Chapter 15: Encirclement and Annihilation
Long Ruyuan commanded the troops of the South Battery to fight hard, but it was just to see how to block the offensive of the coalition army, and it was impossible to defeat others, and in an hour, the South Fort paid huge casualties, and the coalition army also paid the price.
At the critical moment, He Zhengqing and Guo Ye arrived, this time the elite of the North Fort poured out, and hundreds of Qing troops rushed under the South Fort in a swarm, and began to assist Long Ruyuan in launching a crazy counterattack against the coalition army!
Long Ruyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw He Zhengqing arrive, and shouted, "Zhengqing, how is the North Fort?" ”
He Zhengqing said with a smile: "Brother Long, haven't you noticed that above the sea, the foreigners' warships have retreated?" I joined forces with Guo Ye, first severely damaged their flagship, and then severely damaged their cruisers, I am afraid that even their commander will be seriously injured, and even if it has been hung up, I don't know, there is no one to command, the dragons are leaderless, and the foreigners' fleet has only one way to retreat......"
Long Ruyuan was overjoyed and applauded.
He Zhengqing said: "Brother Long, when I came over, Guo Ye suggested that we immediately charge at the foreign devils on the opposite side, now they have no way to retreat, and there is no backup, they must be flustered and have no intention of fighting, at this time, we can definitely take it down!" ”
Long Ruyuan nodded and asked, "What about Guo Ye's kid?" ”
He Zhengqing smiled mysteriously and replied, "Don't worry, my lord, that kid is waiting to pick up the bargain!" He led a team of dozens of horses, ready to take advantage of our siege, directly outflank the foreigners from the flank, and catch them off guard, we attracted the attention of the foreigners, he came to sneak attack, and the foreigners couldn't finish if they couldn't think about it! ”
Long Ruyuan laughed and shouted: "Dong Cheng, order all the troops of the north and south forts, not a single one, all of them into battle, and charge the foreigners in front of you!" ”
Long Ruyuan gave an order, and the Qing army of thousands stood up and launched a charge towards the foreigners in the distance!
At this time, the coalition forces had also discovered that the warships behind them had withdrawn from the battle at this time, without artillery fire support, how long could they hold out just by relying on them? There are countless Qing troops in front of them, look at their own people, there are only 300 people at best, how can they withstand the long-term attack of the Qing army?
Guo Ye knows that there is a lack of firearms in the Qing army now, and even if there is, it will definitely not be able to compare with the firearms of the other party, and directly let the infantry pounce on it, which is definitely a death, thinking that so many people in the Boxers back then still fell under the guns of the foreigners, and now they can rely on only these dozens of strange soldiers, taking advantage of the firepower of the South Fort to attract the attention of the foreigners, Guo Ye personally led the army to charge, and dozens of elite cavalry rushed towards the coalition army like a hurricane.
After a hard battle, now the British army still has more than 300 people who can continue to fight, and what is even more tragic is that the commander of the coalition army, Major Gadifo, suddenly found that all the fleets behind him had begun to retreat, and his own 300 people were completely abandoned!
Gadifu was so angry that he was like thunder, what the hell, where is there such a war, this group of bastards didn't care about Lao Tzu and evacuated on their own! Bastard, this is special, there is no baggage, there is no backup, isn't it waiting for death?
However, it has become like this, no one has a way, the only way out is to take the South Fort in front of it, and use the South Fort as a base to wait for reinforcements, I hope that it won't be long before the fleet can kill back again!
However, Gadifu underestimated the combat power of the South Battery, even if the combat power of the South Battery was insufficient, there was still the strength of the North Battery, and on the periphery of Dagukou, there were still 20,000 Qing troops garrisoned, and the small group of people in Gadifu was doomed to defeat!
When Gadifu was commanding the coalition soldiers to attack the South Battery, suddenly, the defenders of the South Battery, gave up their defense, and under the cover of artillery, launched a charge towards the coalition army, and nearly a thousand Qing troops rushed towards the coalition army like a tide, with a momentum like a rainbow.
The coalition forces were even more frightened, and they all shot at the Qing soldiers who rushed over, and the only two or three cannons were not constantly attacking!
The attention of the coalition army was all focused on the Qing army in front of him, but he ignored his side, Guo Ye at this time, leading fifty cavalry, holding a bright saber in his hand, saw that the time was ripe, and shouted: "Brothers, good men have made meritorious contributions, at this time, follow me and wipe out the foreign devils in front of you in one fell swoop, everyone has a heavy reward!" A foreign head, a reward of ten taels of silver! ”
There must be brave men under the heavy reward, not to mention that these people have been trained by Guo Ye for more than a month, and they are almost the first to look forward to Guo Ye, and with an order, dozens of elite horsemen rushed towards the flank of the coalition army.
The coalition forces patronized to deal with the Qing army in front of them, but they didn't expect that on the tidal flats, there were still people who dared to use cavalry to impact themselves, and by the time they reacted, the cavalry was already close in front of them, only a few tens of meters apart!
Gadifu was shocked, in this era, they were all muskets loaded in front, and the rate of fire was extremely slow, once they were close to the cavalry, there was only one way to die!
However, it is obvious that in this situation, Gadifo has no idea, and can only roar to organize defense!
Dozens of elite cavalry like a hurricane, before the British army had time to shoot, they rushed straight into the ranks of the coalition army, the saber in their hands slashed towards the coalition army, blood splashed, two or three hundred coalition troops, simply could not withstand the impact of dozens of elite cavalry, not to mention, the main force of the Qing army was already very close, under the belly and back of the enemy, the coalition army was in chaos, and the casualties were more than half in the blink of an eye!
Gadifu was completely desperate, especially in the face of the encirclement of other people's cavalry and the main force, he had no chance, he had no choice but to surrender, surrender to save his life!
"Surrender! We surrendered! ”
Gadifu hurriedly ordered the soldiers to lay down their weapons, disarm and surrender, but now the cavalry and the Qing army are rising, where can they still be contained? The saber was waved without hesitation, and even the Qing infantry did not stop!
The British army was even more panicked and ran around with their heads in their hands......
From the appearance of the elite cavalry to the end of the battle, it was only a quarter of an hour, the coalition army was completely wiped out, and the coalition army of more than 500 people died more than 200 people in battle, seriously wounded 100 people, and the rest were also easily captured by the Qing army with their own injuries.
Long Ruyuan laughed, patted Guo Ye's shoulder who came over, and said with a smile: "Good boy, Lord Admiral didn't misunderstand you, you are indeed a tiger general, it's a pity, Admiral ......"
Before Long Ruyuan's words were finished, Gadifu, who was not far away, suddenly took out a pistol from his arms, and raised his hand to shoot, what is special, Lao Tzu is dead, and he will also kill this head!