Occasional skirmishes took place on the battlefield west of the coalition forces, in which pistols played an important role.

The cavalryman held a knife in his right hand and a gun in his left hand, and it felt particularly good to come at a critical moment.

These running cavalry made smoke everywhere, causing poor visibility on the battlefield.

Through the narrow telescope eyepieces, Shou Xiang saw a coalition army storm the small multifaceted fort and crush the defenders there.

Langeman: "The infantry is obviously the Electric White Battalion, and the cavalry seems to be Sikhs, who are the closest. ”

"Karl, you read it wrong, there is a reflection of armor in the smoke of gunpowder, it is our cuirassiers."

Several Ming cavalry cavalry ran towards the position where the guard was located, and a thousand generals rolled their saddles and dismounted when they arrived at the place, and fell to one knee.

"My lord, Geng Fan's capital is connected to the city and leads more than 7,000 green battalion soldiers to abandon the official village camp and drive towards the battlefield."

Mr. Qian was wearing cotton armor, no helmet, a red turban wrapped around his head, his face was full of gunsmoke, his sideburns were wet with sweat, and he was so tired that he was out of breath.

"Who are you and which part of it?"

"Under the general military account of Jin Shiying, the chief soldier of Qian, Chai Huajun."

"Very well, Lin Shoujie." Shou Shou called out to his attendant, "Give them a bottle of spirits." ”

"Master Xie."

"Although the Tatars in the west are an army with no future, there are quite a few of them, and our main cavalry needs to rest for a while to regain their combat effectiveness." ”

"First of all, we have to regroup our troops."

Shou Zhi called the communications officer and dictated the order.

"Yang Qianqing's Haikang garrison sent 1,000 people to occupy the green camp and the southern city camp."

"Jin Shiying left a section to hold Longtou Village, and the main force occupied a position in the southeast of Xiaoduomian Fort."

"Li Jianjie's cavalry occupies a position between Jin Shiying and the small multi-faced fort."

"Sikh cavalry and cuirassiers assembled on both flanks of the small multifaceted fort."

The communications officers jot down orders in notebooks and galloped to the western battlefields on their horses.

Langemann smiled, "There are too many troop numbers, you need to find another commander." ”

"I feel like there's one next to me."

"It's an honor."

"We have 2 squadrons of unconsumed Sikh cavalry on the right flank and an infantry battalion on the left flank, and you master these two forces as the main force in the west."

The heel of the Langemann boot touches and the right hand is raised diagonally upward, a standard Roman salute.

"Glad to serve, my Führer."

Another wave of communications officers rushed out, and soon, the troops adjusted their positions according to the order.

The two squadrons of cavalry on the right flank were the fastest, and they turned their horses and quickly rushed to the headquarters.

Karl Langman mounted his war horse and, after greeting the order, led the Sikh cavalry to the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment on the left flank.

Guard turned his gaze to the front of the infantry front.

The advancing skirmish line created too much gunsmoke, layer by layer, and the order could not see the Tatar military formation on the opposite side.

From the point of view of our own army, the infantry advance was smooth, and the enemy artillery shells were getting fewer and less accurate.

At a position of 500 meters, the 9th Regiment again sacrificed their oblique firing Dafa, raised their guns at 45 degrees and opened fire into the sky, and many people in the two regiments in the neighborhoods looked sideways.

The momentum of the regimental salvo was twice that of the battalion salvo, and the soldiers of the 9th regiment were very happy to fight birds in the sky, which was quite energetic.

"Xiao Decheng."

"Your Excellency."

"Let your battalion form an offensive column, with the Guards cavalry and mounted artillery under your command, and charge into the Tatar flanks against the seawall and break through their lines."

"Your Excellency, then there are no troops around you, do you want me to leave a company?"

"Don't worry about me, use every rifle you have to get through the enemy as fast as you can."

"Yes, this must be done, after penetrating the enemy's battle line, roll to the center?"

"No, leave the center to the brother troops, and you will directly attack the enemy camp." Shou Xiang stretched out his palm and simulated the battle line with gestures, "You have to chop them like sharp knives." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Xiao Decheng strode back to the troops.

"The whole battalion, based on the benchmark of 4 companies and 5 companies, is an attack column."

The 4th and 5th companies in the center of the battle line kept the horizontal line forward, and the left and right flank companies joined the queue in turn, and after all formed a column, they turned to the right and regrouped into two frontal companies, with a longitudinal spacing of half of the company's horizontal column attacking columns.

Shou Xiang dropped his insignificant binoculars and rode up to the soldiers of the Guards Infantry Battalion.

"Soldiers! You have all seen that the Tatars are fleeing in terror before the eagle emblem of victory, but they still have a great number of towers gathered there in front of you, and the army brothers are fighting with them. My comrades need you, I need you, to plant the eagle banner of the Guards in the enemy's camps, and make the invincible Tatars bow down before you. ”

The Guards Battalion let out wave after wave of cheers to the order.

Xiao Decheng drew his command knife, "Whole battalion, attack!" ”

The squadron of guards carbines was on the left, the mounted artillery company was on the right, and the guards battalion advanced to the right flank at a rate of 100 paces per minute.

Frontal battlefield.

The 1st and 2nd regiments, a total of 3 battalions, stopped at a distance of about 300 meters from the enemy.

According to the rules, the rifle is aimed at the enemy's knee when it is 70 meters away from the enemy, 100 meters at the enemy's waist, 180 meters at the enemy's face, and above 200 meters above the enemy's head.

Due to the merits of the skirmishers, there was a moving smoke screen in front of the infantry line, and the straggler line fire not only caused effective damage to the enemy at medium and long distances, but also hindered the enemy's artillery observation and correction fire.

During the training, the infantry hit 25% of the frontal 60-man horizontal target at a distance of 300 meters, which is certainly not so high in actual combat, but the Tatar front has 9 rows in depth, which means that the bomb landing area is larger than the training target.

The Furlong planes mounted by the Tatars in front of the battle line opened fire, and 300 meters was almost at the limit of the effective range of the Furlong planes, inflicting some casualties on the infantry line.

The front skirmish line crouched, 5 infantry battalions fired the first salvo at 300 meters, the enemy light artillery was swept away, the Tatars had no idea about the range of flintlock guns, and the gunners did not withdraw in time.

Under the cover of the artillery base, the enemy cannon was still firing, and as the distance between the two armies closed, some of the Tartar artillery lost the range of fire on the left and right, and had to fire shotgun indiscriminately. The quality of the Tatar shotguns was very poor, and the barrage could not go far.

The 12-pounder field guns on the left flank of the coalition forces continued to suppress fire on the enemy fort, and the 6-pounder guns on the right flank ceased fire, cooled the barrels and shifted positions.

The 6-pounder gun re-aimed at the enemy infantry array.

The artillery captain gave a loud order, "Open the cannon, fire rapidly." ”

The 6-pounder gun fired at the enemy at a limit rate of fire of 5 rounds in 2 minutes, and in 12 minutes, 20 shells were fired, until the barrel was hot and the artillery ceased to cool down.

The artillery battery, which suddenly opened fire on the Tatar infantry, delivered 120 rounds of solid ammunition in a short time.

The accuracy of the 6-pounder gun is not as good as that of the 12-pounder gun, and the accuracy of the battalion-level target at a distance of 800 meters in training is 35%.

In actual combat, it is difficult for the artillery to observe and obtain accurate hit figures, but the Guards Battalion, which rushed out of the smoke of gunpowder, can see the results of the artillery rage.

On the right flank of the Tatar front, there were dozens of bloody alleys, antlers were shattered, dead bodies were strewn all over the ground, and wounded soldiers with severed hands and feet crawled on the ground, leaving bright red marks.

Carbines lay their swords flat and lowered their bodies, which was a standard maneuver for cavalry when charging infantry.

He Huchen's 300 Ming cavalry also participated, and they accompanied the right flank of the carbine lancers with their sabers.

The two cavalry were like sharp knives cutting into cheese, easily crushing the enemy in front of them.

In front of Zhao Congjian's horse, it was the faces of the enemy soldiers who were so frightened that they were distorted.

The Guards battalion rushed into the enemy positions.

The officers shouted orders one after another.

"The artillery stops advancing, dismount!"

"Battalion, turn left"

"This cannon is ready!"

"Fire!"

"A salvo from the whole battalion!"

The dismounted artillery completed the unloading of the artillery carriage in 1 minute, and then fired the enemy line on the flank with solid shells.

The 4-pounder cannon is the fastest rate of fire, firing 10 shells in 5 minutes.

Guards infantry fired 3 rounds of salvos in 3 minutes.

A combined infantry, cavalry and artillery strike completely smashed the entire left front of the Tatars.

Artillery captain: "Take the platoon as a unit, disband the battle queue." ”

The mounted artillery re-attached to the gun carriage.

The Guards again lined up and, under the cover of the Combined Cavalry, rushed straight to the enemy camp.

The collapsed enemy front was taken over by more than a thousand Ming infantry who arrived later.

Front of the front.

Xu Dinghe commanded the infantry of the 3rd Battalion to fire several more volleys at a distance of 200 meters.

The 9 regiment launched a direct bayonet charge, and the enemy front in front of them no longer existed.

From the easternmost part of the front, the Tatars collapsed one by one.

The defeat was like a mountain.

Geng Domain's commander Xu Chenggong grabbed Geng Jimao's horse reins, "Lord Wang, go quickly." ”

Geng Jimao lost his soul, his eyes were glazed, and he didn't say a word.

More than 100 Goshha escorted King Jingnan and Xu Dutong and rushed to the camp.

Xu Chenggong got out of the range of the gunsmoke and saw the elite soldiers in the east setting up cannons outside the camp and rushing into the camp over there.

There is no salvation, and the camp is only old, weak, sick and disabled, and it is impossible to hold it.

The last formed cavalry of the Jing Domain rushed back to the camp, and Geng Jimao was helped off his horse, tears and snot flowed down his face.

In the rear of Xu Chenggong, it was the soldiers who fled like a flock, and in front of Xu Chenggong, it was a large battalion in chaos.

The parasites in the army, merchants, prostitutes, hawkers, and even Geng Jimao's eunuchs and maids scurried around like headless flies, and the army was all scattered, and the soldiers robbed with knives in twos and threes, and even robbed women everywhere.

Xu Chenggong wasn't sure why the thousands of cavalry of the Yiren and Ming armies didn't appear on the main battlefield, if those cavalry were there, they would have been handed over here today. Xu Chenggong faintly felt that it might be his old partner Lian Decheng who arrived on the battlefield, and Yiren transferred the cavalry to deal with him.

Whatever the reason, it's a good thing for Xu Chenggong and Geng Jimao.

Geng Jimao fell into a trance, Xu Chenggong was the supreme commander, and he waved his hand to let Goshha take off Geng Jimao's gold-inlaid and conspicuous armor.

The eunuch and the maid knelt on the ground and begged Lord Tutong to take them away.

Xu Chenggong slashed three people one by one, scaring away these burdensome things.

"Each person will lead another horse, and don't take any extra things."

The palace guards and the Dutong soldiers are different from others, their wealth is all tied to the master, in the old city of Guangzhou, these people have families, rooms and houses, and no one dares to escape from Geng Jimao.

Xu Chenggong rushed out of the chaotic camp as fast as he could, and all those who stood in front of him, no matter who it was, were cut down.

By the Tongming River, only some charred black charcoal was left on the original pontoon bridge, and some residual heat was exuded, as if to mock some people for moving slowly.

Xu Chenggong scolded.

The camp behind was filled with cries and shouts, as if in hell. Soon, the routs will flee from the camp and crowd the official road. With a chill in his heart, he turned his horse's head and walked along the riverbank to the west.

A quarter of an hour later, Goshha spotted a rocky beach in the middle of the riverbed, and Xu Chenggong couldn't look any further, urging the horse to walk down the riverbed.

In autumn and winter, the water was shallow, and the river flooded the horse's belly at its deepest, and the fleeing horse team managed to reach the left bank.

Xu Chenggong turned around, only to see the routs crowded at the ferry, and the river blocked their way. The soldiers who knew how to swim across the river threw down their armor and weapons, and the soldiers who could not swim were squeezed into the river, and the bottom mud rose, the river turned black, and the corpses were sent into the sea by the river.

A group of soldiers dressed in blue and white uniforms and armed with muskets and swords fired as they fired, and the routs were driven off the official road, either lying on the side of the road and surrendering, or fleeing into the hills to the west.

A bright red orca flag was waving in the wind, and Xu Chenggong took the flag deep in his heart, took the horse's head, and ran north.

Geng Fan and the Green Battalion still had a lot of people behind the battle line, Xu Chenggong sent horsemen to inform the troops outside the Lemin Qianhusuo and Zhanjiang Fort to retreat immediately, and he himself rushed into Suixi County to control the 150 Green Battalion soldiers guarding the grain road here.

Geng Jimao took Xu Chenggong's hand, "What should I do next?" ”

"Lord Wang, we still have a few thousand people, and it is impossible for all the soldiers in Leizhou to be trapped, Suixi is not safe, so we retreat to Huazhou to contain people and horses."

"I know this, what I'm asking is the loss of tens of thousands of troops, what should I do if the court blames it?"

Geng Jimao was a tyrannical slave owner, but after the defeat, he would no longer even use the self-title of his own domain.

"We still have more than 20,000 feudal subordinates in Guangzhou, and the prince will reorganize the army when he returns. The imperial court, hum, at most reprimanded us, I really blame it, do they still want Guangzhou? ”

Geng Jimao ran all the way and thought about a lot of things, which will finally regain a trace of consciousness.

Xu Chenggong was the old department of the Dongjiang River left to him by his father Geng Zhongming, and he had a high prestige in the domain, and at this time, Geng Jimao had to rely on the old man

"Xu Dutong, you stay in Huazhou to contain the soldiers, I have to go back to Guangzhou immediately and discuss the overall situation with the prince of Pingnan."

"It's fine. Lord Wang, this time the clan has to take out all the money in the family, and all the remaining green battalions on the left and right wings of the clan will be carried into the domain, and the green battalion soldiers under the domain will be recruited separately. ”

"Definitely. Xu Dutong, don't hold on to death in Huazhou, the containment is almost complete and retreat as soon as possible. ”

Geng Jimao and Xu Chenggong didn't stay in Suixi for long, took some dry food, and set off immediately after feeding the horses.

The news of the defeat of Leizhou spread throughout the war zone, and when the troops of Lemin and Zhanjiang withdrew, they were pursued by the defenders, discarding all their baggage and armor, and less than half of the people who withdrew to Huazhou.

The Lianjiang garrison was pursued by the Ming army in the Bobai area, and the situation was slightly better, with 1,000 people retreating to the state.

Farther west, Yong'an's Domain, with more than 6,000 men, was another major force, and Xu Chenggong was looking forward to the withdrawal of this army to Huazhou.

Two days later, scattered deserters reported sad news.

The troops on the Yongan front left the night they received the order to evacuate, but they failed to disengage and were glued to the cavalry of Li Laiheng's three walls. Just like the Ming army that was stuck in the camp in the Central Plains, the Tatar army fought all the way and retreated all the way.

Under the city of Lianjiangzhou, this army failed to see the expected friendly forces. On the contrary, the Ming army descended from Bobai and Luchuan to occupy Lianjiang in advance, and the battle flag of the Ming army broke the psychological defense line of the green battalion, causing the whole army to collapse and be chased and killed by the camp.

After the Battle of Lianjiang, Li Laiheng closed the Leizhou Peninsula, and the possibility of the defeated army in Leizhou escaping again is very small.

Xu Chenggong was not afraid of breaking into the camp, but he was afraid of being glued again, and at night, Geng Fan and the accompanying green battalion, a total of more than 2,000 remnants of the army, were defeated and burned down the city, set fire on the Jianjiang pontoon bridge, and withdrew to the Maoming camp.

The Maoming battalion had sufficient food, spare armor, weapons and uniforms, and Xu Chenggong threw down the money, and the army finally regained a little combat effectiveness.

Subsequently, Wuchuan's green battalion withdrew to Maoming, and Xu Chenggong counted the number of people, and there were more than 5,000 officers and soldiers in the whole army.

The pursuing Ming army had already crossed the Jianjiang River, and the Ming army always had many boats, and the obstacles caused by the river could not be delayed for long.

Xian Qiyu, the general soldier of Gaozhou who surrounded Dianbai Fort, did not react, Xu Chenggong could not wait any longer, he personally led 300 cavalry to cover the soldiers and the people to retreat eastward.

In Yangchun County, Xu Chenggong completely disengaged from the Ming army, he let the people flee, took the Tanjiang grain boat, and went down the river to Xinhui.

When he arrived at Xinhui, Xu Chenggong breathed a sigh of relief.

With reference to Macao's defense facilities, the two feudal clans of Ping and Jing built Xinhui into a castle.

Xinhui sharp angle fort and semi-circular fort are complete in style, this fortress played a huge role in resisting Li Dingguo's attack, and the defenders ate all the people in the city during the siege. Xinhui had no military rations at that time, and eating people was not entirely due to hunger.

Xu Chenggong checked the troops again, and there were only 2,500 people left, including 800 soldiers from the left and right wings of the green battalion, and the rest were mainly based on the green battalions of Guangdong in various towns, and the green battalions from other provinces as cannon fodder were almost all gone, and the few people who were not trapped in the battlefield mostly fled on the way to retreat.

Of nearly 50,000 troops and the same number of people, only 5,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 people were withdrawn.

The only one who escaped from the battlefield was Guo Hu, the general soldier of Yangjiang.

Guo Hu first withdrew to Yangjiang, and after collecting his family and the remaining soldiers, the whole army withdrew to the Guanghai Acropolis and Xinning County opposite Shangxiachuan Island.

Xu Chenggong had the heart to kill Guo Hu, but he could only think about this thought in his heart.

Wang Xing was entrenched in Wencun, almost rushing out of the mountains, and now it was all up to Guo Hu to block the Ming army.

Now not only can he not kill Guo Hu, but he also has to send silver over to appease him in every way.

Xu Chenggong's teeth were about to crush.