With Wu Sangui's order, 10,000 cavalry were divided into the camp again, and they charged towards the position of the fifth division of the Ming army. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Obviously, the other party only has an army of more than 10,000 people, but in such a short period of time, he has suffered heavy losses on his side, Wu Sangui is completely annoyed, even for the sake of face, he can't withdraw his troops now, he must grit his teeth and persevere!

The addition of 10,000 cavalry again put more pressure on the Fifth Division, especially the 1st Regiment of Qiu Yuanshan, which was almost full of enemy corpses at a distance of fifty meters from the forward position.

Fortunately, the Shenji rocket ignited part of the battlefield, which improved the accuracy of the Ming army's firearms a lot, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry was unable to break through the defense line of a regiment in a short period of time.

"Use the corpse as a cover, dismount and fight!"

Many cavalrymen discovered the usefulness of the Ming army's trenches, and the cavalry targets were too large, especially the war horses, which were easily injured by firearms even in the dark.

It is certainly not realistic to dig trenches now, but fortunately, there are a large number of war horse corpses in front of you as cover, and at a distance of fifty meters, you can completely dismount and let the archers shoot.

After marching for more than 80 miles in a row, the war horses of the Guanning Iron Cavalry have long been unbearable, and many war horses have even begun to foam at the mouth, at this time continue to use cavalry charges, it is really difficult to break through the Ming army's defense line, it is better to use the numerical advantage to shoot at the Ming army, first consume part of the opponent's troops, wait until the war horse is almost rested, and then break through the Ming army's defense line in one go.

No matter how the tactics of the Guanning Iron Cavalry changed, the Fifth Division always responded to all changes with the same, that is, it shrank in the trenches and did not go out, using a platoon of guns and grenades to shoot the enemy at a close distance, and using field artillery to eliminate the cavalry at a distance.

Of course, after the Guanning Iron Cavalry changed its tactics, the casualties of the Fifth Division increased sharply, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry was full of enthusiasm and wanted to rush to the front to start a white-knuckle battle, so at a distance of nearly 200 meters, the officers and men of the Fifth Division could let go and fight.

Now it has become a long-range shooting, and the frequency of shooting bows and arrows is much higher than that of flintlock muskets, and the comparison of the strength of the two sides, the fifth division of the Ming army obviously suffers a lot...........

The salvo fire of the artillery regiment continued, and the average firing frequency of three rounds in two minutes made the Guanning Iron Cavalry in the charge suffer enough, and it was the first time they had seen an artillery gun with such a frequent firing efficiency.

The Ming artillery has a fast rate of fire, the key is that the power is great, after each salvo, there is almost no live mouth in the explosion area, often a round of salvo fire, more than 100 meters wide in depth, are empty, the force connection is not in place, so that the advantage of cavalry cluster charge, easily interrupted by these shells.

Fortunately, it was dark night, and the surviving soldiers only knew that their own side had suffered heavy losses, and many of their comrades might have been killed, but they could not have witnessed the tragic situation at the explosion site, otherwise they would have withdrawn their troops and fled.

Perhaps the only benefit of night battles is here, you don't know how many people died at all, and even the generals who are responsible for counting battle losses don't know how big their losses are at this time.

As long as the shouting and killing of the surrounding companions is still there, it proves that there are still living people, and everyone also has a trace of comfort in their hearts, after all, there are 50,000 people in Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the Ming army on the opposite side is only 10,000, how can Guanning Iron Cavalry be defeated?

"Regiment commander, the enemy used the corpse as a cover to shoot at our army, and the second battalion suffered more than half of the casualties, and it was almost unbearable." A general of the Ming army, covered in blood and with his arm simply bandaged, came to Qiu Yuanshan to complain.

"Death to those who retreat! Let your battalion commanders do it yourself! Qiu Yuanshan didn't want to talk nonsense with his subordinates.

Now was the most critical moment, and he could not show the slightest hesitation.

"The battalion commander is dead! We don't want to retreat, but you can give us a little reinforcement! The general pleaded.

That's right, the commander of the second battalion has already died in battle, otherwise he would not have come to ask for reinforcements.

"It will take at least a quarter of an hour for the Fifth Regiment to reach the front, where do I get reinforcements now?" Qiu Yuanshan said impatiently.

The rear of the first battalion under his command is the location of the artillery regiment, and it is also the enemy's main direction of attack, in order to be precautionary, Qiu Yuanshan transferred the guard company and the third battalion to support, and now the entire regiment headquarters, just himself, three combat staff officers, plus two guards, there are only six people in total, and there are no extra troops at all.

After the general of the second battalion, who did not want reinforcements, left in despair, the combat staff officer on the side couldn't help but say: "The second battalion is actually not easy, although they are not the enemy's main attack direction, but there is no field artillery support, and now in the absence of reinforcements, the situation is not optimistic!" ”

"I know it's not optimistic, but what can I do now, I can only grit my teeth and persevere, it's not that I don't send reinforcements to the second battalion, but now that all the troops have been transferred to the front line, we don't even have the ability to organize the second line of defense, once any point collapses, the entire fifth division will be finished, their second battalion is distressed by casualties, and I, Qiu Yuanshan, am not distressed?" Qiu Yuanshan said loudly.

He just refused to send reinforcements to the second battalion, which is equivalent to giving up the entire second battalion, and he felt sad, and his tone of voice was naturally a little heavy.

"But have you ever thought about it, once the second battalion's defense line is broken, then we will also lose, at present, the enemy has not yet discovered the key area of our army's artillery bombardment, and when the situation is clarified, it will definitely send heavy troops to attack the second battalion, and the second battalion, which has suffered more than half of the casualties, can it really withstand it?" The operational staff officer analyzed.

Due to the night battle, everyone's field of vision is limited, so it is difficult to see the enemy's troop deployment at a glance, even if it is the Ming army, it is only through the engagement that you can specifically understand the enemy's main attack direction.

But once the enemy changes the direction of the main attack, it is really difficult for the Ming army without backup to support it in a short time, so at present, it seems that in fact, the second battalion is the hidden danger of the Ming army's defensive front.

"It is indeed worth noting, in this way, let the brothers of the artillery regiment fire two salvos at the second battalion, which is regarded as fire support. In addition, since the commander of the second battalion was martyred, I personally went to the command of the second battalion to boost their morale. ”

Qiu Yuanshan did what he said, and after a few words of explanation, he left the headquarters and went directly towards the position of the second battalion.

The regiment commander was at the forefront in person, and the three operational staff officers of the regiment headquarters had to follow, except for one of the guards who went to give the order, the remaining four people all grabbed their weapons and followed Qiu Yuanshan to the second battalion............

It is said that the general of the second battalion, who left the headquarters in frustration, was not too unlucky, not only did he have to get two rounds of fire support from the artillery regiment, but also got reinforcements from a platoon.

Of course, this platoon was not brought by Qiu Yuanshan and the five of them, but the dozens of people from the cooking squad that they met on the way back.

The battle has reached this juncture, who cares if you are a non-combatant or not, it just so happened that this group of soldiers from the cooking squad wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy, and the generals of the second battalion flickered and directly pulled to the area they defended.

The position of the second battalion is indeed precarious now, although the Guanning iron cavalry has not yet shifted the focus of the attack to the head of the second battalion, but there are many cavalry around, and the fact that the second battalion's firepower is weak has been discovered.

People are desperate for their lives, and the first battalion is heavy artillery and god rockets, who wants to go over there to die?

Some of the Guanning iron cavalry at the junction unconsciously began to ride their horses towards the position of the second battalion, although they were only using archers to shoot, but the coverage of nearly two or three thousand arrows per round had already made the soldiers of the second battalion unable to raise their heads.

"Haha! Let me just say that this black pot is good! Look, it saved your life again. A cook, carrying a black pot, smiled and said to the young soldier who had agreed to go to battle earlier.

Although the young soldier agreed to go to the battlefield with a group of men, he was worried about the speed of the big guy's march, so he insisted on asking a few men with the cooking pot on their backs along the way, and the big pot was still on the side.

If it weren't for the fact that these people cherish the guys who cook their own food, and are worried that they will lose or break it at night, they simply refuse to leave it behind, and this would not have played such a big role.

The marching pot is almost the size of an umbrella, and everyone marches forward with the marching pot, which can not only effectively avoid the attack of arrows and quickly enter the forward position, but also erect a marching pot in the forward position to resist the arrows for the soldiers who are loaded on the bullet, effectively reducing casualties.

"Okay, don't talk about those useless ones, now that the enemy is firmly established in front of the trenches, the grenades are out of reach for the time being, everyone cheer up, once the enemy charges, give me grenades to greet me!" The young soldier was scolded, and his face was a little unbearable, so he had to change the topic.

At a distance of fifty meters, if it is flat ground, the grenade can also cause enough lethality, but the enemy is too cunning, using the corpse of the war horse as a cover, the Ming army throws grenades with great effort, not to mention, most of the grenades are blocked by these corpses, and it does not have much killing effect.

Now the only way for the Ming army to think of is to wait for the enemy army to get closer, even if it is ten meters further, and the Ming army's grenades can send them to the western sky.

The Guanning Iron Cavalry also understood this, so they didn't get close at all, just nested outside the range of the grenade attack, and took advantage of the numerical advantage to slowly consume the Ming army in the trenches.

On the marching pot, there was a clanging sound from time to time, which was not only beating the marching pot, but also tempering the hearts of this group of cooking squad men.

As non-combatants, they nested in the rear, cooked a few good dishes, and waited for their comrades to celebrate their victorious achievements, which is understandable.

But in the most dangerous moment, it is the duty of a soldier to dare to go to the battlefield.

Time passed minute by minute, the casualties of the first regiment were getting bigger and bigger, and after a period of testing, the Guanning Iron Cavalry finally discovered the weak point of the second battalion.

In the first wave of charge, the Guanning Iron Cavalry concentrated 3,000 men and horses and launched a charge towards the second battalion, which had only more than 300 people left.

"It's still coming.......... it's coming," the operational staff officer, who commanded at the front of the second battalion, couldn't help but sigh.

Not long after they arrived at the front line, the Guanning Iron Cavalry launched a fierce attack, and the artillery of the artillery regiment was estimated to have not been adjusted in place.

"Come on, come on, labor and management are still afraid that he won't succeed! All of them, don't care about the three-stage gun formation, just hit a salvo, and then grenade hello! Qiu Yuanshan said nonchalantly.

At this time, the advantage of the flintlock pistol was not obvious, and only the grenade could withstand the enemy's charge.

"Boom ........"

As Qiu Yuanshan's order was issued, the forward position of the second battalion soon sounded one explosion after another, instantly blowing up the enemy troops who rushed up.

At this moment, the field artillery of the artillery regiment had also been adjusted in place, and with the salvo of nearly 100 heavy guns, one or two hundred meters in front of the position of the second battalion, it directly turned into a sea of fire, and the enemy's charging formation was cut off.

Those enemy troops who rushed to the front could be said to be in a dilemma.

Keep rushing forward, the grenades keep beckoning them, and who knows how many people will die if they continue to rush.

Go back...... The back is full of heavy artillery, and there is no way to retreat.

The most critical thing is that the heavy artillery of the Ming army cut off the support in the rear, and they rushed over with less than a thousand people, who knows how many Ming troops are hidden in these trenches?

The battle-hardened Guanning Iron Cavalry was already frightened at this time, and even began to wonder if this so-called weak point was deliberately set by the Ming army on the opposite side.

"The area covered by this artillery, to say the least, is eighty steps (about one hundred meters) wide, now retreating, it can't outrun the artillery of the Ming army at all, it's better to continue to charge, even if you can't break through the enemy's defensive line, at least you can pull a few pads, kill one is enough, kill two to earn, everyone rush with me!" There are also those who do not believe in evil and want to continue fighting.

Soon, the more than 1,000 people who were cut off were infected and began to howl and charge towards the positions of the second battalion.

"Commander, the grenade is finished!" Another piece of bad news.

In order to suppress the enemy, the grenades of the second battalion were thrown vigorously outside the trenches, and since the reserves were on the front line, there was no one to transport ammunition and supplies, so the grenades were quickly exhausted.

"All of them, bayonets!"

There are still more than 700 people left in the charging enemy army, and the second round of artillery is coming again, and the Guanning iron cavalry in the rear who wants to support has begun to hesitate.

But Qiu Yuanshan understood that the enemy army in front of the trench must be wiped out now, otherwise they would really tear the gap from here, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

There were less than 300 people left in the second battalion, and under the leadership of Qiu Yuanshan, they took the initiative to launch a counter-charge against the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and in terms of momentum alone, the Ming army had the absolute upper hand.

Seeing that the other party dared to take the initiative to attack, most of the Guanning iron cavalry were intimidated at this time, even if there were less than three hundred people in front of them, but when they were fighting, they would always look at the rear of the trench unconsciously.

"The Ming army must still have reinforcements." Most of the Guanning Iron Riders have such thoughts in their hearts.

Ideas are ideas, but at the moment of the real fight, everything is to save life as the most important, and there is an artillery blockade in the rear, if you want to survive, you can only fight hard.

Although the Guanning Iron Knight was demoralized, the numerical advantage was a fact, so in a short period of time, the two sides fought inextricably.

Fortunately, Qiu Yuanshan was lucky enough, and when the second battalion was about to be overwhelmed, the reinforcements sent by the division commander Ji Dongming finally arrived on the battlefield...........