The courage of the soldiers.

Although the 182nd Brigade is a new recruit unit, the middle and grass-roots officers of this brigade are all outstanding officers who are strictly selected from the old units, such as Ding Zongwang and Xiong Yuanzhong, who were extremely outstanding in the Battle of Zhenjiang, dared to fight, regarded honor as life, and even if the situation was critical, they would never be cowards who only cared about escaping, but bravely raised their own company flags and took the initiative to stay behind to block the enemy.

Ding Zongwang looked at this company, there were only more than 30 remnants left, some of them were wounded, everyone was covered with bloodstains, I don't know if it was their own injuries or other people's blood, they combined with other companies, and hastily formed a battle formation, sword and shield soldiers and pikemen in front, musketeers and archers in the back, some soldiers' weapons have been lost and damaged, so they grabbed a piece and stood in the formation.

"Brothers, we have been bitten by the Tartar cavalry, if we run away together, in the end, no one can escape, we will all die, let's stay here, cover the brigade commander and other brothers to break through, and avenge us in the future!" The Eight Banners were quickly chasing, and Ding Zongwang made a brief pre-war mobilization.

"Don't worry, we don't want to be a bad seed, killing one Tartar is enough, killing two to earn one!" The soldiers of the Chu army responded loudly while preparing for battle, those who wanted to escape would not stay, and the morale of these soldiers left behind was high.

"Get under the bayonet." Ding Zongwang nodded and ordered loudly.

"Reload." At his command, the musketeers reloaded and prepared to shoot, and if they had lost them, they used their companions' ropes, and when they ran out, they tore off a strip of cloth from their uniforms and set them on fire.

"Ready." The remnants of three companies of musketeers, a total of more than one hundred and sixty men. The other two company commanders handed over command to Ding Zongwang, and one hundred and sixty musketeers heard his orders. Together, they flattened the bird guns and pointed at the Eight Banners Cavalry from the gap between the companions in front.

"Aim." Ding Zongwang hesitated. It was decided to shoot at a distance of forty paces, and it was better to put the enemy within twenty paces, but too close the recruits were too nervous, and after this shot, the musketeers needed a buffer time to load their bayonets.

"Fire!" The enemy was still forty paces away, and the musketeers pulled the trigger together, and the guns were neatly linked.

"These recruits! These new recruit eggs! From afar, Zhang Yanshi was looking at this, muttering to himself. His eyes were slightly red, and there was a sour taste of guilt in his heart...... The recruits of the 182nd Brigade are all good seedlings, but unfortunately the brigade commander has no ability, and it is about to get dark, but the Qing army still broke through the defense line, causing a large number of casualties in the 182nd Brigade.

"Hell yes!" In the distance, the Chinese military flag of the Qing army is rapidly approaching this side, and in front of the Chinese military flag, the main general of the Qing army, Niman, takes the lead. Dressed in splendid armor, he was draped in a red cloak very stylishly, and he looked majestic, looking like a victorious general who controlled a qiē. His face was full of anxiety and annoyance...... Although the victory was decided on the surface, the casualties of the Qing army had already exceeded 400 and were still increasing. Now it's hard to ride a tiger, and it's completely out of control. If you change to another army. This situation has long collapsed, but this 182nd Brigade was obviously dispersed. Each of the independent combat units resisted incessantly, inflicting additional casualties on the Qing army, much to Niman's expectations.

Ahead, hundreds of Eight Banner cavalry pursued Zhang Yanshi's main force, and when they saw a group of remnants of the Chu army leaving a block, they immediately rushed forward without hesitation, and shot a row of guns head-on, and several galloping war horses in front were shot one after another, fell to the ground in a daze, and slid forward far away, and the Eight Banners cavalry behind pulled the reins and jumped upward, soaring through the body of their companions, rushing into the military formation of the Chu army like a flying general.

This jump looked majestic, but it changed the rhythm of the charge, reduced the speed of the war horse's running, exposed the soft belly of the horse in front of the enemy, and the Eight Banners cavalry sitting on the horse was even higher, unable to reach the Chu infantry below...... Seeing a row of Qing army war horses falling from the sky, the Chu army soldiers put their spears firmly on the ground, and the tip of Rulin's spear flashed with cold light, facing the direction where the war horses fell, but he did not dodge or dodge, and suddenly shouted in unison: "Ah-!" ”

Puff puff, the Qing army's war horses have become mutton skewers, the Chu soldiers were also knocked down, the soldiers in the front row of the Ming and Qing armies have lost their combat effectiveness, the Qing army's charging speed is blocked, the impact of the charge is significantly reduced, and the Eight Banners cavalry in the back row rushed up, but was blocked by this group of Chu army remnants.

"Brigadier Commander, go!" Several officers and guards kept urging Zhang Yanshi, eager to pick him up and leave.

"Alright, let's go!" Zhang Yanshi was a sane officer, although he was reluctant to leave those brave soldiers, he still ran to the woods in front, this was an opportunity for the soldiers to break through with their blood and lives, and he couldn't let them down.

At this time, the Chu army in the circle also began to break through separately. Under the leadership of Wei Dingyuan, the deputy brigade commander, they bravely blocked the enemy, plus auxiliaries, wounded soldiers and non-combatants, the total number was four or five hundred, but there were more than 1,000 Eight Banner soldiers besieging the circle, about three times as many as them, and they held out for about half an hour, and the Chu army suffered two-thirds of the casualties.

The main force of the Eight Banners cavalry went to chase Zhang Yanshi, and in this direction, there were only a small number of Qing army rangers.

Seeing Wei Dingyuan's remnants breaking through, the Qing army rangers immediately came up to intercept him, and saw that Wei Dingyuan was an officer, and there was a brigade flag of the 182nd Brigade behind him, and several Qing army rangers killed him together. Headed by a bearded Qing general, holding a long sword in his hand, the cold light is shining, at first glance it is a hundred steel knives, riding a bright coat zebra under the crotch, tall and tall, it should be a good horse from the Western Regions, looking at his armor and clothing, it should be an intermediate general like Niu Lu Zhangjing, no wonder there is such a good equipment.

The zebra galloped forward, taking advantage of the last ray of the sunset, the Qing general raised the sword high, so that the light of the knife mixed in the sunlight, his sword was thin and long, and when it was cut out, it was like a silent poisonous snake, and it could not carry too much wind. The enemy could not see the direction of the sword and could not hear the wind. It's often too late to dodge...... With this move, this Qing general has killed many brave and good enemies.

The sunset is particularly dazzling. Wei Dingyuan couldn't see his knife position clearly.

No matter which direction you dodge, you can't avoid this knife.

Then don't hide.

Wei Dingyuan stood there like a javelin, when the Qing general rushed to within ten steps, and could no longer change the direction of the war horse, he suddenly pulled back the big flag behind him, like a spear to the Qing general, the flag with the sound of the wind fluttering, swinging out a few words - "182 Brigade", with the sound of cloth cutting. A slender and long sword pierced through the flag, and when it fell to the ground with a thud, the sharp spear head on the flagpole flashed and stabbed the Qing general's heart guard.

With a pop, Na Qing was lifted into the air with the big flag, and then fell to the ground with a thud, and he kept spurting blood, like a rain of blood falling on the battle flag of the 182nd Brigade and on the war horse. Fall on your own legs, feet, and on the ground.

Wei Dingyuan rushed two steps, turned over his horse, and rushed forward waving the battle flag, and the Qing army rangers were caught off guard. He rushed by. Wei Dingyuan laughed, held the battle flag of the 182nd Brigade high, and rode his horse forward. Hordes of Qing troops poured in from all directions, in hot pursuit......

On the battlefield to the west. Ding Zongwang and other remnants of the Chu army fought hard and gradually could not support it.

More and more Qing troops rushed up. Some of the Eight Banners cavalry were detouring to both sides, if they were surrounded, the remnants of the Chu army would definitely be wiped out, Ding Zong looked at Xiong Yuan and shouted: "Withdraw!" You take a platoon and retreat first! ”

The so-called row, there were only three or four people left, Xiong Yuanzhong didn't know where to pick up a huge horse sword, struggled to open a tiger tooth knife, and also turned his head to Ding Zongwang and shouted: "You withdraw!" If you want to go back to Zhenjiang to marry a Miao woman, I'll stay! ”

"Fuck off, Lao Tzu has the final say!" Ding Zongwang suddenly swung a knife at Xiong Yuanzhong's head, and helped him set up another tiger tooth knife: "You boy chicken, go back and find a girl and leave a seed ......"

As soon as he said this, Xiong Yuanzhong suddenly used his strength to knock him behind with his shoulder, and killed the Qing army with other Chu soldiers, Ding Zongwang gritted his teeth and ran backwards with a few soldiers, shouting loudly as he ran: "Old Xiong, I will definitely pull the third company up again, you must come back to me!" ”

In the cruel battlefield, veterans can always live longer, they have formed an instinctive alertness to danger, and will subconsciously make the safest choice, so veterans are the most active and brave, but they are often the last to die, unlike the new recruits who gave their lives because of a low-level mistake...... Although the current shape is critical, with Ding Zongwang's ability, the certainty of successfully escaping the danger is at least six or seven percent, Xiong Yuanzhong stays behind to continue to block the enemy, and the hope of breaking through is extremely slim.

Xiong Yuanzhong didn't plan to break through.

In such a war, someone has to put his life in at a critical moment, and Xiong Yuanzhong is ready to put himself in it now...... is still the same sentence, everyone just wants to run for their lives, and in the end it is a dead end, and the brigade commander Zhang Yanshi is in front with more than 300 brothers, desperately trying to drag down the Tartars.

I can only fight hard.

These dozens of remnants of the Chu army have been squeezed dry, and they can no longer use any tactics, but they just insist on fighting with a breath of blood.

The Eight Banners soldiers swarmed to kill, Xiong Yuanzhong's companions became fewer and fewer, and in the end, he was the only one left, but he was still slashing and killing, a tiger tooth knife suddenly cut from the side, Xiong Yuanzhong was no longer powerless to dodge, and clearly felt that the steel knife split through the broken armor and pierced into his body, straight to his chest......

"Stop!"

A soldier of the Eight Banners was about to cut off Xiong Yuanzhong's head, but was stopped by Niman.

It was already dark, the Eight Banners soldiers lit torches, and Niman took two steps forward, jumped off his horse, and stopped in front of Xiong Yuanzhong's corpse, staring into his eyes.

Xiong Yuanzhong's eyes were still open, his eyes were unexpectedly serene, and the expression on his face was tired and satisfied, like a soldier who had returned from a victorious battle, Niman kicked Xiong Yuanzhong's body with his boots, and with a click, a bloodstained pamphlet fell to the ground, picked it up and opened it, and a sentence was written on the title page: "Qingshan buries loyal bones everywhere, why bother with the horse leather shroud." ”

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That night, Zhang Yanshi took advantage of the night to lead some people to break through the siege, successfully threw off the Qing army, and returned to Shucheng two days later and met Du Gao, the commander of the 32nd Division.

In this battle in Lengshui Guanbei, the Qing army almost completely annihilated the 182nd Brigade, and indeed fought a victory, but it paid more than 600 heavy casualties of the Eight Banners soldiers, and lost more than 80 war horses.

After containment, the 182nd Brigade successfully broke through less than 400 officers and men, including auxiliaries and non-combatants, with a total of more than 1,400 casualties, including 62 officers at all levels, and the casualty ratio was higher than that of ordinary soldiers...... The only thing to be thankful for is that the brigade commander Zhang Yanshi and the deputy brigade commander Wei Dingyuan have successfully broken through the siege, and the basic framework of the 182nd Brigade is still there, Wang Kefan quickly made instructions to retain the establishment of the 182nd Brigade, and the remnants led by Zhang Yanshi and Wei Dingyuan withdrew to the south of the Yangtze River, replenished the officers and soldiers, and rested and recuperated, striving to restore their vitality and return to the battlefield of the Northern Expedition.

With 600 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners for 1,000 soldiers of the Chu army (not counting auxiliary soldiers), although Niman won, it was a disastrous victory, but in any case, the task was basically completed, and he took advantage of the victory to enter Shucheng, open the way for the army of Tunbur, and clear the army's peripheral strongholds and obstacles. In addition to the tragic victory, Niman had palpitations, and it was inevitable to be restrained when entering the army, for fear of accidentally suffering a big loss, and the progress was very slow.

Tun Buer scolded Niman for being afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and after really engaging the 32nd Division, he found that the other party was really difficult, and it turned out that Niman was to blame. Du Gao is the old battalion officer of the Gongyi battalion, and his ability to fight is higher than that of Zhang Yanshi, with the help of the city wall of Shucheng to hold on, although the Eight Banners are brave and good at fighting, although they continue to attack, they have never been able to break the city.

Fierce battles, time passed quickly, five or six days passed in a blink of an eye, Tun Buer wanted to divide his troops to bypass Shucheng, but he was afraid that this nail would be too unsafe to get stuck in his supply line, in case the front line was unfavorable, there was no way to retreat. In the midst of the dilemma, the scout sent the latest battle report, Tian Jianxiu had succeeded in attacking Hefei, and he used gunpowder to blow up the city wall, so he could be so fast.

Tun Bu'er was furious when he heard the news, and asked where Kong Youde was on the north road, but the scout didn't know anything.

Explore and report again!

There were scouts to send news, the next day Tun Buer learned that Kong Youde also encountered resistance, in order to do his best to rescue Hefei, had to divide troops to bypass the Ming army's blocking stronghold, one of them was in ambush in the stone beam in the northeast of Hefei, the Tianyou soldiers and the green battalion soldiers totaled 4,500 troops, only seven or eight hundred people escaped, a typical encirclement point to help. (To be continued......) R1292