In the open space in front of the grass bridge, Sun Bai'an spread out his troops layer by layer and put on an offensive formation, and it was obvious that he wanted to finish his work in one battle, concentrate superior forces, and break the camp of the Ji'an camp in one fell swoop.

Seeing that there were many Qing soldiers, several Chu army generals were also a little worried.

Wang Sheng suggested: "Sun Bai'an seems to be desperate, the defense line of the musketeers is too thin, should you send reinforcements to harass his flank?" ”

Wang Kefan thought for a moment and shook his head: "No need, it's good to put some pressure on the musket team, if you can't even deal with Sun Bai'an, what if you run into Geng Zhongming?" If he really can't resist, Wang Ding and Gu Zongfu can also go out to support at any time. ”

"I'm afraid that the musket team is not good at hand-to-hand combat, and the losses will be too great." Wang Sheng started in the spear formation and made good use of the pike, and the pikemen of the Chongyang battalion were the most elite in the Chu army, but they were not very at ease with the flintlock pistol equipped with bayonets.

"The more you are not good at hand-to-hand combat, the more you must exercise in actual combat, it is good to see more blood, and you can't always train elite soldiers against straw men." Wang Kefan paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "Besides, Sun Bai'an's two strokes may not be able to attack the position of the musket team, if the third brother doesn't believe it, let's make a bet." ”

Wang Kefan had already vaguely guessed that in the tentative attack just now, it was just an accident that the Qing army suffered 30% casualties and did not retreat, and if such a large battle loss ratio appeared again, the Qing army would definitely collapse. After all, 100 casualties and 30 casualties seem acceptable, while 3,000 casualties and 900 casualties are corpses all over the field, and blood is flowing like a river.

In the past, during the Chongzhen Dynasty, the officials and soldiers encountered the people, and they were brave, and the thieves rushed to flee. Among them, those who flee when they see thieves can be called brave, and those who flee when they hear the wind are brave, and those who mistakenly believe in rumors and bomb the camp and flee are brave. Sun Bai'an is Xu Yong's subordinate. Although Xu Yong's troops can be regarded as the superior courage of the officers and soldiers, how many rounds can they hold out under the continuous accumulation of flintlock guns?

There was a strange phenomenon in the Southern Ming Dynasty, after the former weak officials and troops surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, their combat effectiveness would increase exponentially, and the pigtails they dragged behind their heads seemed to have a mysterious strength, just like the disciples of the Shenlong Sect recited a spell. The courage and strength have increased greatly, and the Nanming official army has been defeated, and Li Chengdong, Jin Shenghuan, Xu Yong, Li Guoying and others are typical representatives.

The reason for this. It is mainly a matter of mentality and morale, and to deal with this kind of puppet army, it is necessary to use the most violent means to carry out merciless strikes, when they encounter an even more ferocious enemy. The fear and cowardice hidden in the bones will be reawakened.

No need to cut around the bush. There is no need to outflank, no need to harass and contain, just defeat the Changsha Green Battalion with strength in a head-on confrontation, and from now on, they will flee when they see the Chu army......

At the head of the grass bridge, the sound of artillery stopped at some point, and the battlefield suddenly became very quiet, but the veterans knew it. This is the last accumulation process, and a fierce battle is about to break out.

After the end of the shelling. After about half a pillar of incense, the Qing army began to attack.

Most of the generals who are good at fighting follow a basic principle, if they don't shoot, they will use all their strength to completely defeat the enemy, leaving no opportunity for the other party to take advantage of, in addition to the necessary reserves and warlords, Sun Bai'an used his 3,000 men and horses.

The two thousand green battalions served as the main attack, the shield soldiers and sword and axe soldiers were in front, the pikemen were in the center, the archers and fire gunners were dragged behind, and they approached in several loose horizontal formations, mainly to guard against artillery and stone artillery.

A thousand Heavenly Blessing soldiers followed up and covered, except for a large number of musket troops, their troop settings were somewhat similar to the Changsha Green Battalion, after all, if they were close to the enemy, they also needed to be protected by soldiers with cold weapons.

Dozens of rangers rode around to the flank, observing the movements of the other battalions of the Chu army. Up to now, only Sun Bai'an's unit in the Qing army crossed the river to fight, and the rangers of the Chu army did not have too many reconnaissance tasks, so they reacted very quickly and immediately rushed up from several directions to intercept.

"What's going on? So many cavalry! Seeing that there were more than 200 cavalry of the Ming army, and the follow-up was endless, Geng Zhongming's heart was full of doubts, according to the information provided by the scouts, the cavalry of the Chu army should be in Hengshan County, more than 100 miles away in the north, and they suddenly appeared here, indicating that either the intelligence was wrong, or the cavalry of the other party rushed back to help in the war, and no matter what the situation was, it was not good news for Geng Zhongming.

Now is not the time to reflect on the reason, he immediately called his eldest son Geng Jimao to step forward and ordered him to lead 5,000 troops across the river to help in the battle, no matter whether Sun Bai'an wins or loses, don't pay attention, just hold the retreat of the grass bridge and the artillery position at the bridgehead: "Tell General Sun, just let go of the attack, this king will hold the rear for him." ”

Compared with the elite of the Eight Banners, the Tianyou soldiers and the rangers of the Green Battalion were one or two grades worse, and they were quickly driven back to the Caoqiao bridgehead by the Chu cavalry, which was twice as large as the Chu army, and the Chu cavalry successfully intercepted the Qing army's exploration horses, and after completing this task, they had no intention of challenging the Qing infantry guarding the artillery position, and quickly retreated and continued to cruise around.

After Geng Jimao led reinforcements across the river, he also stopped at the head of Caoqiaoqiao, and the main forces of the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties were not ready to go, and it was still between Sun Bai'an and Ji'an Battalion who were fighting alone.

Although the Qing army's Tanma was driven back, they also got some information, Wang Kefan and several other generals were in the rear, and the Ji'an camp was only a lone army here.

This is good news, a big rock in Sun Bai'an fell to the ground, after the continuous bombardment of the general's artillery, there was only a dilapidated camp in front of him, and the morale of the soldiers of the Chu army must have dropped to freezing point, as long as a fierce charge was launched, victory seemed to be within reach.

"Wang Ding has no artillery, and the musketeers have also been wiped out by our artillery, so immediately capture the camp so that the enemy will not send reinforcements!"

Under his urging, the Qing soldiers quickened their pace, like a continuous tightening iron wall pressed towards the camp of Ji'an Battalion, gradually, they approached the range of eighty paces of raising their guns, Sun Bai'an's expression became serious, and his heart was a little uneasy.

Everything is as usual, only the war drums of the Qing army are constantly beating on the battlefield, Sun Baian can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that the new guns of the Ming army have been blown to pieces by the general's cannon......

"Bang! Bang! Bang! "The gunshots rang out loud and in unison.

Carrying a gun and carrying a gun, as the name suggests, two people carried it and left, and even ran on a section, the mobility ability and ordinary muskets were not too much, the Qing army's cannon just erected its muzzle, and the Ming army's gun-carrying team withdrew from the wall, and when the shelling was over, they returned to their positions and fired the first salvo at the Qing army.

The two or two heavy projectiles let out a terrible roar, and the head and face shot over, and the Qing troops in the first row immediately became much thinner, but under the urging of the officers, the Qing troops in the back row immediately stepped forward to fill their positions, and the pace of advance became faster and faster, almost exceeding the rhythm of the war drums.

"This kind of fire is really hurting the heavens and peace, and the Nanban is actually used to fight, it's really mad!" Sun Baian scolded in his heart.

When the lead from the gun hit the face, half of the face was gone, and when it hit the body, it was immediately a huge blood hole, even if the cotton armor and the iron armor were worn together, they couldn't stop the huge lead. Seeing the tragic situation of their comrades, the soldiers must be false if they want to say that they are not afraid, but fortunately, the preparations before the attack are very meticulous, and the soldiers' performance is not bad.

On Shigu Mountain, Geng Zhongming's heart was hot.

"This firearm is really a sharp weapon!" He sent someone to give Sun Bo'an an an order that after capturing the camp of Ji'an, he must collect this new type of firearm as much as possible and send it to the rear to be imitated.

On the camp wall of the Ji'an camp, the officers of the musket team were so anxious that they ran back and forth, constantly urging their soldiers: "Quick, reload quickly!" Hurry up! ”

The soldiers worked in pairs, put the long guns on the ground, tore open the oversized paper-wrapped gunpowder, loaded it into the extra-long barrel, and then compacted the gunpowder with an oversized strip, stuffed it into a super-large lead like a quail egg, held it against a wooden stick, and then swung the wooden hammer to smash it into the depths of the chamber, and then turned back to lift the overweight gun...... After the whole set of actions, the quick-tempered captain of the gun has already walked back and forth.

The Qing army was moving faster, and they had already rushed to the edge of the first outer trench by taking advantage of this effort.

The outer trench was eight feet deep and one foot two wide, and there was neither irrigation nor barbed bamboo guns installed inside, which was unpretentious. However, its width and depth were enough to ensure that the Qing soldiers in armor could not jump over, and after jumping into the trench, they could not easily climb the steep ditch wall......

In a nutshell, this outer trench was an artificially set speed bump that provided a firing position for the musketeers.

To deal with this kind of shallow trench, there is no need for too complicated equipment, and the Qing army built some simple bridge vehicles, and even directly carried up the board more than a zhang long. When the Qing army arrived at the trench, twenty or thirty people jumped in with a crackle, and put the flying bridge on the opposite edge of the ditch, and in a blink of an eye, more than 20 passages were formed on the trench......

Wang Kebin held a loaded flintlock pistol in his hand and knelt in the trench on one leg, ready to stand up and shoot at any time.

This place is very close to the Qing army, all kinds of busy noises keep coming into the ears, even the voice of the Qing army can be heard clearly, Wang Kebin's forehead A layer of fine beads of sweat appeared, I can't wait to stand up immediately, with the flintlock pistol in my hand to shoot at the Qing army.

Nervous! Although Wang Kebin didn't want to admit it, he knew in his heart that he was indeed nervous, and his heart almost jumped out of his chest. This battle is different from Caixia Peak, the Qing army's strength is obviously superior, and now it has rushed to the front of the position, why don't the team officers order to open fire!

Peeking at both sides, veteran Wu looked a little excited, after a few years of military career, he could already feel a special pleasure from the bloodthirsty fight, but Da Guniu's eyes were still so peaceful, as if he was not about to face a vicious battle, but sat in his own field to watch the scenery, on the other side of him, Zhu Huaqi, who still had a plaster on his face, was expressionless. (To be continued......)