After receiving the order of General Yang Lin, the general Wang Gao led a battalion to bypass Dingjun Mountain to block the front, and now seeing the retreat of the Qing army, he hurriedly led his troops to kill.

In the face of the Qing army withdrawing from Dingjun Mountain, Wang Gao did not panic, and urgently ordered the trumpeter to blow the horn and form three columns with the brigade (whistle) as the unit, forming a long human wall to block the way.

Compared with the Ming army, the green battalion soldiers will be mostly reorganized from the elite of the Ming army, since they defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, everyone completely abandoned their beliefs, and lived by looting, and their behavior was quite brutal.

Now the volunteers are lined up in three rows to form a human wall about 150 meters long to block the way, and the brave wins when they meet on the narrow road, and under the clamor of the generals, some Qing soldiers are shouting and rushing desperately.

During the charge, some people desperately waved the round cards in their hands to protect themselves, while others shot arrows from afar, because the distance was too far, the bows and arrows shot were lighter, and the light arrows flew into the air and fell, scattered everywhere, and the hit rate was extremely low.

Wang Gao felt his blood surge, and stood on the far right side of the queue on a Mongolian horse, encouraging the morale of the crowd and giving various orders.

In order to boost morale, the soldiers and horses of Mako Liaodong once stood in the front row to lead the soldiers to charge, and the number has increased dramatically in recent years, but the following style has long prevailed in the Escort Association:

The generals take the lead, and the soldiers below cheer up.

In the past, the Ming army faced the rogue bandits, faced the green battalion, and faced the barbarian Qing Eight Banners, why did they not exert the power of firearms, in addition to the lack of training and discipline in the army, in addition to the fact that firearms often exploded because of the cutting of firearms, and more importantly, the soldiers were afraid and let go of the enemy from afar.

Since its establishment, the Volunteer Army has conducted various queue training every day to strengthen discipline building.

Changed the tradition of handicraft workshops to build weapons in the past, and set up an ordnance bureau to concentrate on building.

In addition to these measures, in the face of a strong enemy, it is more important for low-level generals such as the commander-in-chief, the general commander, and the squadron commander to stand on the front line, control the formation, and prevent individual soldiers from firing firearms from a long distance because of timidity.

The Green Battalion will shoot arrows from a long distance, some of them more than 150 paces away, and such a long distance is basically out of reach, let alone a crosshair.

As everyone knows, the closer the distance between the two sides, the higher the hit rate, and the other side fired arrows and guns from a distance of 100 meters, and there was basically no crosshair, even in the face of the long and horizontal platoon of volunteers, there were no casualties.

Seeing the volunteers standing in place, although the green battalion generals in the front row felt that something was wrong and stopped, due to the interference of smoke or arrows, the green battalion soldiers behind them charged forward desperately without knowing what to do.

The two sides were close to seventy paces, and some of the soldiers in the queue had already been wounded by arrows, and some of the soldiers had pale faces and trembling hands, and Wang Gao obviously felt that the army's heart was shaken.

In order to boost morale, Wang Gao waved his hand, and the rattan soldiers in the back row of the killers walked forward with rattan cards, and everyone under the cover of rattan cards, slightly blocking the frontal bird guns and bow and crossbow attacks.

Due to the cover of the rattan card, the morale of the soldiers in the front row of the volunteers recovered slightly, Wang Gao took advantage of the situation to shout loudly, issued various orders, and faced the green battalion generals who rushed over, and ordered the release of the guns 60 steps away.

According to statistics in the West, in the era of smoothbore guns, the hit rate of bird guns was very low, less than 0.5% at 150 paces away, only 5% at 100 paces, and 40% at 60 paces away.

From this point of view, the best shooting distance in the era of smoothbore guns was mostly about 60 steps, and now in the face of the green battalion soldiers who rushed over, not only the green battalion soldiers who rushed in front all fell in a pool of blood, but also many Qing army green battalion soldiers were shot behind them.

After a round of shooting, the Green Battalion soldiers were killed and wounded more than forty or fifty people, and suffered heavy casualties, but this intensified their bestial nature, and under the leadership of the deputy general Liu Hanchen, everyone jumped out from behind, in a vain attempt to take advantage of the gap in gunpowder to rush to the front, and disrupt the opponent's formation to win the battlefield victory.

Everyone released their guns and arrows all the way, charging forward all the way, the whole battlefield atmosphere was suffocated again, the two sides were thirty paces away, and suddenly the horn in the volunteer formation sounded again, and a round of arrows was shot like raindrops in the array.

Even in the Volunteer Escort Association, the all-heat weapon unit has not yet been fully established, and the corresponding cold weapon unit is often retained.

There are four battalions in the escort battalion, one of which is the killer bureau, which is often located in the front rear of the battlefield, either to provide cover for the musket bureau (sentinel) (with rattan cards), or to compensate for the lack of firearms loading.

Seeing that the green battalion soldiers were approaching, nearly 40 archers took arrows to shoot arrows, most of them were carefully selected men, and the arrow firing speed was about three times that of the musket, and the arrows were continuously released, although the damage was not large, but the determination to completely block the impact of the green battalion soldiers.

Seeing that the soldiers in front of him were injured by arrows, and some of them had three or five arrows on their bodies like hedgehogs, Liu Hanchen felt a palpitation, and shouted loudly in order to open the passage, urging the soldiers below to charge forward desperately.

Everyone hadn't rushed a few steps, and suddenly the rattan card in front of them flashed away, and four tiger squat cannons suddenly appeared in front of the formation, which had now been ignited, and the lead was shot into the sky and then fell like a scattered flower.

The Tiger Squat Cannon mainly kills and injures the enemy at close range in a large area through scattered bomb attacks, and when it is suddenly attacked by the Tiger Squat Artillery, the green battalion soldiers in front will be in a mess, and some of them feel that something is wrong and flee one after another.

But now that the tide had turned, the horn sounded again, and the Volunteers musketeers had reloaded, and in the face of the Green Battalion generals who were in chaos at close range, they fired a volley again.

After the salvo was completed, the whole sky was filled with smoke, and was shocked by the two consecutive volleys of the volunteers, and the green battalion soldiers lost their troops, and everyone was in a mess, some ran away, and some desperately wanted to fight again.

The killer bureau (sentinel) rushed forward to intercept the green battalion generals who rushed over, and the musketeers took the squadron as a unit, everyone loaded gunpowder, loaded with casing and spurs, and under the command of the squadron leader, they either fired back or fought with the opponent.

The green battalion of the Qing army, which was continuously subjected to musket volleys, was about to collapse, and everyone retreated, and Wang Gao led a battalion of guards to quickly defeat more than 1,000 green battalion soldiers and horses who rushed over, and then launched a counterattack.

Withdrawn from Dingjun Mountain, Li Guoying, the acting governor of Sichuan of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, complained bitterly, but this was the most convenient road to Calcium County, and if the road was lost, the green camp needed to walk an extra eight miles.

Li Guoying and Liu Hanchen gathered their troops and horses in an attempt to fight again, but taking advantage of this opportunity, the volunteers continued to kill, and in order to flee for their lives, Li Guoying had to lead his troops to flee to Nanzheng.

After blocking the retreat of the green battalion soldiers and horses, Yang Lin led his troops to attack the city, and it only took one day to take Calcium County and completely enter the Hanzhong camp.

After Nikan saw Li Guoying's letter asking for help, he was shocked and said: "Liu Bei, with the help of Fa Zheng and Zhuge Liang, spent a year fighting with Cao Cao for the land of Hanzhong.

Now the army led by my uncle's regent Duoduo and Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, is thousands of miles away, and it will be very difficult for our army to hold on until reinforcements arrive. ”

He Luohui shook his head and said: "Nikan Beizi, the last time the Sichuan army was defeated, in addition to the fact that Haoge divided his troops to attack from all sides, the most important thing is that there are many hills in northern Sichuan, and the local people have the habit of building cottages to live.

Most of my Eight Banners are cavalrymen, which are conducive to galloping thousands of miles on the plains, but not conducive to fighting in the deep mountains and old forests of Si (Sichuan).

Now Duoduo's defeat banner is in Guanzhong, plus Wu Sangui's 30,000 Guanning soldiers and horses are rushing to Hanzhong, so we can have more than 20,000 cavalry and 60,000 infantry in Hanzhong, as long as we can lure Yang Lin to the Hanzhong Basin, so the volunteers will undoubtedly be defeated. ”

Nikan sighed: "For today's plan, we have to strictly order Li Guoying and others to stick to the reinforcements and delay the time, and we have to build fortifications outside the city of Hanzhong, just like Yang Lin did under the city of Shunqing that day, so that we can hold on until the reinforcements arrive." ”

Heluo will be shocked: "Beizi, by all means. The volunteers started in northern Sichuan, where the hills are dense, and everyone is accustomed to climbing over ravines and climbing dangerous beaches.

The Volunteers were mainly infantry and were good at fighting in the mountains, but not in the plains.

Bei Zi's digging of a trench under Nanzheng City is not only not conducive to our battle with the Eight Banners, but also will inevitably give the volunteer infantry wings. ”

Nikan sighed: "Although what the general said is reasonable, if it is not so, I am afraid that we will not be able to hold out until the reinforcements arrive." ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and for a long time, Heluo would suggest that for the sake of today, he should ask his uncle regent Duoduo, and Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, abandoned his baggage and led the elite cavalry to the battlefield quickly.

Looking at Cao Zhongchun, the deputy general of the Green Battalion, and other generals who were escorted up, Yang Lin smiled and said: "Everyone, I think that although you are martial artists, you probably also know the defense of Huayi, and you waited for the past to defect to the Barbarian Qing Dynasty, and this governor does not blame you."

The governor has already issued a strict order that all the generals of the green battalion who do not abandon the city and surrender, or who do not revolt on the battlefield, will be beheaded after the city is broken.

Come on, push them all down and behead them for public display, and send their heads to the Green Battalion generals I know.

Cao Zhongchun was shocked, his head was pounded like garlic, he begged for mercy again and again, and when he saw Yang Lin's resolute appearance, he sighed: "My lord, we are also forced by the situation, and we have to follow that Zuo Mengeng to surrender to the Tartar and become a shameful traitor."

My lord, you can kill us, but I hope that you can treat us as bald, so that we can see our parents under the Nine Springs as bald. ”

Yang Lin nodded silently and sighed: "Cao Zhongchun, you are really guilty of a lot of sin, you actually resisted my army when our army arrived, and I had no choice but to behead you and show it to the public." ”

When Cao Zhongchun heard this, his eyes lit up and said: "My lord, what you said, as long as you make war exploits for the volunteers, you can spare me from dying?"

Yang Lin smiled and said: "It depends on the size of your merit, if you make a little contribution, I can reward a whole corpse, if you make a great contribution, not only will I not be held accountable, but it is also possible for the official to be reinstated at that time."

General Cao, the most painful thing in life is regret medicine, when you regret it, the regret medicine has been sold out.

Cao Zhongchun laughed, shook his head and said: "My lord, the little one has a confidential message about the Tartar here, I don't know if it's true, I don't know if I can atone for my sins."

Yang Lin looked disappreciative and said, "Tell me, what secrets, what secrets does the Tartar have?"

Cao Zhongchun bowed his hand to Yang Lin and said: "After the great defeat of the Qing army in Sichuan, the Tartar court regarded the adult as a thorn in the flesh and wanted to get rid of it quickly.

My lord, before the war, Li Guoying encouraged me many times, saying that in less than a month, Wu Sangui would lead the Guanning soldiers and horses to kill, and at that time, there would be Nikan and tens of thousands of green battalion soldiers and horses, and Wu Sangui's Guanning iron cavalry outside, so the volunteers would definitely be defeated.

When everyone heard this, they were shocked and hurriedly verified.