As soon as the arrangement was completed, there were bursts of gunfire in front, Yang Lin did not dare to be careless, and came to the bank of the Qushui River to command the battle on the spot.

In the vicinity of Wangjiaqiao, more than 2,000 soldiers of the Western Army were concentrated, including Zhang Guangcai's troops and Jin Tongwu's soldiers and horses, who were desperately blocking the attack of the volunteers.

It was late autumn now, and the weather was still relatively hot, so in order to support the Jin Tongwu on the east bank, some people ran along the Wangjia Bridge, and more people jumped directly into the neck-deep river and came over.

At first, the Volunteers only sent infantry troops to fight back and forth, and everyone could calmly cross the river, but now more than a dozen Franc cannons were pushed to the hill in front of them to shell the enemy position.

Due to the dense personnel, a shell fell, and the red iron sand and lead pellets fired fell like rain and scattered flowers, knocking down a large area.

The battle continued, but in order to block the attack of the volunteers, some of the soldiers of the Onishi Army wore armor and held sharp weapons, and some were draped in quilts and had thick turbans wrapped around their heads to launch a counterattack.

The situation became more and more critical, and the scouts came to report that the Wangjia Bridge was blocked, and the Great Western Army was pressed into a small area and could not move.

Hearing that the volunteers really changed their strategy, Zhang Dingguo ordered the governors Gao Wengui and Wang Jiye to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to detour to the shoals of ten miles upstream and fifteen miles downstream, so as to cross the Qushui River and flank the volunteers.

Seeing that the Great Western Army was so tenacious, if it could not defeat the Great Western Army in front of it, the Volunteers would be in danger of being surrounded.

Standing on the hill, I saw that many people were crowded on the Wangjia Bridge in order to support the front line of the Great Western Army on the opposite bank, and many people jumped into the Qushui River one after another regardless of the danger of the water depth and neck, and went to the opposite bank to fight.

The only way to defeat the Great Western Army is to block its reinforcements.

Thinking of this, Yang Lin ordered each battalion to concentrate its artillery, push it to the hill in front, and bombard Wangjia Bridge.

The Furlong cannon is a rear-loading gun, and the ammunition is loaded in the sub-gun, which only needs to be constantly replaced when firing, and the firing speed is extremely fast. In addition, Yang Lin introduced the gun carriage, which has a crosshair illumination door, and the launch distance is controlled by the amount of gunpowder and the launch angle.

At present, more than 10 No. 3 Franc machine guns are mounted in front, constantly bombarding the Wangjia Bridge, and iron sand and lead pellets fall around the bridge like rain, which not only causes a large number of casualties, but also attracts a raging fire.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yao Zhijiao and Feng Youqing changed their tactics again, and now each battalion has one more grenadier brigade, and each brigade has three grenadier groups.

Yao Zhijiao and Feng Youqing sent grenadiers to rush to the front of the formation, opening the way with the improved earth-shaking thunder, and the grenadiers threw the sky-shaking thunders that had not yet burned out into the enemy's bushes, and the explosions were bursting, and the soldiers behind did not wait for the smoke to dissipate, and the soldiers in the various killers rushed over to fight with the stragglers in front.

Just as Yang Lin melancholy said, although this earth-shattering thunder is very powerful, it is not easy to use it at critical moments due to the huge consumption of gunpowder.

Seeing the raging fire burning at Wangjiaqiao, the support was blocked, and the morale of the Great Western Army was greatly discharged, everyone was worried about being surrounded, and ignored Jin Tongwu's orders, and continued to retreat to the other side of the river.

But now Zhang Guangcai's army has been wiped out, and the troops and horses crossing the river are less than three or four percent, and now the other party is concentrating on the Franco machine guns and tiger squat artillery to bombard continuously in the distance, and in the near distance, it is even more open with earth-shaking thunder, and the cannon body is bursting, and the sound of killing is shocking.

Although Jin Tongwu tried his best to resist, to no avail, and finally the wooden bridge was occupied, and the besieged soldiers of the Great Western Army jumped into the Qushui River one after another, and crossed the Qushui River.

Seeing that the Qushui River was dyed red, and the river was full of dead corpses and the wails of wounded soldiers, and now seeing the volunteers rushing to the river and preparing to shoot at the Liukou in the river, Yang Lin shook his head again and again, and sighed: "In addition to the external humiliation, the Tatars have entered the Central Plains, although the Liukou are hateful and hateful, but it is just a dispute between brothers."

Now that Jin Tongwu and others are defeated, like lambs to be slaughtered, I just hope that the Great Western Army can retreat in the face of difficulties, no longer be brothers, and do things that are painful and hateful. ”

When everyone saw Yang Lin say this, they thought that this was just a delaying tactic to buy people's hearts, and seeing that although the Great Western Army suffered a heavy defeat, they were quite brave and tenacious, and they couldn't bear it in their hearts, so they claimed it so highly.

Looking at the dead bodies floating in the middle of the river, Yang Lin felt quite puzzled, before the battle, he simulated the battlefield in his mind countless times, but he never expected that the Great Western Army guarding the bridge would be so tenacious.

Seeing the rising tide on the other side, there were bursts of hoarse roars, and the soldiers of the surrendered Daxi Army were all full of envy, General Dingxi had arrived, and General Dingxi was about to launch a counterattack.

Yang Lin took the battle reports handed over by each battalion, as he saw, in today's battle, the volunteers killed more than 70 people and wounded more than 300 people.

Surprisingly, seventy percent of the dead and wounded appeared in Yao Zhi's frame camp and Feng Youqing's camp, that is, in the battle for the bridgehead.

On the other hand, the Great Western Army killed more than 500 people and captured more than 1,000 people on the banks of the Guanghe River, of which half of the war dead and 10% of the prisoners occurred in the battle for the bridgehead.

Walking in front of the captive, there were three percent of the yellow muscles and thin muscles, and when they opened their clothes, they saw that many of them were skinny and bruised.

The soldiers on the battlefield are still like this, let alone the ordinary people, so it can be seen that the famine has slowly spread, and the Great Western Army is slowly falling into a crisis of domination.

But on the other hand, it also makes people vigilant, although the supply of the Great Western Army is difficult, but the soldiers are cruel and easy to kill, the battle is very tenacious, and the battle against the water can actually resist the volunteers for an hour and a half, probably in the end many people are exhausted and weakened, defeated.

On the one hand, Yang Lin sent scouts to inquire about the news, and on the other hand, he ordered all battalions to rest on the spot, save the dead and help the wounded, and wait for the reaction of the rogues.

On the other side of the Qushui River, Zhang Dingguo was even more annoyed, originally thinking that Jin Tongwu's troops would entangle the volunteers, and then Gao Wengui and Wang Jiye's troops crossed the Qushui River from the upstream and downstream shoals respectively, outflanking them before and after, so the volunteers would undoubtedly be defeated.

Now that Jin Tongwu has been defeated, he is worried that Gao Wengui and Wang Jiye will go deep alone, so Fang ordered all departments to set up camp and rest on the spot.

Everyone looked depressed, and one by one sighed and entered the big tent, looking quite lonely.

At this moment, the scout came to report that a bamboo raft had floated across the river, and there were four people sitting on the bamboo raft, who kept saying that they were Zhang Guangcai's pro-army, hoping to meet General Dingxi.

Seeing these four people carrying Zhang Guangcai's corpse, everyone felt grief-stricken, and all tears rained down, Zhang Dingguo wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and was about to ask questions, when an injured man next to him handed over a letter, claiming that it was Yang Lin who gave it to the general.

Zhang Dingguo took the letter, returned to his seat and looked at it, then slammed it on the desk, and said angrily: "Yang Lin is an honest official, and he can fight well, and General Ben has always thought that he is a rare talent in the past.

But like all Ming officials, they are quite conceited, and they treat others as fools one by one, but they are actually Zhongshan wolves, and they bite people when they are relieved.

Last year, when the power of our Great West was in its prime, Yang Lin actually asked his father to rebuild the Dujiangyan flood, but then he beheaded the governor of my left army and occupied my Shunqing Mansion.

Now that I saw that my Daxi soldiers were strong and strong, I immediately coaxed them, not only returning the body of my righteous brother (Zhang Guangcai), but also saying that my brothers were insulted by the wall, and that in order to show their sincerity, they spared those brothers who fell into the water. ”

Jin Tongwu, the governor of the camp, looked quite sad and indignant, and shouted: "In this battle, the governor Zhang Guangcai was killed, more than half of his troops were killed and wounded, plus the captured, there are only a few hundred people intact now, and there is not much combat effectiveness."

I sat in the camp and suffered seven or eight hundred casualties (usually between the dead and the wounded in battle is between 1:3), Yang Lin slaughtered my soldiers of the Great Western Army like this, and now he actually seems how merciful he is, and he keeps sparing us and others, which is really hateful. ”

The generals under the tent were quite annoyed, Zhang Dingguo thought about it, shook his head and said: "If Yang Lin is not a loyal and righteous person, he will be a great traitor."

In order to achieve the goal, he did whatever it took to get our army to retreat, not only did he keep proclaiming the righteousness of the nation, but also returned the body of his righteous brother and let hundreds of soldiers live. ”

In the past, among the generals of Daxi, Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Guangcai mostly admired Yang Lin and resigned from the Volunteer Army.

Now seeing that Zhang Guangcai was defeated and would rather commit suicide than surrender to the volunteers, everyone nodded yes again and again, and everyone threatened to avenge the dead brothers.

But now that the volunteers have burned down the Wangjia Bridge, if they want to cross the Qushui River, they need to make a detour to ten miles upstream, which is not easy.

Everyone was at a loss, Zhang Dingguo laughed, pointed to the other side and said: "Generals, do you remember that when you attacked Chongqing that day, the Ming army was heavily fortified and blocked us outside the Tongluo Gorge.

On that day, the father and emperor carried out a suspicious strategy, pretending to be helpless, and personally led a large army to capture Jiangjin, seize the ship, and then go down the river to capture Futu Pass, and the army came to the city of Chongqing, so that the Ming army collapsed, and the Ming Dynasty Ruiwang, the governor, the military Beidao, the Chongqing prefect and other officials all bowed their heads and were captured. ”

Everyone was overjoyed, Zhang Dingguo immediately ordered Bai Wenxuan and Jin Tongwu, Gao Wengui, Wang Jiye and other governors to lead the army to make a roundabout crossing the Qushui River, and personally led 5,000 elite soldiers to detour to the source of Qushui 30 miles upstream to cross the Qushui River, and then rushed straight to Shunqing City.