Chapter Seventy-Seven: Preemptive Strike (Part II)

Tanma's beautiful dismounting action attracted the sincere admiration of the guards around Chen Wen, and his war horse was also grabbed by the Ming army guards who rushed up after running forward for a while, and was forced to stop. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yang Jie's legs and feet are quite fast, tell Hou Guoyuan that the Nantang battalion continues to attack, and there is no need to stay behind. The Guards battalion prepares to meet those Tartars with his commander. ”

In this battle, Chen Wen deliberately mobilized four battalions to besiege Jiangshan County, in order to be able to swallow the standard battalion that had begun to copy the Ming army's establishment in one go. According to the topography of Jiangshan County, two battalions are in the north and two battalions are in the south. Unless these three battalions took the risk of abandoning Jiangshan County and gathered an army of 9,000 men to besiege all the way, and in that case, the Ming army could also maneuver through the two pontoon bridges in the north and south of Jiangshan Port, and the besieged road only needed to hold on to the same place for a while.

It's just that it is unknown whether Yang Jie and Wang Zhigang will assemble all the way, and the Lishui battalion located on the south road of the four combat battalions that Chen Wen transferred this time is still a battalion full of recruits, so that the south road can only be used as an auxiliary in the siege battle, but they have more important tasks, and it is not easier than the north road.

In the direction of Jiangshan County, the shouts of the Ming and Qing armies soared into the sky, and the attack of the Nantang battalion continued, but the defenders did not lose heart, but struggled to defend the city wall under the encouragement of the officers at all levels of the supervision battalion to borrow reinforcements that would soon arrive.

With Chen Wen's order, the guards battalion, which was still on standby in the siege battle, immediately began to put on armor and form a team, while the firearms team and artillery checked the guys in their hands for the last time to ensure that they would not lose their chains in the fierce battle.

Time passed, and when Chen Wen gave the order, he handed over the command of the siege to Hou Guoyuan, and his general flag turned backwards, facing the road where Yang Jie was about to appear. After a while, the sound of the horses' hooves as the Ming army retreated, the cavalry of the Jiujiang Green Battalion, Yang Jie's banner, and the Qing army of the brigade appeared in Chen Wen's sight.

"Don't worry, wait for them to take the initiative to attack, and our army will counterattack."

"Stand by now!"

"Stand by now!"

"Stand by now!"

“……”

One order after another was delivered, and the Guards Battalion began its final rest. And just a mile away from them, the Qing army of the Jiujiang Green Battalion also began to put on armor and prepare for battle. For a time, only the horses of the two armies were still testing each other on the battlefield between the two sides, and neither side had any intention of allowing the opponent to harass its own infantry.

On the battlefield, a tall Ming cavalry is fighting with a Qing army on the opposite side, this Ming army is similar to Li Ruixin in height, but it is not like Li Ruixin who can open and close, and can also use various skills and tricks. Riding on a war horse, he tried his best to chop and slash every time he fought hard, clearly in a posture of vowing to die with the enemy.

His opponent, the Qing army, was an officer at first glance, and he was not inferior to him in height and weight, but under this desperate attack, he still only had the ability to parry and had no power to fight back.

"Kill!"

A loud shout sounded, and the Ming soldier waved the saber in his hand like a fly, and slashed at the Qing officer's sword. The swords were staggered, and when they landed, sparks flew everywhere, which shocked the two of them numbly. When the weapons were separated, the place where the blades of the sword collided left two very obvious gaps.

Riding a horse to charge, naturally to borrow the momentum of the horse, the Ming cavalry's horse rushed forward after the blades were staggered for a while before the cavalry turned the horse's head. At this time, the Qing army officer on the opposite side seemed to recognize this opponent, completely ignoring the other light horsemen who were still fighting on the battlefield, and rushed up on his horse again......

"What's the name of that cavalryman?"

"Back to Dashuai, that person's name is Li Huixiang, and it is said that the ancestor came from Liaodong."

"Returning home, it seems that his father has high hopes for him."

Looking at the cavalry from afar, the shouting and killing sound from the distance behind him still showed no signs of stabilizing. The cavalry fight continued, and suddenly, a sudden burst of cheers came from behind him, Chen Wen turned his head, and what he saw in the telescope was that a long card player of the Ming army had climbed to the top of the city.

I saw that the long card player borrowed the remaining strength of the pheasant moat, jumped up, kicked over the Qing army in front of him, waved the long knife, slammed the shield, and quickly killed a small area without the Qing army. And on the ladder where he ascended to the top of the city, one after another Ming troops were hurriedly climbing up, and more and more people climbed up to the top of the city, and even the auxiliary soldiers who were holding the ladder below could no longer care about using shields to protect the top of their heads.

"It turned out to be the first to go."

In the fierce siege and defense of the city, if the defenders are experienced enough, they can quickly kill this warrior at the head of the city. However, once there is a first climb, the defenders' desire to kill the first climber and the enemy forces that follow after them can easily cause a shortage of troops in other areas, resulting in more loopholes.

However, generally speaking, once a besieging soldier kills the city, it means that the offensive and defensive battle of the city has entered the most intense stage, and the two sides will repeatedly fight for the city until the strength is exhausted or the morale completely collapses in the midst of a large number of casualties.

In such a situation, the attacking side will choose to retreat and regroup, and if the defenders collapse, they will flee to the castle or through the castle to the other gates, and the city will usually change hands. It's just that after turning around and observing for a while, Chen Wen turned back to look at the cavalry battle in front of him, but suddenly felt that something seemed to be not quite right.

Generally speaking, after the armor is put on, they will take a little rest and wait for the soldiers to accumulate the last wave of physical strength before charging and killing. The Ming army did this, and the Qing army did the same, it didn't seem to be any different, but now another battalion of the Ming army was attacking the city, Chen Wen had been waiting for a while, and now there was a first arrival, but the Qing army on the opposite side still did not move, and still let the cavalry fight on the battlefield.

"Is there anything else they can't do?"

In any case, if Yang Jie or someone else is still waiting for a better opportunity, then for Chen Wen, it is better to force Yang Jie to make a move first than to passively continue to wait.

As the flag swings regularly under the movement of the flag bearer, the horses on the battlefield abandon their opponents and retreat. In the midst of a loud bang, the Ming infantry, which had rested for a while, began to re-establish the whole formation, and even the various artillery groups of the guards battalion were ready to push the artillery carts or carry the lighter tiger squat guns to keep up with the queue.

The Ming army was rapidly carrying out the whole team, and the Qing army's probe horses on the opposite side just came over to take a look and ran towards their own large array without the slightest hesitation.

After the complete formation of the team was over, the war drums of the Ming army sounded, the "tiger" roared, and the spirit of the soldiers could not help but be lifted, and then under the guidance of the generals and war drums, they took firm steps to the large formation of the Jiujiang Green Battalion. But at this moment, the Qing army, which was still in strict formation, turned around collectively at the moment when they found out that the Ming army was attacking, and walked towards the road from which they came.

They actually ran away...... (To be continued.) )