In front of the Qing military camp in the north of the city, fierce battles gradually intensified. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At first, Titicham did not take the Ming army seriously. The previous years of his career, including yesterday's battle with the Loyal Battalion, gave him great confidence. In addition, there are indeed more than 10,000 people under his command, and the army is in hand, and he is even more confident, thinking that even if he can't win completely, it is still no problem to just hold the camp and prevent him from going north.

But as the drums of the Ming army's offensive sounded, the subsequent situation became more and more beyond the expectations of Titham. At that time, he clearly saw that the Ming army first launched twenty or thirty Hongyi cannons, of which six-pounder guns and nine-pounder guns were the majority, and there were countless side vans that could launch rockets on the rear and wings, densely arranged in rows. Moreover, it is vaguely impossible to see how many other artillery pieces such as the Fran machine that have not been launched in its array. Such a powerful artillery array, before it fired, gave Titicham a lot of shock.

The Ming army had artillery, of course the Qing army also had it, this time the Titicham led the army south, and the army also carried more than a dozen Hongyi cannons and the old general cannons, the Fran machine, and the tiger squat cannon. However, due to capacity constraints, the artillery carried was mainly medium-sized, and the most powerful were two twelve-pounder guns. Regardless of the power for the time being, it is only in terms of quantity, and it has fallen some downside first.

Despite the shock, Titicham will not be intimidated by this. In order to seize the opportunity, before the Ming army opened fire, he ordered his own artillery, which had long been waiting outside the camp to open fire on the Ming army.

In an instant, the sound of artillery rumbled, and it could be heard dozens of miles away. Shang Kexi heard this series of loud noises in Jingzhou City. As soon as the cannon sounded, the battle between the two sides officially began.

Soon after the artillery bombardment of the Qing army began. The fire camp in Huguang Town also began to fight back. The artillery of both sides came and went, the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke and sparks, the loud sound of artillery firing, the screaming of shells as they streaked through the sky, and the screams and wails or shouts in the arrays of both sides after hitting the target. All kinds of sounds converged into one, like a mountain roaring and a tsunami hitting people's eardrums. From time to time, blood rains and severed limbs fly, and the tragedy is self-evident.

After only a few rounds of mutual fire, the Qing army was defeated, and its artillery arrayed outside the camp gradually could not withstand the repeated shelling of the Ming army, and after obtaining permission from Titicham, they hastily withdrew into the camp, and the walls of the civil structure were also destroyed in many places.

Wait until the Qing artillery is completely suppressed. Pang Yue ordered the trapping camp to be the main force, and together with Gangfeng, the second battalion of the broken army and the first battalion of the Agni Battalion, launched an attack on the Qing army camp.

Order. The three armies moved in unison. The three battalions lined up the finished glyphs, braving the arrows and lead bullets fired by the Qing army in front from time to time, stepping on a strict pace and moving forward bravely.

In the glyphs. The trap camp is at the forefront. The officers and men of the whole battalion were all in iron armor, shining with dense silver light under the sunlight, and with a thunderous pace, like a torrent rolling forward.

In the middle of the trapped camp, in the queue of Team B Division A, Zhang Santong, who was dressed in armor, held a spear in his hand, and like the robe around him, he stepped on the rhythm of the drummers from the battalion officer, the thousand presidents, and the general and the hundred presidents together, and moved forward steadily.

Zhang Santong passes through the gap in the mask. Staring at the front tightly, a heart is also beating with the beat of the drum and the pace of the army. Although it is not the first time to go to the battlefield. Although he had personally slashed the enemy before, he was still a little nervous at the moment. Especially the period from the beginning of the march to the official engagement with the enemy was the most difficult time for him. Sometimes it feels like my heart is about to jump out of my chest. After all, he has not been a bold person since he was a child, and he was so frightened that he couldn't avoid it when he occasionally bumped into hundreds of families killing pigs in the village. Although after enlisting in the army, he underwent a series of rigorous physical and courageous training, and his courage was no longer the same as that of the beginning, but he still could not achieve the almost indifference to life and death like some veterans.

At this time, Zhang Santong couldn't see the situation ahead clearly. What is the formation of the enemy army? How far are you from the enemy's camp? He couldn't even see it. In sight, there were only the black backs of the former team robes, as well as the dense flags and smoke and dust in the sky. From time to time, you can hear the screams or muffled grunts of the robes in front of you after being shot and arrows, and hear the terrifying screams of enemy arrows flying over your head. Whenever this happens, Zhang Santong will always recite Amitabha Buddha over and over again in his heart.

The rhythm of the drums is still there, and the team is still moving forward. As they got closer and closer to the enemy camp, the arrows shooting towards this direction became more and more dense, and the sound of bursting bean-like firearms was endless, and even mixed with the sound of cannons. The screams and muffled snorts from the former team robes grew louder and louder.

"Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless, hurry up, hurry up, don't hit me, don't hit me......" Zhang Santong didn't know how many times he meditated in his heart.

At this moment, the whistle of fire and arrows from the left and right sides and the air came like a tidal wave. Hearing this movement, Zhang Santong suddenly fell eight or nine points on the big stone with his head, and he breathed a long sigh of relief. He knew that it was the firecrackers of the Gangfeng Battalion and the Broken Barracks in the flank and rear, as well as the rocketeers of the Agni Battalion, who were returning fire to the Qing army in the interval between the marches, providing fire cover for the trapped camp where they were located. As long as there is fire support from the brother battalion, the enemy's resistance is no longer so terrible.

"As long as the Bodhisattva can always bless me, when I return home in the future, I will definitely give half of all the prize money to your old man to make a good statue." Although the rain of arrows and the sound of guns in front of him are still the same, Zhang Santong's original nervousness has gone a lot, and he even has the heart to bribe the Bodhisattva.

On the battlefield filled with gunsmoke and killings, time passed bit by bit.

I don't know how long it took, but the drum sound, which had been rhythmic and consistent, gradually changed.

"Attention, all of you, get ready to charge!" On the right, the voice of the new chief Wu Ping rushed into Zhang Santong's ears.

"Prepare to charge!" On the left, Wu Chang Hu Dapeng yelled and repeated, shaking Zhang Santong's left ear slightly numb. Around, the commanders and commanders of the rest of the clans also sounded almost at the same time

Zhang Santong didn't think about it, and his posture with the gun immediately changed.

After a few moments, the beat of the drum suddenly changed to a rapid one.

"Charge!"

"Kill!" Zhang Santong's blood surged, and a loud roar merged into the shouts of the whole battalion.

On the starting position of Huguang Town, under the banner of the battalion and the commander, Pang Yue held a clairvoyant mirror and quietly watched the battle situation ahead. Everywhere the line of sight went, only the white light was dazzling, and more than 3,000 officers and soldiers of the trapped camp rushed forward like a torrent of steel. Behind its left and right flanks, the red flag was like a sea, and the second battalion of Gangfeng and Po Army also launched a charge against the Qing army.

On the entire battlefield, the shouts of killing were like a tide, and the heat wave was soaring into the sky.

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Under the city of Jingzhou, the Qing army and the loyal battalion who left the city have also been fighting for a long time.

Like Titatimu, Shang Kexi did not pay much attention to the 10,000 loyal battalion soldiers outside the city at first, even if the opponent had the advantage of troops. As soon as his military order was given, Xu Erxian and Daniel Zhang led four or five thousand Qing troops out of the four gates and went straight to the loyal camp. Although the number is outnumbered, it is clear that the strong is the weak.

The arrogance of the Qing army immediately angered the officers and men of the loyal battalion, and the party guard led the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to rush forward without showing weakness. The two armies, one for meritorious service and the other for revenge, soon became extremely fierce.

To the surprise of Xu Erxian and Daniel Zhang, and to the surprise of Shang Ke, who was watching the battle at the head of the city, the remnants of the Shun army in front of them were completely out of the consistent image in their minds. Not only has the weapons and equipment been improved, but the morale is also surprisingly strong, and no matter the officers and soldiers, they all dare to fight to the death.

As the battle continued, Xu Erxian and Daniel Zhang's delusional attempts to win the first battle were completely shattered. Far from panicking as they imagined, the Loyal Battalion became more and more courageous.

When the killing was rising, Dang Shousu led his own soldiers to rush straight into the Qing army front and repeatedly beheaded the generals to capture the flag. Inspired by it, all the soldiers were excited and bravely followed suit.

After fighting for a long time, the Qing army that went out of the city gradually became overwhelmed. Gao Yigong saw the opportunity and sent a powerful general to lead the army to outflank the Qing army and leave, aiming to cut off its way back to the city, in order to inflict heavy damage or even total annihilation.

Shang Kexi at the head of the city soon knew Gao Yigong's intentions, that is, he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and ordered the artillery at the head of the city to bombard the position of the loyal battalion to prevent it from chasing too quickly.

In this way, Xu Erxian and Daniel Zhang were able to successfully lead the army back to the city.

Outside the city, the officers and soldiers of the loyal battalion who won a small victory cheered and shouted, and shouted at the city head, which can be described as a rainbow of morale.

At this point, Shang Kexi's temptation to go out of the city came to an end, and although the purpose of the temptation was achieved, it somewhat outweighed the losses, not to mention the morale of his own side, but also increased the prestige of the other party.

In the afternoon, Shang Kexi didn't dare to go out of the city to meet the loyal camp easily, but listening to the repeated cannon shots from the north of the city, and the louder and louder sounds of earth-shattering battles, his heart became more and more uneasy.

Just when Shang Kexi was sitting on pins and needles, Daniel Zhang came again to offer his plan: "King Zhishun, at this critical moment, Lord Ka's side is in full swing with the thief army. If our army is trapped in the city like this, I am afraid it will not be the way. ”

"What do you think? Go ahead! ”

"The puppet Ming thief army is strong and the water division is weak, at this time, why don't you send the Jingzhou Navy Division to attack the thief army from the river, and draw an elite army from the city, take the sailor warship to act together, and look for an opportunity to land downstream to attack the Ming army camp? At present, the main force of the Ming army is almost out of the nest, one has come to the city, and the other has gone to the north of the city to attack the Kada people's headquarters, and only a few baggage soldiers remain in the camp. As long as our army is properly deployed, it may not be impossible to break through in one fell swoop. As long as you break through the camp of the puppet thief and destroy its grain and grass, no matter how brave and strong it is, it will become a fish without water, and it will be chaotic without a fight! (To be continued.) )