On the third day, Zhang Zongyu led the cavalry to Wangpan Town in Qingyuan.

Zhang Zongyu stood on top of a mound and watched into the distance through the monoculars captured by the Qing army, the Qing army had already built a line of defense on the opposite side, and the position was full of murderous atmosphere.

Zhang Zongyu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The elite division of Baoding Town is really extraordinary, the deployment of this position alone is not what the Mongolian cavalry and green battalion soldiers could do in the past, and the defense is so tight that it is really unsurpassed!" ”

Du He, the banner lord on the side, asked, "King Liang, what are we going to do now?" ”

Zhang Zongyu snorted coldly and replied: "We don't know the reality of the other party, we can't rush to attack, Du He, you lead a cavalry, retreat six miles, as a response, once the front is lost, immediately rush forward to cover the retreat of the army; Du Yu, you lead the front army to launch a tentative attack on the position of Baoding Town, try the depth of the other party, be careful! ”

The two men said yes and began to assemble their respective armies.

Du Yu led 5,000 cavalry to gather at a distance of less than two miles from Baoding Town, and with an order, the cavalry of the Twist Army began a crazy attack, and the army rushed towards the position like a violent wind!

On the position of Baoding Town, five infantry battalions were calmly lined up, and the soldiers of Baoding Town were full of disdain, and they never seemed to have taken the cavalry in front of them to heart, even if the other party was the Twist Army cavalry who had just defeated the Mongolian cavalry, they also didn't care!

Wang Huanzhang stood on top of the mound, watching the assault of the cavalry of the Twist Army from a distance, and Jiang Shenghua, the commander of the Chinese army on the side, said: "My lord, the other party has attacked!" ”

Wang Huanzhang smiled faintly, I saw it, they were just a tentative attack, order, the infantry on the front line, put it in for me to fight again, don't waste bullets, our bullets are not in unlimited supply, every attack must be able to receive results! ”

In the front army position, the soldiers of Baoding Town also built three earthen ramparts, which were about ten meters apart, tall and short, and the shape was completely modeled after Chen Hai's style of defending the rangers in the United States.

At the forefront of the defense were the first infantry battalion and the second infantry battalion, and the two battalion commanders, Shan Xing and Qiu Long, quietly stared at the cavalry of the Twist Army rushing over in front of them, without saying a word. When the cavalry of the Twist Army had already hit within three hundred meters, Shan Xing's eyes lit up!

"The whole army is ready, shoot!"

Before Shan Xing could open his mouth, Qiu Long on the side had already roared and gave an order!

Shan Xing turned his head and glared at Qiu Long fiercely, and said dissatisfiedly: "The dog said, even the order was given to Lao Tzu to rob!" ”

However, the two people have been working together for too long, and this tacit understanding is still there, and on the entire position, the gunshots rang out unfatally, three earthen ramparts, shooting in turns, a thousand infantry, and a thousand rifles, which is too great a deterrent to the cavalry of the Twist Army!

A few days ago, they had just seen the cavalry with muskets in hand attacking them, and the front army of nearly 10,000 people couldn't raise their heads, and now, they encountered this situation again, and the infantry at this time was obviously more organized, and the cavalry could not shoot in a row, but the infantry could, under the rotation of shooting, a dense firepower network was formed, and the front of the position was completely blocked!

The cavalry of the Twist Army, which rushed forward, fell off their horses one after another under the fire, and the Twist Army could not get close at all!

Du Yu was not reluctant, the order that King Liang gave himself was to attack tentatively to see how the opponent's firepower was, and now that he saw it, he naturally retreated backwards, and if he rushed to the front, there would be absolutely no good fruit to eat!

Shan Xing looked at the retreating cavalry, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, there was nothing special about these cavalry, they just retreated after launching an attack! It's really boring!

Du Yu came to Zhang Zongyu and said: "King Liang, you see, the other party has built three earthen ramparts in front, and the soldiers can shoot in turns, the bullets of the musket are too dense, we want to rush over, but it is not so easy to ......"

Zhang Zongyu nodded and sneered: "Of course, if we break through the position so easily, then it will not be an elite division; Du Yu, launch the second attack, this time the formation should not stand so densely, that is to be a target for others, the formation is scattered, and put a little pressure on the opponent! Ren Tian, lead your army on the right flank to make a detour towards the opponent's flank and attack their flank, but the flank does not have these earthen ramparts, but I want to see how they can resist our attack on the flank! ”

Zhang Zongyu thinks that if he arranges it like this, the opponent will definitely not be able to defend against it, even if he prepares again, it is only three earthen ramparts, and it can only resist the inevitable attack, and the east and west cannot resist his own attack, even if there is an infantry defense, it is definitely not so tight as the front!

Du Yu and Ren Tian agreed, went down and began to sit and prepare.

Du Yu led the cavalry to attack the frontal position, and groups of cavalry began to scatter the defense line of Baoding Town!

However, this time the soldiers of Baoding Town are not so polite, the rear, the artillery battalion was put into the battle for the first time, one by one the shells shot at the cavalry of the Twist Army, the Twist Army was blown up on their backs, the Twist Army cavalry could not move forward at all, in the face of the skyrocketing artillery fire, this time the Twist Army was really a little cowardly, but because of the military order, it could only continue to harass in the front position, holding back the frontal soldiers.

In the distance, Wang Huanzhang saw every move of the Twist Army clearly, and the Twist Army launched an attack in front to contain and attract frontal firepower, while the right flank of the Twist Army was detouring to one side, preparing to attack his flank position!

Wang Huanzhang sneered in his heart, this Zhang Zongyu has some tricks, but his tactics are like this, there is no difference from the Mongolian cavalry in Tongzhou back then, that's all!

"Order, mobilize the rockets for me, and once the flanks of the Twist Army attack, then give me a hard call for them with rockets, and let them know what is called heart-rending pain!"

Behind the position, thirty rockets were quickly ready to attack, the cavalry of the Twist Army had just launched a charge, and there were still two miles away from the position of Baoding Town, and the rockets of Baoding Town roared out, and dozens of rockets fell in the array of the Twist Army Charge!

Now it is the late autumn season is about to enter the winter, the weather is dry, the ground is full of dry crops and firewood, the rocket fell to the ground, and in an instant there were pieces of fire, and the fire was soaring!

(To be continued.) )