The Qing army in front was getting closer and closer, and the first to roar in the phalanx of the Yuezhou battalion was a three-pounder cannon equipped by the headquarters of the two divisions of the 1,000th Corps. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Two cannonballs dragged and smashed into the crowd of running Qing troops, bringing out two canopies of blood rain and some fragments of meat, and the whole formation also seemed to be suddenly stirred by someone, and trembled twice.

The screams of the Qing army had not yet fallen, and the three-pounder guns of the headquarters of the divisions of the 2nd and 3rd Thousand Corps also followed closely. A cannonball landed in the cavalry ranks, which happened to knock off the head of a war horse, and cut a large hole in the chest of the Qing officer on horseback, and then dragged out a miserable bloody road before the momentum was offset and disappeared into the dust. The rest of the shells still fell on the infantry, blood and flesh splattered, and the formation of the Qing army trembled as if it had been struck by lightning.

Zhao Liangdong stood in the queue and looked at the scene in front of him, his mouth was dry, and his heart palpitated, and he even wondered if he would end up like this sooner or later if he was still in the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp.

The three-pounder gun crew fired one round each, and the Fran cannon crew, which was subordinate to the headquarters of the three thousand corps, also fired in turn. According to the establishment, the Yuezhou battalion, like the old main battalions, is equipped with three large franc machines at the headquarters of the 1,000th corps, and one large franc machine at the headquarters of the second and third thousand corps. The reloading method is more convenient, and it fires grapeshot, which is more vicious than solid bullets.

After a loud bang, countless small iron beads rushed over like scattered flowers of the heavenly maidens, and the Qing troops in the front row fell in pieces, and the formation became more and more chaotic.

In the front row of the phalanx of the Yuezhou battalion, white smoke filled the air, and the officers in the phalanx shouted the command to raise their guns one after another, and the dense barrels of guns stretched out like a forest.

Zhao Liangdong belonged to the killer flag in the small phalanx of the reserve of the 1st 1,000th Corps, and while the soldiers of the firearms flag raised their flintlock guns, he also raised the spears flat like other comrades in the killer flag to prevent the Qing army stragglers from impacting the firearms flag formation.

Today's Huguang Town musketeers are equipped with swords, which can be put on the barrel of the flintlock pistol to provide some protection, and there is no need to hide behind the killer team at all times. In general, it is enough to have a killer flag next to a firearms flag to provide cover in close combat.

Driven by the desire to survive, the Qing troops who broke through were shelled repeatedly, but they still came like a tide.

Between the lightning and the fire, the forest-like barrels of guns fired in unison, and the dense explosions became one. The earth-shattering screams and screams of war horses on the opposite side came again,

After two rounds of firing, the cavalry of the Qing army on the opposite side had already rushed to the front of the phalanx, leaving behind a piece of corpses of men and horses, and then began to turn, trying to bypass from the flank.

However, the flank firepower of the three phalanxes arranged in a zigzag shape was not weak at all, and the guns were fired alternately, and the Qing troops in the frenzy still fell from time to time.

At this time, although the Qing army was frightened, in order to find a way forward, they still fought back with bows and arrows.

A rain of arrows was thrown over, and from time to time someone in the Ming army behind the shield in the phalanx fell from arrows. However, the counterattack of the Qing army in the panic was limited after all, and it could cause some casualties to the Ming army, but it still could not reverse the overall situation.

Screams were also heard from time to time in the phalanx of the Yuezhou camp, but the phalanx as a whole remained unmoved.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Qing army that broke through was divided into two groups under the fire of the Yuezhou battalion, and most of the horses bypassed the phalanx and galloped north without looking back. Those horseless foot soldiers were much more miserable, and they couldn't run fast if they wanted to, so they could only grit their teeth and use long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows in their hands to suppress the Yuezhou battalion phalanx, in order to get a way out. But the gap in weapons was obvious, and some people in the crowd of the Qing army fell under the muzzle of their guns one after another, one after another, and many people shouted at the cavalry who were away in despair.

As the fighting continued fiercely, the hope of the Qing army's foot soldiers breaking through became more and more dimmable, and the feelings of fear and despair spread like a plague.

Zhao Liangdong roared and stabbed the spear in his hand again and again, and the other comrades-in-arms of the Killer Banner worked together to repel a group of Qing army stragglers who rushed over, panting and looking at the side ahead. I saw that the Qing army's infantry had tried hard for many times, but not many of them could escape from the range of the Yuezhou battalion's firepower, and the formation was on the verge of collapse. More and more Qing soldiers fled from the brigade, and the officers could not reprimand them at all, and even some officers began to join the ranks of fleeing. On the other hand, although there were casualties from time to time, compared to the chaotic Qing army, it was extremely strong, which made him feel very relieved.

"It's a pity that I couldn't keep that big fish." At the same time, Zhao Liangdong felt a little regretful in his heart, he just saw that some of the fleeing Qing cavalry had very good horses and armor, and it seemed that they were guarding some big man. And the Yuezhou battalion lacked war horses, so of course there was no way to leave him behind. However, when he thought that there were still several lines of defense waiting in front of him, he was relieved, and just sighed that he couldn't take this head of the work.

Zhao Liangdong was right, at the same time that the Yuezhou battalion intercepted and killed the Qing infantry who broke through from the north gate, the 1,000th Brigade of the Flying Tiger Battalion had already rushed up tightly towards the group of Qing cavalry who had escaped by chance.

"Hahaha, it's definitely a big fish!" Yang Jinxin, the commander of the 1,000th Brigade of the Flying Tiger Battalion, laughed heartily on the back of the galloping horse. Although the group of Qing cavalry in front of him had already put away their banners, he only had to look at the opponent's armor and war horses to know that there must be a big man hidden inside.

"Brothers, the great achievement is right in front of you, and if you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life!" Yang Jinxin excitedly shouted left and right.

The cavalry of the 1,000th Corps around them responded with the same excitement, their horses' hooves rolling, and the smoke and dust that flew up were like a dragon rushing forward.

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When it was about to get dark, Pang Yue climbed the Yongchun Gate Tower in the west of the city.

At this time, the shouting and killing in the city had almost subsided, and only occasionally there was a faint flintlock gun. Most of the Qing troops who remained in the city and failed to break out have been wiped out, and the few remaining fish that slipped through the net have been continuously searched and killed in remote streets and alleys.

According to the reports of the battalions and thousands of troops that entered the city, the stubborn resistance of the Qing army in the city was completely crazy in the end, and during the street fighting, many people were caught in front of them as meat shields, and later there was no way to escape and they broke into the houses on the street to arrest the people as hostages, causing the people to be injured a lot in the battle. But the general trend has turned, and the Qing army did this in vain, failing to change the outcome of its defeat. Afterwards, the soldiers of Huguang Town also recorded this account on the head of the Qing army, plus Pang Yue said earlier that "the whole army will be slaughtered after resisting for three days", and the captured Qing troops were killed on the spot regardless of whether they were willing to surrender or not.

Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer. Looking at the smoke rising everywhere in the city, Pang Yue couldn't help but think of this sentence again. (To be continued.) )