Chapter 335: Siege and Interception
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Just when Wang Qiang had just attacked Tongzhou City, Duoduo led 15,000 men and horses to finally leave Guangqumen.
The first was 3,000 Manchurian cavalry, followed by Duoduo's 500 personal soldiers, Duoduo's personal soldiers were all one man and two horses, protecting Duoduo and Fan Wencheng in the middle, and behind them were more than 10,000 new troops on horseback from the Turai Department.
Although the new army was all infantry troops, the new army of the Turai Department was basically minions and their children who followed the Manchu Qing into the customs, and these people basically grew up on horseback, and if they did not carry rifles, they were also good cavalrymen.
According to Fan Wencheng's suggestion, Duoduo will bypass the north side of Tongzhou City and escape from the Yudai River Bridge to the east bank of the canal.
The cavalry brigade had already chased the Qing cavalry across the Bali Bridge, and there was nothing to see, Luo Jian and Zuo Maodi went down the high slope, got on their horses and began to head towards Tongzhou City.
The two of them had just gotten on their horses and walked less than half a mile, when the lock pillar that followed behind caught up with them, "Dadudu, look over there!" ”
Luo Jian and Zuo Maodi both reined in their horses and looked to the left rear, the dust rising from the sky was accompanied by the light trembling of the earth, and anyone with a little experience knew that this was a large group of cavalry marching.
Luo Jian and Zuo Mao rode up a small hill that was not too high, and both of them raised their binoculars to look in the direction of the dust flying.
"It's a Qing soldier who came out of the city of Beijing, this is Duoduo to escape!" Without waiting for Luo Jian to speak, Zuo Maodi roared.
"The Grand Duke. Withdraw quickly. I'll lead the guards to stop them! The lock pillar stepped forward and said.
"Nonsense! There were 10,000 or 20,000 of these Qing soldiers. There are only more than 200 people in your guard, what are you stopping you? Lock the pillar, quickly send someone to chase the cavalry brigade, and let Zhao Quan rush back immediately! Then send someone to Tongzhou to inform the Seventh Division, so that they can solve the Qing troops in Tongzhou as soon as possible, and draw out troops to stop Duoduo! ”
Although Luo Jian also wanted to stop Duoduo, the guards were only more than 200 people, although they were using new rifles. But in the face of 10,000 or 20,000 Qing cavalry who were about to flee for their lives, more than 200 people were really not enough, and Luo Jian would not let the soldiers make senseless sacrifices, let alone his own guards.
The guards quickly divided a few horses and galloped towards the direction of Bali Bridge and Tongzhou.
Zhao Quan pursued the Qing cavalry very well, and the Qing cavalry, who had no fighting spirit, did not dare to fight against the cavalry brigade at all, so they just buried their heads and fled desperately.
The cavalry brigade has been chasing out of the road for seven or eight miles, and the remnants of the Qing cavalry in front have no chance to escape, and Ma Yingkui has already rushed over with a regiment of the tenth division.
The huge movement on the side of the Seventh Division also alarmed the Tenth Division, and the Tenth Division and Leng Yundeng's cavalry were guarding the north of the city of Beijing, only more than two miles away from the city wall. However, the 10th Division has been shouting at the Qing soldiers on the city wall these days, and has not organized siege operations.
Ma Yingkui was also a little impatient in the past two days. However, there was no order to attack the city from the Metropolitan Governor's side, so he had to continue the attack with patience.
Early this morning, the scouts of the 10th Division reported to him that the Seventh Division had started an attack, and Ma Yingkui couldn't stay any longer, so he led a group and rushed over to the east of Beijing.
Ma Yingkui's luck was really good, as soon as he came, he helped Zhao Quan's cavalry brigade stop the fleeing Qing army's eight or nine hundred cavalry.
Tens of thousands of people flanking eight or nine hundred cavalry is really a bit too bullying, there are interceptions in front, there are chasing soldiers in the back, eight or nine hundred cavalry simply do not run, dismount and surrender,.
Zhao Quan rushed to the front, saw that it was Ma Yingkui who was helping, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute him to express his gratitude, before the two had time to say a polite word, a war horse galloped from behind, and the person who came on the horse shouted far away, "Captain, captain, Duoduo has escaped, the Metropolitan Governor asked you to chase quickly!" ”
Zhao Quan saw that someone called him like this, and knew that it was someone from the Dadu Guard, and when he heard that Duoduo had run away, he turned around and saluted Ma Yingkui again, got on his horse and ran away with the cavalry brigade.
When Ma Yingkui heard that Duoduo had run away, he thought to himself that this guy had run away, what am I still guarding at the north gate? Simply I also went to chase after it, and asked people to go back and inform the deputy division commander, so that he could take the other three regiments to surround the north, and at the same time let Leng Yundeng's cavalry brigade rush over to chase Duoduo.
After the confession, Ma Yingkui rushed towards the Bali Bridge with a group of runners, Ma Yingkui also knew that when his regiment of infantry rushed over, I was afraid that Duoduo would have run away, but Ma Yingkui felt that it was better to try his luck, what if Duoduo was stopped in front?
Duoduo took 15,000 men and horses to rush away, and Duoduo also knew that if he took these 15,000 men and horses out, he could still toss in Liaodong for a while, otherwise even if he returned to Liaodong, I am afraid it would be difficult to set off a storm.
It was almost time to reach the Bali Bridge, and there were no Wehrmacht troops coming to intercept them all the way, but Duoduo knew that it was the Wehrmacht who had gone to deal with Kong Youde, and if he waited for them to come back, he would be in big trouble.
"Report! A brigade of cavalry came to the north of the Bali Bridge! A Qing cavalryman finally ran from the surrounding line of pro-soldiers to Duoduo to report.
Dordor reined in his horse and asked the horseman, "How many?" ”
"King Yuyu, I can't see clearly, it is estimated that there are more than 5,000 people." Said the cavalryman.
When Duoduo heard this, this is trouble, if he is entangled by these cavalry, the Wehrmacht will definitely catch up from all sides, where can he still run?
"Turai, quickly lead the new army to the Bali Bridge to stop these cavalry!" Duoduo yelled at Turai, who was following him, he was already in complete anxiety.
Of course, Turai also knew the consequences of being entangled by the Wehrmacht cavalry, so he ran out of the circle formed by Duoduo's own soldiers, found a new army commander, and asked him to lead 2,000 men to stop the cavalry on the south side of the Bali Bridge.
The cavalry brigade was also rushing towards the Bali Bridge, Zhao Quan regretted a little, why did he desperately chase some remnants of the Qing army, if he stayed in the south of the Bali Bridge, he would definitely stop Duoduo.
Although the Bali Bridge is relatively wide, it can only accommodate seven or eight horsemen to ride through, and the cavalry brigade is close to the Bali Bridge. The speed of the brigade was slowed down.
However, just as the vanguard cavalry had just stepped onto the Bali Bridge. A volley of guns rang out from the opposite side. Suddenly, five or six horsemen turned over on their backs, but fortunately, the speed was not fast, and the cavalry behind quickly reined in their horses and slowly retreated.
Zhao Quan, who caught up from behind, picked up the binoculars hanging around his neck and took a look, the corpse of the Qing army's war horse that was killed in the battle just now on the opposite side had been pulled over by the Qing soldiers and used as a bunker, and the number of Qing soldiers behind the bunker looked quite large, and their war horses stopped not far away.
Zhao Quan, who had fought countless battles with Luo Jian, knew that this was trouble, and these Qing soldiers were all using new muskets. Of course, Zhao Quan knew the power of this musket, and now that they had set up a position, and with the corpses of the previous war horses as cover, the cavalry brigade would definitely suffer heavy casualties if they wanted to rush across the Bali Bridge.
Just when Zhao Quan gritted his teeth and was about to let the cavalry brigade rush across the Bali Bridge regardless of casualties, Ma Yingkui slapped his horse and caught up from behind.
"Got in trouble?" Ma Yingkui saw that the cavalry brigade was stopped on the north side of the Bali Bridge, and knew that they were in trouble, so he rushed up with a few guards and asked Zhao Quan.
"When we encountered the new Qing army, their firepower was too fierce, and the casualties were too great when they rushed over." Zhao Quan said.
"Order a bunch of runners to come over!" Ma Yingkui also saw the situation on the other side of the Bali Bridge clearly. said to the guards beside him, and the guards answered. The pat horse and ran towards the back.
Luo Jian, who had retreated to the south of the Bali Bridge three or four miles away, also saw through the telescope that the cavalry brigade was blocked at the Bali Bridge, and he was also anxious.
"Lock the pillar, you lead the guards to rush over and help the cavalry brigade take the Bali Bridge! Be fast! ”
Suozhu was about to lead the guards to set off, and from the dull gunfire of the Qing army in the direction of Bali Bridge, there was a crisp gunshot, Suozhu stopped, and said to Luo Jian: "Dadudu, you listen to the gunshots, there must be our team arriving!" Shall we go? ”
Luo Jian also heard different gunshots, it was definitely not the Seventh Division, Luo Jian guessed at once that it must be the Tenth Division that had arrived, and the other two divisions were not equipped with new rifles.
"You guys go quickly, give the Qing soldiers a blow from the flank, and help them!" Luo Jian said towards the lock pillar.
Suozhu led a guard of 200 people towards the Bali Bridge.
To the north of Bali Bridge, it is indeed the 10th Division and a regiment that have already arrived, and they are fighting fiercely with the Qing New Army in the south.
Originally, with the firepower of the new rifles of the 10th Division, the new army was definitely not an opponent, but the Bali Bridge was only so wide, and all the Qing troops were concentrated on this line, and a regiment did not carry heavy firepower, so it was impossible to break through the Bali Bridge.
Ma Yingkui and Zhao Quan were in a hurry on the north bank of the canal, Zhao Quan wanted the Tenth Regiment to retreat, he wanted the cavalry brigade to rush over regardless of casualties, Ma Yingkui quickly stopped him.
Ma Yingkui knew that there were not many cavalry in the Wehrmacht now, and every cavalry was precious, so he would rather let his 10th Division rush over regardless of casualties than the cavalry brigade suffered too many casualties.
Just as the 10th Division and the 1st Regiment braved the rain of bullets and used the corpses of the war horses left by the cavalry brigade as a cover to attack the south of the Bali Bridge, a fierce explosion was heard from the southeast direction of the Bali Bridge, followed by continuous gunfire.
The Qing soldiers' defense line was suddenly chaotic, and Ma Yingkui, who was extremely experienced on the battlefield, rushed out first, shouting while patting his horse, "Quick!" Fast! Rush over! ”
Zhao Quan's reaction was not slow, and the cavalry brigade soon overtook a regiment of soldiers and rushed across the Bali Bridge.
The new Qing troops, which were attacked from the front and rear, fought and retreated, and did not completely collapse, and it was obvious that the fighting will of these Qing soldiers was still relatively tenacious.
However, the muskets of the Qing soldiers were far from being comparable to the new rifles of the 10th Division and the 1st Regiment that had crossed the Bali Bridge, and the corpses of the war horses all over the ground were just the best cover for the soldiers of a regiment, and the Qing soldiers lined up in a phalanx were knocked to the ground by the crowds, and the remaining Qing soldiers began to run towards the place where the horses were parked.
Ma Yingkui and Zhao Quan both saw the lock pillar that was rushing with the guards, and the two of them shouted at the lock post almost at the same time.
"Where is the Grand Governor? Why don't you protect the Governor? Ma Yingkui's face was a little grim, now the battlefield situation is so complicated, the guards of the Metropolitan Governor actually came to kill the enemy, what if the Metropolitan Governor met the Qing soldiers?
The lock pillar pointed behind him with his hand, meaning that the governor was there, and Ma Yingkui scolded loudly: "You bastard! Why don't you hurry up and bring the guards back? ”
Zhao Quan was even more straightforward, stepped forward and whipped it on the horse that locked the pillar, the war horse neighed and ran towards the rear, and the guards also left the battlefield with the lock pillar.
Wang Qiang, who had just finished dealing with Kong Youde, was in a good mood and was organizing the Seventh Division to clean up the battlefield while capturing prisoners in Tongzhou City.
When Luo Jian's guards ran to Tongzhou City to find Wang Qiang and told him the news that Duoduo had escaped from Beijing City, Wang Qiang was stunned for a moment, "Damn, so coincidentally?" Xie Kui! Xie Kui! Wang Qiang shouted a group leader.
"Commander, I'm here." Xie Kui ran from not far away.
"Gather the troops immediately, Duoduo has run away, you must stop them!" Wang Qiang ordered very dryly.
When Xie Kui heard this, he took out the whistle from his pocket and blew it desperately without saying a word.
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