Time passes day by day......

The weather is also getting warmer, the 6th Infantry Division arrived in Tianjin Wei by boat, a few days later, the 7th Infantry Division also arrived in Tianjin Wei by boat, and now, the 14th Infantry Division is also on its way to Tianjin Port. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

From the waterway, along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, people along both sides of the canal, will see such a scene, often a steam-powered transport ship, with several large ships towed behind, a long long long line, sailing along the canal in the direction of the capital.

In front was a steam-powered transport ship of 1,000 materials, and in the back were ordinary boats, which carried warriors, weapons and ammunition, etc., along the canal.

Through the canal, one infantry division is already arriving in Beijing, and another infantry division is on its way.

By land, the speed was a little slower, but several infantry divisions that set off by land had all passed through Henan or Shandong, and had all entered the territory of Hebei.

These days, the Tartars of Beijing City found that the number of soldiers outside the city began to increase, because another soldier arrived on the outskirts of Beijing, and there were already five infantry divisions outside Beijing, nearly 100,000 people.

In addition, there is also an infantry division in Langfang, and there is also an infantry division in Baoding, and the entire capital area, including the surrounding areas, has exceeded the size of ten infantry divisions.

Henan.

A team is on the march, and it can be seen from the appearance of the army that the morale of this team is very low, and there are quite a few wounded, judging by the injuries, these people are all newly wounded, and it is clear that they should have gone through a big battle recently.

This is Li Zicheng's Great Shun Army.

Li Zicheng no longer has the same high spirits as before, riding on horseback, his face does not seem to be good, just yesterday, Li Zicheng's Dashun army and the Manchu army that pursued another big battle, and the Dashun army naturally suffered another heavy defeat.

At present, there are only more than 100,000 people in the entire Dashun army, less than one-tenth of the heyday, and the morale is very low, and many people are depressed.

In the distance, a horse galloped over quickly, ran in front of Li Zicheng, and happily reported: "Your Majesty, good news, the Manchu army of tens of thousands of people who pursued us suddenly turned around, and actually gave up the pursuit and began to go north. ”

What, there is still such a situation!

Li Zicheng was stunned, and the others were the same, they were stunned, but soon, these people became happy, very happy, they were pursued by the Manchu Tartars for several months, and fled like lost dogs, and now it is okay, the Manchu Tartars actually gave up the pursuit.

After Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, he also felt a light in his heart and asked, "Is the situation true?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's true, it's absolutely true, it's just that why the Tartars gave up the pursuit and turned around and headed north, the reason for this is not clear for the time being."

Li Zicheng said: "From this point of view, there must have been a major change in the Tartars, and the order will go down, and we will march towards Hubei." ”

Freed from the pursuit of the Manchu cavalry, the Dashun army seemed to be revived, and then began to advance towards Hubei. Li Zicheng didn't know for the time being that hundreds of thousands of Tartar troops had turned back one after another, all of them returning to Beijing City.

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Tianjin Wei.

There is such a major war in the north, Wang Chaoyong, Meng Mingzhao and others have come to Tianjin Wei, and now, the headquarters in the Tianjin Acropolis has become the general headquarters of Zheng'er Bajing, of course, this is temporary.

Wang Chaoyong said happily: "Commander-in-chief, our 16th Infantry Division has arrived in Baoding, and according to our strategic deployment, we will temporarily settle down in Baoding, and the 7th Infantry Division will move west to Datong." ”

Shanhaiguan is already under the control of Zhang Feng, after the defeat of the Tartars, if you want to go back to Shanhaiguan, you can only take a detour to Datong, then go to Mongolia, and then make a detour to return to Guanwai.

Now, with the arrival of the infantry divisions one after another, everyone felt that after deliberation, the 7th Infantry Division would advance westward, take Datong, and then stay there to cut off the way for the Tartars to flee westward.

Zhang Feng nodded, and said slowly: "The Tartars' reinforcements should also enter Hebei, and the fastest should be not far from Beijing. ”

Wang Chaoyong became excited and said happily: "Come one to kill one, come two to kill a pair." ”

Baoding.

The 16th Infantry Division has been stationed here for two or three days, and now you can see soldiers wearing army green uniforms and steel helmets everywhere.

At the beginning, the people of Baoding City were still more panicked, but gradually, everyone became brave and no longer afraid, and even the streets returned to their former liveliness.

Because the common people found that the soldiers were very kind, and they did not offend the common people, on the contrary, some soldiers also helped some ordinary people inside and outside the city to do a little thing, such as repairing houses, picking up water or something.

Baoding, which is one of the southern gateways to the Beijing area, is a must-pass place to go to Beijing, and if the Tatars return to Beijing, it is possible to pass through here.

Sure enough, not long after the 16th Infantry Division was stationed here, an elite cavalry of the Tatars appeared near Baoding, and the soldiers also discovered the Tatar cavalry.

This is 20,000 or 30,000 Tatar cavalry, at a glance you know that it is elite, well-equipped, well-armored, and the leader is Azig, one of the Manchu generals.

Obviously, the Tartars also discovered that there were already Zhang Feng's men and horses in Baoding, and on the outskirts of Baoding, the Tartar cavalry stopped, and Azig was even more on the horse, looking at Baoding City from a distance.

Azig knew that if he had to go to the capital through Baoding, this battle was inevitable, and since he was going to fight, Azig sent a lot of reconnaissance cavalry and began to spy on it.

"Master, Baoding City is full of Zhang Feng's men and horses, the number is about 10,000 people, all the same firearms, should we wait a little longer, and wait for the people and horses behind to arrive before we start."

Azig thought for a while and said, "Okay, order the warriors to set up camp and wait for two or three days, and when our men and horses arrive, everyone will work together." ”

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses returned to the capital from the Tartars, and Azig was a cavalry, which was relatively fast, and arrived in Baoding first, while those infantry were slower, and it was estimated that in two or three days, tens of thousands of Tartar infantry would arrive here.

Baoding city wall.

Shen Changwu, commander of the 16th Infantry Division, held a telescope and looked into the distance outside the city.

"Division commander, the Tartars are all cavalry, and they seem to be waiting for their men and horses to arrive." A colonel next to him said.

Shen Changwu nodded, and said slowly: "Let them camp first, and when they have set up camp, we will do it." ”

The colonel regiment commander said: "Division commander, in the battle tomorrow, whether our regiment will go first or not, let us take the lead." ”

Shen Changwu nodded and said: "Yes, but you don't underestimate the enemy, see it, it is estimated that it is the elite cavalry of the Tartars, they are also very particular about camping, it is estimated that it is not easy to get close to them." ”

The regiment commander said confidently: "It doesn't matter if he is elite or not, no matter how elite he is in front of our muskets, it will not work, see how we destroy them tomorrow." ”

Shen Changwu smiled.

The Tartar camp was really very particular, but this time the target was not a cold-weapon army, but nearly 20,000 soldiers equipped with rear-loading guns.

Shen Changwu is also interesting enough, knowing that the Tartars are very tired from trekking all the way, so they let the Tartars rest assured and camp and rest well, which also shows from the side that Shen Changwu is very confident, there is nothing to do all night, Shen Changwu does not move, and the Tartars of course do not dare to attack.

The next day, early in the morning.

Groups of soldiers went out of the city, and in regiments, it was evident that this was at least the strength of three or four infantry regiments, and they were approaching the Tartar barracks two or three outside the city.

The Tartar cordon was placed far away, probably because they were afraid of a sneak attack by the soldiers, but the soldiers disdained to do this kind of thing, and they would fight it above board.

As the warriors went out of the city, the Tartars were not slow to react, and soon gathered soldiers and horses to meet the battle, the Tartars were very good at choosing a place, the terrain was very flat, and the edge could not be seen at a glance, typical terrain of the North China Plain, such a terrain was naturally very suitable for the Tartar cavalry to rush and kill.

The Tartars themselves had a musket battalion, and Azig knew that the most effective way to face musket fire was to volatilize the mobility advantage of the cavalry, concentrate a large number of cavalry, and rush over quickly.

Azig knew that on the way to the past, he would definitely pay a lot of casualties, but such casualties could not be avoided, as long as he rushed over, it would be a victory.

"Pass the order, get ready to rush and kill!"

Azig shouted loudly, worthy of the elite cavalry of the Tartars, the reaction speed is fast, and soon thousands of cavalry were concentrated, a large area of black pressure, neatly and neatly, ready to charge, while the warriors were approaching.

1,000,000,000,400......

Some of the Tartar generals raised their sabers high and shouted loudly, and suddenly, thousands of Tartars covered the ground, rushing over like a tide, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves seemed as if the whole earth was trembling.

on the city walls.

Shen Changwu was watching the battle in person, looking ahead with a telescope, and saw the black Tatar cavalry on the horizon in the distance, slightly moved, this formation was too terrifying.

However, Shen Changwu believed in the warriors, in the muskets in the hands of the warriors, and in the warriors who could crush such a large-scale fierce charge from the Tartars.

"Rush, punch !!"

A large number of Tartar cavalry, as if they had been stimulated, screamed, brandished sabers in their hands, and shouted to approach the warriors.

The 16th Infantry Division, which is a newly formed infantry division, most of them are new soldiers, many of whom are on the battlefield for the first time, and seeing such a large-scale charge from the Tartars, many soldiers are nervous, and even their palms are full of sweat.

At this time, the recruits and veterans could see at a glance that the veterans looked as usual, very calm, holding muskets, aiming ahead, and as soon as they heard the order to shoot, they would shoot immediately.

The recruits were different, most of them were visibly nervous, and some of them were even trembling slightly with their muskets.

The Tartar cavalry was very fast, swept over, and quickly entered the effective range of the muskets, although many recruits were nervous, but the company and platoon commanders in charge of the command were extremely calm, and they drew their sabers one after another, pointing at the Tartar cavalry in the distance.

Needless to say, several colonels who led the team, with revolvers in their hands, calmly watched the Tatar cavalry getting closer and closer.

In everyone's hands are new revolvers, which have been equipped with major officers, that is, all the officers at the battalion level and above have this new type of revolver in their hands, and no longer use the old short guns of the old ones.

"Shoot!"

"Bang, bang, bang!!"

Several gunshots rang out, and several regiment commanders pulled the trigger in unison, and then shouted, and when they heard the order, those company and platoon commanders immediately raised their sabers and shouted loudly with all their might, "Shoot, shoot me!! ”

Suddenly, a dense burst of gunfire rang out, whether it was a veteran or a recruit, everyone shot one after another, but the veteran shot with a calm face, his expression was as usual, and the recruits were nervous, but the recruits still pulled the trigger one after another.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

The dense gunfire continued one after another, and the whole battlefield was gradually filled with gunsmoke, and the soldiers finished shooting, and then pulled the bolt, loaded the copper shell bullet, and then continued to shoot, the speed was fast, especially those veterans, the movements were skilled and fast.

Although the recruits are nervous, the usual training is there, and although the speed is a little slower than usual, this is a rear-loading gun, and it is not much trouble to reload and shoot, and everyone's rate of fire is not fast.

With such intensive shooting, the Tartars are miserable!

The screams and the screams of the war horses were originally very neat, and the menacing charging team was completely chaotic, and even some Tartar cavalry tripped directly because of the corpses on the ground, fell off their horses and were trampled to death.

What the!

This... It's impossible!

Seeing this scene, many Tartars shouted that it was impossible, and Azig was also stunned, looking ahead in a daze, and saw that a large number of his cavalry were like dumplings, and they planted their horses one after another.

Not only Azig didn't know, but all the Tartars didn't know that this was a breech-loading musket, a rear-loading musket with copper-shelled shells, not a backward old-fashioned musket of the Manchu Qing musket battalion.

In the sky, the weather was gloomy, and at this time, it actually rained, and the heavy rain came as soon as it was said, and soon it crackled and rained heavily.

The Tartars were stunned, but as soon as they were poured by the heavy rain, they immediately came to their senses, and then they were ecstatic, it rained, God opened their eyes, and many Tartars even wanted to cry, this heavy rain came too timely.

Many Tartar generals were so ecstatic that they almost knelt on the ground to thank God, but Azig swept away the gloomy face just now, and immediately burst out laughing.

After laughing, he said loudly: "God really help me, pass the order, all charge, all rush over, and kill them all." ”

It is worthy of being the elite of the Tartars, and they act very quickly, and the rest of the Tartar cavalry was ready to charge, and they were ready to charge for a long time.

In this way, it is really overwhelming, thousands of horses galloping, and the black pressure rushes over.

Seeing such a scene, many veterans became excited and shouted in their hearts, good come! The recruits also seemed to gradually get into the state, gradually becoming less nervous, everyone held their guns and shot ahead.

There are too many tartars, so dense that there is almost no need to aim, so you can just put a gun in front of you, and you can hit the target almost with your eyes closed.

Tartar tragedy!

Azig is miserable!

………… (To be continued.) )