After discovering the enemy's situation, the horns of the Ming and Qing dynasties sounded at the same time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The cavalry of the Qing army rushed to the battlefield in large numbers, and the Ming army did not even open the formation at the moment, and still marched forward in the form of a marching army. Wei Zhong's cavalry team was picked up, but when Zhao Ziqiang and Lu Guangzu knew that they still hadn't found any trace of the C Brigade, they couldn't help but sink their hearts. At this time, it was already dark, and both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties played torches. This will, there is no need to hide where you are, after all, the two sides are unknowingly encountering each other, no one wants to ambush anyone, and there is no question of who is the target for others to fight.

Night fighting, has never been the Ming and Qing sides are good at, but also both sides are afraid of, in the dark night, before attacking the opponent, the first thing the generals of both sides have to do is how to avoid the collapse of their own armies. In this era, officers and soldiers have more or less night blindness, no matter how brave and tenacious you are during the day, at night they are all black-eyed, so those who can fight at night are the elite of the elite, and it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to do it. Even if there are no enemies, the night is breathtaking. It is not an ordinary difficulty to march in the darkness of ignorance and kill the enemy. Therefore, torches were lit on both sides, and thousands of torches were lit at the same time, reflecting the sky over the battlefield in red, and also giving the soldiers on both sides a backbone. In the dark night, the firelight is always the greatest expectation of human beings, and it is also the most heart-warming and reassuring place.

The Qing army brigade in the rear also quickly moved forward after learning that the Ming army brigade had been found in front. Along the way, the Qing army piled up countless haystacks, and after lighting the fire, one by one the fires were like a fire dragon at the foot of Yumeng Mountain.

Both sides have raised torches and exposed their positions to each other, and the current situation is like riding a tiger. The fifth town, which was dominated by infantry troops, did not dare to retreat, because if it retreated at this time, the Qing army with cavalry would definitely take advantage of the situation to attack and kill. If it is daytime, the fifth town is not afraid of the Qing cavalry, but these four are dark, Zhao Ziqiang dares to order a retreat, the Qing cavalry does not have to rush to the battlefield at all, only need to hang and attack, a collapse will occur in the Ming army, after all, there are too few effective means to defeat the enemy in the dark night, and there are too many uncontrollable situations, so Zhao Ziqiang decisively ordered Brigade A and Brigade B to immediately launch a battle formation, ready to fight hard with the Qing army.

This battle is no longer something that Zhao Ziqiang is willing to fight, but must be fought.

The Qing army faced the same problems as the Ming army, so they also did not dare to retreat, and even had to make an offensive posture, which made the battle imminent. About more than 800 Qing cavalry rushed to the battlefield first, after finding that the Ming army did not retreat but began to line up, the deputy commander of the Han army, Geng Juxian, who commanded the more than 800 cavalry, decided to take advantage of the Ming army's unstable foothold and the formation was not displayed when the formation rushed to kill their formation. Although the line of sight was not good, Geng Juxian could still detect from the fire of the Ming army itself that the other party did not seem to be carrying artillery.

"Brother Zhao, what now?"

Seeing that the Qing army was coming more and more, and the fire was shining until the south of Yumeng Mountain, Lu Guangzu estimated that there were no less than 10,000 cavalry and infantry of the Qing army, and saw that the Qing cavalry in front of him showed signs of attack, and his two brigades were still in formation, so he couldn't help but be a little nervous. Now there are only two brigades in the fifth town, Li Guoan and Hu Mingyi, plus there are only more than 5,000 soldiers in the town guard, and it is a night battle, so he is a little worried that the enemy will not be able to defeat the Qing army.

"What else can I do, it, I'm really afraid of them!"

Zhao Ziqiang scolded with a foul language, it's all this, can he still bring the soldiers back. He thought, but the question was whether Qinggou could agree.

It's really damn unlucky, Yu Shizhong killed Lao Tzu!

Zhao Ziqiang wanted to scold his mother, he was here to pick up the cheap, but he didn't want to gnaw hard bones, the Qing army put on such a big posture, and the fool knew that it must be Yu Shizhong's end, if Yu Shizhong's brigade was still there, the Qing army would dare to put on such a big formation? Miscalculated, miscalculated...

This situation is to catch the ducks on the shelves, and Zhao Ziqiang has no choice, he can't retreat, so he can only fight.

After receiving the order from the town command post to prepare for battle, Li Guoan, a brigade colonel, turned over and dismounted, took a spear tied to his mount in his hand, and then walked to the first battalion with his direct brigade guards.

Seeing the posture of the brigade school, the deputy colonel Qin Ming persuaded in a nervous low voice: "My lord, you are the head of the first brigade, and the brothers rely on you to command, the Qing army is more than us, and it will definitely be dangerous to fight when the battle starts, so you better not go forward, just press the formation behind." ”

"That didn't work before, if we don't sell our lives in this battle tonight, I'm afraid we won't see the sun tomorrow."

Li Guoan shook his head, took a spear and walked to the middle of the battalion with the brigade guards directly under him. The formation of the first battalion was a bit chaotic, and many soldiers had not yet stepped into their rightful positions. Suddenly encountering the enemy, it was dark again, and there was no sign of friendly troops, including the first battalion, the officers and men of the A Brigade were a little panicked, so the speed of the formation was much later than usual. Moreover, many of them were Taiping soldiers who only participated in the Chaohui War, and they surrendered and took many prisoners. Since the westward conquest of Guangxi, the fifth town has not fought any hard battles, the first second town has finished the most difficult battle, and the rest of the cities in Guangxi have almost all surrendered without a fight, and the battle of Guilin was fought by the C Brigade, so the A Brigade and the B Brigade have not gone through a cruel battle strictly speaking. It was the first time they had met such a sudden encounter with the enemy, and it was a battle that was fought in the dark.

The second battalion of the A Brigade is the old foundation of the Nanhai battalion of the town general Zhao Ziqiang, and this battalion followed Zhao Ziqiang to do a lot of massacre in Chaozhou, so although the military discipline is very poor, it is quite capable of fighting compared to other battalions. This can be beaten, the main thing is a murderous aura. There are many people who have killed, even if it is a common person, this soldier is also a little bloody. Moreover, Zhao Ziqiang has a heavy habit of green forests, and the town guard cavalry team is raised by him as a descendant, and his old foundation in the second battalion is also treated well, and from time to time he takes out some of the goods he has robbed and rewards them, so the more than 700 officers and soldiers of the second battalion are also quite loyal to Zhao Ziqiang.

The first battalion is Li Guoan's old foundation of Conghua soldiers, not as good as the second battalion, but the military discipline is good, and the implementation of military orders is also in place, although Li Guoan is also from the green battalion, but after joining the Taiping Army, he deliberately learned from the old four towns, and wanted to train his subordinates, at least not much worse than the old four towns. So when Chaohui was fighting, Li Guoan really contributed. When Zhao Ziqiang led people to slaughter cities and villages, robbed and killed people, he really led his soldiers to confront the Qing army in Chaozhou, and swept away many regiments of brave villagers to ensure the security of the area he was responsible for. After the war, because of his good performance, he was promoted to the brigade school.

The third battalion was adapted from the capture of Chaozhou Tuan Ding and Wu Liuqi's pacesetters, and these people did not have much loyalty to the Taiping army, but all of them were hostages under the rule of the Taiping army. This hostage is naturally their family member, so whether it is for themselves or their families, they have only one way to work for the Taiping Army.

Hu Mingyi's B Brigade was based on his Zengcheng soldiers, and transferred dozens of officers from the old four towns together with the young men of Chaozhou, and its combat effectiveness ranked first among the three brigades. In the battle of Fengning Division, the third battalion of the B Brigade was in charge of the palace, and as a result, more than 700 people were beaten by the Qing army, and only a few dozen ran back. Although the number of soldiers has been replenished now, the new recruits are all surrendered troops transferred from Guangxi. The combat effectiveness is not high, and the troops have not been running in for a few days, so they can't be seen in normal times, and they will die at a critical time. When the formation of Brigade A was spread out for most of the time, Brigade B was able to spread out on its side, and the gap was not a little bit bigger.

The two brigades have such a foundation, which is why Yu Shizhong went south without authorization, which caught Zhao Ziqiang off guard, and intuitively felt that he was planning to fight in the water. No matter how good the plan is, you must always have strength, and if you don't have strength, what's the use of planning beautifully.

"Don't panic, put the torch in a high place, illuminate it, Qinggou is in front, the trick is brighter, the hands and feet are faster, the blind is slow, and the one who dies is himself!"

"I'm Li Guoan, I'm in the first camp, and those who aren't afraid of death are fixed for me!"

Li Guoan shouted loudly to tell his subordinates where he was, and at the same time gave orders to the battalions. Hearing that the adults of the brigade school had arrived in the first battalion, although there were many officers and men of the first brigade who did not actually see the figures of the adults of the brigade school, their hearts were instantly steady. Throughout the ages, whether it is the people or the soldiers, they must have a backbone. No matter how many people there are, if there is no backbone, it will be a plate of loose sand and will not become a climate. And this backbone, being an official naturally has an advantage. The people are afraid of officials, and those who are soldiers are also afraid of officials, and what they are afraid of is also envy and admiration. Those who are officials are not afraid of dying in front, and who is willing to be a soldier.

As soon as the defense line of the A Brigade was organized, the cavalry of the Qing army rushed over. Geng Juxian's cavalry is also counted as a success, more than half a month ago, he defeated a battalion of the Fifth Town B Brigade that was stopped by His Royal Highness in Fengning Division, and then disguised himself as a Ming army to attack Nandan City without waiting for a break. That night, Zhao Ziqiang was scared a lot, if he hadn't been preparing to retreat north out of the city, I am afraid that Geng Juxian would really be able to rush the command post, resulting in the annihilation of the fifth town and the eleventh town. Since the battle of Xiaobeishan, the cavalry of the Qing army did not send much, only today led by Wang Sheng, the commander of the Han army, to block the Ming army of Liuzhou out of the city to reinforce Xiaobeishan, this battle was also a complete victory, with less than 400 casualties to hit thousands of Ming troops, more than 2,000 ranks.

With the advantage of fighting against the Ming army and winning a few games, Geng Juxian naturally did not take the fifth town in front of him in his eyes. In his opinion, except for a very small number of elites, such as the Ming army on Xiaobei Mountain, which stubbornly resisted for more than ten days, the rest were mostly rabble, and could even be said to be bandits and peasants with weapons.

The advantage of cavalry is not to attack fortifications, but to maneuver quickly, catch the opponent's mistakes and weak points, and then tear the opponent's weak points into a bloody gap, and finally let the opponent bleed to death. Geng Juxian saw that the Fifth Town of the Ming Army had come so suddenly, because they were found in a marching array, not a battle formation, so he had to lead his troops to rush forward before the other party could react and defeat them in one fell swoop.

These cavalry under Geng Juxian were all soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, only very few of them were the Ming army and horse bandits of Yungui, and after a few battles, those soldiers and horse bandits also adapted to the combat regulations of the Qing army. Under the command of the large and small officers, they began to speed up their horses and rush towards the Ming army, but instead of galloping with all their might, they controlled the horsepower, so that they could protect the enemy from quickly protruding from the opponent's formation if they missed a blow, instead of falling into it. (To be continued.) )