Chapter 119: The Battle of the River Valley (I)
Time passed bit by bit, looking at the enemy soldiers who gradually walked into the riverbed, Liu Fan clenched his fists tightly, his eyes stared at the enemy soldiers on the riverbed, and when about a thousand soldiers entered the riverbed and began to climb up, Liu Fan suddenly waved his hand and shouted, "Send a signal!" ”
Under Liu Fan's order, the orange signal flare rose rapidly, and thousands of three-eyed gunners on the east side of the river embankment lit the fire rope and jumped out, condescending to aim at the enemy in the riverbed, after three breaths, the three-eyed guns emitted firelight, and a large amount of iron sand and lead gushed out, accompanied by a huge impact on the unprepared enemy soldiers, and the screams sounded instantly, at the same time, the tiger squat cannon, three-pounder guns, and six-pounder guns fired at the same time, nearly four hundred projectiles of various sizes, with a piercing whistling sound fell in the crowd of people in the riverbed, A violent explosion sounded, blood splattered everywhere, and the severed limbs flew into the sky along with the debris raised by the shells, and the ambush battle officially began!
Liu Zeqing, who was located in the Chinese army, saw the signal flare rising and felt bad, and before he could react, the fires on the opposite bank were connected, and with the sound of cannons, nearly 400 shells fell on this narrow riverbed, and the huge smoke and dust suddenly obscured his vision, and Liu Zeqing knew that the soldiers in front were finished when he saw this situation! Roar "Enemy attack!" There is an ambush! Hurry back! The panicked soldier came to his senses, turned around and ran, desperately out of the shelling range. Liu Zeqing hurriedly continued to issue orders, restrain the soldiers, re-line, and prepare to meet the enemy!
In less than a quarter of an hour, more than 1,000 three-eyed guns and nearly 400 artillery pieces were fired at the same time, and under the intensive firepower, more than 1,000 enemy troops in the riverbed basically had no chance of surviving. Before the smoke cleared, Liu Fan shouted loudly, "Hold a knife!" The whole army is on the offensive! The soldier of the Broken Army dropped the three-eyed gun, drew the broadsword behind his back, and roared "Kill!" "Rush down the riverbed and run ahead!
It was also a helpless move to abandon the three-eyed gun and use the broadsword instead. Although the three-eyed gun is powerful, it is too slow to reload, so Liu Fan made preparations in advance according to its characteristics, and thousands of three-eyed guns only fought one round of concentrated firepower, and then he had to give up firearms and engage with cold weapons!
With a five-meter riverbed and a three-meter-high and steep embankment, it takes more than a quarter of an hour to rush up, and in order to avoid the soldiers of the Broken Army from encountering enemy blockade, Liu Fan immediately ordered, "Extend the artillery fire!" Three rounds of shooting! Put! "The artillery team had been preparing for a long time, and immediately after a round of shelling as planned, it pushed the artillery forward. By the time Liu Fan issued the order, the artillery team had basically arrived at the predetermined position. With Liu Fan's order, the artillery roared in unison, roaring towards Liu Zeqing's troops in panic.
The shells fell on the other side of the river in the dense crowd, which made Liu Zeqing's soldiers, who were already in a mess, even more panicked. Liu Zeqing's headquarters is a little better, under Liu Zeqing's long-term accumulation, after a period of panic, they finally completed the formation and maintained the formation, and most of the rest of the soldiers were busy fleeing for their lives, where would they pay attention to Liu Zeqing's orders. No matter how Liu Zeqing shouted, the soldiers still scattered and fled.
A quarter of an hour later, after three rounds of artillery bombardment, the soldiers of the Breakers had rushed up the embankment on the west bank and were marching forward. Under the command of the officers of each department, the front of the captivated army formed a neat formation and quickly launched an attack on the enemy soldiers who were several times their size. In a few breaths, the two armies were rapidly approaching.
"Kill!" With a shout, the death squad bore the brunt, and Shang Ming, who had been promoted to captain, took the lead and slashed at the enemy troops in front of him with his sword. With the huge force of the charge, the enemy army in front of him hurriedly resisted with the big knife wave, and the enemy army in front of him was even split in half with a "click", and the gushing blood was drenched all over. Shang Ming touched his face and yelled, "Brothers, kill me!" After this battle, we are soldiers! Don't disgrace Lao Tzu and disappoint adults! Whether it's a dragon or a worm depends on our performance today! Kill! ”
Hearing Shang Ming's roar, the soldiers of the death battalion were like chicken blood, and suddenly the blood surged, their faces were hideous, and the tiger roared forward to kill, the fighting style was almost life-threatening, and the enemy soldiers in front of them were cut down to the ground before they had time to react, and the death battalion was like a sharp sword tearing through the enemy's defense line! The soldiers of the Broken Army who followed surged towards the enemy army with the death camp as an arrow!
In the face of the soldiers of the Broken Army like a torrent of steel, Liu Zeqing's troops, whose morale was not high, only symbolically resisted for a moment, and was dispersed by the seemingly fierce Broken Army's gun array, and a large number of routs fled by the road, enveloping Liu Zeqing's troops who originally wanted to resist towards the west! In the face of acting like this, Liu Zeqing shouted hard, but it was still to no avail. Seeing that the Broken Army was about to be killed, the deputy general hugged Liu Zeqing and shouted, "Lord Commander!" The general trend has gone, we are surrounded by the rout, and we have no strength to fight anymore, it is better to withdraw the troops first, avoid the edge for the time being, and gather the army to fight again in the future! If you continue to fight, you will be sent to death! ”
Liu Zeqing also knew that the situation was pressing at this time, and he couldn't tolerate any more hesitation, in the end, he was still war-torn for a long time, so he suppressed the panic and anger in his heart, took a deep breath and shouted, "Mingjin retreats!" Remove! "Then turn over and get on the horse, and run towards the west with the people of the headquarters!
Time is of the essence at this point! In order to survive, Liu Zeqing didn't care about the friendship of his comrades, no matter who it was, all the soldiers who stood in front of them were all cut down under Liu Zeqing's order, Liu Zeqing came first, and it didn't take too long to run from the last to the front of the rout!
Looking back at the soldiers of the Broken Army who were entangled by the rout, Liu Zeqing let out a sigh of relief, and finally ran out of the attack range of the Broken Army, and this fate was saved! Looking at the demoralized soldier Liu Zeqing in front of him, he sighed, and was about to speak, when a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from afar, it was really Liu Fan's cavalry team that had arrived!
According to Liu Fan's order, the cavalry team had already laid an ambush behind a dirt slope in the distance, and when they saw Liu Fan's signal, they immediately went straight to the battlefield, and finally arrived at the critical moment, and more than 500 cavalry rode forward and killed Liu Zeqing!
The adjutant general was shocked and shouted, "Not good! It's cavalry! Commander-in-Chief, let's go! Hold them down! Brethren! Give it to me! Without waiting for Liu Zeqing's reaction, he led more than 1,000 people to meet the galloping cavalry!
The speed of the cavalry was not comparable to that of the infantry, but in a quarter of an hour it had already rushed to the front, and the adjutant general's thousand men collided fiercely, the cavalry swords were raised, and the men took advantage of the horse's momentum with a huge impact force, slashing through the enemy's chest, and the enemy troops fell to the ground one after another along the way. The cavalry was like a sharp arrow, instantly dividing the rout.
Liu Zeqing looked at the deputy general who was cut to the ground by the cavalry, held back his tears, and yelled, "Withdraw!" "Take advantage of the fact that the cavalry is entangled, bypass the battlefield, and desperately flee into the distance!