The troops originally deployed in Huguang Town on the first line of the East Road were mainly the Third Brigade, under the jurisdiction of the Gangfeng Battalion and the Yongding Battalion, which were deployed along the west side of Liufang Mountain. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn addition, hundreds of rocketeers from the Agni Battalion are stationed on Liufang Mountain.

The southeast side of Liufang Mountain is Liulin Village, where the Central Military Headquarters of Huguang Town was stationed for a short time before, and built a lot of fortifications in the direction of the east side of Liufang Mountain, and is now garrisoned by the 2,000th Corps of the Huashan Battalion and some foot soldiers of the Ganzhou and Nan'an Battalions. In terms of troops, it is sufficient, and it has the advantage of geographical advantage and firearms. Even if the main force of the Qing army used the advantage of maneuverability to bypass the eastern flank of Liufang Mountain to attack Liulin Village, Pang Yue was not worried about the defense of the right flank.

Further south of Liulin Village is Dongtai Mountain, an official road from Nanchang to the north passes under the mountain, and the main force of Huguang Town used to go north along this road. In order to ensure the rear road of the whole army just in case, Pang Yue transferred the 3,000th Corps of the Huashan Battalion and strengthened part of the artillery of the Agni Battalion to garrison Wenchangdian at the foot of the mountain.

"The marshal handed over the opening battle to us to fight, and if we want to fight, we have to play with momentum and the majesty of the third brigade! The first wave of attack was carried out by the Gangfeng battalion in person, and the cavalry and Yongding battalion were on standby for the time being. Let the artillery directly under the battalion headquarters accompany him, and the artillery directly under the 1,000th Corps also accompany him. Tell the gang of bitches on the other side to take a good look at how the attack should be fought! Lu Qiwu called the staff officer of the brigade headquarters to give the order to attack, and the flag bearer on the pole car waved a command flag.

Since the headquarters of the 3rd Brigade was concurrently served by the battalion headquarters of the Gangfeng Battalion, after a while, the three thousand corps of the Gangfeng Battalion directly began to respond to the flag, and the subordinate units issued orders to form the whole team one after another.

Like the other battalions, the 2nd and 3,000th corps of the Gangfeng Battalion were the smallest phalanx units in every two bureaus, which were commanded by the first 100 presidents. The two side-by-side thousand general formations are based on two small squares as the frontal width, forming a total of eight small squares in two rows before and after, four in each row.

Soon after, the beat of drums and brass flutes sounded, and the four phalanxes of the first row began to advance. The spears of the wild shook like a forest blown by the wind. Behind this forest of spears were more than twenty battle groups split from the 1st Division of the 1000th Corps. Each combat group has one firecracker and one killer team, and the killer team is formed for the mandarin duck formation. There are also artillery directly under the battalion headquarters, and the artillery trucks are all pulled by horses. Immediately behind the phalanx of the first row, these mandarin duck battle groups and artillery also began to advance. The above forces are used as the front line, under the unified command of the deputy battalion officer.

Soon after the advance of the forces of the front line began, the four phalanxes of the second platoon also began to advance. At this moment, the operational staff officer of the brigade headquarters came to Lu Qiwu and reported: "Report to the brigade officer, the commander has an order to transfer the 1,000th Corps of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion to strengthen the right flank, and it will be under the command of the 3rd Brigade." In addition, the rocket soldiers of the Agni Battalion on Liufang Mountain had to withdraw after this round, and let the brigade officer arrange additional troops to go up the mountain to take over the defense. ”

The Central Military Department transferred cavalry to strengthen the right flank, but Lu Qiwu couldn't ask for it, but he didn't quite understand why the rocket soldiers on Liufang Mountain were transferred. Rocket troops deployed in the mountains can provide effective fire support on the right flank, and this transfer is not equivalent to relieving the pressure on the Tartars? I was puzzled, but he didn't say anything, just nodded: "Got it." ”

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With a burst of whistling, dozens of rockets took off from Liufang Mountain with tail flames, drew white marks in the air and fell to the open space in or around Nanshan Village, exploding dazzling fires. The right-wing offensive in Huguang Town kicked off.

The enemy in front of the 3rd Brigade was the Zhenglan Banner and the Shanxi Green Battalion, with nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, including nearly 3,000 cavalry, and the supreme commander was the Zhenglan Banner Manchurian Melle Zhangjing Fuerge. More than a mile north of Liufangshan is Nanshan Village, which was occupied by the advance troops of the Blue Banner before dawn in front of the Third Brigade. At present, part of the melee soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner and the infantry and artillery of Taiyuan Town of Shanxi Green Camp are stationed in the village, and another part of the flag soldiers and infantry and artillery of Pingyang Town of Shanxi Green Camp are deployed on the west side and rear of the village. In addition, nearly 3,000 cavalrymen from various divisions lined up in the wilderness on the east side of the village, under the command of Gushan Ezhen Bayan, the Han army of the Zhenglan Banner.

In Nanshan Village, Fuerge looked at the Ming army formation marching on the opposite side with a serious expression. He knew the battalion flag and the general flag on the opposite side, the battalion number was the Gangfeng Battalion, and the leader was the general of Huguang Town surnamed Lu. This Ming army fought with the soldiers and horses of the Zhenglan Banner on the outskirts of Nanchang City, and at that time in the battle for geographical advantages on the east bank of the Ganjiang River, it captured the vital fishing village from the hands of the two Blue Banners and the Zhili Green Battalion. It's just that at that time, it was mainly the banner soldiers of the Han army who were fighting with the blue flag, and Fuerge did not participate, but he had heard of the murderous reputation of this Ming army, and now he has a more intuitive understanding of the battle with his own eyes.

The phalanx of the Ming army on the opposite side remained neat and tidy during the march, reflecting the characteristics of well-trained. About thirty paces ahead of the formation were sparsely formed soldiers, holding the characteristic muskets with blades. Furge had also heard of this relatively sparse formation, and although he couldn't name it, he knew that the Ming army had used this sparse formation of soldiers in the last battle to almost cause the collapse of the green camp bird in the fishing village, so he also attached great importance to it.

When Fuerge was watching the battle, there was a sound of horses' hooves behind him, and he turned his head to see that it was the Mongolian Melzhangjing Kuryan of this banner. Kur expounded his horse to the front, turned over and dismounted, and said: "The puppet Ming army of 1,7800 has Hongyi cannons, and the rear formation is about the same number. In addition, there was a battalion head that did not go out, and there was a cavalry that had just arrived, numbering in the thousands. Fulgmeler, you are the main commander of the left wing, how do you say we should fight? ”

Fuerge thought for a moment and said, "It is not convenient for too many troops to deploy in front of Nanshan Village, and it is difficult for the puppet Ming army to devote all its strength at one time. In a moment, let's take the first round of their attack, you go to the west side of the village and sit down, and when the battle is stalemate, we will flank it from west to east, and then I will let the cavalry outflank the other side. If they can defeat their front formation, they will expel the rout and charge the second formation. If they continue to lose, we will take advantage of the situation to take Liufang Mountain. ”

"It's not impossible to knock it down like this." Kur thought for a while and said, "It's just that the puppet Ming army seems to have a heavy defense in Liulin Village behind Liufang Mountain, even if we take Liufang Mountain, I'm afraid it will be difficult to shake its right flank." In addition, the battalion leader called the Gangfeng Battalion on the opposite side and the thief general surnamed Lu are not easy to achieve, and they suffered a lot in their hands last time Bayan Gushan. We still have to be careful. ”

Although Fuerge looked down on Bayan a little, he didn't dare to take it lightly in major matters, nodded and said: "I naturally know this, the general strictly ordered us to guard the left flank, how dare I forget." It's just that the puppet Ming weapons on the other side are sharp, and we can't stay where they are and be beaten by them. If the battle goes smoothly at that time, it is not impossible for us to divide some forces to attack instead of defend. If it is really difficult to fight, it is not too late to shrink the forces and return to defense. ”

Kurtan nodded in agreement. At this time, the skirmish line of the Gangfeng Battalion had advanced to about 100 steps in front of the village, and there was a burst of artillery in the village, and the gunners of Taiyuan Town of the Green Battalion began to fire back.

Farther west, in the direction of Hutou Mountain, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves gradually rose, like thunder rolling over the ground, shaking the ground here seemed to be trembling slightly, obviously the Qing cavalry on the west road had begun to move.

Fuerge said: "The general is going to attack the left flank of Huguang Town, and we have to fight a little better here." Immediately go to the west side of the village and wait for my orders. ”

Kurshin nodded, turned on his horse, and led his own Goshha towards the army formation on the west side of the village.

Opposite Nanshan Village, the four phalanxes in front of the Gangfeng Battalion were still advancing calmly. Suddenly, the flags in the middle of the battle waved, followed by a sound of gold, and the whole army let out a neat tiger roar and stopped, about one hundred and fifty paces from the village. In the middle of the queue that stopped, the officer shouted orders to the whole line. The artillerymen who followed behind drove the gun cart through the gap in the formation, stopped the gun cart and removed the loading and clearing tools, and quickly completed the final preparations before firing.

The two cannons rang out suddenly, but it was not the artillery of the Gangfeng Battalion who fired the cannon first, but the gunners of Taiyuan Town, the green battalion in the village. One of the two iron bullets hit the front line of the Gangfeng Battalion, opening up a large cloud of blood and flying stumps, and the visual impact and psychological shock on people were far beyond the comparison of cold weapons.

The Qing artillery in the village fired three rounds in a row, and the front of the Gangfeng battalion was hit with a few shots, but the gap that appeared was quickly filled by the men from the rear flank, and the whole front remained intact.

After the large formation stopped, the skirmish line in front of the formation accelerated forward, and after entering seventy paces, began to shoot at the village. The green battalion bird gunners in the village were waiting for the order to fire a salvo, and for a moment they were in a situation of being passively beaten, and only the artillery was firing. However, the stragglers were very agile in formation, and they avoided the guns in the village when they saw them turning.

Immediately afterwards, there was a unique rhythm of copper flute sound from the large array in the rear. Officers on the skirmish line blew whistles hanging on their chests to remind the soldiers to get out of the way of the shells.

There was another earth-shattering bang, but this time it was a cannon from the Steelfront Battalion. The artillery crews that advanced to both sides of the front began to fire a salvo, and one after another solid shells rushed towards Nanshan Village, and some fell into the ruins in front of the village, knocking dead branches and clods into the sky. Some fell directly into the depths of the village, bringing out a series of screams and screams.

Bursts of white smoke rose between the two armies, and the deafening sound of artillery came and went, and the artillery of both sides fired back and forth. The Qing army's artillery was slow to fire, and although it caused some casualties to the steel front, the entire large array remained unmoved. However, the destructive power of the six-pounder and nine-pounder guns of the Gangfeng battalion on the rammed earth wall in the village was amazing, and the Qing troops behind the earthen wall were constantly hit, and flesh and blood were scattered. In particular, those green camp bird gunners were even more nervous, according to the usual discipline, they would not fire a salvo until the Ming army entered seventy steps, and they would inflict heavy damage on the opponent in the first round. But now the Ming army's large array has always stayed at more than a hundred paces, and even the officers of the green battalion who commanded the bird gunners are at a loss.

Finally, after another round of furious attacks by the Hongyi cannonballs, the first Green Camp Bird Gun finally couldn't help it, and screamed and fired the bird gun in his hand. This sound was like lighting the fuse, and the rest of the highly nervous Green Battalion soldiers also shouted and opened fire. The entire Nanshan Village seemed to explode into a pot, and the southern edge of the village was quickly submerged in a cloud of white smoke.