance, who lacked armor protection, had already lost hundreds of people.

The distance of hundreds of meters was enough for the archers to launch dozens of waves of arrows in a row, and nearly 2,000 people fell under the rain of arrows.

"Kill!"

After losing a large number of manpower, the Chinese army of the Thirty-two Villages Alliance finally broke through the layers of arrows and came within 30 steps of Qin Liangyu's army.

"The front army is attacking!"

Looking at the enemy troops close at hand, Qin Liangyu could clearly see the hideous expressions on their faces, and he did not panic, and calmly ordered.

The three platoons of forward infantry were ordered to press quickly, and faced the enemy with spears in hand.

The two armies collided together, and the white pole soldiers immediately blocked the offensive of the 32 village alliance army, and the spears in the hands of the white pole soldiers quickly exerted their power and began to pierce back and forth to harvest the lives of the enemy soldiers.

"Wings press!"

Just when the Chinese army of the Thirty-two Villages Alliance was engaged in a battle with the front army under Qin Liangyu's command, the coalition forces that had circled to both sides of Qin Liangyu's army had not yet arrived, and Qin Liangyu decisively seized the opportunity to order.

"Kill!"

After the order was given, the two wings immediately pressed up and began to press towards the central army of the Thirty-two Village Alliance.

"Run!"

"Run~"

The Chinese army of the Thirty-two Villages Alliance, which had been faintly defeated, was immediately defeated in the face of Qin Liangyu's three-sided attack.

Fang Duo and Deng Pu, who led the army forward, were directly stabbed under the horse by the white pole soldiers.

"Blade Formation! Impact! ”

Seeing that the enemy army began to rout, Qin Liangyu immediately ordered the general formation to be changed into a sharp and arrow formation suitable for charging, ignoring the coalition forces surrounding from both wings, and directly led the army to start an attack on the enemy's central army.

Suffering from the all-out attack of Qin Liangyu's army, the rout of the army in the Thirty-two Villages Alliance became even more violent, and some soldiers who were running wildly had already begun to attack their own military formation.

Just when the army of the Alliance of the Thirty-two Villages was about to fall into chaos, Qin Liangyu led the army to directly insert into the army of the Alliance like an arrow.

Looking at the invincible Qin Liangyu army, the Lei family's army, which was located in the main formation of the Chinese army, hurriedly began to retreat to avoid the edge.

And their retreat suddenly caused a more serious chain reaction, looking at the constantly moving military flags, the soldiers on both wings thought that the army was defeated, and they couldn't help but start to retreat, and the gradual rout spread to the entire army of the Thirty-two Village Alliance.

"Kill!"

Seeing this, Qin Liangyu naturally would not give the 32 Village Alliance army a chance to regroup and fight again, and led the 6,000 white pole soldiers under his command to rush left and right, scattering the troops of the coalition army again and again.

The army covered all the way and pursued the army of the Thirty-two Villages Alliance to the city of Banqiao Town.

"Pedal Pedal ~"

"Boom Boom Boom~"

Just as the soldiers of the 32 Village Alliance Army were rushing to flee into the city, and Qin Liangyu's army was struggling to cover up and want to break into Banqiao Town, there was a dense sound of horses' hooves on the road north on the right side of Baiqiao Town, and the sound was earth-shattering and loud.

"Not good! All the army assembled! ”

Hearing such a huge sound of horses' hooves, Qin Liangyu, who was leading the army to chase and kill the enemy, changed his face greatly, and hurriedly grabbed the reins and ordered loudly.

After receiving the order, the soldiers beside Qin Liangyu immediately waved the general flag in their hands and began to give orders to the various armies.

"Knock knock!"

Looking at the waving flag, the drummer in the army had to order the drums of war to be beaten again.

Hearing the sound of drums, the white pole soldiers gave up the pursuit and began to quickly assemble towards Qin Liangyu.