Chapter 271: Contest (1)

The east is white, and the sun dispels the darkness and shines the light on the world. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Several carrion-feeding crows let out a shrill cry from the treetops, their eyes fixed on the ground. There's their feast, but just as well, there's a shiny weapon full of danger that keeps these flat-haired brutes from acting rashly.

The cry was wild, and the resentment was overwhelming. The true location of the two houses has been revealed, and the ministers who carry their families and possessions have come to the car to cry and confess to Lafayette what a great disaster has befallen their family.

Last night, when the Cossack cavalry touched it, Cixi's car also stopped on the road. The escort team was mainly around her car, and the situation was very critical for a while.

At night, I couldn't tell how many people were gathered around, and I could only hear guns blaring everywhere and shouting for killing. At one time, even Princess Rongshou was ready to commit suicide, but fortunately, the cavalry battalion appeared in time, like timely rain, turning the corner.

But the old woman's face was still iron blue, and the green tendons on her forehead were beating, like a precursor to an imminent eruption of a volcano. Emperor Tianyou was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak, Li Lianying and Cui Yugui were in the car. Except for the two of them and the two palace maids who carried them, the other palace people stayed in the brigade to confuse the enemy. At this time, these people may become victims of anger, and Cui Yugui is careful on the side

"Galeries Lafayette, rest your anger. The people outside are really annoying to cry, but they can't be blamed entirely, who made them all suffer? I heard that many people were robbed by foreign soldiers, and some female dependents were taken captive. You are their backbone, if the child is wronged, he has to find an adult to complain, and if the minister is wronged, he has to find you to avenge his grievances. You are their God, and they have no choice but to complain to God. ”

"God? I can't afford that. If you say that you have taken me as a parent, then this parent is in trouble, and the children do not think about protecting their parents, but are in a hurry to go their separate ways, is this the work of the Son of Man? When the Tiele soldiers caught up, Zhao Guanhou led the troops behind the palace, and these loyal ministers ran to the front of my public opinion one by one, such loyal ministers, I was really moved! If someone really took my old wife that day, it would definitely not be these ungrateful things! Our car is so hidden, how can the foreigner know the direction, someone must have reported to the foreigner, wanting to get rid of me, the old woman, by the hand of the foreigner. It's a pity that I don't let them get their wish, the more they want to hurt me, the tougher I live! ”

She said hatefully, "If you want to talk about loyal ministers, you have to say that the horse team that came to escort King Qin last night, and Zhao Guanhou who fought with the foreigners in the back." Originally, people said that our soldiers were unusable, and some people used all kinds of excuses to prevaricate me. But in yesterday's battle, except for the right army, no one could withstand it, what else can be said about this? Those people deserve to be robbed! If you have the ability, go to the foreign devil to settle the account, don't bother me, go check how many foreigners I killed last night? ”

The results of the battle were counted quickly, and last night, about 60 or more Tiele cavalry broke through the defense line and attacked the convoy of the two palaces, killing and wounding more than 20 people. The number of casualties among the reinforcements and encirclement teams was similar to this. Five foreign soldiers were captured alive on the battlefield, and 47 corpses were obtained, including one corpse whose clothing was obviously different from that of the others, and it was suspected that it was an enemy official. Sixteen war horses were captured, and an eagle flag was suspected to be the company flag of the unit.

Pretending to be a guard of honor, the fake public opinion that deceived the Tiele soldiers was broken by the foreign soldiers, and the official army was defeated and defeated, and Zhongtang was martyred. After that, the Tanaka Jade Battalion of the Right Army of Wuwei arrived and fought fiercely with the Tiele soldiers, killing a total of 30 enemies and capturing more than 10 good horses. Its remnants left the battlefield with their war horses and continued to attack, even alarming the two palaces. Li Zongyun Sentinel was the team that pursued the remnants of the enemy, and did not want to join the cavalry battalion of King Qin, so he formed a flanking attack on the Cossacks.

After this battle, the Cossack team that attacked Chengyu was completely wiped out, and more importantly, the security of the two palaces was maintained, which can be regarded as a complete victory from this point of view.

After Han Rong got the report, a smile also appeared on his yellow face, and when he turned his head to play Cixi, it had already become a bitter battle for our army day and night, killing a thousand enemies, killing more than 300 enemy corpses on the battlefield, capturing more than 100 foreign guns, the enemy regiment commander killed our army, and the regimental flag was seized.

In the midst of the chaotic battle, hearing this news can be regarded as exciting, and there is finally a smile on Cixi's face. "Well played! This is long overdue. If I had let such a soldier come earlier, why would I have suffered from such a bump at such an old age? Emperor, such a soldier should be rewarded. ”

"What my father said is that my son will naturally reward them. But the loss of those ministers, and the mercy of the dead and wounded........."

"Those things will be said when we enter the city, Han Rong, order to go down, let the horse team protect us into Xuanhua, so that no more foreign soldiers will chase after us. After entering the city, be sure to raise a sum of money for them, and this money must be sent to them, and if anyone takes a penny in the middle, I will ask for his head! I'll talk about the rest when I get back to the city. ”

The car driver and the hundred officials, under the escort of the horse team, moved towards Xuanhua, Sun Meiyao took a cold look and saw Shigege, and the atmosphere was not very good. She is a great life-saving grace to Shigege and others, and Shigege's attitude towards them has to be more bearish. Sun Meiyao didn't have a good face for her, and asked with a cold face, "What about the crown marquis?" ”

"There's still a war ahead. The Cossacks were fierce, and the outcome was unknown. How many of you are here this time? ”

"I have a cavalry battalion, and there is an infantry battalion in the city, you go to the city, and I will take someone to pick up the crown marquis. Also, tell you those goblins, be honest with me, when men go to war, they don't have time to feed you. Whoever pesters him, beware of my knife! ”

She drew her saber and slashed it, turned around and ordered the cavalry sentry, "Little ones, follow me and go to the front to kill the foreigners!" Whoever dares to stand in our way will be whipped with a whip, and you will not be polite to them. ”

This Green Forest Horse Team shouted, followed behind Sun Meiyao, and rushed towards the battlefield ahead, Yuqing looked at their backs, and said softly: "Although this woman is very fierce, she is single-minded towards Guanhou, if she can save our man this time, I will protect her future." ”

In the minds of all three, there was actually a consensus that the right army could not be an opponent of the fierce Cossack cavalry in any case. Last night's victory was only a small victory for the division, and it was already a miracle to be able to maintain not losing on the frontal battlefield, and as for wanting to win, it was purely a dream. But what they don't know is that now this dream is actually about to come true.

On the official road, in the fields, the sound of artillery and gunfire came to a temporary standstill, as if the war was over. But in fact, both sides of the war understand that this is nothing more than looking for each other's flaws, ready to rush forward and deliver the strongest blow.

Merekhov's tactics were very successful at first, and sure enough, after his cavalry raided the rear, the right army had to abandon the idea of positional warfare and instead support the rear, as if to protect the chariots. There was even a battalion whose strength was out of touch with the main force and went first as the vanguard.

The Cossack cavalry, relying on the superiority of horses and excellent equestrian skills, was able to maintain formation while running, and was able to quickly switch the direction of formation. In terms of Jin soldiers, although there is a relatively good force of the Wuwei Right Army, there are also low-quality troops such as the Qinwang Army. What's more, there are still a large number of eunuchs, palace maids, ministers and their families who have not escaped in the team, and the movement of the troops is not fast, and it is easy to find flaws.

Merekhov's eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and when he noticed the inconsistent scheduling of this unit exposed during the operation, the moment the troops were disjointed, he decisively gave the order to attack. The iron cavalry was originally running parallel to the golden soldiers, but suddenly turned, and with an incredibly high speed, cut into the void in the ranks of the right army, and the spearhead was pointed at the cannons carried by the officers and soldiers.

The role of artillery is great, and every shell can kill a dozen good Cossack boys. But artillery without infantry cover is meat that will run in front of the cavalry. Merekhov believed that as soon as his troops were killed, these cowards would abandon their artillery, flee for their lives, or surrender. Cut their heads like watermelons.

In charge of the vigilance was a battalion of Qinwangjun from Shanxi, whose quality was similar to that of the battalion that protected the fortified martyrs, and in the rapid march, there was no ability to resist the cavalry surprise attack at all. When the cavalry rushed in, everyone was confused, and they could only raise their guns and fight indiscriminately, and the shooting effect was not great. When the Cossacks rushed to the front of the ranks, stabbed with spears, and raised their sabers to cut off their heads, the army of the King of Shanxi Qin, like the rest of the Jin soldiers, fled in panic, surrendered on their knees, and the entire line of defense collapsed.

The Cossacks easily broke through this weak line, and at one point the front of the soldiers pushed in front of the artillery, and at that moment, Merekhov was convinced that he had touched the feet of the goddess of victory. Unfortunately, he did not manage to lift the skirt of the goddess of victory.

Although the artillery of the Wuwei Right Army is a special force, the infantry training subjects have never been relaxed, especially focusing on white-knuckle training, and they are not afraid of hand-to-hand combat. After the infantry guarding the front line broke up, the artillerymen did not flee in a hurry, but raised the rifled guns they carried and fired, and then formed a phalanx of bayonets with bayonets.

The tall Don hippos, at the urging of their masters, crashed into the bayonets with a scream, and by their weight and speed, they knocked the infantry backwards. When hit by such a behemoth, human bones will break under the impact, and the sound of bones breaking and breaking can be heard everywhere. The infantry in the first platoon fell backwards, spitting dark red blood foam from their mouths.

The fallen horse crushed the soldier, breaking his leg and making it impossible for him to get up. But instead of crying and begging for mercy, the fallen infantry clenched their rifles tightly and slammed their bayonets at their horses.

The soldiers in the front row fell, and the bayonets in the second row immediately stood up, whether it was the collision of the war horses or the sabre whirlwind, they could not break the fighting spirit of these infantrymen, they still raised their bayonets and stabbed forward according to the orders of their commanders.

These excellent Cossack men, all good men on horseback, skilled warriors, once and again, they crushed the enemy's seemingly dense hedgehog infantry formation, disintegrated, chased the dead to the north, and enjoyed the thrill of killing the enemy. But this time, they finally met their opponents.

Although it was the special forces who were attacked, they showed themselves to be braver and more resilient than ordinary infantry. Although the temporary phalanx formed by the artillery was hit by thousands of holes, these formations were still intact, and the soldiers were still strong and stayed in their positions. Reloading, shooting, raising bayonets, stabbing forward. For the storming of such positions, the Cossack cavalry also paid an extremely heavy price. The two commanders of the company who served as the main attacker were killed one after another, and the troops suffered heavy casualties.

The right army was equipped with a large number of Mini rifles due to the previous clever seizure, which played a huge role at this time, and the dense rain of bullets swept down the war horses one by one, and the knights on the horses were helpless under the bullets. The news of the death of the company commanders and platoon commanders under Merekhov came one after another, and only he knew what brave soldiers and heroes these fallen were. He also realized that he might have stepped into the trap of the Jin Kingdom and was calculated by the other party's generals.

The infantry and cavalry were successfully strangled together, and the high-speed maneuvers for which the Cossack cavalry was famous were increasingly limited, and they had to face bullets from all sides and more and more bayonets from superior forces. A Cossack soldier often had to deal with the bayonets of five or six enemies at the same time, and no matter how skilled he was, he could only exhaust his strength in this incessant parry.

"Retreat!"

Merekhov reluctantly gave the order to retreat, if he continued to fight, these compatriots who followed him out of their homeland would all be buried on the battlefield in a foreign country. With the mournful sound of the horn, the Black Hawk regimental flag turned to the rear in despair, and the shame of the cavalry being expelled from the battlefield by the infantry stayed in the hearts of every warrior.

The artillery battery, which was in charge of the frontal task of diversion, was retaliated by the artillery of the right army, and all the 12-pounder and 6-pounder guns were lost. The two-pounder was dragged out, while two cavalry companies were caught in a hand-to-hand battle with the enemy infantry, suffering heavy casualties.

The Fifth Cavalry Regiment, which originally had eight cavalry companies and one artillery company, can now find only two company commanders and only five officers at the deputy company commander level. The casualties among the rank-and-file cadres were even greater, and now the troops could only rely on the methods of the old Cossacks to manage the newly recruited lads.

Just when Zhao Guanhou's army was about to start a counterattack and completely swallow up this cavalry, in the rear of the Cossack army, the horn sounded, the double-headed eagle banner was unfurled, and the reinforcements from Tiele's side also appeared on the battlefield at this time.

The 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the Guards, as well as an infantry battalion and a Cossack artillery battery, appeared on the flanks of the battlefield, forcing the Guards to stop their pursuit, gather their formation, and begin to reorganize their ranks. And Merekhov's cavalry also took advantage of this opportunity to move closer to the Guards, and the two units met smoothly, the red sun was falling, and the night was approaching, marking the temporary end of the battle between the two armies.

The Cossacks removed ammunition, dry rations from the caravan and prepared for tomorrow's battle. The military priest began to pray for the wounded, the medics gave emergency treatment, and Andrei walked towards Merekhov with a mocking smile on his face

"Oh, my great Popov? Your Excellency Serfevevich, have you and your brave warriors already dealt with all the people of the Golden Kingdom? I have not come here to fight, but to ask you for personal favors, and to beg you to do well, and to hand over the emperor and queen mother of the Kingdom of Jin to me, and I will count on them to exchange medals for me. ”

Merekhov's waist was still straight, and his voice was as cold as the Siberian wind: "Andrey? Lord Andreevich, my men have already gone to deal with the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom. But if you want to see them, you must help me deal with the troops of the Golden Kingdom in front of me, otherwise, everyone will go their separate ways. ”

"Oh? It's true? I think you must know what kind of crime it is to deceive a Tiele nobleman. I see that your soldiers have been beaten enough today. ”

"If you don't believe me, you can send your soldiers and come with us."

"Then there is no need, fighting in the dark is not in line with the habits of the nobility. You and I should drink some vodka and eat some chocolate candy, and when the sun rises tomorrow, my men and I will take care of this army. ”

Merekhov did not accept his invitation, but walked to his camp with his back straight, and in the wind, the sad song of the Cossacks wafted, and the corners of Andrei's mouth flashed a sneer. These stupid mules should have almost tossed the strength of the golden soldiers, and by tomorrow, it will be their turn to perform. Great ancestors above, look at your descendants, like you, establish immortal martial arts, I want to become, the hero of Tieler! (To be continued.) )