In front of Shigu Mountain, a sentry post of the Qing army blocked the road, a fence made of thick wooden stakes, more than two people high, the wooden gate of the fence was tightly closed, and dozens of Tianyou soldiers held knives to grab them, looking at the opposite side vigilantly from the gap.

In front of the trench on the opposite side of the fence, there were about two hundred Green Battalion soldiers, all of them disheveled, even empty-handed, only half of them had armor, knives and guns, and most of the others were wounded soldiers with their hands and feet, and they carried a dozen stretchers made of tree branches.

The banner they played was even more dilapidated, and only after careful identification could it be seen that it was the word "Fei", Du Cheng fiddled with the waist card sent by the other party, and asked in a loud voice: "You are the subordinates of General Fei Wang of Nanyang?" ”

An ordinary-looking officer stepped forward and replied: "Yes, we are all soldiers of the Nanyang Green Battalion, and the commander of the Sentry D Brigade is the general manager, see the general." ”

By artificial, it is a pseudonym of Gan Yu, which sounds like You Rengong to others, a very normal name.

"Since it's Nanyang Green Camp, what are you doing here? We didn't get an order to have your troops pass through here. Du Cheng then interrogated.

"As soon as General Fei crossed the river the day before yesterday, he fought with the southern thieves, injured one hundred and ten of our brothers, just withdrew from the front, and took the wrong way to touch here, please let the general go."

has a nose and eyes, Du Cheng hesitated a little in his heart, and glanced back at Peng Yaozu.

Peng Yaozu raised his voice and asked the other side: "You are from Nanyang Battalion Sentry B, do you know Wei Changhe from Sentry A?" He's my fellow countryman, and he just broke his foot the other day. Are you still walking with a limp? ”

You were stunned by the artificial: "Mr. Wei Qian? Mr. Wei Qian was killed in Lingling last month, doesn't the general know yet? He didn't stumble before he died, but he fell off his horse and twisted his arm. ”

"Hehehe. Yes, I'm just testing you, now you're bombarding everywhere, you have to be careful in everything, this You brother is not to blame. Seeing that he had answered correctly, Peng Yaozu waved his hand with confidence: "Open the door and let these brothers pass the card ......."

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Across the Grass Bridge. The Gongyi Battalion and the Tongcheng Battalion lurked in a bush, and Teng Shuanglin and several officers held binoculars to observe the Qing army's camp at Qiaotou.

"This village is not easy to fight. We don't have any equipment and artillery, and the casualties will definitely be small if we attack. The battalion deputy of the Gongyi battalion pointed to Shigu Mountain on the opposite bank and said: "Even if the camp is taken, there is still no way to cross the bridge, and I don't know where the assault team has gone." Can you do it? ”

The Qing army set up artillery positions on Shigu Mountain. The artillery can directly cover both banks of the steaming river, and the narrow stone bridge is the key target, and if the Chu army attacks from the grass bridge, it will be heavily bombarded by the artillery.

Although the deputy of this battalion was Wang Kefan's cronies, Teng Shuanglin still frowned unhappily: "Whether they can succeed or not, we have to fight, this is a death order under the military gate, we must take Shigu Mountain!" ”

Odds complement each other. Miracle soldiers can get miraculous results when used well, but there are also many uncertain risks. We can't pin all the hopes of victory on them, and it is the frontal battlefield that really determines the outcome of the battle.

The main force of the Caoqiao Qing army is storming the Ji'an camp, the remaining defenders are only about 2,000 people, the Gongyi battalion and the Tongcheng battalion are interspersed in a roundabout, attacking together, in the absolute advantage of troops, in terms of tactics is even more unexpected, the attack is unprepared, the outcome of this battle is not suspenseful, only the question of how many casualties.

No matter how many casualties there are, you must take Shigu Mountain!

Looking up at the sky, Teng Shuanglin reached into his arms, carefully took out a deerskin pocket, and took out the pocket watch inside.

Walking forward little by little, Teng Shuanglin suddenly said loudly: "It's time, attack!" ”

With his order, the war drums suddenly sounded, and countless Chu soldiers swarmed out of the woods, endlessly, shouting and rushing towards the bridgehead, like a torrent, like a hurricane, rolling and surging in the advance, gradually converging into two arrows, one left and one right to the camp of the Qing army.

When they reached the edge of the trench, the soldiers in front threw down the sandbags in their hands to step on their feet, and then jumped down the trench without hesitation, standing side by side one after another, followed by another layer of soldiers jumping on their shoulders, holding wooden planks in their hands to build a passage, and the soldiers behind rushed across the human bridge without stopping......

The sentries of the Qing army beat the gong desperately, and the sound almost sounded into a string, and there was a great chaos in the camp immediately, although it was impossible to tell how many gongs it was, but there were three small black flags hanging on the flagpole, which was the highest level warning signal, representing that the camp wall was about to be lost.

Hearing the sound, the Qing army guards drilled out of the military tent, hurriedly gathered hundreds of personal soldiers, ran towards the camp wall, and angrily ordered the captain of the personal soldiers to cut down the panicked sentries first, so as not to continue to disturb the morale of the army...... There are two deep ditches outside the camp, and there is a antler barrier, which can at least win the buffer time of two pillars of incense, and hoisting the black flag now will only cause panic among the soldiers.

The captain of the pro-soldier took a few people, quickened his pace to climb the camp wall, carried a steel knife and went straight to the three black flags, seeing that he was in front of him, his movements suddenly stopped, and he did not go to carry out the order to strictly enforce military discipline, but turned around and waved his hand to the main general of the Qing army again and again, shouting: "Nanban, Nanban is attacking!" ”

The chief general of the Qing army hurriedly climbed the camp wall, and when he looked down, he couldn't help but be surprised, the Chu army had already attacked under the wall, and a simple cloud ladder was put up on the wall.

"This group of Nanban is so powerful, they should be the elite soldiers among the thieves!"

The commander of the Qing army will not be chaotic in the face of danger, and command the soldiers to defend tenaciously.

Hold on, hold on to have a chance, the current situation is far from the point of despair, there is Shigushan artillery support behind them, there are tens of thousands of friendly troops in front of them are attacking, this gang of southern thieves came to sneak attack Caoqiao, just trying to fish in troubled waters, as long as they can withstand their three-plate axe, and wait for the friendly army to turn back and attack on both sides, they can defeat them......

However, this side has already been in a mess, why hasn't Shigu Mountain fired a cannon yet, can it be said that their ears are deaf?

Just as he was thinking of this, there was a sudden rumbling cannon sound behind him.

"Great!" The Qing army commander immediately set his eyes on the woods where the Chu army was hiding, it was an obvious target, and it was far enough away from the Qing army camp to not accidentally injure his own people in the camp, and the cannons of the Tianyou soldiers would definitely hit there. Those red-coated cannons weigh more than 3,000 catties and can fire nine-pound shells, and the power is not under the cannons of the great general Shenwei, and they will definitely be able to blast the Nanban into a wolf howl.

"Bang! Boom! ”

The shells fell to the ground, and there was a slight shaking on the camp wall, but the sound came from behind, and the Qing army general looked back in confusion, only to see that his own back village was in a mess, and the two shells actually hit his own head!

"It must have been a misshoot! These idiots! Re-aim! ”

He was scolding, but he saw two more shells flying, and it seemed that he was still aiming at his own back village......

On Shigu Mountain, veteran Wu pinched a chicken leg in his left hand and a steel knife in his right hand, and gestured at Du Chengbi, threatening vaguely in his mouth: "Aim and fight, if a cannonball hits my Chu army, Lao Tzu will cut off one of your eggs." ”

"Don't worry, don't worry, the little one has been operating the cannon for many years, and this point is still there, to ensure that every cannon can hit the head of the Tartar." Not far away was Peng Yaozu's corpse, Du Cheng glanced at him, and couldn't help but shudder slightly.

He was born as a gunner in his early years, and rarely participated in the battle directly after being promoted, but this time he became a prisoner of the Chu army, and he personally operated the knife again, wanting to make some contributions to save his life.

Outside the artillery position, two hundred captured Qing infantry are digging trenches and building fortifications, the Qing army has a camp at the foot of Shigu Mountain, the fortifications around the artillery position are relatively weak, Heiyu and Gan Yu command the soldiers, escort the prisoners to dig two deep trenches, and then use the excavated soil to build a breast wall.

An officer of the musket team insisted on the captured weapons, and picked out dozens of bird guns and distributed them to everyone: "These bird guns can basically be used, the God Blessing Soldiers are stronger than the Green Battalion soldiers, and they know how to cherish their own life." ”

Of course, the bird gun is not as good as the flintlock pistol, but it is better than nothing, and the soldiers of the Chu army basically carry cold weapons, and the defense with these bird guns is more stable.

The Qing army in Hengyang will not react so quickly, the only thing that may pose a threat to the assault team is that the Qing army on the other side of the grass bridge will turn back and seize the artillery, and when the Gongyi battalion and the Tongcheng battalion have eliminated this group of enemies and sent troops across the river to support, Shigu Mountain will be impregnable.

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In the Qing army camp on the opposite bank, the Qing army commander will take hundreds of personal soldiers through the village and run towards the grass bridge.

"Withdraw, withdraw, you can't hold it here, go back and take Shigu Mountain."

I don't care about other subordinates, as long as I can delay for some time, it doesn't matter if I kill them all, the most important thing at the moment is to recapture Shigu Mountain and block the Chu army on the other side of the grass bridge with artillery...... The commander of the Qing army had already vaguely guessed that it was only a small army of the Ming army that occupied Shigu Mountain, and these hundreds of personal soldiers were fed with silver, and as long as they rushed over desperately, they might not be able to recapture the artillery.

"Take Shigu Mountain, each person will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver, 10 taels of silver will be rewarded for killing an enemy, and the first person to rush up the mountain will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to the third level!"

There will be brave men under the heavy reward, and hundreds of personal soldiers shouted and shouted together and rushed onto the grass bridge.

Behind them, the soldiers of the Chu army had already entered the camp, but they were stopped by the Qing army's rout, and they could not catch up for a while.

Opportunity! There's one last chance!

The chief general of the Qing army took the lead and rushed to the forefront of the whole army.

"Bang! Boom! ”

A few clouds of ominous smoke rose from Shigu Mountain, and the eyes of the Qing army commander suddenly became dull, and several cannonballs in his field of vision were getting closer and closer, and they were rapidly getting bigger.

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Inside, there should be a shift at night. (To be continued......)