Chapter 54: The King of Sanshun Dispatches

The Qing offensive continued until the evening, but it was never able to break through the Ming defenses. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The trap camp, which was mostly veterans and better equipped, withstood the onslaught of the Qing army one after another, and taught the pigtailed soldiers an even more painful lesson.

Faced with the failure of the attack again, the moody Duoduo in the past did not have much fluctuation in his emotions, and silently stared at the Ming army camp for a long time, and then directly issued the order for Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

When the Qing army retreated, the long-prepared Gangfeng Battalion and the Broken Army Battalion launched a pursuit like the trapped camp in the morning, but they still did not pursue too far, and the Qing soldiers drove over the first low wall and chased forward a little distance before retreating. Even so, the Qing army, whose attack was frustrated and whose morale plummeted, fled in disarray, leaving more than 1,000 corpses in front of the Ming line.

After the battle was over, the victorious officers and soldiers of Huguang Town once again broke out into surging cheers, which dispersed the birds returning to the forest, shook the grass and trees in the mountains and forests, and even affected the Qing army camp several miles away. The earth-shattering cheers of the officers and soldiers came from the pride in their hearts, and who said that the Tartars were invincible? Twice in the present day alone!

After these two bloody battles, those recruits who were nervous before going into battle for the first time now have fortitude and self-confidence in their eyes, and they have begun to mature in their mentality, gradually keeping up with the veterans.

The atmosphere at the scene was very frenetic, and many soldiers even roared hoarsely without realizing it. In this regard, the officers did not deliberately stop it, and even joined in. As the supreme commander of the town, Pang Yue will certainly not stop it, after all, after the victory, the excitement in the hearts of the soldiers needs a channel to vent, and at the same time, this is also conducive to improving morale.

When the soldiers who had been fighting for an afternoon dragged their tired bodies back to the camp, the soldiers of the Huashan Battalion, who had rested for a long time and were full of energy, once again took on the task of cleaning up the battlefield, clearing the trenches, cutting off the heads, and throwing the headless corpses of the Qing soldiers to the north of the first low wall and burning them.

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In the evening, Pang Yue left the Gangfeng Battalion to guard on the first line of defense, broke the barracks and trapped the camp and returned to the camp to rest, while the alert troops in the rest of the positions remained unchanged, the same as last night's deployment.

When the torches and lanterns in the camp were lit, the Qing army camp miles away was also lit up with sporadic lights. The two armies and camps separated by a few miles seemed to be as calm as ever.

However, just as Pang Yue was convening the officers of each battalion and the officers of the General Staff Department in the tent to discuss the gains and losses of today's battle, there was a burst of noise and exclamations outside the tent. Immediately afterwards, Wei Yuan, the captain of the pro-soldiers, hurriedly lifted the curtain and entered, and the expression on his face was even eager.

"What's going on?" Pang Yue asked with a frown.

"My lord, it's not good!" Wei Yuan tried to calm his hurried breath and said, "A warning message has come from the lookout post on the mountain, and the Tartar Hongyi cannon has been dispatched again?" ”

There was an uproar in the tent, and the faces of the generals showed surprise and doubt, did the Tartars want to attack at night?

He's ***! Isn't it just a matter of having a few rotten cannons? It's not endless! Pang Yue cursed secretly in his heart, and hurriedly ordered the generals to return to their respective battalions to organize officers and soldiers to evade the Qing army's artillery and prepare for battle.

After receiving the order, the generals quickly left, and Pang Yue also hurriedly walked out of the tent and trotted all the way to the high platform used for observation and command. At this moment, the shouts of the officers in the camp had already sounded, and the soldiers who had not had time to dress up neatly ran out of the tent with their armor and weapons, looking for a place to hide from the shells under the command of the officers.

Looking ahead, I saw that the long queue of torches had been lined up in front of the Qing army camp, illuminating the surroundings as if it were day, and it was particularly conspicuous in the night. Pang Yue raised the binoculars, and sure enough, he saw the figure of the Hongyi cannon.

After a little thought, Pang Yue guessed the purpose of the Qing army. Immediately afterwards, Zhu Dadian also rushed over under the protection of several personal soldiers.

"Overseer, why are you here too?" Pang Yue saluted.

"After such a big movement, where can the old man still sleep?" Zhu Dadian said, "Unexpectedly, Dongyu was also preparing to shell our army at night. ”

Pang Yue's face was very calm: "The Inspector doesn't have to worry. The purpose of the artillery bombardment was mostly to disturb the morale of our troops, so that our troops could not rest in peace, so as to prepare for tomorrow's attack, and it was unlikely that they would take advantage of the night to surprise attack. ”

Pang Yue, who has the soul of a traverser, also knows that the combat methods of the ancient army determine that the feasibility of large-scale night attacks is very low. Now, there are 20,000 troops on their side, and there are complete camps, if the Qing army comes to sneak attack, it will not work at all if there are few people, and it is purely to send them to death. If there are many people, it is completely foolish, and how can you fight when you can't even see the flag clearly at night? What's more, night raids are originally an opportunistic way to play. Now that the Qing army has suffered two defeats, the dead and wounded are all green battalion soldiers, and its core strength is unscathed, and it is still in an absolutely dominant position, so what is the need for opportunism?

"If the Qing captives really attack at night, it will be useless if there are few people, and if there are many people, they will be in chaos first. Moreover, our army, with its inherent fortifications, can also be guaranteed to be foolproof. Because he was worried that Zhu Dadian was still not at ease, Pang Yue explained again.

As soon as these words came out, Pang Yue immediately felt that there was a taste of an axe, although Zhu Dadian was a civilian official, he had been in charge of the army many times, wouldn't his grasp of military common sense in this era be better than that of himself, a traverser?

Sure enough, after listening to Pang Yue's words, Zhu Dadian smiled meaningfully: "Mu Yuan's words are reasonable! That being the case, the old man is relieved! ”

After laughing at his own plate door axe a little in his heart, Pang Yue was about to ask Zhu Dadian to go to a safer place to hide, but before he could speak, he felt the ground under his feet tremble slightly.

"Boom! - "Boom! ——”…… A series of loud noises were particularly deafening at night, and the red light of the fire almost lit up the night sky to the north. The Qing army's Hongyi artillery really fired.

"Protect the Overseer!" Pang Yue hurriedly ordered the Qing soldiers to protect Zhu Dadian and hide behind the Tutai, and of course, he himself quickly dodged.

In the midst of the incessant loud noise, cannonballs swooped in with a shriek and faint shining arc. For a time, the camp of the Ming army was once again full of dust, debris was flying, tents were hit from time to time, and there were bursts of muffled and crisp sounds, if there were officers and soldiers inside, they would have to suffer heavy casualties. Fortunately, the lookout post sent out a warning signal in time, and the soldiers all went out of their tents to hide.

The continuous shelling made the officers and men of Huguang Town curse the Qing army more intensely, especially the officers and soldiers of the Huashan battalion, who were not only delayed from eating but also delayed from resting.

Pang Yue, who was hiding behind the earthen platform, was quietly thinking about the various countermeasures that should be taken tomorrow.

The next morning, the headquarters of the Chinese army in Huguang Town

"My lord, this time it is Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's traitors who are dispatched, and there are no green battalion soldiers." Zhang Yunli said to Pang Yue that he had just seen the banners of King Sanshun and Duke Shen Zhixiang of Xushun from the telescope, Kong Youde's artillery was in the center, and Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Shen Zhixiang's men and horses were on both sides.

"It seems that Duoduo can't hold his breath anymore, knowing that the Green Battalion soldiers are not up to the task, he sent these veteran traitors to the field." Pang Yue also saw it, put down the binoculars and smiled faintly, "However, I want to know if these old traitors have a few more heads than the green battalion soldiers." ”

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding staff officers burst out laughing, and the tense atmosphere before the war was relaxed.

As soon as the Qing army's Hongyi artillery was dispatched, the lookout posts on the hill once again issued a warning signal, and the Gangfeng, who defended the first line of defense in the front, some of the artillery of the Broken Army Camp and the Agni Battalion, and the trapped camp that was in the rear were scattered as yesterday, covering themselves with the help of various favorable terrain.

Not long after, the artillery bombardment of the Qing army Kong Youde began, and the sound of artillery rumbled and continued. At the same time, the banner was unfurled, Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi's troops left the big array and rushed towards the upper and lower reaches of the Mianxi River, while Shen Zhixiang's troops followed Geng Zhongming's troops as reserves.

Today, the soldiers of Huguang Town have long been accustomed to the artillery bombardment of the Qing army, and they are also very familiar with the tactics adopted by the Qing army. Therefore, despite the deafening sound of artillery from the direction of the Qing army's camp, the soldiers did not panic in the slightest, lying quietly behind various bunkers, and even thought about what to do next.

However, the artillery formation of Kong Youde's department has changed compared to yesterday. In the center were still heavy artillery such as 24-pounder guns and 12-pounder guns, constantly spitting tongues of fire to suppress the Ming army. On both sides, however, there were some more six-pounder guns than yesterday, pushed by some artillerymen, constantly advancing, stopping, firing, reloading, and moving forward, pressing in the direction of the Ming army step by step, and most of what was found were shotguns.

When the Ming army's fortifications were still out of range, the Qing army's six-pounder guns began to fire, and the stormy shotguns kept coming, hitting the cotton stream and causing a large splash, or falling on the south bank of the cotton stream, splashing the sky with dirt, and the impact point was constantly moving towards the chest wall where the Ming army was strong.

Seeing this situation, Pang Yue's expression was grim. It seems that Kong Youde also learned wisely, knowing that it was difficult for the heavy artillery used in the siege to directly hit the low fortifications of the Ming army, so he adopted this method to destroy as much resistance as possible of the Ming army. Compared with the solid shells fired by the heavy Hongyi cannon, this kind of shotgun will undoubtedly be more lethal to personnel.

It's just that the Hongyi six-pounder gun, which is currently the most powerful in the army, has not been deployed on the frontal defense line, and the current situation is urgent, and it is too late to transfer it, so Pang Yue can only order the artillery of the Agni Battalion behind the breastwork to be concealed first, and then return fire after the artillery of the Qing army enters the range of the medium artillery of the Fran machine.

Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Shen Zhixiang quickly moved towards the opposite bank at the foot of the mountain on both sides, preparing to follow yesterday's old tactics and cross the river under the cover of artillery fire.

Time passed little by little, and when Kong Youde's six-pounder artillery group entered a position a mile away, the artillery of the Agni Battalion behind the breastwork also began to return fire with the Fran medium guns loaded with live ammunition, although the lethality and range were not as good as the Qing army's six-pounder guns, but they were still too frightened to continue to move forward, but just stopped in place and fired at the Ming army's fortifications. The artillery of the two armies began to fire each other. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to the starting point mobile network, reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )