Chapter 62: An Admirable Opponent
Kong Youde saw that the Ming army that crossed the river had basically been surrounded, and he was so happy that he wanted to rush through the trench with a long knife, but was stopped by the recruits around him, "Lord Wang, where is the strange car?" ”
Kong Youde was agitated in his heart, knowing that he was too happy, he quickly stopped and asked the artillery sergeant to clean the gun chamber and reload.
An artillery sergeant just said, "There are our own people in front", Kong Youde raised the long knife in his hand and was about to chop over, the sergeant saw it, and quickly knelt down, Kong Youde stepped forward and gasped twice before stopping.
It was only after two or three cannons were loaded that I saw a puff of green smoke coming out of the riverbank, and then the strange car roared and rushed out from under the riverbank.
As soon as the warrior car rushed onto the riverbank, Luo Jian yelled at Wang Qiang on the roof of the car: "Hit the earthen wall!" After speaking, he shouted to Liu Weimin: "Rush to the right front!" The warrior made a big arc and rushed towards the earthen wall.
The warrior car had just rushed out more than ten meters, and after a few loud noises, several solid lead bullets flew past the rear of the car.
The car was so bumpy that Wang Qiang was thrown left and right on the roof of the car, and he couldn't shoot at all, so he yelled on the roof of the car: "Old soldier Liu, it's too bumpy, I can't shoot!" ”
When Luo Jian heard this, he shouted at Liu Weimin: "Rush to the right front for more than ten meters and stop!" ”
Wang Zecheng saw that the warrior car rushed out again, quickly stopped, saw the car rushing to the right front, and led the three people to follow.
Seeing that the warrior car stopped, Wang Zecheng asked the three of them to put all the extra rifles on their backs into the car, leaned on the body and began to shoot at the swarming Qing soldiers.
Wang Qiang waited for the car to stop, pulled the machine gun and began to strafe the earthen wall.
As soon as Kong Youde saw the warrior car rushing up from the bottom of the river, he immediately retracted behind the earthen wall, and after a few cannons were fired, he didn't care to see if the hit was hit, and then shrank behind the thick iron plate and squatted down, and felt a little more solid in his heart.
Kong Youde's prudence saved him, and as soon as he hid behind the iron plate and squatted down, he saw that the artillery soldiers behind the earthen wall fell one piece, and even two of his own soldiers around him died.
Seeing that the earthen wall couldn't prevent the continuous fire at all, Kong Youde shrank back and shouted: "The artillery army retreats quickly!" ”
The warrior chariot rushed out again, giving Ma Yingkui and a group of remnants a great encouragement, Ma Yingkui shouted while chopping the long knife in his hand, "Our magic chariot is here again, everyone kill!" ”
When the morale of more than 2,000 Qing soldiers saw that the warrior cart appeared again, most of their morale was immediately demoralized, and many people ran towards the place where they came, and when they ran to the front of the trench, they found that the wooden planks had been removed, and some people jumped directly into the ditch.
Liu Zhaoji rushed to the front with a rifle, and saw a Qing general stop and take a slight aim, which was a shot, rushed less than 50 meters, and had already killed three Qing generals.
Li Chengdong led the Xuzhou army to cross the river and led the horse to the riverbank.
From the earthen wall pushed open by the Qing soldiers, seeing that the Qing artillery was pulled back one after another, Luo Jian opened the car door and jumped out of the car, carrying a rifle and walking towards the battlefield where the battle was formed, Wang Zecheng and several people also lined up with rifles and pressed up.
There were many Qing soldiers who were not afraid of death and rushed towards Luo Jian and several people with knives and guns, Luo Jian first lifted his gun and swept it with a shuttle of bullets, and immediately fell three or four.
Several others also picked up their rifles and began to shoot at the dense group of Qing soldiers. The rifle fire quickly wiped out the little courage that the Qing soldiers had left, and the remaining Qing soldiers threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.
By the time Li Chengdong led the Xuzhou army to surround the remaining Qing regiments, there was no Qing soldier fighting.
"Fill in the trenches!" Luo Jian yelled at Liu Zhaoji and Li Chengdong with a calm face.
The two did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly beckoned people to throw everything they could find into the trench, and even the corpses of many Qing soldiers were thrown into it.
A large section of the trench was quickly filled, Liu Weimin drove the car over, Luo Jian got into the car and said, "Hurry up and pursue!" ”
When the warrior car passed the earthen wall, Luo Jian saw that there were still three or four artillery pieces behind the earthen wall that had not been dragged away by the Qing soldiers, and when he looked back at the Qing soldiers, he had already walked out of almost two miles.
Liu Weimin chased in the direction where the Qing soldiers fled, and before he ran two hundred meters, Liu Weimin was dumbfounded, there was a trench in front of him, and there were traces of wooden planks on it, obviously the Qing soldiers withdrew after the cannon.
Even if the planks were still there, Liu Weimin didn't dare to drive the car up, the cannon of the Qing army weighed only three or four hundred catties, and the gun carriage weighed only six or seven hundred catties.
Looking at another trench in front of him, and then at the paddy fields on both sides of the official road, Luo Jian's face turned blue with anger, and he slapped the driver's platform fiercely.
"Chief, are you still chasing after you?" Liu Weimin asked helplessly.
"What are you chasing, God knows how many ditches they dug again, and our sappers can't outrun the car." Luo Jian said hatefully.
Liu Zhaoji and Li Chengdong saw the warrior car stop, and ran over to take a look, both of them gasped.
The two were surprised by the depth of this Qing soldier's calculation, which was both ruthless and spicy.
Liu Zhaoji is still puzzled, obviously saw that the warrior car had crossed the river, why did the Qing soldiers return to the river when the artillery bombardment, if the warrior car was hit by the Qing soldiers' artillery, the result of this battle is self-evident, thinking of this, Liu Zhaoji is very happy.
"Hurry up and organize troops to treat the wounded, clean up the battlefield, and march to ** again tomorrow morning." Luo Jian raised his hand and looked at his watch, his tone was a little dull, he thought for a while and then continued: "After dinner, the generals above the ball have a meeting. ”
Huang Degong has been bloodied on the city wall, and the iron whip in his hand can no longer see its own color.
The Qing army was desperate this afternoon, the corpses of Qing soldiers were already piled up under the city walls, and Duoduo still did not give the order to stop the attack.
The artillery on the city wall was no longer usable, and Huang Degong sent all the reserves in the city to finally repel another strong attack by the Qing soldiers.
Holding on to the city wall, Huang Degong took a deep breath, and the thick smell of blood in the air made him squint his eyes.
Suddenly, there was a rumbling cannon sound from the east of the city, this sound was very familiar to Huang Degong, it was the sound of the general's cannon firing.
The sound of the cannon made Huang Degong's heart pinch suddenly, he knew that it was impossible for the Yangzhou army that was coming from a long distance to carry a heavy general cannon, and this cannon sound would only be sent by the Qing army to intercept the Yangzhou army.
A personal soldier handed Huang Degong a bamboo tube with a big arm, and Huang Degong took it and drank it all. The bamboo tube is not filled with water, but with spirits.
Before he put down the bamboo tube, Huang Degong saw a large group of Qing soldiers rushing with various siege equipment, followed by white-armored soldiers on horseback to supervise the battle.
Huang Degong, whose eyes were red from the stimulation of the spirits, threw the bamboo tube in his hand under the city wall, raised the iron whip in his hand and shouted: "Little ones, kill the Tartars with me!" ”
Many people rushed to the city wall, holding a variety of weapons in their hands, hoes, sickles and everything, waiting to get on the city wall, seeing the Ming soldiers who were lying on the ground, throwing the guy in their hands, picking up the weapons of the sacrificial Ming army and rushing up.
The most tragic siege lasted for nearly half an hour, and the bravery was as brave as Huang Degong, and he felt exhausted.
Many Ming soldiers jumped off the city wall with the Qing soldiers who climbed up, and there were still more and more Qing soldiers climbing the city wall.
Just when Huang Degong felt that the ** city was about to be unable to hold, there was a rapid sound of gold behind the Qing soldiers, and then the Qing soldiers who came up retreated like a tide.
Many Qing soldiers on the city wall who did not react were cut down by the Ming army, and many Qing soldiers jumped off the city wall directly, and got up from the pile of corpses and ran backwards.
Huang Degong reached out and wiped the sweat on his face, but found that his face was already covered with blood.
Huang Degong, who couldn't open his eyes, simply sat on the city wall, and found that there was a corpse under the buttocks, regardless of whether it was the Qing army or the Ming army, he fell asleep against the city wall.
Huang Degong, who didn't know how long he had been asleep, was woken up by bursts of cheers, and found that he had a thick cushion under him and a big coat on his body.
"What are you yelling at?" Huang Degong opened his eyes in a daze.
"Master Hou, the Qing army has retreated!" The soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to report.
"Huh?! The Yangzhou army has won! Are they coming? Huang Degong, who had just woken up, was not confused.
"The Metropolitan Governor has already sent someone to inform them, saying that they will come over early tomorrow morning, and they didn't disturb Hou Ye when they saw that Hou Ye was sleeping soundly just now."
Luo Jian and the others advanced three or four miles in the direction of **, and chose a wide and flat place to set up camp.
In fact, it is only three or four miles away from the ** county seat, Luo Jian insisted on not entering the ** county, Liu Zhaoji was a little helpless, but Li Chengdong was happy in his heart.
Sitting on the pony in front of the tent, Luo Jian lit a cigarette from Liu Weimin, watched the slowly setting sunset, and thought quietly.
Although the Qing troops were repulsed in today's battle, the first regiment suffered heavy losses, and the casualties among officers and men were as high as more than 800. Although the scouts came to report that the Qing army had begun to shrink its forces and was ready to retreat, Luo Jian still felt panicked.
As for the warrior car suddenly returning to the wooden bridge from the river embankment, Luo Jian and the three of them didn't say a word, and the three of them all knew in their hearts that it must be the intelligent system that did it, but they didn't understand how the dormant intelligent system learned all this.
Although Liu Zhaoji was saddened by the heavy losses of the first regiment, he still felt very satisfied with the achievement of the entire campaign goal.
Looking at Ma Yingkui, who was a little listless with a drooping face, Liu Zhaoji stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't be like this, although your regiment suffered heavy losses today, the battle behind it still held out very well. Shall I go back and replenish you from the captives first? Let's go, the Governor of the Upper Metropolitan has a meeting. ”
The officers of the first division were talking, and Li Chengdong and the generals of the Xuzhou Army also rushed over.
"Division Commander Liu, I heard that the Qing soldiers have retreated, where do you think they will retreat?" Li Chengdong's voice is not small.
"You can't ask me, you have to ask Dodor." Liu Zhaoji said angrily.
"Don't don't, Brother Liu, I know you're in a bad mood today, your losses are a bit bigger, I won't fight with you for capture when I go back, it's all right?" Li Chengdong sold a good job, and everyone knew that when he went back, the governor of the capital would give priority to replenishing a group.
"That's pretty much it."
"I said Lao Liu, your rifle today is accurate, I have seen it, when will you borrow me to practice?"
"Don't even think about it! Today, the Qing soldiers opened fire and almost scrapped a rifle, and I was so distressed that I choked! ”
"I'm so stingy, I'm not a Qing soldier cannon, and I can't spoil your baby if I practice, look at your stinginess!"
Li Chengdong saw that Liu Zhaoji did not let go at all, smiled wryly, and changed the topic.
"I said Lao Liu, I heard that today's magic car suddenly returned to the wooden bridge in the river when the Qing soldiers opened fire. You also told me that most of the governors are ordinary people, and ordinary people can have this magical power? ”
"I'm wondering too, why don't you go and ask the Metropolitan Governor for a while?" Liu Zhaoji was curious about this, and when he saw Li Chengdong mention it, he wanted to ask him to ask Luo Jian.
"I said Lao Liu, don't cheat me, I don't dare." Li Chengdong was not fooled.
A group of people talked as they walked, and soon walked to the front of Luo Jian's camp, and when they saw Luo Jian standing in front of the tent with a calm face, they were suddenly silent and silent.
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