The left flank of the Qing army, the green battalion Zhejiang raised the standard array. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tian Xiong stood under his own commander's flag, crossed his own military formation, saw the rows of bright helmets and long weapons surging forward at the same frequency on the opposite side, and heard the powerful sound of trumpets and drums, thunderous steps, and the roar of artillery from time to time, and a trace of inexplicable panic suddenly appeared in his heart.

Just now, with the roar of the artillery deployed on both flanks, the army formation in the trapped camp began to advance. The infantry of the three thousand corps in the middle were well-trained, marching forward at the same pace and at the same speed to the rhythmic beat of drums, and the huge army formation remained neat and tidy in the advance. While the infantry advanced, the artillery on both flanks opened fire for cover, and from both flanks cross-fired at the Qing army array in front. The Qing army on the opposite side also fired back, but because their cannons did not have a device to adjust the tail of the cannon, they could only constantly adjust the skids behind them as the trapped camp advanced, which greatly reduced the rate of fire.

When the infantry phalanx in the trapped camp began to advance, the cavalry of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion on the right flank also began to widen the battle line and move towards the left flank of Zhejiang. Tian Xiong had to send the cavalry of his headquarters to defend and prevent the cavalry of Huguang Town from raiding the flank.

"Admiral Tian, can your troops stop this puppet Ming army in Huguang Town?" A slightly stiff Chinese voice sounded next to him, speaking from the Mongolian Jialazhangjinggang Alin, who was a native of the Zhenghuangqi Manchurian. This time, he was sent to Tian Xiong's side by Tan Tai, called assisting, but he was actually a supervisor.

Hearing the question of the Manchurian master, Tian Xiong did not dare to slack off, and after thinking for a while, he replied respectfully: "Back to Lord Alin's words, although Huguang Town fought fiercely and defeated the ordinary puppet Ming army, the tactics were not mysterious. When the two armies were fighting, they generally first used a defensive position to form a thick military formation that was as immobile as a mountain, and then used artillery to strike at the dense areas of our army's battle formation, forcing our army to take the initiative to attack its military formation. When our army is halfway through the attack, they will use all kinds of firearms, such as artillery and magic arrows, to disrupt our army's battle formation. As soon as our army was disorganized and within a hundred paces of its formation, there would be a few more volleys of their firearms, tiger cannons, etc. At that time, bullets rained down, and the officers and men of our army often suffered heavy casualties and their morale plummeted before they rushed to the front. But this time it was not our army that took the initiative to attack, as long as we held on to the flood land and remained unmoved, we would not fall into their way. In addition, our army also carried a large number of firearms, and they would also die if they hit them, so it should not be difficult to hold on to the right flank of our army according to the general's orders. ”

Gang Alin nodded: "That's good." Whether it's difficult or not, you have to hold on. At present, the Hutou Mountain side has been disrupted, and the right flank of our army is afraid that it will be difficult to withdraw for a while. If you can't hold it here, military law will be ruthless! ”

Tian Xiong hurriedly promised to guarantee.

On the other side, Yang Jizuo, the deputy general of Denglai Town, Shandong Green Camp, who led the army to reinforce Zhejiang, also said with a flattering face: "Lord Alin, please rest assured, this time the infantry of Huguang Town took the initiative to fight, and their artillery will definitely not be able to keep up with the footsteps of the infantry for a while. Moreover, their musketeers generally stopped firing volleys seventy or eighty paces away, and our bird's guns could also hit them at this distance, and although it was difficult to defeat them, it was safe to hold on. ”

Gang Alin nodded again, he had also seen the tactics of Huguang Town before, so he didn't think that the Ming army of Huguang Town on the opposite side dared to get too close, and should stop seventy or eighty steps away. If it is only a long-distance firearm firearm, these green battalions in Zhejiang Tibiao and Denglai Town should not be so easy to retreat, not to mention that there are people and horses of Zhenghuangqi behind them, as long as they can hold out until the main force of the right wing retreats to the north of Hutou Mountain, the situation will usher in a turnaround.

While the three of them were talking, the Huguang Town Front on the opposite side had advanced to two hundred paces away. The artillery in front of the Zhejiang Raising Formation roared from time to time, and the solid shells fell near the Huguang Town Front and splashed dust flying in the sky, and there were even large clouds of blood rain blooming on several fronts, and you could see that there seemed to be broken stumps thrown into the sky.

Tian Xiong and Yang Jizuo were just about to laugh, when a loud noise was heard in the array of Huguang Town opposite, and several shells whistled. The two of them shrank their heads in fright, and the laughter that reached their lips was immediately swallowed.

Just Alin looked at the military formation opposite, and his expression became serious again.

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Two Qing army Tang horses came to the Chinese army from the direction of Hutou Mountain on the west road, and Niu Lu Zhangjing, who was on the yellow flag, listened to their report, and walked to the general Zhengnan to recognize the flag and said to Tan Tai: "General, the military order has been passed to the right wing, and He Luohui Gushan is hurrying to gather the men and horses." ”

Tan Tai breathed a sigh of relief, he believed that as long as the right wing could be withdrawn in time, his own front would be maintained, and Huguang Town would still be able to maintain an undefeated situation. Under this premise, even if he suffered some losses, he pinched his nose and admitted it.

Thinking of this, Tan Tai looked to the east. The sound of artillery there has not stopped, and the front of Huguang Town in the distance is vaguely advancing to this side, and only the soldiers and horses of Zhejiang Biaobiao and some foot soldiers of Denglai Town are blocking the middle zone, a total of about 5,000 cavalry. In addition, it is the Zhenghuang Banner soldiers and horses around him and the remaining foot soldiers in Denglai Town, about 4,000 people, which is all the troops he can use at hand. Whether or not it can block this round of counterattack by the new force behind Huguang Town will be the key to success or failure.

At this moment, the cannon sound in the direction of Xugang Village on the middle road suddenly became more violent, and Tan Tai immediately turned his head to look. It didn't take long for a few more Tang horses to run over and report to Niu Lu Zhangjing of the Chinese army, Niu Lu Zhangjing hurriedly came to Tan Tai to report after hearing this: "General, Huguang Town has sent an additional artillery to Xugang Village, carrying a lot of big Hongyi artillery. As soon as the artillery fire on the opposite side strengthened, the Zhili Green Battalion was a little unbearable, and the three general soldiers all asked the general to send reinforcements. ”

Tan Tai shouted angrily: "Tell them that I don't have any reinforcements to send here!" If they can't hold it, they'll all die there! ”

Niu Lu Zhang Jing reluctantly retreated and went to explain to Tangma.

Now that the battle has been fought, Tan Tai feels that the development of the situation has become more and more beyond his expectations. He deployed nearly 8,000 foot soldiers of the Zhili Green Battalion on the front line of Xugang Village on the middle road, in addition to more than 2,000 cavalry deployed on the two flanks of Xugang Village, while Huguang Town on the opposite side only had more than 8,000 infantry battalions of more than two infantry battalions, and there were almost no cavalry except for a small number of sentinels. He has relied on these forces in the middle road, not to mention holding the middle road, it will not be too difficult to drive all the Ming troops out of the front line of Xugang Village. Unexpectedly, several of the general soldiers of the Zhili Green Battalion turned around and asked him for help, still at this juncture, how could he not be angry.

But after a fire, Tan Tai felt an inexplicable panic in his heart. If you can't hold the middle lane, the consequences will be really unimaginable. But the 4,000 men on hand are the only forces he can use at present, and the situation on the left flank has not stabilized, so of course he can no longer use these forces to reinforce at will.

At this time, he remembered that He Luohui had mobilized a lot of troops on the right flank to attack Hutou Village, and he wondered if he could now send some of them over to support the middle lane. Thinking of this, he raised the clairie mirror to look in the direction of Hutou Village, but found that a reinforced Huguang Town foot soldier appeared near Hutou Village through the mountain road on the east side of Hutou Mountain, attracting all the surplus troops in the area of Hutou Village.

Tan Tai put down the clairvoyant mirror a little weakly, and after thinking for a while, he called Niu Lu Zhangjing, who was not far away: "Let the horsemen of Pingyang Town, Luying, Shanxi Province be transferred from the left wing of Hutou Village to the right wing, and take over the position of the Zhenghuang Banner vest." All the vests of the Zhenghuang Banner dismounted and entered Xugang Village to strengthen the defense. Tell Tuckjan to keep the middle lane steady. In addition, send someone to tell He Luohui, telling him not to waste any more time to gather all the soldiers and horses, and to bring back all the flag soldiers immediately. Those green battalion soldiers left it alone, let them break off. After two moments, I will see his Daxu turn back to the north of Hutou Mountain. Just go! ”

Niu Lu Zhangjing immediately went to arrange Tangma after receiving the order.

As soon as Tan Tai finished giving the order, there was a volley of firearms from the east. He turned his head to look and saw bursts of white smoke rising between the military formation of Zhejiang and the military formation of Huguang Town opposite, and the shooting of the infantry soldiers on both sides also began.

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As the phalanx of infantry soldiers in the trap camp advanced, the artillery channel in the middle was gradually blocked, and the direction of artillery fire on both wings gradually deviated from the center and concentrated on the two flanks of the Qing army opposite. The frontal threat of artillery shells in the Qing army was reduced, but the front line of the trapped camp was getting closer and closer.

In front of the neat main formation of their own side, the stragglers line trapped in the camp had already walked within 100 steps in front of the Qing army's front. The firecrackers on the skirmishers raised their flintlock pistols and began to fire freely after two volleys. The main front still did not fire, and continued to advance in a terrifying calm attitude.

Occasionally, some of the bird-gunners in the front row of the Qing army were hit, and they fell in front of the formation and howled, causing a commotion in the queue. The interval was still far away, and the flintlock pistols in Huguang Town did not have many accurate heads, and the psychological deterrence of the Qing army was far greater than the actual killing.

Tian Xiong saw it clearly in the rear formation, and he had seen this kind of skirmish tactics in Huguang Town before, so he felt very troubled about it. Fortunately, the advance speed of the main formation of Huguang Town was not slow, and it soon entered the range of the bird's gun.

A horn sounded in the Qing army's array, and the green camp bird guns in the front row raised their bird guns one after another, aiming at the human wall of Huguang Town marching on the opposite side. Facing the rows of dense pipes, Huguang Town's front seemed unmoved, still moving firmly according to the previous rhythm and speed. That terrible composure made it clear that the hearts of the bird's guns were numb, and the palms of the hands holding the bird's guns were sweating, and the time before waiting for the order to fire became extremely difficult.

Finally, another horn sounded, and the Qing officers shouted and gave the order to open fire. In an instant, the raindrop-like explosion shook the heavens and the earth, and countless white smoke rose from the Qing army's front.